Great White Games/Pinnacle Entertainment Group

[Wolfson]

[JethSeux]

Will the streamlined rules be compatible with the new Golemech/ equipment creation rules in the upcoming Malmart catalog? How about previous supplements?
-Jess

[Kodyax]

A lot of good suggestions being thrown around here. I for one wouldn't mind a whole book dedicated to Mechs.

[thurak]

[JethSeux]

Sounds good. . . I was actually talking about any rule mods you offer in the Interface Zero 2.0 that you were talking about coming out with this year. Will these rule changes be reverse compatible with supplements you published before you release the Interface Zero 2 Rules Mods, including the Malmart Catalog which will presumably be released first?

-Jess

[thurak]

[Stampede]

Hey there, Dave Viars Line Developer for IZ here.


As Dave Jarvis said, every product we have right now in development is being fitted to work with our vision of what Interface Zero 2.0 will be.


Interface Zero 1.0 was a revolutionary product for Savage Worlds. It brought the depth of cyberpunk settings and rules with the elegance of Savage Worlds.

Of course, being the 1st full effort of it's kind, we've discovered a few idiosyncrasies with the 1st edition rule set. The point of 2.0 is to take everything we've learned in the year since release and apply it within the context of the Savage Worlds Deluxe rules.

Case in point, we definitely plan on making every coming supplement fully compatible with the 2.0 rules. The coming supplements will even give you a sort of "Preview" of how things will work with the new version of I.Z.

Mallmart is being designed from the ground up as the way equipment will work in the new edition, but not just with guns, vehicles, and armor, but Drones, and Cyberware as well.

The new Hacking rules which are going through their edit right now, (and which will be released as a free pdf) will be the Hacking rules in 2.0

We also have some better ideas on how to really grasp and provide the gamut of options for campaign types one can run within a Cyberpunk style setting.

Part of this is the new way we're planning to do Occupations as and campaign types. We're looking at a sort of "Dial" system which the GM will decide at the start of a campaign, which will then help "Kit out" your starting character based on that.

For example, you should expect characters in a Military based campaign to start out with more equipment then say, characters in a street level gang style campaign, and we'll provide you with tools on how to do that.

Also, expect expanded information setting wise (And of course some more rules and options!) on the player races of the world. Just how do Hybrids, Sims, Androids, Human 2.0's and plain ole ordinary Humans all get along together, and what's the stratification like across society?

Why is it Hybrids and Human 2.0's don't generally like one another? What's the real concrete differences between an Android and a Sim?

These questions will be addressed in some forth coming supplements as well as the new core book.

Theirs much more of course, but I don't want to spoil it all! You'll see what we mean in the coming months!
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David Viars
Line Developer for Interface Zero
Gun Metal Games

[thurak]

Just an update: Still working on the edits for the new hacking rules. Finding some issues I need to deal with, but progress is being made. The same goes for San Francisco; we're getting closer.
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David Jarvis

Gun Metal games

[robert4818]

[thurak]

IZ 2.0 will contain all the rules you need to play the game (Sans the Savage Worlds Deluxe Rules and supplements like Boston and Zeeks). It's an update and we don't want to have you flipping back and forth, save to look at fluff, which won't migrate into the new rules, because I just think that's silly. I'd much prefer to build on the fictional foundation of the world as it exists in 2088.
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David Jarvis

Gun Metal games

[darkmoonrising]

I am really excited by the news of the revised edition for Interface Zero. This and Darwin's World really help cover many of the areas of SF that I love. I like IZ as a customizable gritty near future setting for which GMs can freely use or drop different elements to make the setting their own.

Some areas that I think are great are the adventure and bio-horror generators and upkeep costs (often overlooked in games). Very pleased with the changes/updated announced so far e.g. cybernetics and occupations, including occupation-centric benefits. Good to see hacking is being overhauled.

Perhaps too much to hope that the color artwork shown might indicate that IZ 2.0 will have color artwork?

Do you intend to review any of the IZ Edges (e.g. Expert Fighter and Martial Adept) with SWD release and having similar new Edges. Can we hope for a few more brand new Edges (hint, hint)?

A few areas that perhaps have not gelled with me though are the body armor tables and the reputation system. It seems that AP negation from body armor needs to be constantly compared against firearm AP before working out damage. Not a problem with normal SW as body armor with AP negation is much rarer. With the Walmart supplement coming out soon this is perhaps a moot point and maybe other groups don't find this a hassle in practice?

