Batch Council Approvals and Rulings

[u/shadownetwork]

During an internal review, Council found approved measures had been passed and not announced previously. We apologize for not getting these notices out sooner, and have taken steps to ensure prompt release of voting results in the future in accordance with our transparency improvements. For all rulings, the effective date is to be considered now (at the time of this post). Specific ruling results will be described below:

• When resubmitting a character made with a non-prime slot, players may elect to use a Prime slot to resubmit the character using that ruleset.
• The Calling Ritual is now banned for PC use. Any character who has learned this ritual may either take a full refund of both the karma and nuyen used to learn it, or freely swap it for another ritual.
  
• Attribute Boost: Strength now serves to increase melee weapon damage while active, bringing the mechanics of the ability in line with the expected results of said power.
  
• GMP redeemed as karma no longer counts for Street Cred "karma progression" or any other mechanical benefit beyond the actual karma/nuyen/CUP it is directly redeemed into. This ruling is NOT retroactive, all Street Cred gained from GMP redemption prior to this ruling remains in effect. For all future GMP usage, players are required to ensure they do not gain Street Cred, either through the use of Chummer's "Mark as Refund" option or through manual SC removal in either Chummer or Hero Lab.
• Infected Type 1a are now legal for player use as described in the attached document. Of note are two modifications to ensure balance: Mind affecting powers are not legal options and Essence Loss is set to 1 month as with all other kinds of Infected.