Before I forget, there's a
thread discussing the concept of Ace. They're are trying to do it by RAW chargen rules and are doing reasonably well.
I think the book's description of how much juggernauts weigh is off by a factor of 2x-3x. The largest African elephants can weigh as much of a juggernaut, and African elephants are - at the very most - only half the size of a juggernaut. Of course, being wrong about weights is a long and proud tradition in Shadowrun. A long time ago (2000) someone did an
in-depth analysis of how much trolls should weigh, given their fluff descriptions. The answer was closer to 1,100 pounds, instead of the 500 pounds the books mentioned. I love trolls, but they are problematic from a lot of realism standpoints. And I don't mean "trolls don't exist", but more "how can 1,100 pounds be sneaky" or "how can this vehicle operate at full capacity when one of the passengers weighs as much as the five others combined"?
One of Ryo's recent OOC posts described Illeana as, "far and away, bar none, by every stretch of the imagination and possibility of description, the most beautiful woman you have ever seen, or could imagine seeing." Ryo is, of course, semi-canon for our game, but we have some flexibility. Illeana's beauty is important for her backstory - it's the reason why the vampire changed her, because he couldn't bear the thought of her growing old - but in my mind it is more important that Illeana be a
unique beauty, rather than some unparalleled Helen of Troy.
How heavily we emphasize this is somewhat up to you. James has seen her with her mask off, which few others have, but she certainly doesn't walk around looking radiant. For starters, she now has the Faceless quality and never wants to appear as herself in public. Part of this is for backstory reasons (not that she can remember any of them), but also she doesn't want to draw unnecessary attention to herself. Her Charisma score is meant to reflect the fact that she doesn't walk around looking like Grace Kelly, nor is she naturally charismatic. Again, for backstory reasons she is probably too subservient to have really forged her own charming personality. She's doing better now, post-mindwipe, but old habits die hard.
We're approaching the end of this scene. I'll have at least one more IC post for Illeana. You can reply if you like or we can move on. I just need to pick the setting for the next post. (The events are not location-specific.) Is there anywhere in the CAS that you and/or James want to visit?