[Moneyspider]

This is the OOC thread for the Randomly Generated Runs. I'm your host MoneySpider and we're going to get started.

First I'd like everyone to post their Character Sheets and Histories. Lets get those all down before anything else on this thread. If you have questions please PM me.

Second we're using http://orokos.com/ for Dice Rolls

Third the ground rules I laid out still apply.

Stuff straight from the book:
Morality: While I think characters having some disagreements over morality I'd like everyone to have the same general direction, being good. I don't want to deal with particularly evil, sick or twisted characters. Generally speaking characters should not want to leave a trail of bodies in every run. I don't expect everyone to run around with only non-leathal weapons, this is a dystopia afterall, but whether it because a character wants to avoid drawing the attention of the cops, or because they feel every life is sacred, wonton killing has heavy consequences. This is just one example I"d like to avoid violent psychopaths for characters. On the flip-side and to a lesser degree I don't expect there to be many Paladins in the Sixth world. If you want to be one of those runners who's out fighting the good fight, that's great! But a character that's particularly preachy isn't gonna work well with the guy who's just there to get a paycheck. I don't expect all the characters to be best friends, but you have to have similar moral foundations in order to work with each other.

Racisim This is a big part of the Sixth World and I have no problem implementing it against you guys. And I suggest that you consider the prejudices your character might have. Whether it something as mild as thinking trolls are kinda freaky looking or that Sasquatches aren't people no mater what anyone says. Consider prejudice tied to ethnicity and gender as well. While never hitting a woman is chivalrous and great and all that, it does come with preconceived ideas. The same can be said for many ethnicity, the great ghost dance wasn't THAT long ago, maybe your character assumes all natives are magic, or maybe you have a native character who remembers that it wasn't that long ago that white-man called for the extermination of Natives and magic was the only reason it didn't happen. There are two instances of Racism I don't want in our game. First nothing from players, simple as that. Racist OOC comments will make you not welcome in this game. Second is where it disrupts the flow of game overly much. Like with Sincereagape's elf supremacist, while interesting as hell it would be a pain to have him in a group with any non elves.

Violence I touched on this a bit with morality. But there are a few lines that need to go here too. Graphic detail is unnecessary. One can describe graphic violence without graphic detail and thanks to Hollywood I'm pretty most of use can picture something worse then what we could type out. Even then graphic violence should have an effect on a character, much like killing. It's one thing to see a guy take a bullet or a beating. But a character finding someone who had been tortured to death after several days will at the very least be making some composure checks.

Sexuality I've found that role-playing and being behind a character can be a great safe and interesting way to explore sexuality. I've also found a tendency for gamers to be very immature about it. So please feel free to make a character with an alternative sexuality. In a world of magic and crazy body modifications, of poverty and decadency, of virtual reality and survival sexual freedom is pretty much the norm. However picking up a hooker on every other street corner, or trying to hit on every person you meet with a 6 charisma is annoying and slows down the game, so feel free to role-play the sexuality of characters with a few limitations. First no need for explicit detail. Really they have different forums for that we're here to role-play not fap. Second there will be no IC Rape, not with force, drugs or mind control. Feel free to have it as part of your characters history but it will not happen IC. Third like with racism I don't want to see any OOC homophobia, transphobia or any of that stuff that causes an argument on tumblr. If someone want to make an LGBT character go for it, no one here will give you shit for it, if they do their out.

Now for some stuff from me:
Difficulty I prefer to run a more high risk/ high reward sort of game. I don't like to pull punches. I say this now so you know I'm not picking on anyone. That being said I'm still getting used to the system and will probably make mistakes. If you think I've made a totally unreasonable challenge please PM me it could be I just didn't realize how potent a critter power was, or overestimated what a party could deal with. It could also be that I presented the party with a situation that they're not meant to handle. I expect Runners to turn down jobs when their too much, I expect characters to turn tail and run when they are just too outclassed. I like to reward smart plans and clever thinking. It might seem like there's a challenge that's too great it probably means you should come at it sideways. If you can't come at it sideways then maybe you should cut your losses and call the run off. Pulling a gun in a lonestar station isn't gonna mean you survive because you're a PC, it means you're gonna get shot, even if you're Ned Stark.

