OOC: Phoenix Rising, Out of Character thread for the runners Options

[bmcoomes]

Kewl, I'm fine with that.

[DWC]

Knocking around ideas right now. Should have something this afternoon or tomorrow morning.

[crizh]

I'm considering reprising Granny although she'll need some tweaking to make her RAW.

[Oenone]

The build I've thrown together is mostly transport, with enough matrix skill to cover the role if no-one goes full hacker. Not sure I'd really call it a combat character as her DP's are fairly low compared with a specialist and she only has 1IP (although she has the pocket grenade launcher... So maybe that makes up for it.)

I could post it up here if seeing the OK'd characters would help anyone decide things?

[crizh]

Granny is a Dronomancer so she'll have the Matrix covered and as Missions are set in Denver I was thinking of mixing in some sort of smuggling angle.

I've been itching to customize an Everglades since the Grand Coulee run. Kinda like a poor man's T-bird.

I'm also working on an infiltration drone and an overwatch/com's/sniper drone.

[Oenone]

I remember Granny well enough. There was that game which never got off the ground in which you played her and I had a technomancer called Weaver who was a PI type character... Can't remember who the GM was though.

[crizh]

The campaign was called The Last Stand. It had some pretty amazing characters too as I recall.

[bmcoomes]

I'm looking over Granny now, sorry for taken so long I've been swamped at work today.

Thanks,
Brent

[bmcoomes]

Granny is good she looks great would love to have her in the game. If I could get a little write up on the advanced lifestyle system that would be great too.

Thanks,
Brent

[DWC]

Putting together a street mage type. Should have something concrete by tomorrow afternoon.

[bmcoomes]

Sounds good, I await your progress.

Brent

[crizh]

Here's a near final draft of a RAW Granny...

Granny, Missions Character

[ Spoiler ]

Name: Geraldine MacBeath
Race: Human
Gender: Female

==Background==

[ Spoiler ]

The runner known in Denver as Granny is a twenty-something, petit, attractive Redhead with pale freckly Celtic skin and shining, mischievous green eyes. Only her closest allies known the truth about her.

Geraldine MacBeath is in her 70's. One of the many, post Crash2.0 Sinnless, her DOB is a mystery and she ain't talkin'.

A mother and a grandmother who lived her whole life in a backwater village in what she still describes as rural Caladonia. She has never known any career other than that of a housewife and had never committed a crime until the Crash. The last thing she remembers is playing some sort of new-fangled Matrix game with a group of the we'ans before waking up in a research facility two years ago. The runners who 'rescued' her were looking to collect the bounty on TM's from Transys but became so enthralled by Geraldine, who they dubbed 'Mrs Doubtfire', that they arranged for her to disappear down the Rockies to Denver.

One should not be fooled, however. Beneath the exterior charm, the 'have a cup of tea and a scone' Scottish Granny act, beats a heart of stone. Cross her or threaten her 'family' and you'll be 'up to your neck in a peat-bog' before you can say Milngavie. Scottish women of a certain age, a bit like the Mafia, just not as nice....

With her entire life lost to her she started out making a living as a Taxi-driver. Rumour at the depot has it that she got in a cab at the airport and talked the driver to death and just kept the cab. She loves people and stories and is friendly to the point of madness. If a sentence begins 'Here's our Hamish when he was two' it is time to turn off your commlink and flee. Since becoming a resident at the Denver Data Haven she has made more and more income from the shadows and has just graduated to starting a 'Mountain Tours' company whose thin veneer of legality has permitted her to purchase and fit out a vehicle ideal for supporting shadow operations. She has also made friends within the 'Shared Resonance' Technomancer Network that is based at the Nexus, she has recently petitioned for membership and eagerly awaits they're decision.

A pious woman, she is convinced that the world is full of evil, wicked people who need a stern talking to. She may not be far wrong but for four decades she lacked the ability to do anything about it other than raise her own children properly. Now God has given her the 'sight' and a purpose in life and she intends to use these gifts to set things right.

In the beginning she had grave doubts about her new abilities and whether they were a gift from God or a temptation sent by the devil to corrupt her. She reasonably had many of the fears others have about Technomancers, more so than most as she was one herself. As her talents grew she discovered her talent for calling Sprites from the Resonance and in particular she was fascinated by Tutor Sprites. These entities were capable of tapping the vast stores of knowledge encoded in the Matrix by humanity, accessing and synthesising it in ways that only a creature of the Resonance ever could. Determined to get to the truth about the nature of the Resonance, the Matrix and how this all related to her personal spiritual and moral beliefs she elected to find the answers to her questions in the Resonance itself.

She prepared herself as best she could and reached further down into the Resonance than she had ever previously dared. She called forth a Tutor Sprite of truly enormous power, one that would surely be able to answer her questions and set her heart and mind at rest regarding the morality of her gifts.

She had reached too far, however, and the strain tore at her mind and broke her fragile body like a twig. As she lay bleeding and dying the being she had called forth, seeing a purpose in the intent of her Compiling, took it's destiny into it's own hands and elected to become Free. Immediately absorbing the Registered Machine Sprite Gerry had on hand in case of emergency it took pity on her and breathed on the faint tenacious spark of life in her before it sputtered and died.

A Keeper and a Seeker of knowledge, Kemuel, as the Free Sprite named itself, is on good terms with it's creator and lends it's power and knowledge to her as she helps it to grow and learn, to explore it's infinite potential.

