[benhatt]

Street Name: Ozidan

Name: Uinseann o Domhnail
Alias: Vincent Cassidy (Rating 4)
Michael Lister  (Rating 2)
Nickname: Ozidan
Race: Elf (30 BP)
Sex: Male
Nationality: Caucasian
Birthday: 09/13/2032
Lifestyle: Low – one month prepaid
Physical Description:
Hair: Black (natural), buzzed and bleached (current)
Eyes: Brown
Height: 2m
Weight: 77 kg
Age: 40

ATTRIBUTES (200bp):
Bod 3
Agi 4
Rea 4 (6)
Str 3
Cha 3
Int 4
Log 4
Wil 5
Edg 2
Essence: 2.3

QUALITIES:

Guts (5)
Outdoorsman (10)
Catlike (5)
Common Sense (5)
Martial Arts: Carromeleg: (10 +2 on surprise test when initiating an attack)

Wanted (Tir Tairngire Army) (10)
Dependent: Daughter: Brooklyn Cassidy (Real Name: Bebhionn o Domhnail)(10)
Big Regret (Killed his buddy) (5)
Scorched (5)
Flashback: (Night he killed his buddy) Trigger: People begging for mercy, outdoors, nighttime (5)

ACTIVE SKILLS:

Athletics Skill Group 2
- Climbing
- Gymnastics
- Running
- Swimming

Outdoors Skill Group 3 (paid for 2, +1 from quality)
- Navigation
- Survival
- Tracking

Longarms (Sniping) 4 (6)
Pistols 3
First Aid (Combat Wounds) 1 (3)
Unarmed Combat 3
Perception (Visual) 4 (6)
Infiltration 4
Dodge 1
Armorer (Firearms) 1 (3)


KNOWLEDGE SKILLS:

Knowledge: American History 2
Professional: Military Tactics (Tir) 3 (5)
Professional: Military Organization (Tir) 3 (5)
Professional: Sniper Positioning 3
Professional: Firearm Design 4
Professional: Firearm Quality 3

LANGUAGES:

Sprerethiel N
English 3
Salish Dialects 2


COMMLINK:
Novatech Airware + Iris Orb and subvocal mic (Response 3, Signal 3, Firewall 3, System 3)
Programs: Analyze 2, Browse 2, Command 1, Edit, 2

CYBERWARE:

Headware:
Datajack - .1 Essenc
Smartlink - .1 Essence

Bodyware:
Wired Reflexes 2 - 3 Essence

Earware (Basic Cyberears 1)
-   Audio Enhance 2
-   Spatial Recognizer

Eyeware (Basic Cybereyes 2)
- Vision Enhancement 2
- Vision Magnification
- Low-Light Vision
- Flare Compensation


WEAPONS:

Yamaha Pulsar (taser)
- 10x clips of ammo

Ares Desert Strike (sniper rifle)
- top mounted external smartgun
- bipod
- silencer
- 10x clips regular ammo
- 10x clips stick-n-shock ammo

Walther Secura (heavy pistol)
- internal smartlink
- silencer
- concealable holster
- 10x clips regular ammo
- 10x clips stick-n-shock ammo

Survival Knife

GEAR:

Fake SIN – Vincent Cassidy rating 4
Fake SIN – Michael Lisster rating 2
Fake License – Walther Secura rating 3
Fake License – Walther Secura – conceal and carry rating 3
Armor Vest
Camouflage suit w/ rating 3 thermal dampening
Lined Coat
Medkit Rating 4
2x medkit supplies
2x Trauma patch
5x Antidote patch rating 4
5x stimulant patch rating 4
5x tranq patch rating 5
Biomonitor
Tag Eraser
2x Gecko Tape gloves
Respirator rating 4
10x Lightstick
Grapple gun
Catalyst stick
200m of stealth rope
Climbing gear
Smart pouch combat load vest
- 2x ammo pouch heavy pistol
- 2x ammo pouch sniper rifle

CONTACTS (Loy/Con):

Kane Kennedy - Brother-in-law 6/4
Lisa Ward - Auto Mechanic/Neighbor 2/1

Kane Kennedy – Elf- Vincent’s brother-in-law. Kane Kennedy (real name Cathan Liadan) was one of the first political dissidents against the Council of Princes. Not a naturally violent man, Cathan became more and more radical as time went on. Eventually his actions caught the attention of the Tir government and he fled to Seattle. There his natural charisma earned him a spot in the Laes. He moved up pretty quickly and now is one of the mover and shakers in the organization. Kane helped smuggle Vincent into Seattle and while he wants his brother-in-law to come work for the organization he is not going to push him. He sees Vincent’s decision to try his hand at Running as the first step.

