Huh - there's a James Alan Gardner book with almost that exact premise.
Let him do his thing, and then you get him out. No messing with him for laughs.
Mal ,'Ariel'
Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue
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Jessica - Jun 02, 2008 10:46:03 am PDT #820 of 26132
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Laga - Jun 02, 2008 10:46:54 am PDT #821 of 26132
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I give up, what's the SR short for?
Miracleman - Jun 02, 2008 10:47:43 am PDT #822 of 26132
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Shadowrun
Sean K - Jun 02, 2008 10:50:14 am PDT #823 of 26132
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
You have some basic archetypes to work with:
And even within the basic archetypes, there is a LOT of room for personality and individuality.
Street Samurai can be big and tough -- a super strong troll with cyber muscles, bones and skin, to make you strong and hard to damage -- or you can be super fast, agile and sneaky, with jacked up reflexes and cyber eyes.
And that's without adding flavor.
Laga - Jun 02, 2008 10:52:08 am PDT #824 of 26132
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
oh, SR isn't d20?
omnis_audis - Jun 02, 2008 10:53:14 am PDT #825 of 26132
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Adepts is calling to me from your description. Too advance of a character for a newbie?
Miracleman - Jun 02, 2008 10:54:01 am PDT #826 of 26132
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Adepts is calling to me from your description.
Dang. I'm toying with a Phys Ad.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Jun 02, 2008 10:54:06 am PDT #827 of 26132
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
I know Shadowrun is a great love for many of you guys - especially Joe - but I just plain cannot stand the notion of Cyberpunk meets Fantasy.
I understand it's a perfectly valid concept for fiction, but for whatever reason it just sets my teeth on edge. I guess everyone's got something like that... what's yours?
Sean K - Jun 02, 2008 10:55:43 am PDT #828 of 26132
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
SR isn't d20?
Nope. It's always been it's own system, but the system mechanics have undergone four full revamps. The most recent one (SR3 to SR4) is easily the most fundamental mechanical restructuring they've done yet. It's also the best system redesign they've done.
In a lot of ways,
SR4:Shadowrun::d20:D&D
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Jun 02, 2008 10:57:27 am PDT #829 of 26132
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
oh, SR isn't d20?
BWAH! Oh hell no, and you should be thankful.
ION, Magic is reducing the number of cards (but not sets) it produces a year. It's also added a new rarity level though the way they're re-engineering the card mix means it won't take much more to collect a set. It does, however, mean they need maybe 15 to 20% less card art per year so less money spent on art. Less work for artists. Bit of a mess really.