[HIRING] Independent "Adventure" Contractors, Aquadome manahazard search and rescue Options

[Simon Kerimov]

[[SHADOWLANDS:CLASSIFIEDS:CONTRACTORS(OTHER):"AQUADOME MANAHAZARD SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM NEEDED"]]

A friend of mine just lost contact. He was staying at his aquadome in the Caribbean around 17°N, 68°W. Be able to dive, be prepared for a manahazardous environment with potential for hostile Awakened encounters. Ability to pilot a submarine a plus, teams welcome. Position requires 400 BP or equivalent Karma build, may make exception for talented beginner. Offers full medical benefits, and 20,000 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nuyen.gif) at completion. Post with resume or to enquire for more detail.

Simon Kerimov

I'll use this color to say things that are out of character. If you would try to get in the habit as well, it will keep us from having to use multiple threads for communication.

This post has been edited by Simon Kerimov: Jul 20 2010, 09:22 AM

[Minchandre]

I'm just gonna throw this out there...how do you feel about pixies?

[Propaganda]

Ooh, boats! I'm interested.

[Ghostmaker]

Sounds cool. Let me get my resume together and post it.

[augmentin]

Resume posted for consideration below:

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Name: Ben Swimswithsharks Campbell
Race: Sea Drake
Age: 19

Bio:

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Ben was just a regular kid in lower income Seattle. A bit of a late bloomer and not particularly good at school, at sports, or with the girls. Still, he always felt he was destined for greatness. His father, a Sioux shaman, left him at a very young age and his mother, a Japanese Ork raised him as best she could while working several jobs. A pink skin, not fitting in with the orks, or the humans in his life Ben developed into a bit of a loaner. Things were even worse in the matrix. Shortly after graduating, he answered the call of the first recruiter to show interest in him. That was when things changed for him.

During standard screening, navy doctors discovered Ben's talent. He was quickly whisked out of boot camp to the hermetic academy at Annapolis. Unfortunately for his military career, it turns out his father had a larger influence on him than he thought. His talent expressed itself as shamanism and he felt the call of the Great Shark.

After failing out of the hermetic academy, Ben was sent back through boot camp and assigned to the marine infantry as a field magical support technician. There he used his talent to the great aid of his platoon. Still as a magician, and worse a shaman, he never quite managed to fit in. Plus, he couldn't shoot very straight and he was an absolute rock with the Tacnet.

While on a training mission in the Philippines, Ben's life changed again. His squad's AAV came under assault by a band of magically augmented islamic separatists. After a brief battle, the AAV was sinking. At some point before crush depth, Ben's other talent expressed itself and he shifted into a sea drake. The transformation destroyed the AAV, but somehow, Ben managed to save seven marines and bring down the separatists.

Ben was awarded the navy commendation medal for his actions that day. And, he was being transferred back to Annapolis to join a newly forming unit. That night the Great Shark warned him in a dream not to go to Annapolis for his was to be interrogated and experimented on.

Ben fled and has been hiding in Seattle ever since.

Personality:

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Ben is a loaner. It's not that he dislikes people, it's that he doesn't trust them. He will get along fine with others when needed, but always for his own gain. All his life he has been rejected and left out and he is very distrustful when others show kindness to him.

My Sheet:

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Human Form Attributes:

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(200 BP physical+mental) (40 BP magic)
Body: 3
Agility: 3
Reaction: 4
Strength: 3
Charisma: 4
Intuition: 4
Logic: 3
Will: 4
Magic: 5 (4 Magic Points, 1 Adept Power Point)
Edge: 2
Initiative: 8
IP: 1
Essence: 6
Powers: Shift (Sea Drake)

Dracoform Attributes:

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Body: 5
Agility: 3
Reaction: 6
Strength: 5
Initiative: 10
IP: 1
Movement: 15/50
Powers: Dual Natured, Elemental Attack, Enhanced Senses (Hearing, Low- Light Vision, Smell, Thermographic Sense), Hardened Armor 4, Mystic Armor 4, and Natural Weapon.

Skills:

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Active – (80 BP)
Assenssing 2
Exotic Ranged Weapon 2
Dodge 2
Perception 2
Influence 2
Swimming 1
Spellcasting 3
Summoning 3
Unarmed Combat 3

Knowledge/Language - (21 KP Free)

Knowledge:
Magical Theory 2
Military Procedures 3
Small Unit Tactics 3
Seattle Street Gangs 2
Sioux Lore 4

Language:
English N
Latin 1
Or'zet 3
Sioux 3

Spells:

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(12 BP)
Heal
Hose
Increased Reflexes: Threshold 4
Manabolt

Contacts:

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(2 BP)
Ex-UCAS Marine Ork Ganger (1/1)

Qualities:

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( +60 BP)
Drake +65
Focused Concentration lvl2 +20
Mystic Adept +10

Sensitive System -15
Sensitive Neural Structure -5
SINer -5 (UCAS)
Records on File -10 (Former marine)

Adept Powers:

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(1 PP)
Heightened Concentration 1

Gear:

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(5,000 : 1 BP)

Lifestyle: (5,000)
Medium

This post has been edited by augmentin: Jul 9 2010, 06:33 PM

[Simon Kerimov]

I'm just gonna throw this out there...how do you feel about pixies?

