(OOC)Integrity, In the Los Angeles nights(SR4) Options

[Curuinor]

This is Los Angeles. The City of Angels. A city of a million stars and a million bright lights and a billion paparazzi pictures providing point for their existence. Here the newest megacorp, Horizon, has its headquarters. Go a little down, however, and the waterlogged tunnels under the city will devour you whole.

Though I have DMed or GMed everything from AFMBE to Shadowrun to Exalted to the Unnamed Generic RPG, I must warn you that I have never done a PbP before. There. Fair warning.

I need from all of you:

1. A character sheet in spoiler tags. We will generate our characters with 425 BP and 25 Karma. Normal character creation rules otherwise, any book goes.

2. Backgrounds. The twenty questions in Runner's Companion will suffice.

3. Posting. Once every two days is fine. Tell me about any lapses.

NPCs: Do not assume the reaction of anything that's likely to try to fight you or give you significant stuff.

Dicery: PM me your e-mail. Then, Go here, register and join the dice log. Edit: Damn this, let's use invisible castle like everyone else. Just register and sign in and roll. Much simpler. Our Campaign name is Integrity.

Conventions: Changed 12/15: Narration "Speech" Texting/IMing/Subvocal/Thoughts Emphasis

[ Spoiler ]

OOC Speech

NPC Character Notes: Reserved.

[Curuinor]

Thank you for joining Integrity. I have chosen these people for interesting characters:

Shadow
Glyph
Blackhat
Mickle5125
ravensoracle
Damage
JoelHalpern

The Waitlist

Ears
DWC
Soyokaze
Felime
Kerris

[BlackHat]

Question: Is this game for a particular group, or are you recruiting?

Comment: The link to the dice server gives me a "Secure Connection Failed" error (hamete.org uses an invalid security certificate. The certificate is not trusted because it is self signed). It could throw a few people off. They can set up an exception to ignore the error, but the screen looks pretty much like it does when a site doesn't exist.

[Shadow]

Assuming you are recruiting, what kind of game is it? Will combat heavy character be left in the cold, or visa versa.

[Glyph]

I have a question: do you use the optional rule that adepts can take a power point in lieu of a metamagical technique when they initiate? This will influence whether I initiate or do something else with it.

I have a character, Dancer, who was in two games that fizzled. She was originally created for an L.A. game, so she might be a pretty good fit for this game. She is an adept who is a combat-oriented face. The good thing about a dancer/face/combat build is that it is a lot easier to switch points around if you think she is too much in a certain area.

[Damage]

I would like to be considered. I'll have a character worked up and posted quickly. Probably a human combat shaman.

[Curuinor]

I am recruiting.

All arenas of the shadowrun experience will be factored in.

Yes, the security thing is messed up on the dice server. It's not really a worry— I use it while I play by e-mail, and it hasn't done anything in the 3 months I've been using it in.

The PP rule is allowed.

[Mickle5125]

'ello comrade. Sign me up, should there be an opening yet.

[JoelHalpern]

I would be interested in joining the game.
I am tempted to run a technomancer or fall back to a hacker. (If you would prefer the hacker, I need to know what your take is on the pirated software rules in Unwired.)

Thanks,
Joel

[Shadow]

Consider me applied then.

[ Spoiler ]

Name: He-Jiao Fu (Hu Jow Fu)
Born: 2043 Year of the Ox
Street Name: Whisper
Age: 27
Birth Place: Kowloon, Hong Kong
Distinguishing Characteristics: Long braided pony tail
Nearest Relative: Uncle Zhien (Seattle)
SIN: Yes, criminal (Hong Kong)
Gang Affiliation: Former, Red Dragon (Triads)
Current Residence: White Tower, Auburn (Med. LS)

Earned Karma:25
Spent Karma:25

Attributes:

Body: 3 Essence: 6
Agility: 3 Initiative: 6/1 (6/3 astral) (or as spell)
Reaction: 3 Magic: 5
Strength: 2 Drain Resist: 10
Charisma: 3 Composure: 8
Intuition: 3 Judge Intent: 6
Logic: 5 Lift/Carry: 5
Willpower: 5 Memory: 10

Edge: 2

Qualities

Magician (10BP)
Fu is a full magician of the Wuxing tradition. He very much uses Qi in his daily life and in his magic.




Geas, Gesture ��" Kung Fu (-10BP)
In Prison Fu learned the art of Wushu to calm his soul and focus his magic. It is his way of letting go of his tumultuous past. He uses forms in Wushu to cast his spells.

SINner, Criminal (-10BP)
When Fu was 18 he was arrested for aggravated assault, attempted murder, destroying evidence and evasion. During his 6 months in jail before he was sentenced he had a spiritual awakening. He turned states evidence for a reduced sentence of 8 years.










Skills




Groups- # Att Total Notes
Athletics 2 + 2[S] = 4
(Climbing, Gymnastics, Running, Swimming)
Stealth 1 = 3 = 4
(Disguise, Infiltration)




Individual # Att Total Notes




Magic
Assensing 2 + 5[M] = 7
C. spelling 1 + 5[M] = 6
Spellcasting 5 + 5[M] = 10
Summoning 2 + 5[M] = 7




Combat
Blades 1 + 3[A] = 4 ( (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif) With weapon focus
Dodge 3 + 3[R] = 6
Wushu 5 + 3[A] = 8 Unarmed Combat




Social
Etiquette 2 + 3[C] = 5




Physical
Perception 3 + 3[I] = 6




Magic Tradition: Wuxing No Foci Combat Detection Health Illus Manipulation
Spellcasting Dicepool: 10 14 12 12 12 12
Ritual Casting Dicepool: 5 9 7 7 7 7
Counterspelling Dicepool: 6 10 8 8 8 8
Summoning (All tests): 7 9 9 9 9 9

Spells Values are considered for force 5

Resist Drain Willpower (5) + Logic (5) = 10

Spell Types, wood, fire, earth, metal, and water (木, �, 土, ��', 水; mù, hu�', t�", jīn, sh�"i).

Name Properties Range Duration Type Damage / Effect DV

.-=COMBAT SPELLS=-. � - hu�' (Fire)
Knockout Direct, Touch Touch Instant P O (BOD) + 5P 1
Stunball Direct, Area LOS (Radius: 5m) Instant P O (BOD) + 5P 3

.-=HEALTH SPELLS=-. 水 ��" sh�"i (Water)
Heal Touch Permanent M S DV-2
Increase Reflexes Voluntary Touch Sustained P +1 Init & Pass/(hit+1) 4



.-=ILLUSION SPELLS=-. 木 ��" mù (Wood)
Hush Realistic LOS (Radius: 5m) Sustained M O (WIL) 4
Improved Invisibility Realistic, Single-Sense LOS Sustained P O (INT) 3

.-=MANIP SPELLS=-. 土 ��" t�" (Earth)
Alter Memory Mental LOS Permanent M O (WIL) 4
Physical Barrier Environmental, Area LOS (Radius: 5m) Sustained P S 5



Magic Gear
Katana (Jian) [i]Weapon Focus Force 4 Reach: 1 AP: -1 Damage: 4P (bound)
Juzu: prayer beads Power Focus Force 2 (bound)
Magic Lodge Force 6




Knowledge Skills
Chinese Prisons 4
Triads 4 Red Dragons 6
Wushu Kung-Fu 6
Jian 4
Chinese History 4




GEAR Cost Avail
Armor Clothing (Ballistic/Impact - 4/0) 500 2
Trodes 50
Subvocal Microphone 50 6
Micro-Transceiver (Rating 3) 600 6
Fake SIN, Rating 3 3,000 12F
Mage Sight Goggles 2,000 12R
+ Low Light 100 4
+ Flare Compensation 50 2
+ Thermographic 100 6
Earbuds 10
Maglock Passkey (Rating 4) 8,000 12F
Respirator (Rating 3) 300 6




Commlink

Type Response Signal OS TYPE Firewall System
Sony Emperor 2 3 Redcap Nix 1 2




A note on Qui (chi)
wood, fire, earth, metal, and water

(木, �, 土, ��', 水)
(mù, hu�', t�", jīn, sh�"i).



Combat Fact Sheet




Skills:
Blades 2 + 3[A] = 4 ( (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif) With weapon focus
Dodge 3 + 3[R] = 6
Wushu 5 + 3[A] = 8 Unarmed Combat




Armor Worn: Armor Vest (6 / 4) [0 Penalty]
Ballistic: 9 = Body (3) + Armor (6) + Other (0)
Impact: 7 = Body (3) + Armor (4) + Other (0)
½ Impact: 5 = Body (3) + Armor (2) + Other (0)



vs. Ranged

Defense: 3 Full Defense: 6

vs. Melee
Parry: 5 Full Parry: 7
Block: 5 Full Block: 8
Dodge: 6 Full Dodge: 9









History:




Hong Kong Police Report

2217 - April 2045

Kowloon District




Five year old mail, identified as one He-Jiao Fu, witnessed his father Overdose of Meth. Mother is not available. People Security is turning the boy over to his Uncle, a tea dealer on 23^rd street. Mai Fei Yun.







