@dragonfire That's a mighty tall Dwarf, considering the average height for dwarves is just short of 4 feet
Like the backstory, though.
Not too proficient in magic, but I have recently gone over gear rules with a fine toothed comb, and I have two suggestions;
1. If you want a concealable firearm, a rating 1 ceramic mod won't cut it. Take a look at the rules for the Morrissey Élan (and the other Morrissey weapons for that matter) and Hi-C plastic rounds. These are undetectable by MAD scanners, and because the weapon is a hold-out you'll gain a -4 concealment modifier
2. You can save a whopping 200 nuyen by just getting the Basic software suite instead of the Basic+. Since your commlink is a Response 2 unit your System is "downgraded" to rating 2 as well, and as such you're limited to Rating 2 programs.
I'm available after 6pm Central every day except Tuesdays.
I've got an infiltrator type character I'd like to try. Primary focus on stealth skills and, if seen, using pistols while closing the distance to engage the enemy in close combat, who can also do some talking (generally around 10 dice for most CHA skills).
Started with the following concept and built from there:
== Concept ==Former (military) professional with advanced weapons and combat training who has experienced sufficient trauma to induce partial amnesia and sudden onset flashbacks.
Naturally gifted with physical prowess, his already heightened dexterity and reflexes have been further enhanced by bioware the character is unaware he possesses. Fluent in at least 5 languages, he is also a charismatic person who can bluff or intimidate his way past chummers and company men alike.
Having no memory of events past the morning he woke up in an upscale apartment, his knowledge of megacorporations, organizations, and politics is almost completely non-existent, and he'll have to rely on the matrix browser agent he was provided with and his photographic memory in order to assemble a picture of recent events. With nothing to his name except a couple of suitcases full of high-end hardware and a single lead on who may know more about who he is and where he came from, he'll have to use every opportunity he can to uncover more information about his past.
[spoiler=Meet Dante]
== Background ==From the personal journal of ...
"I woke up in this fancy apartment yesterday with a throbbing headache, my whole body seemingly on a razor's edge. The note on the table didn't explain much, either.
"Contact details for Mr. Johnson are enclosed. If you need something beyond what has been provided, the number for a decent fixer is on your commlink. Don't screw this up...
J." Along with some military grade hardware and a few IDs in different names and nationalities, they'd left me with gear obviously intended for a very specific type of job. But for what purpose? And who is the J from the note?
I started this journal because I can't remember anything before waking up this morning, and I don't want to risk the same thing happening tomorrow.
Speaking of remembering; who the frakk am I? The note didn't mention me by name, so maybe I am the John Walker listed on my UCAS ID. Sometimes I think and speak in Russian, though, so Victor Valchenko out of the USSR is a real possibility too. Then again, maybe neither of those men are the real me...
I've gotta get outta here. Wherever the frakk here is, now that I think about it.
---
I went for a walk today. I couldn't stand sitting still any longer, and I'm not sure I trust whoever left me in that place. I haven't called Mr. Johnson yet, figure someone's gonna come calling if I don't give word some time soon. Bad mistake on their part if they did, given all the hardware they left me.
I'm tempted to just sit around and wait for them, whoever they are. Blow them all sky high when they walk through the door. I dunno...
---
Couldn't sleep. Climbed the roof of the building next door, didn't even need the climbing gear in my kit. Nice up there under the open sky, city lights glaring in the distance.
Read a poem about some fool named Dante while watching the nightlife. Good name, Dante. Think I'll use it for my own until I find out who I really am. Then again, maybe this is my Hell...
---
I feel like I'm constantly on edge. One of the drugs in the suitcases helped, though. I'm still fidgeting, but at least it doesn't feel like I've got frakkin' razor wire wrapped around my mind.
Also, I nearly killed some girl today.
Must have walked into the wrong neighbourhood, because it seemed like she was trying to lift my pockets. I can't believe how quickly I reacted; before I knew it I had the poor chummer in a neck lock and found myself squeezing the consciousnessout of her, second by agonizingly slow second. I must have passed out from whatever came next, though, because after all those images raced through my mind all I remember is waking up on top of her. At least she wasn't dead when I left her...
---
Screw it. I'm calling Mr. Johnson. He's my only lead, and if I sit around here any longer I will completely lose my mind."
