Low-Down in Loveland, Recruiting Phase Options

[Combat Mage]

@Chance359

I don't think the contact lenses work. Unless I'm missing something they have an availability of 6 + enhancements (So 10 already with smartlink and actually 16 with smartlink and thermo).

I had the same problem when building my character. So maybe spend the remaining 8k on some nice cybereyes (or get glasses (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) ).

This post has been edited by Combat Mage: Jun 2 2010, 04:47 PM

[Aria]

May be a redundant question but I get the feeling there might be a degree of lethality in 300BP characters 'living it up' in Loveland. Might it be an idea to create a second character concept to write in to the game so that they are there if the worst should happen and our main character keels over? Avoids any 'group introductions' as they are already established as part of the group...at least in theory?!?

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[Propaganda]

Aria's got a point, though it's also not that hard to believe that the gang would have a semi regular turnover of lesser gangers that either die or end up in prison (or possibly graduate to bigger things, the local syndicate say), and a core of members that through a mix of dumb luck and cunning have managed to survive in the gang for longer.

*dives back into the pile of notes that surround my desk*

[Combat Mage]

I'm finally finished with my character. To build a mage with 300 BP was an interesting challenge. He does have a lot of weaknesses but I guess that's kinda the point of a 300 BP character.

Description:

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Feral is a teenage orc of about 14 years. His nubian heritage is obvious in his pitch black skin and his black curly hair which he wears braided in corn rows.
Standing about about 6'5" tall, he is slim and not very muscular for an ork.
His eyes sparkle in a wolf-like golden color and he is surrounded by an aura of self-confidence and strength.
Clad in steel-toed combat boots, a ragged pair of jeans and a black leather jacket, Feral bears the signs of the street. Scars and old wounds are visible on the teenager, and it seems that conflict is nothing new for him, despite his young age.
Around his neck are two silver necklaces he never takes off. One is formed like a wolf head, the other is a small circle engraved with tribal patterns. These necklaces are his most prized possessions and he doesn't let anyone touch them.
On his right hip a holster can be seen, containing a heavily modified Ruger Super Warhawk made of blue steel, with ebony grip casings and an engraved barrel showing running wolves. Feral lovingly calls it the "Wolfclaw".

Personality:

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There are two very different sides of Feral. His basic instinct is to be kind and good natured, but the life on the streets changed him. Depending on his mood he can either be nice and friendly or hardened, cold and violent.
Deep inside he is a romantic and what he wants most in life is to find true genuine love. But he doesn't even admit that to himself. He needed to present on a tough-guy attitude to show others he can't be pushed around and over time that attitude deeply imprinted itself on him.
To his "pack", which includes everyone he sees as family or friend, he is fiercely loyal and will protect them no matter what.
If he is challenged or he or his pack are threatened, he becomes determined and violent. Once a fight starts he shows no mercy and will not retreat until the last of the enemies is down.

Background:

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Asim is an orkish child of refugees from Egypt, of nubian descent, who came to Seattle for a better life, but found only a miserable existance as squatters.
His pitch black skin and oriental features make him look exotic although he has never seen his parents homeland and is a pure Loveland streetkid.
His first few years were relatively sheltered. His parents, while disillusionized and broken, loved him and wanted him to grow up untouched from the violence of the gangs that dominated the streets. But one night, Asim was ten years old at the time, his parents, being out on the streets scavenging for food, were caught in a Lone Star raid on gang turf.
The Star, on a campaign to prove that they had the situation in Loveland under control, brought out the big guns and eradicated large parts of various gangs that night.
His father was immediatley shot down in the crossfire and his mother was heavily wounded. She managed to drag herself home, but died in Asims arms from her injuries. Her last words told him who was to blame for their death. The system in which his parents had put all their hope had rejected them, condemning them to a life on the streets in constant poverty, fear and pain. Now it had killed them, not making a difference between the real criminals and poor honest people who were just trying to survive.
Of course Asim didn’t realize these thoughts so clearly at the time, being a young boy of ten years. But the seeds were planted and Asim slowly began to despise “the rich people” outside of Loveland, for what he perceived as their arrogant and judgemental view of the “street scum”.
Following their deaths he had a tough time surviving because he was unusually scrawny for ork standards, barely bigger than a regular human. He ran with a band of other street kids, stealing, begging and doing everything they had to to survive. Asim lacked the talent for such activities and in the beginning he had problems fitting in.
But quickly he realized, what he lacked in physical skills he made up with a far greater talent.
Magic awakened in him, and in the beginning, he was scared. He didn’t understand his ne powers and couldn’t control them.
Until Wolf appeared in his dreams. Wolf wasn’t very kind. He wasn’t very patient either. But he was strong. And under his guidance Asim became strong too. His talents developed and so did his control over them. In fact, if an experienced mage had assensed the boy he would have been surprised by the strength of the young ork’s magic.
Under Wolfs guidance the slim ork became a strong-willed and fierce individual, ready to defend himself and his “pack” of street kids.
The other kids started to tread him with a high level of respect and even fear. They gave him him the name “Feral” now, because Asim had changed after learning of his power, both on the outside and on the inside. His eyes had turned yellow like those of a real wolf, and a dangerous fire burned in them. Though he was still scrawny for an ork, he now had an air of strength around him and moved with the determination of a predator.
When he used his talent his eyes started to glow in a golden light and his face briefly seemed to to turn into that of a snarling wolf.
But his powers also brought fear and envy upon the young ork. Word of a strong new wizkid spread quickly through the streets, and bigger sharks took notice. For a few years though the pack of street kids thrived. They gained members and expand their turf. They gave themselves a name, the “Black Tigers”, and started to feel like a real gang.
Unfortunatly a gang in the vicinity, the “Night Rippers” began to see the Black Tigers as potential thread and were determined to crush them while they were still small.
The Black Tigers fought desperately and Feral was in the front rows. He learned to fight, learned to hate, learned to kill on the blood-soaked streets of Loveland. Wolf relished the fight and Feral realized that fighting was his destination. The sense his life had always lacked. He was one of Wolf’s pack, a mystic warrior, using his powers to defend his friends and comrades.
They fought for weeks. It was closer than anyone would have thought in the beginning, but the Black Tigers, who consisted mainly of kids and teenagers, could ultimately not resist the Night Ripper’s strength. They were wiped out, the few survivors scattering and finding hiding places.
Feral was among the survivors. He was alone again. But it was different from the time after his parents died. He knew know. About himself and about Wolf. About what he could do and what he wanted to do.

Find a pack. Hunt again.

20 Questions:

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1. Where does your character come from, what is his lineage, who were his parents, and what did he inherit from them?

Feral’s parens come from Egypt, they were refugees looking for a better life in the UCAS. He inherited his nubian looks from them, the pitch-black skin, the black hair and the african features.

2. Assuming they can speak, what would each of your character's parents say about him?

His mother would be sad that he is now involved with the gangs, living the life of violence she always tried to shield him from.

His Father would be proud that his scrawny little boy has become a confident strong-willed character who doesn’t let himself get pushed around.

3. Pick a few events from the rescent Shadowrun history and ask where the character was at the time, what does he remember about the event, and what was he doing at the time?

Living in the gutters, Feral has no idea what is going own in the world and he really doesn’t care about it. Those events do not influence his life in the least most of the time.
He has heard about the upcoming transition from Lone Star to Knight Errant but he is indifferent about it in general. Cops are cops, they are all the same. He is wary though because he fears that Knight Errant will try to show quick results and crack down hard on the gangs.

4. How did your Character get into gang life and why did he take the path?

After his parents died he had no ther choice but to live on the streets. And the only way to survive on the streets is with the gangs. It’s the only life he knows.

5. What is your character living space like, and what has he added or changed to make it his own?

Can’t answer that without knowing more about the Loveland Dozen.

6. What does your character believe in, what are her convictions (if any), and why does he hold them?

Feral believes in loyalty to family, friends and comrades. Without your pack you’re nothing.
He also believes in strength. You must be strong to bend your life to your will. Without strength you will just be a pawn, whose life is ruled by outside forces.
He holds those believes because Wolf taught them to him.