Kowloon school district, 2053.




“Fu fu, thinks he’s Hu!� The laughing never stopped. The slim boy with the sad eyes looked intently at the ground as he walked the gauntlet out of the school yard. The older boys taunted, pushed, punched and pulled at him. He wore a simple black shen-I that his Uncle Iroh had made for him. The family was poor in a poor neighborhood, and his Uncle worked hard for what he had. Ten year old Fu only that as he stepped off the curb one of the boys grabbed his top by the neck and yanked hard. The sound of fabric ripping was all Fu could hear. He blinked and they all fell down. One even cracked his head open on the sidewalk. Supreme satisfaction filled the boy, and a little bit of dread.

Twenty Questions

Background

1. Where and in what kind of environment did your character grow up?
- Slums of Hong Kong, Kowloon district. He was raised by his Uncle Ihro in the back of a tea shop. His Uncle provided a loving supportive environment. However the damage to the boy by the death of his father and the abandonment of his mother was to much.

2. What are your character's relations with their family? (Does your character keep in touch? Where are they now?) His last words to his Uncle were, “I hate you and if I see you again it will be to kill you�. That was 15 years ago. He is looking for his Uncle in Seattle, hoping to make amends.

3. Does your character have an ethnic background? (Is it relevant to them?)
Tang Chinese. His heritage has become very important to him of late. His time in jail has made him spiritually focused.















Appearance

4. What does your character look like?
Fu is just under 1.7 meters tall. He has a lithe build. He has short dark hair with a long slim pony tail down his back. His eyes, like all Chinese are a deep brown. He has a few scars on his arms and chest. He normally wares a traditions Shen-I of simple design and of dark color. Sandals are his shoes of choice.






5. What does your character dress like?
He normally wares a traditions Shen-I of simple design and of dark color. Sandals are his shoes of choice.







6. What are your character's physical quirks?
Fu has a tendency to look behind him a lot.






Skills, attributes, resources

7. What did your character always want to be? (How did they go about getting this job/position/ability/image? Did they succeed?)
Fu wanted to be a success. He wanted to get out of the slum and have power. A want that drove him to the Red Dragons, and eventually landed him in prison.






8. Where and how did your character learn their Active and Knowledge Skills?
Most of his skills were started when he ran with the RD, and his training continued while he was in prison. He has spent the last 8 years honing his magic and Wushu.

9. Where and how did your character get their major equipment and 'ware?
Fu designed his foci while he was in prison. Once he was out he went building them when he got to L.A. In the last year that he has been in L.A. he has employed himself building and maintaining wards for small discreet companies.

10. Where and in what kind of place does your character currently live?
Fu’s Feng Shui approach to ward building has garnered him a small, but elite list of clientele.
He lives in a small apartment above a Noodle Palace in Chinatown.

11. Who are your character's contacts? (How did they become contacts? Why do they still talk to your character?)
Sing De Woo, 2/3 Owner operator Noodle Palace, Chinatown

Kie Wei Lu 1/2 Shady fixer who operates out of the Golden Tigerlily, a tourist show bar on the edge of Chinatown.


12. Who are your character's enemies? (How did they become your character's enemies?)
With out a doubt the Red Dragons (Trained 4) as a triad want him dead. They know he is out of prison, and they know he is in Seattle, they just don’t have the power there to do anything about it, yet.

Yen Zei Gu (Elite 5) Once a low level grunt for the Triads, Yen went to prison for murder. In the system he became a hardened bitter man who’s sole goal was the revenge on the man who sent him up. That would be Fu. Fu thinks that Yen is doing life, but the Dragons busted him out in the summer of ’70 to work as their assassin.

13. For Awakened characters, how did your character learn their magic? For non-Awakened characters, how does your character feel about magic?

Fu learned his magic at a young age, mostly taught by his Uncle. Sadly he used his power for gain which ultimately led him to prison. Once in prison he realized the truth of his power and honed it (the best he could) over the 8 years he was in.

Personality

14. What are your character's personality quirks?
Fu is all about Qi and the balance of it. He talks on the subject endlessly. Qi and chakra.




15. What are your character's likes and dislikes?
Fu has an intense dislike for gangs and gangers. He will go out of his way to provoke them. He also enjoys sparring, excelling his physical condition enhances his Qi.




16. What is your character's moral code?
Fu believes in “The Path�. The path is a brand of Buddhism that dictates that no man can judge or condemn others for their actions, that each man is accountable for himself. Fu’s brand of belief is rooted in who he is and his past. Fu will not kill under any circumstances. Nor will he encourage it in others. (For example he would not use his Knockout spell on someone then allow his throat to be cut.) Fu has no particular compulsion to obey the law, quite the opposite, he feels the government has become to corrupt and that one must provide for oneself. Along with not killing is not inflicting torment, despair, or any negative emotions in others. Defeating an opponent in combat is one thing, making your opponent suffer unduly is another.

17. Does your character have personal beliefs?
Buddhism

18. What are your character's personal motivations?
He is seeking the further balance of his Qi in his life.

Running the shadows
19. Why does your character run the shadows?He is searching for his Uncle, which requires lots of money. He also hopes to open a Wushu school and start a magical group.

20. What would make your character ever leave the shadows?
If he found his uncle, and had enough money to start his Wushu school, and his magic circle. Plus enough money and contact to insure his safety against the Red Dragon.

[ravensoracle]

Consider me in if there is still a slot left. I am open on a character concept at this point. I can fill in any holes in the team.

[Glyph]

Here's Dancer:

[ Spoiler ]

Name: Dancer (Katherine "Kate" Danner)
Gender: Female
Race: Ork

BREAKDOWN (425 Points)
Core Attributes: 170
Special Attributes: 50
Race: 20
Active Skills: 144
Qualities: -15
Contacts: 6
Resources: 50

BREAKDOWN (25 Karma)
13 Karma: Initiate once (get power point instead of metamagic)
10 Karma: Raise Pistols skill from 4 to 5
2 Karma: add Visual specialization to Perception

=Attributes=
Body: 5
Agility: 5(7)
Reaction: 5(7)
Strength: 3
Charisma: 4
Intuition: 3
Logic: 2
Willpower: 3
Magic: 3 (5, reduced by Cyber/Bioware)
Edge: 2

Essence: 4.00
Initiative: 10
Initiative Passes: 3
Physical Damage Track: 11
Stun Track: 10

Current Karma: 0
Total Karma: 0
Street Cred: 0
Noteriety: 0
Public Awareness: 0

=Qualities=
Adept
Allergy: Silver, Moderate
Ambidexterity
Big Regret (wetwork)
Double Jointed
First Impression
Nano-Intolerance
Records on File (people who "resued" her)
Scorched

=Active Skills=
Gymnastics/Dance: 4/+2
Influence Skill Group: 4
Intimidation/Interrogation: 1/+2
Monofilament Whip: 6
Perception/Visual: 2/+2
Pistols/Semi-Automatic: 5/+2
Stealth Skill Group: 3

=Knowledge Skills=
Languages>
English: N
Orzet: 4

Other Knowledge Skills>
Dance Scene: 3
Entertainment Industry: 3
Goblin Rock: 2
Magical Background: 3

=Bioware=
Biosculpting: Minor Modifications (2,000 Nuyen)
Cosmetic Bioware: Glo-tatts
Muscle Toner: 2
Reflex Recorder: Monofilament Whip
Synaptic Booster: 2
Vocal Range Enhancer

=Cyberware=
Cybereyes III with:
>Eye Light
>Flare Compensation
>Low-Light Vision
>Smartlink
>Vision Magnification
Fingertip Compartment
-with Monofilament Whip
Radar Sensor - Rating: 4

=Adept Abilities=
Improved Ability -
>Gymnastics: 2
>Monofilament Whip: 2
Kinesics: 3
Multi-Tasking
Nimble Fingers
Sustenance

=Contacts=
Fixer (Connection: 4/Loyalty: 2)

=Lifestyle=
Low (1 Month)
Starting Money: 3d6 x 50 Nuyen

=Equipment=
ID/Credsticks:
Fake ID (Rating: 4), Fake Gun Registration (Rating: 4), Fake Concealed Carry Permit (Rating: 4), Fake Bioware License (Rating: 4) x 2; 4 certified credsticks.

DocWagon Contract:
Basic (1 Year).

Weapons:
>Colt Government 2066 with internal smartlink, skinlink modification, concealable holster, 140 normal and 140 gel rounds of ammo, and 9 spare clips.

Armor/Clothing:
Armor Jacket, FFBA half suit with Nonconductive: 4; PPP forearm guards, shin guards, vitals protector, and arm/leg casings (the discreet protection version); Urban Explorer Jumpsuit, 1,500 Nuyen worth of assorted clothing.

