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Message no. 1
From: The Deb Decker <RJR96326@****.UTULSA.EDU>
Subject: Good, Evil, and Rich
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1993 15:54:49 -0500
Wow, Stainless Steel Rat says Blood Magic is right out because characters
are supposed to be good, not to please people (or, in his wordsd, PeeCeeness).
But, WHY do you think the characters are supposed to be the good guys? we
wouldn't want Junior playing Devil's Advocate, would we?

J Roberson
Message no. 2
From: Richard Pieri <ratinox@***.NEU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Good, Evil, and Rich
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1993 17:07:40 EDT
>>>>> "RJR" == RJR96326 <RJR96326@****.UTULSA.EDU> writes:

RJR> Wow, Stainless Steel Rat says Blood Magic is right out because
RJR> characters are supposed to be good, not to please people (or, in his
RJR> wordsd, PeeCeeness). But, WHY do you think the characters are
RJR> supposed to be the good guys? we wouldn't want Junior playing Devil's
RJR> Advocate, would we?

Nothing as silly as that. Shadowrun is set up like a movie, like
Bladerunner for example. Now, this isn't to say that the PCs are "good" in
the moral definition, but they are the "good guys," the protaganists,
heros of a sort. They're supposed to be better than the guys doing the
blood rituals, beyond the controls of the corporate-run world. If they're
stooping to that level, what's the point?

Rat <ratinox@***.neu.edu> Northeastern's Stainless Steel Rat
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