As long as there is nothing inherent to your metatype that makes a manahazardous environment impossible to survive, I am an equal opportunity employer.

Feel free to make any legal character type on 400 BP or 750 Karma.

[Combat Mage]

I'm thinking of making a Shapeshifter Unarmed Adept (probaby Seal or Shark). What rules do you set for Karma generation considering Karma cost for race and for attributes (x5 I presume?)

Also I would highly recommend starting a new thread for the game itself after recruiting is over to keep things organized.

[augmentin]

Also, could you please clarify "manahazard."

[Simon Kerimov]

Name: Ben Swimswithsharks Campbell
Race: Sea Drake
Age: 19

Hired.

A few things to clear up with Ben before play starts: Mystical Adept costs [10] BP, you paid [15]. You paid [80] BP for your skills, but spent only [68]. You should have a total of [17] BP left to spend. If you could give me the reference for the Hose spell and the Heightened Concentration Adept Power, as I can't find them, that would be great.

[Simon Kerimov]

I'm thinking of making a Shapeshifter Unarmed Adept (probaby Seal or Shark). What rules do you set for Karma generation considering Karma cost for race and for attributes (x5 I presume?)

Also I would highly recommend starting a new thread for the game itself after recruiting is over to keep things organized.

The rules for Karma builds and race/attributes are to not pay anything for your metatype, start out with the bonus stats (for instance the Seal shapeshifter starts with a BOD of 4), then you can spend up to half of your Karma plus twice the BP cost of your metatype on attributes. In this case, a Seal starting at 740 Karma can spend up to 375+(2*70)=505 Karma on stats at character gen. The Seal example would start with BOD 4, and would pay 15 Karma for the first extra point of BOD, then 18, 21, etc. The relevant text is in Runners Companion page 42.

We will start a new thread once the game starts, but I'd rather only have one thread with the blue comments than two threads for rolls and whatnot. More than one thread makes for much confusion.

[Simon Kerimov]

Also, could you please clarify "manahazard."

I'm afraid that "manahazard" is most of the information I have. My friend was fairly closed mouthed about what he was up to in his aquadome, but I know it was magical in some way or another. Thus the generous payment.

[augmentin]

A few things to clear up with Ben before play starts: Mystical Adept costs [10] BP, you paid [15]. You paid [80] BP for your skills, but spent only [68]. You should have a total of [17] BP left to spend. If you could give me the reference for the Hose spell and the Heightened Concentration Adept Power, as I can't find them, that would be great.

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Digital Grimoire, pg. 18

Heightened Concentration Cost: 1
The adept is capable of tuning out a single distraction to her task at hand. When using this power, the adept can ignore a single situational negative dice pool modifier of a value up to her Magic attribute. This power requires a Complex Action to activate and maybe be combined with the Adept Centering metamagic.

Street Magic, pg. 168

OTHER ELEMENTAL COMBAT SPELLS
Most Combat spells with elemental effects have the same game char- acteristics; the only difference is the elemental effect (Acid Stream, Flamethrower, and Lightning Bolt, for example, are all the same). To create a spell with a different elemental effect such as Ice or Sand (see pp. 164–165) is very easy—simply use the same spell statistics, apply the rules for the new elemental effect, and rename it. Here are some examples:

Elemental Effect: Water
Single Target Spell Name: Hose

Screwed up on spreadsheet, fixing now...

The rules for Karma builds and race/attributes are to not pay anything for your metatype, start out with the bonus stats (for instance the Seal shapeshifter starts with a BOD of 4), then you can spend up to half of your Karma plus twice the BP cost of your metatype on attributes. In this case, a Seal starting at 740 Karma can spend up to 375+(2*70)=505 Karma on stats at character gen. The Seal example would start with BOD 4, and would pay 15 Karma for the first extra point of BOD, then 18, 21, etc. The relevant text is in Runners Companion page 42.

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Abusive power gaming question:
Does the free race thing apply without limit? I.E. Troll Drake? Or Free Spirit? Sorry, had to ask.

[Simon Kerimov]

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I looked at my spreadsheet and actually calculated the cost right, just put stupid typos into the write up. I'll fix it. Sorry!

Thanks for the reference. What, might I ask, is the Digital Grimoire? I've never heard of it. If it's published by Catalyst it's fair game, I just need to go get it.
No problem with the typo's, I just thought you'd want the extra BPs if they were there.

As far as the game breaking part with Karma gen, yes it does apply. Just keep in mind that the costs get pretty steep, so you aren't really getting anything for free.