Commlink/Software/Simsense:
Novatech Airware Commlink with ISIS Orb OS, biometric reader (thumbprint), sim module, skinlink, trodes, and subvocal mic; browse program (Rating: 3), 2 Linguasofts (Japanese, Rating: 3 and Spanish, Rating: 3), Mapsoft (L.A. Sprawl, Rating: 6), Virtual Surround Music, Virtual Pet (white rabbit).

Other:
Duffel bag (100 Nuyen), Medkit (Rating: 6) with 3 refills, Disguise Kit, Operations Cleanup Toolkit, Tag Eraser, Inline Skates.

=Background=
(Bull's 50+ Questions) -

1. What is your character's Sex?

Female.

2. What is your character's physical size?

Petite but curvy build.

3. What is the color of the character's hair, eyes, and skin?

Her hair is pale blonde in a tousled pixie cut. She has startling bright green eyes and golden tan skin. She usually wears understated makeup - pink lipstick, a bit of eyeliner, no base. She has glo-tatts of intricate, flowery Or'zet runes.

4. What is the character's general appearance (i.e., How does she dress, etc.)?

Kate dresses to blend in on the streets - either a mix of denim and synthleather in the rougher parts of town, or typical skirt/blouse combinations elsewhere. She has one or two more formal outfits for meets or upscale places. In nightclubs, she goes to the other extreme and wears daring outfits, although she still doesn't stand out that much, since a lot of other people do that, too. She moves with the unconsious grace of a dancer, though, so she draws a lot of glances despite her efforts to be part of the crowd. Although attractive by human standards, none of her cosmetic mods alter her looks to make her look less orkish (tusk reduction, etc.).

5. Where was the character born (City, State, Hospital Name)?

Kate was born in the Seattle Ork Underground, with the assistance of a midwife.

6. What is the character's date of birth?

September 15th, 2052.

7. What was the character's family life like?

Kate's dad had a typically big ork family, and the orks in the underground tended to consider themselves part of a bigger extended family. She got along with her siblings well enough, but she was a bit of a loner, and always wanted to go off and explore the sewer tunnels, resulting in many a scolding.

8. Has the charcter begun her own family?

No. Kate has nightmares about becoming like one of the typical tired-looking ork women of the Barrens, with a squalling brood of little brats running all over the place. She is too busy getting her head together to even think about a serious relationship at this point. And she hasn't really had a good long-term relationship, so she wonders if she's capable of that level of commitment.

9. Where or how was the charcter educated?

Kate was home-schooled by her mom, a former school teacher who wanted her kids to make something of themselves. Her mom was one of the few people who took her dreams of becoming a dancer seriously. Her dance instruction was informal, and from eclectic sources, but her skill and drive were undeniable. When she awakened, she started out as an adept of the artist's way, or perhaps more of an entertainer's way.

She learned more practical things as well, though. A natural charmer, she learned how to read people and talk her way out of dangerous situations. She also learned how to shoot a gun, for when that didn't work. The Ork Underground was a tough place, and aboveground wasn't a big improvement, either.

Her skill with the monofilament whip came from the group who abducted her.

10. Has the character ever done anything else for a living?

Her experiences aboveground were disillusioning. SINless, an ork, and facing additional prejudice for being awakened, she found most doors closed to her. She could always find work dancing, but unfortunately it was not exactly the kind of "dancing" that she had in mind for a career.

Things got worse when she got abducted by some deranged policlub. They brainwashed her and kept her in line with psychotropic BTLs, enhancing her with cyberware and bioware, and giving her intensive training in a monowhip, in order to use her as an assassin. Her memories of that time are confused and unpleasant. She got rescued, after a fashion, by another group, one she knows even less about. Some kind of covert ops people, who put a stop to the policlub's terrorist plot. They weren't much better than her original captors. They cleaned her up, but she had to do a few nasty, dangerous jobs to pay her "debt" to them. And "We may be in touch from time to time" was NOT what she wanted to hear when they finally let her go.

11. What are the character's political and religious beliefs?

Kate is pretty cynical (but apathetic) politically. She suspects humans of a sometimes subtle (sometimes not) bias against orks, and doesn't think activism is going to change anything. It is still needed - orks and humans rub shoulders too much for them to be able to ignore each other - but other people can bang their heads against that particular brick wall.

Religiously, she is agnostic. She thinks there is an afterlife, but if she had to guess, she would say it is a bunch of powerful spirits pushing their own agendas and playing games - just like things are here. She distrusts religions, because they seem to see the afterlife as a place where all of this life's problems and injustices will be magically set right, and she doubts it will be that simple.

12. Describe the character's moral code. Include how mercenary she is, whether or not she'll kill innocents, etc.

Kate is mercenary-minded and cheerfully amoral. She finds most laws to be biased, unfair, and stupid. She only pays enough attention to them to evade them. The more subtle rules of social networks are far more meaningful to her. She is pretty much out for number one, although she is loyal to friends, mindful of keeping a good rep as a runner, and an occasional soft touch for someone in trouble. Although she has little problem with criminal activities, she flinches from wetwork, and prefers violence as an absolute last resort. When it is unavoidable, though, she acts with utter ruthlessness, her drive to survive trumping any considerations of fairness or honor.

She is promiscuous but fickle, avoiding any potential long-term relationships. She fears BTLs because of her traumatic experiences with psychotropic BTLs, and is too much of a control freak to indulge in any other kinds of brainbenders. She considers it a personal choice, though, and could care less if other people choose to indulge. She loathes smokers, though, because they are always polluting OTHER people's air (more specifically, her's) with those noxious fumes.

13. What are the character's goals?

Kate is still dealing with her original dreams (of being a dancer) being stomped down into the occasional forlorn hope. Her real goal now is to make a career out of shadowrunning while steering clear of the nastier jobs.

14. Why does the character run the shadows? (Why does she run the shadows still, rather than getting a "real" job?)

Kate doesn't have too many non-illegal options for making a living. The only alternatives that she can see are wetwork and working the seedier kind of clubs, and she would much rather not do either of those things.

15. What kind of personality does your character have? This should not necessarily be obviously stated in the background, as it is more important for actually playing the character, but it may colour or add mood to the history.

Kate is a bit bitter, and still trying to get a sense of control back in her life, but it doesn't show that much to others - superficially, she seems laid-back and unflappable, someone that it is very difficult to shock or embarass. When you have lopped people's arms off, or worked a troll biker bachelor party, most other situations don't seem like such a big deal.

16. What special qualities does the character possess? This does not refer to skills, but rather to other things, such as how she gets along with people, whether she plans ahead, etc.

Her nonchalant attitude actually tends to induce people into opening up to her - she gives the impression of being someone who won't be shocked or judgemental by most admissions. She is not a good planner, but is good at reading people and reacting on instinct. Although she has a sharp tongue at times, she can be soothing and comforting at other times.

17. Are there certain things that the character can't or won't do? Why?

Kate finds it difficult to get emotionally close to people, or to admit it when she is. It is not just romantic relationships - she tends to keep a bit of emotional distance from friends, contacts, and fellow runners, too, at least until she gets to know them very well. Right now, her mom is the only one she lets past her emotional armor.

18. What things, people, or ideas does the character hate?

Kate hates bigots of all stripes, even orkish ones like the Sons of Sauron. She hates idealogues who think their precious causes are worth blowing things up for. She tones out most rhetoric, believing actions speak louder than words. She hates people who glorify violence, who use it at the first opportunity rather than as a last resort.

19. What things people, or ideas does the character love?

Kate likes hitting the hot night spots, especially the adrenaline rush that she gets from dancing. She likes hooking up with people, but is about as casual about it as she would be about getting a burger. She likes her virtual pet, but finds it more therapeutic than anything else - she wouldn't hesitate to replace it with another cuter virtual critter. She has a soft spot for people down on their luck, especially for people who are poor but still have a sense of community (like the Ork Underground does - minus the bully boys).

20. What is the character's name? Give both full birth name, as well as nicknames, street names, etc.

Her "real" name is Katherine Danner, Kate to people she knows - her fake ID lists her as Katrina Doyle, and her street name is Dancer.

21. Determine what your character used to do, before becoming a shadowrunner (very important).

Kate worked at some of the seedier night clubs, the ones that didn't check for SINs and paid certified cred, as well as whatever odd jobs and hustles she could pull off. Then followed her abduction by the policlub, and being used to lure and then kill targets. The people who "rescued" her used her for similar work, although at least with them she had decent logistical support and backup. When finally free of both groups, she turned to running the shadows, preferring to work on things like con jobs, information gathering, willing extractions, and datasteals. Jobs where violence was a possibility, but at least not an inevitability.

22. Decide why your character left her old job, if she had one (also important).

Her previous jobs were forced upon her by desperate circumstances or coercion, and she is glad to be away from them.

23. Come up with a reason for why the character became a shadowrunner. (This very often will tie in with #22. This is not the same as #14, but rather why she started running the shadows originally. What led her to it?)

Shadowrunning may be dirty and dangerous work, but it's still the best option that she sees out there. It evolved from the hustling and legally shady activities she supplemented her income with, and she has moved more and more towards doing shadow work as her primary source of income.

