From:	"Jacob Hart" <rookie@*******.phoenix.net>
Subject:	Re: Killing in Shadowrun...
Date:	Sat, 18 May 1996 14:32:25 +0000

> Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 00:00:10 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Tom Pendergrast <pendergr@***.EDU>
> Subject: Re: Killing in Shadowrun...
> To: shadowrn@********.itribe.net
> Reply-to: shadowrn@********.itribe.net

>
> A couple of weeks ago, (in the middle of the Sammie & mage
> discussion), I said I was going to bring something up I had been thinking
> about for a while. Well, here it is...
>
> Is it my imagination, or do 98.2% of the Shadowrun chars out
> there kill casually? I mean, think about it, people generally don't go
> around offing people... usually there is some extreme emotion involved.
> In SRII, it seems like alot of chars just say "He's there, so I'll kill
> him." Most of my chars are relatively opposed to killing... in champions
> terms, my SRII chars have 5-15 pt CAKs (codes against killing). Are
> there other characters out there who are like this, or am I the only one?
>
> ---Tom---
>
>
> --The ex-double parethesis guy--
>
>
>

My character dutifully does his best not to kill people. It is
against his will to hurt anybody, unless they try to hurt him. When
That happens he usually tries to knock them out (but sometimes gets a
little out of hand)