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From: Cukoo <cukoo@*****.NET>
Subject: Re: ShadowTech
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 16:49:35 -0700
>I am glad to hear a GM with a restriction. My GM allows every thing you can
>get your hands on as long as you have some descent excuse.
>
>Alas, my group consists of number crunchers who crank out *NASTY*
>characters. Heck, my character is THE slowest PC in the game, in fact, I
>scream in delight when I get a change to actually use my gun in combat
>because all of the enemy is DEAD on my round. Alas, I digress.

This, I find very interesting. I GM a game and have imposed a lot of
restrictions on things like equipment availability and cyberware. I haven't
introduced Shadotech yet, but I plan to.

I put mention of this on news.frp.cyber a while back and was bombarded by
those who think I'm a tyrant for imposing limits. Funny to see that some of
the people here feel the same way I do. Working against me, none of my
players have enough experience not to go straight for the numbers, but I
found that with the limits I imposed, they have made absolutely amazing
progress on their role-playing skills.

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