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[scriver]

Perhaps some Cats just talk. Perhaps there’s an underground network of long-lived talking Cats.

All cats talk. What makes us think we're interesting enough to converse with?

[Mephisto]

So, you are saying Dex-Starr, but as a warlock? I think Fiend would make more sense as a Red Lantern anologue.
Or maybe some kind of Barbarian would be even better. Zealot, maybe?

Also, why would the GoO patron regret it? Cats and humans are about the same intelligence to a GOO's perspective.

I don't read comics. I just liked the idea of Cthulhu coming to regret its choice to offer patronage to a particularly annoying kitty cat.

But TIL, a cat became Red Lantern. Neat.

[Kagus]

Maybe they're the ex-familiar of a GoO warlock, and the energies and madness they were exposed to during that servitude severed their bond and scrambled their memories?

Being spirit-in-the-form-of-a-cat would also go a ways towards explaining why a cat would be able to do extraordinary class-based things like cast spells or have big stats or get resurrected.

[scriver]

I just liked the idea of Cthulhu coming to regret its choice to offer patronage to a particularly annoying kitty cat.

[Iduno]

Cheers, Iduno. Partly we are doing Shadowrun because one of our players only solve problems with violence and escalation and we want a game that's not condusive to that.

How did the run go?

[pikachu17]

Concerning the spell Zone of Truth:
Any sentence that starts with "You could say that" is true, unless the person you're talking to is unable to speak, as they CAN say it.
If you want to force people to be honest, just make them say "Everything I am saying is completely honest." every once in a while.

[Cruxador]

We nearly had a campaign end to a potion of truth not long ago. Had to roll back the time for the sake of a rescue, and 4/6 characters are still in a bad place.

[delphonso]

How did the run go?

Surprisingly excellently. Gun jumper got really into the world before we started and did his best to role play. I had to curb his behavior a bit at the start, but he enjoyed it. Both played junkies which was fun to see them solve problems in a meth-addled way. They had to recover a prostitute being held by a rival gang.

They did it with minimal violence, playing to their strengths of convincing, maneuvering and knowing a few people. Good run and they also covered their tracks well. I'm pleasantly surprised.

[scriver]

But it's supposed to be supposed to be a simple job

[Mephisto]

Half of the players in my old Shadowrun group (yep, all one or two of em) were pink mohawk all the time. I'd have loved a game that was mainly black trenchcoat.

[Iduno]

Shadowrun is best with a balanced mix of humor and careful planning. Finding people who love heist movies would probably help, but also watching movies isn't a good way to meet people.

[Kagus]

You say that, but my friend met several people (including her ex and her current boyfriend) in chat groups for movie-watchers.


In other news, it's annoying coming up with an idea for a character that you'd like to play, but fully realize would be much better off as an NPC than as a PC.

[Iduno]

You say that, but my friend met several people (including her ex and her current boyfriend) in chat groups for movie-watchers.


In other news, it's annoying coming up with an idea for a character that you'd like to play, but fully realize would be much better off as an NPC than as a PC.

Doesn't work well in a team?

[Kagus]

No, and doesn't even work particularly well on their own.

The idea was inspired by this surprisingly SFW Oglaf strip, and probably a bit of Carnivāle as well. A GOO Warlock merchant with a shop carriage, where his patron is an unknown entity existing within the walls of the shop. For a price that you can pay, the manager can grant you what you need. When you need it, or for what, is left as an exercise for the customer... No refunds.

Playing the bored, slightly misanthropic cashier for an eldritch force of prophecy just struck me as rather charming. It's customer service, with a bit of the occult thrown in. Book of shadows even doubles as a shop ledger for accurate bookkeeping of... Well, things that can't accurately be tracked or numbered.


Again, much better as an NPC/plot hook than as a PC.

[IcyTea31]

I can only see two party hats in that last panel. *shudder*

Is "what you need" just a roll on the trinkets table or something specifically designed by the GM for each player? I'd make the merchant travel on foot with a magic bag rather than a carriage, though: that way you can meet him inside a dungeon by coincidence (there are no coincidences).