| From: | Lloyd Vance ljvance@*******.edu |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Newby GM needs some advice |
| Date: | Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:45:04 |
>> Umm ... I'll assume you're using a house rule here, since SR vampires are
>> caused by a virus.
>> Once you have it, killing the head vampire doesn't matter one way or
>> another.
>
>Yeah,...house rule. For the story's sake I introduced this kind of vampire
>as well.
>
>> If you don't want to use the polis once the bitten runner is dead, just
>let
>> the other PC's either buy them off, or let the polis screw over the bitten
>> guy and not bother avenging him. simple as that.
>
>This would be a nice solution were it not for the fact that the polis leader
>was a level 3 contact (friend for life, I-will-take-a-bullet-kinda-friend),
>and I don't see how someone's dying wish could be bought of when it comes to
>a level 3 contact. Neither would the screwing over part.
>
Also, an option would be to have the polis go after them, but not all at
once, and not regularly. Have it be your back-up 'I gotta get them in a
firefight. Hmmm. What do I throw at them? Dzoonooqua? Bombadiers? Oh!
The Polis!' Just enough to annoy them regularly, but not enough to kill
them. At least for a while, and then it could become a big 'war' between
the runners and the polis, with an ultimate battle, and blah blah blah.
>The only way I see out of it, is to give them a fighting chance, too bad the
>group consists of:
>
>Troll Mage - The polis will take no chance with the fragger,
>B&E specialist - Has a snowball's chance in hell to survive any combat, this
>is one that always stands at the back cheering the rest of the runners on.
>Assassin - Who actually has a chance of survival, but I doubt he'll manage
>to throw the dice in his favor, as this man is born with bad dice-luck.
>Sam - Infected runner,...soon to be toast as he is planning to join the
>vampire posse.
>
>*sigh*
>
>Dennis
It also doesn't have to get to that point. Like someone else said, lock up
the bitten one, and kill the head guy. Give the group help if they need
it, or not. Whatever. remember the guy playing the bitten character will
be really bored at the games if you have him locked up and he can't do
anything, so make the resolution happen fast, let him sit out a few
sessions, or let him become a vampire, and maybe his team will see that he
can be a vamp and their friend . . . <shrug>
The Hamm
aka Lloyd Vance
