800 Point Characters...want to make one?, Pregens for a potential submission... Options

[pbangarth]

So... I had to pick Shedim to be the spirits that don't like Uncle Zola, didn't I?

Uncle Zola is now edited to be able, well, to have a chance to deal with Shedim and spirits in a body he doesn't want to hurt. Basically, I added Banishing to level 4, dropped a spell, reduced Arcana Skill by 1, moved BP and Karma around and used Group costs to start the Conjuring Group.

Even the Attack of Will does P damage, so that too would harm the host. And touching a Shedim is bad news. Sucks to be Uncle Zola.

Question:

Shedim are described in SM, page 155. There it says they can be considered Free Spirits. On page 106, Free Spirits are all said to have the Banishing Resistance Power. Back on page 155, that power is specifically listed under Master Shedim, but not under normal Shedim. So do normal Shedim also have the Banishing Resistance Power?

As far as I can figure, they do, and the listing under Master Shedim was a redundant listing. Opinions?

Peter

[Bobson]

The other one is less well defined, but it's going to be an updated version of a SR3 edition character I played. A fairly typical rigger type, with two primary vehicles. A highly tricked out van and a walker drone that's loaded to the bolts. The version I had before had two arms with assault weapons, and had another chest mounted... The one time he fired all three off on full auto at once (unaimed), it took out the supports for half the building we were in. How well that'll translate over to SR4 I don't know, but I'm hoping it works out well.

Well, I'm both happy and frustrated with the SR4 vehicle customization rules. I forget exactly how customized the old van was (I still haven't managed to find the sheet), but I'm certain it was more so than the 16 slots of an Ares Roadmaster allow for now... I'm going to have to rethink what I can actually stuff in there...

[pbangarth]

The Mana Static spell (SM p. 173) creates a background count of 1 per hit. Background count reduces the Force of spirits in the area of effect 1:1 (SM p.117). Any spirit whose Force is reduced to 0 in this manner is disrupted.

Disruption (SM p. 94) is described as having a spirit's damage track filled. It is specifically said that spirits joined to vessels, "...are only disrupted if they suffer sufficient Physical damage to kill them through damage overflow."

So, if Mana Static were cast in an area in which a spirit was possessing a living vessel, and disrupted it because its Force had been reduced to 0, would that by definition mean that the spirit received killing Physical damage, and by extension, the host as well?

My sense is 'yes', and so Uncle Zola's problem would not be solved by this spell. Any thoughts?

Peter

[ElFenrir]

I can't help but think there are more ways to get a spirit out of something without harming it, besides Banishing.

Now, Stun has the benefit of...while ''harming'' the person, pulling enough hits will just leave them knocked out and with a nasty hangover when they wake up. It would suck if you needed them for the mission, though, as it takes time to recover.

I don't see how Mana Static would hurt the host. The host is just...a body. I could walk through an area with Mana Static and it wouldn't hurt me. Why would the spirit being hurt go to the body...unless they share a damage track, which I didn't think was the case, but I may have misread something about them.

[pbangarth]

I can't help but think there are more ways to get a spirit out of something without harming it, besides Banishing.

Now, Stun has the benefit of...while ''harming'' the person, pulling enough hits will just leave them knocked out and with a nasty hangover when they wake up. It would suck if you needed them for the mission, though, as it takes time to recover.

Yes, that is my main worry - disabling a teammate.

I don't see how Mana Static would hurt the host. The host is just...a body. I could walk through an area with Mana Static and it wouldn't hurt me. Why would the spirit being hurt go to the body...unless they share a damage track, which I didn't think was the case, but I may have misread something about them.

SM, p. 103, sidebar: "Physical damage inflicted during possession is tracked as a single entity. If the spirit and vessel separate, both retain the full amount of damage they've taken while joined..."

Now, I may have missed the most obvious thing: the above talks about Physical damage. Maybe a simple Stunbolt is all that is needed --IF-- the controlling persona (spirit or Channelling mage) is the only one of the two affected by Stun damage. If only the possessing spirit in control of a character would be hurt by Stun damage, then it would be simple to get rid of it. I can't find anything that specifically says Stun damage is shared as well.

Can anyone else point me to a definitve answer?

Peter

[ElFenrir]

Hmm...in a loophole bit, doesn't Mana Static reduce the Force of a spirit, possibly disrupting it...WITHOUT technically ''damaging'' it? It's a small discrepancy, but it could mean a big difference. So physical damage is shared if a spirit is possessing someone. We don't know about Stun. But Banishing doesn't hurt the host...and doesn't Mana Static technically disrupt/banish the spirit rather than damage it?

[pbangarth]

Well, Uncle Zola now has Banishing, and talk in the Possession FAQ thread tends toward saying a mana effect such as Stunbolt that does Stun damage can be directed at either the spirit controlling the body, or the body. If that is the case, then U.Z. has at least one, possibly two or three ways to attack a spirit possessing someone he doesn't want to hurt.

Peter

[Glyph]

Here's the face. Kind of a femme fatale. After I was completely done with her, it occurred to me that a covert ops/disguise master type of face would probably have been better. Oh well, she'll fit in with the rest of the pink mohawk crew we've got going here, anyways. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif)

Stats:

[ Spoiler ]

Name: Syren
Gender: Female
Race: Elven

Rundown of Common Dice Pools:
Influence Group: base 29 (Charisma: 8 + Influence Group: 6 + Kinesics: 6 + Tailored Pheromones: 3), modifiers +5 (+2 First Impression, +2 cosmetic biomods, +1 vocal range enhancer). Dice Pool 29-34
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Dancing: 24
Singing: 15
Pistols: 18
Monofilament Whip: 18

BREAKDOWN [800 Points]
Core Attributes: 295
Special Attributes: 60
Race: 30
Active Skills: 200
Qualities: +20
Contacts: 28
Resources: 82
Bond Foci: 2
Initiate 4 Times: 69
Raise Magic from 2 to 6: 54

=Attributes=
Body: 5
Agility: 6 (10)
Reaction: 5 (7)
Strength: 2
Charisma: 8
Intuition: 5
Logic: 3
Willpower: 5
Magic: 6 (5, reduced to 2 by Bioware, then raised with Karma)
Edge: 3

Essence: 3.0

=Qualities=
Adept
Double-Jointed
Erased (5 BP)
First Impression
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Allergy/Silver, Moderate
Low Pain Tolerance
Nano-Intolerance
Sensitive System