7. What do you dislike most about your character's personality?

Feral can have a violent streak. Once a fight starts he seldom stops unless all enemies are down. His personality is strange mix, sometimes he is kind and good-natured, and other times he is violent and angry.

8. Which of the Big Ten does your character hold in the higest regard, and which does she

Feral doesn’t know much about the Big Ten and doesn’t care about them at all. They are all from another world and he dislikes them all.

9. What is the story with character and his contacts?

Since his old gang was wiped out, Feral doesn’t have any contacts outside the gang.

10. It's Sunday morning, and your character has no commitments until tomorrow afternoon. What does she do for the day?

With nothing serious pending, Feral will often concentrate on his magic and try to find new ways to use it and to understand more about it.
If he gets his hands on magical publications he’ll study a bit magic theory but since he lacks a formal education he often can’t make much of it.
Feral like to hang with friends and is always up for a game of pool.

11. How did your character learn her skills, and how did she develop them to those levels?

Feral learnt almost all his magic though the guidance by his mentor Wolf. He picked up a little by reading everyting about magic that he could get his hands on, even if he didn't understand a lot of it.

12.What is your character’s moral limit?

Feral has been hardened on the streets. He does not hesitate to kill if necessary to protect his pack or their turf. Though he mostly doesn’t start fights, he relishes them and once the fighting starts he’s going to finish it, hardly ever leaving a fight while there are still enemies standing.

13. What drew your character to their particular paradigm, how does it effect the way he views the world and his magic, how does it translate into the choice of mentor spirt, and how does it affecte the appereance of the spirits he conjures?

Feral did not choose his mentor. Wolf chose him because he saw something special inside the young ork. Wolf taught Feral that the world is filled with mystical beings and that some people have the inner strength to call them and ask them for help.
Due to his mentor, Feral prefers to call on beast spirits which often appear in the form of a large wolf. He sees the spirits as members of his mentors pack, come to help him.


14. How did your character come to have the enhancements he has, how were they paid for, and what motivated the choice he made?

Feral is all natural. He would never diminish his magic by destroying his body with implants.

15. What does your characte think of ordinary life, mainstream culture, and those who abide by it?

He is mostly angry at the “normal” people, because they don’t realize what an easy life they have. They complain about their insignificant problems but they don’t know how it is to life on streets, without knowing where the next bit to eat is going to come from or where you’re going to sleep tonight.

16. If your character had a lingering nightmare, or a deep-rooted fear, what woudl it be, and why does he find it so terrifying?

Feral sometimes relives the slaughtering of his old pack, the Black Tigers, in his nightmares. His worst fear is to lose his new pack without being able to pretect them. He finds it terrifying because he already lost everyone he loved twice, first when his parents died and then when the Tigers got wiped out. He doesn’t want to feel that way again.

17. What is your character's 'sacred object' or 'close one', and how did they come to be so important to him?

Feral has to necklaces, one in the form of a wolf head, and one in the form of a smal circle filled with tribal patterns. These necklaces are actually magic foci. He got them from Kiina, a wizkid from his old gang, the Black Tigers. When she died in his arms, after a particularly gruesome battle with the Night Rippers, she gave them to him with her last strength.
These necklaces are his most prized belongings, both for the memories they contain and the magical power they offer.

18. What did your character want to become when he was a child, and what are his goals?

As a little boy Feral wanted to be a farmer, because that was his fathers job in Egypt and he told his son a lot about the the beauty of nature and the joy of those who live in tune with it.
The years on the streets however have steadily ground away that dream, and there is no more room for dreams now, just for survival.

19. What does your character look like, what inspired his choices?

Feral is a teenage orc of about 14 years. His nubian heritage is obvious in his pitch black skin and his black curly hair which he wears braided in corn rows.
Standing about about 6'1" tall, he is slim and not very muscular for an ork.
His eyes sparkle in a wolf-like golden color and he is surrounded by an aura of self-confidence and strength.

