What do you like to play?, Character race. |
What do you like to play?, Character race. |
Mar 20 2009, 07:42 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,002 Joined: 22-April 06 From: Canada Member No.: 8,494 |
I've been creating a bunch of SR4 characters and I notice that the majority of my characters tend to be human. I'm not sure why (but I think it is because I can't really identify with any of the other races or develop a decent story around them).
I was wondering what about other people out there, what race do you usually pick and why? |
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Mar 20 2009, 07:43 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,973 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Fairfax, VA Member No.: 13,526 |
Maybe I'm in a rut, but I've been on a human kick for the last five or six years.
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Mar 20 2009, 07:44 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,336 Joined: 24-February 08 From: Albuquerque, New Mexico Member No.: 15,706 |
You should add SURGE.
Edit: Human, always. I will however often add templates - in this case, Infected & SURGE. |
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Mar 20 2009, 07:49 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,116 Joined: 5-October 03 From: True North Strong and Free Member No.: 5,686 |
I answered Human, Ork, Elf and Troll.
I like fluff aspects of making metahumans. Gives a lot of room for various backstories, as well as giving game-stats variety. For some reason, I've never found dwarves appealing and I've very rarely seen anyone play a dwarf, ever. Also, I've never been interested in going for more exotic races, like metavariants or even surge. I find those too freakish and weird, whereas orks are already freakish high-fantasy if you ask me. |
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Mar 20 2009, 07:55 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 337 Joined: 1-September 06 From: LI, New York Member No.: 9,286 |
If I play a mage or adept I run human, however, my current charater has gone through several rewrites and somehow became a shapeshifter. (Don't ask...) Played one troll (up to almost 300 karma after 4+ years) and a character I have in development is an ork. Never played an elf or dwarf.
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Mar 20 2009, 07:56 PM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
everything but human, elf, drake, shapeshifter and HMHVV
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Mar 20 2009, 07:58 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 |
w00t first Shapeshifter. Yeah, i dig'em and (according to my fellow players) make a good performance. Although i don't play them not that often (background reasons)
Most of the time i play a Norm. But i always eyeball with a Troll when i create a new character. |
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Mar 20 2009, 08:02 PM
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Freelance Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 7,324 Joined: 30-September 04 From: Texas Member No.: 6,714 |
I play Elves almost exclusively (I've got one Ork, Tyler Wilde, and he was in more short fiction than any actual games). I play guys who can handle themselves in a fight (Adepts, Sammies, or Mages with a silly-high Unarmed skill) almost every time. I keep waiting and hoping for some GM to toss a "hur hur hur, go home dandelion eatin' fag!" Humanis or Ork Underground type at me, but it never happens.
I know as soon as I make a human or something, for any game, ever, our first session we'll be dealing with horrible metaracists. |
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Mar 20 2009, 08:07 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,336 Joined: 25-February 08 From: San Mateo CA Member No.: 15,708 |
[IC flag is for the tough guy image]
Tough Guy image Being a human , I play them. Though, if I wanted a real challenge I could play one of the defect races. With their pointy ears and fake languages. Reality My GM won't let me play an elf because of how easy it is to break a game with them. |
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Mar 20 2009, 08:43 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 10,289 Joined: 2-October 08 Member No.: 16,392 |
I've played mostly humans (even my drake is Human), but since RC I've had a drake character. Though I'll probably experiment with SURGE at some point (they look fun), though if I ever need to do something twinky (who knows?) I'd probably take my drake concept and do a troll instead (25 more BP, same if not better, race stats).
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Mar 20 2009, 10:05 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 268 Joined: 14-February 08 Member No.: 15,682 |
Most of my chars have been humans, followed by orc, dwarf and troll. Never played an elf (though once an elf poser (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) ) and probably never will (unless i make an orc poser).
Drakes and shapeshifters are maybe a bit too exotic for the settings we play so they aren't pc's. |
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Mar 20 2009, 10:11 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,002 Joined: 22-April 06 From: Canada Member No.: 8,494 |
Wow, no love for dwarves. I played a rigger dwarf in SR3 for a while but never really stuck with the metatype.
