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Message no. 1
From: MC23 <mc23@**********.COM>
Subject: Re: Freakdom & Shadowrun Players
Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 23:02:31 -0400
Once upon a time, Jessica Grota wrote;

>> You have both your ears pierced??? you freak! <j/k> ;);)
>
>I have two holes in each ear AND have my eyebrow pierced. What does that
>make me? ;)

Is that all you have pierced? I considered getting an eyebrow
pierced 2 or 3 times but now I'm looking into some tattoos. I've
definitely got to grow my hair out again. Speaking of which, how is he
who has been de-mohawked coping?

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Message no. 2
From: BigDaddy <bigdaddy@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Freakdom & Shadowrun Players
Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 23:30:19 -0400
eyebrow peirced yuk! i got my ears and my nipples pierced. Oh man its
awesome! The sensation you get with the nipples being pierced is unreal!
Thats if you can stand the 30sec of pain it takes to get them done.
--
Napalm Sticks To Kidz,
BigDaddy
Message no. 3
From: Nexx <nexx@********.NET>
Subject: Re: Freakdom & Shadowrun Players
Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 23:11:11 -0500
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> From: MC23 <mc23@**********.COM>

> Is that all you have pierced? I considered getting an eyebrow
> pierced 2 or 3 times but now I'm looking into some tattoos. I've
> definitely got to grow my hair out again. Speaking of which, how is he
> who has been de-mohawked coping?

I actually have spent a considerable amount of time with the front half
of my head shaved. Its very comfortable, providing the meditative
benefits of stroking the front of your head (don't knock it till you've
tried it), and the comfort of having long hair in the back (something I
never quite get used to being without when I finish shaving my head).
Personally, I'm not into piercing, but that's because I've seen too many
needles to be comfortable around them.
Message no. 4
From: Wraith <wraith@************.COM>
Subject: Re: Freakdom & Shadowrun Players
Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 03:05:24 -0500
-----Original Message-----
From: MC23 <mc23@**********.COM>


>Once upon a time, Jessica Grota wrote;
>
>>> You have both your ears pierced??? you freak! <j/k> ;);)
>>
>>I have two holes in each ear AND have my eyebrow pierced. What does that
>>make me? ;)
>
> Is that all you have pierced? I considered getting an eyebrow
>pierced 2 or 3 times but now I'm looking into some tattoos. I've
>definitely got to grow my hair out again. Speaking of which, how is he
>who has been de-mohawked coping?


Two holes and an eyebrow? Doesn't seem like much..at one point my brother
had about 4 in one ear...eyebrow no big deal...I wonder about people with
their cheeks pierced though :) Tongue is no big deal, I know too many
people with that.

On a more On-Topic note, just how far do people go in describing their
characters? Do y'all include hairstyles/body-piercing/tattoos when you
describe your character? Jewelry perhaps? (Non-mages...mages always seem
to have some sort of jewelry :)

Wraith
aka
-D
Message no. 5
From: Danyel N Woods <9604801@********.AC.NZ>
Subject: Re: Freakdom & Shadowrun Players
Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 20:47:09 +1200
Quoth Wraith (2005 14-5-98 NZT):

>>Once upon a time, Jessica Grota wrote;
>>
>>>> You have both your ears pierced??? you freak! <j/k> ;);)
>>>
>>>I have two holes in each ear AND have my eyebrow pierced. What does
that
>>>make me? ;)
>>
>> Is that all you have pierced? I considered getting an eyebrow
>>pierced 2 or 3 times but now I'm looking into some tattoos. I've
>>definitely got to grow my hair out again. Speaking of which, how is he
>>who has been de-mohawked coping?
>
>Two holes and an eyebrow? Doesn't seem like much..at one point my
brother
>had about 4 in one ear...eyebrow no big deal...I wonder about people
with
>their cheeks pierced though :) Tongue is no big deal, I know too many
>people with that.

>On a more On-Topic note, just how far do people go in describing their
>characters? Do y'all include hairstyles/body-piercing/tattoos when you
>describe your character? Jewelry perhaps? (Non-mages...mages always
seem
>to have some sort of jewelry :)

Damn straight. It's part of that 'Distinctive Style' thing Duke's got
going: he's got a scar on his cheek he refuses to have removed (he feels
he's earned it), and tattoos on each shoulder (the GDI hawk (in blue)
for you C&C fans). Whenever he's out of uniform (he's a
paracritter-hunting cop, I posted the campaign last week) he always
wears a jacket with shoulder-flashes that match the tattoos.

Danyel Woods
9604801@********.ac.nz
'Are you deliberately trying to drive me insane?'
'The universe is already mad. Anything else would be
redundant.'
Message no. 6
From: Jessica Grota <grota@*********.COM>
Subject: Re: Freakdom & Shadowrun Players
Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 14:30:44 -0400
Danyel N Woods wrote:

>
> >On a more On-Topic note, just how far do people go in describing their
> >characters? Do y'all include hairstyles/body-piercing/tattoos when you
> >describe your character? Jewelry perhaps? (Non-mages...mages always
> seem
> >to have some sort of jewelry :)


Hmm. Jett has a thing for dressing all in black leather and carrying a
crossbow. She's about 5'8", muscular with some nice curves, and
scary-looking. She's got a purple triangle tattooed point-down over her
left eye, and a lot of scarring on her face, arms, and stomach. I think
she'd have the distinctive style flaw if I'd known about edges and flaws
when I first created her. But Jett is by far the character of mine that
stands out the most.

