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SFEley
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Okay, so I've been collecting character concepts from my group for the new SR3 game. One of my players is totally new to Shadowrun, and the sort who always plays the happy comic halfling in our D&D game. She asked, "Do we have to all play criminals?"

To which her boyfriend (experienced min/max player) responded, "Well, yeah, but not necessarily bad; think of it like Firefly..."

"Ooh! Can I play River?"

So, that's what she wants to do. The two of 'em came up with a pretty cool concept together: they're a brother and sister from Aztlan, taken to an Aztechnology 'special school' for the gifted. He trained as a mage. She didn't work out so well, and ended up in a lab getting unknown 'enhancements' until he found out and rescued her. And now they're in Seattle, hiding and looking for answers on what happened to her.

Yes. You heard right. One of my players has asked to be an Aztechnology test subject.

As a GM, of course, this has me cackling and rubbing my hands. My plan on this is going to be to create her character for her, give her all her stats and abilities, but don't tell her what 'ware was used to make those abilities. I already have a pretty good idea for the Dark Nasty Secret at the core of the matter (it's not going to make her explode, it's just going to make AZT very interested in getting her back).

What I'm looking for here are ideas on the rest of it. I'd like to make her an all-bioware character, partly for plot reasons and partly because it's something different. Maybe some nanoware or genework too, if it fits. I have Shadowtech, so I've got a pretty firm handle on what's out there, and Man & Machine is on order. But a lot of you guys eat and drink this stuff, so I thought maybe you'd come up with some creative combos I didn't think of.

So. You've got a Body 6 and the Priority A million nuyen. Character's an elf. (Hey, it's what she asked for.) How would you trick out a character like this with all bio? She doesn't necessarily need to be the most kickass character; she just needs to be scary kickass. I've got my own ideas, but I'm interested in yours.

Thanks in advance for any input. And Have Fun.
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- SFEley   Bioware-Based Character   Aug 22 2005, 04:55 PM
- - Talia Invierno   Partly depends on whether you want her to be the (...   Aug 22 2005, 04:59 PM
- - SFEley   Yes to combat; as for physad Awakening, there...   Aug 22 2005, 05:08 PM
- - Herald of Verjigorm   Well, Man and Machine changes the bioware limit fr...   Aug 22 2005, 05:12 PM
- - Supercilious   What sort of test-subject that AZT would really wa...   Aug 22 2005, 05:19 PM
- - Herald of Verjigorm   The detail that she's an experiment in body tr...   Aug 22 2005, 05:23 PM
- - Supercilious   No, the point is that if the person is no better i...   Aug 22 2005, 05:41 PM
- - Euchrid   I totally agree that the macguffin that keeps Azte...   Aug 22 2005, 05:45 PM
- - Supercilious   Give someone some special gland, that cures HMHVV....   Aug 22 2005, 05:49 PM
- - Herald of Verjigorm   In my arbitrary suggestion about her being part of...   Aug 22 2005, 06:00 PM
- - Nyxll   QUOTE (Supercilious) The character is only going t...   Aug 22 2005, 06:02 PM
- - Westiex   QUOTE Give someone some special gland, that cures ...   Aug 22 2005, 06:06 PM
- - hyzmarca   She wouldn't have t have anything special for ...   Aug 22 2005, 06:07 PM
- - nezumi   Keep in mind, she's going to have the 5 point ...   Aug 22 2005, 06:21 PM
- - SFEley   In order of appearance: 1.) Thanks, Herald, for t...   Aug 22 2005, 06:23 PM
- - Nyxll   oooh ... I know .... a gland that continually prod...   Aug 22 2005, 06:27 PM
- - Sharaloth   Well, I've done a couple Bioware-only characte...   Aug 22 2005, 06:38 PM
- - Cynic project   Maybe have a bioware version of skill wires, eithe...   Aug 22 2005, 06:42 PM
- - Bearclaw   I took the idea and ran through NSRCG, and quite l...   Aug 22 2005, 06:46 PM
- - nezumi   QUOTE (Nyxll) oooh ... I know .... a gland that co...   Aug 22 2005, 07:12 PM
- - Supercilious   QUOTE (nezumi) QUOTE (Nyxll @ Aug 22 2005, 01...   Aug 22 2005, 07:23 PM
- - hyzmarca   QUOTE (Bearclaw @ Aug 22 2005, 01:46 PM) Cat...   Aug 22 2005, 08:02 PM
- - Ryu   I suggest an athletics kit (overall 1,35 bioindex,...   Aug 22 2005, 08:36 PM
- - Shockwave_IIc   QUOTE (hyzmarca) I'm going to recomend Magic R...   Aug 22 2005, 10:00 PM
- - Talia Invierno   Friendly Face would work better for a "River...   Aug 22 2005, 10:15 PM
- - Shockwave_IIc   QUOTE (Talia Invierno) Re symbiotes: Halved heali...   Aug 22 2005, 10:22 PM
- - Herald of Verjigorm   Symbiotes aren't an extra success on the test,...   Aug 22 2005, 10:29 PM
- - Vaevictis   QUOTE (Shockwave_IIc) @Sharaloth As a side note i...   Aug 22 2005, 11:11 PM
- - Bearclaw   QUOTE (Shockwave_IIc) @Bearclaw. As mentioned cats...   Aug 22 2005, 11:51 PM
- - Shockwave_IIc   Bearclaw Damage Compensators are better, but they ...   Aug 23 2005, 12:35 AM
- - Supercilious   As of reading my PM, I think the idea is perfect. ...   Aug 23 2005, 06:18 AM
- - Shanshu Freeman   RIVER: "Day" is a vestigial mode of time...   Aug 23 2005, 07:40 AM


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