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[ElFenrir]

Okay, as someone who actually knows Shadowrun quite well, I suddenly got a bit confused as I read and reread something in SR4's magic chapter. Perusal of the Errata has also made it rather unclear, so I decided to pop a question.

When it comes to Mystic Adepts, it says, on page 186-187, BBB:

For every point of Magic invested in physical abilities, the character gets one Power Point that she can use to purchase adept powers. Every point of Magic invested in mana-based abilities grants the character one point to use with Magic based skills. For all other purposes, including the determination of the maximum level of Adept powers, the character's full Magic Attribute is used.

Bolded the section in question. Now, I've always known about the use of the full Attribute for adept powers. Not a problem.

But then I recall reading things in the forum about the problem with Mystic Adepts, and how they tend not to be great spellcasters due to having to split the attribute. But...since it says for ALL other purposes, the full Magic rating is used...so I'm guessing that also means determination of Force. If it counts for level of Adept powers, wouldn't it count for max Force as well? The split attribute, in that quote, seems to be implying that ''one point used with Magic based skills'', is dice I can put in. So if a Mystic Adept was 3/3, and he had a Spellcasting of 5, he could roll 8 dice for spellcasting-but be able to cast at force 6.

Unless this was changed to ''Max Force equal to points put in the Mana side.''

If this is the case, why are Mystic Adepts seen as underpowered, at all? I mean, 3 points of adept powers is decent, and being able to cast up to force 6 spells, even if they can only add 3 dice...if their skill is high enough, that's still damn nice(and Drain Attributes are as high as you want/cant get them, basically.)

To make a long story short, can someone clear up if the max Force a Mystic Adept can cast is linked to points in the Mana side, or indeed, exactly what it says(since it says all other purposes), to their full Magic attribute?