=Active Skills=
Artisan/Singing: 4/+2
Escape Artist: 1
Influence Skill Group: 6
Intimidation: 4
Gymnastics/Dance: 6/+2
Monofilament Whip: 4
Perception/Visual: 3/+2
Pistols/Semi-Automatic: 4/+2
Stealth Skill Group: 3

=Knowledge Skills=
English: N
Sperethiel: 6
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Corporate Politics: 4
Exotic Dancing: 4
Seattle Night Life: 4
Underworld Politics: 4

=Bioware=
Biosculpting, Minor (10,000 Nuyen)
Glo-Tatts
Sensitive Skin
Silky Skin
Skin Pigmentation (perfect peaches & cream complexion)
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Muscle Toner: 4
Reflex Recorder: Pistols
Synaptic Booster: 2
Synthcardium: 3
Tailored Pheromes: 3
Vocal Range Enhancer

=Cyberware=
Fingertip Compartment
-with Monofilament Whip (Force: 2 Weapon Focus, bound)

=Adept Abilities=
(4 additional Power Points from Initiations)
Commanding Voice
Eidetic Sense Memory
Enhanced Perception: 4
Enthralling Performance/Dance
Improved Ability/Artisan: 2
Improved Ability/Gymnastics: 3
Iron Will: 5
Kinesics: 6
Linguistics
Multi-tasking
Nimble Fingers
Sustenance
Traceless Walk

=Contacts=
Fixer (5 Connection/3 Loyalty)
Hacker (2 Connection/2 Loyalty)
Media Producer (4 Connection/2 Loyalty)
Nightclub Owner (4 Connection/2 Loyalty)
Paramed Shaman (2 Connection/2 Loyalty)

=Lifestyle=
High (1 Month)
Starting Money: 4d6 x 500 Nuyen plus 6,000 Nuyen.

=Equipment=
ID/Credsticks:
Fake ID (Rating: 6), Fake Gun Registration (Rating: 6), Fake Concealed Carry Permit (Rating: 6), Fake Bioware License (Rating: 6) x 2; 4 certified credsticks.

DocWagon Contract:
Basic (1 Year).

Weapons:
>Morrissey Alta Heavy Pistol with personalized grip, concealable holster, 120 APDS and 120 Gel rounds of ammo, and 5 spare clips.

Armor/Clothing:
Armor Jacket, Urban Explorer Jumpsuit, FFBA half suit, PPP forearm guards, 5,000 Nuyen worth of assorted clothing.

Commlink/Software/Simsense:
Erika Elite Commlink with with upgraded Response: 6, Custom OS (System: 6 and Firewall: 6), simrig, skinlink, trodes, and subvocal mic; Analyze, Browse, Command, Edit,and Encrypt programs (All Rating: 6); 7 Rating: 6 Linguasofts (Chinese, French, Japanese, Korean, Or'zet, Russian, Spanish); Empathy Software (Rating: 6) with microsensor (with Camera and Skinlink), Virtual Surround Music, Wall Space.

Other:
Glasses with skinlink modification, image link, and flare compensation; duffel bag (100 Nuyen), Medkit (Rating: 6) with 3 refills, Disguise Kit, Survival Kit, Inline Skates.

Background:

[ Spoiler ]

1. What is your character's Sex?

Female.

2. What is your character's physical size?

Petite and curvy for an elf, but medium height and slightly slender by human standards.

3. What is the color of the character's hair, eyes, and skin?

She has wavy, medium-length chestnut hair (usually worn loose, but sometimes in a French braid, or held back in a scrunchie), soft amber eyes, and a perfect peaches-and-cream complexion. She usually wears understated but artfully applied cosmetics. She has glo-tatts that are burnished gold, serpentine designs.

4. What is the character's general appearance (i.e., How does she dress, etc.)?

Laura dresses to fit in, but not necessarily to blend in. Whether it be denim and synthleather, a cocktail dress, or a tailored business suit, Laura draws people's eyes to her. She has a delicately beautiful face, a warm smile, and a voice like spun honey. She has a sweet and innocent quality about her, even when she is doing things that are far from sweet or innocent.

5. Where was the character born (City, State, Hospital Name)?

Laura was born in the upcale Oakes Clinic, in Ballard, in the Seattle metroplex.

6. What is the character's date of birth?

November 12th, 2044.

7. What was the character's family life like?

Laura's father was a Tir exile, married to a high society human woman (but you still got the impression that he thought he had married down). She was a bit of a spoiled brat growing up, and was obviously the favored child of her father (her two older brothers were born human, and her father treated both them and her mother with condenscension). She started to rebel against her father's attitude in her teen years, and when she found out that he was actually involved in a number of very unsavory businesses, it shocked her to the core, and made her reexamine all of her previous attitudes.

8. Has the charcter begun her own family?

No. Laura is not ready to settle down with just one person yet, much less start a family.

9. Where or how was the charcter educated?

Laura's education was a mix of tutors and semi-exclusive private schools, where she showed an early aptitude for singing and dance - and she was also a charming little minx. She dreamed of being a star, but her awakening complicated this (anti-awakened prejudice being strong, especially in the wake of a few bands and such who actually DID practice things like mind control, or using a crowd to power a ritual). Then came her discovery of her father's involvement in organlegging and other unsavory activities, an unpleasant confrontation, and her decision to run away. Her father could have brought her back in - he still had considerable power at that time - but chose, instead, to destroy her SIN and get her blacklisted from the few companies that would consider employing an awakened entertainer.

Perhaps he thought that life on the streets would break her, or send her crawling back, but she managed to survive. She made a living stripping in unsavory clubs, along with other hustles and schemes, learning a whole new set of lessons - those of the streets. She learned how to be sneaky, how to defend herself when she had to, and how to use her social and dancing skills in a completely different environment. Eventually, she graduated from street hustler to full-fledged runner.

10. Has the character ever done anything else for a living?

She has been a dancer and sometime sex worker, as well as assorted small-time cons. Her work as a runner is only the culmination of this, moving up from the streets to the big time.

11. What are the character's political and religious beliefs?

Laura is pretty cynical politically, believing that the system is rigged and the only way to change things is to work for it behind the scenes. She is strongly supportive of metahuman rights, though, including sapient creatures, free spirits, and AIs (but drawing the line at ghouls, who are more like plague victims than an oppressed minority).

Religiously, she is follows a feel-good deism where everything is groovy. She will freely mix liberal theology, pop psychology, and gross simplifications (if at least positive ones...) of the beliefs of other religions.

