[Shadowrun] An Untimely Encounter

[Silk]

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"Watch your back, shoot straight, conserve ammo, and never, ever, cut a deal with a dragon." -Street Proverb

Game Name An Untimely Encounter

Game System Shadowrun Fifth Edition

Game Theme Meta racism and corporate intrigue beneath the streets of Seattle

Flavour High tech low lives struggling to make a life in the shadows

Plot Summary Seattle Ahh Seattle. A place of Scum and Villainy and the Corporate Drone. While Seattle has many things going for it that sum's the city up nicely, you think. No matter if you were born here or not, this is your home now. Unfortunately, the world and especially Seattle has been steeping on you particularly hard of late. Whenever you seem to be making a little bit of headway in life, something comes along and kicks you right between the legs and down into the gutters you go. "But that's okay." you say to your self. "If that's where the world wants me, I might as well dig a little deeper." For you can always go deeper in the shadows of Seattle, and you can profit just as much. It does not matter to you anymore. Either way, up or down. You'll figure out how to survive somehow. But even here you run into a problem. In the shadowy world of a shadow runner, you needed a Fixer to thrive. Someone to get you jobs, contacts, and gear. But for some reason, no Fixer will work for you. Shur, you have a buddy here, a friend there, an acquaintance that will do anything when you pay them enough nuyen. Some of them you may even be able to trust with your life. Other's you feel the need to be armed when around them for your piece of mind. But they are not the one thing you need. It's been months and still your only doing the odd job here and there. You're even grabbing the occasional strait jobs when you can to make ends meet. Then one morning after a hard day of struggling through the night, your comm chimes. You think to let it go, but you need this. Even if it's just your annoying friend from the StufferShack saying "Hi", you need to make yourself available to everyone and anyone. You pick up your commlink and hit acept....and then your world changes. This is it! The call you have been waiting for! The call you have been busting your butt off for the past few months to get. Your contact tells you about a fixer he knows that needs some additional security. Before he can even finish asking, "Are you in?" you say, "Yes!" and think 'Hell Yes!' You were in. Your foot was through the door. Even the annoying thought at the back of your mind saying, 'Who the hell does a run at twelve in the freaking afternoon?' does not smother your excited mood. With the weight of the world no longer pressing down on your shoulders, you straighten up and get busy. You have some gear to get, a contact or two to wake up and ask questions of. As you notice the clock readout on your commlink displaying 9:57 AM, you realize you have a little over a hour and a half to get ready, do some legwork, and get to the meet by 11:30 am. And still, that does not dampen your spirit. Your life looks brighter as you head into the shadowy world of ShadowRun!

The Game Relax and have a drink. You'll need it. Looking for 4-6 Runners that can post 1-2 times a week. I prefer two posts a week, but I will not hold it against you if you can not keep to that schedule. Be prepared to have your character NPC'd though. I will be using the Shadowrun Missions: Season 1 for this game. I'll be changing them from 3rd edition to 5th edition. So for me, the very first part of the game will be 50% me figuring out how to run a 5th edition Shadowrun game for the first time, and 50% figuring out if I did the change over to 5th edition correctly. Don't worry, the first run gets right to it and won't last that long. If we are lucky and the game continues long enough, we will run through all 14 game sessions of Season 1. NOTE: If you have played these before, I don't mind if you put in an application. But if you do get into the game try not to use what you remember to influence it, thanks. As to the survivability of your characters look at the title of the game. I like to let the dice roll where they may and if you die, you die! But with this being a High Tech game, if your fellow runners get your body to a Doc Wagon and pay enough nuyen, there is a chance you may survive. The highest body count I have had in a tabletop game is where five players made two characters each and at least two more during gameplay, and only 1 of the original characters survived. I believe the body count was a little over 20 dead characters by the end of that game. So, if you want to pull a Sam Verner and stand in front of an angry Dragon, be my guest. More then likely you'll become Wyrm food though. Note: Shadowrun is a crunch-heavy game with a rich and engaging setting. Experience with the setting/system is not required, but please, be willing to learn the basics. I'll be more than happy to assist you with any questions you may have about the setting or 5th edition but take into account that I first looked at the 5th edition rules myself on 10-13-2018, so I'm still learning it as well. Also, note that the matrix rules are particularly complex. I would suggest any beginners that apply to avoid the matrix specialist role.

Character creation However you decide on the how & why of your character becoming one of the downtrodden, I would like this to be a central part of your character Background. I also would like your characters to have a Lifestyle no higher than "Low" to represent this fact. For the most part, you will "not" know the other players in the group until you meet face to face. You will start with no Fixer Contact! You heard me right. You will have no 'Fixer's' as a contact. Don't worry; if you don't screw up too badly, you'll get one right after finishing your first run. We will be using the "Street Scum" rules from page 354 in the Core Rule Book for this game. Instead of using ABCDE for your priority stats, you pick one of the following: BCDEE or CCDDE. I only own the Shadowrun 5th edition Core Rule Book. However, I have access to quite a few Shadowrun books on my Scribd account(though I have not read any of them yet) and if you want to use something from other books just give me the book title and page number, and I'll look it over and more than likely agree to allow it. However, if I don't have access to the book, it will not be allowed. No 3rd party or Homebrew either. There is also a blanket restriction in place on all Naga/Pixie/Centaur/Etcmetasapient and Ghoul/Banshee/Goblin/Etcinfected characters. I'd also like everyone to use Chummer 5A if possible. It will make runner generation and maintenance much easier for everyone involved. The link to the program can be found here. (Honestly, I found this program to be a life saver!) Application Street Name/Real Name: If you want your real name to be a secret from the rest of the party, put it in secret text. (make sure to spell my name right, or I will not see it.) Metatype(Sex): I am hoping for mostly core class Metahumans as I'm still new to the game system. As long as the characters are not metasapient or infected characters and I can reference the book they come from I might allow them. The Book and Page number will be needed. Intended Role: Place your build concept here, if we get all the roles filled, great. If not, oh well. Apearance: A picture with a short description of your runner. Backstory: Are you a Corporate up and comer that fell on hard times? Have you always been one of the dregs of society? Or are you someone that fits in between those two extremes? Tell me how your character came to desire a career as a Shadow Runner and any troubles you may have had along the way. I WILL be adding parts of your background into the game at some point, so give me some meat to chew on. Role Play Example: Tell me a story about your runner involving one of your contacts. Other: The following will not affect your application. I would like you to flesh out your contacts a little bit. Nothing too big, just a few sentience's telling me a bit about them. Do they call you "Buddy-boy" or "Darling"? Do they have an accent? Is their speech occasionally slurred like they are on some drug or alcohol? Do they like you enough to invite you to a bar for a couple of drinks? Remember, these are people you know and run into now and then. Except for the ones that you know from a friend, of a friend, of a friend that knows the contact. But even then you should know some of their mannerisms. Also, a small pic wouldn't hurt anything either(and I'll be using it when they talk to you), but that will not be mandatory. In SECRET TEXT - vote for 3 other applications you'd most want to adventure with. If you get picked and I have trouble deciding for the rest of the group, I will be using your choice to help me make a decision. (Idea is based off and borrowed from Arachobia) How familiar are you with Shadowrun, both concerning the flavor and the mechanics of 5E? I'm just looking to get a baseline on how much people know before we get started. ADDITIONS: Starting Karma: 25 (your skills are good, you have just had a bit 'a lot' of bad luck in life). Note: For those that are using Chummer5a to create your character: Choose Sum-to-Ten and Standard rules, this will allow you to start with 25 starting karma, and you can then change the starting availability to Sum-to-Six to match the Street Scum rules. Gear: Availability is limited to 10 or less and Device Ratings is no higher than 4.

