So, this guy's at a sort of weapons specialist/assassin/sam/freelancer with a bit of a twist with his qualities. Made with our normal houserules(Availability limits are cut out, so everything is fair game.)
The Numbers:
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Name: Kaelan Aserus, ''Talon''
Age: 28
Race: Elf
Gender: Male
Height: 2 meters
Weight: 90kg
Hair: White, long
Eyes: Red(Albino)
750 Karma
Positive Qualities(60 Karma)
Savate, Lv. 2(+2 Dv Unarmed Attacks)
Carromeleg, Lv.2(+2 dice on Surprise attacks)
Tae Kwan Do, Lv. 1(+1 die to Knockdown)
Perceptive Lv. 1(+1 die all Perception tests)
Negative Qualities(70 Karma)
Albino(+20)
In Debt Lv. 2(+20)
Dependent, Lv. 2(+20)
Lost Loved One(+10)
Net Gain +10 Karma
Attributes(297 Karma)
Body: 5(6, +3 Damage)
Agility: 5(9)
Reaction: 5[8]
Strength: 5(9)
Charisma: 4
Intuition: 5
Logic: 4
Willpower: 4
Edge: 4
Initiative: 10/1[13/3]
Essence: .25
Active Skills(239 Karma)
Firearms Skill Group: 3
Athletics Skill Group: 2
Unarmed Combat(Martial Arts): 5(+2) [6+2 Reflex Recorder]
Blades(Swords): 3(+2)
Heavy Weapons: 2
Armorer: 5
Infiltration(Urban): 3(+2)
Shadowing(Tailing): 2(+2)
Perception: 3
Etiquette: 3
Intimidation(Mental): 3(+2)
Negotations: 2
Artisan(Metalworking): 2(+2)
Pilot Ground Craft(Wheeled): 1(+2)
Knowledge/Language Skills(60 Karma)
AK-Denver: 3
Safehouse Locations: 3
Underground Fighting Pits: 3
Weapons Design: 3
Shadowrunner Haunts: 3
Denver Underground: 3
Occult: 2
English: N
Sperethiel: 3
German: 3
Maneuvers(6, 24 Karma):
Kick Attack
Riposte
Set Up
Evasion
Finishing Blow
Watchful Guard
Contacts(30 Karma)
Fixer(Reginald 'Spanky' Mcgee, Fomori): C4 L3
Aiden(male elven Bartender, sometimes pitfighter): C2 L3
'Tommy'(human detective): C2 L2
Resources: 100 Karma(250,000+10,000 In Debt)
Implants:
Muscle Augmentation Lv. 3(21,000)-.6
Muscle Toner Lv. 3(24,000)-.6
Suprathyroid(45,000)-.7
Reflex Recorder(Unarmed Combat, 10,000)-.1
Synthacardium Lv. 3(30,000)-.3
Wired Reflexes Lv. 2(32,000)-3
Titanium Bone Lacing(40,000)-1.5
Smartlink(1,000)-.1
Nuyen Remaining: 57,000
The Gear:
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Lifestyle Points: 17(7,000, 1 month paid)
Comforts: 3
Entertainment: 3
Necessities: 3
Neighborhood: 3
Security: 4
Qualities: Workplace(+1)
Fake ID Rating 4: 4,000
2x Fake Licences(6): 1,200
4x Certified Credsticks: 100
Armorer Tools Kit/Shop: 5,500
Medkit 6/4 Refills: 800
Sony Emperor Commlink/Redcap Nix OS/Skinlink/Subvocal Mic: 1,200
Weapons:
Combat Axe(Custom Look 1, Custom Grip): 800
Katana(Custom Look 1, Custom Grip): 1200
Cougar Fineblade Short(Custom Look 1). 650
Hardliner Gloves/Steel-Capped Boots(we use the rules of +1 DV unarmed attacks)-200
Colt Asp(Smartlinked, Custom Look 1): 450, w/30 APDS rounds(210)
Ruger Super Warhawk(Smartlinked, Custom Look 2): 1500, w/ 60 regular and APDS rounds(540), w/concealable holster(75), Increased Cylinder(500), Personalized Grip(100), Melee Hardening(300), Skinlink(50)
Ares Predator IV: 350, w/ 6 clips(30), 60 regular rounds(120), 30 APDS(210), Silencer(200), Custom Look 1(100), Melee Hardening(300)
AK-97 Carbine(Smartlinked)-800, w/ 90 rounds each regular, gel, APDS(1080), 10 clips(50), Gas Vent 3(400), Foregrip(50), Personalized Grip(100), Skinlink(50) Melee Hardening(300)
Colt M23 AR(Smartlinked)-1500, w/120 regular, gel, APDS each(1440), Gas Vent 3(400), Sling(50), Foregrip(50), Personalized Grip(100), Custom Look 1(100), Underbarrel Grenade Launcher(Ares Antioch-2, 600), 12 clips(60), Skinlink(50), 10 HE/Frag/Flash-Bangs(1100)
Remington 950(Smartlinked)-1000-w/ 50 APDS rounds(350), Custom Look 1(100), Silencer and Thermal Supressor(600)
Remington 990(Smartlinked)-1100, w/ 80 regular/fletchette rounds(960), 40 AV rounds(480), Custom Look 1(100), Melee Hardening(300)
