 Favourite Character, Published NPC's, I mean... |
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 Dec 7 2005, 03:17 AM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 903 Joined: 7-February 03 Member No.: 4,025  |
I was gonna make this a poll, but there's so many options.
In all published Shadowrun fiction, who're the coolest characters? Harlequin? Captain Chaos? Sally Tsung? Ronin? Amanda Lockhart? Martin De Vries? De Mon? Jesse John? Sam Verner? Miles Lanier? Hestaby? And so on, ad inifinitum.... What'd you like about them? What'd you dislike? My vote'd go to Jane Foster, for the "just take it all in stride" attitude she had to adopt: "There's a dragon here to see you." |
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Dec 7 2005, 03:26 AM
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Ain Soph Aur Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,477 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Montreal, Canada Member No.: 600 |
I like Leonardo cause he's got some crazy ass hermetic Great Work thing going independant of the other IE schemes.
I also like Harlequin cause he's the biggest coolest laid back immortal fragger with a cyberpunk attitude around. I like Novatech as a whole cause they Thor shot that dumb Art Whateverhisnameis, like they should have some time ago. |
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Dec 7 2005, 03:40 AM
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Chrome to the Core Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,152 Joined: 14-October 03 From: ::1 Member No.: 5,715 |
I concur with that. God, I wanted Art to die so much, the little twerp. Best singular NPC? Too many to count. There's a few in UB and Bug City that are worth mentioning, as well as Harlequin, Dunkelzahn and Ghostwalker. |
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Dec 7 2005, 03:43 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 47 Joined: 11-July 02 Member No.: 2,964 |
Quint Duran, hands down. He killed people with HOT WINGS!
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Dec 7 2005, 03:47 AM
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Horror Group: Members Posts: 5,322 Joined: 15-June 05 From: BumFuck, New Jersey Member No.: 7,445 |
Captain Chaos...
Though this hot wings story bears mentioning... Tell me more? |
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Dec 7 2005, 03:56 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,026 Joined: 23-November 05 From: Seattle (Really!) Member No.: 7,996 |
Dr. Halberstam, how can you go wrong with a MAD SCIENTIST!
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Dec 7 2005, 04:09 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 47 Joined: 11-July 02 Member No.: 2,964 |
It was either in Headhunters or Preying for Keeps. Duran was eating chicken at a meet, and as he ate them he'd break the bones and suck out the marrow. When the meet went bad he threw them into people's eyes.
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Dec 7 2005, 04:32 AM
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Deus Absconditus Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,742 Joined: 1-September 03 From: Downtown Seattle, UCAS Member No.: 5,566 |
The Smiling Bandit. He's the James Bond of deckers. FastJack's more skilled, Dodger more driven, Slamm-O more nutty, but nobody does it with more style than he who <Strikes again!/Ha-Ha-Ha>.
Grid Reaper. A ghoul. Who's a nice guy! And he eats people and talks about it on Shadowlands. Can't front with that, especially when he talks about how to season person-sushi. Hatchetman. I didn't like Hatchetman when he was a guy. I liked him when he was a cyberzombie. I thought the background on his life he provided was very cool, and the story really drove home the horrors of being an undead kill-puppet. Smokin' Jo. Poster girl for 'Do not hang around, your limbs will go missing.' |
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Dec 7 2005, 04:39 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,168 Joined: 15-April 05 From: Helsinki, Finland Member No.: 7,337 |
After reading FoF, Matador for sure. His overall attitude was just awesome. I still like to have brand new players read that whole thing he wrote.
Fastjack...the guy as of SR4 is 71 years old and still tickin. Wouldn't put it past him he's one of the oldest runners around. Doubt he still even has to run anymore. But gotta love the guy. |
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Dec 7 2005, 04:53 AM
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Horror Group: Members Posts: 5,322 Joined: 15-June 05 From: BumFuck, New Jersey Member No.: 7,445 |
Of course he's still ticking. He has the very best that Ares Macrotechnology can provide him. I woulden't be surprised to see FastJack go on through SR7.
