[19:23] <+Thom> Anyway, I'm Thom Marrion, writer of Beyond Human for Eden Studios. This is going to be teh general powers sourcebook for their Unisystem and pretty much teh first Unisystem book not tied to a particular campaign setting or franchise
[19:23] <+Thom> done
[19:23] <~Dan> Thanks, Thom!
[19:23] <~Dan> Need us to repost our questions?
[19:23] <+Thom> Also, I can't spell THE when I type to fast :)
[19:25] <+Thom> Yes, though I think the first question was when it was coming out. I am putting the finishing touches on the last chapter now (big giant superhero setting), playtest should be done by the end of the year and then it is up to George.t
[19:25] <+Sutter> :D
[19:25] <~Dan> Yup, that was the first one. :)
[19:26] <+Thom> I know he has at least one new franchise that he wants to use with Beyond Human, so he is as eager for it to come out as everybody else. I would say definitely 2013 for the release.
[19:26] <+Thom> done
[19:26] <+Silverlion> Can you tell us anything about the superhero setting?
[19:27] <~Dan> [19:19] <~Dan> And, in a broad sense, what will it contain?
[19:27] <~Dan> 19:19] <+JMThompson> What power level of superheroes will it emulate, Superman/Wonder Woman / Captain Marvel, or will it stay in the mid range group?
[19:27] <~Dan> (Question pause.)
[19:28] <+Thom> Yes. My personal philosophy on superhero settings is that it is the one genre where you can get away with everything. It actually could make sense for Hercules to fight Dracula aboard a giant Nazi robot infested with alien zombies.
[19:28] <+Thom> so the superhero setting has notes for including all teh other settings in teh book.
[19:28] <~Dan> Awesome. :)
[19:29] <+Sutter> Indeed!!
[19:29] <+Thom> The basic cape and mask stuff is a giant crossover of all the Golden Age public domain superheroes and their descendents
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[19:30] <~Dan> Arrgh!!
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[19:30] <~Dan> wb, Thom!
[19:31] <+Thom> If you are familiar with th power settings from Armageddon (pre-heroic, heroic, legendary, mythic, and there is also one beyond that called cosmic), the default setting for teh superhero world is mythic.
[19:32] <~Dan> Holy crap. O.o
[19:32] <+Thom> So, that would be most of your standard Marvel and DC characters
[19:32] <+Sutter> Indeed!!
[19:32] <+Thom> But there are rules for Cosmic level, which would be your Superman and Phoenix types
[19:32] <+Thom> done
[19:32] <+JMThompson> I am not familiar with Armageddon.
[19:33] <~Dan> JMT: You should read my review of it. :D
[19:33] <+JMThompson> I just recently got a copy of Terra Primate based off a review I read 5 years ago. Im kind of slow :-)
[19:33] <~Dan> (Short version: Heaven, Hell, and everything supernatural in between vs. high-tech undead mutant Cthulhu Nazis.)
[19:33] <+Thom> Heroic is basically the level of Buffy and Angel, if you have ever seen those games from Eden.
[19:33] <+Geek2theRight> Dispie futurist end times setting, sort of. Lots of liberties taken of course.
[19:34] <+JMThompson> I have, own both Buffy and Angel.
[19:34] <+JMThompson> Along with Ghosts of Albion, Eldritch Skies and Army of Darkness
[19:34] <+Silverlion> I need to pick up Eldritch Skies.
[19:35] <+Silverlion> Anyway, so its going to have Golden Age characters, not new ones as examples?/
[19:35] <~Dan> (Black Terror. Black Terror. Black Terror. Black Terror.)
[19:36] <+Thom> It is going to have a setting that starts with a golden age and ends up in modern times
[19:36] <+Thom> Yes, Black Terror (as well as the Terror Teams of All Nations, sort of my riff on Batmen of All Nations)
[19:36] <~Dan> Yes!!!
[19:37] <~Dan> And the Green Lama...?
[19:37] <+Silverlion> I see. Green Lama?
[19:37] * ~Dan high-fives Sil. :D
[19:37] * +Silverlion returns it.
[19:38] <+Thom> and Green Lama, though I am still undecided on whether or not Tibet will be defended by a Green Lama Corps. Some things are too silly even for me.
[19:38] * ~Dan chuckles
[19:38] <~Dan> So basically, the whole Project: Superpowers crew?