12. Describe the character's moral code. Include how mercenary she is, whether or not she'll kill innocents, etc.

Laura finds most laws to be biased, unfair, and stupid. She only pays enough attention to them to evade them. The more subtle rules of social networks are far more meaningful to her - although she will flout societal norms that she finds to be racist or prudish. She is a soft touch for someone in trouble, and will work "hooding" runs - her social abilities help her to sniff out people trying to take advantage of her, though. She has little problem with criminal activities, but flinches from wetwork, and prefers any violence at all as an absolute last resort. When it is unavoidable, though, she acts with utter ruthlessness - she can fall apart later, after she has survived.

She is promiscuous but fickle, avoiding any potential long-term relationships. In relationships, and everyday dealings with people in general, she is genuinely nice and caring. She has a mild submissive/exhibitionist kink that she occasionally indulges, perhaps as a relief from mentally manipulating and dominating people as a runner.

She disdains drugs as a crutch, and disdains simsense as living someone else's life by proxy - she has no problem with other people's vices, though. She certainly doesn't have the sanctimonious attitude of some "straight edge" people (she isn't really straight edge, though - she drinks socially and loves coffee and energy drinks).

13. What are the character's goals?

Laura is starting to realize that she can't change the world - but at least she can make a few corners of it a bit brighter.

14. Why does the character run the shadows? (Why does she run the shadows still, rather than getting a "real" job?)

Laura didn't have too many non-illegal options for making a living at first. Now that she has made it in the shadows, she feels no need to go back to the hypocrisy and stiffling confines of high society.

15. What kind of personality does your character have? This should not necessarily be obviously stated in the background, as it is more important for actually playing the character, but it may colour or add mood to the history.

Laura is tougher, and less innocent, than she looks, but she is still a genuinely nice, cheerful person. Her first instinct is to befriend people, but she can also cut people down with a few deftly chosen words if she needs to.

16. What special qualities does the character possess? This does not refer to skills, but rather to other things, such as how she gets along with people, whether she plans ahead, etc.

Laura is a real social animal, who thrives on social networking and making people happy.

17. Are there certain things that the character can't or won't do? Why?

Laura finds it easy to make casual friends, but doesn't have nearly as many close friends, and treasures the ones she does have. She would never participate in organlegging or human trafficking, and has lost potentially valuable underworld contacts because she learned that they were involved in such things, and refused to deal with them.

18. What things, people, or ideas does the character hate?

Laura hates bigots of all stripes, especially elven ones like the Tir (and her father). She hates the corporations and underworld organizations that despoil the earth, or sell people as slaves, or spare body parts, all so they can make more and more grubby money, even though they already have plenty.

19. What things people, or ideas does the character love?

Laura likes hitting the hot night spots, especially the adrenaline rush that she gets from dancing. She doesn't really need to work the stage any longer, but will still occasionally do so. She likes parties, hooking up with people, rallies to support meta-rights, and going out with a group of friends.

20. What is the character's name? Give both full birth name, as well as nicknames, street names, etc.

Her "real" name is Laurana Talis, Laura to people she knows - her fake ID lists her as Laura Grey, and her street name is Syren.

21. Determine what your character used to do, before becoming a shadowrunner (very important).

Laura worked at some of the seedier night clubs, the ones that didn't check for SINs and paid certified cred, as well as occasional sex work and whatever odd jobs and hustles she could pull off. She was often used as a lure or a distraction, roles that she still plays as a runner.

22. Decide why your character left her old job, if she had one (also important).

Her previous jobs were forced upon her by desperate circumstances, and she is glad to be higher on the food chain now.

23. Come up with a reason for why the character became a shadowrunner. (This very often will tie in with #22. This is not the same as #14, but rather why she started running the shadows originally. What led her to it?)

Shadowrunning was simply the natural evolution of her career of shady and/or criminal activities.

24. How did your character come to know her contacts? Contacts are an important part of Shadowrun, decide how and why you know them.

Brent, Fixer (5 Connection/3 Loyalty) is a cadaverously thin man in the latest fashions (the latest tacky ones, that is), accompanied by two leather-clad androgynous elven bodyguards. He likes to chat amiably about inconsequential things, but he is a hard-nosed negotiater. His clients all know "Brent's first rule": don't bring Brent trouble (extremely hot merchandise, dropping his name to the wrong people), and he will do all right by you, although remember "Brent's second rule": Brent is not Santa.

Harry Tendo, Hacker (2 Connection/2 Loyalty) is a grinning young Japanese man with multi-colored punk hair which seems out of place with his conservative suit. He was a hacker working for Yamatetsu, before getting into trouble. Now he designs Matrix games, and possibly more illicit activities. Laura occasionally augments Harry's finances for a bit of research or minor hacking.

Big Bobby, Media Producer (4 Connection/2 Loyalty) is a smarmy dwarf who likes loud ties and overbearing cologne. He knows his nickname is partly mocking, but he treats it like adoration from his vassals. He is a bit ribald and insinuating for some people's tastes, but he has decent connections and knows lots of gossip about the business.

Coldhand Jake, Nightclub Owner (4 Connection/2 Loyalty) is the owner of The Comedy, a four story superclub in a old SE downtown reclaimed warehouse. Strip club in the basement, restaurant/classy bar on ground floor, rave hall upstairs, VIP above that. Friends and trusted runners are even invited to the 5th floor penthouse, where Jake, Mei and Calista live, and cook a mean dinner to discuss work over. Laura used to dance there, after she had gotten some fake ID and some biomods that made her even more in demand as a dancer. She still goes there occasionally, since the place is a known runner hangout, and she finds Jake to be a decent sort for his line of work.

Buddy Big Bear, Paramed Shaman (2 Connection/2 Loyalty) is a huge troll with a long, shaggy beard, but despite his appearance he is actually a reasonably good EMT and even better at traditional tribal medicine and magical healing. She has known Buddy long enough to use him when a run goes south and she needs a doctor she can really trust.

25. Does the character have a SIN? Does the character actually use it? Or is the character one of the SINless masses? This may be affected by the character's previous employment.

Laura has never had a SIN, but she does have fake ID and other paperwork now.

26. Is the character a full-time shadowrunner? Or does the character lead a Batman-like double existence?

Laura is a full-time runner.

27. Which person(s) or group(s) do you love the most?

She typically has a lot of people she hangs out with, but develops a few close friends. She has repaired her relationship with her mom, but her two brothers are still cold towards her.

28. Which person(s) or group(s) do you hate the most?

She hates organleggers, human traffickers, and others who treat human beings like THINGS. She also despises bigotry in all forms.

29. Which person(s) or group(s) do you respect the most?

She respects groups like MOM that succeed by nonviolent, grass-roots activism. She supports more radical meta-rights groups, but doesn't always approve of their tactics.

