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5-6? Not sure where you're pulling that from. Yeah, that didn't make sense now that I think it through. Still, I wonder when integrating EotM with SR4 if this is one of those places where EotM gets tweaked to match SR4, or vice versa. Either way, it's seriously not a big deal. Under EotM rules, ini...

Technomancer Streams do not have a corresponding Drain attribute. Everyone resists Fading with Willpower + Resonance. -Username17 Frank, this is truly a minor quibble of mine, but if you see this and are so inclined, would you mind sharing your reasoning on this? My thought was that a better way to...

FrankTrollman wrote:Ancient History released his PACKS in pdf form.

I think he currently has more Shadowrun pdf releases than Catalyst this year.

-Username17

This is hilarious and true.

Also, good for the game.

In a word: yes. The big problem with IC in 4th edition is that it's just a program you can buy. If IC is as scary as a hacker, then non-hackers will be as scary as hackers. There's room for some kind of super IC for Nexuses, but regular computers running IC pretty much have to be much weaker than H...

I see. So in this situation, assume that we're talking about the nicest commlink that a player can start with...Response/Signal 5 and System/Firewall 6. So for this example, IC is capped by Firewall (6) and Backtrack is capped by System (6). So we're still talking about IC vs. Intuition + Hacking, f...

So here's a question for anyone that knows...what exactly is the distinction between the Firewall and IC? I understand the limits that Firewalls have regarding what actions they can take, but how does that work in terms of game mechanics? Just to keep things truly simple, if a hacker opens up a conn...

Agents don't get separate actions. To the extent that they exist, they are restricted to pilot programs and firewall extensions. -Username17 Two questions then (sorry, I'm still wrapping my head around your rules; although compared to 98% of what's in the equivalent SR4 materials, these are fantast...

Did I just miss it, or does this not mention Agents? Or is that covered under the Firewall Programs section?

Honestly, in my opinion, building an entire character around pilot/driver or doctor/medic isn't very fun. They're neat secondary skills, but they can easily be outsourced (a la DocWagon). I'm not saying you should build an entire character out of these roles. I'm saying that these roles are probabl...

The TV show Leverage is a really fun example of a caper show. Very true. And that basically revolves around the roles of hacker, hitter (muscle), grifter (social skills...really mad social skills), and thief (infiltration, B&E, stealth). Ok, and mastermind, but that doesn't work terribly well i...

Just out of curiosity, when is the next update to the .pdf planned?