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Go here to find out more. (http://www.shadowrun4.com/2012/11/shop-for-the-shadowrun-fan-on-your-list-or-yourself-with-the-release-of-parageology-re-release-of-shadowbeat/)
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Just finished reading. Most of the time it was nice to read and I enjoyed it. The description of the mana lines are great and a good compilation of known mana lines in one place. With the maps: nice work. Question: are there no lines in russia and the poles? Seems to be the only places not covered.
The chapter about the True Elements called nostalgic feelings of my old Earthdawn group (good old times...). Especially the True Elements chapter of the old Earthdawn magic book. When will we get the shadowrun version of the Litany of the Elements? *g* When reading about the floating mountains I must think about the theran behemoths. And about the flying mountains of the Avatar film... I hope we can read more about them one day.
The parts about the Wuxing Towers and Karlsruhe: More of that! Nice but way to short.
Then I came to the Constructs chapter. Don't know if the constructs are meant to be taken seriously. An Astral Gate?
Also I'm not sure if we really need rules for the manipulation of mana lines. I mean, if I want that a NPC or a group of them to do some moho with a line then they do it. And I'm not sure if my players ever came to that level.
Going down to the relevant level: currently I don't see any real usage for my groups. That the corps are hunting for rare elements isn't something new. With Parageology I get more names for minerals my players can aquire for the corps. Or just another reason to doing X for a Johnson. In the end it would be irrelevant why a corp/talismonger/random other Johnson want's a piece of dirt or so. If it's orichalcum or Wertamiline... just names. They will do the job because they get paid to do the work. Going to see how the infos from this book will be incorporated in other books.
So: more down to earth fluff, less crunch. :)
btw: Spelling at p. 26. Dunkelzhan ;)
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Sorrry about that typo; that's a little embarrassing, though in my defense, I got to page 24 in my proofing and then my whole family took sick and my wife's car decided to throw a timing belt, so I didn't really get much (if anything) beyond page 24 into my proof notes.
Mea culpa, though.
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Is there any chance that the 3 "Paras" (with others?) could be united in a single paperback book? :P
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There's always a chance of that. I mean, they've done it for the gear books (Runner's Black Book '73 & '74 compiled a buttload of PDF products), so it's not out of the question for the Parascience books o get combined at some point in the future.
Of course, I don't make any of those decisions, so I could be missing something somewhere along the way.
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Great idea @Quileurbist. Hoping Pegasus will do so with the german translations.
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This is the first CGL product in a very long time that had me by the throat from the very beginning. Despite the very very weak jackpointer comment quality (most of the time) it's well-written and sums up a lot of the geomantic rules, while also including new content. Good job, people. You've got me waiting for the next one, better than Parageology. :)
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Come on people! Give us a good Dallas/Fort Worth source book filled with about half "fluff" and half delicious Southern gear.
*pokes Critias* Chop, chop!
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Come on people! Give us a good Dallas/Fort Worth source book filled with about half "fluff" and half delicious Southern gear.
*pokes Critias* Chop, chop!
Critias and Patrick Goodman would be more than happy to do one, last I heard, and I'd gladly chip in where needed. Dunno what the book schedule looks like, but, hey, believe me, I'm down. :)
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I could see a whole book devoted to CAS goodness and am working on a write up for Pensacola
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I could see a whole book devoted to CAS goodness and am working on a write up for Pensacola
The closest right now is Dirty Tricks, but I'd *love* to get a full-blown CAS book some day.
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I could see a whole book devoted to CAS goodness and am working on a write up for Pensacola
The closest right now is Dirty Tricks, but I'd *love* to get a full-blown CAS book some day.
Need an entirely separate book just for here in Texas. Too much to condense down.
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Hmm. Now that there's been an update to Tir Tairngir, a new Aztlan sourcebook would be nice. Especially if one or more of the voices in Frosty's head decide to contribute...
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Hmm. Now that there's been an update to Tir Tairngir, a new Aztlan sourcebook would be nice. Especially if one or more of the voices in Frosty's head decide to contribute...
Personally, IMO, not until a Texas book and a book for the rest of the CAS (both having a nice 50/50 split of 'fluff' and goodies).
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Meh. I prefer my 'setting' books to be primarily 'fluff', unless the crunch is really important. I'd hold up the Seattle 2072, Tir Tairngir, and Aztlan books in particular as excellent examples of what I like in 'setting' books.
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Whereas I think every book should be 50/50 on that. Any less mechanic information makes it a waste of money.
On topic: Geez, those Awakened minerals are expensive as frak. Orichalcum is the fragging cheapest per unit.
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I really don't need anywhere near that much crunch in a source setting book.
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On topic: Geez, those Awakened minerals are expensive as frak. Orichalcum is the fragging cheapest per unit.
Yet...
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On topic: Geez, those Awakened minerals are expensive as frak. Orichalcum is the fragging cheapest per unit.
It gets even more expensive when you start thinking about all the labor and deaths involved with mining the stuff.
Gold, Silver, Copper, and Mercury are pretty tame things to mine when it comes to it.