He choose to wear his hair in corn rows because that way it doesn’t get in his way when fighting. He doesn’t pick his clothes for style (who can afford to in Loveland?) but for practicality.

20. How did your character come to be known by his street name?

He got the Name Feral due to his strong shamanic mask that shows when he casts a spell. His eys starts to glow in a bright golden light and his features seem to turn briefly into those of a ferocious wolf.

Sheet:

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Name: Feral / Asim

Metatype : Ork (20 BP)

Attributes (150 BP)
Body: 5 (10 BP)
Agility: 3 (20 BP)
Reaction: 3 (20 BP)
Strength: 3 ( 0 BP)
Charisma: 4 (30 BP)
Intuition: 3 (20 BP)
Logic: 2 (10 BP)
Willpower: 5 (40 BP)

Special Attributes (40 BP)
Edge: 1 ( 0 BP)
Magic: 5 (40 BP)
Initiative: 6
Essence: 6

Positive Qualities (30 BP)
Magician (15 BP)
Mentor Spirit (Wolf) (5 BP)
Focused Concentration 1 (10 BP)

Negative Qualities (+35 BP)
Geas (Very obvious Shamanic Mask) (+10 BP) [When he casts a spell his yellow eyes glow in a bright light and his face features seem to change into those of a wolf , which means even the most mundane can see he's doing something supernatural when they see him casting]
Prejudiced (Outspoken / Government Officials) (+10 BP) [The government didn't accept his parents when they came to the UCAS and therefore forced them to live as SINless squatters. Then they were killed in a Lone Star raid, and since Lone Star is working for the government, in Ferals mind they were killed by the government. Due to these factors Feral is prejudiced against all who officially work for the government, believing them all to be arrogant selfish people who don't care about the poor.]
Severe Allergy (Gold) (+15 BP)

Active Skills (52 BP)
Spellcasting : 5 (20 BP)
Counterspelling : 1 (4 BP)
Assensing : 1 (4 BP)
Summoning : 1 (4 BP)
Binding : 1 (4 BP)
Dodge: 1 (4 BP)
Pistols: 1 (4 BP)
Perception : 1 (4 BP)
Intimidation : 1 (4 BP)

Knowledge Skills (15 free points)
Seattle Street Gangs 3
Seattle Crime Syndicates 2
Country Rock / Southern Rock 1
Magic Theory 3
Paranormal Creatures 1

English M
(Egyptian) Arabic 3
Or'Zet 2

Spells (27 BP)
Levitate
Improved Invisibility
Stealth
Increase Reflexes
Combat Sense
Lightning Bolt
Stunbolt
Stunball
Manabolt

Gear (12 BP = 60.000 Nuyen)
Commlink Meta Link (100) + Vector Xim (200) + Skinlink (50) + Subvocal Microphone (50)
Fake SIN Rating 2 (2000)
Fake License (Spellcasting) Rating 2 (200)
Fake License (Ruger Super Warhawk) Rating 2 (200)
Glasses Rating 3 with Image Link, Vision Enhancement 3, Smartlink and Skinlink (950)
Earbuds Rating 1 with Audio Enhancement 3 and Skinlink (310)
Form Fitting Body Armor (Half Body) (900) + Nonconductivity 6 (1200) + Fire Resistance 6 (600) + Insulation 6 (900) + Chemical Protection 6 (1500)
Armor Jacket (900)
PPP Systems Arm- and Shinguards and Helmet (450)
Dodge Scooter (3000)
Ruger Super Warhawk (250) + Internal Smartgun System (250) + Laser Sight (100) (Underbarrel Mount) + Custom Look 1 (100) + Increased Cylinder (500) + Firing Selection Change: add SA (300) + Personalized Grip (100) + Quick-Draw Holster (150) + Skinlink(50) + 80 regular rounds (160) + 80 explosive rounds (400)
Binding Materials Force 3 (1500)
Magical Lodge Rating 4 (2000)
Sustaining Focus Rating 2 (Health) (20.000)
Sustaining Focus Rating 2 (Detection) (20.000)
= 59170 Nuyen, 830 left

Focus Binding (4 BP)
Binding the Sustaining Focus (Health) (2 BP)
Binding the Sustaining Focus (Detection) (2 BP)

[Red-ROM]

Lets focus on getting the first round of characters killed.. I mean started. Then we can start to hint at the other shlubs hanging around.

