 Buttercup, Still in the picture? |
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 Aug 1 2006, 09:04 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 984 Joined: 15-June 06 Member No.: 8,717  |
Does Buttercup still own Yamatetsu (Evo) stock? Is she even still around?
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Aug 1 2006, 09:32 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,635 Joined: 27-November 05 Member No.: 8,006 |
Bottom left of Page 42, in the Evo Corporation blurb.
So unless another free spirit bought out Buttercup, I'd say the answers are 'yes' and 'likely, since I wouldn't expect them to take a trip to the Mars base anytime ever'. |
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Aug 1 2006, 09:35 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 984 Joined: 15-June 06 Member No.: 8,717 |
Thank you. I'm blind.
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Aug 1 2006, 09:51 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
going to mars should be simple for a spirit.
jump to the home metaplane. jump to mars... |
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Aug 1 2006, 09:58 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 984 Joined: 15-June 06 Member No.: 8,717 |
....and explode because there is no mana field?
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Aug 1 2006, 10:27 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
there isnt one on mars?
hmm, must have missed that. still, i would expect there to be one inside the habitat... |
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Aug 1 2006, 10:37 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,174 Joined: 13-May 04 From: UCAS Member No.: 6,327 |
Gawd, everytime I see that name I can't help but think of the movie, Three Amigos. I watched that waaay too many times as a kid. That and Big Trouble in Little China. :-D
Lucky Day: [singing] My little butter cup has the sweetest smile... edit: yeah, as they said before, she's still around unless they're talking some other free spirit we're not aware of. |
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Aug 1 2006, 10:38 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,579 Joined: 30-May 06 From: SoCal Member No.: 8,626 |
I was thinking The Princess Bride myself. |
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Aug 1 2006, 10:42 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
one of my goals is to have an SR character inform Buttercup that there is a shortage of perfect breasts in the world.
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Aug 1 2006, 10:44 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,635 Joined: 27-November 05 Member No.: 8,006 |
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Aug 1 2006, 10:54 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Validating Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992 |
Buttercup and the Pacific Prosperity Group.
Buttercup and the Power Puff Girls. Coincidence? ;) |
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Aug 1 2006, 10:58 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,174 Joined: 13-May 04 From: UCAS Member No.: 6,327 |
Hah! I didn't see that. Oh, that is funny!
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Aug 2 2006, 12:35 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,428 Joined: 9-June 02 Member No.: 2,860 |
Space has mana, it's just in a high mana warp (10), per Target: Wastelands. Space stations have mana warps of 8 to 10, depending on their population (more people = lower warp), and the moon has a base mana warp of 8 before population affects it. It would be reasonable IMO to find a mana warp of 6 to 8 on Mars. With a well-populated base, a spirit could make it there and be profoundly unhappy, but alive. |
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Aug 2 2006, 12:41 PM
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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 |
Buttercup would have to be incredibly powerful. A Mana Warp of even 6 requires a Damage Resistance Test against 6L (which is fine) every 3 seconds. Warp 10 requires a Test against 14D every 3 seconds. Just getting to the space station would most likely kill her.
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Aug 2 2006, 01:29 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 212 Joined: 1-July 02 From: Santa Maria, CA Member No.: 2,921 |
This reminds me of a time when I was GM. The players were hoofing it to Shibanokuji Orbital Station on the Yamatetsu dime for a Halley's Comet party. One of the characters asked Buttercup (who I was roleplaying) if she was going to be there. She said, "No, space and I really don't get along that well." |
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Aug 2 2006, 02:02 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
wasnt there a metamagic that allowed one to remove background count, and maybe even mana warps?
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Aug 2 2006, 02:09 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
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Aug 2 2006, 02:10 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
interesting link there, AH. maybe drop the extra HTTP :P
err, it gave me a 404 even without it... |
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Aug 2 2006, 02:11 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
Mother-humper...
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Aug 2 2006, 02:13 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
anyways...
given that a mana warp on the moon or mars can be counteracted by people living there, could one not argue that their mana warps are temporary? :smokin: |
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Aug 2 2006, 05:18 PM
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Genuine Artificial Intelligence Group: Members Posts: 4,019 Joined: 12-June 03 Member No.: 4,715 |
What type of spirit is Buttercup? I mean, I know she's an anima (a free spirit that identifies strongly with humanity), but was she a spirit of man, an elemental, an ally spirit, etc?
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Aug 2 2006, 05:27 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 135 Joined: 8-November 05 From: Toronto, Ontario - Canada Member No.: 7,934 |
The fact that her name is Buttercup and is also the baddest mothafucka going down says to me that she can be whatever she damn well pleases.
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Aug 2 2006, 05:39 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 502 Joined: 14-May 03 From: Detroit, Michigan Member No.: 4,583 |
I thought I read that Buttercup is a free ally spirit who most likely gained her freedom in the previous age.
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Aug 2 2006, 06:34 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
thats its a ally spirit tells us nothing as even that kind is based on the elemental and nature ones.
still, given the new forms that spirit takes post-UMT, it may be a very unique kind of spirit :P |
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Aug 2 2006, 06:59 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,241 Joined: 10-August 02 Member No.: 3,083 |
Does Buttercup appear much in fiction? I've only read about her briefy in Corporate Download.
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