01 / 02 / 03 / 04 / 05 / 06 / 07 / 08 / 09 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 ATTRIBUTE
00 / 06 / 09 / 12 / 15 / 18 / 21 / 24 / 27 / 30 / 33 / 36 / 39 KARMA COST


This post has been edited by Simon Kerimov: Jul 9 2010, 06:40 PM

[Karoline]

Think it is a digital only (hence the digital portion) e-book. Try checking one of the places that sells the catalyst stuff online. Think it is only a few bucks.

P.S. Thinking about applying, just no idea what kind of character I want to have.

[BlackHat]

Hired.

Aggressive recruiting. I like it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[augmentin]

Alternate theory:

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750Karma
Free Spirit (0K)

Attributes (306K) (Force 54K) (Edge 54K)
Body 5
Agility 5
Reaction 5
Strength 5
Charisma 5
Intuition 5
Logic 5
Willpower 6
Initiative 10
IP 2 (3 Astral)
Essence 6
Force 6
Edge 6

Powers (6 SP)
Sapience
Astral Form
Materialization
Banishment Resistance
Spirit Pact: Power Pact
Immunity to Natural Weapons
Flight
Regeneration
Natural Weapon

Skills (259K)
Assenssing 4
Astral Combat 4
Dodge 4
Flight 4
Influence 4
Perception 4
Spellcasting 6

Qualities (10K)
Focused Concentration (+40K)
Former Ally Spirit (-30K)

Spells (60K)
Astral Armor
Control Thoughts
Detect Enemies, extended area
Heal
Hose
Improved Invisibility
Increase Reflexes
Magic Fingers
Manabolt
Mindprobe
Powerbolt
Shape [Water]

Contacts (6K)
Talismonger 2 / 1

If accepted I'll write a background so it makes sense in context with the rest of the group.

[Propaganda]

Regrettably I have no internet access at the moment, so my CV won't be posted for a couple of days, I'll get to work on it and post it next time I pass a cybercafe

[Ghostmaker]

Resume of Spencer Reese

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Name: Spencer Reese
Handle: Fins
Race: Human
Age: 25

Background:

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Spencer is an ex-Combat Swimmer from the UCAS, he was born in a small east coast town and like most people that come from small town he had a choice of living a mundane life working for his father or getting away and joining the military. He chose the latter long before his graduation from high school, and the day after the ceremony he signed up for the Navy. He figured it was his best chance to see some of the world. Spenc was an athletic boy and pretty well liked, but he was quite and withdrawn most of his younger life. He was on the football, baseball, soccer and any other team his dad wanted him to be on, but he never really stood out, he just got by. The only sport that he truly loved was swimming, he was fast in the water and it gave him a great sense of freedom and aloneness. In the recruitment office he learned about the S.E.A.L.s program, but was not really interested at the time so he signed up to serve on a boat. His first year of duty was pretty uneventful, mostly just chasing down some pirates and training exercises.

Shortly into his second year though his boat was badly damaged by a suspected terrorist bomb, and Spenc happened to be in the blast zone. He took a lot of shrapnel to his upper body destroying his arms and eyes, and scaring his chest and some of his face. When he work in the hospital a navy liaison officer was there who told him what happened and gave him some options, based on his service they would give him basic cyber replacements for his eyes and arms enough that would let him fulfill his remaining tour, he could get noncyber prosthetics and take a discharge, or they could give him state of the art cyber and he would transfer to a division of the Navy that could use his cyber and innate talents. He chose the latter, not really caring about the new assignment, he was more afraid of not having the best to replace what he lost. He was given the new cybernetics and spent the next two month in rehab learning to use them. He was also given some specialized cyber that would aid him in his new career.

After rehab he was shipped off to S.E.A.L.s training where he underwent some grueling times, more so then some of the other recruits due to his cyberware. He managed to pass though and was soon assigned to an S.E.A.L. team on the East coast. All of his missions are still classified, but he saw his fair share of action and put his cyberware to good use. Little did he know that the military had basically re-enlisted him when he moved to the S.E.A.L.s so he ended up having to put in a full 4 years there, he reupped for another tour when his first came do, but after a particularly nasty operation where only one other member of his team survived Spenc called it quits and was discharged.

He spent some time back in his home town, but never really felt comfortable or and hated the looks he got because of his cyber, being a small town not to many other people had cyber and none quite as obvious as his two arms. He left the town one day and travelled west were he tried to find work, but soon drifted underground and into a career that might pay handsomely for his talent and skills, shadowrunning.

