IPB

Welcome Guest ( Log In | Register )

> Way to keep players from looting corpses?, And I mean CONSTANTLY looting corpses?
Vegetaman
post Mar 7 2008, 05:02 AM
Post #1


Moving Target
**

Group: Members
Posts: 392
Joined: 20-March 02
From: Illinois
Member No.: 2,421



Every group is unique, and the current group I GM for... We've done about 7 sessions so far, and it's gone really well. The guys all like it, and they seem to be following the rules and not meta-gaming. But the problem I do have is that they always stop to loot the corpses for spare nuyen, clips, and guns. They take EVERYTHING that isn't bolted down. I've tried to remind them that they're Shadowrunners, not common thieves, but they don't seem to hear me. They just duffel bag everything (usually a couple bags worth), throw it in the back of their van, and return to base with it and start calling Fixers and Contacts to pawn it off or add it to their own stash. I keep thinking (and hinting to them) that this will come back to bite them. But I am unsure of how to go about doing this, or whether it'd just be cheap of me and I should let them do this?

I mean, they'll loot weapons from anyone. Not just the random ganger on the street or at their own safehouse, which I don't mind because they're go-gangers. But when it comes to looting an SMG from a Fuchi Security Officer... I have to think to myself "are you SURE you want to do that?". I'd loot clips and nuyen and grenades... But NEVER the firearm. Short of a Panther Assault Cannon, anyway.

Also, as a side note, long time no see everybody. I see my last big batch of posting here was around end of year 2003... So it's been awhile!

In fact, an entire edition of Shadowrun. Though my group is currently still running SR3.
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post

