[Wakshaani]

Oh my. That's a lot of books!

I have an odd favor to ask, when you dig back in... could you possibly split the Shadowtalkers into "Pre-5th" and "Post-5th" piles? Most of them are obvious, but the ones who are no longer around after 5th ed I'd like to keep a bit different than the current crop. Help track down proper voices.

[FastJack]

Easiest way is to just break it at Coyotes/Assassin's Primer. Those were the first "in-universe" books published when 5th came out. In-universe time would be around September 2075.

As for labeling it in the documents? I'd rather not, because then we'd want to label 4th, 3rd, 2nd, and 1st as well. And it's tough to keep track sometimes. For instance, The Chromed Accountant was not posting for quite a while, then just came back up in Hard Targets. And where would the posters in Shadowrun 2050 fall?

[Wakshaani]

Coyote/Assassin would be good, yeah.

Mainly I wanted "People who posted in 5th" and then "Those who haven't" in two parts. That way I could cheat and check the 5th list for people when I draw a blank.

[Crimsondude]

Hrmph.

I used to maintain a spreadsheet of which JackPointers commented in which books.

[Lorebane24]

Is there a list of which Shadowland BBS posters are still alive in 2076/2077?  I'd really like to surprise the veteran in my new group by sticking one or two of them in our campaign.

[The Wyrm Ouroboros]

Not currently, though you can skim some of the opening bits and bobs in various books - I thought Run Faster had a 'all these guys bought the farm only last month' or something, but it wasn't that.

Unless they're especially significant (e.g. The Big D, Fastjack, Captain Chaos, Hatchetman), you can always drop a name or three, see if they notice.  And in general, you don't have to absolutely keep to canon, eh?  'The rumors of my demise are greatly exaggerated,' and all.

[RowanTheFox]

The only thing worse than all of that, jonathanc, would be something totally evil. Like Flesh-form Insect spirits inhabiting highly trained covert ops soldiers from Knight Errant or Ares.

...

I've said too much.

What I've got planned for my stories is truly vile. Far more vile than flesh form insect spirits.

Poor poor Harlequin. -maniacal cackle-

...I scare myself sometimes.

[Ghost Rigger]

Is there any of these lists that include each poster's "deal"? Like, what there archetype is and any other notable information about them (Red being a vampire, for instance). I think that streetsams are a minority among jackpoint and shadowland posters, but I'm not sure and would like to look at the demographics.

[Wakshaani]

Is there any of these lists that include each poster's "deal"? Like, what there archetype is and any other notable information about them (Red being a vampire, for instance). I think that streetsams are a minority among jackpoint and shadowland posters, but I'm not sure and would like to look at the demographics.

There's one for "backstage", but not for the public, I don't think. Mind you, I'd be interested in seeing what people could piece together! There are always odd bits that someone trots out that wind up quietly being kicked under the couch (like Clockwork having a pet feral AI sprite!) but he majority of stuff stays solid.

And, yes, there's a shortage of gunbunnies and samurai on JackPoint.

And, lord-a-mercy, are there a bajillion magicians.

[Beta]

Are there descriptions of the Jackpointers at all?  Have an opportunity in my game to terrify people by giving Kane a cameo, and I realized that I don’t know a thing about him physically (race, ‘ware, preferred weapons, whether he looks like a total badass or more mild mannered at first … )

[Sphinx]

Are there descriptions of the Jackpointers at all?  Have an opportunity in my game to terrify people by giving Kane a cameo, and I realized that I don’t know a thing about him physically (race, ‘ware, preferred weapons, whether he looks like a total badass or more mild mannered at first … )

Many JackPointers are described in the Street Legends sourcebook and two digital supplements: Ten JackPointers and Street Legends Supplemental. All of the stats are Fourth Edition, but easy enough to convert. Kane has a full profile, stats, and picture in Street Legends Supplemental (p.13-17).

[Beta]

Thanks – I’d skipped from 1st edition to 5th, so missed a ‘few’ things along the way.

[Sphinx]

Is there any of these lists that include each poster's "deal"? Like, what there archetype is and any other notable information about them (Red being a vampire, for instance). I think that streetsams are a minority among jackpoint and shadowland posters, but I'm not sure and would like to look at the demographics.

I got bored, so I made a list of all the regular JackPointers from recent books (i.e., ones who commented in at least half of the last ten books or so), and what we know about them. There are some gaps, so please chip in if you know something, and I'll edit the list.

