Maldor, that sounds good to me.
For Korvan's part, he always appreciated the time he got to spend with Maldor and his more stable family, particularly when mom was off on another bender. It was just another one of the things that drove Korvan further down the road to a criminal life when his best friend disappeared.
Korvan had always just assumed that Maldor and his family had finally found a better situation than the neighborhood that Korvan lived in, not that he would begrudge his friend that...it just made his world just a little darker.
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@therealthom - Given Amaryst's past with toughs and/or bail bondsmen, I could certainly see at least an in passing connection between she and Korvan. Maybe it was even later and she was serving as a bodyguard to one of Korvan's employers. Thoughts?
I haven't read much of other people's submissions yet, because I always thought that was the GM's job! :)
Brox was present at the "liberation" of the research subjects from the research lab (he was part of the raid on the lab) and it would make sense that he might know one of the mystics/tehnomancers that escaped from there. He could have helped them escape, and when the situation went bad that person could have helped Brox go underground.
Brox would likely feel protective about those who are not physically strong like him. He may have "adopted" a smaller character who needs protection. He also might have helped such a person get revenge against someone who had hurt them or threatened them.
I've been accepted into another game and just had a second game come back from the dead, so I'm going to bow out of this recruitment. It is with sadness that I do so, because this concept is really intriguing.
For those of you who haven't had the pleasure of being in a leinathan game, he's a great GM. Have fun!
I'm not sure about Quark having any connections to any of the characters, not because I don't want to but because I'm not sure I can see any of the characters connecting with him, given his backstory. other than perhaps if we met during the escape and helped each other.
Hrmmm...Now I'm leaning towards not playing a "caster" and instead playing someone from the outside world, since I've kinda backed myself into a corner with my character's personality and backstory.
@Vrog - Maybe not beforehand, but possible connections could also be members of the outside world who Quark might/could/would form a relationship with after escaping.
Your choice though, if you want to make a new submission.
When Maldor was taken, he was placed in a military station to undergo testing and 'training.' It was here that he met MLE. They were in the same unit, designated to enhanace their mental powers. While Em's mystic abilities leaned toward empathy, Maldor was naturally gifted in healing. Because Maldor missed his little sister, he was naturally drawn to this 'orphan' and they became friends despite the harsh training environment. They often used their powers together in complementary ways during the exercises. Sometimes this drew praises from their instructors. Other times they were severely punished. Maldor never knew if the praises and punishments were just calculated parts of the experiment or the random and sadistic personalities of their trainers...
Now that they are free, Maldor is helping MLE survive because he at least grew up on the outside, and together they are trying to evade the hunters. Maldor is not just wandering aimlessly around the city - he is looking for his family, and perhaps his old friend Korvan.
Emily's lack of social interaction is a pretty big theme for her background, so she probably wasn't in a unit where she could spend downtime with others. So they probably only got to interact during tests/experiments, but with the telepathic message cantrip they could share short messages back and forth without the scientists necessarily realizing. She would have been enamored by his stories of the outside world, and realized that her personal situation was not normal.
Okay, I think I have the answer: I am going to change up his backstory some and turn him away from the darkside, so to speak.
Instead of the project being on Earth, it was set on a space station in Lashunta space that was rented through a shell corporation. My character managed to both retain his alignment as well as his desire for freedom, even as he faked being brainwashed. He managed to get a couple of kids together and they all managed to escape stealthily. Once they got out of containment, they realized that they were on a space station, so they snuck aboard a shuttle and left the station.
As far as containment of the experiment goes, the people running it had a certain kind of pragmatism; if there was a breach, a computer subroutine was set up to vent radiation into the airways of the station; they could then spin the situation in several different ways.
by the time my character and his friends returned with the authorities, all of the children in the experiment were dead. While the radiation managed to corrupt most of the computer files, several videos were recovered showing the torturous experiments done on the children, as well as hints that there were labs on Earth still experimenting.
When the plan was put together to assault the Earth labs, my character volunteered so that he could find his sister and parents, all of whom were missing. After the raid was finished, my character decided to stay on Earth and look for his family.
Cross was the person who my character and his group of escapees first encountered, and he helped them get to the authorities to tell their story. Additionally, my character was in the same assault group as Brox, and so they would both know each other (assuming that is okay with both players).