Lisa Ward – Human - Lisa is Vincent’s neighbor in their lower end apartment complex in Everett. She has a hard edge of someone who has had to fight for everything. She works at a local garage and sometimes babysits for Brooklyn. Is starting to have doubts that Vincent is who he says he is.

Background

All Uinseann o Domhnail ever wanted to do was server Tir Tairngire as best he could. Originally his strong will and natural intelligence had him tracked to become a military decker, but a teenage experience with a bad BTL chip left him extremely susceptible to Black IC attacks. Undaunted Uinseann joined the Tir military, high test scores and psych evaluations making him an excellent candidate for the sniper program. Uinseann served on the Tir/California border for years taking part in the guerilla fighting that continues in the disputed zone.

During this time he would meet two people that would affect his life in vastly different ways: Pádraig Cleirchín, his partner, and Aibhlinn Liadan, his wife. Uinseann and Padraig were fast friends in training and spent years spotting for each other, saving each other’s lives on numerous occasions. Aibhlinn was an army decker whose family name had fallen into some status after it was revealed that her brother was a anti-government radical. Uinseann did not care, it was love at first sight and the two were married. In 2062 the two had a daughter, Bebhionn o Domhnail.

Things would change dramatically in 2064 with the Matrix Crash 2.0 when Aibhlinn lost her life trying to fight the Winternight computer worm. Not wanting to be so far away from his daughter, Uinseann transfers to the Tir/ Salish-Sidhe border patrol and lived most of the time in Portland. Following in his friend’s footsteps, Padraig transfers as well. Rifts would start to form in their friendship following disbanding of the Council of Princes when Padraig starts taking a hard “elves only” line of prejudice as well as a BTL habit.

One night on patrol, Uinseann and Padraig stumbled across two Salish teens who inadvertently crossed into Tir lands. Padraig, going through BTL, withdrawal binds the teens and intimidates them. What happened next, not even Uinseann is shure. Padraig drew his firearm and started waving it at the teens. Deciding enough was enough; Uinseann went to disarm his friend. The two struggled and the gun went off, Padraig dying in his Uinseann’s arms. Not knowing what to, he abandoned his post, made it home, gathered his daughter and a few belongings and fled. He managed to make contact with his brother-in-law, now a member to the Laes, who smuggled him into Seattle. Recently he has seen the money he brought with him dwindle and so he is taking his talents to the Shadows.

[eshoup1]

You have really good backstory going.

The only thing I want to point out is that you have low charisma (for an elf) and no social skills. Maybe you are looking to play the strong silent type of sniper. Which is cool. But life can be difficult as the social skills help prevent others from taking advantage of you. Maybe think about finding a way to get 1 or 2 points of etiquette or negotiation.

Well, I want to talk about two things. If you are interested in min/maxing... Long Arms skill covers shotguns. A sawed off defiance T-250 is heavy pistol sized but uses the long arm skill to fire. Load it up with stick-n-shock and you have a shotgun taser. The biggest drawback is magazine size and the fact that it takes FOREVER to reload. But that may free up some points for social skills. Just be sure to end fights quickly. Or pack two and do a New York reload.

[benhatt]

Great suggestions, thanks. The skills have not sat well with me, knocking down pistols and giving him some social skills is a good idea.  I am also thinking about dropping Common Sense and Guts to free up more points, but they seem appropriate to a character.

[Glyph]

You don't need the common sense quality to play someone with common sense.  The quality is a metagaming aid for players who lack common sense, but are at least aware that they do so.  Unless you think you need the GM to hold your hand, it's really a complete waste of points.

I'm not sure you can even get smartlink as headware, as it is a cybereye mod - but upgrading your cybereyes a step would let you afford to put it in your eyes, for a mere 250 Nuyen more and the same net Essence cost.

I'm really surprised that, for a character with middling Agility and a lot of Agility-based skills, you have not given him any Agility-enhancing 'ware such as muscle toners.

[benhatt]

Thanks for all the suggestions, here is the updated form of this character.

