Shadowrun

[BobChuck]

I was asked where it was set, and on a whim I said "Detroit", so there's that.

Pacifist is in the "anniversary" corebook, which is what I have; so is erased and a few others.

Looking at the "Compulsion" quality from Runner's Companion, I first notice that it's actually under "Poor Self Control - Compulsive", which is really bad editing.

Then then I notice that it's the sort of quality that can easily be used to justify stupid behavior and quickly lead to a TPK, which is something I do not want, so no, you can't take it.

Can I get less Pink Mohawk please?

[Thomas Kerwin]

Well, a character can have bad behavior anyway, he just won't get BP for it. 

[kenada]

Hmm, how about an elf orc poser street nun who fights with two iron bars tied together with a cord that she calls her nun chucks?

Edit: I guess that treads dangerously close into supers territory. I’m having fun right now with absurd character concepts, but whatever I play won’t be that outlandish.

[BobChuck]

True, but there's a difference between "Im playing a suicidal goofball" and "the rules say I Have To play a suicidal goofball". It's like giving blanket permission to play Chaotic Evil.

Other details:

Everyone has the same fixer, L 2 C 4 (you have to pay for him, you can get more/less loyalty if you like, but connection logically needs to stay the same).

Please buy 3 months worth of lifestyle to start out.

[BobChuck]

Hmm, how about an elf orc poser street nun who fights with two iron bars tied together with a cord that she calls her nun chucks?

Elves can't take orc poser, just humans. Orks can take elf poser though; explain that one to me.

[Thomas Kerwin]

Rough Draft of combat mage

Edit: oops, it didn't include my Power Focus (2) or Sustaining Focus (3)

[BobChuck]

looks reasonable.

What is your lifestyle and docwagon? I went ahead and put you into the spreadsheet; if you're at "squatter" and no docwagon, then you've got 55 nuyen left, which makes sense, but 6 unspent build points, which doesn't.

[Thomas Kerwin]

No, Docwagon Gold and Medium Lifestyle.

[BobChuck]

in wihich case you've got 1,545 nuyen left over and are 2 build points over the limit.

In case you missed it:

Please buy 3 months worth of lifestyle to start out.

I'd recommend dropping your pistols to one and getting a specialization.

[kenada]

Well, I’ve managed to read through the mechanics chapter. I’m thinking of making a dwarf weapon specialist.

[Thomas Kerwin]

Here's an updated sheet.  I made some changes, but it still doesn't have my power focus (2) or sustaining focus (3) on it.  Also it says I have 1 month of luxury lifestyle when I really have 3 months of low lifestyle.

[kenada]

This is the first character I’ve actually made myself. I think it took me 3.5 hours to do. It’s a dwarf weapon specialist.

Feel free to check it, but the math should be correct.

Name: Edwardo Gunnerson
Race: Dwarf (25 BP)

Attributes (200 BP)
Body: 4
Agility: 5
Reaction: 3 (4)
Strength: 7
Charisma: 3 2
Intuition: 3
Logic: 4
Willpower: 3
Edge: 3 2
Essence: 4
Initiative: 6 (+1 pass)

Active Skills (130 BP)
Firearms group: 4
Blades: 3
Clubs (Hammer specialization): 5 (+2)
Armorer: 5
Demolitions: 2
Heavy weapons: 3
Thrown weapons: 2
Dodge: 2

Knowledge Skills (21 free BP)
Detroit Street Gangs: 2
Chemistry: 3
Club design: 4
Firearm design: 4
Engineering: 2
Beers: 3

Languages
English: N
Or’zet: 3

Qualities (10 BP)
High Pain Tolerance (15 BP)
Magic Resistance (10 BP)
Quick Healer (10 BP)
Allergy (mild, seawater) (+5 BP)
Addiction (severe, alcohol) (+20 BP)

Gear & Lifestyle (105,000¥) (21 BP)
Novatech Airware Commlink (w/Magnadyne Deva OS and Subvocal Microphone) [1,250¥ + 800¥ + 50¥]
Earbuds [10¥]
Goggles (rank 2) w/Image Link and Smartlink [100¥ + 500¥ + 25¥]