30. Which person(s) or group(s) do you fear the most?

She fears all of the wack jobs out there - policlubs, cults, and the like. She can't predict what they will do, like she can for other people, and they are also often immune to her abilities, because they have been brainwashed to the point where she can't even BEGIN to talk to them. She also fears mindless things like devil rats or feral ghouls.

31. What is your favourite colour?

White, especially lace.

32. What is your favourite food and/or drink?

Laura likes hydroponic produce and Tir wine, although she is very embarassed about the latter, considering her low opinion of the Tir in general.

33. What place would you most like to visit?

She would like to tour the NAN wilderness areas someday.

34. Which person(s) or group(s) are you most loyal to?

Laura is fiercely loyal to friends. She also will help people down on their luck or in trouble. She feels more solidarity with regular people (shopowners, etc.) than with those who prey on them, part of the reason that she holds the underworld syndicates in the same disdain that she feels for the corportations.

35. What pastime (that you participate in regularly) gives you the most enjoyment? (Warning: Answering Sex for this question can and will result in penalties to your character!)

Laura loves to dance, and loves spending time with friends.

36. What pastime (that you participate in regularly) gives you the least enjoyment?

She hates violence, especially when it is up close and personal. She also doesn't like it when she needs to use her sexuality to manipulate someone as part of a job.

37. What annoys you the most?

People are intolerant, people who are so close-minded that you can't even get them to LISTEN to you.

38. What (if any) is your favourite form of art?

Dancing is her main joy in life, and she also enjoys karaoke.

39. What is your greatest goal?

To leave the world a slightly better place for her having been in it - she would like to instigate some kind of major social upheaval, sure, but she's realistic about that actually ever happening.

40. What do you think is your characters best quality?

Her genuinely nice and caring nature.

41. What do you think is your characters worst quality?

Love and tolerance are fine, but sometimes complex social problems are not as simply solved as that.

42. What is the most important thing you have ever done?

She exposed the illegal kidnapping and experimentation being carried out by a Renraku subsidiary, testing a new kind of psychotropic simsense on squatters, nearly being victimized herself in the process. The subsidiary was purged and the offenders hung out to dry when the news broke - Renraku was shocked (yeah, right) at this abuse by the subsidiary VP.

43. Which religion (if any) do you follow?

An eclectic mish-mash of feel-good philosophy.

44. What is your most treasured possession (and why)?

She has an old class ring on a charm bracelet - it reminds her of a more innocent time, before the unpleasant revelations that turned her life upside-down.

45. What are your three most common dreams?

> Dancing on a landscape of cotton candy-colored clouds, feeling the warm sun on her bare skin.

> In a nightclub or at a party, where everyone is talking is a language that she can't understand, and she has the feeling that they are saying things that are very important. She wakes up feeling frustrated.

> A nightmare of being pursued by ravenous ghouls. She has a shotgun in her hands, but the creatures seem to heal the wounds nearly instantly. She wakes up, heart pounding, right as they are about to catch her. She had this dream fairly often when she was living on the streets, but has it only very rarely now.

46. What is the Character's current relationship with her family?

Her father has more or less disowned her, not even interested in further revenge on her, and she feels the same level of indifference to his fate. She has salvaged a relationship with her mother, but it is still awkward, and there are a lot of potential land mines that they tacitly avoid talking about for now. Her brothers are still cold towards her, though, and she gets the feeling that both of them consider her something of an embarassment now.

47. If the character's family is still alive, what do they do, and where do they live?

Her father's organization was dismantled when they went head to head with the even more ruthless Tamanous organization. The last she heard, he had fled to France. Her mom is still a socialite, if a bit on the outs with the fashionable crowd still. Her two brothers are both mid-level business managers at Ares, even though one of them is currently in Pueblo territory, and the other one is in Denver.

48. Where did the character learn her Skills?

Private school and tutors, then the streets and the school of hard knocks. She got actual (if informal) instruction for some of her skills, such as learning how to shoot, and the dangerous art of using a monofilament whip.

49. Does the character have a good luck charm? What is it, and why?

No. She used to have a "lucky coin", but lost it.

50. What type of music does the character like?

Fluffy pop music, trance, and new age, although she doesn't mind any other kind of dance club music.

51. List any past serious relationships that your character has had, and give a brief overview of the relationship.

None, really. She has had a few people get creepy and obsessive about her, which has only made her more leery of getting seriously involved with anyone. She has had plenty of short-term relationships, and on-again, off-again lovers, though.

52. Where does your character live? Why does she live there?

Laura's current place is a tiny studio apartment in an unassuming brownstone in Tacoma, with boosted utilities that are always on, great security, and surprisingly reliable protection from the local gang. The apartment itself is obsessively neat (the housekeeping bot is top-notch), if a bit spartan other than a King-sized bed. She really doesn't spend that much time there. There are a few homey touches such as lace throw pillows, stuffed animals, etc.

53. Remember, your Gamemaster like detail, so if you can think of any other little details, quirks, or whatever that you think might please the almight GM, then add them in as well. Oh, and your GM won't use any of these details against you at a later date. trust me...(IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[ElFenrir]

I like it. Excellent and face-ing and rounded to boot; plenty of stealth and perception, and Monowhip weapon focuses are always nice for if bad stuff happens. And yeah, I mean, we have a rather fun motley crew of prime runners anyway, so I think she'll fit in just fine. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif) She's still in almost Pornomancer range with the dice(up to 34), has plenty of contacts and will help the group out a lot, given their not too facey-ness otherwise.

I think Count Blacula is our only mundane so far. The dwarf drake is a mage, Zola's a mage, Syren, Basher, Azael are adepts with cyber, Sir Thomas is a Mystic Adept and we have a Technomancer; unknown about our Rigger yet. But, then again, Awakened and Techno-Awakened are just...awesome.

Also: Good to hear that it looks like Stun might be another answer to the Possession dilemma; well, half-dilemma. In the sense that the more ways you have to deal with it, the better.

[Bobson]

I think Count Blacula is our only mundane so far. The dwarf drake is a mage, Zola's a mage, Syren, Basher, Azael are adepts with cyber, Sir Thomas is a Mystic Adept and we have a Technomancer; unknown about our Rigger yet. But, then again, Awakened and Techno-Awakened are just...awesome.

The rigger's going to be mundane.

Up to 400 BP can be potentially spent on the base 8 Attributes...I wouldn't recommend it...but there you go.

For the record, it's impossible to spend 400 BP on core attributes. THe maximum is 355 if you have an exceptional attribute, 330 if you don't.