About Your GM A DM hard at work I have no DM examples for you to look at but here is an example of my writing style, here is what I consider my best Character concept so far, and though I have only been playing in one for a short while, this is how I write in a Shadowrun game. I have been DMing games since I was handed a ratty old 1st edition D&D book when I was in Jr. high in the late 1980s. I have mostly played Dungeons and Dragons, but I have also played Palladium, Rifts(not to be confused with the MMO Rift), D20 Modern, Gamma World, Alternity, and many more, but those are the ones I remember the most. As a DM I consider myself to be of average quality, but that is in tabletop where I tend to stutter occasionally. I'll have to see if pbp will change my opinion One thing I wish to point out is that I am not a professional writer by a long shot. I tend to take upwards of an hour to post a two-three paragraph post. Because of that, I will not demand of you to make a novel of any post you write. But, if you feel like it, Go For It! I also love making up characters and concepts for games and seeing how they play out. I joined RPG Crossing back in 2005 but had to leave in 2007 due to my job not giving me enough time to post and leaving me exhausted at the end of the day. I came back several months ago after an 11-year absence and have been enjoying myself so far and hope to continue to do so for quite some time yet.

Posting Expectations I will be posting in-game updates twice a week. I'll be more available for the little stuff, so if you have OOC questions, need legwork answers, or need something clarified, I'll be here. Special Note: You will occasionally need greater availability if you wish to play a matrix specialist. When the time comes to hack, I'd like to wrap it up promptly. That way we don't hold up the main story.

The Deadline is January 17th, and I will make a decision by January 19th.

Good Luck Everyone!

I would like to thank Imveros for helping me with ideas for my game and letting me borrow his game thread application to use as my own. Additional thanks go to Zevonian, Hextor, and Kerchunk.

[Silk]

Q&A Q: Why no Metasapient or Infected characters? A: Because I am still new to the game system and don't want to jump into something I don't even know about yet. I know nothing about these races, and I figured if Imveros didn't want them in his game there must have been a reason. Q: Why use the "Street Scum" character creation when there is "Street Level" character creation? A: I have a Street Level generated character in another Shadowrun game, and the discussion came up that Street Level character creation favored Magic Users and Technomages. I agreed with their assessment after making that character and wished to have a more balanced approach to Street Level play. Imveros suggested Street Scum to me, and I have decided to use it. Q: Are you aware that non-standard Character Generation will scare some people away? A: I have been made aware of this and would hope any who feel hesitate to join my game to PM me with any questions they have. Q: What year is it in the game? A: 2073. The Sixth World Almanac ended in 2072, and I was going to use that, but I will be one hundred years old in 2073, so I went with that date instead Q: Which books do you have access to on Scribd? A: Assassin's Primer, Bullets and Bandages, Chrome Flesh, Coyotes, Data Trails, Forbidden Arcana, Rigger 5, Run & Gun, Run Faster, Stolen Souls, & Street Grimoire.

A finished sheet is not necessary until after selections have been made.

Character Applications
Player	Character	Metatype	Role	Status
Ericg1s	Eric Glass/Richard Lee Rewarded	Human	Support magic	Complete
RainyDayNinja	DoubleClick/Jimmy Mulligan	Human	Decker	Complete
Wynamoinen	Mortar/Duranté Williams	Orc	mobile assault unit	Complete
girlplay	Jailbait/Cassandra Sussex	Human	Face	Complete
Roekahs	Cinch/Alicia Tillsley	Human	Healer	Complete
MIniSchnauzer	Hosepipe/Jorge Goodeman	Human	Gunslinger Adept	Complete
UngainlyFool	Stranger/Charles "Chuck" Berger	Orc	Combat Decker	Complete
Ghost6442	Whisper/Ebony	Elf	Adapt Infiltrator	Complete
Sir Swindle	Mangey/shh!	Human	Rigger	Complete
Wodine	Xōchipilli/Tlanextli Tuxpan	Human	Face/Decker	Complete
MoldyNolds	Toombs/shh!	Human	Technomancer/Thief	Complete
Tafratin	Tele/Richard Pendigast	Dwarf	Spellcaster	Complete
PopCultureBard	Rinelle/Tamwyn Oto'Alaiet	Elf	Aspected Apprentice	Complete

Other books
Book	Page	Discription	Accepted?
Run Faster	Page 91	Hobgoblin Metahuman	Yes
Run Faster	Page 145-159	Qualitys (With exceptions that are mentioned here)	Yes (No to 4 Qualitys)
Data Trails	44-49	Qualitys	Yes

[Silk]

I was going to wait until the 1st of the year to post this, but I got everything done so figured I would start it 5 day's early

[Ericg1s]

The application is nearly complete, but can you tell me if I omitted anything?

Street/runner Name: Richard Lee Rewarded.

Real name: Eric Glass.

Metatype: Human (male.)

Intended Role: Support magic (hermetic/alchemy).

Apearance: I, the player, am VERY bad at finding character art.
He is rather short, with dark skin, eyes, and hair. His ears and nose are rather small, and his facial features are very round. His fingers are short and round as well. His hair is short and wavy. He wears a motorcycle jacket and helmet.

