From:	Pete Sims <petesims@********.demon.co.uk>
Subject:	Re: Oh Dear, hate mail...:)
Date:	Tue, 24 Sep 1996 03:05:38 +0100

In article <199609230520.AAA00729@***.ncweb.com>, Steven Ratkovich
<chaos@*****.com> writes
>>taken out his equipment first, all the drones and weapons.
>>Well, police was at least not able to find out _where_ the explosion took
>>place. :-)
>>
>>> I told them they should have
>>> considered insurance.
>>*grin* they never do :-)
>>
>Ya know, there could be good money to be made there... Shadowrunners life,
>accident, home, and auto insurance... Sure, things get blown up a lot, and
>runners get hurt a lot, but...
>
Cyberware insurance has ben covered in a document I retrieved from
somewhere, Paolo's site I think. It was a small matter of using the
same system to branch off into other areas, taking today's prices, and
multiplying them to fit in with inflation and 2056+ rates.

Adds a new dimension to the financial side of the game, when the players
are trying to find enough to pay for their insurance as well as their
gear, but it can get out of hand and silly.

We only tend to insure property at the moment. It's really embarrassing
when your pit gets trashed, and takes out another two floors in the
process.

Of course, a good false ID helps in getting insured.

Though i suspect the players want to play legal characters next time,
ones with *real* SIN numbers, and bank accounts. Something along the
lines of Private Eyes has been bandied about. Hmm, might convert REDS
if they really want to go for it. :-)

>After all, Doc Wagon must make runners off of runners, otherwise they'd
>require a sin for the service... And if you GM, nobody ever said that after
>the players paid exorbitant amounts of money to protect their stuff that you
>HAD to blow it up...:)
>
What??? You mean suggesting leaving the goodies alone for a change, and
break the habit of a lifetime. Hmm, what a novel concept 8-)

>Just a thought, and Tinner? this is the idea we came up with Friday and
>couldn't remember...:)

TTYL
Pete
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