Back to the main page

Mailing List Logs for ShadowRN

Message no. 1
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Valeu John EMFA)
Subject: Questions from sea [semi OT]
Date: Mon Jul 9 03:55:01 2001
Ok, I have a couple of questions for all the lurkers and posters out there,
email as you see fit:

1. Anyone out there game in the San Diego area? I'm looking for any
advanced players willing to teach some newbies.

2. Anyone out there recommend a good online site to purchase the books?
note: They must ship US Mail (UPS doesn't reach this far)

3. Anyone else have any interesting ideas for runs?
My old GM had a interesting idea. Everyone make up 3 characters and put
them into a pool. Everyone then draws a character from the pool for the
current run. Rule: the same character can't be used twice in a row. I
thought this was more like real shadowrunning, bunch of people that don't
know each other get together and perform the needed task and fade off for
awhile.
Message no. 2
From: shadowrn@*********.com (sven)
Subject: Questions from sea [semi OT]
Date: Mon Jul 9 06:45:01 2001
Valeu John EMFA
>
<snip>
> 3. Anyone else have any interesting ideas for runs?
> My old GM had a interesting idea. Everyone make up 3
> characters and put them into a pool. Everyone then draws a
> character from the pool for the
> current run. Rule: the same character can't be used twice
> in a row. I

It's a nice idea for newbie roleplayers to get to know the game (fi. if
your playing a demo game), but not always the best idea with more
experienced players because they tend to choose a character for the long
run.
I got a player that used to play a great mage character, but when he
wanted to try something different he switched to a decker. It lasted
about 4 sessions before he went back to the mage, a decker just wasn't
like him.
He had difficulties thinking like a decker, in matrix terms, while
playing a magical character seemed like more natural, "logical".

> thought this was more like real shadowrunning, bunch of
> people that don't know each other get together and perform
> the needed task and fade off for awhile.

Not necessarily, had a team of players once who played characters that
were all family related. The characters were build up around 2
brothers, a sister and 2 nephews, who had a close relationship and
decided they wanted to join the big leagues and took up shadowrunning.
So they knew each other pretty well and might have had a bit more
team-spirit than some other runners, after all: they were kin.

Just my thoughts,

-sven ;)
--

Further Reading

If you enjoyed reading about Questions from sea [semi OT], you may also be interested in:

Disclaimer

These messages were posted a long time ago on a mailing list far, far away. The copyright to their contents probably lies with the original authors of the individual messages, but since they were published in an electronic forum that anyone could subscribe to, and the logs were available to subscribers and most likely non-subscribers as well, it's felt that re-publishing them here is a kind of public service.

Thwap!