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<blockquote data-quote="GlassEye" data-source="post: 6643694" data-attributes="member: 40413"><p>[section][align=left]http://imageshack.com/a/img909/5777/9tLsy5.png[/align]</p><p style="margin-left: 100px">Poju Whitten-Loiri, a distracted human Media personality who dreams of the stars.</p> <p style="margin-left: 100px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 100px">As a youth Poju was obsessed with celebrity and technology. He wanted nothing more than to be on the cutting edge and famous for it. While still young his parents had polycognitive processors implanted; processors and software that could spin off a partial personality 'ghost', run simulations, and reintegrate the ghost and information.</p> <p style="margin-left: 100px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 100px">For Poju's parents it was an educational tool and a safety net should the unthinkable happen. Poju used it carelessly: he activated a complete upload of his personality (whom he called Poul), treated it like a digital valet, and rarely reintegrated ghosts or ended simulations leaving that for his upload to manage.</p> <p style="margin-left: 100px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 100px">In college Poju focused on media studies and his social life; Poul on upload/AI rights, exploring the limits of his digital mind, and making sure Poju passed his classes. After graduation Poju and Poul split. Poju and his lover, Simon, bummed around Europe pulling cons and skipping town before they could be reported to the authorities. Poul downloaded into Simon's clone and went to explore his own non-virtual life.</p> <p style="margin-left: 100px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 100px">After nearly a year of travel Poju discovered his video journal on travel, technology, celebrity, and society had developed a small but growing following. He spent the next several years building his career as a media personality.</p><p>[/section]</p><p></p><p>Grade 5; Hook attribute: Cha</p><p></p><p><strong>Strength </strong>4 (2d6)</p><p><strong>Agility </strong>6 (3d6)</p><p><strong>Endurance </strong>5 (2d6)</p><p><strong>Willpower </strong>4 (2d6)</p><p><strong>Intuition </strong>3 (2d6)</p><p><strong>Logic </strong>3 (2d6)</p><p><strong>Charisma </strong>9 (3d6)</p><p><strong>Luck</strong> 6 (3d6)</p><p><strong>Reputation </strong>3 (2d6)</p><p></p><p><strong>Health</strong>: 0 [roll0]</p><p><strong>Speed</strong>: 5 (2 climb/swim)</p><p><strong>Jump</strong>: 12' horiz, 4' vert</p><p><strong>Carry</strong>: 90 lbs</p><p><strong>Initiative</strong>: 2d6</p><p><strong>Defense</strong></p><p>- Melee: 4d6 [14]</p><p>- Ranged: 4d6 [14]</p><p>- Mental: 2d6+5 [12]</p><p></p><p><strong>Attacks</strong>:</p><p>- Unarmed: 3d6 (1d6+2)</p><p>- Melee: 3d6</p><p>- Ranged: 3d6</p><p></p><p><strong>Skills</strong></p><p>Acting 3 (2d6)</p><p>Bluffing 2 (1d6)</p><p>Carousing 4 (2d6)</p><p>Computers 1 (1d6)</p><p>Dancing 1 (1d6)</p><p>Dodging 1 (1d6)</p><p>Hardy 1 (1d6)</p><p>Journalism 3 (2d6)</p><p>Singing 1 (1d6)</p><p>Trivia: Celebrities 1 (1d6)</p><p></p><p><strong>Exploits</strong>:</p><p>- Aim: +1d6 to ranged attack roll</p><p>- Deadly Strike: +1d6 dmg on hit (ranged)</p><p>- Distracted: 1/day ally gains +2d6 on attribute check</p><p></p><p><strong>Gear</strong></p><p>Credits: 380 ([roll1] *20; min 100)</p><p></p><p><strong>Weapons</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Armor</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>[sblock=Specifics of Species, Origin, Career, etc]Species: Augmented (28 yrs old)</p><p>End +1, Str +1, Agi +1</p><p>Skill choices: Computers, Hardy, Trivia: Celebrities</p><p>Exploits</p><p>- Alteration: begin with 2 minor cybernetic alterations.</p><p>-- Polycognitive Processor: +5 Mental Defense</p><p>-- Voice synthesizer: +1d6 Cha to deceive others</p><p>- Adaptive: Routine [10] End check for successful implanting. +2 alterations beyond End limit</p><p>Trait</p><p>- Distracted</p><p></p><p>Origin: Everyman ([roll2] yrs)</p><p>End +1, Agi +1 (s), Cha +1, Luc +1</p><p>Skill Choices: Dodging (d), Acting</p><p>Exploits</p><p>- Ordinary: +1d6 to bluff, disguise, or otherwise blend in unremarked</p><p></p><p>Career:</p><p>College [Journalism] (4 yrs)</p><p>Log +1, Wil +1, Cha +1, Rep +1</p><p>Skills: Bluffing, Carousing</p><p>Exploits</p><p>- Bachelor: Journalism 3; +1d6 to research attempts</p><p></p><p>Con Artist ([roll3] yrs)</p><p>Int +1, Agi +1 (s), Cha +1, Luc +1</p><p>Skills: Bluffing, Carousing</p><p>Exploits</p><p>- Beguiling: Cha vs. Mental Defense to charm target</p><p>Prison check [roll4]</p><p></p><p>Performer ([roll5] yrs)</p><p>Cha +2, Luc +1, Rep +1</p><p>Skills: Acting, Carousing</p><p>Exploits</p><p>- Triple-threat: Singing, dancing, & acting at 1 rank.</p><p></p><p>Performer</p><p>Cha +2, Luc +1, Rep +1</p><p>Skills: Acting, Carousing</p><p>Exploits</p><p>-Fearful: w/ two actions per turn (and failed Cha vs. Mental Def.) target takes -1d6 to all interactions with you</p><p></p><p>Notes:</p><p>Did a fair amount of tweaking, particularly with species & attribute substitution to balance out the character a little more so it isn't just mental/Cha.