Oriental Opportunities - Recruitment/Interest Gathering, Adventures in Hong Kong Options

[Seth]

Looks good!

Is that Cerebral Booster R1 or R2? Because you list Logic as 3/5.

One problem, I think, is that you cannot use the Sustaining Foci for Increase Reaction / Logic, because (augmented) they are higher than their Force (3), and you need to cast those spells at Force Rating >= Attribute Rating. Maybe you should recheck, that this actually works as you intend it to.

And one more thing... I would try to scrap together the 3k¥ to upgrade that Fake SIN to Rating 4 (Rating 1 isn't much of a protection and will regularily fail, even with low-end scanners).

Bye
Thanee

Thanks. Even with a spreadsheet its hard to do these things. I will do some more tweaking

You are right on all counts

I don't really plan on using the fake SIN, I took it out of habit.

[Thanee]

I don't really plan on using the fake SIN, I took it out of habit.

Well, you never know... might come in handy. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Bye
Thanee

[Mickle5125]

do you allow the breaking of groups at chargen?

[sabs]

I have a character in mind, just having trouble building him with the level of fever I'm running.

[Thanee]

Get better then! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Bye
Thanee

[Edana]

do you allow the breaking of groups at chargen?

Since we're using karmagen, breaking groups is fine. Just make sure to indicate you did this on your sheet so it's easy to check math.

I have a character in mind, just having trouble building him with the level of fever I'm running.

No worries, hope you feel better soon (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) .

[Mickle5125]

I'm finding myself leaning more and more towards the anti-mage... with the Trickster mentor spirit. I'll get it posted as soon as I finish.

[Edana]

Just a quick reminder that I'd prefer to see sheets in the next day or two if you don't have anything posted yet. I'll be going through them this week to fix up the knowledge skills, and would like to have the weekend to finalize and get the intro together so that I can post it on the 7th.

If there's anything you guys need answered, or want help with, just let me know (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) .

[Belvidere]

I'd be more than excited to join into this game if slots are open, and if not I shall take a seat on the reserve bench. The character concept is the somewhat spoiled son of two heavy wuxing mages who are heavy Daoist practitioners. He himself is one as well, though lacking in magical skill but making up for it in a somewhat rebellious nature as he's left home due to "religious" disputes. He's a minor summoner/hacker.

Other idea I had if the wuxing group doesn't hold up is a Bhuddist magic defense specialist with full pacifism who has come to hong kong from the small monastary he'd lived in since birth to attempt to find his father who had left him there when he was born.

I'll get them in the works tonight once I get out of work. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif)

[Mickle5125]

If there's anything you guys need answered, or want help with, just let me know (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) .

More starting karma? I'm having trouble buying everything I want... ^_^

More seriously, though, I had a small personal emergency come up over the weekend, so I was unable to get everything done that I needed to. I've been working on the charsheet off and on all day, so I'll hopefully have something narrowed down soon. I'll try to get it up some time tonight.

[sabs]

Here is the beginning
Still need to write up the background.

Milo Green "Fractal"
Human Hacker/Face
Australian Living in Hong Kong

Stats:275

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Body: 3
Agility: 3
Reaction: 3
Strength: 2
Charisma: 5[8]
Intuition: 3
Logic: 5
Willpower: 3
Edge: 4
Essebce 2.09

Active Skills: 253

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Cracking(group): 4
Electronics(group): 4
Influence(group):4
Disguise: 5 Spec: Impersonations
Pistols: 2 Spec: Semi-Automatics
Perception: 4 Spec: Visual
Pilot groundcraft: 2

Languages: 11
English: N
Cantonese: 4

Knowledge Skills:

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Street Knowledge
2 Hong Kong Area Knowledge (Wuxing Enclaves)
1 Hong Kong Corporate Politics
2 Hong Kong Triads
5 Wuxing Corporate (Matrix Assets)
2 Matrix Hangouts
2 Hong Kong Runner Hangouts

Academic Knowledge
2 Computer Theory
2 Matrix Theory
1 Medicine (Genetics)

Professional Knowledge
2 Matrix Security Procedures (Wuxing)

Contacts:28

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Fixer Hu Nan Gao "Ricshaw" 3/3
Hacker Network Group 2/7 "Golden Lotus Flower"
Shark Lawyer: 2/3 Kevin Lee

Qualities:

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Positive:
Restricted Gear (Skill Wires 5)
Linguist

Negative:
Media Junkie(Moderate)
Records on File
SINner(Criminal)

