Recruitment - First Run (4th Edition), Open to one and all! Always recruiting. Options

[marcgarc]

Here I have, ready at last, my character for the campaign. Sorry I took so long to get it ready, but have not provided too much free time in the last week.
I'm writing a little story about the character, to serve as background, explaining all the details and characteristics. I'll edit this post to include it as soon as ready, which I hope being today.
Greetings to everyone!

[ Spoiler ]

Name
Tenzin Dhargey
Alias
"Lama"
Race
Elf
Age
28
Especial
Vajrayana Buddhism Adept

Attributes
Body 4 4/ 6 4/9
Agility 6 6/ 7 8/10
Reaction 4 4/ 6 6/9
Strength 3 3/ 6 3/9
Charisma 5 5/ 8 5/12
Intuition 3 3/ 6 3/9
Logic 2 2/ 6 2/9
Willpower 2 2/ 6 2/9
Edge 2 2/ 6 2/6
Magic 6 5/5 5/

Essence 5,050/6

Active Skills
Pistols (Semi-Automatics) 5
Blades (Swords) 5 ( +2 Dice for Improved Combat Ability [Blades] Rating 2 )
Unarmed Combat 4
Gymnastics 3
Infiltration 4
Negotiation 2

Knowledge Skills
Sino-Tibetan N
Sperethiel 2
Meditation (Tantra) 3
Design (Blades) 4
Regional (Tibet) 4
Chemistry 2



Positive Qualities
Adept +5 BP
Ambidextrous +5 BP
Martial Arts (Kung Fu, Lvl 2) +10 BP

Negative Qualities
In Debt (10000) -10 BP
Lost Loved One -5 BP
Enemy (2) -10 BP
Focus Addiction (Moderate) -10 BP

Martial Arts Advantages
Kung Fu +1 Parry Melee
Kung Fu +1 DV Unarmed

Martial Arts Maneuvers
Multi-Strike
Two Weapon Style
Riposte
Set-Up

Adept Powers

5 Points (Magic Attribute)

Improved Reflexes II 2'5 Points
Improved Combat Ability [Blades] (Rating 2) 1 Point
Wall Running 1 Point
Counterstrike 0'5 Points

Bound Foci
Weapon (Reach 1) (Power 2) 2 BP 10000 Nuyens

Contacts
Miklos Fehrer, Troll, Wuxing Dockworker 6/2
He was born twice, the first of them 37 years ago in a small town in Poland, where he was continually rejected by metahumans traits; the second a couple of years ago, when several members of Policlub Humanis, harried him when leaving his work place at Wuxing Inc. docks.
Fortunately, Tenzin had just landed in Seattle, and wandered lost for the docks, when he heard the noise of the scuffle between Miklos and Humanis. Approached, and asked them to leave him in peace. The Humanis, seeing the Tenzin elven condition, thought they would have a double catch that evening. Three minutes later, two of them lying on the ground with several broken limbs, while the rest fled in haste.
Miklos, grateful, showed Tenzin the most important spots in the city and how to get around it. He drove him to the motel where he lives, in the International District, and helps the elf with everything in his hand, eternally grateful for having saved his life.

Vitaly Zhirkhov, Dwarf, Street Vendor 4/4
When Tenzin left Hong Kong, his liutenants in Tolo Vory gave him a contact in Seattle, who was responsible for placing on the streets of illegal material sent from Seattle Pacific. Tenzin and Vitaly have worked together assiduously since then, and the dwarf has got some minor runs for Tenzin,
at service of local Russian mafia groups, the "Vory v Zakone", which rules illegal inmigrants traffic, military hardware smuggling and extorsion businesses in Seattle. Working together, they have built relatively strong bonds of trust each other, and Vitaly has become Tenzin's usual provider of all types of
materials needed for the street, both legal and illegal: weapons, perception and infiltration gear, cyber...

