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1) consistently formatted character sheets for ease of reference 2) it's nigh-impossible to build a Shadowrun character correctly by hand I understand your challenge of not being able to use it. I certainly wish it were available on Android. But if you draft up a character by hand, that'll be good enough for selection. If you get in, I'll input it into Chummer for you. |
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Last edited by Marshmallow; Mar 1st, 2022 at 11:53 AM. |
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![]() METATYPE: Human ROLE: Mage (all-rounder with illusion focus) DRAWBACKS: Sickly (Asthma, Weak Immune System) and pampered (Creature of Comfort - High) DESCRIPTION: A handsome young man, always wearing a suit. He gives a false impression of normal health and well-being, but that is not the case. He is sickly, and naive. He also has strange habits – little quirks that he and his clone-brother share, and a strange stubbornnes about certain issues, including his insistence on dressing professionally at all times, when in public, whether at a meeting, relaxing with other team members, or even on a run. He's never lived anywhere but in a research facility, and his recent move to a corporate condo felt to him like he was joining the real world, even though he's still incredibly naive and sheltered, and can count on one hand the times he's seen city streets without looking at them from the astral plane. BACKGROUND: It started with a batch of cloned human embryos, part of a project inside Mitsuhama - genetic modification based on SURGE research, in an attempt to create Awakened beings in a laboratory. The project was a partial, though very limited, success – some of the clones had the ability to work magic, and some had other, stranger talents. Most experienced SURGE, but some didn't, and the SURGE seemed inversely correlated to magical ability. By far the largest group, were those who became completely insane, or mindless. The subjects' growth was accelerated, accompanied by subliminial education; and they left the clone incubators as fully grown, but very inexperienced adults, and were trained in the use and theory of their skills. Over time, they proved to be remarkably unhealthy, and prone to catching mysterious illnesses, and of the dozen or so "successes", only 2 made it to the six-month mark. Months later, a shadowrun was launched on the Mitsuhama facility. Two of the lead scientists and the two remaining clones were taken, Alex and his clone-brother Anton. They had been transported to an Ares black site, implanted with kink bombs, and found themselves living the same life in a new facility. Ares had different priorities, though. While the scientists launched a new round of clone growth and experimentation, Alex and Anton were highly skilled and talented magic-capable assets, and they were used as such. Anton is a gifted alchemist and talismonger, and has become an important internal supplier for various Ares magical operatives. Alex has a more general set of magical skills, and he has been trained as an operative, having recently been judged competent enough to join a new black ops team. Since then, he's finally started venturing into the real world. He was allowed to move out of the dormitory attached to the laboratory, and got a condo in an Ares tower. Anton moved at the same time, and they were excited at first, but they ended up miserable, alone in their empty apartments with just the memory of the dozens of lost clone-siblings, and they started rooming together. Both of them were also allowed to pursue their own goals in developing their magical skills, and ended up learning about Planar Magic, and joining PRiSM. Now that Alex has joined the new black ops project, he is around peers that aren't his clones for the first time in his life, and he hopes to be able to make friends among them, though it will be a strange new experience for him. SHEET: Probably need to add some gear, otherwise done. Alex XII Edited to remove initiation and update gear.
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I feel like there may be some confusion around kink bombs. To be clear, you are not automatically a high-risk individual with which Ares has great concerns for your loyalty. The kink bomb is basically a remote-controlled cyanide pill to prevent Special Projects intel from getting into the wrong hands.
I had assumed (foolishly perhaps) that you would all have been Ares employees *prior* to suddenly being in one of their most secretive, and most important, field operations teams. Also, a note on the 6 million nuyen man, if you're not familiar there was an old TV show called the Six Million Dollar Man wherein the government rebuilt a person with cybernetic enhancements. I suppose I should not have assumed that everyone was automatically familiar. Last edited by AlphaZ; Feb 17th, 2022 at 11:54 AM. |
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Plus, there's not a lot of completely legitimate and above-board (from a corporate standpoint anyways) ways of becoming a hacker or special-forces worthy operative. It's why the US government has such a hard time getting their hands on hackers and trains their special forces in-house. Now imagine how hard it is to get your hands on both in the same person. I guess I've already thought of a way to do it in an interesting enough way so if that's what you'd prefer just let me know and I'll pull through trigger on that.