LG Human Kineticist (Mercenary) 1
STR 11
DEX 16
CON 16
INT 10
WIS 10
CHA 10
HP/SP 10/10
EAC 14 KAC 15
BAB 0
Init +3
Resolve: 4
Fort +5
Ref +5
Will +0
Speed 30'
Telekinetic Blast: +4 to hit KAC; 1d4+3 damage
Skills: Acrobatics r1 +7, Athletics r1 +5, Perception r1 +4, Sleight of Hand r1 +7, Stealth r1 +7
Feats: Weapon Focus (kinetic blast?), Toughness
Class Features: Elemental Focus (Aether); Kinetic Blast (TK Blast); Burn (Max: 6; 1/rnd); Infusions (Kinetic Blade); Wild Talents (Basic Telekinesis); Gather Power (1/2/3)
Theme: Mercenary (+1 Str; +1 to Athletics)
Equipment: Second Skin (EAC: +1; KAC: +2; Max Dex: +5; ACP: 0), Infrared Sensors Armor Upgrade, Clear Spindle Aeon Stone, Personal Comm Unit, Mark I Serum of Healing x2, 3 credits
Augmentations: Prostetic Arm, Gil Sheath
I made a couple of changes to his build to make it align a bit better with his new backstory, mainly changing out some gear (since he would be better equipped) and changing his theme to mercenary (to represent some training he did as part of the prep for the assault; I also considered using this theme initially). Lastly, I traded fleet for weapon focus, as my bonus to hit was just too low without it.
Additionally, my character was in the same assault group as Brox, and so they would both know each other (assuming that is okay with both players).
That works for me. Brox has enough military conditioning that he trusts other members of a combat unit he is in "by default."
Alternately, if the Lab you were raised in was on Earth (as in your original idea where you went out the window), Brox could have found you after the raid and taken you to safety.
Another way Brox could end up knowing people is if they hired him as some kind of 'bodyguard' after the raid. Brox would be laying low in the slums and would need cash, so he would probably offer to work fairly cheap.
Here is the quick-and-dirty profile for Brox. The name "Brox" was actually taken. :(
@Vrog - Hazrond and MLE are right. I'm not looking for historical connections, but some idea of the relationship that your character will have with other characters. If that's informed by a past relationship that's great and all (for example, my mystic only trusts X character because he knew them before he was captured and he was like a father. They would immediately seek X out after escaping.)
@therealthom - In the interest of leaving as much work as I can to Paizo while at the same time preserving the feel of my world... sure, Castrovel retains its canon government. Unless, of course, you think you have a better idea that you'd like to introduce to my world. I think the lashunta should be the only sentient life form on the planet, at least.
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As a setting I like the corporate-tocracy, amped to feudal-like proportions. Easy to find villains and good but desperate heroes just trying to get by.
And I can live without elves and formians. I thought Paizo was kind of pushing it, originating 3 sentient species as diverse as Formians, elves and Lashunta on one planet.
Anyone fancy teaming up with a down on her luck spacer?
Anyone fancy teaming up with a down on her luck spacer?
See my post above. :)
I think there's a few opportunities to link Amaryst and Korvan, just a matter of how we'd like to do so.
Anyone fancy teaming up with a down on her luck spacer?
If she has that ship that is still stuck in red tape, then I'm sure Jin would love to team up with her and try to help cut through it and free the ship, mostly because he'd rather get off this dangerous rock (and depending on who else is playing bring some wanted people with him) to somewhere safer.
...@therealthom - Given Amaryst's past with toughs and/or bail bondsmen, I could certainly see at least an in passing connection between she and Korvan. Maybe it was even later and she was serving as a bodyguard to one of Korvan's employers. Thoughts?
That's perfect. He seems like the kind of guy to frequent the cheap dives where an off-worlder would go to stretch her limited dining-entertainment budget. Maybe he even got her an Earthside job.
If she has that ship that is still stuck in red tape, then I'm sure Jin would love to team up with her and try to help cut through it and free the ship, mostly because he'd rather get off this dangerous rock (and depending on who else is playing bring some wanted people with him) to somewhere safer.
Amaryst herself probably will want to get off earth shortly with or without the ship. I can't imagine that poor solitary Lashuntas are going to be welcomed in the wake of the breakout. I can easily see all kinds of harassment by ordinary people, or a government roundup of Lashuntas.
leinathan,
getting back to the religion question, let's say that Amaryst's background is not religious, but that since her time on earth, she's become curious. Maybe she's been 'befriended' by hard-core Christian missionaries scouring the off-worlder haunts for souls to save.
Languages -- I guess Amaryst would speak Lashunta by default, and her bonus language would be the earth language in the country in which we start -- presumably English.
