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Posted by: Bushw4cker May 6 2011, 04:58 PM

Thoughts, comments..Thanks ))


Name: Dale Trickle Jr. "Junior"
Metatype: Human
Ethnicity: American

Attributes (240)
Body 5
Agility 4 (6)
Reaction 4 (5)
Strength 5 (7)
Charisma 1
Intuition 3
Logic 1
Willpower 5
Edge 6
Essence 1.2
Magic 0
Initiative 7 (
Initiative Passes 1 (2)

Positive Qualities (35BP)
Guts 5
Home Ground (Rural) 10
High Pain Tolerance 5
Restricted Gear (Hellhound) 5
Juryrigger 10

Negative Qualities (35BP)
SINner 5
Day Job (Mechanic) 15
Thrillseeker 5
Prejudiced (Bias, Cityfolk) 10

Cyberware (Second-Hand) (10500¥)
Wired Reflexes 1
Muscle Replacement 2

Skills (126BP) Rating
Longarms 6
Pistols 3
Unarmed Combat 4
Perception 2
Survival 2
Tracking 2
Navigation 2
Demolitions 2
Infiltration 2
Automotive Mechanic 3
Pilot Ground Craft 2
Animal Training (Hellhounds +2) 3

Knowledge Skills (12 Free) (2BP)
Auto Racing (NASCAR +2) 6
Paranormal Animal Training 4
Trid Shows (Hunting +2) 2

Language Skills
American N

Armor (1000¥)
Camouflage Jacket (Wilderness)

Weapons (1660¥)
Defiance T-250 w/ sling, 30 rounds (Reg) Ammo
Remington 990 w/ imaging scope, sling, 30 rounds (Reg) Ammo
Cavalier Deputy w/ Concealable Holster, 30 rounds (Reg) Ammo

Vehicle (25400¥)
GAZ P-179 w/ Gunrack, Off-Road Suspension, Off-Road Tires, Ram Plate, Searchlight, Winch (Standard), Gunports (2), Nitrous Injection

Pet (10000¥) (500¥ extra a month to Lifestyle)
Daisy (Hellhound)

Commlink (300¥)
Metalink w/ Vector Xim Operating System (1/1/1/2)

Gear (21135¥)
100 Kilos (400 Sticks) Dynamite Fake SIN (Rating 4) Gator McKlusky
5 Kilos TNT Fake License (Rating 4) Cavalier Deputy
10 Blasting Caps Fake License (Rating 4) Paranormal Pet Permit
10 Radio Detonators Automotive Shop
6 Timer Detonators 300 extra Rounds Defiance T-250
Certified Credstick (3D6 x 50¥) 300 extra Rounds Remington 990
Knife 200 extra Rounds Cavalier Deputy

Custom Lifestyle (4900¥ a month)
Comforts (Low) Homegrown Farming (1) Green Plan (-1)
Entertainment (Low) No Neighbors (1) Black Hole (-2)
The Necessities (Low) Rural Home (2)
Neighborhood (Low) Reinforced Housing (3)
Security (Low)

Contacts (12BP) Type Connect Loyalty
Mary Joe Armorer 3 3
Billy Bob Humanis Chapter Leader 4 2

Posted by: longbowrocks May 6 2011, 05:02 PM

What about jury-rigging?

Posted by: MK Ultra May 6 2011, 05:04 PM

Ah sah, ah like´um

Posted by: Bushw4cker May 6 2011, 05:06 PM

OHHH good idea!!!

Posted by: Nebular May 6 2011, 05:33 PM

Haha. I like it. I may need to "borrow" this for a game at some point. Your Essence should be 1.2 instead of 1.6 though. Both of your pieces of 'ware have an ESS cost of 2, so Second-Hand Standard would make them 2.4 each.

Posted by: Dez384 May 6 2011, 06:00 PM

You could save some 15 BP by being an Ork, but that might not fit with the fluff of the character.

Posted by: Epicedion May 6 2011, 06:04 PM

Some folk'll never lose a toe, but then again some folk'll..

This guy should be from Alabama.

Posted by: Tymeaus Jalynsfein May 6 2011, 06:04 PM

Quite Entertaining... I like him...

Posted by: Halflife May 6 2011, 06:09 PM

I love a good character with personality

Posted by: Dez384 May 6 2011, 06:12 PM

needs to be a good personality.

Posted by: eyeBliss May 6 2011, 06:57 PM

"I could call my ma while I'm up here. Hey ma! Get off the danged roof!"

I like that his native language is American. You could give him a specific dialect, possibly "Merican". I second his Alabama residency.

Posted by: Bigity May 6 2011, 10:02 PM

Definitely more Mississippi flavored.

Because the only point of Mississippi is for people from Alabama to have someone to make fun of.

Posted by: Jekolmy May 6 2011, 10:56 PM

Is Home Ground: Rural too broad? You may want to narrow that down a bit. Other than that I really like the flavor of the character.

Posted by: CanRay May 6 2011, 11:26 PM

Actually, having had to deal with folks from all around the USA, "American" actually is a heavy dialect of English.

Surprisingly, I usually had the easiest times with those calls. But I was just lucky, my co-workers at the time would froth at the mouth and collapse under their desks in fear of the accent.

