From:	Quid Non <jdfalk@****.COM>
Subject:	Re: Ideas Needed
Date:	Tue, 22 Mar 1994 00:52:51 -0500

On Mon, 21 Mar 1994, Can I play with madness wrote:

> Currently I let a beginner band of Runners design their own
> characters using the book rules. Unfortunately, I was not
> aware that one was indeed a contact monger. By putting prior
> A into his money he bought several buddies/friends, and MAJOR
> amount of contacts. *sigh* Does anyone have any ideas on how
> to whittle this list down during a session? Other than massive
> assassinations.

Contacts are only good as long as they don't have any reason to
hate the character. Buddies, same thing. Do more etiquette and
negotiation checks than usually needed for good role-playing, to increase
the chances that an NPC gets pissed off at the PC and doesn't want to have
anything to do with them. If the party gets attacked, let it happen in
the home or establishment owned by said contact (the Bartender's bar, for
example), really tearing the place up and ruining business. Eventually
he'll start running out of friends!