Hoi chummers! RnB asked me to come in as the matrix monkey, and I came up with a doozy of one
Let me introduce you to Sniffles.
SnifflesMETATYPE: TROLL CHANGELINGB
5, A
2, R
2, S
5, W
6, L
5/6, I
5, C
2, ESS
5.1375, EDG
2, R
5Condition Monitor (P/S): 11 / 11
Armor: 13
Limits: Physical 6, Mental 10, Social 5
Physical Initiative: 7+1D6
Matrix Initiative: 11+4D6
Active Skills: Automatics (Machine Pistols +2)
3 (4), Compiling
6, Computer
6, Cybercombat
1, Cybertechnology
1, Electronic Warfare
1, First Aid
1, Hacking (vs. Hosts +2)
6, Hardware
1, Perception
3, Registering (Machine Sprites +2)
6, Software
6Knowledge Skills: Area Knowledge (DFW)
1, Combat Biking
1, Gambling
1, Matrix Design
2, Matrix Security
4, Resonance Realms
6, Urban Brawl
1Languages: Aztlaner Spanish
1, Chinese
1, English
6, German
1, Japanese
1, Korean
1, Lakota
1, Or'Zet
N, Russian
1, Spanish
1Metatype Abilities: Armor (+1), Enhanced Senses: Thermographic Vision
Qualities: Allergy, Common (Mild): Pollution, Bioluminescence, Code of Honor: Like A Boss, Cold-Blooded, Illness (Mild/Monthly/-1) (10dicepool (3)), Impaired Body, Impaired Strength, In Debt (Borrowed 75,000¥, Owes 112,500¥) (15), Metagenetic Logic Improvement, Metagenetic Willpower Improvement, Mood Hair: Base Steel Grey, Otaku to Techomancer, Overclocker, Prototype Transhuman: Allergy, Common (Mild): Pollution, Reduced (smell), Technomancer, Weak Immune System
Complex Forms: Diffusion of Firewall, Editor, Misread Marks, Resonance Veil, Transcendent Grid
Augmentations:. .
Cerebral Booster (Prototype) (1) w/ Prototype Transhuman
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Cyber Lower Arm (Obvious) (Used) (Main Hand) w/ Cyberlimb Agility (5), Cyberlimb Strength (5)
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Datajack. .
Mnemonic Enhancer (Prototype) (2) w/ Prototype Transhuman
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Reflex Recorder (Prototype): Automatics w/ Prototype Transhuman
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Sleep Regulator (Prototype) w/ Prototype Transhuman
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SmartlinkGear:. .
Certified Credstick, Standard x5
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Concealed Quick-Draw Holster. .
Datachip x10
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Ear buds (3) w/ Audio Enhancement (2), Select Sound Filter (1)
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Gas Mask. .
Goggles (6) w/ Flare Compensation, Vision Enhancement (4), Vision Magnification, Electronic
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John Doe w/ Fake License: Concealed Firearms (4), Fake License: Cyberware (4), Fake License: Firearms (4), Fake SIN (4), (1 month) Squatter Lifestyle
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Lined Coat w/ Concealable Holster, Medkit (6)
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Micro-camera. .
Novacoke. .
Psyche x2
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PULSE Wave w/ Increase a Matrix Attribute: Firewall, Modify the Firewall Attribute: Data Processing
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Securetech PPP Arms Kit w/ Decrease Social Limit by 1
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Securetech PPP Legs Kit w/ Decrease Social Limit by 1
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Securetech PPP Vitals Kit w/ Decrease Social Limit by 1
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Security Tags x10
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Stealth Tags x10
Weapons:. .
Remington Suppressor [Machine Pistol, Acc 9, DV 7P, AP -5, SA/BF, RC (1), 15 (c)] w/ (45x) APDS, Folding Stock, Personalized Grip, (30x) Regular Ammo, Silencer/Suppressor, Sling, Smartgun System, Internal, (5x) Spare Clips
Contacts:Slim (Connection 3, Loyalty 3)
Lemme know if you need me to put the dice pools here. HL is a PITA in that the statblock doesn't do pools, and the only other option for output is PDF.
I can re-do this block to be more like how I've got Doc in the old Tabula Rasa game.
What he looks likeWhile still giant for a human, he's very small for a troll. At 2.35m Tall (7f8i) and 225kg (500lbs) he's a veritable shrimp. An Amerind, he's got the dark tan/redish skin, that happens to glow in the dark, and sharp features. Though those have been rounded out by his trollishness somewhat. His horns are a deep ebony and curl around long, thick, dreads that are usually steel grey. His tusks are well cleaned, though he has an almost constant sniffle and thus a bit of mucous usually around his large nose. He has sharp black eyes that end up being a bit rheumy from having a constant cold.
