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  Jun 25 2008, 02:24 AM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 35 Joined: 3-February 08 From: Ares HQ Member No.: 15,623  |
This is something thats been bothering me for some time now. The SR4 core book refrences Ghost-Who-Walks-Inside on page:109 in the skill ratings table (Rating 6 "Elite" for firearms) Can anyone tell me who this is/was and where i should look for some information or history?
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Jun 25 2008, 02:36 AM
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MechRigger Delux Group: Retired Admins Posts: 1,151 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Hanger 18, WPAFB Member No.: 1,657 |
reference Never Trust an Elf by Robert N. Charrette
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Jun 25 2008, 02:38 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
Sally Tsung, Ghost-Who-Walks-Inside, and the Dodger were in the original intro fiction to the 1st edition of Shadowrun, and would later make many other appearances throughout Shadowrun.
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Jun 25 2008, 02:47 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 35 Joined: 3-February 08 From: Ares HQ Member No.: 15,623 |
thanks for the quick answers
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Jun 25 2008, 04:18 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
He's the Iconic AmerIndian Street Samurai for Shadowrun. And on the cover of the first rulebook!
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Jun 25 2008, 05:32 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 feel so old now...
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Jun 25 2008, 06:04 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 946 Joined: 16-September 05 From: London Member No.: 7,753 |
QUOTE (CanRay @ Jun 25 2008, 05:18 AM)  He's the Iconic AmerIndian Street Samurai for Shadowrun. And on the cover of the first rulebook! Isn't he also the shooting character on the cover of the Shadowrun 2nd Edition Rulebook... ...Assuming that shows Sally Tsung [female with not many clothes on, magical light around fingers and gun in hand] and Dodger [Elf accessing a Terminal] ?? Ahhh, happy days... [Do we ever get any reference to Sam Verner after the novels he appears in ??] |
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Jun 25 2008, 06:23 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 47 Joined: 20-May 08 From: Arizona Member No.: 15,992 |
QUOTE (Synner667 @ Jun 24 2008, 10:04 PM) Isn't he also the shooting character on the cover of the Shadowrun 2nd Edition Rulebook... Yup, that's them. First and Second edition had the same cover art. |
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Jun 25 2008, 06:59 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 934 Joined: 26-August 05 From: Earth - Europe - AGS - Norddeutscher Bund - Hannover Member No.: 7,624 |
QUOTE (Synner667 @ Jun 25 2008, 08:04 AM) Do we ever get any reference to Sam Verner after the novels he appears in ?? I hope not. |
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Jun 25 2008, 07:23 AM
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Grumpy Old Ork Decker Group: Admin Posts: 3,794 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Orwell, Ohio Member No.: 50 |
He ran under the street name Twist, and I think there's a couple Shadwoland posts by him in some of the older books.
Also, Charrotte had another SR ovel after his trilogy that involved Dodge, and I think Twist shows up in there as well, albeit briefly. |
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Jun 25 2008, 11:14 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
QUOTE (Synner667 @ Jun 25 2008, 01:04 AM) [Do we ever get any reference to Sam Verner after the novels he appears in ??] Yeah, he was intereviewed in "Sprawl Survival Guide", so he was doing well into 2062. Still refuses to kill anyone. And what was wrong with Twist? |
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Jun 25 2008, 03:12 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 7,089 Joined: 4-October 05 Member No.: 7,813 |
QUOTE (CanRay @ Jun 25 2008, 07:14 AM) Yeah, he was intereviewed in "Sprawl Survival Guide", so he was doing well into 2062. Still refuses to kill anyone. And what was wrong with Twist? he went from not even knowing he was a shaman to performing the great ghost dance in a couple of years. he encountered and defeated a mentor spirit. he's kinda like that annoying GMPC your old GM used all the time, who had impossibly high stats and skills in everything imaginable. you know the one i'm talking about... the one where the GM deliberately screwed you over, just so that he could introduce his uber GMPC as someone who pulled your butts out of the fire for no apparent reason? that's what's wrong with him. it's like putting a level 20 D&D character into shadowrun. |
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Jun 25 2008, 03:20 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
Yeah, very true.
