So, I've come to the conclusion that a lot of people think that their runners think of themselves as the archetypes. I've always been under the belief that the archetypes encompassed a large group of categories (i.e. Faces encompass Con Artists, Pimps, etc.) and I don't think people look at the larger scale of who could potentially be career criminals and what kinds of criminals/crime is/are out there.

I'm creating this thread for people to list their less-thought-of character concepts to spark the imagination of other SR players.

Pimp
Drug Dealer
Con Artist
Prostitute
Mage Getaway Driver/Smuggler (Spirit-Enhanced Car?)
Adept Photographer
Rigger Surveillance Expert
Adept Freerunner
Graffiti Artist
Rapper/Ganger (or wannabe Ganger)
Ork-poser Wannabe Ganger
Arms Dealer
Carjacker
Chop Shop Owner

Anyways, post your character concept ideas that run outside of the range of the Usual Suspects.

Big game hunter
Elf hunter
Fixer (still runs for the kick)
Technophile (is in the biz just to look at the tasty new corp tech he steals)

well there's a few.

Author
Bouncer
Corporate Security Team Member
CryptoZooKeeper
Doc Wagon Recovery Team Member
Junkie (ChipHead)
Limo Driver
Personal Shopper
Personal Trainer
Pirate
Taxi Driver
Travel Writer
Vigilante

Back when I started playing SR1, I was inspired by William Gibson's novel Neuromancer & came up with my character, then reverse engineered the archetype 'Contracted Courier' from it.

Priest
Priest - Exorcist
Priest - Special Forces Opperative
Priest - Inquisition Officer or Thug

Parkour Anti-establishment(er)
(Technomancer) Corporate Takeover Specialist

Ork Marine Ops Specialist

Mime
Stage Magician
Motivational Speaker
Exercise Guru
Psychiatrist
Firefighter
Urban Explorer
Electronic Performance Artist
Hip-Hop Singer
Ghoul Rights Activist

Economy EMT
Barrens Wolf
Sandman (My favorite combat spell is stunball)
The Armored Troll (15/14 armor)
Community activist
Astral security specialist (at least that's whats on his fake SIN)

From some of my own character concepts:

Military hacker
Former Insurance Company Investigator
Cybersniper
Dwarf Mage Hunter Adept
Electronic Warfare specialist
Ork Former Spetnaz Drill Sargeant
Aztlan Pit Fighter
Shiva Caster (indian mage worshiping Shiva in her Destroyer aspect)
Former Conpany Poster Boy

i have some more... maybe later

Cheers,

Max

well, there's allways the fallen son of a rich family . .
or the scientist who delved a little bit too far into his chosen field of expertiese and got expelled from the place between his peers . .
the runaway who comes back to help the family is viable too . .
the eternal college student who does some hacking on the side . .

What about a cybered journalist? Or an Adept racer?

Aspiring Cult Leader

Still working on this guy--I'll probably need the rules from Street Magic to finish it and I don't have that book yet...

...basically he's an ex-con who awakened & goblinized in prison, promptly broke out, and is now trying to put together a anarcho-darwinist cult for the express purpose of burning civilization to the fragging ground. Currently squatting in the palatial ruins of a condemned Chinese buffet, & going on runs to fund the start of his cult.

Basically, picture your typical post-apocalyptic demon warlord--as a crazy awakened homeless person in the barrens.

Now that is a concept that I can get behind!

Just don't get in front of him. He only seems like a joke until you find yourself on the wrong side of his mystic adept blenderizing awesomeness.

Quadri-Amputee Rigger (Played it, had a ball)
the Social Adept (friend's playing it, it's terrifying what rolling 20 dice on a con or negotiation check will do)

The charismatic suitcase?

The quadri-amputee rigger basically turned into "fun with anthro-form drones"." It's the perfect excuse to never leave the rigger cocoon of your vehicle that you've always been looking for.

Hobo with a Shotgun.

