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Message no. 1
From: Gurth <jweste%smtp@******.HZEELAND.NL>
Subject: Availabilities
Date: Sun, 6 Mar 1994 18:58:27 +0100
Does anyone have any values for availability and street index of items
listed in books like Rigger Black Book, Shadowbeat, and so on (the ones
that SR2 doesn't give avail. and SI-ratings for)?
Message no. 2
From: Timothy Dann <C598706@*******.BITNET>
Subject: Re: Availabilities
Date: Sun, 6 Mar 1994 13:54:30 CST
>Does anyone have any values for availability and street index of items
>listed in books like Rigger Black Book, Shadowbeat, and so on (the ones
>that SR2 doesn't give avail. and SI-ratings for)?

yeah...look at teetot.acusd.edu, in the shadowrun directory. There's a file
called SREquip or something like that. It includes all books published up to
about early '93 I think (can't find my copy). Enjoy!

Tim Dann aka Midnight Sting
Message no. 3
From: Marc A Renouf <jormung@*****.UMICH.EDU>
Subject: Re: Availabilities
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 13:29:22 -0400
Just remember one thing about availabilities, and that's that
they are not set in stone. They can fluctuate with "market trends" and
other vagaries of a quasi-legal supply and demand situation. In my
campaign, the city the players are in is currently under military
occupation (boy does *that* suck...) so some stuff is really difficult to
get. Voila, the availability and street index go up.
Also remember that the player looking for the goods can reduce
the availability by spending more money. If I recall correctly, every
extra 25% spent reduces the availability by 1. So by paying double price
for APDS, you can get the target number down to a much more attainable
10. A character with a 6 etiquette has a 50-50 shot of being able to get
this.

Marc

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