[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Stats]
== Info ==
Street Name: Dante
Name: Unknown
Movement: 10/25, Swim: 5
Karma: 0
Street Cred: 0
Notoriety: -1
Public Awareness: 0
Human Male Age Unknown
Height 5' 11" Weight 180 lbs
Composure: 8
Judge Intentions: 10
Lift/Carry: 8 (75 kg/50 kg)
Memory: 6
Nuyen: 0
== Attributes ==
BOD: 3
AGI: 5 (7)
REA: 4 (6)
STR: 3 (5)
CHA: 5
INT: 5
LOG: 3
WIL: 3
EDG: 3
== Derived Attributes ==
Essence: 4.2
Initiative: 9 (11)
IP: 1 (3)
Matrix Initiative: 9
Matrix IP: 1
Physical Damage Track: 10
Stun Damage Track: 10
== Active Skills ==
Animal Handling : 0 Pool: 4
Animal Training : 0 Pool: 4
Archery : 0 Pool: 6
Armorer : 0 Pool: 2
Artisan : 0 Pool: 4
Automatics : 0 Pool: 6
Blades : 3 Pool: 10
Climbing : 3 Pool: 8
Clubs : 3 Pool: 10
Computer : 0 Pool: 2
Con : 1 Pool: 10
Cybercombat : 0 Pool: 2
Data Search : 0 Pool: 2
Demolitions : 0 Pool: 2
Disguise : 3 Pool: 8
Diving : 0 Pool: 2
Dodge : 0 Pool: 5
Escape Artist : 0 Pool: 6
Etiquette : 1 Pool: 10
First Aid : 1 Pool: 4
Flight : 3 Pool: 8
Forgery : 0 Pool: 6
Gunnery : 0 Pool: 6
Gymnastics : 3 Pool: 10
Hacking : 0 Pool: 2
Hardware : 4 [Maglocks] Pool: 7 (9)
Heavy Weapons : 0 Pool: 6
Infiltration : 3 Pool: 10
Instruction : 0 Pool: 4
Intimidation : 1 Pool: 10
Leadership : 1 Pool: 10
Locksmith : 2 Pool: 9
Longarms : 0 Pool: 6
Navigation : 0 Pool: 4
Negotiation : 1 Pool: 10
Palming : 3 Pool: 10
Parachuting : 0 Pool: 2
Perception : 4 Pool: 9
Pilot Ground Craft : 0 Pool: 5
Pilot Watercraft : 0 Pool: 5
Pistols : 6 [Semi-Automatics] Pool: 13 (15)
Riding : 0 Pool: 5
Running : 3 Pool: 8
Shadowing : 3 Pool: 8
Survival : 0 Pool: 2
Swimming : 3 Pool: 8
Throwing Weapons : 0 Pool: 6
Tracking : 0 Pool: 4
Unarmed Combat : 3 Pool: 10
== Knowledge Skills ==
English : N Pool: 0
Italian : 2 Pool: 8
Japanese : 2 Pool: 8
Mandarin : 2 Pool: 8
Or'zet : 2 Pool: 8
Russian : 4 Pool: 11
Spanish : 2 Pool: 8
Sperethiel : 2 Pool: 8
== Contacts ==
Fixer (5, 1)
Mr. Johnson (4, 1)
== Qualities ==
Addiction (Mild) (Novacoke)
Ambidextrous
Amnesia (Past)
Blandness
First Impression
Flashbacks (Uncommon)
Linguist
Photographic Memory
Sensitive System
== Lifestyles ==
Middle 3 months
== Cyberware/Bioware ==
Muscle Augmentation Rating 2
Muscle Toner Rating 2
Synaptic Booster Rating 2
== Armor ==
Actioneer Business Clothes5/3
Chameleon Suit 6/4
+Auto-Injector
+Biomonitor
+Thermal Damping 4
+Skinlink
Clothing 0/0
== Weapons ==
Ares Predator IV
+Hidden Gun Arm Slide
+Personalized Grip
+Skinlink
+Smartgun System
Pool: 15 (17) DV: 5P AP: -1 RC: 1
Ares Predator IV
+Hidden Gun Arm Slide
+Personalized Grip
+Skinlink
+Smartgun System
Pool: 15 (17) DV: 5P AP: -1 RC: 1
Ceramic Knife
+Personalized Grip, Melee
Pool: 11 DV: (STR/2+1)P AP: - RC: 0
Defiance EX Shocker
+Skinlink
+Smartgun System
Pool: 15 DV: 8S(e) AP: -half RC: 0
Monofilament Sword
+Chameleon Coating
+Personalized Grip, Melee
Pool: 11 DV: (STR/2+3)P AP: -1 RC: 0
Morrissey Élan
+Personalized Grip
+Silencer
+Skinlink
+Smartgun System
Pool: 15 DV: 4P AP: - RC: 1
Unarmed Attack
Pool: 10 DV: (STR/2)S AP: - RC: 0
== Commlink ==
Custom Commlink (4, 4, 3, 3)
+Novatech Navi
+Empathy Software Rating 4
+AR Gloves
+Subvocal Microphone