Cyberware / Bioware
Attention Coprocessor Rating 3 9000 Nuyens ( +1 Perception x Rating ) ( -0.15 Essence )
Muscle Toner Rating 2 16000 Nuyens ( +1 Agility x Rating ) ( -0.4 Essence )
Muscle Augmentation Rating 2 14000 Nuyens ( +1 Strength x Rating ) ( -0.4 Essence )

Equipment

Armour
Form-Fitting Body Armor Half-Body Suit (4/1) w/SkinLink, Biomonitor, Gps 1450 Nuyens
Mortimer Greatcoat Suit w/SkinLink, 2 Concealed Holsters 3200 Nuyens

Electronics
Commlink Sony Emperor (Base Response 2 Base Signal 3) w/ Iris Orb OS (Base Firewall 3 Base System 3) 2600 Nuyens
[indent]Common Use Programs
Analyze 3
Browse 3
Edit 3
Encrypt 3
Scan 3

Commlink - Accessories
Sim Module 100 Nuyens
Commlink - Accessory AR Gloves 250 Nuyens
Commlink - Accessory Nanopaste Trodes 100 Nuyens
Commlink - Accessory Skinlink 50 Nuyens
Commlink - Accessory Subvocal Microphone 50 Nuyens

Other Electronic Equipment
Electronics - Vision Wear Contact Lenses Rating 3 150 Nuyens
Electronics - Vision Wear Enhancements Image Link 25 Nuyens
Electronics - Vision Wear Enhancements Smartlink 500 Nuyens
Electronics - Vision Wear Enhancements Vision Enhancement Rating 3 300 Nuyens
Electronics - Audio Enhancer Headphones Rating 3 150 Nuyens
Electronics - Audio Enhancements Audio Enhancements Rating 3 300 Nuyens
Electronics - Audio Enhancements Select Sound Filter 200 Nuyens
Electronics - Audio Enhancements Spatial Recognizer 100 Nuyens

ID/Credsticks
Fake SIN Rating 4 (Lian Tzu; Wuxing Employee) 4000 Nuyens
Fake License Rating 4 (Ares Predator IV) 400 Nuyens
Fake License Rating 4 (Cougar Fine LongBlade ) 400 Nuyens
Fake SIN Rating 4 (Chen Tzong-Han; DockWorker) 4000 Nuyens

Medical
Trauma Patch x2 1000 Nuyens
MedKit Rating 6 x4 2400 Nuyens

Infiltration
Maglock Passkey Rating 3 6000 Nuyens

Melee Weapons
Cougar Fine Longblade w/Personalized Grip 1000 Nuyens
Shock Gloves 200 Nuyens
Ceramic Knife w/ Personalized Grip x2 350 Nuyens
Foci Melee Weapon (Shorter Katana Style Sword) -- (Power 2, Reach 1) 20000 Nuyens Mild Addiction to use it

Range Weapons
Ares Predator IV x2
w/
Skinlink 1 slot
Extended Clip 1 slot
Adv. Saftey Sping Trigger Spike 1 slot
Personalized Grip 1 slot
Additional Clip (Pistol) 2 slot
Smartgun Camera Vision Magnification No slot
3500 Nuyens
Taser Cavalier SafeGuard
w/
Smartgun System 1 slot
Smartgun Camera Vision Magnification 0 slot
Personalized Grip 1 slot
Ceramic Components (1) 1 slot
Extended Clip 1 slot
3750 Nuyens

Weapon Accessories
Quick Draw Holster x2 200 Nuyens
Spare Clips x20 100 Nuyens

Ammo
Regular Ammo 140 rounds 280 Nuyens
EX-Explosive Ammo 160 rounds 1600 Nuyens

LifeStyle

Lives at Motel "Panama", South Main Street, International District, DownTown Seattle.
Next to U.S. Interstate Highway 5

Comfort 2
Entertainment 1
Necessities 3
Neighborhood 2
Security 3

Total Monthly Cost 2600 Nuyens
Total Daily Cost 87 Nuyens

No months purchased, but one room always reserved to me. I'm paying every month.

Build Points Resume

Stats 180
Race 30
Edge 10
Magic 67
Active Skills 104
Know./Lang. Points 0 30/30
Positive Qualities 20
Negative Qualities -35
Resources 18
Contacts(House Rule) 6 (-10)

Total 400/400

Background

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Metahuman Tenzin Dhargey is a distinctly Asian features elf. It is a little higher than normal between the elf population, reaching almost two meters. However, it is not too big, but has a slim athletic nature. His eyes are coal black, like his hair, which is usually short, almost shaved. His face is sharp, like its sleek nose. Small mouth and thin lips, his most distinctive facial features are its pointed ears, which clearly show metahuman nature. The eyes are deeply torn, ranging widely over the sunken cheeks.