Continuity I do not have an encyclopedic knowledge of the world of Shadowrun. I will make mistakes and assumptions. I ask that you be patient with me and roll with it. More often then not it won't matter. If you've got a real Hardon for Cannon sure please share with us, but Cannon isn't gonna be big part of my runs. Least not for a while.

Feedback Give it to me! Good or bad, just please be polite.

Now for some more about the IC stuff

Setting Y'all are in Seattle, bet you didn't see that coming! Most of the game's gonna take place in the Seattle Metroplex and maybe a bit into the surrounding Sailish-Shidhe Council. Maybe once we get things flowing we'll expand but for now you're in the Emerald City.

People So if anyone of you wants to talk to another one and say you have characters who know each other go for it! Just include it in your character background. Otherwise you'll all know each other through a friend of a friend essentially and I'll go more into that once we get going. Things to consider, family, friends, enemies and all that, I don't need a lot of history regarding them, but if there's something you want to share please include it in your character history. If you have the dependents negative quality, however you must let me know who they are before we begin.

Lifestyles and Attributes If you have High, Luxury or Street level lifestyles I'd like to know why. If any of your attributes are 1 or at the natural maximum it should reflect in how the character looks and behaves. Someone with 1 Body is probably sickly looking, someone with 1 Logic probably has some sort of severe head trauma. This includes Magic and to a lesser degree essence. If you've got 6 magic something about you should make it clear that you know a thing or two about the awakened world (Magical tattoos and foci for example.). Likewise someone with less then two essence is gonna look it(unless they try real hard.)

Story The whole idea is that this is going be randomly generated runs. I'll roll some dice here at home and throw something together for you guys to deal with. One day it might be working security for a rich exec while he finishes a high profile project, the next might be delivering medicine to an orphanage, the next you might be trying to steal something from the King Tut exhibit for the Iluminati. So everyone should be prepared for essentially random challenges. As we go along I expect other stories to develop. Someone's past comes into play, a nameless NPC gets a name and highers you for a job that sort of thing.

Downtime It's easy to start shotgunning runs when we have a setup like this. So I will be allocating at least two weeks of downtime between runs for characters to get healed up look for new gear, learn new skills that sort of thing. If you guys decide to push and find more work through your contacts and such more power to you.

So I hope that answered some questions about the kinda of game I want to run. If you have more questions or want clarification please ask! I want to learn though this but I also wanna have fun, and want you guys to have fun too!

And one last thing:
Posting I"d like to see posting as often as possible for everyone. If for some reason you won't be able to post for a few days please let us know in the OOC Thread. If we get no notice and no postings for 5 straight days, I'm gonna bring somebody up off the bench.

Finally there are some small changes I want everyone to note on their character sheets. Everyone gets one bonus point of edge. This point can push you past your maximum but it can not be recovered. Everyone also gets one extra contact.

Fixer Loyalty 3/ Connection 6
AceOfSpades, most people call him Ace. This recently retired runner turned Fixer has a certain talent for getting new teams established. Right now rumors say he keep a half dozen or so teams in the cash, minus a small fee. He's got one of those faces that you always recognize but can't quite place. Rumors say he's Awakend but channels his magic mostly into begin great with a cyberdeck, and can hack in AR faster then most can Hot-Sim'd. Not much is know about him but, if he's called you for the first time he's probably putting a team together. He's known to take a personal interest in the teams success. And as one of those in the shadows who "fights the good fight" the jobs he sets up tend to help take this dis out of distopia. But a guy with that many connections isn't the kind you want to cross. Someone who runs on all three levels of the Sixth World and do some serious damage if he needs to.
The reason for his loyalty score, in-spite of never having met any of you, is because he wants his teams to succeed.

