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Message no. 1
From: CASTELLI David d.castelli@**************.fr
Subject: Rigging or not Rigging... that's my question...
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 09:05:24 +0100
Hi fellow listmember, some questions from Paris...

Seems to me that's lot of question on the list are about rigger stuff...


Did you know lot's of rigger type character ?

My problem is that out of three player, i have two riggers :

* Ion : female shadowrunner of some reputation.
Ford Canada Bison. Heavily transformed. Sort of a tank.

* Rasta Bike : young male rasta.
Bike with side car.

And the third is an ex corporatist with some decking talent...

* Shuffle : Male Elf Former Corporatist.
Specialist in Black Market Operations.
Great Knowledge of the Shadowrunning UnderWorld.
Sort of a fixer to be.

But i don't know how to handle the riggers in an adventure... For me,
these characters are inapropriate in an urban setting as Seattle, exept
for transport from one point to another...

And you, how do you take care of your favorite rigger, what sort of
adventure do you play for them...

AFAIK there's no canon adventure who need or make emphasis on the
riggers... or is there ?

Thank's for them...

David CASTELLI
AKA Phoenix, decker & sorceress...
AKA d.castelli@**************.fr
Message no. 2
From: CASTELLI David d.castelli@**************.fr
Subject: Rigging or not Rigging... that's my question...
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 09:25:53 +0100
> Hi fellow listmember, some questions from Paris...
>
> Seems to me that's lot of question on the list are about rigger
> stuff...
>
> Did you know lot's of rigger type character ?
>
> My problem is that out of three player, i have two riggers :
>
> * Ion : female shadowrunner of some reputation.
> Ford Canada Bison. Heavily transformed. Sort of a tank.
>
> * Rasta Bike : young male rasta.
> Bike with side car.
>
> And the third is an ex corporatist with some decking talent...
>
> * Shuffle : Male Elf Former Corporatist.
> Specialist in Black Market Operations.
> Great Knowledge of the Shadowrunning UnderWorld.
> Sort of a fixer to be.
>
> But i don't know how to handle the riggers in an adventure... For me,
> these characters are inapropriate in an urban setting as Seattle,
> exept for transport from one point to another...
>
> And you, how do you take care of your favorite rigger, what sort of
> adventure do you play for them...
>
> AFAIK there's no canon adventure who need or make emphasis on the
> riggers... or is there ?
>
> Thank's for them...
>
> David CASTELLI
> AKA Phoenix, decker & sorceress...
> AKA d.castelli@**************.fr
>
>
Message no. 3
From: Ojaste,James [NCR] James.Ojaste@**.GC.CA
Subject: Rigging or not Rigging... that's my question...
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 12:34:12 -0500
CASTELLI David wrote:
> Did you know lot's of rigger type character ?
>
I haven't seen a lot of Riggers played, no.

> My problem is that out of three player, i have two riggers :
[snip]
> And the third is an ex corporatist with some decking talent...
[snip]
> But i don't know how to handle the riggers in an adventure... For me,
> these characters are inapropriate in an urban setting as Seattle, exept
> for transport from one point to another...
>
Sounds like they'd be perfect for extractions, smuggling, courier
jobs - anything that involves travel (which is just about everything
but a quiet B&E). You might want to add a few NPC runners for various
supporting-type roles (a sam, a mage, whatever) so give the group the
expertise they might need on a particular job. Or you might leave
staffing options up to them (if they think they can do it without a
mage, let 'em try). The Johnson might also have a man or two of his
own...

James Ojaste
Message no. 4
From: Bill Thompson BillT@*********.com
Subject: Rigging or not Rigging... that's my question...
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 10:51:44 -0800
On 3/4/99 CASTELLI David wrote:

> > But i don't know how to handle the riggers in an adventure... For me,
> > these characters are inapropriate in an urban setting as Seattle,
> > exept for transport from one point to another...
> >
> > And you, how do you take care of your favorite rigger, what sort of
> > adventure do you play for them...
> >
> > AFAIK there's no canon adventure who need or make emphasis on the
> > riggers... or is there ?

Riggers are perfect for surveillance type scenarios. You might suggest that
your players get rid their big armored vehicles for more drones. The groups
could specialize in tracking visiting dignitaries and such. Drones are also
incredibly handy for assassination attempts. (Now I have visions of a
cockroach size drone with a nurotoxin injector, Man I love riggers!)

On the other hand, a smuggler campaign could also be good for the group. A
T-bird run to Denver is natural for multiple riggers (Driver, Navigation,
Weapons, etc.). Pick up the Smuggler Havens scorcebook for some good adventure
ideas.

Bill Thompson - Mahagonny.com
On the Internet there are no independent agents.
Message no. 5
From: Sven De Herdt Sven.DeHerdt@***********.be
Subject: Rigging or not Rigging... that's my question...
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 16:03:44 +0100
> CASTELLI David [SMTP:d.castelli@**************.fr] wrote:
>
>But i don't know how to handle the riggers in an adventure... For me,
>these characters are inapropriate in an urban setting as Seattle, exept
>for transport from one point to another...

>And you, how do you take care of your favorite rigger, what sort of
>adventure do you play for them...

Two groups I am gm'ing for both have a rigger and they use him usually
as backup when they enter a building or something alike or otherwise the
rigger is used for surveillance and tracking.
If there is little or no risk/danger then the rigger enters with the
rest of the team, but keeps on the background and is ready to call in
his little toys to the rescue.

Never encountered any real problems in integrating them into the
adventures.

Sven ;-)

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