finally was able to order man and machine. i was thinking about why i was so pissed off about having to wait on man and machine and i remembered. when i first got back into shadowrun (right when 3rd edition came out) the one book that came out last that i had to wait for was.... dum dum dum... man and machine. i did have one question though, is the sprawl guide worth getting? why, or whay not? just curious. anyways....woo hoo for man and machine!!!

If you play the game pretty openly, then get SSG. It's very interesting. But if you play the game like DnD, get Sprawl Sites .

SSG: sprawl survival guide? An excellent buy for background and colour.

SSG is decent. Worth getting, though lower priority than some; certainly lower than the "core" books.

~J

i don't ever recall a D&D session in which my character was forced to shave another character's head in order to get the maximum xp from a situation.

What, never come across the dwarf beserker with a treasure map tattooed on their scalp? Shaving their beards off is one way to get a lifelong enemy though.