The middle east is a rather interesting place in 2070, what with the destruction of Tehran by Aden and the revelation that Ibn Eisa was a Master Shedim. But what I'm most concerned about is the issue of women's rights in 2070, most specifically the presences of baddass anime-esque squads of heavily armed super-baddass police women with swords and machine guns and nunchucks and shit.
I am concerned about this topic not because I want to absurdly introduce anime-esque squads of heavily armed baddass police women into a nation which is highly oppressive to women without any concern for realism or sanity; I am concerned about this topic because anime-esque squads of heavily armed baddass police women exist in Iran today.
And they have giant anime guns. Just look at the pure unadulterated baddassery on that Iranian police woman's face as she one-hands that giant anime gun. It's like Iran has invented the Fish Speakers for real.
You certainly wouldn't want to meet these Chador-clad ladies in a dark alley
There exist, in Iran today, chador-clad police women with giant anime guns and swords and nunchucks and shit rappel off buildings and shoot from the windows of moving cars and execute unarmed suspects and blow stuff up and shit.
This is the Iran I want to Shadowrun in. I want to Shadowrun in an Iran where baddass women police officers with giant anime guns shoot at you from moving vehicles, rough you up and summarily execute you before beating a vampire to death with weapon focus nunchucks and chopping an Islamic demon into tiny pieces.
And thus, I present the following NPC Archetype
Baddass Iranian Police Woman
Human
Body 4
Agility 5 (7)
Reaction 5
Strength 4
Intuition 5
Logic 5
Charisma 6 (you need high charisma to look Baddass in a Chandor)
Willpower 7
Edge 7
Magic 7 (6 Adept)
Grade 2
Essence 5.04
IPs 3
Qualities
Photographic Memory
Mystic Adept
Exceptional Willpower
Metamagics
Adept Centering
Attuning (Item)
Psychometry
Shielding
Reflecting
Active Skills
Close Combat Group 6
Firearms Group 5
Demolitions 3
Perception 4
Assensing 4
Athletics Group 4
Counterspelling 6
Pilot Ground Vehicle 3
Gymnastics 2
Dodge 3
Influence Group 2
Intimidation 5
Knowledge Skills
Iranian Police Procedures 3
Crime 3
Magical Crime 3
Criminal Organizations 3
Small Unit Tactics 2
Islamic History 4
Islamic Law 3
Looking Cool in Blindfolds 6
Adept Powers
Astral Sight
Combat Sense 3
Killing Hands
Berserk
Quick Draw
Magical Sense
Blind Fighting
Nimble Fingers
Direction Sense
Bioware
Trauma Dampner (Beta)
Synaptic Accelerator 2 (Beta)
Muscle Toner 2 (Beta)
Equipment
Armored Chador (Full Body Armor)
Sword (Force 3 Weapon Focus)
Nunchuku (Force 3 Weapon Focus)
Rugar Warhawk
AK-97
Edit: Added Intimidation and Influence Group, thanks Grinder.
Edit2:Changed shades to blindfolds, gave them blind fighting.
Full Version: Running the shadows of Tehran
Intimidation Skill might be useful too. 
How many BP's did she cost???!!!!
NPCs don't cost BP, thank god. The GM just makes them up without any regard for costs.
| QUOTE (hyzmarca) |
| NPCs don't cost BP, thank god. The GM just makes them up without any regard for costs. |
Untrue. She's not a Grunt or a Contact. Therefore she must be a Prime Runner. Her BPs will be dictated by the category of PR she is.
And you can calculate the bp's for anything - I try to keep an eye on the BP's of all, so I can maintain game balance and I know what kind of challenge they will be for the PCs.
Fish Speakers, indeed.
I can only hope they remember to use the swift feint to turn the blade, and the slow attack to penetrate the shield.
I can only hope they remember to use the swift feint to turn the blade, and the slow attack to penetrate the shield.
Those aren't shades, they're reloading blindfolded.
| QUOTE (Lazerface) |
| Those aren't shades, they're reloading blindfolded. |
You need shades to reload blindfolded. It is part of the Baddass Iranian Police Woman mystique.
rapelling in burqas...
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I've said it before and I'll say it again. Dayum! Mental note: Do not break law while in Iran. Ever. Just don't okay.
