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Message no. 1
From: "Norbert G. Matausch" <NMATAUSC@****.cip.fak14.uni-muenchen.de>
Subject: Re: Names (a late comment)
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 09:16:39 +1000
On Mon, 19 Aug 1996 Jamie Houston wrote:
>
> > What are some of the best names that you and others have
> > come up with for ShadowRunners? Or any good ones that
> > you've heard?
>
> We've had some good ones:
> A German troll sam named Blitzkrieg

Thank Godess you didn't call him Sauerkraut or Wurstel. :)


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Message no. 2
From: Loki <loki@*******.com>
Subject: Re: Names (a late comment)
Date: Mon, 09 Sep 1996 00:38:22 -0700
Norbert G. Matausch wrote:
>
> On Mon, 19 Aug 1996 Jamie Houston wrote:
> >
> > > What are some of the best names that you and others have
> > > come up with for ShadowRunners? Or any good ones that
> > > you've heard?
> >
> > We've had some good ones:
> > A German troll sam named Blitzkrieg
>
> Thank Godess you didn't call him Sauerkraut or Wurstel. :)
>

We had a minotaur from East Coast named Jersey...fond of wearing a black
and white patterned long coat of the approrpriate design...


@>-,--'--- Loki

CLARKE'S THIRD LAW:
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.


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Message no. 3
From: chaos@*****.com (Steven Ratkovich)
Subject: Re: Names (a late comment)
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 03:58:30 -0500 (EST)
>
>We had a minotaur from East Coast named Jersey...fond of wearing a black
>and white patterned long coat of the approrpriate design...
>
>
> @>-,--'--- Loki
>
>
Ok, stupid question time... I've been playing for about 3 years, read
almost every source book and novel. Now, I've seen this reference I think
two other times. What is a minotaur in Shadowrun? I don't remember them
from anywhere... I know what they are in other games, but what are they
from in Shadowrun?



Order is Illusion! Chaos is Bliss! Got any fours?
Stay Cool, Stay Paranoid
Message no. 4
From: Loki <loki@*******.com>
Subject: Re: Names (a late comment)
Date: Mon, 09 Sep 1996 01:20:52 -0700
Steven Ratkovich wrote:
>
> >
> >We had a minotaur from East Coast named Jersey...fond of wearing a black
> >and white patterned long coat of the approrpriate design...
> >
> >
> > @>-,--'--- Loki
> >
> >
> Ok, stupid question time... I've been playing for about 3 years, read
> almost every source book and novel. Now, I've seen this reference I think
> two other times. What is a minotaur in Shadowrun? I don't remember them
> from anywhere... I know what they are in other games, but what are they
> from in Shadowrun?

Paranormal Animals of Europe: Appendix 2 (page 122). They're a
Mediterranean expression of the troll meta-type.


@>-,--'--- Loki

CLARKE'S THIRD LAW:
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.


Poisoned Elves http://www.netzone.com/~loki/
Message no. 5
From: chaos@*****.com (Steven Ratkovich)
Subject: Re: Names (a late comment)
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 04:34:29 -0500 (EST)
>>> Ok, stupid question time... I've been playing for about 3 years, read
>> almost every source book and novel. Now, I've seen this reference I think
>> two other times. What is a minotaur in Shadowrun? I don't remember them
>> from anywhere... I know what they are in other games, but what are they
>> from in Shadowrun?
>
>Paranormal Animals of Europe: Appendix 2 (page 122). They're a
>Mediterranean expression of the troll meta-type.
>
>
> @>-,--'--- Loki
>
>
Ok, that's right, I vaguely remember that now... Thanks... Don't see many
of those around.... I consider myself Thwapped for that...:)



Order is Illusion! Chaos is Bliss! Got any fours?
Stay Cool, Stay Paranoid
Message no. 6
From: The WARLOCK <BADBENE@***********.HTL-TEX.AC.AT>
Subject: Re: Names (a late comment)
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 11:39:12 +0100
> Ok, stupid question time... I've been playing for about 3 years, read
> almost every source book and novel. Now, I've seen this reference I think
> two other times. What is a minotaur in Shadowrun? I don't remember them
> from anywhere... I know what they are in other games, but what are they
> from in Shadowrun?

A minotaur is european version of the troll. Orcs are called ogres in
europe. Check out the germany sourcebook.
Message no. 7
From: bluewizard@*****.com (Steven A. Tinner)
Subject: Re: Names (a late comment)
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 13:07:37 -0500 (EST)
>Ok, stupid question time... I've been playing for about 3 years, read
>almost every source book and novel. Now, I've seen this reference I think
>two other times. What is a minotaur in Shadowrun? I don't remember them
>from anywhere... I know what they are in other games, but what are they
>from in Shadowrun?

There are 2 kinds of SR Minotaurs.
One is a critter. It's an awakened man-eating bull.
The other is nothing but an odd looking Troll. Some troll metatypes around
the greek area UGE'd into a distinct body type - two symetrical horns,
elongated nose, dark, almost furry skin. They call them minotaurs. Same
thing with Ogres. Those are just smooth orcs. No different rules or
anything, just a diff. appearance.


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Message no. 8
From: Loki <loki@*******.com>
Subject: Re: Names (a late comment)
Date: Mon, 09 Sep 1996 11:47:00 -0700
The WARLOCK wrote:
>
> > Ok, stupid question time... I've been playing for about 3 years, read
> > almost every source book and novel. Now, I've seen this reference I think
> > two other times. What is a minotaur in Shadowrun? I don't remember them
> > from anywhere... I know what they are in other games, but what are they
> > from in Shadowrun?
>
> A minotaur is european version of the troll. Orcs are called ogres in
> europe. Check out the germany sourcebook.


Stats for the Ogre and Minotaur meta-races are in Paranormal Animals of
Europe (appendix 2)...see my other response to this post elsewhere.

@>-,--'--- Loki

CLARKE'S THIRD LAW:
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.


Poisoned Elves http://www.netzone.com/~loki/
Message no. 9
From: "Gurth" <gurth@******.nl>
Subject: Re: Names (a late comment)
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 09:48:42 +0100
Steven Ratkovich said on 3:58/ 9 Sep 96...

> Ok, stupid question time... I've been playing for about 3 years, read
> almost every source book and novel. Now, I've seen this reference I think
> two other times. What is a minotaur in Shadowrun? I don't remember them
> from anywhere... I know what they are in other games, but what are they
> from in Shadowrun?

Two places: Paranormal Animals of Europe, and NERPS: ShadowLore. In PAoE,
they're another kind of troll, using the same game stats and stuff but
looking a bit different. There's also ogres in there, which are like orks.
In SL, minotaurs and ogres get racial modifiers unique to them, but then,
that's not an official supplement.

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