User:SedatedAlice
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Pick Policy
I am a stickler for reading the rules. If your submission to my run does not meet the required things I put in my post (this does not include the optional parts) I will not consider your application to the run. Even if you're the only one that applies.
In an attempt to make things as fun for all as possible, I try to strike a balance with run picks in roughly this priority:
- To create a balanced team dynamic so as to ensure a smooth run with the highest chance of success (everyone wants to be a winner, right!)
- To make sure that each person has their time to do cool stuff! It's no fun being the person doing all the work or the person who wonders why they were even brought on the run.
- To reward people who do things I appreciate as a writer! It's hard sometimes to balance narrative and wanting to be an optimized bad ass, and I appreciate someone who likes narrative fluff more than optimized flavor.
- To help familiarize new players with the Matrix! I love the Matrix so I specialize in Matrix only runs.
- To give runs to people that haven't had them in awhile - playing this convoluted game is fun! That's why we're here, right?
In short: I build teams with the power of friendship and want to give you a your time to shine!
Declining The Meet
I allow players to decline the meet if there is a character conflict I may have missed. Please have why you might decline a meet on your wiki page!
Thwarting/Derailing
Instead of flatly declining a job, sometimes it is interesting to work for a different outcome than the one the rest of the players are aiming for. I'll permit this (and reserve the right to, in the future, structure runs around this), but it has to be done in good faith, with my full knowledge -- so just message me and we'll sort it out. Failure to do this will not be looked upon kindly.
The Setting
Shadowrun is a nasty universe. Bad dark things happen here. I attempt to tell stories that are in line with the world setting. Humor is fine as long as it doesn't take away from the story - I am very much am more a Black Trenchcoat than a Pink Mohawk.
Consistency is a thing a I strive for - and appreciate in a character. If your character has things I can (GM cackling) prod as part of a run, it makes you more likely to make it to my table.
Consequences
A good story has to have believable obstacles and consequences. I believe that there should always be a threat! If you fail, I will not be kind as there were ways to avoid that failure. Failure isn't the end, however, as I believe that failure is an important storytelling tool. If you mess up, you and/or your team can pull your bacon out of the fire by doubling down at the risk of making things more difficult in the future.
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