2072: Table Talk, OOC discussion thread for 2072 Options

[Doc Chase]

I'd really like to play! I've played a lot of SR4e table top but i've never played PbP...can someone help me out a little?

Thread Lurker, checking in!

The point behind PbP is the RP aspect, the rolls come in generally through the Invisible Castle diceroller as it saves and posts the rolls so we can double-check what happened - great for accountability.

Threads are very story-centric. It can take a long time to move forward past scenes since a response can be as short as a sentence or longer than a page depending on what's happening, but the story is paramount. Feelings, thoughts, backgrounds and etcetera of characters and NPC's alike turn it into a book well worth reading. Rolls, questions, and general flim-flam are handled in an OOC thread like this one. If you know the tabletop, PbP is easy!

Read a few of the threads in progress and see if A: you like it, B: you want to add to it, and C: how you would contribute. The Twenty Questions go a long way to fleshing out a backstory, and a good GM like the monopoly we've got in this forum will use it so it comes back and bites you in the ass later - just for dramatic tension. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif)

If you've got a character, ask here how to get started! In 2072: The Thread a good start is just to post what you're doing. There's two or three concurrent threads running at the moment, and depending on your skillset you can totally roll into one of them with a bit of creative wrangling. Just talk to the other players and the GM via this thread or PM, and go where the story takes you.

Happy hunting. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[Doc Chase]

Only character even like that so far (that I know of) is Doc Chase, and he's taking his sweet time.

Perfection cannot be rushed, sir. I've been brainstorming with ASFA on the right thing to bring in, and I think we've got the right combination of suave mannerisms, hilarity and huevos to make a lasting impact on Seattle. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[Inca]

Do we use a 400BP system to build?

[Doc Chase]

Yes. Be sure to post it here so it can be reviewed and folks can point out possible issues here and there to ensure there's no nasty surprises later on. I think Dahlia's (AStarshipForAnts's) sheet is becoming the standard.

[Notsoevildm]

....nor did it appear that she was attempting to conceal herself from him.

This really did make me laugh out loud. Good one, Grimm.

[Combat Mage]

We're a sneaky pair of trogs aren't we. Well at least we can rule out the stealthy in-and-out tactic for this job. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Abschalten]

A modified version of Dahlia's is the new template. I worked with unsound to come up with a standard to use. We discussed things we wanted out of the new format and so I poked and prodded until we got things the way we wanted them. The template is up on the first post of the game information thread.

[Abschalten]

@Aria
With those hits, Silk can tell that even though he's attempting to hide it behind a business-like veneer, He-Who-Sees-Within is into Silk. It seems more sudden curiosity than being totally smitten with her, but it's there.

[Notsoevildm]

We're a sneaky pair of trogs aren't we. Well at least we can rule out the stealthy in-and-out tactic for this job. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

My stealth may suck, but I am not completely out of sneaky tactics yet. Of course, I fully expect that we will still end up going in guns blazing.


Anyway, seems I forgot to take Assensing as a skill so defaulting to intuition for astral perception.
@Grimm, Unsound: Would you guys mind if I updated my character sheet, dropping a point of Perception skill and putting it into Assensing?

1. Checking out Beast: 2d6.hits(5)=1
2. Checking outside of warehouse for spirits / auras: 2d6.hits(5)=0 - don't see anything that's trying to hide.
3. Assuming there are no obvious spirits on patrol, I slip in through the roof and take a look around to get a feel for how many people are in there, where they are, and if possible where Cutter is - I assume I know what his aura looks like: 2d6.hits(5)=0

Pretty rubbish rolls, but to be expected with only 2 dice. Does actively looking (+3 dice) count for astral perception? If it does here are the extra dice rolls: 3d6.hits(5)=2, 3d6.hits(5)=3, 3d6.hits(5)=2 - Sure hope these do count!

