Basically I'm interested in GMing a SR3 Merc campaign which will feature feature the PCs as globe-trotting Soldiers of Fortune. Ideally each adventure will be relatively short (although not always straight forward) missions, in a variety of hot spots around the Sixth World. It will be an opportunity for me to play with me Shadows Of books (damn you holostreets for no Latin America) because most of the time I can't run a campaign that ever gets out of Seattle. I'd like a good handful of players. Decent combat skills are probably a must, secondary skills (magic, tech, rigging etc) always gonna be useful.

Those interested may PM character sheets. You may, but do not have to write a brief description of your intended character below.

what level of character do you want

sorry. regular starting level. 120 Build points or Priority method is fine. please no Becks or other methods.

Would a 'combat decker' be a plausible PC?

Had one that was a former SEAL. Went by C3PO. (Command,Control,Communications Petty Officer) and yes, I do find my own jokes hilarious

I'd like to play a combat rigger. Would I be expected to provide group transportation? Ground, Air, Water?

As much as I've been telling myself that I'm not going to put in for any more games... I do love globe hopping. And it would be quite a change to play a gun bunny....

all of those are very acceptable. just pm character sheets.
in terms of transportation you guys can pool funds for some sort of vehicle for your rigger, or whatever you may need. in many cases you will be expected to arrive in theater, make whatever contacts are necessary to acquire the equipment you need before the job, and than do it.

I have the CharSheet on a hunter/tracker/survivalist. No BG yet. More adapted to non-urban campaigns, but not neccesarily cast-typed. I would consider completing dev if he would fit into game.

Bah sorry. Built char using SR4. NM

can background include being from or ties to various Merc companies? ie 10,000 Daggers etc.

yes absolutely, although it would be highly preferable if the character is not a PRESENT member of any particular merc company.

I got a heavy weapons merc kicking about and a hankering for an sr3 game *8-> I'll get a pm over to you with background etc. Ex-Paratrooper from the UK....

sure, just fire those PMs in there, but no rush. I appreciate the attention to background.

Any room left? I've got an ork merc in mind.

the more the merrier. I haven't recieved any actual sheets yet. but there's always room for one more.

Apologies about not getting sheet to you, just not finding time between real life stuff. i try to correct this...

its okay, no one has yet. so you can still come in first.

Maybe I should offer karma bonuses to anyone who turns in their character sheet in the next 12 hours.

Three quick questions:
Are Raygun's weapons allowed?
Should we each put some of our starting resources aside to put into a team pool for funds?
Is cultured Bioware allowed if the Avialability is 8 or under?

No Raygun weapons.

You may if you wish, you do not have to.

and yes to cultured bioware under Avail 8.

Couple more questions:

Alternate metatypes acceptable? (Night one, Ogre,Goblin etc)

Advanced Unarmed yay or nay? (Muay thai, Wildcat, Aikido etc, From the companion)

For me, ability to use price reduction for ordering parts/components for complete deck? (not near books at moment but believe its up to 15 percent off.)

If it's mentioned before, I missed it, but where is our group's main base of operations?

I think we're freelancers so my best guess would be one of the 'free cities/ports'


And sorry for all the questions I just like to have what options are available before the task of creation. Basically my concept is a 'radio man' as well as intelligence gatherer for the group.

More questions:

Which city do we want to be based out of?

How are we getting around to various parts of the world? I doesn't seem fair to dump all of that on our rigger. De Badd Ass, I can kick over about 50,000 to help with group transportation. Maybe we should look into a fixed with air craft for globe hoping.

I havent done the exact number crunching but, i can easily match that 50k...maybe more once i get word back on a question i posed (then the number crunching)

with this in mind (the vehicle) can we get the 'used vehicle' reduction from the rigger book? I know it comes with stress points but hey, that'd be part of her character or charm i should say.

Metatype: Yes.. tenatively. please be sure to work metatype into your background (most goblins are middle eastern not new yorkers for example).

Advanced Hand-to-Hand: By all means.

I think you referring to the rules for building a deck rather than buying one off the shelf? Yes you may do that. Please doublecheck your math, as I am terrible at math and if you make a mistake/cheat me, I will never ever know.

Used Vehicle- Absolutely. That sounds like fun. Make sure to paint a naked picture on the side and give her a name for added fun.

Which City- That's up to you guys. You will rarely be there. (unless you screw up and the corp-sec comes at you, but that'll be down the line


Lastly as I mentioned before you will do alot of globe hopping. That means have the fake Ids looking spiffy. You may find that you are repeatedly purchasing equipment on location ornearby rather than bringing along the well loved tricked out assault rifle you bought at Char-gen. But that might change if you do go with some kind of cargo aircraft or something.

If we're gonna be globe hopping a lot we might have to kick in to get the team rigger a small helo or cargo plane..... that might get a nat expensive but hey free transport *8-> I'll have a look how much cash I can kick in tonight, ditto with the sheets ugh I hate busy weeks *8->

The battle tac gear is a great question. I 'plan' (being chosen has alot to do with if i am or am not) to make my PC the communications hub. All comm traffic would be monitored by my pc, to free up the rest of the team. I also plan on a jammer (ECM) as part of my kit.



Scenario is this: we run into a patrol, the opening volleys are fired as we move into poasition. I will jam the comms so no word can get out. If this is a deep or long range patrol we'll be safe (or just long gone) by the time the patrol is found overdue.

That is just a short justification for my PC concept.

[to answer your question i like the idea if the moneys available for it and can route that info as part of my job....if thats the role i fill in the team]


Thanks for the answers, you'll have my sheet soon.

