Well, i just posted a table of contents on the first post in the OOC thread so that people kind of know where the UB scenarios are divided. That's been the typical amount so far that the guys have been getting. I mean, no one wanted to negotiate with him money-wise, but it wouldn't have likely changed things too much.
@Xzylvador:
I've talked about this before but you should consider that Wagner has 300Ą in his pocket and he's got a low lifestyle that costs him 2000Ą a month. If this run isn't a by-the-book standard shadowrun, then i don't know what is. I mean, I would say that almost every single shadowrun a runner goes on is going to have approximately the same level of threat that you guys are feeling right now....would you agree on this? Ok, so that being said, the assumption is that this is your line of work, so you pay the bills with these types of job on a regular basis....so if these types of jobs paid much more than i'm giving out, why would you still be living a low lifestyle with 300Ą in your pocket? You also have a more resource needy character....Stryker the spellweaver has a more Karma needy character....just goes with the territory.
At the end of the day it just boils down to play styles....and I like a grittier more street level play style than a high-rise condominium james bond style play. It also just makes more sense to me that beginning shadowrunners really do the work they do because unless they have the negative quality SINner, then they're these SINless rejects who by and large come from very poor backgrounds because in the Sixth World poor=SINless. Sure some guy could have had his identity hacked and that's how he became SINless, but by and large the background story of a shadowrunner is one of poverty. People who have a lot to lose just don't throw themselves in front of bullets IRL....that's why you saw people in Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen, now Syria just rushing armed guards and getting shot at but overpowering them in numbers......whereas when we had protests here in Madison WI, people let it all out and it was a beautiful moment in U.S. history, but it was peaceful (perhaps regrettably so) because so many people involved just had too much to lose from escalating it to violence.
My take on things is that shadowrunners by and large aren't motivated by some moral code like super-heroes, or even some sense of adventure like in D&D.....it's pretty much about the bottom line and also an anarchistic sense of keeping your freedom from the corporate feudal state. So this means they gotta be hurting for money to actually put themselves through the shit they do. So a rating 10 smart jammer worth 5000Ą should really be like that shiny toy in that shop-window and it's gonna take a few jobs to get it, but then you also gotta pay your bills.....so there's some choices you gotta make...and it's those choice which produce the fun factor. So i feel your motivation should be that if you don't do the job, you're gonna be homeless or at least get worked over by whoever you owe...cuz i'll totally make that happen, believe me....and then you're already even more in the hole with your negative quality....shit doesn't look too good for you actually...but what other choice do you got?
So essentially it's kind of gonna be about what motivates you more, and since i'm the GM, maybe i'm kind of imposing my tastes on you, but that's the nature of rpg's. If making your character's gear even more leet motivates you, then that's gonna take a while and you may not feel motivated. But if you gain most of your satisfaction from having really paid sweat and blood for every little nuyen, then you'll feel quite motivated.
And I just hope to god you don't have the nuyen anytime soon to max out the armor of all your drones and vehicles....that just makes my life hell!
