Recruiting (SR3): Brave New World, Living and learning in Bug City Options

[krayola red]

This is the recruiting thread for a Shadowrun 3rd Edition game taking place in Chicago, summer of 2055. That's right, boys and girls, school's out and the sun is shining, but there's nary a hot bikini-clad damsel to be spotted on the sandy beaches, because the Windy City has found itself knee deep in a serious bug infestation problem. As players, all of you will have the debatable privilege of being stuck right in the middle of it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) If you're interested in signing up, read on about what kind of game this will be so you can decide if this is the game for you.

• This game will be much more sandbox than your typical SR game. There will not be a Johnson handing out run after run for you to do - it's up to you to go out there to brave the dangerous streets of the Containment Zone and seek adventure for yourself. Being a survivor in a quarantined city infested with murderous bug spirits, where there's no foreseeable hope of rescue, while your fellow survivors are turning on each other and battling it out in a fierce race to claim the scarce resources remaining in the city...you should have your hands full.

• You will probably die. It's just a matter of when, so don't take it personally. Those who've gamed with me in the past know that I run a deadly game, and this will be doubly true in this one. The last game I ran here on the forums nearly resulted in a full party wipeout, though the characters did manage to pull through at the end by the skin of their teeth. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Making a combat monster will probably not save you - if anything, more versatile characters are more likely to survive because they can find ways to achieve their objectives that don't involve putting themselves in a situation where they might die. However, I'm not one of those RP elitists who hate powerful characters, and I admire creativity and cunning during character creation, so don't hesitate to make effective characters. If you do play a combat-oriented character, don't assume that I've scaled down each enemy you encounter to your level or below, and use your judgement before you whip out your gun. That being said, there's nothing I hate more than seeing interesting characters die, so acts of ingenuity, good planning, and tactical maneuvering on the battlefield are all things that will help you beat the odds and earn you some bonus karma to boot.

• To make sure the game doesn't stagnate on account of any individual player, if you stop posting and the group has been waiting on you for a long time, your character is going to get benched. I'll try to RP this in a way that makes sense without having to kill you off, so you can return to the character at a later date if you want to, but no guarantees.

• My last game was run at a pretty breakneck speed with multiple posts per day being the norm...this will not happen for this game. This one will move along at a more moderate, but steady pace. Major GM storyline posts will happen on Tuesday and Saturday of each week. I'll usually have time to post more than that, but those two days are guaranteed.

• Since this is an open-ended game, players are encouraged to do stuff even when I'm not here. You can write your own interactions with NPCs that aren't vital to the storyline to add more flavor and spice to the game, and effort made on this front will be noted and result in extra karma as well as more IC opportunities for your character.

Hmm, that about covers most of the stuff I wanted to say. If you're still with me and you're interested in playing, post up a character dossier with a bio, a sheet, and anything else you want to include. You can submit more than one character for consideration if you want, which will increase your odds of getting into the game if it turns out that there's more submissions than there are player slots available. I managed to hunt down a copy of the old NSRCG as well, so just shoot me a PM with your email address if you want it.

Click this link for the house rules that will apply to this game.

Characters are to be created with 125 build points or 450 karma under BeCKS v2. The sourcebooks that are allowed are Shadowrun 3rd Edition, Shadowrun Companion, Man & Machine, Magic in the Shadows, Cannon Companion, and Rigger 3. Flaws will be approved of on a case-by-case basis. Just a warning: most of the flaws as listed in the Shadowrun Companion will be rejected. In order to get a greenlight, the Flaw must impact your character in a meaningful way that's congruent with the cost and it must see at least as much play as your Edges.

Due to the nature of this game, there will be a restriction on how you may spend your resources at chargen and it is this: you can only start out with stuff your character would still have even if he's completely ass naked. In most instances, this means you can only use your resources to purchase implants. Awakened characters may purchase foci as well. After chargen, each character will receive a care package from the GM with some more stuff they will start the game with. Anything else, you must acquire in game. Exceptions may be made for items that are crucial to your character concept.

The deadline for character submissions is Saturday, July 4th. The game will launch on Tuesday, July 7th.

[BlackHat]

Definitely going to submit something. Currently getting a page load error on your house-rules, though.

[krayola red]

Yeah that's the problem with free web hosting, it's not very reliable. It should come back up in a little bit, if it doesn't I'll find some other place to host stuff for this game.

[krayola red]

Switched hosts. Site is a Go Go. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[BlackHat]

The old one seems to have come up as well.

