Pale Lights (OOC), Behind the Curtains Options

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You still looking for players?

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OK, character!!! The formatting looked much nicer in the document, but hey. Problems, questions, shrieks of outrage all gratefully recieved.

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Attributes 220
Gear 35
Skills 164
Contacts 6
Qualities +25
Total 400

Qualities
Adept 5
Restricted Gear 5

Nano Intolerance +5
Bad Rep +5
Wanted +10
Weak Immune System +5
Hung Out to Dry +10
+25

Attributes
Body 4 30
Agility 5 40
Reaction 5 40
Strength 1 10
Charisma 5 40
Intuition 3 20
Logic 2 10
Willpower 2 0
Edge 3 10
Magic 3 20
220

Skills
- Active
Longarms 5 20
Bladed Weapons 1 4
Knives Specialisation 2
Perception 5 20
Stealth Skill Group 4 40
Influence Skill Group 4 40
Athletics Skill Group 3 30
Hardware 2 8
164

- Knowledge and Language (15 free)
Japanese (N)
Renraku Security (4)
Renraku Corporate Life (4)
Kyoto Shadow Scene (3)
Bonsai Trees (3)
English (3)
Kyoto Dive Bars (2)

Adept Powers
Traceless Walk 1
Voice Control 0.5
Eidectic Sense Memory 0.5

'Ware
Second-hand Platelet Factories (0.24E) 12500

R1 Synaptic Booster (0.5E) 80000

Cyber Essence Reduced by Half
Second-hand R3 Cybereyes (0.24E) 500
Flare Compensation [1] 375
Lowlight Vision [2] 500
Smartlink [3] 500
Thermographic Vision [2] 500
Vision Magnification [2] 500
Vision Enhancement R2 [2] 1500

Gear
Barrett 121 (RC 1/3) 9000
+Easy Breakdown [1] 9000
+Chameleon Coating [2] 1000
+Gecko Grip [1] 500
+Extreme Evironment Mod I [1] 100
+Shock Pad 50
10 Normal Rounds 10
30 Ex Explosive Rounds 300
10 Subsonic Rounds 40

Franchi Spas 22 1250
+Skinlink 50
50 Standard Rounds 50

Ceramic Knife 75
1 Dose Atropine 700

Camouflage Jumpsuit 750
+Massage Liners 800
+Ruthenium Polymer 7500
Thermal Dampening R6 3000

Full Suit Form Fitting Body Armour 1600
+Nonconductive R6 1200

Actioneer Business Clothes 1500

Erika Elite 2500
running Redcap Nix 400
R6 Firewall 3000
+Sim Module 100
+Skinlink 50
+AR Gloves 250
+Subvocal Mike 50
+Trodes 50
Contains Running SIN
runs in silent mode, used for illegal activities

Sony Emperor 700
running Deva 800
+Skinlink 50
+Sim Module 100
R6 Firewall 3000
contains Lifestyle SIN
runs in silent mode, used for legal activities

Sony Emperor 700
Running Iris Orb 1000
+Skinlink 50
+Sim Module 100
is in public mode, contains SIN of primary link
and is slaved to primary link
Docwagon Contract 5000

R4 Fake SIN 4000
+Firearms and Smartlink Licence 800

R4 Fake SIN 4000
+Firearms and Smartlink Licence 800
+Low Lifestyle 2000

Nanopaste Disguise 500
Hardware Kit 500
White Noise Generator R6 300
Cellular Glove Molder R6 600
Tag Eraser 150
Autopicker R6 1200
Keycard Copier R6 1800
Sequencer R4 800
Gecko Gloves 250
Camera Neutraliser R6 1500
Glass Cutter 10
Respirator R6 600
Grapple Gun 500
Stealth Rope (200m) 170
Catalyst Stick 150
Non-Linear Junction Detector R6 600
2x Stimpatch R6 300
R6 Tranquiliser Patch 120

174900Y
3d6+1x50 Starting Y

Isoro Yamanuchi is a former company man. He used to work for Renraku as a “vitality impairment expert� (assassin) for those occasions when Renraku wasn't looking to deny what they'd done, but instead wanted victims associates to know damn well that it was Renraku that did it. He was also used on occasion to to monitor Renraku-hired 'runners and to ensure that failure or disloyalty were met with swift death.