While I'm rolling dice, I might as well see if Snake is feeling generous enough to let me have an Air spirit (F3) to aid me.
Summoning (2) + Magic (3) = 5d6.hits(5)=1
Opposed by spirit's force (3) = 3d6.hits(5)=2 - Bah!
Resisting 4S Drain = Willpower (5) + Charisma (3) + Edge (2) = 10d6.hitsopen(5,6)=4 - phew, no drain so still just on 1S from jogging to warehouse. 1 edge spent.

[unsound]

Anyway, seems I forgot to take Assensing as a skill so defaulting to intuition for astral perception.
@Grimm, Unsound: Would you guys mind if I updated my character sheet, dropping a point of Perception skill and putting it into Assensing?

Go for it. I've been hella swamped and haven't had the chance to update the database thread yet so just edit your post with the character sheet and you're solid.

[Grimm]

This really did make me laugh out loud. Good one, Grimm.

Wellll I didn't want to leave any openings for your actions to be interpreted as hostile at least in my posting. I try and keep my "guidance" of players to a minimum, avoid forcing feelings and actions on to them unless its to skip pointless little crap like walking across a street. No sense in waiting days on what you sure is coming.

I do demand more stealth runs for you two!

[Grimm]

@Grimm, Unsound: Would you guys mind if I updated my character sheet, dropping a point of Perception skill and putting it into Assensing?

Unsound is really the administrator/head GM guy for calls like that for future reference. I came in after the fact and just started running for Akecheta since he was sitting all by his trolly lonesome and it gives me a good way to learn mechanics. And torture players. Definitely torture players.

[Suicidal Street ...]

Anyway, seems I forgot to take Assensing as a skill so defaulting to intuition for astral perception.
@Grimm, Unsound: Would you guys mind if I updated my character sheet, dropping a point of Perception skill and putting it into Assensing?

unsound has previously given us...what was it, a month?...to make any changes to our characters that we noticed a need for...sort of, a "test drive" period. I think you'll be okay.

[Grimm]

Pretty rubbish rolls, but to be expected with only 2 dice. Does actively looking (+3 dice) count for astral perception? If it does here are the extra dice rolls: 3d6.hits(5)=2, 3d6.hits(5)=3, 3d6.hits(5)=2 - Sure hope these do count!

Alright, took me a few minutes to find it but Astral Perception is governed by Intuition + Assessing. The extra die modifier for actively looking is in the table for Perception+x skill checks that govern physical perception since Astral and Physical are not the same. So, I would say that it does not grant the bonus to Astral Perception, only to actual Perception tests. If you want more info I believe it was P. 182 of the Corebook.

Post incoming soon.

[Abschalten]

Actually, I rule the other way. I usually GM it that actively looking for something or searching for it DOES apply the +3 bonus to Assensing. Assensing is really just Perception on the astral. You get different information (read auras, see spirits and spells, etc) but it's more or less the same thing. There are modifiers that make it easier or harder to see things (background counts, lots of life forms, astral shadows, etc.). And probably most telling, it's linked to Intuition, just like Perception.

Interesting side note: since Assensing is linked to Intuition, mundanes can learn it if they have access to the astral. There's a bit of fluff in Runner Havens where it mentions that the astral shallows that pop up around the city can be places where mundanes are taught how to assense. This isn't stated in the hard mechanics or rules anywhere, but I think the idea of mundanes learning how to assense is interesting.

[Notsoevildm]

I'm cool either way. In my mind Copperhead is still a relatively inpexperienced shaman. She has learned most of her knowledge directly from her mentor spirit, plus some tips and tricks that she has picked up from her friendly rat shaman talismonger.

I'll adjust the sheet, changing perception 2 to 1 and adding assensing at 1 - at least then I get to roll a whole 4 dice for assensing in future.

[Aria]

@Aria
With those hits, Silk can tell that even though he's attempting to hide it behind a business-like veneer, He-Who-Sees-Within is into Silk. It seems more sudden curiosity than being totally smitten with her, but it's there.

Oh! A fan (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Probably won't be able to post much for a bit...will do my best!

A

[Aria]

Quick question to Unsound...do you have a mechanic in mind for aquiring extra contacts in non roleplayed downtime? I'm assuming contacts made during roleplay are 'free' (?) but there are never enough BPs to get all the contacts I want so I was wondering if spending hard earned karma was the way to go on that one?!?

