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Title: Runner
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Date Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 6:30 am
Subject: A new year, a strange question
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I know that a lot of people like to make characters in order to expand their horizons. They like to test new things and touch upon things that other people aren't really doing or things that haven't been done, so I thought about a question while pilled up (And I still am) for everyone here:
What kind of characters would you like to see?
It's a simple yet complex question depending on how you look at it. As Urthor's player I could simply say "fat women" and leave it at that, but there are other things like people who actually work for the Seattle Voice, more Lone Star officers, regular every day people who just happen to get swept up in the shadows by happenstance. What is it that you would like to see someone nut up and try out?
Now I'd rather keep this as general ideas for a character's personality, background, story, etc., so try to keep the general things In Character. A few things that might help to start us off follow.
A Seattle Voice employee, or tridnews reporter trying to get a scoop on the shadows or uncover supposed crime rings (*CoughHooliganscoughcough*).
A SINless vagrant, someone who has lost everything and has nothing left (I'll leave this open for backstory, just an interesting concept that's coming to mind).
A wageslave. Plenty of people have tried to pull off executives, but usually that requires a certain level of lenience with what you are allowed to come up with as far as your character's background goes. A normal, run of the mill wageslave who's just looking at the nine-to-five could be very interesting.
A ballerina or music man. This might require a bit of work as well as far as background goes, but the terms come from contract killers that usually work on rubbing out specific (Often high risk) enemies of corporations.
An actual medical doctor. Not just a medic, or someone who has come to understand biotech from their time in the field, but someone who has spent time in the less shadowy parts of the world getting a proper education who has, for some reason, begun to focus on the less fortunate with their work.
Please feel free to add your own, and if you plan on trying any of these ideas out, or hell, if you're playing one and I simply haven't seen it, let me know.
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Date Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 7:03 am
Subject: Nice
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Having been in the mix for quite a number of years, i've actually seen a couple of these types of characters. I have, unfortunately, seen very few that fall into the category of 'unique', and one of my favourite characters of all times falls into this category.
Years ago, there was a character who was a homeless bum who squatted outfront of Dante's on the street, and would beg for change for food from everyone that passed by. Instead of actually buyin food, in quintessential hobo fashion, he would immediately blow all his nuyen on booze, get hammered, and pass out on the street.
Fucking Epic.
Frankly, as a roleplayer, I'd like to see less 'badass' characters, they're a dime a dozen. While some people assume by that I mean bubblegum runners, but I don't mean that in the slightest. And yes, I know I play 'badass' characters, but those certainly aren't the only kind. One of my favourite characters I've played at one point was a pacifist medic (who called Urthor a murdering coward, and lived!).
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Title: Fixer
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Joined: 12 Dec 2006
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Date Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 7:29 am
Subject: Re: Nice
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| Vile wrote: | | Having been in the mix for quite a number of years, |
You're old. But just as correct as Thor.
Sometimes it seems like the same twelve character concepts just keep getting reused. And yes, I know I have one of the least creative character concepts around. I really like the idea of completely legit 9-5'ers running around, too. I've seen a couple of them come and go...I'd like to see more.
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Title: Neophyte
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Joined: 13 Jun 2007
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Date Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 7:50 am
Subject: Am I still allowed to answer? >.>
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Wow, doozy of a question, actually. As you read, you'll probably notice most of my choices aren't very combat-y. Most of you know I'm a story/background sort of gal xD And though the game is called "shadowrun," the shadows are more than just your cybered-up, mana-warping, info-stealing unsavories. So, throw me in with Vile (sweetest guy on earth, he is): Less badass ftw!
Also, I read this and began typing up a response...reloaded, and found that Vile has apparently met the number three choice of mine. Woohoo!
-A ganger with more depth than just 'lawl im a rebel!' but less emo than 'i was yooouuung and they scared me into it and i need heeeelp to free myself from their evulz!'
-Low-level mafiosos and yakuza getting their bearings in the crime world and looking to climb up. Possibly hard to pull off unless you make up a Don and some politics to involve yourself in, though.
