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<blockquote data-quote="Douane" data-source="post: 806645" data-attributes="member: 157">a) Where exactly are the Edges &amp; Flaws detailed? I borrowed some books, but can't find it. (and what does Aptitude do?)In the „SR Compendium, revised for 3rd edition&quot;. Aptitude lowers the target number for stealth-related tasks by one.e) I thought monofilament whip only cost .10 Essence for the fingertip compartment?That's the way I have always handled it. f) Why would I maybe have wanted Stealth to be SO high?Is it overkill, or can the extra-high scores be used effectively?In my opinion, 11 is somewhat overkill. Quoting from the 3rd Rulesbook &quot;Active Skill 8+: Only two words can describe your use of the skill of the class: World Class&quot;. Even with that skill of 9 you are way more skilled than most people can ever hope to be. (And as firm believer in dice and luck I will add, if you can‘t do with 9 dice those 2 extra won‘t help. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />)g) What book is Nervestrike from, and what does it do?It is from „Magic in the Shadows&quot;. Paraphrased effect: standard unarmed combat attack agianst target number 4 (+Impact armor of opponent), every 2 successes will reduce opponent‘s quickness by 1. On quickness 0 he‘s paralyzed.h) Ruthenium Polymer is 10,000 per square meter. I don't know how much material it would take to cover a smallish man. +5,000 for an image projector.IIRC , just the body surface of man with your stated weight and height would be something over 2 square meters, so a suit would have to have more, ie. 3 square meters. You also need at least4 scanners, so it sums up to 50,000 at least. I sincerely doubt it is worth that.Folkert</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Douane, post: 806645, member: 157"] [B]a) Where exactly are the Edges & Flaws detailed? I borrowed some books, but can't find it. (and what does Aptitude do?)[/b] In the „SR Compendium, revised for 3rd edition". Aptitude lowers the target number for stealth-related tasks by one. [b]e) I thought monofilament whip only cost .10 Essence for the fingertip compartment?[/b] That's the way I have always handled it. [b]f) Why would I maybe have wanted Stealth to be SO high? Is it overkill, or can the extra-high scores be used effectively?[/b] In my opinion, 11 is somewhat overkill. Quoting from the 3rd Rulesbook "Active Skill 8+: Only two words can describe your use of the skill of the class: World Class". Even with that skill of 9 you are way more skilled than most people can ever hope to be. (And as firm believer in dice and luck I will add, if you can‘t do with 9 dice those 2 extra won‘t help. :)) [b]g) What book is Nervestrike from, and what does it do?[/b] It is from „Magic in the Shadows". Paraphrased effect: standard unarmed combat attack agianst target number 4 (+Impact armor of opponent), every 2 successes will reduce opponent‘s quickness by 1. On quickness 0 he‘s paralyzed. [b]h) Ruthenium Polymer is 10,000 per square meter. I don't know how much material it would take to cover a smallish man. +5,000 for an image projector.[/b] IIRC , just the body surface of man with your stated weight and height would be something over 2 square meters, so a suit would have to have more, ie. 3 square meters. You also need at least 4 scanners, so it sums up to 50,000 at least. I sincerely doubt it is worth that. Folkert [/QUOTE]

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