Recruitment - First Run (4th Edition), Open to one and all! Always recruiting. Options

[Panticles]

This is the recruitment thread for the First Run PBP that will be run here.

[Link to First Run - Food Fight]
[Link to OOC Thread]
At this point I'm completely open to any and all character types, races, gear and so on.

Any book is fine to use to create your character as long as it's an official game book and not something you've just made up.

Character generation: 400 BP

I'll be honest, I'm pretty lazy so I'm going to skim most of the characters that will be posted. If you spot something that seems incorrect let me know and I'll try and get it fixed.

First four runners that post their completed character sheets in Spoiler tags in reply to this post will get to go on the first run. I can probably handle up to eight runners so I will add characters up to that upper limit. Characters after that will go on to the reserve list.

If there is a lot of interest I may open up another game using the same run.

I will probably post three times a week, monday/wednesday/friday, to give people time to reply to the current action.

Feel free to ask questions. I'll try to answer them as best I can.

[Drace]

Got an ork face I would love to bring into this game, just got to fix him up for 400 bp, any idea on what the game style is going to be though? More covert? Mirrored sunglasses/pink mohawk?

[Thanee]

Will you use the "First Run" adventure module (from SR3, I think), or is the name just a coincidence. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Bye
Thanee

[Seth]

I would like to register interest in your first run game.

Let me introduce you to Cindy: a rock star of national fame who unbeknown to the masses is also a Yakuza representative (Any claims that this is modelled on Frank Sinatra are of course wrong). Cindy had the bad luck to fall into the wrong crowd (the Yaks) who take the majority of the cash, but she is making the most of that. I suspect her agent (loyalty 2...) is also creaming some of the cash. Cindy has the fame, the clothes, but no security. It is of course not known (hopefully by anyone) that she is a shifter.

Cindy's mother was a shadowrunner (like striper in the novels), who managed to get Cindy a real SIN after the second crash. Sadly her mother has not been heard of for 3 years and Cindy fears the worst.

Cindy is not optimised for shadowrunning (combat skills around 8 to 10 die), but is OK at talking to people (Yakuza contacts, and most social skills at 14), and sneaking/shadowing (stealth 11). How ever if you want someone to play that electric guitar, or sing for you: she's your girl (artisan 14 die / captivating performance 16 die).

I would appreciate any feedback on the character. I still have a few thousand nuyen left to spend on miscellaneous equipment if needed.

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Race
Tiger shifter

Attributes
Body 4 Charisma 5
Agility 7 Intuition 3
Reaction 6/8 Logic 1
Strength 3 Willpower 4
Edge 1 Magic 5

Skills
Artisan 6
Stealth (group) 4
Influence (group) 4
Blade 1
Pistol 1
Perception 1
Pilot ground craft 1
Criminal (Yakuza) 6
Criminal (Triads) 1
Criminal (Mafia) 1
Music 6

Japanese (native)
Cantonese 4
Korean 4
English 4
Russian 4
Sperethial 1 (from linguistics power)
Orzet 1
Arabic 1
Urdu 1


Qualities
Inspired
Fame (National) as a Musician
Erased (7 days)
Made Man (with the Yakuza)

SINner (legal)
Day job (recording music) 1000 nuyen/10hrs
Sensitive Neural Structure
Bad Luck


Adept Powers
Improved reflexes II (+2 reaction/+2 initiative passes)
Attribute boost (agility)
Attribute boost (reactions)
Enthralling performance (artisan)
Improved technical skill (artisan)
Commanding Voice
Linguistics
Facial Sculpt 1

Contacts
Fixer Loyalty 4 Connections 3
...and also the made man/yakuza quality

Equipment
Armour
Form-Fitting Body Armor Full-Body Suit (insulation/fire resist/chemical prot 3) 3100 nuyen
Synergist Business Suit Jacket (insulation/fire resist/chimical prot 2) 1800 nuyen
Synergist Business Skirt(insulation/fire resist/chimical prot 2) 2300 nuyen
Synergist Business Longcoat(insulation/fire resist/chimical prot 2) 2300 nuyen


Respirator 6
Glasses: flare compensation/smartlink/vision enh(3)/ultrasound
Ear buds: Damper (assume same price as flare), audio enh(3), select sound filter (3)

Medikit rating 6
...spares *2
Biomonitor

Commlink: Novatech airware (upgraded response 5)
Operating system: Iris Orb (upgraded firewall/system 5)
Programs at rating 5 Analyse,Browse,Command, Edit, Encrypt, Reality filter, Scan, Empathy
AR gloves

Spare commlink: cheap and nasty 300 .

