Contact Ideas, Non Canon and less Common Options

[jklst14]

DMV Office Worker
A bored civil servant working at the Department of Motor Vehicles, this government wageslave has data at her fingertips that puts the highest paid data brokers to shame.

Street Vendor
You don't want to know what are in those "hot dogs" he sells but drop him some nuyen and he might happily divulge all he sees from his street corner vantage.

[stevebugge]

Shoe Shiner

With his kit and chair the shoe shine may be set up in an office tower lobby, a park, or on a street corner to ply his trade. People see him both to get their wing tips waxed and for the snappy conversation. He gets to know his clients and sees a lot of what goes on in his area, and might share for a particularly good tipper.

[Cang]

i might get some time on my hands and put these ideas on the npc wiki.

[FanGirl]

A more fleshed-out version of the "corp princess" I mentioned earlier:

Ana

A rich, ditzy hotel heiress who turned herself into a household name just by being a rich, ditzy hotel heiress, Ana can provide all the latest gossip about all kinds of VIPs and use her influence as a celebutante to help you gain an audience with many of the Sixth World's movers and shakers--if you can drag her away from her marathon shopping sessions or pampering her pet chihuahua.

Possible run involving this contact: Ana is having problems with her jealous ex. It seems that he wants to get back together with her, and he's threatening her with an ultimatum--if she doesn't swear her love for him, he plans to release a simsense recording he made during one of their "intimate moments" over the Matrix. Seeking to avoid (further) soiling of her name, Ana asks the team to recover the recording and bring it to her before the ex can release it.

(e) Notable Quote: "That's hot."

[Smilin_Jack]

:rotfl:

Damn does that sound familiar..... :P

[stevebugge]

Personal Trainer

Want to be in top shape? This is the girl you come to. Either an independent contractor or on commission at a health club the personal trainer can whip you in to shape with a personalized exercise routine, diet recommendations, and will happily sell you all the supplements you need. Of course she has a wide array of clients, and while professionalism would dictate she doesn't discuss them, a girl does have to make her 'yen.

(Note if your GM enforces training times for skills and attributes, having a personal trainer can help with increases in strength, body, agility, reaction, and athletics)

[Daethanil]

Taxi Driver

If the streets are the veins and arteries of life, then the Taxi cab is that red blood cell among the billions. Always on the move, always watching his surroundings (be it the corp princess in the back, the cars on either side, or the gangers around the second corner). They know the roads and pathways better than their own apartments. If you need to know what's moving, where, and how to beat it there - this is your friend.

(Assorted skills, Driving & Knowledge primarily)


Simdoll Trader

Sex is money. And this trader has something perfect for you, even if your too ugly to attract a boil. His goods range from full body pleasure dolls to individual portions. But when you deal with the bottom rung, you can always get more than looks offer. Including information on local drug raids, safehouses, and corp activity. And if you have the cred, pleasure dolls rigged for some decidedly non-pleasant activities, and high grade robotics if the drones could use a kick.

(Alot of Con and Etiquette, some ability to defend themselves. Also generally a hacker or Technomancer, with some assassin dolls amid the selection)


Dinosaur Fanboy

Dinosaurs. Yes, dinosaurs. So what if his hobby has to do with 65 million year old dead things. So what if it doesn't have a single thing to do with anything currently walking on the planet. Even the Great Dragons can laugh at this poor sap. Chronically overdressed, with no social skills to speak of. But if you need to know anything about any of the museums in the city - he's your man. He even knows the security guards on a first name basis and when the vending machine man, James, comes to refill the Snickers.

(Pure knowledge skills, w/ Low Pain Tolerance, and Ineptitude; Social Skills)

[fool]

one of my characters (Cherie, the maxed face who is a total nympho and owns a strip club) took a street preacher as a contact. The preacher doesn't have any connection to her past, he's just a regular at her bar. BTW the bar doesn't really do anything like money or increase contacts in gfact she avoids having any meets there for paranoisas sake. It's just nice color for the character.
Street preachr- he's on the street corner all day everyday and knows most of the down and outs of his neck of the sprawl. Often has dirt on mafia types (they being catholic and all.)

[stevebugge]

[Voran]

Rec Center Coach:

A man/woman of infinite patience. Helps run the local rec center in sectors that see gang violence, walking dead and rats that can chew through your car, if not carry off the whole thing by themselves. He knows the gangs in the area on a personal basis, knows their brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, where they live who they hang out with, and they talk to him/her. Somehow able to maintain an uneasy but astonishingly stable handle on potential ganger violence. He/she doesn't like cops, as they tend to bust gangers but not really help deal with fallout. A wonderful street level contact, if you can spend a little time, or nuyen helping out the center. Date at your own risk, make him/her cry, and you've got a sprawl fulla gangers who'll hunt you down.

[maikeru]

wow this thread is pretty cool. I would have never thought of half of this crap.

