[gfrobbin84]

In missions what is the ruling if I take Magic D for Adept Magic 2 then buy ware that brings me down to 2 Essence and 0 magic can I spend the 15 karma at chargen to go back to 2 magic?

[Tarislar]

RAW legal per your other thread.
I know its been done by plenty of people on these boards so far.
Myself, I like the feel of loosing & gaining back magic via karma & initiation.

[Dr. Meatgrinder]

Just be careful if you're using Hero Lab--it wants you to use your original attribute, as if the Essence loss were a sort of "negative augmentation" for your Magic stat.  I think they have it wrong (because there's no way to remove that "augmentation") and you have it right, but that's the interpretation they went with.

[The Masked Ferret]

You can add permanent adjustments to compensate for it.

[Tarislar]

Interesting, so Hero Lab is basically treating essence as an "adjustment" to your existing rating ?

So it starts you/leaves you at 2, you pay karma from 2 to raise it, then whatever your at the Essence then reduces it ?

If it worked that way, you'd basically have the ability to initiate even after going below 1 essence which isn't an option right now AFAIK.

[The Masked Ferret]

The only current way to initiate after going < 1 essence is Improved Attribute (Magic), which still gives you a minimum of 1 possible magic point, so you can still initiate.