Indian Pathfinder racing bike

Hidden Arm Slide

Defiance FX shocker with integral smart gun (x2)
Ammo X40

Katana

Life style (middle) covered by day job

RFID Tag Eraser
Backpack
Fake sin rating 4 (x2)
Fake sin rating 1 (x2)

Points:
Stats 150
Race 75
Edge 0
Magic 40
Active Skills 120
Know./Lang. Points 0
Positive Qualities 35
Negative Qualities -35
Resources 8
Contacts 7

Edited to get a fixer contact

[Panticles]

@Drace - An ork face is fine with me. I've got no set style for this game, I'm going to let it evolve through the actions of the players. Which is a fancy way of saying I'm just going to wait and see what happens.

@Thanee - Yep! This game is based on the 'First Run' SR3 adventure but I'm going to update it to SR4 and maybe throw in a couple of changes. I bought a bunch of the SR3 adventures from this guy through a local trading website. I got a pretty good deal actually.

@Seth - Cindy looks good. She's got a high profile, what with being a Nationally recognised star, but as long as she is discrete and uses plenty of disguises she should be fine. Just so you know she's going to be running for relative peanuts compared to the money a big time star makes, but seeing as she is getting taxed for all she's got that money is going to be her's to claim. Also you need to spend points on a Fixer contact, preferably one outside the immediate reach of the Yaks. Unless you want her Yak bosses to know that she is running? Plus this game is set in Seattle, so you should pick one of the yak groups in that city to be part of, and don't forget some of the more traditional groups have no time for modern women.

[Digital Heroin]

I am so tempted to make some kind of straightforward asskicker build... so very tempted...

[Seth]

Cindy looks good. She's got a high profile, what with being a Nationally recognised star, but as long as she is discrete and uses plenty of disguises she should be fine.

Thanks. I hope the facial sculpt will help (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Just so you know she's going to be running for relative peanuts compared to the money a big time star makes, but seeing as she is getting taxed for all she's got that money is going to be her's to claim.

Woot cash at last!

Also you need to spend points on a Fixer contact, preferably one outside the immediate reach of the Yaks.

OK I will drop assensing and spend 7 points on a fixer: Loyalty 4 Connections 3. I've edited the original post

Plus this game is set in Seattle, so you should pick one of the yak groups in that city to be part of, and don't forget some of the more traditional groups have no time for modern women

Unfortunately I don't have the Seattle source books...any idea for a Yak group thats slightly accepting of women? I'm quite happy to invent something if that will help

[Seth]

I am so tempted to make some kind of straightforward asskicker build... so very tempted...

Hey you don't need to ass kick...surely we can just sing them to sleep, or Drace can talk nicely to them.

[Digital Heroin]

I'll fish out the name of a good New Yak family for you when I hit my home computer tonight, Seth.

As for kicking ass... sometimes a Troll's just got to punch something through the face...

[J. Packer]

Just posting my intention to play my first technomancer if I'm allowed in...

[sabs]

Don't do it!

[Seth]

Do it!

[J. Packer]

Don't do it!

Wait...

Don't play a technomancer?

Or don't let me in?

Think wisely before you answer...