[Chance359]

I'm in, give me a two or three days to put my guy together.

[crizh]

I'd certainly like to have a go at knocking something together. Might take me a couple of days.

[Critias]

Damn you. I finally convince myself to try out SR4, make a character, get a game going on another site...and now this. I'll try to get a guy thrown together in the next little bit. I swear, between this and the vignette thread over in general discussion, it's like there's a conspiracy going on to distract me from my non-Shadowrun freelance work. Bastards.

[mobster] Just when I think I'm out, they pull me back in! [/mobster]

Once we get 'em ready, do you want characters emailed to you, PMed to you, or what?

[BlackHat]

Short list of questions: (Not even sure all of these will apply, but feeling out the options)
- Are martial-arts styles from cannon companion allowed?
- Should we bother to make contacts? Should our contacts be people in Chicago?

I guess that is it, for now. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) I'll see if more pop up. The but-neked rule is an interesting one. Would you want us to try to list the sort of crap our character might carry with them (if it were an option), or leave it up to you?

[krayola red]

Damn you. I finally convince myself to try out SR4, make a character, get a game going on another site...and now this. I'll try to get a guy thrown together in the next little bit. I swear, between this and the vignette thread over in general discussion, it's like there's a conspiracy going on to distract me from my non-Shadowrun freelance work. Bastards.

[mobster] Just when I think I'm out, they pull me back in! [/mobster]

Damn straight. And if you don't wanna come back in, we's gonna send our boys over to break some kneecaps.

Once we get 'em ready, do you want characters emailed to you, PMed to you, or what?

Post your characters in this thread. If there's some part of your character you don't want the other players to know about, you can PM or e-mail me at krayola.red at gmail. You guys are encouraged to look over the sheets of everyone else while we're in the character building process, to make sure you're pretty much on the same level and all the bases are covered. Seamless teamwork and intercommunication between players, both IC and OOC, will be absolutely necessary if you guys want to survive this game, so ya'll might as well start now. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Short list of questions: (Not even sure all of these will apply, but feeling out the options)
- Are martial-arts styles from cannon companion allowed?
- Should we bother to make contacts? Should our contacts be people in Chicago?

I guess that is it, for now. smile.gif I'll see if more pop up. The but-neked rule is an interesting one. Would you want us to try to list the sort of crap our character might carry with them (if it were an option), or leave it up to you?

Martial arts are allowed. Everyone gets a couple of free contact points as per canon, and you may also spend additional resources on contacts if you wish. They need not be based in Chicago but a contact outside Chicago will probably not be very useful to you. I can probably already figure out what your character would carry with them based on your skill spread, but you can feel free to provide a list if you want, although I don't anticipate it doing much good. Unless, like I said, there's some specialized item that is absolutely crucial to your character concept. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[krayola red]

One more thing: everything is negotiable in this game. Do not hesitate to speak up if you have an issue or problem with something, or there's something you would like to see. I have a very healthy amount of respect for Dumpshockers, many of whom are much more experienced gamers than I am, so if I'm fucking up, please let me know. I'm a stubborn bastard and will probably end up doing things my way anyway, but I promise that I will listen to what you have to say and give it all due thought and deliberation.

[Branmac]

Sounds good, I will look over the house rules and see what I can whip out for you.

"Scuze me while I whip this out." Bart [as voiced by Clevon Little]

[Glyph]

Still interested, and still working on a sorcerer.

[BlackHat]

Coming along nicely. Couple of questions about BeCKS.

They replaced the edge "Bonus Attribute Point" with "Exceed Racial Modified Limit", but "Exceptional Attribute" seems to still exist. The difference seems to be that Exceptional Attribute raises your racial maximum, but the other one allows you to go past it by one point. BeCKS explicitly says that the player can boost the attribute above 6 if you have Exceed racial modified limit, but what about exceptional attribute? Could a character start with 7 with that (or 8 with both), assuming you also paid the karma costs for raising the attributes?

Still working on the same character idea. I think I have decided against the chipjack expert driver for a different reason (the but-neked rule) but I had an idea about this houserule I thought I would bring up. It seems like the houserule makes the expert driver only effective with combat activesofts? That might have been the effect you were going for, but it seems like adjusting it to allow the use of other pools would be a way to make it more well-rounded (allowing a few points of hacking, control, or even task pool if you get one from some other source).