I hope to have the IG Thread up and running this weekend.

[ve4grm]

Alias: Critter
Real Name: Reaghan Mawr
Welsh Dragonslayer Adept
Areas of Expertise: Fighting, Fighting Spirits (though not in Astral), Gymnastics, Stealth, Intimidation

Description:
5'4", 150 lbs, muscular build
light brown skin, brown eyes, shoulder length electric blue hair (black roots showing)

Details and pictures: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18mD4RmVMDW328A6wVdExkq5lra3r1lY15SK4L-qXABs/edit?usp=sharing

Important Mechanical Info:

Main Attacks: Automatics (SMG and AK-97) and Blades (magic sword, forearm snap blades, combat knife, bayonet)
Backup Attacks: Punching things

Best Skills: Combat, Gymnastics, Sneaking, Perception, Intimidate (Interrogation)

Adept Powers: Improved Agility, Improved Reflexes, Improved Senses, Light Body, Combat Sense

Important Qualities: National SINNER (UK), Allergy (Seafood, Moderate), Mentor Spirit (Dragonslayer)

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CONTACTS:

Alejandro - Talismonger/Boyfriend - Loyalty 3/Connection 2
Ran a little shop in the Anarchist side of Berlin when Critter was there, mostly importing wares from his family's larger operations in Spain. Occasionally, he branched out, smuggling illicit magical goods past the West Berlin corporations along with his usual shipments. When East Berlin began faltering, decided to take his import business elsewhere, eventually deciding on the UCAS. Convinced Critter to come with him, promising more and better challenges in the Seattle sprawl. So far, he hasn't been wrong. Alejandro is a low-powered Hermetic mage, primarily an alchemist.

Philippe "Phil" Francis - Knight Errant Sergeant - Loyalty 1/Connection 3
A Quebecois dwarf, Phil is a professional, but admires results over methods. As such, he is willing to work outside the law when necessary, or to forgive those who did, when the results are beneficial. Critter was lucky that Phil was her arresting officer when she was caught over the dead body of a drunken troll, protecting the cowering ork woman he had been assaulting. Phil let her go with a warning, and put the case in the file as a bar brawl gone badly. They've stayed in touch on occasion, assisting each other with information, or vigilante justice. Phil would have no compunctions arresting her if she did something truly bad, but luckily Critter has since learned to be more careful about getting caught.

Fixer Loyalty 3/ Connection 6
AceOfSpades, most people call him Ace. This recently retired runner turned Fixer has a certain talent for getting new teams established. Right now rumors say he keep a half dozen or so teams in the cash, minus a small fee. He's got one of those faces that you always recognize but can't quite place. Rumors say he's Awakend but channels his magic mostly into begin great with a cyberdeck, and can hack in AR faster then most can Hot-Sim'd. Not much is know about him but, if he's called you for the first time he's probably putting a team together. He's known to take a personal interest in the teams success. And as one of those in the shadows who "fights the good fight" the jobs he sets up tend to help take this dis out of distopia. But a guy with that many connections isn't the kind you want to cross. Someone who runs on all three levels of the Sixth World and do some serious damage if he needs to.
The reason for his loyalty score, in-spite of never having met any of you, is because he wants his teams to succeed.

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BACKSTORY:

Mother a surgeon of Indian descent, father a druidic shaman of British lineage, worked together at the Welsh Royal Infirmary developing combined technological/magical treatments. It was a comfortable life. She hated it.

Born back in 2049, Reaghan had a rebellious streak a mile long. She picked fights with bullies at school, standing up for whoever was being beaten down. As such, most of her friends were metahumans. In her mid-teens, she was already involved with a minor metahuman gang, holding protests against the corrupt LPO government, much to the dismay of her parents.

When she awakened, the reason for this behaviour became clear. The Dragonslayer, personified within her as the legendary Sir Lancelot, had chosen her from a very young age. As such, she felt a compulsion to search for greater and greater triumphs, and foes to defeat. But with her awakening, political rallies would no longer satisfy.