Played before:

Ballet Dancer Phoenix Shaman
Ork Thespian Face
Troll Hotrodder
Dwarf Explosives Expert/Combat Mage with high-powered rifles and a combat axe (he styled himself a full on viking...with KABOOM)
CyberPsychoed Religious Fundamentalist
Jihadist Adept
G-g-g-gansta Hacker from the basement of his parents home (think 'Wigger') with highly entertaining Combat Paralysis

Currently Playing:

Augmentation Addicted Wiccan Mentalist, follower of Sky Father

How about some I've seen from my Players over the years:

Troll Cyber-Evangelist
Facegirl/Hetera
Augmentation Addicted Orc Burnout Mage (who is desperately hanging on to that 1 Essence/Magic Point)
Human (sort of) Genetically Enhanced Creche Born (Physical Adept and Exorcist wannabe) Street Samurai




Isshia

Washed-Up Simsense Porn Star
Sanitation Worker (with rigged Garbage Truck, natch)
Long Haul Trucker with chimp companion
Moonshiner
Drunk Oil Tanker Captain
Pharmaceutical Test Subject

Driving Nephew of Moonshiner.
Archery-Expert Nephew of Moonshiner.
Cute Country Babe Niece of Moonshiner.

Cousins of Driver/Archer Nephews of Moonshiner when Driver/Archer Nephews of Moonshiner *cough*walk off the set in a contract dispute over their salaries and merchandising royalties*cough* go off to race with NASCAR.
Off-Road Racer
Dwarf Body Double
Aztlan Blood Sport Mopper
Para-animal Park Tour Guide
Javanese Shadow Puppeteer

currently playing ...

Facedancer (Social Adept with facial sculpt and vocal control)
Battlerager (Dwarven Adept half my points are in attribute boost)

Ex Special Forces (Wildcats, Tir Ghosts, Red Samurai, Jaguar Guard - etc. as well as all the conventional UCAS and global special forces, GIGN, Navy Seals, etc.) - Can be Samurai, Deckers, Magicians, Riggers, Covert Ops Specialists (or combinations).

Ex Scientist - Hackers/Logic Twinks (this is my current character - Huge DP's in hacking, armorer, chemistry, electronics, software, demolitions -anything using Logic.) - This could also be an ex magician researcher.

Cybered Rockclimber - Some really cool athletics/climbing ware from arsenal. High stealth skills and maybe a sniping specialisation can make them valuable shadowrunners.

Ex Circus Child Eclectic Wiccan Magician - Magician/Face. Good Illusion, Control Manipulations, and sleight of hand/con skills.

Ex Mafia Burglar - (my first character), Covert Ops Specialist/B&E Burglar type. Could also play a wheelman,I suppose.

Cybered Anarchist Photojournalist - Covert Ops/Surveillance/Hacking specialist.

Ex Circus Animal trainer - awakened alcoholic who accidently used a mono-filament whip to train the animals in a drunken stupor.

Spider Jerusalem, is that you?

Filthy Assistants of Cybered Anarchist Journalist

Spider wouldn't go the cyber route. He's too much of a hillbilly mountain man.

Well, he had Bioware out the wazoo. And a Headphone.

And headware memory, apparently. One he was dedicating to the memory of a bowel movement that he had to kill with a shovel.

Bioware, mos 'def. But I don't think I recall him having any inorganics in his noggin... unless I'm not recalling. I'm starting to get Transmetropolitan, Angel Stomp Future and Mek confused.

He had a "Phone Trait" installed. Which I figure is nanite-installed cyber-phone.

Or it turned him into a Technomancer.

human elf-poser adept LARPer w/ missle mastery
(first post, yay!)

Welcome to the Insanity, AlteredB!

Oh oh oh!!!

Combat Blogger!

Dragon nailclipper

Dragon stool collector

Tlatchli team captain

Services:

Hair stylist
Tattooist
Piercer
Dermatologist
Beautician

Veterinarian
Dog masseuse


Corporate
Consultant
Motivational speaker
Secretary
Secretary-General
Corporate PR photographer
Spin doctor

Chair
Whip
Member of the Order of the Garter

Blackie Pilger in JohnathanC's Sink, Hollywood, Sink.

Would be a market for these: those elves are annoying bastards.

I wonder what the going rate would be for Ehran and Harlequin's ears would be?

Only get half-price for Harlequin.

So Ehran was more of a fan of the Q-tip?

Paracritter Pet Psychic
Combat Barista (at home in Seattle, South America and Arabia)
Washed-Up Urban Brawler
Corporate Spin-Doctor
Dragon Cultist
Trideo Evangelist
Short Order Cook at an Ork Restaurant

Ex Chauffeur (Hey, corp execs drive AND fly to commute)
Ex Lawyer
Alcoholic Doctor

If that's a Court Ball Team Captain, they would certainly have a very good reason for legging it out of Aztlan...