Pick My Character's Death!, It's that time again... Options

[FrostyNSO]

I GM for my group and run a character at the same time. This guy has been around a long time, but alas, I'm having a kid and that along with travel is going to put an end to my shadowrun days for a little while, so want this guy to go out in such a way as to launch one last kick-ass adventure for my buddies.

His name is Ivan. He is formerly of Russia's MVD, where he served in a Spetsnaz unit. Him and a buddy (Brotchk Kutsev) defected and managed to make it out of the country and took off to Seattle where they set up shop as bounty hunters. Ivan was notorious for his often violent drinking binges with Brotchk.
After a rough and tumble stint bounty hunting in Seattle, including being incarcerated for the death of a mark for which he served his time, Ivan and Brotchk ended up in Chicago, looking for a politician's daughter. They never found her. Of the team they went in with, Ivan was the only survivor.
After a good bit of downtime, Ivan kicked his alcohol problem, vowing never to drink again, and went back to his bounty hunting, picking up a few new friends along the way. One big bounty was for a serial killer named Killian. Killian nearly gutted Ivan, but due to the skill and quick thinking of his friends, Ivan made it out and got to spend some of Killian's 50k bounty.
With a good, rep, Ivan and his team were approached by the Yakuza, who after first using him to pose as a Vory, eventually ended up hiring the team for many different jobs.
Ivan then made a second trip to Chicago with his new friends. This time, another extraction, only this one went over without a hitch, if you don't count the team getting wiped out and the extractee barely surviving. A medical clinic was levelled in this incident due to a bad move on Ivan's part.
Ivan is known for making sure all the angles are covered and always helping a teammate in need. Also popular are the Barbeques held at his "clean" house for the team and their selected friends, which he and his friend Ramsey pay for out of their bounty money.
Recently, Ivan housed one of his teamates at his own house in a time of dire need, when his friend was struggling to kick a kamikaze addiction.
Ivan's made a lot of enemies, lets see how we can take him out. I have a potential run planned (should things work out and the players try and follow it) for each scenario. I'm going to leave it in the hands of the dumpshock community to determine which one we go with. Here are the basics:

1. Car Bomb - A lot of the team's exploits while they hooked up with the Yaks were directed at the mafia. Now it's time for payback. After agreeing to meet with a team member, Ivan walks out to his car and hops in. When he turns the ignition <BOOM>

2. Barbeque Massacre - Same situation as above, but maybe the big barbeque bash wasn't such a good idea when there are people out to get even. Maurice Bigio sends some heavily armed goons to get rid of Ivan once and for all.

3. Gutted by Killian - Killian, that maniac serial killer has busted out of prison, and is looking to sharpen his retractable spurs on Ivan's torso.

4. Resisting Arrest - Lone Star has been looking into a few incidents that have happened lately. Looks like Ivan's name came up. Or maybe someone fixed it so it would.

5. Chicago Payback - Looks like some friends figured out it was Ivan who caused that clinic to disappear back in Chicago. They're going to make sure he gets back what he did to those innocent people.

6. From Russia with Love - When Ivan left the MVD, he took a lot of state secrets with him. Better to not have someone with that knowledge out freelancing, and now that they've found him, it's time to send some of his Spetsnaz buddies to take his traitor-ass out.

7. Brotchk is Back! - Brotchk somehow survived in Chicago the first time around and is pissed that his best friend left him behind. Twisted and deranged, it's time to pay Ivan a visit.

Ok, there they are. It's up to you, Dumpshock.

[Kagetenshi]

I'll have to think about which of these sounds best, but whichever you do, it should involve Ebola-Plus.

~J

[kevyn668]

Brotchk all the way. Nothing beats a come back killer.

Congrat's on your becoming a dad, by the way. (Assuming you wanted to become one. No offense.) :)

[ef31415]

If you weren't GM'ing, I'd say 'Yes'.

Have everything hit at once, ending in a running fight through Pike Place Market.

==Ed

[vapor]

i'm thinking accidental thor shot while in an munitions factory... go out with a bang. ;)

[Little Bill]

I'm thinking "mysterious disappearance" myself, possibly with some ominous clues left behind (like all his clothes ripped apart as if he burst out of them).
It has the advantages that the players can make up whatever story they like, and they probably will come up with something much more frightening to them than anything you had in mind, and that you can always change your mind later and bring the character back.