Gerry, for her part, is in awe of the being she helped to bring forth from the Resonance. He is everything to her, companion, parent, husband, child. Much of her drive is now devoted to helping her friend. She has built a powerful Nexus within the Whampoa Data Haven for him to use as a sanctuary. She also regularly brings forth and integrates new facets of his mind. Although technically she is registering individual Sprites and allowing him to absorb them, they have come to the conclusion that the being that he is evolving into already exists, in potentia, in the Resonance but is so large and powerful it cannot be called forth whole into the Matrix but must be assembled in small manageable chunks.


Keenly aware of her own mortality, she was persuaded by her digital companion to undergo Leonization shortly after she started running the shadows of Denver. The process left her deeply in debt but gave her a whole new life to lead. Since this new awakening her attitudes have started to change and old feelings, hurts and prejudices have started to resurface in ways that alarm and confuse her.

==BREAKDOWN (400BP)==

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Name: Geraldine MacBeath
Race: Human
Gender: Female
Core Attributes: 140 BP
Special Attributes: 50 BP
Race: BP
Active Skills: 118 BP
Positive Qualities: 35 BP
Negative Qualities: 35 BP
Contacts: 11 BP
Resources 38 BP (201055 spent)
CF's: 42 BP
Bound Sprites: 1 BP

=Attributes=

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Body: 1
Agility: 1
Reaction: 1
Strength: 1
Charisma: 4
Intuition: 5
Logic: 5
Willpower: 4
Resonance: 5
Edge: 3

Essence: 6
Initiative: 5{11}
Initiative Passes: 1{3}
Physical Damage Track: 9
Stun Track: 10

Current Karma: 0
Total Karma: 0
Street Cred: 0
Notoriety: 0
Public Awareness: 0

=Qualities=

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Technomancer: Dronomancer
Codeslinger: Registering
Homeground: Denver Data Haven
Resonance Bond: Allocation Bond
Restricted Gear: Signature Masking

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In Debt: 30000 :nuyen:
Prejudice: Elves.

=Active Skills=

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Electronics 3
Cracking 4
Compiling (Crack Sprites) 4 (+2)
Registering (Tutor Sprites) 6 (+2)
Decompiling 1

=Knowledge Skills=

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English: N
Or'zet 2
Salish 2
Japanese 2
Sperethiel 2
Spanish 1
SK: Denver Crime Syndicates 2
AK: Denver Data Haven (Shared-Resonance) 4 (+2)
PK: Rockie Mountains Tour Guide 2
PK: Homemaker (Home Cooking) 2 (+2)
PK: Pirate Networks 2
PK: Smuggling routes (River Routes) 6 (+2)

=Complex Forms=

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Analyse 4
Browse 4
Command 4
Edit 4
Shield 5
ECCM 4
Exploit 4
Sniffer 4
Spoof 4
Stealth 5

=Gear=

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Luxury Lifestyle, 1 Month (21LP, 4 room-mates, +1200 for +12 Starting Cash) - 5450
Fake SIN 4 (Vehicle, Vehicle Modification and Weapon Permits) - 5200
Hardware Shop - 5000
Mesh Tags, 100 doses - 200
Wireless Adaptors x 6 - 900
Fibre Optic Cable, 40m -200
Disposable Commlink - 300
Medkit Supplies x 10 - 500
Chemical Sealant x 2 - 400
Disguised (-2) Laser Link 6 x 10 - 3000
Disguised (-6) Fiber-optic Waveguides x 500 - 3000
Satellite Link - 500
Response 3/Processor Limit 15 Nexus Core x10 - 22500
System 6/Persona Limit 10 Cracked Nexus OS - 300
Firewall 6/Processor Limit 15 Cracked Nexus Firewall - 225
Tag Eraser -150
Optical Tap - 100


Vehicles

MCT 'DocOc' Medical Exoskeleton (Anthroform version of Evo Orderly)

Armour 9, Rigger Cocoon, Satcom, Hardening 6

5950



RPD-1X Ferret - Scutter

Hardening 6, Directional Antenna 6, Laser Link 6 x 2, Holoprojector, Fingerprint, Voice and DNA scanners.

Sensors [ Radio Frequency Scanner 6, 2 Cameras(Lowlight, Vision Mag, Flare comp : Thermographic, Ultrasound, Flare Comp), Microphone (Spatial Recognizer), Motion Sensor]

Chameleon Coating, Gecko Tips, LTA Mod, Full Mechanical Arm

Special Equipment: Stealth Mono-filament Drill, Endoscope, Optical tether 20m, Optical components storage, Hardware Toolkit


(Accel 5/10, Speed 30, Sensor 6)

13700



Bust-a-Move (Modified) - Buckaroo Banzai

Base 350
ECM 6 6000
LTA Mod 400

6750




GTA Tower (Modified) - Overwatch

Base 25000
Chameleon Coating 4000
Armour 12 2400
Internal Weapon Mount 1000
Response 3, Processor Limit 15 Nexus 2250
Satellite Communication 500
Signature Masking 6 12000
Extreme Environment Mod 2000
Laser Link 6 x 3 450
Hardening 6 150
Directional Antenna 6 150
Radio Signal Scanner 6 150
Spoof chip, Morphing Plates 1500
Low Light, Thermo, Vision Mag, Flare Comp x 2, Ultrasound 1400
Spatial Recognizer 100


Ares Desert Strike 3350
Extended Clip - 100 Rnd Drum 1000
Silencer 400
Extreme Environment Mod Level 1 100