Posts in this topic
- Vegetaman   Way to keep players from looting corpses?   Mar 7 2008, 05:02 AM
- - jmecha   I KILL IT! WHAT DO I GET?   Mar 7 2008, 05:06 AM
- - DTFarstar   Stealth tags will end up getting them killed then....   Mar 7 2008, 05:08 AM
- - jago668   Well every piece of gear a corp owns is likely to ...   Mar 7 2008, 05:10 AM
- - ArkonC   QUOTE (Vegetaman @ Mar 7 2008, 06:02 AM) ...   Mar 7 2008, 05:13 AM
- - kzt   Are you paying them enough? If not, fix it. If y...   Mar 7 2008, 05:13 AM
|- - Vegetaman   QUOTE (kzt @ Mar 7 2008, 05:13 AM) Are yo...   Mar 7 2008, 05:17 AM
|- - apollo124   QUOTE (Vegetaman @ Mar 7 2008, 12:17 AM) ...   Mar 7 2008, 05:45 AM
|- - Odsh   If you're paying them enough, I don't real...   Mar 10 2008, 10:45 AM
- - fatal2ty   I don't give my group time, they want to loot ...   Mar 7 2008, 05:34 AM
- - KCKitsune   maybe one of the poor slags they just offed had en...   Mar 7 2008, 05:39 AM
- - Whipstitch   The problem I have with the RFID tag everything bi...   Mar 7 2008, 05:40 AM
- - Vegetaman   I have pulled the sirens approaching one before, a...   Mar 7 2008, 05:45 AM
- - Vegetaman   KCKitsune - Okay, I like that idea... Perhaps I...   Mar 7 2008, 05:49 AM
- - Whipstitch   Actually, I'd advise against treating organleg...   Mar 7 2008, 06:00 AM
- - Wounded Ronin   One time have there be a NPC with a cranial bomb s...   Mar 7 2008, 06:02 AM
|- - Vegetaman   QUOTE (Wounded Ronin @ Mar 7 2008, 06:02 ...   Mar 7 2008, 06:07 AM
- - apollo124   How about giving the group a mission where killing...   Mar 7 2008, 06:05 AM
- - mfb   well, two questions: first, why do you want them t...   Mar 7 2008, 06:07 AM
- - Adarael   I've never had to deal with this before, becau...   Mar 7 2008, 06:16 AM
- - Vegetaman   The only time-critical event I had them screw up w...   Mar 7 2008, 06:21 AM
- - mfb   then, yeah, i'd go with suggestions related to...   Mar 7 2008, 06:30 AM
- - Adarael   Also, I'd like to point out that sometimes to ...   Mar 7 2008, 06:31 AM
|- - mfb   QUOTE (Adarael @ Mar 7 2008, 01:31 AM) Ed...   Mar 7 2008, 07:17 AM
- - Vegetaman   They're definitely not very good at clean-up. ...   Mar 7 2008, 06:41 AM
|- - ArkonC   QUOTE (Vegetaman @ Mar 7 2008, 07:41 AM) ...   Mar 7 2008, 06:52 AM
|- - Vegetaman   QUOTE (ArkonC @ Mar 7 2008, 07:52 AM) See...   Mar 7 2008, 07:02 AM
- - Whipstitch   Glad you liked the annoyed Fixer suggestion. When ...   Mar 7 2008, 07:02 AM
- - Cain   In addition to some of the very clever suggestions...   Mar 7 2008, 07:58 AM
- - Fortune   I suggest sitting the Players down and describing ...   Mar 7 2008, 08:27 AM
- - nathanross   Just about everything I wanted to say has already ...   Mar 7 2008, 10:11 AM
- - Blade   * Remember that carrying tons of guns/clips/other ...   Mar 7 2008, 11:32 AM
- - Drogos   I just have to say that this topic reminds me of t...   Mar 7 2008, 12:12 PM
|- - Herald of Verjigorm   QUOTE (Drogos @ Mar 7 2008, 07:12 AM) Hec...   Mar 7 2008, 01:31 PM
|- - Drogos   QUOTE (Herald of Verjigorm @ Mar 7 2008, 08...   Mar 10 2008, 11:23 AM
- - masterofm   Our GM had us roll up alternate characters after a...   Mar 7 2008, 02:00 PM
- - Whitelaughter   RFID tags can be fried without too much difficulty...   Mar 7 2008, 02:03 PM
|- - Blade   QUOTE (Whitelaughter @ Mar 7 2008, 03:03 ...   Mar 7 2008, 03:30 PM
- - nezumi   I run SR3, so RFID tags aren't an issue, howev...   Mar 7 2008, 03:10 PM
- - Vegetaman   Our team's mage ended up blowing hand of god i...   Mar 7 2008, 03:47 PM
|- - Whipstitch   QUOTE (Vegetaman @ Mar 7 2008, 11:47 AM) ...   Mar 7 2008, 03:55 PM
- - Nightwalker450   My team has only looted once so far. And that was...   Mar 7 2008, 04:03 PM
- - Bearclaw   It sounds like the real problem is that the entire...   Mar 7 2008, 04:23 PM
|- - nezumi   QUOTE (Bearclaw @ Mar 7 2008, 11:23 AM) I...   Mar 7 2008, 04:58 PM
|- - kzt   QUOTE (nezumi @ Mar 7 2008, 09:58 AM) Of ...   Mar 7 2008, 11:29 PM
- - It trolls!   Apart from their loot being to hot to sell, the ma...   Mar 7 2008, 04:54 PM
- - Vegetaman   But since I'm running SR3, we're still bac...   Mar 7 2008, 05:15 PM
|- - nezumi   QUOTE (Vegetaman @ Mar 7 2008, 12:15 PM) ...   Mar 7 2008, 06:16 PM
|- - Vegetaman   QUOTE (nezumi @ Mar 7 2008, 06:16 PM) I...   Mar 7 2008, 06:24 PM
|- - nezumi   QUOTE (Vegetaman @ Mar 7 2008, 01:24 PM) ...   Mar 7 2008, 07:00 PM
|- - Vegetaman   QUOTE (nezumi @ Mar 7 2008, 01:00 PM) So ...   Mar 7 2008, 07:14 PM
|- - nezumi   Spike, if my fixer ever did that to me, I'd sh...   Mar 7 2008, 07:48 PM
|- - Spike   QUOTE (nezumi @ Mar 7 2008, 11:48 AM) Spi...   Mar 8 2008, 07:34 AM
- - Blog   I try and loot every comlink unless I have specifi...   Mar 7 2008, 06:34 PM