The earliest memories of her childhood kept by Tenzin belong to the Buddhist monastery located in the small town of Jiuzhu, situated between Lake Manasarovar and Rakshastal, in southwestern Tibet near the Indian border. He spent his early life, running and playing within the walls at the foot of the Himalayas.

Buddhist monks of the monastery were in charge of their education and seeing some incredible physical skills (High Agility, Lightning Reflexes) in the young Tenzin, also addressed his introduction to physical training. Tzen-Hui Yan was appointed mentor of the young, and under his tutelage, he began to show amazing progress in such a young age.

When Tenzin reached the age of twelve, Tzen-Hui revealed something that has marked his life since then: he had been found, at the gates of the monastery, a pleasant June morning, a group of monks who went to fish to the nearby lakes, despite making many inquiries in Jiuzhu itself and in nearby towns, it never turned out the origin of the baby, or who his parents ("Lost loved one" negative quality).

Seeing the tremendous progress that his disciple was getting every day, both in the spiritual realm as in the physical realm, Tzen-Hui decided to send the Buddhist Monastery of Mount Kailash, the sacred mountain of the Buddhist tradition. The monastery is one of the most important of all the Tibetan Buddhist tradition and is home to Nyimabumo, the "Daughter of the Sun", the State Oracle of Tibet. There are met the most outstanding sons of the Tibetan nation, to be trained in the sciences, arts and wrestling, and be placed at the service of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan people.
There the holy brothers would judge their capabilities, and decide the role it could play Tenzin to serve as best as possible to tradition.

The Mount Kailash Buddhist brothers surprised by Tenzin skills, decided to continue their education and training under his own tutelage. The boy got up early to work at nearby mines, where all manner of ore mined and materials suitable for the manufacture of chemicals, which are abundant in the foothills of the Himalayas. Then spent much of the day to exercise physically and dominating Kung-Fu technics, both unarmed and with edged weapons (Unarmed Combat Skill, Martial Arts Positive Quality, Blades Skill). The remaining hours were devoted to the Buddhist tantras, meditation and the study of chemical processes in the monastery used to produce multiple components with the materials extracted from the bowels of the mountain (Chemistry Skill).

Soon, Tenzin took his place as one of the most advanced disciples in the monastery since the age of 18, took his vows as a Buddhist monk.
When the Oracle predicted that the next incarnation of the Dalai Lama would be found outside the Tibetan border, a committee of wise men in the monastery was responsible for selecting the most qualified among the young monks to be sent to the capital Lhasa, and pass part of the Lotus Throne sect, whose challenge would be to look to the next Lama across the globe.

In Lhasa, and under the direct orders of Jangbu Tak-Shin, the Tibetan Prime Minister in the absence of the Dalai Lama, met the best disciples of the Tibetan tradition. In 2064, they were sent outside Tibet through the Maya Cloud, under the protection of one of the Five Seals, to fulfill the mission entrusted to them.

Tenzin's fate, along with other monks of the sect, was Hong Kong. There they settled in a Buddhist monastery in the center of the city as mere initiates, to go unnoticed and begin research on the identity of the 16th Dalai Lama. During 6 years, Tenzin and his Lotus Throne Sect fellows, toured the metroplex in search of some sign, some clue, but no luck.

These multiple movements, despite the caution and the expertise of Tenzin and other monks, raised the interest of some local mafia groups, integrated into the structure of the Triads (Negative Quality, Enemy). These groups managed to find the origin of Tibetan monks, and one night attacked the monastery, hoping to find there one of the Five Seals, opened their way through the Maya Cloud into Tibet.
It was a massacre. Of the 33 members of the monastery, 28 died that night at the hands of the Triad, only five managed to escape with his life: Tenzin and his Lotus Throne fellows, thanks to their incredible fighting abilities.

Unable to prove his true identity in the rest of the metroplex Buddhist monasteries, were stranded in Hong Kong, and harassed by the mafia who had assaulted the monastery, and they knew they had escaped alive.