Thanks

A

[Grimm]

@Abs: I do understand where you're coming from on how you view the modifier, but as I understood it unsound wanted to keep close to the core rules to keep things uniform for multiple GMs. That particular modifier is in the Perception rolls table, and since one doesn't roll Perception on the Astral since Perception is considered physical world use while Assessing is astral use; then to me it wouldn't generate it. But like I said, I do see where you are coming from on your ruling. If unsound wants to rule either way, w/e; I'm easy. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Inca]

Tell me what you think of this character....


Name: Santero
Alias: Hermes Horacio Valdez Medina
Race: Elf
Sex: Male
Nationality: Caribbean League (Cuban)
Lifestyle: Low ( 1 month paid )
Karma Spent: 0
Physical Description: Here's a face portrait

Personality/background: Santero is an elf who is quite literally bursting with different personalities. At the tender age of five began the first manifestations of Loa (spirits) which would force their way into his body to walk the earth for a few hours. Such a talent is quite valued in his community and he was always present for religious ceremonies.....but it was quickly seen by his community that perhaps in Santero's case, it was instead a curse for him. Being such an ideal vessel for the spirit world, forced possessions were a daily burden for the poor boy and not until he was well passed puberty did he begin to commune with Papa Legba (his mentor spirit) and learn to spiritually defend his body against unwanted use by denizens of the meta-planes and only bequeath the use of his body to those servants of the Orishas to whom he chose to call out for help. But as a result of this childhood trauma of constantly housing so many beings he never really developed a cohesive personality of his own which isn't full of contradictions. Most of time you will find him telling jokes in a thick cuban accent spoken through an almost perpetual smirk. He either has to be drinking rum and playing rumba or out on the street finding some adventure to jump into. It's almost impossible for him to resist a thrill... his habit of snorting Novacoke doesn't help...and he will follow his whim's at the drop of hat. But just as quickly he will look up and you will see a complete stranger in his eyes....many times perhaps even a stranger from another plane. He is eternally grateful to Papa Legba for teaching him through his Babalawo to control and harness his powers and use them to protect and heal his community. When it comes to pleasing the Orishas he puts all games aside and will sing and play his bata into the wee hours of the night....thanking each one for the blessings they give.
He lives in a little shack in a caribbean enclave of the Redmond barrens called "El solar" where he and his people try to create a little pocket of sanity in that destitute part of Seattle through a strong sense of community and worship.

Attributes

Body: 3
Agility: 3
Reaction: 4
Strength: 1
Charisma: 4
Intuition: 3
Logic: 2
Willpower: 5
Edge: 1
Magic: 6
Essence: 6
Initiative: 7/1P

Qualities:
Mentor Spirit - Eshu a.k.a Legba (same as Trickster: +2 Illusion spell,+2 Con, Composure (2) to not play prank) -5BP
Addiction (Mild) to Novacoke +5BP
Incompetent with computer skill (just uses program rating for action) +5BP
Geas - Must perform music with bata for Legba each day +10BP
Thrill Seeker +5BP
Signature (Leaves a small cowry shell) +10BP

Active Skills:
Spellcasting (sp. Health) 6
Ritual Spellcasting 1
Assensing 3
Astral Combat 1
Pistols (Sp. Semi Automatics) 1
Summoning (Sp. Guardian spirits) 4
Banishing 2
Binding 2
Con (Sp. Fast talk) 1
Artisan- afro-cuban music 1
Infiltration (Sp. indoor) 1
Perception 2
Counterspelling 4

Knowledge Skills:
Black Markets (Sp. Magical Items) 1
Magic Background (Path of Lukumi) 1
Street Rumors 3
Street drugs 1
Barrens gangs 2

Languages:
N: Spanish
English 3
Yoruba 2


Implants: none

Spells:
Improved Invisibility (Realistic, Single) (F/2+1)
Stunbolt (Direct) (F/2-1)
Heal (damage-2)
Increase Reflexes (F/2+2)
Physical Mask (Realistic, Multi) (F/2+1)
Chaotic World (area) (F/2+3)
Physical Barrier (area) (F/2+3)
Levitate (F/2+1)

