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post Feb 9 2010, 07:43 AM
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So I have decided to get our RPG group to play shadowrun, and I thought it would be best to leave off were the last GM left off... After all the characters were remade (that is all the glaring weakness addressed) I, the person that was playing as the hacker of the group, noticed something....

They have no hacker... The closest they come is is a petty hacker who can bypass the most basic of security and hotwire cars...

The group is as follows...

An Orkish cybered up street ganger.
A Street Samurai that has been tweaked for a "stealthy approach". (Think tactical assaults rather than ninja)
A physical adept tweaked from the book. (I have not seen the final results but I assume a gun-fu fighter)
A Support Mage (very utility but no technical skills with computers)

In addition, another character that is designed to be a survivor of the streets and does some breaking and entering (basic stuff, enough to steal a car)

The survivor told me that he was going to have a hacker as an NPC... I am fairly new to GMing shadowrun and I am curious as to how to take care of this... Do I run the NPC as my own character, or do I treat him as FIAT as I now control how much information the group can gather.
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- Androcomputus   Action Party   Feb 9 2010, 07:43 AM
- - Lansdren   I know where your coming from my current group is ...   Feb 9 2010, 07:51 AM
|- - Rystefn   QUOTE (Lansdren @ Feb 9 2010, 08:51 AM) Y...   Feb 13 2010, 01:14 AM
- - Thanee   QUOTE (Androcomputus @ Feb 9 2010, 08:43 ...   Feb 9 2010, 09:02 AM
- - Ascalaphus   Well, you should never make the PCs depend on the ...   Feb 9 2010, 10:23 AM
- - Neraph   Don't use DMPCS - it usually doesn't work ...   Feb 9 2010, 09:21 PM
- - Bignaffer   the soulution is simple. if they get offered a jo...   Feb 9 2010, 09:21 PM
|- - Neraph   QUOTE (Bignaffer @ Feb 9 2010, 03:21 PM) ...   Feb 9 2010, 10:20 PM
- - X-Kalibur   In older editions having a Decker on the team ofte...   Feb 9 2010, 10:13 PM
- - Androcomputus   Might go the both routes... I am thinking about ...   Feb 10 2010, 01:09 AM
- - Daylen   I havent played in a group that had a decker since...   Feb 10 2010, 01:14 AM
- - LurkerOutThere   For my part I would never just story fiat hacker s...   Feb 10 2010, 01:22 AM
- - Daylen   and ya have the players over a barrel so why not s...   Feb 10 2010, 01:25 AM
- - Androcomputus   well... given that the kid used to live in a corpo...   Feb 10 2010, 02:02 AM
|- - wind_in_the_stones   Hackers do two things. One, they do data runs on t...   Feb 10 2010, 04:10 AM
- - LurkerOutThere   If he is actually participating in the run he shou...   Feb 10 2010, 02:05 AM
- - Neraph   Hackers are also useful for other combat things, l...   Feb 11 2010, 06:34 AM
- - wind_in_the_stones   Doing these sorts of things to your team are a goo...   Feb 12 2010, 03:46 AM
- - The Jake   My solution has been to provide multiple NPC hacke...   Feb 12 2010, 10:00 AM
- - Daylen   tapping commuication and breaking locks? that can ...   Feb 13 2010, 12:17 AM
|- - wind_in_the_stones   QUOTE (Daylen @ Feb 12 2010, 08:17 PM) ta...   Feb 13 2010, 03:36 AM
- - Glyph   I don't get the prevailing attitude here of ...   Feb 13 2010, 03:50 AM
|- - The Jake   QUOTE (Glyph @ Feb 13 2010, 03:50 AM) I d...   Feb 13 2010, 01:07 PM
|- - LurkerOutThere   QUOTE (Glyph @ Feb 12 2010, 09:50 PM) I d...   Feb 13 2010, 04:49 PM
- - Manunancy   In my opinion it's not a matter of 'punish...   Feb 13 2010, 07:56 AM
- - Larme   I think a team with no hacker is viable, but you n...   Feb 13 2010, 05:21 PM
- - Daylen   funny. I once played in a game where all the playe...   Feb 13 2010, 05:44 PM
- - Paul   I'm sure I'll get curb stomped for this, b...   Feb 14 2010, 12:38 AM
|- - Larme   QUOTE (Paul @ Feb 13 2010, 07:38 PM) I...   Feb 14 2010, 04:18 AM
- - Daylen   just what defines a computer nerd?   Feb 14 2010, 12:42 AM
- - Paul   See? They're assembling to curb stomp me right...   Feb 14 2010, 12:43 AM
- - Daylen   nonono. I really am just asking. More frequantly t...   Feb 14 2010, 12:47 AM
- - Paul   I think it's a personal preference thing, and ...   Feb 14 2010, 12:51 AM
- - Daylen   scared of getting nailed down on a position?   Feb 14 2010, 12:56 AM
- - Paul   Nerd fights are sad, unseemly affairs. Internet Ne...   Feb 14 2010, 12:57 AM
- - Daylen   true.   Feb 14 2010, 12:59 AM
- - Ascalaphus   Paul: your point is worth considering. I personal...   Feb 14 2010, 01:42 AM
- - Glyph   From reading the OP, I got the impression (perhaps...   Feb 14 2010, 02:45 AM


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