For simplicity, I'm going to assume that the numbers are actually rolled, using the "minus 1 die per interval" option -- because, simply put, sometimes an item just can't be found.
So, what's the availability of Lesbian Elf Stripper Ninjas?
Campaign dependent...So, what's the availability of Lesbian Elf Stripper Ninjas?
Considering that's about what half the population of elves are, I think it'd be rather high.
| Availability | Interval |
| 0 | 1 minute |
| 1-3 | 10 minutes |
| 4-6 | 30 minutes |
| 7-10 | 1 hour |
| 11-14 | 1 day |
| 15-20 | 1 week |
| 21+ | 1 month |
| Situation | Availability |
| Counterfeit/knock-off | –1 |
| Stolen | –1 |
| Used | –2 |
| Used in a crime under investigation | –1 |
| Market Flooded | –3 |
| Distribution channels monopolized | +1 |
| Law-enforcement crackdown | +4 |
| Market dry | +2 |
I don't know about this. I mean, an interval of 30 minutes? Is your fixer/contact Dominoes?
Availability Interval 0 1 minute 1-3 10 minutes 4-6 30 minutes 7-10 1 hour 11-14 1 day 15-20 1 week 21+ 1 month
I'm totally using that second picture for the Knight Errant recruitment posters. ;)Campaign dependent...So, what's the availability of Lesbian Elf Stripper Ninjas?
Considering that's about what half the population of elves are, I think it'd be rather high.
However they'd be bloody easy to find in the Body-puppet industry.
Examples below :)
Now, these are the only ones I could post from work. Other easily searchable links are definitely NSFW :P
don't know about this. I mean, an interval of 30 minutes? Is your fixer/contact Dominoes?
I don't know about this. I mean, an interval of 30 minutes? Is your fixer/contact Dominoes?More likely that's the amount of time you go walking around the streets to find the skeevy-looking fellow in the trenchcoat with the Ford Americar that has a trunk full of weapons. Or less skeevy if your contact is Little Jacob, and that's how long it takes to get from where you are to where he feels safe parking.
Hmph, last time I tried buying anything legal in a decent sized city it took me 30 minutes just to find a parking spot.don't know about this. I mean, an interval of 30 minutes? Is your fixer/contact Dominoes?
Uncle Enzo's armaments: Bullets in 30 minutes or you can shoot the driver.
Since the interval includes things like the meet, I can understand expensive orders taking longer. When you, or your contacts, are dealing in expensive transactions, it can take a long time to establish the sort of trust and such for the exchange to take place.
When it's legal and purchased legally, then you can have it right away. It's just tied to your SIN, which presents other problems.
It's even longer if you take a bus like I do.Of course :P
Of course, illegal stuff might be quicker to find depending on what neighborhood you're in, and what caters to the area. If you're in a place full of Neo-Hippies, I'm pretty sure Mary Jane won't be that hard to find. :P Or, so I've heard. ;)
Quicksilver: Elven bike riggerI want my players to write up their contacts this way.
'Now, where did I put that package?'
'Sign here,..and here...and...oh screw it, you look like the guy'
When it absolutely, positively has to be there....don't send this guy.
It's the old format for contacts, and I think it was always awesome.Quicksilver: Elven bike riggerI want my players to write up their contacts this way.
'Now, where did I put that package?'
'Sign here,..and here...and...oh screw it, you look like the guy'
When it absolutely, positively has to be there....don't send this guy.
Shadowrunning is actually the process where many procurement needs are met. Fixer or Johnson want item X, they look into the particulars in getting it, individuals are hired to bring it back (usually told just enough to get them to do it but not enough that they could barter a reasonable fee, you have to control those costs), and then item X is picked up in some insane scheme, and then delivered back to the original Johnson. It has a very familiar ring to it.
Everyone wins!Except for the poor guy that's trying to keep the Motor Pool under budget.
There is in fact a "vehicle tag eraser" modification, that when activated wipes any tags entering or placed on the vehicle.
Arsenal page 146.
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"It also make Dimitri dance funny because of Russian cybernetics! Hey! D! Walk in cage again!" "Is nyet funny!!!" "He is kidder, we all love him, he loves us." "I shoot in face next time happens!"
Find owner of gear. Beat up owner of gear. You now have gear. :P
The rules seem to assume that all shadowrunners know where they can reach gray and black markets, and that they can find items like this without having to use (and pay) contacts for the privilege. Anything that is legal should be available somewhere, which brings up some unusual situations.
"I want to buy a taser."
[rolls dice] "Okay, it'll take you 24 hours to find a seller."
"They're legal. I just want to go to Weapons World and grab one off the shelf."
I still have an issue with the time required being based strictly on the price; if the Availability is supposed to represent how difficult it is to find the item, it shouldn't matter if it costs 10¥ or 10,000¥. It also leaves open the question of how buying something in quantity is figured -- whether you use the base figure, or the total price of the bundle. I've already pointed out ways in which that can get weird.
Continue with the suggestions.
I'm with you, Teyl. I'd like to see a revival of the old rules regarding availability, time to acquire, and legality. I also miss the Street Index, which resulted in some things actually being cheaper on the black/gray markets -- by the RAW, runners don't have the option of using "Turnpike Clearance Sales", without the GM applying some fiat.We really are on the same page chummer. :D If you've got 400 stolen guns that need to go now, and you got them at a 5 finger discount, you tend to say screw market value, selling them for half price is still getting me more than I started with, and it'll help me when the yaks looking for those guns don't find them on me. While I admit that something like that doesn't happen every day, It does happen enough that a smart supplier would know where to go and get those things/point the runner's at the sale. (if they didn't want to get their hands dirty.) Same thing applies to drugs, cyberware, the list goes on. But that never seems to happen in this system. It's almost like the shadow markets and the people inside them meet once and then forget everything that happened after that meeting and start all over again the next time; no lasting connections made. If I was a seriously connected fixer, I'd remember who I trusted to do business with and what they regularly sell as to cut the amount of time between getting it from their storage to my buyer's hands at a cost that makes it worth everyones while to buy from me. It just makes Fraking sense.