Combat Sledge [600¥]
Extendable Baton [50¥]
Survival Knife [50¥]
Stun Baton [400¥]

10 Shuriken [10 × 30¥]
10 Flash-Paks [10 × 200¥]

Ares Alpha (w/20 clips of regular ammo, gas vents (3), and 10 mini-frag. grenades) [1,700¥ + 400¥ + 42 × 20 × 2¥ + 20 × 5¥ + 10 × 35¥]
Stoner-Ares M202 (w/Top-mounted smartgun system, tripod, gas vents (3), 10 clips of regular ammo, and 2 clips of EX-explosive ammo) [4,500¥ + 400¥ + 300¥ + 400¥ + 50 × 10 × 2¥ + 10 × 5¥ + 50 × 2 × 10¥ + 2 × 5¥]
PJSS Elephant Rifle (w/5 clips of regular ammo) [6,000¥ + 2 × 5 × 2¥ + 5 × 5¥]
Walther MA-2100 (w/smartgun camera vision magnification, 10 clips of regular ammo) [5,000¥ + 100¥ + 10 × 10 × 2¥ + 10 × 5¥]
Yamaha Sakura Fubuki (w/Internal smartgun system, quick-draw holster, and 80 clips of regular ammo) [2,000¥ + 2,000¥ + 100¥ + 10 × 80 × 2¥ + 80 × 5¥]

Chameleon Suit [1,200¥]
Armor Vest [600¥]

Armorer Kit [500¥]
Armorer Shop [5,000¥]

DocWagon Gold Contract (1 year) [25,000¥]
2 Fake SIN (rank 3) [3 × 3,000¥]

Wired Reflexes 1 [11,000¥]

Middle Lifestyle (3 months) [3 × 5,000¥]

Beer (98 6-packs) [100 × 10¥]

Contacts (14 BP)
Bartender (Loyalty 1/Connection 3)
Fixer (Loyalty 2/Connection 4)
Ork Ganger (Loyalty 2/Connection 2)

Notes
Starting Nuyen: 4d6+12d6 (900 = 105,000−103,800) × 100¥
Natural Thermographic Vision

Edit 1: Dropped Charisma to 2 and Edge to 2.
Edit 2: Forgot my two fake SINs.
Edit 3: Updated equipment.
Edit 4: Adjusted Stoner-Ares and Beer loadout.
Edit 5: Removed explosive ammo and added gas vents 3 to the Stoner-Ares M202. This should be the final revision.
Edit 6: Readded explosive ammo and replaced vibroclaymore with a combat sledge.

[kenada]

I’d hope to get to it, but I haven’t had a chance to read through the combat section of the book.

[BobChuck]

Thomas: printing is buggy; it will always print sheet 3 (and only sheet 3); if you scroll down to where that sheet in on the CharSheets tab, you can see where it doesn't display Firewall/system correctly, and where it does not correctly update lifestyle/docwagon. If you turn off the sheet protection, you can adjust these fields and copy the working lifestyle link from sheet 1 or 2.

The sheet in general is very handy, and does most of the math and sorting for you, but it does have some bugs.

Thomas: your character looks good; you seem to have 555 nuyen left over. Two minor issues and one comment:

issue 1: You seem to be missing earbuds/headphones, which will make it alot easier for you to actually use your subvocal microphone inconspicuously.

issue 2: You have a smartlink on your glasses, but your gun does not come with a smartlink built in (just a laser sight). I'm honestly not sure whether or not this counts, but I feel that it should be mentioned.

comment: You do not have a Sim Module or Trodes, so your character will not be able to interact with AR/VR, and your only connection to the matrix will be the tiny screen and tiny keypad on your commlink. Given your character, this may not be an issue - I just want to make sure you are aware.

[BobChuck]

Kenada: I am still checking all the little bits and pieces, but you are 20 Build Points over: Your attributes were 200 Build Points, and you did them correctly; you also did your edge correctly (not counting it in the attributes total) but you forgot to count it anywhere else, either.

I would drop some combination of Blades, Heavy Weapons, and Throwing Weapons, and get Dodge up to 4 (good for when you need to take cover). Or dump the firearms group and pick just one to focus on. You have lots and lots of weapon skills, about 3 times as much as anyone else.