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Hacker/B&E/Face
Snack Happy:
Here is my character that you guys have helped me come up with.
Name
Collin Fairaday
Age 42
Wgt 167
Backstory
Collin has had a rough life. Ever since his wife mysteriously ditched him and his 6 year old daughter he took it pretty hard. He took to alcohol and has spent his last 10 years working as an over the phone support tech and raising his daughter Nalene, alone. He never made much money, so when he couldn't make rent he would rob a house or con some poor sap for a few bucks. Seeing as robbing doesn't make enough money for him to support his kid with any sort of reliance he has decided to take up shadowrunning thinking, "How hard could it be? They make tons of money." Besides maybe if he's lucky he will run into that ***** and get his ten years worth of child support.
Elf (30BP) Initiative Passes 1(2) Physical Condition 10 Stun Condition 10
Attributes (200BP)
Body 3 Agility 4(6) Reaction 3(5) Strength 2
Charisma 6 Intuition 5 Logic 5 Willpower 3
Edge 3 Initiative 8
Qualities (+30BP)
Day Job +10 Lost Loved One +5 Dependant +10 Moderate Alcohol Addiction +10
First Impression 5
Skills (130BP)
Cracking Group 3(4) First Aid(Combat Wounds) 1(2) Perception 1
Electronics Group 3(4) Influence Group 2 Stealth Group 2(3)
Longarms(Shotguns) 1 Gymnastics(Parkour) 1 Dodge 2(3)
Knowledges (Free 30BP)
Local Bars 4 Matrix Chat Rooms 3 Local Security Procedures 4
Corporate Matrix Security Procedures 5 Operating Systems 5
Languages
English N Japanese 3 German 3 Sioux 3
Contacts (Free 17BP)
Fixer (3 Connection/ 4 Loyalty) Street Doc (3 Connection/ 3 Loyalty)
Information Broker (2 Connection/ 2 Loyalty)
Gear & Lifestyle (250,000) (50BP)
Lined Coat; Contacts(Image Link, Vision Enhancement rating 3, Flare Compensation); Microtransceiver rating 6; 2x Fake Licenses rating 4; 2x Fake SIN rating 4; 2x Certified Credsticks(Blank); Medkit rating 6; Autopicker rating 6; Signal Scanner rating 6; Keycard Copier rating 6; 2x Survival Knife
Guns&Ammo
Defiance T250(Sawed-Off, Internal Smartlink, Sling, Silencer); 100 rounds of each(Regular, Gel, Stick-n-Shock, EX-Explosive, Sub-Sonic, and Shock Lock rounds)
Vehicles
Mercury Comet(Smuggling Compartment)
Augmentations
Move-By-Wire rating 1; Activesoft (Pilot Groundcraft rating 2); Datajack; Cyber Ears rating 3 (Audio Enhance 3, Balance Augmentation, Ear Recording, Sound Link, Sound Filter rating 4, Damper); Muscle Toner rating 2; Reflex Recorder (Stealth); Skin Pocket; Linguasoft(Mandarin Chinese rating 4); PuSHeD
Matrix Gear
Novatech Airware Commlink (Firewall 3, System 3, Response 3, Signal 3){Work Commlink}; Modified Transys Avalon Commlink (Firewall 6, System 5, Response 5, Signal 5, modified BTL/Hotsim, Biometric Lock, Customized Interface, Hardening 6, Optimization for Exploit){Hacklink}; AR Gloves; Programs (Exploit 5 w/mute, Stealth 5 w/ ergonomic, Spoof 4, Attack 4 with area 3, Nuke 3, Track 3, Defuse 5, Analyze 6 w/ optimize 1 and ergonomic, Browse 6 w/ optimize 1, Edit 6 w/ optimize 1, Command 6 w/ optimize 1, Encrypt 6 w/ optimize 1, Scan 6 w/ optimize 1, Data Bomb 3, Medic 3, Corrupt 3)
Lifestyle(Y13200)3 months
Middle Comfort, Low Entertainment, Middle Necessities, High Neighborhood, Middle Security, Friendly Neighbors, Lax Security
Remember this is my first Shadowrun character. My group consists of myself and 2 adepts one is a Chinese Monk and the other is a Pacifist Bounty Hunter in search of her father. The whole group is pretty new to Shadowrun we just wanted a break from D&D and I have wanted to play this a while so please critique him and let me know secrets so that I can make him a little better. We start Saturday. Contacts were figured for free by adding charisma to our social skills and edge if we had any other points we could throw them in with normal BPs.Thanks in advance.
Medicineman:
a Good Char ,but He needs a little Finetuning :D
Hacking 4 Electronic Warfare 3 Cybercombat 2
why don't you take the Cracking Group at lvl 3 ?
saves you 6 BP
and after one Run you Raise Hacking to 4 ingame
Hough !
Medicineman
Kontact:
A couple of things which might save you some cash.
The Fairlight Caliban + a R5 response chip costs 8,000 + 4,000 for a total of 12,000¥ with 5/5 stats upgradable to 6/6
If you get a Transys Avalon + a R5 response and signal upgrade, you will have the same stats of 5/5 upgradable to 6/6 and it costs 5,000 + 4,000 + 1,000 for a total of 10,000¥.
Also, consider getting a Rating 6 Signal scanner. It works the same as a R6 Sniffer program, but can't be used on wired networks. Since most stuff you need the Sniffer for is wi-fi, it's really a steal at 150¥
Things you might benefit from: well, there's the Attention Coprocessor. Pretty standard ware for anyone who isn't looking to keep their essence up. .3 essence and 9,000¥ for +3 dice on perception checks. Pretty sweet.
Also, p196 of Unwired has a section on modifying your comlink. One of those options should help you whether you use AR or VR, and that's Program Optimization. You can get +1 to any one program's dice pool with optimization.
If you're going to work in VR, then there are Response increasing mods, like Customized Interface and the Response Enhancers. They can get your Response high enough to duck most ICe or Spiders you run into, and, more importantly, to strike first when combat seems inevitable.
Snack Happy:
What would you guys recommend with extra points and money I think I had 125Y after I bought everything
Kontact:
--- Quote from: Snack Happy on ---What would you guys recommend with extra points and money I think I had 125Y after I bought everything
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A hit of Overdrive costs 150¥ and +1 to Logic-linked skills means +1 to hacking actions. Not too many things can aid hacking skill tests, since the program rating fills in for your Logic score, so logic boosters don't help you hack. However things that add to logic linked skills, like the Encephalon headware, the PuSHeD gene treatment, Neocortical Neural Amplifier Nanites, and, naturally, Overdrive, all help you hack.
--- Quote ---Overdrive (X-cyte)
Duration: (10 – Body) hours, minimum 1 hour
Effect: +1 Reaction, +1 to all Logic-linked skills
From the steamy jungle pharmacopoeia of Latin America
comes a central nervous stimulant with sizzle. At the end of this
drug’s duration, users suffer 8S damage (unresisted). Aside from
a few brain damaged hacker junkies who complain that overdrive
causes nosebleeds, most users of the so-called “hacker drug” report
few side effects other than a pleasant tingling across the forebrain
and the sudden crash. Certain long-term users who seem more
profoundly affected by overdrive have exhibited signs of psychosis,
but the true long-term eff ects of the drug are unknown.
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As a final thought, you have a lot of Logic, but not many skills which use your Logic stat. Software and hardware both use Logic, but all of the others rely on program ratings. Perhaps pick up First Aid? If you get the Hacking 3 skill group instead of splitting it up, you can grab First Aid and a specialization.
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