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post Feb 16 2004, 10:24 AM
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Ok, I got a player and now I'm GMing (some of you might remember me from about 5 months ago... Yeah, I'm the guy that moved out to Guam.)

Anyway, I started a game with a buddy of mine. The idea was this, he was a semi-un-willing extraction target. The job included a new SIN and ID for the mark once he joined the corperate ranks. Thing is, on the exit, the run gets hosed, 2 runners end up dead and the third in a coma. (I had my Uber-NPC Drake Hardedge playing wheelman get the team and the mark out).

Here's the Rundown:
Team:
Male Ork Merc (Brick)
Female Human Mage (Maggie aka Target 1)
Male Elf Street Sam (Target 2... ok, he had no name)

The team's contract was liquify the mark's assest, and then turn them over to the corperation. This was to purchase him a new apartment and other lifestyle changes (along with adding a sizable bonus into the company bank.) Brick set up the meet and had Drake on tap for the extraction. Drake knew a decker to pull off the assest situation and the run was planned out. On the exit, corpsec gets wind of this and blows away the team. Drake hauls hoop in and out and takes Brick to a street doc.

After a long night where Maggie dies due to massive lead poisoning and the mark has a fun night with a pair of twin prostitutes (one caucasion human, one black elf. One cybered and the other a physad. Both protect him from getting attacked by a local gang as they go into the alley for their fun).

Did I mention the player was new to RPGs in general? Anyway, so Drake spills out the situation. Seems there was one small problem with Brick's plan. Only his team knew the Johnson's contact number. And Brick's in a coma. So Drake hands over the character's (who's player brillently came up with the name Dick Steel) entire assests in certified cred. About 1.2 million.

Right now, the Dick is spending his money on expensive hotels and cheap women/booze.

The plan is for Brick to wake up once Dick's player gets his head out of his ass and decides to play Shadowrun. I figured Brick was up and coming but this run totalled screwed his rep. He figures that by taking this guy under his wing (along with a couple of other grenhorns) he can partially redeem himself.

Point is, this guy is basicly just an average Joe (straight 3s across the board) without cyber or magic (yet. It remains to be seen what "Special Project" he was working on and was aquired for) with 1.1 million nuyen. How can I introduce the gear to him that he'll need to survive?
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