Commlink:
Sony Emperor: Novatech Navi
Transys Avalon Modified
Response 6/Signal 6/Firewall 6/System 6
Customized Interface, Optimization Exploit, Simsense Accelerator
Programs:

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Common Use:
Analyze 6 Ergonomic, Crashguard | Browse 6 | Command 6 | Edit 6 | Encrypt 6 Ergonomic | Purge 6 | Reality Filter 6 Ergonomic | Scan 6
Hacking:
Armor 3 | Attack 3 | Biofeedback Filter 6 | Decrypt 4 | Disarm 4 | Exploit 6 | Sniffer 4 | Spoof 4
Stealth 6 | Track 3| ECCM 3

Skillsoft:

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Knight Errant Self-Defense Dodge 3 Unarmed Combat 3
Whiskey Noir: Forensics 4, Intimidation 3, Shadowing 2

Cyberware/Bioware 3.46/0.45

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Skillwires 5 Used Std 1.2 5K
Attention Coprocessor 3 Used Std 0.36 4.5K
Encephalon II Used Std 1.8 37.5K
PuSHeD 0.1 15K
Datajack: 0.1 .5K
Mnemonic Enhancer 2 0.2 15K
Tailored Pheromones 3: 0.6 45K

Armor:

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Form Fitting Body Armor Full Body Suit 6/2 Insulation 3
Steampunk Overcoat 3/3

Weapons:

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Shock Gloves 5S(e) -Half
Defiance EX Shocker SA 8S(e) -half 4m 5/10/15/20
Fichetti Executive Action SA/BF 4P 18c 5/15/30/50
Walther Secura S SA 5P -1 12c 5/20/40/60

ID/Licenses

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Fake SIN: 4 Richard Wei
Fake SIN: 3 Johnny Cash
Fake License 3: Walther Secura S
Fake License 3: Ficheti Executive action

200 rounds Regular Ammo
5 spare clips
Contact lenses w/ Flare Composition, Image Link, Smart Link
Glasses w/ Thermal Vision, Low-light, Vision Magnification, Vision Enhancement 3
Clothes: Various Steampunk, Business.
Lifestyle: 1Month Medium

Background

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Milo Green was born in Australia, in the early 2040's. He was the oldest of 5 children, his parents were at best Upper Lower Class. When he was 17, the best that his parents could offer Milo was a job along his father as a Janitor for Happy Joy Chemicals Inc, a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Wuxing Corporation. He was outfitted with the best in Wuxing Skillwire technology, the cost of the surgery and cyberware taken out of his paycheck in low low installments. About a month before his 19th birthday, Milo became the guardian and sole bread winner for his 5 siblings. His parents dying in tragic bus accident. Their bus was used by a group of gangers as an initiation test. Things were tough for Milo, but he'd been studying computer programming and applied for a position with Wuxing proper. He was a junior programmer working on their Skillsoft line. He was transfered to Hong Kong, along with his siblings and all were given Wuxing SINs, renouncing their Australian Citizenship. It was a good five years for Milo. He worked hard, kept his nose clean, and made just enough money to afford the corporate housing for 5, and daily meals, and the Joyous Golden Flower® HealthCare plan. By the age of 24 Milo was the Technical Lead for his programing group, and things were looking up. There was even talk of sending him to the Wuxing Management Seminars. Unfortunately, things did not go as well as one might hope. His youngest sister was diagnosed with some major health issues that quickly burned through Milo's HealthCare Spending Accounts. Desperate, Milo used his programming skills and internal knowledge of the Wuxing Matrix Environment to increase his Medical Coverage to Platinum. Thankfully, this allowed for fairly extensive genetic therapy, saving his sister's life. Unfortunately this put Milo in a very precarious position. Every Audit Cycle he had to hack the system and undo the settings while the audit ran, then re-establish them once the audit was done.

This went on for two years, before he was caught. The outcome was actually much better than one would expect. Milo was fired, marked as a Criminal to Wuxing, and dumped on the streets of Hong Kong with only the clothes on his back and the cyber in his body. His family though, lucked out. His youngest sister was 22 and a Secretary for a Mid level Executive. She was able to take both physical and financial responsibility for the remaining three simblings, allowing them to stay as Citizens of Wuxing in good standing. Except of course that Danielle had to shoulder the debt of 2 years of Platinum Mountain Spring Healthcare. Danielle is hoping to have it paid off in 50 years, maybe.

