2853: When I GM, I am not to encourage the new player to name their rigger Kane and point them to the scorpion shaped drones. By extension, I am also not allowed to mention any Brotherhood slogans
2853a: If I do encourage the above, I am not allowed to start deploying UCAS troops from the Steel Talons regiment
2854: I am not allowed to base any character I play off of Flashman (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashman For those of you who don't apreciate good literature)
2854a: I should not try to get around the above restriction by basing them off Caiphas Caine instead
2854b: And Jurgen from the Caine series is also a bad idea
2855: I am no longer allowed to make a racoongirl metavariant for elves. I am especially not to make it a hyperactive ninja. Just because it worked for the cyberpunk group in another game doesn't mean it's a good idea for Shadowrun
2856: I am no longer allowed to make any form of anthropomorphic character, as it leads to violations of 2855 in new ways
2857: Just because Shadowrun and Battletech share similar rules, I am not allowed, as a GM or a player, to combine them
2857a: Nor am I allowed to combine Shadowrun with Paranoia
2857b: I am not allowed to combine Shadowrun with anything other than other cyberpunk games
2858: I am not allowed to make a six-limbed, empathic, sentient, and incredibly lethal feline using the rules in Running Wild
2858a: If somehow, I manage to get 2858 past the GM, I am not to name this abomination a treecat
2858b: If I managed to get 2858 and 2858a past the GM, I am not allowed to name the treecat Nimitz, or my character Honor Stephanie Harington and have her be a bioware'd face/street samurai
2858c: If I manage to get the entirety of 2858 through 2858b by the GM, I am not to be surprised if this character suddenly dies from an orbital Graser shot when the GM finally gets around to reading the David Weber book I bought him last Christmas
And Martin?
2849 and 2850 are from the same game, one that is still in progress. The main Johnson my group is working for is Nancy, and after the first run, the hacker rescued a resonant corgi. She had an open contact slot and it was just...to perfect. And she's also the reason for 2847.