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« Reply #90 on: <10-09-15/0552:09> »
Love the book so far, especially because the Manhunter is back!

Two questions  though:
The spell Spellblades (p. 192) states that Physical blades are like power bolts and are resisted by armor, yet the Power Bolt spell is not resisted by armor, just pure body. Mistake?
If armor can be used them what is the AP of the spell?

I suspect someone doing the writing needs to brush up on the spell descriptions, but the intent seemed to be they wanted a Physical Indirect effect since they specifically go on about it being blockable by armor, so this is a good one for the errata list.

  As such I suspect they will list AP as equal to Force when the errata for this comes out.

And Mungo strongly approves of the Melee Hardening as he is tired of his pretty pewpews breaking all the time when he hits people with them.

I keep telling him it's okay to actually shoot people with them now and again but he keeps forgetting to load them. ::)
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« Reply #91 on: <10-09-15/0713:24> »
Well, this is now sitting at No 1 on the DTRPG Hottest Titles list (went Copper overnight)...very nice to see. Looking forward to the reviews (good or bad)...hint hint ;)

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« Reply #92 on: <10-09-15/0841:26> »
I have read up to page 59 so far, and WOW! I'm definitely liking it so far!

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« Reply #93 on: <10-09-15/1001:49> »
Well, that answers that, guess I am picking up Hard Targets.  ;DD
Thing is I am nearly broke. :'(  But, hearing that the gear section actually has rules is making me super excited along with everything else, such as PQ/NQs, spells and adept powers!
Quote- Mirikon on 7/30/2019 at 08:26:51
Agreed. This looks like a 'training wheels' edition, that you can use to introduce someone to the setting, and then shift over to something like 5E or 4E. Like how D&D 5E is best used as training wheels for D&D 3.X.

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« Reply #94 on: <10-09-15/1516:14> »
I just got the book and.....oh my god!? Is that a table of content?.....IT IS!.......oh god, its been so long......so much time waiting  :'(......its beautiful *wipes a single tear from his eyes*

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« Reply #95 on: <10-09-15/1548:23> »
Well done book. Question, also about spellblade, what does the spellcasting skill have to do with the spell and if it is sustained then the user must have either a PQ or a foci if he wants to keep it up during combat, correct?
Quote- Mirikon on 7/30/2019 at 08:26:51
Agreed. This looks like a 'training wheels' edition, that you can use to introduce someone to the setting, and then shift over to something like 5E or 4E. Like how D&D 5E is best used as training wheels for D&D 3.X.

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« Reply #96 on: <10-09-15/1821:05> »
So reading the book more.

Practice, practice, practice from page 191 doesn't almost invalidate the Aptitude quality from the core? I could have read it wrong but from what i understand it does the same with a small limitation (no available for unarmed, melee or shooting skills) for 12 karma less.

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« Reply #97 on: <10-09-15/1826:35> »
And, the TOC headings act as links to the corresponding page of the PDF.  Huzzah!

I just got the book and.....oh my god!? Is that a table of content?.....IT IS!.......oh god, its been so long......so much time waiting  :'(......its beautiful *wipes a single tear from his eyes*
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« Reply #98 on: <10-09-15/1916:53> »
So have questions on a couple of things.

Reloading Slide: How many clips does it hold? The Reloading Rail specifically mentions it holds 4 clips, but the Reloading Slide doesn't mention any clip capacity.

Expanded Bows - Traditional: Does overdrawing require the fired arrow to be of a higher rating? if so it makes it useless on Rating 10 bows as there's no rating 11 arrows.

Master Archer: Does the -2 Movement Penalty reduction count towards firing from a moving vehicle as well as running?
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« Reply #99 on: <10-10-15/0506:41> »
Only been skimming the book's crunch section but I already caught a couple minor table errors and the like.  Just for example, the bio/cyberware section not only lacks common formatting between each table (Some have a header and then component names, others just a header), the "Biospike" entry has its components listed as "Bone Spurs."

Then Hand Load manufactured armor is listed in the body of the work to be normal ammunition cost +10% while the table lists it as +25%

Other than little nitpicks like that, I do like the additional list of modifications and gear.  Haven't finished reading all the sections but it seems like a very solid supplement.

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« Reply #100 on: <10-15-15/2321:04> »
Hard Target brings in a "new" type of spirit with the loa and then divides the aspects of them into two subclasses; Rada and Petro. Sadly the book does not include an explanation about what this means other than which tradition can summon what.
Is there a difference between the two? If yes, then what is it?
What is the difference between Ogoun summoned as Rada and then summoned as Petro?
If Tom Brady’s a Spike Baby, what does that make Brees and Rodgers?

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« Reply #101 on: <10-16-15/0009:37> »
Hard Target brings in a "new" type of spirit with the loa and then divides the aspects of them into two subclasses; Rada and Petro. Sadly the book does not include an explanation about what this means other than which tradition can summon what.
Is there a difference between the two? If yes, then what is it?
What is the difference between Ogoun summoned as Rada and then summoned as Petro?


HT p.126
"One thing to clarify: There are technically no “good” and “evil” loa; it’s more “cool-tempered” and “hot-tempered.”

Rada is the "cool tempered" while Petro is the "hot tempered"

but as Darwin says
"Fundamentally I agree with you. But there are those like Krabinay who perform virtually no useful services for metahumanity"

The Rada side of Ogoun is the defender who will fight for his people. Petro side is that of the killer.
The Rada side of Shango is fighting out of love. Petro is fighting out of rage.
The Rada side of Erzulie is the eternal innocent in love and romance, while the Petro side is that of Jealousy and seduction.

The difference is what personality will you bring with the loa. The Rada, or the Petro.

Santeria character can summon Legba into themselves and play either the benevolent leader or the Doomsayer, though they ideally would choose the benevolent leader as that most matches the saint aspect.

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« Reply #102 on: <10-16-15/0219:47> »
Finally had a chance to give it a good read over.

Intro story: An interesting piece. It drives home the point of how people justify themselves when the kill.

CFD section: Pretty good read. It leaves enough trails and mystery, especially given the benefactor who wrote this. The other ones such as Ares and OM was a good read as well. I think the AZT section was the weakest more because it is just preparing for something later than anything else. Shedim, the little 8 and the nexus were great and I look forward to seeing how things develop. The other sections in this part were well written. What is interesting is how our source may no longer be with us and a lot of golden information lost.

In the Crosshairs was interesting. It gave a few good ideas for fleshing things out.

Havana was a pretty good read. I like the adding of different contacts and people that can be used.  The addition of voodoo Loa was a nice addition that I really appreciated.

Becoming Death was rather entertaining. Watching the way some of the posters interacted around this (maybe now netcat can join Slamm0! in the nightmares department?) was a nice bonus. The additional rules and gear were really nice.

Overall a very solid book.

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« Reply #103 on: <10-19-15/1703:53> »
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« Reply #104 on: <10-20-15/0341:07> »
For the interest of those of us who like the Shadowtalk and are interested in going down nostalgia row, the Havana chapter features entries by some older mainstays such as Pyramid Watcher and the Chromed Accountant.  I haven't followed every book that's come out recently so I can't say if this is their first reappearance or not but there you have it.