Forced onto the streets with no money, no resources and only the clothes on his back, Milo turned to Crime and Shadowrunning almost immediately. He's been heavily involved in the Matrix/Shadowrun community here in Hong Kong for the least 4 years.

He sends 50% of what he earns after covering his rent to his sister, through some shell accounts in the hopes of helping her payback Wuxing faster.

[Seth]

If there's anything you guys need answered, or want help with, just let me know

Looking forwards to the game!

[Thanee]

ditto that (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Bye
Thanee

[Edana]

I'd be more than excited to join into this game if slots are open, and if not I shall take a seat on the reserve bench. The character concept is the somewhat spoiled son of two heavy wuxing mages who are heavy Daoist practitioners. He himself is one as well, though lacking in magical skill but making up for it in a somewhat rebellious nature as he's left home due to "religious" disputes. He's a minor summoner/hacker.

Other idea I had if the wuxing group doesn't hold up is a Bhuddist magic defense specialist with full pacifism who has come to hong kong from the small monastary he'd lived in since birth to attempt to find his father who had left him there when he was born.

I'll get them in the works tonight once I get out of work. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif)

At the moment the game is full, but if anyone doesn't finish their character by this weekend, I'll give priority to people on the wait list who do have complete sheets. Since I'm going with the post or die method, there's also the possibility of people getting murdered if they don't keep up with posting (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) .

More starting karma? I'm having trouble buying everything I want... ^_^

More seriously, though, I had a small personal emergency come up over the weekend, so I was unable to get everything done that I needed to. I've been working on the charsheet off and on all day, so I'll hopefully have something narrowed down soon. I'll try to get it up some time tonight.

Hehe, everyone can always use more karma. No big deal on the sheet. better to deal with RL stuff first. And I'm mostly interested in making sure I have a couple days to take care of the knowledge skills, rather than having any specific sheet.

Here is the beginning
Still need to write up the background.

Looks good so far.


By the way, the magic people that are interested in being in a magical group together should try to work out strictures and purpose together. It's not critical in the short term, but it would probably help define the way you view each other.

Everything seems to be coming together pretty well, glad you guys are looking forward to this (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) . For those with backgrounds and/or 20Q's given, I'll be sending you PM's to go over knowledge skills in the next couple days. If I miss something you think is important, please feel free to point it out.

[Thanee]

I have already written some fitting Knowledge Skills (according to my background) into my sheet (just without Rating), might be useful as a starting point. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Bye
Thanee

@phlapjack77: To avoid that smilie, just use the full editor and uncheck the box below the text area that says enable emoticons. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[phlapjack77]

I was trying to keep emoticons because I was using the (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nuyen.gif) one, but then I saw you had an honest-to-goodness character nuyen symbol. So I stole yours - thanks! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif)

[Kim]

Kojiro "Hope" Sasaki

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Kojiro Sasaki
Male Human
1.75m / 72kg

BOD 3 (25) Qualities:
AGI 4 (45) Adept (10)
REA 5 (70) MARTIAL ARTS (40)
STR 3 (25) (Karate Kung Fu Tae Kwon Do Ninjutsu / +3DV unarmed +1 Infiltration)
CHA 2 (10)
INT 4 (45) Gremlins (r4) (-40)
LOG 2 (10) Sinner (-10)
WIL 4 (45)
EDG 2
ESS 6

magic 6 (100)
Initiative 9
375

Adept Powers:
Attribute Boost (+1 STR) (0.25)
Killing Hands (0.5)
Missile Mastery (1.0)
Missile Parry 4 (1.0)
Mystic Armor 2 (1.0)
Power Throw 3 (0.75)
Quick Draw (0.5)
Smashing Blow (1.0)


Active Skills:
44 +2 Unarmed Combat (Martial Arts) 6 (+2)
14 +2 Perception (Visual) 3(+2)
22 +2 Infiltration (Urban) 4(+2)
32+2 Dodge (Ranged Combat) 5(+2)
32+2 Throwing Weapons (Shuriken) 5(+2)
32+2 Blades (Katana) 5(+2)
188


Languages:
Japanese N
English 3
Cantonese 3
14

MARTIAL ARTS:
Blind Fighting
Finishing Move
Disarm
Throw
Kick Attack
Watchful Guard
Off-Hand Training (Blades)
Two Weapon Style
32