As a side project I'm throwing together some stats for a pure non-cybered mundane. He might have minimal cyber or bio, but he'll have at least 5 essence, and nothing to reduce the essence costs. I want to see what I can do with all that BP...


On first pass, he's a human with 7 reaction and edge, 6 agility and intuition (and essence!), and 5's in every other stat. He's got 30 active skills at 4, and another 10 at 1-3, lots of really nice positive qualities (speed reading & photographic memory, for instance), his negative qualities mostly relate to him having a record trail (and a day job, but I'm not sure doing what - "legal" mercenary, maybe?)... and I'm only 58 Karma over the 800 limit. 10 more points of negative qualities available, and 50k cash to spend right now. Back to the rigger for now, but I'll follow up on him later, if I get a chance.

[Bobson]

Well, I'm both happy and frustrated with the SR4 vehicle customization rules. I forget exactly how customized the old van was (I still haven't managed to find the sheet), but I'm certain it was more so than the 16 slots of an Ares Roadmaster allow for now... I'm going to have to rethink what I can actually stuff in there...

Ok, the van's finished. It's not as uber as the SR3 van was, but it's what I was able to put together. It's an Ares Roadmaster stealth/detection/getaway transport. No weapons (but it has the two default gun ports) except for an anti-theft system and a ram plate (and the speed to use it). Even the troll I built will have problems by being rammed at 65 m/turn (which is a rather paltry 1.3 kph or .8 of a mph, and which I can easily reach from a standing start in one turn) - he'd have to resist 48P damage with his 50 dice to resist impact damage... Not happening.

Also, packed with sensors and the best software money can buy. Total cost is about 155,000, which really isn't that bad.


I'm running into problems with the walker, though. THe old one was a centorid form, with four legs, two arms, and a torso. It was also the only drone he had, but it was loaded. Rebuilding it doesn't really seem to be viable in the SR4 rules, at least without GM approval (which is something to be avoided in these scenarios). So faced with the option of re-imagining his drone forces. I could make either a stealth or combat-ready anthroform, based on the two Arsenal models, or I can get a bunch of combat lynxs or the combat drones, or something else like that... Basically, do I want one or two uberdrones (and for combat or for espionage), or a series of lesser ones? I can certainly afford both, but it's a question of what I'm able to transport and still have room for the rest of the team. Roadmasters are big, but not that big (the old walker had braces on the floor in the center of the van, and the rest of the team braced against it along the sides). Thoughts?

[pbangarth]

Ok, gang, I've had a character kicking around since before Uncle Zola, and decided to see what would grow out of the vat if I threw him in with another 400 points beyond the base.

This character is probably dearer to me than Uncle Zola, and I really don't know how he would perform in a 'prime runner' environment. Please kick his tires and let me know what you think.

I present Bongo Slade, Mystic Drummer:

Background

[ Spoiler ]

Bongo Slade

- Mystic Drummer

Martin O’Malley (now Bongo Slade on the street) was born into a middle-class family in Toronto. Martin’s parents are very conscious of class mobility and wanted their son to have as good a life as they could help him get. They had high expectations for him because of talents he exhibited early in life. He has a knack for languages, and so “foreign service� was discussed, and he is also very artistic in several ways, and so, while not as lucrative, a career in “the arts� was also seen as a possibility. Above all, education to a high degree was considered necessary.

Martin just wanted to play music. He skipped school, but studied music and poetry (lyrics) on his own. Percussion was his calling. Anything you could hit was his instrument. He engaged in petty crime to pay for fun with his buddies and private lessons with the best teachers (and that he didn’t convince his parents to do so in a legitimate fashion tells much about him). He travelled all over Toronto and region, playing music, dealing and stealing. His school report cards were … well, not always failing, but certainly not encouraging. He thought it would be cool to have electronic instrumentation implanted in him, but a test implant quickly showed that he was unreceptive almost to the point of allergy to mechanical implants.

One music teacher was an adept, and saw the spark of Magic in the boy. (Martin picked up the old, outdated Morse Code in a couple of days at a museum. The rhythm of the ‘language’ attracted Martin. The speed with which he picked it up caught the teacher’s eye.) The teacher helped the Magic develop in Martin, who himself developed the Adept way, focussing everything he could into playing his music better, ‘attuning’ to the world around him, ‘listening and seeing’ the music of the world.

Over the course of a year or two, Martin developed some regular places to play, pretty seedy some of them, and learned some survival skills as well. It’s amazing what you can do to an unruly patron with a well-hurled cymbal. Eventually the inevitable happened, and Martin came afoul of the law. Petty theft got him a police record, disapproval and punishment from his parents, and disappointment from his Magic- and music-mentor. Martin decided it was time to move on.

Denver looked good. Four nations meeting in one place, and all run by a dragon! There had to be interesting things going on there, new music to learn and play, and maybe a clue to his dream. He spent time there, learning languages, different music, and disappearing in the Crash of ’64. But the call of his home, the lights and sounds of the big city, Toronto drew him back. Not as Martin, but as Bongo Slade. Musicians and trideo stars were everywhere. Here was life and magic of all sorts.

Even before he new of his own Magical talent, Martin had a sense that there was a ‘music underlying it all’. In dreams and daytime musings (in class of course) Martin imagined that the Earth has a heartbeat, and that the right person, maybe in the right place and time, could play that rhythm and be in tune with Gaea. This is the goal that Bongo Slade seeks in the streets of Toronto, in the back woods of North America, and anywhere clues and runs take him.

The first step is to become the best drummer in the world. (Hey, he’s still young enough to think in those terms.) Though Bongo can play just about any instrument, his skill in percussion is amazing, to the point that he can mesmerize his audience if he wants to. He is trying to hone his skill, his talent and his Magic to bring him to the point where he can play that dream. He has travelled all over North America, asking questions, learning languages so he can ask more questions.

Bongo figures Metamagics will be key to reaching the pinnacle of performance and attunement to Gaea. Those he has developed are directed towards perceiving and learning things. And to varying degrees, playing music better. He knows that in an academic environment he could have access to the latest theories, but he won’t go there ever again. Even worse would be to sell his talent to some corporation, even if they would think it worth hiring. No, he has to do it on his own terms, on the streets and in the woods. Along with a talented dancer named Syren, Bongo founded a Magical group, "Children of Apollo" for Artist’s Way adepts and mystic adepts. This group has aided them and new members to promote their art and develop in new directions. He sees the group as an important part of his quest. Bongo has sought contacts far and wide to learn what he can about Gaea --who or what she might be, where one might connect to her better, how the ancients might have sought her out.