To survive, they decided to part ways and take a trip to different parts of the world, seeking to fulfill the mission entrusted to find the new Lama. Tenzin sought refuge among the Tolo Vory, an underworld group with Russian origin, operating prostitution basically in Hong Kong. There he would be away from the Triad. He put his skills to serve the organization, which emerged rapidly as an outstanding wrestler and became a teacher of small arms fire (Pistol Skill), which had hitherto been strangers.

Within the Tolo Vory, Tenzin began to hear talk of a metroplex located on the west coast of North America, call Seattle, full of life, of people from all over the planet ...
Desiring to leave Hong Kong, where the search Lama had not produced positive results, and seeing in that city a good opportunity, decided to seek a loan to the local Tolo Vory leaders, to put Seattle ahead to begin a new stage of life there.
With that money, he purchased passage to Seattle aboard a Wuxing Worldwide Shipping boat, and got ready to cross the Pacific.

To be continued...

This post has been edited by marcgarc: Feb 6 2011, 10:58 AM

[Seth]

I can see we are going to get confused: Lama and Lamia (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[WearzManySkins]

I can see we are going to get confused: Lama and Lamia (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Confused how? Lamia is the one with Scales...Lama with the Skin.

Besides they are both in the same world of spirituality. Buddhist and a Hindu.

Lama is a Vajrayana Buddhist
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Vajrayana

Lamia is a Hindus Sanātana Dharma/Shaktism
http://hinduism.iskcon.com/concepts/108.htm
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Shaktism

[Deffmobile]

This is my first time playing SR hopefully the Char is good enough.

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Damian "Revaro" Svensson

Age 24 Ht 1.95 M Wt 108 Kg
Caucasian

Human Adept

Attribute (240 bp)

B:4 I:3
A:5 L:4
R:4 W:3
S:4 E:2
C:3 M:3

Qualities (11 bp bonus)

Negative (45 bp bonus) Positive (25 bp)

Signature Adept
Bad Luck Will to live (1)
Sensitive System Common Sense
Guts
Night Vision

Martial arts (9 bp)

Krav Maga
Ready Weapon now Free Action
Set Up
Finishing Move

Skills (158 bp)

Firearms 3
Athletics 3
Stealth 3
Pilot Ground Craft 3
Armorer 3
Blades 6
Unarmed Combat 2
Perception 3

Knowledge and Language skills (21 free)

Military 4 English N
Trap setting 4 Swedish 4
Seattle Street Gangs 3
Literature 6

Adept Powers

Astral perception
Counter Strike
Mystic Armor (2)
Metabolic Control

Contacts (4 bp+6 free)

Street Doc 3 loyalty/ 3 connection
Armorer 2 Loyalty/ 2 Connection

Resources (9 bp)

Low Lifestyle (1 month), Lined Coat, Sony Emperor, Fake SIN (rating 4),

Fake SIN (Rating 2), Fake License*3 (All Rating 4, Colt Government 2066,

Colt M22A3, Concealed Carry), Rappeling Glove, Medkit (Rating 4), Grapple

Gun, Microwire*2, Trauma Patch*2, Nanopaste Small Container, Armor Jacket,

Clothing*2, Conact Lenses(rating 3) with Image link and Smartlink, Gas

Mask, Certified Credstik*3, Tag Eraser

Harley Davidson Scorpion W/ Smart Tire, Valkyrie Module, Vehicle Tag Eraser

Claymore, Survival Knife*2, Monofilament Sword, Colt Government 2066 (140

Regular Ammo, 70 Subsonic Ammo, Concealable Holster, Spare Clips,

Electronic Firing, Internal Silencer, Internal Smartgun, Gecko Grip), Colt

M22A3 (320 Regular Ammo, 160 Gel Ammo, Imaging Scope, Shock Pad, Spare

Clips, Foregrip, Internal Gas Vent 2, Internal Silencer, Internal Smartgun,

Gecko Grip

1465 Nuyen



Revaro was raised by his dad who was a Seattle SWAT officer. The dad dies
from medical "malpractice" when Revaro was 18; having no family he decides
to join the UCAS Army, where he discovers his Awakened abilities. After
his stint in the force he does some odd jobs back in Seattle before
deciding to use his skills as a runner.

Lemme know what I should change.

[Seth]

Hi Deffmobile.

