Copyright (c) 1996 by illusion@hunterlink.net.au (Sabbatt)

Body Building  (Mental/Average)
Defaults to Physiology -4

This skill represents the knowledge of how to produce a professional
standard body for body building sompetition.  Which exercises work which
parts of the body, what parts need to be worked on a certain body, frequency
of work outs, reps, correct hugh protein diet, the right food supplements
etc etc  When a character attempts to increase his ST through body building
(whether his own or through an instucter at a gym) a skill role is made once
at the beginning af the ST increase attempt, the other at the culmination.
The purpose of this is to acertain how many character points the ST increase
will cost the player.  When using only an instructer, the value rolled
against is the average of the instructers Body Building and Teaching skills
rounded down.  The result on the table is then halved (unless you are
learning from a 1 on 1 personal trainer).  On the table below y is the cost
of charcter points for the ST increase (eg ST 13 to 14 would be 30 points)

Initial Roll   Culmination roll       Cost of ST Increase
---------------------------------------------------------
Succ           Succ                   y - 5
Fail           Succ (or vice versa)   y - 2
Fail           Fail                   y 
       
A critical failure at the initial roll indicates an injury.  You cannot work
out for 20 - Health weeks (minimum 1) 

A crit fail at culmination indicates full cost of ST increase +5, due to bad
training techniques.

A crit success at any roll halves the cost otherwise indicated.  Note that
in no circumstance can the amount of CPs required go below y divided by 2.

It is also suggested that a Will roll be made.  If this is failed, no
increase in ST is possible.  A critical failure may indicate retrogression
in some way, maybe Overweight for a short time.....

GMs should note that the cost of staying with a Body Building regime can be
extremely high.  Gyms fees, the best foods, supplements, instructers (if
required) can all add up.  Feel free to charge what you deem reasonable for
your campaign.  In our time frame on Earth, Body Builders can spend anythong
from $200 - $1000 a month.

and an associated disadvantage:

Compulsive Gym Jock
-5 points
You cannot get by without a "session" at the gym at least once a day.  You
willdrop almost anything to get your fix.  If you are unable to get to gym
on any particular day, you will start to become very irritable.  A home gym
and some weights will keep you going for a few days...but its just not the
same.  If you are deprived totally of equipment for more than two days you
will aquire the Bad Temper disadvantage (or become even worse if you already
have such problems...) until you get to a well stocked gym.  Note this can
become a real problem when an injury is sustained....