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Message no. 1
From: "D. Ghost" <dghost@****.COM>
Subject: Technophile flaw
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 17:41:06 -0500
I was thinking of making a character with a "thing" for toys ... Oh wait
... that sounds bad ...

Anyway, I wanted this to be a real addiction not just a preference for
electronic devices ... So how would it work? Willpower(6+number of weaks
since last tech purchase) test every week to avoid buying a new gadget?

I decided to just make it a roleplaying thing for this character but
thought It'd make an interesting flaw ...

There might be some advantages as well ... like adapting well to having a
low essence (this would be just roleplaying ...)

of course the tech purchased can't be all cyberware and guns and crap
like that ... the char would simply HAVE to have that new blender they
saw on the Home Shopping Network.

Mr. Johnson: "So you'll take the job?"
Technophile: "Sure ... I've had my eye on a new blender anyway ..."
Mr. Johnson: ????

:)

D. Ghost
(aka Pixel, Tantrum, RuPixel)
o/` I traded my Flesh for a Fantasy and now my truck broke down, my wife
left me, and my dog died o/` -- Billy Idol, Jr. Rock Country Singer

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Message no. 2
From: Max Rible <slothman@*********.ORG>
Subject: Re: Technophile flaw
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 15:51:48 -0700
At 17:41 9/13/98 -0500, D. Ghost wrote:
>I was thinking of making a character with a "thing" for toys ... Oh wait
>... that sounds bad ...
>
>Anyway, I wanted this to be a real addiction not just a preference for
>electronic devices ... So how would it work? Willpower(6+number of weaks
>since last tech purchase) test every week to avoid buying a new gadget?
>
>I decided to just make it a roleplaying thing for this character but
>thought It'd make an interesting flaw ...
>
>There might be some advantages as well ... like adapting well to having a
>low essence (this would be just roleplaying ...)
>
>of course the tech purchased can't be all cyberware and guns and crap
>like that ... the char would simply HAVE to have that new blender they
>saw on the Home Shopping Network.
>
>Mr. Johnson: "So you'll take the job?"
>Technophile: "Sure ... I've had my eye on a new blender anyway ..."
>Mr. Johnson: ????

Just tweak the parameters on the Addiction flaw a bit. When looking over
the Shadowrun Companion for the first time, it occurred to me that a
character that was heavily stressed out by shadowrunning could have
an Addiction to antacids, as the paranoia could give him a permanently
upset stomach...

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Message no. 3
From: bryan.covington@****.COM
Subject: Re: Technophile flaw
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 11:07:47 -0400
> Just tweak the parameters on the Addiction flaw a bit. When looking
> over
> the Shadowrun Companion for the first time, it occurred to me that a
> character that was heavily stressed out by shadowrunning could have
> an Addiction to antacids, as the paranoia could give him a permanently
> upset stomach...
>
Look at Mark Walberg (sp?) in The Big Hit. He was a
hired gun and pounded Maalox like it was goin out of style.

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