[Csjarrat]

righto,
after all the amazing help i got on here for my first character, i've had a crack at building a 2nd one. this is a hacker, who should be able to just about hold his own in CC with his team.
he should be hanging out at the back of combat, slinging a grenade and suppressing with his AR.
let me know what you think!

Thomas "Dijj" Handleson
26 year old male human hacker.
brought up in corporate residence for AA company in seattle. attended corporate schooling @ tech college and then was given job within corp as a security staffer.
he worked his way through the organisation and became a trusted white hat for the security team, the corp paying for his cyber work to enhance his ability in his role.
his father worked for the same corp, he never knew his mother (left his dad when he was very young). his father took a transfer to a top-secret research lab for the corp, a few months later
died in service.
the corp never explained what happened, sent him a letter of condolence and then sacked him, blacklisting his corporate SIN.
this ensured he could never get any other work in the corp sector, and after a while trying to run freelance white hat work for smaller outfits, eventually fell into black hat work to pay the bills.
after several years pulling small scale remote hacks off, as well as data mining/surveillance for clients, he became a shadowrunner, and took on a more "hands-on" role with his hacking.
he plays in a guild on miracle shooter and is active on a number of hacker sites/communities. he has an active social life and likes to get out with his mates when not doing 'run work

Attributes:
body 3
agility 3
reaction 3 (4)
Strength 2
charisma 3
intuition 4
logic 5
willpower 3
edge 3

Qualities:
+codeslinger (10bp) hack on the fly
-mild allergy to dogs +10BP
-lost loved one +5BP
(lost father under mysterious circumstances at work. project cancelled,
letter of condolence and then "dijj" promptly sacked from the company and evicted from corporate residence)
-incompetent: Medicine +5BP
-incompetent: First aid +5BP (very squeamish with blood, doesnt like being near wounds at all!)

Contacts:
Joey, fixer. 3/3
gets me jobs, and sources guys who need data.
ok guy, get on fine. never screwed me over.

Dunzo, elf, black market dealer (software). 4/4
fellow hacker and gamer. we play in the same guild on miracle shooter.
he sells black market hacking software + info broker via matrix.
he's a drinking buddy of mine, likes rock bands and is a local guy.

Active Skills:
electronics group 4
automatics 3
hacking 5
electronic warfare 4
cybercombat 3
stealth group 3
armourer 2
throwing weapons 1
pilot groundcraft 1
perception 4
blades 1

Knowledge Skills:---------------------------------------------------------
Street:
-illegal software markets (seattle) 3
-criminal organisations (seattle) 3
-data havens (matrix) 3

Academic:
-computer science 3
-matrix history 3
-music history 3

Professional:
-white hat hacking/security 3

Interests:
-rock bands of seattle 3

Languages:
-English (N) (hacker lingo +2)
-Chinese 1


Gear:------------------------------------------------
Commlink:
Fairlight Caliban (r4/sig5)
-novatech navi os (f3/sys4)
sim module
  -hot sim
biometric reader
skinlink
pro-user suite (analyze 4, browse 4, com2, edit 4)
customized interface

x3 disposable commlinks (one in safe house)

Software:--------------------------------------------
Common-
Miracle Shooter
Firewall6
Scan 6
Encrypt 6

Hacking-
Exploit 6
attack 3
agent 3
decrypt 6
defuse 3
eccm 3
sniffer 6
spoof 6
medic 1
stealth 6
track 6
data bomb 6
defuse 6

Weapons and armour: --------------------------------

Full form fitting body armour 6/6
-non conductivity 5
-chem protection 3
-motion sensor

normal clothes

leather jacket 2/2

Actioneer Business clothes 5/3 (inc conc holster)
Urban explorer jumpsuit 6/6

Helmet +1/2
-Monocle R4
   -Thermographic view
   -Visual enhance R3
   -Vision Mag
   -Low Light view


Ares Crusader Machine Pistol (auto)
stock: gas vent 2 + extended clip. 4P damage
-conc holster
-suppressor
-smartgun (top mount)
-skinlink
-personalised grip
-folding stock
4 recoil max.

FN HAR Assualt rifle (auto)
Stock: gas vent 3 + laser sight
smart gun (top mount)
shock pad
sling
skinlink
chameleon coating
foregrip
personalised grip
5 recoil comp

Ingram Smart gun X SMG (in safe house)
Stock: gas vent 2, smartgun, folding stock, suppressor

Cyberware-------------------------------------------------------
Datajack (.1 essence) [DNI to commlink]
Wired reflexes 1 (2 essence) [+1 to reaction, +1 IP]
Encephalon 2 1.5 essence [+1 dice to all logic tests inc matrix & +1 to all cracking + electronics in AR/VR]

