[near finale][HOE] one more question..

[Joey Fanning <wraith530@comcast.net>]

    Yeah, looking at all that stuff, i can start to see.  But i've noticed
character-type books tend to have less than setting books(*i.e. Brainburners
vx. Denver) and repeat some from older books(cyborgs and book o the dead).

    Anyways, the questions i'm asking are obviously starting to sound really
suspicious, and anyone could venture a guess as to what i'm doing.  Some of
the folks from the listserv have done a great deal in helping me personally,
and I thank everyone for that.

    Alright, I'll give away my big secret.  It's a book.  who couldn't have
guessed?  Anyways, it details two new character types, androids and
clones(you might remember the android edge from a few months ago).  The book
works with HOE, and hopefully come mid-august i'll be able to make it work
with Lost Colony.  My plan was to finish it and give it away for free on my
site, but Jeff told me it'd be a better idea to show it to the folks at PEG
first and see if they wanted anything to do with it.  It's up to about the
equivlent of a 64-page book, and if anyone is at all interested, drop me a
line.

    A bit more description on the book, i guess.  Androids and clones are
two products of the early twenty-first century.  Androids get useful(but not
particularly deadly) powers based on their tech spirits, and are, according
to people who've read up for them,. a fun concept to play.
    Their powerful starting package balances out with the near-total lack of
improvement, but even more fun is the role you take on as a tech spirit who
has obtained his ultimate goal--to be with the humans.  Also, androids are a
bit easier to manage than scrappers and cyborgs, since they get their
strength and power from attention, care and affection by humans.  Clones Are
an option for those players who refuse to let go of their dead character's
sheet:  Your clone's a new character, but by scrounging through their old
self's memories(which they can only do if the original is dead, by the way),
they can learn skills more quickly, but they run the risk of madness, or
even being taken over by their old selves.

Like i said, if this sounds interesting to anyone, my e-mail's at the top of
the message.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard A Ranallo" <toadpooka@juno.com>
To: <hoe@gamerz.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 1:21 PM
Subject: Re: [HOE] one more question..


> 30,000 sounds a bit skimpy.  Starchildren ended up around 60,000 words
> after editing, not counting parts like the character sheet and
> tables/charts.
>
> On Sun, 04 Aug 2002 06:24:38 -0400 Joey Fanning <Wraith530@comcast.net>
> writes:
> > What is the approximate word count of a 128-page sourcebook?  I seem to
> recall one of the authors saying it was around 30,000.  This seems about
> right.
>
> From Whom It May Concern,
> Rich Ranallo
>
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