Armor:
Armor Jacket-900
Leather Jacket-200
FFBA Lv. 2-900
Shin/Forearm guards/Vitals protector: 550
Other:
Climbing Gear(200)
Chemsuit 6(600)
Contacts w/Thermo, Flare Comp, Vision Magnification, Image Link and Vision Enhancement 3(625)
Earbuds w/ Audio Enhancement 3, SSF 3, Spatial Recognizer(1010)
Handheld Sensor w/ Atmosphere Sensor 3, Camera and Microphone(225)
Survival Kit(100)
Thundercloud Contrail Motorcycle: 5000
Spent Total: 51,265
Left: 5735
Background:
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Kaelan had a generally decent life, going to work for the corps after his two years in tech school, in which he developed a love for tinkering-not with electronics, but with weapons of all kinds. Always loving action films, and being rather physically imposing-despite being an albino, he was far from fragile, and was easily seen as being a force to be reckoned with among the company men, getting him a better position of ''troubleshooter.'' After that, came the black ops, which sort of began to weigh a bit on his conscience.
He had met a girl-a human girl with a slight penchant for computers, but not a hacker or anything-by the name of Alnya, whom he ended up starting a small relationship with; first strictly physical after a rather awkward night at a bar, and then deeper. Her younger brother, whom she took care of, named Troy, took to him right away.
Eventually, his work got to him more and more-until one day he realized that a job he had done ended up in a lot of damage to some innocents. Unable to really cope with this anymore, with his nuyen and a few contacts, he managed to finagle his way out of his old life and into the shadows; Anya had been transferred from that building awhile back, though the two still dated. With his skills and training, the shadows were some of the only places he could find work-so he continued his work, getting in contact with a fixer nicknamed Spanky, a rather boisterous Irish troll with a long shock of bright-red hair whom ran a small underground pub and liked his football(ie, soccer) jerseys. He had also made aquaintances with an old, washed up detective, Tommy; he helped Tommy pull out of the bottle and get back on his feet; he had decided to go after and kill the man that had been threatening Tommy, and the stress of this was what led into his drinking. He got by with his jobs-he knew what to do to someone and how to do it, be it with a gun, or more often, his hands and feet-and also, he started up a sort of underground weapons-clinic deal, in which he could tinker with varied weapons, giving them his own touch. He was good, and it pulled in a fair bit of nuyen as well.
Six months ago, Troy showed up at Spanky's pub with a large backpack; Alnya had disappeared three days before. Kaelen, who was also sometimes known as Talon, hadn't heard from her, but figured she was off on business, which she did. Unable to track her down, he took Troy in, since the boy liked him. Splurging for extra security, he tries to keep his shadow-life as secret as possible, Troy mainly thinks he's just a weaponsmith of sorts. He has taught the boy to shoot(with guns in the house, better he knew how to handle them safely), and self-defense(he wanted to learn.) Troy's a rather pleasant boy, but Kaelan doesn't really know how to raise an eight-year-old. He does go to home-school via VR, and he keeps quiet-Kaelan told him that to avoid paying some extra things, that he was trying to keep his shop more ''secret.'' He knew about secrets. Apparently his sister had one, something about a Technomancer. Was she a latent Technomancer? If so, why would anyone care? Technomancers showed up now and again, he didn't think much of it.