• /dev/grrl: Female elf hacker. Child prodigy, protégé of Kane.
• 2XL: Male troll smuggler, streetwise, well-traveled, especially in Europe and the Mediterranean. (5E: p.132, Complete Trog)
• Am-Mut: African fixer, fence, black marketeer, ties to Apep Consortium.
• Arete: Remus O'Neill. Male elf hermetic mage. Diviner, member of the Seers Guild and the Black Lodge. JackPoint access blocked after Dark Terrors. (4E stats: p.73, Jet Set)
• Aufheben: Male human mercenary. Member of Black Star company in Bogota, now Bright Star. Neo-anarchist. Recently deceased. (5E stats: p.39, Bloody Business; died in "Lovers in a Dangerous Time," Drawing Destiny)
• Axis Mundi: Corporate wageslave turned street shaman.
• Baka Dabora: Male human. Senior corporate sarariman with shadow contacts, expert in Japan, Japanacorps. (Bio: p.4, Ten JackPointers)
• Balladeer: Male human (anglo) professional hitman. (5E: p.64, Hard Targets)
• Beaker: Female troll scientist, engineer, architect, born 2035. (5E: p.138, Complete Trog)
• Borderline: Unknown?
• Bull: William "Bull" MacAllister. Male ork decker. Fixer in Seattle, active in Ork Underground recognition efforts. (4E stats: p.86, Street Legends, 5E p.135, Complete Trog)
• Butch: Female ork street doc. Retired combat medic. (5E p.141, Complete Trog)
• Cayman: Male human shooter. Perfectionist. (4E stats: p.18, Street Legends; Hell on Water, novel by Jason Hardy)
• Chainmaker: unknown?
• Clockwork: Male ork/hobgoblin drone rigger. Violently anti-technomancer. Enemy of Netcat and Slamm-0!. (4E stats: p.73, Twilight Horizon; Dark Resonance, novel by Phaedra Weldon; 5E p.134, Complete Trog)
• Cosmo: Male human(?) face/fixer.
• DangerSensei: Male human (hispanic) street samurai, former company man.
• Dr. Spin: Male human(?) trend-spotter and "cool hunter." Expert in marketing, advertising, media culture, Horizon.
• Ecotope: Ruud Alexander van der Lanen. Male human (Dutch) shaman/druid (Fire-Bringer totem). Eco-terrorist, member of Green Cell. (Bio: p.7, Ten JackPointers)
• Elijah: Male human mage. Arcanoarchaeologist. (4E stats: p.22, Street Legends; Fire & Frost novel by Kai O'Connal)
• Ethernaut: unknown?
• Fianchetto: Male human (Italian). Espionage agent. (Bio: p.10, Ten Jackpointers. 4E stats: p.141, Jet Set)
• Frosty: Jane "Frosty" Foster. Female elf magician. Daughter of Ehran the Scribe, protégé of Harlequin. (4E: p.140, Artifacts Unbound; p.192, Storm Front)
• Glasswalker: Unknown?
• Glitch: Hacker.
• Goat Foot: Female ork/satyr mystic adept. Muslim scholar. Supporter of Islamic Unity Movement (IUM). (4E stats: p.65, Artifacts Unbound)
• Hannibelle: Female human ghoul decker. Ex-Tamanous. (4E stats: p.90, Street Legends)
• Hard Exit: Sgt. Yesica Rucker. Female human (hispanic/anglo) former company woman. CAS marine corps MP. Ex-military cop. Law enforcement expert. (4E stats: p.8, Street Legends Supplemental)
• Haze: Male elf magician/face. Expert manipulator, con man. Recovering Tempo addict. Enemy of Pistons. (4E stats: p.26, Street Legends)
• Icarus: Information broker.
• Jimmy No: Male human(asian) wujen magician.
• KAM: Dr. Kristine Martin, Universal Omnitech. Female human scientist.
• Kane: Male human (hispanic/anglo) cyberpirate. Mentor of /dev/grrl. (4E stats: p.13, Street Legends Supplemental)
• Kat o' Nine Tales: Female human(?) adept rocker. Lead singer for an industrial punk band called "Grim Aurora."
• Kay St. Irregular: Anthony Gabriel Irving. Male human political operative. Familiar with DeeCee and Denver. (Bio: p.13, Ten JackPointers. 4E stats: p.126, Artifacts Unbound; p.140, Twilight Horizon)
• Kia: Male human (korean/japanese) sharpshooter. (4E stats: p.104, Street Legends)
• Laughing Man: Harlequin, immortal elf magician. (4E: p.103, Street Legends Supplemental; p.193, Storm Front)
• Lei Kung: Male human (asian/Chinese) wuxing magician. Based in Hong Kong. (Bio: p.16, Ten JackPointers)
• Lyran: Female dwarf (amerind) enchanter and alchemist, wolf shaman, con artist, talislegger. (Bio: p.18, Ten JackPointers)