Tradition: Lukumi (treat as Voodun)
Possession based manifestation of spirits
Spirits: Combat=Guardian, Detection=Water, Health=Man, Illusion=Guidance, Manipulation=Task
Drain: Willpower+Charisma

Foci: F3 Health spell sustaining (Cowry necklace with a pendant of St. Michael)
Bound Spirits:
F6 Guidance Spirit - 3 tasks
F6 Man Spirit - 3 Tasks

Gear:
Metalink Commlink (Res 1, Sig 2)
Renraku Ichi (Sys 2, Fire 2)
Sim module
Trodes
Lined Coat (6/4) -nonconductivity 3
Hammerli 620S ((4+1)P 5/20/40/60 AP(-1)RC-1 6©)
10 clips explosive. Ammo
silencer
nice clothing
Armor clothing (4/0)
subvocal mic
Glasses rating 3 -Flare compensation, smartlink,thermo
10 hits of Novacoke
Low Lifestyle
Certified credstick
Fake SIN 2
2 Stimpatches rating 6
1 Trauma Patch

Contacts
+Wellington Segundo - Babalawo (Loyalty: 5 Conn:3 )
The reason Santero left Cuba and went abroad is because Papa Legba slowly guided him through several people and signs which eventually lead to Seattle to study with Wellington who is the only Babalorisha who was ever able to teach Santero how to control the possessions. Santero loves him like a father and is part of his Bembe (worship) group. Wellington is a about 5'4'' 56 year-old heavy-set afro-cuban human male who's attire of a wife-beater, shorts and a flip-flops effectively hides the awakened power he truly has. He is very much loved in his little afro-caribbean enclave in the barrens and he has been known to be an effective spiritual leader to many local leaders and gang-bosses and has negotiated several truces.

+Abel Maldonado - Fixer (Loyalty: 1, Conn:4)
He's a fixer who works as a mid-level corporate exec who introduced Santero to shadowrunning. Upon hearing rumors of an individual with the talents of Santero, he scouted him to keep as a useful deniable asset. Santero makes him nervous sometimes because he's unpredictable...but it's impossible to deny that magical power like that doesn't come around everyday and especially not for the low rates that a rookie like Santero will work for.

[Notsoevildm]

Let's see if Mama Snake is more forthcoming with a Beast spirit (F3) than she has been with the air spirits. I'll blow my second and last point of edge to see if that helps.

Summoning (3) + Magic (3) + Edge (2) = 8d6.hitsopen(5,6)=5 - finally a good roll! Edge remaining: 0
Opposed by spirit's force (3) = 3d6.hits(5)=1
Resisting 2S Drain = Willpower (5) + Charisma (3) = 8d6.hits(5)=2 - no drain.

Optional power: Venom would be appropriate for Snake, or natural attack (bite).

That's four net successes, so four services. I want to direct it to attack the guy that I think is the rigger (1 service), anyone that comes to his assistance (1+ services), then anyone near the hostages (any remaining services). I assume Copper will need to go back into astral to point out the good guys and the bad guys.

When she pops back into her body, she will shout 'GO' to Beast, then cast combat sense (Force 1, so it can go into her sustaining focus - yeah even her magic items are crap).

Spellcasting (3) + Detection (2) + Magic (3) = 8d6.hits(5)=3 - but limited to one hit (+1 reaction, dodge tests).
Drain 2S: 8d6.hits(5)=1 - 1S and a glitch, bugger! I think invisible Castle hates me!

[Combat Mage]

I think invisible Castle hates me!

Seriously (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif)

[Aria]

Because I'm never satisfied with just one character concept on the go at once and the 2072 thread seems to offer a good opportunity to have multiple characters on the go I'd like to submit Ember for consideration (in addition to Summer who I've already PM'd to Unsound).

