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+ESSENCE
+Your essence rating is a measure of your life force. Every human and metahuman start off with an
+essence of 6. As people go through invasive procedures such as having cyberware installed, their
+essence goes down, as part of their living tissue is replaced with wires, chips, and machines. This
+slow detachment of their spirit from their body has a degrading effect upon their sanity and
+empathy, worsening the closer they are to zero.
+For mages, adepts, and shamans, essence is directly related to their magic rating. Magic thrives on
+life, and without life, it is difficult to control the energies from astral space. Any time a mage
+or shaman loses essence, their magic rating drops as well. See MAGIC LOSS for more details.
+There is no other coded effect in the game that can cause you to lose essence other than cyberware.
+However, there are NERP and storytelling effects that can lower your essence ranging from injuries
+to special powers by various paracritters. It is also technically possible to stay alive at or below
+zero essence - typically they require the backing of a large number of constant resources, which
+your average shadowrunner does not have access to.
+See Also: ATTRIBUTES, ESSENCE HOLE, ESSENCE INDEX, BIOWARE INDEX, MAGIC LOSS, NERP
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