Factory: A Compendium of Magical Robots, Computers, and Dweoware

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Summary: More Weird and Wacky Stuff
Review: And I thought Arsenal was wonderful...Factory surpasses even that by offering more of the same in a different venue. Whereas Arsenal came out before d20 Modern, Factory has suggestions on integrating itself with d20 Modern to make a more complete settings as well as give even more options for say an Urban Arcana game. If you combine Arsenal and Factory you essentially have Shadowrun d20 and that's not a bad thing. Factory gives us examples of robots as well as some idea of making your own. Technomagic is the buzz word with this book even moreso than its elder brother Arsenal. Computers get a similar treatment with dizzying ideas on hacking. Enchanted cyberware is also included with a tongue-twisting name but some good ideas here. Quite similar in some respects to Dragonstar's spellware but this is more convergent evolution I'm sure. All in all there is a lot here to like and play with. Good ideas and their integration with d20 Modern is a plus which gives adequate cause to recommend this book quite highly.