[krayola red]

I'm just gonna say straight out, if you make your skillwires guy, you would be allowed to start with activesofts since they're a pretty important part of your concept. I like your idea about changing CED and the house rule has been revised.

A character with both Bonus Attribute and Exceptional Attribute can start with a base value of 8 in an attribute, not taking into account racial modifiers.

[Glyph]

Okay, here's my guy. A departure from my usual combat monsters, he depends more on versatility. I'll see how it works out. Still not completely satisfied with his background, but I'm pretty happy with the nuts and bolts part. So here's Doc:

Stats

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Here is the breakdown (BeCKS2):
Human: -25
Resources: 0
Attributes: 164
Skills: 191
Magic (Sorcerer): 60
Spells: 50
Contacts: 0
Edges/Flaws: 10
TOTAL: 450

Doc (Alexander Darton Smith), Male Human Hermetic Sorcerer
Attributes -
Body: 5
Quickness: 5
Strength: 3
Charisma: 4
Intelligence: 6
Willpower: 6
Essence: 6
Magic: 6
Reaction: 5

Initiative: 5 + 1d6
Combat Pool: 8
Spell Pool: 6
Karma Pool: 1

Edges/Flaws -
Bravery
Friendly Face

Active Skills -
Athletics: 4
Aura Reading/Auras: 4/6
Bike: 2
Biotech/First Aid: 4/6
Brawling (Unarmed Combat): 3
Car: 3
Clubs/Stun Batons: 1/3
Computer: 1
Electronics: 3
Etiquette: 4
Interrogation/Verbal: 2/4
Intimidation/Mental: 2/4
Leadership/Strategy: 2/4
Light Guns: 4
Negotiation: 4
Sorcery: 6
Stealth: 4

Knowledge Skills -
(Languages)
English/Cityspeak: 4/6 R/W: 4/-
Japanese: 4 R/W: 4
(Other Skills)
Classical Music: 1
Corporate Politics: 1
Criminal Psychology: 4
Literature: 3
Magical Background: 6
Police Procedures: 3

Spells -
Mana Bolt: 6
Stun Ball: 6
Detox(E): 6
Heal: 6
Diagnose(E): 5
Translate(E): 5
Improved Invisibility: 6
Control Actions: 6
Fix(E): 6
Makeover(E): 3
Levitate: 5

Contacts -
Arms Dealer (Level 1)
Fixer (Level 1)

Lifestyles: N/A

Gear -
To be determined.

Background

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Bull's 50+ Questions -

1. What is your characters Sex?

Male.

2. What is your characters physical size?

Medium height, thin and wiry.

3. What is the color of the characters Hair, eyes, and skin?

Slightly unkempt wavy brown hair, worn short with bold sideburns, amber eyes, and pale skin.

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

Alex wears slightly conservative, but stylish attire, usually well-worn with travel, evoking a slightly down-at-his heels academician (although he is meticulous about his hygiene). He has a relaxed, easygoing manner and a warm easy smile most of the time, although he seems more alert, and dangerous, in tenser situations.

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

Alex was born in the Seattle sprawl, in the Redmond Second Regional Med Center, a wretched public facility that abandoned in 2046.

6. What is the characters date of birth?

November 24th, 2041.

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

His parents struggled to keep their run-down corner store afloat. He and his two older brothers ran a bit wild, although they still helped out at the store. Alex grew to resent all of the punks and street scum who would shoplift or rob the place. He hated the Yak thugs, who came by in their fancy suits, sneering at the people they extorted money from. He swore he would never end up like his folks, working his fingers to the bone and at the mercy of any bully with a gun or a knife.

8. Has the character begun his own family?

No. He has a decent social life, but he won't think of settling down until he is financially secure and out of his current dangerous line of work.

9. Where or how was the character educated?

Alex went to the sprawling Southeastern High School, a dump of a public school terrorized by gang punks and jocks hoping to break out into the pro urban brawl leagues, with a dumbed-down curriculum. Fortunately, his parents supplemented this with enough home-schooling that he actually got a semi-decent education.

He wanted to join Lone Star, but they were lukewarm to his applications - until he showed signs of awakening. Suddenly, they were busting down his door with a long-term contract to sign.

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

Alex helped out at the store some, like all of his siblings, but his dad was afraid to let him work the till, because he was too hot-headed, and his dad was worried he would get shot by some shoplifting punk over a few lousy groceries. He jumped at the chance to join Lone Star, seeing it as a way out of his dead-end life, and envisioning happy fantasies of beating some of the neighborhood punks upside the head.

