 What to do about that accountant player, I can't mug him EVERY week! |
 Feb 8 2006, 12:20 AM
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So, I've got a player who in RL is an accountant. When he games, no matter what the system, he invariably strips every corpse for every object of any value, and then tries to sell every captured firearm or personal article through his fixer. (In a similar D&D situation, we were attacked by Goblins who fired crossbows then ran. As we were about to chase after them (They were the primary target), this player decides we need to halt, at 1000 each those crossbows couldn't be passed up! We have gone from Shadowrun to commodity trader of the seattle shadows. I'm really trying to get away from this aspect of the game. Even paying 20% for any loot he has still been planning to pay for his lifestyle this way.
I know he likes this kinda thing, but I'm looking for a good way to de-emphasize it. Any suggestions? |
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Deamon_Knight What to do about that accountant player Feb 8 2006, 12:20 AM
September Tell him he's flooding the market, then set hi... Feb 8 2006, 12:22 AM Ancient History Have the cops pick him up trying to dispose of ... Feb 8 2006, 12:24 AM hyzmarca Enforce emcumberance rules, remind him that his pa... Feb 8 2006, 12:59 AM Grinder How do the othter chars/ players react to that? In... Feb 8 2006, 01:01 AM Frag-o Delux QUOTE (Ancient History) Have the cops pick him up ... Feb 8 2006, 01:02 AM Ancient History QUOTE (Frag-o Delux) QUOTE (Ancient History ... Feb 8 2006, 01:06 AM Lagomorph One quick way to rid him of this would be to use r... Feb 8 2006, 01:57 AM Kagetenshi QUOTE (Deamon_Knight) I know he likes this kinda t... Feb 8 2006, 02:23 AM Solstice QUOTE (Kagetenshi) QUOTE (Deamon_Knight @ Feb... Feb 8 2006, 02:50 AM mfb one option would be to make sure there's rarel... Feb 8 2006, 03:03 AM khazad To be a bit more stern about it, if it annoys you ... Feb 8 2006, 03:14 AM ChuckRozool Pk, here's my idea
You make each location on ... Feb 8 2006, 03:51 AM nezumi You let him make 20% on his loot???
I will assume... Feb 8 2006, 04:12 AM Deamon_Knight To clarify, I'm just starting GMing and the gu... Feb 8 2006, 04:51 AM nezumi That's a 20% before everything else (like the ... Feb 8 2006, 05:10 AM DigitalSoul Well, it could be worse. He could have found a wa... Feb 8 2006, 05:45 AM CountZero I might suggest taking the player aside and explai... Feb 8 2006, 06:31 AM Critias Also, never forget that guns have histories and le... Feb 8 2006, 07:05 AM mintcar Just de-emphesize it. Give every player the chance... Feb 8 2006, 08:11 AM Ryu Do allow the looting. Runs are not like D&D-du... Feb 8 2006, 08:32 AM zephir Good idea, I guess I'll have to make an accoun... Feb 8 2006, 12:09 PM Kagetenshi QUOTE (Ryu) (Less of an issue with SR4, where most... Feb 8 2006, 12:39 PM toturi SR - where you leave your sanity at the door. Feb 8 2006, 12:42 PM Ryu I said: "Less of an issue... compared to...... Feb 8 2006, 12:57 PM Beaumis Whenever a player tactic becomes out of hand, turn... Feb 8 2006, 02:17 PM MK Ultra All of the above measures are good and valid and I... Feb 8 2006, 02:28 PM Landicine I will tell you the story of my first Shadowrun ch... Feb 8 2006, 06:18 PM Kagetenshi Nuyen earned through theft is not free nuyen. It i... Feb 8 2006, 06:40 PM ShadowDragon8685 QUOTE (Landicine) <snip>
Earned nuyen always... Feb 8 2006, 06:48 PM ShadowDragon8685 QUOTE (Kagetenshi) Nuyen earned through theft is n... Feb 8 2006, 06:48 PM Landicine By hard-earned I mean nuyen where the characters h... Feb 8 2006, 06:55 PM TinkerGnome I'll echo a lot of what you see in this thread... Feb 8 2006, 07:18 PM IAmMarauder I've read through this thread, and there are s... Feb 8 2006, 11:10 PM Wounded Ronin QUOTE (mintcar) Just de-emphesize it. Give every p... Feb 8 2006, 11:27 PM Beaumis QUOTE Unless you want to take the time to add up e... Feb 9 2006, 12:12 AM Deamon_Knight The problem is both my players and myself are new,... Feb 9 2006, 01:41 AM Beaumis In that case, you might wanna start with something... Feb 9 2006, 01:59 AM Kagetenshi QUOTE (Beaumis @ Feb 8 2006, 07:12 PM) I mean... Feb 9 2006, 02:04 AM TinkerGnome QUOTE (Kagetenshi @ Feb 8 2006, 09:04 PM) In ... Feb 9 2006, 02:30 AM lacemaker I GMed an SR1 run in which I had security attack t... Feb 9 2006, 04:42 AM Kremlin KOA many of the pavlovian dog training methods mention... Feb 9 2006, 05:42 AM hyzmarca QUOTE (Kagetenshi) QUOTE (Beaumis @ Feb 8 200... Feb 9 2006, 06:56 AM Landicine It isn't about punishing players for finding c... Feb 9 2006, 03:29 PM mmu1 Hehe... I think our group's attitude towards l... Feb 9 2006, 04:07 PM nezumi QUOTE (Kagetenshi) QUOTE (Beaumis @ Feb 8 200... Feb 9 2006, 04:33 PM TinkerGnome If you're stealing cars, you'd better hope... Feb 9 2006, 04:59 PM ShadowDragon8685 Or you have a jammer on you. ^_^
Runners will no... Feb 9 2006, 05:51 PM stevebugge QUOTE (ShadowDragon8685) Or you have a jammer on y... Feb 9 2006, 06:14 PM Moon-Hawk So 600 or so, times four weeks in a month, is 24... Feb 9 2006, 06:41 PM TinkerGnome In SR4, low lifestyle got more expensive. 2000 ... Feb 9 2006, 06:43 PM Lindt It all depends on the PC I suppose, but talk to yo... Feb 9 2006, 06:45 PM Moon-Hawk Oh. Sorry, I still make a lot of SR3 mistakes. I... Feb 9 2006, 06:45 PM nezumi Some asides...
