From: | U-Gene <C14101@*******.BITNET> |
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Subject: | Cyberphsicosis and homicidal PC's |
Date: | Fri, 28 Apr 1995 13:13:25 EDT |
valid to me. But to an extent. For example, in Nemisis, the main character
is like 85% cybered up. He is constantly contemplating his own humanity.
He even had a flach back or two. BUT, he didn't laugh maniacily and lept
through store windows shooting everyone in sight. But maybe he would latter.
It's definetly had an effect on him, but he doesn't _have to_ act nuts.
As a counter example, the crazy samuria from the secrets of power trilogy.
I can't remember his name but he lept into a room full of runners with
a SMG and spurs to try to kill them all.
As for the Homicidal Runners syndrome, I believe P Ward asked how many GM's
had players more interested in "killing people for money". Well I am one.
But it is kinda weird because sometimes they just wanted to shoot the
opposition dead and sometimes they would try to do it the Real Runners Way.
Usually its do to a few charismatic individuals who on the spur of the
moment start shooting for really no reason. And as someone put it, Let em
have it.
It's hard to persuade them to be sneaky sometimes, so show them the power
of the opposition but give them the oppertunity to escape getting their
clocks cleaned. Of course I realise now that my group has individual karma
pools at 7-9 and a team pool of about 16 that the opposition has to be
really tough. Or a little kraftier. <evil GM grin + Maniac laughter>
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