[Aku]

I'm gonna say number 2, with a caveat. Make it so that the next run a long time johnson sends him on, recquires a specific upgrade to a vehicle, and only a buddy of his can do the work. The work and the item are free, but what he doesnt know, is it's also a bomb. Rip off Speed, and only have the bomb trigger over a certain (high) speed. Until after the run, have lots of traffic jams and such to keep his speed below the limit, but after the run, open it up with a chase, so the bomb triggers and then goes boom after X minutes (with no silly looping video timer thingy)

[Lindt]

Il all for just vanishing one day. Leaves all sorts of entertaining open plot lines...

[toturi]

Just retire him. And keep him around as a Fixer or Contact for your new PC.

[Weredigo]

ah crud, I wanted to put two different votes in. the one for Chicago went through, but I also wanted to vote for the Brocht is back death. Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Reason I vote for Chicago death, some comment made about killing numerous innocents.

[FrostyNSO]

The Chicago Incident

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...and thanks on the congrats for the baby. Here's hoping he doesn't turn out like us :grinbig:

[Crimson Jack]

I like the mysterious disappearance option. Letting everyone think he is dead would be optimal though.

[kevyn668]

[Kagetenshi]

Bah. Give the kid a copy of SR3 and Corporate Download on his fifth birthday.

~J

[kevyn668]

Just don't let him take his guns to town.

[TeOdio]

[Eyeless Blond]

Another vote for mysterious death. Have it take place in a hotel room. The security cameras buzz for a few seconds, and then there's nothing but his clothes, carried equipment (watch, wallet, etc), hair, and fingernails sitting there in a heap. No blood. Let the players come up with ideas for what happenned to him, then spend the next several months thinking of one that tops all of 'em. :D

[Mr. Man]

Ivan was dead. Did you know that? He died in a fire two years ago during an investigation into the murder of a witness who was going to testify against him. Two people saw Ivan enter a warehouse he owned just before it went up. They said he had gone in to check a leaking gas main. It blew up and took all of Ivan with it. Within three months of the explosion, the two witnesses were dead, one killed himself in his car and the other fell down an open elevator shaft.

[FrostyNSO]

Holy crap....this is promising...wheels turning...

[torzzzzz]

:D gutted by a serial killer Atillus would love that! do it!

torz

[nezumi]

Can we choose all of the above? At the same time?

He's attacked by Killian. While the cops try to arrest him, then Brotchk takes that as his chance to attack. He leaps into the fray, totally unaware of the Russian mafia goons who open fire. A stray bullet hits a parked car, cutting the brake line. The car rolls forward, into the crossfire. Unbeknownst to everyone else, it has a large bomb on board. Ivan uses the car as cover as he and it roll down the street towards a major intersection. When the bomb goes off, it catches a nearby gasoline truck, killing everyone. The giganto explosion launches a piece of shrapnel into a low flying traffic helicopter, which crashes, which pisses off Deus who launches a thor shot. Whoever those Chicago people are aren't sure which splat is Ivan, so they payback all of the splats, each in its own individual ziplock bag.

Ivan's corpse is, mysteriously, never found.


I think that'd be a good way to go out.

[Brazila]

I like the BBQ thing myself. It is a good reason for people to not be packing much heat, and offing him in front of other PCs when there is not much they can do about it is always super dramatic. Think Punisher.

[Grinder]

I voted for "don't kill him". I like the character. Couldn't decide to chose that point or the "let him disappear" option. Combine both and let him disappear for a while so maybe he can come back as a npc. Or not.

[Backgammon]

Brotchk comes back. But he's not quite right, and in fact HE is now a wanted serial killer. Ivan gets a contract to nab him.

BUT, the twist is, Brotchk is the one that (indirectly) hired Ivan. Brotchk is crazy, and looking for slow, painful revenge. Ivan does not know Brotchk is leading him on a crazy trail. Think the movie Seven here. Brotchk is showing him his insanity. Each clue leads deeper in the heart of darkness.

For the finale, you can either go the Seven way and Brotchk shows him something so terrible that Ivan kills himself or loses it, or simply Brotchk lays out his finale and kills Ivan.

[Kagetenshi]

Reenacting Death and the Compass would be neat.

~J