As an aside, all my characters can be PvP enabled, I quite like the idea of the additional threat being more like the dark shadows that I imagine...especially as most of my characters are goody two shoes struggling to survive in a harsh world (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sarcastic.gif)

EDIT: I've added Summer on here too...being greedy, want to end up with one of every major archetype here (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Comments welcome!!!

Ember (Daniel Penthièvre)

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Profile BPs 0

Name: Daniel Penthièvre
Alias: Ember
Metatype: Human
Sex: Male
Age: 39
Nationality: French
Lifestyle: Middle
Nuyen: 60 ¥
Karma Earned: 0
Karma Spent: 0
Street Cred: 0
Notoriety: 0
Public Awareness: 0

Attributes BPs 230

Body: 3
Agility: 3
Reaction: 3
Strength: 2
Charisma: 4
Intuition: 5
Logic: 3
Willpower: 4
Edge: 2
Magic/Res: 5
Essence: 6
Initiative: 8
Initiative Passes: 1
Phys CM: 10
Stun CM: 10

Qualities BPs -5

Magician (Celtic Druid) 15BPs
Mentor Spirit – Lugh (+2 to health spells & +2 to fire spirits [replace beasts for combat?!?], needs to use 2 edge to reduce glitches) 5BPs
Trust Fund 10BPs

SINer -5BPs
Dependants (family) -10BPs
Day Job (university lecturer, 20hrs/ week) -10BPs
Geas (needs to be outside to perform his magic unrestricted) -10BPs

Active Skills BPs 126

Athletics Group 1
Climbing (1)
Gymnastics (1)
Running (1)
Swimming (1)
Clubs 2 Staves +2
Binding 4
Summoning 6
Pistols 1 Light Pistols +2
Etiquette 1
Counterspelling 2
Spellcasting 3
Infiltration 1
Assensing 3
Astral combat 2
Perception 3

Knowledge Skills

Native Tongue: French
English: 3
Breton: 3
Speretheil: 1
Celtic Myth: 5
The Mist: 3
Magical Theory: 5
European Nobility: 2
Matrix Magic Nodes: 2

Spells & Spirits

Detect Enemies (Extended) – Sustaining Focus 3
Heal
Healthy Glow
Increase Agility
Increase Reflexes
Resist Pain

Force 5 Air Spirit (2 services)
Force 5 Water Spirit (1 service)

Resources and Gear BPs 12
60,000 ¥

Weapons & Armour

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Weapon Focus (R:2) Runed telescoping staff [R 2, (STR/2 + 2)P ]
(a ghostly spearhead appears when activated)

Colt America L36 [4P, SA, - RC, 11©]
+Int: Smartgun System, Integral
+Bul: 50 Normal Rounds

Lined Coat [6/4]

Electronics & Misc

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Sony Emperor + Vector Xim
+FTL Matrixware Net Wizard Program Suite
+R:3 Firewall
+Trodes

Fake SIN (R:3)

Glasses (R:1)
+Low Light
+Image Link
+Flare Compensation
+Smartlink

Earbuds (R:1)

Sustaining Focus (R:3) Silver ring
Spirit Binding Materials (R:4) x2

Lifestyle

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Permanent Middle Lifestyle – North Bellevue

Contacts BPs 11

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Stillwater Circle [L:2 C:2 G:7] They were instrumental in bringing my family and I across to America to help them after they faced a destructive attack from outside forces. I assisted them in laying down protections for the future and now keep an eye out for potential recruits and occasionally step in when my talents are required for some shadow work. They are a multi disciplinary magical group intent on furthering the transhumanist agenda of the Stillwater Community.

Total Build Points BPs 400

Physical Description

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Ember is a tall, gaunt individual with light hair and grey, stark eyes. He has the fiery personality associated with his mentor spirit, the Bright One, but also a surprisingly gentle streak that usually manifests itself with his family.
Character Sketch

Background

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My name is Daniel and I stand on the brink of many worlds without really being a part of any of them. I was born to the re-emerged Penthièvre family and can trace my lineage back, through the French Revolution, almost eight hundred years. The magic in my veins, however, dates back to an even earlier age.

