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Message no. 1
From: K is the Symbol <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: (Opinions Desired) Re: PBEM (Pipeline to Eternity)
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 03:38:46 EDT
Guys, the following is something I received from one of my players in the PBEM
(Azltan Summerfest). It's a self-detailed description of what she looked like
after being nailed by the darkest of IC. I wanted to know what you all
thought of it. I personally think it is one of the finer, summarized,
versions of what Black IC can do to a decker in a Red System -IF- they survive
it.

-K


In a message dated 7/23/1998 12:45:40 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
Aaron.Wigley@***.monash.edu.au writes:

> One large loud moan is heard from her prone form on the floor, as one hand
> moves slowly to touch her head, the other hand pushes to the floor to help
> herself up. The hand on her forehead comes away covered in sweat. The
> other hand slips in a pool of her own blood.
>
> Sitting up, Johanna is a gruesome sight. Blood dribbles from her nose,
> mouth and ears, the smell is coppery, metallic, mixed with a dirtier smell
> from her soiled clothing. Despite appearing in quite some pain, her
> movements
> are still, limbs bruised from her spasming, a grim smile is defiant on her
> face. "Clear," she calls, spitting out some more blood with along with a
> broken mouthguard. "Let's go." She wipes her blood-covered hand on her
> pants,
> then probes at her ear and nose; her legs and arms betray a trembling,
shock.
>
> "Oh god I'm a mess."
Message no. 2
From: Tim Burke <ranger@********.COM.AU>
Subject: Re: (Opinions Desired) Re: PBEM (Pipeline to Eternity)
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 00:36:51 +1000
>In a message dated 7/23/1998 12:45:40 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
>Aaron.Wigley@***.monash.edu.au writes:
>
>> One large loud moan is heard from her prone form on the floor, as one hand
>> moves slowly to touch her head, the other hand pushes to the floor to help
>> herself up. The hand on her forehead comes away covered in sweat. The
>> other hand slips in a pool of her own blood.
>>
>> Sitting up, Johanna is a gruesome sight. Blood dribbles from her nose,
>> mouth and ears, the smell is coppery, metallic, mixed with a dirtier smell
>> from her soiled clothing. Despite appearing in quite some pain, her
>> movements
>> are still, limbs bruised from her spasming, a grim smile is defiant on her
>> face. "Clear," she calls, spitting out some more blood with along
with a
>> broken mouthguard. "Let's go." She wipes her blood-covered hand on
her
>> pants,
>> then probes at her ear and nose; her legs and arms betray a trembling,
>shock.
>>
>> "Oh god I'm a mess."
>

This is a great descriptive piece of writing. I can smell the burnt
electronics
already (as well as other odours).
The whole "IC & Dump Shock" thing usually gets glossed over a bit
in our games but then again it has been ages since we integrated a decker
PC.

Tim Burke
ranger@********.com.au
Message no. 3
From: Jett <zmjett@*********.COM>
Subject: Re: (Opinions Desired) Re: PBEM (Pipeline to Eternity)
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 17:16:15 -0400
Tim Burke wrote:
>
> >In a message dated 7/23/1998 12:45:40 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
> >Aaron.Wigley@***.monash.edu.au writes:
> >
> >> One large loud moan is heard from her prone form on the floor, as one hand
> >> moves slowly to touch her head, the other hand pushes to the floor to help
> >> herself up. The hand on her forehead comes away covered in sweat. The
> >> other hand slips in a pool of her own blood.
> >>
> >> Sitting up, Johanna is a gruesome sight. Blood dribbles from her nose,
> >> mouth and ears, the smell is coppery, metallic, mixed with a dirtier smell
> >> from her soiled clothing. Despite appearing in quite some pain, her
> >> movements
> >> are still, limbs bruised from her spasming, a grim smile is defiant on her
> >> face. "Clear," she calls, spitting out some more blood with
along with a
> >> broken mouthguard. "Let's go." She wipes her blood-covered hand
on her
> >> pants,
> >> then probes at her ear and nose; her legs and arms betray a trembling,
> >shock.
> >>
> >> "Oh god I'm a mess."
> >
>
> This is a great descriptive piece of writing. I can smell the burnt
> electronics
> already (as well as other odours).
> The whole "IC & Dump Shock" thing usually gets glossed over a bit
> in our games but then again it has been ages since we integrated a decker
> PC.
>
> Tim Burke
> ranger@********.com.au


Very nice, I must say!
Another thing that can be played with quite a bit is the effect of drain
on magicians...anything from killer headaches to bleeding from the
orifices. MY phys mage, Faedra, tends to bleed unpleasantly from the
eyes, nose, and mouth when she takes phys drain, as well as some NASTY
charley horses, etc from spasms. Anyone else's ideas for the form drain
takes?