[Aria]

I've been tweaking Scratch a bit, moving some power points around and I think I'll take the dependants quality at -5 and introduce a potential alternative character there. Will edit this post in a bit with her revised stats and some increased background info.

For now (here) is a character sketch.

A

[Jimmy Falcon]

I was born a Dwarf and have always been kinda an outsider. When I was little I enjoyed taking things apart I just sometimes had trouble putting things back together was the only thing. I have moved up to cars where I enjoy taking them apart and putting them back together. I am decent with guns but I only have a 1 and only a few rounds for it. Kinda more of a last ditch self defense weapon then anything else really.

[Saint Sithney]

Been a while since I've sat at someone else's table. I'd like to join up if you'll have me.

I've banged out a lieutenant of sorts for the gang. Heavy combatant with a bit of social graces.

[ Spoiler ]

Name: Còsimo de'Ferrara Is a human-looking adult Ork of 18 years. He has olive-brownish skin, black eyes and hair. about 6'3", but he keeps more to a human body shape than the typical Ork. Còsimo, originally born Còsimo Blacktalon, was a solitary type born in Sidhe country. His father had only come into the country just long enough to impregnate his mother and split, leaving behind only his first name. His mother attempted to raise him alone, but he was quite the difficult child, and, as such, he soon headed off on his own to live on the edges of civilization. During his 15th year he received some rather pleasant news (well to his ears at least.) It turns out that he was the 3rd cousin to a rather powerful mob figure in the Seattle scene. A rather powerful mob figure who had made some considerably more powerful enemies. The kind of enemies who killed off all of the other relatives in his blood line to the point where Còsimo was the inheritor of much estate and a name which still held weight within the organization. They took him to Seattle in an attempt to use his name and the moneys which he claimed in order to work their way up the ladder of power. Unfortunately for them, the difficult young child grew up to be a difficult young man. Còsimo, knowing full well what fate befell the Ferrara before him trained incessantly and spent large gashes of money on protective and offensive cyberware. Furthermore while he lacked the mental faculties to really advance through his own machinations, his stubborn nature prevented him from acting as a pliant tool for those who would use him. Despairing that they had wasted time on Còsimo (he was a frakkin trog ffs!), the men who originally attempted to bring him into this life tried to take him out of it, and much to their own detriment. For, while they were trying to make him a sing to their tune, he had instead decided to become a virtuoso with a machine gun. He gunned down his saviors turned slayers though he ended up partially deafened in the firefight. The men he killed, unfortunately, had more friends within the organization than he ever had, and they were not very forgiving. His dispute was recognized but he was no longer welcome or protected. In desperation, he fled to Puyallup and eventually hooked up with the motley crew of the 12. He originally did so to lay low, but still have protection, however as time rolled by and he began seeing benefits within the gang, the blood marked by his family name began to push him towards a greater thirst for power.

Race: Ork (20 BP)

Attributes (150 BP)
Body: 4 (0 BP)
Agility: 5 (6) (40 BP)
Reaction: 3 (4) (20 BP)
Strength: 3 (4) ( 0 BP)
Charisma: 3 (20 BP)
Intuition: 4 (30 BP)
Logic: 2 (10 BP)
Willpower: 4 (30 BP)

Special Attributes (10 BP)
Edge: 2 ( 10 BP)

Initiative: 7 ((IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)
Essence: 3.725

Positive Qualities (20 BP)
Home Ground (Puyallup) (10 BP)
Human-Looking (5 BP)
First Impression (5 BP)

Negative Qualities (-35 BP)
SINner (+5 BP) [hey, he had to claim a legal inheritance.]
Vindictive (+10 BP)
Combat Monster (+10 BP)
Reduced Hearing (+5 BP)
Nano Intolerance (+5 BP)