Faedra has oddly-colored hair: She's young but her hair is naturally
silver with two white streaks in it. That's about her strongest
noticeable trait. But anyway, usually I'm thorough about describing my
characters. I even draw them, art fiend that I am. I have about 5 or 6
pics of Jett so far that I've either drawn or altered from the net to
look like the Jettster.

--Jett
Message no. 7
From: Alex van der Kleut <sommers@*****.UMICH.EDU>
Subject: Re: Freakdom & Shadowrun Players
Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 14:53:12 -0400
>Danyel N Woods wrote:
>
>On a more On-Topic note, just how far do people go in describing their
>characters? Do y'all include hairstyles/body-piercing/tattoos when you
>describe your character? Jewelry perhaps? (Non-mages...mages always
seem
>to have some sort of jewelry :)

I had a merc sniper who always wore a leather Flying Tigers bomber jacket
while off duty. Of course he had the military buzz cut, and a nasty scar
along his upper right arm (right above the cyber forearm). When out on a
run, he did have a very specific outfit that I had described. Since almost
all of them were night runs, he started out with black urban camo. Pistols
in a special forces holster on the right hip, along with the mag carriers.
Asorted other goodies on a swat rig (kind you get out of the US Cavalry
catalog). And he always had 2 black stripes painted on his face, one going
down over each eye from the forhead to the cheek.

Sommers
Message no. 8
From: Lehlan Decker <decker@****.FSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Freakdom & Shadowrun Players
Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 16:34:06 -0500
>
> >Danyel N Woods wrote:
> >
> >On a more On-Topic note, just how far do people go in describing their
> >characters? Do y'all include hairstyles/body-piercing/tattoos when you
> >describe your character? Jewelry perhaps? (Non-mages...mages always
> seem
> >to have some sort of jewelry :)
>
Depends most of my PC's are fairly descriptive, NPC's it depends.
One particular example. Phantom is a Str Sam, from way back. (My 1st
PC). He has several scars that usually aren't visible, and his cybereyes
can glow reflectively like a dogs. :)
He's usually dressed in black, with a duster that says "Death Comes
for us All" on the back. Long hair, pony tail. No jewelry that I can
remember. :)
If I could draw, I'd be all set. Unfortunately that talent skipped
me.


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Message no. 9
From: Sheldon Rose <scrose@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Freakdom & Shadowrun Players
Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 16:34:29 -0500
Jessica Grota wrote:
>
> Danyel N Woods wrote:
>
> >
> > >On a more On-Topic note, just how far do people go in describing their
> > >characters? Do y'all include hairstyles/body-piercing/tattoos when you
> > >describe your character? Jewelry perhaps? (Non-mages...mages always
> > seem
> > >to have some sort of jewelry :)
>
> Hmm. Jett has a thing for dressing all in black leather and carrying a
> crossbow. She's about 5'8", muscular with some nice curves, and
> scary-looking. She's got a purple triangle tattooed point-down over her
> left eye, and a lot of scarring on her face, arms, and stomach. I think
> she'd have the distinctive style flaw if I'd known about edges and flaws
> when I first created her. But Jett is by far the character of mine that
> stands out the most.

I always go into great detail when describing both my PC's and NPC's
it's half the fun of playing the game.
I'm a firm believer in the come up with a concept fist make the numbers
up later... If I don't have at least 2 or three pages of background
before I start working with the numbers. I don't know where to start
working with the numbers. I know a have a valid concept if I role play
the character without numbers or dice and/or stats of any kind. Matter
of fact I once got no less than 3 characters out of a single background.
I started with a PsyAd Ork, started working on the background story and
suddenly I had a steetdoc (Her Father) A decker (Boyfriend) who ended up
being created later. I've used all of them as PC's the GM loves it and
lets me switch off not in a single game session but from session to
session. The shadows are not the big and most of the players in this
game have more than one character and the particular group for a given
run might change from run to run...
and assorted other
Message no. 10
From: Barbie <barbie@**********.COM>
Subject: Re: Freakdom & Shadowrun Players
Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 12:05:29 +0100
At 14-Mai-98 wrote Wraith:


>On a more On-Topic note, just how far do people go in describing their
>characters? Do y'all include hairstyles/body-piercing/tattoos when you
>describe your character? Jewelry perhaps? (Non-mages...mages always seem
>to have some sort of jewelry :)

Yep I usualy include such things in my descriptions.
I once back in time had a player who went so far to descripe his shoe laces
and
arrow feathers and what else.
A good description is nice an nessary but not when it takes longer then the
play session....

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Message no. 11
From: Raven <florian.goll@******.UNI-WEIMAR.DE>
Subject: Re: Freakdom & Shadowrun Players
Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 19:26:54 +0000
Wraith dared to ask

> On a more On-Topic note, just how far do people go in describing their
> characters? Do y'all include hairstyles/body-piercing/tattoos when you
> describe your character? Jewelry perhaps? (Non-mages...mages always seem
> to have some sort of jewelry :)

YES! <excuse the shouting> but not on the most intimate parts, thats
to give the characters some sort of privacy... hey these guys are
people, too ...

--R

Laugh, the end is near ...
Frank Sinatra
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