[Angelone]

 

I think I had blocked that from my mind... I hate him so.

[CanRay]

Better than some protagonist characters.

Anyhow, I wanted someone that had some moral boundaries and might be recognized by someone who knows the universe to guide my character...  So I chose Twist.

I would have chosen Dodger, but who knows where that fragger got off to.

[Angelone]

I think Argent would make an awesome mentor.

Twist just annoys me, he's a decker!, he's a shaman!, he's a massive prick who unleashed spider into this world! In my mind he's a very inflexible and judgemental, seeing himself better than those around him even though he is doing the same things.

[CanRay]

Argent only works with Peg, however.     So that option was out.  Also, he probably wouldn't hire someone as green as "The Accountant From Hell" as he was back then, or even now.  Maybe a small contract for some Forensic Accounting, but that's it.  Dirk would have been another option, but he's more a Lone Wolf.  Wolf Larson is another possibility, but something told me that he wouldn't be a good match for TAfH.  Wolf and Raven, same issue as Argent, too high-powered.

Twist is a Decker...  Who sucks.  Twist is a Shaman...  Who burnt out.  Twist unleashed Spider...  Who isn't that bad a Totem in the end, after all, she eats Bugs.  He sees himself better than others despite being in the same drekky sewer...  So do a lot of Shadowrunners.  He's a believable character who isn't a Marty Sue in a lot of ways, but doesn't quite go all the way into Butt Monkey either.  A nice median.  Really, but the 2060s, the only "unique" thing about him is his moral code about not geeking everyone.

Of that all, yeah, Spider, admittedly a mistake, but dick move, Twist.  Dick move.

[Charybdis]

I think Argent would make an awesome mentor.

I thought Argent was dead?

Killed in one of the novels ages back. Something about a retired female decker, a newb wolf shaman (who finds out he's a shaman half-way through the book), and tech regarding eavesdropping on Fibre-optic comms?

[CanRay]

I think Argent would make an awesome mentor.

I thought Argent was dead?

Killed in one of the novels ages back. Something about a retired female decker, a newb wolf shaman (who finds out he's a shaman half-way through the book), and tech regarding eavesdropping on Fibre-optic comms?

Nah.  He's alive and well in the 2060s.  Gets his own novel.  "Run Hard, Die Fast" by Mel Odom.  Pretty good, and he gives full props to the character's creator, Nigel Findley.

It was a novelist that made the mistake of researching the Shadows too closely that got killed, who was also a contact of Wolf Larson ("Lone Wolf").  The novel you're talking about is "Shadowplay", BTW, and my first introduction to Shadowrun.

"2XS" nailed the universe for me and started me on the hunt for a group that would let me play that continues to this day.  All Findley books, BTW, and available in digital formats for those unable to find paper copies.  I'm going to have to break down someday and get "Shadowplay" in that format, as I was able to get the rest in Dead Tree Format.

[CanRay]

Found a Mini for The Accountant From Hell.

[Kane]

Nice mini good character & background

[CanRay]

I saw the title of the thread and thought 'who created the demon chasing Nic Cage in Drive Angry?'. Yeah he was a demon called The Accountant who was in charge of making sure everyone in hell stayed there. He was the only good thing about that awful awful experience. 

Finally got to see the movie.  Decent enough action flick, in a '80s style which made me nostalgic in a lot of ways.  The Accountant (from Drive Angry) makes me think of a Mystical Adept who has a Gaes about flipping that Silver Denarius of his to work spells.  ...  You know, I wonder if there's 29 more of them. 

That said, I'm going to be studying that character a bit, I think to nail the character down pat.  Only a lot less emotional and human.  I'm going to play with the *ICE* Cold Emotionless character with him.  Creepily so.

I handed my backstory for the character off to a few friends to edit, and one just looked at me when they handed it back going, "Dude, that is so totally...  Yeah."  Take into consideration this is the same person that has stated, "When the Apocalypse happens, I'm hiding behind you."

The scary part is, he didn't state what kind of apocalypse.  Truth?  I don't think it matters.  He's already got his bets down between me and any type of Apocalypse. 

At this rate, however, it's looking like he'll never be used as a PC, as THREE groups have fallen apart on me in less than the same amount of months... 

[The Wyrm Ouroboros]

Zombie resurrection, I know...

In my exploration of the game, and going off the concentrations provided, what you need for Parkour is as follows:

• Climbing (Buildings/Urban);
• Gymnastics (either Tumbling or Jumping; a kind GM will allow you Urban/Parkour);
• Running (Urban);
• and Interest (or Street Knowledge): Parkour.

Please note that both Parkour and free running, while they have similarities in movement shared by movement-intensive martial arts (Ninjitsu's jumping and evasion techniques and Capoeira's full-body agility and dancelike movements come immediately to mind), are not actually martial arts; any display of traceurs or traceuses kicking tail while in the midst of a run (District 13, we're talking about you) are more a matter of other martial experience, choreography,  and story.  If you want to run, take the above; if you want to boot head while you do it, add Capoeira.

[CanRay]

It's been determined that I'll never be able to use this as a PC, so it doesn't really matter any longer.