From:	Kevin P Dargis <NEORAZORBOY@*******.NET>
Subject:	Re: Card Idea
Date:	Thu, 10 Dec 1998 00:14:02 -0800

>Hi,
>
> I'm reading one of the Shadowrun books, and I just came across the
>Tamanous -- flesh eating ghouls. Interesting... This is what I'd
>like: runner must "eat"(frag) one runner or personel challenge per
>turn to stay in play. It can eat things from the owner's trash >pile,
or when present at the defeat of a runner, or personel >challenge. Also
I would like it to be pumpable via the eating >method. It shouldn't be
too expensive because of the HUGE drawback >of fragging till the cows
come home. But here's a chance to have a >Tin Man that works for card
drawing decks with low income -- you can >toss at will, so you draw like
crazy and toss to feed the >Tamanous... Can you guys throw around
balanced-like cards for >this? Maybe a whole set of runners?
> Note: I've been real busy with school stuff, but I'm definately
>still in to Shadowrun -- and I love the Amerindian stuff, and will >be
playing with it soon!

>Have a better one,
>Chad

Creatures are more likly to be challenges than runners... but just in
case someone wants an "awakened" runner here are both...
Feeding gouls is alot like what you want... but here is something a
little different.

Name - Tamanous
Type - Challenge
Threat - 3/3
Sleaze - athletics - 2, sorcery - 1
Text - Owner of Tamanous may frag any number of runners or personell
challenges from his trash pile to give Tamanous +1/+1 (A1) bonus until
end of combat.
Flavor - "What do you know... tastes like chicken"

Name - Tamanous
Type - Awakened Runner
Cost - 2¥
Skills - None
Threat - 3/3 (A1)
Traits - Anti-Social
Text - At the begining of your legwork phase you must feed Tamanous 1
present runner, that runner is trashed. Frag any number of runners or
personel challenges from your trash pile to give tamanous a +1/+1 bonus
until end of turn.
Flavor - "Its sad when you are no longer at the top of the food chain"


*** Knife Sharpens on Stone... Man Sharpens on Man ***
*** - Tao ***

Jayden Stormwalker
Donald Arganbright

I personally think having this as a Runner card is bad news. Soundz to me
as if it would be better off as a Challenge card. Something close to what
Stormwalker has.....

Tamanos
Challenge (Awakened/Indoor)
Athletics Sorcery Stealth
3/3 (A1)
If alarm is triggered, owner of Tamanos may trash a Runner or Personnel
Challenge from their hand to send Shadowrunning team back to the safehouse
before combat. Damage from Tamanos is armor-piercing.
"What do you know.....tastes just like chicken."

I'm not sure what sourcebook it's in, and I'm not familiar with the
creature....so I'm not sure if the sleaze requirements I posted sound right
or not, but here you have a tough to sleaze Challenge....and it gives you
three options if the alarm is triggered. One, if you know it's setting off
Challenges you want the Running team to face....let it go.....Two, if it
looks like they're gonna walk on through the rest of them, use it's
ability....Three, put it on the bottom of the challenge stack and if the
alarm is triggered, the card would stay and you use it's special ability to
send 'em home. This also enables the card to stay where it is as long as
you "feed" it. Kinda nasty in it's own way, eh? Laterz......Kev