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simonw2000
Let's see some stats, people. I've managed to do Legolas and Nick Kang as physads. I'll throw their stats up when I get back home. I think you'll like them.
dandy
so legolas will have the quickdraw adept skill and projectile weapons skill of 193 ...
Firewall
Hmm... That sounds interesting...

What particular use would an archer be in SR? (asks the person who made a sword-swinging, hyper-fast physad just to see if it worked)
Nikoli
Ferris Beuller

Str:3
Quick:4
Bod:4 (all that running around and he never sweated)
Int:5
Will:5
Cha:7 (Exceptional attribute)

Negotiation:6/Fast Talk 8
Ettiquette: 6
Intimidate: 4
Computer: 4
Athletics:3
Perform:4
Car:3

System Familiarity (Education System):4
Music:3

Edges:
Good looking and knows it
Friendly Face

Flaws:
Compulsion: Must talk to imaginary friend as though nobody else could hear him
Compulsion: Must blow off responsibility at least once a week to have "a good time"
Compulsion: Must make use friends to get what he wants while having fun.
RangerJoe
Heh heh. Wow. notworthy.gif
Nikoli
biggrin.gif
Kagetenshi
QUOTE (Firewall)
What particular use would an archer be in SR? (asks the person who made a sword-swinging, hyper-fast physad just to see if it worked)

Troll archers can replace light artillery.

~J
Nikoli
Hehehe, I though I was the only one that saw that.

something like 19S if you go with Dikote Ranger-X bow and arrows?
RangerJoe
I was just playing some Worms World Party, and thought that I'd really like to have a squad of the little fellas be an SR team. Thus:

Worm Skills:

SMGs (Uzi)
Pistols (Cruddy Revolver)
Shotguns
Heavy Weapons
Launch Weapons(Sheep)
Projectile Weapons(Longbow)
Kung-fu (maneuvers—fire punch, dragon ball, kamikaze)
Thrown Weapons(Non-Aerodynamic…. Like bananas)
Athletics(Baseball)
Athletics(Bungee-jumping)
Parachuting
VTAs (personal jet pack)
Electronics (teleporters)
Performance (victory themes)

Adept Powers:

Great leap
Improved Athletics (Geas: must be using ninja rope)
Rooting (sometimes it’s just hard to knock those wormies over…)
Pain tolerance (1 unit of life left and they’re still truckin’)

Serious Allergy (Radiation)

Languages:

As the player sees fit (although Japanese, French, and Scottish are the most amusing)
simonw2000
QUOTE (dandy)
so legolas will have the quickdraw adept skill and projectile weapons skill of 193 ...

This board is assuming that the character in question is meant to be a PC.

Legolas would have Projectile Weapons/Pull bow 5/7
Smiley
OK, well, let's just get this out of the way.

John Preston from Equilibrium.
(Gentlemen, start your twinking.)
KillaJ
Thats exactly what I was thinking. The problem with making Preston is that:

A. You make him by the book and end up disappointed because he is just another dipshit with two pistols.

B. You give him stats that accurately reflect is "real" abilities and then you end disappointed because now he just rolls through all opposition with little to no effort.

He is definately cool in the movie but I have yet to see any SR incarnation of him that didnt leave a bad taste in my mouth. Thats not to say that I have never tried...
Sammiel
QUOTE
What particular use would an archer be in SR?


I play an archer in one of the online games. My attacks are 12m dmg, resolved against impact armor, not ballistic. so they are higher power than a rifle, lower damage code, but also much harder to stage down.
PBTHHHHT
QUOTE (Sammiel)
QUOTE
What particular use would an archer be in SR?


I play an archer in one of the online games. My attacks are 12m dmg, resolved against impact armor, not ballistic. so they are higher power than a rifle, lower damage code, but also much harder to stage down.

I did that once several years ago just to see if I can break the system.... really not that hard....