ETA: Ha! You are too late! Here's my first draft

[ Spoiler ]

Jake "Flash" Dohohue

Human Technomancer

BOD 2 CHA 4 RES 5
AGI 2 INT 4 EDG 2
REA 3 LOG 5
STR 2 WIL 5

Technomancer
Combat Paralysis
In Debt 3 (15K borrowed, 22.5K owed,
2,250/month just to cover interest)

Living Persona:
Firewall 5, Response 4(5), Signal 3, System 5
Biofeedback Filter 4, VR Initiative 9, VR Init Passes 3

Active Skills:
Tasking Group 3
Cracking Group 3
Electronics Group 3
Pistols (Tasers) 1(3)
Perception 2
Infiltration 2
Con 2

Knowledge Skills:
English N
Spanish 2
Japanese 2
Matrix Games 4
The Blogosphere 4
Corporate Securty 5
Drone Makes & Models 2
Seattle Gangs 3
Squats & Safehouses 3
Technomancer History 2
Seattle Club scene 3

Complex Forms:
Analyze 5
Browse 2
Command 3
Edit 2
Armor 5
Attack 5
Encrypt 2
Scan 5
Decrypt 2
ECCM 4
Exploit 5
Medic 3
Sniffer 4
Spoof 5
Track 4
Shield 5
Stealth 5

Contacts:
Jimmy Yoo - Blogger (2/1)
"Domo" - Street Doc (2/2)
Karl Fischer - Fixer (2/1)

Gear (20,000):
Defiance EX Shocker
Concealable Holster, Laser Sight,
Personalized Grip, 20 Darts
Leahter Jacket (2/2)
FFBA Half Suit (4/1)
Contacts with Enh Vision +3
GAZ P-179 Pickup Truck
Fake SIN 4 "Jim Franks"
3 Months Low Lifestyle
Disposable Commlink
Tranq Patch 5
Stimulant Patch 6

[Drace]

Finally got Derek a.k.a "Slick"/John Adams/Jack Aber done stat wise. Will post Bg and desc later.

Character sheet

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Metatype: Ork

Stats

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Bod 5
Agi 3 (5)
Rea 3 (5)
Str 5 (6)
Cha 5
Int 4
Log 3
Wil 3
Ini 8
IPs 3
Edge 3
Ess 1.4

Qualities

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Positive: (25)
First Impression 5bp
Blandness 10bp
Human Looking 5bp
Linguist 5bp

Negative: (30)
Poor Self control (thrill seeker) 5bp
Prejudice (Elf-biased) 5bp
Sensitive Neural structure 5bp
Scorched 5bp
Gremlins Rt 2 10bp

Skills

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Active:
Influence Group 4
Intimidation 4 (Physical 6)
Blades 3 (12)
Automatics 3 (SMG 5)
Disguise 2
Dodge 1
Perception 1
Computer 1
Drive Ground 1

Knowledge
Seattle Gangs 3
TrogPunk 1
Fine Restaurants 2
Cuisine 2
Dive Bars 2
Corporate Business Practices 2
Seattle Politics 1
Street Drugs 2

Languages:
English N (Cityspeak and trog lingo)
Spanish 2
Japanese 1
German 1
Or’zt 2
Mandarin 2

Contacts

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Fixer C3 L2
Arms Dealer C2 L1
Gang Leader C2 L3
Bar Owner C2 L2
Fixer C2 L1

Weapons

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Ingram Smartgun X: 650
Custom Look 2: 1000
Personalized grip: 100
SkinLink: 50
160 rounds ExEx: 1600
600 rounds Normal: 1200
10 Spare clips: 50
Ceramic Knife: 75
Cougar Fineblade (Long): 900
Personalized Grip: 100

Armour

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Ballistic Mask: 130
Armoured Jacket: 900
Full Form fit Body Armor: 1600
Synergist Business Line (Suit Jacket, Slacks, High-collar shirt): 1500

Vehicle

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Hyuandi Shin-Hyung:17,000

Misc Gear:

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2 white noise generators rating 6: 600
5 Certified credsticks: 125
Fake Sin (Rating 4: Jack Aber): 4000
-Fake License (r4:Driving):400
-Fake License (r4:Concealed Firearm):400
Fake Sin (Rating 2: John Adams):2000
-Fake License (r4:Driving):400
-Fake License (r4:Real estate):400
Glasses r4: 825
-Image Link
-Smart Link
-Vision Enhancement
Contacts r3: 875
-Image Link
-Smart Link
-Vision Enhancement 2
Respirator r6: 150
3 Nanopaste disguise kits: 1500

