 and in this corner....?, Is there a power for good in the world? |
 Apr 4 2010, 01:38 PM
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The world of Shadowrun has always been proudly dystopian with humanity being gorund under various forces(Mega corps,policlubs, anarchic gangs, toxic mages, bug spirits,AI, Horrors) that are at best uncaring and at worst activily hostile towards humanity, seeking to enslave, destroy or corrupt them. against this seems to be athin line of humanity, often these are Shadowrunners who are sometimes Robin Hoods, sometimes just mercinary hoods.
But yet humanity survives and even seems to thrive. so is there some higher power hidden in the wings? some greater force for good supporting metahumanity or is it just our indominable spirit? Cannonically Dunkelzahn could be seen as such and he tried to motivate elder powers to act for good, he actions even living on from beyond the grave. At the risk of offending Christians, he willingly sacrified himself (to destroy the Horrors) so that metahumanity might live on. But is there more out there? a higher power for good that might serve to, if not take a direct hand in things, motivates and directs people to the needed place and action for the greater good? |
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Snow_Fox and in this corner....? Apr 4 2010, 01:38 PM
Garou I know nothing of earthdawn, Snow, but i like the ... Apr 4 2010, 03:08 PM Draco18s In general: most of the Great Dragons. Though adm... Apr 4 2010, 03:10 PM kjones Dunkelzahn died for your sins! Apr 4 2010, 03:24 PM
Snow_Fox QUOTE (kjones @ Apr 4 2010, 10:24 AM) Dun... Apr 4 2010, 04:37 PM CanadianWolverine QUOTE (Snow_Fox @ Apr 4 2010, 09:37 AM) o... Apr 4 2010, 04:57 PM Mongoose Anybody old enough to have survived the 4rth world... Apr 4 2010, 03:53 PM Ophis Generally Hestaby, Ghostwalker and Lofwyr are imho... Apr 4 2010, 03:57 PM CanadianWolverine QUOTE (Snow_Fox @ Apr 4 2010, 06:38 AM) A... Apr 4 2010, 04:29 PM LurkerOutThere Big L would not suffer something as trivial as a m... Apr 4 2010, 05:50 PM Draco18s QUOTE (LurkerOutThere @ Apr 4 2010, 01:50... Apr 4 2010, 09:29 PM kjones QUOTE (Draco18s @ Apr 4 2010, 05:29 PM) B... Apr 4 2010, 09:51 PM knasser Horizon, of course. They say they're the good ... Apr 4 2010, 06:36 PM Dr. Funkenstein Harlequinn is definitely the big gun for good in S... Apr 4 2010, 07:23 PM Ophis QUOTE (Dr. Funkenstein @ Apr 4 2010, 08:2... Apr 5 2010, 11:22 AM hermit Shadowrun is a bit like 40K there. Humainty prevai... Apr 4 2010, 08:10 PM Dr. Funkenstein QUOTE (hermit @ Apr 4 2010, 03:10 PM) Hor... Apr 4 2010, 09:51 PM Hagga QUOTE (Dr. Funkenstein @ Apr 4 2010, 09:5... Apr 5 2010, 01:36 PM Mongoose Hermit- where are you getting all this paranoia fr... Apr 4 2010, 08:54 PM hermit QUOTE Hermit- where are you getting all this paran... Apr 4 2010, 09:52 PM Sengir QUOTE (hermit @ Apr 4 2010, 09:52 PM) The... Apr 4 2010, 10:07 PM hermit QUOTE (Sengir @ Apr 5 2010, 12:07 AM) Huh... Apr 4 2010, 10:13 PM Tymeaus Jalynsfein QUOTE (hermit @ Apr 4 2010, 03:13 PM) Thr... Apr 4 2010, 10:20 PM Sengir QUOTE (hermit @ Apr 4 2010, 10:13 PM) Thr... Apr 4 2010, 10:28 PM Ancient History QUOTE (hermit @ Apr 4 2010, 10:13 PM) Thr... Apr 6 2010, 06:02 PM Demonseed Elite I tend to take the same view of the setting that k... Apr 4 2010, 09:56 