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From: hansen <hansen@********.COM.SG>
Subject: Re: Suggestions for 2nd Edition
Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 00:42:03 +0800
>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.


I don't happen to have aproblem with the location of matrix gear. Just this
statement 'Unless otherwise noted, a Decker uses Programs to assist or
affect a shadowrun in progress without leaving the safehouse.' I feel that
this should be described in the runner section....

>> 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
>> 'Ganger 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.

Ah yes the flame war... (Pls don't start it. You'll find yourself cold and
lonely as most of us in the old one have agreed on a temp. truce on this.)
Thats the reason I brought this up.... It could spoil a game if 2 players
held different opinions.... (Despite the D6 recommendation)

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