 NPCs, Standard or Tailor Made? |
 Feb 7 2006, 06:14 PM
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This poll was inspired by the Never Fudge a Roll thread, specifically Aku's post.
When you are designing a security team for a building the PCs may or may not be taking down in your next run, how do you determine their power level? Is it just the size of the corp, the sensitivity of the contents, the location, etc.? Or do you scale them to your players? A little weaker, fewer, or dumber for low level PCs, - stronger, more, and smarter for vets? Just curious to see how most people do their planning... |
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The Stainless Steel Rat NPCs Feb 7 2006, 06:14 PM
stevebugge I need an other category. I use a mix based on wh... Feb 7 2006, 06:26 PM Taran Yes and no. I tailor NPCs to what's appropria... Feb 7 2006, 06:37 PM mmu1 I generally do the same thing as Taran - the PCs a... Feb 7 2006, 07:02 PM mmu1 QUOTE (Taran) Yes and no. I tailor NPCs to what... Feb 7 2006, 07:04 PM Aku i think the "often" category fits for an... Feb 7 2006, 07:27 PM Edward I would also have the PCs hired for runes tailored... Feb 7 2006, 07:34 PM MK Ultra I probably go with the line, Taran, mmu1 and Edwar... Feb 7 2006, 10:24 PM Taran QUOTE (mmu1)What about situations where you force ... Feb 7 2006, 10:42 PM warrior_allanon My Gm's tend to take and fully customize their... Feb 8 2006, 12:01 AM eidolon Hmm. None of the answers really cover what I do s... Feb 8 2006, 01:48 AM Ice Hammer For me, I always customize my NPC's. I have f... Feb 8 2006, 03:52 AM eidolon QUOTE (Ice Hammer)annd the NPC's should be jus... Feb 8 2006, 05:03 AM Ryu Never - they are what they are. Who the runners GE... Feb 8 2006, 08:47 AM Landicine I'm using something similar to the MJLBB low-l... Feb 8 2006, 07:31 PM Beaumis Tricky question. I generally keep an "across ... Feb 8 2006, 09:51 PM Kozbot The NPCs are what they are, yet like many here I a... Feb 9 2006, 07:39 AM Axe I also believe in scaling the job to the runners r... Feb 11 2006, 03:44 PM Glyph I concur with most of the others. I would tailor ... Feb 12 2006, 10:36 PM
Taran When's the last time we got this degree of una... Feb 12 2006, 11:41 PM  |
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