I grew up flitting between our estates near Quimper and Nantes with frequent trips to Paris and my family would like it if I was more grateful for the expense lavished on me. The fact that I was more interested in being with my Breton friends and once it happened, exploring my magic and its connection to the land, didn’t interest them in the slightest, particularly when I made it abundantly clear that I would not be manipulated for their political gains and the Game of Houses.

I will freely admit that I was a brat as a child and a prime product of the nobility. My gradual awakening, the voice of the Bright One in my dreams and contact with the more normal people of Brittany thankfully provided me insights that changed my potential path irrevocably. I rejected the lures of noble life for a wilder and ultimately freer existence in the Breton heartland.

My family refused to give up their hold on me entirely however; as a magic user I represented a valuable pawn in their games. Partly in rebellion but mainly because of my huge and unlooked for love, I committed the cardinal sin at eighteen of falling for an Irish witch. Despite the fact that she was an elf and also wielded considerable magical talent my family were disgusted by this pollution of their precious bloodline.

I have learnt since that this outrage was another pretence designed to throw their rivals off some scent and I know they still have their claws in me but I have done my best to limit their influence on my life and that of my family.

I was sent to study in Paris at the new magical programme at the Sorbonne but my heart was already set on Charlotte and our future together. I learnt what I could but always with the knowledge that their teachings were biased towards hermetic studies and could not encompass the magnitude of contact with the Old Ways.

I married Charlotte in fifty four at the end of my course and once she had completed her doctorate studies in Dublin. I am continuously amazed that I was lucky enough to snare her attentions and then lure her away from the Tir to a simple life in Brittany. A year later our first son, Gael, was born and he was followed in fifty eight by our first daughter Ariana and in twenty sixty one by Gisèle. Finally in sixty five we were blessed with a second son Kei. To one degree or another we all have connections to the spirit world and the old blood runs strong through us all.

My first proper contact with the shadows came in fifty seven through a friend of Charlotte. Although I perhaps hadn’t consciously recognised it, I think I knew that Charlotte was involved in more things than simple magic that my family wouldn’t have approved of. Then again political games and shadowy manoeuvrings are second nature to them but this was the kind of thing that upset the status quo. I ended up helping an eco cell get through the Mist and assisted them in avoiding corporate forces. Since then I’ve peripherally been involved in several shadow ops where my skills with spirits were required. How my family found out I don’t know, I guess I shouldn’t be surprised, but I also ended up working occasionally in their interests, sometimes confrontation needs to be avoided for the sake of my family. We live comfortably off their money and there is no real need for me to work the shadows for a living so I am usually able to pick and choose what I get involved with.

Eighteen months ago Charlotte was contacted about work in Seattle and we jumped at the chance to be a little bit further out of my family’s reach. The Stillwater community were recovering from a devastating attack and they were gathering various experts from around the world to help them rebuild and protect themselves from future aggression. It was my dealings with the Mist that interested them and so they paid for us all to fly over and arranged a temporary job on the Thaumaturgy course at Seattle U as a cover.

That job has since become permanent and I enjoy the new challenge of imparting knowledge to new students, even if I’ve been accused of being unforgiving of mistakes and of imparting knowledge in a haphazard manner. I have also been able to recruit some of the more likely candidates to assist the Stillwater Circle who have aided me so much in my magical studies.

Charlotte meanwhile has set herself up as a fixer of repute under the handle Argent and I have taken Ember as my moniker, being a small spark in the face of the Bright One. The children have settled in well to the schools that we found for them and are improving their English at a far faster rate than I. Whilst I wouldn’t call myself a professional shadowrunner I continue to dabble in that world alongside the safer world of academia.


Key NPCs

Charlotte Penthièvre (Argent) [Elven Witch, Celtic Tradition, Epona] – My wife for the last eighteen years, we are as much in love as when we first met at a social event arranged by my parents. Let me tell you, they were not happy that we are together now and it has strained my already precarious relationship with them and the family at large almost to breaking point.
Character Sketch

Gael Penthièvre [Elven Celtic Druidic Apprentice] – My firstborn and the wildest of the family, we are not sure if he has been chosen yet, although he displays all the tendancies of Kournous. His affinity for the spirits is almost as strong as my own and it will not be too much longer before we need to take him home to finish his training among a real circle.

