| From: | Danyel N Woods <9604801@********.AC.NZ> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Feeling old [was: Re: DNA/DOA] |
| Date: | Wed, 6 May 1998 12:04:37 +1200 |
>>Wasn't there a book of them? I don't remember the name now... We
>used to
>>have a copy of it somewhere... something like "Sprawl Sites". Seemed
>more
>>like "random adventures" than random encounters, but it had a long
>series
>>of tables.
>
>This, of all things, makes me feel a lot older than the whole 'I was
>in 5th grade during the Gulf War' thread.
>
>I've been generally laughing at the absurdity of the Sprawl Sites book
>since... oh, since when the outfit the decker archtype wears was
>actually in style.
>
>Only the last 20 pages of it were even worth the paper it was printed
>on.
Aw, c'mon, it's not that bad. Okay, so some of the encounters are a
little silly (PCs getting randomly strafed by a pair of Fire elementals?
Yeesh), but the building archetypes are exceedingly useful (especially
for someone who's short of time and/or a little lazy, like Yours Truly).
I agree with you about the contacts and archetypes (though in my copy
they need SR-II updating, and a little common sense - how the heck does
a Street Kid get hold of body-armour like an armoured vest?). And,
*with some work*, some of the encounters *are* useable as such, or short
adventures.
Of course, I may be biased by the fact that Sprawl Sites was the first
SR book I ever bought (after being given a rather tattered BBB gratis).
Sideline: in the SRII GM Screen, there's a bunch of cardboard character
'markers'. Most of them I can figure out, but who are the guys with the
chain-maces and the red-and-white armour? Red Samurai?
Danyel Woods
9604801@********.ac.nz
'Are you deliberately trying to drive me insane?'
'The universe is already mad. Anything else would be
redundant.'