Most of your character seems good: loads of stealth and melee with the ability to resort to guns if needed.

I hope you don't mind some advice on your character (if you do just yell, and I will go away)



You will only have 1 combat action each combat round. Other people will be 2, 3 or 4. This makes you a weak combatant...which I think is not your objective. The standard solution for an adept is to get improved reflexes. Level 2 for a cost of 2.5 power gives you really good combat prowess. Your other option is to rely on drugs. Making magic 5 would make a big difference, as that alone would nearly give you the improved reflexes

I think that combat sense gives you more value than mystic armour: both of them directly subtract from damage, but if you get more defence than the other guy attacks with you take no damage. Again if you are going for the slow lumbering tank approach (which can be fun) armour is better. But for a classical sword fighter combat sense is the defensive power of choice

The firearms group probably isn't needed, and you can use the points you get for trading it for a single skill elsewhere. "pistol" or "automatics" on their own are almost as useful. (In practice I find to my surprise that pistol is the most useful because in many places its all you can carry. Other people like automatics more)

I think the martial arts "setup" is broken in a "its not very good" sort of way. In every case when I have used it, I would have been better just hitting them twice. I think finishing move is much better. YMMV

Don't forget to get a personalised grip for your katana (100 nuyen IIRC) which adds 1 to your melee skill with that weapon

Don't forget to get visual enhancement 3 on your contacts. Costs almost nothing adds 3 to your visual perception rolls

Etiquette is the most important social skill. One point of that turns 2 die(Charisma 3 - 1) into 4 die. 4 die can be an automatic success so you don't end up insulting the Oyabun when under stress.

You have astral perception but no assensing skill, so can I recommend dropping it (and use it to help pay for improved reflexes)?

[WearzManySkins]

Hi Deffmobile.

Most of your character seems good: loads of stealth and melee with the ability to resort to guns if needed.

I hope you don't mind some advice on your character (if you do just yell, and I will go away)

You will only have 1 combat action each combat round. Other people will be 2, 3 or 4. This makes you a weak combatant...which I think is not your objective. The standard solution for an adept is to get improved reflexes. Level 2 for a cost of 2.5 power gives you really good combat prowess. Your other option is to rely on drugs. Making magic 5 would make a big difference, as that alone would nearly give you the improved reflexes

I think that combat sense gives you more value than mystic armour: both of them directly subtract from damage, but if you get more defence than the other guy attacks with you take no damage. Again if you are going for the slow lumbering tank approach (which can be fun) armour is better. But for a classical sword fighter combat sense is the defensive power of choice

The firearms group probably isn't needed, and you can use the points you get for trading it for a single skill elsewhere. "pistol" or "automatics" on their own are almost as useful. (In practice I find to my surprise that pistol is the most useful because in many places its all you can carry. Other people like automatics more)

I think the martial arts "setup" is broken in a "its not very good" sort of way. In every case when I have used it, I would have been better just hitting them twice. I think finishing move is much better. YMMV

Don't forget to get a personalised grip for your katana (100 nuyen IIRC) which adds 1 to your melee skill with that weapon

Don't forget to get visual enhancement 3 on your contacts. Costs almost nothing adds 3 to your visual perception rolls

Etiquette is the most important social skill. One point of that turns 2 die(Charisma 3 - 1) into 4 die. 4 die can be an automatic success so you don't end up insulting the Oyabun when under stress.

You have astral perception but no assensing skill, so can I recommend dropping it (and use it to help pay for improved reflexes)?

@Seth
Having only one action per IP does not always make you a weak combatant. Have to introduce you to Sluggo the Troll..pretty much hard to take down in 2-4 actions but when he hits the lightening boys go down.
Or from the forums here Cain's Mr Lucky does not have many actions but is usually hurting you when he hits.

If everyone in the party only has 1-2 actions having only one action does not make you weak. If everyone in the team has 4+ actions then yes you will be the last one to do anything.

[Seth]

Have to introduce you to Sluggo the Troll

I'm with you. Loads of fun to play...slow but steady! (look at my icon to see what I think about this idea) But to be slow and effective you have to have a shtick. Either you are hard to hit, tough to damage, have pets that fight for you, or just dead.

