Shadowrun: Anyone Up For It?

[Andrew D. Gable]

If your asking abot how Tir na nOg Elves would treat Kayla, I assume like they would treat any other elf who was wearing tres chic clothes that cost 10k.

Not her specifically, just in general... how the nations get along. I seem to recall that they don't particularly care for each other.

 

[Shalimar]

So what is everyone else want to play? We can use pretty much anything. A full mage, a Street Sammie or 2, pretty much anything. But with 4-5 players we'd do well with A Full Mage, a Heavy Weapons Sammie, And Adept/back up Sammie, and a Rigger.

 

[Thanee]

I'd prefer a full mage or adept (maybe magical adept?).

I'll write up a background next week.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Gramcrackered]

I'm thinking of an ex-DocWagon paramedic. Not quite sure what you'd classify that as, but here's some background information all the same. Well. It's really more like a mini-story; I may have gotten a little caught up in my writing.

Jake hunched closer to the bleeding man on the ground, tugging with frustration at the skin-tight armor that sealed the ork from the rest of the world. Well, at least that's what it did in theory. Gauging from the blood pumping from those three bullet holes in the orks chest, somebody had figured out a way to get around it.

Finally, frustration getting the better of him, Jake wipped out his knife and began cutting at the material with smooth precision. He'd probably get yelled at this later; the company tended to recieve heat from their customers if you left any of their gear behind. He sort of imagined leaving behind large patches of the customer's armor applied.

Not that their was a damn thing Jake could do about it if he wanted to save the ork's life. Those damn security guards had the DocWagon pinned but good. The way he saw it, he could either run for the car alone and make it, try to drag the body and get torn to shreds along the way, or just stay here, patch the guy up and hope the rest of the guys figured out a way to get to him.

A burst of fire clipped the crumbling wall nearby, serving as a rather direct message that he needed to hurry up. Thankfully, it was a pretty simple job now that he had clear access to the wound. Slap a patch here, seal a wound there, press on this with both fingers and pray...and bam! All don-

A roar of thunder. A moment of darkness. When Jake blinked his eyes about groggily a few seconds later, he found the wall gone, victim to some sort of explosion. Well, whatever. Looked like the DocWagon was finally swinging around to grab him anyway.

Turning about, Jake bent to grab his patient. Only, instead of a patient, he found himself looking at a large red splat on the ground, along with what appeared to be the smoking remains of an arm. Certainly not a living, breathing, paying customer.

Cursing the world in general and his job specifically, Jake scooped up his medical equipment and made for the DocWagon. He was so fired.

Basically, I'm thinking that Jake moved on to shadowrunning as a next career. He has the same sort of skills that are handy in that line of work and, most importantly to him, things are generally far less stressful than his old job.
I know that sounds pecuilar, but keep in mind that while things still have a chance of exploding into ear-splitting fire fights, at least it isn't going to happen every single damn time.

 

[Velmont]

Here the background of Marc-Andrew Dalton, an Orc Rigger, specialized in biking.

For the Edge and Flaw I want:
Week Immune System(-1): -1 Body against disease
Extra Contact (+1): Give an extra contact lvl1
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In an orphonage, Florida, 2048

"What is next in our shedule?"
"Marc-Andrew Dalton"
"The name remember me something, which kid is it?"
"Marc-Andrew Dalton is an Orc. His mother was raped and she never accept the child. Not surprising, she was a human herself. The father was an Orc. We accept it here because of some subvention of the governement. Personally, I am not sure it was a good move. Yesterday, he was found, for a third time, by the police. He was riding another kid's bicycle. I suggest we just get rid of him. He is more trouble than anything."
"Hmmm... third time you say. Well, we have been unable to do anything constructive with him. If he is so interested with bike, let's give him one. I am sure we can find a cheap one. Let see what he does with it. Anyway, what can we do with him. That boy have spared us a lot of trouble with the metahuman activist, and even with some petty crime and some minor trouble, he is quite fine. We have handle worst here."
"If you think so..."

Same orphonage, 2052
"So, how is our strong boy."
"MAD, as he likes to be called, he has won the tournement. That give him over 10000 nuyen. Not a bad price for a junior competition."
"I think we have given him much. Let's teach him the value of money. Keep that money for us, we hav ethe right as he is in his minority. I think he can make the next competition without problem, he just need to find some sponsor."

TV, 2052
"...the orphonage have been completly destroy by the fire. For now, the cause of the fire is unknown, but the first sign make the authority think it was a cigarette that have been forgotten. The head staff of the orphonage have been killed in this drama and the kids will need to be relocalize..."

Hospital, 2053
"The vehicle control rig is not really fine accepted. We will have to give him some drugs for a bit of time, to make sure his body accept his new cyberwares. The other are quite fine, but the VCR will be the most problematic."
"Do what it is needed, but I don't want to lose my investment. Investing over 50k nuyen on a junior, not sure it is a good move, but I don't want it to be wasted even bore we use it."

Racing Dome, 2057
"... and MAD is leading the race. Only a few thing is known about him. After surviving the fire of his orphonage, Marc-Andrew Dalton have been taken charge by Harley-Davidson, who sponsor him. MAD have quickly raise in rank in the last five years in the junior. That Orc eats bike, being part of a team of combat biking and Urban Brawl too. Now, in his first appearance in the amateur, he is already in the leading group for the championship..."

Racing Dome, 2058
"... and Mad try to take the advantage on Jeremy, but Oh! Jeremy cut MAD who had no choice than to leave the track. It seems the chance for MAD to gain the victory this year are just gone..."

Racing Dome, 2059
"The new bike of MAD is amazing. No one has been able to stop him. Only Jeremy is on his step, but unable to take advantage. Jeremy sees an opening and, Oh! MAD just kick him. Jeremy lost control of his bike and he just crash outside the track. He stands up and seems correct, but here are gone his chance for today's podium. I doubt that will stay like that. MAD is in trouble..."

Racing Dome, 2059
"Disqualified for you own little vendetta. That kind of behavior is not that bad during Combat Biking and Urban Brawl, but in racing, it is not acceptable. If it wasn't for the good news I just recieved, you would be in so deep trouble that you would prefer not to have signed with us. But you see, even with your stupid move, you have impress an investor. He will sign with us, but at one condition, he want you out of the picture. He doesn't want to see his name with your, and I understand him. So here end our partnership. And I'll respect my part of the contract. You'll have 75k nuyen, which we deduce of it all the cyberware and bioware you have in your body. That make not much more, so you can leave with what remain, and we even give you your practice for the Urban Brawl. We don't need it anymore, but we keep the protoypes."

 

[Shalimar]

Well, if Thanee goes full Mage, hopefully the character will work out more on The Face/Conjuror side to cover that basis, I mean, Kayla is no slouch, etiquette 4 plus the good looking and knows it edge to lower TNs by 2, but its no specialty. Looks like Velmont is the Rigger, and Gram Crackered seems solid enough, hopefully we can get a full on Street Sam.

 

[Shalimar]

If it'll help anyone else, I'll throw up my character sheet for people to see.

Kayla Goldleaf
Edges:
Good Looking and Knows it
Bonus Attribute Point Will
Focused Concentration
Flaws:
Pacifist
Day Job 10 hours/week
Sensitive System
Attributes:
Body 3
Quickness 4
Strength 2
Charisma 4
Intelligence 5
Will 7
Essence: 6
Magic: 6
Reaction: 4
Combat Pool: 8
Spell Pool: 6
Skills:
Sorcery 6
Aura Reading 4
Pistols (Predator) 4/2
Stealth 4
Etiquette 4
Instruction (Sorcery) 4/2
Athletics 3
Language:
Sperethiel 5
English 4
Knowledge:
Spell Design 5
Magic 5
Elven Society 5
Metahuman Politics 4
Psychology 4
Foci:
Power 2
Spell Defense 2
Sustaining (Increased Reflexes +3)
Spells: (3 purchased spell points spent to join Kiros' initiatory group)
Stunball 6
Lightning Bolt (Exclusive, Ftish for Casting) 6
Levitate (fetish) 4
Heal (fetish) 6
Increase Reflexes +3 (Fetish Drain) 1
Improved Invis +6 (fetish) 6
Cantrips (Exclusive Force 2 spells, # = sorcery skill)
Healthy Glow, Detox, Fashion, Make over, Magic Fingers, Sterilize

 

[Gramcrackered]

Editing...editing...editing...

Name: Jake
Full Name: Jacob Walters

Birth: 2034.
- Location: Upscale Atlanta, Georgia.

Height: 5' 8''
Weight: 160 lbs
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue-Gray

Race(E): Human

Attributes(A)
- Body: 5
- Quickness: 6
- Strength: 4
- Charisma: 4
- Intelligence: 5
- Willpower: 6
- Essence: 6
- Magic: 0
- Reaction: 5

Active Skills(C)
- Athletics: 5
- Biotech(First-Aid): 5(7)
- Car: 5
- Edged Weapons(Knives): 2(4)
- Etiquette(Street): 2(4)
- Leadership(Morale): 1(3)
- Pistols: 3
- Stealth: 4
- Unarmed Combat: 2

Knowledges
- Biology: 4
- Cybertechnology: 3
- English: 6
- Read/Write: 3
- Flatvid Movies: 5
- Medicine: 6
- Security Design: 2
- Security Devices: 2
- Security Systems: 2

Resources(B): 1,681 Nuyen

Weapons:
Survival Knife (Conceal: 6, Damage: [Str+2]L, Legal: 6-A)
Ares Predator (Conceal: 4, Ammo: 15[c], Mode: SA, Damage: 9M, Legal: 6P-E)
- Laser Sight (Top)

Armor:
Light Security with Helmet (Ballistic: 7, Impact: 6)
- Optical Magnification 3
- Helmet Transceiver
- Chemical Seal
- Respirator

Gear on Person:
Permit for Ares Predator

Lifestyle:
Low (Permanent)

Vehicle:
DocWagon SRT Ambulance (Hand: 4/10, Speed: 80, Accel: 8, Body: 4, Armor: 0, Sig: 2, Auto: 1, Sensor: 0, Cargo: 162, Load: 350, Seating: 2, Entry: 2d + 1x)
- Medkit (Rating: 3)
- 3 Loaded Clips for Ares Predator
- Wire Clippers

Contacts:
Emily French, DocWagon Paramedic, Level: 1
Jon Gaines, Mechanic, Level: 1

Current Load: 18 kg
Stun Load: 40 kg
Moderate Load: 60 kg
Serious Load: 80 kg

Karma: 1

 

[Vendetta]

OK, I'm lost... what system are we using to make characters? Sum to ten? Anyway, I don't think I have enough experience in Shadowrun to "run" with you guys... so, if we need someone to drop out to make a workable group, I'll do it. I'd like to play and get to know the game but I'm the logical choice to go if that's what needs to happen.

 

[Shalimar]

OK, I'm lost... what system are we using to make characters? Sum to ten? Anyway, I don't think I have enough experience in Shadowrun to "run" with you guys... so, if we need someone to drop out to make a workable group, I'll do it. I'd like to play and get to know the game but I'm the logical choice to go if that's what needs to happen.

So long as you want to play, there is no reason to drop out. From earlier in the thread, we are using the priority system in the SR3 core rules. Thats the only real book you need, I'm more then happy to help you with making a character if you want. Besides, the last slot to really need to be filled is the slot that is easiest in game to play, the muscle. There are no terribly complex rule sets for street sams that go on during the game, thats left to mages Deckers and riggers. The hardest part for the muscle type character is just trying to figure out what cyber to go with. I really think that a Street Sam is the best character type to play if you want to gain experience with the system. You get to play, so it helps with the basic rules, but you also get to watch some of the more complicated rule sets without being involved, it'll give you a feel for whats going on with them. For my first few games, I played as a street sam, then I worked my way up to an adept, and finally a mage. I have never played a rigger or a decker yet, they make my head hurt