Running style:
His personality is a mixture of curiosity, humility, and an attempt to assist others. Much of this is due to his being bound to a spirit who demands that he put his power in service to others rather than placing himself above them.
His magic works through writing (on wooden chips or index cards) magic runes which create a temporary charm. He can not create permanent magic items or cast spells directly.
He is able to temporarily summon spirits, but not bind them to long-term service.
He has not had enough experience running to know what type of jobs he prefers yet.

Childhood Background: He came from a low-level corporate family, but never received corporate citizenship himself. He probably could have filed for government citizenship, but never did. He was able to go to school for a few years as a child and learn a small amount of background material, but did not receive much training in practical skills. As he went through his teenage years, he became estranged from his family, and hasn't spoken to them for some time. He made a few minor friends in school, but has drifted apart from them as well. Part of it is that the corporate working drones don't really approve of runners. He saw running as a way out, and took it...not a way out of poverty, but a way out of the corporate drone life.
He does not have a romanticized view of running, nor is he addicted to the thrills. He simply sees it as not much less honest than selling out to the corporations.

Time in the university: Eric Glass spent a year and a half at a corporate university after winning an essay scholarship contest, but dropped out when it became obvious that they were unwilling to teach anything practical to low-level persons. The magical class was segregated based on level of corporate citizenship, and his level was taught academic theory so removed from magic that it could never really be USED except to obtain a teaching position. This was the final source of his estrangement from his family-they blame him for throwing away a chance at a better life, and he feels that they set him up to fail in a course of study that would never be useful. The fact that he had not really made any friends at the university made it easier for him to leave. He managed to buy used textbooks from graduating seniors in the upper class and learn enough to try summoning a mentor spirit.

Source of powers: A small man stands in front of a symbol in chalk on the ground, with candles burning at crucial points of the symbol.
"Hermes, appears and grant me the power of alchemy."
A figure wrapped in chains appears, with a vulture nibbling on it!
"Titan Promethius-but how..."
I am both-I grant fire and alchemy, knowledge and technology, to those who will share with others.'
"Then, you will grant me what I seek?"
'Knowledge must not be horded for personal gain. Share this and you will be richly rewarded.'
The candles suddenly go out, plunging the room into darkness as the scene ends...

It took a few months, but Eric Glass became Richard Lee Rewarded, leaving his old identity behind. He learned to use the power of the mentor sprit for alchemy and to bind spirits. He still needed to find someone to teach him magical formulas and provide him with talisima, however. Without any formulas, his knowledge of magic would be impotent and nearly useless. He could counter spells, but not create any magic of his own. Tracking down someone willing to teach magic off the books is difficult, but he was persistent enough to attract the attention of someone willing to teach him. It helped that he had a benevolent spirit guiding him, reducing how much harm he could do.

Role Play Example: The small man from the first scene has entered what appears to be an abandoned shop....
"I KNOW this is the lodge. May I enter?"
A second figure sits in a chair behind the counter.
'I'm sorry, but this shop is not currently open for business.'
"That's ok, I don't really need to buy or sell anything, just to study here."
'Understand that the knowledge you seek will come at a great cost.'
"I know I must pay more than mere money to learn."
'There is not much I can teach you, but I can provide you with a magic license from a previous student who looked like you, and a few magical formulas.'
"Do you mean I already know everything I need to use magic?"
'I mean that you are not likely to learn much from me, because my magic is a different tradition than yours.
"You can tell my magic tradition just by looking at me?"
'No, I have been watching you. I knew you would come here.]
"I suppose learning a few magic formulas will have to be enough for now."
'You have much less magical power than you think-only half as much as some. Remember that.
"You mean, don't seek out enemies, because they will be too strong for me?"
'I mean, don't try to learn too much magic, as your mind can only hold a few spells until you gain more power.'
The unreliable power grid in this slum barrow suddenly fails and everything is plunged into blackness...

Contact description:
The Street Shaman who maintains the lodge is a very unusual woman. Although her own power is spiritual, she deals mainly with hermetic magic formulas. Some say that the shamanic spirit she worships is actually the ghost of a great wizard. Some say that she finds it easier to deal with hermetic mages, because they are willing to pay credits for knowledge. Some say that she is running some sort of long con.
She appears to be between fifty and sixty years old, but is the type of person who would look that old at thirty, and look much the same at eighty or ninety. She refuses to reveal her real age.
Her eyes are blue and her hair is light yellow, turning white as she ages. Her facial features are very generic.
She seems to be a 'mundane normal' human, but it might be a complicated magical illusion.
There is no information about her background in ANY databases. She is known only by world of mouth, and never by her real name. It's unclear if even SHE knows here real name.
(One theory is that her last name is 'Null', so no computer database is able to hold information about her.)
The one thing clearly known about her is that she can be found by those who need her, but not by those who would seek to harm her.
(She moves her shop repeatedly around abandoned buildings to avoid the authorities.)

The final step in Richard Lee Reward's transformation into a shadow agent is to obtain a Fixer and Mr. Johnson. He doesn't quite know where to look for such persons, but his mentor spirit has assured him that they will come. The Street Shaman is unwilling to recommend anyone, because she has seen the dark side of the running life and does not want him dragged into it.

I have played Shadowrun, but I'm still trying to figure out the rules. Part of the problem is that the core rule book seems to be missing crucial rules, such as the fact that ranged weapons don't harm spirits.

[Wynamoinen]

Expressing tentative interest. I've gone too long without a Shadowrun game. Probably tank / gun bunny type.

I will 100% admit that I am one of those people who are spooked by your unforgiving chargen rules. I have a sketch of a prime runner, and I'm frankly not sure the concept works (either mechanically or thematically) with the campaign you've got designed here. Maybe I can get it to work. Maybe I'll come up with another idea. Maybe I'll end up waiting for the next campaign to come along. I dunno, I need to ponder for a few days, I think.

[RainyDayNinja]

I'll probably put together a decker. How do you feel about other "Sum to Six" combinations, like maybe CCCEE? I'm assuming anything with an A is right out.

Also, any additional restrictions on gear availability or starting karma?

[Marshmallow]

Expressing my interest here! Thinking of going with an Adept/Rigger, also strongly considering Hobgoblin (Run & Gun) or a Human. A bit busy at the moment will have an application later.

[girlplay]

I'm definitely interested as I've been wanting to do a street-scum game for a long time now. It should be grittier than the standard setup. I prefer Face-archetype characters and will likely apply with one. One question first: how do you feel about a character who works in a brothel?

[Silk]

Originally Posted by Ericg1s

The main contact for my character is just his fixer, who provides gear and licenses.

