Since Run Faster has been published we want to restart our campaign with new characters.
I've tried to rebuild a character from 4e that relied on natural talents with only a bit of bioware to improve his initiative.
So, meet Hank the Janitor.
Hank's got a problem. No, actually he has a lot of problems: He is an Ork, he is 35 years old, he recently lost his job as a janitor, he lives in a really small apartment in a really shitty part of town. He also is a grandpa to an adorable little Elf girl (genetics are funny in the awakened world, especially if your Ork daughter marries an Elf). Now the little girl has become ill and needed serious attention from medical professionals. Neither Hank nor her parents had that kind of money, so Hank had to ask some very friendly men to borrow quite a big sum of money.
Hank is - despite his age - in prime physical condition and if he wants to stay that way, he'll have to pay at the end of the month.
But one of the friendly men heard of Hank's set of particular skills, skills he earned through a lifetime of bad decisions as a juvenile criminal, soldier in a few not very well known wars and cleaning specialist for various businesses.
The only thing working for him besides that is the 10 years outdated piece of ware that was to intricately fused to his spine to remove after he left the army and the fact that no-one ever asks the guy with the mop what he is doing here.
He is about to go on his first real run after ten years as an honest(ish) citizen - and he definitely feels to old for this shit...
Sum to 10:
A: Attributes
A: Skills
C: Ork 0
E: Mundane
E: 6000 NY +25k debt +20k karma
METATYPE: Ork
AGE: 35
SEX: male
NUYEN: 229
HEIGHT: 180
WEIGHT: 80
HAIR: black
EYES: black
SKIN: green
BOD: 5
AGI: 5
REA: 5 (6)
STR: 7
CHA: 2
INT: 7
LOG: 2
WIL: 5
EDG: 1
INI: 13 + 2d6
ESSENCE: 3,50
Limits:
Phy: 9
Men: 6
Soc: 5
Contacts:
Mike Malone, Fixer, Loyalty 1 Connection 5
Qualities:
Code of Honor (Warrior)
Exceptional Attribute (INT)
Hawk Eye
Quick Healer
Low-Light Vision
In Debt V
SINner (National) (Hank)
Skills:
Automatics (Assault Rifles) 6 (+2)
Con (Fast Talk) 6 (+2)
Etiquette (Corporate) 1 (+2)
Gymnastics (Climbing) 6 (+2)
Locksmith 1
Perception (Visual) 6 (+2)
Pistol (Taser) 6 (+2)
Pilot Ground Craft 1
Unarmed Combat (Pentjak Silat) 6 (+2)
Skill groups:
Stealth: 6
Electronics: 4
Knowledge Skills:
Language: German 2
Gangs: 1
Janitoring: 4
Magical Theory (Sorcery) 1 (+2)
Small Unit Tactics (Urban) 6 (+2)
Martial Arts:
Pentjak Silat
- Called Shot (Disarm)
- Jiao Di (Charge)
Cyberware:
Wired Reflexes Rating 1 (Used)
WEAPONS:
Defiance EX Shocker
- Laser Sight;
- Personalized Grip
Knucks
ARMOR: 16
Ares Victory: Globetrotter Jacket
- Gel Packs;
- Nonconductivity 5
- Ballistic Mask
- Holster
Lifestyle: Low (Cramped, Dangerous Area)
Comlinks:
Meta Link (Commlink) Fake SIN rating 2
Renraku Sensei (Commlink) Real SIN
Gear:
Ammo: Taser Dart (Tasers) 20
Certified Credstick, Silver Rating 6
Contacts Rating 3
- Vision Enhancement 3
Earbuds Rating 3
- Audio Enhancement 3
Fake SIN (Joe) Rating 2
Glasses Rating 3
- Flare Compensation;
- Image Link;
- Thermographic Vision
Lockpick Set
Micro-Transceiver
Respirator Rating 6
Shopsoft (Seattle)
3x Spare Clip (Defiance EX Shocker)
Trodes
Concept:
Hank is an everyman with a keen eye for details and quite good at disguising himself as a lowly worker at whatever place he has to enter. This is helped by his ability to palm security cards and passwords from inattentive coworkers.
If violence is needed, he prefers to liberate anything heavier than his taser from an opponent. But he'd rather sneak, climb, lie or mop his way past his obstacles...
I'd welcome any suggestions to improve this concept