Shadow Run story ideas.

[Cynic project]

One would it be possable or likely to have an adult dragon be a large share holder of a large A or small AA?

I am thinking that this dragon's teacher was killed in the down cycle,and wile is some what close to becoming a great dragon is still at least decades away from doing so.

Now would it be totally stupid to make a dragon like this and a corp?

As to why iw ould want to make these two things,I was lookingot to a story on the lines of this dragon being locked in a fight with a preson for control of the corp. They have roughly the same amount of shares, and another share holders dies. Do to the timing and many other factors the stocks have no clear legal owner.

So the two factions deside to do a bet. The dragon choses the contest,witch would be something along the lines of an easter egg hunt. The human picks who will do it. So he picks one the dragon's pet project. This bein a cabal of magically active people with strange talents. They are threw varous means tricked into thinking that evry other memeber of the cabal is dead,and spread too the wind. I am still working on more detail..I hope thsi story doesn't sound too corny.

[Serious Paul]

Expect my reply tommorrow. You have my attention.

[I am poison]

One, would it be possible or likely to have an adult dragon as a large shareholder of a large A or small AA?

Yes, in fact, I would expect no less. Even young adults like Damon are investing in businesses and building networks. For you plot, an A rated company verging on AA status seems most useable and worth contesting over in this way - if I understand you correctly. I would also suggest using a Japanese company and shareholder as the "bet" follows draconian tradition well enough and works into Shadowrun's portrayal of Japanese honor.

I'm interested in knowing why they choose to scatter the cabal members? What advantage is gained or reasoning used? How are you planning on using this story line?

Also, who is aware of the dragon's true form? Does he or she use a human guise?

[Cynic project]

Well, there are five people,and depending on who wins the hunt,determins who would gain the shares. Two for each the dragon and the human,and one wild card.

I was going to mainly work on the wild card. But I have been thinking of letting other people do the stories of the rest.

ABout the only things I have set in stone about the characters are what types of magic they fallow.

One is a female elf who follows the totem City.
One is a follower of the totem Computer.
One is a idol warshiper,of herself.
And one is a hermetic that doesn't summon normal ellementals...They tend to be things like metal,lighting, maga or something like the normal ones, but not really.

The character I was going to work on would eb soemthing like a voodoon, but he summons up emoitions and mind sets...He is also is not wholly "sane".

As for the company,I was thinking it would be a company based out of CAS. It would largely be based off contracts with cities,or other corps. It wouldn't be one to really touch the lives of normal people. At least directly. It has large power plants that tend to be clean,and it deals with way to manage waste on macro scales. It has some IP rights in magical feilds, but as noted it isn't a threat to any of the big ten.

As for the dragon, the only details that I think should be set in stone is that, yes it is publicly a dragon.The dragon seems to hate both Big D,and Ghost Walker, and is strangely chummy with some of the elven higher ups in the TIR.

[Serious Paul]

One would it be possable or likely to have an adult dragon be a large share holder of a large A or small AA?

Sure, why not? Maybe a young dragon, or even one trying to stay hidden. I've always thought it'd be neat to have a young dagon or drake who ran a small business that just didn't want to expand at all-sort of a contented specialist.

I am thinking that this dragon's teacher was killed in the down cycle,and while it is some what close to becoming a great dragon, it is still at least decades away from doing so.

Okay with you so far.

Now would it be totally stupid to make a dragon like this and a corp?

No. As long as you put a little reason behind this, whois to argue with yuo about how you see the fantasy game world?

Maybe he is a great who hasn't adjusted to the times, or maybe he isn't as near being a great as he or she thinks. Or maybe she has amnesia....etc...

As to why I would want to make these two things,I was looking to a story on the lines of this dragon being locked in a fight with a person for control of the corp. They have roughly the same amount of shares, and another share holders dies. Do to the timing and many other factors the stocks have no clear legal owner.

So a lot like Damien Knight and dunkelzahn in the early days of Galvian? Or that woman from SK and Lofwyr?

So the two factions decide to make a bet.

Why? Not trying to be a dick here, but I am trying to help make the story work. The more we know about why the better we can answer the who, what, where, when and how.

Did they decide their little war was getting out of hand? Were they costing lives or money? Or were they just a couple of playful cats?

The dragon choses the contest,witch would be something along the lines of an easter egg hunt.

Why? How like an easter egg are we talking here?

The human picks who will do it.

Why? How?

So he picks one of the dragon's pet project.

A pet project that has exsisted for how long? And why?

This being a cabal of magically active people with strange talents.

How strange are we talking here? Like magically active in the fifth world, or eats spoons for fun while humping rodents?

They are through various means tricked into thinking that every other member of the cabal is dead,and spread too the wind. I am still working on more detail..I hope this story doesn't sound too corny.

Naw, can't be as bad as a robert Jordan book!

[I am poison]

As for the dragon, the only detail that I think should be set in stone is that, yes it is publicly a dragon. The dragon seems to hate both Big D, and Ghostwalker, and is strangely chummy with some of the elven higher ups in the Tir.

I would suggest that the dragon would need to respect the shareholder a good deal, or is testing him on some way, in order to offer such a Challenge. If the shareholder is a Tir subject then it also makes perfect sense, and such a contest holds considerable weight in that nation - almost to the point of legal contract.

[Cynic project]

Well, I was thinking that the share holder was a nobel of some sort.Not a prince, but a nobel.

As for the contest, I was thinking it would soemthing like a duel. Ie, one part would pick the type of duel,and the other would pick the weapon. In this case, the parties both saw that if they had to use normal means to gain control of the shares, the company would be hit in a big way. Wile a small "war" would or at least could solve the problem at the cost of less assets.

As for the cabal, they were working on a way for people to learn magically abilties in diffrent ways.

[I am poison]

Well, I was thinking that the shareholder was a noble of some sort. Not a prince, but a noble.

Works well.

As for the contest, I was thinking it would something like a duel. I.e., one part would pick the type of duel, and the other would pick the weapon.

According to the Tir sourcebook this is called a challenge and is indeed treated like a duel where both parties agree to the terms however they wish.

In this case, the parties both saw that if they had to use normal means to gain control of the shares, the company would be hit in a big way. Wile a small "war" would or at least could solve the problem at the cost of less assets.

It also keeps the dispute quiet and thus does not hurt their stock value and so on.

I suppose the only thing I would change is the cabal, and only in two ways. I would make it a pet project of all three shareholders. Then I would have two of the group originally hand picked by the dragon, two by the noble, and the “wild card” by the deceased shareholder. This would eliminate the need to lie about the cabal’s destruction and make the choice to use them a natural one. But it works either way.

[Cynic project]

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