| From: | shadowrn@*********.com (Hahns Shin) |
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| Subject: | Yourself as a contact |
| Date: | Sat Mar 9 16:30:01 2002 |
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> Hans- are all your contacts that detailed? ;-)
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> -Seb
Hehe. I guess I got carried away, but it's funny you should mention that.
Indeed, there are quite a few contacts in my game world that are detailed
like player-characters because they actually WERE player-characters in past
campaigns. Some are retired shadowrunners, some are rejected character
ideas, some are even dead shadowrunners in a different campaign timeline in
the future. Turner the Suit, Tor the Intelligent Troll Teaching Assistant
(don't ask), Austin the Cowboy Decker (who is currently a true Ghost in the
Machine), Phil "Bob" Smith the Cyberninja... lots of recurring characters
who were once PCs.
Of course, there are also many contacts in my campaign that get lip service,
as you can see from my personal contact list (Friend of a Friend rolls, I
guess).
Villains who become contacts are generally just as detailed as the PCs.
Other contacts tend to be fleshed out quite well by my players (Sherry is an
ex-girlfriend of the character who also happens to be a Secretary contact
for a former Fuchi subsidiary, now independent. She has stats, and an
amazing amount of combat skills from her former association with the
particular player).
Hahns Shin, MS II
Budding cybersurgeon
"Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know
that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed."
-G. K. Chesterton