His background was nothing special. His parents were Renraku suits through and through who'd met though Renraku's own matchmaker organisation. He'd grown up into a dutiful and unthinking corporate citizen. His physical and magical gifts soon had time transferred to a special school, far from his parents. Being all good citizens, neither he nor his parents complained or minded at the severance of their family life, and he was subsequently fostered by a pair of ex Red Samurai who'd been too badly injured in the line of duty to continue active duty. A career in the Red Samurai that had preordained since his parents genotypes were registered as good match by an expert program seemed inevitable. Unfortunately for Renraku's carefully laid plans, Isoro's physique never filled out as the gene profiles suggested it would, and despite gym work and steroids, he never developed the strength to pass the induction test for the Forge.

Even as one door slammed shut for Isoro, another opened. A canny VP with a background in security had been trolling through the lists of Forge rejects looking for promising candidates for several posts, and hit on something he liked the look of in Isoro. The day that Isoro was informed of his final rejection from the Forge, the VP had came to visit him personally. While commiserating with him over his poor luck, he happened to mention that his rejection should not be seen as a failure, but rather an indication that Isoro's talents could be better used elsewhere. Eager not to disappoint the corp, Isoro agreed.

He was transferred to a shadowy division that nominally handled secure cleaning and laundry services for Renraku subsidiaries. Buried under a ton of paperwork (actual physical, unhackable paper in many cases) was a slush fund and facilities for a small black ops team. In a fairly normal case of the left hand not telling the right hand anything, the group's skills overlapped with several other Renraku dark groups, but the different paper trail and overlapping functions served to hide and protect all concerned. Isoro's training quickly began to focus on less than subtle assassination and breaking and entering work. He worked primarily with a sniper rifle, but when a particularly gruesome message needed to be sent, he would be sent to poison the target with the latest and most unpleasant compounds out of Renraku's black labs. It was not pretty or clean work, but Isoro thrived, sleazing his way into wherever he needed to go and doing the job without remorse or hesitation.

His life plodded along the same track until the second Crash, where the VP in charge of the division was killed and many of the records, including his SIN and post were destroyed. When he attempted to report in after the Crash, he was summarily apprehended by corporate security and interrogated whilst the corp tried to figure out who the hell he was and how he knew so much about their black ops (including things that no-one else still alive knew about). In a cock-up characteristic of the days immediately after the Crash, two separate factions within Renraku Security argued about what to do with him. One believed he was a good corporate citizen who'd been working for an executive who'd gone off the rails, and should therefore be immediately liquidated as he knew too much. A second faction believed that he was a plant sent by unknown forces intent on infiltrating the corp, and should be released to see who he reported to.

In the end, he was turfed out of the Renraku compound by the second group, and tailed by a group of corpsec infiltrators. The first faction, believing this to be a mistake, promptly hired a group of shadowrunners to take out Isoro before he could leak any embarrassing information. What resulted was a four way clusterfuck as the group of runners attempted to hit Isoro and were in turn ambushed by the Renraku security force, who were in turn attacked by a police SWAT team trying desperately to keep a lid on the post Crash powder keg. There then followed a mass running gun battle as the runners tried to kill Isoro and the security force, the security force tried to kill the runners and a local police SWAT shot at everyone to try and stop the whole affair with extreme prejudice.

As the body count rose, Isoro managed to slip away. In light of the carnage, it suited all the surviving runners, security and police to declare that Isoro was dead and go home and lick their wounds.