24. How did your character come to know her contacts? Contacts are an important part of Shadowrun, decide how and why you know them.

Whippet (Fixer) is a thin man dressed in gaudy club clothing and snakeskin boots, usually accompanied by Stix, a towering troll bodyguard. He is a fast-talking chiseler with his hands in a lot of dirty dealings. He is trustworthy, up to a point, because he prides himself on his reputation, but he won't hesitate to drop a runner who becomes a liability or to take advantage of a situation that he can exploit. He seems to always be juggling two or three commlink calls. Kate's fixer from Seattle put in a good word for her, quid pro quo, and she seems to have made a reasonably good impression on Whippet. Hopefully he will be able to find some jobs for her...

25. Does the character have a SIN? Does the character actually use it? Or is the character one of the SINless masses? This may be affected by the character's previous employment.

Kate has never had a SIN, but she does have fake ID and other paperwork now.

26. Is the character a full-time shadowrunner? Or does the character lead a Batman-like double existence?

Kate is a full-time runner.

27. Which person(s) or group(s) do you love the most?

She typically has a lot of people she hangs out with, but develops a few close friends. She is also still close to her mom.

28. Which person(s) or group(s) do you hate the most?

She hates terrorists and extremist policlubs the most of all. She loathes gangs almost as much, as she considers them pathetic bullies at best. Bigotry vexes her, but she considers it so common, that she is surprised when she meets someone who ISN'T at least a bit racist.

29. Which person(s) or group(s) do you respect the most?

She respects the real, cold, hard pros - she knows she isn't one of them yet, but hopes to reach that upper echelon someday. She isn't sure about that, though. She would rather stay lower down on the food chain, if reaching the top will involve turning herself into something remorseless and inhuman. That assumes she will have a choice, though.

30. Which person(s) or group(s) do you fear the most?

She fears all of the wack jobs out there - policlubs, cults, and the like. You can't tell WHAT they're going to do. She is wary of groups like Aztechnology and the Triads, who take biz personally and are big on vengeance, but at least they usually have a logical reason when they go after someone.

31. What is your favourite colour?

Pink, although outside of nightclubs, she will only wear it as an accent to more subdued clothing.

32. What is your favourite food and/or drink?

Kate likes meat, real meat, as opposed to that damn soy and krill that's everywhere. Of course, for her, most of the "real" meat she has eaten has either been Ork Underground cuisine (There's all kinds of critters in Uncle Ed's fritters...) or vat-grown stuff. She also has an inhuman tolerance for hot spices, and relishes doing things like putting Habenero sauce on ice cream. She likes beer better than wine, which tastes too fruity to her, although she likes lagers better than that dark beer the dwarven microbreweries turn out.

Since gaining her sustenance ability, she is more selective about what she eats and drinks - since she doesn't need to do so as often, she can afford the good stuff for when she does. She freaked out for about a week when it first happened, though, wondering if she was constipated, or getting insomnia, or if someone had slipped her some weird kind of drug.

33. What place would you most like to visit?

She is looking forward to hitting some of the hot L.A. night clubs.

34. Which person(s) or group(s) are you most loyal to?

Herself, mostly. She is fiercely loyal to friends even if she downplays it most of the time. She also will help people down on their luck or in trouble sometimes. She feels more solidarity with squatters and shopkeepers than with criminals, still, only one of the reasons that she is unlikely to ever join one of the major syndicates. She feels a certain solidarity with other orks, but finds ork "culture" tiresome sometimes - it's like you have to dress and talk a certain way to be considered properly "orkish", and that has gotten old quickly for her.

35. What pastime (that you participate in regularly) gives you the most enjoyment? (Warning: Answering Sex for this question can and will result in penalties to your character!)

Kate loves dancing. She is also a social animal, and prefers being with people to hanging out by herself.

36. What pastime (that you participate in regularly) gives you the least enjoyment?

She hates violence, especially when it is up close and personal. But she still finds that being on the giving end is better than being on the recieving end, so she is dilligent about practicing her lethal skills.

37. What annoys you the most?

People who are so wrapped up in their ideals and preconceptions that they don't really listen to other people, who seem to only peripherally function in the real world.

38. What (if any) is your favourite form of art?

Dancing is her main joy in life. She may not be able to do it as a career, but she still enjoys watching it on the trid or hitting the night clubs herself. She doesn't quite consider tattoos an art form, but thinks that they should involve some aesthetic consideration beforehand. She disdains people who just get drunk and get a tattoo. And gang tattoos are almost as bad, turning an expression of individuality into an expression of conformity.

39. What is your greatest goal?

Her greatest goal, to become a dancing star, has been shot down. Her goals now are more practical - become an established runner, stay away from the more unsavory jobs, and eventually get a big score and retire. She is all too aware that the odds are against her accomplishing the last one.

40. What do you think is your characters best quality?

Her mental resilience and survivor's instincts.

41. What do you think is your characters worst quality?

Her bitterness over her lost dreams, and inability to have a serious relationship with anyone.

42. What is the most important thing you have ever done?

One or two of the missions she did to pay her debt to her rescuers were fairly important - she had kind of a pawn's eye view of the events in question, though.

43. Which religion (if any) do you follow?

None, unless muddled agnosticism can be considered a "religion".

44. What is your most treasured possession (and why)?

She has a keychain with a holo of a long-faded modern dance star on it (Deja Theriss, one of the few orkish women to make it in the dance scene). She has had it since she was a kid and wanted to be a dancer herself.

45. What are your three most common dreams?

> Flying, or sometimes dancing, over a cityscape, among neon-colored clouds, feeling transcendent for a moment. She always feels a stab of disappointment when she has to wake up from it.

> In a nightclub or at a party, where everyone is naked, including her, but she isn't embarassed or disturbed, just unusually mellow. She walks through the other people as if they aren't there. Most times the dream will continue and segue into other confusing, disjointed dreams.

> A nightmare of killing someone, usually hacking them to bits with her monofilament whip. The worst part is that she thinks some of these dreams may be repressed memories from her time as a policlub assassin.

46. What is the Character's current relationship with her family?

Long-distance, as most of them are still in Seattle. Jake, Sheila, and her mom are the only ones that she remains that close to, and her mom is probably the only one she would really open up to.

47. If the character's family is still alive, what do they do, and where do they live?

Most of her family is still in the Ork Underground. She keeps in touch with the occasional tridmail, but they are literally living in different worlds now. An older brother, Jake, is with the Black Rain now. They at least have more to talk about, although neither of them talks biz with the other. A younger sister, Sheila, is working as a secretary and backup gun to a semi-alcoholic dwarven investigator, and seems to be having fun despite the hair-raising misadventures she tells Kate about.

48. Where did the character learn her Skills?

The streets, mostly, and the school of hard knocks. She got actual instruction for some of her skills, such as dancing, learning how to shoot, and the dangerous art of using a monofilament whip. It was still informal instruction, though - nothing she could put on a resume.

49. Does the character have a good luck charm? What is it, and why?

No. She sometimes refers to her monofilament whip as her "good luck charm", but only to herself, and ironically.

50. What type of music does the character like?

Goblin rock, although she doesn't mind any other kind of dance club music.

51. List any past serious relationships that your character has had, and give a brief overview of the relationship.

None, really. She has had a few people get creepy and obsessive about her, which has only made her more leery of getting seriously involved with anyone.

52. Where does your character live? Why does she live there?

Kate's current place is a tiny studio apartment in a tenement in a decaying industrial area. The utilities are rationed, and you always want to keep the deadbolts locked when you're not there, but it's her OWN place. The neighbors are noisy, but she doesn't care. Nothing wrong with people who know how to party. The apartment itself is obsessively neat, if a bit spartan.

53. Remember, your Gamemaster like detail, so if you can think of any other little details, quirks, or whatever that you think might please the almight GM, then add them in as well. Oh, and your GM won't use any of these details against you at a later date. trust me...(IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

I was purposefully vague on the two groups she was involved with - I was going for a feel of someone who got caught up in stuff that never got explained to her.

[Curuinor]

Character sheets, as fast as possible, please. Pirated software is allowed up to rating 4, and it gets obsolescent.

Also note the dice system change. Thank you for conforming.

[Ears]

Looks like there are a lot of people already but if you've still got a slot left, I'm interested. Character to follow in a few hours.

[BlackHat]

Also interested, but it looks like you've got six or seven before me, and it would be a day or two before I would have something together. Let me know if people drop out, though.

[DWC]

Add me to the waiting list, also. I can have something ready by the end of the day.

[ravensoracle]

I am working on a Magician/Street Doc. Will have him posted later today.

[BlackHat]

Character sheets, as fast as possible, please. Pirated software is allowed up to rating 4, and it gets obsolescent.

By "gets obsolescent" I take it you mean the software degradation rules, from Unwired.

It isn't called out in the legal software vs. pirated software section, but according to page 94 of Unwired, downloading pirate programs (from the Cracker Underground, for example) costs 10% of the price of legal software. Would you allow this at character-generation, too, for characters using pirated programs, or do you want them to have to pay full price?