Reaghan moved to the East Berlin anarchy state, fought for freedom against those who would take advantage of the communities. She enjoyed it there, it satisfied her spiritual needs. Eventually, the dream faded. The West Berlin corporate interests began holding more sway in the East, the anarchy began destabilizing, people began accepting more corporate control. It seemed clear that the dichotomy was dissolving, and with it her chances at conquest.

Alejandro told her of the shadows in the UCAS, the corporate and political corruption. He told her of the challenges that could await, and she ate it up. He was moving to Seattle to set up a shop that would import from his family business, and Reaghan decided to come with him to run the shadows.

[p1erx0R]

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(+1)
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 (Configuator(5 Attack, 4 Firewall, 4 Sleaze, 2 Data Processing), 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

Qualities
Code Slinger(Brute Force)
Natural Hardening
Dependant(None live in son, 10%)
Mild Allergy to Seafood
Distinctive Style(Blue glowing face tattoos)
National Sinner(Seattle)

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

Fixer Loyalty 3/ Connection 6
AceOfSpades, most people call him Ace. This recently retired runner turned Fixer has a certain talent for getting new teams established. Right now rumors say he keep a half dozen or so teams in the cash, minus a small fee. He's got one of those faces that you always recognize but can't quite place. Rumors say he's Awakend but channels his magic mostly into begin great with a cyberdeck, and can hack in AR faster then most can Hot-Sim'd. Not much is know about him but, if he's called you for the first time he's probably putting a team together. He's known to take a personal interest in the teams success. And as one of those in the shadows who "fights the good fight" the jobs he sets up tend to help take this dis out of distopia. But a guy with that many connections isn't the kind you want to cross. Someone who runs on all three levels of the Sixth World and do some serious damage if he needs to.
The reason for his loyalty score, in-spite of never having met any of you, is because he wants his teams to succeed.

[Bewilderbeast]

Resources: A
Attributes: B
Skills: C
Metatype: D
Magic: E

Karma Expenditures
25 Base Karma
+7 for Bad Rep
+3 Biased versus HMHVV, Ghoul-sympathizers
+15 for Code of Honor (no kids, no women)
-10 for Logic 1 -> 2
-10 for Charisma 1 -> 2
-12 for Perception 3
-2 for Locksmith 1
-2 for Palming 1
-10 for nuyen
-2 for Street Doc Loyalty +2
-2 for Fixer Connection +2

Body 5
Agility 6 (9)
Reaction 3 (5)
Strength 3 (6)
Willpower 5
Logic 2
Intuiton 4
Charisma 2
Essence .25
Edge 6

Physical Limit 8, Mental Limit 5, Social Limit 7

SKILLS
Athletics 2
Unarmed 6
Pistols 6
Sneaking 4
Automatics 3 w/ Assault Rifle spec.
Perception 3
Con 3
Etiquette 3
Intimidation 1 w/ Physical spec.
Palming 1
Locksmith 1

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS
English (N)
German 3
Anatomy 3 (Academic)
Security Systems 2 (Professional)
Criminal Syndicates 1 w/ Organleggers spec (Street)
Street Clinics 1 (Street)
Bars and Clubs 1 (Interests)

CONTACTS
Fixer- Viktor Gold. A former Saeder-Krupp corporate spook who pissed off the wrong dragon and was forced to live fully in the shadows, Viktor Gold knew Johannes by reputation and made a point of looking him up. The two don't trust each other at all, but Johannes is good at wetwork and infilitration and Gold is good at making connections, so they tolerate each other for as long as it's mutually beneficial. Loyalty 1, Connection 4Street Doc- Dr. Henry Swaim. Johannes' co-conspirator, Dr. Henry Swaim was the man who helped Frankenstein extricate himself from Tanamous. They are loyal to each other and trust one another; but they are by no means friends. Whereas Johannes was sickened by the depths of depravity of Tanamous, Dr. Henry Swaim felt the strictures of the organlegging business model were too... restrictive. A literal mad genius, Swaim was disatisfied with "merely" chopping orphans up for parts. He eagerly installed most of Johannes' nicer cyber and bioware (such as his synaptic boosters) just to prove that he could. He performs routine maintenance work for Johannes to this day in his leaky sub-basement street clinic, and in exchange, Johannes provides him with specimens, er, future clients and also a bit of protection and muscle. Loyalty 3, Connection 2

