From:	Forrest <eness@**********.COM>
Subject:	Re: greetings/new card idea
Date:	Sun, 21 Sep 1997 10:26:59 -0700

---Logan Graves <logan1@*****.INTERCOM.NET> wrote:
>
> (>) The udder day, Joseph Mondragon wrote:
>
> > Loan Shark
> > Type: Contact
> > Cost: ?
> > Notes: Loan shark lends you 12 nuyen, but you must pay back 16.
During
> > credstick phase, if 4 nuyen payment is not made trash (frag?)
target
> > (random?) runner.
> >
> > Of course, you would roll to see if you get anything in the first
place,
> > and either trash loan shark after full payment or be unable to get
more
> > until current loan is paid off.
>
> A cost of 3¥ or 4¥ to bring this card into play wouldn't seem too
> unreasonable.
>
> So, if I suss this one: you receive 12¥ up front, & you *have* to
fork
> over your next 4 credstick allotments, or else?
>
> I'd guess the sneaky way to use this card, then would be to use it
for
> your "last push" at victory -- ie. that run that lets you win the
game,
> or something.
>
> ...Or maybe you couldn't win, 'till the load was paid off. This
way
> the other players would have a 'sudden death' -type scenario of four
> turns to beat you (without your nuyen stipend). Hummmrn... It's
almost
> like real life!
>

Another clause you might want to add is something that DISallows you
to remove this contact from play yourself. Thus preventing a player
from getting the money, then using an Elvish Hitman to avoid paying it
back.


Forrest
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