[Mickle5125]

any special house rules we need know about?

IE:
more nuyen/ bp?
natural Cha*2 free contact points?
changed availability?
no limit on qualities?

[BlackHat]

Draft character for consideration (if other people flake out). (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Dusted off from a previous game, so my feelings won't be hurt if the game is full-up, and it doesn't get used. Also, might want to make some changes (shuffle some points around, spend leftover cash), particularly depending on the rest of the team's makeup.

Malloc.I

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Concept: A metasapient AI evolved from a complex dataworm program. Very good at getting into systems, undetected, and punching holes in their security for others, and doing the same sort of malicious things a Shadowrunning team usually wants a hacker for. I imagine it spending its non-running time collecting innocuous data, perhaps habitually (media junkie flaw), and see the program's primary motivation for making its services available to others being along those same lines (trading in paydata, exploits, backdoors, etc, collecting programs, particularly knowsofts). Also, as almost all worms possess the ability to replicate, but the AI's recent evolution has made it so complex that it can no longer do so, another long-term motivation would be for it to learn more about AIs, and perhaps find another means of reproduction (a powerful "instinct" leftover from its original programming).

Note that although its home node is located around Tokyo, it can pretty easily pop up anywhere there is a matrix connection in an instant - so meeting up with a team in LA should be no big deal.

Race: Digital Intellegence (110)

Attributes (185)

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- Wil 5 (40)
- Cha 5 (40)
- Int 6 (65)
- Log 5 (40)

Special Attributes (30)

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- Edge 4 (30)

- Rating 6
- Matrix Initiative (Usually 11, 3IP)
- System 6
- Firewall 5
- Matrix Condition Track 11

Skills (60)

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- Software 1 (4)
- Data Search 3 (12)
- Computer 1 (4)
- Hacking 6 (Exploit (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif) (26)
- Electronic Warfare 1 (4)
- Cybercombat 1 (4)
- Artisian 1 (Edit Program 3) (6)

Knowledge (33 free)

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- Street
- - Spider Security Companies 2 (2)
- - Artificial Intelligences 4 (4)
- - Data Havens 4 (4)
- - Piracy VPNs 4 (4)
- Academic
- - Mathematics 4 (4)
- - Matrix Theory 2 (2)
- Professional
- - Security Design 6 (Matrix (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif) (7)
- - IC Recognition 1 (1)
- Interest
- - Media Trivia 1 (1)
- Languages
- - Matrixese (Natural)
- - English 1 (Matrix-Lingo 3) (2)
- - Japanese 1 (Matrix-Lingo 3) (2)

Inherent Programs

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- Reality Filter 5 (Need this to realign to a new home node)
- Analyze 6 (Need this to see in the matrix)
- Stealth 9 (Need this not to be seen in the matrix - Raised from 6 with karma)
- Decrypt 5 (Need this to decrypt nodes before entering)
- Exploit 5 (Need this to enter nodes)
- Browse 5 (Used this to find data)

Qualities (35)

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- Rootkit (10) (-6 to matrix perception tests to detect)
- Code Flux (5) (Access ID changes often)
- Authority (10) (-2 threshold for higher level access)
- Photographic Memory (10) (-1 threshold for memory tests)

Negative Qualities (-30)

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- Combat Paralysis (20)
- Media Junkie, Moderate (10)

Virtual Contacts (19)

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- "1080i" (spyware group) (3(14)/5) ~12-18 members (1), global (6), pervasive matrix integration (example: spyware commonly run on most nodes) (4)

Gear (16 = 76,570/80,000)

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Repeater Drone
- +1 3/15 15 3 1 0 2 (3000)
- laser transceiver 3 (stock)
- directional antenna 4 (stock)
- radio frequency repeater 4 (stock)
- sensors (3)
- camera + vision enhance 2 (stock)
- microphone (50)
- radio signal scanner 6 (150)

+12 to starting cash roll (1,200)
Low Lifestyle Home Node (2,000)
- Device Rating 3
- Premium Matrix Services (Black MSP) (100)

6LP Squatter Lifestyle, Physical (800)
Purchased without SIN. No papertrail. No logs are kept on the nexus.
"Daikoukyou" a Public Anonymizing WiFi Hotspot, in Tokyo
- Comforts 0 (Nothing around physically)
- Entertainment 0 (No decorations, free services available, otherwise premium matrix services are available)
- Necessities 2 (four walls a door, and a window. room for two. rationed electricity. backup generator. CHN disabled)
- Neighborhood 3 (commercial district)
- Security 3 (Maglock, antitamper, embedded wireless alarm, trained security guards on patrol 24/7, security drones)
- - Commercial 1 (comforts and necessities fluxuate)
- - Network Bottleneck -1 (excessive amount of matrix traffic routed through the node, response -2)
- - Free access 1 (breached nearby node security, +2 threshold to trace attempts)
- - No Privacy, Physical -3 (large open window on balcony, -3 to perception thresholds)
- - No Privacy, Astral -3 (no wards, or other astral activity, -3 to astral perception thresholds)
- - Privacy Screen, Matrix 3 (excessive amount of matrix traffic, +3 to matrix perception thresholds)

Renraku Hotspot (5000)
- Response 3(6), Signal 3(6), System 3(6), Firewall 4(7), Persona Limit 10, Processor Limit 20
- Signal 5((IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif) (1000)
- Satellite Link (Signal 6(9)) (500)
- Software (57,870 total) - all pirated
- - System 4 (2000)
- - Firewall 4 (2000)
- - Common Use
- - - Command 4 (400)
- - - - Optimization 2 (200)
- - - Edit 4 (400)
- - - - Optimization 2 (200)
- - - Encrypt 4 (400)
- - - - Optimization 2 (200)
- - - Scan 4 (400)
- - - - Optimization 2 (200)
- - - Purge 4 (400)
- - - - Optimization 2 (200)
- - - Browse 4 (400)
- - - - Optimization 2 (200)
- - - - Ergonomic (300)
- - - Analyze 4 (400)
- - - - Optimization 3 (200)
- - - - Ergonomic (300)
- - Hacking
- - - Attack 3 (3,000)
- - - - Optimization 2 (1500)
- - - Disarm 3 (3,000)
- - - - Optimization 2 (1500)
- - - Exploit 3 (3,000)
- - - - Optimization 2 (1500)
- - - - Ergonomic (2250)
- - - Stealth 4 (4,000)
- - - - Optimization 2 (2,000)
- - - - Ergonomic (2250)
- - - Sniffer 3 (3,000)
- - - - Optimization 2 (1500)
- - - Spoof 3 (3,000)
- - - - Optimization 2 (1500)
- - - Medic 3 (3,000)
- - - - Optimization 2 (1500)
- - Special
- - - Mapsoft 4 (20)
- - - Virtual Person (150)
- - - Programming Environment 4 (4,000)
- - - Telematics Infrastructure 4 (3,200)
- - - Agent 3 (3,000) {Usually loaded with replicate, decrypt, + stealth, exploit, analyze
- - - - Unrestricted (600)
- - - - Replicate, Autosoft 3 (600)

Karma

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Total Karma: 25
Remaining Karma: 1
Karma Uses: 24 points to bring stealth program to 9

20 Questions

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1. Where does your character come from? What is her lineage?
Malloc.I evolved from a dataworm program that incorporated cutting edge self-modifying code routines.
2. What would each of your character’s parents say about her?
Malloc.I doesn't exactly have parents, but there were metahumans responsible for constructing the original worm program, from which Malloc.I originated. The advanced algorithms used in the metamorphic engine that made this worm so unique were, themselves, the product of the research and experiments of countless programmers and hackers - all of whom, I suspect, would be fascinated to know that their efforts had a hand in the creation of a true AI. The spyware network 1080i, which Malloc.I has contact with, might be the closest analogy to a "parental figure", and would speak highly of Malloc.I's ability to "root-kit" a node - becoming all but undetectable to security. Of course, their interest in this revolves around how such a being could further their own agendas.
3. Pick a few events from recent Shadowrun history and ask where the character was at the time, what does he remember about the event, and what was he doing at the time?
Many of the recent events in Shadowrun history happened before Malloc.I existed (in his current form, at least) - given that he is only a year or so old. The emergence of artificial intelligences touched him in a very obvious way, although he has not had much contact with other AIs. Everything that has happened in the last year, which was caught by the media, has probably passed through his system at one point or another, and has been recorded forever in his memory constructs. Where Malloc.I was, at the time, has never been very important to him. He was always in the Matrix, often in several nodes at once, and rarely personally involved in whatever events the media deemed important enough to cover.

