 What kind of characters do you play?, Another survey |
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 Oct 24 2008, 12:10 PM
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Dragon  Group: Members Posts: 4,328 Joined: 28-November 05 From: Zuerich Member No.: 8,014  |
I am curious what kind of characters are generally played, at the table and online.
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Oct 24 2008, 12:24 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,009 Joined: 25-September 06 From: Paris, France Member No.: 9,466 |
Mundane human mostly.
Sometimes mundane metahuman too. I've played a few awakened humans, but magic has never been their strong point. |
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Oct 24 2008, 12:30 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 171 Joined: 30-August 08 Member No.: 16,291 |
Human mages mostly and human mundanes sometimes. My elf mage is kind of a slip, but he had surgery to look human. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Even though SR is one of the few games in which the other races are not mere stereotypes I almost always play humans in any game. |
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Oct 24 2008, 12:31 PM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
Mundane Human/MetaHuman/MetaRace/Changeling
i like cyber/biotech and i can handle those, so i stick with what i know. and what i know goes bang boom bang and hurts people mostly ^^ |
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Oct 24 2008, 12:42 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 573 Joined: 6-March 08 Member No.: 15,746 |
I really play whatever is needed for the group I'm running with. I like magic a great deal though, and generally my Humans will be adepts or magicians (no mystic adepts...yet). I tend to shy away from human mundanes (though I have played them). I generally do not go full magician on a metahuman due to the bp sink that ensues, but adepts are as likely to be metahuman as human and mundanes are nearly exclusively meta. All the expanded things from runner's companion I have avoided, though I am greatly intrigued by the possibilities in the options.
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Oct 24 2008, 01:07 PM
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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 |
Mostly mundane metahumans, with metahuman adepts or spellslingers thrown into the mix.
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Oct 24 2008, 03:12 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,336 Joined: 24-February 08 From: Albuquerque, New Mexico Member No.: 15,706 |
Human Adept (SURGE)
Human Mystic Adept (Infected) Human Mystic Adept (Infected, SURGE) Human Magician (SURGE) Those would be my current characters. Although possible with being normal, SURGE simply lets me do what I want easier - they all still look like normal humans. |
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Oct 24 2008, 03:30 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,973 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Fairfax, VA Member No.: 13,526 |
I tend to stuck with mundanes, though they're far more likely to be human than metahuman, and none of the exotics or changeling traits hold any interest to me.
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Oct 24 2008, 03:42 PM
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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 |
I'm mostly the GM and never the player, but I'm a big fan of changelings, ghouls, technomancers, orks, trolls...I play a lot of Awakened (or at least that's what I always seem to imagine) but I like the occassional professional Sam too.
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Oct 24 2008, 03:54 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 199 Joined: 18-August 08 Member No.: 16,250 |
what book are gouls from?
i dont see them in the books i have. I have runners companion waiting on me to pick it up and im unable to order street magic at this time. been toying with the idea of a body chop shop operator thats a goul |
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Oct 24 2008, 03:57 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,973 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Fairfax, VA Member No.: 13,526 |
Ghouls, along with Changelings and the rest of the Infected, are in RC.
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Oct 24 2008, 05:05 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,748 Joined: 25-January 05 From: Good ol' Germany Member No.: 7,015 |
with more than 25 Characters I do play nearly everything (Including an Elfen Changeling Nartaki and a Troll-Drake) I'm even playing Hobbits in SR
What i don't Play are infected,Shapeshifters or the Ultra rare sentient Critters Hough ! Medicineman |
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 Oct 24 2008, 05:30 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,173 Joined: 27-July 05 From: some backwater node Member No.: 7,520 |
No Technomancer Option. Interesting.
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Oct 24 2008, 05:58 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 861 Joined: 27-November 07 Member No.: 14,397 |
QUOTE (Malicant @ Oct 24 2008, 01:30 PM)  No Technomancer Option. Interesting. Think that falls under awakened. That aside I generally play human mundanes, though I'll do the occasional elf. I love the tech and had trouble with the magic when I first started and took me a long time to get it. |
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Oct 24 2008, 06:00 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 745 Joined: 13-April 07 From: Houston, Texas Member No.: 11,448 |
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Oct 24 2008, 06:53 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 976 Joined: 16-September 04 From: Near my daughters, Lansdale PA Member No.: 6,668 |
That is a very magic heavy poll. I usually play heavily cybered humans.
