 Off-camera, Does your character have a life OFF the run? |
 May 16 2009, 05:46 PM
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After some really fascinating and varried responses - not to mention a couple good discussions - in another thread, I got to thinking about something that appears to be something of a "wedge issue" to paraphrase Karl Rove. What do your characters do when they aren't on a run? Is it even an issue? Do you GMs ever bring it up? Does anybody even care? Or do you actually keep track of days and friends who aren't runners and things like birthdays, anniversaries and going clubbing or on a pub crawl? I would love to hear some responses from both sides, although I imagine a lot of the "no" responses will be not much more than a single word. *grins* And maybe not.
To mangle a famous book title: "Do de-sensitized hardened shadowrunners dream of awakened mutant sheep?" |
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May 18 2009, 04:11 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 640 Joined: 8-October 07 Member No.: 13,611 |
QUOTE (Kerenshara @ May 16 2009, 12:46 PM)  To mangle a famous book title: "Do de-sensitized hardened shadowrunners dream of awakened mutant sheep?" The PC has no life. No background. Nothing but his stats. He is nothing but a killer. And his is the moment of the kill. He loves that moment. He sits in the dark, quivering, waiting for that moment. |
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Kerenshara Off-camera May 16 2009, 05:46 PM
Stahlseele Usually, i give each character one or two hobbies ... May 16 2009, 05:50 PM
Kerenshara QUOTE (Stahlseele @ May 16 2009, 01:50 PM... May 16 2009, 05:57 PM Maelstrome the last 3 characters ive made were leaders of ini... May 16 2009, 05:54 PM Kerenshara QUOTE (Maelstrome @ May 16 2009, 01:54 PM... May 16 2009, 06:02 PM Maelstrome QUOTE (Kerenshara @ May 16 2009, 07:02 PM... May 16 2009, 06:13 PM Kerenshara QUOTE (Maelstrome @ May 16 2009, 01:13 PM... May 16 2009, 06:19 PM Maelstrome QUOTE (Kerenshara @ May 16 2009, 07:19 PM... May 16 2009, 07:41 PM Captain Aardvark Well in my former group we had the Logic 9 hacker ... May 16 2009, 06:02 PM Kerenshara QUOTE (Captain Aardvark @ May 16 2009, 02... May 16 2009, 06:05 PM SincereAgape Of course. They have to keep their sanity in some... May 16 2009, 06:03 PM BlueMax *look at the IC marker*
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Combat Bikin... May 16 2009, 06:03 PM Kerenshara QUOTE (Stahlseele @ May 16 2009, 02:03 PM... May 16 2009, 06:08 PM Prime Mover Back in day when we played several days a week wit... May 16 2009, 06:06 PM Captain Aardvark QUOTE (Prime Mover @ May 16 2009, 08:06 P... May 16 2009, 06:11 PM Kerenshara QUOTE (Prime Mover @ May 16 2009, 01:06 P... May 16 2009, 06:17 PM Stahlseele The why?
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Everything of who they... May 20 2009, 08:37 PM Kerenshara QUOTE (Pendaric @ May 20 2009, 03:37 PM) ... May 20 2009, 08:45 PM BlueMax QUOTE (Kerenshara @ May 20 2009, 01:45 PM... May 20 2009, 08:51 PM Kerenshara QUOTE (BlueMax @ May 20 2009, 03:51 PM) H... May 20 2009, 09:52 PM Pendaric Thanks. Its taken a lot of work and time and help ... May 21 2009, 06:27 PM Chibu Another thread just reminded me of the time that m... May 22 2009, 01:46 PM Mr. Mage Between Runs?
Well...my current Mage character is... Jul 7 2009, 08:00 PM Traul I have just found myself with a wife and kid. The ... Jul 7 2009, 08:18 PM Kerenshara QUOTE (Traul @ Jul 7 2009, 03:18 PM) I ha... Jul 8 2009, 10:51 PM DuctShuiTengu Various characters of mine-
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