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Dec 7 2005, 05:03 AM
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Free Spirit Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,950 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Bloomington, IN UCAS Member No.: 1,920 |
I seem to recall a character of Robyn King-Nitschke's, (aka winterhawk11 on Dumpshock and Rat at her site - Magespace.net) Ocelot, pulling the same stunt in the same situation. (That or I was reading the two at the same time.) |
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Dec 7 2005, 06:09 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 7-December 05 Member No.: 8,054 |
For my first post, I had considered chiming in with:
Ryan "Quicksilver" Mercury just to see how many people I could piss off. However, contrary impulses aside, I feel compelled to send a shout out to all of the old school chummers out there and cast a vote for: Ghost-Who-Walks-Inside |
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Dec 7 2005, 06:17 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 560 Joined: 21-December 04 Member No.: 6,893 |
Ghost-who-walks-inside is a cool cat. What happened to him, I wish I knew.
However, I feel I should put my vote in for Ronin or Fastjack, two decidedly cool deckers. That, or Dunkhelzahn. I personally thought he was pretty neat. |
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Dec 7 2005, 06:27 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 934 Joined: 26-August 05 From: Earth - Europe - AGS - Norddeutscher Bund - Hannover Member No.: 7,624 |
By the way, what happened to Hatchetman? Is he still aliv...er...existing? Or has he been killed?
Possibly Nadia Daviar. It's something about her legs, you know... :rotfl: |
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Dec 7 2005, 06:54 AM
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473 |
She has legs?
*resists the temptation to say it...* Samantha Villiers is a good one. Well, her and Richard. |
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Dec 7 2005, 06:54 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 504 Joined: 8-November 05 From: North Vancouver, BC Member No.: 7,936 |
Hatchet man just kinda disapeared actually, does anyone know if anything happened to him in one of the sourcebooks?? But my favourites have to be Fastjack, Green Lucifer, and Dodger. Harlequine and the immortal who runs Tir na Nog are close too, but the whole immortal elf thing makes them seem to "detached" from the rest of the shadow community.
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Dec 7 2005, 08:07 AM
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Freelance Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 7,324 Joined: 30-September 04 From: Texas Member No.: 6,714 |
Ronin's my favorite. Because, once, my street sam punched him in the mouth, slammed him face-first into a brick wall, and told him if he didn't start telling us a little more about what was going on, he'd get murdered right there. Man, Brainscan was fun.
My actual favorite NPC-type would have to be Dodger, with Estios (his rival/enemy/counterpart) the Paladin as a close second place. I know Estios was a very minor character, but he was a remarkably competent prick, and he went down swingin' against an Immortal Elf. I respect that. |
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Dec 7 2005, 09:50 AM
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Deus Absconditus Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,742 Joined: 1-September 03 From: Downtown Seattle, UCAS Member No.: 5,566 |
I forgot one.
Grinder. Grinder is totally awesome. |
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Dec 7 2005, 10:56 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 175 Joined: 15-July 04 From: Imperial Japan Member No.: 6,483 |
Favorate NPCs ... Hmm Seeks-the-Moon is cool. He was this great attitude when he was bound, but it all sort of changes when he becomes free. Better add Kyle Teller here as well :D
Dirk Montgomery, the coolest detective you'll ever find. His whole attittude in 2XS, at least the very first chapter grew on me the first time I read it. And still does when I read it again. Rhonabwy, the Anti-IE nation twatter! those and a few others |
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Dec 7 2005, 05:11 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 21-November 05 Member No.: 7,990 |
It's deffinantly Dirt! We're doing a campaign with alot of Urban Brawl in it, and my Riggers main contact is Dirt! What is better than a 90 year old druggie? Nothing.
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Dec 7 2005, 05:35 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 745 Joined: 26-July 03 From: Montréal, QC, Canada Member No.: 5,029 |
Whuffie. Oh, and Ancient History runs a close second for 'favourite NPC'. ;) |
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Dec 7 2005, 07:28 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,278 Joined: 15-April 05 Member No.: 7,336 |
Silicon Mage and Chromed Accountant. The two sharpest voices of reason an SL. (Smiling Bandit is also pretty fun.)
Miles Lanier -- so organized that he can take the walking disaster which is Richard Viller's life in stride. I suppose Richard Villiers is pretty cool too. |
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Dec 7 2005, 07:30 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 204 Joined: 27-October 05 From: Waterloo, ON Member No.: 7,900 |
SPD all the way.
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Dec 7 2005, 08:26 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 312 Joined: 9-October 02 Member No.: 3,430 |
Kam from the secrets of power trilogy. I just liked his attitude.
and Kid Stealth. Just for the scare factor. BTW did Novatech really Thor shot Art Dunkwalther??? |
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Dec 7 2005, 08:31 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 46 Joined: 6-October 05 From: Toronto Member No.: 7,819 |
An underachieving possibly dead guy ;
Rikki Ratboy :) |
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