Bongo uses his Magic for music and for profit, exercising it in order to make it grow. He lives a modest lifestyle, earning money when he needs it with a gig or two. Ironically, he sometimes refers to a gig as his ‘day job’. Throughout Toronto, the mysterious Bongo Slade is respected for his music, especially his drumming. You know you are in for a treat when, unannounced, Bongo Slade sits in for a set. Fellow musicians respect his talent and enjoy playing with him. The synergy is sometimes amazing. Bar owners have mixed feelings about him, because people flock to the bar when they get news he has shown up, but once he starts playing, the patrons are mesmerized, some even to the point of stopping drinking, the waiters slow down and miss orders and the bouncers stop looking anywhere but at the stage. Funny, though, different people will recollect his appearance differently.

In the meantime Bongo keeps his eyes and ears open for any clues or stories about the underlying rhythm of the world. He is learning how to make musical drums, and is especially keen on finding out if some kind of ‘music focus’ had ever been made. (That is, something that enhances magic directed specifically towards performance.) This could be the first type of magical Focus he would want to bind to, as he has resisted the siren call of Foci till now. Perhaps somewhere deep inside he fears that he may succumb to addiction to them, and -that- addiction would kill his dream. Drugs? Hey, chummer, he’s a musician!

So Bongo does what he has to in order to make ends meet and to stretch his talents. Runs in the shadows are a fast way to money and information, as far as he can see. He offers the ability to distract, to infiltrate, to investigate and memorize instantly, to describe in great detail what he has heard and seen. He can also provide 'five finger discounts', basic computer skills and second-string (?third-?) backup in a fight. As yet, he hasn’t become disillusioned, despite the seamier aspects of things he has done ‘for his art’, and despite the signs all around him that failure can be final.


Character Traits

- brash, young know-it-all (though the years have tempered this some)

- consummately confident in his own skill as a musician

- willing to do almost anything to get ahead in his goal �" wetwork?? Hmmm…

- able to cooperate with a team, even a team leader, but despises established authority figures and organizations

- curious about anything and everything going on around him, and will investigate

- always looking for the music in things, particularly rhythms



Goal: Find the Heartbeat of the Earth, and play it

Stats

[ Spoiler ]

Bongo Slade
- Mystic Drummer

800 Points

Human 0BP
Qualities 30 BP
Attributes 320 BP 81 Karma
Initiation 35 Karma
Active Skills 176 BP 42 Karma
Knowledge/
Language 2 BP 39 Karma
Contacts 31 BP
Gear Costs 44 BP

Human - age 26, male

Qualities

Adept (5)
Fame (5)
Inspired (5)
Perceptive (10)
Linguist (5)
Photographic Memory (10)
Exceptional Attribute (INT) (20)
Aptitude (Artisan) (10)
Astral Beacon (-5)
Sensitive System (-15)
Mild Addiction (tobacco) (-5)
Mild Addiction (Betel chewing gum) (-5)
Day Job (?) (-5)
Prejudice (mild) (established authority) (-5)

Attributes

BOD 4
AGI 4
REA 5
STR 4
CHA 5
INT 7
LOG 3
WIL 4
EDG 3
ESS 6
MAG 8

INIT 12 (1 pass)
Initiation - Grade 3 - “Children of Apollo� Group Initiation plus Theses(Ordeals)

Sensing
Cognition
Psychometry

Adept Powers

Astral Perception 1.0
Enhanced Perception (5) 1.25
Improved Artisan (1) 0.25
Enthralling Performance 0.5
(artisan-percussion)
Commanding Voice 0.25
Linguistics 0.25
Multi-tasking 0.5
Eidetic Sense Memory 0.5
Three Dimensional Memory 0.5
Magic Sense 0.5
Motion Sense 0.5
Nimble Fingers 0.25
Power Throw (3) 0.75
Missile Mastery 1.0

Active Skills

Artisan 7(10) INT
(percussion) (+2)
Perception 6 (+8 ) INT*
(hearing) (+2)
* see earbuds and contact lenses for further modifiers
Assensing 3 (+7) MAG
Influence Group 3 CHA
con, etiquette,
leadership, negotiation
Stealth Group 3
disguise INT
infiltration AGI
palming (+1) AGI
shadowing INT
Throwing Weapons 4 AGI
Dodge 2 REA
Survival 2 WIL
(urban) (+2)
First Aid 1 LOG
Computer 1 LOG
Data Search 1 LOG
Enchanting 1 MAG
Pilot Groundcraft 2 REA
(wheeled) (+2)
Arcana 1 LOG
Knowledge/Language Skills

Music Theory 3
(composition) (+2)
Ethnomusicology 2
(ritual music) (+2)

TorontoEntertainment Scene 2
(musicians) (+2)
Toronto Street Gangs 2

Musical Drum Design 1
Exotic Woods 1

Gaea Theory 3
Ancient Artifacts 2

English N
French 1 (+2)
Pueblo 1 (+2)
Algonkian 1 (+2)
Nahuatl 1 (+2)
Cantonese 1 (+2)
Japanese 1 (+2)
Spanish 1 (+2)
Arabic 1 (+2)
Russian 1 (+2)
Inuktitut 1 (+2)
Swahili 1 (+2)
Or’Zet 1 (+2)
Morse Code 1 (+2)



Contacts
connections / loyalty
Joe Coole 3 / 2
- music agent / fixer
Mick the Slick 3 / 1
- pawn broker / fence
Mary Q. Contrary 3 / 1
- talismonger
Egon Andurian 4 / 1
- trideo director, Toronto
Johnny Winnipeg 2 / 2
- Algonkian Raven shaman
Runs-with-Tricks 2 / 2
Pueblo Coyote shaman
Joanna Cassidy 3 / 2
Atlantean Foundation librarian

Gear ¥
Percussion Equipment - drum kit 4,000
- bongos
- djembe

Enchanting Shop 50,000

Fairlight Caliban Commlink 8,000
Noritake Navi 10,500
upgrades: - system 6
- response 4
- firewall 6
- signal 5
Sim Module (hot sim) 250
Trodes 50
AR Gloves 250
Satellite Link 500
Programs - analyze 6 1,800
- browse 6
- edit 6
Computer Toolkit 500
Datachip X 5 1
Mapsoft (6) - Seattle 30
Tag Eraser 150
Microtransceiver (6) - subvocal mic and earbud 1,200
Contact Lenses 2,225
-low light, flare comp., image link, thermographic,
vision enhancement (3), vision magnification (electronic),
smartlink, ultrasound
Earbuds 1,910
-audio enhancement (3), select sound filter (3), spatial recognizer