I wanted your characters to start with NO fixer contact as you will get them after the first run(most likely at any rate )

Originally Posted by Wynamoinen

I will 100% admit that I am one of those people who are spooked by your unforgiving chargen rules.

Ya, I thought that might happen. I hope you're not too spooked though

Originally Posted by RainyDayNinja

I'll probably put together a decker. How do you feel about other "Sum to Six" combinations, like maybe CCCEE? I'm assuming anything with an A is right out.

Also, any additional restrictions on gear availability or starting karma?

Honestly, Maybe it's because I'm still new to the game, but I didn't like "Sum to Six." As for the CCCEE priority stats, my usual response is "no" because I don't like going off the rails with a game system I'm trying to get a feel for, but that does not seem to bad a change. I'll spend some time looking at it and will get back to you.

And THANK YOU! I Knew I forgot something. Starting Karma will be 25(your skills are good, you have just had a bit 'a lot' of bad luck in life) and Gear Availability will be limited to 10 or less and Device Ratings will be no higher than 4. I'll add those to the thread.

Originally Posted by Marshmallow

also strongly considering Hobgoblin (Run & Gun)

Having a bit of trouble finding the Hobgoblin metahuman in R&G. If you could scrounge up the page number that would be great, but if not, It will take me some time to flip through the book.

Originally Posted by girlplay

One question first: how do you feel about a character who works in a brothel?

That is no problem and fits in with the whole "low lives struggling to make a life in the shadows." Just have to remember to keep it PG-13 or the site admins will kick the game to the curb

[Marshmallow]

Page 91 for the Hobgoblins

EDIT: My bad, it's Run faster, not Run & Gun. I get those two confused.

[Roekahs]

I have been looking for the right time to get into Shadowrun ... maybe its now. I fell in love with this setting a little backwards: First encounter was Dragonfall - which changed everything. Then I learned it was an RPG and my mind was blown... I need to just bite the bullet and learn the system.

[RainyDayNinja]

Complete Street Name/Real Name: DoubleClick/Jimmy Mulligan Metatype: Human (male) Intended Role: Decker Appearance: DoubleClick is a human with an average build, dark hair, and glasses. Despite being human, he has prosthetic tusks to make him look more like an ork. Backstory: DoubleClick was born and bred in the Redmond Barrens, among the mass of SINless non-citizens. He tinkered with electronics from an early age, and cobbled together his first cyberdeck from stolen components and cannibalized commlinks. It didn't take him long to get into trouble, picking fights in the nearest Stuffer Shack host and claiming it as his home turf. This caught the attention of the local Crimson Crush gang, and in exchange for not bashing his head in, he turned his skills to helping them out with their devices and tracking down rival script kiddies that tagged their turf with AR graffiti. His parents died when he was just 13, killed in a turf war by an upstart gang, and he was left to care for his 5-year-old brother, Rupert. The two of them ended up being taken in by some friends of their parents, who let them sleep in the storeroom of their corner bodega. DoubleClick handles their matrix security and does hardware repair for them, while Rupert, who is still only 14 by now, sweeps floors and does odd jobs around the shop. He even managed to snag a legit cyberdeck when a newbie shadowrunner got fragged in Crimson territory. If a drekhead like that could earn enough money for a deck like this, imagine how far he could go! Not wanting to sleep on a moldy bedroll on the floor forever, DoubleClick started putting out feelers, looking for a chance to turn his decking skills into a real payday. Role Play Example: DoubleClick was relaxing on the Hotsim sand of an exotic beach, enjoying the local scenery, when a text message popped up in the bright, blue sky. Omae, it's Greenback. Need to borrow you for a sec. I'm at the shop. With a sigh, DoubleClick switched to AR mode, then jacked out of the virtual beach. He blinked a few times as his eyes adjusted to the dingy light of the storeroom. His back ached from lying on his thin mat on the cement floor, and the smell of synthetic food and cleaning products. His little brother was still sleeping next to him, so he slipped out quietly. This late at night, the shop was closed, and the owners were sleeping in the actual apartment upstairs. Through the barred glass door, he could see Greenback, wearing the red leathers of the Crimson Crush, leaning in the door frame smoking a cheap cigarette. The bell jingled as DoubleClick opened the door to let him in. "What's happening?" he asked as they shared a handshake and a half-hug. "Got a job for you. 250 nuyen if you can do it tonight. Had somebody reach ou to us about supplying some ammo. Want you to trace the guy's commlink, see if you can find a location." He flung a commcode at DoubleClick in AR. "It's bound to be a burner metalink, and sitting in a dumpster, if not completely slagged by now." "Maybe, maybe," Greenback said. "But we got somebody who says if we find it, he can do a reading on it. Astral stuff. Should get us some more info." By the time he finished talking, DoubleClick had already found the icon based on the commcode. His avatar in AR took aim with a pistol, and a pair of bullet holes landed on the icon, indicating he'd successfully placed two marks. He took a second to reconfigure his deck (frag, he needed a better unit), then traced the icon. There was a fair amount of noise from the distance, and sure enough, it was clear on the other side of Redmond, near Touristville. He flung the address back to Greenback in AR, and he tucked it into his virtual pocket. Greenback handed DoubleClick a credstick. "Nice work. Tell that brother of yours hi for me." DoubleClick nodded, then locked the door behind him, rebooted his deck, and went back to the beach. Contacts: Greenback is a lieutenant in the Crimson Crush gang in Redmond. As the resident diplomat, he handles the gang's supply chain, and to an extent manages their own dealers. He has a fondness for gaudy analog watches. Vote for 3 other applications you'd most want to adventure with: How familiar are you with Shadowrun: Very. I've both played and GM'd before.

[Silk]

Originally Posted by Marshmallow

Page 91 for the Hobgoblins

EDIT: My bad, it's Run faster, not Run & Gun. I get those two confused.

No problem, and Yes, Hobgoblins will be allowed.

