| From: | "J. Keith Henry" <Ereskanti@***.COM> |
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| Subject: | Good Character (Re: All That Karma) |
| Date: | Wed, 4 Feb 1998 11:27:57 EST |
> Anyway it was fun listening for a while.
Oh you nasty voyeur you... ;)
> my character (currently retired) was a Mage / Decker. He was designed
> within a couple of weeks of Shadowrun becoming available here in the UK
> (1989 ish). I managed to play almost every week (2/3 sessions) for 2 1/2
> years, then I graduated from uni. He developed cyberlimb cyberdecks after a
> nasty accident with a Basilisk and an exploding Troll. Instead of using a
> keyboard he developed a five-finger keypad interface then re-wired his
> damage arm.
Boy does this sound familiar, and I think I would like to hear (private
email?) about the Basilisk and exploding troll (I am having trouble putting
the two together).
> He managed to continue to play even after VR 1 book banned his character
> combination. That is to say that mages couldn't deck (+2 TN in cyberspace /
> per point Magic), which was a rule I completly disagree with.
I always had a problem with that ruling, simply because for a game that was
designed relatively "classless" (as compared to AD&D anyway), it suddenly
seemed like it was going 'classed' after all. I'm glad the rule wasn't
reprinted in VR2.
> He finally 'lost it, so to speak, when during the Imago adventure he
> managed to loose his final point of Magic turning into a mundane.
> Then he finally went into retirement after becomming dissillusioned with
> the new typesof mages the he was expected to run with. He out classed them
> in every way and couldn't cast a spell.
Oh now that adventure was possibly my personal favorite of all the published
modules. I thought the idea of Quicksilver was absolutely stunning way of
looking at stuff differently. I am confused where he lost his magic point (at
least in the module's direct writing, combat aside).
> He might be found on the streets playing the plues on his silver saxophone.
Oh geesh, need to get this guy some better lifestyle cash...that
music...(silver on a sax is too 'tinny' for me, sorry).
-K
