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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 199 Joined: 22-March 05 From: vancouver Member No.: 7,215 ![]() |
Hi all, I was just wondering what everyone thought was the weakest/most flawed part of char. gen? Wether it is unrealistic, clunky, makes no sense, etc...
For me, the big problem I have is the Contact system. This is absolutely horrible and makes no sense in a realistic setting. Out of everything they may change in SR4 I hope, hope, hope it is this. 200,000 :nuyen: for a friend? starting with only 2 level 1 contacts? What world did the game designers live in when they thought this up? By this standard, me, a normal guy in his twenties would have to have 1,000,000+ :nuyen: just in contacts starting out, just to cover my friends for life. to cover all my friends from high school and college that I have right now. Anyone and everyone knows more then two people casually. How socially retarded to they imagine these Shadowrunner's to be? My girlfriend and I have been going out for three years now, we will probably get married soon, I consider her a "friend for life" but I didn't spend $200,000 to "get her". She is works in finances at a multinational bank, so she would be considered a "contact". I have a friend that I have knowen since high-school who I hang out with all the time who is a bouncer, again a "contact" and also a "friend for life" but no, I didn't spend $200,000 "gaining his friendship" ether. That's not including other friends, buddies from work, and people I know and family. My brother does computer networking and security (how much does useful non-dependant family cost in shadowrun?) Anyways, contacts in shadowrun needs major work. At this time I use a tottally home made house rule system in my game, because the system in the books is compleatly unuseable in any realistic sense. I think they should maybe make the contacts less useful, but give you more of them, at least it makes it seem like the Shadowrunner isn't a compleate loner and social loser to start with. How about you guys? What do you think needs work/changes/ etc... in the char. gen system? |
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