Troll phys ad with the improved projectile weapons ability... Coupled that with his high strength and that Ranger-X bow and dikoted arrowheads.... High power, lots of die rolls and silent....
It was ugly.... frown.gif

Though, he was made fun of, because he also ran around with a slingshot.... Yeah, troll strength slingshot is still nothing to really laugh at.... just weird and legal. indifferent.gif
Arethusa
Fuck Preston, let's do the Equilibrium Cleaners.
CODE
Attributes
Strength: 3
Quickness: 4 (need to be above average to cock to weapons quick and dramatic-like)
Body: 4 (need to be above average to do everything wearing a heavy trench coat and motorcycle helmet that do nothing to protect you)
Intelligence: 3 (it would be lower, but you need to be smart enough to recognize those dramatic pauses)
Willpower: 1 (just can't resist those dramatic pauses!)
Charisma: 4 (needs to be high enough to withstand the hit to charisma from wearing a trench coat and motorcycle helmet so those weapons can be cocked dramatically)

Skills
Assault Rifle(Cocking Assault Rifles): 1/6
Clubs(Having Weapon Taken by Cleric and Used to Beat Me to Death): 1/6
Heavy Weapons(Spraying Useless From the Hip):1/2
Rifles(Shooting Puppies with Sniper Rifles at 2 meters): 1/3
Shotguns(Loosely Gripped): 0/3
SMGs(Cocking SMGs): 1/6
Unarmed Combat(Standing Still and Not Putting Up a Fight): 0/3
Intimidation(Melodramatic): 1/4
Cocking Mechanisms B/R: 6
Small Unit Tactics(Ineffective Urban Swarm): 1/4
Bike(Stopping Melodramatically and Dangerously Close): 1/5
Knowledge:Edged Weapons(Taking Sword from Cleric but Not Guns): 1/6
Knowledge:Cocking Weapons Theory: 6

Edges
Aptidude (cocking weapon)
Aptitude (recognizing dramatic pauses in speeches)
Double Jointed: Just kidding!  Preston really did shatter that arm.
Bravery: The strength to get up every morning and walk outside wearing a trench coat and a motorcycle helmet at all times does not come easily.
Perceptive: Got to hear those dramatic pauses.
Blandness: We all look alike.

Flaws
Compulsion (very extreme): Must cock weapon at dramatic pauses in any speech within earshot.
Compulsion (severe): Who can resist shooting puppies with a sniper rifle at close range?
Compulsion (severe): A man who burns the Mona Lisa for a living is a man who loves his work.
Day Job (40hrs/week): It's hard work, cocking all those weapons, but someone has to do it.
Distinctive Style (trench coat and motorcycle helmet): It looks stupid, but someone's got to wear all this body armor that does nothing to protect you from hordes of untrained, horribly armed, completely incapable civilians.
KillaJ
That was the funniest thing I have seen all week!
Smiley
OK, how about El Mariachi? Pistols, shotguns, pain resistance. He won't end up too nasty.
KillaJ
Dont forget Good Looking and Knows It.
PBTHHHHT
what about Ash from the Evil Dead series.

High body, intelligent but... (dang, where's the wisdom category?)

unarmed combat, shotguns, chemistry, Car B/R
cybered combat (chainsaw specialization)

knowledge skill:
S Mart inventory (Sporting Goods specialization)

compulsion: making one-liners

is there a flaw of constantly forgetting the words? The opposite of photographic memory? grinbig.gif
Kagetenshi
The Prince of Persia, from any of the three games (we do not admit the existence of Prince of Persia 3D).

First two: insane Athletics, good Edged Weapons, good Quickness and soforth.

PoP: Sands of Time: Above plus Ambidexterity 6 (or a few levels of off-hand Edged Weapons) and PhysAd powers.

~J
Phaeton
Gordon Freeman (Uncybered mundane.)

Yoda (Dwarf SURGE physmage. On munchkin crack. Lots of it.)

Cloud Strife (Physmage or physad, with a geas involving small shiny crystal orbs.)

Barret Wallace (Street sam.)

Tifa Lockheart (Physad.)

Aeris Gainsborough (Dove Shaman. What'd you expect?)

And would post some Red Faction II ideas, but I lazy.
Shanshu Freeman
QUOTE (Phaeton)
Gordon Freeman (Uncybered mundane.)

Yoda (Dwarf SURGE physmage. On munchkin crack. Lots of it.)

Cloud Strife (Physmage or physad, with a geas involving small shiny crystal orbs.)

Barret Wallace (Street sam.)

