| From: | Citizen Lemming <ratinox@******.COE.NORTHEASTERN.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Re: opinions |
| Date: | Wed, 30 Dec 92 23:00:48 CET |
>>>>> <HAWK%UNC.bitnet@*****.nic.SURFnet.nl> said:
Paul> Hoi, chummers
Paul> I'm fairly new to the shadows (only been playing a couple of
Paul> months) and would like to get some suggestions on reference
Paul> materials you think someone trying to start out as a new GM would
Paul> need. So far I have SRII, GrimoreII, and the London source book.
Paul> Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Street Samurai Catalog: The weapons list, new cyberwear. You've already got
the updated tables in the back of the SRII book if you can figure out what
they mean. Otherwise, pick up the SSC. Probaly any serious Solo will want
to pick it up, anyway, just to see the selection of cool stuff.
Rigger Black Book: a must-have item, IMO. Lots of vehicles in all
categories, drones and remotes, and rules for customizing everything. The
RBB has, IMO, slightly better autofire and burst fire rules than SRII
does--I think FASA decided to go for that elusive "balance" thing with
SRII's burst fire rules.
Virtual Realities: The Decker sourcebook. I don't have it, so I can't
comment upon it. I've been told that much of VR wound up in SRII, so I
guess I don't really need it.
Shadowbeat: akin in many ways to CP2020's Chromebooks. I've only browsed
it, but it's got *lots* of nifty stuff for media-types, rockers, reporters,
etc. "This is Edison Carter, Network 23..."
Shadowtech: Yow. A lot of the stuff in here can seriously unbalance a game
if anyone has free reign with it. Biotech versions of a lot of cyber, a lot
of biotech that cyber can't do, lots of new cybertech (cranial cyberdecks,
computer enhancements, etc.). Also a section on drugs and other chemicals.
The absolutely best thing is the Legality system in the back, and how much
of a criminal offense it is to own/be grafted to a variety of cybernetics
and biotech mods (this is the source of Availability Codes in SRII).
None of these are really mandatory. Buy what you think you need. Even
better, have the members of your group pick up the books relevant to their
characters, and share.
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