 Technomancers, They rub me the wrong way. |
 Sep 4 2011, 07:53 PM
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At first, I didn't have a problem with the idea of technomancers, but the more I read and think about them, the less I like them. First, I don't think they add anything worthwhile to the game. In a setting without magic, where TMs would be the wizard-analogue, sure, I could see that; but in Shadowrun I just think they're stepping on the toes of two other archetypes (magicians and hackers) without bringing anything really distinctive to the table. Second, I think they violate, or at least erode, one of the core conceits of the Sixth World, the idea that tech is tech and magic is magic and ne'er the twain shall meet.
Overall, I just think the whole technomancer idea is a bad one from the word go, at least in Shadowrun. What does Dumpshock think? |
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Tanegar Technomancers Sep 4 2011, 07:53 PM
LostProxy My group treated the technomancers sort of like ad... Sep 4 2011, 08:03 PM Mardrax I really don't see the gripe against them.
A t... Sep 4 2011, 08:26 PM suoq To me it's no different from having aspected m... Sep 4 2011, 08:28 PM
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