Sheet:

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ATTRIBUTES: (200 BP)
Body: 4
Agility: 5(8)
Reaction: 4(6)
Strength: 5(7)
Charisma: 2
Intuition: 3
Logic: 2
Will: 3
Edge: 2

Essence: 1.00
Initiative: 7 (9)
Initiative Passes: 1 (3)
Physical Damage Track: 10
Stun Damage Track: 10

ACTIVE SKILLS (150 BP)
Athletics Skill Group: 3
Automatics: 4
Blades: 3
Heavy Weapons (Machine Guns + 2): 1
Infiltration: 4
Navigation: 3
Negotiation: 2
Perception (Visual + 2): 1
Pilot Watercraft (Motorboat + 2): 1
Pistols (Semi-Automatics + 2): 4
Survival: 3
Unarmed Combat: 3

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS
(15 FREE KNOWLEDGE SKILL POINTS)
UCAS Military: 3
Global Conflicts: 3
Military History: 2
Special Forces: 3

LANGUAGES
English: N
Spanish: 2
Japanese: 2

QUALITIES (0 BP)
Guts (5 BP)
High Pain Tolerance (10 BP)
Sinner (+5 BP)
Incompetent (Hacking) (+5 BP)
Addiction (Mild, Alcohol) (+5 BP)

GEAR & LIFESTYLE (195,000¥) (39 BP)
Armor Vest (w/Rating 2 Nonconductivity Modification)
Form-Fitting Body Armor Half-body Suit
Firearms Repair Kit
Doc Wagon Contract (Basic, 1 Year)
Fake SIN (Rating 4)
4 Fake Licenses [2 Ruger Thunderbolts, Ingram Smartgun X, Wired Reflexes,
each at Rating 4]
Low Lifestyle (3 Months)

AUGMENTATIONS
Wired Reflexes [Alpha] (2)
Cybereyes [Alpha, Rating 2, w/Flare Compensation, Low-Light Vision, Protective Covers, Smartlink, and Thermographic Vision]
Right Obvious Customized Full Cyberarm [w/Armor 2, Enhanced Agility 3, Enhanced Strength 2, Spur, Cyberfin]
Left Obvious Customized Full Cyberarm [w/Armor 2, Enhanced Agility 3, Enhanced Strength 2, Small Smuggling Compartment, Cyberfin]
Cyberfin
OXSYS Cybergill
Internal Air Tank filled w/ Helium

MATRIX GEAR
Hermes Ikon [w/Redcap Nix OS and Sim Module]
Programs [Analyze 2, Browse 2, Command 1, Edit 2]
AR Gloves

WEAPONS
Survival Knife
2 Ruger Thunderbolts [w/Integrated Smartgun, Concealable Holsters and 10 clips of Exploding Ammo for each]
Ingram Smartgun X [w/Sound Suppressor, Gas Vent 3, 10 clips of Regular Ammo]

CONTACTS (11 BP)
Fixer (Connection 3/Loyalty 3)
Street Doc (Connection 2/Loyalty 3)

This post has been edited by Ghostmaker: Jul 14 2010, 08:25 PM

[Simon Kerimov]

Resume of Spencer Reese

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Name: Spencer Reese
Handle: Fins
Race: Human
Age: 25

Background:

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Spencer is an ex-Combat Swimmer from the UCAS, he was born in a small east coast town and like most people that come from small town he had a choice of living a mundane life working for his father or getting away and joining the military. He chose the later long before his graduation from high school, and the day after the ceremony he signed up for the Navy. He figured it was his best chance to see some of the world. Spenc was an athletic boy and pretty well liked, but he was quite and withdrawn most of his younger life. He was on the football, baseball, soccer and any other team his dad wanted him to be on, but he never really stood out, he just got by. The only sport that he truly loved was swimming, he was fast in the water and it gave him a great sense of freedom and aloneness. In the recruitment office he learned about the S.E.A.L.s program, but was not really interested at the time so he signed up to serve on a boat. His first year of duty was pretty uneventful, mostly just chasing down some pirates and training exercises. Shortly into his second year though his boat was badly damaged by a suspected terrorist bomb, and Spenc happened to be in the blast zone. He took a lot of shrapnel to his upper body destroying his arms and eyes, and scaring his chest and some of his face. When he work in the hospital a navy liaison officer was there who told him what happened and gave him some options, based on his service the would give him basic cyber replacements for his eyes and arms enough that would let him fulfill his remaining tour, he could get noncyber prosthetics and take a discharge, or they could give him state of the art cyber and he would transfer to a division of the Navy that could use his cyber and innate talents. He chose the later, not really caring about the new assignment, he was more afraid of not having the best to replace what he lost. He was given the new cybernetics and spent the next two month in rehab learning to use them. He was also given some specialized cyber that would aid him in his new career. After rehab he was shipped off to S.E.A.L.s training where he under went some grueling times, more so then some of the other recruits due to his cyberware. He managed to pass though and was soon assigned to a S.E.A.L.s team on the East coast. All of his mission are still classified, but he saw his fair share of action and put his cyberware to good use. Little did he know that the military had basically re-enlisted him when he moved to the S.E.A.L.s so he ended up having to put in a full 4 years there, he reupped for another tour when his first came do, but after a particularly nasty operation where only one other member of his team survived Spenc called it quites and was discharged. He spent some time back in his home town, but never really felt comfortable or and hated the looks he got because of his cyber, being a small town not to may other people had cyber and none quite as obvious as his two arms. He left the town one day and travelled west were he tried to find work, but soon drifted underground and into a career that might pay handsomely for his talent ans skills, shadowrunning.

