| From: | Wagemage wagemage@**.rr.com |
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| Subject: | Mike Mulvihill on STATE OF THE ART |
| Date: | Wed, 25 Oct 2000 23:12:25 -0400 |
>>Also, to make sure it's clear, there is NO shadowtalk. The IC parts will
>>be more in teh way of explaining the new rules or new ways of doing stuff
>>AFAIK. You're not getting a catalog with shadowtalk comments underneath
>>or such.
>
>No Shadowtalk ?! Bummer ... I always thought that it brought alittle life
>to the books, that is why i'm not a really big fan of the new rules and
>supps books cause there ain't no Shadowtalk just facts facts facts ....
>
>The books need shadowtalk to liven the things up alittle even if it is only
>a few spare comments from different people.
I agree. Shadowtalk was my favorite part of the old sourcebooks and part
of what locked me in as a long time SR player. Now, as a GM, I would love to
see some more shadowtalk in the gear sections. I mean in the old Samurai
catalog there were several guns which had very few differences, but the
shadowtalk made points about reliability and undocumented problems. I
suppose this was confusing to some people, but to me it gave the equipment
more life. I don't need rules to assign I higher chance of jamming to a
particular weapon, but hearing about how it broke down on Hatchetman (RIP)
in the middle of a run gave the indication that it wasn't top notch without
forcing it into the rules and ensuring that no one would ever buy it. Maybe
he got a bad run, maybe it was the ammo or maybe the gun is crap, but *I*
want to decide that as GM.
The shadowtalk gave me that option, and I liked it.
