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Way of the Samurai - Oh yeah!

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« Reply #90 on: <01-13-13/0134:18> »
Already fell out of my chair laughing.  ;D

You folks can find it here.
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« Reply #91 on: <01-13-13/0342:09> »
I bought this the moment I found out about the release. There is a good bit of flavor and stories but I didn't read them yet as I was too excited to see the gear :) There is a lot of cyberware suites, some new ware that is pretty cool, the new qualities are very interesting and I find them to be quite exciting. I think this book is a must have for anyone that loves street samurais. Even if you don't, there are cyberware suites for many kinds of characters. You should definitely buy this imo.
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« Reply #92 on: <01-13-13/0514:11> »
I want to know why Tasslehoff Burrfoot is on the cover of this??

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« Reply #93 on: <01-13-13/0607:37> »
I want to know why Tasslehoff Burrfoot is on the cover of this??

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« Reply #94 on: <01-13-13/1015:09> »
Any chance someone with an iPad 4 has picked this up? Curious to see how/if CGL addressed the color issues that plague most of their PDF releases.

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« Reply #95 on: <01-13-13/1121:53> »
Why are his gun and hand considered a threat, but not the three foot razor blade in his lap?

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« Reply #96 on: <01-13-13/1159:39> »
Why are his gun and hand considered a threat, but not the three foot razor blade in his lap?
We actually had that discussion, Novocrane. I don't remember the exact decision-making process, but it came down to artistic reasons. It was felt that another threat marker would clutter up the image. But we did ask about it.
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« Reply #97 on: <01-13-13/1226:40> »
And our in-universe excuse is that the threat analysis software highlighted the high-tech problems, while (conveniently, in order to leave us room for the logo and stuff instead of totally filling up the cover) the low-tech sword with no moving parts got ignored.  I figure there's probably a toggle switch in weapon scanning software or something. 

And Bull, you know as well as anyone does that the writer doesn't draw the covers.   :P

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« Reply #98 on: <01-13-13/1311:30> »
Why are his gun and hand considered a threat, but not the three foot razor blade in his lap?
Simple, those are weapons, the "three foot razor" is a hygiene tool.  ;D
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« Reply #99 on: <01-14-13/0745:39> »
I must say the intro fiction alone was worth the price. Can't remember a short story I enjoyed as much as that.

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« Reply #100 on: <01-14-13/1239:36> »
Why are his gun and hand considered a threat, but not the three foot razor blade in his lap?
Simple, those are weapons, the "three foot razor" is a hygiene tool.  ;D

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« Reply #101 on: <01-14-13/1718:00> »
I must say the intro fiction alone was worth the price. Can't remember a short story I enjoyed as much as that.
Nice!  Awesome to hear something like that.   ;D

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« Reply #102 on: <01-14-13/1723:02> »
I especially liked the way he ran through the various scenarios, and came up with the one way to play and still win. Good view of a seasoned runner's thought processes.
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« Reply #103 on: <01-14-13/1753:50> »
Just a repost of mine from another thread, where a pricing issue with Boosted Reflexes was brought up. 
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Hrm. I'm not sure how that one slipped by us. I'm sorry for the fuck-up, period. I'll own this one.

I'd say right now the quick (and ugly) fix would be to cut the printed nuyen costs roughly half. Go with, say, 7,500, 16,000, and 24,000 or so.

Unofficially, I'd then fling a d6 and add (or subtract) a hundred bucks per pip, to reflect the way-behind-the-tech-curve-maybe-they're-good-maybe-not nature of illicit street doctoring, and call it a day. Because who knows how long the chemical cocktail's been sitting on a shelf, and how much your crazy street doc buddy needs that shelf space?
Sorry for the mistake, folks.  I don't know how we all missed it, but I'm the one who wrote it so it's on me.  Hopefully with chopping the prices in half, Boosted will fill the niche I meant for it to; my bad, in the meantime.

In the meantime, I really do appreciate the kind comments on the intro fic.  I just sat down with half an idea to write about kind of an "all sammie group," and I think this one turned out really cool.  I'm glad of what the story turned into, and it's been awesome to see other folks like it.  It's always nice to not be the only one who thinks something turned out neat.  ;)
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« Reply #104 on: <01-14-13/1818:26> »
I must say the intro fiction alone was worth the price. Can't remember a short story I enjoyed as much as that.
Nice!  Awesome to hear something like that.   ;D

Between this and Neat you are rapidly becoming my fave SR fiction writer. Plus, you know, that Kerbey Lane thing  ;)
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