Sheet:

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ATTRIBUTES: (200 BP)
Body: 4
Agility: 5((IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)
Reaction: 4(6)
Strength: 5(7)
Charisma: 2
Intuition: 3
Logic: 2
Will: 3
Edge: 2

Essence: 1.00
Initiative: 7 (9)
Initiative Passes: 1 (3)
Physical Damage Track: 10
Stun Damage Track: 10

ACTIVE SKILLS (150 BP)
Athletics Skill Group: 3
Automatics: 4
Blades: 3
Heavy Weapons (Machine Guns + 2): 1
Infiltration: 4
Navigation: 3
Negotiation: 2
Perception (Visual + 2): 1
Pilot Watercraft (Motorboat + 2): 1
Pistols (Semi-Automatics + 2): 4
Survival: 3
Unarmed Combat: 3

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS
(15 FREE KNOWLEDGE SKILL POINTS)
UCAS Military: 3
Global Conflicts: 3
Military History: 2
Special Forces: 3

LANGUAGES
English: N
Spanish: 2
Japanese: 2

QUALITIES (0 BP)
Guts (5 BP)
High Pain Tolerance (10 BP)
Sinner (+5 BP)
Incompetent (Hacking) (+5 BP)
Addiction (Mild, Alchol) (+5 BP)

GEAR & LIFESTYLE (195,000¥) (39 BP)
Armor Vest (w/Rating 2 Nonconductivity Modification)
Form-Fitting Body Armor Half-body Suit
Firearms Repair Kit
Doc Wagon Contract (Basic, 1 Year)
Fake SIN (Rating 4)
4 Fake Licenses [2 Ruger Thunderbolts, Ingram Smartgun X, Wired Reflexes,
each at Rating 4]
Low Lifestyle (3 Months)

AUGMENTATIONS
Wired Reflexes [Alpha] (2)
Cybereyes [Alpha, Rating 2, w/Flare Compensation, Low-Light Vision, Protective Covers, Smartlink, and Thermographic Vision]
Right Obvious Customized Full Cyberarm [w/Armor 2, Enhanced Agility 3, Enhanced Strength 2, Spur, Cyberfin]
Left Obvious Customized Full Cyberarm [w/Armor 2, Enhanced Agility 3, Enhanced Strength 2, Small Smuggling Compartment, Cyberfin]
Cyberfin
OXSYS Cybergill
Internal Air Tank filled w/ Helium

MATRIX GEAR
Hermes Ikon [w/Redcap Nix OS and Sim Module]
Programs [Analyze 2, Browse 2, Command 1, Edit 2]
AR Gloves

WEAPONS
Survival Knife
2 Ruger Thunderbolts [w/Integrated Smartgun, Concealable Holsters and 10 clips of Exploding Ammo for each]
Ingram Smartgun X [w/Sound Suppressor, Gas Vent 3, 10 clips of Regular Ammo]

CONTACTS (11 BP)
Fixer (Connection 3/Loyalty 3)
Street Doc (Connection 2/Loyalty 3)

Hired.

I'm impressed. But your character sheet looks enough like something I would make that I need to to prove you are human and not me. I mean, I spell better, but other than that, it looks so very close. Full disclosure, then hired.

[Red_Cap]

Name: Gill McNulty
Race: Human
Age: 29
Hometown: Tampa, Florida, CAS

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Bio:

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Gill McNulty was born in Tampa, Florida. From an early age, he was interested in watercraft, spending much of his youth on the beaches of the Gulf Coast. He was an avid outdoorsman growing up, learning to hunt and fish, as well as other basic survival techniques as a Boy Scout. After graduating from high school, McNulty joined the CAS Navy as a surface vessel crewman. He served on the frigate Shreveport for four years before being transferred to the CAS's special operations directorate. Although himself not a member of the CAS SEALs, his boating expertise and outdoors experience recommended him as a boat-handler for the SEALs. He left SEAL service and returned to the regular Navy soon thereafter, serving as a supply NCO at the Mobile, Alabama naval base. Shortly before Crash 2.0, he was caught by the CAS Navy's Criminal Investigative Division (CID); he had been siphoning off base weapons and equipment and selling them on the black market for extra cash. He was stripped of his rank, dishonorably discharged, and interned at the Alabama State Penitiary; he (and a hundred other inmates) would later escape incarceration when the prison's security systems were wiped as a result of the Crash.

McNulty moved to New Orleans and assumed the false identity of Robert Paulsen. Using his contacts with the Gulf Coast's black market, he took up smuggling. He quickly gained a reputation for speed and punctuality, and was hired on numerous occassions by the various paramilitary groups fighting Aztlan in the Yucatan Penninsula. He has invested most of his earnings into new and better cyberware and weapons for himself, though money is becoming scarce lately as tensions in the Yucatan dropped from boiling to a low simmer. He's been forced to turn his hand to shadowrunning, getting directly involved rather than simply supplying weapons for runners.

