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Message no. 1
From: "XaOs [David Goth]" <xaos@*****.NET>
Subject: Missing Critters (was RE: Gamefair in Essen: Das Spiel)
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 11:29:29 -0500
> First, the GM screen/critter book. This is finished and should be
> available Real Soon Now. The GM screen itself was at the printers (Mike
> had with him a 2nd edition screen with the inside of the 3rd edition
> paperclipped to it), while the critters book is completely done and
> printed already. I got a look through it, and it appearss good to me --
> basically, it sits in the middle between the critter list of Predator &
> Prey, and the full critter descriptions in the Paranormal Animals books.
> First is a list of all the critter powers, and then the rest of the book
> has short descriptions and stats for the critters themselves. Scattered
> through the book are illustrations "salvaged" from the Paranormal Animals
> books, though most critters have no illustrations at all.

That's really disappointing. The Critters were always something that made
Shadowrun especially unique from other offerings. I thought it was a poor
decision to leave them out of the BBB3.


-XaOs-
xaos@*****.net
-David Goth-

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