Vehicles--------------------------------------------------------
GMC bulldog step van (delivery van)
-sattelite link
-spoof chip
-gridguide override
-drive by wire override
-smuggling compartment
-morphing plates
-run flat tires
-gun port (passenger)
-chameleon coating

ICT fly spy (minidrone)
Camera R3
 -vision mag
 -vision enhance R3
 -thermographic
Directional microphone

Dodge scoot (commuter motorbike)

 
Misc kit----------------------------------------------------

glasses rating 4
 -radio signal scanner 6
 -image link
 -smartlink
 -flare comp

headphones rating 3
 -audio enhance R3
 -spatial recogniser
 -sound filter R1

Fake sIN R4
 -fake license R4 (gun ownership)
 -fake license R4 (conc carry)
 -fake license R4 (driver license)
 -fake license R4 (software ownership)
 -Malaysian Independent Bank credit account (biometric and password)

Fake sIN R2
(for emergencies)

Certified credstick
x5 datachips
Tool kit (armourer)
Backpack
Maglock Sequencer R6

Ammunition------------------------------------------------
x80 SMG rounds /2clips (safehouse)
x400 AR rounds /10 clips
x40 AR Ex-EX rounds /1 clip
x3 flash bangs
x3 frag grenades
x3 smoke grenades
x1 survival knife


thinking of taking another negative quality at 10BP so i can get biocompatibility to retrieve some essence. what do you think?
thanks everyone!

[Ethan]

You might grab some GM aggro for those two Incompetent qualities. Either you'll be asked to change them, or he'll smile and you'll find yourself in a situation where you'll need those two skills. And when that time comes, it'll suck for someone.

You're going to want Hacking at 6. I'd drop Throwing Weapons altogether, with a Rating of 1 and a Strength of 2 you're not going to be throwing far. Ditto for Blades. If you want something for self-defence, go with Unarmed. You'll always be able to defend yourself, even if it's mostly for show.

Oh, and unless you intend to do some combat with your van, drop the piloting point.

A Rating 5 or 6 Commlink really is necessary to be decent at this. You'll want 5s across the board to start with. Cybercombat is generally considered a waste, it's not often done, much like Astral Combat. I think it's cool though, but it's up to you. A lot of people don't hack in VR, so it's considered pointless.

Also, consider the mechanics skill group. You have quite a bit of gear that I'm assuming you want to fix yourself.

Can't tell what lifestyle you've chosen, but it's worth it to customize your lifestyle (Runner's Companion) to get yourself a place with enough space to tinker around and such.

[Csjarrat]

Ah, throwing weapons is for grenades rather than knives mate! I didnt want to glitch a grag grenade lol.
Unarmed seems fine mate, just wanted something different from my previous character.

Nah, van is just for doing recon and jumping in from via sat if needed.
Re commlink, are we talking about milspec stuff? Cos i got the best one in the main book. I see you can get a milspec rating 8 comm but i'd have to take restricted gear and buy a suit of armour to get it (unless im being daft and missed something lol)

Yeah i might repurpose those cybercombat points, the agent can always do the fighting (hopefully like agent smith in the film matrix :-))
Vr hacking seems useful, i'm getting extra IP's and dice for doing it, why is it normally shunned then?
Looking at it, i should be better at vr hacking than ar hacking, so i wanted to rock with it. Its a pretty cool concept anyways, doesnt matter if dijj gets smoked by Black IC, i'll learn for next time :-)

Yeah, i was looking at getting some points in mechanic, i think thats where my cybercombat will end up :-)

As for first aid/medicine, it gets replaced by the level of a medkit anyways so it shouldnt be a problem? If not, any suggestions on alternatives?

[Ethan]

Yeah, I saw the grenades. I'd suggest Heavy Weapons and use grenade launchers... thrown grenades are not that cool. There are delays and so forth.

You could try out Demolitions. It's not as flashy, but you'll get to do all sorts of stuff with it. It's not directly combat related, but there's still some boom-boom.

Unwired would be a solid purchase for you. There's also the Battle Buddy Basic that's 5 across. Call it something else, and you'll be fine. There are also rules to custom-build commlinks in the main book (I think).

VR hacking's not shunned but it's usually avoided because of cybercombat. People can suffer damage. Whereas AR uses your "meat" IP. It's not bad, but for what you're likely to do, it's good enough. It's perfectly okay to go VR.

Exactly about First Aid / Medicine - no GM likes giving you free points like that. I'll need to take a closer look, not sure if you can even use medkits or not.

[Csjarrat]

Its fine mate, will prob stick an underbarrel grenade launcher on the AR then.
Cannot find that battle buddy in unwired or arsenal, where does it live mate?
Cheers for the assist!

[JustADude]

Yeah, I saw the grenades. I'd suggest Heavy Weapons and use grenade launchers... thrown grenades are not that cool. There are delays and so forth.

Seconded, there.