11. What are the characters political and religious beliefs?

Alex has become disillusioned with the system. He favors firebrand activism, as opposed to his dad who prefered awareness-building groups like MOM and otherwise working within the system. Alex could best be described as a budding neo-anarchist.

Alex is Episcolpalian like his dad, although he is very lapsed.

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

Alex has been brought up to try to do the right thing. But suddenly there are no rules that he can respect. So the right thing to do is something that he has to decide on a case-by-case basis. He will almost never get involved in wetwork. He also avoids jobs such as arson, evicting squatters, intimidating witnesses, and such. He sees "real" shadowrunning as freelance inter-corporate espionage, and sees "shadowrunners" who do such things as simple thugs. Although he's in it for the money, it is not the be all and end all for him - it would not be out of character for him to hand a credstick to a shop owner whose store just got burned down, or to help a group of squatters being preyed upon by a vicious gang.

13. Does the character have any goals?

Alex doesn't see any big changes on the immediate horizon. Some day he would like to be able to take down one of the big boys - just to show the others that they aren't untouchable. He tentatively plans to retire someday, when he is too burnt out to continue, but that day is hard to imagine at this point.

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

To be honest, running the shadows has spoiled him. He is used to setting his own hours, working unsupervised, and taking time off to do something else whenever he feels like it (while in-between jobs, that is). But with his disdain for the system, combined with his old hatred for criminal organizations, being a freelancer who works under the table is the only option left to him.

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.

Alex is amoral and frivolous on the surface, but he still retains a fiercely personal code of honor. He tends to side with the underdog. While capable of some moral flexibility, there are still some lines that he absolutely will not cross.

16. What special qualities does the character posess? This does not refer to skills, but rather at other things, such as How he gets along with people, does he plan ahead, etc.

Alex is good at "reading" people and ferreting out information. He can be very patient when waiting for the right moment to take someone down.

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

Alex is hesitant to use lethal force against people who are not involved in any shady dealings. He is not quite a "toecutter" (a criminal who will only commit violence against other criminals), but he comes close.

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

Alex hates criminals, not in the sense of people outside of the law, like shadowrunners, but in the sense of people who are parasites feeding off the sweat and effort of others - he hates casino owners, slum lords, and a lot of corporate types just as much as he hates thrill gangs and BTL dealers. Note that this is refined from a previous blanket disdain of all criminals. But working with criminals, seeing the corruption of the "legitimate" authorities, and then becoming a criminal himself, have changed his formerly black and white views.

He has more of an almost amused contempt for racists, an attitude of "How stupid can you BE to think that way?" Once someone has revealed themselves as a racist, Alex will think of him or her as an utter imbecile, no matter how intelligent that person might seem in other matters.

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

Alex loves people who shake up the status quo and give the finger to the establishment, even when he disagrees with them. He likes the intellectual ferment of the neo-anarchist philosophy.

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

His name is Alexander Darton Smith, and his shadowrunning alias is Doc.

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

Alex was previously a Lone Star mage, eventually working undercover.

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

Alex became increasingly disillusioned, seeing the corruption in the ranks, the deals cut with the major players, and the cold, callous corporate manner in which Lone Star was run. This wasn't what he signed up for.

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 he started running the shadows originally. What led him to it?)

Once he decided to leave, he slowly and meticulously eased himself off of the system. He arranged things so that it was easier for them to let him go and recall his SIN, than to bring him in and have him take some higher ups down with him. As a mage, he had few difficulties finding shadowy work, but there were too many people who knew him in Seattle. He decided he would do better in another sprawl.

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

Anton Reeds (Arms Dealer, Level: 1) is a stout, overweight man who smokes smelly cigars and wears tacky Hawaiian shirts. He is short-tempered, especially when hung over, but he can be a valuable source of illicit weaponry. Alex let him walk away from a bust - this was near the end of Alex's run with Lone Star, when cynicism and frustration were closing in on him. But he hears Anton is in Chicago now. Maybe that old favor will let him get a foot in the door with this guy.

Molly Finn (Fixer, Level: 1) is a short elven woman with close-cropped black hair and designer violet cybereyes. She talks a mile a minute and seems scatter-brained, although Alex suspects that it's an act. She was recommended to him by several people he trusted. He has only talked to her on the trid once or twice, but has the impression that there is a keen mind behind her facade. Hopefully she can get him some work.

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.

Alex has had his SIN revoked.