Char Sheet:

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ATTRIBUTES: (200 BP)
Body: 3
Agility: 4
Reaction: 5(7)
Strength: 3
Charisma: 3
Intuition: 3
Logic: 4
Will: 3
Edge: 2

Essence: 3.65
Initiative: 10
Initiative Passes: 1
Physical Damage Track: 10
Stun Damage Track: 10

ACTIVE SKILLS (150 BP)
Firearms Group 3
Mechanic Group 2
Gunnery 2
Heavy Weapons 1
Diving 3
Pilot Ground Craft 2
Pilot Water Craft 3
Survival 2
Computer 2
Dodge 2
Perception 3
Swimming 3
Navigation 2

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS
(21 FREE KNOWLEDGE SKILL POINTS)
CAS Navy Doctrine 3
SEAL Tactics 2
Miltech Manufacturers 2
Gulf Coast Security Corps 3
Aztlan Naval Doctrine 2
Caribbean Smuggling Routes 3

LANGUAGES
English: N
Spanish: 2
Creole: 2
Aztech: 2

QUALITIES (-5 BP)
Guts (5 BP)
Blandness (10 BP)
Criminal SINner (-10 BP)
Addiction/Moderate (Alcohol) (-10 BP)

GEAR & LIFESTYLE (145,000¥) (29 BP)
Implanted Transys Avalon Commlink with Iris Orb OS, Satellite Link, Sim Module, and Micro-Transceiver
Programs (all Rating 5):
- Command
- ECCM
- Encrypt
- Scan
- Stealth
Control Rig
Autosofts (all Rating 3):
- Clearsight
- Defense
- Electronic Warfare
- Maneuver Ground Craft
- Maneuver Water Craft
- Targeting (Heavy Weapons)
Fake SIN (Rating 4)
Diving Gear
Doc Wagon Contract (Basic, 1 Year)
Nautical Mechanics Shop
Low Lifestyle (2 Months)

AUGMENTATIONS
Internal Airtank
Plastic Bonelacing
Reaction Enhancers (Rating 2)
Cybereyes (Rating 2, with Flare Comp, Low-Light Vis, Smartlink, & Image Mag)

WEAPONS
Ares Predator IV with Concealable Holster, 2x Clips of Regular Ammo
Colt M24A3 Water Carbine with Internal Smartgun System, Gas Vent 3, 4x Clips of Regular Ammo
Ingram White Knight LMG with Internal Smartgun System, 2x 100-round belts of Regular Ammo

VEHICLES
Dodge Guardian Motorcycle with Rigger Adaptation
Zemlya-Poltava Crest Speedboat with Rigger Adaptation

CONTACTS (11 BP)
Fixer (Loyalty 1, Connection 2) -- Mr. Green is notorious for his disregard for his runners' lives. He is, however, decent at pulling new talent together into capable teams who invariably leave his service for greener pastures.
CAS Navy Officer (Loyalty 3, Connection 3) -- Captain August Fontenoy was Gill's commander during his time in the SEALs. Although his sharking of military gear ruined his reputation professionally, Fontenoy refused to give up their close friendship.
Yucatan Rebel Leader (Loyalty 1, Connection 2) -- "Smoke Jaguar" is the name of Gill's Yucatan contact. McNulty ran guns to Jaguar and his rebels for several years and while their relationship never made it past "cordial," Jaguar does realize that he owes the smuggler.
Arms Dealer (Loyalty 2, Connection 2) -- Franklin Saint is a Tampa Bay-area arms dealer with low-level connections throughout the eastern Caribbean's black market circles. Saint focuses his deals on weapons and other milspec gear, mostly serving as an intermediary to get guns into the hands of pirates and the Yucatan rebels.

My first-ever rigger. I thought about buying a Lamprey, but you said "pilot" a sub, not "own" a sub. I also looked at the Boston-class SSN, but that was a little out of my price range. Good, bad, ugly?

[Ghostmaker]

Hired.

I'm impressed. But your character sheet looks enough like something I would make that I need to to prove you are human and not me. I mean, I spell better, but other than that, it looks so very close. Full disclosure, then hired.

Yep, fully human here, maybe not all there in the head but the rest is all there. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

I was on the boards a long time back under a different user name, but I left and when I cam back I couldn't remember the password or email address I signed up with so I started a new account.

I have been playing Shadowrun since the first edition, mainly tabletop but a little online stuff in different forums. I haven't really had time to play the 4th edition rules, but I like what Catalyst has done with the rules and I am anxious to start playing again.

Heh, sorry about the spelling, I did the sheet on Google Docs and it didn't catch some of the spelling/grammer errors. I will go back and fix up the sheet.