Commlinks

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Commlink 1 : 5000
-Hermes Ikon 3000
-Iris Orb: 1000
-AR gloves 250
-Biometric Reader 200
-Subvocal Microphone 50
-Simrig
Programs:
-Common use rating 4: 400

Commlink 2: 2300
-Sony Emporer 700
-Renraku Ichi 600
-Skinlink 50
-Simrig 100
Programs:
-Common use rating 2: 100
-5 VR Games: 250

Ware

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Cyberware: 36750
Datajack =500 Ess 0.1
CyberEars R2 = 4250 Ess 0.2
-Ear Recording Unit
-SoundLink
-Increased sensitivity 1000
-Damper 750
-Select Sound Filter R2 2000
Wired Reflexes Lvl 2 = 32000 Ess 3

Bioware: 57000
Tailored Pheremones rt 3 = 45,000 Ess 0.6
Vocal Range Enhancer= 12,000 Ess 0.1
Muscle Augmentation R1 = 7000 ESS 0.2
Muscle Toner R2 = 16000 Ess 0.4

2 Months Mid Lifestyle

[Thanee]

@Thanee - Yep! This game is based on the 'First Run' SR3 adventure but I'm going to update it to SR4 and maybe throw in a couple of changes. I bought a bunch of the SR3 adventures from this guy through a local trading website. I got a pretty good deal actually.

Nice. Havn't played that yet. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Gonna write up a character sheet... seeing there is a Technomancer and two mostly social characters, I think a Magician would be a good fit.

Bye
Thanee

[Panticles]

@Digital Heroin - Straitforward asskicker could be fun. If you come up with a good character post him/her up and I'll add you in.

@Seth - Are you dumping your Agent contact? Might be an idea to hang onto him/her and just have your Fixer at a lower level. Never know when you need good representation!

@J.Packer - Jake aka Flash looks good. I'll add you to the list of active players. Come up with a background and description for him.

@Drace - Derek looks good. I'll add you to the list of active players. Post your background and description when your ready. (Copy & Paste FTW!)

@Thanee - Feel free to play whatever you like. You got a character that you've been itching to play? Then play that. No need to conform to the needs of the group. FREEDOM IS ANARCHY! And other slogans of that nature. I guess what I'm trying to say is that this game is all about playing the character that you want to. The group will find it's own equilibrium(is that even the right spelling?)

Also I have no idea how to create spoiler tags, can somebody put me to a link or FAQ or something? Cheers

[Thanee]

[ spoiler ] (in square brackets without the spaces) before and [ /spoiler ] behind the spoilered text.

One question: Would you consider the rather common house rule to grant some free Contacts (BP = Charisma x2; similar to the free Knowledge Skills during CharGen)?

Bye
Thanee

[WearzManySkins]

OK something I have wanted to play... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif)

Lamia

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Race: Naga (Female)
Character Name: Mongkut
Street Name: Lamia
Magician

Attributes:

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Body 4
Agility 3
Reaction 3
Strength 4
Charisma 2
Intuition 2
Logic 5
Willpower 5
Edge 2
Magic 5
Initiative 5/11
Initiative Pass 1
Essence 6.00

Skills:

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Spellcasting 6 (Combat Spells) 8
Conjuring (Group) 3
Astral Combat 3
Counterspelling 3
Assensing 2
Perception 2
Automatics 2
Blades 2 (Kukri) 4
Chemistry 2
Etiquette 2 (Magical) 4

Knowledge:

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Parazoology 2
Zen Meditation 2
Criminal (Triads) 2
Hangouts (Shadowrunner) 2
Navigation (Public Trans. Routes) 2
Chemistry 3

Languages:

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Khmer Nāga N
Thai 2 (Linguist) +2
English 2 (Linguist) +2
Or'zet 2 (Linguist) +2
Cantonese 2 (Linguist) +2