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

Alex is a full-time shadowrunner.

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

Alex has a soft spot for MOM, even though he prefers more radical activism.

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

He despises the Yaks the most of the criminal cartels, mainly because of all of their pious protestations of honor, which turn his stomach.

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

He deeply respects activists, protesters, and muckraking journalists, and will help to protect such people whenever he can.

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

Tamanous. Dead is dead, but the thought of some sickos carving his corpse up for spare parts afterwards, and tossing the leftovers to ghouls, gives him the creeps.

31. What is your favourite colour?

Brown.

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

He likes steaks and old school pub grub, and coffee - the real thing, not that soykaf swill.

33. What place would you most like to visit?

He's always wanted to visit Chicago - he's looking forward to getting there.

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

His primary loyalty is to himself at the moment. He also feels a responsibility to protect the good name of shadowrunning by avoiding bad, noisy press or excessive violence.

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!)

Alex puts a lot of energy into his work, and honing his skills, so he unwinds by doing lazy things like walking around Pike Place or the Seattle Aquarium, lurking on a few of the livelier discussion boards, or settling down with a good book to listen to some music. He still hits the night spots occasionally, usually when looking to hook up with someone.

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

Even as a freelancer, able to pick and choose his work, he still sometimes has to do jobs that he really doesn't like.

37. What annoys you the most?

Alex despises people who embrace a cause and seem to turn their brain off.

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

Alex likes reading, and also likes listening to classical music.

39. What is your greatest goal?

Alex would like to be part of some word-saving event, but it's a pipe dream - he knows that simply retiring some day would be beating the odds in his new profession.

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

Alex is a very adaptable person, good at dealing with a variety of situations.

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

Alex is still bitter, and a bit directionless at the moment.

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

Helped take down a nasty child-abducting ring. His superiors were not helpful, until the group abducted the kid of someone influential, but hey, at least it was one of the times he GOT the bastards.

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

Lapsed Episcopalian, really leaning more towards deist or even agnostic these days.

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

He had a locket, a memento from a girl he knew once, but he lost it.

45. What are your three most common dreams?

> Going on a killing spree, one that resembles a first-person shooter more than his own, more realistic experiences in actual combat. Generally the targets are generic thugs and Yak suits. Despite the appalling level of blood and carnage, he isn't disturbed at all, which disturbs him a bit.

> floating among strange-shaped clouds, sometimes over a bizarre cityscape, feeling strangely at peace.

> A porno dream starring Ursela Andover, the prim but attractive girl from the trid who does "Book Talk". She seems quite the proper lady, he doesn't know why he keeps picturing her in these depraved fantasies. Whether his alarm or a ringing trid call, this is the dream he seems to be likeliest to be woken up from.

46. What is the Characters current relationship with his family?

Keeps in touch with his brothers, but that is about it.

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

His dad tragically died - Alex is convinced that the man worked himself to death - and Alex was a mess for about a month afterwards. His mom runs the store now, with Alex's two younger sisters to help her, and with Alex and his three brothers all occasionally pitching in to help with the finances. His brothers are doing all right, and he visits them as well. He keeps his business away from them, though, because he does not want to ever bring any heat down on them.

48. Where did the character learn his Skills?

His public education complemented with home schooling, his time with Lone Star, and a few things picked up on the streets or the school of hard knocks.

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

No. He has a few pieces of junk (an old bullet casing, a brass key chain, etc.) that hold memories for him, but they are just mementos, not good luck charms.

50. What type of music does the character like?

He likes classical music with little or no vocals. He likes Celtic music as well, but prefers the traditional style.

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

He has dated, but no serious relationships.

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

Right now, he is headed towards Chicago, to make a fresh start.

53. Remember, your Gamemaster likes detail, so if you can think of any other little details, quirks, or whatever that you think might please the almighty 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)

Alex has his share of flaws, but tries to be fairly decent. He is not the type to do something he doesn't want to and then angst about it - he just won't do it in the first place. He will do SOME things he feels bad about afterwards, but not stuff like shooting an innocent person for money then being an alcoholic mess for a week afterwards. He is a pro, but will refuse to do the dirtier jobs. He has his gentle side when he meets street kids or people in trouble, as well as a nasty side when he encounters some of the scummier criminals. The basic concept of Alex is an bitter ex-cop who got burned, but still has some tattered shreds of honor.

