From:	DV8 gyro@********.co.za
Subject:	Dwarves in Shadowrun
Date:	Mon, 19 Jul 1999 16:09:10 +0200

-----Original Message-----
From: Manx <timburke@*******.com.au>
To: shadowrn@*********.org <shadowrn@*********.org>
Date: 19 July 1999 03:53
Subject: Re: Dwarves in Shadowrun


>At 04:55 19/07/99 -0400 Bull wrote
>>At 10:04 PM 7/18/99 -0400, Roger Ramirez wrote these timeless words:
>>>I was just pondering the idea of Dwarves in Shadowrun. I haven't
read many
>>>of the novels but from the few that I have read I have only seen
one dwarf
>>>character. It was the rigger in Preying for Keeps.
>>>
>>There have been a few others, but they're fairly rare...
>
>Which is I suppose a good indication why Dwarves
>are as rare as they are in the population statistics.
>Generally they comprise approximately 2% of the
>population of Seattle. It only makes sense statistically
>that Dwarves are rarer than Elves (at 13%) and
>Orks (at 16%). It is also interesting to note that
>Trolls clock in at 2% as well. Really there should
>be a whole lot less Trolls running around.
>
Disagree. Trolls in SR are portrayed as being poor, due to the
increased cost
of everything they buy. Lunch is an entire KFC bucket for example.

Thus you'll find them taking any break to get out of the rut that is
their birthright.

Thus lotsa Troll shadowrunners....

YMMV

- - BRUCE <gyro@********.co.za>

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