Fluffy Gear, I am not talking about bunnies [Unless its on your list] |
Fluffy Gear, I am not talking about bunnies [Unless its on your list] |
Jan 12 2010, 04:00 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 186 Joined: 14-May 05 From: Riverside CA Member No.: 7,394 |
What do you have listed on your Character Sheet that has no game effect, but is their just for fluff reasons
Devon [High-School Hacker] “Shadowrunning For Dummies” and “The Idiots Gide for Runners”. In both Hard Copy and Electronic. |
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Jan 12 2010, 04:08 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,141 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Neverwhere Member No.: 2,048 |
A lot of things.
Depends on the character, but this is usually covered by liestyle. Like a real coffee addiction. |
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Jan 12 2010, 04:18 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,536 Joined: 13-July 09 Member No.: 17,389 |
What do you have listed on your Character Sheet that has no game effect, but is their just for fluff reasons Devon [High-School Hacker] “Shadowrunning For Dummies” and “The Idiots Gide for Runners”. In both Hard Copy and Electronic. Hmm, bunnies in my inventory.... I wonder if I could throw them at my enemy to confuse them..... On a side note, I think I may create a character that has a copy of Shadowrun 4th Edition in his inventory. Only because it would cause some people's brains to implode. Break the fourth wall by showing people the book and saying "SEE, someone predicted what the world would look like in the early 21st century!" |
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Jan 12 2010, 04:20 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 186 Joined: 14-May 05 From: Riverside CA Member No.: 7,394 |
What I am talking about is the randomstuff put on the sheet like Komodo [Rasher/Phys-AD]. We were taling about this consept on Sunday and put down a Beer Helmet a 6-Pack of Beer and a large metal tankard. he has the Adept Power Elemental Stike Cold and Fire.
The Cold is to Chill the Beer And he puts Popcorn in the Tankard and uses his Fire to Pop it. |
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Jan 12 2010, 04:23 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 419 Joined: 10-February 09 Member No.: 16,863 |
Things that have nothing to do with the game and are purely there for fluff reasons? Well, for the most part just knowledge skills... I did have a character who started with plastic surgery because his backstory had him lit on fire during the Matrix Crash and otherwise he would look slightly... melted. He was the face of the group so I thought it was better to avoid this.
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Jan 12 2010, 04:25 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: 27-December 09 Member No.: 17,999 |
The Zombie Survival Guide-
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Jan 12 2010, 04:28 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,679 Joined: 19-September 09 Member No.: 17,652 |
Handcuffs (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
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Jan 12 2010, 04:46 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 687 Joined: 22-October 09 Member No.: 17,783 |
A bag of coffee grounds (he chews them), mouthwash and a roll of very special tape (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
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Jan 12 2010, 04:51 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 10,289 Joined: 2-October 08 Member No.: 16,392 |
I once had a character who had "Knowledge: 20th Century Science Fiction" for giggles.
My current character spent 4 BP to buy a nexus for (almost) purely background reasons. It technically is part of his magical lodge (fluffwise it is the lodge--he (believes?) it to be a UV node and he learned and continues to advance his magic by logging into it). |
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Jan 12 2010, 05:51 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 266 Joined: 21-November 09 Member No.: 17,891 |
Akira Kurosawa was a Yakuza Grunt who had "Comic Books of the Late 20th Century" as a Knowledge Skill and worked as a 'Runner under the name "Paul the Samurai". He dated a(nother PC) Cat Shaman named Luna who was a fan of Sailor Moon. He hired a decker (SR3) to study her online buying habits and managed to find a rare Sailor Moon Doll that she had been trying to find. He also bought a hundred kilo bag of kitty litter for her Ally Spirit.
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Jan 12 2010, 06:04 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,536 Joined: 13-July 09 Member No.: 17,389 |
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Jan 12 2010, 06:05 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 10,289 Joined: 2-October 08 Member No.: 16,392 |
Akira Kurosawa was a Yakuza Grunt who had "Comic Books of the Late 20th Century" as a Knowledge Skill and worked as a 'Runner under the name "Paul the Samurai". He dated a(nother PC) Cat Shaman named Luna who was a fan of Sailor Moon. He hired a decker (SR3) to study her online buying habits and managed to find a rare Sailor Moon Doll that she had been trying to find. He also bought a hundred kilo bag of kitty litter for her Ally Spirit. Neat. The part that made me giggle about 20th century sci-fi is technically ShadowRun:The RPG exists inside itself (the (un)official date of diversion being approx. 1991, SR 1st edition having been published 1989). |
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Jan 12 2010, 06:42 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 3-November 09 Member No.: 17,836 |
My current character is in SR3. Has 20th Century Comics as a knowledge skill and the DC comics specialty. As a fixer/face when people ask for fake SINs she's giving them names of comic book characters.