One humble suggestion I have to make the reputation/street cred system more FFF is that when reputation points are spent they are gone for good. This streamlines gaining temporary bonuses to tests (currently it is relatively risk free if a player has bennies in hand) and calling in favors (no need to track the number of free favors per rank or how many free favors have been used). The Connections Edge could give a free success when used with the listed group/ally and can spend rep points to boost as usual (or take the risk and roll but save the rep points). Max rep points per rank would not need to change, at least not at lower ranks, though players would be unlikely to accumulate high rep levels. Reputation becomes a fluid resource to be spent, not an ever increasing total (e.g. Hellfrost Glory system). GM might need to be more generous with rep point awards to compensate.

Keep up the good work and I look forward to the revised edition.

[thurak]

[Stampede]

Thanks for the great feedback Darkmoon. Dave V, Line Developer of IZ here, I'll add on to what Dave J said.

[thurak]

Here's a bit of an update on the Hacking rules revision, just to give you guys a better idea of where David Viars and I are headed with the revisions. Keep in mind I'm "painting in broad strokes" here, but overall we're actually re-doing things, almost entirely, to be quite frank.

There's a need to get less complicated with the rules, IMHO. In some ways we're re-creating the Deep conceptually... it'll feel a bit more like Ghost in the Shell meets Mass Effect and Minority report. Hackers will have taps, but they'll also need Tek-gloves to interact with hyper reality and other computers. the Tek-gloves interface with the TAP via an advanced USB cable that runs from the glove to a port on the side of the head. We believe that this is going to allow us to better describe the deep to people and cut out all the confusion with Hyper reality and Virtual reality.

Hacking will need to be done by interacting with the device you wish to hack, be it a computer, and vehicle, a robot, or even someone else's brain, by "jacking" into the object at it's Hyper reality terminal, which means the hacker needs to be physically with the team on missions.

As for ghosting and Virtual reality, we're still doing concept work, but for now I think that aspect will be pushed into the background and have no real impact on the game world in terms of actually hacking.
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David Jarvis

Gun Metal games

[madhatter]

Wow, David - that is really good to hear. Makes things a lot less complex & clarifies the role of 'hacker' without leaving other people completely out of the Deep. I was watch Ghost in the Shell SAC this week & I totally know how you are approach this, which is a good thing.

Looking forward to more updates.
-Jefferson

[thurak]

[Kodyax]

I'm keeping my eyes open for when stuff becomes available for print, I don't care when, I just like having a real book in front of me.

[thurak]

Hi everyone! I'm pleased to announce that San Francisco: The Ruins by the bay, written by Curtis and Sarah Lyon is now on sale!

NOT ALL CITIES ARE CREATED EQUAL...

SOMETIMES YOU'VE GOTTA MAKE 'EM THAT WAY!
Once one of the largest sprawls on the West coast, San Francisco was ravaged by war and natural disaster. Now, some twenty years after a major earthquake leveled the city, San Francisco is home to a wide range of hybrids and humans who eke out a meager existence in this harsh, post-apocalyptic ruin.

Take care though, traveler, because as much as the people of San Francisco can’t stand each other, they hate outsiders even more. These cats’ll gladly gut you and leave ya naked and bleeding out on the broken concrete if you so much as look at them the wrong way, tomo. So, if you stumble into the wrong zone or forget to pack extra ammo when scavenging in the ruins, well...

Don’t say you weren’t warned omae.

San Francisco: There’s no place like it.


IN THIS BOOK YOU'LL FIND:

A detailed look at the ruins of San Francisco and its inhabitants.
New Edges and Occupations
New gear
More City Trappings
Detailed Salvage Rules
Plot Hooks
A host of NPCs, ready to use in your game!

This is an expansion for Savage Worlds Interface Zero, and not a stand-alone setting.

Notice: This is a layered PDF. You can turn any of the layers on or off in any combination to meet your printing needs. To do so, just click the layers tab on your pdf viewer.

This PDF is best viewed with the most recent version of the Adobe Reader, which can be downloaded here:
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David Jarvis

Gun Metal games

[Kodyax]

PDF? I am happy for you but I'll be waiting for a few months for the print version to drop. But I will be getting it.

[thurak]