[Wynamoinen]

Mortar Should be more tusky and less pointy, but you get the idea Street name: Mortar Real name: Duranté Williams Metatype: Orc Intended Role: Metahuman mobile assault unit (Body- and strength- enhancing chrome, lots of armortank with a lots of ranks in Automaticsmachine gun and Control rig with some mediocre pilot and mechanic skillssome gun-drones) Appearance: Mortar is on the short side for an orc. His family is of African-American descent (and have been heavily goblinized). He’s dark-complexioned and wears his hair in dreadlocks. He is build like a brick drekhouse, but generally has a friendly expression on his face. Most people assume he’s recently been hitting the deepweed. Often they’re correct.   Backstory: The Resistance (capital T capital R) has always been in Duranté’s blood. Many members of his family have been in the Orc Underground. A bunch of them got killed for it. That was never quite for Duranté. The methods always seemed a little trite. The goals were good, but they never seemed to go far enough. Duranté was one of those kids who was too busy reading to pay attention to school. He started out reading fantasy, but speculative “hard” sci fi is what really caught his interest. That Utopian techno-paradise stuff, with all the gleep-glop aliens sharing tech and living together. Without much of an education, but with an orc’s natural talents and with his nose in a book, Duranté was able to get himself a job working security for some dandelion-eaters who set up their own loopy Utopia on the edge of the Barrens. We was able to talk some of their talk, but walk the local walk. He was a great fit, and signed on for the long haul. They invested in him, paying for his chrome. They hoped he could serve as outreach to the local community. They taught them their philosophies, of the Next Age, and the great renewal to come in future millennia. He picked up the name Mortar. Sometimes he had to be the big guns, hopefully he’d be the glue to build up a new community. But orcs are impatient. Mortar wasn’t willing to wait centuries, as the elves were. The Underground wasn’t willing to give up their turf to a bunch of knife-ears. Only a few years into his gig, the Orc Underground raided the elfin colony. This put Mortar out of a job. On the plus side, he now had some drones, some Chrome, and a personal mission to seek the New Age. Soon. Five years would be nice. Corps need to fall. The Underground needs to find some enlightenment. The Barrens need to focus-fire a few million rounds of full-auto gyro-stabilized hell downtown. Once the buildings start to fall, surely the gleep-glops will be ready to come down from the heavens and trade some deepweed for a few cosmic hyperdrives, yeah?   Role Play Example: Mortar hops off the dilapidated bus, on the edge of downtown. He checks his commlink for the address, and walks to the place indicated. It’s an old brick walk-up. He enters and walks up. He walks past the offices – a massage parlor, some sort of discount vat-tech vendor, a place called “FRRX Industries” that just screams “it’s none of your business what’s going on behind this door”. Finally, he finds suite 314. He knocks and enters. “Hoi? Glyndwr? Is anyone…” Just then a man comes through a doorway. You’d call him “aging gracefully” except who knows if elves do that. And his wrinkled clothes suggest that any grace was more pronounced three days ago. But it’s the man Mortar was looking for. “HEY! Glyn! Good to see you my man!” They embrace in a way that is awkward for both, but authentic. “So, your new digs, huh? Not as much room as before.” Mortar decides not to pursue that route of conversation anymore. He can’t help but feel guilty, even if none of the Greenies blamed him, directly. To his face. Glyndwr leads him to a makeshift office. They sit at a couch and the elf lights a spliff. "Well Mortar. How are you recovering?" the rumpled elf asks, slouching and toking. He passes the duchie. Mortar grimaces. "Still outta work. I can't last much longer that way. I'm gon have to find something new. Change has gotta come, you know." He takes a hefty drag, holds it, and exhales. "Hopefully I can find something that satisfies my interest, like y'all did." His arm shoots out with hyper-augmented speed, allowing Mortar to ash tastefully in a receptacle, rather than the floor. "But beggars can't be choosers. And I don't intend to be a beggar. If you don't mind my sayin, the problem you all had was being under-stocked on the offensive side. I don't plan on making that mistake again. Gotta respect the Underground on that account. Combine their approach with your mission, and ayyyy, you got something there." He takes another puff (a breach of protocol, suggesting he's more of a beggar than he'd like to admit) before passing it along. "I'll keep a lookout for a safer place, if you guys want to set up shop again in a better location. "Anyways, this is a social call, or what? You read the new Ulee Hyperion joint? Fantastic, fourth in the series, right? It's finally starting to pay off, that setup from book two where they terraformed the Lyyssene satellite. Now think about how long it took THEM to turn over the Federated Hierarch..."   Character Build Money: 1605+2d6*40 Karma: 0 unspent (15 net on qualities, 6 spent on skills, 4 converted into nuyen) Chummer Output file   Resource B - 275,000 nuyen Attributes D - 14 pts Meta C - ork(0) Skills E - 22/0 Magic E   Stat . . Stat . . Stat . . Stat Body 8 Will 2 Initiative 7+2d6 Astral Initiative - Agility 4(6) Logic 2 Essence 1.3 Matrix Initiative 7+2d6 (AR) Reaction 4(5) Intuition 2 Magic 0 Edge 1 (0 spent) Strength 3(5) Charisma 2 Resonance - Composure 4 Judge Intent 4 Memory 4 Lift/Carry 13 Phys. Lim. 8 Ment. Lim. 3 Soc. Lim. 3 Movement 12/24 Street Cred 0 Notoriety 0 Public Awareness 0       Armor rating: 19 (12 jacket +2 helmet, +1 arm prot, +1 leg prot, +1 vitals prot, +2 from bone lacing) Damage resistance: 28 (BOD + armor rating + 1 toughness)   Physical track Stun track Notes -1 [ ][ ][ ] -1 [ ][ ][ ] -- -2 [ ][ ][ ] -2 [ ][ ][ ] -- -3 [ ][ ][ ] -3 [ ][ ][DOWN ] -- -4 [ ][ ][ ]     -5 [ ][ ][DOWN] -- . . [ ][ ][ ] -- . . [ ][ ][ ] -- . . [ ][ ] [DEAD] --   Active Skills Attribute Rating D. Pool Notes Aeronautics Mechanic LOG 2 4 -- Automotive Mechanic LOG 1 3 -- Automatics AGI 6(8) 14 +2 from wireless smartlink Ettiquette CHA 1 3 -- Heavy Weaopns AGI 3(5) 11 +2 from wireless smartlink (grenade launcher) Pilot Aircraft REA 2 (3) 8 Control rig gives +1 always. Pilot Groundcraft REA 1 (2) 7 Control rig gives +1 always. Pistols AGI 2(4) 10 +2 from wireless smartlink Perception INT 2(4) 6 +2 from helmet vision enhancement   Active Skills Attribute Rating D. Pool Notes Street: Seattle Underground INT 1 3 -- Interest knowledge: speculative fiction INT 2 4 -- Interest knowledge: apocalyptic movements INT 1 3 -- Professional knowledge: security LOG 2 (--) 4 -- English Language Native       Or-zet Language INT 2 (--) 4 --   Positive Qualities Toughness (add +1 to BOD dice pools for damage resistance) (-9 karma) Tough as Nails 3 (For every 5 karma, add one box of phys or stun track. p 150 RF.) (-15 karma) Negative Qualities Close dependent: Sister, Shamiya Williams, 19 year old student, tons of student loans and credit card debt (+9 Karma)   Total spending: 281,395 nuyen. Priority B gives 275,000, plus 4 spent karma, gives 283,000 to spend. Left with 1,515 nuyen.   Control rig 1 (add rating to vehicle tests, handling, and speed, p. 453) Aluminum Bone Lacing (+2 body, +2 armor) Muscle replacement 2 (+2 STR, +2 AGI) Smartlink Synaptic booster 1 (+1 REA) RCC: Easy Motors Dronemaster   Ranged Weapon ACC Damage AP Mode RC Ammunition Mods Ares Alpha (assault Rifle mode) (p 428) 5(7) 11P -2 SA/BF/FA 2 200 rounds regular internal smartlink, gas vent 2 - - grendade launcher undermount 4(6) 12P -8 SS 2 three flash-bangs, three high explosives internal smartlink Salvette Guardian (p.33 R&G) 5(7) 8P -1 SA/BF 1 50 rounds, regular ammo internal smartlink & micro-gyro standard                 Colt M23 (on drones) 4 9P -2 SA/BF/FA - - one mounted on each drone; cost accounted there Gyro mount for the Alpha (-6 recoil comp) Armor Rating Notes Armor Jacket 12 Green low-rent corp-sec outfit Helmet +2 motorcycle helmet, Capacity 6 for vision enhancements Securetech PPP arms kit +1 p 70 R&G Securetech PPP legs kit +1 p 70 R&G Securetech PPP vitals kit +1 p 70 R&G Helmet has Flare Compensation, Thermo-vision, vision enhancement 2, image link Armor as Chemical protection, Fire resistance, and nonconductivity, all at rating 2   Vehicle Handling Speed Accel Bod Armor Pilot Sensor Seats Mods Toyota Gopher 5+1 4+1 2 14 10 1 2 3 Rigger interface 2 MCT-Nissan Roto-drones 4 +1 4+1 2 4 4 3 3 6 Weapon Mount with a Colt M23 + 100 rounds ammo   Low lifestyle, 1 month = 2000 nuyen Aeronautic toolkit 500 nuyen 2 Stimpatches (rank 4) 200 nuyen Trauma patch 500 nuyen

