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 Jul 27 2007, 04:38 PM
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ghostrider  Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333  |
Heh. I was just going to answer with Looooooooooooooud Nooooooooiiiiises! |
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Jul 27 2007, 04:46 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 249 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Orlando Member No.: 815 |
Okay, do the symbionts seem...weird to anyone else? I mean Glow is awesome for the unawakened, but still, they can start eating you. Ick.
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Jul 27 2007, 04:47 PM
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Cybernetic Blood Mage Group: Members Posts: 3,472 Joined: 11-March 06 From: Northeastern Wyoming Member No.: 8,361 |
Can you soak 18S?
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Jul 27 2007, 05:33 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,241 Joined: 10-August 02 Member No.: 3,083 |
Any idea when I can pick this up in a store? I don't like buying PDFs, personally.
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Jul 27 2007, 05:43 PM
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Hoppelhäschen 5000 Group: Members Posts: 5,807 Joined: 3-January 04 Member No.: 5,951 |
Oh, and BTW - what happened to the Tactical Computer? The Math SPU is still with us, too... a mathematical SPU in a world where the average shoe has enough processing power to search for primes...
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Jul 27 2007, 05:44 PM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
...just looked over the preview PDF
Space exploration? Cyberzombies are back (yay!) Cool ware for my "decker" Violet The only thing that is missing is Chemtech, unless that is going into the long awaited Arsenal instead. ...damn, sometimes not having a commlink...er plastic is a pain. Can you get the PDF at your FLGS? I really really want. |
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Jul 27 2007, 06:00 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,532 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Calgary, Canada Member No.: 769 |
I belive it's getting released at Gen-Con... As for when it will make it's way to your FLGS *shrugs* that depends on the distributor... RPG's are a little too small a market to have handy thinks like worldwide release dates. |
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Jul 27 2007, 06:07 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,314 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Lisbon, Cidade do Pecado Member No.: 185 |
The hardcopy of Augmentation is currently at the printers. Our goal, barring intervention by the fates, is releasing Augmentation at GenCon, and it should start making its way out through the distribution network at around the same time.
Tactical Computers will be reintroduced in SR4 in Unwired.
That is correct. |
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Jul 27 2007, 06:24 PM
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Hoppelhäschen 5000 Group: Members Posts: 5,807 Joined: 3-January 04 Member No.: 5,951 |
Oh. Will Arsenal feature Implants, too? |
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Jul 27 2007, 06:24 PM
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Mr. Johnson Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,148 Joined: 27-February 06 From: UCAS Member No.: 8,314 |
Sounds like good FAQ bait. |
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Jul 27 2007, 06:28 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,314 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Lisbon, Cidade do Pecado Member No.: 185 |
I believe your confusion comes from (erroneously) assuming that an SR4 tactical computer will be anything other than a miltech commlink (implanted or not) with a specialized tactical software suite. Arsenal will contain guns, vehicles, drones, chemtech, explosives, drugs, hazardous environment gear and miscellaneous runner gear (and yes, some may even have implanted variants or modular limb plug-ins). |
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Jul 27 2007, 06:32 PM
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Hoppelhäschen 5000 Group: Members Posts: 5,807 Joined: 3-January 04 Member No.: 5,951 |
Of course, such assumption might have been fueled by the Math SPU. :P
It would, at least, need an additional sim module to feed subconcious information to the user. Implant versions of external gear sound nice, though... external versions of the truely autonomous medkits like the Guardian Angel and subsequently, implant variants, perhaps? |
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Jul 27 2007, 07:47 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,269 Joined: 18-September 06 Member No.: 9,421 |
I don't know if we are supposed to be able to print out Augmentation from the PDF before it comes out or not, but if it's not a no-no does anyone know how much Office Depot or Kinko's or some other place charges for it? I would imagine a fairly hefty price tag that will make me wait till the paper copy. Which by the way, do we have a definate date for now that the PDF has made it's way into our grubby little hands?
