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 Nov 22 2006, 01:19 PM
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Shooting Target  Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 1,755 Joined: 5-September 06 From: UCAS Member No.: 9,313  |
Found reference to Tattoo magic in 4th edition but not seeing any details anywere. Do them as Anchoring Foci?
So is the Renraku Arc still empty, under control of Seatle Metroplex....condemed,for lease or other? A current mission has gotten my players thinking, at least one member of black lodge and many of Elven leaders seem to be immortal. They recently have discoverd free spirit power of hidden life. Have the elves and DeMolay made pacts with free spirits to be immortal ? hmmm..... Okay this ones way off base, but wondering if anyone in the know could tell me racial attribute mods and abilities of T'Skrang and Obsidian Men. Think thats it for now, as always looking forward to some other opinions and ideas! |
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Nov 22 2006, 01:33 PM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Seems that Tattoo Magic is part and parcel of the Quickening Metamagic in SR4.
It is now being used as a guarded low-income housing complex.
Sure. They are listed in the main Earthdawn rulebook. Fortunately, they just don't exist in Shadowrun canon, so there are no official stats for either of them for any Shadowrun edition. |
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Nov 22 2006, 02:00 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 1,755 Joined: 5-September 06 From: UCAS Member No.: 9,313 |
Thanks Fortune, musta read right over quickening reference.
I know those stated in Earthdawn, but like my first edition SR books my Earthdawn stuff was lost along with my first marriage. ;') |
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Nov 22 2006, 02:03 PM
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Great, I'm a Dragon... Group: Retired Admins Posts: 6,699 Joined: 8-October 03 From: North Germany Member No.: 5,698 |
Hey, didn't notice that (and were wondering where Tattoo Magic was gone). Thanks for the hint. :)
:S Sadly you mean, I guess. :D If the mana level is high enough, it's likely that the now-lost races will re-appear. One can find a few references to "rock-men" in SoA, as well as Windlings in the old PAoE book iirc. |
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Nov 22 2006, 02:09 PM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Ok ...
Earthdawn Racial Abilities ... Obsidimen: Increased Wound Threshold of +3, Minimum Strength Value of 15, Natural Armor (add +3 to Physical Armor Rating) T'skrang: Tail Attack Earthdawn Racial Modifiers ... Obsidiman: Dex: -2 / Str: +6 / Tough: +4 / Per: -1 / Will: +0 / Cha -1 T’skrang: Dex: +1 / Str: +0 / Tough: +1 / Per: +0 / Will: +0 / Cha +1 Hope that helps. :) |
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Nov 22 2006, 02:13 PM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
One reference, and he is supposed to be the product of SURGE ... not Living Rock. Windlings are probably not intelligent enough to be Sprites ... but I won't argue that point again.
Lou Prosperi (among others) stated a long time back that they just didn't make it through the 5th Age. There was a similar trimming of namegiver races in the 3rd Age downcycle as well. |
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Nov 22 2006, 02:23 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 1,755 Joined: 5-September 06 From: UCAS Member No.: 9,313 |
Always had hard time buying into mana levels theory, theres Drakes and what not already and obviously the mana levels have peaked unaturally due to outside forces.
On other hand the lose or addition of races might be natural effect of cycles....or two vitas plauges two missing races....might make for good story line....maybe the Elves were messing with Vitas in Christmas Valley hehe. |
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Nov 22 2006, 02:34 PM
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Great, I'm a Dragon... Group: Retired Admins Posts: 6,699 Joined: 8-October 03 From: North Germany Member No.: 5,698 |
[QUOTE=Fortune,Nov 22 2006, 03:13 PM] [QUOTE=Grinder,Nov 23 2006, 01:03 AM] One can find a few references to "rock-men" in SoA, as well as Windlings in the old PAoE book iirc. [/QUOTE]
[QUOTE] One reference, and he is supposed to be the product of SURGE ... not Living Rock. Windlings are probably not intelligent enough to be Sprites ... but I won't argue that point again.[/QUOTE] Thought there was another one, with the people living at the sibirian lake. The posters in SoA think that it's SURGE, because most of them don't know of the 4th Age ;) [QUOTE=Grinder,Nov 23 2006, 01:03 AM] If the mana level is high enough, it's likely that the now-lost races will re-appear. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Fortune,Nov 22 2006, 03:13 PM] Lou Prosperi (among others) stated a long time back that they just didn't make it through the 5th Age. There was a similar trimming of namegiver races in the 3rd Age downcycle as well. [/QUOTE] Didn't know the statement of Lou, sorry. To me it was like I said and I never cared what happened to that races in the 5th Age. I mean, Elves, Orks and the other races re-appeared in the 6th World when the mana level was high enough. Why is that impossible for the rest, even though it will take some hundred years before enough mana flows around in the 6th World. |
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Nov 22 2006, 02:42 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 870 Joined: 2-October 06 From: Athens Ga Member No.: 9,517 |
Trimming as in someone trying to get rid of them?
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Nov 22 2006, 02:46 PM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
That is a definite possibility, but really it could just come down to a race's ability to adapt during the downcycles ... survival of the fittest. I am not sure of the actual numbers, but I recall that quite a few name-giver races fell away between the end of the Second World and the advent of the Fourth. As for the rock dude ... IIRC, he is (or was?) quite the bigwig in what is now Evo, so isn't (or wasn't) very low-profile. I'm sure if he was an actual Obsidiman, his appearance would have caused more of a stir. :P |
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Nov 22 2006, 07:55 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 |
Well, it was still Yamatetsu in System Failure.
'Tis all that is said about that. |
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Nov 22 2006, 10:35 PM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Yeah, I know ... but believe it or not, I drew a blank on the damn name (both his and the Corp's) when I actually went to post, so worked around it. :) |
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Nov 22 2006, 10:52 PM
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Great, I'm a Dragon... Group: Retired Admins Posts: 6,699 Joined: 8-October 03 From: North Germany Member No.: 5,698 |
There is an obsidiman reference in SoA, I know it. I'll check the book tomorrow.
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Nov 22 2006, 11:24 PM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
Yep, in teh section about yakut, seeing rockmen walk around. IIRC, someone dismisses them as elementals.
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Nov 26 2006, 04:34 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 560 Joined: 4-March 06 From: Pueblo Corporate Council Member No.: 8,332 |
The Arcology Commercial and Housing Enclave is part apartments and part mall. Five floors of malls, supposedly the next 200 are residential, and the top floors sealed off. 150,000 residents. As low-income housing in the middle of downtown, it's mostly sealed off - travel by residents is restricted. Everything is provided for the residents - food, clothing, opportunities to serve the greater good by particpating in corporate experiments...
p.117, Runner Havens Ever play paranoia? :twirl: |
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Nov 26 2006, 06:47 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 |
Tomorrow has come and gone. Anyway, since I'm bored.
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Nov 26 2006, 09:03 AM
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Great, I'm a Dragon... Group: Retired Admins Posts: 6,699 Joined: 8-October 03 From: North Germany Member No.: 5,698 |
I didn't have the time to look for it. Thank you for doing so :)
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Nov 26 2006, 11:12 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 |
No problem.
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