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The backstory's fine, but it might make more sense to be a staff hacker for a few years, possibly doing a stint as a mobile security spider, etc. Just an extra "good behavior" chapter before dropping an anarchist convict hacker onto a team with Ares most valuable cybernetic asset. Does that make sense?
But I've got a few ways of handling things, so write the backstory you want. I just wanted to provide more context. |
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Done: New and improved, the same only better. I actually like this way better than the previous ending I had, much smoother, makes much more sense.
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NAME: Gabriel Johnson, The Six Million Yen Man METATYPE: Human ROLE: 6 million in mods opens pretty much every door (looking like high teens for combat and matrix pools and low double digits for social pools)Everything but magical support (Ranged combat and tactics before reconstruction) DRAWBACKS: Code of Honor: Restriction: Must obey orders from superiors. Must not loot the dead or allow them to be looted. Never leave a man behind. Must not lie to superiors. Must maintain honorable conduct and obey the rules of war. May never torture or harm prisoners.The soldier's code / Favored: Ares EmployeesSpecific, Outspoken / fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.One Born Every Minute DESCRIPTION: Built like a brick drek-house, all muscles, and no neck. Gabriel sat with a smile and a half-smoked cigar in the corner of the bar. He liked the place. No one looked twice at his scars, his shoulder holster, or his service tattoos, and all without a single tacticool wannabe in sight. They got bonus points for generous pours, and the overstuffed, troll-sized chairs you could get lost in. It was heaven on Earth. Some evenings they'd talk about guns, others they'd talk about the glory days ahead, and behind them, some they would talk about this season's desert wars, and others they'd nod and enjoy the bar's heady aroma, content with the silence and brotherhood of those who knew battle. It was an oasis in a sea of corporate politics. Some middle management suit doesn't want to hear a joke that'd make a slum troll blush, but it's gotten him more than a few drinks at The Last Round. BACKGROUND: "Gabriel Johnson, Firewatch. A man barely alive. Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to build the world's first perfect bionic man. Gabriel Johnson will be that man. Better than he was before. Better, stronger, faster." Born to a Weapons WorldTM branch manager and an Ares SacramentoTM clerical worker, Gabriel had a good home and a bright future, but the political landscape in Cal-state was as stable as its ground. One night, a group of Human Nation thugs killed his father for marrying an orc, and he lost his mother a few years later in a clash between The General-Protector's forces and an Ares PeacekeepingTM force. With no parents and three siblings to feed, Gabriel almost wept with joy when the Ares Desert Wars recruiter came knocking with a sign-on bonus. Four tours in some godforsaken corner of Africa, a chest full of medals, and an impressive list of victories later, he received an invite to join the Firewatch. The crumpled letter still sat framed on the mantle between his parents' ashes. He relocated to <<REDACTED>> after training, and was assigned to <<REDACTED>>, the senior VP of <<REDACTED>> as their bodyguard. It was tedious work, but the boarding school his siblings attended wasn't cheap, and he'd be damned if they turned into Jarheads like him. Years passed. He checked the stairwell for the tenth time. "Zone three clear." He said into the com as he engaged the maglock. Who would attack here? Drek, he didn't even know where here was. It smelled salty, but that didn't narrow it down. "Doctor <<REDACTED>>, it's time to..." BOOM "GET DOWN!" He yelled as the door he just locked blew off its hinges. Gabriel took three bullets for the VP as he shoved the suit back into the lab and returned fire, content with the two meaty thuds he heard as he retreated. The pair went out the side door as another round went through his shoulder. Moments later, the doctor was on Gabriel's good shoulder, and they were running as fast as his enhanced physique and Firewatch training would allow. The door to the safe room slammed closed as a metal cylinder rolled into the room. "Cover your ears!" He said as he jumped onto the grenade. His last thought was if his death benefit would be enough to see his brothers and sisters through college. "Wait, he signed them all?!" A strange voice lilted into his haze. Am I dead? "Yup, years ago. Dumb fragger didn't even read them. Not sure to pity or envy him." Gabriel fought against the haze but couldn't open his eyes or feel his arms and legs. "Pity now, envy after we finish installing an A's annual operating budget into this sack of charred meat." The first voice laughed, and Gabriel faded back into nothing. SHEET:Gabriel Johnson
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Will be posting at least a character - possibly two - but not before this weekend.
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Is Prototype Transhuman given for free or paid for normally for the SMNM?
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