Recruitment: The Fix is In, SR4 game Options

[Silo]

:P

Oh...this is going to be interesting.

[HeySparky]

Name: Fade
Race: Troll
Gender: Female
Concept: Washed-Up Urban Brawler (Rigger)

Fade was an up-and-coming Outrider on a AAA farm team for the Mountain Dragons - the Cleveland Clash. She led her team - largely intact - to win the minor-league UB series and was certain to go on to fame in majors. She was released from the Dragons after her disastrous and deadly debut and went down as a footnote in modern sporting history -- Most Team Kills in a Rookie Season. After that she simply disappeared. Faded.


Assuming character concept submissions are still welcome, here's Fade.

EDIT: Urban Brawling aside, she's not a homicidal maniac. She washed out because of that.

[Silo]

On the topic of knowing each other previously...

Anyone have ideas, etc?

I will probably need to be acquainted at least with one of you. I just got back in to town from an extended vacation. So, it is plausible that we knew each other years ago.

I'm a Chinese Ork that came here from Hong Kong to get away from trouble there and to find new opportunities and a fresh start.

By the way, where is here? Are we in Seattle like all good Shadowrunners should be?

[HeySparky]

Shadowrunners? Who's a Shadowrunner? ;)

[TinkerGnome]

Yes, game is in Seattle.

[gobogen]

[HeySparky]

Maybe we can work some contacts together? At least the Connection level, so that we can have flexibility on the Loyalty rating.

My contacts so far...

Hacker
Mechanic
Bartender (stand in for a fixer since she's not really a runner)

I'm flexible on them, so if we want to work these together, I'm open.

Options for knowing eachother...

- Hang out at the same bar (passing acquaintance)
- Belong to a club, fitness, gun, auto (close acquaintance)
- Schoolmates/grew up together (close acquaintance)
- Worked together before (passing-close acquaintance)
- Did time together, criminal SINs only (passing-close acquaintance)
- Slept together (passing acquaintance for Razorblade, passing-close acquaintance for others ;) )
- Parents know/knew eachother (passing-close acquaintance)
- Met during the fallout of Crash 2.0 (passing-close acquaintance)

Fade background spoilers, read if you want to integrate backgrounds...

[ Spoiler ]

I was thinking that Fade was originally from Chicago (was 13 in 2055, and trapped in the CZ for the duration of the quarantine and aftermath). Surviving that made her a natural Urban Brawler (lots of greats have come out of Chicago in recent decades) and she went into the minors at 18. She was traded around until she found a home with the Cleveland Clash and led the team to a nearly deathless victory in 2064. She turned 22 just before Crash 2.0. She was called up to the Dragons when the league reinstated itself two years later (2066) and her team's ill-fated debut in the new environment of a wireless major league was the focus of a lot of media attention, government and corporate legislation and, ultimately, the creation of a new AR-approved UB league (think American League vs. National League in baseball).

She was released from the Dragons and played lesser Arena Brawl for a couple of years, dominating the league when she could get past her own hesitation in the heat of the matches. She quit half-way through her second Arena Brawl season and eventually made her way to Seattle.

She is virtually penniless from paying the ongoing Arena Brawl league fines after breaking her contract. She (unless we decide to go with the roommate thing) couch surfs and lives out of her car. It's starting to get a little bleak, though she tries to keep her spirits up.

She does some courier work, legit and shadow. She takes shifts as a bouncer from time to time.

[PBTHHHHT]

[HeySparky]

Hoping to get some bites on working backgrounds (particularly contacts, since those cost points) together so I can get to writing (and finish up with the numbers).

...Any of those hooks look good to anybody? Any other ideas if they don't?

[Silo]

[HeySparky]

I went ahead as if I was a candidate because TinkerGnome didn't announce the thread was closed. His list of players was 'so far' and I gave TG an opportunity to shoo me off. I wasn't shooed, so I'm trying to get this thread buzzing with chargen ideas because sheets and backgrounds are due Friday. Whether I get into the game or not, the discussion is a useful one. I'm not just looking for hooks for myself, but for everyone.

[TinkerGnome]

Sorry, I didn't say the thread was closed because I intended to use it for character generation. I'm not good with names and didn't realize you weren't on the list. Seven characters strongly stretches the scenario's limits, I'm afraid.

It is, however, possible that there will arise an opening by the time characters are due.

[HeySparky]

Well, then, I'll proceed as a candidate - a probably cut candidate. Feel free to put Fade in your backgrounds (she can be how some or most folks know eachother) or put her as a contact (I wouldn't, unless you have an low-connection one that needs some personality) so that if there is a need (and TG wants her in) it can be seamless. And stuff.

Who needs a roommate? Fade doesn't snore much. And she's very tidy. Okay, sorta tidy.

[gobogen]

I'd be glad to work on contacts and backgrounds with everyone, but before we do that we should all come up with a good, more detailed background, share it, and from that point on patch things to know each other.

EDIT: My contacts will probably only consist of a fixer and a talismonger (with decent connectivity).

[TinkerGnome]

Alright, free moment. I got distracted with learning how to use style sheets. And babies. Those are the ultimate distraction.

Anyway, the list of things I have to have by Friday:

1. The contact who would call you for a job. Name, type, and a general description.
2. A physical description of your character as would be presented to other players.

I'll make the first post at that point and we'll start things up. I'll want characters by no later than mid next week.

[HeySparky]

Heh.... I just ran out of :nuyen: :nuyen: :nuyen: for my gear before I'd gotten out of the cyberware section (I start there since it's not what you might call 'liquid' assets) so... PBTHHHHT, I think Roland may have paid Fade (Esther) a visit. : / Poor, poor down on her luck troll.

[PBTHHHHT]

Simon 'Bud' Elwells: 'When ya don't pay your bills, ya better head for the hills...'

*Simon during the course of his day job... cheezy and proud of it* :P

[nick012000]

I've already emailed you my character sheet, TinkerGnome. Razorblade would probably have been contacted by her information broker contact.

[Oracle]

I just realized, that I am Gming too much. I know nearly all of the relevant SR4 rules. But I am not able to create a character without a lot of reading. :) I'll need another day or two for it.

And I got a question: What is the maximum number of dice a mundane character can have for ranged weapons tests in SR4?

[nick012000]

Elf w/ Exceptional Attribute (Agility) + Muscle Toner 4 + Aptitude (Automatics) + Reflex Recorder (Automatics) + specialization (whatever)+ Smartlink= 12+8+2+2=24.

I'll note that this guy isn't possible at CharGen, thanks to Availability restrictions.

[gobogen]

[HeySparky]

Holy smokes, nick... that's just... that's just wrong.

And very cool.

[Silo]

[gobogen]

I understand that Silo, no worries. If you see good ways to make our backgrounds fit when I post mine, feel free to let me know and we can link our characters together.

[Silo]