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 Jun 27 2007, 12:21 AM
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Prime Runner  Group: Banned Posts: 3,732 Joined: 1-September 05 From: Prague, Czech Republic Member No.: 7,665  |
If humans are any indication, the awakening rate is about 2% as far as actually having any magical powers. But if you include all the things which have metagenetic expression, that number goes up by 30%. Presumably, the expression of other critters is about the same.
So while relatively few crows become Storm Crows and relatively few dogs become Hell Hounds, nearly a third of those animals express as something that didn't exist in 2010. In 2007, there are 55 million dogs in the area of the United States - a number which is probably much unchanged in the fallout-like future that awaits the Shadowrun Northwest. That works out to over five hundred thousand dogs that are dual natured and breathe fire or have a fear causing howl - but that's 18 million dogs in the American successor region that are their equivalent of dwarves or trolls. Think of it: Ingentis Mastiffs. Sure it doesn't have any magical powers, but it's a 300 kg dog. This area of metagenetic expression is, I think, highly underutilized. There's a lot of "non-magical" metaspecies available that are much smaller, much larger, or just much different from the normal critters available in the world we know. -Frank |
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Jun 27 2007, 12:30 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
You're assuming that all species and breeds express equally, which is not the case-in many instances, the entire species might express a metatrait starting with the first post-Awakening generation, while other related species will not.
Then again, there is the paranormal dachshunds in Awakenings. |
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Jun 27 2007, 12:35 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
and the century ferret. as i recall, Patterson's Guide was selectively edited for its shadow releases (PANA/PAE), leaving in only the entries that showed strong paranormal abilities.
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Jun 27 2007, 02:24 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 906 Joined: 16-October 06 Member No.: 9,630 |
Hmm I wonder what kind of fearsome creature a Chiwawa could metamorph into.
The Chiwawa hellhound, it has no fear aura, its fire breath can barley light cigars, but its bark can drive a man insane. |
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Jun 27 2007, 02:55 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,916 Joined: 31-December 06 Member No.: 10,502 |
Actually one of the books that mentioned the trimming referenced to metacows I believe. Something else too.
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Jun 27 2007, 02:59 AM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
...as long as they don't go around talking about Taco Inferno... |
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Jun 27 2007, 03:04 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,537 Joined: 27-August 06 From: Albuquerque NM Member No.: 9,234 |
No. They are the icon for Taco Hell. |
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Jun 27 2007, 03:30 AM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
...same thing.
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Jun 27 2007, 04:35 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 906 Joined: 16-October 06 Member No.: 9,630 |
Of course the Taco Hell uses a dog for the mascot. There meat is about the same quality as dog food.
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Jun 27 2007, 06:41 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,925 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 948 |
Metacows… Bovine Bombardment suddenly got a lot scarier… |
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Jun 27 2007, 07:00 AM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
...tell me more, I have at least one empty magazine in the orbital drop platform :D
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Jun 27 2007, 07:07 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,925 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 948 |
Well, a bovine bombardment with a mystic adept cow possessing killing hands and physical barrier spell might be…problematic. It deals magical damage with killing hands (against those pesky self-possessed über munchkin magicians who like their F12 spirits to possess them…) and it has area effect as their physical form is protected by a F? area barrier – dodging that might be… problematic. |
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Jun 27 2007, 07:08 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,925 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 948 |
Not to mention that it might survive the fall thanks to the barrier.
And it might be packing an uzi. |
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Jun 27 2007, 07:24 AM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
...mmmm...cowz with gunz....ahhhhhhhhh...
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Jun 27 2007, 08:04 AM
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Prime Runner Group: Banned Posts: 3,732 Joined: 1-September 05 From: Prague, Czech Republic Member No.: 7,665 |
Welcome to Taco Temple.
Prepare to sacrifice your tastebuds on the altar of flavor. I am your high priest [Fill In Name]. --- The advent of Hell Cows underlines the inherent instability of animal husbandry in the Sixth World. One in hundred of [fill in blank] have access to some sort of real magical power. Once one percent of your chickens turn into cockatrices, you really can't have a Tyson style factory farm. And that's why everyone eats food made out of Krill, Mycoprotein, or Textured Soy. It's not that mankind is no longer wasteful enough to set aside many square kilometers to raising small amounts of animal food - they totally are. It's just really hard to make an economic success out of raising animals for food when a sizable portion have potentially deadly magical powers. But over and above that, the Awakening did more than just let a single digit percentage of the world's animal population actively manipulate mana. It also caused flat out meta expression. Elves don't do anything magical, they just don't happen in the absence of magic. Similarly, there's nothing overtly magical about the flat cat or the quill mouse or the harpoon leech - they just didn't exist in the fifth world. That's something I'd like to see more of. Really go deeper into the fact that fully one out of three animals you run into in Shadowrun are animals that do not exist in 2007. They breed true with animals that do, but the phenotypes expressed simply are not there. -Frank |
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Jun 27 2007, 08:41 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,925 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 948 |
That would make for some interesting adventures. Simply finding hundreds of new meta-species. There could be missions from Zoological gardens to hunt down new rare species of insects or other creatures that aren’t yet in the “Animals of ……� simply because there are too many species to encounter.
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Jun 27 2007, 02:36 PM
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Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet; Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,546 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760 |
You mean Brahmen? The two-headed cows? |
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Jun 27 2007, 02:52 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
No, hellcows. Not a Fallout reference. |
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Jun 27 2007, 04:30 PM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
Now I'm waiting for the appearance of flying, blue faced monkeys that enjoy wearing clothes and following the orders of the magically active.
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Jun 27 2007, 05:13 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 168 Joined: 23-April 07 From: Aurora, CO Member No.: 11,514 |
And chickens with choppers? :) |
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Jun 28 2007, 01:17 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 511 Joined: 24-March 05 From: On a ledge between Heaven and Hell Member No.: 7,226 |
:rotfl: I could do that :D And my players could pelt me with dice. |
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Jun 28 2007, 01:51 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 834 Joined: 30-June 03 Member No.: 4,832 |
Frank, Wouldn't it be just as likely that 1-2% of Krill, Mycoproteins and Soy Beans are of a potentially dangerous Meta-Variety as well? Becareful what you eat, it might just powerbolt you from the inside! |
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Jun 28 2007, 06:45 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 617 Joined: 28-May 03 From: Orlando Member No.: 4,644 |
Drop Bear adepts!!
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Jun 28 2007, 01:27 PM
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Genuine Artificial Intelligence Group: Members Posts: 4,019 Joined: 12-June 03 Member No.: 4,715 |
It's a lot simpler to get a genetically pure population of stuff like this in a lot less time than it is to breed all the metagenes out of something that has a life cycle on the scale of months and years. |
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Jun 28 2007, 02:46 PM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
...Drop Bear Ninja Adepts.
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