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[Abstruse]

I've never made an Otaku before, but I think I followed all the rules properly. I've spoilered it because I also posted the character's background.

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A - Otaku (Technoshaman)
B - Att 27
C - Resources (Medium Tribe)
D - Skills 30
E - Human *NOTE* I went Build Point for this to keep it as simple as possible.

Str 1
Qui 1
Bod 1
Int 8
Wil 8
Chr 8
Ess 5.8
Rea 4 + 1d6 (8 + 4d6 Matrix)
*NOTE* I hope I got this right...as an Otaku, my Physical Attribute caps drop by 1 and my Mental caps raise by one, allowing me to start with a max of 5 in any physical attribute and a 7 in any Mental. Now, since I set all my physical attributes at 1, the cap for the physical attributes lowers by another 1 making it 4 max for any physical attribute, and the cap for mental attributes raises to 8. I also get 2 bonux attribute points which I can't use for anything. Maybe I should've gone for BP...

Combat Pool: 8
Hacking Pool: 5

Natrual Hardening 4
Matrix Addiction (Medium) -4
Photographic Memory 3
Infirm -3 *NOTE* Now THIS lowers my physical attribute cap by 3 more down to 1 each. I wonder if I can even wear my own clothes or if I have to crawl along the ground with a Str of 1...

Computer 8
Eliquette (Matrix) 3/5
Electronics B/R: 5 *NOTE* For making illegal jackpoints.
Access 5
Control 6
Index 3
Files 4
Slave 3

Anime & Manga 6
Comic Books 4
Data Brokerage 6
Data Havens 6
Chokepoint Familiarity 6

English 6
Japanese 6
French 3
Spanish 3
Italian 3
Cantonese 3

Attack-M 6 sleath 3 x3 243
Sleaze 8 x3 256 *NOTE* I figured if an Otaku's attributes and Computer skills can go over 6 at the start, why not their Complex Forms as well?

MPCP 8
Bod 8
Evasion 8
Masking 8
Sensor 8
Hardening 4 (5)
I/O 800 MP
DF 9

Secure Long Coat Con10 4/2
Offline Storage 850 MP *NOTE* I needed something to store paydata and whatnot on, but I'm not exactly sure how an Otaku accesses this. Also, I bought him some armor so he has something to hide under until he can find a table if a meet goes sour or something. Otherwise, he's going to be at a jackpoint somewhere and never physically on a run if he can help it. For those keeping score, I spent all 5,000¥ starting Otaku get. Also, does the 10% I get off computer parts because of the Medium lifestyle Tribe apply at chargen?

Lifestyle: Low *NOTE* Medium lifestyle Tribe + PC living with Tribe = Low Lifestyle for PC, correct? Do I still have to pay upkeep on the lifestyle, and if so, as a Low or Medium?

Contacts: Data Broker *NOTE* Someone to sell paydata to, like a Matrix Fixer. I really wanted to get Shadowland or The Nexus as a contact, but that's a Level 2 contact, and you can't get those with only 5,000¥ when you still need to buy stuff.
Fixer

Born and abandoned on the streets as a baby, Naruto never knew his real name (if he ever had one). He was taken in by a Japanese ork named Sakura who has fled Japan after goblinizing. She raised Vash as best she could, making sure he was fed. He learned to read very quickly, and became obsessed with the old anime and manga Sakura had brought with her from Japan. After exhausting her small supply, he found that he could get copies off the Matrix after getting online at the public library one afternoon. He found an old broken deck someone had tossed away and quickly repared it, allowing him to roam around the Matrix on his own using stolen jackpoints.

One night when he was 10, he returned home to find his squat ablaze with Sakura inside and several Humanis members laughing at her screams as she burned to death. He didn't know what else to do, so he hid until they left, but making sure to memorize their faces. He wandered the streets for a month, living off of half-eaten Nuke 'Em Burgers and begging from strangers. He was found trying to use his cobbled-together deck trying to access a jackpoint by an Otaku who recognized his potential. He was brought into the Tribe and taken care of. Through them, he experienced the Deep Resonnance and became an Otaku.

He quickly put his newfound abilities to the test, tracked down all seven men who murdered Sakura and the others at the squat. He systematically did anything he could to ruin their lives, driving one to suicide and killing two others in a "freak accident" at their jobs on the docks, causing an automated forklift to run over them. The other four were financially ruined and disappeared from the grid entirely. Ever since, he has had a strong hatred for Humanis and other racist groups.

Now 15 and taking on the name of his favorite manga character from Sakura's collection (Naruto), he has started accepting freelance decking jobs in order to help out the Tribe and further explore the being that is The Matrix.

