From:	Matb <mbreton@**.NETCOM.COM>
Subject:	Re: Assigning Damage = Immortality?
Date:	Tue, 16 Dec 1997 00:20:04 -0800

Justin Pinnow wrote:
>
> Hiya folks,
>
> I just played for the first time this past weekend, and boy did I suck! ;)
>
> Anyway, I wanted to ask for some advice. My friend seemed to almost never
> lose a runner, no matter how difficult the challenge. It seemed that no
> matter how much damage he took, he just divided it among his runners and
> they would all survive.
>
> I must be missing something, because I wasn't nearly as fortunate. What am
> I missing here?

Perhaps a number of Challenges (such as Electrified Fence, and Fusion
Gate) that allow you to select who takes the damage; or ones like Booby
Trap and Incubus that, without fail, will trash a random Runner;
Challenges like the Manticore or Hellhound, which only damage one Runner
(but are almost sure to take him out); or just plain huge Challenges
like the Dracoform, Steppin' Wulfs, or Hunting Gargoyles. A Runners on
Retainer lets you pit your own Runners against his, so if you've got
more Trolls on the board at the moment...

GAQS -- Green Apple Quicksteps -- lets you remove a Runner from his
team, and combined with a No Way Out, that means he *has* to send those
other little weenies on the shadowrun, on to the slaughter. An Archie
McDeven used earlier in his turn prevents his Big Tough Guy from doing
anything, too.

A Tempest in your safehouse can add in a bit of extra damage to that
'run (if you don't mind a few hailstones your own way).

And lastly, don't overlook the effectiveness of Terror! For one black
and one colorless mana.. uh.. damn, wrong game. :)


-Mb