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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HeapThaumaturgist" data-source="post: 2305455" data-attributes="member: 12332">I have Ultramodern Firearms.  I think it's interesting, but 99.9999% of the time, I don't need it.  Unless you're running a military game that spans the globe, you'll only need a handful of weapons, most of them are already detailed in the Modern book.  I LIKE UMF, but I'll probably never need alot of the weapons.  And yea, any gun that's better than other guns is then broken, just because of how the system works.  Though I guess if there's a weapon out there that's just plain better than other weapons, it's a truthful representation.  For my part I never let the players just page through and pick the toys they wanted, so it's never been an issue.  It IS fun just to page through there, though, and if you want a "distinctive" gun to give an NPC or to round out somebody's PC then it can be handy.I have D20 Future ... it's a mixed bag.  Nothing really goes together, but it's a nice place to start for a game to minimize the time you need to build things from scratch.  If you throw wide the doors, though, it'd be a nightmare.  And nobody thought to balance anything.  If you want to do Cyber, say, you'll have to go through by hand and consider each piece in relation to each other piece.  Otherwise everybody will be storming around with Laser Eyes and Heavy SubCut Armor, etc.  Most of the armor is WORSE in the future, apparently, than the armor of today.  Or yesterday, even.I don't know how much of RPGO's future stuff is in print.  I haven't heard much from them, and haven't been by the site in a while, since my future game fell through and I've been working with GrimTales and some other systems lately.  RPGObject's stuff is really good, though.  Speaking of which, if you like Apocalyptic and you want print to go with D20M look for RPGObject's "Darwin's World" ... there's ALOT of good information in there, including alot of future tech.--fje</blockquote>

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