[19:39] <+Silverlion> Heh.
[19:39] <+Thom> The Nedor superheroes are the big private superhero team and the Fox superheroes work for the government
[19:40] <+Thom> done
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[19:41] <+Thom> stoopid computer
[19:42] <~Dan> So, let's back up a bit... What all does the book contain?
[19:42] <~Dan> (And question pause there, as I imagine that will take some answering.)
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[19:43] <~Dan> [19:42] <~Dan> So, let's back up a bit... What all does the book contain?[19:42] <~Dan> (And question pause there, as I imagine that will take some answering.)
[19:44] <+ThomMarrion> Beyond Human starts with an expanded version of the Cinematic Unisystem rules from Buffy and Ghosts of Avalon, as well as options for including things like Essence from teh classic Unisystem settings liek AFMBE
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[19:48] <+Thom> There is a chapter of psychic rules that includes the Psychic powers of the cinematic Unisystem and the Psionic powers of classic Unisystem
[19:49] <+Thom> the heart of the book is the Big Chapter of Every Power ever
[19:50] <+Sutter> :D :D
[19:50] <+Sutter> AWESOME!!
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[19:51] <+Thom> and with all that are the settings. There is Psionic setting, a Gothic horror setting, a realms of faeries setting (otherwise known as Thom sneaks in the Book of Yes
[19:52] <+Thom> that should be Book of Yesod for all the Witch Craft fans)
[19:52] * ~Dan nods sagely
[19:52] <+Sutter> :D
[19:53] <+Thom> a 1950's alien setting, and a cosmic level setting of neolithic gods versus dragon and spirits (otherwise known as Thom sneaks in the Book of Netzach for all the WC and Armageddon fans)
[19:53] <~Dan> :D
[19:54] <+Thom> and then all of those settings can also be used with the superhero setting
[19:54] <+Thom> There is also a chapter of sample races
[19:54] <+Thom> done
[19:54] <+Sutter> I'm Dancing.....Thom.......
[19:54] <~Dan> I notice you didn't mention magic. Does that fall under the general powers section?
[19:54] <+Sutter> Dancing
[19:55] <+Silverlion> Cool. Sounds like a huge book
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[19:56] <+Thom> There is a section on creating Elemental group powers and that is used to fake magic for those settings that need it (though you can always use Buffy Sorcery or Invocations from classic Unisystem instead)
[19:56] * ~Dan nods
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[19:57] <+Thommarrion> but to do actual magic system rules would require a whole second book
[19:58] <+Sutter> Powers and Magic are pretty much the same thing in my opinion
[19:58] <~Dan> Well, it depends upon the limitations applies.
[19:58] <~Dan> applied
[19:59] <+Silverlion> Indeed.
[19:59] <+Silverlion> And the flexibility of powers.
[19:59] <+Silverlion> Its a shame really as Magical heroes may need spellcasting
[19:59] <~Dan> So, how do you handle powers, Thom? Are we talking about "cafeteria style", or "do-it-yourself"?
[19:59] <+Sutter> ......true.
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[20:00] <~Dan> [19:59] <~Dan> So, how do you handle powers, Thom? Are we talking about "cafeteria style", or "do-it-yourself"?
[20:01] <+Thom> cafeteria style, though some of the basic things (like shooting blasts of whatever out of your hands) is designed yourself
[20:02] <~Dan> So something like a super-expanded version of Angel/GoA powers?
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[20:02] <+Thom> Very much so
[20:02] <+Sutter> Like qualities?
[20:03] <+Thom> There are some that work like Qualities and others that work more like teh Metaphysics from classical
[20:04] <+Thom> done
[20:04] <+Sutter> AWESOME!!
[20:04] <~Dan> Hmm. So let's look at a blast power. Would it require Essence by default?
[20:04] <+Sutter> I'm LOVIN it all!
[20:05] <+Sutter> :D
[20:06] <+Thom> Nothing requires Essence by default. In that way, it is more like cinematic Unisystem, but you can use Essence requirement as a limitation
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[20:06] <~Dan> Ah, see, now we're getting somewhere. Can you add gestures as a limitation as well? And invocations?
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[20:09] <~Dan> [20:06] <~Dan> Ah, see, now we're getting somewhere. Can you add gestures as a limitation as well? And invocations?