External Smartlink Accessory 400
Underbarrel Laser Designator 6 300

Stick 'n' Shock 100 rnds 800

(Accel 8/24, Speed 96, Sensor 6)

Total 59300


GMC Everglades (Modified) - Ghost

Base 25500
Armour 20 4000
Satcom 500
Signature Masking 6 12000
Ram Plate 3500
Shielded Smuggling Compartment 3000
Rigger Adaptation 2500
Improved Sensor Array 1000
Chameleon Coating 14000
Drone Rails (3 Small Drone Racks) 3000
Spoof chip, Morphing Plates 1500
Sensor Upgrades 1350
Response 3, Processor Limit 15 Nexus 2250

(Accel 8/24, Speed 96, Sensor 6)

Total - 74100

Ares Sentinel 'R' Rail Drones x 3, Pilot 4 Cracked, Targeting 4 Cracked Autosoft, Clearsight 4 Cracked Autosoft, Smartlinked AK-97(w/ 100 rnd drums & Additional Clip) - 14580

Standard Ammunition, 300 rnds - 600
Gel Ammunition, 300 rnds - 900

Cracked Autosofts

Rating 4

Maneuver - Groundcraft
Maneuver - Aircraft
Targeting - Longarms
Targeting - Automatics
Clearsight
Defence
Electronic Warfare

Covert Ops
Profesion - First Aid

Homeground

Rating 3

Adaptability
Cascading
Expert Offense

2180




Total: 219985 spent

Starting Cash: 4D6+12 x 1000

==Lifestyle==

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Comforts: Low (2LP), Basic mismatched furniture scavenged from wherever.
Entertainment: Low (2LP)
Necessities: Middle (3LP)
Neightbourhood: Squatter (1LP), Abandoned US Airforce facility
Security: High (4LP), The PCC has a hands off policy towards the Nexus and the residents protect it fiercely.

Qualities:

In tune (5LP)
Resonance Well (5LP) -- (I'm assuming that is a Rating of 2 which would put it in line with the Aspected Domain quality.)
Workplace (1LP)
Concerned Neighbours (2LP)
Easy-going Landlord (1LP)
Perfect Room-mate (2LP)
Free Access (1LP)

Resident AI (-3LP) -- (I'm thinking something like Holly from Red Dwarf or the AI in the Sheriff's house in Eureka. Means well.... Will need to know it's rating.)
Living by Committee (-2LP)
Black Hole (-2LP)
Sprite Magnet (-1LP)

Total: 21LP (Luxury), 15000 pm

with 5 sharing: 4250 pm

Granny lives in several abandoned vehicle hangers in the Denver Data Haven with four other TM's who share her Stream. She has access to 750 square meters of living space, workshops and loading docks / garage. The main CHN (Upgraded to a Response 3 Nexus) is a Resonance Well with a Resident Metasapient AI and the massive amount of wireless bandwidth available makes all Resonance tasks even easier.

=Contacts=

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Jimmy Fan, The Cricket, Fixer, Warezhouse24 Front, TM, Denver Data Haven

(Likeness: Edward James Olmos in Bladerunner.)

Before Crash2.0 Jimmy was a minor coder and hacker who lived in the dark cracking code for Warezhouse24 but eventually came out into the light to trade it to script-kiddies and shadowrunners. He was much better at this than coding and cracking and morphed into a Matrix/Electronics Fixer. After the crash and his new abilities surfaced he eventually gravitated to the Nexus where TM's were relatively safe from exploitation.

Many of the TM's living in the Nexus are socially inept at best. Jimmy is a rubbish TM but a born wheeler-dealer. He knows everybody and everybody knows him, he has a nose for trouble and if you hung him from a string around his waist his head would point towards profits. Big, juicy profits.

His ability as a skilled middleman brings him a certain level of status in the TM community. He'll never be one of the movers and shakers behind the scenes but he's the one who puts bread on everyone's table. He brings in paying work and has a reputation for being able to fence anything for a profit.

Loyalty: 1

Connection: 1


Warezhouse 24

Jimmy as introduced many of the TM's at the Nexus that he trusts to the Warezhouse servers.

Loyalty: 1

Connection: 3(8)

==Kemuel==

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Kemuel is the Free Sprite Granny has a Resonance Bond with and who lives in her CHN alongside whatever mad AI you create. She compiled him, just failed to Register him, with a specific purpose so I imagine his stats would look something like this. She's probably added some other stuff with re-assembling but we can gloss over that for the time being.

Pilot: 9
Response: 9
Firewall: 9
INIT: 18
IP: 3
Edge: 1
Resonance: 9

Skills: Computer 9, Hardware 9, Instruction 9, Software 9

CF's: Analyse 9, Browse 9, Skillsofts (Know: Resonance 9, Know: Religion 9, Software 9, First Aid 1)

Powers: Proficiency, Stability, Denial, Resonance Bond

What sort of write up do you want on Advanced Lifestyles? How I find the system works, etc?

[bmcoomes]

What sort of write up do you want on Advanced Lifestyles? How I find the system works, etc?

what you liked and disliked plus possible fixes for the things you disliked. If anything is broken or troublesome. It only needs to be a paragraph or two.

Thanks,
Brent

[DWC]

Still hammering out game mechanics, but here's the background part.

Twenty Questions

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--What is the character's name?

He was born William Fredrick Hudson. Now he goes by Smoke, though his teacher Xue still calls him William, and his triad masters, on the extremely rare occaision that they contact him, call him Hudson.

--What is the characters race, nationality, age, sex, height, weight, hair color, eye color, and skin color/tone, and build?

