From:	Da Twink Daddy datwinkdaddy@*********.com
Subject:	Dwarves in Shadowrun
Date:	Mon, 19 Jul 1999 22:12:37 -0500

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From: Roger Ramirez <chariot@*********.net>


> 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.

Actually, I don't read _any_ SR Novels. I don't want to spend the
money, because I just don't read that much, also the most I wnat 'big
events' fleshed out is the shadowtalk in the sourcebooks. [That's all
I'm going to post even slightly connected to the Novels thread.]

> Other than this I have not really seen any characters in any
sourcebooks
> that have been dwarves. In fact I haven't even heard of any players
that
> wanted to play Dwarves.

They are kind rare in our group. Most ppl take humans because they
identify w/ them the most plus, most of the guys I used to play with
were muchkins and we didn't play w/ 'More Metas' so they didn't liek
the disadvantage of being non-human. If we did get non-human we got
mainly Elves and Trolls. Trolls because the munchkins wanted the
strongest Samuri on the Block. Elves becuase well, people jsut thought
elves were cool.

> I'm curious to find out if anyone out there plays a dwarf or runs a
game
> with a dwarf PC. If so, what is the character like. Just a short
> description would be nice.

Recently I'm playing two Dwarves -- 1 IRL, 1 PBeM. The RL one is a
Ex-LS Detective. I can't really think of his background right now. (I
haven't even thought about him in two weeks -- when I made him.) The
PBeM one is a Full Eagle Shaman Ganger. Eagle contacted him around the
time he 'came of age' and his gracious gang leader got him in touch
with the local tribe. His heritage is Native-American and he's always
liked Nature but, he's never lived outside of the city (or even
outside of the gang for that matter.) He looks at his connection with
Eagle as both a boon and a responsibility and is quite willing to do
anything he feels Eagle is leading him to do. Sometimes this gets him
in trouble with the gang [as he will choose not to do some heinous
act.] No cyberware. A large amount of his background wouldn't apply to
a normal SR game because it is intricately connected to the 'parallel'
universe that he is playing in.

I made the Shaman a Dwarf because the GM wanted more meta humans and I
always thought it would be cool to be a Dwarf.

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