Im looking for Canon on this as it will be for a Missions character. Tried posting there but did not get a response.

In regards to Physical Adepts:

Sustenance (sota2064)- 3hrs sleep. 1 Meal a Day. etc. Does this result in a lifestyle cost reduction?

Iron Gut sota2064 VS Expanded Digestion - lifestyle cost reduction for that one too? I would think so as the Bioware equivalent has a reduction.

Senses - There are some new "senses" and sense modifications from M&M. Spatial Recognizer, Ultrasonic Vision, etc. Are they available as Adept powers?

I understand Ultrasonic vision uses a transmitter. I would think that the adept could duplicate everything except for the transmitter(Adept powers of Ultrasonic Vision and High Frequency Hearing would let the adept hear and then see the ultrasound). If that is the case then What would be the essence/nuyen cost of the Ultrasonic Transmitter in the eye. Maybe .1 Essence and 10k?

Kinesics (spelling? sota2064) - Says "The adept also adds 1 die per level to any social situation charisma success tests the character makes". Does this include skill tests with charisma as the base attribute (etiquette, negotiation, leadership etc), or only tests specifically using Charisma Attribute dice? Wouldnt that apply to conjuring too? (assuming magicians way adept)

I need some SOTA64 Errata.

More to follow.

Thanks Funk. Guess I will have to wait for Errata on some of those.

There is some... debate as to whether or not Ultrasound Vision qualifies for the Imp Sense power.

For the last few years I’ve generally eaten around one meal a day (though not so much in the last five or six months).

~J

Note that a "meal" is not just anytime you eat. It's usually at least two courses, possibly a third (salad, dinner, desert). Eating a few sammiches isn't a meal, just lunch, dinner, supper, whatever.

So one can argue that all they need is one full figured five course meal to last the day, but they'll still need more food or have that empy stomach feeling.

Maybe in the tankaUniverse, that's what a meal is. But in the real world a meal is any amount of food served in one sitting.

Then by that definition, a meal, a snack and a bite can all be the same thing?

Sure. Just like a ball, a sphere, and an orb can all be the same thing. Imagine that.

I did note that the description for Sustenance implies the Physads metabolism is more efficient. Eat one Meal @800Kcal and if your body truly utilized all the energy that would be enough. Sustenance also says you only have to go the bathroom once a day. Well, that is not terribly descriptive, most people only go number 2 once a day at most anyway. Only going number 1 once a day though implies less need to expell waste (uric acid, etc), also that the physad would not dehydrate as easily.

i somehow doubt that a five-course meal is what the authors had in mind, when they said the Sustenance power allows an adept to survive on one meal per day.

See a doctor. Right away.

Jesus dude, you need to get a doctor. The MOST you should be doing #2 is 3 times a day average, and #1 should be the same. Most people just do it once or twice.

Agreed with OurTeam.

My Doc actually says I'm in excellent shape (I was there yesterday for a checkup as a matter of fact). I'm 6'2, 250 lbs and to put it bluntly I'm built very well (LOTS o' daily gym time). Doc told me that the reason I eat SO much (seriously lots) and excrete so much is because I supposedly have a hyperactive metabolism and I need that much fuel to keep my size and activity up. My brother has a similar metabolism except he's skinny as a broomstick, and he never exercises. I also drink 5 or 6 pitchers of water from my Brita-water-filter-jug-thingie a day which I guess explains all the peeing. Thanks for the concern though.

The vast majority of it comes from water. The degree of purity varies from tap to vapor distilled (when you drink as much water as I do, how the water tastes starts to matter).

~J

In that case, yes, I would go see a doctor about it.

The doctor told my grandmother that unquenchable thirst was due to her diabetes. Maybe you're diabetic? I drink tons of water because it just makes me feel better, that and if I don't, I break out all over.