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For the Dumpshock play-by-post game I tried to make the most down-and-out, low-class, hated group of sentients in Shadowrun, and a ghoul Ork was what I came up with. Now I'm trying to come up with a more detailed background for him, and I run into a few questions I've got only fuzzy answers for. For starters:
1) Is there a community of ghouls in Seattle, or do they live as they can? 2) Is there an official bounty of ghouls? 3) Where do they get food? At 5% body weight per month, a body 11 ghoul has to eat quite a bit, and clone meat gets very expensive, very fast. 4) How many ghouls are there? I imagine there is a strict cap on ghoul population based on supply of metahuman flesh, tied in to the harvestable percentage of deaths per year. But what would that percentage be? 1%? 5%? 5) Would a ghoul running a funeral home with the promise of the bodies not coming back as a shedim be enough to keep the place from getting burned down by concerned citizens? 6) How do you play a ghoul as a character with enough redeeming qualities to not simply be a monster? Are there any obvious questions I missed? |
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SkepticInc Kreiger's Syndrome (PC Ghouls) Jul 8 2010, 09:16 PM
Yerameyahu Dunno about the rest, but I feel like #6 applies t... Jul 8 2010, 09:21 PM
SkepticInc QUOTE (Yerameyahu @ Jul 8 2010, 09:21 PM)... Jul 8 2010, 09:39 PM
Hagga QUOTE (SkepticInc @ Jul 8 2010, 09:39 PM)... Jul 9 2010, 02:11 AM
Yerameyahu Hehe, yeah. By the book, it's a simple 30% inc... Jul 8 2010, 09:43 PM
SkepticInc I think there were weight to body tables in SR2, b... Jul 8 2010, 09:48 PM
Caadium I have a player that is playing an Ork-Ghoul PC in... Jul 8 2010, 10:23 PM
Deadmannumberone 1) I don't believe there's anything in the... Jul 8 2010, 10:31 PM
The Dragon Girl Hi there! there is -a lot- of content about th... Jul 9 2010, 01:35 AM
Yerameyahu QUOTE And twenty-two year old Nottingham schooltea... Jul 9 2010, 02:40 AM
Kid Chameleon QUOTE (Yerameyahu @ Jul 8 2010, 09:40 PM)... Jul 9 2010, 09:26 PM
Dahrken QUOTE (SkepticInc @ Jul 8 2010, 11:16 PM)... Jul 9 2010, 04:25 AM
Udoshi Street magic has mention of something relevant her... Jul 9 2010, 04:26 AM
Yerameyahu I'll bet you would. Hehe. Jul 9 2010, 04:50 AM
SkepticInc QUOTE (Udoshi @ Jul 9 2010, 04:26 AM) Str... Jul 9 2010, 06:45 AM
Hagga QUOTE (SkepticInc @ Jul 9 2010, 06:45 AM)... Jul 9 2010, 11:03 AM
Summerstorm Sources for "Food":
1. Bodyshops. (Ever... Jul 9 2010, 08:18 AM
Hagga QUOTE (Summerstorm @ Jul 9 2010, 08:18 AM... Jul 9 2010, 09:56 PM
Caadium QUOTE (Hagga @ Jul 9 2010, 01:56 PM) I... Jul 9 2010, 10:05 PM
Udoshi I'm pretty sure that Seattle 2072 has a short ... Jul 9 2010, 08:21 AM
Yerameyahu I wouldn't let people avoid the 30% surcharge ... Jul 9 2010, 10:11 PM
MortVent never underestimate the power of persuasion a ghou... Jul 9 2010, 10:36 PM
Yerameyahu Haha, but if you don't think *every* runner ca... Jul 9 2010, 10:41 PM
MortVent QUOTE (Yerameyahu @ Jul 9 2010, 05:41 PM)... Jul 9 2010, 11:07 PM
Hagga QUOTE (Yerameyahu @ Jul 9 2010, 10:41 PM)... Jul 9 2010, 11:24 PM
Caadium Well sometimes the threat can be used in other way... Jul 9 2010, 10:57 PM
Yerameyahu That's the threat I meant! Runners are pr... Jul 10 2010, 12:07 AM
hermit QUOTE 1) Is there a community of ghouls in Seattle... Jul 10 2010, 10:54 AM
Medicineman The Bounty on Ghouls is 1500 ¥ per Head both in th... Jul 10 2010, 12:03 PM
Patrick Goodman QUOTE (Medicineman @ Jul 10 2010, 07:03 A... Jul 10 2010, 12:54 PM
Medicineman I'm working on that bit, honest to God.