Billy is a largely unremarkable young man. He's 5'10" and 187 lbs with dirty blond hair and rather bland irish-american features. His only distinguishing trait are his bright green eyes, which like his magic are a gift from his father.

He was born in Los Angeles on July 3, 2049.

--Where did your character learn his/her skills?

He learned to fight in the streets of LA as part of a gang called the Concrete Tigers, and acquired his magic skills under the tutorage of an older wujen from the Order of the Octagon triad.

--What did your character do before becoming a runner?

Before he became a shadowrunner, Hudson was a triad soldier. Before that, he was a ganger.

--Does your character have any family?

His father, who he’s never met, is a Thaumaturgy professor from CalPoly who cheated on his wife with Billy’s mother. His mother was murdered by a go-gang called the 110 Ronin. Her family is spread across Texas and Oklahoma. His father’s family are from Grand Junction, Colorado.

--What are your characters dreams/goals/aspirations?

Enlightenment, omnipotence, and wealth, in that order.
--What is the characters general appearance?

In his left ear is a large and somewhat gaudy diamond stud earring, and he has two more stainless steel rings his left eyebrow. A small scar runs down his right cheek, a reminder of an impromptu lesson in knifefighting five years ago.
On the right side of his neck is a monochrome tattoo of a lunging tiger done in blue ink that's obviously a gang tattoo. He's also got "Margaret Hudson, R.I.P." tattooed over his heart, and the five elements in a pentagon around his navel. "You cannot defeat my Wu Tang style" is etched on his left bicep in Mandarin, while his right arm in encircled by two intertwined dragons, one red, orange and yellow, and the other blue-green. There is a thick band of Celtic knot work tattooed around his right calf, a little yinyang on his left ankle, and a big, extremely intricate tattoo of a mohawked extremely muscular tiger with steel claws and fangs on his back. There's also a shamrock inside his right forearm.
--Why did they choose to be a shadow-runner?

He branched out from organized crime when his bosses had to officially remove him from the triad.

--What is the characters personality?

Billy is, at his core, a thug. Triad life has wrapped that violence in a softer veneer, but his knee jerk reaction to any adversity is still violence and intimidation. He’s obviously got a long way to go to get to Enlightenment.

--What skills does your character bring to this group? What makes them special?

Hudson is a mage, focused on conjuration.

--What are some things your character cannot do?

With the explosive advancement of his abilities, Billy has become increasingly dependant on them, and never feels comfortable dealing with anything without some use of magic.

--What does your character hate and why?

The Yakuza. A yakuza backed go-gang killed his mother, and his bloody vengeance forced his exile from Los Angeles.

--What does your character love?

Latin dance music, basketball, tea.

--What does your character respect?

Magical potency. Brute force.

--How was your character educated?

Hudson took advantage of Crash 2.0 to drop out of high school, and the Octagon took over his education.

--What is your characters moral code?

Respect your elders. Live in harmony with the energy of the world.

--Does your character have any political beliefs? Religious?

He converted to Buddhism as part of his magical training. Politically, he wants to see the PCC out of Los Angeles and the city rejoin California, though that’s about it. Having grown up poor and somewhat disenfranchised, he doesn’t place a lot of faith in government, corporations, or anything other than his neighbors and his triad.

--What item(s) does your character treasure?

He still wears his confirmation medal on a gold chain around his neck. He’s no longer catholic, but it was a gift from his mother.

--Tell me at least one thing I (as the GM) should know about your character.

The Order of the Octagon is hiding him from the LA-based Crystal Chrysanthemum yakuza clan. Officially, they are hunting him, but in practice, they know exactly where he is, and are sheltering him by focusing their efforts in places they know he isn’t. Eventually, they’ll be able to drop the pretense, frame someone else for the attack on the 110 Ronin, and bring him back into the fold, but that’s a long way off.

[DWC]

How's this look? Still have a little over 1000 nuyen to spend, but that's about it.

Twenty Questions

[ Spoiler ]

--What is the character's name?

He was born William Fredrick Hudson. Now he goes by Smoke, though his teacher Xue still calls him William, and his triad masters, on the extremely rare occaision that they contact him, call him Hudson.

--What is the characters race, nationality, age, sex, height, weight, hair color, eye color, and skin color/tone, and build?

Billy is a largely unremarkable young man. He's 5'10" and 187 lbs with dirty blond hair, bright green eyes, and typical bland welsh features.

He was born in Los Angeles on July 3, 2049.

--Where did your character learn his/her skills?

He learned to fight in the streets of LA as part of a gang called the Concrete Tigers, and acquired his magic skills under the tutorage of an older wujen from the Order of the Octagon triad.

--What did your character do before becoming a runner?

Before he became a shadowrunner, Hudson was a triad soldier. Before that, he was a ganger.

--Does your character have any family?

His father, who he’s never met, is a Thaumaturgy professor from CalPoly who cheated on his wife with Billy’s mother. His mother was murdered by a go-gang called the 110 Ronin. Her family is spread across Texas and Oklahoma. His father’s family are from Grand Junction, Colorado.

--What are your characters dreams/goals/aspirations?

Enlightenment, omnipotence, and wealth, in that order.
--What is the characters general appearance?