Tifa Lockheart (Physad.)

Aeris Gainsborough (Dove Shaman. What'd you expect?)

And would post some Red Faction II ideas, but I lazy.

I'd love to see a Gordon Freeman, if anybody would do one up.
Phaeton
Hell, I'll do one if I find the time...I think it would be an odd mishmash of academic skills, physical skills, combat skills, and a high INT.

I mean, come ON. For a random scientist, he absolutely kicked HOOP.
Phaeton
Ooh! Some more...

Captain Falcon (Distinctive Style, Good Rep II, Physad, Insanely high Cars skill.)

Ender Wiggin.

Link of Zelda fame (Physmage with Edged Weapons at at least 8.)
Phaeton
And before I forget...

The dudes from Bad Dudes.

The Green Lantern (Lotsa Manipulation spells with a must-wear-ring geas.)

The guys from the Contra games.

Samus Aran.

The cast of the Metal Slug games.
Mr.Platinum
all I have to say is Mr. freakn T.
Phaeton
NESS FROM EARTHBOUND!
Nikoli
Ender Wiggin (ender's game)
STR: 2 (he was a little kid)
Quick: 5
Bod: 3
Int: 7 (Exceptional Attribute)
Will: 6
Cha:2 (he was just creepy at times)

Skills:
Unarmed Combat(Cheap Shots) 2/6
Small Unit Tactics: 6
Large Unit Tactics: 6
Pistol(Beamer):4/6
Computer: 5
Electronics:5
Electronics B/R: 5
Stealth: 3
Athletics(Zero-G maneuvers):4/6
Intimidation:3

Knowledge:
Bully Tactics: 5
Philosophy:(Nietzche)4/6
Politics:4
Military Tactics Theory:6
System Familiarity (Security Systems):4

Edges:
Apptitude: Small Unit Tactics

Flaws:
Compulsion: Must do what it takes to win, regardless of cost
Compulsion: Must smart off/Rub people the wrong way
Sahandrian
QUOTE (Nikoli)
Compulsion: Must do what it takes to win, regardless of cost

Except he didn't, in the end. At least, he tried not to.

[ Spoiler ]
Nikoli
Well, just because he didn't know the actual consequences doesn't mean he did't do it. Look at the bully from school, the bully on the shuttle up and the bullies in the School. all were dealt descisive blows that should have seen him punished.

In the end, he was punished for saving man kind though
Kagetenshi
Roger Rabbit (from the Roger Rabbit movies)

Nny (from Johnny the Homicidal Maniac)

Mamiya (from Cure) (pretty much a normal person with an über-high-level Suggestion spell)

Jane (from The Iron Dragon's Daughter)

7332 (same)

The Child Catcher (same)

Mario (AKA Jumpman, original Donkey Kong edition)

Mario (NES Mario games edition)

Roger the Negotiatior (from Big O)

Largo (from Megatokyo)

And Ender definitely hit higher than 7 on the INT scale.

~J
Nikoli
I'd agree with that for the most part, maybe as high as 8
Black Isis
Can't believe no one has suggested Molly Millions or Case or anyone else from Neuromancer. smile.gif I think I did one of Molly a long time ago (okay, actually, I was just making a Molly-clone to play in someone's game smile.gif) but I doubt I still have it.
Kagetenshi
No one suggested it because it was too obvious nyahnyah.gif wink.gif

Evil idea: Sonic the Hedgehog.

~J
Smiley
Goku or Gohan

Physmage with powerball, levitate, flame aura, makeover (for the hair color changes), with screaming and ripped clothes geasa.
CoalHeart
Goku's geasa: Massive constipation.
Phaeton
QUOTE (CoalHeart)
Goku's geasa: Massive constipation.

rotfl.gif
Sahandrian
QUOTE (Nikoli)
Look at the bully from school, the bully on the shuttle up and the bullies in the School. all were dealt descisive blows that should have seen him punished.

With the guy in the showers, he fought that way because it was the only way he really had a chance.

That, and he was never told about the guys dying.


To be slightly on-topic...

Someone already said Link, and he works better in D&D anyway (Half-Elf Bard/Ranger, going by OoT - he'd just be a Fighter or something in LttP)...

