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Sir_Psycho
post Jan 16 2007, 09:13 AM
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When you're playing a gameof Shadowrun, you need characters for your PC's to interract with and come up against. Cops, Security, Other Shadowrunners, etc. And you pretty much need some combat grunts, Specialists deckers, riggers, mages, shamans, gangers, etc. Not to mention the other 95% of the population, the civilians, accountants and fried noodle vendors. Punching up stats, skills, then calculating pools and assigning cyberware and gear takes a while, and so often it's a case of, "ok, you arrive at the compound, a security guard sees you, roll initiative... oh shit, what's the guards initiative?" and then the game is halted by you figuring out stats.

Some of the sourcebooks have some archetypes in them, and the PC runner archetypes in the front of the BBB are ok at a stretch too. I was wondering what you guys do for archetypes? Do you keep filed archetypes you've created? Do you just use the book stats over and over? Which books are the best for it? Is there a big helpful database of NPC Archetypes somewhere?

Also, I was thinking, if the responses go a certain way, we Dumpshockers could start up and share a database of archetypes that would eventually grow to be very handy and centralized, and with more variations of characters than we'd ever need. What do you think?
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