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- From: Lemmings For Presidents! <ratinox@meceng.coe.northeastern.edu>
- Subject: Re: SRII: Are mages in SRII too powerful?
- In-Reply-To: cks@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu's message of 27 Dec 92 04: 45:10 GMT
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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 03:32:10 GMT
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- >>>>> On 27 Dec 92 04:45:10 GMT, cks@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu (Chris
- >>>>> Siebenmann) said:
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- Chris> These guys are presumably carrying about 50,000 to 100,000 nuyen
- Chris> worth of cyberware and gear (minimum), no? In the dark depressed
- Chris> world of Shadowrun's 2050, who is funding all of this? How come
- Chris> people with cyberware worth more than a middle-income person's
- Chris> yearly salary are so plentiful?
-
- Most of this stuff is not installed at once. Much like my collection of RPG
- books is worth several thousand dollars list price, I didn't buy it all at
- once but collected over a number of years. Starting Shadowrunners are
- actually experienced characters, with at least a 'run or two under their
- belts (compare any 'runner with the contacts in the book and you'll see
- what I mean).
-
- Chris> Something here doesn't add up, much like gang members with
- Chris> expensive cybermods and droolable bikes living in poverty.
-
- That's where they put *all* the money they save/scavange/steal/earn.
- 'Course that's their problem :-).
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