From:	Joe Bay <bay@*******.RUTGERS.EDU>
Subject:	Re: New Enigma CD
Date:	Sun, 6 Mar 1994 22:00:58 EST

Not to seem like some sort of self-appointed net-cop or anything like that,
but don't you think John Candy and Enigma are more the subject matter of
something *other* than "Discussion of the Fantasy Game ShadowRun"?

I'm sorry to sound bitchy or something, but I seem to be getting 20 messages
concerning net access, depleted uranium, dead fat guys, and techno monks for
every one message about the "subject" of this mailing list. Argh. And most
of those messages are about how great it would be to install your deck in
your arm, in order to get the benefit of a C^2 without the essence cost (can
you say "munchkin"?) or some equally non-fun, non-roleplaying concept.

Now, I don't want to offer criticism without any creativity, so I'd like to
start up a thread (forgive me if you've "been there, done it"). I allowed
one of my players to start off play as a werefox. Sandy is a fox shaman
(thanks, whoever wrote up that one), and has been playing exceptionally in
that role, being manipulative and deceitful. I set up character creation as
"metahuman", not using the More Meta rule, and adding 1 to quickness and
intelligence (in retrospect, I think that *no* attribute bonuses should have
been allocated). The only major problem is that regeneration thing, but
Sandy has not been involved in any combat so far (after ~6 hours of play),
and is not really a combat type, so I think this might work. So, tell us
about your experiences running/allowing "critters" as characters. Any
guidelines? Problems? It's an interesting concept, but it requires some
hefty tweaking (and good players).

Thanks for putting up with my crap.
Joe Bay
GS