[Kanada Ten]

Simjournalist

The simjournalist travels to the extents of the Earth and beyond to experience and record for humanity all of existence. Whether hiking through the Amazon or sitting beneath a perfect summer sun in the lazy hot days of Georgia, these recordings give people a greater understanding of the world. They make travel an affordable possibility and bring appreciation for other cultures, nature, and the majesty of life. She has walked in space, eaten every dish ever called local, spoken with thousands of tribal leaders, danced with shaman of all stripes, swam in the belly of a leviathan, and breathed in the sweet fragrance of the deadly awakened nightshade as it bloomed beneath the new moon. Too bad that last bit killed her.

"Wow, just wow. I can't believe how lucky we are to be seeing this. A five headed black hydra. You can see how mad he is, look at the venom just dripping off his fangs. Each bite delivers enough poison to kill a behemoth. Needless to say, we better be really careful. Whoa there, buddy; it's ok. I'm going to let him go now..."

[SL James]

[fool]

Local librairan
don't have that data search skill or a hacker contact, he's your best freind. Need a cerain text that's only around in hard copy these days (they're still out there ya know). In the know on alternative sexual lifestyles too.

[ludomastro]

[Geekkake]

I can't believe no one's thought of this. No shadowrunner should be without an attorney.

[fool]

uh, we're talking nonstandard contacts. Mob consiglierie is listed in the BBB. Besides you get your fixer to hook you up with a mouth piece.

[Kanada Ten]

The Friend Collector

It's not exactly clear where she finds the time, or how she earns a living, but the friend collector has set her goal of adding every metahuman on the 'Trix to her friend's list. You're not even sure how she ended up on your friend's list, much less how she found your profile, but this girl gets around both worlds with amazing ease. And, with several million people at her finger tips, she manages to hold hundreds of simultaneous conversations, comment on pages weekly, post sim reviews, and generally act like a bubble of encouragement to anyone with a sad tale. The blinking "Online" arrow next to her name almost never goes away, and several groups babble about the net that either revere or hate her. There is even a group titled "We will not be your friend, THX1138". She can set you up on a blind date, listen to your troubles and read your bad poetry with a thumbs up. Just don't delete her, or you'll face the wrath of millions.

"OMG! I totally luvved that poem. It was like sooo deep. I feel like you were reading my soul. Leave me a comment! CU"

[SL James]

I know people IRL (that is, in the RL meat world) like that.

Scary.

[Kanada Ten]

The Prophet

Incanting from his pulpit on the street corner, the prophet predicts the weather and misfortune with a fever and conviction only madness can create. He can't really know the future... can he? Whether magic or mundane, the prophet forewarns of danger, or maybe he just feeds your paranoia. Don't bug him in the food line, though. That's his time off.

The Future (By Neighborhood) 1
Gang Politics (By Neighborhood) 2
Toublemakers (By Neighborhood) 2
Soup Kitchens 3

"And the demon shall bear a nine bladed sword. Nine bladed! Not two, or five,
or seven- but NINE! Which he shall wield on all wretched sinners, sinners
just like you, sir there. And the horns shall be on the head, with which he
will..."

[Voran]

[stevebugge]

Caterer

One of the few remaining people truly skilled in actually cooking with real food the caterer is in high demand with the corporate elite. Whether doing jobs as a personal chef, catering parties for the social elite, or doing large events the caterer has the contacts to make those events happen. Of course his contacts have to reach to the Shadows too because if he needs an ingredient he'll go to anyone who can get it, and will pay top nuyen for it, and may trade information or access if he has too. Just don't tamper with his food because in his world it's his rep, and he know's other people like you who can help clean his rep up if you tarnish it.

[-X-]

Genealogist

A true genealogist is a master researcher, whether that means in the Matrix, delving into musty church basements or cruising graveyards. Most of their skills are designed to help them track people down, living or dead. While usually they're doing this to fill out that next pesky name in their genealogical chart, for the right favor, or just the right credit amount you might be able to convince them to locate an individual. And who knows? You're probably related to them anyway. This is the person you want to be friends with if you suspect your landlord might be an immortal elf. Or an ancient vampire. Or a child of incest. If you're lucky the genealogist in question might be both skilled and have a buyable moral code. Convince your friends that you're an immortal elf. Or an ancient vampire. Or a child of incest. Genealogists spend most of their time tracking people down so it is usually best to keep on their good side. Pretending to be related to the mark you're tracking probably isn't a great plan.

[stevebugge]

Geologist

This guy is in to rocks, mud, earthquakes, and volcanos. Most of the time he's just a guy out taking soil samples, raising a stink about building codes, and scaring people in to moving off hillsides. He might fit some time to teach a class at the community college in to his schedule too. But what he knows about rocks, minerals, and dirt can be useful to the right person, it could give away where something came from or help you with a structure hit. Oh and he and his seismograph can tell you the difference between an earthquake and an underground explosion.

[emo samurai]

Street Psychiatrist

People who go to the shadows aren't always trying to kill, steal from, or blackmail somebody. When their only legitimate option for therapy is the company shrink, who'd gladly sell your files to your coworkers, you turn to him. He'll tell you everything the company shrink isn't told to say, and may dredge up things in your subconscious you just don't want to deal with. But the experience will make you a stronger person. Hopefully. He may or may not share his patient information with you, depending on how much he hates his client.

Skills: Possibly mage with freaky mind-affecting spells, social skills.