Hey, as promised, here's 30 questions for the background stuff.
It's only 1st draft, so there will be changes. May be a lot.
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Personality
"I'm simple fellow, omae. Living in the street makes you to be simple, don't you think? We all live day by day using whatever necessary and whatever we have to survive this harsh place we call home. Most of people, including me sometimes, become too simple. In my opinion, most of us are just an animal, using our instinct and muscle, instead brain to survive to see the next day."
He is cynical, who believes himself as realist, and put on the mask of optimist.
Description
"What do you wanna know? You've seen me and heard me. What else do you want to know more?"
He's an average guy that doesn't stick out too much from any physical aspect. He's about 2 meters in height, have dark skin, shaved head. But besides that no one really remembers anything else about him after seeing him just once.
That is just from looking at him. Once you had some conversation with him, however, those description changes drastically, depends what kind of mask he put on.
He believes that interacting with others is kind of game he can play, and plays well. He may act as if he's just someone that came too far from his safe house in the bell, just to taste the "edge," or street hardened street ganger with no fear of whom to die in the fight.
Sometimes, if he feels cheep, he'll use personafix.
Quotes
Background
1. Where and in what kind of environment did your character grow up?
"Shelter at the Catholic church of St. Charles. Yeah, I that's the one in the Black Plague's turf. It wasn't too bad. Of course I did get beat up a lot by looking like human."
He's born in Nov. 26th of 2050 at the shelter of Catholic church of St. Charles. He's life wasn't too bad living in the shelter and church, getting some degree of education was possible in the church and food wasn't tasty, but at least there were food to eat. So, all in all, he's youth wasn't too harsh, although he's human resemblance put him in a lot of trouble as well as lot of beat up. But at least he had his parents with him almost all the time.
2. What are your character’s relations with their family? (Does your character keep in touch? Where are they now?)
"My family? There are no family living in the street, omae."
His biological parents, both are Black Plague members, are long dead. Both of them had been infected with HMHVV in '57 got killed by "family" members, when they have found out. He saw the whole event when he was only 6, and he still silently hates all Black Plagues.
He now believes there are truly no "family" in the street. Only "packs" of animals, who's interests are for themselves only. He knows he's only one of the animal of the street too.
3. Does your character have an ethnic background? (Is it relevant to them?)
"Well, you see my skin? This ain't too much tan or spray-on body color, you know?"
He's not sure of his true ethnic background. Although he believes he's descendent of African American.
Appearance
4. What does your character look like?
He stands tall at 198 cm, with lean and toned body shape. Although he looks as if human, he is an elf. Only elfish trait he got is sharp facial features, but that can be done with cosmetic surgery now days, plus he does lot of cosmetic surgery to go with the current trend, he's not even sure what he's real face looks like anymore.
5. What does your character dress like?
Most time he'll be dressed in some not-too-restricting cloth, jeans and long-sleeve shirts are his usual dress code. He did own lot of clothing 2 years ago, but right now, only cloth he got is one that he's wearing currently, which is black combat boot, dark and loose jean, long-sleeve shirt, lined coat, and sunglass. During the down time, if he has money to blow, he'll most likely to spend on cloth to expand his choice.
6. What are your character’s physical quirks?
When in conversation, he does use lot of facial expression and body movement.
Skills, attributes, resources
7. What did your character always want to be? (How did they go about getting this job/position/ability/image? Did they succeed?)
When he left the Church of St. Charles, he did what he can to survive. Selling body was what he could do best at the time, so he did just that. On the occasion he had better job at playing some actor roll, mostly extras on the porn sim, and he had this dream about becoming the actual actor sometime. While he knows it's too damn hard to become an actor in sim movies, he did go to the auditions many many times, but all got rejected. Which lead him to make his own sim movies (mostly porn) starting himself. Selling these armature sim movies was not bad, but didn't bring the money as he wanted to. That's when he decides to make BTL (mostly dreamchip) and start producing it. He gave up on his dream to be an actor now.
8. Where and how did your character learn their Active and Knowledge Skills?
Most skills are learned through out living in the street. He has learned the combat and physical skills when he was fighting to survive in the street. Social skills, when he was selling body and acting and technical skills when he was producing BTL and Sim porn.
9. Where and how did your character get their major equipment and ‘ware?
He doesn't own much of gear now. Only thing he have right now are set of cloth, bike (which he stole after leaving prison), and low-end commlink he just picked up from pawn shop. He doesn't have any cyberwares yet, but he met a cell mate who knew someone in the Redmond who had connection with this street doc and have agreement to install cyberwares once he gets to the town.
10. Where and in what kind of place does your character currently live?
He used to live in Evergreen Height APT, paying the protection fees to local gang. Now, he doesn't know where to live, he hopes he'll be able to go back to same place.
11. Who are your character’s contacts? (How did they become contacts? Why do they still talk to your character?)
Street Doc, who'll do the cyberware implents once he's in the town.
12. Who are your character’s enemies? (How did they become your character’s enemies?)
He doesn't like Plagues and there belief. Most of all, he hates Father Ron for implanting that stupid ideas to the gang.
13. For Awakened characters, how did your character learn their magic? For non-Awakened characters, how does your character feel about magic?
Magic in the show biz is great. But if I ever see a mage out on the open street, I'll be cautious.
Personality
14. What are your character’s personality quirks?
Besides hiding behind masks of other persona, none.
15. What are your character’s likes and dislikes?
He loves sex and sim movies. Dislikes Plagues. Other than that, he can live with almost anything street life may throw at him.