This post has been edited by Ghostmaker: Jul 11 2010, 05:52 PM

[Simon Kerimov]

Alternate theory:

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750Karma
Free Spirit (0K)

Attributes (306K) (Force 54K) (Edge 54K)
Body 5
Agility 5
Reaction 5
Strength 5
Charisma 5
Intuition 5
Logic 5
Willpower 6
Initiative 10
IP 2 (3 Astral)
Essence 6
Force 6
Edge 6

Powers (6 SP)
Sapience
Astral Form
Materialization
Banishment Resistance
Spirit Pact: Power Pact
Immunity to Natural Weapons
Flight
Regeneration
Natural Weapon

Skills (259K)
Assenssing 4
Astral Combat 4
Dodge 4
Flight 4
Influence 4
Perception 4
Spellcasting 6

Qualities (10K)
Focused Concentration (+40K)
Former Ally Spirit (-30K)

Spells (60K)
Astral Armor
Control Thoughts
Detect Enemies, extended area
Heal
Hose
Improved Invisibility
Increase Reflexes
Magic Fingers
Manabolt
Mindprobe
Powerbolt
Shape [Water]

Contacts (6K)
Talismonger 2 / 1

If accepted I'll write a background so it makes sense in context with the rest of the group.

Feel free to play either of your characters, but only one. I have the feeling we are going to have a decently large party.

Yep, fully human here, maybe not all there in the head but the rest is all there. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

I was on the boards a long time back under a different user name, but I left and when I cam back I couldn't remember the password or email address I signed up with so I started a new account.

I have been playing Shadowrun since the first edition, mainly tabletop but a little online stuff in different forums. I haven't really had time to play the 4th edition rules, but I like what Catalyst has done with the rules and I am anxious to start playing again.

Heh, sorry about the spelling, I did the sheet on Google Docs and it didn't catch some of the spelling/grammer errors. I will go back and fix up the sheet.

Woah. I actually put that up because I thought you were one of the members of my regular SR group. I am looking forward to having you in the game.

[Simon Kerimov]

Name: Gill McNulty
Race: Human
Age: 29
Hometown: Tampa, Florida, CAS

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Bio:

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Gill McNulty was born in Tampa, Florida. From an early age, he was interested in watercraft, spending much of his youth on the beaches of the Gulf Coast. He was an avid outdoorsman growing up, learning to hunt and fish, as well as other basic survival techniques as a Boy Scout. After graduating from high school, McNulty joined the CAS Navy as a surface vessel crewman. He served on the frigate Shreveport for four years before being transferred to the CAS's special operations directorate. Although himself not a member of the CAS SEALs, his boating expertise and outdoors experience recommended him as a boat-handler for the SEALs. He left SEAL service and returned to the regular Navy soon thereafter, serving as a supply NCO at the Mobile, Alabama naval base. Shortly before Crash 2.0, he was caught by the CAS Navy's Criminal Investigative Division (CID); he had been siphoning off base weapons and equipment and selling them on the black market for extra cash. He was stripped of his rank, dishonorably discharged, and interned at the Alabama State Penitiary; he (and a hundred other inmates) would later escape incarceration when the prison's security systems were wiped as a result of the Crash.

McNulty moved to New Orleans and assumed the false identity of Robert Paulsen. Using his contacts with the Gulf Coast's black market, he took up smuggling. He quickly gained a reputation for speed and punctuality, and was hired on numerous occassions by the various paramilitary groups fighting Aztlan in the Yucatan Penninsula. He has invested most of his earnings into new and better cyberware and weapons for himself, though money is becoming scarce lately as tensions in the Yucatan dropped from boiling to a low simmer. He's been forced to turn his hand to shadowrunning, getting directly involved rather than simply supplying weapons for runners.

Char Sheet:

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ATTRIBUTES: (200 BP)
Body: 3
Agility: 4
Reaction: 5(7)
Strength: 3
Charisma: 3
Intuition: 3
Logic: 4
Will: 3
Edge: 2

Essence: 3.65
Initiative: 10
Initiative Passes: 1
Physical Damage Track: 10
Stun Damage Track: 10

ACTIVE SKILLS (150 BP)
Firearms Group 3
Mechanic Group 2
Gunnery 2
Heavy Weapons 1
Diving 3
Pilot Ground Craft 2
Pilot Water Craft 3
Survival 2
Computer 2
Dodge 2
Perception 3
Swimming 3
Navigation 2

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS
(21 FREE KNOWLEDGE SKILL POINTS)
CAS Navy Doctrine 3
SEAL Tactics 2
Miltech Manufacturers 2
Gulf Coast Security Corps 3
Aztlan Naval Doctrine 2
Caribbean Smuggling Routes 3

LANGUAGES
English: N
Spanish: 2
Creole: 2
Aztech: 2

QUALITIES (-5 BP)
Guts (5 BP)
Blandness (10 BP)
Criminal SINner (-10 BP)
Addiction/Moderate (Alcohol) (-10 BP)

GEAR & LIFESTYLE (145,000¥) (29 BP)
Implanted Transys Avalon Commlink with Iris Orb OS, Satellite Link, Sim Module, and Micro-Transceiver
Programs (all Rating 5):
- Command
- ECCM
- Encrypt
- Scan
- Stealth
Control Rig
Autosofts (all Rating 3):
- Clearsight
- Defense
- Electronic Warfare
- Maneuver Ground Craft
- Maneuver Water Craft
- Targeting (Heavy Weapons)
Fake SIN (Rating 4)
Diving Gear
Doc Wagon Contract (Basic, 1 Year)
Nautical Mechanics Shop
Low Lifestyle (2 Months)

