From:	"Bruce H. Nagel" <NAGELBH@******.ACS.MUOHIO.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Alternate Etiquette rules
Date:	Mon, 14 Jul 1997 12:05:38 -0500

You wrote:
> Feel free to add or remove these as you see fit, however adding many more
> can affect game balance.
> These skills are raised in cost like any other general skill
> "Rating * 2 = Cost"

> If you are trying to raise an etiquette skill which you don't have exposure
> to at the current time, the cost is "Rating * Modifier * 1.5 = Cost"
Actually, this means that other skills should require the 'proper' environment
as well... to learn firearms you should have to train with someone, etc.
Shadowrun isn't this specific about advancement. Some groups worry about this
sort of thing, some don't, and it should stay that way. And if you have a
damned good trainer, you should get a lower multiplier, too, but that starts to
really kick game balance in the head... Watch the PCs trade their good skills
around and get powerful right quick.

> Basic Etiquette Skills
> ----------------
> Gang, Matrix, Corporate, Tribal, Street, Goverment, Tribal, Culture

> Etiquette (Gang): The character can function in a street or go-gang
> enviroment. He can name the leaders of the main gangs in the sprawl and
> knows where to find the names of the others. He knows which gang is coming
> his way when he see's purple jackets and black bikes coming his way.
> Concentrations: Per gang.
> Examples:
> Etiquette (Gang) (Red Spiders), Etiquette (Gang) Red Hot Nukes

> Etiquette (Street): You can live in the back alleys and undergrounds of
> the sprawls. You understand that the street is alive and growing, and you
> can adapt to it. You can track down someone who can get you a gun, and
> maybe find some kindered souls to help you out.
> etiquette (Street) is very close to etiquette (Gang), and etiquette
> (Criminal), so they can be somewhat intertwined.
> Concentrations: Per area or location. Its a more generic skill than the
> other etiquettequettes, so less likely to be concentrated in.
> Examples:
> Etiquette (Street) (The pit), Etiquette (Street) Puyallup.
If you're going to make this a general skill (expensive) then let
Gang, Street, and Criminal fall together into the same skill (originally seen
as Etiquette(Street). Why make it hard for people to pick up their basic
etiquette skills and still have enough points to do something?

> Etiquette (Criminal): You can find things on the black market, name some of
> the local crime bosses, and fit in with the criminal element.
> Concentrations: In criminal faction or activities.
> Etiquette (Criminal) (Yakuza), Etiquette (Criminal) (BTL Smuggling)

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