a goo... Jul 10 2010, 01:03 PM
HappyDaze You could try for a group of 'penitent' gh... Jul 10 2010, 01:18 PM
Yerameyahu hermit, you're no fun. Yes, fine, many runners... Jul 10 2010, 03:24 PM
hermit QUOTE (Yerameyahu @ Jul 10 2010, 05:24 PM... Jul 10 2010, 03:33 PM
Yerameyahu I always play the game ice cold pro, but I underst... Jul 10 2010, 04:52 PM
hermit Where would it be written in stone that cyberpunk ... Jul 10 2010, 05:55 PM
SkepticInc QUOTE (Medicineman @ Jul 10 2010, 02:03 P... Jul 10 2010, 06:17 PM
Yerameyahu Well, Ortho is subdermal, so I don't think it ... Jul 10 2010, 07:50 PM
Nifft What's the deal with Ghouls & Cybereyes? I... Jul 10 2010, 08:03 PM
Yerameyahu Yes. Also, why can't they just wear trodes and... Jul 10 2010, 08:08 PM
Hagga QUOTE (Yerameyahu @ Jul 10 2010, 08:08 PM... Jul 11 2010, 12:50 AM
HappyDaze QUOTE (Hagga @ Jul 10 2010, 07:50 PM) It... Jul 11 2010, 03:03 AM
Hagga QUOTE (HappyDaze @ Jul 11 2010, 03:03 AM)... Jul 11 2010, 04:55 AM
hermit Because the transformation damages their visual co... Jul 10 2010, 08:30 PM
Nifft QUOTE (hermit @ Jul 10 2010, 04:30 PM) Be... Jul 10 2010, 09:11 PM
Drace I remember in 2nd edition there was a section of t... Jul 10 2010, 08:46 PM
SkepticInc QUOTE (Yerameyahu @ Jul 10 2010, 08:50 PM... Jul 10 2010, 09:20 PM
Nifft QUOTE (SkepticInc @ Jul 10 2010, 05:20 PM... Jul 10 2010, 09:59 PM
hermit QUOTE It doesn't actually. In 4th Ed at least,... Jul 10 2010, 09:21 PM
Yerameyahu Yup, ghouls have physical and not neurological bli... Jul 10 2010, 10:40 PM
Nifft Sure, you can wear a motorcycle helmet and gloves ... Jul 10 2010, 11:11 PM
Yerameyahu *shrug* Specific trumps general. It explicitly say... Jul 11 2010, 03:53 AM
Nifft QUOTE (Yerameyahu @ Jul 10 2010, 11:53 PM... Jul 11 2010, 03:44 PM
hermit QUOTE how common are Awakened checkpoint guards?