-A bum. An outright burned out, pest-infested bum who is NOT secretly some sort of badass ex-military or master of disguise.
-A conman. Not a Face or Fixer, though they could act like one, but the type of guy who really needs your help because a Nubian Prince wants to come to UCAS, you see, to see the woman he loves, but he can't with his SIN, so he is willing to pay 10,000,000 yen to switch SINs with you, so if you'd kindly write down the number...
-Your plain Jane who is somehow entangled, against her will, with the seedy shadows. It's been done, but they usually seem to fit right in - I'd like to see one who wants nothing more than to get out as quickly as possible and go back to watching their trid soaps. You know, a sane woman.
-Another street teen, preferably one full of snark and light on the adorable. And also can't take out hoardes of wageslaves with ease (though no promises if there's one or two, the alley's dark, and their backs are turned). Damned cutesypoo characters, ruining the tone of the place!
-Any sort of well thought out character willing to risk themselves and not just go along with everything the denizens of Hooligan's do - bunch of raving psychopaths, the folks who hang out there. Or whatever Urthor says. Because we ALL know Urthor's about as sane as a big ol' box of crazy. >.> (I <3 you all?)
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Date Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 11:50 am
Subject: Re: Nice
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| Vile wrote: |
Years ago, there was a character who was a homeless bum who squatted outfront of Dante's on the street, and would beg for change for food from everyone that passed by. Instead of actually buyin food, in quintessential hobo fashion, he would immediately blow all his nuyen on booze, get hammered, and pass out on the street.
Fucking Epic.
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Haha, that was me
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Title: Runner
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Joined: 20 Sep 2005
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Date Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 7:07 am
Subject: Re: Nice
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| Che wrote: | | Vile wrote: |
Years ago, there was a character who was a homeless bum who squatted outfront of Dante's on the street, and would beg for change for food from everyone that passed by. Instead of actually buyin food, in quintessential hobo fashion, he would immediately blow all his nuyen on booze, get hammered, and pass out on the street.
Fucking Epic.
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Haha, that was me |
Heh, awesome!
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Title: Neophyte
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Date Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 4:34 pm
Subject: Re: A new year, a strange question
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| HeWhoIsMace wrote: | | A SINless vagrant, someone who has lost everything and has nothing left (I'll leave this open for backstory, just an interesting concept that's coming to mind). |
Although I admire the ideas unfolded here, I think this one maybe is driven too far. Playing a character who has lost everything in my opinion may be too easy because this one wouldn't fear any risk. But going half way in background creation could be very interesting. A character who has lost much but not everything would come with a motive to get back what was lost. And also such a character would be presented with a little more freedom than before the loss, which is a confusing factor in the life of man.
What was not mentioned here is a character with a political motivation. Someone visionary enough to start a revolution and with the qualities (like leadership) to enthuse others to follow him/her.
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Title: Runner
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Date Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 1:42 pm
Subject: Re: A new year, a strange question
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| Swoop wrote: | | HeWhoIsMace wrote: | | A SINless vagrant, someone who has lost everything and has nothing left (I'll leave this open for backstory, just an interesting concept that's coming to mind). |
Although I admire the ideas unfolded here, I think this one maybe is driven too far. Playing a character who has lost everything in my opinion may be too easy because this one wouldn't fear any risk. But going half way in background creation could be very interesting. A character who has lost much but not everything would come with a motive to get back what was lost. And also such a character would be presented with a little more freedom than before the loss, which is a confusing factor in the life of man.
What was not mentioned here is a character with a political motivation. Someone visionary enough to start a revolution and with the qualities (like leadership) to enthuse others to follow him/her. |
Oh man, you have me missing my Orcish Liberation Front terrorist character.
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Title: Neophyte
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Date Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 8:42 pm
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An actual medical doctor. Not just a medic, or someone who has come to understand biotech from their time in the field, but someone who has spent time in the less shadowy parts of the world getting a proper education who has, for some reason, begun to focus on the less fortunate with their work.
