Re: So why would anyone become a shadowrunner, anyway?

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From: Brett Ritter <swiftone@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Date: Thursday, November 16, 2006 2:06 pm
Subject: Re: So why would anyone become a shadowrunner, anyway?

> On 11/16/06, Zebulin M <zebulingod@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > services for another "run" and another. Pretty soon he's a 
> "bodyguard" and
> > he starts to realise maybe he has to work outside the law at times.
> 
> A good step here (for ?"good guy" concepts) is to have the "right
> thing" not be the "legal thing".  Once the character has accepted
> that, the character is well on the way to moving to a more "my rules
> are more im****tant than 'their' rules" mindset.  That's the path of
> the Shadowrunner.  Not necessarily immoral, but certainly illegal, 
and
> when one spends a lot of time in such grey areas, other grey areas
> present themselves.
> 
> Frankly, I find the moral dilemmas of shadowruns to be the best 
parts,
> but my most common players prefer to play amoral characters.

Agreed. I will add here that, in case anyone missed it, the character 
is not for a tabletop campaign, but for a MUSH. Meaning, I don't 
necessarily have a set group to play with, among other things.

John