Use an MGL-6 (or whatever the Pistol-sized one is) with an Airburst link, and there ya go. Use Flashbangs for non-lethal takedown, and HE grenades (much better than frags, IMO) for when you want some salsa.

[Mad Hamish]

Its fine mate, will prob stick an underbarrel grenade launcher on the AR then.
Cannot find that battle buddy in unwired or arsenal, where does it live mate?

The Battle Buddy and Battle Buddy Basic are both in War!, the military Commlinks are the best available
Battle Buddy Basic is signal 5, response 5 and it's the least powerful of the military commlinks, they go up to response 9, signal 8 (for 65,000 and 48F availability)
Battle Buddy Basic is availability 8R so it's available for a starting character

[Csjarrat]

right guys, i've not got War!, and wont be able to get it for a while. the work around i came up with was to get optimisation on all of the rating 6 software so it will work on my system 4 commlink. i've put ergonomic on the stuff that will be running in the background all the time or heavy use (like analyze, stealth, exploit) this should be a reasonable work-around. thoughts?

as for heavy weaps, i ran some dice and it just wasnt worth it. i'll rarely hit, or hit where i want to, so i'll just not bother tbh. we'll have a guns heavy character and a street sam in the group so they can look after that stuff. i'll just toss in the smoke :-)
thanks very much

[Scrit]

Well after reading through here, unless I missed something on your first post for this section or someone else didn't notice it. Where is your biofeedback filter program? With out it you only have your will power to defend against black ice, which ATM would put you into the ground faster then telling your team you got this. Your hacking skills for your character are awesome to say the least. But your a single screw up from your heart bursting in your chest.
It's only us That play as Technomancers that have our charisma to work as our biofeedback filters. So due to that he always try to avoid black ice or black ice attacks the best we can.

But yeah that's the only thing that really stuck out to me that unless I missed something, has not already been mentioned by someone else. Other then that your character looks awesome and I'm sure will give the corps hell.

[Csjarrat]

great catch mate, thanks!!

[Bastwolf]

No one seems to have noticed this but Lost Loved One means they are still alive.

From the book you have lost someone dear and must make a WILL + CHA (3) to avoid following any clue to their location.

[Xzylvador]

No one seems to have noticed this but Lost Loved One means they are still alive.

From the book you have lost someone dear and must make a WILL + CHA (3) to avoid following any clue to their location.

That's fluff though.
If the character's obsessed with finding out the truth of what happened to his father and still has to make the same rolls to avoid being sidetracked by a possibly-false trail, the fact of whether or not that loved one's still alive shouldn't really matter much.

The two incompetences are way worse imo. If you want to explain it as being freaked out by blood, then replace both by taking Phobia (Blood) instead. (Rules on Augmentation 164)
Ask your GM whether it's common or uncommon... For 'runners it may well be common, so Mild Phobia (Blood) will get you 10BPs, just like both Incompetences combined, but comes across a lot less cheesy.

[Csjarrat]

okay, thanks for all the help so far! heres the revised version:

Thomas "Dijj" Handleson
26 year old male human hacker.
brought up in corporate residence for AA company in seattle. attended corporate schooling @ tech college and then was given job within corp as a security staffer.
he worked his way through the organisation and became a trusted white hat for the security team, the corp paying for his cyber work to enhance his ability in his role.
his father worked for the same corp, he never knew his mother (left his dad when he was very young). his father took a transfer to a top-secret research lab for the corp, a few months later
died in service.
the corp never explained what happened, sent him a letter of condolence and then sacked him, blacklisting his corporate SIN.
this ensured he could never get any other work in the corp sector, and after a while trying to run freelance white hat work for smaller outfits, eventually fell into black hat work to pay the bills.
after several years pulling small scale remote hacks off, as well as data mining/surveillance for clients, he became a shadowrunner, and took on a more "hands-on" role with his hacking.
he plays in a guild on miracle shooter and is active on a number of hacker sites/communities. he has an active social life and likes to get out with his mates when not doing 'run work

Attributes:
body 3
agility 3
reaction 3 (4)
Strength 2
charisma 3
intuition 4
logic 5
willpower 3
edge 3

Qualities:
+codeslinger (10bp) hack on the fly
-mild allergy to dogs +10BP
-lost loved one +5BP
(lost father under mysterious circumstances at work. project cancelled,
letter of condolence and then "dijj" promptly sacked from the company and evicted from corporate residence)
-phobia (blood) +10BP
-compulsive (tidy) +5BP
-day job (10hrs, White hat Matrix security-freelance, 1000Yp/m) +5BP

Contacts:
Joey, fixer. 3/3
gets me jobs, and sources guys who need data.
ok guy, get on fine. never screwed me over.

Dunzo, elf, black market dealer (software). 4/4
fellow hacker and gamer. we play in the same guild on miracle shooter.
he sells black market hacking software + info broker via matrix.
he's a drinking buddy of mine, likes rock bands and is a local guy.