CYBERWARE
Used Muscle Toner 3 (-72,000, -.75 Essence)
Used Muscle Augmentation 3 (-69,750, -.75 Essence)
Used Tailored Pheromones 3 (-69,750, -.75 Essence) (2.25 Essence)
Used Rating 2 Cybereyes (-4,500, -.375 Essence) w/ Smartlink (-3,000), Thermographic Vision (-1,125), Vision Enhancement 3 (-9,000) = 17,625 total for eyes
Synaptic Booster 2 (-190,000 -1 Essence)
Used Cyber shock hand (-3,120 -.3125 Essence
Used cyber light pistol (-4,000 -.3125 Essence)
Used Bone Density Augmentation 4 (16,000 -1.5 Essence)

442,245 nuyen spent on cyberware

GEAR
Fake SIN Rating 4 w/ Cyberware License, Weapon License, Concealed Carry License, Smartlink License = 14,000 for Fake IDs
Transys Avalon w/ Subvocal Microphone (-5,050)
Ares Lightfire 70 w/ internal smartlink (-400), hidden arm slide (-350) and special silencer (-750)
Ares Predator V (-725) w/ Quick-Draw Holster (-175)
AK-97 (-950) w/ external smartlink (-200), gas vent 3 (-600)
Lined Coat (-900)
Autopicker Rating 2 (-1000)
6 spare clips (-30)
100 regular ammo (-200)
100 gel rounds (-250)
1 month Low Lifestyle (-2000)

469,825 nuyen spent

Background:

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.

He found a like-minded compatriot in Dr. Henry Swaim, a street doc who "processed" the syndicates "raw material" but who felt his talents were being pigeonholed by a bunch of thugs with no vision. When Frankenstein's immediate superiors got involved in an ugly turf war and alienated the larger Tamanous community with some bad strategic moves, the pair had their opportunity. Submitting himself to Dr. Henry Swaim's "upgrades," Johannes had some of his nicer 'ware and installed. After a perfunctory healing period, he unceremoniously slaughtered the ring's leadership and made his escape to Seattle. Due to the bad blood within Tamanous, nobody is looking for Frankenstein and the good doctor... you know. Hopefully.

The pair are now trying to establish themselves as a "legitimate" shadowrunner and a "legitimate" street doctor, respectively. Both are a step up in terms of morality from their previous careers.

[ismilealot]

Jane Door alias Twisted Sister
Dwarf Mage  age : 17

Priority A              Priority B     Priority C     Priority D     Priority E
Magic/Resonance    Skillls        Metatype   Attributes   Resources

Unspent Karma 2

Attributes ( 14 pts )
Body    Agility    Reaction    Strength
 3/8        1/6        3/5             3/8
Charisma    Intuition    Logic    Willpower
 2/6              5/6             6/6        6/7
Edge   Magic/Resonance   Essence   Initiative   Astral Initiative
 3/6         6                           6         4+6D6       10+2d6

Limits
Physical   Mental   Social
    4             8             6

Condition Monitor Boxes
Physical   Stun   Overflow
     10        11         3

Positive Qualities
Focused Concentration rating 3 (12)
Bilingual (5)
Blandness ( 8 )
Negative Qualities
Spirit Bane (+7)
Gremlins (+4)
Prejudiced (Dwarves Biased) (+5)


Active Skills 36(5) pts
Biotech Skill Group 3
Firearms Skill Group 2
Counterspelling (free) 5
Banishing (free) 5
Spellcasting 6,  (Illusion +2)
Illusion specialization 1
Perception 4
Assesnsing 6
Astral Combat 3
Etiquette 2
Vehicle (ground) 2
Running 2
Sneaking 3
Unarmed Combat 2
Forgery 3
Palming 2