16. What is your character’s moral code?
He's moral code is 7 deadly sins and opposite of 10 commandments.
17. Does your character have personal beliefs?
He now believes there are truly no "family" in the street. Only "packs" of animals, who's interests are for themselves only. He knows he's only one of the animal of the street too.
18. What are your character’s personal motivations?
He's motivation to live and survive in the street is to kill Father Ron. Or better, make him see he's idea in the Plagues are fault, thus his life are too.
Running with the gang
19. Why does your character run with the gang?
He hasn’t run with the gang yet. He'll be coming home, found out he's protectors are gone, and starts recruiting. He decides to run with the gang for the protection, and many be his skill in computer and BTL production will make him little stronger animal to survive in the street.
20. When and how did your character join the gang?
Never joined the gang yet.
21. How does your character contribute to the gang? What is his role; not just in terms of how he/she makes money, but where does he/she fit in the social hierarchy?
He can give them BTL operation as well as Counterfeit operation.
22. What would make your character ever leave the gang?
He'll leave when he sees they are no longer benefit to his survival.
23. How does your character feel about their life in the gutter as part of a street gang? What is their view of the rest of the world? (i.e. Non-gangers)
He now believes there is truly no "family" in the street. Only "packs" of animals, whose interests are for them only. He knows he's only one of the animals of the street too.
Rest of world is not any better than street life. Only thing different is that one wrong step in real life makes you come to the gutter, but wrong step in the gutter get you gutted
24. If your character could have their ideal life outside of the gang, describe what that ideal life would be.
If he could have ideal life, it'll be life of movie star. Red carpet, super models, Champaign and party.
25. What ambitions does your character have for the gang as a whole? What ambitions does your character have for their place within the gang?
As a member of gang, he'll want the gang to grow big, and stronger. Which helps him to survive longer and many be hit big. For the placement within the gang, he'll not care what place he's in as long as he gets covered.
26. If your character is a recent addition from another gang, how does your character feel about joining a new gang? If your character is not a recent addition from another gang, how does your character feel about the new arrivals to the gang?
When he joins the gang, it's his first gang to join. He's not excited about it, but feels it's his time to become one of animals in the pack to protect him from the other packs of animals.
27. How does your character view relationships within the gang, both romantic and friendship? How does your character view relationships outside the gang, both romantic and friendship?
28. What is your character’s view of the other gangs in the area?
29. What is your character’s attitude towards/view of the gang as a whole?
He now believes there is truly no "family" in the street. Only "packs" of animals, whose interests are for them only. He knows he's only one of the animals of the street too.
30. What is your character’s view of each of his fellow gang members? Answer for each gang member listed below. (Update this as membership roster changes or significant events occur. Specify events or reasons that led to changes in perception. Do not delete prior perceptions, just add what has changed and why.)
and this is just numbers
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Name: Alex Cole
Street Name: Haven't decide one
Sex: M
Age: 20
Race/Metatype: Elf (30 BP)
Stats
Body: 3 (20 BP)
Agility: 3 (10 BP)
Reaction: 3 (20 BP)
Strength: 3 (20 BP)
Charisma: 6 (30 BP)
Intuition: 3 (20 BP)
Logic: 3 (20 BP)
Will: 3 (20 BP)
Edge: 2 (10 BP)
Active Skills (118 BP)
Dodge 1 (+2 Melees)
Unarmed 1
Club 2 (+2 Bo)
Pistol 1 (+2 SA)
Athletic Group
-Climbing 1
-Gymnastics 1
-Running 1
-Swimming 1
Perception 1
Con 2 (+2 Seduction)
Etiquettes 1 (+2 Street Gang)
Negotiation 1 (+2 Bargain)
Cracking Group
-Cyber combat 3
-Electronic 3
-Hacking 3
Electronic Group
-Computer 2
-Data Search 2
-Hardware 2
-Software 2
Pilot Ground Craft 1 (+2 Bike)
Knowledge Skills (18 Free BP)
BTL Dealers 1 (+2 Redmond)
Computer Background 1 (+2 BTL Production)
Counterfeit Operation 1 (+2 Black Plague)
Gang ID 1 (+2 Redmond)
Gang Turf 1 (+2 Redmond)
Gang Politic 1 (+2 Redmond)
Qualities (-30 BP)
Home Ground (Free)
Human-Looking (5 BP)
Addiction (Mild, BTL) (-5 BP)
Allergy (Mild, Sunlight) (-10 BP)
Scorched (-10 BP)
SINner (Criminal) (-10 BP)
Gears (20 BP)
Lined Coat (700)
Cyberware
- Commlink (Fairlight Caliban w/ Novatech Navi) (11500)
- Cyber Eye Rate 3 (w/ Eye Recording Unit, Flare Compensation, Image Link, Low-Light Vision, Thermographic Vision, Vision Enhancement (Rate 2), Vision Magnification) (7750)
- Cyber Ear Rate 3 (w/ Audio Enhancement (Rate 2), Damper, Ear Recording Unit, Select Sound Filter (Rate 2), Sound Link) (6750)
- Simrig (5000)
- Muscle Replacement (5000)
Suzuki Mirage (6500)
(6800) to spend on Gears (Programs, Lifestyle, other gears)
2 unspent BP remaining
This is only first draft, so there will be some changes before final.
If there are something to modify, just let me know.
Thanks
PS. I was little hurry so grammar might be bad. I'll fix as I come up with more drafts.