[eighth circuit]

FYI for those playing mages: Most of Hong Kong will have +1 background count aspected to Wuxing, neutral for everyone else. Downtown is highly susceptible to mana surges. Kowloon Walled City mostly has a +2 background count (not aspected, at least not for PCs).

[bangbangtequila]

Yikes! Well I got lucky and so am still not home. Will post when ibam

[vinnmun]

I'll put together a backgorund and the Resonance Bond later tonight.
Name: Hammor "Grind" Grimes
Race: Dwarf

Background:
Hammor lived in the Appalachian Mountain area for sometime learning the trade of a huntsmen. He eventually went to school and took his talents in hunting to the big time, winning many amateur tournaments in archery. Later down his life, he started down the slippery slope of being a chiphead. And surfing through the Matrix, getting down his media kick, the Crash of '64 happens and his life turn what looked to be the worse, being scorched and making his noggin soft, he was hospitalized but lucky to be alive. Soon after that he went to rehab, beating his addiction to BTLs and finding out, that he has wierd powers with electronics. Surfing the trix during his continuation of his studies he came across what he thought was just an archer enthusiast, but soon was revealed to be a free sprite. He could not understand its name, so he named it Randal and soon became chummey friends over the trix. Randal knew Hammor to be a mancer and due to their friendship, it wanted to learn more about metahumanity and in return he would teach Hammor what he is capable of. During all thing, their friendship continued to flourish and Hammor decided to move to southern Asia to make a career out of his outdoorsman skills. He started off in Thailand and soon moved to Vietnam being hired by multiple places to tour guide through the jungles and take some of the "Big Wigs" into "dangerous" animal hunting....all pretty much canned hunts for the most part. He's rubbed shoulders with man and always became the go to dwarf for all hunting company form all these execs looking for a rush. He got help to move to Hong Kong and was looking for something else, he started to get back into competitions...but was soon realizing he was out of touch. Shadowrunning can score him some good dough, and he felt he has the skills and balls to give it a go. He soon realized it was tougher than usual, and is still a bit wet behind the ears, but with Randal by his side....he feels he will be alright.

Attributes

Body	Agility	Reaction	Strength
3	5	3 (5)	6
Charisma	Intuition	Logic	Willpower
2	3	2	5
Edge	Resonance	Essence	Initiative	Matrix Init.
1	5	5	6 ( 8 ) / 3 Passes	|7 / 3 Passes

Positive Qualities
Technomancer
Resonance Bond (2)
Codeslinger (Compiling)
Martial Arts 1 (Hasidut)
 - Ready Weapons as a Free Action
Negative Qualities
Incompetent (Artisan)
Poor Self Control (Thrill Seeker)
Reduce Sense (Taste, Partial)
Scorched (Tech)
Sensitive Neural Structure (Tech)

Active Skills

Electronics Skill Group	1
Outdoors Skill Group	1
Archery (Bow)	6 (+2)
Unarmed Combat (Martial Arts)	1 (+2)
Compiling (Courier)	4 (+2)/td]
Registering (Courier)	4 (+2)/td]
Perception	1
Pilot Ground Craft	1

Knowledge Skills (15 free points)

Asian Current Events	4 (7 Dice)
Area Knowledge: Hong Kong	2 (5 Dice)
Corporate Rumors	2 (5 Dice)
Bars & Clubs	1 (4 Dice)

Language Skills

English	N
Thai	2
Cantonese	2
Mandarin	2

Cyber/Bioware

Bioware	Essence	Cost	Notes
Synaptic Booster (2 Rating)	1	160,000¥	Standard

Gear (190,000¥)

Bow (Rating 7) w/ Camom Ghilie, Laser Sight, Metahuman Customization	950¥
Collapsible Bow (Rating 7) w/ Laser Sight, Custom Metahuman	1025¥
Form Fitting Full Body (6/2) w/ Thermal Damp 6, Insulation 3	5,050¥
Leather Jacket w/Carbon-Baron (3/4), Nonconductivity 5	1,400¥
Secure Tech Shin Guards (0/1)	150¥
Shock Glove	200¥
50 Explosive Arrows	500¥
50 Barbed Arrows	350¥
50 Stick n Shock Arrows	650¥
Smart Pack	500¥
Sony Emperor w/ Renraku Ichi	2000¥
Contact Lenses (Rating 3) w/ Vision Mag, Vision Enhancement (Rating 3)	550¥
Glasses (Rating 2) w/ Flare Comp, Low-Light	200¥
Fake Sin (Rating 4) - Tony Keegan	4000¥
Rating 4 License (Synaptic Booster)	400¥
Rating 4 License (Barbed Arrows)	400¥
Rating 4 License (SticknShock Arrows)	400¥
Tool Kit (Hardware)	500¥
10 Cram	100¥

Vehicles
Suzuki Mirage

Spoofing Chip	Morphing License
Run Flat Tires
Handling	Accel	Speed	Pilot	Body	Armor	Sensor	Availability	Cost
2	20/50	200	1	6	4	1	0	8,250¥