+Skinlink
Meta Link (1, 1, 1, 2)
+Vector Xim
== Gear ==
Ammo: Explosive Rounds (Heavy Pistols) x30
Ammo: Hi-C Plastic Rounds (Holdouts) x5
Ammo: Taser Dart (Tasers) x4
Ammo: Taser Dart (Tasers) x12
Autopicker Rating 6
Betameth x2
Certified Credstick, Silver Rating 2000
Contact Lenses Rating 3
+Image Link
+Smartlink
+Flare Compensation
+Skinlink
Earbuds Rating 3
+Audio Enhancement Rating 3
+Select Sound Filter Rating 1
+Skinlink
Fake SIN (UCAS) Rating 4
Fake SIN (USSR) Rating 4
Gas Mask
Gecko Tape Gloves
Glasscutter
Glasses Rating 3
+Thermographic
+Vision Enhancement Rating 3
+Skinlink
Goggles Rating 3
+Thermographic
+Vision Enhancement Rating 3
+Vision Magnification
+Skinlink
Handheld Sensor
+Ultrawideband Radar Rating 3
+Skinlink
Long Haul
Medkit Rating 6
Micro Sensor
+Camera Rating 1
+Skinlink
Micro Sensor x6
+Motion Sensor
Miniwelder
Novacoke x2
Plastic Restraints x30
Plastic Restraints x20
Scent-masking Cigarette
Smart Pouch System, Combat Load Vest
+Smart Pouch System, Ammunition Pouch
+Smart Pouch System, Ration Pouch
Spare Clip (Ares Predator IV) x3
+Ammo: Explosive Rounds (Heavy Pistols)
Spare Clip (Ares Predator IV) x3
+Ammo: Explosive Rounds (Heavy Pistols)
Spare Clip (Morrissey Élan) x2
+Ammo: Hi-C Plastic Rounds (Holdouts)
Spare Clip (Ares Predator IV) x3
+Ammo: Explosive Rounds (Heavy Pistols)
Stealth Tags x20
Tag Eraser
Tool Kit (Electronics)
Wire Clippers
== Karma Expenses ==
== Nuyen Expenses ==
== Description ==
The term "nondescript" is defined as "lacking distinctive or interesting features or characteristics". Anyone asked to identify the character, even after getting a good look at him, would be unlikely to be able to come up with anything more precise than that he was male, of average height and build, and had no distinguishing features whatsoever.
This is the type of person that reminds you of someone you know but whom you can't quite seem to place; he is the faceless man you see on your way to work every day during the morning commute; the one whose features you forget the minute he walks by you; someone you wouldn't even notice standing in the corner of a room unless he moved.
== Notes ==
Negative qualities:
Addiction:
The character's first memories are of waking up in an apartment; at this point he is suffering from the sideeffects of a concentrated mixture of gamma-scopolamine and novacoke. As such, he is burdened with a physical addiction to novacoke, several doses of which was conveniently provided in one of his suitcases.
Flashbacks:
As a result of his memory loss, the character experiences flashbacks if he participates in acts of premeditated murder, such as successful long-range assassinations, delivering a killing blow to an unaware opponent, or at any time when an enemy is killed in one-on-one combat where the character has had sufficient time to plan the kill (5+ combat turns of engaged melee combat with the same single enemy).
If an opponent is killed when the character is reacting to an attack or defending himself in an ongoing firefight, or in any combat situation where more than the character and his opponent is involved, flashbacks will be rare or non-existant.[/spoiler]
