 Favorite SR threat? |
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 Sep 5 2006, 10:10 PM
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd  Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473  |
I like Deus mostly because I've never had so much fun as I have conjuring up the part of a campaign where I pit the runners versus a ton of Banded cut off from Deus after the Fall (sticking with the pseuco-Christian/Biblical imagery).
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Sep 5 2006, 11:12 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,556 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle Member No.: 98 |
Sweet. Had I known bugs had a fancy name, my life might have been easier :) |
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Sep 6 2006, 02:58 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 256 Joined: 24-October 04 Member No.: 6,784 |
Man, not much love of the Templars? The Vatican's Latin spouting, magical ninjas are awesome! Plus, add the black vault and all these threats really come together.
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Sep 6 2006, 04:04 AM
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473 |
I wonder if their MRI contact lenses ever attract large metallic objects into their eyes. Objects like, say, a Templar's drawn sword.
Gah, that whole idea is so retarded. |
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Sep 6 2006, 07:54 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 112 Joined: 27-January 06 Member No.: 8,205 |
It's hard to pick one...
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Sep 6 2006, 09:43 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 358 Joined: 12-May 05 From: The nearest UV host near you... Member No.: 7,390 |
Hmmm...
Dr. Halbertsam would be my favorite... Gavillan/Roxbourough/Dunklezahn connection will be my second favorite. Deus/Mirage will be my third favorite if I totally ignore System Failure which was a disaster in the Shadowrun timeline IMHO. |
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Sep 6 2006, 11:04 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 831 Joined: 5-September 05 From: LAX, UCAS Member No.: 7,687 |
Bugs - love to hate 'em ;)
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Sep 6 2006, 11:32 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,241 Joined: 10-August 02 Member No.: 3,083 |
A lot of these I've never heard of:
The Invae Winternight Pax Tutor The Templars The Aleph Society Who are they? |
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Sep 7 2006, 12:44 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,430 Joined: 10-January 05 From: Fort Worth, Texas Member No.: 6,957 |
The Invae is a fancy name pseudo-intellectuals use to refer to Bug Spirits. :)
Winternight is a buncha crazies that instigates the crash that is the basis for ahuge chunk of matrix changes in SR4. Tutor is a free spirit. That's all I can remember. It's been waaay too long since I read Threats and Threats 2. |
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Sep 7 2006, 12:46 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,430 Joined: 10-January 05 From: Fort Worth, Texas Member No.: 6,957 |
I voted Horrors by the way. Don't ask me why, I just love the lil' beasties.
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Sep 7 2006, 02:13 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 355 Joined: 24-August 02 From: Magna, Ute Nation Member No.: 3,166 |
My players have aided the Templars unknowingly. I don't think they're a good threat. In fact, one of the characters is Catholic, so he'd probably end up an ally with them. |
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Sep 7 2006, 02:05 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
Are the templars even a threat? They're just a goon squad, so much smaller than anything from Threats 1. Pax, or rather the group Ex Pacis, was a bunch of evil otaku who created something called Jormungand to destroy the Matrix and wipe out the legacy code so that they were forced to move forward. The Aleph society is a society of burnout mages who use willing blood sacrifice to gain the favor and potency of a shadow spirit named Gaf.
Fixed. |
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Sep 7 2006, 02:09 PM
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Great, I'm a Dragon... Group: Retired Admins Posts: 6,699 Joined: 8-October 03 From: North Germany Member No.: 5,698 |
The entries in Threats 2 describe more down-scaled threats than the ones used in volume 1. The Templars can be a real pain for runners, especially when doing runs in catholic countries like Spain. I used them once, tracking down a fallen former comrade who hired the characters to protect him. Was really nice and I would have used the Templars and the Catholic Church further on, but sadly the campaign didn't last long enough.
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Sep 7 2006, 02:46 PM
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Awakened Asset Group: Members Posts: 4,464 Joined: 9-April 05 From: AGS, North German League Member No.: 7,309 |
I voted The Templars...
they are my favorite because they are down-to-earth. AND fanatical AND equipped with everything they could ever need. Most secret services can do the same, but lack the vision and mystical angle of the curch. Encounters with them are much more likely than ever meeting Golden Snout or Tutor. The possible reaction of catholic players towards representatives of the curch actually enhances gameplay IMO - everybody knows what to do with bugs after all. |
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Sep 7 2006, 04:56 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 360 Joined: 18-March 02 From: Plymouth UK. Member No.: 2,408 |
Horrors, as personal threats!
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Sep 12 2006, 10:45 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 360 Joined: 6-September 02 Member No.: 3,234 |
I would vote from a SR4 perspective, but too bad you can't have a multiple-choice vote, because I would vote for Horrors, Invae, and Shedim combined. Give me juicy creepy magical threats to smack down in a nice magic-threats hunter cmapaign anyday. Lofwyr is a worthy employer (far better to run for him if you wish magic focused mega employer, than for Azzies), the Aleph Society provides a nice burnout rehabilitation service to society, and blood mages... I play blood mages. 8)
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Sep 12 2006, 11:16 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,066 Joined: 5-February 03 Member No.: 4,017 |
Street urchins.
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Sep 13 2006, 10:50 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 68 Joined: 3-March 05 From: Paris Area Network Member No.: 7,134 |
My favorite threat is simply the (meta)humanity... :P
I prefer corp intrigue than the save_the_world_of_this_new_magical_threat_coming_from_nowhere approach. To be clear i don't say I dislike them (except when we have too much link with earthdawn) but there is so much surnatural threats that it's good to have plots which doesn't involve dragon, spirits, immortal elven, etc. Then when you add an insect spirit hive, it's not banalized and give a better ambiance. Just my opinion tough, it depend of what style of gaming we want. - Daegann - |
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Sep 13 2006, 07:42 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,556 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle Member No.: 98 |
Navel lint.
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Oct 6 2006, 07:04 AM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Immortal Elves!!! :P :D
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Oct 6 2006, 09:47 AM
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Canon Companion Group: Members Posts: 8,021 Joined: 2-March 03 From: The Morgue, Singapore LTG Member No.: 4,187 |
The Horrors! The Horrors!
GO HUMANS! (So now that we got time to digest SR4 and that Street Magic is out, can we get back to our regular yearly scheduled Metahuman vs Horror slugfest?) |
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Oct 6 2006, 12:51 PM
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Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet; Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,548 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760 |
Can anybody give me more details on Tutor, or do I actually have to go and buy the book? Which one is it in?
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Oct 6 2006, 01:24 PM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
I believe Tutor is in the original Threats sourcebook.
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Oct 6 2006, 03:29 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
Hmmm... People seem to like the horrific, world-threatening threats. Why don't we come up with a new horrific, world-threatening threat?
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Oct 6 2006, 04:07 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 498 Joined: 31-May 02 From: All the way in the Back to the Left. Member No.: 2,800 |
Emo
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