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 Feb 22 2012, 04:13 PM
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Great Dragon  Group: Members Posts: 5,542 Joined: 30-September 08 From: D/FW Megaplex Member No.: 16,387  |
Right, in space you take dmg from a laser shot right before you take dmg from electricity. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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Feb 22 2012, 04:29 PM
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Prime Runner Ascendant Group: Members Posts: 17,568 Joined: 26-March 09 From: Aurora, Colorado Member No.: 17,022 |
QUOTE (Draco18s @ Feb 22 2012, 09:05 AM)  "Because a laser-induced plasma channel relies on ionization, there must be air or some other gas between the electrolaser weapon and the target." *Snort* A.k.a. "This gun does not work in outer space." And why would you choose to use a Shockbeam in Space, exactly? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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Feb 22 2012, 04:49 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 10,289 Joined: 2-October 08 Member No.: 16,392 |
QUOTE (Tymeaus Jalynsfein @ Feb 22 2012, 11:29 AM) And why would you choose to use a Shockbeam in Space, exactly? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) What I'm wondering is, why that had to be spelled out on Wikipedia. |
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Feb 22 2012, 05:00 PM
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Prime Runner Ascendant Group: Members Posts: 17,568 Joined: 26-March 09 From: Aurora, Colorado Member No.: 17,022 |
QUOTE (Draco18s @ Feb 22 2012, 09:49 AM) What I'm wondering is, why that had to be spelled out on Wikipedia. Ahhhh.... Yeah, that is a bit weird. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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Feb 22 2012, 05:46 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
QUOTE (Elfenlied @ Feb 22 2012, 04:51 PM) Be glad you guys don't have the German WAR! book. It's been merged with another splatbook, MilSpec Tech. YMMV. Well said splat can be had in the form of a PDF or part of the Runner's Black Book, so it is nothing special to the german market... |
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Feb 22 2012, 05:47 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,665 Joined: 26-April 03 From: Sweden Member No.: 4,516 |
QUOTE (hobgoblin @ Feb 22 2012, 04:28 AM) Who says you need to be a mage to throw lightning bolts (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) Perfect for your Sith-wannabe cloak-wearing adept! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif) QUOTE (Yerameyahu @ Feb 22 2012, 06:24 AM) I dunno. At some point things stop being cool and start being weird and fancy for the hell of it. :/ I'm having trouble with basically everything in War, Attitude, and Spy Games. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) The stuff in Attitude I find mostly consistent with the 80s cyberpunk-weirdness that SR is partly based on, so that works fine for me. Spy Games I find tethering on the edge at some points, but no more than parts of the 'basioc' sourcebooks really. War! has a lot of things I happily ignore, though... |
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Feb 22 2012, 05:59 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 881 Joined: 13-November 11 From: Vienna, Austria Member No.: 43,494 |
I ignore most of the pricing for MilSpec Vehicles - especially the combat drones in WAR!, as they are about a factor 10 - 100 to cheap (of course, the pricing for the MBTs and Jets also make no sense, but a price-range of a few million is outside of player reach anyways).
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Feb 22 2012, 07:02 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,236 Joined: 27-July 10 Member No.: 18,860 |
It is generally a problem if you bring out rulebooks with extensions.
It always leads to the fact, that everything in there is even too good or just worthless. Already there or has a completly different flavor. This a foundamental problem, you can't get rid of. Yes, you may minimize it, but thats very hard to do and requires disciplined and smart writers and a hell of organisation skills. A way to prevent this is to have one book for one topic. For example: Arsenal, if it is a weapon, it is in the arsenal. Riggers handbook, if it is a drone or vehicle in shadowrun, it is in the riggers handbook Augmentation, if ... Way of the adept, everything about adepts Way of the magician, everything about magicians Way of the spirits, everything about spirits So really put one aspect in one book and make it a complete piece of work. |
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Feb 22 2012, 07:08 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,665 Joined: 26-April 03 From: Sweden Member No.: 4,516 |
Only problem with that is that you can't ever introduce new/different gear unless you restart with a new edition...
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Feb 22 2012, 07:17 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,236 Joined: 27-July 10 Member No.: 18,860 |
Did not say it has no drawbacks. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
It great for searching rules and and makes the rule fitting better. But you have to think ahead more. |
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Feb 22 2012, 10:09 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,665 Joined: 26-April 03 From: Sweden Member No.: 4,516 |
Then again, it's even easier if you put everything in the main rulebook.
(except lifting said rulebook, of course - but that's what pdf's are for isn't it?) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) |
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Feb 23 2012, 07:32 AM
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Old Man Jones Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,415 Joined: 26-February 02 From: New York Member No.: 1,699 |
QUOTE (Tymeaus Jalynsfein @ Feb 22 2012, 10:47 AM) Well, not everyone has a problem with WAR! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Oh, I have plenty of problems with WAR, just not with that bit. -k |
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Feb 23 2012, 03:45 PM
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Prime Runner Ascendant Group: Members Posts: 17,568 Joined: 26-March 09 From: Aurora, Colorado Member No.: 17,022 |
QUOTE (KarmaInferno @ Feb 23 2012, 12:32 AM) Oh, I have plenty of problems with WAR, just not with that bit. -k Point Taken... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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