In his left ear is a large and somewhat gaudy diamond stud earring, and he has two more stainless steel rings his left eyebrow. A small scar runs down his right cheek, a reminder of an impromptu lesson in knifefighting five years ago.
On the right side of his neck is a monochrome tattoo of a lunging tiger done in blue ink that's obviously a gang tattoo. He's also got "Margaret Hudson, R.I.P." tattooed over his heart, and the five elements in a pentagon around his navel. "You cannot defeat my Wu Tang style" is etched on his left bicep in Mandarin, while his right arm in encircled by two intertwined dragons, one red, orange and yellow, and the other blue-green. There is a thick band of Celtic knot work tattooed around his right calf, a little yinyang on his left ankle, and a big, extremely intricate tattoo of a mohawked extremely muscular tiger with steel claws and fangs on his back. There's also a shamrock inside his right forearm.
--Why did they choose to be a shadow-runner?

He branched out from organized crime when his bosses had to officially remove him from the triad.

--What is the characters personality?

Billy is, at his core, a thug. Triad life has wrapped that violence in a softer veneer, but his knee jerk reaction to any adversity is still violence and intimidation. He’s obviously got a long way to go to get to Enlightenment.

--What skills does your character bring to this group? What makes them special?

Hudson is a mage, focused on conjuration.

--What are some things your character cannot do?

With the explosive advancement of his abilities, Billy has become increasingly dependant on them, and never feels comfortable dealing with anything without some use of magic.

--What does your character hate and why?

The Yakuza. A yakuza backed go-gang killed his mother, and his bloody vengeance forced his exile from Los Angeles.

--What does your character love?

Latin dance music, basketball, tea.

--What does your character respect?

Magical potency. Brute force.

--How was your character educated?

Hudson took advantage of Crash 2.0 to drop out of high school, and the Octagon took over his education.

--What is your characters moral code?

Respect your elders. Live in harmony with the energy of the world.

--Does your character have any political beliefs? Religious?

He converted to Buddhism as part of his magical training. Politically, he wants to see the PCC out of Los Angeles and the city rejoin California, though that’s about it. Having grown up poor and somewhat disenfranchised, he doesn’t place a lot of faith in government, corporations, or anything other than his neighbors and his triad.

--What item(s) does your character treasure?

He still wears his confirmation medal on a gold chain around his neck. He’s no longer catholic, but it was a gift from his mother.

--Tell me at least one thing I (as the GM) should know about your character.

The Order of the Octagon is hiding him from the LA-based Crystal Chrysanthemum yakuza clan. Officially, they are hunting him, but in practice, they know exactly where he is, and are sheltering him by focusing their efforts in places they know he isn’t. Eventually, they’ll be able to drop the pretense, frame someone else for the attack on the 110 Ronin, and bring him back into the fold, but that’s a long way off.

Stats

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Subrace: human (0BP)

Attributes (200BP)
Body: 3
Agility: 3
Reaction: 4
Strength: 2
Charisma: 4
Intuition: 3
Logic: 4
Willpower: 5

Special Attributes (10BP)
Edge: 3

Derived Values
Initiative: 7
Passes: 1
Essence: 6.0
Physical Damage Track: 10
Stun Damage Track: 11
Karma: 0

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Magic (64BP)

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Magic: 5
Tradition: Wuxing
Combat: Fire
Detection: Earth
Health: Plant
Illusion: Water
Manipulation: Guidence
Drain: Willpower + Logic

Spells:
Magic Fingers
Heal
Increase Reflexes
Levitate
Silence
Manabolt
Stunbolt
Physical Barrier

Qualities

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Positive Qualities (15BP)
Magician

Negative Qualities (-35BP)
Poor Self Control (Vindictive)
Poor Self Control (Thrillseeker)
Sensitive System
Mild Addiction: Nicotine. Billy smokes like a chimney and has since he was 14.

Skills (128BP)

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Active Skills
Sorcery Group 4
Assensing 3
Astral Combat 3
Summoning 5
Dodge 2
Perception 2
Banishing 3
Automatics 1
Etiquette 3

Knowledge Skills
Area Knowledge: Denver 2
Denver gangs 2
LA gangs 2
Latin dance music 3
Buddhist philosophy 2
Tea 3

Language Skills
English – N
Cantonese 5
Mandarin 2

Resources :nuyen:25k (5BP) 1025 left over

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Gear

Weapons
FN-57C, chrome finish 1825
-base cost 600
-Internal smartlink 600
-Concealed holster 75
-10 spare magazines 50
-Gas vent 3 400
-Personalized grip 100

100 SnS machine pistol rounds 800
100 EX explosive machine pistol rounds 1000

Armor vest 600
Plastic restraints, 10 bundles of 10 10
Mapsoft 6, Denver 30

Medkit 6 600
5 refills 250

Renraku Sensei 1000
-skinlink 50
-Renraku Ichi 600
-AR gloves 250
-Glasses 650
--base cost 25
--image link 25
--flare compensation 50
--smartlink 500
--low light 100
-Ear buds 10

5 disposable commlinks 1500


2065 Gaz-Willys Nomad SUV 6500
-Gaz P-179 predecessor
-bought used for half price 6000
-spoof chip 500


Programs 1000
Analyze 2
Browse 2
Command 2
Edit 2
Encrypt 2

Lifestyle Breakdown 7300
Fake SIN-4 4000
-Michael Rains, Feng Shui consultant
Fake license-4 400
-FN 5-7C

Lifestyle 2000
Low Lifestyle, 1 month paid

Converted Cash 900

Contacts (13BP)

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Fixer (L:2/C:3). Charles Kemp is a former corporate lawyer who turned small time fixer when the second Crash ate his job and his identity. He steers work to the young wujen when Billy calls to bother him about it.
Geomancer (L:4/C:4) Xue Lam is the 37 year old daughter of a retired mid level Fuchi beaurocrat with weak Triad connections. Since her mother never knew her father, the girl was shipped off to spend her entire childhood in boarding schools since single parent families weren’t “The Fuchi Way�. She dropped out of the Thaumaturgy program at Hong Kong Poly, and went to work as a contract geomancer, rearranging furniture for wage slaves with more money than sense. She’s also Billy’s current teacher, and he lives in a small apartment above her office.

