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Ascalaphus
post Nov 26 2011, 03:25 PM
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Ah, so I was part-right: seed of an AAA, just not S-K (not every German company is Wyrm-food...)
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post Nov 28 2011, 11:53 AM
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I figured this question could go here instead of starting a new thread:
The Prejudiced quality in RC has two categories of targets:
- Common target group (ie. women, metahumans)
- Specific target group 5 BP (ie. artists, gays, lawyers)
In which of those groups would you put adherents of all Abrahamic religions combined (including sects based mostly on those) in 207x Seattle?
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post Nov 28 2011, 02:00 PM
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QUOTE (Sengir @ Nov 28 2011, 12:53 PM) *
I figured this question could go here instead of starting a new thread:
The Prejudiced quality in RC has two categories of targets:
- Common target group (ie. women, metahumans)
- Specific target group 5 BP (ie. artists, gays, lawyers)
In which of those groups would you put adherents of all Abrahamic religions combined (including sects based mostly on those) in 207x Seattle?


Tangential but is there information anywhere about the other Abrahamic religions? I know there's tangents of Islam I've picked up on but I must be missing Judaism somewhere?
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post Nov 28 2011, 02:06 PM
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Common target group. Muslims, catholics, jews, calvinists, anglicans, mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, etc.
Pretty much the only Monotheistic religions there are, they are all based around Abraham.
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post Nov 28 2011, 03:03 PM
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QUOTE (Brazilian_Shinobi @ Nov 28 2011, 03:06 PM) *
Common target group. Muslims, catholics, jews, calvinists, anglicans, mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, etc.
Pretty much the only Monotheistic religions there are, they are all based around Abraham.

Sure it spans a lot of religions, but how common are those religions in 2070? Even Protestant Christianity seems to have taken quite a nosedive in the UCAS, and based on above definition of "Common" the threshold for a common group seems to be somewhere around 40-50% of the population.
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post Nov 28 2011, 03:33 PM
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People's religion is not really that apparent from casual conversation. 50% or so might be plausible in the UCAS and CAS, but how would the character tell? Unless religious and political affiliation is something that people commonly put on their commlink profiles in your campaign (which is certainly also plausible). Sounds like a negative quality that could really hurt the character, though. Dealing with people is a big part of shadowrunning, and the character's interactions with a random cross-selection of them will be impaired.
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post Nov 28 2011, 04:02 PM
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QUOTE (Sengir @ Nov 28 2011, 12:03 PM) *
Sure it spans a lot of religions, but how common are those religions in 2070? Even Protestant Christianity seems to have taken quite a nosedive in the UCAS, and based on above definition of "Common" the threshold for a common group seems to be somewhere around 40-50% of the population.


Unless you consider most people became atheists, I would say there would stll be large numbers of them anywhere you could already find them these days (exception being, of course, Aztlan).
Sure, not everyone will have a big cross around its neck or any such thing that might CLEARLY label them as abrahamic monotheists, but there could be as Glyph mentioned.
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post Nov 28 2011, 05:37 PM
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QUOTE (Glyph @ Nov 28 2011, 04:33 PM) *
People's religion is not really that apparent from casual conversation. 50% or so might be plausible in the UCAS and CAS, but how would the character tell? Unless religious and political affiliation is something that people commonly put on their commlink profiles in your campaign (which is certainly also plausible). Sounds like a negative quality that could really hurt the character, though. Dealing with people is a big part of shadowrunning, and the character's interactions with a random cross-selection of them will be impaired.


I've played a character that was very devout and it led to a giant argument with my GM (Husband). Our game came to a point where we directly interacted with her religious affiliation and needless to say staying in character was a large detriment to her. I tend to ROLE play more than ROLL play and character integrity is important to me, so I wasn't wavering on how she would react to the situation. I don't know that I'd declare a religion again though after that experience.
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post Nov 28 2011, 06:22 PM
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So here is a thought. Would Vatican City have a spirit similier to the Denver spirit prior to it being split into five parts? Such a spirit if it existed, in such a concentraited area of worship, could be an extremely powerful ancestor or guardian spirit in the guise of an Arch Angel
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post Nov 28 2011, 06:25 PM
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QUOTE (Stormdrake @ Nov 28 2011, 10:22 AM) *
So here is a thought. Would Vatican City have a spirit similier to the Denver spirit prior to it being split into five parts? Such a spirit if it existed, in such a concentraited area of worship, could be an extremely powerful ancestor or guardian spirit in the guise of an Arch Angel


It certainly would have a pretty potent aspected background count based on the explanation of background counts in street magic (Centuries of intense religious worship). I'd say the presence or non-presence of free spirits of man is up to your game needs at this point as I don't ever recall any setting material for the Vatican being published.
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post Nov 28 2011, 06:26 PM
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QUOTE (Stormdrake @ Nov 28 2011, 01:22 PM) *
So here is a thought. Would Vatican City have a spirit similier to the Denver spirit prior to it being split into five parts? Such a spirit if it existed, in such a concentraited area of worship, could be an extremely powerful ancestor or guardian spirit in the guise of an Arch Angel


Gives the trinity a whole new meaning... The father (ancestor), the son (guardian), and the holy ghost (guidance) all working together.
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