Other stuff   1) Contacts Glyndwr Guorthigern (loyalty 1 connection 2) – An elf of apparently late-middle age. He is a mid-rank Druid of Mortar’s former employer (formally, The Green Equinox). He remains in Seattle, hopeful that the group can re-locate and re-build after their debacle, losing their North American headquarters, last year. Nina Symmons (loyalty 2 connection 1) - A crusty overweight orc. She owns the local scrapyard. She’s a friend of the family, and has known Duranté since he was a kid (she often calls him “D”). She’s well-connected to both the local gearhead community, as well as the Orc Underground (her scraps can serve as improvised-explosive-whatevers, and she’s willing to donate many things to The Cause).   2) SECRET vote for 3 other applications - Here be secrets! 3) Familiarity with Shadowrun: I've played in a number of Shadowrun 5e games here on RPGX. Some even got to the point of casting a spell or shooting a gun! I've got a good sense of the flavor (I played back in the pink-mohawk 2e days of the mid-1990s, and picked it back up a few years ago). I don't exactly have the lore memorized, nor do I plan on memorizing it, but I've got more than the basics down.

[girlplay]

Originally Posted by Silk

That is no problem and fits in with the whole "low lives struggling to make a life in the shadows." Just have to remember to keep it PG-13 or the site admins will kick the game to the curb

Null sheen. I'll keep that in mind. The PG-13 restriction is part of the reason I was asking. But I'll do my best to keep to those guidelines. Innuendo and vagueness are close chummers of mine. Actually, I'm not quite sure if they are; it's difficult to tell what they're really thinking sometimes.

While still a work in progress, this is what I have so far:

My first draft is done. I might make a few revisions and rewrite a few things but she's basically complete.

I didn't use Chummer for the character sheet because my virus protection software always goes haywire when I visit those download sites. And I've had my computer infested with malware before when making 'legitimate' software downloads. So, I'm not so eager to go there again. I included some helpful extras to account for where my priorities, karma, and nuyen went.