Aylwen Penthièvre [Human child] – I seem to be blessed or cursed with a wild family and Ariana is no different. She is on the cusp of adulthood and although one should not have favourites I suppose the fact that she was born human has forged a bond between us that is different from the others.

Gisèle Penthièvre [Elven child] – My dark one, we suspect she listens to the voice of Morrigan

Kei Penthièvre [Elven child] – The youngest of my large brood we did not expect with Charlotte’s elven heritage that another would be born. He has not yet manifested any talent but I strongly suspect that it is lurking and will probably materialise at the time when it will cause the most difficulties.

Arnaud Penthièvre [Human Noble] – My father and scion of the great Penthièvre house. He is a manipulative bastard with all the morels of a devil rat. Of course very few get to see beyond his charming, gracious countenance and those that do often don’t regret it for very long.

Simon Finney [Dwarven Snake Shaman] – Head of the Stillwater Circle, he has become a friend in the last eighteen months and his wisdom and compassion have been a solid guide in the otherwise murky world that we have found here in Seattle.

Summer (Jenna Low) - Info Savant - Archivist Paragon

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Profile BPs 0

Name: Jenna Low
Alias: Summer
Metatype: Human
Sex: Female
Age: 13
Nationality: Renraku
Lifestyle: Low
Nuyen:
Karma Spent: 0
Street Cred: 0
Notoriety: 1 (Media Junky)
Public Awareness: 0

Matrix Icon: Alice in Wonderland
Stream: Info Savant (Fading: Intuition + Resonance, Sprites: Code, Courier, Data, Machine, and Paladin)

Attributes BPs 240

Body: 2
Agility: 3
Reaction: 3
Strength: 2
Charisma: 3
Intuition: 5
Logic: 4
Willpower: 3
Edge: 5
Resonance: 5
Essence: 6
Initiative: 8
Initiative Passes: 1 (3 matrix)
Phys. CM: 7
Ment. CM: 10

Qualities BPs -20

Technomancer 5BPs
Paragon 5BPs - Archivist (+2 Browse & +1 Data Sprites)
Foresight 5BPs (GM controlled quality - non RAW - character gets glimpses of the future via her connection with the Resonance. The future is always changing and not set in stone and the events seen can be 5mins in the future or 50years...although the character has some idea of how far they are seeing.)

Low Pain Tolerance -10BPs
Neoteny -10BPs (She is an actual child but the game effects should be the same?!?)
Media Junkie Mild -5BPs
Wanted -10BPs (Renraku would like their protégée back – alive!)

Active Skills BPs 144

Cracking Group 2
Cybercombat (2)
Electronic Warfare (2)
Hacking (2)
Computer 3
Data search 5
Software 3
Pistols 2
Etiquette 1
Infiltration 1
Compiling 5
Registering 3
Dodge 4
Perception 4

Knowledge Skills

Native Tongue English
Cityspeak 2
Orzet 1
Matrix Databases 3
Shadow Nodes 4
Data Havens 6
Online Libraries 2
Matrix Phenomenon 3
IC recognition 2
Free Sprites 2
Loveland Region 2
Complex Forms & Sprites BPs 23

Analyze (Computer ) 2
Browse (Data Search ) 4 (+2)
Command (varies ) 3
Edit (Computer ) 1
Scan (Electronic Warfare ) 1
Exploit (Hacking ) 4
Stealth (Hacking ) 5
Smartlink 1

Paladin Sprite 2 tasks

Resources and Gear BPs 1

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5,000 ¥

Weapons & Armour

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2x Colt America L36 [4P, SA, - RC, 11©]
+Int: Smartgun System, Integral
+Acc: Quickdraw Holster
+Bul: 50 Normal Rounds

Armour Clothing [4/0]