Lifestyles:
Low (main)
Squatter (bolthole/safehouse)

Active Skills:
electronics group 4
automatics 3
hacking 6
electronic warfare 4
etiquette 2
cybercombat 2
stealth group 3
armourer 1
blades 1
automotive mechanic 1
perception 4
dodge 2 (ranged +2)


Knowledge Skills:---------------------------------------------------------
Street:
-illegal software markets (seattle) 3
-criminal organisations (seattle) 3
-data havens (matrix) 3

Academic:
-computer science 3
-matrix history 3
-music history 3

Professional:
-white hat hacking/security 3

Interests:
-rock bands of seattle 3

Languages:
-English (N) (hacker lingo +2)
-Chinese 1


Gear:------------------------------------------------
Commlink:
Fairlight Caliban (r4/sig5)
-novatech navi os (f3/sys4)
sim module
  -hot sim
biometric reader
skinlink
pro-user suite (analyze 4 [ergonomic], browse 4, command 2, edit 4)
customized interface
Hardening 4

x2 disposable commlinks

Meta Link r1/sig2
-Vector Xim OS f1/sys1 (in safehouse, with fake sIN R2)

Software:--------------------------------------------
Common-
Miracle Shooter
Firewall 6 upgrade
Scan 6 (optimisation 2)
Encrypt 6 (optimisation 2)
Command 6 (optimisation 2)
Programming suite 1

Hacking-
Exploit 6 (optimisation 2, mute, ergonomic)
attack 3
agent 3
decrypt 6 (optimisation 2)
armour 3
eccm 3 (ergonomic)
sniffer 6 (optimisation 2)
spoof 6 (optimisation 2)
biofeedback filter 4 (ergonomic)
stealth 6 (ergonomic)
track 6 (optimisation 2)
data bomb 6 (optimisation 2)
defuse 6 (optimisation 2)


Weapons and armour: --------------------------------

Full form fitting body armour 6/2
-non conductivity 5
-chem protection 3
-motion sensor
-skinlink

normal clothes

leather jacket 2/2

Actioneer Business clothes 5/3 (inc conc holster)
Urban explorer jumpsuit 6/6

Helmet +1/2
-Monocle R4
   -Thermographic view
   -Visual enhance R3
   -Vision Mag
   -Low Light view


Ares Crusader Machine Pistol (auto)
stock: gas vent 2 + extended clip. 4P damage
-conc holster
-suppressor
-smartgun (top mount)
-skinlink
-personalised grip
-folding stock
4 recoil max.

FN HAR Assualt rifle (auto)
Stock: gas vent 2 + laser sight
smart gun (top mount)
shock pad
sling
skinlink
chameleon coating
foregrip
personalised grip
5 recoil comp

Ingram Smart gun X SMG (in safe house)
Stock: gas vent 2, smartgun, folding stock, suppressor

Cyberware-------------------------------------------------------
Datajack (.1 essence) [DNI to commlink]
Wired reflexes 1 (2 essence) [+1 to reaction, +1 IP]
Encephalon 2 1.5 essence [+1 dice to all logic tests inc matrix & +1 to all cracking + electronics in AR/VR]

Vehicles--------------------------------------------------------
Rover 2068 (large SUV)
Stock: Off road suspension, Amenities (high), Anti theft 2, passenger protection 2
-sattelite link
-spoof chip
-gridguide override
-drive by wire override
-smuggling compartment
-morphing plates
-run flat tires
-gun port (passenger)
-chameleon coating

ICT fly spy (minidrone)
Camera R3
 -vision mag
 -vision enhance R3
 -thermographic
Directional microphone

Yamaha Growler (off road bike)
Stock: Off road suspension
-spoof chip
-gridguide override
-morphing plates

Microtapper bug



 
Misc kit----------------------------------------------------

glasses rating 4
 -radio signal scanner 6
 -image link
 -smartlink
 -flare comp
 -skinlink

headphones rating 3
 -audio enhance R3
 -spatial recogniser
 -sound filter R1
 -skinlink

Fake sIN R4
 -fake license R4 (gun ownership)
 -fake license R4 (conc carry)
 -fake license R4 (driver license)
 -fake license R4 (software ownership)
 -Malaysian Independent Bank credit account (biometric and password)

Fake sIN R2
(for emergencies, on spare commlink)

Certified credstick
x5 datachips
Tool kit (armourer)
Tool Kit (mechanic)
Backpack
Maglock Sequencer R6
20M of fibre optic cable
Medkit R1

Ammunition------------------------------------------------
x80 SMG rounds /2 clips (safehouse)
x400 AR rounds /10 clips
x40 AR Ex-EX rounds /1 clip
x3 flash bangs
x3 frag grenades
x3 smoke grenades
x1 survival knife