| From: | Bull bull@*******.net |
|---|---|
| Subject: | SR Narrowing of focus |
| Date: | Sun, 15 Aug 1999 06:13:48 -0400 (EDT) |
>> concentrate on atmosphere. He thinks SR should be very focused on the
>> business of shadowrunning only (but the BOO and 50 Years of the Awakening
>> books look promising). I think he is wrong in this criminal-only
>viewpoint,
>> but a lot of other people seem happy with it. His biggest crime was
>killing
>> the Neo-As in favor of the Target books, IMHO. "Target" is soulless
and
>
>Straw poll time here.
>
>Is anyone out there satisfied with the narrowing of focus down to criminals
>only?
>
Umm, ok, maybe I missed something here, but... The only "Non Criminal" SR
characters, when you want to get right down to it, came under Mike's
command: Playing Doc Wagon from the Companion and Missions. Other than
that, everything else is pretty much justa different type of Shadowrunner,
which, when you break it down, is nothing but a Criminal at his core. A
Shadowrunner is a mercenary who breaks the law for money.
Now that's a simplified version of it, granted. Some runners will do
anything for cash, including murder and destruction. Some runners have
values or an honor code that they follow. But at their core, they steal,
kill, plunder, kidnap, and break pretty much any and all laws known to man,
if they feel the need. And even after playing Bull, probably the most
goody two shoes runner you'ld ever meet, I can tell you that the only time
the question of whether or not they were breaking a law camne up was when
they had to get through security at an airport or some such. Otherwise,
who cared?
Sure, Shadowbeat had Rockers and Reporters. But it really didn;t ive you
much to work with as far as incorporating that into the Shadowrun world
that the rest of us play in. Unless, of course, you really wanted to
follow the day to day progress of a band struggling to get gigs, get
famous, and stay famous. While this can make for a cool game, with the
right group, it just seems to have a REAL limited focus. Unless of course
the character is also a Runner on the side (Buckaroo Bonzai, anyone? :)).
Which means it's effectively just another "class" (To be vulgar :)) of
Runner. More likely a Sub Class (Mage Rocker, or Sammy Rocker).
On that note, also, I've never once heard Mike say he didn;t like SB. But
I HAVE heard him say several times that he'd like to do more with Shadowrun
than just runners. That's what Corp War, Missions, and Underworld were all
about. They were storyline, they were adventures, and they were something
RUnners could interact with, but they also gave you the flavor and option
of playing something other than a straight runner. Same with Cyberpirates,
and a lot of other stuff...
Well, it's late, and I'm done :] More later, maybe :]
Bull
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