[20:09] <+ThomMarrion> There are all sorts of limitations you could add- number of uses per day, who it affects.
[20:10] <+ThomMarrion> But there would also be enhancements you could add like an area effect or armor piercing
[20:10] <+Sutter> see, so you can mimic Magic
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[20:10] <~Dan> See, to me, if you can add limitations like that, then yeah, that equals magic to me. :)
[20:11] <+Sutter> Awesome! :D
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[20:12] <~Dan> How many powers does the book contain?
[20:12] <+Thom> Hard to say off the top of my head, let me look
[20:13] <~Dan> Oh, you don't have to do a count right now, Thom. :)
[20:13] <+Thom> about 25 thousand words worth of powers :)
[20:13] <+Sutter> :D
[20:14] <+Thom> There is also a section on making gadgets or artifacts, ray guns and mecha armor
[20:14] <~Dan> :D
[20:14] <+Thom> I snuck Mjolnir as a sample artifact
[20:14] <~Dan> Well done. :)
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[20:14] <+Sutter> Kewl, sir.
[20:14] <~Dan> So what was the thinking in breaking out psionics from the general powers?
[20:15] <+Thom> First, there are already two detailed systems for that already in use for Unisytem
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[20:17] <+Thommarrion> the other thing is that Psionics gets something of a pass traditionally. You can have a science fiction setting for example without weird mutant powers or flying alien who shoot lasers out of their eyes, but it will still have psionics in it.
[20:17] * ~Dan nods
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[20:18] <~Dan> You mentioned a Gothic horror setting. Vampires/werewolves/Frankenstein monsters?
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[20:20] <~Dan> [20:18] <~Dan> You mentioned a Gothic horror setting. Vampires/werewolves/Frankenstein monsters?
[20:20] <+Thom> mostly I think it was a desire to not reinvent the wheel on that one.
[20:21] <~Dan> And is it Victorian era?
[20:21] <+Thom> Exactly. Werewolves (or at least wolf shapeshifters), moroi and strigoi, and Frankenstein monsters (either a classic Unisystem version called a homunculus or a cinematic version which is your normal construct made of dead parts
[20:21] <~Dan> Moroi and strigoi?
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[20:22] <+Thom> The setting is ruritanian fantasy set in the fictional nation of Banat (which was actually a real country for about ten minutes), with options for play throughout the twentieth century (ala Universal monster movies)
[20:23] <+Thom> as an added bonus, Banat has a Doctor Doom type monarch. Just because
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[20:23] <~Dan> :D
[20:24] <~Dan> What are moroi and strigoi?
[20:24] <+Thom> Moroi and Strigoi- since Unisystem already has about a half dozen different vampires or so (and this point is used to illustrate how to design races based on real world mythology) I went with two vampire types that haven't been used by Eden before
[20:25] <+Thom> Moroi are living people with the Power of Energy Vampirism, Strigoi are basically spirits with their own form of Energy Vampirism that they use to manifest physically
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[20:26] <~Dan> (Welcome to #rpgnet, Froghammer!)
[20:26] <~Dan> What's the 1950s setting like?
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[20:27] <~Dan> (Welcome, Kurt! Thom's having some connection problems.)
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[20:27] <~Dan> [20:26] <~Dan> What's the 1950s setting like?
[20:27] <+KurtWiegel> I'm having some child problems (my son is rampaging through the house refusing to go to bed)
[20:28] <+ThomMarrion> Little Green Men versus psionic hive Bug Eyed Monsters with the blob, gillmen, body snatchers, giant insects, giant people, and giant monsters thrown in
[20:28] <~Dan> :D
[20:28] <+WonderRat> (Howdy)
[20:28] <~Dan> (Howdy, Wondy!)
[20:28] <+ThomMarrion> including a King of Giant Monsters Who Destroys Tokyo
[20:28] <+ThomMarrion> done
[20:28] <~Dan> Wow. :D
[20:28] <~Dan> What are the PCs in that one?
[20:29] <+Froghammer> make sure to include some good old-fashioned racism
[20:29] <+KurtWiegel> Wow- thats a dense setting.
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[20:29] <~Dan> [20:28] <~Dan> What are the PCs in that one?
[20:29] <+ThomMarrion> humans, human-friendly aliens, or aliens who want to destroy all earth humans!
