An Archive of Adepts, One for every Way Options

[Aria]

An Archive of Adepts has been relocated, Google docs files with character artwork etc...

Because I love adepts I thought I'd try and put together one for every Way that I would enjoy playing (and subsequently decided that there are many more concepts to explore out there so I am expanding it to more than one per Way!) I will also post other adept posts that I come across (crediting them to their creator!), but please let me know if you want me to remove any. If it’s not obvious what Way they come from then I’ve chosen one or listed it in Unknown, again, kick me if you disagree!

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Notes:

• Standard 400BP creation (unless otherwise noted), all books and basically RAW
• I've also used the Chax2 contact BPs house rule for most of mine.
• Some are already being played pbp on Dumpshock - karma and gear post character creation in red
• Adepts by other players will probably have different creation rules and I’ll note them if I can

Characters:

Artisan's Way

• Silk - Pattern adept, infiltrator and novice hacker
• Angelus - Hacker extraordinaire

Artist's Way

• Brand - Face, dancer and master of disguise
• Toymaker - Enchanter & tech tinkerer

Athlete's Way

• Scratch - Freerunner and courier

Invisible Way

• Hellion - Former Ordo Maximus enforcer
• Opium - Pixie Drone rigger (inspired by Pixel - Pixie Artisan adept by Xavin)
• Quayin – Infiltrator (400BP) by Neurosis

Magician's Way

• Cypher - Null mage & shape shifter
• Cinnamon - Drake Romany Hedge Witch (inspired by a DS post by OnlyGhostDancesWhenDrunk)

Speaker's Way

• Picasso – Facewalker
• Oblique - Circus master Cirque de la Lune

Totem's Way

• Feral - Wolf shifter warrior adept

Warrior's Way

• Domino - Elven paladin

Burnout's Way

• Escapade - Face / infiltrator

Unknown Way

• Nicks – Bodyguard adept (400BP) by Seriously Mike

I have tried to avoid creating adepts that all use the same powers (after all there are enough that it should be relatively easy to avoid repetition) but I’ve already noticed that the face types all have striking similarities…any suggestions on ways to mix things up would be great!

I’ve created similar character archives linked below:

Medley of Mages
Examples of the eVolved
Collection of Cyber Criminals

This post has been edited by Aria: Apr 3 2012, 12:49 PM

[Aria]

Profile
Name: Susanna Waters
Aliases: Silk, Sasha O’Connell
Archetype: Artisan Adept
Metatype: Changeling
Sex: Female
Age: 23
Nationality: UCAS
Matrix Icon: Girl in a silk dress
Reality Filter: Celtic Wilderness
Lifestyle: Low [student digs]
Karma Spent: 48
Build: 400BPs
Game: 2072

Character Sketch <<Silk v2>>

Sheet

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Attributes

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Body 3 (3)
Agility 4 (6)
Reaction 3 (4)
Strength 2 (2)
Charisma 4 (4)
Intuition 4 (4)
Logic 5 (5)
Willpower 3 (4)

Edge 4
Magic 5 (4)
Essence 5.3

Initiative 7 (8)
Matrix Initiative 13
Passes 1 (2)

Phys CM 10
Stun CM 10

Qualities

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Surge I [Metahuman features, lowlight vision, extravagant eyes]
Adept
Way of the Artisan

Media junkie [mild]
Day job 1 [coffee shop 10hrs / wk], SINer & Records on File [NeoNet Corp - uni sponsor]
Enemy [1/4 – unknown foe] + Vendetta/Lost Loved One

Skills

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Active Skills
Athletics Group 3
Climbing 3 [LA: Strength T: 5]
Gymnastics 3 Tumbling [LA: Agility T: 9]
Running 3 [LA: Strength T: 5]
Swimming 3 [LA: Strength T: 5]
First Aid 1 [LA: Logic T:6 +1 PuSHed +4 kit]
Clubs 2 Staff [LA: Agility T: 8]
Cracking Group 1
Cyber Combat 1 [LA: Logic T:6 +1 PuSHed]
Electronic Warfare 1 [LA: Logic T:6 +1 PuSHed]
Hacking 1 Exploit [LA: Logic T: 6 +1 PuSHed]
Computer 1 Analyze [LA: Logic T:6 +1 PuSHed]
Hardware 4 Maglocks [LA: Logic T:9 +1 PuSHed +2 adept]
Automatics 4 SMGs[LA: Agility T:10]
Infiltration 6 [LA: Agility T: 12 +2 adept]
Shadowing 3 [LA: Intuition T: 7]
Escape Artist 0 [LA: Agility T:6 +1 adept]
Perception 4 Visual [LA: Intuition T: 8 +3 'ware +3 vis/aud]
Demolitions 1 [LA: Logic T: 6 +1 PuSHed]
Pilot ground vehicle 1 [LA: Reaction T: 5]

Knowledge Skills
English N
Combat Cant 1
Or'Zet 2
Computer Sciences 4 Matrix Architecture [LA: Logic T: 9 +1 PuSHed]
Electronic Engineering 3 Communications [LA: Logic T: 8 +1 PuSHed]
Information Systems 3 [LA: Logic T: 8 +1 PuSHed]
Small unit tactics 1 [LA: Logic T: 6 +1 PuSHed]
Security Systems 3 Exploits / weaknesses [LA: Logic T: 8 +1 PuSHed]
Icon Identification 2 IC [LA: Logic T: 7 +1 PuSHed]
Matrix Games 2 [LA: Intuition T: 6]
Shadow Nodes 1 [LA: Intuition T: 5]
Matrix Chat Forums 1 [LA: Intuition T: 5]

Key Skills
Primary Attack: 14D* Smartgun [Automatics+Agility+Spec+Smart][5P, AP-, BF/FA, R 3/4]
Secondary Attack: 11D* Staff [Clubs+Agility+Spec+Grip]

Ranged Defense: 4D* (+3D gymnastics FD) [Reaction (+Dodge/Gym FD)]
Melee Defense: 8D* (+3D gymnastics FD)[Reaction+Dodge/Skill (+Dodge/Gym FD)]

Primary Non Combat: 14D* Infiltration [Infiltration+Agility+adept]
Secondary Non Combat: 14D Maglocks [Hardware+Logic+Spec+PuSHed+adept]
Perception: 11D* +5 Visual +3 Audio [Perception+Intuition+'ware]

* TacNet applies. Attribute boost may apply

Adept Powers & Metamagics

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Eidetic Sense Memory *
Improved Reflexes * [1]
Analytics [1]
Improved Tech: Hardware [1]
Improved Physical: Infiltration [2]
Attribute Boost Agility [1]
Attribute Boost Strength [1]
Flexibility [1]
Great Leap [1]
Freefall [2]

* Way Power

Initiation [1] Adept Centering [Technical Skills]

Cyber & Bioware

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Attention Coprocessor [3]
Image Link Retinal Mod
Data Jack

Sleep Regulator
PuSHed
Muscle Toner [2] [Lvl 2 bought post character gen]

Gear

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Ingram Smartgun [5P, AP -, BF/FA, R 3/4, 32 ©] [4S AP +2I Gel]
+ Smartlink + Skinlink + Folding stock + Personalised grip + Sound suppressor + Ruthenium polymer coating
+90 Regular rnds + 90 Gel rnds

Ceska Black Scorpion [4P, AP-, SA/BF, R 2/3 35 ©]
+ Smartlink + Skinlink + Folding stock + Foregrip + Personalised grip + Sound suppressor + Ruthenium polymer coating
+35 Capsule rnds + DMSO + Narcojet

Telescoping Staff [(Str/2)+2P, AP -, R 2]
+ Personalised grip

Form-Fitting Body Armour [6/2]
+ Ruthenium polymer coating + Thermal masking [6] + Nonconductivity [3]
Helmet [+1/+2]
+ Ruthenium polymer coating + Visor [Flare compensation, thermographic, vision magnification, camera [4], smartlink] +Respirator [4]
Novatech Airware + Iris Orb OS [3/3/6/3]
+ Hot SIM module + Skinlink
+ Firewall [6] + FTL Matrixware Net Wizard [Analyze 3, Browse 3, Command 3, Edit 2, Purge 3] + Encrypt [3]

Transys Avalon + Custom OS [5,4,6,5]
+ Hot SIM module + Skinlink + Response Enhancer [3]
+Agent Program [5]
+Analyze [6] Ergonomic, Optimised
+Encrypt [5], Reality Filter [5] Ergonomic, Scan [5]
+Stealth [6] Optimised
+Exploit [5] Mute

+Pirated Programs: Browse [5], Command [5], Edit [5], Armour [5], Attack [5], Decrypt [5], Disarm [5], Spoof [5] Mute, Track [5]
+Autosofts: Covert Ops [3], Clearsight [3], Electronic Warfare [3]

+ Tacnet [2] + Facial Recognition [3] + Gait Analysis [3] + Visual Spotter [3]

Mirror Shades [4]
+ Visual enhancement [3]
Audio Buds [3]
+ Audio enhancement [3]

Area jammer [4]
Radio signal scanner [6]
+ Tag eraser
White noise generator [6]

Medkit [4]
Electronics toolkit + Autopicker [6] + Maglock Passkey [4] + Sequencer [4]
Wire cutters + Glass cutter
Flashlight
GPS

Climbing gear + Grapple gun + 200m stealth rope + catalyst stick + Gecko Tape Gloves
FakeSIN [4] Sasha O’Connell [Security Consultant] + Fake licence [4] Electronics gear
+ 2x Weapon licence [4]

Battered Yamaha Growler

2x Tacnet Buddy I
Shiawise Kanmushi (Gecko Tips, Improved Sensor Array Upgrade, Ruthenium Coating)
+Camera [6] Low Light, Thermo, Vision Mag, Ultrasound +Radio Signal Scanner [6] +Motion Sensor

Tacnet Buddy II
MCT Fly-Spy +Camera [6] Low Light, Thermo, Vision Mag, Ultrasound +Radio Signal Scanner [6] +Motion Sensor
Low lifestyle [Student digs, University district – Comforts, Necessities & Neighbourhood - Low, Entertainment & Security – Low + Quiet Neighbourhood - 2600¥/mnth]

Contacts

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Aria [L: 5 C: 5]
He-Who-Sees [L: 3 C: 1]
Dr Featherstone [L: 1 C: 3]
Canon [L: 1 C: 3]

Background

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Hi, you can call me Silk, although my real name is Susanna, or Ana for short. My life was great until a short time ago... sorry, I’m getting ahead of myself, so I guess I should start with what I look like?

I’m of moderate height, sleight build with dark hair and striking eyes. They tell me I’m a changeling and that I have inherited only some of my mother’s orcish traits. The physical signs are slightly pointed ears and lower canines that any real orc would be ashamed of. Like my Mum I had a late genetic expression and look and feel human (whatever that means these days?). I’ve been told that I pass for a fairly pretty human and I’ve put that to use on occasion when looks have been able to swing things my way. I also don’t appear to age in the same way that an orc would so although I’m in my early twenties I haven’t yet seen the unfortunate decline that some orcs go through about now… in fact I’m not sure where the genetic markers fall and I’m certainly not worrying about it given everything else that’s going on in my life.

And who or what am I? Well like everyone else I’m a product of my background and upbringing but in short I suppose I can say I’m a runner now, barely. They tell me I’m an Artisan Adept, I would say that I see tech in a different way to other people, intuitively and as an integral part of magic rather than something that mundanes have created to replace magic. Hopefully I can use that to keep myself alive long enough to find the truth...

I’m a third gen runner and have been around runners from birth, although Mum tried to ensure I had as normal a life as possible and wasn’t too influenced by the shadows early on. Despite what the trids might have you believe I think that I probably turned out more balanced than most of the other street drek that populate the shadows.

When I was born my Dad was a runner, like Granddad (who probably died in some corp zero zone!), and Mum was working as a surveillance operative for the Feds. I don’t know much of the background of how they met, and it’s too late to ask now, but whilst they supposedly loved each other, it was a Romeo and Juliet relationship doomed by the divide between the shadows and the light. I’ve still got a holo of my Dad, he was a handsome orc from Europe and now I don’t even know if he’s alive or dead, probably dead… I don’t remember him really, just fragments I’ve got from pictures. He left when I was five or so, mum said he wanted to protect us from his life...

The irony is that mum became a runner herself when I was ten after some disagreement with the Bureau that meant she felt she could no longer work for them. She wouldn’t talk about it with me but I overheard things (being a quiet child that nobody notices had its advantages) and I gather that it was something pretty horrendous...probably something that the FBI as the ’good guys’ shouldn’t have been involved in.

I was yanked out of school, we ditched our SINs and disappeared. I guess mum had been prepared for this as we had fake documents and some liberated kit to hand. Rather than settling into a new dull life elsewhere mum began to work the edges of the shadows to make ends meet and to dig the dirt on whatever it was that sent us into hiding in the first place.

For me I was young enough that this was a big adventure...although I missed my friends I was able to sneak contact with them through the matrix. I was tech savvy enough already to hide my back trail (I was more worried about mum finding out than the possible repercussions from darker sources) and so thankfully nothing came of my childish indiscretion. It was also about this time that I began to see the beauty of the code itself and my love affair with the matrix was born and has never left me. My education became what mum could get from pirated edusofts but more and more what I discovered for myself.

Running and hiding coupled with the glory of the net have shaped me and shaped my magic in fundamental ways, whether it would have developed this way if we’d stayed safe in Seattle is anyone’s guess! My awakening came with my expression and puberty and as everything was so confused I’ve never really distinguished between any of them.

I began to remember everything I saw and have an intuitive grasp of how things fitted together. I saw the intricate patterns in the matrix and how these reflected and enhanced what I saw in life. I loved the feel of electronics in my hands, and as I was continually surrounded by the various bits of technological debris that were Mum’s trade I had plenty of opportunity to tinker.

Anyway, back to my story: Mum took, or was given, the handle ‘Mother’ (although not because she was one), and teamed up with a number of people over the next few years. Never anyone for long, she was too principled to work with the majority of the dross that call themselves runners, and she was incapable of hiding her disgust which hardly made for good team mates. She worked as a rigger and in surveillance, counter surveillance.

We bounced around for three to four years, living in an RV to avoid having a permanent and traceable address. We relied on the fake documents and smuggler routes to cross borders, although we stayed in the UCAS for the most part. I remember that mum worked in Boston and some of the other East Coast cities but eventually we drifted back west and found ourselves in Seattle once more. Mum wanted me back in school in preparation for the future and she said that her issues with the Feds had blown over and were no longer relevant (I still don’t know if she managed to dig up sufficient leverage or if the people involved simply disappeared). With some judicious editing of the data trail I went back to being Susanna Waters and was enrolled in school after an extended period abroad.

It was a bit of a jolt to be immersed in normality after so long away but mum convinced me that the social skills were as necessary as the technical ones and that I needed a taste of high school (gods help us all!). I was different and I knew it, and they bloody well made sure I knew it, but it was a proving ground and looking back I was glad of the experience even if it was shitty at the time. Another effect was to isolate me from mum’s continuing shadow work...and this was probably the real intention as I know that she didn’t want me to follow in her footsteps.

Mum met Bale on a trip to the UK (I travelled on a separate commercial flight) and she had finally found a runner that lived up to her expectations. As a former special forces soldier and combat mage he exhibited a truly British display of honour, respect and good manners. A lot was put on for other people’s benefit, and he had a wicked sense of dry humour, but they clicked. They spend two years putting together a team that suited them and Balefire was born.

I gather that they were able to pick and choose their runs, because of both their professionalism and skill set. I would have given anything at the time to be more involved but mum was having none of it...she already felt that I knew too much about what they did. Escapade fulfilled the role that I used to fantasise about doing, covert op and B&E man, and Aria covered the matrix aspects of their work. Although mum disapproved I became friends with Aria and we frequently met up in the matrix... Funny to think that we’ve never met in the flesh despite her being the closest thing to a sister I could hope for. That’s a statement on the world if there ever was one!

My innate aptitude for tech meant that when the time came Mum insisted that I get a proper college education and as I had a valid SIN once more it was an opportunity to push myself and get an interview at Harvard to study applied matrix technologies and electrical engineering. There was just the small matter of paying for it all! Balefire may have been a team capable of pulling in the high end jobs but they were choosy enough that they weren’t exactly rolling in nuyen. At mum’s behest Aria approached NeoNet indirectly and I guess she shunted my name up the lists that the head hunters browse through (but avoiding any false modesty I expect it was probably in there somewhere anyway, my grades were good and I have a knack that my fellow students can’t touch). Their PULSE subsidiary eventually agreed to sponsor my course and although there were some reservations about taking a corps’ money so blatantly we figured in the end that it could serve our purposes in a ‘hide in plain sight’ kind of way (Although mum was always excruciatingly careful that nothing could link her shadowrunning back to me or our family unit paranoia was inevitably a way of life to a certain degree). I can honestly say that I excelled at my studies and I’m not ashamed to say that I intend to use what I’ve been taught to further my goals in the shadows.

It was hard being away from mum and missing out on the goings on in Seattle but this was another way of keeping me safe and giving me an opportunity to forge my own path without being influenced by the shadows.

I pushed myself harder than my contemporaries because I love it. I soaked up all the knowledge they could give me and asked for more. I’m not saying it was easy, far from it, whilst I remember everything I still need to be able to process all that information... I asked Aria to help me get some ‘ware (I knew mum would be unlikely to agree), something that wouldn’t damage my magic too much. She cautioned me that it might be considered an unfair advantage over my peers (my magic already set me apart) but I didn’t care. In the end I won her round and she brought me back to Seattle to an off grid supplier where the ‘ware wouldn’t need to be recorded. We went to this weird Stillwater place on the far side of Redmond and they hooked me up.

A month in a bed and suddenly I was smarter than before and needed less sleep...and I could finally see the ‘trix without the bloody trodes. Purists would probably say I could have achieved this with my natural magical talents but then I’ve never been afraid of tech and I felt better and stronger and even more in tune with my gift. Aria handled the payment side of things, although they were more interested in my coding than cash and I’ve been working to pay off the debt (since what happened that debt has changed somewhat...)

And so I was back at uni, living the student life of parties contrasted with excessively hard study...

…And then it all went bad when things seemed so perfect. August 2070… I don’t yet know the full story behind what happened, although I’m determined to find out, but someone targeted Balefire for something they had done or for some other reason lost in the shadows…and mum was killed…I found her in a pool of her own cold blood…I’m sorry, it’s still painful to think about…

…So here I am. The last few months have been rough, I’d slowly slipped into a despondent state and began getting more and more behind on my college work. Concerned emails began coming in from my sponsors and I wasn’t able to tell them anything...how could I tell them my mother was a runner and she was gunned down in her own home whilst browsing the matrix? In the end we found another shooting and attached my mum’s details to it...something more prosaic to hide what really happened...I hate it but there’s no choice... They offered me counselling but I’ve been afraid to go. I’m hanging on by my fingernails and some corp shrink judging whether I am profitable or not is likely to send me over the edge!

I needed to get back on track, but whenever I thought about doing anything about it things seemed to get on top of me. Aria has pulled me along and stopped me from sinking too low but I knew this was something I needed to deal with myself. The pain is less now and has being replaced with a burning desire to find out exactly what happened to my mum, to Balefire and most importantly why!

For the last few months I’ve been snooping around trying to find leads. So far to no avail, whoever it was has covered their tracks too well but I know that they were the same ones who hit Stillwater and that the events can’t be unconnected. I came back to Seattle at the beginning of the year and have been back and forth since. I’ve been hooking up with mum’s old contacts and anyone who can teach me the skills I’ll need to survive out here. I got a job in a coffee shop for the moment to give me a reason to stay over in Seattle and meanwhile I’ve even done a couple of solo shadow jobs to bolster my confidence and help pay for the information I’ll need. I will find them, whoever they are...

Contacts
*Indicates one of Mother’s past associates [Metatype & Archetype – likely meeting location]

Aria * [Information Broker/Hacker – matrix meets only] [L:5 C:5]

Aria is my sanity, which is ironic as she appears on the matrix as a glowing ten year old girl with a mischievous streak as wide as the Aztechnology pyramid! On the face of it she pretends to avoid responsibility but she looks after her friends and I’m very glad to be one of them. She was Balefire’s hacker and only just escaped the destruction that was rained down on us. She has withdrawn herself from the active shadows but keeps her ear to the ground and delights in dredging up obscure information and secrets. She acts as my agent in dealings with fixers and keeps an eye out over me. We’ve never actually met in the flesh but I only occasionally regret that – she is a creature of the matrix and that is her domain.

GM Info
A source of info or a go-between. Always interested in new bits of data. She has bailed out Silk in the past, running interference if she was in unforeseen trouble, similar to ‘Erased’
She is an elven technomancer of considerable power
Never meets in the flesh
She has set herself up as a spider in a web of contacts to gather and process info
Appearance: her icon is of a young child with very long flowing hair (refer to my character artwork)

Dr Featherstone [Human transhumanist doctor – Stillwater, Redmond] [L:1 C:3]

Doctor Featherstone is the one who implanted my ‘ware back in ’68. She’s a skilled biotechnologist and thankfully she survived the devastating attack on the community in ’70. Although much of their biolab was destroyed they are still able to provide access to some implants sourced from who knows where.

GM Info
Source of corporate info in the biotech/cyber fields and computer science. Also able to source and implant ‘ware.
Appearance: tired lady in her mid-forties, old but impeccably clean lab coat

He-Who-Sees-Within [Human shaman – edge of Redmond] [L:4 C:1]

He-Who-Sees is a snake shaman, part time runner and secrets gatherer and most importantly a gifted healer. Sadly the last one is reason I see most of him now. He helped me out when I first stepped in to the shadows and his skills have kept me out of the fire several times.

GM Info
A healer and someone to talk things through with. Very occasionally back up on a run. Street level information
Appearance: Tatty but clean street gear, greying goatee and tied back long hair

Cannon * [Human merc / tech dealer – back of his travelling tech haven] [L:1 C:3]

Uncle Canon was a teammate of mum’s when I was a kid and it was him that persuaded mum I should be able to shoot! We lost touch after mum started Balefire and I gather he stopped running and took over Bishop’s travelling tech emporium. He runs around in a semi with enough tech for sale in the back to land him in all sorts of strife if the wrong people caught up with him. He is justifiably paranoid about meeting and it is always on his terms but he was the one who fixed me up with most of my gear when I got back to Seattle.

GM Info
Source of technology and weapons, usually less than legal
Appearance: aged veteran fighter with military buzz cut and clipped way of speaking

This post has been edited by Aria: Dec 14 2011, 01:27 PM

[Aria]

Profile
Name: Natalie O'Connel
Alias: Brand
Archetype: Artist Adept - face, dancer & master of disguise
Metatype: Human
Sex: Female
Age: 21
Nationality: Irish
Matrix Icon:
Reality Filter: N/A
Lifestyle: Low
Karma Spent: 10
Build: 400 BPs
Game: TBC

Character Sketch: <<Brand>>

Sheet

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Attributes

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Body: 3 ( 3 )
Agility: 4 ( 5 )
Reaction: 3 ( 4 )
Strength: 3 ( 3 )
Charisma: 5 ( 7 )
Intuition: 4 ( 5 )
Logic: 3 ( 3 )
Willpower: 3 ( 3 )
Edge: 3
Magic: 6 ( 5 )
Essence: 5.4
Initiative: 7 ( 9 )
Initiative Passes: 1 ( 2 )
Phys CM: 10
Stun CM: 10

Qualities

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Adept
Artist's Way

Astral Beacon [+2D to assense]
Media Junkie [mild]
Prejudiced against European nobility [mild]
Prejudiced against elves [mild]
Criminal SIN

Skills

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Active Skills
Athletics Group 2
Climbing 2 [LA: Strength T: 5 ]
Gymnastics 2 [LA: Agility T: 7 ]
Running 2 [LA: Strength T: 5 ]
Swimming 2 [LA: Strength T: 5 ]
Longarms 2 [LA: Agility T: 7 ]
Pistols 1 [LA: Agility T: 6 ]
Influence Group 4 Group broken
Con 4 [LA: Charisma T: 11 +2 'ware]
Etiquette 4 [LA: Charisma T: 11 +2 'ware]
Leadership 4 Command[LA: Charisma T: 11 +1 adept +2 'ware]
Negotiation 4 [LA: Charisma T: 11 +2 'ware]
Disguise 6 [LA: Intuition T: 11 +4 adept]
Infiltration 3 [LA: Agility T: 8 ]
Perception 3 [LA: Intuition T: 8 ]
Artisan 4 [LA: Intuition T: 9 +2 adept]
Pilot ground vehicle 1 [LA: Reaction T: 5 ]

Knowledge Skills
English N
French 3
Gaelic 2
Speretheil 2
Spanish 2
German 2
European Nobles 3 [LA: Intuition T: 8 ]
European Shadow Scene 3 [LA: Intuition T: 8 ]
Dance History 4 [LA: Intuition T: 9 ]

Key Skills
Primary Attack: 16D Commanding Voice [Opposed Test - Leadership+Charisma+spec+'ware+adept vs. Willpower+Leadership - quick 5 word max. command]
Secondary Attack: 11D Enthralling Performance [Artisan+Magic test to enthrall an audience for up to Cha x10mins]
Tertiary Attack: 9D Rifle [color="#808080"][Longarms+Agility+Smartlink]
Ranged Defense: 4D +2D FD [Reaction (+Dodge/Gym FD)]
Melee Defense: 4D +2D FD [Reaction+Skill/Dodge (+Dodge/Gym FD)]
Primary Non Combat: 15D Disguise
Secondary Non Combat: 8D Infiltration
Perception: 8D +3D visual/audio +1D Betel

Adept Powers

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Commanding Voice
Creative Eye [1]
Enthralling Performance *
Facial Sculpt [4]
Improved Artisan [2] *
Improved Leadership [1]
Improved Reflexes [1]
Voice Control

* Way Power

Cyber & Bioware

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Muscle Toner [1]
Tailored Pheremones [2]

Gear

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Remmington 950 [8P, AP -1, SS, RC 0, 5 (m)]
+Image scope, smartlink
+20 regular rounds

Yamaha Pulsar
+External smartlink
+20 darts

Zoe Executive Longcoat [4/1]
2x Armour Clothing [4/0]

Sony Emperor +Renraku Ichi [2/3/2/2]
+Basic User Program Suite +Fake SIN [3]

Glasses [4]
+Flare comp, image link, lowlight, smartlink
Contacts [3] + Visual enhancement [3]
Ear Buds + Audio enhancement [3]

20 tabs of Betel

Contacts

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Argent [fixer] [L:3 C:3]
Fathom [smuggler] [L:2 C:2]
Patrick [unSeelie Court] [L:1 C:2]

Background

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WIP: Connections to the rebellion in Ireland, hence criminal SIN. Related to Argent and links to the European Nobility through her…

Brand comes from the natural colour of her hair - a fiery celtic red...

This post has been edited by Aria: Dec 1 2011, 01:27 PM

[Aria]

Profile
Name: Miranda Wild
Alias: Scratch
Archetype: Freerunner Adept
Metatype: Human
Sex: Female
Age: 17
Nationality: Renraku
Lifestyle: Squatter
Karma Spent: 10
Game: 2072
Build: 400 BPs

Character Sketch: <<Scratch>>

Sheet

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Attributes

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Body: 3 (3)
Agility: 4 (4)
Reaction: 3 (5)
Strength: 3 (3)
Charisma: 3 (3)
Intuition: 4 (4)
Logic: 3 (3)
Willpower: 3 (3)

Edge: 5
Magic/Res: 6 (6)

Essence: 6

Initiative: 7 (9)
Passes 1 3 (4)

Physical Condition 8
Stun Condition 10

Qualities

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Adept
Way of the Athlete
Restricted Gear [Weapon Focus]

Dependants [Summer]
Childhood [Neoteny]
Flashbacks [Time in the SCIRE]
Phobia [Common / Mild - obvious cyber]
Media Junkie [Mild - 2hrs online / day]

Skills

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Active Skills

Climbing 2 +2 adept
Gymnastics 5 Freerunning +2 adept
Running 1 +2 adept
Swimming 0 +2 adept
Unarmed 1
Computer 1
Data search 1
Pistols 1 +1 laser sight
Con 1
Etiquette 1
Stealth Group 2
Dodge 4 Melee
Exotic melee weapon 5 [Monowhip] +3 focus +1 grip
Perception 3 Visual +3 glasses +1 adept
Pilot ground vehicle 1

Knowledge Skills

English N
Or’Zet 2
Japanese 1
Orc Underground 3
Seattle Gangs 2
Police Practices 3
Puyallup Mob 2
Matrix Game Sites 4
Matrix Rumours 1
SCIRE Layout 3

Adept Powers

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Attribute Boost Agility & Strength [1]
Enhanced Perception [1]
Freefall [2]
Great Leap [2] *
Improved Reflexes [2] *
Lowlight Vision
Prodigious Physicality [2]
Rush
Wall Running

* Way Power

Gear

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Monowhip Weapon Focus [Custom look – warrior beads, personalised grip] [3] [8P, AP -4, R2]

Seco LD-120 [4P, AP -, SA, RC 0, 12 ©]
+Laser Sight
+Quickdraw Holster, Silencer
+50 rnds

2x Flashbang Grenades, 2x Thermal Smoke Grenades

Teg-mentum Holosuit [4/1]
+Hood & gloves

Victory Industrious Jumpsuit [4/2]
+Chemical Protection [3]

Glasses [4]
+Improved Vision [3]
+ Flare Compensation

Respirator [4]
Roller Blades
Gecko Tape Gloves

Sony Emperor ‘link with Ichi OS [2/3/2/2]
+Basic User program suite
+AR gloves, sim module, trodes
+2 VR game subscriptions

Fake SIN [1] Courier

Dodge Scoot

Squatter Lifestyle [Puyallup squat] [Comforts, Entertainment, Security – Low, Necessities & Neighbourhood – Squatter]

Contacts

[ Spoiler ]

Col – Fixer & small time hood [L:1 C:2]
The Old Man – Mysterious benefactor [L:3 C:3]

Background

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Hi, my name is Miranda, although I’ve not been called that in a very long time. I go by Scratch now, something that was landed on me but it kinda suits, but more on that in a minute.

I’m about average height I guess, and people have told me I’m pretty. On the streets that’s perhaps more of a curse than a blessing but so far nobody who has tried to jump me has left with any sort of dignity attached. As you can see I’ve got long dark hair and green eyes, those I get from my Dad...I can barely remember him now.

I wasn’t always this thin, but life out here isn’t exactly easy. But I’m not complaining really, I’ve got Summer to look after, and she looks after me. I’ve hung with the Dozen for a few months, almost a year now actually, the boys are alright and they know when to keep their distance.

I suppose the obvious place that my story starts is when I was five in the SCIRE. I was probably a model corp brat, I know my parents were proud of me, but that all went to shit when the arcology went mad. I don’t really want to talk about that time, let’s just say it has left its scars and things I will never forget. I grew up fast, too fast but I like to think I’m not as messed up as I might have been had I not been taken in by the Resistance.

I first met the Old Man sometime around then...he’s a weird one. He rarely has the same appearance twice, other than as a bloody old git, and it took some getting used to. Life was about subsisting and not letting the machines catch you and he taught me how to run and hide and how to fight as a last resort.

I guess I was being groomed, he didn’t spend nearly as long with anyone else in the resistance, but that doesn’t stop me being grateful. He was the one that smuggled in my whip. It was made for me, I’ve no idea how the hell he managed that, and I chalked that up to another mystery that I’ll never get to the bottom of. It looks like a long bead necklace but it has a monofilament core that can be lethal when unleashed. It was only later that I realised I could pour my energy into it, but that’s getting ahead of myself...

I was eight when the army finally got off its collective arse and stormed the arcology. Renraku certainly hadn’t done anything so I suppose we were happy that anyone was taking notice of our plight. One of the resistance helped a few of us kids to slip past the fighting and make our way in to the Underground where I met Ma and she took a couple of us in. It wasn’t completely altruistic on her part, we worked for our keep but I got along well with her and her son Col and I don’t doubt that I was very lucky not to have ended up as meat on the street.

Things soured a bit when I was twelve though as Col began to take an unhealthy interest in me and I wasn’t even remotely ready for that sort of thing. I took off in to the sprawl and spent my time living hand to mouth and most of that riding around on the plex busses and liberating the unsuspecting from their hard earned cash.

It was pretty bloody bleak for a while and there were moments when I despaired of ever getting off the streets and then my luck shone again, or someone up there smiled on me, and the Old Man caught up with me once more. Gods knows who he is, I certainly don’t, and normally if I’d been approached by some old Rasta I would have stuck a shiv in him but He is different. As I mentioned I didn’t know he was the same guy who I saw in the arc...but then the world is full of weird shit and I needed someone to sort me out!

He’s not exactly open about himself, goes with the whole face shifting thing perhaps? I know that he’s helped other kids in the past and it was him who found Summer and brought her to me. He appears when and where he wants and buggers off again as readily, but never without offering some sage advice and a clip round the ear if I’m not learning fast enough.

It was him who taught me about my Gift and made me realise its potential. I’m not sure he approves of some of the uses I’ve put it to but I’m a survivor and I’ll do what it takes to protect myself and Summer. I guess my skills come from a mix of his teaching and my slightly disjointed but well intended upbringing in the Underground from Ma and her friends.

Talking of Summer, I’ve not really told you anything about her yet have I? I guess she’s the main reason I’m here now as she’s given me something more to live for than just myself. The Old Man probably knew that’s what I needed to keep from going off the deep end. She’s an odd kid, often talking to herself and not always completely focussed on the world, but for all that she’s a demon on the VR games and can find just about any bit of obscure info on the ‘trix. I resented the babysitting task at first but she won me round with her odd charm and her need for me to look after her.

I hooked up with the Dozen as some additional protection and somewhere we could put our heads down without always watching our backs ...before everything went to drek there too with the loss of the boss man and the gang conflict over that Tempo crap…if I was superstitious I might think that the good luck in my life has been balanced by the disasters that seem to follow me around, now I’m beginning to sound like the Old Man with his talk of balance and consequences...anyway, the gang offered a chance for somewhere safe for me and Summer to stay, once I’d made it clear that I wasn’t going to sleep with any of them. Things got off to a rocky start when the Boss tried it on and I scratched him up a bit. Rather than get revenge on the puny girl he just laughed it off and said I should be called Scratch ‘cause of my claws and it’s just stuck…

Summer and I have a corner doss which provides us with power and even occasionally has hot running water. We try and keep it tidy with enough stuff packed so that we can move on in a hurry if need be…it’s happened before. We’ve not got much in the way of nuyen to splash around but it’s fairly comfortable.

In recent months Summer has been up to something, constantly needing to run around the ‘plex on her mission (I sometimes feel like a moaning golden robot from that ancient 2D flick!?). She’s allowed me to tag along on occasion, and the other times I’ve simply followed her and I’m sure she knew I was there. Bodyguard wasn’t something I would have ever anticipated doing but this is clearly important, I just don’t understand it! The bus fares are mounting up though and there doesn’t seem to be any income from whatever we are doing... at least apart from The Suit who was generous enough...

We’re doing ok for the moment and I try not to dwell too much on what the future holds, taking each day at a time leaves less room for disappointments. I’ve been yearning for something else other than reaching the next level on whatever VR game I’m playing and living hand to mouth, however, and Summer seems to offer that chance...

This post has been edited by Aria: Nov 30 2011, 01:33 PM

[Aria]

Profile
Name: Charlotte
Alias: Hellion
Metatype: Human
Sex: Female
Age: 20
Nationality: British
Matrix Icon: Wraith figure
Reality Filter: N/A
Lifestyle: Low
Game: TBC
Karma Earned:
Karma Spent:10

Character Sketch: <<Hellion>>

Sheet

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Attributes

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Natural (Final)
Body: 3 (3)
Agility: 6 (10)
Reaction: 3 (4)
Strength: 4 (4)
Charisma: 3 (3)
Intuition: 4 (4)
Logic: 2 (2)
Willpower: 3 (3)
Edge: 3
Magic/Res: 4 (2)
Essence: 4.02
Initiative: 7 (8)
Initiative Passes: 1 (2 [3])
Phys CM: 10
Stun CM: 10

Qualities

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Adept
Invisible Way
Genetic Heritage [Optimised Agility]
Restricted Gear [Muscle Toner]
Martial Arts [Ars Cybernetica]
Distinctive style
Judas
Prejudiced [Infected / Biased]
SINer
Wanted [by Ordo Maximus]

Skills

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Active Skills
Athletics Group 2
Climbing 2 [LA: Strength T: 6 ]
Gymnastics 2 Tumbling [LA: Agility T: 12 ]
Running 2[LA: Strength T: 6 ]
Swimming 2 [LA: Strength T: 6]
Unarmed 6 Cyber-implants[LA: Agility T:16]
Pistols 3 Semi-automatics [LA: Agility T: 13 ]
Infiltration 4 Urban [LA: Agility T: 14 ]
Shadowing 4 [LA: Intuition T: 8]
Dodge 3 Melee [LA: Reaction T:7]
Perception 3 [LA: Intuition T: 7]

Knowledge Skills
English N
French 2
German 1
Ordo Maximus 5 [LA: Intuition T: 9]
British Security Services 3 [LA: Intuition T:7]
London Area 4 [LA: Intuition T:8]
Modern European History 3 [LA: Logic T:5]

Key Skills
Primary Attack: 20D Unarmed cyber spurs [Unarmed+Agility+Spec+Foci] [6P, AP 0, R0]
Secondary Attack: 16D Manhunter [Pistols+Agility+Spec+LS] [5P, AP -1, SA, RC 0]
Ranged Defense: 6D (+4D gymnastics FD)[Reaction (+Dodge/Gym FD)]
Melee Defense: 11D (+8D unarmed FD)[Reaction+Dodge (+Dodge/Skill FD)]

Primary Non Combat: 16D Urban infiltration [Infiltration+Agility+Spec]
Secondary Non Combat: 8D Maglocks [Pilot+Autosoft+Snake fingers]

Adept Powers

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Cloak [3]
Rush
Tracelss Walk *

* Way Power

Martial Arts

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Ars Cybernetic [+1DV to blade attacks]
Finishing Move [interupt second melee attack]

Cyber & Bioware

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Twin cyber spurs [Weapon Focus [2] silver engraved]
Genetic Optimization [Agility - Genetic Heritage]
Reakt [+2 reaction to defend]
Synaptic Booster [1]
Muscle Toner [4]

Gear

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Twin cyber spurs [Str/2+3P, AP 0, R0] Weapon Focus [2]
Colt Manhunter [5P, AP -1, SA, RC 0, 16 ©]
+Laser Sight +Quickdraw Holster
+32 Regular Rnds
+16 Silver Rnds

Urban Explorer Jumpsuit [6/6]
+Chameleon Coating +Non Conductivty [4] +Chemical Protection [4]
Disposable commlink
Jammer, Area [6]
Radio Signal Scanner [6]
Tag Eraser

Shiawise Calamari [Micro Drone / Kanmushi] [H 1, Ac 2/10, Sp 10, Pi 3, B 0, Ar 0, S 1]
+Gecko Tips +Mechanical Arm [Snake hand] +Special Equipment [Electronics Tools] +Chameleon Coating
+Covert Ops [3] +Profession - Hardware [3] Autosofts

Contacts

[ Spoiler ]

Stephen Montgomery [Former Handler / Fixer][L: 3 C: 3]

Background

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My protégé? Yes, I was her handler when she was working for Them. And I hated her for trapping me there and making me care for her. It went against everything that I knew about surviving in that world and in the end was my undoing…after all, I’m here talking to you now rather than sitting in some cushy office in London and directing Hellion towards her next target. Coy? No I’m not trying to conceal anything, we were pawns of the illusive Ordo Maximus, an extension of their will in the shadows.

Hellion was one of many in their programme. An experimental subject manufactured to their exacting specifications in shadow labs somewhere under London. Most of the resulting children were rejected as they didn’t manifest the magical talent they were looking for. It’s probably best not to dwell too hard on where those missing children ended up! Anyway, Hellion was special and they somehow recognised her potential long before her magic actually manifested.

The manipulation didn’t end with her birth. Over the next fifteen years they tested and refined her genetic make-up, striving to achieve some twisted vision of a living weapon that would serve their ends, prosecuting their will against other infected and anyone else that dared to oppose them. Never underestimate her though, a weapon she may be, but she is an intelligent and resourceful young lady and she is liable to turn on her wielder, as indeed she did…

WIP!

This post has been edited by Aria: Nov 30 2011, 01:32 PM

[Aria]

Profile
Name: Andrew Novac
Alias: Cypher
Archetype: Magician Way Adept, Null Mage & Shifter
Metatype: Human
Sex: Male
Age: 19
Nationality: UCAS
Matrix Icon:
Reality Filter:
Lifestyle: Low
Karma Spent:
Build: 400 BPs
Game: TBC

Character Sketch: <<Cypher>>

Sheet

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Attributes

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

Qualities

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Mystic Adept
Magician's Way Adept
Mentor Spirit [Adversary +2D to counterspell & manipulation spells]
Astral Chameleon

SINer
Mild Allergy [Silver]
Incompetant [Banishing & Binding]
Sensitive System

Skills

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Active Skills
Athletics Group 1
Climbing 1 [LA: Strength T: 3 ]
Gymnastics 1 [LA: Agility T: 4 ]
Running 1 [LA: Strength T: 3 ]
Swimming 1 [LA: Strength T: 3 ]
Unarmed 3 [LA: Agility T: 6 ]
Summoning 1 [LA: Magic T: 2 ]
Influence Group 4
Con 4 [LA: Charisma T: 9 ]
Etiquette 4 [LA: Charisma T: 9 ]
Leadership 4 [LA: Charisma T: 9 ]
Negotiation 4 [LA: Charisma T: 9 ]
Counterspelling 6 [LA: Magic T: 7 +3 adept +2 mentor spirit]
Spellcasting 4 [LA: Magic T: 5 +1 focus +2 mentor spirit]
Stealth Group 1
Disguise 1 [LA: Intuition T: 5 ]
Infiltration 1 [LA: Agility T: 4 ]
Palming 1 [LA: Agility T: 4 ]
Shadowing 1 [LA: Intuition T: 5 ]
Dodge 4 [LA: Reaction T: 8 ]
Perception 4 [LA: Intuition T: 8 ]

Knowledge Skills
English N
Stillwater Area 4 [LA: Intuition T: 8 ]
Redmond Barrens 3 [LA: Intuition T: 7 ]
Seattle Gangs 4 [LA: Intuition T: 8 ]
Native American Myths 4 [LA: Intuition T: 8 ]
Shadow Nodes 3 [LA: Intuition T: 7 ]

Key Skills
Primary Attack: 6D Unarmed Combat [Unarmed+Agility] [2DV, R0]

Ranged Defense: 4D + 4D FD[Reaction (+Dodge FD)]
Melee Defense: 8D + 4D FD[Reaction+Dodge (+Dodge FD)]
Magical Defense: 11D Counterspell +1D magic resistance +2D vs detection [-2D to assense]

Primary Non Combat: 8D Spellcasting [Spellcasting+Magic Power+Focus+Mentor Spirit] Human Form
Drain: 9D [Charisma+Willpower]
Secondary Non Combat: 9D Con [Influence+Charisma]

Perception: 8D +3D Visual / Audio

Adept Powers & Spells

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Magical Power [Geas: Talisman]
Cloak [2] *
Sorcerous Parry [3]
Magic Resistance [1]
Sense Magic
Heightened Concentration
Rush *

* Way Power

Human Form Spell [Drain: [(F/2) + 1]. Note: As shapechange spell but with no bonus to attributes for net hits]

Gear

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Runner Basics: Armor jacket (900 ¥), 4 thermal smoke grenades (Blast: 10m radius, 140 ¥), 4 datachips (40 ¥), 20 standard RFID tags (Rating 1, 20 ¥), Radio signal scanner (Rating 4, 100 ¥), White noise generator (Rating 4, 200 ¥), Respirator (Rating 4, 200 ¥), Medkit (Rating 4, 400 ¥)

Sony Emporer + Renraku Ichi [2/3/2/2]
+Basic User Programs, AR Gloves, Trodes, Sim Module
2x Disposable Commlinks
4x Fake SIN [3]

Victory Camo Jacket [6/4]

Low Lifestyle

Contacts

[ Spoiler ]

Monika Novac [hacker] [L:4 C:3]
The Old Man [healer & mystic] [L:5 C:3]

Background

[ Spoiler ]

WIP. Runner with the Wolf Pack until the community was attacked in 2070. Split to make his own way in the world but hasn’t broken ties with them entirely. Sees his mother in the matrix on a regular basis and visits the old haunts when he can.

This post has been edited by Aria: Dec 20 2011, 05:30 PM

[Aria]

Profile
Name: Toma Gilbert
Alias: Picasso
Archetype: Speaker's Way Adept, Facewalker
Metatype: Elf
Sex: Male
Age: 33
Nationality: UCAS
Matrix Icon:
Reality Filter: N/A
Lifestyle: Middle
Karma Spent: 0
Build: 400 BPs
Game: TBC

Character Sketch: <<Picasso>>

Sheet

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Attributes

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Body: 4 ( 4 )
Agility: 4 ( 4 )
Reaction: 3 ( 3 )
Strength: 2 ( 2 )
Charisma: 7 ( 7 )
Intuition: 4 ( 4 )
Logic: 3 ( 3 )
Willpower: 3 ( 3 )
Edge: 3
Magic: 6 ( 6 )
Essence: 6
Initiative: 7 ( 7 )
Initiative Passes: 1 ( 1 )
Phys CM: 10
Stun CM: 10

Qualities

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Adept
Speaker's Way
First Impression

Combat Paralysis
Sensitive System

Skills

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Active Skills
Influence Group 4
Con 4 [LA: Charisma T: 11 +4 adept]
Etiquette 4 [LA: Charisma T: 11 +2 adept]
Leadership 4 [LA: Charisma T: 11 +2 adept]
Negotiation 4 [LA: Charisma T: 11 +4 adept]
Disguise 6 [LA: Intuition T: 10 +6 adept]
Dodge 3 [LA: Reaction T: 6 ]
Perception 3 [LA: Intuition T: 7 ]
Intimidation 3 [LA: Charisma T: 10 +2 adept]

Knowledge Skills
English N
Speretheil 3
French 2
German 2
Spanish 2
Japanese 2
Seattle Shadows 3 [LA: Intuition T: 7 ]
Seattle Fixers 4 [LA: Intuition T: 8 ]
Corporate Politics 4 [LA: Logic T: 7 ]
Business Speak 3 [LA: Logic T: 6 ]
Future Trends 2 [LA: Logic T: 5 ]

Key Skills
Primary Attack: 15D Commanding Voice [Opposed Test - Leadership+Charisma+Adept+First Impression vs. Willpower+Leadership - quick 5 word max. command]
Secondary Attack: 17D Con [Con+Charisma+Adept+First Impression]
Ranged Defense: 3D + 3D FD [Reaction (+Dodge FD)]
Melee Defense: 6D + 3D FD [Reaction+Dodge (+Dodge FD)]

Primary Non Combat: 16D Disguise
Secondary Non Combat: 15D Negotiation +2D First Impression
Perception: 7D +3D visual/audio

Adept Powers

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Commanding Voice
Voice Control
Kinesics [2] *
Rapid Healing [2]
Linguistics
Improved Con *
Improved Negotiation *
Facial Sculpt [6]
Keratin Control
Melanin Control
Master of 1000 Faces

* Way Power

Gear

[ Spoiler ]

Disguise Kit + Extensive Wardrobe [10,000 ¥]
4x Armour Clothing [4/0], Armour Vest [6/4], Lined Coat [6/4]

Fake SIN [4]
Fake SIN [4]
Fake SIN [4]
Fake SIN [4]
Fake License [Spellcaster] [4]
3x Fake License [Drivers] [4]
Fake License [Weapon Carry] [4]

4x Disposable Commlinks
Novatech Airware + Iris Orb [R3/Si3/F3/Sy3] + FTL Matrixware Net Wizard [Analyze [3] Browse [3] Command [1] Edit [2] Purge [3]] + Sim Module + Trodes

Contacts [3] + Visual enhancement [3], Ear Buds + Audio enhancement [3]

Micro transceiver [5], Area Jammer [4], White Noise Gen [4], Radio Signal Scanner [6], Tag Eraser

Contacts

[ Spoiler ]

Monarch [Fixer] [L:2 C:5]
Prospero [Hacker] [L: 4 C:3]

Background

[ Spoiler ]

WIP

This post has been edited by Aria: Jan 16 2012, 01:48 PM

[Aria]

Profile
Name: José
Alias: Feral
Metatype: Wolf shifter
Sex: Male
Age: Unknown
Nationality: None
Matrix Icon: N/A
Lifestyle: Low
Karma Spent: 0

Character Sketch: <<Feral>>

Sheet

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Attributes

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Natural Final
Body: 3 ( 6* ) * Wolf form
Agility: 4 ( 4 )
Reaction: 3 ( 5 )
Strength: 3 ( 3 )
Charisma: 4 ( 4 )
Intuition: 3 ( 3 )
Logic: 2 ( 2 )
Willpower: 3 ( 3 )
Edge: 2
Magic/Res: 6 ( 6 )
Essence: 6
Initiative: 6 ( 8 ) [Reaction+Intuition]
Astral Initiative: 6 ( 6 ) [Intuition+Intuition 3IPs]
Initiative Passes: 1 ( 3 )
Phys CM: 10
Stun CM: 10

Qualities

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Enhanced Senses [Hearing, low light vision, smell, taste]
Regeneration [End Combat Turn, Magic + Body Test. Each hit regenerates 1 Physical or Stun. Not head shots, magic or silver damage]
Allergy [Silver, Severe] and Vulnerability [Silver]
Natural Weapons [Claws/Bite: Str/2 + 2, AP 0]
Dual Natured

Mystic Adept
Adept Totem Way

Day Job [40 hrs/week - duty at Stillwater]
Dependants [3]
Incompetant [Spellcasting]

Skills

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Active Skills
Blades 1 Swords +1 grip
Unarmed 4
Summoning 4 +1 focus
Pistols 6 +1 laser sight
Counterspelling 2 +3 focus
Dodge 3 +2 adept
Perception 3 +1 adept
Knowledge Skills
English N
Street Slang 2
Redmond Gangs 3
Stillwater Region 5
Stillwater Politics 1
Hunting Regions 3
Shadowrun Vids 1

Adept Powers

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Attribute Boost Agility [1]
Attribute Boost Strength [1]
Berserk *
Combat Sense [2]
Enhanced Perception [1]
Improved Attribute Body * [3] Geas: Wolf form only
Improved Reflexes 2 *
Magic Power [1] Geas: Hunt ritual at dusk

* Way Power

Gear

[ Spoiler ]

Counterspell Focus [3]
Summoning Focus [1]

Katana [Str/2+3P, AP -1, R1]
+Custom grip
2x Ares Predator I [5P, AP -1, SA, RC 0, 10 ©]
+2x laser sight
+50 Ex X Rnds

Lined Coat [6/4]

Disposable Commlink

WIP...about 1000 nuyen left

Contacts

[ Spoiler ]

Wolf Pack [L: 5 C: 3 G: 7 ]
Argent - Fixer [L: 2 C: 3 G: 0 ]
Harrison - Redmond snitch [L: 1 C: 2 G: 0 ]

Background

[ Spoiler ]

So someone has asked me to fill you in on Feral have they? I’m not sure how useful I’ll be to you, despite the length of time that I have known José. I’m not sure that anyone other than one of his own kind could really understand him. They say that shifters are awakened animals and they should be considered as such but I think that’s ridiculous. They are more than animal and more than human combined, sharing traits of both but distinct from either.

I first met Feral when we were both in our early teens and his wildness frightened me. At the time he was certainly more wolf than boy and could barely function in human society. The Old Man brought us together along with a collection of other waifs and strays and brought us to Stillwater. Sorry, who’s the Old Man? Well that’s a completely different story, one I know even less about!

I was almost as much of an outsider as he was when we came here. I was a corporate princess ripped from her comfortable life by internal politics turned violent. Even my magical paradigm set me apart as I saw things so differently from those already here. Feral was as lonely in his isolation, and wolves aren’t meant to be alone In my anger, frustration, and a healthy dose of teenage angst, I challenged the wolf in him. We fought each other for dominance, getting the others of our age group to align with us until we had formed two almost polar opposite groups, the Wolf Pack and the Circle. Rather than seeing it as divisive the community leaders encouraged us and the quiet conflict made us all stronger.

Feral wasn’t particularly inclined towards the responsibilities of leadership however and after about a year he disappeared back into the barrens. The Wolf Pack, although seemingly leaderless never the less became the defacto protectors of the area and the group that he had established would serve us well in the coming years.

The community at Stillwater presented me with an opportunity to work on the edges of the shadows with other magic users and trnashumanists, working to protect a shrinking piece of liveable land. It seemed very idealistic to me at first, foolishly so, but I needed that escape for a little while. The people of Stillwater offered a home and security in exchange for the magic that I needed an outlet for anyway. For Feral he simply wasn’t ready for all that and needed to find his own path back to us.

Stuck on the edge of Redmond we worked hard to invest the land with some semblance of life. The fragile, polluted ground held no interest for the Salish and the only ones living there were trapped in the Barrens as surely as a Wage Slave is bound to a corp.

We established borders and marked them to avoid the encroachment of other gangs from the Barrens. With the help of the Circle I started to build the flows that would purify the land and water of some of the more virulent toxins. Another newcomer, one of the scientists poached from some corp, provided technical cures when the Wolf Pack could steal the necessary chemicals and bio-agents.

Six months later we were harvesting our first crop but it seems the poor in the Barrens are drawn to unguarded prosperity like a mosquito to blood. We had to fend off increasingly violent raids and we shrank away from our appropriated lands. Away from the nightmare forms of broken buildings we were able to hold our own, if barely. From the tower we organised our resistance like feudal lords perched in their castles of old. The gutter scum were reluctant to leave their natural habitat but our retreat meant that we lost homes and most of the original cultivated patches.

I have never found out what brought José back to Stillwater and it touches in some way on Wolf otherwise I am sure he would tell me. For some their totem acts as a spirit guide but for José she is a living force that guides his actions even in the mundane world. With the spirit world thrown into turmoil by The Dragon’s death and the shadows erupting after the release of his will José walked out of the Barrens. Although we were not then at the point of despair the reappearance of a protector was more than welcome.

José, now calling himself Feral, never really approached us but hovered on the old borders of Stillwater. He struck silently at the gangs of squatters that had forced us from our homes and his apparently random acts of violence began to unsettle them. The Wolf Pack began to emulate him once more, despite their tenuous relationship with their one time leader. Riding out in organised rampages, striking and fading away, the Wolf Pack came into its own.

Our leader died in these confrontations and Finney took over as community leader. He started a council with himself and others guiding our path. I am sure that they offered José a place but he had already left with as giving as little explanation as for his arrival. His apparent second abandonment infuriated me and if I had stopped to analyse why then I might have spared us both some discomfort. I know he’ll never love me as I would like but since he has returned to us with his mate Fade we have come to an unspoken agreement.

Our lives since have steadily improved as Stillwater grows and only the Spiders choose not to respect our boundaries on a regular basis. The tactics and training that the Wolf Pack have learnt have helped to minimise even that threat as much as possible.

And now my story turns to the dark again as the attackers came in a force we couldn’t comprehend. Although we had been expecting a confrontation we could not have anticipated the mercs with their bombs and bullets that ripped through our heart. Feral and the Wolf Pack hunted them but in the end even their efforts weren’t enough to save us. Although we thought we had won a reprieve things fell apart with the burning of the tower and the loss of so many of our friends.

This post has been edited by Aria: Nov 30 2011, 01:31 PM

[Aria]

Profile
Name: David Tahan
Alias: Domino
Metatype: Elf
Sex: Male
Age: 28
Nationality: Tir
Matrix Icon: N/A
Reality Filter: N/A
Lifestyle: Low
Karma Spent:
Build: 400 BPs
Game: TBC

Character Sketch: <<Domino>>

Sheet

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Attributes

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Body: 5 ( 5 )
Agility: 6 ( 10 )
Reaction: 3 ( 5 )
Strength: 3 ( 3 )
Charisma: 3 ( 3 )
Intuition: 4 ( 4 )
Logic: 2 ( 2 )
Willpower: 3 ( 3 )
Edge: 3
Magic: 5 ( 4 )
Essence: 5
Initiative: 7 ( 9 )
Initiative Passes: 1 ( 3 )
Phys CM: 11
Stun CM: 10

Qualities

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Adept
Adept's Way
Restricted Gear [Muscle Toner]
Martial Arts [1]

Astral Beacon
SINer
Records on File [Tir Government]
Prejudiced / biased [Tir Elves]
Vindictive

Skills

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Active Skills
Athletics Group 1
Climbing 1 [LA: Strength T: 4 ]
Gymnastics 1 [LA: Agility T: 11 ]
Running 1 [LA: Strength T: 4 ]
Swimming 1 [LA: Strength T: 4 ]
Blades 6 [LA: Agility T: 16 ]
Firearms Group 4
Automatics 4 [LA: Agility T: 14 ]
Longarms 4 [LA: Agility T: 14 ]
Pistols 4 [LA: Agility T: 14 ]
Stealth Group 1
Disguise 1 [LA: Intuition T: 5 ]
Infiltration 1 [LA: Agility T: 11 ]
Palming 1 [LA: Agility T: 11 ]
Shadowing 1 [LA: Intuition T: 5 ]
Perception 4 [LA: Intuition T: 8 ]
Exotic Melee Weapon 3 [LA: Agility T: 13 ]
Pilot ground vehicle 1 [LA: Reaction T: 6 ]

Knowledge Skills
English N
Speretheil 5
Tir Politics 3 [LA: Logic T: 5 ]
Security Procedures 4 [LA: Logic T: 6 ]
Small Unit Tactics 2 [LA: Logic T: 4 ]
Elven Culture 4 [LA: Intuition T: 8 ]

Key Skills
Primary Attack: 17D Blades [Blades+Agility+Grips] [R1, 6P, AP -2]
Secondary Attack: 16D Battle Rifle [Firearms+Agility+Smart] [7P, AP -1, SA/BF, Rc 4]
Ranged Defense: 9D [Reaction+Combat Sense (+Dodge/Gym FD)]
Melee Defense: 15D Parry [Reaction+Blades+Combat Sense (+Dodge/Skill FD)]

Primary Non Combat: 11D infiltration
Secondary Non Combat: 11D gymnastics
Perception: 10D +3 visual/audio

Adept Powers

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Improved Reflexes [2]* [Geas - talisman]
Combat Sense [4]*
Attribute Boost Reaction [1]
Enhanced Perception [2]
Quickdraw

* Way power

Martial Arts

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Carromeleg [+1 to surprise tests to attack]
Two Weapon Training
Finishing Move

Cyber & Bioware

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Muscle Toner [4]
Platelet Factories [Remove one box of damage every time take 2 or more]

Gear

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Twin personalised vibroswords [combine to exotic weapon - sword staff] [R1, (STR/2 + 4)P, AP -2]
Swordstaff [R2, (STR/2 + 4)P, AP -2]
Twin peronsalised long fineblades [R0, (STR/2 + 2)P, AP -1]

Custom [1] Ares HVBR [7P, AP -1, SA/BF, Rc 5, 48©]
+Smartlink, shockpad, electronic firing, sound suppressor, chameleon coating
Custom [2] Onotari Equalizer [4P, AP -1, BF/FA, RC 3, 12 ©]
+Wrist mount & arm slide, laser sight, gas vent [2], electronic firing

