Recruiting: Guns, Germs & Steel, A game of you. Options

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Hey All, I am wanting to start up a game here on Dumpshock and I looking for a few good characters.

I am going to try and make it a bit different from other games currently going on in that the main plotline and spin-off stories will be based on the characters and their background, rather then having a pre-existing adventure that the characters will be placed into.

To facilitate this I am going to be looking for characters that have interesting backgrounds and that have built in "room to grow" and ambitions. This will definitely be "Role-playing" more then "roll-playing". Munchkins need not apply.

All characters can be built using the priority system, sum of 10, or with 125 build points. Edges/Flaws are open-ended, but must be balanced out (i.e. 5pts in edges = 5pts. in flaws). Feel free to use NSRCG and email me the file as an attachment, or send it in word format if you prefer.

Please, no pure deckers or riggers. The setting will be in Seattle to start, but anything can happen after that.

I may be giving extra Karma, gear, skills, etc… to characters with excellent backgrounds to help round them out and/or to balance them out with the other players.

Please make sure your stats, skills and abilities all realistically fit in with your background. I know that it is tempting to just "give" your characters skills that are handy to have in the shadows even if they shouldn't really have them (or at least have them at that level). For example I once had a player make a character who was a 18 year old high-school drop-out, ex-gang member who gave himself a skill of 6 in biotech because he used to do first-aid on the rest of the gang. I don't think so. He might have it at 3, but not 6. In the same vein a special forces-streetsam-deathmachine should not have negotiation at 6. He has spent his life Following Orders and collecting a paycheck, not negotiating business deals and payments. Please use pages 98-99 of SR3 (skill ratings table) to determine what the appropriate skill level your character would have in any skill.

Since the story and antagonists will be tailored to the characters you do not need to have an "ultimate kill machine", a well-rounded character would be much better.

As for time/number of posts a week, etc… it will depend on who ends up playing and what their schedule is like. The more you can post, the better.

Anyways, today is the 16th and anyone interested in playing should try and have his or her characters sent to me by April 23rd or at least let me know that you are interested by that time. I will let people know more details as they send in their characters and full details should be available after the 24th.

PM or post any questions that you have.

Email me at jjparton@hotmail.com (when you email, also drop me a PM so I know to check for it.) Thanks.