Contacts:

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Fixer 3/2

Qualities:

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Class II Surge
Shiva Arms
Nasty Vibe
Nano Intolerance

Mentor Spirit: (Cobra)
Linguist
Lost Loved One
Nano Intolerance
Wanted
Incompetent (Land Vehicles)
Sensitive Neural Structure
Scorched
Codeblock (Hacking)

Race Qualities:

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Dual Natured
Guard
Sapience
Venom
Fangs
Uneducated

Gear:

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Mortimer Greatcoat Suit w/Fire Resist 6/Noncond 3
SecureTech Upper Arm Casings
Magical Lodge Materials 6
Conjuring Materials 4
Fake SIN 4
4 x Fake Licenses 4
Meta Link Response 5, Signal 6
Novatech Navi-Firewall 6, System 5
Hardening 6 Armor Case 6
Customized Interface, Optimization (Browse)
Analyze 5, Browse 5, Command 5, Edit 5, Encrypt 5
Purge 5, Reality Filter 5, Scan 5
Skinlink, Subvocal Microphone, Trodes
Medkit R 6
5 x Medkit Supplies
Magic – Fetishes, Combat, Detection, Health, Illusion, Manipulation
2 x Antidote Patch
2 x Tranq Patch 6
Glasses 4, Flare Compensation, Vision Magnification, Smartlink, Vision Enhancement R3, Thermographic, Skinlink
Chemistry Kit, Chemistry Shop
300 Regular Ammo Machine Pistol
500 Regular Ammo SMG
300 Capsule Rounds Machine Pistol
500 Capsule Rounds SMG
300 Gel Rounds Machine Pistol
180 Gel Rounds SMG
120 EX EX Rounds SMG
150 Naga Venom/DMSO Rounds Machine Pistol
200 Naga Venom/DMSO Rounds SMG
6 x Ammunition Pouches
Smart Pack
100 x Spare Clips
Ares Crusader, Personalized Grip, Smartgun System, Electronic Firing, Skinlink, Smartgun Camera Vision Flare Compensation, Vision Enhance 3
FN P93 Praetor E, Smartgun System, Skinlink, Personalized Grip
Smartgun Camera Vision Flare Compensation, Vision Enhance Vision Magnification
Cougar Fine Longblade (Kukri) Personalized Grip
Vibro Blade Sword (Kukri) Personalized Grip
Sustaining Focus Rating 3

Tradition:

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Hindu
Combat: Beast
Detection: Water
Health Plant:
Illusion: Air
Manipulation: Earth
Drain: Willpower + Logic
Mentor Spirit: Cobra (MitS)
Combat Spells +2 dice
Illusion Spells +2 dice
Disadvantage: If surprised, adds +1 mod to all target numbers for the remainder of that combat

Spells:

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Magic Fingers (Physical) (F÷2) +1
Mind Probe (Active, Directional) (F÷2) +2
Manabolt (Direct) (F÷2)
Powerbolt (Direct) (F÷2) +1
Improved Invisibility (Realistic, Single) (F÷2) +1
Physical Mask (Realistic, Multi) (F÷2) +1
Heal DmgDV–2
Levitate (Physical) (F÷2) +1
Shapechange (Physical) (F÷2) +2
Fireball (Indirect, Elem.) (F÷2) +5
Mindlink (Active, Psychic) (F÷2) +1
Stunbolt (Direct) (F÷2) -1

Character Details:

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Mongkut is 5 meters in length, weighs 425 pounds is able to erect up half her length unsupported. Her dorsal scales have a dark green center with bright emerald green feathering towards the edges, ventral scales are chocolate brown with bright orange feathering towards the edges.

What is the character's name? (Please include given name, pseudonyms etc) Mongkut, also known as Lamia

What is the characters race; nationality, age, sex, height, weight, hair color, eye color, and skin color/tone, and build? Race is Naga, nationality is Angkor Wat, the Naga Kingdom, no hair, female. For a Naga she is average build.

