[Shadowrun] Manhunt

[The Rat Queen]

Game Name Manhunt

Game System Shadowrun 5 (SR5)

Theme Investigation, Combat, Roleplay

Flavour Paracritters, magic, spirits, the Barrens

Plot Summary Globe-trotting adventuring, corporate intrigue, espionage, and combat

Plot Summary Your commlink alerts you to an urgent call from your fixer. As you struggle into consciousness, it also informs you of the following information: It is 3:12 a.m. local time and the nearest Stuffer Shack would like to offer you a special deal on a caramel guava triple-soykaf and breakfast burrito combo. But only for the next thirty minutes, so come on in and get stuffed! Your fixer’s voice springs from your commlink. "I got a Johnson on satellite link, needs some help in the Barrens. Interested? Doesn’t sound like easy work, but it doesn’t pay like it either." Game Information This adventure was originally part of the Shadowrun Convention Missions campaign, run at various conventions and tournaments. It's part of a series of adventures connected by a theme that often pops up in Shadowrun, that of confronting the chaos and wildness hidden in the borders of the Sixth World’s massive sprawls, particularly the urban jungle of Seattle. Character creation will follow the standard runner rules using Sum to Ten. Any source books outside of the core will need to be approved by me first. Application Information For this game I am looking for 5-6 Players of varying experience levels. I've played several SR5 characters, but this is my first attempt at running a game, so we'll need to be patient with each other. Anyone wanting to play a decker or technomancer archetype should have prior experience, because of their complexity and "fringe" involvement. This adventure is the first in a series of adventures, and experience/equipment/karma gained will be retained throughout the adventures. Applications will be closing on February 28, 11:59 PM EST. Please do not roll any dice in the application thread! Anyone looking to apply for this game will need to provide the following information: Character Name: Your PC's full name Street Handle: Either a codename or nickname Metatype: Your character's metavariant "race". Archetype: Your character's role or the next closest thing. Appearance: What does your character look like? Clothing, physical attributes? (Any pictures should not be larger than your application) Personality: How does your character act? Include their habits and mannerisms. Background: A summary of your character's life thus far. RP Sample: Please provide a writing sample of what your character is doing prior to the adventure, which takes place in Seattle. This is where the game will actually begin, so your character should be in town at the beginning of the adventure. If they're from somewhere outside of Seattle, explain how they got to town and why. you may use one of the options provided below as a prompt for the writing sample.   Two days ago, your fixer set you up on an out-of-town job. It sounded simple, a bodyguard mission for some high-ranking corp salaryman. Your travel was arranged and they even managed to smuggle your gear here. It’s never that simple though, and by the time your plane touched down at Sea-Tac Airport, your mark had already been taken out. Without a job to do, you picked up your gear, grabbed a hotel, and decided to see the sites, blowing the meager retainer you’d been given for making the trip. After all, you’re shadowrunners, this is Seattle. This is town gave birth to the shadowrun. So for the last couple days, you’ve been on vacation. You’ve visited Underworld 93 and Club Penumbra, stopped to check out the ACHE, cruised by the Redmond Barrens (wearing full body armor and holding guns firmly in hand), beat up a few Halloweeners, and even visited the infamous Crime Mall. You were out late last night after bribing the doorman to let you into the third level of Hell at Dante’s Inferno, and had planned to sleep it off before heading back home today. However, it’s barely noon when your commlink buzzes. You flip it on, and see the face of your friendly neighborhood fixer on the other end.   Your last run was a resounding success/failure with the heat from the corps picking up as they investigate. Your fixer thinks this might be a good time to lay low out of town. Seattle is nice this time of year, and he knows how to get you some work while you’re there.   Riots are entertaining. Riots you started, not so much. Leaving town just seemed like a logical choice. Your fixer says he can get you work anywhere. So out of town you go. Next stop Seattle, the city that started shadowruns.   The job was supposed to be cake, VIP protection for some local rapper. Everything was locked in, chartered flight for you and your gear, transport once you arrived, valet service … it was going to be nice for once. Then a damn Pineapple Express blew in off the coast and your flight got delayed. By the time it finally started boarding your fixer commed you the bad news: The J was short on time and had to look for other talent to keep his VIP safe. Drek! Well the good news is that you’re in Seattle with all your toys, and your fixer promises that he’ll find you some work that’ll make it worth your time. Posting Rate: Ideally I'm looking for 2-3 times a week. Consistency is the most important thing. Questionnaire: These questions are only here to serve as a guideline when writing your application. While not required to be answered directly, the more of these your application answers the better your chances.   What is your character's primary motivation? What are their hopes and dreams? How do they act around their parents? Friends? Boss? How does your character act under stress? What is your character's weakness, their kryptonite? What will your character die for? What is your character's biggest hypocrisy? What conflicts does your character have in their life? Applications Number Player Character Concept Done? 1 Ericg1s Gepetto Human Niche utility mage/modern survivalist 2 RainyDayNinja "Boom Boom" Laverne Human Heavy Weapons/Demolitions/Technical 3 Marshmallow Ell Human Face / Adept, focus on Blades & Sporting Rifles 4 AlphaZ Rex Troll Adept Investigator, Big Guy 5 MarlyBlackwater Banjo "BeeBee" Black Ork Matrix specialist WIP 6 Draidden Shinobi Human Breaking and entering/Stealth 7 Attitude Collide Ork Street Samurai (tank) Withdrawn 8 acgreen Ku-au Human Adept Sniper 9 NightDreamer09 Kuro Neko Human Scout/Sniper 10 Hiruma Kohaku Hive Human Rigger (Driver/Drones/Recon/Utility Support) 11 Awesome Eli COBOLd Elven Technomancer

