| From: | Phil Hayward <Philip.Hayward@***.UK> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Female met |
| Date: | Tue, 13 Jun 1995 09:52:43 +0100 |
> On Mon, 12 Jun 1995, Eve Forward wrote:
>> Just out of curiosity, has anyone out there played, or seen played,
>> a female Ork, Troll, or Dwarf in Shadowrun? I don't think I've seen any
>> NPC's like this, but I have nowhere near all the books.
>> Be interesting to hear about any such characters...
Umm, nope our only female player plays our only metahuman - an elven
Decker/Rigger, she is possibly our most explosive character since she
has a quick temper and takes a lot more personally. This goes in
really well with what would otherwise be a very stealthy group. She
has a tendency for violence and occasionally mass-destruction but
chose not to play a orc sam as she likes high intelligence characters
preferably combined with evil cunning. Also she has a real flair for
sub-plots, and while not the best-developed character she has added
alot to her character's background, and can drag the group into more
and bloodier adventures than any other PC.
>
> I have played in or heard about a few groups which had female
> metahumans on their SR team. Trouble is, there aren't too many women I
> know of who regularly play Shadowrun, for that matter - RPGs. Although,
> that's changing.
There have always been female Role-players its just the ones (er two) I
know have kept away from AD&D style games, but haven't we all :)
> One thing I really enjoyed about SRing alongside female runner
> (played by females, of course) is they get a different perspective or
> approach towards a sitaution - whether it's legwork or combat; often, the
> results are surprising and unexpected.
Surprising - definately, but from a character who's favourite weapon
is the radiator grill on an MacTruck, Her end results always tend to
involve something falling down - Hard.
> And as a GM, it's nice to have
> female runners for it adds a little more realism to the game with regards
> to role-playing along with the fairer sex and another option besides the
> "frontal assualt, kill everything, show no mercy attitude". But then
> again, some women who play SR play gung-ho, Charles Bronson types - which
> is cool too.
She's less of a 'kill everything' kinda gal and more a 'HE DIES'
and she says it with such meaning, you don't stand in her way
when she's feeling downright mean. :)
Hope I didn't portray my sister as too bloodthirsty since she
is very good in non-combat roleplaying situations as well.
Phil
<Philip.Hayward@***.uk>