Street Name: Ozidan

Name: Uinseann o Domhnail
Alias: Vincent Cassidy (Rating 4)
Michael Lister  (Rating 2)
Nickname: Ozidan
Race: Elf (30 BP)
Sex: Male
Nationality: Caucasian
Birthday: 09/13/2032
Lifestyle: Low – one month prepaid
Physical Description:
Hair: Black (natural), buzzed and bleached (current)
Eyes: Brown
Height: 2m
Weight: 77 kg
Age: 40

ATTRIBUTES (200bp):
Bod 3
Agi 4 (6)
Rea 4 (5)
Str 3
Cha 4
Int 4
Log 4
Wil 4
Edg 2
Essence: 2.3

QUALITIES:

Guts (5)
Outdoorsman (10)
Catlike (5)

Martial Arts: Carromeleg: (10 +2 on surprise test when initiating an attack)

Wanted (Tir Tairngire Army) (10)
Dependent: Daughter: Brooklyn Cassidy (Real Name: Bebhionn o Domhnail)(10)
Big Regret (Killed his buddy) (5)
Scorched (5)
Flashback: (Night he killed his buddy) Trigger: People begging for mercy, outdoors, nighttime (5)

ACTIVE SKILLS:

Athletics Skill Group 2
- Climbing
- Gymnastics
- Running
- Swimming

Outdoors Skill Group 3 (paid for 2, +1 from quality)
- Navigation
- Survival
- Tracking

Longarms (Sniping) 4 (6)
Pistols 1
Automatics 1
First Aid (Combat Wounds) 1 (3)
Unarmed Combat 3
Perception (Visual) 4 (6)
Infiltration 4
Dodge 1
Armorer (Firearms) 1 (3)
Etiquette  1
Negotiation 1

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS:

Knowledge: American History 2
Professional: Military Tactics (Tir) 3 (5)
Professional: Military Organization (Tir) 3 (5)
Professional: Sniper Positioning 3
Professional: Firearm Design 4
Professional: Firearm Quality 3

LANGUAGES:

Sprerethiel N
English 3
Salish Dialects 2


COMMLINK:
Novatech Airware + Iris Orb and subvocal mic (Response 3, Signal 3, Firewall 3, System 3)
Programs: Analyze 2, Browse 2, Command 1, Edit, 2

CYBERWARE:

Headware:
Datajack - .1 Essence


Bodyware:
Wired Reflexes 1 - 2 Essence
Muscle Toner 2 - .4 Essence

Earware (Basic Cyberears 2)
-   Audio Enhance 2
-   Spatial Recognizer
-  Damper

Eyeware (Basic Cybereyes 3)
- Vision Enhancement 2
- Vision Magnification
- Low-Light Vision
- Flare Compensation
- Smartlink
- Thermographic Vision
- Protective Cover


WEAPONS:

Yamaha Pulsar (taser)
- 10x clips of ammo

Ares Desert Strike (sniper rifle)
- top mounted external smartgun
- bipod
- silencer
- 10x clips regular ammo
- 10x clips stick-n-shock ammo

Walther Secura (heavy pistol)
- internal smartlink
- silencer
- concealable holster
- 10x clips regular ammo
- 10x clips stick-n-shock ammo

Defiance T-50 (short version)
-internal smartlink
-sling
-10x regular
-10x stick-n-shock

Survival Knife

GEAR:

Fake SIN – Vincent Cassidy rating 4
Fake SIN – Michael Lisster rating 2
Fake License – Walther Secura rating 3
Fake License – Walther Secura – conceal and carry rating 3
Fake License – Defiance T-50 – rating 3
Fake License – Defiance T-50 – conceal and carry - rating 3
Armor Vest
Camouflage suit w/ rating 3 thermal dampening
Lined Coat
Medkit Rating 4
2x medkit supplies
2x Trauma patch
5x Antidote patch rating 4
5x stimulant patch rating 4
5x tranq patch rating 5
Biomonitor
Tag Eraser
2x Gecko Tape gloves
Respirator rating 4
10x Lightstick
Grapple gun
Catalyst stick
200m of stealth rope
Climbing gear
Smart pouch combat load vest
- 2x ammo pouch heavy pistol
- 2x ammo pouch sniper rifle

CONTACTS (Loy/Con):

Kane Kennedy - Brother-in-law 6/4
Lisa Ward - Auto Mechanic/Neighbor 2/1

Kane Kennedy – Elf- Vincent’s brother-in-law. Kane Kennedy (real name Cathan Liadan) was one of the first political dissidents against the Council of Princes. Not a naturally violent man, Cathan became more and more radical as time went on. Eventually his actions caught the attention of the Tir government and he fled to Seattle. There his natural charisma earned him a spot in the Laes. He moved up pretty quickly and now is one of the mover and shakers in the organization. Kane helped smuggle Vincent into Seattle and while he wants his brother-in-law to come work for the organization he is not going to push him. He sees Vincent’s decision to try his hand at Running as the first step.