And thinking of The Betty Boop or just referred to as the Betty for the transport.(my 2 yens worth)

as for planning on whether you are approved or not, I am not planning on rejecting anyone, unless their character's are obviously utterly unsuited, don't follow the rules, etc.

A Sigint guy is a perfectly legitimate character concept as are the others I've heard so far.

I've revised my concept somewhat, human combat medic / jack of all trades. I vote for getting a light cargo plane, that way we'll atleast be able to take some of our gear along with us.

one more question:

Whats the device rating max? I ask because the Combat Decker in the Archtypes has an MPCP rating 7.

Also the discount for a custom deck is up to 25%, what's your discount rate?

25% Sounds fair and easier to calculate.

I had never considered that MPCP was equivalent to a device rating. I would like to keep the device rating max at 6 except on a case by case basis which people can run by me. Feel free to have an MPCP at whatever level you can afford, within the limits of resources/avail.

edit: on a related note, most merc-style vehicles you will be interested in will be out of your avail reach. for a vehicle meant to be a Team vehicle ignore avail, and approach me about the specific vehicle in question. (for the most part I think things you shouldn't have, you wouldn't be able to afford at char-gen anyway.)

there's the sky truck at 600,000 +, perhaps a "custom" one from the rigger 3 creation rules. One that uses a jet propeller and is security rating instead of military due to its age. With the used flaw added (its worth .60 deduction), maybe even the lemon quality -.15 but adds 25% to upkeep per level.

I was thinking something similar. you guys can hash it out amongst yourselves and just provide me with the end product.

Im certainly thinking Battletac, can't remember the avail off hand but pretty sure we can start with it.... just a same tac comp's are outta the range, they're great for the -1tn on SMU.... speaking of which anyone taken that yet, if not I'll build it into my build.... was thinking off taking it anyway, background covers it but the level will really depend on whether I'll be main tactics or not.... usually a rigger or the comms guy would be best for the sensor inputs but s'all good *8->

Sicarius: Really sorry I haven't got *any*thing over to you yet, been a crappy week but got some time tonight so will try to get the background over at least

I wasnt as the comm guy going to put much in as a leader...I'm more of a support role. Comm traffic monitoring and intel gathering. Would relay to the team...maybe we need a clear cut leader someone with leadership and a high tactics skill.

Also I ran into another question: (surprised?)

On making my deck with a radio connection can it be upgraded from a standard one?

If not I'm looking into headware to handle the comms.

Hmmm, didn't get as much done in lunch as I'd have hoped but hey ho got a rough out done.... I think I'll be able to stick about 200-300k towards company vehicles/gear etc, depends how expensive gear gets but through the cyber and bio at least *8->

Oh Sicarius, do you have any objections to starting in bio overstress, ie/ over 6 essence index used but under 9 total (atm it's about 5.4 essence used and 3.5 bio)? And yes she be a little twitchy and being doing early morning calithenics to work the kinks out *8->

Oh one other question.... you said only 120 bps or priorities.... guessing that rules out sum to 10 (the modified priorities system where A is 4, B is 3, C is 2, D is 1 and E is 0 and you 'buy' 10 points worth of priorities)..... says the mudane human with the two class E's *8-> Fine with it either way really just asking in case of the lovely lovely 6 extra skill points I can get *8->

[edit]hmmm I smile too much in posts I just realised, ah well *8->[/edit]

I'd prefer you stick to either build points or priority method.

I am not aware of any rule that says you may not start the game in bio-overstress, versus the obvious rule which keeps you from starting with 0 or negative essence (aka you're already dead) You will suffer the consquences of it, but that's a choice you can make.

I've done the numbers back and forth and without a clear 800,000 + there is now way for us to get a plane (like an old c130 or such)

I dont just point out problems, i provide possible solutions.

1. In game we are piecing together/fixing one up (Money from chargen goes to this)

2. GM alows us to have one that:

a. We stole and its listed as hot (money is still taken out from chargen...price of taking it)

b. are a registered 'Martime Security Company' and we still owe on it (Money from chargen reduces cost...a huge F'ing car payment)

3. GM gives us one at 1/2 price after all the mark up values are taken into account (including the -.6 for used vehicle and possible levels in lemon, and for the lemon factor I'm thinking its russian made.)

These are the possible ways to 'hook' a transport for us (and some can even be combined...like 1/2 price plus security company...or the fixer upper)

GM's call but, I hoped I sparked a warm fire of generosity.

Is there still room for players or did I miss the ship?

can we use knowlege points for languages?

absolutely. no one has submitted a character sheet yet, and even so for the most part I think it will be the more the merrier.

And as to the languages... no. to get the most bang for your language point buck i'd recommend specializations.

and I'll make you guys a deal. You tell me how much your putting towards it, and i'll tell you what you've purchased.

Using the cannon companion can we add mod's to a weapon? ie Personalized grips

yes absolutely, but make sure you have either the necessary skills and equipment to have performed the action yourself or a contact who could have done the work

Well, I stuck my nose in, got out all my sr3 books and made a Phoenix Shaman.

I dug out some old SR3 Chars I have. I currently have a merc, a deck/tech specialist/sec specialist, and a sniper/sneaky type. Which wouls be needed the most? Do you use NSRCG and can I submit sheet in that fromat?

I'm building up a Face /w some combat and infiltration abilities. Once its done I'll send it to Sicarius.

I believe Jackripper is already building a decker/electronic specialist type, so i'd recommend the sniper or the "merc"