Chris EDIT: Looks like I should read all the posts. In the printers, hopefully out around Gen Con. Got it. |
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Jul 27 2007, 08:04 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,206 Joined: 9-July 06 From: Fresno, CA Member No.: 8,856 |
Figure $0.07 per page for copies ($0.14 double sided so no advantague) 176 pages + Front & Back cover. That's on a basic black and white laser. If you want the covers done in color like $0.99.
I printed my own on my home color laser printer. I wish I had set it to greyscale I didn' think to and it used a surprising ammount of magenta for some reason... I had it spiral bound and it ran $2.99 at OMax. Avoid the comb binding if you want to be able to open the book all the way and have it lay flat, or flip it all the way around. |
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Jul 27 2007, 08:07 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Validating Posts: 7,999 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,890 |
Why wouldn't you be able to print it? It's easily a fair-use of the product. And if the original owner didn't want you to for some reason, I'm pretty sure Acrobat has an option to disable printing in its documents. |
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Jul 27 2007, 08:09 PM
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Genuine Artificial Intelligence Group: Members Posts: 4,019 Joined: 12-June 03 Member No.: 4,715 |
And yet, if you buy the hard copy you're not allowed to scan it into a pdf. Or so I've been told. |
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Jul 27 2007, 08:11 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,219 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Lofwyr's stomach. Member No.: 1,320 |
At kinkos they gave me some trouble about printing the main book until they saw the "permission to photocopy" on the character sheet. So you may have some issue, or not, depending on who you deal with.
But it isn't actually illegal, I'm sure. |
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Jul 27 2007, 08:20 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Validating Posts: 7,999 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,890 |
Sure you are. What you're not allowed to do is distribute it. Making copies for yourself in whatever medium you like is perfectly acceptable no matter what anyone tries to tell you. That's why DRMs and whatnot get so much grief; they prevent people from using the product fairly. |
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Jul 27 2007, 08:52 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,269 Joined: 18-September 06 Member No.: 9,421 |
Gah, now the difficult question becomes, buy it now in PDF for 25$ and make my own spiral book for like 40$ or wait about 3 weeks and buy one for 35+tax.....
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Jul 27 2007, 09:01 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,706 Joined: 30-June 06 From: Fort Wayne, IN Member No.: 8,814 |
Being able to lay the book flat is a bonus to me...i'll be opting to buy the cheaper PDF and pay the printing costs...
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Jul 27 2007, 09:23 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,206 Joined: 9-July 06 From: Fresno, CA Member No.: 8,856 |
You forgot the best choice: Go and get a good laser printer for $300 to $600 and print it yourself then pay only for the spiral binding. The Color Laser I have was $1k when I got it but it's equivalent today is like $600, and there are nice options in Monochrome for ~$300... |
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Jul 27 2007, 09:41 PM
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Hoppelhäschen 5000 Group: Members Posts: 5,807 Joined: 3-January 04 Member No.: 5,951 |
BTW... Audio Enhancement (BBB p. 333, cyberware & p. 324, equipment) gives the user not only extra dice, but the ability to hear the higher and lower frequencies out of the normal hearing spectrum. Is the only raison d'être for Increased Sensitivity (Augmention p. 37, cyberware) that it's 500¥ cheaper than the first level of Audio Enhancement?
EDIT: Clarification |
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Jul 27 2007, 09:58 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,314 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Lisbon, Cidade do Pecado Member No.: 185 |
Note it has a very significant downside compared to cyber versions. It's not "adjustable", it cannot be turned on or off, dampened or heightened - it leaves you vulnerable (gamemaster's discretion as usual) to loud noises, subsonic noise, etc.
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Jul 27 2007, 10:09 PM
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Hoppelhäschen 5000 Group: Members Posts: 5,807 Joined: 3-January 04 Member No.: 5,951 |
Errr, not the Bioware - the cyberware from main book that is based on the equipment.
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Jul 27 2007, 10:46 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,314 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Lisbon, Cidade do Pecado Member No.: 185 |
My bad. Yes, Increased Sensitivity allows for part of the functionality of Audio Enhancement (it does not grant dice) for a lower cost.
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