 Job Or Vocation?, What you do or what you are? |
 Aug 18 2003, 05:25 PM
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In Shadowrun, to have magic or not to have magic is a life choice, like race. To have cyberware and specific equipment of specific kinds is also a life choice but of a slightly different variant: invest the initial meganuyen in a deck and relatively few other options will occur; invest half or more of total Essence in a VCR and you have just invested a significant portion of your life into those skills, that job ... that vocation?
In your games: is what you do integral to who you are, or is it just another role you fill, another variant on the 9-5 job that happens to pay better than most (supply and demand, don't you know)? The first two options on the poll I designed for magically active PCs, while the second two are for non-magically active PCs. I'm curious if there will be a significantly different pattern of response between the two. |
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Talia Invierno Job Or Vocation? Aug 18 2003, 05:25 PM
Talia Invierno I'm just posting to move this one on top. I s... Aug 18 2003, 05:40 PM MrSandman666 Well, I guess it really depends on the character y... Aug 18 2003, 06:09 PM Talia Invierno I don't know ... to do something simply becaus... Aug 18 2003, 06:58 PM MrSandman666 Well, fighting is all he can do. He learned a litt... Aug 18 2003, 07:25 PM hp_warcraft Well, occasionally after all the decking, searchin... Aug 18 2003, 07:40 PM Atrox I have to agree with Mr Sandman666 here. Depending... Aug 18 2003, 07:52 PM Fortune I would think that any awakened character's of... Aug 18 2003, 08:52 PM Kagetenshi The character I'm currently using, Major, had ... Aug 18 2003, 10:31 PM Lilt Magic tends to be a life feature. A magician can u... Aug 19 2003, 12:23 AM Hot Wheels I'm a wheel girl. If not running the shadows I... Aug 19 2003, 12:04 PM Talia Invierno Lengthy, short: it's all good. And I always a... Aug 19 2003, 03:37 PM Reth Well the ratios speak for themselves i think.
Awa... Aug 19 2003, 03:42 PM Talia Invierno Ah, but it's not just the "what", it... Aug 19 2003, 03:43 PM John Campbell I once spent nine days crucified on an oak tree wh... Aug 20 2003, 03:43 AM Reth Aaahh yes, good idea to model an initiation rite o... Aug 20 2003, 03:59 AM Ronin Soul I guess if there is a connection between all my ch... Aug 20 2003, 04:44 AM MrSandman666 Hey Ronin! Did you steal that idea from me?
O... Aug 20 2003, 09:35 AM Ronin Soul QUOTE (MrSandman666) Hey Ronin! Did you steal ... Aug 20 2003, 11:02 AM Darth Phylos I like Face characters, so running is just an asid... Aug 20 2003, 11:07 AM Snow_Fox Being magically active is a part of who you are to... Aug 20 2003, 01:24 PM Kagetenshi But what about a razorgirl who can't, say, lea... Aug 20 2003, 02:29 PM Talia Invierno A possible direct comparison: the street samurai w... Aug 20 2003, 07:06 PM Talia Invierno And I'd be really curious to hear from the two... Aug 21 2003, 02:34 PM Person 404 I'm not one of the two, but I can certainly se... Aug 21 2003, 03:10 PM Fortune Only the ones with a husband named Darren! Aug 21 2003, 03:13 PM Black Isis Well, I think it's hard to answer any of these... Aug 22 2003, 10:56 PM Talia Invierno Seems there's been a bit of a shift here, from... Aug 25 2003, 03:55 PM Siege I think it's a matter of character note -- we ... Sep 2 2003, 02:23 AM Greyfoxx The first character that i actually managed to pla... Sep 3 2003, 04:05 PM Talia Invierno Sort of like the job which keeps the roof over our... Sep 11 2003, 03:56 PM Sunday_Gamer Shadowrunning is a hobby for me, which really anno... Sep 11 2003, 09:38 PM =-_RaVeN_-= QUOTE (Hot Wheels)I'm a wheel girl. If not run... Sep 11 2003, 09:48 PM =-_RaVeN_-= QUOTE (Siege) I think it's a matter of charact... Sep 11 2003, 09:51 PM Siege Well, I was (and am) posting OOC, so I apologize f... Sep 12 2003, 02:13 AM Talia Invierno QUOTE Now, what was that about the "adept and... Sep 12 2003, 03:00 PM Siege The best bars are run by former runners. If only ... Sep 12 2003, 05:24 PM NightWind Okay, I was torn between the last two answers, so ... Sep 15 2003, 02:14 AM Talia Invierno NightWind, your answer suggests that I worded it b... Oct 17 2003, 07:53 PM Siege That was the point I was trying to make -- as the ... Oct 17 2003, 09:09 PM Shadow I think an aspect that tends to get missed when ta... Oct 17 2003, 10:17 PM Fortune QUOTE (Talia Invierno) But mundanes can certainly ... Oct 18 2003, 02:04 AM
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