| From: | Bull bull@*******.net |
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| Subject: | Dwarves in Shadowrun |
| Date: | Mon, 19 Jul 1999 16:42:47 -0400 (EDT) |
>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.
>
This is something that's come up a lot, and here's my theory (This covers
the "commonality" of mages in Shadowrun as well, despite their supposed
rarity).
First off, the Percentages given in books are usually "Legal, Counted"
statistics. This doesn;t ofetn include the sinless, and TRolls are the
most likely Metatype to be sinless, for various reasons.
But discounting that... Trolls are big, scary, and often dumb and ugly as
a brick. Most trolls end up in one of three places: Gangs, Corps (working
security), or as Shadowrunners. The same applies to mages, though for a
slightly different reason. They're biggest oppurtunities for money are as
a Corp Wagemage or as a Runner. So as Shadowrunners, you see a lot more of
these two types of character than you would in a "regular" job.
Bull
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