He dresses in synth-leather pants with big cowboy boots and button-up usually left open over a wife- beater with a long coat and a cowboy hat on top. His clothes aren't the cleanest as he rarely has access to clean them, but they aren't filthy either. He's no more than a couple of hours away from being presentable most anywhere, but generally looks like he's from the wrong side of the tracks... which he is. His right forearm and hand are obviously cybernetic as there's no synth-skin to cover the chrome. It's a newish model without being bleeding edge. And it's in meticulous condition and the chrome gleams. A final affectation would be that he can almost always be found rolling poker chips through his chrome fingers.
Some history
Lumenogix Bioinformatix was a small biotech informatics company that started just after the Awakening in Sante Fe. They specialized in making data available researchers, but in 2021 when the founders both goblinized they started specializing in data on orks and trolls. While fairly small their research was interesting and Evo eventually ended up buying them up.
In the late 2040s the founders started getting into more bioengineering. Evo was happy to fund this as they had shown good results in the past, and all of the work was aimed at metas, specifically orks and trolls, but metas in general. As the years went on, the founders started straying into areas of research that Evo was less comfortable with. The bioengineering they were doing ended up being of less interest to Evo, something about there being no profit in it. The founders started embezzling funds from other projects to work on their personal goals in early 2050, using the distraction of Buttercup being revealed to be a free spirit. They were working on making the perfect meta, strong fast and smart. For several years they were unable to produce any viable candidates, but they started introducing changeling genomes into equation in early 2054. They finally had a viable candidate survive gestation. Unit T-1283, using the changeling genomes and blending several pieces of bioware into the troll genotype they finally had a fetus come to full term. When T-1283 turned 5 they discovered he was Otaku and implanted a datajack in his head. Right about this time someone in accounting discovered the embezzlements. With all of the research being done off book, Evo had no idea what the money was being used for so they sent a crew to "clean" the small company.
They came in and simply firebombed everything during business hours as the insurance write-off would cover most of the embezzled funds. The 48 employees and 2 founders were all listed as victims of the "accident." Almost nothing survived, that is except for a small room that was hidden in the basement since it was off-books it wasn't even on any of the floor plans for the building. In this room was a young troll nursemaid-come-nanny and experiment T-1283.
Not knowing what else to do the nursemaid, a SINless troll from the projects, fled the scene with the child and ended up raising him as her own. T-1283, or Sniffles as she called him, lived on the shitty side of town in the late 50s and early 60s. His "mom" ended up getting killed by a stray bullet during a gang initiation gone wrong, or right depending on who you ask. Sniffles spent his pre-teen and teenage years living on the streets in downtown. After Crash2.0, he was lucky to survive but he'd learned to be a pretty good hacker at that point. He mostly did matrix work for a street doc that paid him in the meds to deal with all of the genetic problems he had.
Then he found poker, and at first this was a good thing. He was making *way* more money and was able to just pay his bills. Matrix poker meant his dripping nose or comparatively large physique wouldn't cause any problems. Then he got into sports betting, which was a big mistake. He had a home-town bias for the Combat Biker team The Thunderbirds and wound up in fairly deep trouble. In what happened afterwards he found himself down half an arm and running from town.
Calling in a favor from a poker friend, Slim, he made his way to the DFW area. Turns out Slim is actually a local bookie for the wage slaves in Dallas and gives Sniffles a place to crash for a few days until he can get on his feet. Slim has a lot of contacts in the area since he covers the bets for so many. Lots of people end up owing him favors. Slim got him set up with a street doc to replace his arm with a much improved model. He was already reasonable at shooting, but with an augmented arm he moved up to being pretty damn handy with one. That and glowing in the dark can help quite a bit with intimidating debtors. Sniffles starts doing some odd jobs that come this way and soon he's able to get a shitty place of his own, but that's better than owing a bookie even more. Even if, or especially if, he's your omae. With a decent source for his meds and something, if not a steady, source of income Sniffles starts to feel at home outside of the big city. Just starting to get everything sorted and then it happened. He emerged. All of his memories from being otaku came racing back but with everything wireless now it was even more encompassing.
With everyone going crazy over the fear of Technomancers, Sniffles is even more glad for his chrome as they usually don't have any. Something about the chrome tends to interfere with the Resonance. His datajack and cyberarm help keep the heat off, and his ever present commlink. Even if all the commlink does is run his PAN, it's enough to keep the causal observer comfortable that he's not even more of a freak than they already think he is. There are special snowflakes, and then there's Sniffles. Created from birth to be different and cursed with just about every freak gene there is, he does his best to make ends meet and live another day.
PersonalityConsidering his background, he's really friendly. Just generally a nice chummer that the 6th world has shit mightily on. You know, just like every other bloke out there. He'll crack a joke with anyone, and is always willing to take a risk. And Ghost forbid someone brings up a wager. Nothing will perk Sniffles up faster. If you've got his back, you can be sure he's got yours. He might be the most cuddle-y of trolls out there (How many cuddle-y trolls are there? Wait, don't answer that.), and a bit cool to the touch, and he'll sneeze on you. But other than that, he's a steadfast friend and ally.