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Jan 12 2010, 07:35 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,803 Joined: 3-February 08 From: Finland Member No.: 15,628 |
For my Sasha that would be 45 rating 6 mapsofts and the fact she has 17 language skills (most rating1-2) and Linguist quality. Even thought they have in game uses their are there mostly for background reasons, especially mapsofts as she has a habit of getting those for every city she visits.
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Jan 12 2010, 08:29 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,428 Joined: 9-June 02 Member No.: 2,860 |
I have a PC with a very functional armored long coat with completely fluffy heated and cooled pockets for cold beer and hot sandwiches, or other good food when the PC's on a stakeout. Paranoia about a good food supply is an artifact of the PC's symbiotes.
As a semi-functional thing, the PC also has a load of data softs with such things as the contents of the Gutenberg Project, any freely available "good" literature and movie, and whatever other library-type contents the PC can get his hands on - he likes to be well read and, after Crash 2.0, isn't going to depend on Matrix-based libraries for his information. This library can be useful for supporting his knowledge skills, but it's mostly just fun to dive into the virtual library. |
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Jan 12 2010, 08:33 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 46 Joined: 23-December 09 Member No.: 17,990 |
Definitely cigarettes.
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Jan 12 2010, 08:48 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,141 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Neverwhere Member No.: 2,048 |
A 6 foot tiger costume and a used bottle of oil of civit.
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Jan 12 2010, 08:59 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 135 Joined: 3-November 09 Member No.: 17,838 |
A bionic tail and ears, both neko-style. While technically they have in-game stats, that is not their purpose.
And .5 essence for the tail, the cyberdoc better have made it -very- fluffy. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cyber.gif) |
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Jan 12 2010, 09:06 PM
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The Dragon Never Sleeps Group: Admin Posts: 6,924 Joined: 1-September 05 Member No.: 7,667 |
Mage with cyber implanted razors to deal with the nail biting. No combat skills, no physical skill defaults, and loss of essence.... that's fluff.
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Jan 12 2010, 09:57 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 47 Joined: 13-July 09 Member No.: 17,388 |
Implanted razors to keep him from biting his nails. That is bloody brilliant. Your complimentary pie will be arriving shortly.
My physical adept gentleman thief lives an uncharacteristically spartan lifestyle, but has a habit of keeping around some of his old useless gear, like the lycra face-mask he used to wear, and his battered and much-repaired camoflage suit. (They're hanging on the wall of his loft.) He also keeps around a cheap rusty bicycle that he purchased in order to get home after that one time he was arrested. It serves as a constant reminder not to do anything stupid, even if the actual arrest wasn't really his fault. (It's a long story.) His real fluff lie in the knowledge skills: "Middle Eastern Literature" and "Martial Arts Cinema." My hacker character, an 82-year-old 4channer, was known for carrying around a mace known as "the ban-hammer", mostly because he thought the name was cool- not that he never used it. He was also sometimes accompanied by a surveillance roto-drone (the roflcopter) which he stole from the retirement community during his break-out from said community. I agree fully that this character was in very poor taste, but good god was he ever fun to play. |
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Jan 12 2010, 10:45 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 704 Joined: 20-November 06 From: The seemingly unknown area of land between Seattle and Idaho. Member No.: 9,910 |
One piece of gear I almost always take because I really want one, e-paper.
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Jan 12 2010, 10:47 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,817 Joined: 29-July 07 From: Delft, the Netherlands Member No.: 12,403 |
Jolt-alerts! fraggin practical (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cyber.gif)
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Jan 12 2010, 11:42 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,424 Joined: 7-December 09 From: Freedonia Member No.: 17,952 |
a zoo.
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Jan 13 2010, 12:00 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,768 Joined: 31-October 08 From: Redmond (Yes, really) Member No.: 16,558 |
<snip> My hacker character, an 82-year-old 4channer, was known for carrying around a mace known as "the ban-hammer", mostly because he thought the name was cool- not that he never used it. He was also sometimes accompanied by a surveillance roto-drone (the roflcopter) which he stole from the retirement community during his break-out from said community. I agree fully that this character was in very poor taste, but good god was he ever fun to play. I am seriously considering sigging that. |
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Jan 13 2010, 12:13 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 825 Joined: 21-October 08 Member No.: 16,538 |
Last time I played? A spirit possessed skull as an ally spirit. It couldn't really do much, but it was essentially Morte.
Everyone loves Morte. |
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