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[thegreatbuddha]

I would be interested in joining if you have room for one more.

Right now I'm still working with a rough character concept.Basically, I'd be interested in playing an ex-Catholic priest, excommunicated from the Church but still operating in the guise of a priest. Sort of "I was right, the Papacy was wrong for not seeing what I see." He would be an older (50 or so) Irishman, having been newly-vested as a priest around the time Tir na Og came to be. Definitely a cynical character, bitter over being cast out from the Church and carrying more than a small grudge against the Elven usurpers of his homeland, whom he sees as being the cause for his (unjust in his eyes) excommunication.

Crunch-wise, he would be either a full or aspect hermetic mage of the Christian tradition with a smattering of cyberware (cybereyes, maybe an obvious cyberarm), and a geas or two (Incantation and Talisman looking like good choices).

Mostly I just really like the idea of an old priest wielding a shotgun and the Power of God, bringing his own personal Inquisition to the Shadows

[Chance359]

We'll have to keep a running tally on which commandments he bends.

[Tabula Rasa]

Well, at least commandment VII is probably safe.

[fazzamar]

thegreatbuddah: We have room for 1 more, but why would such a cast out priest be running the shadows?

[Shadow]

Did you guys have a pref for what character I played?

[Tabula Rasa]

Between a sam and gun I'd pick gun just because we don't seem to have someone to fill that role. That's assuming "Gun" is a gun bunny type.

[Shadow]

Well Gun is a Sam, but his weapon of choice is dikoted throwing knives. Aww how I have missed dikote. Ok Gun it is, will get him posted asap.

[Chance359]

Well anyone can be good in a fight, but a good rigger/wheelman would be more helpful I think. Sides a rotor drone with a sport rifle mounted on it can make a huge difference.

[Tabula Rasa]

Maybe one of you guys can clarify this questions for me.

I'm looking at scanners and transceivers right now. They both have a decryption rating. Can I just use my transceiver to scan through various frequencies and use its decryption rating to hear encrypted messages? Do I not need a scanner if all I want to do is break audio frequencies?

Also, is there a point to a vidlink having decryption? Can I use its decryption to look in on vidlink signals i tap into?

Sorry for the questions, been a while since I last played SR.

[Shadow]

I am so torn on what to play. Ok, really, rigger it is this time. Honest.

[Chance359]

You could always be a rigger who uses drones for combat support like this one.

[thegreatbuddha]

We'll have to keep a running tally on which commandments he bends.

If fazzamar lets me fudge history a little and use "Shalt not murder" instead of the normal Roman Catholic "Shalt not kill," he won't break any of them. Unless it's against those damn dirty elves. Sinners and hellspawn, the lot of em.

thegreatbuddah: We have room for 1 more, but why would such a cast out priest be running the shadows?

Short: He's been excommunicated from the Church, banished from Eire (He refuses to call it Tir na Og), and a criminal SIN to boot. He doesn't have many options left for supporting himself. He's running in Seattle since it's fairly close to Tir Tairngire. The AAAs probably run against the elves enough that he can have his secondhand revenge and some ¥ too.

Long: I haven't really set it all in stone yet, but here's what I was thinking: He's been excommunicated for conducting terrorist acts in Tir na Og. He hates the elves for usurping his nation and he fought the good fight for awhile, until his superiors in the Church caught on and excommunicated him (circa 2038-2040). The Church intended to turn him over to authorities in Tir na Og, but he escaped the trial/excommunication ceremony in Rome and went underground. There's a gray area in his background a decade or two long at this point, but in the late 2050s he winds up in Seattle, running the Shadows with an eye towards lashing out at Tir Tairngire. He figures one elf is as good as another at this point.

Right now I'm leaning towards Father McCreedy as a name, but I feel like I'm ripping it off from somewhere I can't quite recall.

Quick Question: Will Geasa from Magic In The Shadows be allowed? I'm thinking of taking some cyberware, and a geas or two to offset the essence loss would be nifty.