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Mar 20 2009, 10:17 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,263 Joined: 4-March 08 From: Blighty Member No.: 15,736 |
No Goblins.
No Dandelion-eaters. Humans only. FINAL DESTINATION! (A SURGEe is fine too) |
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Mar 20 2009, 10:39 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,336 Joined: 25-February 08 From: San Mateo CA Member No.: 15,708 |
Wow, no love for dwarves. I played a rigger dwarf in SR3 for a while but never really stuck with the metatype. One of my players has a dwarf mage. However, he found no mechanical advantage and is planning on saving the points next go. All the combat types in my group choose ork if they go meta. In First/Second Edition I played Dwarves all the time. As a matter of fact, BlueMax was a dwarf shaman. |
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Mar 20 2009, 11:07 PM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
the biggest advantage of a dwarf is their size.
no, really, it is, hear me out on this one! shape earth, maximized on character creation so you can cast at force 8 without trouble, maxed out willpower or whatever to resist drain damage. 1m "tall" dwarf, force 8 shape earth, 8 meter long tunnel! |
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Mar 20 2009, 11:14 PM
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Dumorimasoddaa Group: Members Posts: 2,687 Joined: 30-March 08 Member No.: 15,830 |
I had a neopathy (the RC quality) dwarf, double jointed, stealth sam he was pure win XD bar his low condition monitor.
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Mar 20 2009, 11:50 PM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
I checked everything but Metavariant (don't care too much for them so I ignore them in my games), HMHVV (meh, if I wanted to play Vampire, I'd play Vampire...and I don't (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) ; these tend to not come up in my games either outside of ghoul baddies), Shapeshifter (I'm lazy and I don't want to keep up with stat changes, I also don't like the concept all that much; never played a druid in D&D, etc.), and Drake (no good reason, really, just no desire to I guess).
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Mar 21 2009, 12:24 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,168 Joined: 15-April 05 From: Helsinki, Finland Member No.: 7,337 |
Elves, Humans, Shapeshifters, and Other most of the time. But I have played orks, trolls, and dwarves as well. Really, whatever fits my mood. But the first 4 are my preferred races.
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Mar 21 2009, 12:41 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 254 Joined: 23-November 07 Member No.: 14,331 |
Human.
Nothing else. |
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Mar 21 2009, 12:45 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 337 Joined: 1-September 06 From: LI, New York Member No.: 9,286 |
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Mar 21 2009, 05:31 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 10,289 Joined: 2-October 08 Member No.: 16,392 |
You know. I'm proud of the fact that I'd prefer to play an underused "race."
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Mar 21 2009, 06:28 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 69 Joined: 10-September 06 From: Hainesville, IL Member No.: 9,354 |
I am a fan of playing Trolls, but I have played a Dwarf Techomancer and it was good times.
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Mar 21 2009, 06:42 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 10,289 Joined: 2-October 08 Member No.: 16,392 |
I am a fan of playing Trolls, but I have played a Dwarf Techomancer and it was good times. My GM has an idea for a Troll hacker. Something like Logic 2, Hardware 2, no software. Walks up to a server rack, punches his fist into it and rips out the harddrive and says, "Yuh, that's the harddrive. Decrypt it later" and stashes it in a backpack. |
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Mar 21 2009, 09:43 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,748 Joined: 25-January 05 From: Good ol' Germany Member No.: 7,015 |
I have no special Preferance (Ok Hobbits ,but they aren't official),but I have a dislike for HMMVV and Shapeshifter.Free Spirits and AI aren't my Cup of Tea either,but everything else ...Why Not (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
with a hobbitish dance Medicineman |
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Mar 21 2009, 02:06 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 992 Joined: 23-December 08 From: the Tampa Sprawl Member No.: 16,707 |
Human, Elf, Ork in that order. Haven't gotten to play a character with SURGE yet and since I've been nothing but the GM since 4th until only a few weeks ago... yea. But I'm playing an Ork gang banger in a low powered "Go Gang" street game. Nothing like a low powered game thug still managing to throw 12 dice of intimidation. Of course, that might be from his blinged out AK, Gov 2066's, and knives.
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