| From: | Logan Graves <logan1@*****.INTERCOM.NET> |
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| Subject: | Re: BKK card idea [oops, long] |
| Date: | Fri, 19 Sep 1997 21:03:00 -0400 |
> This might make it too limiting for use, but it would give it more
> flare I think....
>
> _________________________________________________________
> BIG KNOBI KLUB (3¥ to deploy) Street Location
> 2¥: Turn a ROCKER to roll D6. (+1 for Leadership or Social)
> <2: Sold Out Concert! You can't get in poser...
> 3-4: Not on the guest list. You may pay 1¥ to roll again.
> 5-6: You may take a ROCKER from your draw pile & deploy
> it at no cost.
> 7+: RIOTS! Trash Big Knobi Klub
> _________________________________________________________
I like your "can't get in poser..." tag-line & your "open-ended"
die
rolls. More of the Locations could benefit from this.
'Trash the Klub' is a good one, but I'd put it at the Lower end.
Otherwise it kindof conflicts with the pluses for leadership (although
it could signify a riot for *your* heroic & 'socially'-enhanced
autograph...) We thought about including 'Fame' in the mix, but there
are only a limited number of lines on the Locations cards for
descriptions.
I would disagree with the 'Rocker limitation' on *this* card. Ya see,
the Klub is a hangout for Shadowrunners, not Rockerboys/gals. (Maybe
save this effect for use at Penumbra or Matchsticks or Dante's Inferno.)
The idea here is that it's a place to go to gather a "band (oops, poor
choice of words, there) of followers". The catch being: ya can't show
yer face around the Klub again, 'till ya make a 'run!
(Besides, most of the regular, local bands that play the BKK, wouldn't
know which end of a gun to point at ya - if it had:
" THIS WAY TOWARDS ENEMY ==> "
emblazened on *both* sides of the barrel in glowing neo-lux
letters!!! I mean we're talking a Big "0/0" in the Threat Dept, if ya
catch my drift. ;-)
(>) In an earlier episode, Brett Borger asked:
> Better define how the +1 for Leadership or Social works...is that
> cumulative, and do levels count? Or is it just one +1 possible?
Once the actual levels were worked out (such as the "open-ended" idea,
above), I'd say that "Yes, cumulatives count." Just for each individual
runner turned (ie. each roll/re-roll).
Again you're trying to get otherwise-healthy runners to risk their
lives for your cause. (Just think back to that T$R game,that I know we
all played, where nearly every adventure started in a bar & involved an
attempt at attracting a party of foolhar.. er, stalwart characters.
Well, you get the pic...)
'Though I did just get Foxy Roxy from "Scrye." And given my original
write-up, she'd be guaranteed a new runner each time for at least 3¥.
So, maybe this needs some more thinking.
But hey, betcha thought designing these cards was easy! Din'tcha,
clavie?
(>) --Fenris
_______________________________________________logan1@*****.intercom.net
(>) Well, how was *I* supposed to know they'd
be so touchy about their acronym?!
(>) --The Smiling Bandit, during the firefight
with the Aztechnology Secret Service agents.