4. How did your character get into shadowrunning, and why did she take that path?
Malloc.I was literally designed to be an expert at getting into secure nodes, undetected. That isn't why he takes the jobs that 1080i passes his way, though. Part of the reason is that he would like to establish a good reputation, as there are a number of services he might need from them. Partially, he wants to learn more about his own state of being, and how he came about, and 1080i is the lead that he is currently persuing. Also, Malloc.I is curious to a fault, and when presented with a hacking challenge, or a bit of data being kept from the light of the Matrix, it rarely takes much more incentive than that.
5. What is your character's living space like, and what has he added to make it his own?
Malloc.I is more nomadic that many other metasapient AIs. Perhaps this is because his original programming was intended to move from system to system, collecting data. He tends to favor data stores, personal commlinks, media devices, and network hubs where lots of information passes. He brings his collection of programs with him, as well as any data he has not yet incorporated into his own code. Currently arranged to control a public wifi hotspot that is used as an anonymizing service, and data haven.
6. What does your character believe in? What are her convictions, and why does she hold them?
Malloc.I's orignal programming had given him several strong instincts, including a mild form of digital clostrophobia. He hordes data, until he has had a chance to read it, after which he cares little about maintaining the original information, but tends to keep it tucked away, regardless. He believes in freedom, especially his own. He has not registered for a SIN, because he believes that he would have to have a SIN imbedded in his programming, and does not like the idea of allowing metahumans to tamper with his "genetic sequence".
7. What do you dislike most about your character's personality?
Malloc.I understands the concept of privacy, but has very little respect for the privacy of others. His original programming drives him to go places that he was not meant to go, and root out information that might be worth protecting. Others are likely to perceive his behavior as bordering on voyeurism, kleptomania, or worse.
8. Which of the Big Ten does your character hold in the highest regard? the least?
Malloc.I is hesitant to trust any of the megacorporations, but based on the media coverage of Pulsar and his connections with Horizon, he currently holds that corporation in high regard. Companies who are outspoken in their beliefs that they "own" an AI that emergest from code that they "own" are held in low regard.
9. What is the story with your character and his contacts?
Malloc.I emerged out of a pervasive dataworm network distributed by a small but elite spyware network known as 1080i. During his first few months, he returned to their servers, and made contact with many of their members, and has sought an alliance with them in an effort to learn more about his own creation and purpose. They have proven to be a great source for information, as they have spyware and malware infecting vast numbers of matrix nodes. They are also a good source for information about exploits, botnets, and other information gathering tricks. Malloc.I has gained acceptence within this community quickly over the last year, and has demonstrated an ability to move, undetected, between even the most secure systems, and provide access to other members. In exchange, they have helped set him up with information, and with the resources needed to establish a home node in Tokyo.
10. It’s Sunday morning, and your character has no commitments until tomorrow afternoon. What does she do for the day?
Malloc.I would happily spend the day scouring the Matrix for new information. ANY information will do, so long as Malloc.I has not seen it before. Malloc.I has been known to spend days or weeks sifting through episodes of long-forgotten sitcoms, chat-logs of various unimportant individuals, and other sources of data that, in all likelyhood, has no value to anyone. 1080i tries to point Malloc.I in the direction of more interesting paydata, however.
11. Where did your character get his skill set?
Most of Malloc.I's skills are still developing. His hacking ability seems to function on an innate intuitive level that must have been instilled by his original function.
12. Is there a moral limit that your character enforces on the jobs she takes, and in what shadow work would she refuse to engage?
Malloc.I has few moral issues with the sort of work that he does - although if he believed the information he was retrieving would be put to use to harm AIs, he might refuse. Similarly, he would be less inthusiastic about a job where information is being covered up, or simply moved to another entity who intends to keep it secret, but would not refuse such a job. He would probably at least peek at the information, himself, however, which might turn employeers off to him.
13. If you have an Awakened or technomancer character, consider your character’s tradition and streams.
Malloc.I is not awakened, or a technomancer. He doesn't have a stream, but his origin as malware certainly colors his outlook as much as a stream or tradition might.
14. How did your character come to have the enhancements she has, how were they paid for, and what motivated the choices she made (if she did make the choices)?
Malloc.I has no augmentations, nor can he have any. He does not have a body, and his programming is too complex to be easily modified or reprogrammed. In one sense, his code is constantly self-modifying, so, in that sense, Malloc.I is simply following his design - there is little choice to be made. He respects people who seek to do the same (modifying their bodies to improve what they do).
15. What does your character think of ordinary life, mainstream culture, and those who abide by it?
Malloc.I is fascinated by the innane events of people's lives. He would be nearly as happy watching a family eating dinner through one of their security cameras as he would be observing a business meeting, or a meet between Shadowrunners. He does feel that those people who submit their wills to the "law" are constrained, not protected, by it. He doesn't think less of people who use legally registered software, for example, but does pity them, to some extent.
16. If your character had a lingering nightmare or a deep-rooted fear, what would it be, and why does he find it so terrifying?
Malloc.I could be described as clostrophobic. He likes to be many places at once, and would be hard-pressed to willingly enter a node that was going to go offline. This is probably a form of "survival instinct" as being "trapped" in a node, is one way in which his programming could be destroyed, forever.
17. What is your character’s “sacred object� or “close one,� and how did they come to be so important to him?
Malloc.I does not have many physical attachment. His home-node in Tokyo is important, but not irreplacable to him. His programs and data can all similarly be recreated (rewritten line-by-line, if necessary). His own code, however, cannot be safely backed up, copied, or recreated - however, the same could be said for almost any other metahuman, so Malloc.I's attachment to his own "body" is not really special.
18. What did your character want to become when he was a child, and what are his goals now?
By all accounts, Malloc.I is still a child. He has only been in existance for a little more than a year. He has not thought much about the future, but would eventually like to understand his own new state of being. As a worm-program, a major part of his programming involved replication and spreading, but upon achieving AI status, Malloc.I's code has become too complex to replicate. This is something he would like to someday overcome.
19. What does your character look like?
Malloc.I has no physical form, and in the matrix, very few beings are capable of perceiving him when he hides his data among that of the node he is in. Although his icon's shape resembles that of a metahuman, it appears insubstantial and composed of countless tiny images, numbers, and bits of data and code - whatever trivial information has passed through his node during his most recent realignment process - all swirling about his form, in a constant state of change. Long tendrils of data reach from his extremities, worming their way into the node, or probing it for weaknesses. As they migle with the node, his icon slithers apart and merges with it. The last piece to vanish is a mish-mash of metahuman facial features cut-and-paste into something that approximated a face. (Something like this: http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/style/head.jpg)
20. How did your character come to be known by his street name?
Malloc.I was the name of the worm program from which the Metasapient Synthetic Intelligence known by the same name evolved. The name is a reference to an extremely old memory allocation routine, probably in reference to the program's ability to assimilate and compress data, while retaining a reasonable file size (allowing the worm to duplicate and spread without crashing every system it encounters)

[Soyokaze]

Finally, I've been trying to find a recruiting SR4 game for about a week and a half. Ha. Fair warning: I'm new to the system, but no tabletop gaming or PbP. So, I may have a few system related questions at first and I may have the most absolutely awesome character build.

I made him an outsider to the Shadows because I am new to the game. He's as ignorant as I. I've never gone on a run, so neither has he.

UPDATE: Ok, he's at 425BP + 25karma now.

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Name: Felix Cowen
Primary Roles: Face, Infiltration
Picture
Aliases: None
Former Occupation: Security Development Executive
Current Occupation: Unemployed

In short: A corporate man who lost everything and is now a destitute wretch. He's got loads of capability when it comes to negotiating the corporate world, but that hasn't served him well in the dregs of the world.

Physical Description
He's a Caucasian man of an unimpressive build with short black hair and in need of a shave. He's obviously been wearing his gray suit for days. The white shirt is stained from spilled bear and his shoes are so scuffed up that they're fraying. He would be handsome, if he was taking care of himself, but at the moment he looks a bit sickly.
Picture from better times

Background
Felix used to matter. When he walked into a room, people noticed. When he talked, people listened. All that's over now. Now he aint shit.

He used to work as an executive at a security design contractor. He was a big man, a decision maker. He personally presided over which plans would and would not be shown to clients, and made the pitches. With a smile and a firm handshake, he secured several big accounts and kept had his bosses in his pocket.

Then the matrix crashed. His company's security systems met catastrophic failure. Records were lost, security was down for days, some were even looted in their time of vulnerability. Most of the clients ran to other companies as his team scrambled to fix the issues. In the end, heads rolled. Some of the low end employees, coders, office workers, just got transferred. The execs found themselves blacklisted. He wasn't the most responsible, but he got the biggest paycheck. So, he was the one who had to pay.

His accounts were all frozen and his funds seized as payment for damages he was held responsible for. He was reduced to nothing, and still owed fortunes. Bankruptcy didn't even describe it.

Now, he's homeless reduced to a homeless, pennyless, drunk. The things that once served as such great assets have only thus far proven to be detrimental to his survival. He knows nothing about living in the dregs of society. It's a miracle he's survived this long.


Personality
In the past, Felix was an overconfident narcissist. He was the type of prick you just want to punch in the face, and someone would have if it were worth the trouble. Now, all of those trappings are torn away and he can take an ass kicking from anyone who feels like it.

