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I have a question about how other groups handle player requests for their characters that are either non-cannon, or pseudo-canonical at best. By way of background as to how this particular question has arisen in our group:

In one of my games I had an total sexploitation based NPC who was an adept assassin that followed a totem (Cobra) based path. She had mastered a unique metamagic which allowed her to use the critter power Confusion when she danced, which was the basis of how she operated in combat (as I said, a total sexploitation based character). I got the idea for this power/NPC in a total muchkin moment when I was reading through the totems and got to Horse, which grants its followers the ability to learn the critter power movement as a metamagic technique.

Now I am in the situation where I have players who want to have similar rule-bending elements for their PCs. We don't have any players in our group who generally ask for things for their PCs that don't make since, the standard is for things to line up pretty well with the character concept/backstory-so I don't get a lot of the outrageous you only want this because you think it is cool even though it makes no sense for your character at all, type of requests.

Being as this sort of question, how close to cannon the PCs must remain must be something that a lot of groups have to deal with, I was wondering, how do you come down on the question?

Thanks in advance for any of you who take the time to respond.

Anythingforenoughnuyen.
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- Anythingforenoughnuyen   What's Good For the Goose...?   Jan 14 2006, 05:49 AM
- - Herald of Verjigorm   So, how unusual is it? On a scale from "diff...   Jan 14 2006, 06:08 AM
- - fistandantilus3.0   My 2 , I'd say that if it makes sense for the...   Jan 14 2006, 06:11 AM
- - nick012000   Or, given the general tone of Shadowrun, a Supervi...   Jan 14 2006, 06:16 AM
- - fistandantilus3.0   the villians were always cooler anyways. Really, w...   Jan 14 2006, 06:25 AM
- - nick012000   Besides which, the overly complex plans? So Shadow...   Jan 14 2006, 06:42 AM
- - toturi   QUOTE (fistandantilus3.0) the villians were always...   Jan 14 2006, 01:14 PM
- - Mr.Platinum   In my games all my Players have to make Canon char...   Jan 14 2006, 02:17 PM
- - Nyxll   This is why we make house rules. There are many ...   Jan 14 2006, 02:53 PM
- - toturi   QUOTE (Mr.Platinum) In my games all my Players hav...   Jan 14 2006, 02:58 PM
- - Mr.Platinum   QUOTE (toturi) QUOTE (Mr.Platinum @ Jan 14 20...   Jan 14 2006, 04:00 PM
- - The Stainless Steel Rat   I am usually fairly flexible, but I have the advan...   Jan 14 2006, 04:30 PM
- - Dawnshadow   If you're going to add minor things to NPCs th...   Jan 14 2006, 04:39 PM
- - Nyxll   QUOTE (Dawnshadow) If you're going to add mino...   Jan 14 2006, 04:46 PM
- - Aku   i think that if it's a technique available to ...   Jan 14 2006, 08:23 PM
- - Kagetenshi   I do not make everything I make available to my NP...   Jan 14 2006, 08:59 PM
- - eidolon   QUOTE (Nyxll) Every GM at times fudges dice for ...   Jan 14 2006, 09:42 PM
- - Nyxll   QUOTE (eidolon) QUOTE (Nyxll @ Jan 14 2006, 1...   Jan 15 2006, 12:25 AM
- - Pendaric   My stance is that every Ref automatic answer to ...   Jan 15 2006, 12:46 AM
- - Kagetenshi   QUOTE (eidolon) QUOTE (Nyxll @ Jan 14 2006, 1...   Jan 15 2006, 01:52 AM
- - Glyph   I agree. The dice are there to provide a fixed me...   Jan 15 2006, 06:08 AM
- - fistandantilus3.0   QUOTE (Kagetenshi) That said, I (with one excepti...   Jan 15 2006, 07:47 AM
- - Kagetenshi   QUOTE (fistandantilus3.0 @ Jan 15 2006, 02:47...   Jan 15 2006, 08:32 AM
- - RunnerPaul   QUOTE (Kagetenshi) I once approved a Highlander-st...   Jan 15 2006, 09:43 AM
- - toturi   QUOTE (RunnerPaul @ Jan 15 2006, 05:43 PM) QU...   Jan 15 2006, 11:53 AM
- - tisoz   QUOTE (toturi) QUOTE (RunnerPaul @ Jan 15 200...   Jan 15 2006, 03:08 PM
- - Mr.Platinum   When players are aloud to create powers or tech it...   Jan 15 2006, 03:49 PM
- - nezumi   QUOTE (Mr.Platinum) It was RETARDED like the drop ...   Jan 15 2006, 05:07 PM
- - hyzmarca   What is good for the NPC is good for the PC if and...   Jan 16 2006, 04:36 AM
- - Kagetenshi   QUOTE (hyzmarca @ Jan 15 2006, 11:36 PM) When...   Jan 16 2006, 04:54 AM
- - hyzmarca   QUOTE (Kagetenshi) QUOTE (hyzmarca @ Jan 15 2...   Jan 16 2006, 04:59 AM
- - Apathy   Hmmm, confusion metamagic geas'd to sexually e...   Jan 16 2006, 10:39 PM
- - Kagetenshi   QUOTE (Apathy) Plenty of ways that this wouldn...   Jan 16 2006, 10:52 PM
- - Dawnshadow   QUOTE (Kagetenshi) QUOTE (Apathy @ Jan 16 200...   Jan 17 2006, 12:56 AM
- - Kagetenshi   Exclusive means you can't perform any other ma...   Jan 17 2006, 12:59 AM
- - Dawnshadow   ...erm.. Drat. You're right. I forgot that it...   Jan 17 2006, 02:08 AM
- - hyzmarca   How about making the act of sustaining the dance a...   Jan 17 2006, 03:10 AM
- - Mr.Platinum   Exotic danncing or Stripping is a good way for an ...   Jan 17 2006, 12:29 PM
- - nick012000   Or maybe she was a Leshy, and she dyed her hair.   Jan 17 2006, 01:41 PM
- - Critias   Or a cross-dressing Leshy/Sasquatch cross-breed or...   Jan 17 2006, 03:10 PM
- - nick012000   I was being perfectly serious when I said that.   Jan 18 2006, 01:54 AM
- - emo samurai   Judging from his other comments, he might have kno...   Jan 18 2006, 11:04 PM
- - Grinder   QUOTE (Critias) Or a cross-dressing Leshy/Sasquatc...   Jan 18 2006, 11:24 PM


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