Active Skills (98 BP)
Athletics (Group) : 1 (10 BP)
Influence (Group) : 2 (20 BP)
Stealth (Group) : 2 (20 BP)
Automatics : 5 (20 BP)
Clubs : 3 (12 BP)
Heavy Weapons: 1 (4 BP)
Perception : 1 (4 BP)
Pilot Ground Craft : 1 (4 BP)
Pistols: 1 (4 BP)


Knowledge Skills (18 free points)
Languages:
English N
Or'zet 2
Itallian 2
Japanese 2
Korean 2

Knowledges:
Politics (Underworld) 4
Hangouts (Safehouses) 2
Criminal (Mafia) 2
Gambling 2

Connections (17 BP)
Black Mark (Fixer) 2/3
Yak Lieutenant 1/3
Mafia Lieutenant 1/3
Seoulpa Lieutenant 1/3


Gear ( 20 BP = 100,000 Nuyen)

Commlink Novatech Airware (1000) with OS Iris Orb (1250) 3/3/3/3
Analyze Rating 6 (Opt + Ergo3) (1700)
Encrypt 6 (Opt + Ergo3) (1700)
Simrig (100)
Trodes (50)

2x Fake SIN Rating 2 (4000)

Fake License (Ingram Smartgun X) Rating 2 (200)
Fake License (Dermal Plating) Rating 2 (200)
Fake License (Wired Reflexes) Rating 2 (200)
Fake License (Muscle Replacement) Rating 2 (200)

Contacts Rating 1 with Flare Comp (100)
Glasses Rating 2 with Image Link + Smartlink + Vision Magnification (675)
Earbuds Rating 2 with Audio Enhancement 3 + Spacial Recognizer (420)

Form Fitting Body Armor (Half Body) + Nonconductivity 6 (2100)
Lined Coat + Chemical Protection 6 (2200)
Actioneer Business Clothes (1500)
PPP Systems Forearm + Shinguards + Biomonitor + Autoinjector + Autopicker R6 (3350)
Bike Racing Helmet (200)
Respirator R4 (400)
6x R4 Stims (600) for autoinjector
8x Jazz (600)
40x Cram (400)

500x Hollowpoint Bullets (2500)
Flashpack (200)
12x HE Grenades (540)
6x Gas Grenades + 6x CS gas (240)

Expandable Baton (50)
Defiance EX Shocker (150)
FN 5-7c (600) + Personalized Grip (100) + Easy Breakdown (Manual) (600) + Smartgun System (Underbarrel) (400) + Melee Hardning (300) + Gasvent III (barrel) (400) + 3 clips (15) + Concealeable Holster (75)
Ingram Smartgun X (650) + Foregrip (50) + Sling (10) + Personalized Grip (100) + 3 clips (15)
AK-98 (1000) + Smartgun System (Topmount) (400) + Gasvent III (barrel) (400) + Personalized Grip (100) + Shock Pad (50) + Underbarrel Weight (25) + Extended clip (500) + 2 clips (banana) (10) + 2 clips (grenade)

Attention Coprocessor 3 (9000)
Dermal Plating 1 (5000)
Muscle Replacement 1 (5000)
Reaction Enhancer 1 (10,000)

Sleep Regulator (10,000)
Synthcardium 2 (20,000)

Indian Pathfinder (6000) + Anti-theft System (1200) + Raise Sensors to 6 (550) + Clearsight Autosoft R3 (600)
= 99985


I believe that's a pretty bad man.

[Propaganda]

With regards to the whole gang theme thing: I don't have any suggestions for new names, but I was watching Franklyn yesterday and I *loved* the mask design of the main character, Preest...which brings me to my actual point: What if, instead of gang colours the gangs signiature was that members all wore unique (yet stylistically linked) masks, like Mushroomhead or Slipknot?

Just a thought, anyway.

[Branmac]

Perhaps something like the masks Mexican wrestlers wear? That could be interesting. I rather like that idea.