He whistled up a favor from Tommy, who is now starting to be back on his feet as a PI, to try to track her down. He still cares deeply for her, and doesn't really know what to do; he can get rather easily distracted in figuring what happened to her. Troy asks him often, and he says that his friend is working on it. He hopes the boy doesn't end up on some wrong path, but when being raised by an assassin...He does play games with him-Troy loves his videogames and regularly schools Kaelan in them; one thing Troy likes about the tall elf is that he looks like some of the action-characters in the games he plays.
He'll take about any job-bodyguarding(he's very perceptive and rather threatening if need be), to wetwork(one of his specialities), to snatch-and-grab; he's not too picky. He carries himself well with a professional air. His training partner is an elven adept, Aiden, who works at Spanky's bar, and known for his distinct head of long, dark green hair which is apparently natural. From Tir na Nog, he speaks with a distinct Sperethiel-accent and is an excellent hand-to-hand combatant; Spanky chose him because of this. Spanky isn't much of a fighter, himself and wanted someone to care for the bar. He knows the streets fairly well and is a contact as such.
Appearance-wise, his hair is white and well past his shoulders, his eyes the telltale albino red, his skin white. He wears shirts-sleeveless, tanks, long-sleeve, depending on the weather, and a leather jacket normally; cargos tucked into heavy, steel-capped combat boots complete his outfit; on runs he wears a half-suit of FFBA and an armor jacket, in dark colors. Well-built from the martial arts which he's practiced for about two-thirds of his life, he's very attractive in a rather spectral way, and while he's had invites from women, he still feels himself attached to Alnya like she never disappeared and turns down their offers. He's generally a rather even-tempered fellow with a sly sense of humor; he has few vices except for his ciggarettes, and he enjoys some of Spanky's imported whiskies he has at his pub where he likes to stop in sometimes-occasionally providing some bouncer-work for him on busier nights. He will fight back if provoked enough, and the man who takes contract killings has little qualms about killing in self-defense if he feels his life is being genuinely threatened. Would anyone try to harm his little surrogate ''brother'', they would meet heavy ire, indeed. Sometimes if his mood grows foul due to things going wrong, etc, as they do in life, he sometimes visits some underground fighting-pits to take out some aggression; his raw strength is sometimes underestimated due to his albino, deceptive looks.
He rarely buys modded weapons and prefers to pick up the bare-bones models, fully modding them himself; his favorite gun is still his old heavy revolver he got when he was seventeen years old, that has been customized and re-customized. He puts a lot of himself into his work, and it does keep his mind somewhat calm and off Alnya's predicament. If something had happened to her, rest assured that flaw would be replaced with ''Vendetta'' and ''Combat Monster'' when he finds the person/people responsible.
So I wanted to try to utilize the Dependent quality, as it seems to be something rather cool to do. With his weapons, I made sure to purchase the most bare-bones models I could of things, because he loves tinkering with them, and makes an art out of it; it's something that calms him and that he just enjoys; he's quite the master with weapons-tweaking. He does have 10 Karma left to play with, though; and that's actually another skill(or 2 if I take rating 1's.) I'm just not sure what else I can see the guy with. His knowledges are a fair range; the Occult is more of an interest to him. The background isn't the most original, but I ran with something. I also need to pick a benefit from his Lv. 1 Tae Kwan Do-I could toss another DV on but he already hits for 11P, which is like a truck.
Working in the kid will be rather interesting; having to hide what he really does-but he wants to, at the same time, wants to make sure he can defend himself. The boy knows he has the weapons, and he figures it's better that he at least knows how to use him properly(I admit, there's a tiny bit of the classic assassin-with-the-kid thing here; some slight influence from the Professional, Lone Wolf & Cub, etc.)
Tried to balance his skills so he's not only good at kicking in heads or shooting things; he's really sneaky between his skill and Agility, and has enough social skills to help out, though he might could use more here. For an elf he's not Captain Charisma, but he is more of a low-key kind of guy; good at taking orders, but sometimes can take control if need be. His high Armorer skill will be fun, and coupled with his Artisan/Metalworking, he can nearly make his own weapons when he gets his hands on a facility, which I just didn't have the nuyen for at the start. He does have over 5,000 nuyen left to spend on things, though. I guess I can find some more gear odds/ends, or maybe another ID, or maybe even some parts for him to mod weapons with.
I also would like him to have a SIN, but I don't have the points left for the SINner flaw. Do you need that quality to have a SIN? If not, then what's the difference between having a SIN and being a SINner?
Character Critique: Kaelan Aserus, Sam, assassin and armorer with a twist
Dec 27 2008, 12:10 AM