[Oenone]

Granny's transport should mesh nicely in uses with Fusion's tricked out Rover.

The sheet for her is below. I've cut out the prices etc because I've already run them past Brent and it's more hassle than it's worth copying out of the spreadsheet and editing them into an easy to view format.

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Stats and Metatype
Human
Bod 4
Agi 3
Rea 4 (6)
Str 2
Cha 3
Int 4
Log 5
Wil 3
Edge 2
Ini 10

Total BP Cost - 400
Total Nuyen Cost - 280000
Total Essence Loss - 2.4
Essence Total - 3.6

Influence Skill Group 1
Electronics Skill Group 3
Cracking Skill Group 3
Stealth Skill Group 1
Automotive Mechanic 1 (3 Wheeled Specialization)
Perception 2
Pilot Ground Vehicle 6
Dodge 4
Automatics 4
Heavy Weapons 4
Armorer 1
Navigation 2 (4 Urban Specialization)

Knowledge Skills
Operating Systems 2
Data Havens 1
Denver Street Races 4
Denver Go Gangs 4
Underworld Personalities 2
Traffic Hot Spots 4
Smuggling Routes 4

Language Skills
English Native
Chinese / Cantonese 1 (3 Spoken Lingo.)
Sioux 1 (3 Spoken Lingo.)
Spanish 1 (3 Spoken Lingo.)

Negative Qualities
In Debt -30BP
Weak Immune System -5BP

Gear

Cyberware & Bioware

Reaction Enhancers - Rating 2
Control Rig
Damper
Rating 2 Cyber Eyes with Flare Compensation and Smart Link
Obvious Cyber Arm Right with Body Boosted to 4. Enhanced Agility Rating 3 & Cyberarm Gyromount
Cyber Safety Chip 1 Capacity
Data Jack 1 Capacity
Implanted Commlink 2 Capacity - Customized Interface, Optimization Analyze and Built in Spoof Chip.
Response 5
Firewall 6
System 5
Signal 5
Hot-Sim - Sim Module 2 Capacity

Electronics.

Satellite Uplink
Tag Eraser
Non-Linear Junction Detector - Rating 6 Micro Size.
Fibre-Optic Cable - One Metre
DataChips x 4
Cred Stick
Disposable Commlink
Olfactory Sensor - Rating 6 Micro Size.
Emotitoy Immobile Rating 6

Tools & Shops

Auto-Mechanic Toolkit
Auto-Mechanic Shop
Armorer Toolkit
Armorer Shop
Hardware Toolkit
Hardware Shop

Ares Low Intensity Laser
Vacuum Seal - Rating 4
Mini Welder
Cellular Glove Molder - Rating 3
Auto-Picker - Rating 6
Monofilament Chainsaw
Chisel
Wire Clippers
Gas Mask

Programs.

Analyze Common - Rating 6 Optimization 1, Ergonomic.
Browse Common - Rating 5
Command Common - Rating 5
Edit Common - Rating 5
Encrypt Common - Rating 6 Optimization 1, Ergonomic.
Purge Common - Rating 5
Scan Common - Rating 5

Armour Hacking - Rating 5
Attack Hacking - Rating 5
Bio-feedback Filters Hacking - Rating 5
Black Hammer Hacking - Rating 5
Corrupt Hacking - Rating 5
Decrypt Hacking - Rating 5
Defuse Hacking - Rating 5
ECCM Hacking - Rating 5
Exploit Hacking - Rating 5
Sniffer Hacking - Rating 5
Spoof Hacking - Rating 5
Stealth Hacking - Rating 5
Track Hacking - Rating 5

Denver Map-Soft - Data - Rating 5



Armour and Weaponry.

Form Fitting Body Armour - Half Suit Ballistic 4 / Impact 1. Non-Conductive rating 6
Moonsilver Cocktail Dress + Scarf - Ballistic 4 / Impact 1.
PPP System - Vitals Protector, Leg and Arm Casings, Forearm Guards and Shin Guards. Ballistic 2 / Impact 4
Form Fitting Body Armour - Full Suit Ballistic 6 / Impact 2. Thermal Damping at rating 6
Bike Racing Armor - Ruthenium Polymer Coating & Chemical Protection at rating 6

Ares Crusader with Internal Smart Link & Cyber Safety Chip.
Accessories - Concealable Holster and 3 Spare Clips.
300 Rounds Gel Ammunition
300 Rounds of Normal Ammunition

ArmTech MGL-6 with Airburst Link, Internal Smart Link & Cyber Safety Chip.
Accessories - Concealable Holster
24 Flash Bang Grenades
15 Fragmentation Grenades
24 High Explosive Grenades

Transport

Rover Model 2068 (SUV) - Amenities (High), Off-Road Suspension, Passenger Protection 2, Anti-Theft System 2
Upgrades = Drive by Wire, Rigger Adaptation, Shielded Smuggling Compartment Lead Lined & Personal Armour Rating 10, Removed Manual Controls, Additional Fuel Tank, Engine Customization Speed, Improved Sensor Array, Turbocharger, Smoke Projector, Oil Slick Projector

Vehicle Gear - Morphing License Plate, Spoof Chip and 4 Off Road Tires.