Not being stupid, Isoro figured out fairly quickly that returning to Renraku would be a death sentence. This left him utterly adrift in the world, as Renraku was all he'd ever known. Perceiving that somehow he had offended or become useless to the corp, he drifted into the cracks of Kyoto, living as a shadow for two years, utterly alone, rejected and alienated.

However, he was at heart a hardy soul, and the two years of drifting gave him time to come to get a grip the fact that he is no longer, and never again will be a Renraku citizen. He still feels an acute sense of unbelonging and would love to return to Renraku, but gradually the realisation that this can never happen had overridden his former loyalty. This has in turn fostered a sense of betrayal. Isoro has an intellectual handle on the fact that it was corp politics and the crash that got him thrown back, but his feelings have not quite caught up yet.

Overall, Isoro is a complex and divided person. On the job, he is a smooth, silky operator, capable of slipping through the tightest security cordon and talking his was confidently and blithely through any metahuman security. In down time, he's still very much coming to terms with the fact that pre-Crash, he didn't really have anything resembling an independent personality. Combined with the damage to his self confidence and ego from being ejected from Renraku, he can often be quite shy and lacking in confidence. Much of his spare time is spent trying desperately to understand exactly how normal people function in the real world. It's proving quite hard. Isoro's prized possessions are currently his small collection of lovingly pruned bonsai trees. He adopted the hobby on the basis that most 'real' people seem to have a bobby of one kind or other, and it gives him something to talk about.

The problems in Isoro's life mostly stem from his previous employment. He was responsible for the death of several shadowrunner teams, occasionally in gruesome and unpleasant ways. This kind of rep sticks to a person, and whilst it's not common knowledge in the shadows about what exactly he did, people seem to know that he's bad news. This bad rep doubled magnitude when a bounty on his head appeared. After two years, it appeared that an indeterminate suit at Renraku had figured out that Isoro might still be alive. The shadow community has now been subtly alerted that this suit would like to talk to Isoro at his earliest inconvenicence, and is prepared to pay good cred to anyone who can make this happen. It's not a wanted dead or alive poster, but it has had the side effect of making most of his few contacts drop him like he's hot. No-one in Japan wants to be on the wrong side of one of the local megas.

Isoro became aware of the contract through one of his few buddies, a local fixer named Shigetoshi Hasewa. He'd had a reasonably profitable relationship with the guy, fencing anything interesting he came across in his ramblings in exchange for food, temporary IDs and the odd interesting bonsai tree. Then one day, nothing. The comcode didn't answer, and the guards at the Hasewa's shop didn't know him all of a sudden. Not one to take a snub lying down, Isoro snuck into his house one night. The security had been unpgraded considerably, so much so that Isoro almost didn't make it in undiscovered. Nevertheless, the Hasewa woke up to find a blade at his throat and an inquisitive looking assassin staring down at him. Physically averting his gaze from Isoro, the fixer beamed him a short file and delicately pushed the knife away from his throat, the better to go back to bed.

Intrigued at what might scare Hasewa more than himself, Isoro left to read the file in peace. It was a short unsigned message with only a return commcode that he recognised as a dead drop. It asked, with politeness that dripped venom and menace, that if anyone were to have any contact with Isoro would they please be so good as to notify person such and such on this number to claim a reward. The the message had been so expertly crafted that the implied 'or else' was left entirely unwritten.

He also recognised a subtle favour from Hasewa in the form of a few other files detailing some additional developing situations that the fixer had been keeping an eye on, including some well known meet points that he thought might prove interesting. Not enough to give much of a lead back to Hasewa, but enough to be going on for the moment.

Irritated but not unduly worried, Isoro dug up a cache of old gear, and has started to stake out some of these potential hotspots. It promises to be... interesting.

Physically, Isoro is an unremarkable specimen. He's short, even by Japanese standards, and has a small, slight build. Even now, no matter how much work he does, he can't seem to carry any muscle bulk at all. On the other hand, countless hours training from an inhumanly early age have given him the flexibility of a gymnast and the cardiovascular system of a marathon runner. Appearance wise, he's utterly nondescript. Black hair in a conservative cut, dark eyes, round face, lightly bronzed skin. Despite his small stature and unremarkable features, Isoro can display a eerie sense of focus and intensity, that can be overwhelming or intimidating to those that don't know him.

