 The Enemy, Have we seen the last of 'them'? |
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 Jan 21 2009, 06:12 AM
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Shooting Target  Group: Members Posts: 1,849 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Melbourne, Australia Member No.: 872  |
Subject says it all....
- J. |
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Jan 21 2009, 06:41 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 992 Joined: 2-August 06 Member No.: 9,006 |
No, I do not think we have seen the last of giant, radiation mutated ants....At least, I hope not!
Who is going to keep the Eight Legged Freaks down?! |
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Jan 21 2009, 08:20 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 228 Joined: 5-January 09 Member No.: 16,733 |
No. The challenges will only become greater.
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Jan 21 2009, 10:19 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,266 Joined: 3-June 06 From: UK Member No.: 8,638 |
We'll probably see quite a bit more of them. They're supporting Oasis on their 2009 tour.
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Jan 21 2009, 10:31 AM
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Awakened Asset Group: Members Posts: 4,464 Joined: 9-April 05 From: AGS, North German League Member No.: 7,309 |
Harly can handle those alone.
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Jan 21 2009, 10:47 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 343 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Birmingham, UK Member No.: 13,515 |
I think they won't be back for a long time; per the Dragonheart Trilogy of novels, Dunkie now spends all his time running around stopping them from crossing the chasm from the netherworld to our world...
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Jan 21 2009, 12:34 PM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
well, he is breaking down bridges being built, yes.
but the chasm itself gets smaller over time, so they will some day simply not need a bridge to come over and play nasty. granted, that's probably not going to happen before SR5 D20 gets released, but eh . . |
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Jan 21 2009, 01:36 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 825 Joined: 21-October 08 Member No.: 16,538 |
Perhaps Verjigorm's "HAY GUYZ LOL LETS LET OUT THEY KORRUPTED DRAGONS HAWHAW" plan will be put into action. A horror corrupted dragon running around (a confirmed one, anway) would be awesome just so the Shadowrun world has a Satan aside from Aztechnology/Colloton. Avatars of the Horrors in the Sixth World, able to bring over lesser horrors under a tightly proscribed set of circumstances.
A man can dream. |
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Jan 21 2009, 03:03 PM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
well, if firewings is still alive, there'd be at least one corrupted/toxic dragon O.o
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Jan 21 2009, 03:15 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 353 Joined: 2-February 08 Member No.: 15,618 |
OK, horror corrupted dragon in SR4 would be incredibly cool, escpecially if they did it subtly. With the kind of political influence a lot of dragons weild, it could do a lot of damage before anyone even realised what it was up to.
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Jan 21 2009, 05:26 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 619 Joined: 24-July 08 From: Resonance Realms, behind the 2nd Star Member No.: 16,162 |
Horror Dragon? No thank you.
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Jan 21 2009, 05:35 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 35 Joined: 10-March 03 Member No.: 4,228 |
I'm inclined to agree with GreyBrother. I really don't want to see anything of the Horrors in Shadowrun. There are enough possible evils floating around already from Corps to Shedim to Sentient Paracritters to Metahumanity itself. A little imagination can make anything evil...
Horrors? We don't need no stinking Horrors! Sorry, I had to. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/spin.gif) |
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Jan 21 2009, 06:05 PM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
was the body of the big D actually ever found after the big bang?