• Ma'fan: Female human (asian) adept thief. Anti-technology. Friendly rivalry with Mika. Cat totem. (4E: p.73, Jet Set; p.34, Street Legends)
• Man-of-Many-Names: Male human (amerind) shaman. Active since 2050s. (Bio: p.21, Ten JackPointers)
• Marcos: Male human (hispanic) mercenary and arms dealer. (4E stats: p.42, Street Legends)
• Matt Wrath: Unknown?
• Mihoshi Oni: Female troll/fomorian (asian) bodyguard, samurai. Hawai'ian. Former model. Expert on Yakuza, Vory v Zakone. (4E: p.18, Street Legends Supplemental; p.95, Jet Set)
• Mika: Enapay King. Male human (amerind) adept thief. Tech-savvy. Friendly rivalry with Ma'fan. (4E stats: p.46, Street Legends)
• Mr. Bonds: Accountant, expert in financial services. Connected to Brokerage X?
• Nephrine: Retired biochemist, street doc.
• Netcat: Female elf technomancer. Married to Slamm-0! (4E stats: p.45, Corporate Intrigue; major character in Dark Resonance, novel by Phaedra Weldon)
• Old Crow: Chicago native, hooder with a dwarf son and adopted elf daughter.
• Orange Queen: Hestaby. Female great dragon. Exiled from dragon society by Lofwyr. Current lair on Black Island in Puget Sound. (4E: p.124, Street Legends)
• Orbital DK: Female human (african/middle eastern) hacker, infobroker, space scavenger. (Bio: p.23, Ten JackPointers)
• 0rkCE0: Male ork bodyguard, retired. Owns a security company called Dynamic Solutions.
• Picador: Female human (Portuguese) mercenary. Studied literature in Madrid. Matador's protégé. Hates Argus and MET 2000. (4E stats: p.49, Artifacts Unbound)
• Pistons: Female combat hacker. Enemy of Haze. (4E stats: p.126, Artifacts Unbound)
• Plan 9: Trans human conspiracy theorist. Had gender reassignment surgery at least twice. Hosting a CFD AI calling itself "Plan 10."
• Puck: Male human technomancer. Former disciple of Deus and Pax, partly responsible for Crash 2.0. (4E stats: p.146, Corporate Intrigue; p.50, Street Legends)
• Red: Rick "Red" Lang. Male elf magician vampire. (main character in Crimson, novel by Kevin Czarnecki)
• Red Anya: Female human (Russian) arms dealer.
• Respec: First-generation elf, Matrix expert, technomancer (01 paragon, with Groveler quality).
• Rigger X: Genzo Watanabe. Male human (Japanese) rigger. Former MCT company man. Takes no prisonsers. (4E stats: p.54, Street Legends)
• Riot: Female human street samurai, former gang member, provides security for Butch.
• SeaTac Sweetie: Violet Beauchamp. Female human escort, simstar, social blogger. (4E: p.18, Artifacts Unbound)
• Slamm-0!: Padriaig Feardorcha McKenney (Patrick Frederick, or just "Fred"). Male human (anglo/Irish) decker. Second-generation shadowrunner. Married to Netcat. (4E stats: p.26, Street Legends Supplemental; Dark Resonance, novel by Phaedra Weldon)
• Snopes: Male ork hacker, skeptic, researches and de-bunks conspiracies and urban myths. (5E p.139, Complete Trog)
• Sounder: Female ork smuggler, rigger, especially familiar with waterways around the Pacific Northwest. (5E p.142, Complete Trog)
• Sticks: Male human (asian) bounty hunter. Former Ares, KE. Expert in hunting insect spirits. (4E stats: p.66, Street Legends)
• Stone: Unknown?
• Sunshine: Male ork investigative journalist. Media expert. (5E p.144, Complete Trog)
• The Smiling Bandit: Male human (anglo) researcher/hacker. Expert in biotechnology and cybertech. Active since 2050s. (4E stats: p.22, Street Legends Supplemental)
• Thorn: Rory Michael Caolain. Male elf (Irish) adept, espionage expert. Former INLA terrorist, Argus operative. (4E stats: p.70, Street Legends)
• Traveler Jones: Dwarf, smuggler, courier, globetrotter.
• Turbo Bunny: Female elf rigger and mechanic. Recovering BTL addict. (Bio: p.29, Ten JackPointers)
• Winterhawk: Alexander King. Human male hermetic mage. Arcane scholar and gentleman adventurer. Ties to Draco Foundation. (4E stats, p.78, Street Legends; Borrowed Time, novel by R.L. King)

[EDIT: Updated for Better Than Bad.]

[DeathStrobe]

Sphinx, you should add some of that to the wikia. I've added a few of the jackpointers in there, but to have all of them in an easy to search format would be nice...

[Opti]

Aufheben is dead...