Knowledge Skills ( 5+6 x 2 = 22 )
Matrix Games 2
Literature: High fantasy 2
Literature: Mythology 2
Club Music 2
Hong Kong Triads 1
History Tir na Nog 2
Thaumaturgical Theory 2

Language Skills
English N
Aztlaner Spanish N
Sperethiel 3
Japanese 2
l33tspeak 1
Cantonese 3


Spells :
Clairvoyance, Combat Sense, Mass Agony, Bugs, Swarm, Trid Entertainment, Improved Invisibility, Physical Mask, Phantasm, Silence

Spellcasting Foci Illusion Force 3 (Karma cost 6)

Contacts
Little Blessings (fixer) 1/1
Singing Frog (talismonger) 1/1
Jak Hogan (fence) 1/1

Gear (5710nuyen)+ 16,000 (8 karma)
Fichette Security 600 350
Concealable Holster 150
Silencer 500
Spare Clip x2 10
Gel Rounds x10 250
Clothing 800
Synth Leather 300
Fake SIN rating 1 300
Medkit rating 3 750
medkit supplies 100
Foci cost 12,000
Lifestyle Low x 2 months 4,000


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 as 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 of nuyen for doing what came naturally. Jane took it, and hasn't looked back.
      Until now. Her crew was dead. A run gone not just bad, not just wrong, but dead. They'd been set-up to take the fall for the corp security chief who'd wanted his retirement check to come very early and very large. He'd stolen the data he'd asked them to steal under the guise of a lawyer looking for blackmail for his lawsuit. Jane had seen it coming a little to late. She'd tried to get them out. Made them Invisible and Silenced, not much help when the security teams already knew their general location, but, it still would have helped get some of them out, maybe even most of them out. She'd told IrishTwoTimer what she'd figured out and had begged, BEGGED him to get out, cut their losses and just get out!. But blast Irish to the grave and back. Once he knew he'd been double-crossed nothing would do but his hands on their betrayers neck and he'd gone after him. Hirohito, (the real name of their Johnson), had counted on that, and dead runner bodies would make his security guards look on top of the hit, and a slagged data bank told no tales of who'd stolen what. Jane knew it. Blast Irish for not listening to logic! Then it was just doing her best to get out as the blast knocked her halfway down a hall with shrapnel in a half dozen places. Trid Entertainment and a whole lot of luck had saved Jane as the drones after her had chased her illusion down a different hallway. Not even MadJack had survived. Their Johnson had seen to that too. Jane was the only loose end left. She'd run. Hit her stash and left everything she knew and run and then had tricked, bribed and distracted her way across the border. Straight to an alien world. Seattle. Dios but she missed home. Missed the sights, the sounds, the smells of home. And the food, everything here was so bland. And the customs, she nearly got herself shot several times just trying to find a place to hole up. But, the more things change the more they stay the same and she finally found a talismonger and a fence so that she could get a gun, couldn't afford a license for it, but, if she was caught with it she was already in more trouble anyway than a license would fix Jane reasoned. Sold off her jewelry for living funds and started looking around for a fixer. The nuyen she had wouldn't last long. Only name she knew of in this place was Little Blessings, a chance mention by CrazyFox of his time in Seattle. Mostly how glad he was that he was out from under the drek that guy thought of as reasonable jobs. But, beggars couldn't be choosers and she'd be reduced to begging, or more likely dead from the bullet of an antimage sympathizer, without work and a team. She had to take whatever jobs she'd be offered.
    Now she'd been contacted by a guy she'd never even heard of, this Ace guy. Only the desperate went with a fixer who wasn't even the friend of a friend. But Jane was desperate. It was time for Twisted Sister, (a new alias Jane had chosen from a running joke between her and DizzyD), to step out of her new place and her old fears and into the shadows.