1) The transponder isn't an i... Feb 9 2006, 06:58 PM stevebugge Actually my calculation only took in to account Us... Feb 9 2006, 07:08 PM mmu1 QUOTE (nezumi @ Feb 9 2006, 02:58 PM) Some as... Feb 9 2006, 07:11 PM MK Ultra Thats right. But that is allready some effort. Mos... Feb 9 2006, 07:25 PM Kagetenshi QUOTE (MK Ultra) Allso, if you are doing anything ... Feb 9 2006, 07:39 PM mmu1 QUOTE (MK Ultra) Allso, if you are doing anything ... Feb 9 2006, 07:57 PM stevebugge QUOTE (Kagetenshi) QUOTE (MK Ultra @ Feb 9 20... Feb 9 2006, 07:58 PM Findar QUOTE (Deamon_Knight) To clarify, I'm just sta... Feb 9 2006, 08:30 PM ShadowDragon8685 Soloution: Jack up the payment they're getting... Feb 9 2006, 09:12 PM stevebugge QUOTE (ShadowDragon8685) Soloution: Jack up the pa... Feb 9 2006, 09:19 PM Kagetenshi 10k/runner/run leaves them "wanting for nothi... Feb 9 2006, 09:34 PM TinkerGnome QUOTE (stevebugge @ Feb 9 2006, 04:19 PM) I h... Feb 9 2006, 09:43 PM stevebugge By routine run I mean 3-5 days of work (or a one n... Feb 9 2006, 09:46 PM stevebugge QUOTE (stevebugge) QUOTE (ShadowDragon8685 @ ... Feb 9 2006, 09:55 PM mmu1 QUOTE (stevebugge) I believe the SR3 Ford Americar... Feb 9 2006, 11:04 PM Kagetenshi QUOTE (stevebugge) By routine run I mean 3-5 days ... Feb 9 2006, 11:04 PM TinkerGnome I think part of the issue might be your timeframe.... Feb 9 2006, 11:15 PM stevebugge The game style we have typically played tends to b... Feb 9 2006, 11:28 PM MK Ultra Ok, maybe, I was a bit unclear, or confusing becau... Feb 10 2006, 12:58 AM mmu1 QUOTE (MK Ultra) And itīs really no big effort to ... Feb 10 2006, 01:36 AM mrobviousjosh Enforcing encumberance rules gets most players to ... Feb 10 2006, 01:44 AM Taran My take on SR criminal organizations is that they... Feb 10 2006, 01:55 AM MK Ultra Exactly my meaning.
EDIT: UWAAAARRRRRRRGGHHH ... Feb 10 2006, 02:00 AM ShadowDragon8685 Actually, if you wiped out every single Yak in Chi... Feb 10 2006, 02:50 AM John Campbell If you wiped out every single Yak in Chicago, some... Feb 10 2006, 07:16 AM IAmMarauder QUOTE (ShadowDragon8685) Actually, if you wiped ou... Feb 10 2006, 09:52 AM emo samurai You'd have to eliminate stat and skill caps an... Feb 10 2006, 10:05 AM Kremlin KOA QUOTE (John Campbell) If you wiped out every singl... Feb 10 2006, 12:45 PM nezumi What does a shadowrun team have that an opposing o... Feb 10 2006, 02:33 PM TinkerGnome A team of runners probably can't wipe out an e... Feb 10 2006, 02:53 PM Moon-Hawk QUOTE (nezumi) What does a shadowrun team have tha... Feb 10 2006, 03:33 PM nezumi No man (or runner) is an advantage. The runner de... Feb 10 2006, 04:56 PM Kagetenshi Lone Star is not supposed to, but if you'll ch... Feb 10 2006, 04:58 PM Moon-Hawk I agree with you, Nezumi, that attacking an organi... Feb 10 2006, 05:18 PM MK Ultra Moon-Hawk
My point was, however, that said runners... Feb 10 2006, 05:26 PM Moon-Hawk You know, to be perfectly honest MK, I just comple... Feb 10 2006, 05:40 PM mmu1 See, it seems to me that, every time someone lists... Feb 10 2006, 05:46 PM Moon-Hawk In 2000, the population of Detroit was 951,270 as ... Feb 10 2006, 05:57 PM MK Ultra Moon-Hawk
Good point! I was assuming the PCīs ... Feb 10 2006, 06:02 PM Kremlin KOA there was an incident in Melbourne Australia a few... Feb 10 2006, 08:43 PM MK Ultra What are stoolies My english only takes me so far Feb 10 2006, 09:08 PM Kagetenshi A "stool pigeon", or police informant. A... Feb 10 2006, 09:12 PM nezumi Are you referring to this:
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MK Ultra Well, the canon mobs are probably inspired by el c... Feb 11 2006, 12:45 AM  |
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