Jailbait Street Name: Jailbait Stage name: Kandy Kane Real Name: Cassandra Sussex Metatype (sex): Human (f) Intended Role: Face Appearance: Cassie is an exotic beauty with pale skin and captivating green eyes. Her slender frame makes her look taller than she really is, though she's just about average height for a Human. Her youth is readily apparent and she doesn't make any effort to hide it as it's one of the tools of her trade. Her sense of fashion varies widely, depending on the situation she expects to find herself in. She's pragmatic, even if what's appropriate means wearing a bikini, a T-shirt and skinny jeans, or ball gown. Her figure is fit and firm, though far from muscular or curvaceous. Perhaps she could have been a fashion model, given a very different upbringing.   Priorities: B - Attributes (20 points) C - Skills (28 skill points / 2 groups) D - Metatype: Human (3 special attribute points) E - Resources (6,000 nuyen) E - Magic/resonance (none) Attributes score Body 4 Agility 4 Reaction 3 Strength 2 Willpower 4 Logic 2 Intuition 4 Charisma 5 Special and derived stats score Edge 4 Essence 5.92 Initiative 1d6+7 Composure 9 Judge intentions 9 Lifting/carrying 6 Memory 6 Limits maximum Mental 4 Physical 4 Social 7 Reputation score Notoriety -1 Public awareness 0 Street cred 0 Conditions score Physical 10 Stun 10 Overflow 4 Positive qualities: Bilingual: English and Japanese (5 karma) Double-jointed (6 karma) High pain threshold, rank 1 (7 karma) Negative qualities: SINner: criminal (-10 karma) Uneducated (-8 karma) Knowledge skills type rank Underground clubs street 2 NeoIndustrial music interest 2 BDSM lifestyle interest 2 Seattle knowledge street 2 Drugs and BTLs street 2 Seattle gangs street 2 Languages known rank source English n bilingual trait Japanese n bilingual trait Sperethiel 1 bought with karma Spanish 1 bought with karma Mandarin 1 bought with karma Cantonese 1 bought with karma Russian 1 bought with karma French 1 bought with karma Italian 1 bought with karma German 1 bought with karma Lakota 1 bought with karma Dakota 1 bought with karma Active skill group: Stealth (disguise, palming, and sneaking), rank 2 Active skills rank Computers 1* Con 3 Etiquette 4 Escape artist 3 Exotic weapon proficiency: whips 2 Free-fall 1* Gymnastics 2 Impersonation 3 Intimidation 2 Negotiation 3 Perception 2 Performance 2 Pilot ground vehicles 1* Running 1* Unarmed combat 2 * = Note: all rank 1 skills were bought for 2 karma each Lifestyle: squatter: 1 month (500 nuyen) Cyberware grade Essence loss rating nuyen cost Data jack alpha 0.08 - 1,200 Sound link alpha - - 1,200 Gear: Weapon accuracy reach or range damage AP ammo capacity ammo owned Cost Shock gloves physical (4) 1 8S(e) -5 10 charges 10 charges 550 Streetline special 4 5/15/30/50 6P 0 4(c) 10 regular rounds 140 Armor: Synth-leather jacket, AR: 4 (300) Communications and electronics: Erika Elite commlink - DR: 4 (2,500) - Sim module (100) 2 Meta Links (200) sub-vocal microphone (50) 2 data chips (10) 2 microtransceivers (200) white noise generator, rating 4 (200) 5 credsticks, silver (200) Camera, rating 4 (400) - image link (25) - vision magnification (250) - low-light vision (500) - flare compensation (250) eye glasses, rating 2 - image link (25) - micro-camera (100) ear buds (50) Miscellaneous gear: metal restraints (20) 10 plastic restraints (5) Respirator, rating 4 (200) Extras for disguises and different looks: Various pieces of clothing (150) make-up (50) costume jewelry (50) Vehicle handling speed accel body armor pilot sensor seats cost Suzuki Mirage 5/3 6 3 5 6 1 2 1 8,500 Money: 25 nuyen Additional starting funds: 2d6 x 40 nuyen Karma tally: Starting: 25 Positive traits: +18 Negative traits: -18 Active skills: -8 Languages: -10 12,000 nuyen: -6 leftover karma: 1   Laverne Ford and Marvin Sussex had 3 children together by the age of 20. They both dropped out of high school and entered trade schools instead which prepared them for careers with long hours and very little pay. As a result, they didn't have much time or energy for their children. Cassie was raised as much by her peers as any adult role model and her obvious lack of money made her the object of ridicule for a band of girls known as the Highlights who had both money and social status. What they lacked was natural beauty which made them jealous of Cassie, or so she assumed. By age 12, she was neither a gifted athlete nor a good student and in serious need of money, which made her a prime target for a local gang. They didn't so much bring her into the folds of the gang itself but used her to sell drugs and BTLs on the school campus. Surprisingly, there was an usually high number of customers in the 6th, 7th, and 8th grades. Once they got a taste of it, they couldn't get enough. It wasn't long before Cassie had a dark popularity and enough money to afford clothes and make-up and real jewelry. Naturally, she kept this all hidden from her parents but an Errant Knight detective named Richard Halverson discovered her role pretty easily. Cassie spent 6 months in a juvenile detention center where she met many of the local area's delinquents. Having had money, she wasn't ready to give it all up even if she couldn't work for the gang distributing illegal products. One of her sister 'inmates', Kimberly Jackson, advised her that the secret to easy money wasn't to sell BTLs but to make them. When they were released, Kimberly introduced Cassie to an underground producer and club owner who only went by the mononym Hermes. He liked Cassie's look and decided that he could use her in his BDSM club and in trids. At 14, Cassie became a popular act, playing the role of an innocent submissive to the older and more experienced Mistress Kelly. Her live performances were a regular attraction on Friday and Saturday nights. Of course, her parents didn't approve of her newfound career so she left home and moved in with Mistress Kelly (real name: Tabitha Green) who coached her in the art of playing to a crowd. On weekdays, Cassie worked occasional retail jobs that seemed to the young woman like a waste of time. At the age of 17, an Ares engineering manager named Jonathan Price paid Hermes an overly generous sum of nuyen to get a private show from Cassie (known as Kandy Kane at the club). He wasn't nearly as practiced as Mistress Kelly at using a whip and took great joy in rather badly hurting Cassie. She blamed everyone involved including, Hermes, Mistress Kelly, and most of all Jonathan and was very public about wanting revenge against the corporate jerk. It was then that a small group of shadowrunners entered the scene. They didn't really give Cassie much of a choice in helping them with their plans. Seducing Jonathan proved to be very easy for Cassie, since he had already taken a fancy to her. All that was needed was for a drone to record the encounter and they had proof that he had been with an underage girl. That gave them leverage enough to force Jonathan into stealing company files. The runners got what they needed. Cassie was paid a small consideration. And Jonathan went to jail for corporate espionage, though his lawyer promised that he could get him released on probation in just a few months. Cassie did one more job with the same group of runners, working as a distraction for security while the runners infiltrated a facility. This run didn't go nearly as smoothly as the first and they had to make an ungraceful exit when biofeedback turned their decker's brain into a puddle of Soymeal. While the runners (and Cassie) made it out, she had to dump her fake SIN that she had bought with the largest sum of her money, leaving her nearly broke. That was six months ago. The fixer, Kormag, promised that he would find more work for the young runner. Meanwhile, Cassie went back to her old job to try to make ends meet. The trouble with that is that Hermes considered Kandy Kane to be a thing of the past. Now that she was less innocent and damaged (physically scarred), she just wasn't in as much demand anymore. Advances in technology meant that BTLs and VR was very often far superior to the real thing, and easier to access. A huge upsurge in the availability of BTLs meant that they were cheap and plentiful. About the only customers that came around anymore were older men who still liked reality over plugging themselves into the 'Trix. Ugh! Older men... But at least it paid her bills... some of them... nearly. Okay, so she's slowly going broke. Then Kormag turned up dead. She learned on a visit to ShadowSea that the fixer had made a serious error in judgment and revealed some runners' personal information to a client. It didn't take long for a razorboy to find Kormag and make sure that he couldn't do it again. Cassie, known as Jailbait amongst runners, tried to make contact with her old team but has yet to receive any kind of reply. Meanwhile, she's trying to show up to work but finding the gig harder and harder to accept, as the old men don't treat her (or pay her) very well. She fell behind on her rent and had to move out. Her pride wouldn't let her ask Mistress Kelly for a place to stay. Maybe Cassie should find wealthier clients. Or maybe try finding another run that needed her. Something had to change because she spent last night (her 18th birthday coincidentally) in a shelter and ate what the shelter insisted was 'real stew'. Thus far, she hadn't eaten on the day that she received the link to show up for a job. How could she refuse?   