Would a Night One's allergy be fixed temporarily by sunscreen or wearing covering clothing or is it something none of these would work for?

it depends on what you decide the allergy is to. if it's light directly from the sun (eg, sunlight reflected off the moon doesn't count), then no, sunscreen won't help. if it's a specific part of the spectrum of light the sun outputs, then sunscreen might help if that part of the spectrum is the same part that sunscreen protects against--i believe that's just UV rays, but i could be wrong.

personally, i'd rule that any such measures would, at best, reduce the penalty by half, and would incur other problems (social penalties for walking around dressed like the invisible man, for instance).

Is it treated like sun poisoning that we have today? For example could any of these treat it temporarily?

Prevention

Prevention includes avoiding contact with the sun:

* Stay inside during the brightest hours of the day, from noon to 3 p.m.
* Cover up: wear long sleeves, pants, and a wide-brimmed hat whenever harsh exposure is probable. Remember that cloud cover does not provide protection from UV rays.
* Avoid chemicals that may trigger a reaction (do not, however, stop taking medication without consulting a doctor).
* Wear sunscreen[1] at least factor 30 with a high UVA protection level.
* If the symptoms are severe, see a doctor.

Foods & Treatment

The following foods or treatment may also help:

* Beta Carotene - found in carrots, not proven to be effective
* Omega-3 fatty acids - found in fish and flax seed
* Protein - will especially help individuals whose malnutrition may be a contributing factor.
* Vitamin B3, C, D, and E
* Green tea - antioxidants
* Calendula
* Aloe - external use

there's no in-game information on exactly how night ones' allergies work. so any and all of the above treatments would be up to the GM.

I, personally, believe that a night one would be fairly adverse to putting on sunscreen, because:

Pg.44 SRComp (2nd ed.)

I always considered the milder sunlight allergy, like the Night Ones, to be like being an albino. Stay out in the sun too long, which isn't long compared to most people, and bad things happen. In those cases, covering up and staying out of direct sunlight would help. Remember your sunglasses too though as the eyes are also sensitive.

There is also a disease that would be like the more severe levels where even brief exposure causes major burns and can kill quite easily. They had to stay well out of the light, even an unshaded window can provide enough reflected sunlight to cause problems. Also, they pretty much have to wear space suit sort of things to totally block all light coming through to go outside.

I've always interpreted it as strictly as possible, being more of a whole body reaction to being exposed to direct (or even strong indirect) sunlight. Less of a traditional allergic reaction (which is the body's immune system overreacting to a perceived threat from a non-threatening substance) and more of a nocturnal animal's response to being awake and active outside of it's correct cycle. I think it would probably present as lethargy and irritability, rather than inflammation etc.

Yeah but you rarely have to tell a horse not to bite the cat.

Heh, tell that to my Aunt...

why? how often does your aunt bite cats?

Hopefully only as often as required. Those cats can get uppity ya know. Need to be put in their place. At least, that's what I tell my self to explain why my son felt the need to bite ours. Your crazy Aunt might have different reasons.

i'm not making the joke i could make. i hope you all appreciate my restraint.

I do. I'll log that away for later redemption.

*wry chuckle* Ok, let me rephrase my last post....

Heh, tell that to my Aunt's horse...

now there's an awkward conversation to start. "i'm gonna go see an aunt about a horse..."

Gawd, when I read the bit about worrying about getting sunscreen on the fur I remembered the old thread about Night Ones which later on talked about removal of the fur. gawd, why did I remember that thread?

even better, why did you bother do dig up said thread and post a link to it here?

Not sure, you do strange things at 3 in the morning.

Getting back to the thread, my first character was a night elf and Im dying for Metavariants in SR4 just so I can be a night ones again.

I recently started playing in an SR3 campaign, in Europe and thought I now could be a night elf without seeming out of place (an albino, pretty silver one, in fact). GM shot it down since it is a high level campaign and we have to blend in.

Before it was thrown out though I did some thinking as to the Sunlight allergy and fur. As Frank said, if you are completely covered/out of the light, then the allergy no longer counts. Unfortunately, the fact that they are covered in fur discounts this viewing of the allergy. Much like vampires, I see this allergy as more in the presence of light, and not merely when in contact with.

I would level the allergy up one level when the fur is removed though, and while an albino is just a normal albino when shaven, a purple, blue, or orange night elf would be really weird underneath. Another cool posibility though would be melanin control. Instead of changing between the normal colors. I think they would probably change between the normal colors for their metavariant. Though this would also allow them to be completely white if they wanted.

Im also waiting on Wakiyambi rules for a voodoo houngan I want to make.

I think that the "being completely covered" means by something other than yourself.
Fur does protect animals from the elements, but, it's still part of the critter and thus subject to the allergy. I believe that what mister trollman was refering to was something like a monks robe with a deep cowl to protect the face.
The cool coloring thing worked really well in one of my campaigns where the only character to SURGE was a magicin troll who wound up with purple fur and pink skin and red eyes. A little too distinctive for a shadowrunner, but a great dachboard ornament.