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Old 06-14-2020, 07:51 PM   #12
Gigermann
 
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Default Re: Tech books are cumulative

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Originally Posted by Stormcrow View Post
So how do YOU use the tech books? Do you use them to build custom equipment lists? Do you find it necessary to use the books from previous tech levels to fill them out?
To answer the OP specifically:
  • I use them all as if they were one. If something's missing from a later one, it's covered. If detail is better in an earlier one, use it.
  • I don't make a list—too much work. I just look over the PCs' starting equipment and make appropriate corrections/suggestions as needed. After the start, they only get what the GM makes available, so it doesn't matter as much.
  • Just like using Low-Tech with High-Tech, we end up using High-Tech with Ultra-Tech. Pretty rare to use all three, but it's possible, I suppose.
  • We all use GCA, so most of the time, the player doesn't even know what book whatever-it-is came from.
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