Edits for Hung Out to Dry in blue

[cndblank]

Are you using a spreadsheet or program to generate the character?

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Will post full character tonight.

[deek]

Is there room for one more? I wouldn't mind joining the game.

[JavaLamp]

Okay, I'm temporarily closing the recruitment, Though depending on a couple people actually getting a hold of me and involved, I may re-open for a couple more.

Deek, Go ahead and pitch me your character idea, That'll give us 4, with 2 or 3 more possibly coming.. the folks I'm waiting to hear from.

[deek]

Here's my pitch:

Aldan Penrice was born and raised in England and awakened at the age of 14. He went through some accelerated schooling to hone his magic skills, focusing more on investigation, assensing and the like (read: not offensive attacks) and completed a Criminology degree in England. At 17, he was accepted into a graduate program at MIT&T, got into darker magic studies (a sort of learn the evils so you could better track and bring them to justice mentality).

During his graduate studies, he became fascinated with Japanese mythology and culture. He learned the language and couldn't learn enough of Japan. After finishing up his graduate degree, he traveled to Japan (I'm open to whether it was for a corporate job offer or some other "intriguing" magical mystery that piqued his interest) and began living in the country of his fascination.

So, basically a mage, focused on tracking and investigating magical "stuff". Do to some of the secrets he gets into, he focus on stealth, both in the physical world and on the astral. I see him working in the group as a scout, getting information, maybe help with disguises/concealment/invisiblity, etc. I'm not looking to be throwing a ton of mana to attack, may even take a Buddhist tradition and be much more passive, but I'm open to spinning that however it would work best.

Don't know if that will work or not, but if some things will and others won't I can certainly re-think a few things...

[TakayamaYuuko]

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Here's what I'm doing in clearer terms:

First, I thread a Scan CF, represented by Nigouki's four eyes. The threading roll is
Resonance+Software(Threading):
1453453556=5 hits
and the Fading resistance is
Willpower+Resonance:
2616215666=6 hits.
I'm only going for a maximum of rating 5 anyway as I don't want to risk Physical fading at this point.

I want this Scan to locate any nodes or Matrix-linked equipment operating on the vans. If my Nigouki is rating 5, Electronic Warfare + Scan gives me 8 dice:
21224631=1 hit
Not a great roll but this is an extended test. I'll wait for your rulings before going further.

My plans after locating any such equipment would be to follow up with a Sniffer and a Track.

[TakayamaYuuko]

Oh, hey, I just remembered, though this may not have much of anything to do with anything.

This is February in Japan. Japan's on the same time zone as Korea, so even though it's further east than Vladivostok, it's an hour behind it. The sun goes down pretty early by our standards. If it's not dark already, it should be dark by 19:00.

Because it is at least farther south than Vlad by a good shot, I'm going to stop messing with your timeline now. 21:00 it is.

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Kit rough

Moved

[deek]

@JavaLamp

Do you think the character I pitched will fit in with your campaign ideas? If so, I can stat him up and send him your way...

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Kit less Rough

Still can not get a nice set of columns so it reads clear.

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NAME: Ryuunksuke (Ryan) Glaiser karma Cost Nuyen
ALIAS: Jinsoku "Swift" and Kit
RACE: Elf 60
CONCEPT: Kitsune shaman
Resources 165000 66
Total 126

Quantities
Magician 30
Mentor Spirit - Fox Trickster 10
Class I Surge 10
Erased (7 days) 10
Celerity 10
First Impression 10
Negative Quantities
Addiction (Mild) Psyche -10
Allergy (Uncommon, Moderate) Silver -20
Thrill Seeker -10
Vendetta -10
Enemy (2) -20
Total 10