[20:29] * ~Dan chuckles
[20:30] <~Dan> Can the book handle cybernetics?
[20:30] <+KurtWiegel> What are the odds of seeing some stuff from the legendary unpublished buffy/angel books being included?
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[20:30] <~Dan> Kurt: 100%, based on what he said earlier. :D
[20:31] <+KurtWiegel> Thanks. I'm late to the party as usual
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[20:31] <~Dan> He has chapters based on the faerie and pagan god realms from WitchCraft/Armageddon.
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[20:31] <~Dan> Did I get that right, Thom?
[20:31] <+KurtWiegel> Sweet moses, this is like a book I dreamed of
[20:31] <+ThomMarrion> sorry phased out there again (stupid computer)
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[20:31] <~Dan> Sorry, Thom. Did I get this right?: [20:31] <~Dan> He has chapters based on the faerie and pagan god realms from WitchCraft/Armageddon.
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[20:32] <~Dan> [20:31] <~Dan> Sorry, Thom. Did I get this right?: [20:31] <~Dan> He has chapters based on the faerie and pagan god realms from WitchCraft/Armageddon.
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[20:35] <~Dan> You there, Thom?
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[20:36] <~Dan> While we're waiting, Kurt: He said that there's a superhero setting that goes from the Golden Age (using public domain superheroes like the Black Terror and the Green Lama) to modern day, with anything goes.
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[20:38] <+Sutter> God....I can't wait for this book to come out!!!!
[20:38] <+ThomMarrion> Thamks :)
[20:38] <~Dan> [20:31] <~Dan> Sorry, Thom. Did I get this right?: [20:31] <~Dan> He has chapters based on the faerie and pagan god realms from WitchCraft/Armageddon.
[20:38] <+ThomMarrion> Geez, I can't type tonight
[20:39] <+ThomMarrion> I tried to include everything I thought Unisystem players might want but hadn't gotten yet
[20:39] <+Sutter> Bless you....
[20:39] <~Dan> Can the game handle non-powered but ridiculously-skilled characters like Hawkeye/Green Arrow?
[20:39] <+KurtWiegel> This is really interesting. I don't know if Ghosts of Albion and or Eldritch skies has any more planned/proposed books, but this almost feels like an epilogue/love letter to the fans. Will this be the last Unisystem book?
[20:40] <+ThomMarrion> back to the Faeries and Pagan Gods, teh Faerie bit is pretty much Yesod
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[20:40] <~Dan> (Question pause while Thom catches up.)
[20:40] <~Dan> (Howdy, Joe!)
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[20:41] <+ThomMarrion> the war of teh gods setting is more its own thing
[20:41] <+ThomMarrion> done
[20:43] <~Dan> Did you see the Green Arrow question, Thom?
[20:43] <+ThomMarrion> no, please repeat
[20:43] <~Dan> [20:39] <~Dan> Can the game handle non-powered but ridiculously-skilled characters like Hawkeye/Green Arrow?
[20:44] <~Dan> Also:
[20:44] <~Dan> [20:39] <+KurtWiegel> This is really interesting. I don't know if Ghosts of Albion and or Eldritch skies has any more planned/proposed books, but this almost feels like an epilogue/love letter to the fans. Will this be the last Unisystem book?
[20:44] <+ThomMarrion> Yes. As I mentioned, there are different power levels (heroic, legendary, mythic, etc)
[20:44] <+ThomMarrion> Each setting has teh choice of either powered or non-powered characters
[20:45] <+ThomMarrion> so you could have someone who could fly or lift cars in the same campaign as someone whop never misses a shot or is the world's best detective or smartest man.
[20:46] <~Dan> Is there a "power" associated with have ridiculously high skills, or is it just a matter of how you spend your points in general?
[20:46] <+ThomMarrion> as far as last Unisystem book, I honestly don't know. Like I said, George has plans for follow-up settings that use Beyond Human as the core book, but I don't know the actual details on those
[20:46] <~Dan> (There's a "Super-skill" power in Basic Roleplaying, for example.)
[20:47] <+ThomMarrion> No superskill per se, but if you build a non-powered character, you have so much more points to spend on skills, especially at the higher level campaigns
[20:47] * ~Dan nods
[20:48] <~Dan> Did you make any changes/additions to the core CineUni mechanics (other than the inclusion of standard Uni options)?
