 Shadowrun without Earthdawn as past, Quick Poll |
 Dec 4 2007, 10:15 PM
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Simple question: Does the Earthdawn Link define Shadowrun, or could it be replaced with some other "4th World" as a past for the setting, without losing what makes it Shadowrun?
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Fuchs Shadowrun without Earthdawn as past Dec 4 2007, 10:15 PM
Stahlseele TECHNICALLY . . SR defines Earth-Dawn, as Earth-D... Dec 4 2007, 10:17 PM Kyoto Kid ...may the plascrete brick tossing begin (wait, le... Dec 4 2007, 10:19 PM Stahlseele yay! i beat THE kyoto kid! *glee* ^^
by t... Dec 4 2007, 10:31 PM WeaverMount Earth Dawn was my first RPG love. Just have to put... Dec 4 2007, 10:47 PM psykotisk_overlegen Well, if your "other" generic fantasy 4t... Dec 4 2007, 10:53 PM Ancient History Earthdawn has the benefit that it fits nicely into... Dec 4 2007, 11:40 PM CircuitBoyBlue Honestly, how many people go around talking about ... Dec 4 2007, 11:52 PM Rotbart van Dainig Nice try, Starfox.
QUOTE (Ancient History)Earthda... Dec 5 2007, 12:06 AM Ravor Was Shadowrun still Shadowrun BEFORE Earthdawn was... Dec 5 2007, 12:08 AM Ancient History Rotbart: Was ist das? Dec 5 2007, 12:09 AM Sir_Psycho QUOTE (CircuitBoyBlue) Honestly, how many people g... Dec 5 2007, 12:11 AM Rotbart van Dainig QUOTE (Ancient History) Rotbart: Was ist das?
If ... Dec 5 2007, 12:17 AM Ancient History That's a new one on me. Dec 5 2007, 12:30 AM Rotbart van Dainig Grew from the SFD (Street Fighter's Digest) - ... Dec 5 2007, 12:41 AM Fuchs QUOTE (Rotbart van Dainig @ Dec 5 2007, 01:17... Dec 5 2007, 12:45 AM Irian Surely "forgetting" Earthdawn will not a... Dec 5 2007, 12:49 AM Rotbart van Dainig QUOTE (Fuchs)Sure it was, but - you don't need... Dec 5 2007, 01:00 AM Fuchs QUOTE (Rotbart van Dainig) Changing the history of... Dec 5 2007, 01:20 AM Kyoto Kid QUOTE (Ravor)Was Shadowrun still Shadowrun BEFORE ... Dec 5 2007, 01:25 AM Rotbart van Dainig QUOTE (Fuchs)Shadowrun is shaped by the history de... Dec 5 2007, 01:32 AM Ravor Meh, I seem to remember that Big D wasn't all ... Dec 5 2007, 02:18 AM Mercer I never really got into ED, and having played SR s... Dec 5 2007, 03:07 AM Zhan Shi Myself, I like the ED/SR link. But essential? No... Dec 5 2007, 06:41 AM MYST1C QUOTE (Rotbart van Dainig)Grew from the SFD (Stree... Dec 5 2007, 07:38 AM MYST1C QUOTE (Rotbart van Dainig)QUOTE (Ancient History) ... Dec 5 2007, 07:44 AM Rotbart van Dainig QUOTE (Ravor @ Dec 5 2007, 04:18 AM) as long ... Dec 5 2007, 08:29 AM Critias Why not just call this poll "do you like the ... Dec 5 2007, 08:55 AM Rotbart van Dainig QUOTE (Critias) Why not just call this poll ... Dec 5 2007, 09:19 AM Fuchs The point of the poll is exactly that - to see for... Dec 5 2007, 09:36 AM Rotbart van Dainig Well, the SR1 definition of the setting is pretty ... Dec 5 2007, 09:53 AM Fuchs Magic - check
Megacorps - check
Metahumans - check... Dec 5 2007, 10:05 AM Fuchs Another question is: If ED is essential for Shadow... Dec 5 2007, 10:07 AM hyzmarca Earthdawn is essential,. to some degree, if you wa... Dec 5 2007, 11:01 AM psykotisk_overlegen Earthdawn provides the "this is how it is... Dec 5 2007, 12:07 PM Fuchs Back when we played both ED and SR, we were rather... Dec 5 2007, 12:30 PM Ryu There needs to be a 4th world. That world does not... Dec 5 2007, 01:15 PM Ancient History QUOTE (Fuchs) Back when we played both ED and SR, ... Dec 5 2007, 01:31 PM Fuchs Not even powerful, to be honest - compared to what... Dec 5 2007, 01:43 PM CircuitBoyBlue QUOTE (Rotbart van Dainig) QUOTE (Ravor @ Dec... Dec 5 2007, 02:24 PM Ancient History QUOTE (Fuchs) Not even powerful, to be honest - co... Dec 5 2007, 02:26 PM Mercer QUOTE (Rotbart van Dainig)Actually, Shdowrun would... Dec 5 2007, 02:30 PM Prime Mover The original question is a little confusing with a... Dec 5 2007, 02:40 PM Rotbart van Dainig QUOTE (Mercer) I don't really see how it would... Dec 5 2007, 03:08 PM Kyoto Kid QUOTE (Rotbart van Dainig)Well, the SR1 definition... Dec 5 2007, 03:58 PM Rotbart van Dainig QUOTE (Kyoto Kid) Yes you have the same key elemen... Dec 5 2007, 04:04 PM Kyoto Kid ...I know . I still have my original copy of Shado... Dec 5 2007, 04:08 PM Rotbart van Dainig QUOTE (MYST1C) Last thing I heard was the rules no... Dec 5 2007, 04:18 PM CircuitBoyBlue You might want to look for spoilers about the Ghos... Dec 5 2007, 05:21 PM Eryk the Red I can't answer the question with yes or no. I ... Dec 5 2007, 05:31 PM apollo124 I never really used the ED connection very much wh... Dec 5 2007, 06:03 PM Kyoto Kid QUOTE (CircuitBoyBlue) You might want to look for ... Dec 5 2007, 06:33 PM mfb well, it was half-IE. and half-horror! Thais, ... Dec 5 2007, 06:35 PM Rotbart van Dainig QUOTE (Kyoto Kid) Don't tell me that those bla... Dec 5 2007, 06:35 PM Ancient History Ysrthgrathe. Dec 5 2007, 06:36 PM Kyoto Kid ...isn't that a minion of Cthulu? Dec 5 2007, 06:37 PM CircuitBoyBlue You laugh, but I think that's what it was inte... Dec 5 2007, 08:08 PM Stahlseele Cthulhu-Punk?
well, now there's Cthulhu-Tech .... Dec 5 2007, 08:16 PM Kyoto Kid ...SR & Cthulu... hmmmmmm...
There already i... Dec 5 2007, 08:30 PM Mercer QUOTE (Rotbart van Dainig)Actually, SR has more in... Dec 5 2007, 08:39 PM Rotbart van Dainig QUOTE (Mercer)SR derived from myths
Indirectly and... Dec 5 2007, 09:25 PM FrankTrollman I actually find that Earthdawn is pretty hard to j... Dec 5 2007, 10:02 PM CircuitBoyBlue Enkidu would be more like an immortal Obsidiman. E... Dec 5 2007, 10:16 PM MYST1C QUOTE (Stahlseele) Cthulhu-Punk?
Well, there ... Dec 5 2007, 10:18 PM Rotbart van Dainig ..and there is CthulhuTech... Dec 5 2007, 10:20 PM Stahlseele as mentioned a few posts farther up there *points*... Dec 5 2007, 10:24 PM Rotbart van Dainig Sure, just based on another legend than NGE.
QUOT... Dec 5 2007, 10:38 PM Ravor Eh? I don't follow why Big D wouldn't have... Dec 6 2007, 03:36 AM Mercer Something that occurred to me today at work is tha... Dec 6 2007, 03:38 AM Kyoto Kid QUOTE (Rotbart van Dainig)QUOTE (Kyoto Kid) Don... Dec 6 2007, 04:05 AM CircuitBoyBlue Man, ED ruins everything.
Sorry, had to be done. Dec 6 2007, 04:10 AM Kyoto Kid QUOTE (Mercer)I know, we're gamers and we tend... Dec 6 2007, 04:24 AM mfb QUOTE (Mercer)...but one of the cornerstones of SR... Dec 6 2007, 04:28 AM apollo124 One of the little tie-ins, purposeful I'm cert... Dec 6 2007, 05:41 AM Glyph You could completely ditch the ED stuff and not lo... Dec 6 2007, 06:08 AM Mercer QUOTE (mfb) QUOTE (Mercer)...but one of the corner... Dec 6 2007, 10:40 AM darthmord QUOTE (Fuchs) Back when we played both ED and SR, ... Dec 6 2007, 01:21 PM HappyDaze I agree that the only way to make ED fit is to ass... Dec 6 2007, 02:19 PM Kyoto Kid QUOTE (darthmord)belief defines the magic. If you ... Dec 6 2007, 03:51 PM Ancient History QUOTE (apollo124) One of the little tie-ins, purpo... Dec 6 2007, 04:31 PM Mercer QUOTE (Kyoto Kid)...If only believing that it does... Dec 6 2007, 07:02 PM Kyoto Kid QUOTE (Mercer)When I first read the Tir Tairngire ... Dec 6 2007, 07:38 PM mfb QUOTE (Mercer)It's been implicit in the system... Dec 6 2007, 10:20 PM Zhan Shi A relevant quote from Harlequin's Back. p. 19:... Dec 7 2007, 03:37 AM mfb blargh. one more reason to hate that stupid run. r... Dec 7 2007, 08:43 AM Mercer QUOTE (mfb)but it's not implicit. it's hin... Dec 7 2007, 11:57 AM cryptoknight QUOTE (Ravor) Many of us played Shadowrun before t... Dec 7 2007, 02:29 PM CircuitBoyBlue QUOTE (Mercer) QUOTE (mfb)but it's not implici... Dec 7 2007, 02:45 PM Rotbart van Dainig ..and then you can mock these pesky players thinki... Dec 7 2007, 02:58 PM CircuitBoyBlue QUOTE (Rotbart van Dainig) ..and then you can mock... Dec 7 2007, 04:57 PM mfb i don't think they've been botched every s... Dec 7 2007, 05:04 PM Rotbart van Dainig QUOTE (CircuitBoyBlue) Hey, beats porting Earthdaw... Dec 7 2007, 05:55 PM CircuitBoyBlue So Shadowrun started as a generic system? Dec 7 2007, 06:17 PM Kyoto Kid QUOTE (Mercer)Belief just doesn't mean you wan... Dec 7 2007, 06:37 PM apollo124 QUOTE (Ancient History) QUOTE (apollo124 @ De... Dec 7 2007, 06:42 PM Zhan Shi Do the Awakened simply discover aspects of magic w... Dec 7 2007, 07:46 PM Narse QUOTE (Mercer) QUOTE (mfb)but it's not implici... Dec 7 2007, 10:17 PM mfb QUOTE (Narse)Thus any sammy with a firm unshakable... Dec 8 2007, 12:36 AM Rotbart van Dainig The real problems with that belief-theory start wh... Dec 8 2007, 07:19 AM
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