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 Aug 1 2007, 11:45 AM
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Running Target  Group: Members Posts: 1,498 Joined: 4-August 05 From: ADL Member No.: 7,534  |
You got 10 million Nuyen.
You got an above average (4 atributes at 3, 3 attributes at 4, one attribute at, 5 + race modifiers), highly qualified (1 skillgroup at 5, 1 skillgroup at 4, 5 other skills at 4, 10 other skills at 3) subject. Create the most badass bodyguard you can. |
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Aug 1 2007, 12:28 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,246 Joined: 8-June 07 Member No.: 11,869 |
How much karma (if you want a mojo throwing bodyguard)?
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Aug 1 2007, 03:03 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 398 Joined: 16-August 06 Member No.: 9,130 |
The creation rules are a bit restrictive because they don't allow positive and negative qualities. I guess this would be the most "badass" well-rounded mundane bodyguard. Am I correct in my assumptions?
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Aug 1 2007, 09:29 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,498 Joined: 4-August 05 From: ADL Member No.: 7,534 |
No Karma, no Edges and Flaws.
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Aug 1 2007, 09:34 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,532 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Calgary, Canada Member No.: 769 |
But does he have access to a delta clinic? :evil:
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Aug 1 2007, 09:38 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,537 Joined: 27-August 06 From: Albuquerque NM Member No.: 9,234 |
It's hard to spend 10 mil without going to deltaware.
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Aug 2 2007, 02:42 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 94 Joined: 27-March 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 4,341 |
unless you buy him a tank.
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Aug 2 2007, 05:28 PM
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Technomancer Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,638 Joined: 2-October 02 From: Champaign, IL Member No.: 3,374 |
Or a hojillion bullets :wobble: |
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Aug 2 2007, 05:34 PM
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Ain Soph Aur Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,477 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Montreal, Canada Member No.: 600 |
But he's a bodyguard... his sole job is to protect the client, absorbing bullets if required. What makes a good bodygaurd is not necessarely his stats, but his tactics (which are in turn limited to the situation).
I'd give him connection 6 loyalty 6 contacts in all the underworld bigwigs, so they'll tell him the detailed plans of anyone looking to assassinate his clients. The rest doesn't matter too much. |
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Aug 2 2007, 05:53 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 811 Joined: 30-January 07 From: Portland, OR Member No.: 10,845 |
Has anyone totalled the cost of a Cyber Zombie now that Augmented is out? Also, IIRC, the availability between noraml cyber and delta grade is the exact same. Delta just costs 10x more. Hard for us SR3'ers to get used to but oh well.
Id go for full body replacement (delta of course), move by wires R2 (delta), and Reaction Enhancers 3 (delta) just to start it off. Id also try to get a ton of the new goodies in that as possible. Not sure how cyber you want to go though. |
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Aug 2 2007, 06:04 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,537 Joined: 27-August 06 From: Albuquerque NM Member No.: 9,234 |
Bodyguards that look like bodyguards are not as effective as those that don't. Bodyguards that can't accompany their principle into a lot of places because people don't let cyberborgs close to their principle is less that than ideal.
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Aug 2 2007, 06:39 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Banned Posts: 3,732 Joined: 1-September 05 From: Prague, Czech Republic Member No.: 7,665 |
The ware has the same availability. The clinic has an availability of 24.
It's 10,000 :nuyen: a day plus the cost of the gear and of course - the Invoked Memory Stimulator. The procedure probably takes about 10 days (unless you're going to lower than -1, in which case it takes longer). Assuming for the moment that you're going to get a Delta IMS, you're looking at shilling out approximately 600,000 :nuyen: plus of course the price tag on 6.9 Essence worth of Delta Grade Implants. The answer to your real question: can I fit that in 10 million? is yes. -Frank |
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Aug 2 2007, 11:49 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,032 Joined: 6-August 04 Member No.: 6,543 |
Can I buy him a nuke and make a dead man's switch attached to his heart..I have a name for him already I think i will call him Rook.
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Aug 3 2007, 05:05 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,856 Joined: 25-July 07 Member No.: 12,360 |
His name is Raven. |
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Aug 3 2007, 05:29 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,219 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Lofwyr's stomach. Member No.: 1,320 |
I recently wrote up a character I call "worst case scenario" the cybertroll. He was an adept, now he is a cyberzombie. Full body replacement, maxed out body and strength scores wound up being 24 each, agility was 17 and reaction 18, all thanks to customized cyberlimbs and inhuman vigor. He had 26 boxes on his damage track, hardened armor 12, reduced all incoming damage by 2 boxes, and rolled 38 dice to resist damage. Add to that wired reflexes 3, the full range of senseware, and 1 p.p. of adept powers on top of that. I didn't bother costing it out, but I think a new version would toss out all the unnecessary cyber and bio, and just go with lower grade stuff in order to fill that -6 essence needed for maximal goodness. For the record, though, 13p -1 ap punch, before redlining. I did not give him a bow, because that would have been silly. |
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Aug 3 2007, 05:32 AM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Classic! :D |
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Aug 3 2007, 10:35 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,251 Joined: 11-September 04 From: GA Member No.: 6,651 |
Although it may not fit the bounds of this situation you can pump up the firepower of one person by having Bound Spirits (preferably invoked) and Registered Sprites have tasks loaned to the bodyguard. In this way magical and matrix security can be very effectively raised without any knowledge of how to do so on the part of the bodyguard.
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Aug 3 2007, 04:32 PM
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Genuine Artificial Intelligence Group: Members Posts: 4,019 Joined: 12-June 03 Member No.: 4,715 |
Being an effective bodyguard was not listed anywhere in the design parameters. It is required only that he be a bodyguard, not be a good one. The only other design parameter is to maximize badassery. 8) |
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Aug 10 2007, 08:46 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 394 Joined: 19-May 03 From: In your base eating your food. Member No.: 4,607 |
That's easy. Keep all 10 million at start, fly to vladivostok and put all 10 million on one hand of blackjack or craps whichever you prefer. If you win, retire.
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Aug 10 2007, 08:52 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Validating Posts: 7,999 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,890 |
If you just wanted help choosing what implants, gear, skills, and qualities to take for a Bodyguard, you only had to ask. No need to come up with a relatively silly "contest" that's beyond ridiculous to get ideas. :) |
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Aug 10 2007, 09:17 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 394 Joined: 19-May 03 From: In your base eating your food. Member No.: 4,607 |
Shhhh I'm trying to win. :twirl: I'm still trying to figure out where the 10 mil came from. |
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Aug 10 2007, 01:33 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,251 Joined: 11-September 04 From: GA Member No.: 6,651 |
A metalink, fake license, and a fake SIN to attach it to and BA-DOW! You're a bodyguard for just over 1 build. :-) |
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Aug 11 2007, 01:48 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,032 Joined: 6-August 04 Member No.: 6,543 |
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Aug 11 2007, 05:49 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 7,116 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,449 |
Well, I'm a sucker for these things, so here's a build from me to get things started. He's a basic book build, so I'm sure that someone with Augmentation can put together something that can kick this guy's ass. :P
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