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[20:50] <+ThomMarrion> Nope, the mechanics are still the same. The cinematic skill list has been altered a bit, but this is basically the final version of a lot of Qualities and Skills that originally showed up in teh licensed settings
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[20:51] <~Dan> Oh, did you see my earlier question about cybernetics?
[20:52] <+Thommarrion> The book has an expansion on the Robot quality
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[20:54] <+ThomMarrion> and you can of course build cybernetic effects from the Powers list, but no detailed cybernetic rules
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[20:54] <~Dan> (Do you have time to stick around longer, given our late start, Thom? Or do you need to run?)
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[20:55] <~Dan> [20:54] <~Dan> (Do you have time to stick around longer, given our late start, Thom? Or do you need to run?)
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[20:56] <+Thom> Maybe a few more questions
[20:56] <~Dan> What are the sample races?
[20:57] <+Thom> The Alfar Sidhe (Fey folk), Homunculi- human/spirit hybrids made from dead bodies, basically the WitchCraft version of Frankenstein's monster)
[20:58] <+Thom> Subterraneans who nullify powers
[20:58] <~Dan> I can dig that.
[20:58] <+Thom> a hard science more realistic alien to balance out the goofier ones in the fifties setting
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[20:59] <+Thom> and a cosmic level nomadic alien, sort of Silver Surfer meets Starman (Jeff Bridge, not Jack Knight)
[20:59] <~Dan> Sweet.
[21:00] <~Dan> Is there any sort of equipment list?
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[21:00] <+Thom> there is an expanded list from what has been in previous unisystem books, with the vehicle rules and weapons that cover everything from pointy wooden stocks to atomic bombs
[21:01] <~Dan> Great!
[21:01] <+Thom> so there are some sci fi weapons thrown in with teh usual guns and swords
[21:01] <~Dan> One last question from me, at least: can the book handle "omni-powers" like Green Lantern's ring, the Power Cosmic, super-magic, etc.?
[21:01] <+Thom> the basic idea was to be able to handle everything from fantasy to hard science fiction to horror to pulp
[21:02] <+Thom> Last question- yes.
[21:02] <~Dan> Awesome. :)
[21:02] <+Thom> In addition to the regular powers, there are elemental powers which are group powers bought in levels
[21:03] <~Dan> Is there anything we haven't covered that you'd like to mention?
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[21:04] <+Sutter> This book is going to decimate all in it's path!
[21:04] <+ThomMarrion> and there is even a cosmic elemental power used by galactic policemen (CJ came up with that one)
[21:04] <+ThomMarrion> done
[21:04] <~Dan> Great!
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[21:04] <+Sutter> Wicked Awesome!!
[21:05] <~Dan> Well, first of all, I'd like to thank you for taking the time to talk to us, Thom.
[21:14] * +jcfiala_ grumbles.
[21:14] <+ThomMarrion> Absolutely, it's been a blast
[21:14] <+Sutter> Yes, thank you!
[21:14] <~Dan> Secondly, given the connection problems, I'd like to offer you a return visit if you're inclined.
[21:14] <+technoshaman> has the question been asked on how powers will be done? will the be part of qualities or its own system like some of the magic system in past eden games?
[21:14] <+ThomMarrion> Maybe we can do another one of these once the book sees print
[21:14] <~Dan> He did answer that, tech. The log will be up shortly.
[21:14] <+technoshaman> ok
[21:14] <~Dan> Thom: Absolutely.
[21:15] <+Sutter> I can't wait to get this book!!!!
[21:15] <+Sutter> :D:D:D
[21:15] <+ThomMarrion> Thank you everybody
[21:15] <~Dan> Thom: The link to my blog, where the log will be posted, is in the subject line.
[21:15] <+technoshaman> when is its coming out? i missed it :P
[21:15] <~Dan> Thank YOU for making this book happen!
[21:15] <+Sutter> 2013
[21:15] <+ThomMarrion> Aw shucks :)
[21:15] <+CraigOxbrow> Thanks, Thom, and Dan for organising.
[21:15] <~Dan> My pleasure!
[21:16] <~Dan> I've been looking forward to this book for YEARS.
[21:16] <+technoshaman> same here
[21:16] <+Sutter> same here!
[21:16] <+ThomMarrion> Signing out. Thank you all once again.
[21:16] <+Sutter> bye
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