From:	Christopher Maley <cmaley@******.LINFIELD.EDU>
Subject:	Re: What is a Contact?
Date:	Sat, 2 Sep 1995 17:50:03 -0700

On Sat, 2 Sep 1995, Thomas Schreiner wrote:

> What is a Contact?
>
> Is he/she only a Phonenumber which a player could call to get some
> information/gear and to pay him/her? Or is he/she a friend of the
> runner? Do they know each other and go together to bars and partys?
> What sort of friend-/relationship is between them?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
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I think that depends on you. Although in the books a contact does
not cost as much as a follower or a gang member, which might imply a
weaker relationship, I think that the contact concept is meant as a
vehicle to include not only buisness contacts, but also ex-spouses,
ex-roomates, etc. In the shadowrun novels when a main character like Dirk
Montgomery, or Sam Werner meet an ex-girlfriend it would count as a
contact, not a follower or a gang member. In your campaign its up to you
to decide how much of a role a contact plays, and how much of a
personality a contact has. In my campaign whenever a player has a
contact I have them give their contact a name, a corp (if applicable),
and some of the personality they want their contact to display. Like I
said before, I think it's entirely up to you.

-C.M.

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