Group Contacts in SR5

Icharbezol · August 21st, 2016, 06:29 AM

I'm having a hard time trying to figure out how Group/Organizational Contacts are supposed to be added in HL SR5.

According to Run Faster:

"Treat the Karma spent at character creation for an organizational contact as part of the expenditure for positive qualities, making it part of the limit that can be spent on qualities."

"Loyalty is limited to 1."

Can anybody give me some pointers on where/how this works in HL?

Mathias · August 21st, 2016, 07:41 AM

Is your question "how do I add a group contact to my character" or "how do I create a new group contact that my character can then use"?

Group contacts are on the social tab, with the other contacts, and in the editor, they're created as normal contacts in the General grouping - there's just a checkbox to check to make them a group contact.

Icharbezol · August 21st, 2016, 07:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mathias

Group contacts are on the social tab, with the other contacts, and in the editor, they're created as normal contacts in the General grouping - there's just a checkbox to check to make them a group contact.

Okay, I didn't realize that you had to create a group contact in the editor.

Icharbezol · August 21st, 2016, 12:08 PM

Thanks Mathias!

Further exploration of the editor has opened up my eyes to more of what I'm able to add with it and the capabilities of Hero Lab! Very nice, I have never really used it before now, having stuck to the features the editor was not really necessary for.

The whole question was spurred by people in our group wanting to play characters with the Gomi-Nezumi as group contacts. Attached is my user file, if anyone else needs this contact.

Alistair · August 22nd, 2016, 09:01 AM

My best advice for your exploration could only be, "Copy a thing, look at how it's made. Repeat."

Mathias Senior Member Lone Wolf Staff Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 13,213 August 21st, 2016, 07:41 AM	Is your question "how do I add a group contact to my character" or "how do I create a new group contact that my character can then use"? Group contacts are on the social tab, with the other contacts, and in the editor, they're created as normal contacts in the General grouping - there's just a checkbox to check to make them a group contact.
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Alistair Senior Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: Athens, Ohio Posts: 134 August 22nd, 2016, 09:01 AM	My best advice for your exploration could only be, "Copy a thing, look at how it's made. Repeat."
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