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[Vegetaman]

Allright, it's a new board (well, not totally new… But it's not the old one!) – so time for a new run!

The clue for this run: It's June, it's hot, smog in Seattle is like hell - and you've got some biz to take care of with a gang.

Year: 2065
Month: June

1. I wish that you would be rather active. I am online alot, mostly in the later evenings here in the United States (3:00-5:00, and again 7:00-9:00, and other miscellaneous times during the day). One to two posts a day would be nice.

2. That you use the Building Point System (130), or Sum to Ten. The Priority System rips off human characters, and that's the main reason I don't want to use it. And I'm not a fan of the BECKS karma system, and dislike how it works.

3. Availability 8, Rating 6, 5 Edges/5 Flaws MAX.

4. No deckers (sorry guys, they would be useless on this run).

5. Only 5-7 characters will most likely be accepted (depending on how many I think this run can handle).

6. Variety - I'd like to see some variety in characters in mainly two things:
---a.)Race (Humans, Elves, Trolls, Orks, and Dwarves; - no shapeshifters)
---b.)Type (Street Samurai, Mercenary, Face, Sorcerer, Conjurer, Shaman, Weapons Specialist, Riggers, etc.)

7. No custom weapons. No custom armor (except in certain circumstances where the case would require it - and I only know of one such case). Dikoting is ok, but just don't go overboard with it. Customizing your stuff is ok, but no completely built from scratch stuff.

8. I'm not of a great understanding of the rules of the magical world of shadowrun (or much of its history), even from what I've read in the novels and the sourcebook. I may need your help in such matters, or I may ask my friend Talain or Shadowrunner13 to help me with the dice rolls.

9. Please, no cyber-zombies. You can get your essence down to .01, and you're still legal for my run.

10. If you write a history for your character, this is good. I am not really a fan of NSRCG's 20 questions, but if that's all you complete, I will accept it (begrudgingly). A whole page in MS Word is adequate, and if you do so, you can have an extra 5 buildpoints (raising your total to 135). If you used Sum to Ten... I don't know how you'd wish to handle that (but you would still get the equivalent of 5 points).

11. House Rule: The only dual weapons that one can use are either -
-----a. 2 Knives/Cybernetic Blades/Forearm Snap Blades (Cougar Fineblade/Stiletto/Survival Knife, Spurs, etc.)
-----b. 2 Pistols (Any Type)
-----c. [EXCEPTION] If you are a troll, and you are sufficiently not a munchkin, then I can allow you to carry to Ingram Mach 10's or something of the sort.

12. I would put some efforts into my contacts, but a Face character would not be able to be fully utilized in this run. Also, I am very negotiable if you have an idea or want something in particular - just e-mail me or if you're really bold ask me here.

Let's try to have a fun game, and keep it simple. You can e-mail characters to me at:

Vegeta_Gohan_Knight@hotmail.com

I cleared all the e-mails out of my account just for this. I have no junk-mail filter, and make sure in the subject line you put in all caps: [OOC: HT] so I can find it.

If you can post your character on the internet (geocities, angelfire, topcities, anycities, etc.), that would be even better. Just post the link(s) here. Even better would be if you can just post your character here...

Any questions or comments?