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FuelDrop
post Dec 19 2012, 10:27 PM
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Here's the plan: an antagonist for a group of runners who, without 'ware, magic or technomancy, is dangerous enough to make the group reach for their guns at the mere mention of their name.

Now my initial plan was to go the 'Joker' route: Insane, enjoys collateral damage, lots of explosives and poisons, lots of expendable gang muscle who're too fanatic/crazy to run away even when hopelessly outmatched. He wouldn't be a match for the group's combat characters in a straight up fight, but that's what minions are for, right?

Then I thought of the 'Lex Luthor' route: Powerful businessman masterminding a series of black ops that the team manages to get in the way of. someone untouchable, or near enough, who they have to defuse somehow.

Any suggestions of more types of mundanes that can be really scary to shadowrunners, and how to run them?
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- FuelDrop   Unaugmented mundane nightmare.   Dec 19 2012, 10:27 PM
- - Stahlseele   Batman/Bruce Waye Iron Man/Tony Stark Gargoyle/Dav...   Dec 19 2012, 10:35 PM
- - Lionhearted   The main drawback of being completely normal is th...   Dec 19 2012, 11:04 PM
- - Stahlseele   Mr.Lucky Luke, high edge so the characters will ne...   Dec 19 2012, 11:11 PM
- - Lionhearted   or... *looks over shoulder* the G-man   Dec 19 2012, 11:14 PM
- - _Pax._   A rigger needs little or no 'ware, too. a rig...   Dec 20 2012, 12:04 AM
- - CanRay   The guy who made "The Bus" had no 'w...   Dec 20 2012, 12:07 AM
- - Stahlseele   *nods* a Tank-Rigger would work too . . and with ...   Dec 20 2012, 12:16 AM
- - Neraph   With Calling rules, you don't even need to be ...   Dec 20 2012, 12:41 AM
- - raggedhalo   QUOTE (FuelDrop @ Dec 19 2012, 06:27 PM) ...   Dec 20 2012, 11:52 AM
- - bannockburn   Well, it took a Thor shot, to take HIM out. But ...   Dec 20 2012, 12:21 PM
- - Kyrel   How about "Kaiser Soze" (don't quote...   Dec 21 2012, 10:31 PM
- - binarywraith   Contacts. Dear god, contacts. Set this guy up so t...   Dec 21 2012, 10:40 PM
- - Lionhearted   Better yet! Let him be killed and have the dre...   Dec 21 2012, 10:43 PM
- - toturi   Contacts and knowledge skills. The contacts route...   Dec 22 2012, 12:24 AM
- - CanRay   "I got a bus." *IRAiE Members Run In Te...   Dec 22 2012, 12:25 AM
- - Stahlseele   *points at canray* you are going to need to break ...   Dec 22 2012, 12:34 AM
- - FuelDrop   QUOTE (Stahlseele @ Dec 22 2012, 08:34 AM...   Dec 22 2012, 12:47 AM


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