[Red-ROM]

With regards to the whole gang theme thing: I don't have any suggestions for new names, but I was watching Franklyn yesterday and I *loved* the mask design of the main character, Preest...which brings me to my actual point: What if, instead of gang colours the gangs signiature was that members all wore unique (yet stylistically linked) masks, like Mushroomhead or Slipknot?

Just a thought, anyway.

not a terrible idea, but it doesn't work well for my character.also, I'm not a slipknot fan

[Propaganda]

not a terrible idea, but it doesn't work well for my character.also, I'm not a slipknot fan

Honestly, I'm not either. It was mostly inspired by Franklyn and his steampunk vigilante thing. Also stuff like Rorscach. Anyhoo, like I said, just a thought.

[Combat Mage]

Would be kinda cool but I imagine it to be quite unpractical. Normally you show your gang colors all the time, but I certainly wouldn't want to wear a mask 24/7. But we could have normal colors and in addition the masks for special purposes like "official" meets with other gangs, or when we want to be noticed or send a message.

[Saint Sithney]

A gang all wearing specialized masks seems kinda Bleach to me.

That's not to say that I don't think the idea has legs. Eccentricities like that could be part of why their former associations have fallen apart during the post-tempo troubles. The masks wouldn't need to be uniform in design, and you wouldn't even need to wear it over your face all the time. Just having a mask design painted onto sleeves and jackets of cloting or worn sideways over the ear would be enough. Personal symbols could be a way to differentiate yourself, and furthermore that sort of differentiation could help prevent impersonation.

Last thing a small gang wants is to get set up to take heat for someone else.

[Chance359]

Not sure how I feel about masks. the Halloweener's all wear masks when on gang biz so we might get seen as wanna bee's.

[Saint Sithney]

Could do a Dirty Dozen thing and all wear some old-school G.I. gear. It would fit alright with the steampunk fashions of the day.

But, as to the masks, they wouldn't necessarily be Halloween masks. More like Venetian masks ala Eyes Wide Shut.

[Combat Mage]

I like the idea of venetian style masks with individual stylings. Preferably the ones who only cover the eye/nose area. It didn't occur to me that we wouldn't need to wear them on the face, but now that you mention it I think it's pretty cool.
Maybe we could theme our name to it if we decide to do this. As far as I understand it the gang name isn't set in stone yet.

[Audious]

Are you still recruiting at all?

[Digital Heroin]

Ok folks... seems like I've got some work to do, but as of this point, no new blood to the mix.

Anyone who has not posted at this point (save one guy who has still yet to register), is going to have to sit this party out.

As for everyone who has even expressed interest at this point, you're all in the pool, now I need to settle on a final number that'll be taken into play, and do some Q&A with everyone. That'll be occuring through PMs for the most part, so if I seem quiet, I apologize.

You all should be hearing more from me as the week progresses, I had some overnight work and a last minute road trip this end of week/weekend, so it's been slow post-wise for me, but things are starting to gel-out work/life wise so I'll be more regular... and post more too....

[Saint Sithney]

Black Hat's healer/rigger wearing a Plague Doctor mask would be pretty rad.

[Combat Mage]

Yeah who wouldn't wanna get patched up by a guy with a creepy, horror-movie-feeling inducing, raven mask, with a stylish hat to boot. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Branmac]

Hmmm, the gang symbol could be something like the Greek tragedy/comedy mask? And the venetian masks is a little more stylish, I like that idea as well. Or even the Guy Fawkes like in V for Vendetta.

[Chance359]

If I have to wear a mask, I'm going with this:
Skull Balaclava

[Propaganda]

Just in case anyone's wondering, this is where I got the idea. And if we do go for masks, THIS is the one I want.

[Aria]

Hmmm, the gang symbol could be something like the Greek tragedy/comedy mask? And the venetian masks is a little more stylish, I like that idea as well. Or even the Guy Fawkes like in V for Vendetta.

Something that picks up on the large numbers of awakened that seem to be in the group might be good? A name based on Commedia dell'arte perhaps? Or the Deatheaters after some obscure turn of the century novel (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif)

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