[Shadow]

Hes got a drone, but his primary is a Opel Marauder and a Helo. so he's more of the driver, sensor, guy, with a drone for ground support.

[Shadow]

Ok a couple things about Jester, I used a lot of the rules from rigger 3. If you don't have that let me know, I have it on PDF. The drones and vehicles he has are all custom made. The prices are marked next to them. Let me know if you have any questions. Oh the other thing is that he has two weapons from Rayguns sight,

Rayguns

Yehaw! Jester!

It's a .rtf so any word program should be able to read it.

There are some unbalanced weapons (on Rayguns site), but the two I have are not them, the Glock 22 and the UMP. Mostly they are for flavor, if you look at them they are less powerful than the weapons in the book's.

Jester's History (feel free to read)

[ Spoiler ]

Jason Bigg’s or Jester to his buddies, was born in a small town in south eastern Oregon. Back when it was still the USA. He grew up in fractured country, but he had a deep love for it. When he was old enough he joined the UCAS Air force. Not realizing he had to go to college to fly he ended up being an SP for a while. He took night classes though and quickly got his degree. He then joined the UCAS Helicopter Corp. and learned how to fly Choppers. He loved every minute of it. From the large twin propped transports to the brand new tilt wing plane/chopper hybrids. He did so and loved so for 25 years.

Then on a sunny day he was making the milk run between Oahu and the Lexington carrier group when his Helicopter took a lightning strike. He managed to keep it in the air long enough for the crew to bail out…

A week later he washed up on shore. His right leg was badly mangled and partially eaten. Neither modem medicine, nor magic could save it. The Air Force cashiered him with a bright shiny cyber leg, and a few hundred K in dismemberment benefits. Unfortunately the leg is not properly synched with him so he walks with a slight limp.

He hooked up with an old buddy of his in the Seattle area to start Seattle Hoppers. His Combat Taxi service. He renovated the Hind, and an Opel van to act as the taxis. After a month of very slow business he had to let the van driver go and now he does it all himself. Because biz is so slow he has taken to Shadowrunning. Over the last year he has done about ten runs and made enough to stay in biz. He is convinced that any minute his service is going to take off….

[Tabula Rasa]

I get the feeling a couple of these runners won't like my elf...

[Shadow]

If you feel he is going to be unlikable change him a it. If you think people wont like hi cause he doesn't like elves... they don't have to know his past. It was 20 years ago, maybe his ire has become focused on specific elves.

[Tabula Rasa]

Well, actually, he tries pretty desperately to hide the fact and has no connection to any of the elven countries, elven culture, language, etc... so it really shouldn't be that much of a problem unless the elf disliking characters are completely racist to every elf they ever meet no matter the circumstances. If that's the case give me a heads up and I'll just change the race and some of the background.

I should have something posted by tonight when I get home.

[Shadow]

I didn't realise he was an elf. I don't think there should be a problem, Jester was actually born about the time of goblinization and a few years after UGE. So he grew up with the real racists, but he doesn't have a problem with race, just with stupid people.

[thegreatbuddha]

I get the feeling a couple of these runners won't like my elf...

It shouldn't be an issue for two reasons.

1. My character would be causing the drama and IMO would be the first to be rejected by the GM if he doesn't want PC to PC conflict in his game.

2. As far as I can recall, metatype isn't revealed through assensing, and since you're hiding the physical signs, I'll likely never know you're an elf to boot.

[Shadow]

1. My character would be causing the drama and IMO would be the first to be rejected by the GM if he doesn't want PC to PC conflict in his game.

Thats not true Buddha. He may not realise you intend to cause conflict. If you do you should talk to him before hand and make sure that it is mutually agreable. Otherwise no matter your character background you should not assume you are allowed to cause conflict just because the GM did not reject your character.