Contacts Contact C/L Shan Shan(Vietnamese Tracker / Ex-Co-worker) 2/3 Liu Pong (Eastern Tiger Company Lawyer) 3/2 Zhen Xi (Bar Owner) 2/1 Sprites Fault Rating 5 - 4 Services - Scan Fault Rating 5 - 4 Services - Edit

Technomancer
E-Stream - Cyberadepts (Will Power + Resonance=10)[/spoiler]

[eighth circuit]

So it looks like we've got a sam, two mages, probably two technomancers (BigGuns still needs to modify his character, though). One problem: none of these characters has a Charisma over 3! If you want to go back and play that face/gunslinger, bangbang, it would probably be a very helpful character. Anyone else who's still interested: I may still consider new characters if they're interesting and useful.

Vinnmun, I'm gonna have to nix that Incompetent (Artisan) quality. I can't think of any situation in which it would be a hinderance to a technomancer.

[Mirikon]

I've got a Face/Covert Ops type I'm working on, Eighth. Mundane elf, with augmentations.

[bangbangtequila]

Ok, I can throw down slim with glee! Going home to do it after work, be ready for about 11, I would imagine

[vinnmun]

So it looks like we've got a sam, two mages, probably two technomancers (BigGuns still needs to modify his character, though). One problem: none of these characters has a Charisma over 3! If you want to go back and play that face/gunslinger, bangbang, it would probably be a very helpful character. Anyone else who's still interested: I may still consider new characters if they're interesting and useful.

Vinnmun, I'm gonna have to nix that Incompetent (Artisan) quality. I can't think of any situation in which it would be a hinderance to a technomancer.

:-( Ok......armorer than?

[eighth circuit]

Man, armorer is kind of a stretch too, considering your character doesn't even use guns! But, it also applies to armor, and I suppose it applies to bows, plus your low logic makes it more of a flaw. So I will allow that.

Did you realize that if you want your resonance to be 5, you must buy it at 6 and then subtract essence loss? I'm adding up your numbers and it looks like you didn't do that.

[vinnmun]

Am I 10 too much than? Chummer reduces my max by 1 so I buy the 4 ranks at 4 and than the 5th is at max. I can send you the txt that's on the sheet if i open it on notepad if you wanna take a look. Chummer or a setting my be fucked up.

Breakdown I have in front of me: 170 Primary Att, 65 Special Att, Positive quals 30, Negative Quals -35, Contacts 13, Nuyen 38, Skill Group 20, Active Skills 76, Sprites 8

[eighth circuit]

Ah I see, looks like it's an optional setting in Chummer. You should be spending 65 BP on resonance. The numbers work out then (it's taking me a while--I'm adding everything up by hand!)

Also, I would suggest making one of those bound sprites a paladin. Your character is mad vulnerable to matrix attacks. Your decision, though!

Edit: How do you get 170? I have 180 = 10+40+20+40+10+20+10+30

[vinnmun]

I cyberadept as a stream because it just makes sense with this character so it's all the basic sprites from the corebook. It would be fault sprites for my matrix cybercombat sprite if I remember correctly, I'll just compile one if i need it. I don't look to be getting into crazy stuff until later on. when I get the exhoes I want...Fault sprites are my go to. But I understand where you going with that.


Alright, all is well. I decided to go with the Fault Sprites, since I can use them to guard em in the matrix or my fellow technomancer teammate. Background is up. One thing I will add is that Randal the Free Sprite never revealed or explained to him how Free Sprites get free or how he got free in particular. So maybe you can work something with that, which is very open and I'm game for whatever if this goes deeper than one mish.

[bangbangtequila]

Well, I may or may not be a technomancer. I was under the impression Eighth wanted my Gunslinger/Face?

I'll build Slim, put him up, and then put up Jax 2.0 and let the people decide.

[vinnmun]

Either or is fine. If I'm hacking...SPrites are edging every chance it gets. lol

[eighth circuit]

BigGuns bowed out, so we are back down to 4 or 5.

Re: faces: I don't want to insist on any specific characters--it just seems like a group without any social skills will be at a pretty big disadvantage.

I would like to get this started by the end of the week, so everyone post your characters. So far we have:

jonathanc/Xinzhi - mostly complete, I believe he just wanted to change some contacts around? You still here, jonathanc?
vinnmun/Hammor  - post the details of your free spirit and resonance bond
thecommabandit/Menzo - complete

bangbang, Mirikon, or anyone else who wants in, please post your characters this week! Actually, I plan on having each character start on their own mini-adventure, so each player can get going as soon as they're ready--let me know.

[Mirikon]

Got the basics up here. Will get a background and description, as well as a description of the lifestyles up shortly. Basically, Kitten is a covert ops type, though she can play the face if needed. Also, skillwires means she can customize her skillset to the task at hand, if she has the money. Also have a subscription to Horizon's Singularity service, so I can rent skillsofts.