Chewbacca. SURGE troll.

Rincewind. SURGE human with Astral Perception, Aura Reading, and no other magical talent.

I'd say Urza, but that's stupid... (Spirit with materialization, Int - Godlike, Will - Godlike, Cha - 4, cause he was just a jerk sometimes)

Turok, maybe?

Ford Prefect. How high is his Fast Talk, anyway?
Phaeton
Turok? Most workable. Some sorta physad.

Chewbacca? Ork, not troll. He's not THAT big...Troll would be something about 2/3 the size of the rancor.

Ford Prefect? Ah, HELL yeah...I'd wanna see that! biggrin.gif
Sahandrian
QUOTE (Phaeton)
Chewbacca? Ork, not troll. He's not THAT big...

Going by how much taller he was than Han, and the fact that human-sized handcuffs couldn't even fit around his wrists, I went with troll. That and looking at the size of Ryyk blades (at least 30 lbs) and how easily Chewbacca was supposed to be able to fight with them, I decided his strength should be as high as possible.
Phaeton
QUOTE (Sahandrian)
QUOTE (Phaeton @ Jun 25 2004, 07:41 PM)
Chewbacca? Ork, not troll. He's not THAT big...

Going by how much taller he was than Han, and the fact that human-sized handcuffs couldn't even fit around his wrists, I went with troll. That and looking at the size of Ryyk blades (at least 30 lbs) and how easily Chewbacca was supposed to be able to fight with them, I decided his strength should be as high as possible.

...Bah. sarcastic.gif Fair enough. Maybe he's just a SHORT troll...I think trolls reach 8 feet...Or I might be thinking of wakiyambi.

...!

OOH! Mandatory game-to-SR conversion: The guy from Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy. He's either a psionicist with lots of uberfreaky spells/powers (some of which ain't even in the book), or else he's a physmage.
Herald of Verjigorm
Chewbacca would be represented by a fomori with a few mild trait changes (maybe SURGE) and a strange vocal chord adjustment such that he can only speak a rarely used dialect of Hungarian.
Phaeton
Now why didn't anyone think up of these yet?

*insert various Mortal Kombat and Soul Calibur II characters here*
Zazen
QUOTE (Phaeton)
And before I forget...

The dudes from Bad Dudes.

They had uhh,

Unarmed Combat (jump kicks) 5/7
Edged weapons (knife) 1/3
Clubs (nunchaku) 1/3


Incompetance, Edged Weapons (picking up the knife was always a mistake)
Incompetance, Clubs (same with the stupid nunchucks)
Friends in High Places (only for eating burgers with heads of state)
Braggart ("I'm Bad!")
Dark Secret (they're gay)
Glyph
How about Wolverine?

Has anyone ever done Wolverine as a Shadowrun character?
Smiley
Dikoted hand razors, symbiotes 3 and the quick healer edge for the healing factor, and the enhanced smell adept power.
Sahandrian
QUOTE (Phaeton)
Now why didn't anyone think up of these yet?

*insert various Mortal Kombat and Soul Calibur II characters here*

Better fighting game sources are probably Tekken, Ergheiz, and BioFreaks. The last was an early N64 release with freakish characters, but little else to make it worth buying, and I don't even remember any characters from it.

Tekken - Anyone as a physad, really. Yoshimitsu is cybered, though. Tetsujin would have skillwires 6+ and cluster skillsofts that let him mimic anyone's style. Unknown would have some bizarre way of mimicing that effect with magic, just cause cyber seems so out-of-character for her. Gunjack and friends could be complete-conversion borgs. Kuma... is only there cause his opponent is on too many combat drugs.

Others...

Batman is mentioned in every variant of this thread. Skipping that.

Superman - physmage, or physad with "Knack" powers. Increased Attributes on everything to some absurd level. Movement as a metamagic. Spells... Laser for his heat vision, levitate to fly... a single-target ice manip for cold breath... something to let him survive in space... an Armor variant that is always on, can't be seen, and grants hardened armor... Oh yeah, and Edge - can suddenly violate the laws of physics for no good reason by moving very fast.

