Shadowrun: Rep, Notoriety and Public Awareness

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Shadowrun: Rep, Notoriety and Public Awareness

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Right, I'm finally getting around to sorting out Reputation, Notoriety and public awareness ratings for you guys.

Due to the fact you guys are getting Karma at an increased rate to normal per run, I've modified it so that the reputation is calculated from your total Karma/20 rather than total Karma /10. This seems to be giving more reasonable numbers. That’s the only house rule here though, so if you want more details on this stuff, feel free to look in the books.

For those of you who inevitably cant be arsed:

Street Rep: How well known you are in the shadows and on the street. It’s a basic guide as to how much respect you will get off your approximate peers. Obviously, people who don’t move in shadowy circles are not going to be impressed by this. In general, a higher street rep is a good thing.

Notoriety: How much of an arsehole you are. Doing things like stiffing your Johnson (wahay!), being generally obnoxious and killing people who didn’t need to be killed will raise this. Most of the time, it’s a bad thing (although it could be used as a bonus if you are trying to scare someone). Too much notoriety and you need to start watching for the cops/hit men.

Public Awareness: How much the general public know about you. This is an amalgam of the other two ratings. Basically, keep it low and no one outside the shadows will know who you are. Keep it high, and on the one hand you might be able to sign a movie deal, on the other hand *everyone* will know who you are. Recognition is generally a bad thing for career criminals.

I’m keeping a track of this myself, and I’ll tell you what it is at the end of each run, along with your Karma. I won’t be telling you why it changes one way or another though. That’s up to you guys to work out :)
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Post by HereComesPete »

I've put this in the wiki. I will get around to articling up the flavour stuff, once I've got moved into the new house.*










*possibly, maybe.
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