>Just out of interest whats a doobries ?
Ah, jeez. Where to begin.
Biogenetic Karma pets, about 6" high, made out of leftover Vev material and forced into permanent shapes, then programmed accordingly. You can buy generic human doobries, ebon doobries, wraith doobries, &c &c also celebrity doobries like HJ, Mr. S, Delia, and so on. They look like little dumpy manga cartoon versions of the thing or person in question.
They're semi-intelligent, will show affection and interest, they'll tidy up rubbish and dust the place for you, pretend to be the thing they look like -- little BW doobries will pretend to formulate, for example -- and generally be cute and irrelevant.
Once a month or so, they'll find a copy of the Karma Doobrie catalogue that comes with each one, flick through it, pick an item on the accessories list -- everything from handbags to trampolines and climbing kits -- and then let you know about it and sulk horribly until you buy it for them.
The celebrity ones act in accordance with their namesake's personality; the HJ doobrie has a little working chainaxe and will murder its way through the rest of your doobries.
The Slayer one (which is a foot tall) will organise all the others into little work gangs and get them to build him a pyramid of whatever bits and pieces are lying around, then sit on top of it glowering out at them and making them work more efficiently.I once greatly irritated a fellow player by buying twenty or thirty doobries of his racial type (Xeno), and then sitting in the back of the taxi with him pulling their arms and legs off and dropping the corpses on the floor *nasty grin*.
Look, blame Morton OK?
> Actually, if someone official could let me know if doobries are cannon or
> not, and whether or not they're covered by the Hogshead IP.
Doobries _are_ actually canon, although they may well never see the light of product day, given that they're a bit... well... silly. 8-).
> and the all important how much to they cost thing.:)
50c for a basic one.
100c for a race one.
125c for a basic
personality doobrie.
Up to 1500c for a Slayer/HJ doobrie (the two most
expensive).
Doobrie wish-fulfilment toys, 25c -> 4000c, depending.
I'd just add that in addition to the 'personality' figures listed on the sla-net page, that just about any serious celeb is going to have a Doobrie, from Cerise down to MLWOP's Killers. Some will be limited edition, while others will be in constant production. The various Race doobries will of course also come in a number of different models, which will be changed fairly regularly; there will also be various Shiver & DF doobries, Corp doobries, Cannibal doobries, Manchine doobries, ganger doobries, any type of doobrie you can imagine anyone wanting to buy! Oh, and naturally the little bastards don't age, so as time goes on, the limited edition ones can survive and will become valuable!
Comments to Tim Despite what he says above :)
More Doobrie madness Tim isn't responsible for: