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« Reply #105 on: <11-20-13/1906:29> »
Iirc no edition of Shadowrun has ever had specific rules for retail shopping. It's always been handwavium or treated the same as black market. Hope I'm wrong.
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« Reply #106 on: <11-20-13/1913:34> »
Hehe. Trollbait countering a troll's arguments.

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« Reply #107 on: <11-20-13/1915:33> »
Firstly, thanks for an honest engagement.


In no way or place does the RAW state that items with Availability must be purchased on the black market.

P419

"BLACK MARKET GOODS
When you get to the good stuff, the higher the Availability Rating is, the harder it is to acquire the item. To purchase an item off the books, make an Availability Test."

The section going on to detail the mechanics of making these purchases.

The use of the term "off the books" means the black market. The title of the section is 'Black Market Goods'. Applying these rules to retail purchases would be a (perfectly reasonable) houserule, but a houserule nevertheless.








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« Reply #108 on: <11-20-13/1923:15> »
Iirc no edition of Shadowrun has ever had specific rules for retail shopping. It's always been handwavium or treated the same as black market. Hope I'm wrong.

See p416

"STANDARD GOODS
Standard items with no Availability rating can be purchased at your local Kong-WalMart, Stuffer Shack, or Microdeck, or perhaps ordered online or picked up from a vending machine. All you have to do is pay the cost listed in the book for the item (with adjustments from the gamemaster if she wants, according to local market fluctuations or other extenuating circumstances she deems appropriate)."

Here you go. Specific rules for retail purchasing.

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« Reply #109 on: <11-20-13/1925:47> »
I should have specified items with an availability rating. My bad.
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« Reply #110 on: <11-21-13/0746:13> »
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