And burned himself out doing it. So he had a destiny, great. He survived it, barely, and is now a low-grade 'Runner that just has some powerful contacts with Top-Tier 'Runners and that's it. He burned brightly, then burned himself out. |
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Jun 25 2008, 04:06 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,245 Joined: 27-April 07 From: Running the streets of Southeast Virginia Member No.: 11,548 |
The star that burns twice as bright, burns half as long.
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Jun 25 2008, 04:07 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
Exactly.
But, back to Ghost, we don't hear much about him, so he's probably retired to the Old Shadowrunner's Home, and is flinging popcorn at the back of Dodger's head. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) |
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Jun 25 2008, 10:20 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 263 Joined: 18-October 03 From: Cal Free State Member No.: 5,734 |
If I caught it correctly, isn't Twist the person who sold the "invisibility potion" to Bannickburn in Drops of Corruption? So he's apparently doing alchemy for profit in 2063.
Ghost-Who-Walks-Inside was the leader or a big name in First Nation, which still runs a portion of the sprawl in 2070 Seattle. Whether or not he's still breathing, who knows. Dodger prolly went down in the crash, since he was fighting Deus. Sally hasn't been heard from in a long time. |
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Jun 26 2008, 11:35 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
And Rikki Ratboy, too. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/frown.gif)
*Sighs* FastJack and Many-Names must be feeling mighty alone, eh? |
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Jun 26 2008, 05:08 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 305 Joined: 15-January 08 From: Milwaukee, WI Member No.: 15,298 |
Rikki Ratboy died.
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Jun 26 2008, 05:36 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
That's what I just said.
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Jun 26 2008, 06:53 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 305 Joined: 15-January 08 From: Milwaukee, WI Member No.: 15,298 |
Oh. Right. I just looked at the last sentence in the post before you, about Tsung, and thought you just meant that Rikki had been quiet.
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Jun 26 2008, 08:53 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
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Jun 27 2008, 04:51 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 263 Joined: 18-October 03 From: Cal Free State Member No.: 5,734 |
QUOTE (Jackstand @ Jun 26 2008, 11:53 AM) Oh. Right. I just looked at the last sentence in the post before you, about Tsung, and thought you just meant that Rikki had been quiet. Well, technically dead people are quiet, unless there's gas escaping or something, but I guess you have a point... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif) |
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Jun 27 2008, 05:24 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,468 Joined: 5-December 06 From: Somewhere in the Flooding, CalFree Member No.: 10,215 |
QUOTE (JBlades @ Jun 25 2008, 05:20 PM) If I caught it correctly, isn't Twist the person who sold the "invisibility potion" to Bannickburn in Drops of Corruption? So he's apparently doing alchemy for profit in 2063. Actually that mage is named Twitch and outside the fact that he is a street mage no other facts are given on him in Drops of Corruption. |
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Jun 27 2008, 05:41 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 946 Joined: 16-September 05 From: London Member No.: 7,753 |
QUOTE (CanRay @ Jun 26 2008, 09:53 PM) Ahhh, Rikki Ratboy... ...Literally, an example to us all. SPD ?? QUOTE (JBlades @ Jun 27 2008, 05:51 AM) Well, technically dead people are quiet, unless there's gas escaping or something, but I guess you have a point... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif) But not if they're possessed or re-animated (IMG:style_emoticons/default/spin.gif) QUOTE (Trigger @ Jun 27 2008, 06:24 AM) Actually that mage is named Twitch and outside the fact that he is a street mage no other facts are given on him in Drops of Corruption. Erm, Sam Verner retired to his cabin-in-the-woods as a magicless character... ...His power burnt out by the ritual he led, from Dog Shaman to Mundane. |
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Jun 27 2008, 12:00 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
SPD (Which stands for Seattle Police Department), was one of the last of the Policemen in Seattle when Lone Star got the contract. He left rather than join the Star and became a Shadowrunner instead out of disgust.
He was usually the "Go-To" guy on Shadowland to describe neighbourhoods and gangs in our favourite compacted Sprawl. |
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