Shadowrun
Shadowrun Play => Character creation and critique => Topic started by: sehmerus on <09-17-11/1603:44>
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I had an idea, was wondering if it could be done (i personally dont have alot of hacker/decker knowledge yet (im still learning as i go) so i was thinking of what would be a kinda cool character. and an idea came to my mind of a hacker that is paranoid of WIFI and implants. so he has to be all about hacking by pluging in cables (aka a previous edition decker) and all his equipment has to be like goggles and gloves, nothing implanted. i was thinking i could probably use his phobia for wifi and implants as a nice neg quality.
he would need to have good infiltration and con, to get into the locations he needs to hack.
any ideas? or if you think you can build him give it a try and post here.
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I like this idea. Make sure he subscribes to Plan9's newsletter, too!
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Oh, like he isn't part of the conspiracy as well!
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LOL i keep thinking of kevin smith from the last Die hard movie as the evil over lord of hackers (wich he does from his moms basement that he calls "his Lair" ) LOL
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You don't let people into my command center!
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Really, you can play this quite like any other hacker. You don't need to have holes drilled in your head for hot sim VR anymore, so you aren't at a disadvantage. My take on it follows..
Rebecca Anders (ParaNoya when she's online.. and that's about 99.9% of the time) is an old school Decker that has a body that won't tolerate any cyberimplantation without chronic pain and compromising an already weak immune system.. luckly, she's got a 'command center' in the basement her father owns and a connection to the matrix, so she doesn't care much. Her best friend is an old phreaker that claims to have been around when VR meant getting onto a sensory deprivation tank. She has a boyfriend that works for EVO (Ok, it's acutely a bored and neglected housewife with contacts inside EVO but on the Matrix nobody knows she isn't really a grad student orc that likes to watch animie with his girlfriend).
She's old skool, to the point that almost as much as she breaks past firewalls she gets on the phone and calls people up pretending to be security and asking for their passwords or puts on a fake uniform and forged security badge to walk right in the front door. "Social engineering is engineering too.."
Attributes
Body: 3
Agility: 3
Reaction: 4
Strength: 2
Charisma: 4
Intuition: 4
Logic: 4
Willpower: 4
Edge: 2
Initiative: 8
Essence: 6
Knowledge Skills
English : N
Japanese : 4
Security Systems : 4,
Computer Background : 4
Matrix Security : 4
Conspiracy Theory : 4
Animie : 4
Street Drugs : 3
Active Skills
Electronics Skill Group: 4
Cracking Skill Group: 4
Pistols : 2
Dodge : 3
Negotiation : 2
Etiquette : 1 (Matrix)
Forgery : 3
Con (Impersonation) : 4
Infiltration : 3
Disguise : 3
Perception : 2
Negative Qualities
Media Junkie (Moderate)
SINner
Weak Immune System
Sensitive System
Positive Qualities
Codeslinger (Spoof)
Trust Fund
Weapons
Yamaha Pulsar with Laser Sight (Every day carry. It's -dangerous- out there!)
Hammerli 620S with Silencer (Carried when things could go bad, reluctant to use)
Concealable Holster
Armor
Chameleon Suit
Equipment
Cram (10 doses)
Maglock Passkey (Rating 3)
Autopicker (Rating 6)
Hardware Toolkit
Medkit (Rating 3)
Trauma Patch
Fake SIN (Rating 4)
Fake License for Restricted Programs (Rating 4)
Fake License for Weapons (Rating 4)
Survival Kit
Nanopaste Disguise (5 small containers)
Comlink
Commlink : Hermes Ikon with Sim Module Modified for BTL/Hot Sim running Iris Orb, Upgraded to Response 5, System 5, Firewall 5, Signal 3
AR Gloves
Trodes
Satellite Link
Dumb Peripherals (Keyboard, Mouse, Monitor)
Goggles with Smartlink, Imagelink, Flare Compensation and Low Light Vision
Headphones
Programs.
Analyze (Rating 5), Browse (Rating 5), Edit (Rating 5), Encrypt (Rating 5), Reality Filter (Rating 5), Scan (Rating 5), Armor (Rating 5), Attack (Rating 5), Biofeedback Filters (Rating 5), Black Hammer (Rating 5), Decrypt (Rating 5), ECCM (Rating 5), Exploit (Rating 5), Medic (Rating 5), Sniffer (Rating 5), Spoof (Rating 5), Stealth (Rating 5), Command (Rating 5)
Contacts
Classic Phreaker (L:3 C:3)
Matrix Boyfriend (L:4 C:2)
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I love your concept and sample Character sheet. I kinda wanna play one if I ever get the chance. I hope you don't mind if I swipe this from you ::)
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That is an awesom character. Might have to steal it myself.
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OOh, go right ahead. I'm glad you like her. :)
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Nice idea and nicely worked out, especially since you're new at this matrix stuff. If I might propose a couple of minor tweaks/question:
-why the codeslinger (spoof)? Do you anticipate taking away drones from their riggers often? If yes, then great, otherwise something like exploit or attack migth be a better option.
-If you can find the money for it, make a couple of your programs ergonomic (unwired p114). That way they don't count against your processer limit. Programs like analyse, armour, stealth, reality filter, biofeedback filter and encrypt are good candidates for this option. They run all the time in the background, so if they don't count for program load, you have more room for other stuff.
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Spoof was on the idea that she'd make heavy use of quick and dirty rather then full-on hacking when she can. Come up to a wireless enabled lock, she'd spoof it. Need to get past security, spoof a camera to reboot and slip past when it cycles, or get a drone to look the other way.
The second suggestion is a very solid one. I don't use much stuff out of unwired normally, but anyone adapting this character should take advantage of options from that book.
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I like this character too. It seems like a really cool idea.