Electronics & Misc

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Disposable Commlink

Glasses [R:1]
+Flare Compensation
+Lowlight

Medkit [R:2]
Fake SIN [R:1]

Lifestyle

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Low Lifestyle – Downtown Seattle

Contacts BPs 12

Aria (Hacker) [L: 3 C: 4] I still don’t know whether I found her or she found me but either way I think we are going to be firm friends. She has an intuitive grasp of the matrix which far exceeds mine but I don’t think she’s a Technomancer. She was a runner a few years ago but has settled in to an information gatherer and part time fixer and I’ve been able to pass on a few of the gems of data I have sifted from the info stream and she in turn has helped me to keep out of trouble.

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Whisp (Runner) [L: 2 C: 3] Indirectly, it was Whisp that caused me to leave Scratch and the Dozen behind and seek my own path outside Loveland. She is connected to the Suit and her loyalties are to him but she has been instrumental in pushing work my way and helping me to earn my keep without relying on Scratch or anyone else.

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Total Build Points BPs 400

Physical Description

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Background

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Hi, my name is Jenna, although Scratch renamed me Summer and that’s the name I go by most of the time now. At first maintaining a street handle seemed odd to me but I’ve seen the sense of keeping low and off the radar, particularly as Renraku would like nothing more than to stick me back in their corporate box. I grew up in a corp programme trying to breed Otaku from the people retrieved from the SCIRE. Both my Mum and Dad where brought out in some of the earlier infiltrations by Red Samurai units. For me, learning about my gifts has been more of a curse than a blessing although the scientists were rubbing their hands in glee as I was one of only three successes out of sixty or so guinea pig children. They found out about them when I was five, shortly after the second matrix crash, and I certainly didn’t know what was going on at the time. I just knew that I could suddenly see things that everyone else seemed to be oblivious too. Whilst being a corp labrat sounds pretty hideous I don’t think I was aware that anything was strange about it until I was able to breeze past the system firewalls and begin to find out more about the real world. I guess it was about then that the Archivist first contacted me…it’s an experience I can’t really describe but since then things haven’t been the same. I see the threads of data spinning around me, and even when I’m not consciously looking for them I still see glimpses of the future in that ever changing web of information.

With the help of the other two emergent Technomancers on the programme I was able to escape the unit last year and jump on a train from Calfree up to Seattle and disappear in to the shadows. This was probably more dangerous than I really knew, and a naive little girl wandering lost around the transport hubs of Seattle was asking for trouble. Thankfully another weird event caught up with me and I was picked up by the Old Man and taken to Loveland. I don’t really know what his motivations were but my gift seemed to tell me that it was safe to go with him and with hindsight I am eternally grateful for his rescue. He took me to Scratch and she took me under her wing and taught me the rudiments of living off my wits on the streets. Life hasn’t been easy with them but I am alive, which is probably more than I should have expected, even with my gift prompting me along paths that will hopefully see me safe.

The last eighteen months has been a mad whirlwind of events and I’ve been clinging on by my fingernails. I had a vision that lead me to a runner called Whisp and I had to persuade her to take me to some suit, who indecently calls himself the Suit, and push him along a path that kept him alive. It meant leaving Scratch behind, something I’m not sure she understands or has forgiven me for, but I felt compelled to follow this through. I think it has something to do with his stance on Technomancers and our rights and there seems to be some agenda to my visions that I haven’t yet seen but for now I’m just following them like a leaf on the wind. I’m not sure how Aria is mixed up in all this but she contacted me recently through Whisp and has been introducing me to the shadows from a runner’s perspective. Everyone seems to have expectations of me and I’m sure I’m far too young to be a runner, but sometimes I simply can’t deny where my visions push me.

This post has been edited by Aria: Sep 7 2010, 04:38 PM

[Aria]

Oh, and most of these extra characters aren't intended as runners but as foils for GMing...when I find someone who wants a story thread (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

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[Atomic Communist]

Oh, and most of these extra characters aren't intended as runners but as foils for GMing...when I find someone who wants a story thread (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

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I'm hoping to get into the one you're currently in, or my own.