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Great Dragon  Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935  |
QUOTE (Matsci @ Oct 21 2008, 05:32 PM)  Also, does it have tips on what to do if your runners have sworn off ever going to Seattle and Hong Kong ever again? Yeah, actually it does. |
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Oct 21 2008, 08:51 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 |
Wow! I've just read the Shadowrun chat build up to this. I'm always willing to admit when I'm wrong and this is now looking really good. I'd have preferred to remain pessimistic and get a really nice surprise, but that opportunity is gone now. I'm just going to have to live with high expectations and hope it doesn't disappoint. How about you devs? You psyched and looking forward to the release? Happy with the product? Khadim. |
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Oct 21 2008, 10:25 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 732 Joined: 21-July 05 From: Seattle Member No.: 7,508 |
QUOTE (knasser @ Oct 21 2008, 04:51 PM) How about you devs? You psyched and looking forward to the release? Happy with the product? Khadim. I'm not a dev, but I am one of the writers who worked on the project. And I can say that I can't wait for this to be out. My GM refuses to take our group through it until he can buy it in hardcopy. The agony! (almost as bad as him not letting my TM use any of the echos or sprites from Unwired until he picked it up at GenCon!!!) I've been seriously going crazy waiting for this to hit the shelves. I know that our group is going to love it and I can't wait to have him run us through it. There are quite a few great parts (and yes, the maps are amazingly cool) and I think my GM will be using it for the upcoming months. Yes, it can easily provide material for several months worth of gaming. And, no, I haven't been sneakily improving my character for the past few months based on insider knowledge of the adventure. Really. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) |
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Oct 22 2008, 12:01 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,314 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Lisbon, Cidade do Pecado Member No.: 185 |
QUOTE (Tiger Eyes @ Oct 21 2008, 11:25 PM) And, no, I haven't been sneakily improving my character for the past few months based on insider knowledge of the adventure. Really. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) Yeah, cause your technomancer is going to feel right at home towards the end, I'm sure she's going to do fine on the little jungle sidetrip... Seriously though, I'm really pleased with the way this book turned out and I hope people like it as much as I do. Lots of people contributed cool ideas and brilliant writing to the project and I think it's come out great. I believe that with this plot, we've managed to prove you can have a street-level globetrotting story without the high-power, high-level play most people assume is necessary. One thing I'd caution players is that this is very much a dark, harsh, and violent plotline dealing with some tough themes approached in a realistic fashion. It's suited to the gritty style and street-level themes that are one of SR4's strengths, while keeping the undercurrent of plots within plots and hidden surprises for those who like them. So whether it's the treatment of the insidious and callous nature of the drug trade or the fact that runners should know better than to take on an FBI ERT in a standing firefight, be careful about your expectations and always have a chummer watch your back. |
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Oct 22 2008, 01:28 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
I had some fun writing for this one. Anyone that likes the badwrongfun side of my writing should get a kick out of it.
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Oct 22 2008, 01:37 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 664 Joined: 3-February 08 Member No.: 15,626 |
Gah!
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Oct 22 2008, 02:12 AM
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Ain Soph Aur Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,477 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Montreal, Canada Member No.: 600 |
I want to see the Yama Kings stand over a pile of one thousand corpses. That is the coolest shit I've ever read ever.
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Oct 22 2008, 02:27 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,183 Joined: 5-December 07 From: Lower UCAS, along the border Member No.: 14,507 |
Example of your badwrongfun writing AH? Sadly I'm drawing a blank here...
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Oct 22 2008, 02:50 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
Takonashi's in Corporate Enclaves, the ACHE in Runner Havens, the scientists stoned to death for making a talking ape in Emergence, the junkie kids protecting the dealer in On the Run, carapace symbionts in Augmentation, K-10 in Arsenal...its the little things that make the difference. There's plenty of my weird fingerprints in Ghost Cartels. The Kowloon Massacre was just a bit of fun...