</p><p>Currently only four careers since I needed to make the prison check after the Con Artist career. After I know, I'll add a 5th career.</p><p>(s): species attribute substitution</p><p>(d): defense skill</p><p>Polycognitive Processor: as 'Psionic scrambler' (which was on the WOIN website but not in the NEW chargen pdf) but implanted processors that run personality fragments for increased cognition.</p><p>Still need to work out history.</p><p>[/sblock]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GlassEye, post: 6643694, member: 40413"] [section][align=left]http://imageshack.com/a/img909/5777/9tLsy5.png[/align] [indent=5]Poju Whitten-Loiri, a distracted human Media personality who dreams of the stars. As a youth Poju was obsessed with celebrity and technology. He wanted nothing more than to be on the cutting edge and famous for it. While still young his parents had polycognitive processors implanted; processors and software that could spin off a partial personality 'ghost', run simulations, and reintegrate the ghost and information. For Poju's parents it was an educational tool and a safety net should the unthinkable happen. Poju used it carelessly: he activated a complete upload of his personality (whom he called Poul), treated it like a digital valet, and rarely reintegrated ghosts or ended simulations leaving that for his upload to manage. In college Poju focused on media studies and his social life; Poul on upload/AI rights, exploring the limits of his digital mind, and making sure Poju passed his classes. After graduation Poju and Poul split. Poju and his lover, Simon, bummed around Europe pulling cons and skipping town before they could be reported to the authorities. Poul downloaded into Simon's clone and went to explore his own non-virtual life. After nearly a year of travel Poju discovered his video journal on travel, technology, celebrity, and society had developed a small but growing following. He spent the next several years building his career as a media personality.[/indent][/section] Grade 5; Hook attribute: Cha [B]Strength [/B]4 (2d6) [B]Agility [/B]6 (3d6) [B]Endurance [/B]5 (2d6) [B]Willpower [/B]4 (2d6) [B]Intuition [/B]3 (2d6) [B]Logic [/B]3 (2d6) [B]Charisma [/B]9 (3d6) [b]Luck[/b] 6 (3d6) [B]Reputation [/B]3 (2d6) [B]Health[/B]: 0 [roll0] [B]Speed[/B]: 5 (2 climb/swim) [B]Jump[/B]: 12' horiz, 4' vert [B]Carry[/B]: 90 lbs [B]Initiative[/B]: 2d6 [B]Defense[/B] - Melee: 4d6 [14] - Ranged: 4d6 [14] - Mental: 2d6+5 [12] [B]Attacks[/B]: - Unarmed: 3d6 (1d6+2) - Melee: 3d6 - Ranged: 3d6 [B]Skills[/B] Acting 3 (2d6) Bluffing 2 (1d6) Carousing 4 (2d6) Computers 1 (1d6) Dancing 1 (1d6) Dodging 1 (1d6) Hardy 1 (1d6) Journalism 3 (2d6) Singing 1 (1d6) Trivia: Celebrities 1 (1d6) [B]Exploits[/B]: - Aim: +1d6 to ranged attack roll - Deadly Strike: +1d6 dmg on hit (ranged) - Distracted: 1/day ally gains +2d6 on attribute check [B]Gear[/B] Credits: 380 ([roll1] *20; min 100) [B]Weapons[/B] [B]Armor[/B] [sblock=Specifics of Species, Origin, Career, etc]Species: Augmented (28 yrs old) End +1, Str +1, Agi +1 Skill choices: Computers, Hardy, Trivia: Celebrities Exploits - Alteration: begin with 2 minor cybernetic alterations. -- Polycognitive Processor: +5 Mental Defense -- Voice synthesizer: +1d6 Cha to deceive others - Adaptive: Routine [10] End check for successful implanting. +2 alterations beyond End limit Trait - Distracted Origin: Everyman ([roll2] yrs) End +1, Agi +1 (s), Cha +1, Luc +1 Skill Choices: Dodging (d), Acting Exploits - Ordinary: +1d6 to bluff, disguise, or otherwise blend in unremarked Career: College [Journalism] (4 yrs) Log +1, Wil +1, Cha +1, Rep +1 Skills: Bluffing, Carousing Exploits - Bachelor: Journalism 3; +1d6 to research attempts Con Artist ([roll3] yrs) Int +1, Agi +1 (s), Cha +1, Luc +1 Skills: Bluffing, Carousing Exploits - Beguiling: Cha vs. Mental Defense to charm target Prison check [roll4] Performer ([roll5] yrs) Cha +2, Luc +1, Rep +1 Skills: Acting, Carousing Exploits - Triple-threat: Singing, dancing, & acting at 1 rank. Performer Cha +2, Luc +1, Rep +1 Skills: Acting, Carousing Exploits -Fearful: w/ two actions per turn (and failed Cha vs. Mental Def.) target takes -1d6 to all interactions with you Notes: Did a fair amount of tweaking, particularly with species & attribute substitution to balance out the character a little more so it isn't just mental/Cha. Currently only four careers since I needed to make the prison check after the Con Artist career. After I know, I'll add a 5th career. (s): species attribute substitution (d): defense skill Polycognitive Processor: as 'Psionic scrambler' (which was on the WOIN website but not in the NEW chargen pdf) but implanted processors that run personality fragments for increased cognition. Still need to work out history. [/sblock] [/QUOTE]
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