Message no. 1

From:	Nexx <nexx@********.NET>
Subject:	Re: Gaming history / archetypes
Date:	Tue, 17 Mar 1998 18:02:21 -0600

> I agree with you, but most of my players actually generate numbers
> first, then come up with a personality. Usually they'll then go back
> and change a few numbers for the personality, but they can't come up
> with one without numbers to start with. Weird. To each his own....

While that makes little sense in Shadowrun, in a dice-based creation system
this makes a certain amount of sense. After all, if I picture my character as
a strappingly huge troll, but roll only a 9 for strength, the image is lost,
and part of the character has to be altered.