PM hermit QUOTE I tend to take the same view of the setting ... Apr 4 2010, 10:08 PM Dr. Funkenstein Just because they might have some corruption, that... Apr 4 2010, 10:18 PM Ascalaphus Where did you get those rumors of Wuxing and Horro... Apr 4 2010, 10:19 PM hermit QUOTE Where did you get those rumors of Wuxing and... Apr 4 2010, 10:31 PM Dr. Funkenstein QUOTE Hiring a bug spirit for head of R&D is m... Apr 4 2010, 10:38 PM Demonseed Elite And just to really screw with your heads, there ar... Apr 4 2010, 10:38 PM hermit QUOTE (Demonseed Elite @ Apr 5 2010, 12:3... Apr 4 2010, 10:42 PM Tymeaus Jalynsfein QUOTE (hermit @ Apr 4 2010, 03:42 PM) Yes... Apr 4 2010, 10:43 PM hermit QUOTE (Tymeaus Jalynsfein @ Apr 5 2010, 12... Apr 4 2010, 10:46 PM Tymeaus Jalynsfein QUOTE (hermit @ Apr 4 2010, 03:46 PM) Any... Apr 4 2010, 10:49 PM hermit QUOTE (Tymeaus Jalynsfein @ Apr 5 2010, 12... Apr 4 2010, 10:53 PM Tymeaus Jalynsfein QUOTE (hermit @ Apr 4 2010, 03:53 PM) Not... Apr 4 2010, 10:56 PM hermit QUOTE (Tymeaus Jalynsfein @ Apr 5 2010, 12... Apr 4 2010, 11:02 PM nylanfs You know this argument gets a lot funnier if you j... Apr 4 2010, 10:55 PM Stahlseele Aztlan is actually trying to BRIDGE the Chasm on t... Apr 4 2010, 11:06 PM hermit QUOTE (Stahlseele @ Apr 5 2010, 01:06 AM)... Apr 4 2010, 11:09 PM Doc Byte QUOTE (Snow_Fox @ Apr 4 2010, 03:38 PM) B... Apr 5 2010, 12:36 AM kjones I'm looking at RH p. 25 (Wuxing Skytower) and ... Apr 5 2010, 01:45 AM hermit Okay, it was in more than one place. And not in th... Apr 5 2010, 10:23 AM Demonseed Elite QUOTE (hermit @ Apr 5 2010, 06:23 AM) Oka... Apr 5 2010, 11:45 AM Sengir QUOTE (hermit @ Apr 5 2010, 11:23 AM) You... Apr 5 2010, 12:11 PM Dr. Funkenstein Regarding my earlier question: Is there evidence ... Apr 5 2010, 10:39 AM hermit QUOTE Regarding my earlier question: Is there evid... Apr 5 2010, 10:45 AM Dr. Funkenstein QUOTE And that means they are lost.
Not necessaril... Apr 5 2010, 10:55 AM hermit Then I misremembered, thanks.
Still, I'd exp... Apr 5 2010, 12:27 PM Demonseed Elite QUOTE (hermit @ Apr 5 2010, 08:27 AM) Als... Apr 5 2010, 01:12 PM Sengir QUOTE (hermit @ Apr 5 2010, 12:27 PM) Sti... Apr 5 2010, 01:44 PM The_Vanguard QUOTE (Snow_Fox @ Apr 4 2010, 03:38 PM) T... Apr 5 2010, 01:01 PM hermit QUOTE Certainly. Then again, we only know the name... Apr 5 2010, 03:09 PM Sengir QUOTE (hermit @ Apr 5 2010, 03:09 PM) Yes... Apr 5 2010, 06:16 PM Demonseed Elite I don't really think Wuxing suffers from a Hor... Apr 5 2010, 03:16 PM hermit Elements within Wuxing might be. As with Aztech, t... Apr 5 2010, 03:21 PM LurkerOutThere Personally that's I think the saving grace of ... Apr 5 2010, 05:11 PM hermit QUOTE it's entirely possible that Knight is aw... Apr 5 2010, 06:25 PM Sengir QUOTE (hermit @ Apr 5 2010, 06:25 PM) lik... Apr 5 2010, 07:27 PM LurkerOutThere Why not? Have we truly become so tropified that we... Apr 5 2010, 06:33 PM hermit QUOTE (LurkerOutThere @ Apr 5 2010, 08:33... Apr 5 2010, 07:25 PM hermit QUOTE Or from outside the universe: SR is not a on... Apr 5 2010, 09:22 PM Sengir QUOTE (hermit @ Apr 5 2010, 09:22 PM) Yes... Apr 5 2010, 10:45 PM hermit QUOTE Uh, great. Sometimes the force behind everyt... Apr 5 2010, 11:23 PM Sengir QUOTE (hermit @ Apr 5 2010, 11:23 PM) The... Apr 6 2010, 02:59 PM Saint Sithney Here's a question.
