| From: | NeoJudas neojudas@******************.com |
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| Subject: | New campaign - with a dog? |
| Date: | Fri, 9 Jun 2000 23:19:08 -0500 |
Subject: Re: New campaign - with a dog?
> > 2) Are there any special rules regarding cyberware in animals? (I read
one
> > Shadowrun novel once, that described some guard dogs with implants)
>
> Cyberware + Animals = Not so stable beasts. Manageable at best.
Actually, in Critters the mentionings of cyberware are for the most part the
same as in people, EXCEPT for the control implants which are all -1 essence
each and lower the target numbers to make Handling tests (but then they
don't give you ideas of what a handling test for the animal is...)
> > 3) Does anyone have some stats for a big bad ugly Rottweiler? :-) I
figured
> > that the "dog" described in BBB 2nd ed. is just that; a standard dog.
>
> If you read Shapeshifters, there are rules for "larger breeds"
> of animals, since lycanthropes are presumed to be larger breeds.
Yes, there are those things, just remember to be careful with what words go
where. The concept of "Lycanthrope" is a disease in RL, and in SR it
probably is as well. Some mutant vampiric virus I'd expect (dead pan
silence...)
> > 4) Should I dismiss the idea completely, and if so: why?
>
> Never dismiss an idea in my book. Understand their expectations
> impose your limitations for sake of the game, if they can't
> accept them, then they have dismissed the idea/implementation :)
Completely agree with Steve here.
> > 5) Does any of you have similar experiences and can warn me about what
to
> > expect?
>
> A looooooooong time ago I whipped together something called a
> Beast Master - a magical adept a la the movie idea for a woman
> who wanted to play with animals. It worked surprisingly well -
> but she had magic attribute points tied to certain animals so
> she was pretty protective of her allies.
Hmmm ... this sounds familiar, never happened in my games but I recall
conversation about it.
> Currently I have an NPC decker I have named Shakespeare who has
> an entourage of dogs (all named after characters, aka A Great Dane
> named Hamlet, etc.) who actually are trained to watch his flesh
> while he decks. The dogs are all trained, but their training and
> ability to react is based upon his Animal Handling Skill and
> their processing Intelligence (not to be confused with their
> perceptual intelligence). It has worked so far, and none of the
> dogs have died.. though I think when Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern
> do buy it the group will be sad and not realize it was their
> fate.
>
> Heads..... Heads.... Heads... Heads.. Heads.
Actually, sounds very familiar to what we do here, but the decker has only
one "dog"... "Billie the Barghest".... and the damndable amount of
chaos
that has created .... for instance ... and the other stories are
never-ending as well (never go roller-blading with the barghest on a leash
unless you are a REALLY prepared for some action).
"Billie" <Via the telecom on autoreply> "quick Billie, turn on the
red
button ... no Billie, not green that makes the car go...." (sudden strange
crunching noise)...
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