N... Jul 11 2010, 03:54 PM
Mordinvan QUOTE (hermit @ Jul 11 2010, 08:54 AM) No... Jul 11 2010, 09:28 PM
Nifft QUOTE (Mordinvan @ Jul 11 2010, 05:28 PM)... Jul 11 2010, 09:37 PM
Mordinvan QUOTE (Nifft @ Jul 11 2010, 02:37 PM) How... Jul 12 2010, 12:54 AM
Deadmannumberone QUOTE (Mordinvan @ Jul 11 2010, 05:54 PM)... Jul 12 2010, 01:28 AM
Mordinvan QUOTE (Deadmannumberone @ Jul 11 2010, 07... Jul 13 2010, 03:40 AM
The Dragon Girl They do mention getting cosmetic surgery and cyber... Jul 11 2010, 05:58 PM
Yerameyahu Yeah, Biosculpting, Severe Modification. :/ Anyway... Jul 11 2010, 06:03 PM
Dumori Just play that -5bp to be a second gen Ghoul your ... Jul 11 2010, 06:13 PM
The Dragon Girl Speaking of ghouls, this is reminding me I need to... Jul 11 2010, 06:18 PM
SkepticInc One way to cover up the smell is through a Cybergl... Jul 11 2010, 07:00 PM
Dumori QUOTE (SkepticInc @ Jul 11 2010, 08:00 PM... Jul 12 2010, 12:31 AM
SkepticInc QUOTE (Dumori @ Jul 12 2010, 01:31 AM) If... Jul 12 2010, 12:42 AM
Dumori QUOTE (SkepticInc @ Jul 12 2010, 01:42 AM... Jul 13 2010, 02:28 AM
The Dragon Girl Thats .. honestly not an easy question to answer. ... Jul 11 2010, 07:30 PM
hermit QUOTE Only if you have a severely limited imaginat... Jul 11 2010, 08:55 PM
hermit Watchers. And if you have two mages on the payroll... Jul 11 2010, 09:42 PM
Nifft QUOTE (hermit @ Jul 11 2010, 05:42 PM) Wa... Jul 11 2010, 09:58 PM
hermit QUOTE Then the Watcher spirit wakes up the wagemag... Jul 11 2010, 10:04 PM
Nifft QUOTE (hermit @ Jul 11 2010, 06:04 PM) An... Jul 11 2010, 10:14 PM
hermit QUOTE The thing that you have to take into conside... Jul 11 2010, 10:23 PM
Glyph If you are trying to make a ghoul whose nature is ... Jul 11 2010, 10:48 PM
SkepticInc QUOTE (Glyph @ Jul 11 2010, 11:48 PM) Fin... Jul 11 2010, 10:51 PM
Yerameyahu Using Severe Biosculpting, anyone can be twins. Jul 12 2010, 12:37 AM
Snow_Fox We had a player once roll up a ghoul who was a Jah... Jul 13 2010, 12:19 AM
Caadium QUOTE (Snow_Fox @ Jul 12 2010, 04:19 PM) ... Jul 13 2010, 12:21 AM
Snow_Fox He was one of those people going door to door! Jul 13 2010, 12:47 AM
MortVent telemarketers that are ghouls...
talk about bad d... Jul 13 2010, 02:22 AM
Yerameyahu I wouldn't call them culture. Jul 13 2010, 02:36 AM
Yerameyahu Well, it depends on what Obvious means, if it... Jul 13 2010, 03:53 AM
Mordinvan QUOTE (Yerameyahu @ Jul 12 2010, 09:53 PM... Jul 13 2010, 04:17 AM
Yerameyahu 'Common sense' says that a dual-natured pe... Jul 13 2010, 04:21 AM
Mordinvan QUOTE (Yerameyahu @ Jul 12 2010, 10:21 PM... Jul 13 2010, 04:26 AM
Yerameyahu Certainly there are things you can do, but it... Jul 13 2010, 12:34 PM
Mordinvan QUOTE (Yerameyahu @ Jul 13 2010, 05:34 AM... Jul 13 2010, 12:50 PM
Yerameyahu Ha, you said 'just about anything could sneak ... Jul 13 2010, 12:56 PM
Mordinvan QUOTE (Yerameyahu @ Jul 13 2010, 05:56 AM... Jul 13 2010, 12:58 PM
Yerameyahu Again, unless you take into account the situationa... Jul 13 2010, 01:13 PM
Mordinvan QUOTE (Yerameyahu @ Jul 13 2010, 06:13 AM... Jul 13 2010, 02:39 PM
Yerameyahu Yes, they are. I.e., it barely functions, especial... Jul 13 2010, 07:47 PM![]() ![]() |
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