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From: Alexia Silverstein <alexia_silverstein@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Sick thing to do to a dead Runner.
Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 07:46:51 -0700
---Paul Gettle wrote:
> This is a rather nasty idea inspired by the dream I had last night.
>
> What if a corporation, through a nasty mix of Leonizaton, quickened
> hybernation spells, cybermantic-like rituals, and good old fasioned
> cryonics, perfected the art of practical suspended animation and
> revival?
>
> This could be downright wicked in the hands of an Evil GM [tm]. Just
> develop rules and background material to run SR, say in 2170.
> Stagering changes can happen in a century. Just take all the off the
> wall speculation about the future of SR and run with it.
>
> There's always that "oh that wasn't the _real_ Awakening, that was
> just the warm up act" plot twist. Maybe the Horrors finally did
> invade. Or perhaps a family of Great Form Light Elementals used their
> inherent abilities to listen in on any fiber-optic transmission (not
> to mention maniupulate those very same transmissions) to pull the rug
> of power out from under the megas, replacing control of the world with
> a benevelent dictatorship by Free Spirit.
>
> Then once the Evil GM is properly prepared, they just tuck away all
> this nice, pre-prepared background material in the back of their
> binder, and then wait for the Players to do something stupid that
> would get them very nearly geeked, en-mass.
>
> After the last Runner falls unconcious from the hail of Sec Guard
> bullets, Evil GM lets them sit for a minute or two while he flips to
> the back of his binder. Suddenly it's 2173, and the shadowrunners have
> just been brought out of cryosleep for [insert reason/plothook here].
>
> What do you think?
<snip sig>

Ohhhhh I like it...
(evil laugh) Muhahahaha!!!
I'd do it if I were GM...but I'd probably be a Villanous GM...(another
evil laugh)Muhahahaha!
But it -really would- be alot better than just killing off the
runners...I do like the idea.

~Alexia
http://www.sova.net/trish/shadowrun/

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