Other
Low-Light Vision

Attributes
Body: 3 15
Agility: 3 9
Reaction: 4 27
Strength: 2 6
Charisma: 7 66
Intuition: 5 42
Logic: 3 15
Willpower: 5 42
EDGE: 3 15
INITIATIVE: 9 1
PASSES: 1
MAGIC: 4(5) 42
Attribute Total 237
Magic and Edge 57


Active Skills
Outdoors Group 1 10
Influnce Group 3 35
Socery Group 1 10
Stealth Group 2 20
Athletics Group 1 10
Conjuring Group 1 10
Close Combat 1 10

Spellcasting (Illusion or Manipulation) 6 (+2) 42
Counterspelling (Combat) 4 (+2) 20
Ritual 1 0
Summoning (Air) 1 (+2) 2
Binding (Air) 1 (+2) 2
Assensing (Aura Reading) 1 (+2) 6
Perception (Sight) 1 (+2) 6
Pilot Ground Craft (Bikes) 1 (+2) 6
Con (Fast Talk) 3 (+2) 2
Etiquette (Street) 3 (+2) 2
Leadership 3 0
Negotiation 3 0
Intimidation 1 4
Climbing 1 0
Gymnastics (Dodge) 1 (+2) 2
Running 1 0
Swimming 1 0
Disguise 2 0
Infiltration (Urban) 2 (+2) 2
Urban 2 0
Shadowing 2 0
Total 201


KNOWLEDGE SKILLS
Magic Background 1 2
Magic Theory (Spells) 1 (+2) 3
Japanese Mythology (Inari and the Myobu) 1 (+2) 3
Chemistry (And you) 1 (+2) 3
Parazoology (Dangerous creatures) 1 (+2) 3
Psychology 1 2
Gambling Odds 1 2
Cons (Social Engineering) 1 (+2) 3
Staying under the Radar 5 16
Special Effects (Illusions) 1 (+2) 3
Underworld Politics *Yaks) 1 (+2) 2
Underworld Hangouts 1 2
0
Japanese N 0
English 5 16
61


Ware
Trauma Dampener (used) 0.24 20,000 1 box physical damage is moved to stun, -1 box stun damage. Immune to torture
Sleep Regulator 0.15 10,000 sleep 3 hr/day, or 48 hours awake w/no modifiers
Tailored Pheromones 2 (used) 0.48 15,000 +1 dice to charisma/social tests X rating
Datajack (Alpha) 0.08 1,000
Total Essense Lost 0.87


Gear

Form-Fitting Body Armor Full-Body Suit 6/2
Steampunk Overcoat 3/3 4400 Massaging Liners Thermal Dampening 4 Nonconductivity 4
Forearm Guards 0/1 10000 Chemical Protection 6 w/ Ruthenium Polymer Coating ( hood, gloves, boots, and pants)
Motor Cycle Helmet 1/2 1200 Magnetic System 1
400 Gas Mask
Endoscope
250
Nanopaste small
500
Yamaha Pulsar
Darts 30 150
150
Ares Predator IV
Stick and Shock Ammo 30 350
240
Ceramic Knife (Str/2+1) Personal Grip
Concealed Holsters x 2 175
150
Fake Sin 4 (Sato Haruki - Bartender)
Fake Sin 4 (Sora Takime - Insurance Investigtor) 4000
Fake Sin 2 (Kato Okito - Waiter) 4000
Fake Permit 4 Gun x 1, Magic x 2, Cyber x 1, Investigator x 1 2000
2000
MetaLink x 3*
375
Wrap Around Shades /w HUD (googles) Helmet fitted to use these
w/ Vision Enhancement 3 and Vision Magnification 50
360 Mode (as Eyeband -2DP), and IR 400
Earbuds w/ Audio Enhancement 3* 850
Wolf's Ears (Audio Sensor) 360
w/ Select Sound Filter 3 and Spatial Recognizer* 50
750
Flash Bang
90
Thermal Smole Grenade
70
32 Tooth Storage Compartments
3 left/back/down Micro Atmosphere Sensor III** 6400
2 right/side/down Autoinjectors (6 x2) ** 225
1 right/back/down Tag Barometric** 1650
3 left/side/up Micro Biometric Readers (Breath/Cellular/DNA)** 350
1 right/side/down Biomonitor** 350
2 Left front/up 2 front/down Voice Mask** 450
2 Right front/up 2 front/down Storage 650
1 right/back/down Storage 0
3 left/back/up Micro Micro Cyberware/MAD-Scanner VI ** 0
3 right/side/up Micro Olfactory Booster VI, Chem Sniffer, and Pheromone Scanner** 600
1 right/back/down Tag Radiation/Geiger Counter ** 3150
3 left/back/up Storage *(Pearl) 250
3 left/back/down Mini Comlink Sys 1, Res 1, Sig 1. FW 3 Hardening 6, Sim Module (Ras Override), and Photosensitive Trigger (Wipe) Main Backup (only backups)** 0
**w/ Environment Resistance (Mouth) and Skin Link 760

