Shadowrun
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Just found this over on DTRPG:
Sail Away, Sweet Sister (Enhanced Fiction) (http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/128889/Shadowrun-Sail-Away-Sweet-Sister-Enhanced-Fiction)
Three formats included: PDF, mobi and epub
Downloading shortly ;D
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Excellent story. A follow-up to Patrick's last enhanced fiction piece, Another Rainy Night.
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It's also available at Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Shadowrun-Sail-Away-Sweet-Sister-ebook/dp/B00JVC7FQU/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1398224028&sr=1-1&keywords=sail+away%2C+sweet+sister) and the Battleshop (http://www.battlecorps.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=3315). Available now at Barnes & Noble (http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/shadowrun-patrick-goodman/1119302315?ean=2940149173723). There's even a blog post (http://www.shadowruntabletop.com/2014/04/get-your-shadowrun-fiction-fix-with-sail-away-sweet-sister/) about it.
Anxious to hear what people have to say about it.
EDIT: Added the Barnes & Noble link.
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Oh, and a request: If you buy it (and really, why wouldn't you?), please be sure to go to the place you bought it and rate/review it. This helps bring other people besides the True Believers to the book. Thanks!!
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Echo that.
In fact, I'll have to do that at Amazon soon.
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Hehe, purchased :)
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Patrick,
Thank you for this. I love reading more about the vampires and such in Shadowrun. In fact, I plan on making a series of games around them in Seattle. This will help tremendously. Additionally, I'm not sure what impact you had for making the book enhanced with additional rule stuff, but thank you!
Again - thank you. :)
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One of these days they'll let me write long-form fiction.
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One of these days they'll let me write long-form fiction.
I really hope so. Don't get me wrong. I like these novella's and their price tags make them easy to swallow, but I'd really love a new novel of some 300ish pages to really sink my teeth in to.
I just picked up the kindle version. I'm actually still reading through 2XS, so I'll be breaking the spine open (figuratively) after I'm done with 2XS (might be a little while since I only read when I'm on the train going to work).
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And you got my money.
What really draws me in is that it has some SR fiction, but also some game stats/mechanics. I like that balance. Will that stuff ever be SR missions legal?
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biotech66
Oh, and Bull says unless he issues an FAQ on it, it's Missions legal. So the stuff in ARN is Missions legal, but the stuff in SASS isn't yet because it just came out and hasn't passed the 30-day-from-publication mark yet.
Where are the game stats in your book, by the way? I bought it off of Amazon, and I'm not seeing any stats...
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Just replied to this in the ARN thread (http://forums.shadowruntabletop.com/index.php?topic=6406.msg285332#msg285332) in a different forum.
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I just purchased it through Drive Thru because I really enjoyed "Another Rainy Night." I am looking forward to reading the story during my free time in the next week. I was a bit disappointed that there were not statistics for other vampires. I would have loved to see Theresa from the first story brought back in the statistical 5th edition form. I did like the additional rules for vibro blades, new spells, and new qualities.
Overall a good product so far, worth the 1.99, and that is with not having read the story yet.
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Considering how ARN ended, I never considered converting Teresa to SR5, though I suppose I could easily enough.
Glad you think it was worth the price, though. :)
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It's on my list! As soon as I get through the other items ahead of it (including certain academic works I need to deal with >.>), I'll read and review ^^
I did skim it and noticed you included a older model of smartgun system within a weapon once I got to the end. That makes for plenty of epileptic trees for me to post as to how smartguns work :P
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Patrick, I'm curious if you had this sequel planned from the onset or not?
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I knew from the beginning that it (this story arc) was going to be in three parts, minimum. Certain portions of it caught me by surprise along the way, though.
Did you like it?
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In the bought version are there the full prices and rules for the personalised grips? Preview didn't have any prices/avail ratings or rules on which slot it takes (if any)
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Patrick put out a question for what it'd be, he expected it to be in R&G.
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I knew from the beginning that it (this story arc) was going to be in three parts, minimum. Certain portions of it caught me by surprise along the way, though.
Did you like it?
Hi Patrick,
Since it's Shadowrun game night, I haven't had the opportunity to read it yet. I imagine it would be better if I read Another Rainy Night first to refresh my memory of the first part of the "trilogy"
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Patrick put out a question for what it'd be, he expected it to be in R&G.
oh right, that doesn't sound encouraging then. i take it those specific rules didnt make it into the final cut? they certainly didn't make it into RnG!!!
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Looked up the post: http://forums.shadowruntabletop.com/index.php?topic=6406.msg285339#msg285339
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Anxious to hear what people have to say about it.
I loved the story, and can't wait for the next one! Also, a big thank you for putting Vibro weapons in there! I was not happy when I saw they weren't in Run & Gun.
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Rated it and left a short review on DrivethruRPG! :D
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Cool story, Patrick. Left a review over on Amazon; I really enjoy all the little details that firmly ground the story in the Shadowrun universe. Looking forward to the next one (conclusion?)
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Thanks for the reviews, guys. I'm glad you enjoyed the story.
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Patrick, I have posted a review on DriveThruStuff. I did have a slight problem; my review kinda looks like I'm fanboying you a bit.
I would ask you to suck more as a writer so it could look more balanced next time, but I think the obvious downsides of that outweigh my personal sensibilities as to how to write a review :P
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Hey Patrick,
I finished reading both stories. I'm glad I held of on the first part until the second became available, otherwise the wait would have been murder. There's a real WoD theme present that works well in the stories, although I'll be honest, I'm not sure I want to see translated into the rpg. Of course, that's usually true of most fiction in Shadowrun I think
Great job and the were a very entertaining read. I trust we won't have to wait another 2+ years for part 3????
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Patrick, I have posted a review on DriveThruStuff. I did have a slight problem; my review kinda looks like I'm fanboying you a bit.
I would ask you to suck more as a writer so it could look more balanced next time, but I think the obvious downsides of that outweigh my personal sensibilities as to how to write a review :P
I tried to keep it short and to the point, to avoid the same. I did feel the need to respond slightly to the only other review at the time, as I felt that he was jumping to conclusions not supported in the story.
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Great job and the were a very entertaining read. I trust we won't have to wait another 2+ years for part 3????
Glad you enjoyed (all of you), and Jesus, I hope not....
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Finally set the time aside to read this over the weekend. I also read Another Rainy Night as it had been so long, that I wanted to refresh my memory with the story and characters. An excellent read...well worth the $1.99. ;D
I put up a review on DTRPG...my first one ever, I think.
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You didn't think the character development was as strong in SASS as in ARN? Why do you think this? (Not being antagonistic, genuinely curious so I can fix problems if they exist.) There's no wrong answer.
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Fair question...hard to answer, to be honest. I think that with ARN, all the characters were new vs with SASS not so much. I really enjoyed Seamus and his "friend"; also thought that Thomas' ex was done well. I struggled to follow the motivations of "the Monster", but that might just have been me. I do think (hope ;)) that some of the threads will close up nicely with the next installment. In my opinion, one of the challenges any short story/novella has is fleshing out all of the characters in such a small word count...simply the medium. Perhaps you should consider something a tad longer... 8)
I think that my favorite element of your stories is how you "imbue" the sense of magic and technology, but don't let either dominate the story...really helps expand my perspective on what the Shadowrun universe can be. Maybe it's because there's not as much "punk"...not sure.
Regardless, please get back to penning the finale...looking forward to it. ;D