[ve4grm]

Yeah, claymore is overkill, this is true. Also, beyond what a starting character can afford.

I'll stick to the Katana, but flavour it as a straighter-bladed european equivalent.

[Bewilderbeast]

I like the style of game you've laid out Moneyspider, and as I said before the idea of randomly generated runs especially intrigues me! Unfortunately, I just comitted to something like a 70 hour work week recently, so I'm not 100% that my guy will be 100% by Saturday. I am working on him, though, and I intend for him to be the blackest, darkest character in the group in terms of morality. This dude used to casually murder other human beings for their kidneys to earn a paycheck; Shadowrunner is a step up in morality for him. That said, he's not a sociopath, and his Code of Honor is meant to reflect that. And yeah, I'll be adding women to it. His Code of Honor as I see it:
- No killing or harming kids, no matter what. If a kid attacks him, he will use only non-lethal force and demand the same of others. ("Kid" here defined as anybody under the age of 20 or similarly young enough).
- No killing other people in places/situations where a kid might witness it.
- No killing people who have children, unless being paid to specifically do so. This is more emotional than rational, but basically he's more liable to be swayed by "please! I have a wife and kids!" than most.
- No killing women unless being paid specifically to do so. If he encounters female combatants, he will always opt for a non-lethal takedown, even when it may not be wise to do so. I'm trusting that the GM won't screw me over with "the security guard with a gas mask on you just killed was actually a lady! Suck your extra Notoriety!" But whatever.

Mechanically the guy is pretty close to ready, just need to buy ammo and figure out a few other odds and ends. Here's a rough start at a backgorund, as well:

Johannes Sauvant grew up a SINless urchin, scraping together a living in the unforgiving alleyways of the Berlin sprawl. Unable to qualify for a job with SK, Johannes fell in with the next best thing; organized crime. Industrial accidents, shadowruns, and general corporate backstabbing meant organlegging was a thriving business. Young Johannes cut his teeth on extraction and wetwork for a ring of organ thieves, selling cyberware, bioware, and good ol' fashioned kidneys to the highest bidder.

Early on, Johannes had a suspicion that his bosses were well-connected, possibly Vory, but he played the part of the good little cronie and kept his mouth shut for as long as the nuyen flowed. As part of the organlegging ring, Johannes Sauvant enjoyed a rather nice "employee discount" and got his pick of the used bioware and cyberware that came flowing through the shadow clinics. Eventually, he became a street samurai of some infamy, well-known as a loyal soldier of the organlegging clincs. Soon, his loyalty was rewarded with a posh station in the UCAS.

An enforcer for the organlegging operation, Johannes Sauvant soon earned the nickname "Frankenstein" due to his heavy Germanic accent and the fact that he was literally stitched together from the parts of dead man. In the UCAS, Johannes earned a greater degree of autonomy, which he used to probe into the true identities and motivations of his benefactors.

What he learned scarred him deeply.

His employers, it seemed, were not Vory at all, but Tamanous. He even suspected that his direct superior was some type of vampire or ghoul. The longer "Frankie" stayed in the organization, the more disgusted he became with the day-to-day realities. His breaking point came when he was asked to stand guard over a nondescript warehouse in Yonkers, New York. Curiousity got the better of him, and he took a peek inside under the pretense of needing to use the facilities. What he discovered inside still gives him nightmares; the warehouse basement was filled with the corpses of children. From that moment on, Johannes vowed that he would extricate himself from the organlegging "business"... and take out as many of the heartless, ghoulish monsters that ran it as possible.

[ismilealot]

Thanks for the advice Ve4grm, Moneyspider. But, I'm actually quite comfortable not facing and building a fairly oblivious, mousy, little mage. But, we'll see what catches my eye. Might just have to take glitch as a flaw.

[ve4grm]

@ismilealot - Sounds fine to me. I was just talking because my home group has a Shaman/Face, so I've seen it done. There's always the character who approaches negotiation from an academic angle, if that appeals. Or forget the face aspects entirely. The decker should have us covered for Negotiation, and I can pull off some Intimidate, so it's probably cool.

Glitch? Do you mean Gremlins? That's a fun one. That Shaman I mentioned took max-level Gremlins. He can barely hold a gun without shooting himself. When he needed to decide on an AR icon, the technomancer forcefully set his to an anthropomorphic toilet, and because of Gremlins, the group dictated that the Shaman couldn't figure out how to change it back.

[Sincereagape]

I did a scan of the vechicle lists in the core rule book.   What type of crafts would you guys look like for the team?  Ground craft that can transport the team is a given, but what about a aircraft or watercraft? 

