From:	Matb <mbreton@**.NETCOM.COM>
Subject:	Re: Suggestions for 2nd Edition
Date:	Sat, 16 May 1998 08:20:57 -0700

hansen wrote:

> To all the playtesters on this list, these are my suggestions for the 2nd
> edition.

> 1)Rulebook
> Generally well laid out... but please update (Clarifications on the
> difference between runners, drones & spirits for example). Also the info for
> deckers is quite misplaced. It's described under the gear - matrix
> section... Maybe a short desciption for the runner types is in order....
> Which brings me to my second gripe....

I actually find that the Matrix Gear is pretty well located where it is
at the moment (y'know, under the Gear section.) I wrote up an expanded
section on Step 2 of Shadowrunning (Select Your Runners) that I passed
to FASA a long while back; I'll see if I can dig it up and re-post it.

> 2)Keywords
> The keywords in the game are VERY fuzzy. Eg what specifically is a corperate
> challenge? As I can't find a single challenge with a corperate keyword, I
> identify it by the title.

That's only because, at the moment, there are none in the game. Expect
to see a number of different Corp cards in the Corp War (where else?).
This'll probably include both Challenges and Runners, same as Lone Star.

> This leads to confusion. Also along the same line,
> the runner's professions are very blurred. What's the difference between a
> 'Mage', 'Street Mage' and a 'Burned Out Mage'.

The differences are all pretty well spelled out in the RBT. Is there a
specific card you think raises a problem?

> Is 'Mage' the profession and
> the others just adjatives with special significance (ie keywords or special
> traits? which one I don't know)? What about 'Rat Shaman'? Or 'Ganger' and
> 'Ganger Leader'? Is the Ganger in 'Ganger Leader' an ajdative? Or is
> 'Ganager Leader' a profession (which would explain why Torgo can't get
> LotP)? This particular 'fuzziness' in the cards have sparked many arguements
> on the list pls clear it up.

I really found it hard to believe that anyone raised these issues in the
first place. I'll leave off here before the flame war begins again.


- Matt

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