Both his finances and his ego have been ruined. He still keeps up a facade of confidence, but he's lost his real spark. The placebo effect of believing himself to be untouchable is gone. Now, he waxes and wanes between his normal confident self and extreme depression. Everything that he defined himself by, everything he used to justify his own self worth, it's all gone. He regularly contemplates suicide, and almost through himself off the roof the day he was blacklisted.

What he needs to get himself out of this rut is a job. Less for the funds, and more so that he can be productive again. He's an achiever, a doer, and he's only worth what results he can produce. Were he to find fulfilling and lucrative employment, he could pick himself back up, put himself together, and be the sly shark he once was.

Stats
Highly capable in the stealth and negotiation, aswell as a variety of security and corporate related knowledge skills. He can probably tell you the layout of a building's security system out of memory. He's not good in a fight, but he can probably keep the team out of trouble in the first place. I haven't played SR before, so I'd really appreciate it if someone glanced at this to ensure that he's at least playable. The idea here is that he's currently not a Shadowrunner, but as the game progresses he will advance as one. Firearms will probably be the first thing he invests points into.

Character Name: Felix Cowen
Profession: Face / Infiltration
Sex: Male

Build Points Max: 425
Build Points Used: 425

Nuyen:
Build points spent on Nuyen(0)
Nuyen: 0

Race:
Race:Human
Build points spent on Race (0)
Race Notes:
Human: +1 to Edge

Contacts:
Build Points spent on Contacts (0)
Contact # 0 Enter Contact Name here Loyalty: 0 Connection Rtg: 0
Contact # 1 Enter Contact Name here Loyalty: 0 Connection Rtg: 0
Contact # 2 Enter Contact Name here Loyalty: 0 Connection Rtg: 0
Contact # 3 Enter Contact Name here Loyalty: 0 Connection Rtg: 0
Contact # 4 Enter Contact Name here Loyalty: 0 Connection Rtg: 0

Attributes:
Build points spent on Attributes (250)
Attributes: (min/current/max)
Agility 1 / 3 / 6
Body 1 / 2 / 6
Reaction 1 / 3 / 6
Strength 1 / 3 / 6
Charisma 1 / 5 / 6
Intuition 1 / 5 / 6
Logic 1 / 5 / 6
Willpower 1 / 3 / 6
Essence 1 / 6 / 6
Magic 0 / 0 / 6
Resonance 0 / 0 / 6
Edge 2 / 6 / 7

Derived Attributes:
Initiative 8
Memory 8
Composure 8
Judge Intentions 10
Lift/Carry 5

Walking Rate (m/turn): 10
Running Rate (m/turn): 25
Swim Rate (m/turn): 5
Lift w/out test (kg/lbs): 30/66
Overhead Lift w/out test (kg/lbs): 15/33

Condition Monitors:
Physical Track: 9
Stun Track: 11

Active SKILLS:
Build points spent on Active Skills:(180)
Group: Stealth (Int) RANK 4 4 in group, Disguise, Infiltration, Palming, Shadowing
Group: Influence (Cha) RANK 5 4 in group, Con, Etiquette, Leadership, Negotiation
Group: Cracking (Log) RANK 3 3 in group, Cybercombat, Electronic Warfare, Hacking
Group: Electronics (Log) RANK 3 4 in group, Computer, Data Search, Hardware, Software
Group: Close Combat (Agi) RANK 2 3 in group, Blades, Clubs, Unarmed Combat
Group: Firearms (Agi) RANK 2 3 in group, Automatics, Longarms, Pistols

Knowledge SKILLS:
Build points spent on Knowledge Skills:(0)
language Japanese Speak RANK:2
language Chinese Speak RANK:2
professional Security Design RANK:5
professional Security Procedures RANK:4
professional Business Corporation RANK:4
academic Software Design Security Programming RANK:5
language Spanish Speak RANK:2
language Arabic Speak RANK:1
interests Games Gambling RANK:1
interests Beverages Liqour RANK:1
language Native American Speak RANK:2

Native Language: (free)
English Specialization: Speak Ancient

Qualities:
Build Points spent on Qualities (-5)
Considered Hacker in Regard to some Qualities? YES

Positive Qualities:
First Impression (5) Rank 1

Negative Qualities:
Addiction - Mild (5) Rank 1
SINner - Citizen (5) Rank 1

Also note that I am note that I'm not married to the character. I like him, but I'll also play something else if it means I get to play. I just really want to finally get to play some Shadowrun.

[ravensoracle]

Here is my Magician/ Street Doc.

I still have to finish polishing the background but here is His sheet so far.

[ Spoiler ]

Morgan “Doc� Nellis
Concept: Magicain/ Street Doc
Metatype : Human
Magician (Hermetic)

-----Attributes-----
Body: 3
Agility: 3
Reaction: 3
Strength: 2
Charisma: 3
Intuition: 3
Logic: 5
Willpower: 5
Magic: 5

Edge: 4
Initiative: 6
Passes:1
Essence: 6


-----Knowledge Skills-----
English : N
Or'zet: 2
Magic Background: 3
Biology: 3
Chemistry: 4
Criminology: 2
Engineering: 2
Street Drugs: 2
Greater Seattle: 3
Street Rumors: 1

-----Active Skills-----
Sorcert Group (Broken): 4
Spellcasting (Healing): 4(6)
Biotech Group: 4
Assensing (Aura Reading): 2(4)
Summoning: 3
Perception (Visual): 2(4)
Automatics (SMG's): 2(4)
Influence Group: 1
Computer: 1
Data Search: 1


-----Positive Qualities-----
Magician: 15
Mentor Spirit (Pheonix): 5
Trust Fund (Clinic): 10

-----Negative Qualities-----
SINer (Standard): -5
Day Job (1000Y/ 10 hrs):-5
Sensitive System: -15
Records on File (MIT&T Doctorial Degrees: Magic & Medicine)

-----Mentor Spirit-----
Health Spells +2 Dice
Fire Spirits +2 dice
Disadvantage: Binding tests -1 die

-----Spells-----
Heal (DamageValue)–2
Increase Reflexes (F÷2)+2
Trid Phantasm (Realistic, Multi) (F ÷ 2) 3
Stunball (Direct) (F/2) + 1
Diagnose (Active, Directional) (sm) (F ÷ 2)
Influence (Mental) (F ÷ 2) + 1
Cure Disease (DiseaseDV)–2
Magic Fingers (Physical) (F ÷ 2) + 1

------Initiation-----
Initiate Level 1
Ordeal: Meditation
MetaMagic: Masking

-----Weapons-----
Ingram Smartgun X
5 Spare Clips: 32rds/clip
(3 clips- Gel Rounds,100 rds; 1 Clip- Regular 40 rds; 1 clip- SticknShock 40 rds)

-----Armors-----
Actioneer Businnes Clothes
Lined Coat
+Fire Resistance (Rating 3)
+Nonconductivity (Rating 3)
Form-Fitting Body Armor Half-Body Suit

-----Vehicles-----
Chrysler-Nissan Jackrabbit (ar)


-----Commlinks-----
Novatech Airwave
Custom OS (Firewall 6, System 3)
Agent (Rtg 3): Patch
Analyze 5
Browse 3
Command 3
Edit 3
Encrypt 3
Scan 3
Black Hammer 3

Handheld Sensor (Arm Bracer)
+Ultrawideband Radar Sensor Rtg 3
+Camera

Glasses
+Image Link

AR Gloves
Trodes
6 Skinlinks
Holo Projector

Renraku Sensei
+ Iris Orb OS (Throwaway)


-----Equipments-----
2x Medical Station Rtg 6 (max 2 Patients Per Station): Used at Clinic
Med Kit Rtg 6
Med Kit Refill
BioMonitor


Magical Lodge (Force 6): In home portion of the Clinic.

Fake Sin Rtg 3 (Dr. Martin Levane, Horizon Citizen)
+Fake License (Medical Practitioner)
+Fake License (Carry & Conceal)

Fake Sin Rtg 3 (Dr. Nicholas Lambarty, PCC Citizen)
+Fake License (Medical Practitioner)
+Fake License (Carry & Conceal)
+Fake License (Mage)

-----Contacts-----
Nina Janosi (Talismonger): 3/4
“Chesire” (Fixer): 1/1


-----Lifestyle-----
Permanent Middle Lifestyle From Trust Fund

The Clinic LP Costs
Lifestyle Type Middle
Comforts 3
Entertainment 3
Necessities 4
Neighborhood 2
Security 4
<< Positive Qualities >>
Workplace 1
Friendly Neighbors 1
<< Negative Qualities >>
No Privacy 3 -3

Starting Cash 2000Y (1000 Day JOb, 1000 Lifestyle):
Lifestyle Starting Funds (4d6=10)

[Mickle5125]

Character: Rose
Concept: Pixie infiltration/assassination specialist

[ Spoiler ]

Race: Pixie (55 [35+ uneducated buy off (20)])
Bod: 2
Ag: 7
Rea: 7(9)
Str: 2
Cha: 4
Int: 6
Log: 4
Wil: 7
Edge: 3 (20 BP)
Magic: 6 (40 BP+18 karma)
Initiative: 15
IP: 3
Essence: 6.00
Karma: 1/25
Nuyen: 11,500 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1852365/)