You can hide a great deal under those burkas.
| QUOTE (Meriss) |
| Mental note: Do not break law while in Iran. Ever. Just don't okay. |
Yup. You could ask Zahra Kazemi, except that she's dead. Of course, the law is whatever the local mullah says it is, so it can be kind of hard to not break it. As Ms. Kazemi found out, following the law doesn't necessarily keep the government from arresting you for violating it.
the 'giant anime gun' they're using is, unless i'm mistaken (which is quite possible, i'm nowhere near being an expert on firearms recognition) a Hammerli 208. while physically large, the Hammerli is a target pistol chambered in .22 LR--not an incredibly impressive weapon in most terms. basically, it's a big gun that fires a tiny round; the shooter ends up absorbing very little recoil.
Um... wow. Simply wow. 
| QUOTE (mfb @ Sep 24 2007, 12:02 AM) |
| the 'giant anime gun' they're using is, unless i'm mistaken (which is quite possible, i'm nowhere near being an expert on firearms recognition) a Hammerli 208. while physically large, the Hammerli is a target pistol chambered in .22 LR--not an incredibly impressive weapon in most terms. basically, it's a big gun that fires a tiny round; the shooter ends up absorbing very little recoil. |
I suspected as much, but it looks huge and that's what counts.
Gaddafi's bodyguards probably are virgins. Almost certainly, the organization is an adept initiatory group that requires its members to take virginity as a condition geas. So they'd lose their adept powers if they ever had sex.
huge and cool-looking. a just and loving god would chamber it in .44 magnum, minimum.
A just and loving god would chamber it in .50 BMG and fill the streets of Teran with rouge boomers so that these ladies could re-enact Bubblegum Crisis in Chadors.
One handed chicks are not that appealing to me.
| QUOTE (mfb) |
| huge and cool-looking. a just and loving god would chamber it in .44 magnum, minimum. |
Did just that in 3rd edition. Dubbed it the "Mark IV". Cause that pistol is just too damn cool looking for such a light load. And I wanted a cool new sidearm for my namesake (he changes sidearms frequently).
Just to point out. The big anime guy your so happy about is nothing more then a target pistol. Their pretty good for hiting the target, on a range or in compatition, thats it. its a sporting weapon. 
its cute but pretty usless out side of comp ya know.
just had to put that in.
yup
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
its cute but pretty usless out side of comp ya know. just had to put that in.
yup
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
| QUOTE (Cadmus @ Sep 24 2007, 02:53 AM) |
| Just to point out. The big anime guy your so happy about is nothing more then a target pistol. Their pretty good for hiting the target, on a range or in compatition, thats it. its a sporting weapon. its cute but pretty usless out side of comp ya know. |
Yeah, that was the first thing I noticed when I looked at that picture.
But still, you have to admit, it looks pretty awesome.
Now, after seeing this, I can safely believe Iran's claims that they don't need the A-bomb.
No but they do need lots of money and jobs heheh. but thats another conversation hehe
| QUOTE (hyzmarca) |
| Almost certainly, the organization is an adept initiatory group that requires its members to take virginity as a condition geas. So they'd lose their adept powers if they ever had sex. |
Down that road lies disturbing erotic fan fiction...
Is there such a thing as non-disturbing erotic fan fiction?
| QUOTE (martindv) |
| Is there such a thing as non-disturbing erotic fan fiction? |
In theory it could be well written, have everyone acting in character, have a plausible plot, and contain only pedestrian sex acts that would not offend either your mother or your orthodox feminist girlfriend back in college.
To clarify I'm not saying that's necessarily a good thing. But in terms of receptivity of the general public it would probably be seen as not disturbing necessarily.
Like the highly romantic Data/Tasha Yar fanfics that are out there (since it is canon that Data and Tasha Yar did have sex).
But, of course, the requirement that Gaddafi's guards remain virgins leads us to Delta Force (led by Chuck Norris) recruiting an elite team of porn stars to sneak behind enemy lines and …
… hell … … I can't finish writing this sentence.
But, of course, the requirement that Gaddafi's guards remain virgins leads us to Delta Force (led by Chuck Norris) recruiting an elite team of porn stars to sneak behind enemy lines and …
… hell … … I can't finish writing this sentence.
| QUOTE (hyzmarca) |
| But, of course, the requirement that Gaddafi's guards remain virgins leads us to Delta Force (led by Chuck Norris) recruiting an elite team of porn stars to sneak behind enemy lines and ... |
You just know that Ron Jeremy will be there.
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