And now a running list of things I am not allowed to do in Shadowrun, And now a running list to lift all of our spirits. Options

[Neraph]

2133: I am not allowed to have a prime runner threat that is called Mcleod and that has a regeneration power from no where. (And use only swords to fight)

Pfft, he obviously has a Power Pact with a free spirit.

[Angelone]

2134: I am no longer allowed to dispose of bodies by chucking them over the wall of the nearest corporate installation, knowing that 1. the legal redtape will ensure that the investigation is halted indefinately and 2. At worst the corpsec will charge me a fine for littering.

2135: The whole freezefoam in an elevator thing from Doomsday isn't allowed.

2136: They are shapeshifters not Lycans.

2137: Not allowed to make a black magician who quotes Poe, Shelly, Goethe, or Byron.

2138: The Simpsons didn't do it.

2139: No more saying "There is no (insert character's name) only Zuul" it will get me shot in the face. Twice.

2140: Jello westling is not an acceptable form of dueling and is certainly not to the death.

2141: No longer allowed to tickle someone until they give me the information I want.

[Neraph]

... Priceless.

['Sconnie]

2141: No characters based on anyone from Corner Gas.

2141a: This goes double for characters based on Hank.

2141b: This goes triple for characters based on Oscar... Jackass.

[Delarn]

Pfft, he obviously has a Power Pact with a free spirit.

I tried to implement higlanders in SR and failed ... lol

[Neraph]

I tried to implement higlanders in SR and failed ... lol

They work better in World of Darkness, and truthfully WoD is free to keep them. I want to play Sr - if I want to play Highlander, I'll go somewhere else.

[Draco18s]

2134: I am no longer allowed to dispose of bodies by chucking them over the wall of the nearest corporate installation, knowing that 1. the legal redtape will ensure that the investigation is halted indefinately and 2. At worst the corpsec will charge me a fine for littering.

2134a. Nor am I allowed to dump the body in a trash bag on someone else's balcony of the shitty hotel we rented to do the interrogation.

[Professor Evil O...]

2142) I will not apply knowledge of real world chemistry to a shadow run game.

2142a) Especially not when high school level lab training is enough to prepare cheap explosives, poisons, and narcotics.

2142b) Especially when the materials needed are legal.

2142c) Especially when cook book style procedures are readily available.

[Angelone]

2143: Even though it is in character I am not allowed to speak in whatever foreign language my character is at the time.
2143a: Especially if I'm the only one at the table who speaks said lanuage.
2143b: That goes double for languages I don't speak.
2144: Cannot threaten to eat other players when the pizza is taking too long to arrive.
2145: Blue warrior does not need food badly.
2146: Lolcatz are not valid character concepts.
2147: No longer allowed to leave Demotivational posters at sites we hit. No matter how appropriate they are.
2148: "You show me mine and I'll show you your's" is not a proper greeting. I have been informed it doesn't even make sense.

[Warlordtheft]

2144: I am not allowed to make a magical order called the order of the blue flame.
2144A: Even if it takes place on a college campus.

['Sconnie]

2145: No characters based on any of the mercs from the Jagged Alliance games.
2145a: This goes double for Fidel.

[Headshot_Joe]

2146: Lolcatz are not valid character concepts.

IDK, I could see some GM allowing an urban version of a Shapeshifter. Remember, magic is controlled by peoples belief in it; if enough people believe that Ceiling Cat exists...

In fact, a lolcat Shapshifter might allow you to do away with the uneducated/uncouth negative qualities, and may even allow you to have qualities that grant resonance...

[img]http://wordandimage.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/pctechsupportcat.jpg[/img]

Tech-Support Kitty! I might have to ask my GM if I could make such a broken character for our next campaign...

[Draco18s]

Just FYI, Lolcats (as lolcats) doesn't exist in ShadowRun. They were created and memed post 1991.

[Delarn]

2143: Even though it is in character I am not allowed to speak in whatever foreign language my character is at the time.
2143a: Especially if I'm the only one at the table who speaks said lanuage.
2143b: That goes double for languages I don't speak.
2148: "You show me mine and I'll show you your's" is not a proper greeting. I have been informed it doesn't even make sense.

2143 : PAs de trouble avec ca ! (No problem with that)
2148 : Show me yours, I'll show you mine. That make sense ...

[Delarn]

2145: No characters based on any of the mercs from the Jagged Alliance games.
2145a: This goes double for Fidel.

2145: Even La Malice ? Hey beaudy, do not worry La Malice will get them ! (With a Quebec accent)

['Sconnie]

2149: No sprites based on the wheeled typewriter guy cartoons from Seasme Street.

2150: No based on any characters ever portrayed by Bruce Campbell.

[Daylen]

2151: I can no longer play a tiger shapeshifter based on the only heir of Frankenstein left alive in red dwarf.... no matter how groovey that cat is.

[Draco18s]

2152. I may not base a blind martial adept character on DareDevil.

[Daylen]

2153. I will not use semiballistics as ICBMs

2154. I will not shave the whales

[Headshot_Joe]

2155. When asked by an NPC about my ability to snipe in relatively unforgiving circumstances, I am no longer allowed to respond with "Don't worry, dude, my dice pool for this one is still like, 23, even after all the negs."

2156. "Hey baby, how'd you like to meet a guy with a real dice pool?" Is not a good pick-up line, and will get me kicked in the nads, both in game and out.

2157. Contrary to my belief, the term "dice pool" may be applied to any amount of dice, even those insufficient to fill an actual pool, and such low amounts of dice are no longer to be referred to as "dice cups", "dice sinks", "dice puddles", "dice buckets" or even "dice bathtubs".
2157a. No, I may not then refer to my ungodly amount of sniping dice as a "dice pond", "dice lake", "dice sea" or "dice ocean" for the sake of making myself feel superior.

2158. I may not change my character's nickname to Vanilla Dice, and he may most certainly NOT sing "Dice, Dice, Baby!"

[wind_in_the_ston...]

2149: No sprites based on the wheeled typewriter guy cartoons from Seasme Street.

click*M*click*I*click*S*click*S*click*I*click*L*. . .

[Neraph]

2152. I may not base a blind martial adept character on DareDevil.

Interestingly I just had that idea myself today...

[Draco18s]

Interestingly I just had that idea myself today...

SURGE for echolocation?

[Neraph]

SURGE for echolocation?

With Reduced Sense (Blind), and a handful of other things, yes.

['Sconnie]

2159: Just because there's a P2.0 star in LA known as "The Dude" does not mean I can break into his house, rough him up, and then pee on his rug.