The only issue I had was being mistaken for a Yankee. But, as that pissed me off by a very large degree that I couldn't even control myself long enough to hit the mute button before spouting hateful things about such a declaration, it became a non-issue very quickly.

Posted by: longbowrocks May 6 2011, 11:30 PM

What does Yankee mean here? In Japan it seems to be synonymous with American or Englishman.

*here = USA. I took that for granted since the comment appeared to be stemming from the US anyway.

Posted by: Nebular May 6 2011, 11:34 PM

If you want to narrow it down, you could name his trailer park.

Posted by: Vermithrax May 6 2011, 11:41 PM

Here in the Southern US "yankee" means someone from the Northern US.

Posted by: CanRay May 6 2011, 11:48 PM

I'm Canadian, BTW.

In the Southern USA, it denotes the Northern US States, North-Eastern to be closer to the mark. It's a cultural thing. Apparently there was some little spat in the USA awhile ago that left some bad feelings.

Posted by: longbowrocks May 6 2011, 11:59 PM

Strange... I wasn't aware of there ever being any sort of north/south division of the US, even along the 39th parallel. You Canadians and you crazy rumors. Next you're gonna say we have some kind of biff with terrorists.

Posted by: Dez384 May 7 2011, 01:00 AM

WAR OF NORTHERN AGGRESSION!

Posted by: longbowrocks May 7 2011, 01:04 AM

*can't tell if serious...*

Just checking: we're all talking about the civil war, right?

Posted by: Dez384 May 7 2011, 01:13 AM

XD Yes, the American Civil War. And that was sarcasm.

Posted by: Epicedion May 7 2011, 01:14 AM

By modern standards, in American English a Yankee is someone who lives north of Virginia on or about the eastern seaboard. In the proper South (Georgia and the Carolinas) this is mostly just a regional identifier to indicate someone who may not be fond of sweet tea, but give them a few years and before you can say "how y'all doin'?" they'll come around.

In the deeper South of Mississippi and Alabama, it may have additional meaning, but we lost contact with those folks sometime in the 1920s and can't really say for certain.

The term may also be used to refer to Floridians in the winter months.

Posted by: Dez384 May 7 2011, 01:24 AM

There is a reason why Florida isn't part of the CAS in 2072...

Posted by: CanRay May 7 2011, 02:05 AM

US Civil War/War of Northern Aggression/"Oh look, the Separatists are having a bit of a spat".

Posted by: Dez384 May 7 2011, 02:21 AM

Interestingly, Lincoln recognized the South as a Sovereign nation when he declared a blockade, but according to the Declaration of Paris of 1856, a blockade is only legal if it can be enforced. The Union only had 4 ships at the ready to blockade from Virginia to Texas. Since the Union couldn't enforce the blockade, it wasn't a legal blockade by international standards, and therefore the Union didn't technically declare the Confederacy as a sovereign state, which is congruent to what the Union had been saying all along.

Posted by: longbowrocks May 7 2011, 05:01 AM

This is gold on par with Shadowrun's rules for taking the magician quality: "don't take this quality if you don't intend to play a mage".

On the declaration side: anything is legal if it can be enforced. Maybe not legal legal, but who's going to stop it if it can be enforced?

If someone can stop it, it can't be enforced. I hope the mastermind behind that clause received a Darwin award soon after.

Posted by: KarmaInferno May 7 2011, 06:18 AM

The big problem with "don't take this quality if you don't intend to play a mage" is that everyone's definition of what constitutes a mage differs.





-k

Posted by: Halflife May 7 2011, 03:03 PM

I interpret Magician to be someone who uses magic, knows that it makes them special, and consciously accesses his magical abilities as a primary part of his character. Rather than say, a sam or a face who happens to know how to lay down a stunbolt.

Posted by: Epicedion May 7 2011, 03:32 PM

I believe that particular "rule" is mostly there so that people don't buy Magician just to learn Counterspelling to protect themselves from magic.

Posted by: Dez384 May 7 2011, 07:12 PM

If you were going to do that, wouldn't it be cheaper to buy Mystic Adept instead?

Posted by: Udoshi May 7 2011, 10:53 PM

I think the real question is, how do we make this character a http://www.thefump.com/lyrics.php?id=1108too? (this is a music link. I heartily recommend listening to it. Its worth a laugh)

Posted by: CanRay May 7 2011, 11:01 PM

Redneck Lesbian Elf Stripper Ninja?

OK, having flashbacks to the wake I attended at a strip bar. No elves, but...

Posted by: Audious May 8 2011, 12:34 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tIzP3Te05E

Posted by: warrior_allanon May 9 2011, 12:02 AM

damn canray, i really need to move to canada, better strip clubs, better wakes, and more SR than down here in sunny pensacola......but then theres the whole cold and snow thing......maybe i'll just stay here and try and get you to come down.

Posted by: CanRay May 9 2011, 01:25 AM

Better strip clubs? Not really. Redneck Strippers. *Shudders* And it was only the one wake we had there.

As for more Shadowrun, not really. http://forums.dumpshock.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=34790&view=findpost&p=1062568 may never see the light of shadow.

I also don't travel well.