|- - Vegetaman   QUOTE (Blog @ Mar 7 2008, 07:34 PM) I try...   Mar 7 2008, 06:41 PM
|- - Zombayz   QUOTE (Vegetaman @ Mar 7 2008, 10:41 AM) ...   Mar 7 2008, 08:01 PM
- - Spike   Aside from the 'pay them more' aspect.... ...   Mar 7 2008, 07:13 PM
- - Stahlseele   it depends . . if you have our group hitting stora...   Mar 7 2008, 07:14 PM
- - Adarael   QUOTE Our team's mage ended up blowing hand of...   Mar 7 2008, 07:30 PM
|- - Vegetaman   QUOTE (Adarael @ Mar 7 2008, 01:30 PM) I ...   Mar 7 2008, 08:01 PM
- - john_doe   Well, you did say that they just came from D&D...   Mar 7 2008, 07:39 PM
- - Particle_Beam   The best solution is still to talk to your group a...   Mar 7 2008, 07:55 PM
- - It trolls!   QUOTE (Particle_Beam @ Mar 7 2008, 08:55 ...   Mar 7 2008, 08:03 PM
- - Particle_Beam   Depends. After all, every ingame action might piss...   Mar 7 2008, 08:13 PM
- - DTFarstar   Knight takes Bishop DO NOT READ THIS I really en...   Mar 7 2008, 08:17 PM
- - Vegetaman   Yeah, I'll probably give them a friendly remin...   Mar 7 2008, 08:18 PM
- - nezumi   As an aside, if they have no experience with Shado...   Mar 7 2008, 08:33 PM
|- - Vegetaman   QUOTE (nezumi @ Mar 7 2008, 02:33 PM) As ...   Mar 7 2008, 08:37 PM
- - It trolls!   I'd probably have some Lone Star Detective tra...   Mar 7 2008, 08:36 PM
- - Stahlseele   ah, yes, the good old common sense edge idea . . w...   Mar 7 2008, 08:39 PM
- - Vegetaman   Yes. Definitely will be making them more and more ...   Mar 7 2008, 08:48 PM
- - kanislatrans   Scrounging is an art form and should only be pract...   Mar 7 2008, 11:43 PM
|- - Vegetaman   QUOTE (kanislatrans @ Mar 7 2008, 05:43 P...   Mar 8 2008, 12:30 AM
- - apollo124   One thing I haven't read anyone mention yet.. ...   Mar 8 2008, 06:27 AM
- - Vegetaman   Yeah, I haven't had Doc Wagon show up. Man, th...   Mar 8 2008, 06:36 AM
- - Adarael   You know, I think I mentally edit out the existenc...   Mar 8 2008, 06:42 AM
|- - Vegetaman   QUOTE (Adarael @ Mar 8 2008, 12:42 AM) Yo...   Mar 8 2008, 06:56 AM
- - Rajaat99   My players are big on their rep and what NPC's...   Mar 8 2008, 04:28 PM
|- - Vegetaman   QUOTE (Rajaat99 @ Mar 8 2008, 10:28 AM) M...   Mar 8 2008, 07:03 PM
- - kzt   If your street rep is impacted, the cops also know...   Mar 8 2008, 07:41 PM
- - nezumi   QUOTE (kzt @ Mar 7 2008, 06:29 PM) They c...   Mar 9 2008, 03:43 AM
|- - Spike   QUOTE (nezumi @ Mar 8 2008, 08:43 PM) No,...   Mar 9 2008, 07:29 PM
- - kzt   You misunderstand. Ares security shows up to bail...   Mar 9 2008, 03:49 AM
- - nezumi   Ah, so you're suggesting someone in Ares would...   Mar 9 2008, 05:30 AM
- - Vegetaman   It's an interesting idea, but unfortunately a ...   Mar 9 2008, 06:05 AM
- - tallknight   Another suggestion I haven't seen covered is t...   Mar 9 2008, 04:25 PM
- - apollo124   Another idea I thought of while at work today (I d...   Mar 10 2008, 01:41 AM
- - Shinobi Killfist   I'm curious why does it bother people if there...   Mar 10 2008, 02:16 AM
- - Negalith   Kill off a character’s contact. When the group i...   Mar 10 2008, 08:02 AM
- - Vegetaman   I don't get why they bother to loot. When I pa...   Mar 10 2008, 04:12 PM
- - Drogos   Looted weapons do make for great disposable firear...   Mar 10 2008, 04:20 PM
|- - fatal2ty   QUOTE (Drogos @ Mar 10 2008, 12:20 PM) Lo...   Mar 10 2008, 04:28 PM
- - masterofm   How about instead of reaching for the stick every ...   Mar 10 2008, 08:38 PM
- - Vegetaman   Well they like Shadowrun better than D&D becau...   Mar 10 2008, 10:54 PM
- - masterofm   Yes but telling them what they did wrong and letti...   Mar 11 2008, 12:58 AM
- - Vegetaman   Yeah but in D&D the beat stick was used just b...   Mar 11 2008, 02:22 AM
- - masterofm   Note the last paragraph. Some GM's are just m...   Mar 11 2008, 06:40 AM
- - Neondante   I know I'm going to sound like a player myself...   Mar 11 2008, 10:07 AM
- - cREbralFIX   You could always tone down the game. Make firearm...   Mar 11 2008, 03:54 PM
- - Neondante   I didn't mean the average security guard. I m...   Mar 11 2008, 04:00 PM
2 Pages V   1 2 >


Reply to this topicStart new topic

 



RSS Lo-Fi Version Time is now: 12th June 2025 - 11:09 PM

Topps, Inc has sole ownership of the names, logo, artwork, marks, photographs, sounds, audio, video and/or any proprietary material used in connection with the game Shadowrun. Topps, Inc has granted permission to the Dumpshock Forums to use such names, logos, artwork, marks and/or any proprietary materials for promotional and informational purposes on its website but does not endorse, and is not affiliated with the Dumpshock Forums in any official capacity whatsoever.