Tag Eraser
150
Force 3 Substaining Focus (Pearl) Health 6
Force 3 Substaining Focus (Pearl) Illusion 6 30000
Fetish Illusion x 2 30000
Lodge 4 200
2000
Spirit Binding Materials 2 x 3
3000
Betameth x 6 and Trama Patch
Psyche x 5 120
Stimulant 6 x 2 (Autoinjector) 1000
Jazz x 2 (Autoinjector) 300
Novacoke x 1 Slab x1 (Autoinjector) 210
Antidote 6 x 2 (Autoinjector) 260
Psyche x 2 (Autoinjector) 600
400
Med Kit 6
B and E kit and Surveilance/Anti Surveilance kit 600
1000






Spell Drain
Stunball - (Direct) (F÷2)+1 5 Limited
Detect Life, Extended - (Active) (F÷2)+2 5
Increase Reflexes - (F÷2)+2 5
Manascape - (Realistic, Multi-Sense, Area) (F÷2)+1 5
Trid Phantasm - (Realistic, Multi) (F÷2)+3 5
Physical Mask - (Realistic, Multi) F÷2)+1 5 Y
Hot Potato - (Realistic, Single) (sm) (F÷2)-1 5
Silence - (Realistic, Single) (F÷2)+3 5
Fashion - (Physical) (sm) (F÷2) 5 Y
Levitate - (Physical) (F÷2)+1 5
Shapechange - (Physical) (F÷2)+2 5
Influence - (Mental) (F÷2)+1 5
Spell Karma 60






Shinto (sm)
Combat
Detection
Health
Illusion
Manipulation
Drain
Mentor Spirit
Illusion Spells +2 dice
Con Tests +2 dice
Disadvantage: Willpower + Charisma (3) test to resist an opportunity to pull a prank.









Totals 749
750 163635

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I'm more then willing to adapt my character to complement any other spell casters in the group (or any other NPC) rather than duplicate each other.

Sounds like our characters backgrounds could intertwine at least one or two places.

Good groups need to complement each other and have enough in common to hold together until they have pissed off enough NPCs that they have no choice but to hang together.

[deek]

I'm more then willing to adapt my character to complement any other spell casters in the group (or any other NPC) rather than duplicate each other.

Sounds like our characters backgrounds could intertwine at least one or two places.

Good groups need to complement each other and have enough in common to hold together until they have pissed off enough NPCs off that they have no choice but to hang together.

Yeah, I'm not thinking the two of us will step on each other's toes. I'm planning to have a really high assensing skill and focus more on summoning than spellcasting. You have good counterspelling and I was likely going to rely on a spirit for counterspelling...so from a group spellcasting perspective, I think we are covered pretty well.

I guess I was more curious if my background (an academic gaijin or foreigner, currently living in Japan) would work for JavaLamp. While my character should be able to handle himself well on shadowruns, he's not really been doing a ton of that type of work. I see his past jobs being more finding smuggled magical artifacts, astral scouting and information gathering... So I just wanted to make sure my concept was going to work with what JavaLamp had in mind...