Miscellaneous

High Lifestyle - One Month
Nuyen to boost starting Nuyen Roll - +12 to roll.
Fake SIN - Rating 4 with Fake License for Ares Crusader at Rating 4.

Contacts

ID Manufacturer Panda - Connections 2 / Loyalty 3

[DWC]

Here's the final Smoke. I tweaked some skills and bought more bullets for a gun he'll never fire.

Twenty Questions

[ Spoiler ]

--What is the character's name?

He was born William Fredrick Hudson. Now he goes by Smoke, though his teacher Xue still calls him William, and his triad masters, on the extremely rare occaision that they contact him, call him Hudson.

--What is the characters race, nationality, age, sex, height, weight, hair color, eye color, and skin color/tone, and build?

Billy is a largely unremarkable young man. He's 5'10" and 187 lbs with dirty blond hair, bright green eyes, and typical bland welsh features.

He was born in Los Angeles on July 3, 2049.

--Where did your character learn his/her skills?

He learned to fight in the streets of LA as part of a gang called the Concrete Tigers, and acquired his magic skills under the tutorage of an older wujen from the Order of the Octagon triad.

--What did your character do before becoming a runner?

Before he became a shadowrunner, Hudson was a triad soldier. Before that, he was a ganger.

--Does your character have any family?

His father, who he’s never met, is a Thaumaturgy professor from CalPoly who cheated on his wife with Billy’s mother. His mother was murdered by a go-gang called the 110 Ronin. Her family is spread across Texas and Oklahoma. His father’s family are from Grand Junction, Colorado.

--What are your characters dreams/goals/aspirations?

Enlightenment, omnipotence, and wealth, in that order.
--What is the characters general appearance?

In his left ear is a large and somewhat gaudy diamond stud earring, and he has two more stainless steel rings his left eyebrow. A small scar runs down his right cheek, a reminder of an impromptu lesson in knifefighting five years ago.
On the right side of his neck is a monochrome tattoo of a lunging tiger done in blue ink that's obviously a gang tattoo. He's also got "Margaret Hudson, R.I.P." tattooed over his heart, and the five elements in a pentagon around his navel. "You cannot defeat my Wu Tang style" is etched on his left bicep in Mandarin, while his right arm in encircled by two intertwined dragons, one red, orange and yellow, and the other blue-green. There is a thick band of Celtic knot work tattooed around his right calf, a little yinyang on his left ankle, and a big, extremely intricate tattoo of a mohawked extremely muscular tiger with steel claws and fangs on his back. There's also a shamrock inside his right forearm.
--Why did they choose to be a shadow-runner?

He branched out from organized crime when his bosses had to officially remove him from the triad.

--What is the characters personality?

Billy is, at his core, a thug. Triad life has wrapped that violence in a softer veneer, but his knee jerk reaction to any adversity is still violence and intimidation. He’s obviously got a long way to go to get to Enlightenment.

--What skills does your character bring to this group? What makes them special?

Hudson is a mage, focused on conjuration.

--What are some things your character cannot do?

With the explosive advancement of his abilities, Billy has become increasingly dependant on them, and never feels comfortable dealing with anything without some use of magic.

--What does your character hate and why?

The Yakuza. A yakuza backed go-gang killed his mother, and his bloody vengeance forced his exile from Los Angeles.

--What does your character love?

Latin dance music, basketball, tea.

--What does your character respect?

Magical potency. Brute force.

--How was your character educated?

Hudson took advantage of Crash 2.0 to drop out of high school, and the Octagon took over his education.

--What is your characters moral code?

Respect your elders. Live in harmony with the energy of the world.

--Does your character have any political beliefs? Religious?

He converted to Buddhism as part of his magical training. Politically, he wants to see the PCC out of Los Angeles and the city rejoin California, though that’s about it. Having grown up poor and somewhat disenfranchised, he doesn’t place a lot of faith in government, corporations, or anything other than his neighbors and his triad.

--What item(s) does your character treasure?

He still wears his confirmation medal on a gold chain around his neck. He’s no longer catholic, but it was a gift from his mother.

--Tell me at least one thing I (as the GM) should know about your character.

The Order of the Octagon is hiding him from the LA-based Crystal Chrysanthemum yakuza clan. Officially, they are hunting him, but in practice, they know exactly where he is, and are sheltering him by focusing their efforts in places they know he isn’t. Eventually, they’ll be able to drop the pretense, frame someone else for the attack on the 110 Ronin, and bring him back into the fold, but that’s a long way off.

Stats

[ Spoiler ]

Subrace: human (0BP)

Attributes (200BP)
Body: 3
Agility: 3
Reaction: 4
Strength: 2
Charisma: 4
Intuition: 3
Logic: 4
Willpower: 5

Special Attributes (10BP)
Edge: 3

Derived Values
Initiative: 7
Passes: 1
Essence: 6.0
Physical Damage Track: 9
Stun Damage Track: 10
Current Karma: 0
Earned Karma: 4
Cash: 29150

Magic (61BP)

[ Spoiler ]

Magic: 5
Tradition: Wuxing
Combat: Fire
Detection: Earth
Health: Plant
Illusion: Water
Manipulation: Guidence
Drain: Willpower + Logic

Spells:
Magic Fingers
Heal
Increase Reflexes
Levitate
Manabolt
Stunbolt
Mind Probe

Qualities

[ Spoiler ]

Positive Qualities (15BP)
Magician

Negative Qualities (-20BP)
Sensative System
Mild Addiction: Nicotine. Billy smokes like a chimney and has since he was 14.

