| From: | Sandman <SANDSJO2@******.JUNIATA.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Various bits and pieces... |
| Date: | Fri, 29 Oct 1993 17:32:48 -0400 |
Doom being shot:
> My fears were not--thank God--borne out by the course that events
>adopted. The ganger, due to his +3 modifier, only succeeded in barely
>registering a hit upon my person, which was subseqently absorbed by my armor
>(ShadowRun I). It was, however, the Mage, with a particular sense of
>mischieviousness who suggested to the Game Master to roll a "luck di". The
>result was a 1, the mage stating with glee that, "Hey, Doom, that means it
>ricocheted off of one of your medals!"
Ohhh, "luck di"... Did the great Doom actually have a typo?!? ;)
Sorry, couldn't resist... :)
Actually, on this string... Someone said something about the deathability
of various types and ways to kill and stuff... My GM does that when the
NPCs would know it. eg. In our game Wednesday, the troll merc type took a
six round burst from an assault rifle to the head. (No helmet, of course.)
Needless to say, he was out for a short bit. The mage rolled badly on his
treat spell--one success, for one box healed in the full base time.
My character (the other merc/fighter type) wandered over when he was done
and used my medkit and First Aid on the troll, who was now back over the
lip of death (nine boxes) and rolled 7 dice. All of them succeeded, so
the GM said, "Heck, for that you can have an extra bonus success!"
In short, the base time of healing from the treatment was twenty days.
My successes dropped it to three hours and fourty-five minutes.
The mage was rather perturbed that I showed him up...
Concrete Dream:
Actually, I thought this was a takeoff on the group Tangerine Dream.
Of course, we could all be wrong and it's just coincedence that they
made up a name so close to real groups.
SR=Cyberpunk/Fantasy:
I would definitely say Cyberpunk for SR. CP modded heavily, for
sure. But still Cyberpunk.
Gender Benders:
Well, the only female character I can recall playing (as a player)
off hand would have to be Karyyn. She was a human dual-class druid/
illusionist, fourteenth level in each (AD&D first edition). One
occasion stands out for recollection. One player had a barbarian
who got annoyed at my repeated use of Transmute Rock to Mud in many
various situations. So when I cast the spell at one point, his
response was to have his character try to rape mine. I will warn
all at this point not to try this often; it's not fun for the
barbarian. The barbarian removed his lower garments (I forget what
exactly he was wearing) and proceeded to try to assault Karyyn. She
decided to tame his emotions, and used her druidic abilities to
shapechange into a wolverine... I'll let the men's imaginations take
it from there. But I like to think I played Karyyn somewhat well,
as it was the first time I had tried. I feel better about male
characters, and find it personally easier to play them. I'm sure
there are men who play female characters better than male. The
reverse of course is probably true for you ladies on the list.
Gravity Wells:
Could someone send out a short definition of this term? I've seen
it used, and am not perfectly certain of its meaning.
The Letter:
All I can say is, "What a To: list!"
Enough for now. Die young in poverty. Sandman