Contacts:
fixer 2/4
bartender 3/3
trainer 4/2
24

RESOURCES 42.500¥
KARMA 17

Gear:
Lifestyle high (1 month) 10.000
Suzuki Mirage 6.500
Fake SIN (Rating 4) Yuki Kondo 4.000
commlink Erika Elite 2.500
Iris Orb 1.000
Pro User: Analyze 4, Browse 4,
Command 2, Edit 4 600
AR Gloves
Glasses
Earbuds
Katana 1.000
Survival Knife
Shuriken (10)
Diving Gear 2.000
Tag Eraser
White Noise Generator (r6)
Armor Clothing 4/0
Armor Jacket 8/6 900
Camouflage Suit 8/6 5.400
Chemical Protection R6
Fire Resistance R6
Insulation R6
Nonconductivity R6

The rest of the background depends on the relation with the others.

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In the evening of 6 July 2039 the second son of the family Sasaki was born. His parents named him Kojiro after a famous swordsman. At the age of 4 the family went on holiday to Hong Kong, where a bomb exploded in their hotel. Somehow he survived, but the rest of the family did not. His uncle took him in and taught him the art of Ninjutsu. On his 18th birthday he got a file with all the info his uncle had gathered on the death of his sister (Kojiro’s mother). It was obvious the Triads were to blame, most likely the Red Dragon Association. Kojiro vowed he would make the great dragon Lung pay for their deaths. He learned Karate for deadlier punches and even managed to enhance it with magic in the form of Killing Hands and Smashing Blow. Especially for kicking he learned Tae Kwon Do and for a short time he could magically increase his strength. At the age of 21 he went to Hong Kong in search of Triads to kill. Soon he found out that it would be helpful to learn the fighting style of his enemies, Kung Fu. He found a trainer who took him to the Wuxing Skytower in Aberdeen where he could actually see his power for the first time. Within a year a violent Triad war breaks out between the Red Dragon Association and its main rival, the Yellow Lotus Triad. Kojiro or Yuki Kondo (the SIN he was broadcasting) was happy with the result of his work. Although he was pretty sure there were other reasons for the war, he was very pleased that (at least) he contributed.

He prayed Lung would lose and tried to make some money running the shadows under the name Hope.

[Thanee]

I was trying to keep emoticons because I was using the (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nuyen.gif) one, but then I saw you had an honest-to-goodness character nuyen symbol. So I stole yours - thanks! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif)

Ah. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Bye
Thanee

[Mickle5125]

I think it's all here...

Max

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"Max"
Total KARMA: 650

Metatype: Dwarf (25 karma)
Gender: male
Age: 27
Height: 1.27m
Weight: 60kg
Hair: brown
Eyes: dark brown
Skin: tanned
Essence: 6.00
Initiative: 7
Initiative Passes: 1
Physical Damage Track: 10
Stun Damage Track: 11

KARMA: 305
Body: 3
Agility: 4
Reaction: 4
Strength: 3
Charisma: 4
Intuition: 3
Logic: 5
Willpower: 5

KARMA: 25
Edge: 3

KARMA: 146
Magic: 6

KARMA: 26
Resources: 65,000


KARMA: 133
Active Skills:
Conjuring Group 2

Sorcery Group 4

Influence group 2

Dodge 3

Stealth Group 1

Pistols (semi-autos) 1 (+2)

Perception 2

KARMA: 7
Languages:
Cantonese N
English 3

Street Knowledge
4 Hong Kong Area Knowledge
1 Hong Kong Corporate Politics
1 Hong Kong Criminal Hangouts
1 Hong Kong Runner Hangouts
1 Hong Kong Triads
2 Hong Kong Safehouses
2 Wuxing Corporate
1 Hong Kong Police Force Procedures

Academic Knowledge
3 Magic Theory (Wuxing)
1 Spell Design

Interests
3 Pranks (Magical)

KARMA: +70 / -40
Qualities:
Magician
Mentor Spirit (Trickster)

Sinner
Thrill Seeker
Liar
Signature
Records on File


KARMA: 13 (+7 free)
Contacts:
Ophelia - Talismonger 2/2
A fellow follower of the Trickster mentor spirit, Ophelia is always interested in hearing about Max's pranks. If he has need of toys or spells to help with the pranks, well, she's always got odds and ends lying around her shop.

Mei Mei - Fixer 2/2
A former runner, Mei Mei has only recently gotten out of the running business and into the fixing business. She's still in the process of learning how things go on the other side of the table, but she's charismatic and energetic enough that, if she manages to avoid getting killed, she'll make it big.

