Version 2.6 of the Shadowrun files are now available! 7 E-books!

[Mathias]

Version 2.6 of the Shadowrun files are now available from the automatic updates mechanism within Hero Lab.

This update adds 7 E-books to the Shadowrun files. They're available for purchase in two packages:

Package #1 contains Digital Grimoire, This Old Drone, Way of the Adept, Milspec Tech, and in a future update, will have Parazoology added to it.

Package #2 contains Gun Heaven, Unfriendly Skies, Deadly Waves, and in a future update, will have Safehouses and one other pdf (still to be determined) added to it.

Both packages are available for $9.99. To purchase them, within Hero Lab, go to the License menu and select "Purchase Data Package"

Here's the change list for this update, copied from the FAQ:
New Releases!

• Content from Digital Grimoire, This Old Drone, Way of the Adept, Milspec Tech, Gun Heaven, Unfriendly Skies, and Deadly Waves is now available! You can purchase them by choosing "Purchase Data Package" from the License menu. They come in two packages, each available for $9.99. Package #1 contains Digital Grimoire, This Old Drone, Way of the Adept, and Milspec Tech. Package #2 contains Gun Heaven, Unfriendly Skies, and Deadly Waves. In future updates, content from Parazology will be added to Package #1, and content from Safehouses and one other pdf (the exact book is still to be determined) will be added to Package #2. All of the pdfs in this package that were reprinted in Runner's Black Book have been updated with any errata from that book.

Enhancements & Changes

• Added an adjustment that can change the amount of BP you are allowed to spend on starting gear.

Bug Fixes

• Increasing a skill or skill group on the advances tab was adding extra copies of that skill as well as increasing the value.
• Increasing a skill or skill group on the advanced tab, if that skill was a magical or resonance skill, would report false errors.
• The cost of items purchased during character creation on a minion of another character (for example, mods on a vehicle) were not being added to the total BP spent on resources by the master.
• In advancement mode, Sprites could not add the complex forms they gained from high ratings.
• There was no Weapon Mount available for vehicles if you didn't own the Arsenal package.
• Purchasing an Evo Falcon on the Vehicle tab would add the stats for a Thundercloud Contrail.

Data File Authoring

• Qualities and Critter Powers can now be marked as being replaced by one or more categories of augmentations. If an augmentation from any of those categories is added, the Quality/Critter Power will add the Helper.Disable tag and set activated = 0.
• Gear now has a grAvLimMod field - "Availability Limitation Modifier". This modifier is added to the normal limit on gear availability when determining if an item is a valid choice for a starting character.

[Pheno]

So does the addition of these sources actually add the benefit of choosing a path for an adept thus lowering the cost of new powers for that path?