From: | mamos@*****.com (Mike Amos) |
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Subject: | Meet your new runner, Kevin Mitnick |
Date: | Fri, 31 Jan 2003 08:04:04 -0700 |
his bodybuilding fetish. I appreciate all the input.
Now onto new business.
I've been reading The Art of Deception by Kevin Mitnick. Although I'm a bit
concerned about the moral implications of the book (it's a bit more of a how
to and less of a security guide). It provides an interesting read and a
wonderful companion to any face character for shadowrun. I keep hearing
everyone talk about how much they want, but what would you do if you had an
adept social engineer like Mitnick in your campaign? I mean legwork is one
thing, this guy could finish the whole mission and at most send his Decker
into the system once with adequate passwords and access to not have to worry
about IC. Is someone who does this kind of leg work a GM's dream or
nightmare? Would you grant him extra karma even though it is obvious that
this is the easiest way for him to handle it? How would you deal with the
conflict between the other players and this guy when they really want to
shoot something, but end up just sitting in their hideout counting their
earnings?
Just seemed like an interesting problem. Thanks.