 Summary of Shadowrun, distilling Shadowrun to its most basic element(s) |
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 Sep 7 2009, 11:42 PM
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Neophyte Runner  Group: Members Posts: 2,141 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Neverwhere Member No.: 2,048  |
Hi,
If you were to distill Shadowrun to its most basic of elements, what would you say they are? I am not expectying a few page response, but a few sentences. For example:
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Sep 8 2009, 12:03 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 211 Joined: 11-April 03 From: Maine Member No.: 4,431 |
Shooting people in the face for money. With elves!!!
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Sep 8 2009, 12:17 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,086 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 364 |
Post-cyberpunk urban fantasy in which the protagonists engage in freelance covert ops and corporate espionage.
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Sep 8 2009, 12:25 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 265 Joined: 17-August 09 From: Northern California Member No.: 17,510 |
Guns, Magic, Hacking, Crime and Money. Mix to your liking. Stir liberally.
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Sep 8 2009, 12:25 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 483 Joined: 16-September 08 From: Madison, WI Member No.: 16,349 |
QUOTE (ShadowPavement @ Sep 7 2009, 06:03 PM)  Shooting people in the face for money. With elves!!! Definitely shooting people in the face for money. Don't forget the dragons too, though. |
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Sep 8 2009, 12:27 AM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
Play as a criminal existing in the cracks between society. When "civilization" is a dystopian mess with high-tech, the return of magic, and megacorps marketing everything between at the expense of humanity, imagine what "uncivilized shadowrunners" are like. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/vegm.gif)
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Sep 8 2009, 12:30 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
"Watch your back, conserve ammo, and never cut a deal with a dragon."
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Sep 8 2009, 12:32 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 256 Joined: 27-July 09 From: Aurora Barrens, Denver Member No.: 17,433 |
Geeks with no lives sitting around fantasizing about becoming murderers?
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Sep 8 2009, 12:39 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,263 Joined: 4-March 08 From: Blighty Member No.: 15,736 |
People that don't exist doing things that never happened in exchange for money with no value.
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Sep 8 2009, 01:09 AM
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Prime Runner Ascendant Group: Members Posts: 17,568 Joined: 26-March 09 From: Aurora, Colorado Member No.: 17,022 |
QUOTE (Orcus Blackweather @ Sep 7 2009, 05:32 PM) Geeks with no lives sitting around fantasizing about becoming murderers? Ruthless Orcus... |
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Sep 8 2009, 01:37 AM
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Shiny Metal Kitty Head Group: Retired Admins Posts: 252 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 146 |
Criminals, mercenaries, and people down on their luck doing whatever it takes to survive in a world where technology coexists with magic.
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Sep 8 2009, 01:48 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 211 Joined: 26-December 08 From: Longmont, Co Member No.: 16,709 |
Generally I describe it as "Fantasy Cyberpunk". That satisfies most people as they know what cyberpunk is or at least the ones that tend to ask me about Shadowrun do. That and the fantasy part is "magic, dragons, elves, like D&D". A small minority asks for more info and I go into a bit of detail for them with the Mayan calendar and some background on the game until they tell me to stop (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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Sep 8 2009, 01:53 AM
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Shiny Metal Kitty Head Group: Retired Admins Posts: 252 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 146 |
QUOTE (Freejack @ Sep 7 2009, 08:48 PM) A small minority asks for more info and I go into a bit of detail for them with the Mayan calendar and some background on the game until they tell me to stop (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Carl Yeah, this is typically what happens to me. All of the 'out of game' research kicks in and all of the real world comparisons come out. It is at this point they start looking at me like I have a third eye growing out of my forehead. |
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Sep 8 2009, 03:37 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 126 Joined: 18-May 08 From: East Wind Member No.: 15,986 |
transhumanist interstitial counterculture felons!
shadowrun is a lot like the real world, but with bigger dice pools |
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Sep 8 2009, 04:40 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 388 Joined: 30-July 09 From: Charlotte, NC Member No.: 17,452 |
Shadowrun is about giving the finger to a magically-infused corporate-driven dystopia; Oi, oi, oi!
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Sep 8 2009, 07:44 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 181 Joined: 8-July 09 From: The Caribbean League Member No.: 17,367 |
The 80's in the future with elves.
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Sep 8 2009, 08:13 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,009 Joined: 25-September 06 From: Paris, France Member No.: 9,466 |
Cyber, magic and rock'n'roll.
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Sep 8 2009, 09:01 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,286 Joined: 24-May 05 From: A 10x10 room with an orc and a treasure chest Member No.: 7,409 |
Elves and orcs and miniguns oh my!
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Sep 8 2009, 02:53 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,536 Joined: 13-July 09 Member No.: 17,389 |
BladeRunner with magic.
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Sep 8 2009, 03:23 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 211 Joined: 11-April 03 From: Maine Member No.: 4,431 |
The illicit love-child of Lord of the Rings and Matrix Trilogies.
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Sep 8 2009, 04:13 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 254 Joined: 23-November 07 Member No.: 14,331 |
QUOTE (StealthSigma @ Sep 8 2009, 04:53 PM) BladeRunner with magic. I'd SO love to see a game fulfilling this description. As it is, Shadowrun is way too much Fantasy to be simply awesome BladeRunner with magic. Man... think about it. Shadowrun without Metas. Critters being scarce. Dragons being just some more the Shadowmen of corporate society. Like.... like.... Babylon A.D. with mor BANG! for your money. *drools* |
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Sep 8 2009, 04:40 PM
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Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet; Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,546 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760 |
Shadowrun is such a full, diverse world, you can't just reduce it to a few lines and expect it to make much sense. A lot of the things listed so far are true, but may not include what *I* think Shadowrun is (or why it's so great). The best one so far is AH's, since it allows the reader to read into it.
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Sep 8 2009, 04:46 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
*Falls over drunk* That's some good Homebrew Still of Shadowrun...
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Sep 9 2009, 12:34 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 91 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Toronto, Canada Member No.: 1,495 |
Mercenaries fight corporations and monsters in a fantasy cyberpunk world where money & magic rule the world.
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Sep 9 2009, 01:17 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,190 Joined: 31-May 09 From: London, UK Member No.: 17,229 |
Trolls with machine guns, so much better than the old-fashionned trolls with big sticks...
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