From:	Sebastian Wiers m0ng005e@*********.com
Subject:	Dwarves in Shadowrun
Date:	Mon, 19 Jul 1999 04:59:52 -0500

:>I think that you'll find that Elves & Trolls are the most
:>popular metatype because they are the ones that
:>tend to attract munchkins for the in-game benefits
:>that you can milk from them.

Yeah, my elf samurai and troll mage both kicked some ass. I mean,
trolls are just MADE to be mages, and elves can really soak up damage...

:I don't know about that...with their higher Body, Strength, and
:Willpower Ratings and the lowered Race priority, I almost expected
:Dwarves to be the new munchkin race.

I don't know about "munchkin", but they are more popular, I think. Our
(admitedly odd) new group has 2 dwarves (a samurai / negotiator and a
rigger), 2 elves (an adept and a samuria), 2 humans (an adept and a
technician / decker) and 1 orc (a wu-jen mage). I don't know what the dwarf
players motives were, but the characters do have good stats.
Very few people used to play dwarves in our Sr2 games- running slow and
having mediocore stats was just to many strikes, I guess. In our new group,
nobody wanted to play a troll- I'm sure personal taste played a big roll
(they have never been popular PC's in our games), but I think the points did
also.

Mongoose