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Oct 24 2008, 06:56 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 483 Joined: 16-September 08 From: Madison, WI Member No.: 16,349 |
Always with the street sam. Usually a human, but sometimes a troll or ork too. I've just never had the desire to play a magic user, either spellslinger or adept.
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Oct 24 2008, 06:58 PM
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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 |
I should have put in that one of my ideas for my (sadly) aborted Hawaii one shot was going to be a sea drake.
*sigh* I would have called him Sharkboy too. |
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Oct 25 2008, 12:03 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,168 Joined: 15-April 05 From: Helsinki, Finland Member No.: 7,337 |
I play all kinds of characters. Mostly mundane or mage/adept humans, or mundane/adept/sometimes mage metahumans. My most recent creation, however, is an elf/changeling/cybered/adept/combat machine, but he was more made to be a prime-runner so he's a bit of a twink. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
It just depends on my mood, really. I am, however, more likely to play less combatant ork/trolls and more combat-oriented humans and elves, with dwarves usually filling in as mages oftentime for me, too. Not sure why. |
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Oct 25 2008, 01:31 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 305 Joined: 15-January 08 From: Milwaukee, WI Member No.: 15,298 |
I like magicians a lot, but I don't like groups with a lot of magic in them, that is, unless the group is entirely made up of magical characters, so I play a lot of mundanes. Not that I don't like mundanes, though, too.
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Oct 25 2008, 03:54 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 483 Joined: 16-September 08 From: Madison, WI Member No.: 16,349 |
QUOTE (ElFenrir @ Oct 24 2008, 07:03 PM) I play all kinds of characters. Mostly mundane or mage/adept humans, or mundane/adept/sometimes mage metahumans. My most recent creation, however, is an elf/changeling/cybered/adept/combat machine, but he was more made to be a prime-runner so he's a bit of a twink. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) It just depends on my mood, really. I am, however, more likely to play less combatant ork/trolls and more combat-oriented humans and elves, with dwarves usually filling in as mages oftentime for me, too. Not sure why. How do you get around the cybered part with the changeling? I might be showing my ignorance here, but at least as far as SR3 (which is what I know), 'ware in a changeling was a no-go because of the regeneration power. |
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Oct 25 2008, 04:02 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,336 Joined: 24-February 08 From: Albuquerque, New Mexico Member No.: 15,706 |
QUOTE (the_real_elwood @ Oct 24 2008, 09:54 PM) How do you get around the cybered part with the changeling? I might be showing my ignorance here, but at least as far as SR3 (which is what I know), 'ware in a changeling was a no-go because of the regeneration power. I have never played it, so I could be wrong, but I am fairly certain changelings did not exist in SR3. There is also no way to obtain Regeneration simply from being a changeling. |
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Oct 25 2008, 04:09 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 |
QUOTE (Muspellsheimr @ Oct 24 2008, 09:02 PM) I have never played it, so I could be wrong, but I am fairly certain changelings did not exist in SR3. There is also no way to obtain Regeneration simply from being a changeling. SURGE and changelings most definitely existed in SR3. They first appeared in Year of the Comet, about the return of Halley's Comet. |
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Oct 25 2008, 04:17 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 483 Joined: 16-September 08 From: Madison, WI Member No.: 16,349 |
QUOTE (Cain @ Oct 24 2008, 10:09 PM) SURGE and changelings most definitely existed in SR3. They first appeared in Year of the Comet, about the return of Halley's Comet. Regardless, I believe I am showing my ignorance once again. I was thinking of shapeshifters, not changelings. |
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Oct 25 2008, 05:09 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,748 Joined: 25-January 05 From: Good ol' Germany Member No.: 7,015 |
Shapeshifters existed also in SR3 (Stripe Anyone ?)
and because of their Regeneration they were often played by Powergamer. I never tTried to Play one ,bcause its difficult for me to think like an Animal with an animalistic dance Medicineman |
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