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[Patrick Goodman]

Jason's not here right now, since he's doing the GenCon thing, so I thought I'd post the links for the new book, since I'm anxious to talk about it.

Street Legends at BattleShop

Street Legends at DriveThru

Let the wailing and gnashing of teeth commence!!

[Method]

Can anyone comment on the editing? Is this book plagued with the typos and errors we've seen in recent releases?

[Sephiroth]

Can anyone comment on the editing? Is this book plagued with the typos and errors we've seen in recent releases?

For the writing? It's ok. I wouldn't say it's plagued with bad editing, but I have noticed a fair number of typos in the multiple write-ups I've read so far. They're not incredibly obvious typos that make you think "where the hell were the proofreaders for this thing," like that big error in the 6WA that got a lot of people upset, though. Just little things.

I have noticed several mechanical errors in the stats, though. Ones I've found so far after going through with a fine-toothed comb:

Several of the Awakened guys with power foci have their magic listed as augmented by said foci. That's wrong, since 4e power foci don't boost Magic directly, but that's kind of a technicality. Not all of the people with power foci have this error. Martin DeVries doesn't, for example.

Haze is listed with an augmented Edge of 7. As in "6 (7)." There is nothing I recall that augments Edge like that. If it's supposed to be from his rating 1 lucky rabbit's foot power focus, it needs to be spelled out in the stat notes.

Minor nitpick: Ma'Fan's "Exceptional Attribute (Edge)" is supposed to be called Lucky. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Mika's Magic attribute should be 6, because of his augmentations. The stats seem to not take into account the reduced Essence on his magic.

Serrin Shamander's personal watchers have their mental stats listed at F, but it isn't specified whether he can summon those spirits at a Force higher than 1.

Sticks' Initiative and IP are not listed.

Thorn: see above with Mika.

There is no bloody way that Winterhawk's edge should be as high as listed. Not even Lofwyr and Hestaby have Edge that high.

Not sure whether Hannibelle is technically allowed to still be dual natured with her current Essence.

Kia's Agility augmented cap doesn't go quite that high. Unless I'm doing my math wrong.

It'd be nice if Hestaby's and Lofwyr's stats included notes, since I'm sure the discrepancy between their Initiative and their actual Int + Rea is from quickened spells but there isn't anything actually specified and elaborated on as such.



Keep in mind that I don't think the book is really too bad. I actually rather like it, to tell you the truth. And a lot of the art looks sweet, IMHO.

On a separate note,

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I can't say that I'm terribly satisfied with the main write-up of Nadja Daviar. It's not that it's written badly or anything like that, it's fine, it's more the completely offhand manner in which the author of that piece wrote off an IE like Aina. "Oh, the Draco Foundation board of directors has had its hands full with a lot of crap recently, because Nadja Daviar suddenly came back, oh and by the way the Acting Chair Aina Dupree got deaded deader than dead because a bunker fell on her but the fact that Nadja and her lusty brown nipples are back is causing a lot more problems." I'm exaggerating and paraphrasing, obviously, but that's essentially the extent of the attention to which they treat it. One of the major NPC's in SR canon, and probably the biggest embodiment of a true survivor out of all the immortal elves, is written off just like that without even any mention of what effect that will have on the Sixth World (other than how it affects the DF, of course), or mention of the other IE's or GD's even taking notice of it at all.

I'm not a fanboy of the IE's and GD's in shadowrun, for those of you that hate any ED ties with a passion. I'm not overly inclined to favor Aina as a character over any other in SR canon. It just kind of... bothers me that such a big NPC was written off so easily, is what I guess I'm trying to say.

I like the split happening with the great dragons over Hestaby's speech, by the way. Interesting turn of events, methinks.