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 Jul 9 2007, 03:56 AM
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Great Dragon  Group: Members Posts: 5,430 Joined: 10-January 05 From: Fort Worth, Texas Member No.: 6,957  |
Anyone know what's going on with China in the 2070s? My next character is from there, so I need a little background on the area.
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Jul 9 2007, 04:01 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
http://wiki.dumpshock.com/index.php/China
Hey James. Most of the info is in Shadows of Asia, while Hong Kong took the spotlight in Runner Havens. You might be interested in picking either one up. |
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Jul 9 2007, 04:02 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,284 Joined: 31-December 06 Member No.: 10,502 |
Sounds like somewhat inconsistant stuff has come out of a handful of books. I'd suggest checking out the sixth world wiki to get an idea.
I want to say that Hong Kong has actually gotten the spotlight a couple times though. |
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Jul 9 2007, 06:35 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 946 Joined: 16-September 05 From: London Member No.: 7,753 |
Forget all the official stuff..
..Why not have China as Chung Kuo [as per the books - very advanced, no/little knowledge of the west, oppressive, etc] !! Just my thruppence.. |
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Jul 9 2007, 10:53 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,078 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 67 |
It has been mentioned in a few books, but it's an SR4 signature setting in Runner Havens. |
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Jul 9 2007, 02:40 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,430 Joined: 10-January 05 From: Fort Worth, Texas Member No.: 6,957 |
Thanks! I forgot I had Runner Havens tucked away on my hard drive, now I've got a reason to dig it out and read it. :)
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Jul 9 2007, 03:20 PM
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Cybernetic Blood Mage Group: Members Posts: 3,472 Joined: 11-March 06 From: Northeastern Wyoming Member No.: 8,361 |
Yeah, Runner Havens is an excellent source for Hong Kong, it really brings the city to life and presents it as a wonderfull setting.
However you'd be far better off just to pretend that the book was named "New Hong Kong" and skip the Seattle section entirely, in my opinion. |
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Jul 9 2007, 07:06 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 141 Joined: 12-August 05 From: Helsinki Member No.: 7,552 |
Aw, the Seattle section is not that bad when you consider that we already have Seattle Sourcebook and New Seattle. Without those however... The four other sections however, pretty much useless. |
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Jul 10 2007, 08:01 AM
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Cybernetic Blood Mage Group: Members Posts: 3,472 Joined: 11-March 06 From: Northeastern Wyoming Member No.: 8,361 |
Exactly, and in my opinion it's a crying shame that the primary Shadowrun City has been done justice in Sourcebooks meant for older Editions with what is now outdated information but was given a short and dirty straw in Fourth.
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Jul 10 2007, 08:23 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,677 Joined: 5-June 03 Member No.: 4,689 |
Major thing to keep in mind re SoA is that China is far from a single-toned political entity. Anything you can find in the rest of the world, you can probably find within one of the Chinese provinces -- and probably some extra, utterly unique in the world. Which province was it that had free-ish spirits of man so common, so habitual within the society, that no one even batted an eye to meet one in the street?
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Jul 10 2007, 09:58 AM
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Prime Runner Group: Banned Posts: 3,732 Joined: 1-September 05 From: Prague, Czech Republic Member No.: 7,665 |
That would be Manchuria.
-Frank |
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