Shadowrun: Anyone Up For It?

[Brother Shatterstone]

It wasn't funny... it was deadly serious!

Yeah okay. Hey if your still wanting to bust my chops you can come talk to me in this thread... (I've interrupted this OOC theard long enough.) link I'll even let you be DM if you want too.

 

[Andrew D. Gable]

Woot. Looks like we got several people wanting to play. Great. Time to start seriously coming up with a plot... any preferences on where the game would be? Preferably somewhere in North America, with maybe occasional forays to outside regions. Or for that matter, any preferences on what it's about? Would you prefer a high-magic romp with immortal elves and dragons, or a more down to earth game?

BTW, I hate deckers too. Well, actually, the concept of a decker rocks, but the reality of doing a 3 hour solo adventure while the other players are left twiddling their thumbs sucks.

 

[No Way]

Im up for anything. Just nothing that would require a seperate sourcebook.

 

[Shalimar]

Street games would be cool, so would a Palidans of the Tir game. Any shadowrun is good.

What type of Character Gen will we be using if we go SR3? Point Build, Sum to 10, Regular Gen?

 

[Vendetta]

What type of Character Gen will we be using if we go SR3? Point Build, Sum to 10, Regular Gen?

I've only played once, so I may be wrong, but doesn't 3rd edition Shadowrun have a built in character creation system with the priorities or are there other options that the GM can toss in?

I'm up for anything, as long as it feels like shadowrun.

 

[Thanee]

BTW, I hate deckers too. Well, actually, the concept of a decker rocks, but the reality of doing a 3 hour solo adventure while the other players are left twiddling their thumbs sucks.

OTOH, this is very doable in a PbP game, in fact, I think this style of gaming is rather perfect to include Deckers without the usual trouble.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

It's been 9 years since I looked at the shadowrun books so this...

BTW, I hate deckers too. Well, actually, the concept of a decker rocks, but the reality of doing a 3 hour solo adventure while the other players are left twiddling their thumbs sucks.

OTOH, this is very doable in a PbP game, in fact, I think this style of gaming is rather perfect to include Deckers without the usual trouble.

... Has me curious of something. Why did the Decker require a 3-hour solo adventure, and Thanee how do you see PbP removing this issue? (The other PC still have to do something while the Decker pc and DM do there thing, correct?)

 

[Thanee]

About a character, I prefer magical characters by far. Magician or just adept, depending on the level of magic you want to have.

In general, I'm fine with a more "normal" game, where magic is present, but not overly common.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Shalimar]

I've only played once, so I may be wrong, but doesn't 3rd edition Shadowrun have a built in character creation system with the priorities or are there other options that the GM can toss in?

I'm up for anything, as long as it feels like shadowrun.

There is the Priority method as outlined in the Core Book
you get to pick 1 each of A-E

Race: A)any___B)any___C)Elf or Troll__D)Dwarf or Orc___E)Human
Magic: A)Full Magician___B)Aspected Mage or Adept___C-E)mundane
Resources: A) 1 million___B)400K___C)90k___D)20K___E)5k
Skills: A)50___B)40___C)34___D)30___E)21
Attributes: A)30___B)27___C)24___D)21___E)18

Sum to 10 gives each letter a point value.
A-4
B-3
C-2
D-1
E-0
you have 10 points to spend in any manner you wish, letting a person take 2 Bs or even 2 As if they so desire.

 

[Thanee]

It's been 9 years since I looked at the shadowrun books so this...

Been a few years here as well, tho I have played SR for a pretty long time.

Why did the Decker require a 3-hour solo adventure, ...

I think that was an exaggeration, but half an hour to an hour would be pretty normal, where the others cannot contribute at all, if you do not do it quick and dirty with a single roll.

...and Thanee how do you see PbP removing this issue? (The other PC still have to do something while the Decker pc and DM do there thing, correct?)

Because of the long time between posts and because you can run two different scenarios in a parallel fashion much better that way. Like when the decker is getting information, the others can go ask their contacts meanwhile, or go to the club or whatever. You don't need to speed up things, because the others have to wait otherwise, since the waiting time is there, anyways.

Bye
Thanee