From:	scott@**********.com (Scott Harrison)
Subject:	SR4 Conversion
Date:	Thu, 28 Jul 2005 13:25:01 -0400

On Jul 28, 2005, at 13:15, snicker@*********.net wrote:

>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Scott Harrison [mailto:scott@**********.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 05:12 PM
>> To: 'Shadowrun Discussion'
>> Subject: Re: SR4 Conversion
>>
>>
>> On Jul 28, 2005, at 13:03, snicker@*********.net wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Scott Harrison [mailto:scott@**********.com]
>>>> Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 02:41 PM
>>>> We do something very similar with the SRDiceRoller program because
>>>> each die roll indicates which dice are pool dice. The dice are all
>>>> ordered, and it is easy to know how many successes there are -- even
>>>> if
>>>> the GM is slow at giving the TN to you. And when you reroll dice it
>>>> will indicate which ones were rerolled and how many times. :-)
>>>>
>>>> There has been rumor that the author of this program will be
>>>> modifying
>>>> it to allow it to hook up with other versions of itself on a network
>>>> so
>>>> the GM can request rolls from characters, pool together initiative
>>>> rolls, etc. Are there any interested in such types of networked
>>>> functionality?
>>>
>>> How accessible is this to handhelds? One or two of my players have
>>> those.
>>>
>> Sorry, Mac OS X only.
>>
>
> Gah! It burnnssss us, it does....
>
> ;)
>
> Fortunately, one of my players has a mac, too, so I'll have her
> evaluate it.
>
You can download it from my website to see its current functionality.
(It comes in English, French and Dutch -- and if you have anyone that
can help localize in other languages I would be willing to help them do
it and give them credit :-).) Please send suggestions. Of course
networking stuff really only works if you have more than one Mac. :-)

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Scott Harrison