*Cracks finger* Alright, basically I've got some questions to ask as well, since this is my first RP, I want some feedback so I can try to make something everyone will enjoy. First, I would suggest reading Minkus' posts on page 1 and 2 of the first Shadowrun Discussion. I will probably repeat some stuff he said in my own terms, but right now I will pull a direct quote.
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Originally Posted by Minkus
It WOULD be possible to do a SR RP, but everyone going into it would have to accept 3 very important things.
1) You ARE gutter trash. Runners usually lose all forms of valid ID. You HAVE no rights. You can go to the local Stuff-n-Shack for a brewski, but you can't lodge a formal complaint about anything. Similarly, you will be treated as such. Only one of the characters I've ever seen "get caught" has been alive. The rest have gone out in a blaze of glory. Think about the "Matrix Revolutions" walker scene, or any other last-stand-no-way-in-Hades-I'm-going-to-live scene. That's how many Runners are.
2) A stray bullet/simple magic spell can kill you. Allow me to reiterate. No bullet dodging. You wanna survive a shotgun, wear bodyarmor. A pistol wound can kill, and it's possible, according to the rules, for a sniper rifle to do NO damage, but if a bullet hits you, and you "roleplay" shrugging it off, you better have good reason. No stupid "Heh. I'm immune to missiles" lines.
3) You most likely, if you are a Runner, either know your party/team before the game starts, or they're a friend-of-a-friend, and there fore can be trusted on credit until they show themselves capable, or they die.
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And now I have my questions...
1. How complicated a game would you be interested in playing? Shadowrun has lot's of die rolls, rules, and sub-worlds. I will not be making everyone else do die rolls, and I plan on just letting everyone RP as normal on Forums, but the Shadowrun world is extremely deep, and I want to know if I should introduce things like The Astral Plane, The Matrix (No, it isn't like the movie version), Riggers, Cyberware, and other things, or if I should just funnel them down into extremely generalized things. (Many of you don't know what I'm talking about, but I'll explain if people are interested.)
2. Would you want to put a long term commitment into an RP? The normal format is get mission from Jhonson, complete mission, make some money, spend money for better stuff and to support lifestyle, and get more missions. The other format I can think up is a standard story format, with buildups, big battles, and an overall resolution. I will have a resolution at one point either way, but I want to know if you want to build up your characters from rookies to expert Shadowrunners then take on the big bad guy, or just jump right in to the story and ignore the buildup.
Those are probably my main questions. Depending on how people answer them, I may have other questions, or I may put up a sign up, but I want to know what other people think before I just put up an RP that is going to be most likely different from the norm.
