| From: | Georg Greve <ggreve@*******.HANSE.DE> |
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| Subject: | Re: Snake (Speed Samurai) |
| Date: | Fri, 22 Sep 1995 00:03:29 +0200 |
> This guy is a f**king genius! 6 Int and Wp?? Why is he running the
> shadows?? He should be off designing spaceships and the sort!
He got the Int 6, because he is going on PERCEPTION. He isn't the
tank-type Street Samurai and so he needs to see/percieve things faster
and better than anyone else does.
And by the way: Have you ever imagined that not all intelligent people
design spaceships ??? Very often there is something that hinders
people becoming what they could have become - but that would have
something to do with roleplaying and reality, so I better don't try to
explain it to you.
> Jesus, is there anything in this character that ISN'T combat releated???
Yes, the story. But you got to SURVIVE first to be able to learn
skills that aren't combat related. This character is definitely NOT
unvincable - he's just a damned good Samurai who's long on quickness
and perception and short on being able to take many hits.
> I'm not attacking you personally, as I have no idea how you or your group
> plays. However, I've seen this type of character too many times to let
> this pass without comment. I can't stand it when people create characters
> with stats, cyberware, and skills desgined *just* to reap combat benefits.
> Sure, I'm all for Street Sam types, but not even the hardest Street Sam is
> centered *solely* on combat. Does this chraracter have a background of
> any sort? Or is he just another collection of numbers that can off those
> pesky securtiy guards in droves?
He has got a three pages long background story how he became what he
is now, but I definitely don't want to post it, because you don't even
want to consider that anyone else could be a roleplayer, too.
People like you always say "That's not a usual guy !!! Munchkin !!!"
and start throwing stones (just like in the good old middle
ages). Have you ever considered that there COULD be some extraordinary
characters out there ? Why not playing one of those once ??? I've got
real kick-ass characters and absolute loser-characters, both are fun
playing. Why the hell should I only play characters that YOU consider
characters worth playing ?
If you don't like it it's your own problem, but I wanted to see how
fast and deadly a Street Samurai could become and how it is to play
one of those, that's why I created Snake. There are still LOTS of
possibilities how you could improve this character.
By the way: There were archetypes posted here that had even DELTA
grade Cyberware - that is what I would consider maxing out
numbers. Why didn't you react the same way when they were posted ?
O.K. - I calmed down a bit by now, so long...
Georg