[Tahril]

What version of shadowrun are you looking to run?

[Ericg1s]

I might apply, depending on who else applies and what party slot appears to be needed.

[The Rat Queen]

Originally Posted by Tahril

What version of shadowrun are you looking to run?

Shadowrun 5

Originally Posted by Ericg1s

I might apply, depending on who else applies and what party slot appears to be needed.

What sort of character were you thinking of playing?

[Tahril]

Cool. 5e is my favorite.

[Axiom]

Chalk me up as interested. I'd be novice at Shadowrun at best, familiar but very out of practice. I'll try to have something put together by the end of this weekend.

[Marshmallow]

Oh you know I'm putting my hat in the ring.

[The Rat Queen]

Originally Posted by Axiom

Chalk me up as interested. I'd be novice at Shadowrun at best, familiar but very out of practice. I'll try to have something put together by the end of this weekend.

Excellent! looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

Originally Posted by Marshmallow

Oh you know I'm putting my hat in the ring.

Woot!

[Marshmallow]

Originally Posted by The Rat Queen

Woot!

Are you accepting changelings or meta variants from R.F?

[Howling Winds of]

Looks cool!

[The Rat Queen]

Originally Posted by Marshmallow

Are you accepting changelings or meta variants from R.F?

Guess we're not going easy on the newbie GM. :-/

Let me check Run Faster and get back to you? I just want to make sure that a) they're balanced, b) they're appropriate, and c) I have a prayer in Hell of handling them. Let me know what you plan on doing with the character and why a changeling or variant is the best choice, even if it's a general idea.

Originally Posted by Howling Winds of

Looks cool!

Thanks! Let me know if you have any questions!

[Marshmallow]

Originally Posted by The Rat Queen

Guess we're not going easy on the newbie GM. :-/

Let me check Run Faster and get back to you? I just want to make sure that a) they're balanced, b) they're appropriate, and c) I have a prayer in Hell of handling them. Let me know what you plan on doing with the character and why a changeling or variant is the best choice, even if it's a general idea.



Thanks! Let me know if you have any questions!

Everything comes with a price.

To be honest the only big unbalanced thing about changelings is in the Which I have far too much respect for GMs to ever use.Astral Hazing quality that comes from SURGE, most of them are minor bonuses or negatives... Or a major crippling of an attribute. I mostly have an interest in the changeling stuff because I vibe pretty hard with it, they just call to me like a magnet... Metavariants mostly because they diversify the team, present interesting situations (Nomad and her umbrella ), and let you have a bit more fun with everything rather than just being your bog-standard Orc, Troll or Elf.

'course this is all IMO, what you say goes as the GM.

[Anarka]

Ooh, a shadowrun game? Wiz. I'll get something thrown together soon chummer!

Also, I've run a game with one of the Shifters from Run Faster, and those at least seemed decently balanced

[AlphaZ]

Hey, think I'd like to try an app for this. Playing around with a troll investigator adept. Big perception, big pistol, big hammer. Ye?

[NightDreamer09]

Are complete newbies to the technical side, aka the rules, of SR, welcome? ^^'