The slender, pink-haired girl slipped the decker’s armored jacket on over her white tank top. The street-armor completed the look she was going for, along with the faded blue jeans and calf boots. The jacket was a bit too big for her but it was what she had to work with, so it would have to do. The doorman of the garage – or “auto service center”, if you prefer – was a powerfully-built Ork who stood a few inches shorter than the girl, making him look like a wrestler to her eyes. His greasy overalls and olive-drab army shirt only added to the effect. They didn’t speak a word. She just handed him the jacket to search and then presented herself for him to pat down. He took his time with his large hands all over her slender figure. It was pretty invasive but not nearly as bad as those who felt her up on a typical night. After satisfying himself that she had no weapons on her, he ushered her inside with a gravelly voice. “This way.” The tile floor inside was dingy and fade. Old spider webs hung limply from the walls. The doorman stayed by his post and let her find her own way down the narrow hall and into a work area that stank sharply of grease and oil and whatever other substances were dripping out of the half-dozen old cars in the place. A taller man with a thick, black goatee and broad shoulders stood at one of the work benches, cranking with a wrench on a piece of something that probably came out of one of the cars. He was nearly bald on the top of his head, maybe on purpose. She supposed it made him look tougher. “Hi, Bill,” she greeted him plainly. Tapping the commlink on her forearm, she said, “We spoke an hour ago about making a sale.” She stopped about 2 meters from him and let him take in the details of who it was that was approaching him. After a few moments, a frown scrunched up his forehead. “Get the slot out of here! Are you kidding me? Do I gotta business with little girls now?” It was almost exactly the reaction she expected and had her answer ready to go. “Well, that’s the thing. It’s not about me. It’s about you.” “How do you figure that, little girl?” “You know how it works: we all have our specialties and for good reasons, you know? You really do want to deal with me. The team sent me in here because that way you know that we’re serious. I’m here for business and not about to try to pull one over on you,” she declared in a sincere tone. “If the wizard came walking in here, you wouldn’t know that he wasn’t manipulating you with magic. The Troll’s only around because he’s really good at bashing people’s heads in. But, I can only talk to him for a really short while before I’ve got a headache. So, you don’t want to talk to him. So you get me. I’m the talker. You wouldn’t want to send me to bash somebody’s head in. That would take all day!” She went ahead and balled up her fist and threw a half-strength punch into the meat of the man’s upper arm. For a moment, he glared at her with a look that seemed half-confused and half-offended. It then struck him just how much her punch hadn’t hurt and he couldn’t help but smirk. “All right. I scan your point. So, you want to make a deal, huh? What’s in it for me?” “The nuyen, of course,” she began. “But also if this works out then we hope to throw a lot more business your way in terms of cheap goods – commlinks, cameras, eye glasses, maybe a lovingly-used deck… ” “What kind of kickback would you be looking for?” Bill made no attempt to hide his skeptic expression and tone, but she wasn’t looking. She’d leaned up against another table with her arms crossed and was watching another worker who was fiddling with something car’s wheel. Or whatever it is that’s behind the wheel. “Twenty percent,” she said matter-of-factly without looking at him. “Get the slot out!” he explained, setting down his tool and glaring at the young woman. “Little girl…” he displayed some effort in controlling his temper. “What makes you think that I’d give you that sweet of a deal? You must have never done this before, because you’re way off base.” She turned towards him with an impenetrable mask of seriousness. “No, you heard me right. Like I said, I’m not here to waste your time. I suppose that I could have come in here like some kind of slick corporate negotiation who does billion-nuyen deals before breakfast,” she said mockingly. “You know the type, who think they’re going to come in here and walk all over you. I could have said something unreasonable like… I don’t know, 27%. You would have then had to insult my mother… I’d try to emasculate you… then we’d haggle back and forth for a while… and finally arrive at a number probably pretty close to 20%. But then I’d leave here with you feeling like I tried to take advantage of you. And that’s not what I’m about.” Bill stared almost blankly at her for a long while after she fell silent. She imagined the gears behind his eyes spinning and whirring about. Finally, his expression cracked and he smirked at her. “All right. We can deal. But it’ll have to be 18%. That’s a better rate than I give anybody else.” “Sure,” she accepted it without challenge and stepped forward, reaching out her skinny arm. They shook hands. His skin felt greasy and rough at the same time, almost causing her to her pulled away. “What do they call you, by the way.” “Jailbait,” she answered without hesitation. He smirked again. “Of course, they do.” Why not. Nothing else had been normal about this conversation. “How about that rifle?” she reminded him of the original reason she’d entered his place of business. “Yes, of course. Do you have the money, little girl?” Her expression was still carefully neutral. “Can you handle Horizon scrip?” He stared at her again, unable to decide what to make of her after hearing her talk about a transaction like an old pro. “Yeah, sure. I can do that.” He shook his head and smiled to himself. What a strange girl! He decided then and there that he liked her. Other: Contacts details: Bill Williams - Blackmarket fence. Connection: 3 Loyalty: 2. Bald and broad shouldered, Bill fancies himself a street tough with connections to various underground sellers around the Seattle area. Runs an auto-garage as a cover business. "Little girl" is the only thing that he ever calls Cassie, and finds her hilarious. He prefers business to be conducted straight up and simple. Any hint of trickery and he's likely just to call the whole deal off. Hermes - Nightclub owner and trid producer. Connection: 3 Loyalty: 3. Charming Elven man who specialize in fulfilling his clients' darker fetishes. He's known "Kandy Kane" for a long time but always kept their relationship strictly professional. He runs 3 underground clubs in Tacoma, Redmond, and Sumner and dresses for success - always in finer outfits than he can really afford. Sister Helen Eriksen. Swedish nun. Connection: 2 Loyalty 2. Runs a mission in Redmond for the poor. Also known to hide people who need to lay low for a while. Anti-capitalist activist who has particular hatred for the megacoporations. She tends to stay out of the business of the people that she helps and doesn't ask questions, like their names or about their circumstance. Familiarity with Shadowrun: I've played and GM'd SR4 and SR5, starting when the 20th Anniversary book was released. I've taken about a year or so break from it most recently. The traditional runs started to lose their appeal, so it's nice to see something a little different. All my experience has been on this site, with a variety of GMs of varying skill and styles. My greatest wish is to find a game that stands the test of time and keeps up an active pace. I find Sixth World to be very compelling as a setting. If I ever write a novel (not much chance of that), I would be set in this world or something very much to it.