There following changes have been confirmed going forward after the Beta 1 rules.

• Demolition Charge has been given the pierce property
  
• Values to Suits table now appears in character creation after Subcultures step
  
• Clarification added regarding purchase options and character creation
  
• Bolstered stat bonuses from Athlete, Celebrity and Genius genelines
  
• Changed formulae for Edge and Wound threshold.
  
• Added starting package of gear to character creation
  
• Added more example skill experiences to skill descriptions
  
• Dodges must now be declared before the attacker plays a card.
  
• More explicit notes on ammunition added.
  
• Changed terminology of playing a card from “a Stat/skill-TN action” to “a Stat/skill-TN flip.” This helps disambiguate “action” as in play a card and resolve the action mechanic from “action” as in a mechanical unit of action performed in combat.
  
• Language skill rolled into Lib-Arts, languages slots now determined by Lib-Arts skill
  
• Culture and carouse skills combined into Socialize, culture slots now determined by Socialize skill
  
• Drive and Pilot skills combined into Vehicles skill
  
• Animals and Survival skills combined into Naturalist skill
  
• Broker skill rolled into Bureaucrat
  
• Skills range 1 - 5 instead of 1 - 10. Skill flips are always 1/2 Stat + Skill. Only stats values have associated suits, and you simply use the suit associated with the stat. Defaulting to a related skill means you simply use that skill in place of your 1/2 stat. Face cards are worth the usual 1/2 stat + skill bonus.
  
• Subculture skill experiences heavily revised to match new skill list and scale
  
• Numerous changes to the phases of the combat system, and resulting changes with actions and AP costs.
  
• Unavoidable Hit critical effect replaced with Dazing Hit effect
  
• Full Hazards section added
  
• Full rules for Maladies added
  
• New Engineering subsystem added
  
• Full rules for Computing, Hacking, Encryption and Simspaces added
  
• Cover now subtracts from chances of being hit in Suppressive Fire
  
• Added option to choke grappling target unconscious
  
• Dying gasps changed to not increase Bleeding consequence from wounds caused by Bleeding itself
  
• Wound, Stun, Fear and Dazed consequences revised.
  
• Vehicles system added to rules.
  
• Numerous revisions to gear prices
  
• Refocus reaction added to concentrate actions.
  
• Calculation of Defense score has changed
  

Edited beholdsa (January 05, 2015 11:05:23)

Updated list of changes.

More changes added to the list.

Added more changes.

Updated list again.

Another series of changes added.

More updates!

Yet another set of changes.

Phase 2 of the playtest will likely be released by the end of January.