From:	THEY ONLY WIN IF WE LET THEM <MKNABUSCH@****.ALBION.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Mage bias and nobody-likes-me-I'm-a-sammie...
Date:	Mon, 3 Apr 1995 00:11:00 -0500

Come, now. Admittedly most people limit their abilities for role-playing
when they choose the Samurai, this is not always the case.
For example, I'm currently gaming with someone using the straight Sammie
archtype (first time in shadowrun system). He's playing the smart but
reserved tactiurn sammie. Which makes for great contrast to my I-think-
I-know-everything mage/elf. Moreso today when we went to see a LoneStar
Operative. I asked him if he had a permit for the heat he carried, and
got the expected answer...nope. So I trot up to the door and ring the bell.
I forgot two small but important things. First, that my character lives in
his van...ie..I'm dirty and am not exactly fragrant to the nose. Second,
I didn't have the call sign/password. After realising this, I make motions
to the Sammie to come quickly. He strolls over and proceeds to look at the
sky when the Operative comes to the door.
*ugh* Its great to role-play, even when I'm digging my own grave.

Of course the worse joke is that the mage has more guns than the sammie.
(He's got a Sandler TMP and a Mossberg CMBT-Shotgun...the sammie has an
Uzi III). *sigh* Life _is_ strange.

Michael
aka Harlequin
aka Firefly (the embarresed Elven Combat Mage/Sniper...don't ask)