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Message no. 1
From: Tzeentch tzeentch666@*********.net
Subject: Deckers Ate My Baby!
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 13:57:54 -0700
From: "Nimster" <nimster@*********.net.il>
> I think the general summery of what all people said means: Interlace it
> with other players rolls, make it as descriptive and interesting as
> possible, if players do not know the matrix, explain a bit of what the
> player is attempting, make the legwork run as diceless as possible, and...
> well, did I miss anything? (No silly replies, please.)

What can I say? It's not so major an issue that FASA sweated the details. No
quick resolution system will make deckers happy and the full detail system
doesn't make the other players happy. So what can you do? It comes down to
the question: "Are deckers one of the "five pillars" in your SR game?"
If so
then suck it up and live with the problems. If not, then start making some
quick resolution rolls...

Kenneth
"On two occasions I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the
machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to
apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a
question."
-- Charles Babbage

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