Where did your character learn his/her skills? She learned them from her parents and her caste in her society.

What did your character do before becoming a Shadowrunner? After she underwent SURGE, her caste and society no longer felt acceptable to her and to them.

Where was your character born? Feel free to include any other places he/she may have lived. Angkor Wat, after SURGE she has lived in Saigon, Hong Kong, Bangkok, and Seattle.

Does your character have any family? If not, why. (Do they know where you are? Do they care? Etc.) Her parents are of the Brahmin caste , and she has 2 brothers and 2 sisters, but after she SURGED became distant.

What are your characters dreams/goals/aspirations? To become strong enough in her skills to be able to petition The Nagaraja to be accepted back into Naga culture and society.

What is the characters general appearance? (How do they stand? How do they dress? Are they attractive? Do they try to look intimidating or casual?) She looks intimidating, wears a trench coat, tends to wear articles of clothing that are very bright in colors.

Why did they choose to be a runner? After SURGEing, and her rejection by her culture and society it was one of the few options available, she found out that being a translator did not work out well.

What is the characters personality? (This is apart from just basic psyche. Are you an idealist, radical, pessimist, militant, aloof etc?) Her personality would be best described as Optimist.

What skills does your character bring to this group? What makes them special? (Aside from whatever skills you have written down, is there anything else your character does well?) She brings a non-human point of view into the interactions of the party. Also is a strong magical force and skills in chemistry.

What are some things your character cannot do? (Get close to people, work well with others, handle money, think clearly under stress etc.) She does not comprehend the usage of vehicles of any kind, she does not have any issues with hiring someone to provide for her transportation needs.

What does your character hate and why? (corps? Elves? dragons?) The uneducated and uncouth beings, usually in positions of power in the world of Shadowrun. She hates those that hunt her for her venom.

What does your character love? She loves snakes of all kinds especially cobras.

What does your character respect? She respects those of higher caste than herself.

How was your character educated? She attended training crèches in Angkor Wat and learned from hard knocks as a Shadowrunner.

What is your characters moral code? She follows the moral code of Hindus Sanātana Dharma.

Does your character have any political beliefs? Religious? She follows the path of Shaktism.

What item(s) does your character treasure? (This is beyond monetary value. It could be a lucky coin, photograph, sock etc.) She treasures her arms, unlike most Nagas she does not need magic to manipulate items/things.

Tell me at least one thing I (as the GM) should know about your character. She is not human/elf etc.

[Seth]

I just bought a copy of runner havens to get a low down on Yakuza in Seattle. I'm glad I did as there is a nice tie in to the novel Steel Rain which is one of my favourite Shadowrun novels. So if its OK I am a member of the Shigeda-gumo following the chairmans "New Way" (which happily for me includes Metahumans and women).

I'll finalise the back story and contact details, and post them back with Original Cindy at the top of the Forum.

Nice to meet Dawn and Lamia (although Lamia creeps me out already ... some sort of poisonous snake thing with arms...gulp)

[WearzManySkins]

I just bought a copy of runner havens to get a low down on Yakuza in Seattle. I'm glad I did as there is a nice tie in to the novel Steel Rain which is one of my favourite Shadowrun novels. So if its OK I am a member of the Shigeda-gumo following the chairmans "New Way" (which happily for me includes Metahumans and women).

I'll finalise the back story and contact details, and post them back with Original Cindy at the top of the Forum.

Nice to meet Dawn and Lamia (although Lamia creeps me out already ... some sort of poisonous snake thing with arms...gulp)

If Lamia is approved, would be interesting, both are dual natured not human magic types. Each of us is a predator with a non human outlook on life. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif)

[Digital Heroin]

I'm sketching out a Type O troll at the moment... nasty, nasty...

[Seth]

OK I have tweaked Cindy to include details of the Seattle Yakuza Shigeda clan. One of my favourite Shadowrun novels (Steel Rain) is basically about this clan and the Chairmans new way, so I have slightly changed Cindy's views on why she is running to be compatible with the clan and the new way. I don't have an agent in this build: the Shigeda clan explained to me that they will be my agent.