Latex Face Mask 500
Nanopaste, small X 8 4,000
Altskin, basic X 8 12,000
Altskin, + Shade +Shifter X 3 6,000
Medkit (6) - supplies X 5 850
Stimulant Patch (6) X 5 150
Survival Kit 100
Myomeric Rope X 10 m 200
Backpack 250
GPS 200
Lightstick 5
Flashlight 25
Lucifer Lamp 150
-bulbs -- 10 hours 1000
Pocket Mage Library (3) 1800

Middle Lifestyle X 1 month 5,000
Fake SIN (6) 6,000
Fake SIN (4) 4,000
Fake Licenses (6) - thermal smoke grenade 2,400
- flash-bang
- smoke grenade
- ballistic shield

Ares Predator IV + 40 rounds ammo 390
Shuriken X 10 300
Throwing Knife X 10 200
Grenades - flash-bang X 4 1,350
- fragmentation X 4
- flash pack X 2
- high explosive X 8
- smoke X 2
- thermal smoke X 2
Ballistic Shield (6/4) 1,500
Urban Explorer (6/6) 500
- helmet (-/+2) 50
Lined Coat (6/4) 700
Armoured Vest (8/6) 900
Synergist Business Line - suit jacket, slacks, shirt (5/3) 1,500
Clothing, various styles 1,000

Rover 2068 SUV 25,000
- Amenities(High), Off-road Suspension, Passenger Protection 2,
Anti-Theft System 2
- Additional Fuel Tank X 2 2,000
- Amphibious Operation 1 2,500
- Off-road Tires X 4 1,600

Dues to Children of Apollo during early months 50,000

Laes-laced cigarettes X 20 500
Psyche - dose X 3 600
Red Mescaline - dose X 8 400
Loco (speedballed Red Mescaline and Psyche) - dose X 1 350

cigarettes
Betel chewing gum (both cheap and readily available)

remaining nuyen to spend 65

Peter

[Glyph]

Hell with "prime runners", you got the ultimate singer/dancer and the ultimate drummer. Syren and Bongo could form a band. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rotfl.gif)

I like the character. He doesn't quite fit the "make a superpowerful version of X to go against otherwise untouchable opposition." What I like about things like high BP and karmagen, though, is that you have enough points to explore concepts that wouldn't be nearly as feasible in a 400 BP game. With the standard 400 BP you can make effective characters, but points are tight. You usually don't have enough to really get a nice spread of things outside of your main specialty.

[ElFenrir]

That is the exact reason why we use the 750 Karma these days. You CAN make characters like that. My recent fellow, despite being a sam in build and implants, has a really high Armorer/Weaponsmithing skill and Artisan/Metalworking skill, along with Armorer Kit/Shop and everything; and Knowledge Skills that go with this. He can basically just make his, and his team's, own weapons once he gets a facility; but he more or less does it out of the love of doing it; he has some rather nice swords and knives that he makes, in a variety of styles. He prefers making melee weapons due to the basic qualities that go into them. While it does have *technically* more of a shadow-runny purpose, he would like to basically open his own specialty store one day and sell some of his ''masterpieces''.

[pbangarth]

I just took a look at Syren. Wow. Hyper-charismatic, double-jointed exotic dancer with a whip. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/love.gif)

This is the kind of person inspiring Norah Jones' "I've Got to See You Again".

Peter

[pbangarth]

One combination tactic that Uncle Zola would have practiced and know cold, but which I would like feedback from the crew here to help me understand, involves combining spirit possession of a vehicle and the reinforce spell. This combination would have many uses, from enhancing our getaway vehicle to hardening a fuel tanker as it is hurled at high speed into a target we wish destroyed.

The thing I am not sure of is how fast could a vehicle go, aided by the spirit's movement power, before various physical forces tear it apart. For example:

1) Hack a tractor-trailer of jet fuel, then physically destroy the electronics that would allow re-hacking (the spirit will drive, and dispossess just before it hits, 'cause Uncle Zola doesn't want to piss off spirits any more than he already has)
- Body of 24, Armor of 8, Speed of 90 (Arsenal, page 193)

2) F12 spirit with the Movement and Guard powers possesses the vehicle.
- add 12 to Body, Armor, Acceleration and Speed of vehicle
- treat vehicle as if it has hardened armor of 24

3) Cast Reinforce on vehicle and sustain.
- on average for Uncle Zola, this will have 5 hits, so add 5 to Body and Armor

So, the possessed, reinforced tractor trailer would have:

Body 41
Armor 25 (plus hardened armor effect of 24)
Max speed of 90 X 12 = 1080 meters/ Combat Turn (over 1200 kmh!!)

Somewhere between standing still and going at max speed the wheels would fall off. Any guidelines, maybe based on Body/Armor, on how fast the vehicle could be made to go and still hang together?

For a getaway vehicle, handling would be a big issue, so keep that in mind. For a 'possessed missile', probably going pretty much in a straight line, handling may not be so difficult. But the spirit would have REA of 12, and also would have the Guard power to help prevent accidents.

Peter

[Bobson]

Max speed of 90 X 12 = 1080 meters/ Combat Turn (over 1200 kmh!!)

Why are you multiplying here? I thought it was add 12, which would mean only 102 m/turn.

[pbangarth]

Why are you multiplying here? I thought it was add 12, which would mean only 102 m/turn.

Possession adds the Force of the spirit. I forgot to do that! The Movement Power multiplies. SR4, page 289:

Movement
Type:P â—? Action: Complex â—? Range: LOS â—? Duration: Sustained
The critter may increase or decrease the subject's movement rate within the terrain it controls. Mulitiply or divide the target's movement rate by the critter's Magic.

Peter

[pbangarth]

So, where do things stand with this idea, Jake? Is there more that you would like from us?

Peter

P.S. Man, I sure know how to kill topics! Including this one, in which I posted last, 5 days ago, the last time I checked I had posted in 29 topics, some going way back, and in 8 of them I was the last poster.

[Bobson]

I'm running into problems with the walker, though. THe old one was a centorid form, with four legs, two arms, and a torso. It was also the only drone he had, but it was loaded. Rebuilding it doesn't really seem to be viable in the SR4 rules, at least without GM approval (which is something to be avoided in these scenarios). So faced with the option of re-imagining his drone forces. I could make either a stealth or combat-ready anthroform, based on the two Arsenal models, or I can get a bunch of combat lynxs or the combat drones, or something else like that... Basically, do I want one or two uberdrones (and for combat or for espionage), or a series of lesser ones? I can certainly afford both, but it's a question of what I'm able to transport and still have room for the rest of the team. Roadmasters are big, but not that big (the old walker had braces on the floor in the center of the van, and the rest of the team braced against it along the sides). Thoughts?