[ve4grm]

@Sincereagape - If you have the money, I don't think anyone would object to a boat or aircraft. That said, airplanes are freaking expensive (except for the one-man ultralight, which could be useful).

As such, rather than getting anything more than the ultralight (Artemis Nightwing), I'd rather see you get more and/or better drones.

But yeah, if you have an extra $41,000 laying around, an Otter and a Nightwing could prove very useful.

[Moneyspider]

Having a plane or boat would deffenately open up options for what I could throw at you. Just keep in mind I'm not pulling punches so if you're fancy plane gets shot down or the boat capsizes... well it'll be worse then a fendebender. So totally go for it, just play smart. 

I ended up working a double today so I haven't gotten the OOC thread up yet, looking like tommorrow instead. Who still needs characters and who's ready for a final review?

[Bewilderbeast]

I ended up working a double today so I haven't gotten the OOC thread up yet, looking like tommorrow instead. Who still needs characters and who's ready for a final review?

I'm still slapping a coat of polish on "Frankenstein" and would frankly appreciate the extra time. In the middle of a 70-hour workweek, heh. Next week should be more doable, though.

[ve4grm]

Mine is ready for a final review mechanically. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18mD4RmVMDW328A6wVdExkq5lra3r1lY15SK4L-qXABs/edit#gid=0

I'm still fleshing out backstory, but that should be in there tonight, maybe tomorrow.

[SlowDeck]

p1erxOR still needs to post his decker. I would love the slot, but not enough to steal it from someone who mentioned they have the numbers done before I even posted my sheet. After all, p1 did get here first and it would be unfair of me to steal their spot just because I got my sheet posted faster.

I would make a bad, bad runner in real life >.>

[p1erx0R]

Oh i'm done, i'm just waiting for the ooc post. Thanks for your consideration though!

I guess i could post it here...

Name: Jacob Anderson
Alias: Phant05
Metatype: Human
Ethnicity: Caucasion
Age: 28
Gender:Male
Street Cred:
Notoriety:
Public Awareness:
Karma: 5
Physical Initiative: 1d6+5
Matrix Initiative Cold VR: 3d6+7
Matrix Initiative Hot VR: 4d6+7
Physical Condition: 10/10
Stun Condition: 10/10
Nuyen: 1500(4d6*100)+ 2745(Leftover Resources)=4245


Attributes
Body:3
Agility: 3
Reaction: 3
Strength: 2

Willpower: 4
Logic: 5
Intuition:2
Cha: 3

Edge:4
Essence: 5.20

Physical Limit:3

Mental Limit:6

Social Limit:5

Skills

Acting Skill Group:4	Cha	A
Influence Skill Group:5	Cha	A
Stealth Skill Group:1	Agi	A
Cybercombat:6	Log	A
Electronic Warfare:4	Log	A
Hacking:6	Log	A
Pistols:5	Agi	A
Hardware:5	Log	A
Software:4	Log	A
Computer:4	Log	A
Forgery:3	Log	A
Corporate Politics:3
Hotspot Hosts:3
Matrix Security(Seattle Grid):4
English:N
Japanese4

Augmentations
DataJack (.1)
CyberEyes Rateing 2 w/ Smartlink, VisonE2, Lowlight(.3)
Tailored Phermones Rateing 2 (.4)

Weapons

Weapon	Dam	Acc	Ap	Mode	RC	Ammo
Ares Predator 5	8p	5(7)	-	SA	-	15(Regular)
Streetline Special	6p(7p)	4	-(-1)	SA	-	6(Explosive)
Yamaha Pulser	7s(e)	5	-5	SA	-	4

Armor
Auctioneer Buisness Suit(Fire Resistance 2, Non conductivity 3, Insulation1, Shock Frills): 8 Armor

Vehicles
Ford Americar: 4/3 Handeling, 2 acceleration, 3 speed, 1 pilot, 11 body, 6 armor, 2 sensor

Cyberdeck

Hermes Chariot(Device Rateing 2):  Attack 2, Sleaze 4,Data Processing 5, Firewall 4 (Browse, Armor)
Browse, Configurator, Edit, Encryption, Signal Scrub, Toolbox, Virtual Machine, Armor, Baby Monitor, Biofeedback, Biofeedback Filter, Blackout, Decryption, Defuse, Demolition, Exploit, Fork, Guard, Hammer, Lockdown, Mugger, Shell, Sneak, Stealth, Track, Wrapper

