 So, why does your magician run the shadows?, Always an important question. |
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 Jul 16 2007, 09:35 AM
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Shooting Target  Group: Members Posts: 1,598 Joined: 24-May 03 Member No.: 4,629  |
You're a mage. You have the power to summon spirits, view, and VISIT, the astral, and can unleash spells from your fingertips. You're a rare commodity, in demand by every megacorporation, regular corp, and, heck, just about any other type of business to one degree or another. You could kick back, have a cushy life, with excellent pay, benefits, and relative safety.
But you, instead, choose to be a Shadowrunner, living from day to day, staying one step ahead of the law, being shot at (And hit!), dealing with sanity-destroying creatures and soul-destroying corruption on a regular basis. Why? |
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Jul 16 2007, 09:43 AM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,664 Joined: 21-September 04 From: Arvada, CO Member No.: 6,686 |
Because you don't like being explicitly told what to do by mundanes who have no idea the vast complexity of your abilities.
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Jul 16 2007, 09:47 AM
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Hoppelhäschen 5000 Group: Members Posts: 5,807 Joined: 3-January 04 Member No.: 5,951 |
:rotfl:
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Jul 16 2007, 10:09 AM
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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 |
Because the nature of Corporate employment is not conducive to independent research.
... Or because it's hard to hide those psychotic tendencies from the random corporate Mind Probes. ;) |
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Jul 16 2007, 10:12 AM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,664 Joined: 21-September 04 From: Arvada, CO Member No.: 6,686 |
Or maybe you don't want to have the job of mind probing at least 30 prisoners per day, and good luck to you if you pass out on the job.
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Jul 16 2007, 11:37 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 171 Joined: 5-February 05 Member No.: 7,053 |
Because you want to blow stuff up but don't want to have to file the paperwork.
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Jul 16 2007, 11:43 AM
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Horror Group: Members Posts: 5,322 Joined: 15-June 05 From: BumFuck, New Jersey Member No.: 7,445 |
Because the magic, it burns to be free.
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Jul 16 2007, 12:13 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 4-January 04 Member No.: 5,955 |
Because you are a greedy bastard and the possibility of a big payoff is more tempting than (even a big) regular salary.
Or because you just like the excitement. |
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Jul 16 2007, 12:22 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,180 Joined: 22-January 07 From: Rochester, NY Member No.: 10,737 |
Because someone out there is hunting you (the members of her old coven, in the case of one of my players).
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Jul 16 2007, 02:24 PM
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Cybernetic Blood Mage Group: Members Posts: 3,472 Joined: 11-March 06 From: Northeastern Wyoming Member No.: 8,361 |
Because cutting your cloned replacement hand off and throwing it at your therapist in the middle of a mandatory session doesn't bode well for your future as a magical researcher?
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Jul 16 2007, 02:49 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 325 Joined: 9-December 06 From: the Maaatlock-Expressway! Member No.: 10,326 |
Because Gaia will have her revenge on those slavers that ravaged her, and you are chosen to aid in bringing forth her justice.
________________________________________ Because then you'd be giving a lecture on the Unified Magic Theory to a bunch of snotty corp kids with less magical potential than a watcher-spirit now, instead of snortig novacoke out of the belly-button of this "exotic dancer" here. ________________________________________ Because you see dem tusks here? Colleagues who only don't try to set you on fire because they know that you can kill them with your mind don't make for enjoyable working conditions... ________________________________________ Because Wolf must runs with his pack. He stays true to his people. ________________________________________ Because the average wage-mage has an average magic-rating of three, which is totally lame, and regularly gets him killed at the hands of slightly above average shadowrunners. And the only corporate-employed magician who is ever allowed to initiate is inevitably bound to be a major antagonist, which gets him exactly nothing but death at a major plot point, and maybe an extra edge-roll to bring him back at a later point in the campaign. Nah, thank you, I'd rather run the shadows... |
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Jul 16 2007, 03:02 PM
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Midnight Toker Group: Members Posts: 7,686 Joined: 4-July 04 From: Zombie Drop Bear Santa's Workshop Member No.: 6,456 |
Vegetarianism.
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Jul 16 2007, 03:13 PM
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Cybernetic Blood Mage Group: Members Posts: 3,472 Joined: 11-March 06 From: Northeastern Wyoming Member No.: 8,361 |
Because the streets are all I have ever known. Sure those corp boys talk a good talk, but when it comes right down to it, this is my home, and nothing is ever going to change that.
*Edit* Yeah, vegetarianism doesn't really go well with working for the Big A. :cyber: |
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Jul 16 2007, 03:24 PM
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Awakened Asset Group: Members Posts: 4,464 Joined: 9-April 05 From: AGS, North German League Member No.: 7,309 |
Because of the things that he/she did to EARN that criminal SIN?
Because being a shadowrunner is the ultimate powertrip for cybered-up magicians? Superhuman, supernatural, not bound by law. |
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Jul 16 2007, 03:35 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,246 Joined: 8-June 07 Member No.: 11,869 |
Because your mentor spirit is Doctor Doom. Any cybersammy or scriptkiddie hacker can be a regular villain. Only an Awakened can be a supervillain.
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Jul 16 2007, 03:59 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 |
Because the name of the game is Shadowrun, not Wage Mages 'r' Us. ;)
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Jul 16 2007, 04:12 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,430 Joined: 10-January 05 From: Fort Worth, Texas Member No.: 6,957 |
Because my Dark Goddess won't let me stand idly by while some lowly wageslave gets the first cup of fresh coffee.
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Jul 16 2007, 04:24 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 472 Joined: 14-June 07 Member No.: 11,909 |
Because the little scheme of the other wage-mage that the Corps encourage did indeed make you fall out of the system, and you're not allowed to go to another Corp for work, so there you are...
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Jul 16 2007, 04:36 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 355 Joined: 3-October 05 From: Ann Arbor, MI Member No.: 7,803 |
Because I like it when they scream.
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Jul 16 2007, 04:42 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,288 Joined: 4-September 06 From: The Scandinavian Federation Member No.: 9,300 |
Because no one in the corp believed I was awakened, but I managed to fool the Shadowrunners :)
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Jul 16 2007, 04:44 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 |
Because the Corporation didn't approve of my overly-affectionate Ally Spirit.
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Jul 16 2007, 04:51 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,430 Joined: 10-January 05 From: Fort Worth, Texas Member No.: 6,957 |
Because they said my overly affectionate ally spirit couldn't be dikoted, and now I'm on the run for luv.
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Jul 16 2007, 04:54 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,251 Joined: 11-September 04 From: GA Member No.: 6,651 |
My latest mage traces his roots back to the Mayans and has Criminal Sinner (Aztlan). He wants to undermine their efforts. Viva la resistance!
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Jul 16 2007, 05:20 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 45 Joined: 28-June 07 Member No.: 12,075 |
...because you had to disembowel your supervisor after he killed your puppy and used its bones in a ritual...and your mentor spirit is a Dog
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Jul 16 2007, 05:34 PM
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Shadow Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 3,737 Joined: 2-June 06 From: Secret Tunnels under the UK (South West) Member No.: 8,636 |
...because magic is a spiritual calling, not just another toy for the powerful to buy. Magic comes from the soul. Working for the corps is selling your soul. |
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