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<blockquote data-quote="Mortaneus" data-source="post: 18277" data-attributes="member: 485">Here's a few questions regarding the Spacefarer's Handbook:1.&nbsp; Do Soulmechs have a Con score?&nbsp; If so, does it apply to HP and fortitude saves as usual?&nbsp; If not, how do you generate a Soulmech character?&nbsp; Doesn't that turn Con into a dumpinig ground for a bad stat roll?2.&nbsp; Why don't sorcerers get any more skills?&nbsp; Their list sucks as it is.&nbsp; Every other class gets new tech skills, except for them.3.&nbsp; Why are ballistic weapons so weak by comparison to energy weapons?&nbsp; The sniper rifle is pathetic.&nbsp; One-shot, one-kill?&nbsp; Maybe against a 1st level cripple.&nbsp; Heck, a plasma rifle has the same range increment as the sniper rifle, and does 5d10 instead of a measly d12.4.&nbsp; If someone with dermal armor, or a soulmech with reinforced construction, puts on a hardsuit, do the DR's stack?&nbsp; If so, then hurting a soulmech in a assault hardsuit who has reinforced construction means looking at a DR of 20/-.&nbsp; A bit high, I think.&nbsp; If not, then why not?&nbsp; Does putting on a suit of armor make you weaker?&nbsp; Also, doesn't DR only apply to physical attacks?&nbsp; Wouldn't lasers and blasters completely ignore the DR from a hardsuit?5.&nbsp; Why does Dex cost more than strength for a robot/soulmech?&nbsp; (see errata)6.&nbsp; Why does the medical package upgrade only cost 120 xp, despite a cost of 420?&nbsp; Did the 2 and the 1 in the xp cost get switched?7.&nbsp; I understand the attempt to make spellbooks cost similarly, but having SOFTware cost 100 cr a page doesn't really make any sense from a computer perspective.&nbsp; I'm a programmer by trade, and having your storage capacity in the datapad limited by software makes less than no sense.&nbsp; Why can't I just make a copy of the software that stores a page into unoccupied memory on the datapad, instead of buying more software?&nbsp; If it's copy-protected, then what would be the DC to crack that copy protection and put the cracked version up on the infonet for everyone and their second cousin to access?&nbsp; Spell-napster anyone?8.&nbsp; How many charges from the Starcaster does it take to teleport the corvette, destroyer, cruiser, carrier, battleship, and dreadnought?&nbsp; How do you calculate the cost in charges to do so?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mortaneus, post: 18277, member: 485"] Here's a few questions regarding the Spacefarer's Handbook: 1. Do Soulmechs have a Con score? If so, does it apply to HP and fortitude saves as usual? If not, how do you generate a Soulmech character? Doesn't that turn Con into a dumpinig ground for a bad stat roll? 2. Why don't sorcerers get any more skills? Their list sucks as it is. Every other class gets new tech skills, except for them. 3. Why are ballistic weapons so weak by comparison to energy weapons? The sniper rifle is pathetic. One-shot, one-kill? Maybe against a 1st level cripple. Heck, a plasma rifle has the same range increment as the sniper rifle, and does 5d10 instead of a measly d12. 4. If someone with dermal armor, or a soulmech with reinforced construction, puts on a hardsuit, do the DR's stack? If so, then hurting a soulmech in a assault hardsuit who has reinforced construction means looking at a DR of 20/-. A bit high, I think. If not, then why not? Does putting on a suit of armor make you weaker? Also, doesn't DR only apply to physical attacks? Wouldn't lasers and blasters completely ignore the DR from a hardsuit? 5. Why does Dex cost more than strength for a robot/soulmech? (see errata) 6. Why does the medical package upgrade only cost 120 xp, despite a cost of 420? Did the 2 and the 1 in the xp cost get switched? 7. I understand the attempt to make spellbooks cost similarly, but having SOFTware cost 100 cr a page doesn't really make any sense from a computer perspective. I'm a programmer by trade, and having your storage capacity in the datapad limited by software makes less than no sense. Why can't I just make a copy of the software that stores a page into unoccupied memory on the datapad, instead of buying more software? If it's copy-protected, then what would be the DC to crack that copy protection and put the cracked version up on the infonet for everyone and their second cousin to access? Spell-napster anyone? 8. How many charges from the Starcaster does it take to teleport the corvette, destroyer, cruiser, carrier, battleship, and dreadnought? How do you calculate the cost in charges to do so? [/QUOTE]

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