The Power Level Poll, What's your function? |
The Power Level Poll, What's your function? |
Dec 20 2011, 10:05 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,001 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Michigan Member No.: 1,514 |
So where would you place the power level of your game?
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Dec 20 2011, 10:08 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,001 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Michigan Member No.: 1,514 |
My games tend to be low powered, starting in the gutters. Characters literally need to crawl and claw their way out of the muck and mud, and blood. We've run Epic games before but we prefer the earthy feel of seriously worrying about an Ork with a Street Sweeper.
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Dec 20 2011, 10:15 PM
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Prime Runner Ascendant Group: Members Posts: 17,568 Joined: 26-March 09 From: Aurora, Colorado Member No.: 17,022 |
Middle of the road, for the most part, with occasional instances of Gutter, and others of Over-the-Top. I have a 3rd character who is finally approaching the 300+ Karma Mark, and he has yet to be what I would call powerful. He is a Mage to boot. His big saving grace is that he is very versatile (39 Spells), but only has Magic 3 for casting.
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Dec 20 2011, 10:52 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,665 Joined: 26-April 03 From: Sweden Member No.: 4,516 |
Middle of the road, for the most part, with occasional instances of Gutter, and others of Over-the-Top. I have a 3rd character who is finally approaching the 300+ Karma Mark, and he has yet to be what I would call powerful. He is a Mage to boot. His big saving grace is that he is very versatile (39 Spells), but only has Magic 3 for casting. Wow! I don't think any player at my table has ever reached 39 spells, and that's in 21 years of gaming. We've had several with intiate grades of 5-9 though... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif) Mostly, we run 'middle of the road' games, with the occasional flirt with epicness and a few cases of 'gutter'. Atm, my players made characters with 400 BPs AND 150 Karma, yet stayed firmly in the 'middle level' range. IMO, their characters this time around are less 'epic' and less 'min-maxed' than the ones they made for the last two campaigns, using 'only' 400 BPs. They are quite well-rounded, though, and full of interesting character options! |
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Dec 20 2011, 10:54 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 |
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Dec 20 2011, 11:25 PM
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Prime Runner Ascendant Group: Members Posts: 17,568 Joined: 26-March 09 From: Aurora, Colorado Member No.: 17,022 |
Wow! I don't think any player at my table has ever reached 39 spells, and that's in 21 years of gaming. We've had several with intiate grades of 5-9 though... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif) Mostly, we run 'middle of the road' games, with the occasional flirt with epicness and a few cases of 'gutter'. Atm, my players made characters with 400 BPs AND 150 Karma, yet stayed firmly in the 'middle level' range. IMO, their characters this time around are less 'epic' and less 'min-maxed' than the ones they made for the last two campaigns, using 'only' 400 BPs. They are quite well-rounded, though, and full of interesting character options! Heh... The sad thing is, I have a list of another 60 Spells or so that I am working on. Even still, I have managed to Initiate 3 Times. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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Dec 20 2011, 11:52 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 7,116 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,449 |
I picked "some other style", because the games I have been in ranged from 40 BP (SR3) games, to playing someone in a team of cyberzombies.
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Dec 21 2011, 12:06 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 168 Joined: 26-June 06 From: USA, California Member No.: 8,778 |
Generally middle of the road so far. One of my players is getting ready to GM an Epic campaign though, and I've been dying to run a Gutter game for a while now.
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Dec 21 2011, 12:26 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
BASTARDS THE LOT OF YOU!
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Dec 21 2011, 12:43 AM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
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Dec 21 2011, 12:45 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
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Dec 21 2011, 12:46 AM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
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Dec 21 2011, 05:08 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 664 Joined: 26-September 11 Member No.: 39,030 |
I picked the lowest, because that's the level of the game I'm starting. 320 BP, everyone picks a day job background and starts from an NPC stat block and then builds from there until they reach 320 BP. It's a group starting from being SINers and slowly being pulled deeper and deeper into the shadows.
But really it depends upon the game. The last game was much more middle of the road. And the first game of Shadowrun I was in (which sadily was only three sessions) had dice pools of 16 and up for almost everything and featured a lot of mooks being torn to shredds with ease. |
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Dec 21 2011, 05:38 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 251 Joined: 7-September 10 Member No.: 19,020 |
Moderate. I tend to play the Mage just to keep people alive when it comes time to geek the enemy mage. Counterspelling is a wonderful, wonderful thing for your teammates.
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Dec 21 2011, 06:34 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 662 Joined: 25-May 11 Member No.: 30,406 |
I picked "Middle-of-the-road", 'cos that is probably where my group is right now. According to SR canon, out-of-the-box 400BP characters are just starting to be recognized as serious runners as opposed to gutter-punks and wannabees. So it goes in my game, if they are by-and-large successful for the first 6-8 runs, their fixer starts to think of them as pros who get the job done and starts putting some of the better-paid riskier AA and AAA corp runs their way. They excel at that and they are starting to flirt with epicness ...
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Dec 21 2011, 03:02 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 687 Joined: 22-October 09 Member No.: 17,783 |
Clicked High because it is most appropriate, but my games tend to always have a mix of everything. Even my epic games tend to have a bit of grit in them. It isn't just about the point values but about the style of play as well and I try to encourage even the specialists at my table to put some points in to the fluff.
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Dec 21 2011, 03:08 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,665 Joined: 26-April 03 From: Sweden Member No.: 4,516 |
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Dec 21 2011, 03:18 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 114 Joined: 25-August 10 Member No.: 18,969 |
While the survey doesn’t have good benchmarks as to what is “Middle of the Road” vs. “Moderate”, I feel comfortable stating that my SRM02 character went from High Powered (his first mission half a dozen Red Samurai showed up to kill him), to Epic (he drove a bus through downtown Denver to see Ghost Walker while the party’s chopper circled a few hundred meters overhead to provide aerial support).
About the time the party gets a helicopter, I consider the Epic mark passed. If Fastjack had stats, I’m sure Cypher could outmatrix him (although Fastjack could kick more people in the junk). |
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Dec 23 2011, 03:24 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,705 Joined: 5-October 09 From: You are in a clearing Member No.: 17,722 |
I picked Moderate because I like street-level stuff, but prefer to lower starting availability and stat maxes than to lower BP/karma amounts. James Bond gear doesn't really start until Avail 10, and mages without foci are far less scary.
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Dec 23 2011, 11:18 AM
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Running Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 1,003 Joined: 3-May 11 From: Brisbane Australia Member No.: 29,391 |
umm one of my characters started with a helicopter but i wouldn't call it an epic game....
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Dec 23 2011, 11:37 AM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
Wonder who else thought he was canray O.o
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Dec 23 2011, 04:06 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
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Dec 23 2011, 04:07 PM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
Yah, i figured something along those lines ^^
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Dec 23 2011, 06:08 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 583 Joined: 6-November 09 From: MTL Member No.: 17,849 |
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Dec 23 2011, 06:12 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
Heh. Hoof it all the way to the République of Québec and I'll hook you up with a game. Then we can go skin ourselves some free spirits. Well, it'd be friendlier and warmer than Winnipeg... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
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