Lisa Ward – Human - Lisa is Vincent’s neighbor in their lower end apartment complex in Everett. She has a hard edge of someone who has had to fight for everything. She works at a local garage and sometimes babysits for Brooklyn. Is starting to have doubts that Vincent is who he says he is.

Background

All Uinseann o Domhnail ever wanted to do was server Tir Tairngire as best he could. Originally his strong will and natural intelligence had him tracked to become a military decker, but a teenage experience with a bad BTL chip left him extremely susceptible to Black IC attacks. Undaunted Uinseann joined the Tir military, high test scores and psych evaluations making him an excellent candidate for the sniper program. Uinseann served on the Tir/California border for years taking part in the guerilla fighting that continues in the disputed zone.

During this time he would meet two people that would affect his life in vastly different ways: Pádraig Cleirchín, his partner, and Aibhlinn Liadan, his wife. Uinseann and Padraig were fast friends in training and spent years spotting for each other, saving each other’s lives on numerous occasions. Aibhlinn was an army decker whose family name had fallen into some status after it was revealed that her brother was a anti-government radical. Uinseann did not care, it was love at first sight and the two were married. In 2062 the two had a daughter, Bebhionn o Domhnail.

Things would change dramatically in 2064 with the Matrix Crash 2.0 when Aibhlinn lost her life trying to fight the Winternight computer worm. Not wanting to be so far away from his daughter, Uinseann transfers to the Tir/ Salish-Sidhe border patrol and lived most of the time in Portland. Following in his friend’s footsteps, Padraig transfers as well. Rifts would start to form in their friendship following disbanding of the Council of Princes when Padraig starts taking a hard “elves only” line of prejudice as well as a BTL habit.

One night on patrol, Uinseann and Padraig stumbled across two Salish teens who inadvertently crossed into Tir lands. Padraig, going through BTL, withdrawal binds the teens and intimidates them. What happened next, not even Uinseann is shure. Padraig drew his firearm and started waving it at the teens. Deciding enough was enough; Uinseann went to disarm his friend. The two struggled and the gun went off, Padraig dying in his Uinseann’s arms. Not knowing what to, he abandoned his post, made it home, gathered his daughter and a few belongings and fled. He managed to make contact with his brother-in-law, now a member to the Laes, who smuggled him into Seattle. Recently he has seen the money he brought with him dwindle and so he is taking his talents to the Shadows.

[gourry187]

just a note but why spend money on commlink programs if you have no hacking active skills?

[baronspam]

A couple of thoughts about the comllink- you do want some basic programs on your comlink even if you are not the hacker, you will use them for normal, day to day tasks.

Run Firewall 6, always, always, always.

Run the absolute best Analyse program you can stuff onto your comlink.  Analyse is not just for matrix perception, it its primary means of detecting invasion attempts.  If your group is using the rules in the Unwired supliment there are options for getting program ratings beyond the system rating on your comlink.  For basic use programs like Analyse its not that expensive.

Eventually you will go up against smart opposition and someone will try to hack you.  Be ready, and always be mindful of what ID you have running on your comlink at any given time.  Going to a dangerous meet with an ID that links back to your appartment active is a really bad idea.

[eshoup1]

A couple of thoughts about the comllink- you do want some basic programs on your comlink even if you are not the hacker, you will use them for normal, day to day tasks.

Run Firewall 6, always, always, always.

Run the absolute best Analyse program you can stuff onto your comlink.  Analyse is not just for matrix perception, it its primary means of detecting invasion attempts.  If your group is using the rules in the Unwired supliment there are options for getting program ratings beyond the system rating on your comlink.  For basic use programs like Analyse its not that expensive.

Eventually you will go up against smart opposition and someone will try to hack you.  Be ready, and always be mindful of what ID you have running on your comlink at any given time.  Going to a dangerous meet with an ID that links back to your appartment active is a really bad idea.

I totally agree. I haven't crunched the numbers on your spending, but if you have some cred left over at start up, a second commlink can be very handy. That way you can keep you head-gear in hidden mode and show the world your back-up commlink.

Otherwise, I really like your character. I have a similar idea for a game I am starting next week. My idea is a Sioux nation special forces soldier, but with the strong background in the outdoors group and long arm skills. Maybe I'll post my idea soon.