From:	Loki <loki@*******.com>
Subject:	Re: Alpha Test v1.0 Copper '95 for SR
Date:	Fri, 20 Sep 1996 22:44:50 -0700

Loki wrote:
>
> Steven Ratkovich wrote:
> >
> > Well B's and G's, seems I'm posting all kinds of strange and wondrous idiocy
> > lnnately, and you get to sit through my next brainstorm, as well. I call it:
> >
> > <drum roll>
> >
> > Monster=Metahumans (or, Munchkins on parade)
> >
> > A friend of Tinner and me has been begging to pnlay a Vampire character,
> > but, as the rules stand, they are just grossley powerful beings. I think
> > our 300+ karma characters would have trouble keeping up with a strating
> > pnlayer Vamp, so I'm attempting to design a rules system for the Monster
> > Metahumans simialar to the wat a pnhys-ad works, so that playing something
> > like a vampire is somewhat feasible (but still very suseptible to
> > munchkinizing. Sorry, but there's no way to make a vampire that isn't a
> > munchkin, at least deep down inside.)
>
> Actually, I've designed a Vampire as PC system based off something I saw
> in a magazine (White Wolf I think). I've tweaked and adjusted it, and
> even play tested it, and am pretty happy with the outcome. Vampire
> abilities (and I've even added some of my own borrowed from another
> system) are purchased via karma, like skills, at pre-scribed costs.
> Check it out and see what you think. It's worked for us so far.
>
> You can find it in the Shadowrun section of my page by foloowing the
> address in my signature.

Eeesh! I've noticed my spelling gets worse and worse as I type faster
and faster. Anyways, I decided to tag on the link to our vampire PC
rules for those who might not want to have to root around my sight:

http://www.netzone.com/~loki/srstuff/vampire.htm


@>-,--'--- Loki

CLARKE'S THIRD LAW:
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

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