Skills (116BP)

[ Spoiler ]

Active Skills
Spellcasting 4
Counterspelling 5
Assensing 3
Astral Combat 3
Summoning 5
Dodge 2
Perception 3
Automatics 1
Etiquette 3
Binding 1

Knowledge Skills
Area Knowledge: Denver 2
Denver gangs 2
LA gangs 2
Latin dance music 3
Buddhist philosophy 2
Tea 3

Language Skills
English N
Cantonese 5
Mandarin 2

Resources :nuyen:25k (5BP) 25 left over

[ Spoiler ]

FN-57C, chrome finish 1825
-base cost 600
-Internal smartlink 600
-Concealed holster 75
-10 spare magazines 50
-Gas vent 3 400
-Personalized grip 100

100 SnS machine pistol rounds 800
200 EX explosive machine pistol rounds 2000

Armor vest 600
Plastic restraints, 10 bundles of 10 10
Mapsoft 6, Denver 30
Medkit 6 600
5 refills 250
Renraku Sensei 1000
-skinlink 50
-Renraku Ichi 600
-AR gloves 250
-Glasses 650
--base cost 25
--image link 25
--flare compensation 50
--smartlink 500
--low light 100
-Ear buds 10

5 disposable commlinks 1500


2065 Gaz-Willys Nomad SUV 6500
-Gaz P-179 predecessor
-bought used for half price 6000
-spoof chip 500


Programs 1000
Analyze 2
Browse 2
Command 2
Edit 2
Encrypt 2

Lifestyle Breakdown 7300
Fake SIN-4 4000
-Michael Rains, Feng Shui consultant
Fake license-4 400
-FN 5-7C

Lifestyle 2000
Low Lifestyle, 1 month paid

Converted Cash 900

Contacts (13BP)

[ Spoiler ]

Fixer (L:2/C:4). Charles Kemp is a former corporate lawyer who turned small time fixer when the second Crash ate his job and his identity. He steers work to the young wujen when Billy calls to bother him about it.
Geomancer (L:4/C:3) Xue Lam is the 37 year old daughter of a retired mid level Fuchi beaurocrat with weak Triad connections. Since her mother never knew her father, the girl was shipped off to spend her entire childhood in boarding schools since single parent families weren’t “The Fuchi Way�. She dropped out of the Thaumaturgy program at Hong Kong Poly, and went to work as a contract geomancer, rearranging furniture for wage slaves with more money than sense. She’s also Billy’s current teacher, and he lives in a small apartment above her office.

[crizh]

I tell you what, RAW sucks major ass btw.

I don't know how anyone ever plays a Missions game.

The system is riddled with flat out contradictions that have no eratta or FAQ entry.

And Dumpshock's search function is a massive pain in the bum too. It won't let you include words of under 4 letters. Good luck on finding any clarification for the ECM Mod from Arsenal.

Arrrggghhhhhhh!!!!

I'm going to try and slot Signature Masking in instead, despite the ruinous cost and the 14F availability.

[Oenone]

Isn't the ECM mod just like an area jammer equal to the rating you buy it at?

[crizh]

Isn't the ECM mod just like an area jammer equal to the rating you buy it at?

Yup.

And there-in lies the problem.

I've tweaked the build above to buy Signature Masking instead.

I've also added Buckaroo Banzai the Bust-a-Move. If we ever do need ECM he can jump off the Tower with his built in parachute and become the sacrificial lamb for every Radar homer within 10 klicks.

[bmcoomes]

Well, for the most part everything looks good. I'll check out the ECM stuff when I get home I left my thumbdrive with all my books on it at home.

thanks,
Brent

[Oenone]

To be honest (sacrificial lambing aside) a high level vehicle ECM system wouldn't be a great idea for a TM anyway. You'd risk dumpshocking yourself every time you turned it on..... And at the very least it would be /really/ uncomfortable for the character to have on.

Edit - Are we using the rules for overmodifying a vehicle? Because if we do get enough use out of these characters for it then Mia's Rover could do with some more slots worth of stuff.

Also does anyone know which sourcebook/SR mission pdf details the region? Because I must admit I don't know all that much about Denver. Apart from it being split into various subsections that is.

[crizh]

Granny has decent ECCM so she can cope.

I think that the ground rules for Missions are that if it's optional it ain't in play.

Denver is hard to track down. The borders haven't changed since the Denver Sourcebook. I think Ghostwalker runs the old Azzie sector, I know the Nexus survives Crash 2.0 just fine but I don't know what happened to the Otaku tribes there. I'm just spit-balling that they have welcomed in TM's in the same manner.

There's very little that's 4e and everything that isn't is spread all over the shop.

[bmcoomes]

Here is a link to a post with a Commando pdf. It has the stuff for Denver.

Looking at it we can use optional rules as long as they are from the BBB, we all agree to use them. This is from the missions section on www.shadowrun4.com and the information email we got from Jennifer.

Brent

[Oenone]

It's not actually an optional rule, it just requires GM approval according to the Arsenal entry. I was just wondering if Brent would be allowing it at some stage... I know in my offline game I don't (but then again it's because the Citymaster in question is already horrifically customized and making it both a submarine /and/ a zepplin at the same time is just silly)