Captain Picard. Skills: Being Bald (15)

Mortal Kombat - Jaxx has cyberarms. The cyborgs are probably cyberzombies. The rest I don't know enough about to say anything, nor do I really care.

SC2 - Majority belong in D&D. Sophitia is a cleric, Talim is a cleric/monk, Maxi is a monk, Taki is a rogue... And the rest can sort themselves out cause I don't feel like doing it.

There was some movie a long time ago involving giant ticks... some stupid B-movie horror thing. Those things could be stuck in SR. Oh yeah, and the one guy who got turned into a bug? Flaw: Painfully Predictable Death

Oh yeah. The Tick.

Sewer Urchin. He's a physad with below-average skills and attributes all around, but is a high-grade initiate with all of his powers geased with "Must be in the city sewer system."
Abstruse
Not trying to make a starting character here, but...

Mario Mario (from Donkey Kong) Human PhysAd

Bod 1 (killed by a barrel?)
Str 4
Qui 1 (That guy moved SLOW)
Int 1 (how many times does he have to save the same princess?)
Wil 6 (to keep saving the same princess over and over and over and over again)
Chr 1 (ugly Italian plumber)
Ess 6
Rea 1 + 1d6
Mag 6

Athletics/Jump 3/7
Clubs 6 (That sledgehammer...)

Great Leap: 6
Improved Ability: Clubs 6


Mario Mario (from Super Mario Bros) Human PhysAd
Bod 8 (Hitting bricks with your head...)
Str 4
Qui 6 (Dude could run when he needed)
Int 1 (How many fake princesses can one guy save?)
Wil 6
Chr 1
Ess 6
Mag 7
Rea 3 + 1d6 (sluggish controls)

Athletics 6
Unarmed Combat 6 (manuever: Land on people's heads)

(All powers Geased: Must have big bushy moustache and wear red overalls)
Great Leap 6
Imp Ability: Athletics 6
Distance Strike (Geas: Only after eating a red flower, materializes as a bouncing fireball spit from mouth or blown out of nose like snot)
Killing Hands (Deadly) (Geas: Only if jumping on someone's head)

Compulsion: Breaking Bricks
Compulsion: Stomping on mushrooms
Compulsion: Jumping on flagpoles and sliding down

The Abstruse One
rlemansky
Greetings.

I thought that I'd chime in...

STAR WARS

Chewbacca-PhysAd Sasquatch (SR still has those, right?)

Anakin-PhysAd of the Spirit Way

Darth Vader-Burnout Mage/Street Samurai

ALPHA FLIGHT

Shaman-uh, a Shaman, I should guess.

Sasquatch-same, maybe a ShapeShifter.

Puck-Dwarf PhysAd.

Snowbird-Shaman (Transformation/Shapechange) and a Great White North geas.

AVENGERS

Scarlet Witch-Mage

Doctor Druid-Shaman (Druid)

Captain America-PhysAd with Dikoted Shield

Hawkeye-PhysAd with Archery specialization

Thor-Shamanic PhysAd of the Dragonslayer, Dikoted Hammer and Weather spells

LEXX

Stanley-Rigger (With Incompetence and a whole bunch of Flaws).

Kai-PhysAd (Geas-I don't know-being dead?).

Xev-Seductress Shaman or Face PhysAd

DOCTOR STRANGE

Stephen Strange-Mage-highly Initiated

Wong-PhysAd

Clea-low level Mage with Dark Secret flaw (from another dimension, etc.)

STAR TREK

Vulcans/Romulans-Elves

Ferengi-Dwarves

The Borg-CyberZombies

Cardasians-Trolls

Klingons-Orcs

Jem Hadar-T'Skrang (Perhaps ?)

HPL

Shoggoths-Proteans

Cthonians-Rockworms

Spawn of Cthulhu-Gorgons

Hunting Horros-Wyverns

Tindalosi Hounds-Shadow Hound or Barghest

Llogior-Dragons (naturally)


Just some random thoguhts this morning.

R
rlemansky
More...

TEEN TITANS

Robin-PhysAd with lots of Gear

Cyborg-Street Samurai-duh

Raven-Mage

StarFire-Aspected Mage

BeastBoy-Shapeshifter or Mage with Transformation spells

Slade-Initiated (BigTime) PhysAd

R
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