Roman Catholic Church in Shadowrun, How is it portrayed? |
Roman Catholic Church in Shadowrun, How is it portrayed? |
Dec 27 2003, 02:39 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 26 Joined: 14-March 03 Member No.: 4,250 |
I was working on an anime inspired archetype for Shadowrun ( shameless plug: http://www.elizar.com/fanworks/ci.htm ), and wondered if there was any official information and/or good “fanfluff” about the Roman Catholic Church in Shadowrun?
To be honest, I’ve always thought the anime portrayal of the Church in series like Hellsing and Tsukihime would be a perfect fit. I'd be interested in making such a "fan sourcebook" if nothing is around on this (rather cool) subject. |
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Dec 27 2003, 02:41 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 973 Joined: 3-October 03 Member No.: 5,677 |
Badaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaass... |
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Dec 27 2003, 02:45 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 669 Joined: 25-May 03 Member No.: 4,634 |
Threats 2 has info on a secret order of the Catholic Church. What were they called again?
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Dec 27 2003, 02:50 AM
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Chrome to the Core Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,152 Joined: 14-October 03 From: ::1 Member No.: 5,715 |
Threats 2 has something on what is called The Order of the Temple, also known as the reborn Templars.
They are based in the Vatican State (Not City. Italy was broken up in the Euro-Wars and the Pope and his crew (Catholics) took up everything but Tuscany) and have four major sections, each belonging to a specific saint and Elemental type. Yes, Elemental. I'm not going to go into all the details because that would just mean you wouldn't have to buy Threats 2. So if you want more, either talk to somebody who is more loose of the tongue than I, or buy the book. |
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Dec 27 2003, 06:05 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 619 Joined: 27-May 03 From: Detroit Member No.: 4,642 |
There is the order of St. Sylvester. The Sylvestrians are Preists who investigate magic and miricles for the Church. I don't know of any sourcebooks with info on them, but one of them was in the second shadow run novel, Choose Your Enemies Carefully.
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Dec 27 2003, 06:18 AM
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Canon Companion Group: Members Posts: 8,021 Joined: 2-March 03 From: The Morgue, Singapore LTG Member No.: 4,187 |
There's a mention of them in MiTS.
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Dec 27 2003, 06:32 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 58 Joined: 8-November 03 Member No.: 5,802 |
MitS, Threats 2, and SSG give you a decent idea how the Catholic Church is dealt with, both the secret stuff and day-to-day life.
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Dec 27 2003, 07:08 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 38 Joined: 19-March 02 From: Sydney Arcology, United Brotherhood Offices. Member No.: 2,417 |
Lets not forget the book Black Madonna, which points out that the Catholic Church, is a nuclear power...
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Dec 27 2003, 07:28 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 114 Joined: 9-October 03 Member No.: 5,702 |
A group of highly organized cyber-augmented pedophiles with the bomb. Scary.
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Dec 27 2003, 07:29 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,066 Joined: 5-February 03 Member No.: 4,017 |
That's nothing. You should see the UCAS public school teachers' union. |
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Dec 27 2003, 11:39 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 26 Joined: 14-March 03 Member No.: 4,250 |
Thanks for the info guys: I really do appreciate it.
I’m ordering those suggested sourcebooks as I write this. It sounds as if I’ll really be impressed by the info within, and if I’m not, I can use them as a baseline for a “fan sourcebook.” Oh yeah… and to the dude who PM’ed me and said the archetype is a tad on the munchkin side: in most anime (which its based from), agents of the Catholic Church are really badass. Besides, you don't have to let your players be one; but no one says you can't let them tackle on one. :D |
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Dec 27 2003, 01:31 PM
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King of the Hobos Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,117 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 127 |
They're not. [ Spoiler ]
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Dec 27 2003, 01:45 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,756 Joined: 11-December 02 From: France Member No.: 3,723 |
And as I add each time, there's an ex-SAS and a UK Foreign Affairs responsible who can believe the Vatican has nukes and inter-continental vector (well, the last time that issue was brought up, Foreign Affair had a better reputation concerning foreign arsenal assessment than lately). Then, Black Madonna is only a novel...
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