Physads are in fact real. They gain their powers by channeling the essence of the 80s. When you go on an astral quest with the help of a "spirit" to initiate as a physad, you're actually drinking a lot of spirits and just watching 80s movies without sleeping for the entire duration of the astral quest.

Here is photographic evidence of the raw destructive power of those who have attuned themselves to badly painted background and big blond hair:

http://i15.tinypic.com/2w4if6w.jpg
http://i15.tinypic.com/2yy37dy.jpg

The real question is: how do we make rules in the context of SR3 for the big red faces in the background of the second image? If I want my physad to have a big face like that looming in the backgroud, how many power points should it cost? (I think 8, maybe?)

Dude, how did you find those old pictures of me and my old girlfriend?

I didn't know that you were the hero from Jordan Mechner's Karateka.

http://images.google.fm/imgres?imgurl=http...hl%3Den%26lr%3D

My gawd, I remember that game.....

You think this is a joke topic, but I watched Tony Jaa's Warrior King this week and apparently Physical Adepts are real. Must have been a mana spike, that's all I can do to explain that film.

Ridiculous.

~J

Karateka was the best kung fu game *ever*.

Except for Kung Fu Master.