You sure did.

See, I promised that there'd be cuddly kittens. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Oh, and McQ? Do you have a "nice GM hat"?

Yep. I wear it occassionally, and even dusted it off for the Scramble last year with Bull's team. (It most often sees use at the booth demos though...)

And that books is being released when...

A free box of adorable fluffy kittens if you tell ! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rotate.gif)

I can't remember which book I read it in, but there was a suggestion "no one knows whether or not critters can be technomancers"... Nice. I couldn't help but wonder how an animal would behave in the grid. What kind of prey might a gator technomancer pursue? Oh the sinister possibilities.

Not even being small, defenseless, and cute could save me if I went against CGL's policy of no-release-dates...



Mmmhmmm... page 79, Augmentation. Baka Dabora.

^^
Yup... That's too awesome.

One of the PCs in my campaign had a Talis Cat as a pet. Then she had kittens. Then the mage - who saw the cat hunt down an ork before she got adopted by the other PC - got bullied into taking two of the kittens. Between the one room he had long since converted into a terrarium for his awakened chameleon and the grocery bills for the kittens he hasn't that much living space left in his flat (which also houses the ghost of his precedessor, and his ally spirit).

Two talis kittens were taken with the first PC when she was retired, but the mother stayed in the group's house, together with a regular cat.

Oh, and from "stupid ways to die" (back in the SR2 days):

GM: Upon coming home you find a cat in your bedroom.
Player: My apartment has an expensive high level security system.
GM: Yes, I know. The obvious conclusion is that someone cracked it to let the cat inside.
Player: Ah, so it must be a threat! Another attempt at assassination!
GM: Likely, yes, given your earlier troubles.
Player: I cast shapechange into a weasel and attack it!
GM: The cat seems to grow to the size of a cheetah.

Melee with something while having that nice +2 TN modifier for sustaining a spell never was that good an idea, compared to, like mana- or stunbolting it, shooting it, or closing the door and calling animal control.

10 rules for dealing with Blackberry cats.

1) Stay Away from them.
2) Do not go near them.
3) If you do find yourself near one, run away as quickly as possible.
4) If it follows you, try to find some catnip. But, for the love of god, don't carry any with you.
5) Do not attack the Blackberry cat.
6) Do not anger the Blackberry cat.
7) Do not annoy the Blackberry cat.
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif) Do not feed the Blackberry cat.
9) Do not look like you'd be fun to screw around with.
10) Plug your ears.

Didn't Holly Brighton have a Blackberry Cat as a pet? O.o

Fix'd

i see what you did there . .

Have I tab back to a *chan? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

No no. Dumpshock's not like /b/ where Candlejack can come every ti

Rule 1 & 2.
Plus the Candlejack meme is old and a myt

Heh, my old SR group would rather deal with Behemoths and Dragons than with a single Talis Cat.

They said it was a more fair fight than going against a Talis cat.

I wonder why...

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Good advice,
Now lets up our collective evil (IMG:style_emoticons/default/devil.gif) GM hats and think about the fun we could have with blackberry cats (IMG:style_emoticons/default/silly.gif)


Daugther of executive finds aforementioned cat and takes home. Cat has fun with family and shadowrunners are hired for a hit against the family's guard Barghast

Team is hired to travel to London for some pricey wetwork. A little old lady living in a big empty house. Her Blackberry cat takes offense at the intruders and turns them against each other as they try to reach the old lady. (Who is a capable magician in her own right.) It's like Monty Python meets home alone.

Nothing better then a dry humored old British lady and her devil cat to spice up a good assassination.

Edit: Lady Maude and Mr. Whiskers

This cat is going to be way too deadly to run against my starting players isn't it?

Probbaly.
But that's the same with most Cat based critters.
I think some of the devs have a weak spot for felidae ^^

It can just "make friends" with the barghast. Then it gets protected by them too. The damn things are really powerful.

Any suggestions for a paranormal criiter that might be a little easier for the PCs to tackle out of the starting blocks?

It depends. They can be hugely deadly or just kind of fun. A blackberry cat that decides to move into your hideout could be interesting. But it could really annoy the players.