[BlackHat]

I'm just gonna say straight out, if you make your skillwires guy, you would be allowed to start with activesofts since they're a pretty important part of your concept. I like your idea about changing CED and the house rule has been revised.

Lol, well I was planning to get around that with a ton of headware memory, and having a copy in there (so, then, if the chips went poof, I'd still have access to the skills). Of course, that would mean that I could never free up that space, or lose them forever - so having physical chips would still be nice - but I'm guessing we're not going to run into a lot of things that would necessitate clearing out headware memory.

Another question. You changed the edges that normally lower TNs to add +1 die, instead. Perceptive wasn't on that list. Should it have been?

[krayola red]

Nope, Perceptive works exactly the way it used to.

[krayola red]

Incidentally, the book of house rules is a continuous work in progress so you might want to check back at least once before the submission deadline to see if anything's changed that would affect the way you want to build your character. For example, I just finished re-reading the section on rigging and a whole new slew of vehicle related house rules just got tacked on. I also managed to track down a copy of Rigger 3, which means those rules will probably get revised once I burn through that book. And no doubt, some rules will change once they're playtested in game and found to be faulty.

House rule updating in-game only occurs during downtime and all players will get one opportunity to modify their character sheet to accommodate a new, revised, or dropped rule every time an update occurs.

[crizh]

I managed to find my only ever SR3 character sheet and thought I would build on that, 'cause I quite like the character and it'll save me a lot of effort.

Anyways I seem to have a custom Edge on that sheet but I can't remember exactly what it did. I seem to recall that it was converted from SR2, does anybody recall SR2 having Edges?

It's called State of the Art on my sheet and it's a 4 point edge. I think it was to have access to a Beta clinic post char-gen and as a sort of Restricted Gear quality for the small number of implants he has that are slightly over normal char-gen availability.

Would you object to a custom Edge for a small amount of gear/implants?

The main thing is his Chemical Gland which goes with the Cybersquirts in his Cyberarms. I seem to recall that having an availability of 10. The sheet I dug out also has an Expert Driver 8 and some comm's stuff with Ratings over 6. He also has a BattleTac Cyberlink but I'm pretty sure I was reading the rules wrong and thought that was a Tactical Computer at the time, so I'll almost certainly ditch that.

[BlackHat]

FWIW, expert drivers were errata'ed to only go up to rating 3 at max.

[crizh]

Holy heck, where am I going to find SR3 errata?

I just noticed the house rules for Expert Drivers too. Level 3 will probably be fine in that case.

It was the Chemical Gland I was really worried about. That was the whole idea for the Cybersquirts, linking them to a chemical gland so you never ran out of the ammo...

[BlackHat]

More errata at: http://www.shadowrun4.com/resources/index.shtml#errata

There is a section for SR3 stuff in there.

[Critias]

Ugh. Got a little too much on my plate right now to realistically make a time commitment to a game. Consider me "out, but waiting in line" or something, if that's kosher. It seems like in this sort of roaming-Chicago-sandbox game it should be halfway easy to integrate new players from time to time... but right now, I just can't settle down and make a character, etc, etc.

[krayola red]

I managed to find my only ever SR3 character sheet and thought I would build on that, 'cause I quite like the character and it'll save me a lot of effort.

Anyways I seem to have a custom Edge on that sheet but I can't remember exactly what it did. I seem to recall that it was converted from SR2, does anybody recall SR2 having Edges?

It's called State of the Art on my sheet and it's a 4 point edge. I think it was to have access to a Beta clinic post char-gen and as a sort of Restricted Gear quality for the small number of implants he has that are slightly over normal char-gen availability.

Would you object to a custom Edge for a small amount of gear/implants?

The main thing is his Chemical Gland which goes with the Cybersquirts in his Cyberarms. I seem to recall that having an availability of 10. The sheet I dug out also has an Expert Driver 8 and some comm's stuff with Ratings over 6. He also has a BattleTac Cyberlink but I'm pretty sure I was reading the rules wrong and thought that was a Tactical Computer at the time, so I'll almost certainly ditch that.

I'll need to see the Edge in question before I can give it an official thumbs up, but it sounds fine to me.

Ugh. Got a little too much on my plate right now to realistically make a time commitment to a game. Consider me "out, but waiting in line" or something, if that's kosher. It seems like in this sort of roaming-Chicago-sandbox game it should be halfway easy to integrate new players from time to time... but right now, I just can't settle down and make a character, etc, etc.

Send me a character whenever you feel like jumping in, and good luck with your real life stuff. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)