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Jan 21 2009, 06:33 PM
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Deus Absconditus Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,742 Joined: 1-September 03 From: Downtown Seattle, UCAS Member No.: 5,566 |
Additional question (rhetorical):
Where did Shedim come from, and what are they, given that they are not typical spirits, and are pretty similar to Wraiths in terms of feeding habits? The Enemy is already around. Just not en masse. |
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Jan 21 2009, 07:04 PM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
Shedim come from that one Meta Place of the (un)dead, the hellish one, if i remember correctly
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Jan 21 2009, 09:18 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 944 Joined: 19-February 03 Member No.: 4,128 |
QUOTE (Stahlseele @ Jan 21 2009, 07:34 AM)  ...not going to happen before SR5 D20 gets released... "I'm a level 5 street sam! <giggle, bounce>" Oh, it burns! it buurrrrrrns! |
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Jan 21 2009, 09:49 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,849 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Melbourne, Australia Member No.: 872 |
QUOTE (Dr Funfrock @ Jan 21 2009, 04:15 PM) OK, horror corrupted dragon in SR4 would be incredibly cool, escpecially if they did it subtly. With the kind of political influence a lot of dragons weild, it could do a lot of damage before anyone even realised what it was up to. Would that be the Aztechnology great feathered serpent with the black patches in its aura? QUOTE (Adarael @ Jan 21 2009, 07:33 PM) Additional question (rhetorical): Where did Shedim come from, and what are they, given that they are not typical spirits, and are pretty similar to Wraiths in terms of feeding habits? The Enemy is already around. Just not en masse. I believe the shedim are a form of horror too. - J. |
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Jan 21 2009, 11:23 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 997 Joined: 20-October 08 Member No.: 16,537 |
QUOTE (Stahlseele @ Jan 21 2009, 01:34 PM) well, he is breaking down bridges being built, yes. but the chasm itself gets smaller over time, so they will some day simply not need a bridge to come over and play nasty. granted, that's probably not going to happen before SR5 D20 gets released, but eh . . If we think about the time gap betwen the SR timeline and our own it's easy to deduce that the game time is kept at a fixed distance of 62-63 years in the future (like they didn't explicitly stated it), so it's probable that we will see the horrors arriving in about 2000-2500 years from now. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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Jan 21 2009, 11:35 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 997 Joined: 20-October 08 Member No.: 16,537 |
QUOTE (Stahlseele @ Jan 21 2009, 07:05 PM) was the body of the big D actually ever found after the big bang? Well, being the Big Bang the act of creation of the universe, yes the Big D came after; unless you mean the clock tower in London, in which case the dragon came much before it, and was found running around Denver sometimes after it was built. If what you did mean was the Big D going boom well, no; but there's a wyvern that looks remarcably like him that calls the Chicago's CZ home. What's the meaning of it I know not, so don't ask. |
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Jan 21 2009, 11:45 PM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
imagine a shedim coming out of the rift immediately after the fact and possessing the big d's body . .
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Jan 22 2009, 12:34 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,849 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Melbourne, Australia Member No.: 872 |
QUOTE (AllTheNothing @ Jan 22 2009, 12:23 AM) If we think about the time gap betwen the SR timeline and our own it's easy to deduce that the game time is kept at a fixed distance of 62-63 years in the future (like they didn't explicitly stated it), so it's probable that we will see the horrors arriving in about 2000-2500 years from now. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) You forget, humanity's use of Corrupt metamagics has accelerated this 'bridging' (pun intended) dramatically. This is what led to the Big D sacrificing himself. Given recent events/progression of magic, I suspect it will be a lot sooner than you think.... (Imagine a campaign where they started to arrive..!). - J. |
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Jan 22 2009, 12:54 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 825 Joined: 21-October 08 Member No.: 16,538 |
"Just another day in the barens. Better than normal; you managed to kill and cook a devil rat this morning. Your neighbours are all screaming for some reason in tones that suggest ultimate suffering. Glancing out the window you see fires and mind twisting horrors from nowhere in the universe devouring the matter of the world and others tormenting yet more metahumans. This is probably the megacorps fault."
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Jan 22 2009, 09:14 AM
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Awakened Asset Group: Members Posts: 4,464 Joined: 9-April 05 From: AGS, North German League Member No.: 7,309 |
I recommend reading the Aztlan Sourcebook (or AniH´s file on it), then the short story on the sr4-page. I must say that I see an old plot continued, and in a way that might affect street-level shadowrun - without getting world-saving, or obviously an ED thing. (I will now lock the fanboy self in the basement, be back in a minute.)
Funny Mayan Glyphmaker: http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2004/maya/glyphmaker.shtm |
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Jan 22 2009, 02:59 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 37 Joined: 4-January 09 From: Indianapolis, IN, UCAS Member No.: 16,731 |
QUOTE (Blackpool @ Jan 21 2009, 12:35 PM) There are enough possible evils floating around already from Corps to Shedim to Sentient Paracritters to Metahumanity itself. A little imagination can make anything evil... Uh... Blackpool? What do you think the Shedim and especially Master Shedim are? We're seeing Horrors in SR now. The scary part is that the Shedim/Master shedim are minor Horrors. Not Named. I shudder to think at what a Named Horror could do in the SR world. |
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Jan 22 2009, 03:08 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,851 Joined: 15-February 08 From: Indianapolis Member No.: 15,686 |
The Enemy is a myth perpetuated by those who would instill fear in the hearts of all good, hard-working citizens and who seek to destabilize the economic foundations which have led to the prosperity of the Sixth World. They do not exist. Move along.
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