[Tabula Rasa]

Thats not true Buddha. He may not realise you intend to cause conflict. If you do you should talk to him before hand and make sure that it is mutually agreable. Otherwise no matter your character background you should not assume you are allowed to cause conflict just because the GM did not reject your character.

I personally don't mind some team conflict as long as it doesn't come in the way of a bullet to the back of my head while sleeping and I think it can spice up the game if played properly. Either way, if it's an issue for the GM I'd be happy to change things.

Btw, I'm trying to finish up some of the mechanical portions of my character out of the way while I'm at work but I don't have my books. Anybody mind posting how many build points it takes to get varying amounts of nuyen for gear?

[fazzamar]

Maybe one of you guys can clarify this questions for me.

I'm looking at scanners and transceivers right now. They both have a decryption rating. Can I just use my transceiver to scan through various frequencies and use its decryption rating to hear encrypted messages? Do I not need a scanner if all I want to do is break audio frequencies?

Also, is there a point to a vidlink having decryption? Can I use its decryption to look in on vidlink signals i tap into?

Sorry for the questions, been a while since I last played SR.

The way I read it, transceivers and scanners don't have encryption or decryption by default. You have to purchase Broadcast Encryption or Broadcast Decryption separately (rules on SR3.289, gear listing on SR3.290). If you buy encryption everyone you'd be communicating with has to have encryption as well in order to encrypt/decode the signals. If you want to eaves drop on other peoples' encrypted signals you have to have decryption to break the code.

In regards to the whole PC vs PC tension, Tabula, since you mentioned your character is going to try to hide and connections he has to being an elf or to tir (I'm not sure which one by your post) would you consider picking up the edge "Human Looking"? That will leave a bit of tension as Tabula's char will try and hide the fact they're an elf even more after their teammates start elf bashing and the elf haters may start to suspect something is up with their teammate after awhile.

Chance:The wrist tracks I'll go with, but they require a specific movement of your arms/hands to activate so if you're wrist are bound or your arm/hand movement is restricted for some reason you won't be able to activate the slides. About the full auto glocks... I'm not comfortable with a near heavy pistol damage gun shooting in full auto, may I suggest 2 Heavy Pistols that are capable of shooting in BF but it requires a complex action a la Savalette Guardian (cc.19) OR 2 Machine Pistols that can shoot full auto a la Steyr TMP (cc.18)

I think I touched on all the questions, if I missed one let me know...

[Tabula Rasa]

I decided to ignore getting decryption on the vidlink and the transceiver and instead just put decryption on the scanner. I also assume that if I get encryption 6 on my communication devides I can lower the rating or disable it if I want to communicate with a lower rated or no-encrption receiver.

To clarfiy on the elf issue, the character is an elf, tries to hide the physical signs and has NO actual connections to any of the elven countries or the culture. He isn't an elf pride type either. If people were to bash elves around him he'd just play it cool and laugh along because you have to do those kinds of things to survive around the barrens and he's used to hearing and seeing the worst kind of elf bashing imaginable.

[fazzamar]

Yes, you can lower or turn off the encryption on devices so they work with other devices with low ratings or no encryption.

Regarding hiding the physical signs of being an elf, the only one that can't be written off as Oh he's just a tall thin guy is the ears. How does your character hide the pointy ears?

[Tabula Rasa]

Yeah... I'm trying to think of that. At first I thought he could always be wearing a woolcap over long hair (it is seattle weather afterall). Other options were some self mutilation, unwilling mutilation by a second party or full cyber replacements. Mind you this is not something he is totally obsessed with hiding. Just trying to hide it from most observers and gangers that proliferate his area who'd love to tear an elf to pieces.

If the team members knew he was an elf perhaps they would be a bit less hateful to him (at least ot his face) because of his skill at his specialty. Plenty of people work with people they don't like on a personal level. If it's an issue with you though I'd just take the human looking thing or just change the concept a bit to eliminate the elfness.

Btw, do orcs have their own language? Just curious cause I was going to take some orc hiphop knowledge skill and the language skill if there was one.