Deffmobile said that he was new to shadowrun. First game I played, I had 1 IP, everyone else had 3. You can guess how it felt. So as I didn't see a human martial artist sword fighter without crazy dodge or soak die, as being slow and steady, I made those recommendations. YMMV

[marcgarc]

I'm a totally new player at SR4, too, just like Deffmobile. Some previous experience playing SR1 and other RPG many years ago, but just that.
Some opinions about my character Tenzin Dharghey are always welcome

[Seth]

Hi Marcgarc.

Thanks for the invite.

One of the interesting things about shadowrun is that not much of it is spent in combat. Each character needs to work out what they will do when not in combat. Options include hacking / data gathering, social / talking / getting info from contacts, stealthing around and scouting out premises. You have nice infiltration skills, and getting in and scouting skills, you could get a couple of adept power to buff those skills: facial sculpture, melanin control are awesome, enhanced skill infiltration would be good too.

Same as deffmobile with the astral perception/assensing skill.
Same as deffmobile with the Initiative Passes (and if you go for improved reflexes you cannot use lightning reflexes)

If you have blades 5, and unarmed 4, you might as well have improved combat ability on the better one!

I really like the attribute boost powers: Agility and Reactions (If you have 2 of them at level 1, you can activate both of them in one complex action and usually get +2 to both of them).

I don't think buffing your strength 2 points is worth the cost, about the only thing it gives you is +1 damage. For unarmed combat you could get that with 0.25 points of critical strike. You could also get nearly the same benefit from attribute boost strength (again 0.25 points)

I've never tried an animal adept, so I'm interested in seeing how it works. Have you any plan for how your dog doesn't just die when some punk points a little gun at it? Maybe you can buy barding.

You have the pistols skill, so you might want to think about a taser. They don't need a license, you can carry them just about anywhere and you don't leave a trail of bodies behind you.

You might want a couple of ceramic blades in concealed holsters

The Docwagon contract requires you have a location tracer active at all times. If the signal vanishes they come and get you. If you take the bracelet off they come and get you. Its hard to have one and be a shadowrunner (I once had one, then got a job to break into their premises...and I forgot that I had the bracelet on. You can guess the rest).

[Deffmobile]

Okay I made some changes I should be good now

[ Spoiler ]

Damian "Revaro" Svensson

Age 24 Ht 1.95 M Wt 108 Kg
Caucasian

Human Adept

Attribute (260 bp)

B:4 I:3
A:5 L:4
R:4 W:3
S:4 E:2
C:3 M:5

Qualities (13 bp bonus)

Negative (45 bp bonus) Positive (25 bp)

Signature Adept
Bad Luck Will to live (1)
Sensitive System Common Sense
Guts
Night Vision

Martial arts (7 bp)

Krav Maga
Ready Weapon now Free Action
Finishing Move

Skills (138 bp)

Pistols 4
Athletics 3
Infiltration 2
Pilot Ground Craft 3
Armorer 4
Blades 6
Unarmed Combat 3
Perception 3
Etiquette 2

Knowledge and Language skills (21 free)

Military 4 English N
Trap setting 4 Swedish 4
Seattle Street Gangs 3
Literature 6

Adept Powers

Counter Strike
Improved Reflexes 2
Combat Sense 2
Multitasking
Nimble Fingers
Sustenance

Contacts (4 bp+6 free)

Street Doc 3 loyalty/ 3 connection
Armorer 2 Loyalty/ 2 Connection

Resources (11 bp)

Low Lifestyle (1 month), Lined Coat, Sony Emperor, Fake SIN (rating 4),

Fake SIN (Rating 2), Fake License*3 (All Rating 4, Colt Government 2066,

claymore, Concealed Carry), Rappeling Glove, Medkit (Rating 4), Grapple

Gun, Microwire*2, Trauma Patch*2, Nanopaste Small Container, Armor Jacket,

Clothing*2, glasses(rating 4) with Image link, Smartlink, and vision

enhancement2, Gas Mask, Certified Credstik*3, Tag Eraser, Armorer Shop

Harley Davidson Scorpion W/ Smart Tire, Valkyrie Module, Vehicle Tag Eraser


Claymore(personalized grip), Survival Knife*2, Monofilament Sword

(personalized grip), Colt Government 2066 (210 Regular Ammo, 140 Subsonic

Ammo, 70 Gel Ammo, Concealable Holster, Spare Clips, Electronic Firing,

Internal Silencer, Internal Smartgun, Gecko Grip)

10215 Nuyen



Revaro was raised by his dad who was a Seattle SWAT officer. The dad dies
from medical "malpractice" when Revaro was 18; having no family he decides
to join the UCAS Army, where he discovers his Awakened abilities. After

his stint in the force he does some odd jobs back in Seattle before

deciding to use his skills as a runner.

