 1st Edition Archetypes, A little help please |
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 Sep 12 2008, 04:41 AM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 831 Joined: 5-September 05 From: LAX, UCAS Member No.: 7,687  |
I was thinking about the archetypes of the good old days the other day, and realized that I'm forgetting some of them. Since my 1st and 2nd Ed core books are in storage and I don't have PDFs of them regrettably, could someone give me a hand filling in the blanks? (Just the core ones, not the ones from Sprawl Sites)
Here's what I remember: Burned Out Mage Decker Detective Elven Decker Former Company Man Ganger Mercenary Ork Mercenary Rigger Rocker Shaman Street Samurai Street Mage Street Shaman Tribesman Who am I forgetting? |
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Sep 12 2008, 05:17 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 258 Joined: 31-January 08 Member No.: 15,593 |
combat mage?
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Sep 12 2008, 05:18 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,838 Joined: 1-September 05 Member No.: 7,669 |
QUOTE Since my 1st and 2nd Ed core books are in storage Would that matter? Imean, it's so rare that those pages would actually stay in the books... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sarcastic.gif) |
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Sep 12 2008, 05:26 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 247 Joined: 28-November 04 Member No.: 6,852 |
Bodyguard, Dwarf Mercenary, and Former Wage Mage all come to mind...
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Sep 12 2008, 05:58 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 831 Joined: 5-September 05 From: LAX, UCAS Member No.: 7,687 |
QUOTE (HappyDaze @ Sep 12 2008, 12:18 AM)  Would that matter? Imean, it's so rare that those pages would actually stay in the books... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sarcastic.gif) Mine did - then again I'm fanatically protective of my books. Combat Mage, Bodyguard, and Dwarf Mercenary are in Sprawl Sites. Former Wage Mage was in fact in the core books - thank you Shrapnel (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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Sep 12 2008, 06:13 AM
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Grand Master of Run-Fu Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,840 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Tir Tairngire Member No.: 178 |
That should round out the list, then. IIRC, they've always had 16 archetypes in every edition of the core book.
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Sep 12 2008, 06:27 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 831 Joined: 5-September 05 From: LAX, UCAS Member No.: 7,687 |
Coolness. Thanks guys (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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Sep 12 2008, 11:30 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,182 Joined: 5-December 07 From: Lower UCAS, along the border Member No.: 14,507 |
QUOTE (HappyDaze @ Sep 12 2008, 12:18 AM) Would that matter? Imean, it's so rare that those pages would actually stay in the books... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sarcastic.gif) That's funny. I pulled out my 2nd Edition Grimoire for a quick read the other day and I discovered to my horror that I was somehow missing the first ten or fifteen pages of it. I have no idea when that happened or where they could be. Kind of depressing, really. |
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Sep 12 2008, 01:49 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,838 Joined: 1-September 05 Member No.: 7,669 |
QUOTE That's funny. I pulled out my 2nd Edition Grimoire for a quick read the other day and I discovered to my horror that I was somehow missing the first ten or fifteen pages of it. I have no idea when that happened or where they could be. Kind of depressing, really. I have the same experience with my enjoyment of the game these days - whenever I get up to playing it, it feels like some of it just goes missing... |
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Sep 12 2008, 02:33 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 325 Joined: 9-December 06 From: the Maaatlock-Expressway! Member No.: 10,326 |
Of course, since you mentioned SR2 core, some of the Archetypes from Sprawl Sites - namely, the Dwarf Merc, Bodyguard and Combat Mage - got promoted to "core-Archetypes" in 2nd Ed., replacing the Ork Merc, Burned Out Mage and... Rocker.
Trivia-Dump: The first Sprawl Sites also contained two Archetypes that would years later re-surface as Samples in SR4 - the Former Magic Detective, a proto-version of the Occult Investigator; and the Troll Bounty Hunter (exactly what it says on the tin, an even more bummed-out granddad of the already pretty bummed, natch, Bounty Hunter). Todays collection of useless factoids has been brought to you by Naysayer's Alzheimers Repellent. Now get the §&%$ of my lawn! |
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Sep 12 2008, 05:00 PM
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Moving Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 748 Joined: 22-April 07 From: Vermont Member No.: 11,507 |
I think the following is a complete list:
CODE ARCTYPE SR1 SR2 SR3 SR4
Adept - - Y - Adept, Gunslinger (Ork) - - - Y+ Bodyguard S Y - - Bounty Hunter (Troll) S - - Y+ Company Man, Former Y Y - - Covert Ops Specialist - - - Y Covert Ops Specialist (Elf) - - Y+ - Decker Y Y - - Decker (Elven) Y Y - - Decker, Combat (Ork) - - Y - Detective Y Y - - Enforcer (Troll) - - - Y Face (Dwarf) - - - Y Face (Elf) - - Y - Gange Member Y Y - - Ganger, Sprawl (Ork) - - - Y Ganger, Sprawl (Troll) - - Y - Hacker (Ork) - - - Y+ Investigator (Ork) - - Y+ - Mage (Elf) S - - - Mage, Burned-Out Y - - - Mage, Combat S Y - - Mage, Combat (Elf) - - - Y+ Mage, Combat (Troll) - - Y+ - Mage, Former Detective S - - - Mage, Former Wage Y Y - - Mage, Occult Investigator - - - Y Mage, Street Y Y - - Mage, Street (Elf) - - Y - Mercenary Y Y - - Mercenary (Dwarf) S Y - - Mercenary (Ork) Y - - - Mercenary (Troll) - - Y+ - Military Officer, Former S - - - Rigger Y Y - - Rigger, Drone (Dwarf) - - Y Y Rigger, Smuggler (Elf) - - - Y Rigger, Vehicle (Dwarf) - - Y - Rocker Y - - - Shaman Y Y - - Shaman, Radical Eco- (Dwarf) - - - Y Shaman, Street Y Y - - Shaman, Street (Ork) - - Y+ - Shaman, Street (Troll) - - - Y Shaman, Tribal (Dwarf) - - Y - Street Samurai Y Y Y+ Y+ Street Samurai (Dwarf) § § - - Street Samurai (Elf) § § - - Street Samurai (Ork) § § - - Street Samurai (Troll) § § - - Technomancer - - - Y Tech-Wiz (Dwarf) - - Y+ - Tribal Warrior, Former S - - - Tribesman Y Y - - Weapons Specialist - - Y+ - Weapons Specialist (Elf) - - - Y + -- Also in the respective Quick Start rules S -- Sprawl Sites § -- Street Samurai Catalog |
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Sep 12 2008, 07:48 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 325 Joined: 9-December 06 From: the Maaatlock-Expressway! Member No.: 10,326 |
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Sep 13 2008, 03:58 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 831 Joined: 5-September 05 From: LAX, UCAS Member No.: 7,687 |
QUOTE (Naysayer @ Sep 12 2008, 09:33 AM) Of course, since you mentioned SR2 core, some of the Archetypes from Sprawl Sites - namely, the Dwarf Merc, Bodyguard and Combat Mage - got promoted to "core-Archetypes" in 2nd Ed., replacing the Ork Merc, Burned Out Mage and... Rocker. DOH - ya got me there (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rotfl.gif) Thanks bro, I guess Alzheimer's is winning the war here XD |
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