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

On 11/16/06, Phillip Gawlowski <cmdjackryan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On 11/16/06, Bira <u.alberton@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Or they couldn't get a "real" job, as they usually are SINless, and
> they aren't gang material or stable enough to work for the mob.
> Or they could have a really expensive addiction, only big money (like
> a run provides) can satisfy.

Truth is, shadowrunners are extremely unrealistic and probably
wouldn't exist if they didn't make up the whole premise of the game.

People who aren't "stable" enough for the mob (what's less stable than
a sadistic legbreaker?) probably /are/ gang material. If they don't
even make that cut, they're snitches, petty thieves, muggers, and a
variety of other street trash.

The game tries to fit shadowrunners somewhere in the middle, and it
does give the idea that not everyone can become a shadowrunner -
they're usually more skilled than the average person, and have some
compelling reason for not joining any crime syndicate or other
organization. If you accept this, it turns out that shadowrunning pays
pitifully little.

This happens solely because of "game balance" reasons, and doesn't
actually make much sense in-game. What would you think of a heist
movie where a team of specialists for whom a cor****ate hit squad is
"light opposition" gets hired to steal some secret, unique prototype
from a state-of-the-art fortress... and gets paid a total of 10,000
yen to do so?


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