From:	Josh Munn barnack@*******.com
Subject:	Samurai downtime (was: Decker toys?)
Date:	Thu, 25 Feb 1999 08:03:26 EST

>On 2/22/99 Mongoose wrote:
>
>> A Decker's BEST toy is the Matrix- if it ain't, your not a
Decker!
>> You can do or find almost anything there, but it is usually very
>> under-developed in location sourcebooks, and not used except for
limited,
>> specific things on a run. I think giving a Decker some fun places to
go,
>> things to do, and people to meet in the matrix would go a long way to
>> alleviating the "toy" demands, unless he's just upset that he can't
kick
>> the samurais ass in physical combat. I know that I felt similarly
about
>> playing a samurai- compared to mages (and most other characters,
>> actually), they are offered little in the way of social interaction
or
>> things to do during downtime.
>>
>> Mongoose
>
>I was just discussing this with my group last week. The Samurai doesn't
have
>anything specifically defined in the books to do when not in combat,
but is
>that a limit of the character class or the player? We decided that the
Samurai
>should be the teams "man on the street". While the other characters are
>gathering info with their specific means, the Sam should be gathering
info by
>hitting the streets and greasing palms. This gives the Sam much more to
do
>during downtime by increasing and maintaining contacts.
>
>Bill Thompson - Mahagonny.com
> On the Internet there are no independent agents.
>
We have always played the "sammy" as a street person, however, we rarely
play with archtypical caracters. Each character in our group has a role
to play in every aspect of the run. Besides, if all the sammy did was
fight, he would be very bored most of the time in our runs.


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