 Roleplaying Low Essence, How do you adjudicate? |
 Dec 5 2003, 04:29 PM
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Although I generally play mundanes with an Essence somewhere between 3 and 5, every so often I like to play a pile of chrome well below the 0.5 mark. Plus, as a long-time Shadowrun GM, I've spent a lot of time thinking about how Essence impacts social interactions in a non-dice mechanic way. For example, what's the difference between a Essence 6 and Essence .01 sex drive? Do SpecOp teams (don't really use them) have super-low Essences and if so, what affect does that have on esprit de corps? If the unit is supposed to be more important than the skills of an individual member, would a group of .01 toasters really spend the emotional time and energy bonding with one another?
Generally, my PCs and NPCs with high Bio Indexes pop Cipro on a daily basis; a low Essence character will have a hard time motivating for something he's not wired to do. What sort of tell-tale signs of low Essence have you used? |
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Pavlov Roleplaying Low Essence Dec 5 2003, 04:29 PM
Ezra I have always favoured the "fleshy bags of ma... Dec 5 2003, 04:38 PM spotlite We have no hard and fast rules for it (though thos... Dec 5 2003, 04:52 PM Backgammon Officially, low essence does not affect a person i... Dec 5 2003, 04:56 PM spotlite I agree. let me add '... our house rules are t... Dec 5 2003, 05:00 PM HMHVV Hunter I was kinda wondering about that myself. You see,... Dec 5 2003, 05:24 PM Pavlov For those unfamiliar with the game Spycraft, it... Dec 5 2003, 05:43 PM HMHVV Hunter Yeah, except my character doesn't have the cha... Dec 5 2003, 05:46 PM Pavlov Har! I should hope not, unless you spend your... Dec 5 2003, 06:22 PM Doctor Funkenstein Essence doesn't have anything to do with empat... Dec 5 2003, 06:23 PM Arelius Ware does affect the "spiritual" aspects... Dec 5 2003, 06:29 PM Doctor Funkenstein Essence is a measure of your physical health. Whe... Dec 5 2003, 06:31 PM moosegod You could argue that the cyberzombie aspect becaus... Dec 5 2003, 06:31 PM nezumi It seems to me that shadowrun has set it up such t... Dec 5 2003, 06:39 PM Siege That's gonna be a little tough -- CP has a lot... Dec 5 2003, 07:12 PM Tanka As was stated earlier, only cyberzombies take a hi... Dec 5 2003, 09:52 PM BumsofTacoma QUOTE (HMHVV Hunter @ Dec 5 2003, 12:24 PM) I... Dec 5 2003, 10:01 PM HMHVV Hunter QUOTE (BumsofTacoma) QUOTE (HMHVV Hunter @ De... Dec 5 2003, 10:12 PM Solidcobra I don't think that low essence has any effect ... Dec 5 2003, 10:20 PM lodestar Low essence characters usually have some reason fo... Dec 5 2003, 10:43 PM gknoy QUOTE (tanka)I can make a perfectly socially toler... Dec 5 2003, 10:51 PM Tanka Oh, another thing. Depending on the 'ware, th... Dec 5 2003, 10:53 PM cykotek I suggest everyone read through the "Cyberwar... Dec 5 2003, 11:57 PM Kagetenshi I personally have my characters lose touch not so ... Dec 6 2003, 12:00 AM Tanka Kagetenshi: All I have to say is: "Ha, you... Dec 6 2003, 01:28 AM Cray74 QUOTE (Pavlov)Although I generally play mundanes w... Dec 6 2003, 03:32 AM Pavlov Hahaha...I assure you, my guy's Essence might ... Dec 6 2003, 03:38 AM Eindrachen There are two things you can do to represent the d... Dec 6 2003, 04:08 AM Wish I understand there's alternative to blazing gu... Dec 6 2003, 04:45 AM Tanka o.O
What does this has to do with Roleplaying Ess... Dec 6 2003, 04:52 AM Cray74 QUOTE (Wish)Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Whe... Dec 6 2003, 04:55 AM DV8 Technically, Doc Funk is absolutely correct; low e... Dec 7 2003, 09:57 PM Shockwave_IIc I know Cp2020's psychosis rules have been brou... Dec 7 2003, 10:53 PM RangerJoe It has been pointed out before that roleplaying th... Dec 8 2003, 01:30 AM Tanka Kind of like how, when a Sammie with SLII can... Dec 8 2003, 01:42 AM Eindrachen RangerJoe: That's actually very similar to so... Dec 8 2003, 01:42 AM Tanka The only social disabilities to come with it is fr... Dec 8 2003, 01:52 AM Eindrachen Actually, I do believe that the above example does... Dec 8 2003, 02:54 AM
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