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Message no. 1
From: "Thomas W. Craig" <CRAIGTW1@******.JUNIATA.EDU>
Subject: Furry and powerful characters
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1993 20:28:54 -0500
I really would like to bring my Bear Shaman in on the Furry plot. You know
him as The Transformer, he makes his living as an enchanter, and is also
the prelate for a magical group. He is also a grade 12 intitiate (Cry
Munchkin if you want, I'll just ignore you. Besides he only makes candid
apperances.) Also he has some cyberware to balance the intitiate grades.


To Stormfalcon,
Keep going with what you want to bring in, your opinion is the
only one that counts. I also run munchkinous characters, although I created
them as NPCs in case I ever ran SR. I had sent two of the many skill scores
of my decker Buzz, and was attacked for them; but I will say this now those
skill scores were created for 1st Edition SR, and converted to SRII. Plus
they were modified by his cyberware. I own all the sourcebooks that have
ever come out to this point, except SSCII; BUT I do not quote rules from
any of the books, for I believe the GM has the final say in any rules
question...And everyone knows that we are all GMs on this list.

Later all,
Tom Craig
craigtw1@******.juniata.edu
Message no. 2
From: The Deb Decker <RJR96326@****.UTULSA.EDU>
Subject: Re: Furry and powerful characters
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1993 19:44:59 GMT
>Munchkin if you want, I'll just ignore you. Besides he only makes candid
>apperances.) Also he has some cyberware to balance the intitiate grades.

Would that be cameo appearances? Candid means that he speaks his mind, no
shows or pretenses. This ain't no circus bear; What You See Is What You Get
(WYSIWYG).

:)

>any of the books, for I believe the GM has the final say in any rules
>question...And everyone knows that we are all GMs on this list.

Yes, and with 200 GMs, we're bound to disagree sharply on more than a few
issues. Do we want Ordnung or Chaos? Myself, I've seen many things that I
thought were silly or stupid on this list, but none of them are life-threatening
and most are just little rubs. All you need to ask is "will people believe my
story?" Look at the good movies you've seen against the bad ones; For me, the
bad ones boil down to unbelievability; I didn't believe the characters were
real (bad acting) I didn't believe the situation was real (bad plotting) or
I didn't believe what I saw was what it was supposed to be (bad SPFX). If
most people on the list can suspend their disbelief for your story, you're
doing fine.


J Roberson

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