 Fixers demystified, About the man behind the scenes... |
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 Jun 9 2004, 06:40 AM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 90 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Germany Member No.: 2,102  |
A good Fixer-Book is the Wildside-Sourcebook from Cyberpunk2020
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Jun 9 2004, 11:55 AM
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Canon Companion Group: Members Posts: 8,021 Joined: 2-March 03 From: The Morgue, Singapore LTG Member No.: 4,187 |
Back in college, I knew a couple of Fixer-like people. People who had so many contacts that their handphones didn't have enough memory.
Need permission to use a lecture theatre urgently? No problem, I got just the number to call. Need that textbook held for you without the silly booking charge? No sweat. Need to expediate that transfer of funds? I got a friend in the Registrar's office. Need to tickets to the hot new nightspot? OK. Need the duty security officer to give your late night drink session a pass? I just know who to call. Need to get irritating professor off your back? I see what I can do. |
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Jun 9 2004, 12:39 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,065 Joined: 16-January 03 From: Fayetteville, NC Member No.: 3,916 |
Unfortunately, it's difficult to rate fixers in terms of what they can and can't handle. Could you have gotten me, say, a SMG? Or would a fixer (by canon) know, in equal portions, about all possible gear? Those are some of the hitches we run into now and again -- but unfortunately, it was pointed out to me that the current group will never be anything but optimalists. -Siege |
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Jun 9 2004, 05:58 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,013 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
A proper SR-style fixer will have access to things proportionate to his or her reputation. If they're good and their rep is strong and someone asks them for something they can't get, someone who owes them a favor probably knows someone who can get it. They call in a favor, get a new contact, and now they can deal in another type of item.
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Jun 9 2004, 05:59 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,013 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
If anyone wants a double-post, I got one real cheap.
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Jun 9 2004, 08:55 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 693 Joined: 26-March 03 Member No.: 4,335 |
Wildside, huh? I'll have to look for it. I love good background sourcebooks.
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Jun 10 2004, 06:15 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,598 Joined: 15-March 03 From: Hong Kong Member No.: 4,253 |
I had a character who was begining to turn into a fixer before the game shut down. He was a mage/gunbunny with around 300-400 karma. After a lot of runs, there were plenty of people he knew, was owed favors by, or whatever. So one day, one of his arms dealer contacts come to him and says, the heat on me is pretty bad, I need to disappear for a while, can I sell my remaining inventory to you?
So there I was with a truckfull of guns, explosivs, armor, etc. So of course I needed to contract some security for my new warehouse... So I call on ye local gang boss, and say want to work security for a place in exchange for guns? This eventually led to trading the guns, for a bit of this or a bit of that. and when you have a lot of contacts, sometimes you can't help them personally, but you know someone who owes you a favor... You don't just wake up one morning and decide to be a fixer, it's just that your web of contacts eventually grows to the point where you know somebody who can do 'X'. |
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Jun 10 2004, 06:59 AM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,065 Joined: 16-January 03 From: Fayetteville, NC Member No.: 3,916 |
Big Thumbs Up. R. Tal might have had a lot of problems, but the material was usually good. -Siege |
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Jun 11 2004, 01:22 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 973 Joined: 3-October 03 Member No.: 5,677 |
How so did it have problems? If ye ask me, based on the stuff that showed up in NSRCG, a fair amount---note: NOT ALL (gatling-mechanism SMGs, anyone?)---of the stuff from the Chromebooks and the CP2020 conversions seemed relatively sane... |
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Jun 11 2004, 01:35 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,138 Joined: 10-June 03 From: Tennessee Member No.: 4,706 |
I think he means management and corporate problems.
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Jun 11 2004, 01:45 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 475 Joined: 17-June 02 From: Concord University, Athens, WV Member No.: 2,880 |
Mr Studd implant |
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Jun 11 2004, 01:47 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 973 Joined: 3-October 03 Member No.: 5,677 |
Note the "relatively". I was mainly comparing things like that to such physiologically healthy items as MBW-4. :grinbig: |
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Jun 11 2004, 02:21 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,138 Joined: 10-June 03 From: Tennessee Member No.: 4,706 |
What's wrong with the Mr. Studd? Do you honestly think that helping old men with their sexual disfunction will ever be a money loosing proposition? It's not "mature" I guess, but it seems more viable on the open market than quite a few cyberware items that are currently in the SR books ;) There was an amusing story in one of the books about a guy who had a trouble out of his implant. It involved an exploding zipper, if I remember correctly.
The big thing that doesn't translate is the full body conversion. |
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Jun 11 2004, 04:36 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,065 Joined: 16-January 03 From: Fayetteville, NC Member No.: 3,916 |
That's a big one. But a lot of the little details fell apart in CP 2020 which made it difficult for detail junkies or straight-liners to function in the world. By comparison, SR had a pretty well-defined adventure base that helped GMs and players get a quick handle on the world and how to define games ("Ok, see...we're shadowrunners who commit heinous crimes for nuyen. Dude, rock on!") Some things SR did better, some things CP did better (imho). So take that with a grain of salt. :grinbig: -Siege |
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Jun 11 2004, 04:46 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 973 Joined: 3-October 03 Member No.: 5,677 |
...Latest bad idea: Making Bill & Ted into shadowrunners.
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Jun 11 2004, 05:22 PM
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Decker on the Threshold Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,922 Joined: 14-March 04 Member No.: 6,156 |
How so? In SR it would be 6.25 Essence as basic cyberware, right? Cybertorso, Cyberskull, pair of legs and pair of arms. Right? |
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Jun 11 2004, 05:43 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,065 Joined: 16-January 03 From: Fayetteville, NC Member No.: 3,916 |
The cyber-torso is not quite the same as ripping someone's brain out, putting it in a jar and sliding that jar into a new vehicle/cyborg/etc.
-Siege |
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Jun 11 2004, 05:53 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 103 Joined: 2-September 03 From: San Antonio Member No.: 5,571 |
What do you mean? Any shadowrun where you end up having to beat Death at Battleship, defeat your evil clones and travel back in time to save the day would be at the top of my list. |
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Jun 11 2004, 05:58 PM
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Chicago Survivor Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 5,079 Joined: 28-January 04 From: Canton, GA Member No.: 6,033 |
Bill and Ted's Bogus Milk Run
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Jun 11 2004, 06:06 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 973 Joined: 3-October 03 Member No.: 5,677 |
Bad for the rest of the world. Not those playing. :grinbig: |
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Jun 11 2004, 06:10 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 103 Joined: 2-September 03 From: San Antonio Member No.: 5,571 |
There are a surprising number of things that fall in that category.
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Jun 11 2004, 06:12 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 973 Joined: 3-October 03 Member No.: 5,677 |
I meant bad for the NPCs. Who knows what kind of chaos a duo like them could cause in the shadows! :grinbig: |
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Jun 11 2004, 06:34 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 475 Joined: 17-June 02 From: Concord University, Athens, WV Member No.: 2,880 |
No more than what I've caused when bored?
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Jun 11 2004, 06:35 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 973 Joined: 3-October 03 Member No.: 5,677 |
Probably true enough. But they could at least compete. :P
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Jun 11 2004, 06:38 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 475 Joined: 17-June 02 From: Concord University, Athens, WV Member No.: 2,880 |
You say that now, but when my next character starts a mob war...
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