I'll tell ya, this is a real idea I'm curious about. I think I'll set it up, see what I can do within the system. I don't know how useful it'll be, but it can definitely be fun, I think.
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Title: Member
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Date Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 10:01 pm
Subject: Re: Nice
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| Che wrote: | | Vile wrote: |
Years ago, there was a character who was a homeless bum who squatted outfront of Dante's on the street, and would beg for change for food from everyone that passed by. Instead of actually buyin food, in quintessential hobo fashion, he would immediately blow all his nuyen on booze, get hammered, and pass out on the street.
Fucking Epic.
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Haha, that was me |
I had a sinking feeling.
Anyway, thread necromancy on.
-A straight-laced cop who still believes in upholding the law. Yes, yes, I know it'd be rather hard to play and keep in character, but it'd be refreshing.
-A corrupt corporate official. Doesn't matter if he's in security or records or sewage, but he's willing to pass how a certain door doesn't work correctly, or the structural weaknesses of a certain building, and so on.
-A runner who takes the simple, non-messy jobs and desperately tries to stay away from trouble.
-A private investigator searching the underworld for... something. Preferably not a noir parody, that's been done to death.
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Title: Neophyte
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Date Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 11:59 pm
Subject: Re: Am I still allowed to answer? >.>
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| Tinkerbell wrote: | -A ganger with more depth than just 'lawl im a rebel!' but less emo than 'i was yooouuung and they scared me into it and i need heeeelp to free myself from their evulz!'
-Low-level mafiosos and yakuza getting their bearings in the crime world and looking to climb up. Possibly hard to pull off unless you make up a Don and some politics to involve yourself in, though.
-Any sort of well thought out character willing to risk themselves and not just go along with everything the denizens of Hooligan's do - bunch of raving psychopaths, the folks who hang out there. Or whatever Urthor says. Because we ALL know Urthor's about as sane as a big ol' box of crazy. |
I did all three of these in the same character.
Secondly, I would like to see some original(ish) characters like the following:
- a mage or shaman that lost his magic trying to twink and got caught up in a corp that gave him a craniul nuke sending his magic below 1
- an ex decker who got caught by the corps and had all his gear removed and now suffers from reality sickness
- a giant trog that actually thinks he's a dwarf and has developed a napoleon complex
- any kinda character that doens't mind if they die, cause lets face it, all runners are gonna die eventually.
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Title: Neophyte
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Date Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 5:00 pm
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I like some of the archetypes I'm seeing here, but has anyone considered that just giving your character depth can make a big change to how they're played? Instead of just being a bad ass, crushing everyone who stands in your way, whether you're looking for trouble or not, you could have your character get more immersed in the results of their background. It's not all that obvious to the other players, but I find it does make a difference. Otherwise it's just gonna be new archetypes being played like cardboard cut-outs.
On another note, expecting people to be suicidal and choose archetypes that have little to no survivability (beyond being a pure RP character) is unrealistic. The criminal world is made up of creatively thinking survivors. All others get wasted sooner or later.
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Title: Runner
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Date Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 1:53 am
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| Quote: | | A ganger with more depth than just 'lawl im a rebel!' but less emo than 'i was yooouuung and they scared me into it and i need heeeelp to free myself from their evulz! |
Hey, what about Chacol? Geez was he so easily forgotten?
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Title: Neophyte
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Date Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 3:14 pm
Subject: Re: Am I still allowed to answer? >.>
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| Deus wrote: |
I did all three of these in the same character.
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No.
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Date Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 6:02 pm
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| Drace wrote: | | Quote: | | A ganger with more depth than just 'lawl im a rebel!' but less emo than 'i was yooouuung and they scared me into it and i need heeeelp to free myself from their evulz! |
Hey, what about Chacol? Geez was he so easily forgotten? |
Yes. Yes he was. Obviously.
>.> <.< See what happens when you aren't around? Nobody remembers you and you don't get any props for your character. So there!
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