Given the lack of other people's thoughts, I've decided to do a series of mission-specific anthroforms, of which he'll probably only use one at a time. This rigger (as yet unnamed) refers to his actual body as the "soft body" and his other drones/vehicles as the "mobile body", "heavy body", etc, or something like that. When you have .27 essence left, and almost all of that is due to headware, it kindof messes with your concept of self...

[pbangarth]

Sorry Bobson, I missed that question. If it matters now, I tend to think small and flexible is better.

Peter

[Cthulhudreams]

I'm slightly disappointed not to see an ally spirit merged with a vampire. That would be the most powerful character you could make with 800BP.

Not clear how you'd pay for the vampire though haha.

[Glyph]

You know, I've been following the Divine Comedy game thread, and it's just struck me that Syren and Portia have a similar trauma in their backgrounds. Both of their lives were turned upside-down when they found out their families were involved in gruesome business practices. Interesting.

[Bobson]

First pass at the rigger:
The basics:

[ Spoiler ]

Name:
Alias: Wheels (or maybe that's the van?)
Race: Human
Sex: Male

Race: 0

+ Qualities: 70

Natural Hardening (10)
More than Metahuman (5) (jump in/out of a drone as a free action)
Exceptional Attribute (Reaction) (20)
Analytical Mind (5)
Gearhead (10)
Juryrigger (10)
Aptitude (Pilot Ground Craft) (10)

- Qualities: -15

Distinctive Style (-5) (Always refers to himself in the third person, by which "body" that is relevant (i.e. instead of "I'll drive us to the meeting, but I'll wait in the van and send in the standard drone", he says "Wheels will drive us to the meeting, but softbody will wait in the van and hardbody will go in with you.")
Cyberpsycosis (-10)

The Numbers:

[ Spoiler ]

Attributes:
(All numbers are as BP unless marked with a kr or otherwise denoted as karma)

Core: 255
Edge: 40

Body: 2
Agility: 4
Reaction: 7(10)
Strength: 3
Charisma: 3
Intuition: 3
Logic: 5(8) (+1 to linked active skills)
Willpower: 5
Edge: 5
Essence: .07

Active Skills: 206

Pilot Ground Craft 7 (+2 Wheeled)
Pilot Anthroform 4 (+2 biped)
Automotive Mechanic 4 (+2 Anthroform)
Armorer 4
Industrial Mechanic 4
Gunnery 4
Pilot Aircraft 4
Electronics (Former Group) 4 (+1 Encephalon)
- Computer 4 (+1 Encephalon)
- Data Search 4 (+1 Encephalon)
- Hardware 6 (4, then up to 6 with karma) (+1 Encephalon)
- Software 6 (4, then up to 6 with karma) (+1 Encephalon)
Navigation (4, +1 recorder, +2 orientation system)
Perception (4, +1 recorder, +3 reception enhancer, +3 attention coprocessor)

Knowledge/Language Skills: (24 Free)

(Not yet)

English: N


Contacts():

None specified yet

The Gear:

[ Spoiler ]

Resources: 1,000,000

Implants (total cost: 329,300, 5.15 cyberware, 1.55/2=.775 bioware):

Attention Coprocessor 3 (9,000) (+3 perception)
Encephalon II (75,000) (+1 to Logic skills, +1 to Cracking/Electronics skills)
Simsense Booster (65,000) (+1 IP when jumped in)
Control Rig (10,000) (+2 dice while jumped in in full VR)
Commlink (2,000)
Datajack (500)
Reaction Enhancer 3 (30,000) (+3 reaction)
Math SPU (4,500) (+2 to math)
Reception Enhancer 3 (60,000) (+3 perception)
Cerebral Booster 3 (30,000) (+3 logic)
Reflex Recorder (Navigation) (10,000)
Reflex Recorder (Perception) (10,000)
Biomonitor (1,000)
Sleep Regulator (10,000) (3 hours of sleep)
Orientation System (1,250)

Cybereye 4 (1,500 + 9,550)
-Eye Tool Laser (2,000)
-Microscopic Vision (1,300)
-Vision Enhancement 3 (4,500)
-Smartlink (1,000)
-Flare Compensation (750)

Gear:

The Van (aka: Wheels, fastbody) (178,095)
(more to come, including walker drones)

The Van:

[ Spoiler ]

Modded Ares Roadmaster
Body: 16
Armor: 16
Slots free: 0/16
Pilot: 6
Economy: 6
Handling: -1 (on and off road), run-flat tires (default)
+1 (on and off road), Smart tires (13 dice @ 4, 5 minute extended test to swap in)
Speed: 120 (default), 96 (with smart tires)
Accel: 30 / 70 (default), 28/64 (with smart tires)

Equipment:
Personal Armor 6
Life Support I
Gun Ports x2
Chameleon Coating
Interior Cameras
Nitrous Injection
Ram Plate
Passenger Protection 6
Rigger Adaptation
Improved Sensor Array
Anti-Theft System
GridLink & Override
Turbocharger 4
ECM 10

Software:
Pilot 6
Response 6
Signal 6
Firewall 6
System 6
ECCM 6
Maneuver Autosoft 4
Clearsight Autosoft 4
Defense AUtosoft 4
Electronic Warfare Autosoft 4

Sensors:
Atmosphere Sensor 3
Radar 6
Laser Range Finder x2
Motion Sensor x2
Camera x2
Camera Nutralizer 6
Ultrawideband Radar 4
Directional Microphone
Laser Microphone 6
THermometric
Radio Signal Scanner 6
Ultrasound

The van's basically a mobile command center, although it's not armed (other than the anti-theft system, the camera neutralizer, the ECM, and the ram plate). It's packed with sensors, camouflage, and speed, and the pilot's smart enough to basically run it itself. It only takes two turns to get up to maximum speed (which sadly didn't get boosted), and nothing's going to survive being rammed by it once it's had one turn to "run" (or two to "walk") and passes the 60 speed line... because then it's doing 48P+hits damage to whatever it hits, and resisting 16P+hits (with 32 dice). Even the troll I built before can't survive that without getting really lucky.

His personality (what there is of it) amuses me too. Clearly he spends too much time communing with his pilot programs.

[Glyph]

Cool character. Very good at his role, good fit with the team, and even the dry stats for him and the van have "personality". (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)