Race
Tiger shifter

Attributes

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Body 4 Charisma 5
Agility 7 Intuition 3
Reaction 6/8 Logic 1
Strength 3 Willpower 4
Edge 1 Magic 5

Skills

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Artisan 6
Stealth (group) 4
Influence (group) 4
Blade 1
Pistol 1
Perception 1
Pilot ground craft 1

Criminal (Yakuza) 6
Criminal (Triads) 1
Criminal (Mafia) 1
Music 4

Japanese (native)
English 4
Sperethial 1 (from linguistics power)
Cantonese 1
Russian 1
Korean 1
Orzet 1
Arabic 1
Urdu 1

Qualities

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Inspired
Fame (National) as a Musician
Erased (7 days)
Made Man (with the Yakuza)

SINner (legal)
Day job (recording music) 1000 nuyen/10hrs
Sensitive Neural Structure
Bad Luck

Adept Powers

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Improved reflexes II (+2 reaction/+2 initiative passes)
Attribute boost (agility)
Attribute boost (reactions)
Enthralling performance (artisan)
Improved technical skill (artisan)
Commanding Voice
Linguistics
Facial Sculpt 1

Contacts

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Fixer Loyalty 4 Connections 3
...and also the made man/yakuza quality

Equipment

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Armour
Form-Fitting Body Armor Full-Body Suit (insulation/fire resist/chemical prot 3) 3100 nuyen
Synergist Business Suit Jacket (insulation/fire resist/chimical prot 2) 1800 nuyen
Synergist Business Skirt(insulation/fire resist/chimical prot 2) 2300 nuyen
Synergist Business Longcoat(insulation/fire resist/chimical prot 2) 2300 nuyen

Respirator 6
Glasses: flare compensation/smartlink/vision enh(3)/ultrasound
Ear buds: Damper (assume same price as flare), audio enh(3), select sound filter (3)

Medikit rating 6
...spares *2
Biomonitor

Commlink: Novatech airware (upgraded response 5) skinlink
Operating system: Iris Orb (upgraded firewall/system 5)
Programs at rating 5 Analyse,Browse,Command, Edit, Encrypt, Reality filter, Scan, Empathy
Mapsoft (seattle) 6
Subvocal microphone
AR gloves
Spare commlink: cheap and nasty 300 .
GPS

Flashlight

Indian Pathfinder racing bike
Morhping license plate
Spoof chip

Hidden Arm Slide
Defiance FX shocker with integral smart gun and camera (x2)
Ammo X40
Katana, Personalised grip.

Life style (middle) covered by day job

RFID Tag Eraser
Backpack
Legal SIN (Shigeda Chiyo)
Fake SIN 4 (Honda Katsumi )
Fake driving licence 4 (x1)
Fake katana licence 4 (x1)
Fake SIN 4 (Suzuki Nobuko)
Fake sin rating 1 (Matsumi Nori)
Fake sin rating 1 (Shiga Reiki)

Points:

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Stats 150
Race 75
Edge 0
Magic 40
Active Skills 120
Know./Lang. Points 0
Positive Qualities 35
Negative Qualities -35
Resources 8
Contacts 7

Character Details

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There are three Cindys..."Hard Candy" that the fans know and love, the shadowrunner Cindy and Yokai

• Hard Candy is 5'6" Caucasian, Jet black hair that hangs over half the face (like Violet from the Incredibles) wearing strange and exotic stage costumes, challanging all that look at her
• Chiyo (thousand generations) or to the language challanged "Cindy" is 5'6" a beautiful Japanese woman, wearing designer business suits, or a dark jump suit depending on the situation. Occasionally when in the type of situation where it may get rough she will carry a Katana strung across the back. No other weapons are obvious
• Yokai (short for Hengeyokai) is a big tiger.

What is the characters race; nationality, age, sex, height, weight, hair color, eye color, and skin color/tone, and build?
Race is Japanese / shifter tiger. Nationality is Japanese. Hair is black. Eye colour is black (narrow shaped eyes). Skin color/tone is average Japanese. Build is athletic.

