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Message no. 1
From: Ed <equine@***********.COM>
Subject: C is for Contacts!
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 11:59:59 -0600
Ok a question about buying a buddy or 2 or 3....

Are they just normal contact character that help out more than level 1
contacts? OR can the player pick from the group of Sample Characters in
the book?

I am guessing it could go either way depending on the GM but it is another
one of those questions I would like to ask everyone on the list.

Ed


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Message no. 2
From: Fade <runefo@***.UIO.NO>
Subject: Re: C is for Contacts!
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 22:33:19 +0000
> Ok a question about buying a buddy or 2 or 3....
>
> Are they just normal contact character that help out more than level 1
> contacts?
I quote a lot here. I assume everyone, or at least anyone that gets
anything out of this, has The Bible allready.

Contacts, P. 45:
"Contacts come in levels. A level 1 contact is your basic
acquaintance, who may or may not be helpful. A level 2 contact is
more of a friend; they're likely to do things for the runner and
maybe even stick out their necks a teensy bit. A level 3 contact is a
hardcore friend who will go down for the runner if necessary."

Noteworthy - these things probably works both ways. So if a guy is
willing to go down for you, you are probably willing to go down for
them, too. (Or, your character is.;).

Contacts, P. 61:
*snip* "Level 2 contacts are buddies, people that a character has a
personal relationship with."

So a 'buddy' is a level 2 contact.

> OR can the player pick from the group of Sample Characters in
> the book?

You can have sample characters as contacts. See the 'Contacts'
chapter, P. 259. These may be any level contacts.

Note that players are somewhat discouraged from choosing lvl 3
contacts to start with.

> I am guessing it could go either way depending on the GM but it is another
> one of those questions I would like to ask everyone on the list.


Regards,
--
Fade

And the Prince of Lies said:
"To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell:
Better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven."
-John Milton, Paradise Lost
Message no. 3
From: Ed <equine@***********.COM>
Subject: Re: C is for Contacts!
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 16:28:08 -0600
At 10:33 PM 11/10/98 +0000, you wrote:
>You can have sample characters as contacts. See the 'Contacts'
>chapter, P. 259. These may be any level contacts.

My bad...I never read that far into the contacts. :) Of course I still
have 3/4 of the book to go through.


>Note that players are somewhat discouraged from choosing lvl 3
>contacts to start with.

Come on...why not...they need to spend that 1,000,000 nuyen somehow! :) 5
friends for life...who needs equipment? Just sit back and have them do the
dirty work. :) Hmm I wonder how that would work...the character walks down
the dark alley pointing at bad people he sees and the other guys shoot.
Hmmm..you could be a shadowrunner pimp..you find jobs for these guys...they
do the work and you get a large cut of their pay.

Ed



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Message no. 4
From: Fade <runefo@***.UIO.NO>
Subject: Re: C is for Contacts!
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 23:56:45 +0000
> >Note that players are somewhat discouraged from choosing lvl 3
> >contacts to start with.
>
> Come on...why not...they need to spend that 1,000,000 nuyen somehow! :)

That's what it says, compadre, just what the book says.
"Level 3 contacts are most likely to develop through role-playing."

While I saw the smiley and assumes it goes for the rest of the post
(Shadowrunner pimping, more or less) it illustrates nicely a point
I'd like to make, and tried to mention by saying, 'it works both
ways'.

If a character is a good friend of a contact, that means also the
opposite. Contacts, lvl 2 and especially lvl 3, are people whose
opinion and safety should matter to the character. If they didn't,
they wouldn't be such highly rated contacts. So they should not be
treated as expendable slaves or mushrooms. ("kept in the dark and fed
on a steady diet of shit")... unless it conflicts with the 'safety'
bit. Mix a bit with paranoia and caution, then stir..

Just my opinion, of course.

Regards,
--
Fade

And the Prince of Lies said:
"To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell:
Better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven."
-John Milton, Paradise Lost
Message no. 5
From: "D. Ghost" <dghost@****.COM>
Subject: Re: C is for Contacts!
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 18:20:47 -0600
On Tue, 10 Nov 1998 16:28:08 -0600 Ed <equine@***********.COM> writes:
>At 10:33 PM 11/10/98 +0000, you wrote:
(Wasn't the "you" in this case was David Buehrer?)
<SNIP>
>>Note that players are somewhat discouraged from choosing lvl 3
>>contacts to start with.

>Come on...why not...they need to spend that 1,000,000 nuyen somehow! :)
5
>friends for life...who needs equipment? Just sit back and have them do
the
>dirty work. :) Hmm I wonder how that would work...the character walks
down
>the dark alley pointing at bad people he sees and the other guys shoot.
>Hmmm..you could be a shadowrunner pimp..you find jobs for these
guys...they
>do the work and you get a large cut of their pay.

"Hey do you realise how much more per person we'll make if off this guy?"
--Warm thought to keep "Shadowpimp" cozy at night ... :)

--
D. Ghost
(aka Pixel, Tantrum, RuPixel)
"Coffee without caffeine is like sex without the spanking." -- Cupid
re-cur-sion (ri-kur'-zhen) noun. 1. See recursion.

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