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Splitting the party from session 1 (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/rpgmemes@ttrpg.network
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[–] 49 points 1 year ago (10 children)

That's why it's pretty common in Shadowrun to just have everyone be kidnapped and fitted with a bomb in their skull.

If their character doesn't want to cooperate, you activate the player's brain bomb.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    That's not common in Shadowrun... 30+ years playing and running that game, and I've never encountered it!

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    I've seen it once...it was used against a single player because he refused to play anything but loners who backstabbed immediately and it was mostly used to piss him off enough he quit the group.

    He should have just been kicked out, sure. I think the dm just hated doing that which was cowardly. Buuut he was gone and that game was much more enjoyable!

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  • [+] 25 points 1 year ago (4 children)
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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Mac and cheese for dinner is lame and lazy too, but also fucking delicious. TTRPGS are something your friends put together for you out of love, not necessarily some clinically perfect professional product. And to extend the metaphor, if you go to a dinner party and start bitching about your friend not plating the food like a Michelin star place, you're an asshole.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    I agree with both. It is lazy, yes. But it is also meant to be fun, and Shadowrun is a particularly goofy game (cyberpunk, with fantasy creatures, ghosts, gods, and magic? How can you take it seriously?) so being a super solid story isn't extremely important. It's also literally the first suggestion in the rulebook for getting players to cooperate. 🤣

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