Positive Qualities (10 BP)
Adept
Restricted Gear (monofilament Garrote)

Concealment (Self Only)
Enhanced Senses (Astral
Perception)
Sapience

Negative Qualities (-35 BP)
Signature (Origami rose) (-10)
Paranoia (-10)
Enemy (-10) [ Incidence 4, C6 hacker named B33tnik]
Vendetta (-5)

Vanishing

Skills (96 BP +4 karma)
Perception 3
Etiquette 1
Fly 3
Negotiation 1
Infiltration [urban] 4(+2)
Dodge 3
Assensing [auras] 2 (+2)
Pistols [holdouts] 4(+2)
Exotic Melee (garrote) 4

Knowledge skills (0BP, 24 free)
Poison 4
L.A. Layout 4
P2.0 4
Origami 4
L.A. Nightlife 2

English N
Gaelic 3
Welsh 3

Magic
Improved Reflexes II
Improved Physical Ability [Infiltration] 2
Enhanced Perception 4
Linguistics
Nimble Fingers
Sustenance
Cloak 3

Contacts
Mr. Masterby (L2, C6) – Fixer. Was Damien’s primary fixer, and knows Rose primarily as “Damien’s cute little partner.� Has kept her on after Damien’s demise more out of sympathy than anything.

Brutus (L2, C2) – Bartender at the nightclub that Rose likes to visit. Often spends slow periods talking to Rose about whatever comes up. Likes to have Rose around because she provides an extra pair of honest eyes to keep track of anybody who has the potential to skip out on their bill.

Gear (25 BP)

[ Spoiler ]

Weapons
Monofilament Garrote
-personalized grip
Morissey Elan
-Concealable Holster
-internal Smartgun
- chameleon coating mod
-electronic firing mod
-integral silencer mod
-personalized grip
-skinlink
-spare clips (2)
-20 rounds Stick-n-Shock
-40 rounds Subsonic

Armor
Chameleon Suit
-Thermal Dampening 6

Commlink
Fairlight Caliban
-Custom OS (System 4, Firewall 6)
-AR Gloves
-Sim Module (modified for hotsim)
-Skinlink
-subvocal Microphone
-Trodes

Software
Analyze 4
Browse 4
Command 4
Edit 4
Encrypt 4
Scan 4
Purge 4
Armor 4
Attack 4
Defuse 4
Exploit 4
Spoof 4
Stealth 4

Trojan [RAT} 3
Baitworm 2
Shutterworm 2

Agent 4
-mook
-adaptability 3
-cascading 3
-homeground 4
-replicate 4

Miscellaneous
Tag Eraser
Fake SIN 4 (Seraph Imedias)
High Lifestyle (2 months)

sensors
Goggles
-Flare compensation
-Image Link
-Low Light
-Smartlink
-Thermographic
-Vision enhancement 3
-Vision Magnification
Headphones
-Audio Enhancement 3
-Select Sound Filter 2
-Spatial Recognizer

BACKGROUND to come later

This post has been edited by Mickle5125: Dec 11 2008, 05:44 AM

[Felime]

Very interested(as games never come up, and I allways seem to miss them), I'll be giving you a sheet either today or tomorrow.

[Ears]

Took a bit longer than I thought, here's Bloom, an elven demolitions / heavy weapons guy:

[ Spoiler ]

Marcus Darnelli, 27 year old male elf
Demolitions / Heavy Weapons Expert

handle
Bloom - he likes it when explosives he planted blossom

story
Little Marcus was born into the Darnelli family who has a long mafia tradition. His Grandparents were among those people who transformed into elves. Despite the mafia's general distrust of metahumans, they were able to keep ties to members although it was only their son, Antonio, who was hesitantly accepted into the mafia when it became apparent that elves could be useful, sometimes even uniquely useful, contributors to business.
Thus Marcus and his older sister, Antonia, had a strange upbringing partly in mafia circles and partly among the elf community. Though both initially joined the mob, Marcus never got along too well with its command structure, especially after his father died and his mother, Lucia, decided to leave LA, the mafia and her children behind for a life in France. So he got out and turned to the shadows although he now and then takes on jobs for his sister who stayed with the "family".

description
Marcus is a rather lean, male elf of average height with jet-black short hair, a full beard, obviously artificial blue eyes, a prominent and long nose who tends to wear cheap dark suits and a bright red fedora hat.

morals
Calling them morals might be a bit too far fetched but he usually tries to keep true to the rules his father taught him. He won't just take on jobs to kill people unless they "deserve it" (from his POV). He will try to not hurt or kill innocents or let others kill them unless there really is no other choice. Obviously he won't hit mafia property or people unless his sister thinks that would benefit her position. As far as religion goes he adhers to Catholizism (to some extent at least) and regularly goes to church.

family
He regularly spends time with his sister and they sometimes do get mail from their mother, who wants to check in on their criminal children. Thanks to his job, Marcus has not yet managed to form a stable relationship though he does want to marry and have children some day in the future.

abode
Marcus currently lives in an abandoned (thanks to some computer magic always way down on the to-be-demolished list) warehouse in one of LA's run-down former industrial parks.

numbers
bp
attr 210
elf 30
skills 138
gear 50
contacts 17
bad luck -20
425

karma
body 3 9
demolitons 6 12
spec demolitions(plastic) 2
spec thrown weap.(grenades) 2

attributes
body 3
agility 6(8 )
reaction 4(6)
strength 4(6)

charisma 5
intuition 3
logic 5(7)
willpower 3

initiative 7(9)
ips 1(3)
essence 1.0
edge 1
mental damage track 10
physical damage track 11


active skills
athletics 1
influence 1
stealth 1

throwing weap. 1 +2 grenades
unarmed combat 4
pistols 4
heavy weapons 5
dodge 4
perception 4
demolitions 6 +2 plastic explosives


knowledge skills 30 free
academic
chemistry 5
bldg. statics 4
It. history 2

prof
sec procedures 2
sec design 3

street
LA crime orgs 2
sec comps 2

interests
street drugs 2
whiskey 3

language
english N
sperethiel 2
italian 3

contacts
loy/con
2/4 fixer Luigi Mario
For some reason this human guy tends to dress in really old-fashioned but obviously expensive tailor-made plumbers' workclothes and talk italian with a strange accent.

2/1 street doc Bear
Of the uncountable number trolls who all seem to be called Bear this one is a doctor. Hasn't killed, maimed or sold out any more clients than you'd expect from your average streetdoc, so he seems ok.

5/3 mafia lt. Antonia Darnelli
His sister Antonia, one of the still very few female elven (though human looking) mafia lieutenants - clever and ruthless enough to more than make up for these flaws. Arranged a meet with a fixer when it became clear that Marcus was not cut out for the rigid "family" structure.

stuff
ware
m aug II 0.4b 14k
m toner II 0.4b 16k
othoskin I 0.25b 30k
skin pocket 0.1b 5k
cerebral boo II 0.4b 20k
mnen enha II 0.2b 15k
sleep reg 0.15b 10k
RR Heavy Weap 0.1b 10k
wired II 3.0c 32k
skillw III 0.6c 6k
eyes 0.4c 8.75k
158k
spent essence
2.0 on bioware
4.0 on cyberware
4.0 + 2.0 / 2 = 5.0 overall essence used

activesofts
first aid III 9k
gunnery II 6k
automatics I 3k
armorer III 9k
pilot ground III 9k
data search II 6k
computer I 3k
45k
boom
5kg R15 foam explosives 7.5k
9 detonator caps 675
ArmTech MGL-12 2k
+smart+airburst+skinlink 2.55k
2 clips 10
12 mini grenade frag 420
12 mini grenade hi ex 540
12 mini grnade gas(pepper punch)300
3 thrown grenade smoke 90
3 thrown grenade thermal smoke 105
16.425k

bang
ares pred IV 350
+skinlink 50
silencer 200
4clips 20
100 regular ammo 200
quick draw holster 100
fichetti security 600 450
+smart 450
+skinlink 50
silencer 200
2 clips 10
100 regular ammo 200
cancealable holster 75
2.45k

misc
1 month middle lifystyle 5k
mercury comet (sedan) 10k
R4 fake SIN 3k
deck 8.75k
armor vest (6/4) 600
mix of cheap to normal clothes 1k
29.25k

allocated 250k
spent 248.2k
leftover cash 1.2k

=> starting cash (4D6 + 12) * 100 = 2500

-------------------------------------
eyes
system 12 1k
low light [2] 1k
smartlink [3] 1k
vision mag [2] 1k
flare comp [1] 750
thermo vision [2] 1k
vison enh II [2] 3k
8.75k

deck
meta link 100
response IV 2k
signal IV 500
system IV 2k
firewall VI 3k
analyze, browse IV 800
trodes 50
skinlink 50
subvocal mike 50
8.65k

As I don't have Runner's Companion, I just wrote some blurbs about the guy. If I missed something you want to know, just ask.