Naruto resembles strongly the character by that name, being about 5'8" tall with blond hair that always seems to spike up everywhere and green eyes. His icon in the Matrix is that of the manga character he so resembles. When engaged in cybercombat, his eyes turn red. His Attack complex form takes the shape of flying shuriken. *NOTE* I know the Otaku's icon is supposed to be an idealized physical form, but I figure for an Otaku that's also an otaku, his idealized form would be himself as a manga character. I also know it's kinda a cliched background, but I thought it explained all his skills and whatnot rather well.

Comments?

The Abstruse One

[JongWK]

Don't take Infirm, not if you want to live. Or take it -1 instead of -3. Consider taking Knowledge Skills like Resonance Wells, Otaku, Deep Resonance, AIs, etc.

[Abstruse]

What's wrong with Infirm? He's an Otaku...it's not like I'm going to be wasting karma on improving his physical attributes anyway...

The Abstruse One

[Shockwave_IIc]

[Shockwave_IIc]

[Abstruse]

[Shockwave_IIc]

The way I read it it would allow in your case two have 2 stats at 9 or one at 10

Example:(My Slightly Munched Little girl)Albino Elf, Phys stat 1, Bonus Will
Body:1
Qucikness:2
Strength:1
Charisma: 10
Intelligence: 10
Willpower:10

[Eyeless Blond]

[Shockwave_IIc]

Na it's the Size Multiplier (see the one next to the attack prog)

[Eyeless Blond]

Wait, 10? Aren't mental attributes normally capped at 8 for pushover Otaku?

As a side note, what Otaku *wouldn't* start with all physical attributes at 1?

[Shockwave_IIc]

Charisma 8 +2 for being an Elf
Intelligence 8 +2 from being an Otaku bonus
Willpower 8 +1 Being Albino, +1 Bonus Attrib Will

As i said, Slightly Munched....

[Eyeless Blond]

Heh, just *slightly*... :P

Anyway, if you can manage to get all three attributes up to 9 and can get your GM to allow you to trade hacking pool into DF at 2-for1 you can get to that sweet spot of a Detection Factor at 12 with 4 Hacking Pool left over, meaning you could probably hack your way into a Red-hard host without too much trouble. Plus boosting your Int by another point will free up a skill point, maybe to put into Electronics B/R.

If I were you I'd think about trading that Attack-M +3Stealth with an Attack-S +1Stealth, and add in something else with the 48Mp you have left. Good choices include Medic-3 and Restore-2, which have the dubious honor of being the only way in SR to heal Stun damage without having to take a nap first. Or maybe Armor-4, or Cloak-4?

(Edit:) Once you get into the game you really should start building up ways to jack-in by remote. Your generally crappy Stealth is going to hurt you a lot when the GM pits you against a host that isn't connected to the 'trix at all. This means Radio/Satalite links and a buddy with Electronics B/R to splice in jacks and stuff for you, 'cause no way i hell are you ever setting foot in an actual target location with no stealth and no Body attribute.

[Garland]

At least it's not an albino wakyambi elf. :please:

[Phaeton]

[Abstruse]

What started this was that a guy my friend works with has run Shadowrun before and I haven't gotten to play the game in years (only GM). Also, I assumed that the other people playing wouldn't be as familiar with the system, and I'd probably be the only one who bothered to learn decking rules. So I decided to make a decker and when thumbing through Matrix, decided to try my hand at an Otaku. I also have a mage (TNN Path Mage) and a gun adept made in case someone else was more interested in playing a decker.

Okay, so let's see if I get this straight. 1+1+1+8+8+8 = 27, the starting attributes I get. That means I have 2 bonus points floating around now. From the examples above, does that mean I can raise two of them by one or one of them by two? (I10 W8 C8 or I9 W9 C8?) Or am I still screwed out of my points because I've reached the cap? And if I can get those points, where would be the best place to stick them? (I10 = 15 points language and 50 points knowledge! Yay!)

One more question...do the Otaku roll Willpower or Body against BlackIC? Deckers have the option of adding something to their decks (can't remember the acronym, ICCM maybe?) that allows them to roll Will, and it seems logical to me that an Otaku would be much more likely to want to roll Will which is obviously going to be higher than their Body...

The Abstruse One

[Eyeless Blond]

[FlakJacket]

[kevyn668]

That's why there are Sams... ;)

[Eyeless Blond]

Preferably with an Elecronics B/R Activesoft that the Otaku wrote with his massive Computer(Programming) skill. :)

[Panzergeist]

You can't invest more than 6 attribute points in an attribute, even if the modified limit is 8, aside from those 2 extra points you get.

[Shockwave_IIc]