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« Reply #75 on: <10-02-15/0141:05> »
Pretty sure Jeff's pic there (which is gorgeous, and I love seeing more of his stuff) is an elf, not an ork.  No tusks.

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« Reply #76 on: <10-02-15/0152:12> »
Definitely one of his elves. It's the straw-like hair.

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« Reply #77 on: <10-02-15/1055:23> »
Hmm, from the fingers and slightly down-turned ears, I thought it was an Ork that had the tusks reduced/removed. Still, there's been several art pieces lately that have Trolls and Orks that look better (especially the Trolls).

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« Reply #78 on: <10-02-15/1119:48> »
I admit I first thought it was an orc as well due to the face structure and hands, despite the lack of tusks as the two lip piercings do make a good replacement.

Second glance does make one realize it is probably suppose to be an elf, but one can be forgiven for mistaking the two.

Or perhaps Ork with Elf Poser Quality? :P
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« Reply #79 on: <10-02-15/1657:03> »
It's always great to see new art from one of the "classic" artists from the FASA era :) Back then, I have to admit I was not a big fan of Jeff Laubenstein's Shadowrun art, although I loved his work on Earthdawn. But I must say this Elf looks very good ^^
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« Reply #80 on: <10-03-15/0936:52> »
Agree with Marzhin. While I always appreciated Jeff's style, it was never one I was particularly fond of...too "cartoony". However, his style seems to have "evolved" somewhat...liking it a lot more these days, and that elf is really nice, IMHO.

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« Reply #81 on: <10-08-15/1533:37> »
And it's live!!!

Shadowrun: Hard Targets (Deep Shadows Sourcebook) DTRPG

Shadowrun: Hard Targets (Deep Shadows Sourcebook) BattleShop (includes pre-orders and bundles)

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« Reply #82 on: <10-08-15/1658:13> »
First glance it is looking mighty sharp, pun intended. :P

Functional and linked Table of Contents.... check.. off to a good start.

Life Modules along with a new archetype for the fledgling death machine .. check

New Qualities, Magical Traditions, mentor spirits (see ya later alligator), adept powers and spells ( of the latter two stand out-  one to extend potency on an alchemical item and the other basically makes your own lightsaber on the fly, you have to provide your own sound effects though.)
Speaking of Alchemy, it is worth a look as they do have some intriguing ideas concerning enchanting projectiles, although sadly there is no rules crunch to define some of the comments made, so expect there to be some bickering over fine points. *sigh*

New weapon and armor mods for that killer appearance. 
Two words: Overclocked Taser.   
yessssssss....... so what if it might short out through the user occasionally? ;)
The tingling means it's working.
A few variant ammo loads and a couple of drones.

Liking the Cuba section

The number Seven is how many new poisons there are to ruin someone's day. Lucky for you, not so much for the guy on the receiving end....

I admit when I saw the CFD related section at the front I was not sure of it, but it actually is pretty good reading as is the update on corps and killers alike further into the book.






 
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« Reply #83 on: <10-08-15/1724:45> »
Lot more in it than I thought!! Drones are always good, what we got this time?
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« Reply #84 on: <10-08-15/1741:32> »
Sort of a mixed bag, 

Two caddy drones- one carries extra ammo clips/drums/etc, the other can actually reload your weapons so you can fast swap weapons.

One assassin drone.  Don't be fooled by how it looks, this baby can slip out of the shadows and gut a chummer before he knows it is even there.

And a trainer drone to help keep your own edge sharp since beating up your own decker for practice doesn't really leave you breaking a sweat and just pisses off the decker.
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« Reply #85 on: <10-08-15/1810:02> »
Nice to see there's a lot of detailed crunch in this... it's the reason I never really bothered with Stolen Souls since even though there's lot of stuff to buy, from what I hear there's not really any rules for any of it.
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« Reply #86 on: <10-08-15/1955:02> »
Nice work Catalyst.
On my first quick skim I'm going to give this supplement a thumbs up, pending final review.

The crunch is glorious, the fluff seems reduced, the TOC is useable and the editing seems to improved.

Be still my beating heart, has Catalyst finally gotten it's act together?

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« Reply #87 on: <10-08-15/2144:11> »
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?


Elemental Focus (p. 191) grants you extra dice for specific spells but the notation about drain is really vague. Is drain increased or not?
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« Reply #88 on: <10-09-15/0104:24> »
So, I've been reading Hard Targets, enjoying it a lot so far and I get to page 56, reading one of the listings for someone looking for protection and one line in particular where he says what he doesn't want made me laugh out loud. He doesn't want "some local burned out P.I. who has just enough mojo left in him to call himself a mage." I'm guessing Jimmy Kincaid didn't impress this guy very much . . .

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« Reply #89 on: <10-09-15/0458:02> »
So I skipped through to all the new goodies and holy SHIT this book is a gold mine.

Can definitely say 'm looking forward to THIS hitting Missions legal down the road.

Also, REALLY nice to finally get rules on Melee Hardening and Electronic Firing.
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