From:	Gurth <jweste%smtp@******.HZEELAND.NL>
Subject:	Ideas Needed (SMTP Id#: 137) - Reply
Date:	Tue, 22 Mar 1994 13:08:52 +0100

>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.

You could always get some street type to get blown away in some run that
turned against them. Mr. Johnson might get "out of favor" with his corp.
Anyone can die in a car crash. Someone can go on holiday or lay low for a
while. They might move to another country (preferably far away, say, the
Carib League). Death by natural causes (heart attack). Someone changes
his identity because he needs to disappear.
A nasty twist would be for a few contacts (who happen to know eachother)
to be on the opposition on a shadowrun the players are doing, and they
might end up wasting eachother. This makes the players geek their own
contacts (and if they don't want to, make them want to do it).

Just a few ideas...




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