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Message no. 1
From: Ubiquitous <weberm@*******.net>
Subject: [SR2] Dumb archetypes
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 09:25:17 -0400 (EDT)
At 08:48 AM 7/22/96 +0200, Marc wrote:

>Not to mention the total impossibility of some of the starting archetypes,
>which cannot be created using standard rules. Since I'm sitting at work
>and don't have my books available I'm running from memory, but doesn't
>the street sammy archetype have a negative essence?

That's because he should only have one level of dermal armor, if I recall
correctly.

--
"You cannot escape. Everyday a part of you turns to shit."
Message no. 2
From: "Ferri Pagano" <Ferri_Pagano_at_STRM__Amsterdam1@******.com>
Subject: Re: [SR2] Dumb archetypes
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 96 16:32:34 EST
At 08:48 AM 7/22/96 +0200, Marc wrote:

>Not to mention the total impossibility of some of the starting archetypes,
>which cannot be created using standard rules. Since I'm sitting at work
>and don't have my books available I'm running from memory, but doesn't
>the street sammy archetype have a negative essence?


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My players love archetypes, best victims in the planet. Real easy to
kill and have Real expensive gear. A good starting mage made by a pc
can EASILY beat 3 archetype mages [maybe more] and get a LOT of loot.
Those power foci are really expensive, yummy.

I tend to use them as rewards, if an adventure pays too little and the
players did well, I throw in an archetype.

BTW: my players NEVER ground a spell through a lock.
Fragging waste of 90.000 nY.
Just kill the mage and get the locks.

F.
Message no. 3
From: Brian Johnson <john0375@****.tc.umn.edu>
Subject: Re: [SR2] Dumb archetypes
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 12:50:06 -0500 (CDT)
> >and don't have my books available I'm running from memory, but doesn't
> >the street sammy archetype have a negative essence?
>
> That's because he should only have one level of dermal armor, if I recall
> correctly.

This is a really OLD error (i.e. sr1 hardcover) But the fix always seems
to show up in the softcovers, muscle replacement 1, with all relavent
stat changes, of course. Essense .35, I think, or .1
Message no. 4
From: "Mark Steedman" <M.J.Steedman@***.rgu.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: [SR2] Dumb archetypes
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 12:03:17 GMT
Brian Johnson writes
>
> > >and don't have my books available I'm running from memory, but doesn't
> > >the street sammy archetype have a negative essence?
> >
> This is a really OLD error (i.e. sr1 hardcover) But the fix always seems
> to show up in the softcovers, muscle replacement 1, with all relavent
> stat changes, of course. Essense .35, I think, or .1
>
only given time, my books SR2 softcover and has the error, but its in
the errata in the GM screen (all of which is supposed to be in the
softcover, but only about half the corrections actually are)

essence comes to .1 i think.

Mark
Message no. 5
From: sinless@**.netcom.com (Ross Hammer)
Subject: Re: [SR2] Dumb archetypes
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 10:56:30 -0700
>
>> >and don't have my books available I'm running from memory, but
doesn't
>> >the street sammy archetype have a negative essence?
>>

Only if s/he's a goul or some such!

-SINless
Message no. 6
From: Marc Lipshitz <MLIPSHIT@****.CO.ZA>
Subject: Re: [SR2] Dumb archetypes -Reply
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 14:43:46 +0200
>>> Brian Johnson <john0375@****.tc.umn.edu> 25/July/1996 07:50pm
>>>
> >and don't have my books available I'm running from memory, but
doesn't
> >the street sammy archetype have a negative essence?
> > That's because he should only have one level of dermal armor, if I
recall
> correctly.
This is a really OLD error (i.e. sr1 hardcover) But the fix always seems
to show up in the softcovers, muscle replacement 1, with all relavent
stat changes, of course. Essense .35, I think, or .1
*****************************

Hell, its still in my SRII hard cover:0
Marc
Message no. 7
From: "Gurth" <gurth@******.nl>
Subject: Re: [SR2] Dumb archetypes -Reply
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 12:19:43 +0100
Marc Lipshitz said on 14:43/29 Jul 96...

> Hell, [the error]'s still in my SRII hard cover:0

Are you surprised by that? You should compare the errata sheets for the
hardcover and the softcover editions of SRII some day... And still they
didn't manage to fix all the bugs :/

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Message no. 8
From: Brian Johnson <john0375@****.tc.umn.edu>
Subject: Re: [SR2] Dumb archetypes -Reply
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 17:12:21 -0500 (CDT)
> > Hell, [the error]'s still in my SRII hard cover:0
>
> Are you surprised by that? You should compare the errata sheets for the
> hardcover and the softcover editions of SRII some day... And still they
> didn't manage to fix all the bugs :/

see page xx for details on eratta.
Message no. 9
From: Marc Lipshitz <MLIPSHIT@****.CO.ZA>
Subject: Re: [SR2] Dumb archetypes -Reply -Reply
Date: Thu, 01 Aug 1996 08:13:09 +0200
>>> Brian Johnson <john0375@****.tc.umn.edu> 1/August/1996 12:12am
>>>
see page xx for details on eratta.

Sheesh, gotta be the longest page in the book:)

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