From:	Phil Smith phil_urbanhell@*******.com
Subject:	New campaign - with a dog?
Date:	Sat, 10 Jun 2000 07:33:23 GMT

>From: "Carsten Gehling" <carsten@**********.dk>
>So my questions are:
>
>1) Should I let him decide for himself, the dogs actions, since it's
>trained
>or should I as GM run it?

Animal Handling Skill (Charisma)
This skill is used when giving orders to animals; when he wants to get the
dog to do something roll this skill against a certain TN depending on the
dog's intelligence, how simple the command is and shoot up the TN if it puts
the dog in danger or otherwise defys basic instinct. The GM cooses the
dog's exact action but he gets to influence it with this roll.
Default: Charisma
Specialisations: By animal type.

*Phil looks into Great Dragon training courses*

Up Lung, come on, good boy!

I encourage characters to keep pets, it adds depth to their character and
gives me something to kill when they annoy people.

>2) Are there any special rules regarding cyberware in animals? (I read one
>Shadowrun novel once, that described some guard dogs with implants)

Try Critters, basicly you roll 1D6 verses the Critters essence, if the roll
equals or beats it, it attacks its handler. You could also look into
Gurth's Chromebook Conversions which has some neat cyberware specifcly for
critters.

>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.

Humm, try B4 Q4(x5) S4 C<snort> I2/4 W2 E6 Init4+1D6 Attacks6M

Not quite the large dog stats in Crtitters but if you fed one well and
trained it to be a "big bad ugly" dog this is about what you would get.

>4) Should I dismiss the idea completely, and if so: why?

No way, this is a cool idea for a character. Make sure he pays for the dog
out of his resources though; Phil's Discount ANimal Warehouse will sell you
this kind of dog for 50¥ (minus Cyber).

>5) Does any of you have similar experiences and can warn me about what to
>expect?

No, but I'd love to have a go, let me know how it works out.

Phil

...Unfortunatly one of them spotted our hidden microphone and followed the
extension cable back to the police station.
Milton Jones

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