Customised Armour [7/10]
+Securetech Leg & Arm casings, chameleon coating, thermal damping [4], internal air tank [1]
+Custom gas mask [6] & visor [6]
+Imagelink, camera [6], smartlink, flare compensation, ultrasound

Lined Coat [6/4]

Contact Lenses & Earbuds [3] + Enhancement [3]
Latex Facemask disguise
Medkit [4]

FakeSIN [4] + Weapon Licence [4]
3x Disposable commlinks
Low Lifestyle

Contacts

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Lariel Toh [Fixer/smuggler] [L: 3 C: 3]

Background

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WIP…former Paladin in training

This post has been edited by Aria: Nov 30 2011, 01:30 PM

[Aria]

Profile
Name: Darren Fox
Alias: Escapade
Archetype: Burnout Way adept - infiltrator / face
Metatype: Human
Sex: Male
Age: 32
Nationality: British
Matrix Icon: Shadow & mocking laughter
Reality Filter: N/A
Lifestyle: High
Karma Spent:
Build: 400 BPs
Game: TBC

Character Sketch: <<Escapade>>

Sheet

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Attributes

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Body: 3 ( 3 +1 Arms)
Agility: 3 ( 5 / 9 Arms)
Reaction: 4 ( 5 )
Strength: 3 ( 3 )
Charisma: 5 ( 5 )
Intuition: 4 ( 4 )
Logic: 3 ( 3 )
Willpower: 3 ( 3 )
Edge: 4
Magic/Res: 5 ( 3 )
Essence: 4
Initiative: 8 ( 9 )
Astral Initiative: 8 ( 8 )
Initiative Passes: 1 ( 2 )
Phys CM: 10
Stun CM: 10

Qualities

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Adept
Burnout's Way

Criminal SIN
Bad Rep [abandoned his team when they were massacred]
Media Junkie [moderate]
Signature [joker calling card]

Skills

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Active Skills
Athletics Group 1
Climbing 1 [LA: Strength T: 4 ]
Gymnastics 1 [LA: Agility T: 6 ]
Running 1 [LA: Strength T: 4 ]
Swimming 1 [LA: Strength T: 4 ]
Computer 2 [LA: Logic T: 5 ]
Pistols 6 [LA: Agility T: 11 ]
Influence Group 3
Con 3 [LA: Charisma T: 8 ]
Etiquette 3 [LA: Charisma T: 8 ]
Leadership 3 [LA: Charisma T: 8 ]
Negotiation 3 [LA: Charisma T: 8 ]
Stealth Group 4
Disguise 4 [LA: Intuition T: 8 +2 adept +1 'ware]
Infiltration 4 [LA: Agility T: 9 +2 adept +1 'ware]
Palming 4 [LA: Agility T: 9 +3 'ware]
Shadowing 4 [LA: Intuition T: 8 +1 'ware]
Perception 3 [LA: Intuition T: 7 ]

Knowledge Skills
English N
Japanese 2
Cantonese 3
Shadow Nodes 2 [LA: Intuition T: 6 ]
Theatrical Disguises 5 [LA: Logic T: 8 ]
Seattle Shadow Scene 3 [LA: Intuition T: 7 ]
Seattle Gangs 2 [LA: Intuition T: 6 ]
Masters of Prestidigitation 4 [LA: Intuition T: 8 ]

Key Skills
Primary Attack: 17D Pistols [Pistols+Agility (arms) +Smartlink]
Ranged Defense: 6D + 1D FD[Reaction (+Dodge/Gym FD)]
Melee Defense: 6D + 1D FD[Reaction+Skill/Dodge (+Dodge/Gym FD)]

Primary Non Combat: 12D Infiltration
Secondary Non Combat: 11D Disguise + 9D Nanopaste mask
Perception: 7D + 3D visual / audio

Adept Powers

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Combat Sense [1]
Improved Disguise [2]
Improved Infiltration [2]
Improved Reflexes [1]

Cyber & Bioware

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Reflex Recorder [Stealth group]
Muscle Toner [2]

Synthetic lower right Cyberarm
+Agility upgrade [3] & agility enhancement [3]
Obvious left Cyberarm
+Agility upgrade [3] & agility enhancement [3], snake hand, large smuggling compartment

Eye recording unit retinal mod

Gear

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2x Walther Secura [5P, AP -1, SA, RC 1, 12 ©]
+Smartlink, Personalised Grip, Silencer

Softweave Explorer Jumpsuit [6/6]
+Ruthenium Polymer Skin, Thermal Damping [6], Fire Resistance [3]

Zoé Executive Suite Long Coat, Shirt & Trousers [6/3]

Transys Avalon + Custom OS [4/4/4/4]
Optimised [Edit]
+Edit [6] optimised [2]
3x Fake SIN [4]

B&E Gear
2 x Autopicker Rating 6 [2,400 ¥] 1 x Cellular Glove Molder Rating 3 [600 ¥] 1 x Chisel [20 ¥] 2 x Keycard Copiers Rating 6 [3,600 ¥] 2 x Lockpick Sets [600 ¥] 1 x Maglock Passkeys Rating 4 [8,000 ¥] 2 x Maglock Sequencers [1,600 ¥] 2 x Miniwelders [500 ¥] 4 x Wire Clippers [100 ¥] 2 x Flashlights [50 ¥] 1 x Cert Credstick [25 ¥] with 2,505 ¥

Nanopaste mask [4x small container]

High Lifestyle

Aprox 15,000 nuyen left

Contacts

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The Old Man [manipulator] [L: 1 C: 3]
Aria [info broker] [L: 1 C: 5]

Background

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WIP…
Former Balefire Runner who disappeared when the group was targetted and destroyed…

This post has been edited by Aria: Dec 16 2011, 05:21 PM

[Tymeaus Jalynsfe...]

Awesome Work. Looking forward to seeing all the completed Adepts. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Angelone]

Nice, so far so good looking forward to the rest.

[Critias]

Glad to see someone enjoying the book so much! Keep 'em coming, this is a neat project.

[Xenefungus]

I appreciate the project.

But seriously, both characters so far are REALLY low-low-low-powered. Is that your intention? Those are no shadowrunners, imho.
You could start by doing karmagen. Seriously, BP and lots of skills at 1 is just..bah.

[HunterHerne]

I appreciate the project.

But seriously, both characters so far are REALLY low-low-low-powered. Is that your intention? Those are no shadowrunners, imho.
You could start by doing karmagen. Seriously, BP and lots of skills at 1 is just..bah.

Not everyone tries to get amazingly high dice pools. Most of my characters have a standard DP of around 11-14, for a couple skills, and quite a few lower skills to give them some ability to deal with other situations.

[Xenefungus]

I just hacked the first char, Silk, into Karmagen.
She's an orc now of course (take human looking if you care), which is why she has better stats a bit. Plus, already has specializations for all of her skills.
Apart from that, all the same. That is:

...551 karma.

(+equip, she didnt say how much money that was, not too much though.

551.
Out of 750.


Talking about shooting yourself in the foot.

[Tymeaus Jalynsfe...]

I just hacked the first char, Silk, into Karmagen.
She's an orc now of course (take human looking if you care), which is why she has better stats a bit. Plus, already has specializations for all of her skills.
Apart from that, all the same. That is:

...551 karma.

(+equip, she didnt say how much money that was, not too much though.

551.
Out of 750.


Talking about shooting yourself in the foot.

Different Strokes for Different Folks.
I actually like the characters that are being introduced.

[CanadianWolverin...]

I love adepts too, may I contribute to the list as well?

[pbangarth]

Talking about shooting yourself in the foot.

If the universe is generated by BP, then the BP - generated PCs have not been shot in the foot.

[Tymeaus Jalynsfe...]

If the universe is generated by BP, then the BP - generated PCs have not been shot in the foot.

Indeed...

[Method]

Very cool. If this takes off we should move it to the community projects sub-forum for preservation.

[Neurosis]

I actually wanted to toss in one of these, but the ways I was interested in got took. : )

[Aria]

Thanks for the input so far...perhaps some tweaking to do...although I tend towards one skill at 15ish D and a couple of others at 12 or so.

To anyone else that wants to post a build feel free to do so - there are many Ways to make an adept (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) I'll link them in the first post.

[Aria]

Well I've added Feral's stats to the list...he's an expensive concept so I'd appreciate any suggestions / tweaks to improve him...

I've also tweaked Silk following on from comments here. Still got some work to do on her post character equipment list, mostly an Agent to hack for her as she'll never be an amazing hacker herself...

Note to players in my Emerging games: the Feral you've met is a step or two beyond the 400BP version here (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ork.gif)

[Seriously Mike]

Mind if I show off my L5R-based Adept?