AUGMENTATIONS
Internal Airtank
Plastic Bonelacing
Reaction Enhancers (Rating 2)
Cybereyes (Rating 2, with Flare Comp, Low-Light Vis, Smartlink, & Image Mag)

WEAPONS
Ares Predator IV with Concealable Holster, 2x Clips of Regular Ammo
Colt M24A3 Water Carbine with Internal Smartgun System, Gas Vent 3, 4x Clips of Regular Ammo
Ingram White Knight LMG with Internal Smartgun System, 2x 100-round belts of Regular Ammo

VEHICLES
Dodge Guardian Motorcycle with Rigger Adaptation
Zemlya-Poltava Crest Speedboat with Rigger Adaptation

CONTACTS (11 BP)
Fixer (Loyalty 1, Connection 2) -- Mr. Green is notorious for his disregard for his runners' lives. He is, however, decent at pulling new talent together into capable teams who invariably leave his service for greener pastures.
CAS Navy Officer (Loyalty 3, Connection 3) -- Captain August Fontenoy was Gill's commander during his time in the SEALs. Although his sharking of military gear ruined his reputation professionally, Fontenoy refused to give up their close friendship.
Yucatan Rebel Leader (Loyalty 1, Connection 2) -- "Smoke Jaguar" is the name of Gill's Yucatan contact. McNulty ran guns to Jaguar and his rebels for several years and while their relationship never made it past "cordial," Jaguar does realize that he owes the smuggler.
Arms Dealer (Loyalty 2, Connection 2) -- Franklin Saint is a Tampa Bay-area arms dealer with low-level connections throughout the eastern Caribbean's black market circles. Saint focuses his deals on weapons and other milspec gear, mostly serving as an intermediary to get guns into the hands of pirates and the Yucatan rebels.

My first-ever rigger. I thought about buying a Lamprey, but you said "pilot" a sub, not "own" a sub. I also looked at the Boston-class SSN, but that was a little out of my price range. Good, bad, ugly?

Hired. We now have a pilot, a security consultant, and an awakened security consultant.


I like it quite a bit. I did say "pilot" not "own," and a submarine will be provided for you to play with. The Nautilus is a bit cooler than anything a starting character could manage. I think you will enjoy it.

[Simon Kerimov]

I've hired three of you so far, and since you are all going to be spending time in close quarters soon, I thought it would be good of me to introduce the three of you. I've taken the liberty of posting a snip out of your Shadowlinkin profiles. I've embedded information on each of your commlink nodes in the profiles so you can get in touch of each other if you need to.

You three are professionals, so I trust that after you get to know each other, you can tell me if you need more team members.

SHADOWLINKIN::

CODE

Profile: Spencer "Fins" Reese : Human : Age 25
Base of Operations: ???

Appearance: Obvious cyber, big guy, chrome speed.

Rep Info: "New here. He's an ex-SEAL from the looks of 'im. He's kinda frakin' scary, actually, and I don't frighten easy."

CODE

Profile: Gull McNulty (aka Robert Paulsen): Human : Age 29
Base of Operations: New Orleans

Appearance: Meatloaf. Solidly built and frighteningly fast.

Reputation Info: "Who? Oh, right. I didn't recognize him at first. He's a ballsy smuggler. Ex military, drinks alot. I hear he can get you some pretty wiz gear if you have the cred for it."

CODE

Profile: Ben "Swims-With-Sharks" Campbell : Sea Drake(Human) : Age 19
Base of Operations: Seattle

Appearance: Weekend warrior build. Squints at people weird, then tries not to smile knowingly. Intense focus. Broody.

Reputation Info: "Guy got a navy commendation and deserted the next day! Whatever he got mixed up in to get that medal musta screwed him up heavy."

Echo back to me on if these write-ups capture what your character is supposed to be like.

[Karoline]

No one that can open a door, shut down a camera, or find out anything? And those commlinks, thanks for the contact info. Really should make sure you don't keep anything important on them if you aren't going to bother securing them. Bunch of liabilities, but I could use the money, argent, geld, okane, dhana. Who am I? Well, lets see...

CODE

Profile: B Bandit : Elf : Age 22
Current Base of Operations: Tampa

Appearance: I've heard everything from 'Body that just won't quit' to 'angel missing from heaven' but I've never seen that in the mirror, so I'll let you see when we meet.

Reputation Info: "Not sure what the B is supposed to stand for, but the hacks she's supposed to have done have a black duster hat icon that somehow blinds the icon who activates it."

I already added my contact info to your address books, so feel free to keep in touch.

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@augmentin I'd prefer the not spirit idea. Spirits are woefully unbalanced with karmagen (and BP, though in the other way).