[deek]

Aldan Penrice

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Human

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

EDGE: 2
INITIATIVE: 7
PASSES: 1
MAGIC: 5 (64 BP, includes spell)

Qualities
Magician (15 BP)
SINner (-5 BP)
Astral Chameleon (5 BP)
Pacifist (-5 BP)

Active Skills (102 BP)
Summoning 5
Spellcasting 3
Binding 3
Assensing 5
Banishing 2
Counterspelling 1
Perception 4
Pistols (SA) 2

Languages/Knowledge Skills (27 BP, all free)
English N
Japanese 5
Sperethiel 1
AK:Criminology 4
AK:Psychology 2
IN:Folklore and Mythology 3
IN:Japanese Culture 3
IN:Japanese Society 3
SW:Magical Goods Values 4
SW:Magical Theory 2

Gear (9 BP)
Form-Fitting Body Armor Half-Body Suit
Synergist Business Longcoat
Mortimer Ulysses Suit
Cavalier Deputy (20 Regular Ammo, Internal Smartlink, Ceramic Components 2, Increased Cylinder)
Concealable Holster
Contact Lenses (smartlink, vision magnification)
Goggles (smartlink, flare comp, thermographic)
Sustaining Focus (Rating 3)
Trodes
Commlink (Sony Emperor w/ Upgraded Response, Iris Orb w/ Upgraded Firewall)
Response 3, Signal 3, Firewall 5, System 3
FTL Matrixware Net Wizard (Analyze 3, Browse 3, Command 1, Edit 2, Purge 3)
Adelia (Agent Rating 3)


Spells
Physical Mask (Realistic, Multi)
Increase Reflexes
Stunbolt (Direct)
Mind Probe (Active, Directional)
Catalog (Active) (sm)
Improved Invisibility (Realistic, Single)

Tradition: Buddhist
Combat: Air
Detection: Guidance
Health: Earth
Illusion: Fire
Manipulation: Water
Drain: Will + Int

Contacts (15 BP) Loyalty/Connection
MIT&T Professor in UCAS 3/1
Hacker in London 1/4
Fixer in Japan 3/3

Aldan has a Low lifestyle since he's been living and working in Japan. He still keeps a good appearance, but seeing he is hardly ever home, his apartment is pretty sparse.

[JavaLamp]

@deek and cndblank: both sound great, I haven't had a chance to read the stats yet though, probably all fine.

[deek]

Okay, I'm temporarily closing the recruitment, Though depending on a couple people actually getting a hold of me and involved, I may re-open for a couple more.

Deek, Go ahead and pitch me your character idea, That'll give us 4, with 2 or 3 more possibly coming.. the folks I'm waiting to hear from.

So the 4 that I am counting is Kit and Aldan (a pair of complimentary mages, one focusing on spellcasting/counterspelling the other assensing/summoning), Isoro (a physical Adept) and Isako (Technomancer)...not a bad group so far!

[JavaLamp]

That's right, looks like an interesting group!

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MAGIC: 5 (64 BP, includes spell)

Those build points a bit tight then? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

And yes it should be fun group, rovided we nevepr lose initiative. All told our tanking capacity is exceeded by wet tissue paper.

[deek]

Those build points a bit tight then? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

And yes it should be fun group, rovided we nevepr lose initiative. All told our tanking capacity is exceeded by wet tissue paper.

Haha

Oddly enough, only picking six spells seemed a bit tight. But we have another spellcaster and I wanted to focus on stealth (physical mask and improved invis). And I have a hard time not working with a character with multiple IPs, so the pistol skill and sustaining focus took another bite out of me!