--Jett

<*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*>



"I'll make this clear, that I'm just here for backup. And to offer the
occasional advice or insult."
--Jett, on being an NPC

"Crushed to death IS natural. Walls fall on people and kill them all the
time. I just make the walls a little more aggressive about it!"
--Cinder the pyrokinetic/psi, on natural causes of death


http://www.scifi-fantasy.com/~zmjett/shadow.htm
Message no. 4
From: Erik Jameson <erikj@****.COM>
Subject: Re: (Opinions Desired) Re: PBEM (Pipeline to Eternity)
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 18:23:18 -0400
At 05:16 PM 7/23/98 -0400, you wrote:
>>
>> >In a message dated 7/23/1998 12:45:40 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
>> >Aaron.Wigley@***.monash.edu.au writes:

Now that's a name I haven't heard for quite a while. I'm pretty sure he
used to be an RN member. He's got things posted all over the Archive I know.

>Another thing that can be played with quite a bit is the effect of drain
>on magicians...anything from killer headaches to bleeding from the
>orifices. MY phys mage, Faedra, tends to bleed unpleasantly from the
>eyes, nose, and mouth when she takes phys drain, as well as some NASTY
>charley horses, etc from spasms. Anyone else's ideas for the form drain
>takes?

Oh, I think the Dark Stranger vomited after tossing off a nasty spell at
some horrible nasty monster wandering about Wiltshire, UK...

Profuse sweating and sweating blood are my two favorites though, as are the
occasional pulled muscle.

For some interesting examples of IC, dump shock, and spell Drain, I'd
recommend taking a look at the ShadowTK logs and looking at some of the
shadowruns. Paul J. Adam and Avenger write this sort of stuff very well,
especially for limeys... ;-)

Erik J.


http://www.fortunecity.com/rivendell/dungeon/480/index.html
The Reality Check for a Fictional World
Message no. 5
From: Robert Watkins <robert.watkins@******.COM>
Subject: Re: (Opinions Desired) Re: PBEM (Pipeline to Eternity)
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 08:35:24 +1000
> Another thing that can be played with quite a bit is the effect of drain
> on magicians...anything from killer headaches to bleeding from the
> orifices. MY phys mage, Faedra, tends to bleed unpleasantly from the
> eyes, nose, and mouth when she takes phys drain, as well as some NASTY
> charley horses, etc from spasms. Anyone else's ideas for the form drain
> takes?

For stun drain, I have aches and pains, general weariness, and so on. For
physical drain, though, I've always ruled that it is due to a backlash of
the mana the magician is channeling, and the effects from that include mana
energy washing over the character (much like the "Oh no, I'm being
electrocuted" special effects), to spontaneous combustion, to (in one
memorable case I had where a player decided to cast his huge force 12
fireball without activating his power focus first) the character's body
seeming to explode with the mana force (the body is left intact... it just
looks like an explosion).

Physical drain is so rare that I like to make it special.
Message no. 6
From: Wraith <wraith@************.COM>
Subject: Re: (Opinions Desired) Re: PBEM (Pipeline to Eternity)
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 20:55:22 -0500
-----Original Message-----
From: Erik Jameson <erikj@****.COM>
>At 05:16 PM 7/23/98 -0400, you wrote:
>>>
>>Another thing that can be played with quite a bit is the effect of drain
>>on magicians...anything from killer headaches to bleeding from the
>>orifices. MY phys mage, Faedra, tends to bleed unpleasantly from the
>>eyes, nose, and mouth when she takes phys drain, as well as some NASTY
>>charley horses, etc from spasms. Anyone else's ideas for the form drain
>>takes?
>
>Oh, I think the Dark Stranger vomited after tossing off a nasty spell at
>some horrible nasty monster wandering about Wiltshire, UK...
>
>Profuse sweating and sweating blood are my two favorites though, as are the
>occasional pulled muscle.
>
>For some interesting examples of IC, dump shock, and spell Drain, I'd
>recommend taking a look at the ShadowTK logs and looking at some of the
>shadowruns. Paul J. Adam and Avenger write this sort of stuff very well,
>especially for limeys... ;-)

I had one of my characters bleeding from ears and mouth I think, but what
was posted was written much better. And I agree with what he's saying about
Paul J. Adam and Avenger...if only (some) Avenger's posts weren't books in
themselves :).

Wraith
Message no. 7
From: "Ubiratan P. Alberton" <ubiratan@**.HOMESHOPPING.COM.BR>
Subject: Re: (Opinions Desired) Re: PBEM (Pipeline to Eternity)
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 12:11:00 -0300
At 17:16 23/07/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Tim Burke wrote:
>>
>
>Very nice, I must say!
>Another thing that can be played with quite a bit is the effect of drain
>on magicians...anything from killer headaches to bleeding from the
>orifices. MY phys mage, Faedra, tends to bleed unpleasantly from the
>eyes, nose, and mouth when she takes phys drain, as well as some NASTY
>charley horses, etc from spasms. Anyone else's ideas for the form drain
>takes?
>
>
>--Jett

I say that unless you get over your head and take physical drain, you'll
just fall on your knees panting...
(I wrote a short story where the char suffers drain, but it's in
Portuguese...)

Bira

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