Gear
85 Spare Heavy Pistol Ammo
50 Spare APDS Heavy Pistol Ammo
24 Spare Holdout Explosive Ammo
36 Spare Taser Darts
Concealable Holster Ares 5(In Suit)
Hidden Arm Slide Holdout
Bug Scanner rateing 3
Directional Jammer rateing 3
White Noise Generator 6
Earbuds(Capacity 3) 3
Hardware Kit
Respirator 5
Medkit 3(2 refills)
Docwagon Contract (Basic, 1 Year)
2 Fake Sins(rateing 4)
Gun Liscence(rateing 4)
2 Months Middle Lifestyle

Contacts
Wizgang Leader(Zach Videl) Loyalty 2, Connection 2
Fixer(Andre Tornufikov) loyalty 3, connection 2


::Access Central Database::
::Keyword: Phant05::
Phant05 was born Jacob Anderson, roughly 28 years ago. Graduating gradeschool and highschool with advanced apptitude for computers. Teaches describe Jacob as social and outgoing, often able to mend and interact with multiple groups. Specific reports often include examples of how he talked down a bully on the playground, or was able to get some extra food from the cafeteria. Upon graduation of highschool, Jacob worked as a retailer in a small electronics store in the ______ district. It was during this time that he met the woman he would marry, Jessica Bullwick(Soon to become Jessica Anderson). He fathered a son, Elric Anderson, and the three lived together for roughly six years, until the got a divorce. The reason of the divorce was ::DATA CORRUPTION:: she was a cheating whore. ::DATA CORRUPTION:: Suffering from the emotional response of the divorce Jacob soon quit his job. He did little activity of note. Around this date, rumors began of an online entity known as Phant05. It was said he or she could access and gather information through systems, and was working alongside several shadowrunning teams. Notable clients included ::DATA CORRUPTION:: your mom. ::DATA CORRUPTION:: There are several reported incidents of ::DATA CORRUPTION:: and Phant05 is also rumored to be behind ::DATA CORRUPTION:: Dragon rideing and unicorns ::DATA CORRUPTION: Easter bunny. ::DATA CORRUPTION::
::File Corruption::
::Access denied::
::Are you sure you want to format? All data will be lost::
::Format complete::
::Error Message Phant05: "Stop propeing into other peoples Drek"::
::Rebooting::

[ismilealot]

I won't have time to study and make the build until tues. But, a glance over the powers suggested the backstory for an illusion mage. If you like the backstory I'll make her and submit her. If not, then once more to the drawing board for me.

Jane Door, alias Twisted Sister, : Even nature hated Jane. It had made her a dwarf. There was absolutely nothing, remarkable or noticeable about Jane. She got ignored and passed over by everybody. School was a misery, not good enough for sports, or academics or band, or choir she was outcast everywhere she went. And then came the bullying. Her life went from miserable to hell in just a few short months. And stayed that way. Until the day she balled up that hatred and threw it at the girl making fun of her yet again. The pretty little prom queen princess doubled over in agony. And Jane was happy about it, and really hoping she'd done that. It kinda felt like she'd done that. She started experimenting after that. Using her hatred to cause little things. Things that couldn't directly be pinned to her. And found out that she could. It was her revenge. And every bit of torture they visited on her fueled her. It wasn't more than that. Until the day a shadowrunner recognized the blank, slackjawed expression of stupidity on her plain little dwarven face was the look of a mage practicing her art. And knew he could use that sort of distraction on his next run. He offered her the chance for nuyen for doing what came naturally. Jane took it, and hasn't looked back.

[Sincereagape]

Hi guys.  I might need to pull out of this unless I am able to play the racist elf. Real life is very busy and because I can get obsessed about things very easily, I won't be able to create a new character without getting I much into it and letting RL suffer

If this is not possible i understand and will step Aside for a replacement.  I like the sound of where this is going and the style money spider presents,sadly the only way I can play is as the aspected magician. Elf supremacist.

[SlowDeck]

Give me a little bit to go over the magic rules and I can roll up a spellcaster...

I'm flexible 

[Moneyspider]

p1ex0R - Looks good except I don't see any qualities, if you haven't picked them Ex wife and son make awesome dependents.
Sincereagape - Sorry bro, I know how RL can be. But the Racist would be too difficult to deal with I think. The character works mechanically so if you just wanted to change the racism and name that would work but I understand if you don't.
Bewilderbeast - Looks good just get me the final thing.
ismilealot - Alright get me something by tuesday. The history looks fine.
ve4grm - Looks good on the character sheet , congrats on a boyfriend that's not a dependent I don't think I've ever seen that.

Alright so If Sincereagape does step down then MortimerBane is up.
The Group as of right now is missing a healer, spell slinger, driver, and demolitions. So for people working on characters still might want to throw some in those directions, though they are not essential.