What are the major forces ... Apr 6 2010, 04:22 AM Dr. Funkenstein QUOTE (Saint Sithney @ Apr 5 2010, 11:22 ... Apr 6 2010, 04:43 AM hermit QUOTE What are the major forces for good today, an... Apr 6 2010, 08:42 AM Draco18s QUOTE (hermit @ Apr 6 2010, 04:42 AM) the... Apr 7 2010, 01:34 PM Stahlseele World Health Organization?
Red Cross?
UNO/Blue He... Apr 6 2010, 08:46 AM Brazilian_Shinobi QUOTE (Stahlseele @ Apr 6 2010, 05:46 AM)... Apr 6 2010, 04:01 PM last_of_the_great_mikeys You know, cannonically speaking, Damian Knight is ... Apr 6 2010, 04:37 PM hermit QUOTE Suppose we get new SR novels (not counting t... Apr 6 2010, 05:35 PM Sengir QUOTE (hermit @ Apr 6 2010, 06:35 PM) Poi... Apr 6 2010, 06:30 PM Brazilian_Shinobi QUOTE (hermit @ Apr 6 2010, 02:35 PM) Nop... Apr 6 2010, 08:35 PM hermit QUOTE (Brazilian_Shinobi @ Apr 6 2010, 10... Apr 6 2010, 09:35 PM Brazilian_Shinobi QUOTE (hermit @ Apr 6 2010, 06:35 PM) Tir... Apr 7 2010, 01:54 AM nezumi I have to say, hermit, you are rocking my world. T... Apr 6 2010, 05:59 PM Stahlseele That is NOT better! Apr 6 2010, 06:04 PM hermit I like to think Magic in SR is kind of like the Fo... Apr 6 2010, 06:27 PM hermit QUOTE Several quakes and volcanoes all around the ... Apr 6 2010, 07:08 PM Sengir QUOTE (hermit @ Apr 6 2010, 07:08 PM) No,... Apr 6 2010, 07:22 PM hermit QUOTE Uhm, what was the GGD about, then?
Crushing ... Apr 6 2010, 08:09 PM Sengir QUOTE (hermit @ Apr 6 2010, 08:09 PM) Unl... Apr 6 2010, 10:25 PM hermit QUOTE Kind of during YotC and kind of when the dra... Apr 6 2010, 10:47 PM Sengir QUOTE (hermit @ Apr 6 2010, 10:47 PM) You... Apr 7 2010, 01:05 PM Dread Moores QUOTE (Sengir @ Apr 7 2010, 08:05 AM) And... Apr 7 2010, 01:44 PM nezumi QUOTE (Sengir @ Apr 7 2010, 08:05 AM) And... Apr 7 2010, 01:50 PM Sengir QUOTE (nezumi @ Apr 7 2010, 01:50 PM) As ... Apr 7 2010, 09:45 PM hermit It really is, yes.
And yet another correction: I... Apr 7 2010, 11:04 AM Ascalaphus There was something that limited the effects of nu... Apr 7 2010, 02:21 PM Red_Cap QUOTE (Ascalaphus @ Apr 7 2010, 08:21 AM)... Apr 7 2010, 08:58 PM Demonseed Elite I'm just going to hop into this thread for a m... Apr 7 2010, 03:04 PM X-Kalibur Knight is just a means justify the ends kind of gu... Apr 7 2010, 09:08 PM Stahlseele No, the Big D actually WAS the good guy in Shadowr... Apr 7 2010, 10:19 PM hermit QUOTE According to the shadowtalk, these Templar a... Apr 7 2010, 11:01 PM nezumi Hermit is right about the horrors. There are excep... Apr 8 2010, 01:43 PM FrankTrollman If you want to get into the thick and sticky of it... Apr 8 2010, 08:40 PM  |
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