[/edit]I have an odd sense of humor at the best of time, so my definition of "fun" tends toward black humor and excellent weirdness. Ghost Cartels let me cut loose a little bit, but you can see some more clearly definitive peak-inside-the-madness in Chicago in the upcoming Feral Cities...did I mention there are Chi-town tie-ins to GC? Oh noes! |
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Oct 22 2008, 03:18 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 732 Joined: 21-July 05 From: Seattle Member No.: 7,508 |
QUOTE (Synner @ Oct 21 2008, 07:01 PM) Yeah, cause your technomancer is going to feel right at home towards the end, I'm sure she's going to do fine on the little jungle sidetrip... Yeeeah. You had to bring that up. Oh, the irony... at least my GM can't claim I tried to skew my chapter to make things easier on my character. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) |
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Oct 22 2008, 04:13 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 400 Joined: 8-September 08 From: St. Louis, UCAS Member No.: 16,329 |
combining free form adventure frameworks with stated NPCs and locations?
I'm in love. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/love.gif) |
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Oct 22 2008, 07:09 AM
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The King In Yellow Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,922 Joined: 26-February 05 From: JWD Member No.: 7,121 |
QUOTE Iffy on Carnation, but Duvall definitely is off the map (which means I live in the NAN by a couple of miles). Carnation's part of Seattle, though Carnation Farms' (the large farming company there) area seems to extend into NAN lnads. Propably rented land or something; there were deals like that in West Berlin with the East, too. |
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Oct 22 2008, 07:12 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 |
QUOTE (ravensmuse @ Oct 22 2008, 01:27 PM) Example of your badwrongfun writing AH? Sadly I'm drawing a blank here... More examples of Ancient History's badwrongfun. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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Oct 22 2008, 11:23 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,183 Joined: 5-December 07 From: Lower UCAS, along the border Member No.: 14,507 |
Thank you and thank you. Very much appreciated. And now with a Chicago tie-in (bugs?) I'm looking forward to this book more.
Now to find time to read things... |
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Oct 22 2008, 12:32 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 they're mentioned here and in the chat, I'm interested in the Yama Kings. I have read the passage in Runner Havens and they sound lovely and nasty. But have they existed in cannon before then, and if so where. How much do we know about Yama Kings.
(And how much does that last sentence sound like IC shadowrun chat? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) ) |
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Oct 22 2008, 06:56 PM
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The King In Yellow Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,922 Joined: 26-February 05 From: JWD Member No.: 7,121 |
They're new stuff from RC. And personally, they sound like ... something from that rift in Aberdeen.
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Oct 23 2008, 04:39 PM
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Ain Soph Aur Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,477 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Montreal, Canada Member No.: 600 |
Are you saying RC stats out or gives rules for Yama Kings? That would disapointing
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Oct 23 2008, 06:32 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
The Yama Kings are a diverse lot, each one unique and terrible. GC does not provide general rules for them as a group. More than that...well, have to leave y'all with some surprises. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
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Oct 23 2008, 08:15 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 997 Joined: 20-October 08 Member No.: 16,537 |
Where is it in Runner Companion that this Yama Kings are discussed about?
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Oct 23 2008, 08:17 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
I think they meant Runner Havens (RH) and Ghost Cartels (GC), respectively.
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Oct 23 2008, 08:57 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 997 Joined: 20-October 08 Member No.: 16,537 |
Thanks!
By the way could we just stick to the full names, just to avoid missantherstanding? |
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Oct 23 2008, 10:56 PM
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Old Man of the North Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 10,295 Joined: 14-August 03 From: Just north of the Centre of the Universe Member No.: 5,463 |
Aztec gods needed blood sacrifice to survive. Just so, DS needs misunderstanding. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif)
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Oct 24 2008, 07:14 AM
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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 |
Hey, I got the names right. Don't blame me, AH. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (And what is it with these new smiley icons? What happened to the old ones?) |
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Oct 24 2008, 08:21 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 |
Some of the old ones still work (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif)
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