Physical Adepts

[Animal]

I seen you been very hesitant to post about physads Prime, please tell me they will be in from launch? Such a iconic SR archetyp, and to not have it in a SR mmorpg, would be such a shame

[TheMagi]

I agree that it would be great to have all the major starting character types on launch. If for any reason you are unable to put it in the launch of the game please keep it high on the list to add onto the game after launch. Thank you (oh I here the SNES version calling me. Best to feed the addiction with it until this great project is done.)

[JuJutsu]

I too would like Physical Adepts in the game as soon as possible

[primetide]

The reason I am hesitant is fairly simple - physads are interesting but we need to make sure we can actually pul them off - new animations, effects, balancing - that all needs to be thought of. Physads can be very powerful for a beginning character or very narrow, so we need to puick the right abilties to prevent them just being superhero type chars.
It is really just too early to say - but your votes are duly noted

[Animal]

Good. Must have physads =)

[CanadianWolvie]

Two things are a big draw for me with regards to Shadowrun:
- First Nations actually having nations
- Physical Adepts

Here is me hoping you do both well

[Sangius]

- First Nations actually having nations

Can you elaborate further?

[Urza]

I assume he means Native American nations when he says First Nations.  For those who have forgotten the Indians used some major magical rituals to toss the US and Canada out to the coasts and took most of the midwest to form tribal nations.

[Sangius]

Yes, of course ... but why would they be called First Nations?

[Urza]

I think there's something in the lore, though I have no idea which book offhand.  Basically the old school natives decided to remind the anglos that they were there first, and long long before any Euro nation was ever conceived.

[Sangius]

Hm, OK, thanks for filling me in on that then I guess maybe the german translations didn't transport that fully.

[Dimetime]

Pretty much that. Native Americans were on this continent first.

As far as Physical Adepts I've never been a fan. Adepts aren't allowed in our gaming group.

[DarkLloyd]

Adepts are a staple of Shadowrun............................

They are just as needed as Mages.
And as for that comment about them being powerful at creation... Uhm In 4th Ed most adepts have to take a point of cyber to just keep up with most people.

[Dr. Curiosity]

Yes, of course ... but why would they be called First Nations?

Because it's a term that quite a few modern tribes use to refer to themselves, especially in Canada. Some considered themselves sovereign nations before the Europeans turned up, even if the European governments often didn't respect that sovereignty, or the treaties they had signed. (The Treaty of Fort Laramie comes to mind.)

Of course, the accepted terminology is far from standardised.