[Seth]

Very nice. Much more slice n dice!

[marcgarc]

Thanks by your analysis, Seth!
I've been busy writing my character background history, which I'm going to post now. Tomorrow will check my character sheet, and try to improve some of the key points that you have targeted.

[WearzManySkins]

<snippage>

I've never tried an animal adept, so I'm interested in seeing how it works. Have you any plan for how your dog doesn't just die when some punk points a little gun at it? Maybe you can buy barding.

I have a Adept who is basically a animal trainer, but he uses cats, 1 being a Blackberry cat, trained to carry out commands. They carry electronics/deck to use a TacNet 2 Sensor net. So basically they stay hidden and give sensor feeds on what is around them. Uses Trodenets to pull the sensor data from the cats and to use communicate instructions/commands.

They are basically scouts...use is most combat situations is not advisable.

[marcgarc]

Same as deffmobile with the astral perception/assensing skill.

You're right here, not too much sense having astral perception and no assensing skill. I've removed this Adept Power, regaining 1 Power Point

I don't think buffing your strength 2 points is worth the cost, about the only thing it gives you is +1 damage. For unarmed combat you could get that with 0.25 points of critical strike. You could also get nearly the same benefit from attribute boost strength (again 0.25 points)
...
Same as deffmobile with the Initiative Passes (and if you go for improved reflexes you cannot use lightning reflexes)

I've removed the Strength rise at Level 2, recovering 1,5 Adept PowerPoints. With these, and the Point regained from Astral Perception, I've gone for Improved Reflexes Level 2

If you have blades 5, and unarmed 4, you might as well have improved combat ability on the better one!

Right again, I've switched to Improved Combar Ability [Blades]

I've never tried an animal adept, so I'm interested in seeing how it works. Have you any plan for how your dog doesn't just die when some punk points a little gun at it? Maybe you can buy barding.

The pet didn't fit well at all in my history, and I've picked it just for fun. Besides, I know no rules about controlling pets in game, and have no Handling Animals or Training Animals Skill, so I've put it aside.

You have the pistols skill, so you might want to think about a taser. They don't need a license, you can carry them just about anywhere and you don't leave a trail of bodies behind you.

Taser acquired! A Ceramic Cavalier SafeGuard with Smartgun System, Personalized Grip and Extended Clip

You might want a couple of ceramic blades in concealed holsters

Bought!

The Docwagon contract requires you have a location tracer active at all times. If the signal vanishes they come and get you. If you take the bracelet off they come and get you. Its hard to have one and be a shadowrunner (I once had one, then got a job to break into their premises...and I forgot that I had the bracelet on. You can guess the rest).

You're right once again; I used to contract this when I played SR1 many years ago, but neither players nor GM took account this thing you've appointed. I've removed my DocWagon contract


Thanks for every advice!

[Xahn Borealis]

Deffmobile, little hint about background. Most Awakened discover their abilities during puberty or earlier for some metatypes. It's unlikely for someone to be older than 15 before they discover their abilities, but there's always exceptions. You may want to revise your character's history a little.

[marcgarc]

Made some definitive tweaking, here's the final edition of Tenzin Dhargey
I'm going to post into the IC Thread just now, to join the plot.

[Deffmobile]

Deffmobile, little hint about background. Most Awakened discover their abilities during puberty or earlier for some metatypes. It's unlikely for someone to be older than 15 before they discover their abilities, but there's always exceptions. You may want to revise your character's history a little.

That would make sense, but isn't it possible to become Awakened through a high amount of stress? If so, the military stint would explain this.

[Drace]

The stress wouldn't make them become awakened so much as be the prime factor for their awakened powers to express themselves. You could theoretically live your whole life, and if you were never tested, die of old age without the powers manifesting.