(Background/motivations to follow when I figure them out)

Machingbird

SR4A 750 Karmagen – karma costs listed in {curly brackets}

Free Spirit {250} (* means this attribute/skill/power comes with the character type)

– prefers form of a bird, but can be a toaster, a chair, a fly, a sheaf of paper, a rat, the hot new simsense star ….

– designed to be infiltrator extraordinaire
- e.g. (1) in form of fly (indistinguishable from real thing), waits outside till door open, goes in
- waits outside vault, observes dial turns (or location of keypad presses) till knows combination (however long it takes)
- zaps to astral, reports back to team
- zaps back to location on night of theft, in fly form again, uses Psychokinesis (Aura Masked) to continually open vault and cause alarm, till guards turn off alarm waiting for repair in the morning
- team infiltrates, does what needs to be done in the vault, all go home
- e.g. (2) in form of bird/rat/other-inconsequential-form, trail subject till find the target safe-house
- e.g. (3) fly as bird around gangster’s villa, stunbolting perimeter guards
- e.g. (4) schmoozes way into Bruce Wayne’s party as beauty dressed in cutting edge fashion, waits and finds location of a) valuable art, b) entrance to bat cave
- e.g. (5) set up in the board room as a chair and listen in on plans; memorize mannerisms of the CEO
- Possibilities are limitless!


Tradition – Shamanic (formerly Spirit of Man)

Qualities {0}

Magician *
Astral Chameleon {10}
Spirit Bane (fire) {-20}
Trustworthy (Con) {10}
Gremlins {-10}
Catlike {20}
Pacifist {-10} (or replace this with another Quality if you want to work with hired killers)

Attributes {135}

BOD 3 {9}
AGI 3 {9}
REA 4 {21}
STR 3 {9}
CHA 4 {21}
INT 4 {21}
LOG 3 {9}
WIL 5 {36}
INI 8 (1 IP)

Special Attributes {108}

Force 6 {54} (basis for ESS and MAG)
ESS 6
MAG 6
EDG 6 {54} - personal preference, I always go for high EDG

Spirit Powers ( 6 pts.) – need to work with GM to determine limits on karma gain through Pacts (eg. can build up ‘credits’ but can only cash in for karma as much as rest of team earned during a run)

Materialization *
Banishment Resistance *
Spirit Pact (Power) * (Would the rest of the team be willing to trade a point or two of karma or some other favour for ItNW for 24 hours? – imagine the troll ‘tank’ with 12 extra points of hardened armour)
ItNW *
Aura Masking (3.0) (+6 with EDG)
Mutable Form (1.0)
Realistic Form (0.5) (negates Distinctive Style negative quality requirement Runners Companion p. 103)
Psychokinesis (0.5)
Spirit Pact (Life) (1.0) (not totally altruistic healing)

Active Skills {198}

Spellcasting 5 {32}
(detection +2) {2}
Counterspelling 3 {14}
(combat +2) {2}
Astral Combat 2 {8}
(wards +2) {2}
Assensing 3 {14}
(wards +2) {2}
Disguise 3 {14} (+6 with Realistic Form)
(cosmetic +2) {2}
Infiltration 3(4) {14}
(urban +2) {2}
Perception 3 {14}
(visual +2) {2}
Etiquette 4 {22}
(corporate +2) {2}
Con 3(4) {14}
(impersonation +2) {2}
Shadowing 3(4) {14}
(tailing +2) {2}
Artisan 2 {8}
(singing +2) {2}
Flight 2 {8} (3D equivalent for Running)

Knowledge/Language Skills (21 pts.) {0}

English N
Japanese 1
French 1
Fashion design 3
Pop culture 3
Corporate culture 3
Military culture 2
Organized crime culture 2
Government culture 1
Birdsong 5

Contacts {8}

Bob the Fixer 3/1 (campaign specific, of course)

Spells {45}

Analyze device
Stunbolt
Detect individual
Alter memory
Control thoughts
Improved invisibility
Fashion
Mindlink (extended)
Spatial sense

Gear {6} 15,000 Nuyen

Some small place to keep stuff locked away
Armour – rating no larger than 6, to be worn in human form (able to be modified by fashion spell)
Clothing – able to be modified by fashion spell (can rematerialize as whatever, but sometimes need to have actual clothing, e.g. in a seduction)
Disguise kit
Fake SIN (fashion designer)
Audio player to listen to fashion news
? fashion magazines that are not online ?

campaign specific stuff