Yeah, right now, tanking is not a strong point, but I'm hoping we are tactically sound. And with a campaign focused on stealth, I'm thinking we won't have to tank much at all. I know my ass is going to be dropping for cover and have my spirits do work...otherwise I just plan to not be seen. That way, no one is targetting me for anything! We'll see how that works out:)

[JavaLamp]

@Yuuko Nothing on the Scan so far, you may have guessed that.

@All Players - Sorry for the current delay. I'm realizing my initial scenario is not as ready as my later scenarios.

Quick note, 'otaku' is being used in it's japanese context, that being easily approximated by 'geek'. The otaku of SR3... not sure how I'd refer to them, will figure that out if necessary.. probably would just use it but it'd be an 'old' term that would have to be specified, just like old usages are now.

[deek]

Quick note, 'otaku' is being used in it's japanese context, that being easily approximated by 'geek'. The otaku of SR3... not sure how I'd refer to them, will figure that out if necessary.. probably would just use it but it'd be an 'old' term that would have to be specified, just like old usages are now.

Yeah, I kinda figured as such as I read that in your scene description. I didn't think there were a bunch of SR3 otaku's running around the festival:)

[TakayamaYuuko]

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Okay then, two more IP's of scan attempts.
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If circumstances work out that I just can't get what I'm looking for in this crowded situation, attempting to find a drone of camera to 'jack probably won't help much either. I'll just have to note it to pass on to the right person later.

[TakayamaYuuko]

Tagged Object: An Interlude


Isako
March 4, Seiji 9 (2069)

ARC#ItM-Priv.GhostHunt
Log excerpt start: 18:35:00
Session Ident: #ItM-Priv

[18:35]<Mai> I suppose you've heard the latest from Naru already.
<Isako> Maybe. Go ahead and enlighten me anyway.

(Mai throws a cube over to Isako, where it unfolds into a vertical table display of several sites.)

<Mai> Three sightings in Neo-Tokyo meshes this week. And if you'll notice that one on the middle left there, one of them was supposedly a possession.
<Isako> Hee. So what, it downloaded itself into someone else's meat? What he do then? Kill somebody?
<Mai> Nothing so dramatic. Overlaid the guy's personality. They called a Buddhist exorcist in to no avail, but 48 hours on the nose, it evaporated.
<Isako> Pfft. I can't believe he hasn't been labeled a chiphead yet. If this was a mainstream outlet, he would've been. By the way, where are you?
[18:36] <Mai> Near the waterfront. In this block, there are three hundred twenty seven meshing nodes and one main router. Of these, twenty-nine devices are operating in hidden mode, including three drones and four cameras that are watching me.
<Isako> Keh. Aren't you popular tonight.
<Mai> And you don't have to tell me where you are, because I know already.

(A somewhat dark look passes over Isako's face.)

<Mai> We all have our specialties. Scanning is as good as any. Don't think I'll ever let you put one over on me again.

(Isako digs into one of the sites, seemingly reluctant to further discuss the superiority of Mai's Scan techniques. As she peruses them, a quiet but aggressive and building riff starts to drift around in the room. Mai stretches out in her chair.)

[18:40] <Mai> Practicing again, exactly as I thought.

(Isako looks up at Mai.) <Isako> You should take up bass. I bet you'd be good at it.
<Mai> On what basis?
<Isako> ENOZ had a Mai on bass.
<Mai> ENOZ? This must be another one of your ani-ota in-jokes I just don't get.
(Isako gestures and a bass guitar materializes in front of Mai.) <Isako> Give it a try, get used to the feel.
<Mai> I dunno. Isn't bass a little unrefined?
<Isako> Maeda of the 'Blazing Fist of Retribution', talking about unrefined... (she smirks)
<Mai> Geez, you don't have to put it that way.
(She lets it sit there a couple minutes, then reaches out and plucks a string.)


Bump.

[cndblank]

Couple of questions for GM

1)
Is there a permanent form of Nano Tattoos that doesn't involved a nano hive?

It just seems strange to lose a point of rating a week when a normal tattoo will last a life time.

2)
When do you expect initiation to be come available for the magical types?