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Message no. 1
From: Mike Buckalew <mike_buckalew@**.CLARIS.COM>
Subject: New To List
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 1995 19:15:55 -0800
Arnold Mail: New To List
I'm new to this list, and I'd like to introduce myself. I ran two short
lived (6 month) campaigns several years ago and eventually gave up on the
game because "I got tired of flattening light ammo against body armor." I'm
currently running a Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay campaign, and plan on starting
up a new Shadowrun campaign with the second edition rules when I finish in a
couple of months.

I've been ramping up on the new rules, rereading all of my old stuff, and
buying as much new stuff as I can get. I'm trying to cram in as much as
possible before I start the campaign.

From an academic standpoint (not having played with them yet), I like the new
rules for their better structure and their increased lethality. I have a
more sophisticated group this time (and I'm a more sophisticated GM), so I
hope that all of the runs won't degenerate into mass violence with the
players wading through squads of useless assualt rifle wielding guards.

I've been developing a lot of questions, but most of them are fiddly, so I'll
start with one that I think is pretty intriguing:

In the Seattle Sourcebook, when it describes each of the areas, it gives a
population distribution, such as Humans: 65%, Elves: 10%, Dwarves: 5%, Orcs:
15%, Trolls: 3%, Other: 2%. (These numbers aren't exact, just an example.)
What the heck does "Other" mean? In some of the cases, "Other" is as
much as
3% and outnumbers the Trolls or the Dwarves. Are they counting Sasquatch and
Vampires and the other sentient "critters", or are there other species which
they never developed?

I'm looking forward to participating in the List!

Buck
Internet: buck@******.com
Message no. 2
From: Jani Fikouras <feanor@**********.UNI-BREMEN.DE>
Subject: Re: New To List
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 1995 10:24:51 +0100
> In the Seattle Sourcebook, when it describes each of the areas, it gives a
> population distribution, such as Humans: 65%, Elves: 10%, Dwarves: 5%, Orcs:
> 15%, Trolls: 3%, Other: 2%. (These numbers aren't exact, just an example.)
> What the heck does "Other" mean? In some of the cases, "Other"
is as much as
> 3% and outnumbers the Trolls or the Dwarves. Are they counting Sasquatch and
> Vampires and the other sentient "critters", or are there other species
which
> they never developed?

Vampires are no critters, they are sick humans (just for the record :) and
yes they could mean sasquatch and stuff, but I prefer to beleive that they
actually mean something else. Take a look at NERPS:Shadowlore for more on that.

--
"Believe in Angels." -- The Crow

GCS d>- H s+: !g p? !au a- w+ v-(?) C+++ UA++S++L+>++++ P-- (aren't we all?)
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Message no. 3
From: Robert Watkins <bob@**.NTU.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: New To List
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 1995 21:53:58 +0930
>
> In the Seattle Sourcebook, when it describes each of the areas, it gives a
> population distribution, such as Humans: 65%, Elves: 10%, Dwarves: 5%, Orcs:
> 15%, Trolls: 3%, Other: 2%. (These numbers aren't exact, just an example.)
> What the heck does "Other" mean? In some of the cases, "Other"
is as much as
> 3% and outnumbers the Trolls or the Dwarves. Are they counting Sasquatch and
> Vampires and the other sentient "critters", or are there other species
which
> they never developed?
>

"Other" is the percentage of the population made up of sentient species
besides the Big Five. Remeber, the figures are only of those _registered_,
so the SINless aren't included (so you should probably bump the "Below
Poverty" levels up).

Sentient species include Sasquatch, Vampires (but not Banshees, or Doz-na-quo
(or however you spell it), as they aren't seen as intelligent), Dragons
(hey, would you call a Dragon non-sentient?), and other whatnots.
Basically, if it can "colour-cordinate it's clothes", or show a
significantly verbose means of communication, it's sentient, and counts
towards "Other".


--
Robert Watkins bob@**.ntu.edu.au
Real Programmers never work 9 to 5. If any real programmers
are around at 9 am, it's because they were up all night.
Message no. 4
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: New To List
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 1995 14:35:04 +0100
>What the heck does "Other" mean? In some of the cases, "Other" is
as much as
>3% and outnumbers the Trolls or the Dwarves. Are they counting Sasquatch and
>Vampires and the other sentient "critters", or are there other species which
>they never developed?

These would be the other sentient critters, not other races that haven't
been developed by FASA (yet -- I wanna play a t'skrang! :) I don't think
there will be more "official" races added to Shadowrun, so "Other"
would
refer to vampires, sasquatches, dragons, free spirits, etc. Of course what
falls under "Other" depends on where you are: some nations consider some
species sentient while others shoot them on sight for being "dangerous."


Gurth@******.nl - Gurth@***.nl - http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/index.html
Is this the future... Or is this how it will end? -PWEI, EC
Geek Code v2.1: GS/AT/! -d+ H s:- !g p?(3) !au a>? w+(+++) v*(---) C+(++) U
P? !L !3 E? N++ K- W+ -po+(po) Y+ t(+) 5 !j R+(++)>+++$ tv+(++) b+@ D+(++)
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Message no. 5
From: Andrew <wadycki@***.CSO.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Re: New To List
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 1995 10:41:04 -0600
On Tue, 7 Feb 1995, Gurth wrote:

> These would be the other sentient critters, not other races that haven't
> been developed by FASA (yet -- I wanna play a t'skrang! :) I don't think
> there will be more "official" races added to Shadowrun, so
"Other" would
> refer to vampires, sasquatches, dragons, free spirits, etc. Of course what
> falls under "Other" depends on where you are: some nations consider some
> species sentient while others shoot them on sight for being "dangerous."
>
At one Gen Con Tow said that there will be no new races for Shadowrun. I
would take other to be all the setient seeming (the ones that everyone is
bitching about in Paterson's). So the above list and don't forget those
ghouls.

-Andrew
Message no. 6
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Luis Rojas)
Subject: New to list!
Date: Tue Apr 16 17:50:01 2002
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Hi all, i am just joining the list and wanted to say hi!

I am new to the ShadowRun game, played CyberPunk 2020 but due to lack of fellow players
and a request by friends to try ShadowRun i am in the pool right now. With all that
learning a new system/setting requires i will try to find the time to participate in the
discussions if i am not too lost.

Thanks for having me.
__________________________________________________________________
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