From: | Bob Tockley zzdeden@*******.com.au |
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Subject: | Opinions please |
Date: | Tue, 02 Feb 1999 15:12:27 +1000 |
>I was playing SR last night and a strange situation came up. I'd like
>some opinions from all you people...
>
>My character is a Street Sam. I was in the Needle with a mage buddy
>when we were called out by a couple chummers. One look and I could
>tell they were Physical Adepts. I got sick of their posing, so I blew
>one of them away with my panther assault cannon. I had a permit for
>it, so they had to let me in with it. The other attacked me, but
>bounced off my heavy security armor. I blew him away too. Physical
>Adepts are just so weak compared to street sams. Don't you think so?
>
>Then my GM threw me for a loop. He said they regenerated. Apparently
>they were shapeshifters too. I blew them away, but they regenerated
>again. I turned them into Chunky Salsa, but they kept regenerating.
>My mage buddy took a look astrally and said thay they were Woodchuck
>Shapeshifters. (What's a woodchuck?) He noticed a few Quickened
>spells, so he grounded a Hellblast through one. No good, they
>regenerated.
>
>The whole situation was so funny, I started laughing. I think
>shapeshifters are so weak. They hardly had any stats or skills at 6,
>they were pathetic compared to even the normal archetypes. Doesn't
>everyone have a half dozen stats or skills at 6?
>
>Then the GM threw me for another loop. They started casting spells.
>Apparently they were physical mages. They had most of their points in
>physical adept abilities, so all of their spells caused physical drain
>(which they regenerated).
>
>Finally my mage buddy cast a Transform spell on them, it's a
>non-resisted spell that turns people into normal critters with a
>single success (see the Grimoire). He turned them into platypi (or is
>it platypusses?). Then he sold them to an organlegger (I think his
>name was Tan Mouse, anyone ever heard of him?) as an infinite supply
>of organs.
>
>My question is... How much is a physical mage woodchuck shapeshifter
>worth to an organlegger?
Hahahahaha... This is the funniest thing I've read in ages!
(>) ARKHAM
"The difference between a clown and a mime? Easy. People care if the
clown gets killed."