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Message no. 1
From: Mercenary X <kdye@*****.STANFORD.EDU>
Subject: You were right
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 1994 16:34:27 -0700
I went out and traded my Palladium book for Edge of the Sword: 1, you
were right, this one is better. But it does not have shadowrun
conversion tables.

MercenaryX
Message no. 2
From: Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@***.NEU.EDU>
Subject: Re: You were right
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 1994 21:03:14 -0400
>>>>> "Mercenary" == Mercenary X <kdye@*****.STANFORD.EDU>
writes:

Mercenary> I went out and traded my Palladium book for Edge of the Sword:
Mercenary> 1, you were right, this one is better. But it does not have
Mercenary> shadowrun conversion tables.

Nobody has Shadowrun conversion tables; FASA wouldn't give permission, from
what I hear. But you can use that formula Ivy posted last week to get some
reasonable results:

((Bullet weight in grains) x Bullet speed in feet per second) / 45,000) +
3 will equal the Force. Round normally, and the final +3 corrects for SRII.
Adjust Damage Code as appropriate for the weapon.

The problem is that you /can't/ really use a single basic formula for all
of Shadowrun's weapons because there isn't one. The guys at FASA know
almost nothing about firearms; everything in their books is based on the
"it looks good enough to us" philosophy. Look at the first edition, for
example. So you're left with too choices: pick appropriate values based on
existing weapons, or rewrite every single firearm.

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