Luke - Beat Cop 1/1
After 34 years on the job, Luke thought he'd seen it all. However, Luke was actually surprised when he saw Max holding his own against a group of gangers through liberal application of prank tools. Since then, they've spent some time getting to know each other, though neither truly trusts the other just yet.


Spells:
Increase Reflexes (F/2+2)
Stunball (F/2+1)
Hot Potato (F/2-1)(+2 to cast)
Trid Phantasm (F/2+3) (+2 to cast)
Improved Invisibility (F/2+1) (+2 to cast)
Magic Fingers (F/2+1)
Influence (F/2+1)
Turn to Goo (F/2+2)


Weapons:
Colt Government 2066
+ loaded with Stick'n'shock (3 clips, 42 total rounds)
+ integrated silencer, smartgun system, chameleon coating, voice activation/response

Flash-Bangs (4)
+ Voice Activation/response, smartgun system


Armor:
Armored Jacket: 8/6
Form Fitting Body Armor (half body): 4/1
+ Nonconductivity 6
Chameleon Suit: 6/4


Gear:
Commlink - Novatech Airware / Iris Orb (R/S/F/S : 3/3/3/3)
+Databomb 5 (optimization 2, Ergonomic)
+Analyze 3, Browse 3, Command 3, Edit 3, Encrypt 3, Purge 3, Scan 3

Stimulant Patch 5 (x3)
Medkit 6

Monocle 4
+Image Link
+Smart Link
+Vision Enhancement 3
+Vision Magnification

Headphones 3
+Audio enhancements 3
+Spatial Recognizer

Sustaining Focus (Health) 3

ID, Lifestyle:
Starting money: 1500
R4 Fake SIN : Zhao Shang
Middle Lifestyle, 1 month

Background:
Max was a quiet kid growing up in his wageslave home under his wageslave parents. He was no trouble at all, until he started talking about his "imaginary friend" the monkey. At first, his parents just thought he was making the monkey up, a little late for an imaginary friend, but not beyond the realms of believable. However, when Max started playing pranks and blaming them on his monkey friend, the poor wageslaves didn't know what to do, so they took him to a counselor. The counselor explained to them that Max had burgeoning magical powers, and that he would be a valuable asset for the corporation when he grew up. Max got shipped off to a new school, where he met other talented individuals. Max soon became inseparable from a young adept by the name of Mark. Mark's magic was focused around computer usage, so they got along well, with Max doing the physical work for the pranks while Mark made sure they weren't caught. Eventually, Max and Mark decided they didn't want to be wageslaves like their parents and decided to escape. Mark managed to acquire a goodly amount of money from their parents, and the two ran away. Unfortunately, they weren't exactly prepared for life on the streets, and, as one thing led to another, Max and Mark eventually pulled a prank on someone who did not approve and was more than willing to show said disapproval. To save you from the gory details, Mark received a lead-based lobotomy and Max received a serious need to visit a counselor once more, though he didn't really have money to pay for one. Since then, his pranks have become far less light-hearted, and he's learned that sometime pranks need to be saved for a better time. These days, he runs the shadows as a way to earn a buck, lending his spells to whoever pays the best.

This post has been edited by Mickle5125: Mar 7 2011, 06:52 PM

[Thanee]

I think it's all here...

Yay! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

KARMA: 146
Magic: 6

Isn't that just 100 Karma?

(2+3+4+5+6) x 5

Bye
Thanee

[Mickle5125]

Used DamienKnights chargen builder. I think it included the focus and the spells into the magic karma count

[sabs]

Updated my character and put his background in. Also changed him, he's no longer American, he's Australian.

[Edana]

Looking good, I've gone through a couple of the sheets/backgrounds to take care of the skills, and should have time to do a few more this afternoon, so we're definitely on track to start this up on Monday.

For Kim & Mickle: I'd prefer you guys switch out the Sensitive System negative unless you're planning on actively pursuing some augmentations. If you're planning on remaining pure magic-users, it's no hindrance at all, and it doesn't give me any real plot value unless I just abuse your characters, which isn't really a nice thing to do (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) . Flaws don't have to be crippling, but they should at least be something you have a reasonable chance of having to deal with.

[Seth]

I've updated my character sheet to include the 20 questions, and changed nano intolerance to enemy

[Seth]

I don't think we decided on the strictures of the group.

I looked at streetmagic, and thought that we don't actually need any strictures unless we want them. I quite fancy the fraternity restriction. What about the rest of you?