| From: | Steve Eley <sfeley@***.NET> |
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| Subject: | Prime Runners (was Re: Whats the deal with the new adept?-reply) |
| Date: | Thu, 3 Sep 1998 14:52:15 -0400 |
>
> A few of the NPCs in "Prime Runners" come out of Shadowrun Novels (i.e.
> Martin DeVries), but most of the characters are rather buff statistically
> and rather pedestrian on the rest of the details. Lazy GM that I am, I
> would have used them anyway, if they didn't most happen to reside in exotic
> places (like Queens, New York, UCAS -- who ever runs in Queens?). I've
> used it several times, but find it falls short more often than not.
> Rhonabwy (The Welsch[sp?] Great Western Dragon) is profiled in it, though.
I find it useful for its intended purpose: as a source of miscellaneous
NPC ideas. I don't care so much for the stats (most of my NPC's don't
have stats until they're needed and then I make them up as I go along),
and the "Links" sections for suggested shadowruns are garbage, but there
are several interesting characters (e.g. Martin DeVries, the chess-playing
ganger, Wolfram's Gang) in the bunch that I've used or might use sometime.
Of course, Prime Runners is only worth the money for this purpose if
you're a rabid completionist. You can get equally good ideas for free
from NERPS Foundations or BlackJack's compilations.
Have Fun,
- Steve Eley
sfeley@***.net