[ve4grm]

Added pictures into my Google Docs character sheet.

...because I was bored. Also, I love the Star Trek Online character creator.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18mD4RmVMDW328A6wVdExkq5lra3r1lY15SK4L-qXABs/edit?usp=sharing

[ve4grm]

@Moneyspider - quick question. I was playing around with Orokos and saw we could organize rolls by campaign. Do you have a campaign name you want us to use?

[Moneyspider]

Call it "Keep Running".
I haven't heard from Mortimer so I think I'll pull someone else up. That being said I think I'll open up the IC Thread later today and however the last guy is can join up at a later point.

[ve4grm]

Sounds good.

[ve4grm]

Decided I was wasting my money and skill points buying pistols just for a backup weapon and taser, so I dropped those, put the points into unarmed instead, and picked up some shock gloves. I'm decent with just my fists, too.

[Bewilderbeast]

ve4grm, you mentioned earlier the possibility of your character and Frankenstein having some history together, since they were both in Berlin? I'd be in favor of that. How do you perceive that working? Johannes didn't really rebel against the organlegging ring until he was in the UCAS, keep in mind, but he would have taken any ally he could in that endeavor. Maybe Critter ran interference in Berlin during his litte rebellion? Or they otherwise traded information? Maybe she helped foment the friction between Frankie's immediate superiors and Tamanous at large, paving the way for him to take out his boss?

Or maybe their relationship is more antagonistic? She knows a bit about his sordid past and is reluctant to trust him for that reason?

[ve4grm]

Bewilderbeast - I could see a few of those working, possibly combined.

Critter had heard stories of the patchwork man for a while, tales of him tearing through opposition with ease. This just made her more eager to take the job when it came up. An attack on the organlegging operation. Take out the lab, and the crew, and suddenly a lot fewer people start turning up missing kidneys in the mornings. Well, that was the plan, at least.

In reality, they only partially accomplished their goal before the enforcers arrived, Frankenstein at the lead. Critter's crew scattered, but she couldn't pass up this opportunity, the chance to take down a massive target for her mentor spirit. While their respective forces chased each other, Critter and Frankie fought, eventually winding up at tooth and nail.

But Critter was still young, her powers not fully developed. Meanwhile, Frankie was huge, 'wared up, and good besides. He pounded her solidly into the pavement, then kicked her unconscious ass to the curb, refusing to finish her off. Something about "women and children" and young girls being the worst of it all. Critter woke up in a dumpster the next morning, a few lessons fresh in her mind. Mainly ones about pain, and trying to avoid getting hit next time. But also that leaving your opponent alive can be an even worse punishment than killing them.

She avoided taking on organlegger operations for the rest of her time in Berlin. She had been defeated, and didn't wish to dishonour Frankie's victory by demanding a rematch.

When the commcall came, three years later, displaying an green movie-monster head with neckbolts, she knew exactly who was on the other end. Frankie needed help staging a riot and inciting a turf war. But he didn't have any contacts in the anarchist sector of Berlin. Luckily, he had contacts who could find a girl's commcode based on vague physical description. (Critter made a note to update her MeFeed security.)

Why did she help him? She barely knew Frankie, didn't trust him. But she respected him. And in her mind, she owed him for that defeat, and her ability to help with this would be her little triumph over Frankie. Somehow, to her, this would make them even.

And whataya know, the plan even worked. Frankie fled into the shadows of Seattle, as did Critter. They know each other now. Unlike the first time they met, they're on even footing here. Hell, they've even gone on a couple runs together.

They're still very different people, who do what they do for very different reasons. They still don't really trust each other. But they respect each other. And sometimes that means more.

[Bewilderbeast]

Love it.

[ve4grm]

I had a feeling you'd like the option where you got to be a badass.

So yeah, we aren't friends, and I wouldn't necessarily trust you with my personal life, but you have my respect, and I know I can count on you on a job.

Sounds about right.

[Moneyspider]

IC thread is up.