Where did your character learn his/her skills? What did your character do before becoming a Shadowrunner? Where have you lived?
Cindy grew up in Japan with her mother until she was 8. The hunters came, and Cindy never saw her again. The Shigeda family picked her off the streets and trained her to be a Giesha. When she was 15 her musical talents had become very obvious and Yakuza showcased her at latest Casino / Hotel in Seattle. Since then her musical career has never looked back. Cindy does feel that shes owes the chairman, and supports the new way, but wants to be able to grow her own way as well. Her mother was a predator, and Cindy is currently a spoilt girl. The predator instincts are starting to come out, and Cindy doesn't know how to deal with them. Cindy's mother was a Tiger who could be human. Cindy is a young woman who is not quite sure what she is. The rank and file do not realise Cindy's real nature. Who can say what the chairman knows?

Does your character have any family? If not, why. (Do they know where you are? Do they care? Etc.) [/b]
Cindy's mother is missing (presumed dead). Cindy's father left after the birth. If anything Cindy reguards the Chairman as the father she has never known.

[b]What are your characters dreams/goals/aspirations?

• To understand her dual nature.
• To become financially self sufficient.
• To find who killed / captured her mother and return the favour.

What is the characters personality?

• Hard Candy is challenging, sexually aggressive and mostly only exists while on stage
• Cindy is a quiet, softly spoken Geisha
• Yokai sneaks, pounces, kills, eats and sleeps

What skills does your character bring to this group? What makes them special?
Cindy has good social skills, good illegal connections and is a child of the 2070s. Geisha skills mean that she can follow people quietly, sneak around and generally not be noticed. When the bullets start
flying she is no shrinking violet.

What are some things your character cannot do?
Hack computer systems. Protect herself or others from magic. Deal effectively with spirits and magical wards.

What does your character hate and why? (corps? Elves? dragons?)
Shifter hunters. Those would bring down the chairmans new way. Those that abuse the defenceless.

What does your character love?
Music. Dance. Killing and eating her own catch. Poetry. Flower arranging.

What does your character respect?
The chairman. Someone who manages to balance Giri with their personal goals and aspirations.

What is your characters moral code?
Cindy is struggling balancing Giri with the top predator ethos of the Tiger. The value of sapient life is a particularly troubling thing for her. Cindy's mother taught her that other sapients are important
too, a lesson that her mother learnt the hard way. This reguard for life has so far not conflicted with Giri, but is constantly causing emotional problems when combat occurs.

Does your character have any political beliefs?
The chairmans new way: Equal opportunities for all reguardless of race, sex or parents status. Advancement based on merit.

What item(s) does your character treasure?
Cindy's katana was her mothers. The only other thing she has from her mother is locket with her mother and fathers portraits in it.

Tell me at least one thing I (as the GM) should know about your character.
If the chairman instructs me to do something I will do it. If he says "stop shadowrunning" I will. If he says "kill yourself" I will. Orders that may or may not have come from him are less binding.

I have left the original on the OOC thread. If you are happy with this build I will move this across. The changes are:
1: I corrected a mistake in the languages / knowledges section (I had too many)
2: I have given names to the fake SINs
3: I added a small amount of miscellaneous equipment

[J. Packer]

OK I have tweaked Cindy to include details of the Seattle Yakuza Shigeda clan. One of my favourite Shadowrun novels (Steel Rain) is basically about this clan and the Chairmans new way, so I have slightly changed Cindy's views on why she is running to be compatible with the clan and the new way.

If I'm remembering correctly, there's a story that references "the new way" in the new Shadowrun anthology they just put out...

[Seth]

If I'm remembering correctly, there's a story that references "the new way" in the new Shadowrun anthology they just put out...

Awesome. I didn't know about the new anthology, is it a story, rule book, PDF...?

[J. Packer]

Awesome. I didn't know about the new anthology, is it a story, rule book, PDF...?

Novel length collection of short stories. Available in PDF through Catalyst, I think.