Will the campaign start the night of the raid or some time thereafter? How much is known about the raid? What's the current public sentiment?(I'm just wondering if I should amp up Amaryst's paranoia.)
If she has that ship that is still stuck in red tape, then I'm sure Jin would love to team up with her and try to help cut through it and free the ship, mostly because he'd rather get off this dangerous rock (and depending on who else is playing bring some wanted people with him) to somewhere safer.Amaryst herself probably will want to get off earth shortly with or without the ship. I can't imagine that poor solitary Lashuntas are going to be welcomed in the wake of the breakout. I can easily see all kinds of harassment by ordinary people, or a government roundup of Lashuntas.
Well, Jin can be pretty convincing and also pretty handy with machines, I can see them working together as a duo depending on how you want to go about getting offworld, either with Jin acting as a face to help obtain a ship or as a mechanic to help get one running. Either way he would probably be useful (and he is no pilot, so he'd definitely need your help to actually get offworld when he gets ahold of something functional.)
@Vrog, and Brox, an accidental meeting with Amaryst after the raid might be a natural introduction. You could approach her assuming that she was also part of the raid.
Alright, it's clear you aren't interested, that still leaves me in a pickle though. Who I do get a second link with?
Alright, it's clear you aren't interested, that still leaves me in a pickle though. Who I do get a second link with?
Can we have more than two "links?"
Alright, it's clear you aren't interested, that still leaves me in a pickle though. Who I do get a second link with?Can we have more than two "links?"
I'm pretty sure we can have as many as we like? But regardless we need at least 2 to qualify.
@Korvan if you are interested Jin does deal in cybernetic work, so he could help with maintenance and later on installation if you are looking for more. He also does some medical work on the side which might be helpful if you are looking for more discretion than a public hospital.
@Brox if you are interested, Jin might have looked for a bodyguard or someone to look out for him after the attack on the facility (after all, what if he is blamed for it). He also does freelance medical work so you might have ended up getting patched up by him after the raid, since it's not like you went to a government-run hospital right?
@Korvan if you are interested Jin does deal in cybernetic work, so he could help with maintenance and later on installation if you are looking for more. He also does some medical work on the side which might be helpful if you are looking for more discretion than a public hospital.
Assuming we can have more than two links, I'm fine with that.
My sheet should be ready some time this afternoon. I'm not sure if you answered this already, but how long ago was our escape? Weeks? Months?
I will want to start the campaign the day after the raid, so don't worry too much about what your character "would" do afterwards (except for who you think your character would get along with or whatnot) or how they would feel about it. I will let you know during gameplay what public sentiment is and what the various consequences are :)
I will want to start the campaign the day after the raid, so don't worry too much about what your character "would" do afterwards (except for who you think your character would get along with or whatnot) or how they would feel about it. I will let you know during gameplay what public sentiment is and what the various consequences are :)
I have a few questions.
Firstly, is there any limit to the links we can have or are we free to tie our stories together with as many as we like?Secondly, what will the expected posts-per-day for this game be? Every other day? One a day? Two?
You are free to write up relationships with whomever you choose. The goal is to see whose characters tie well together in a party, so two is just the bar.
Second, I like to see about three to five posts per day from the whole group. I suppose that's between once per two days and one per day per person. Just as long as the game's momentum keeps going, I'm happy.
I'm also alright if one or more of the players can't post very often, as long as they're comfortable with possibly missing out on stuff that more-prolific players go through. I've just had several games stall for a long time because I was waiting on everyone to post, so I will bot you in combat if you delay too long and you'll be in the background of events if you're not posting.
Alright, it's clear you aren't interested, that still leaves me in a pickle though. Who I do get a second link with?
Hazrond, sorry. We cross-posted. I saw yourse when I typed mine in, but I really had to get to work. It was lack of time, not lack of interest.
I see a couple options -- Given Jin's fairly upscale upbringing, perhaps he and Amaryst met while she was working for an upscale client in the past. Amaryst could have seen him recently on Earth and, looking for any kind of friend in this sea of humans, approached him to renew the acquaintance. Or perhaps friendship lies in the future....
In either case, engineering could be a shared interest. Amaryst is very interested in engines, thrusters and drift drives. I can totally see Jin discussing advanced theories and equations extemporaneously while she struggles to understand and then asks point blank , "So do we set the auxiliary power bleed limit to 19 or 20% while the thrusters are at max?"
Cross was the person who my character and his group of escapees first encountered, and he helped them get to the authorities to tell their story. Additionally, my character was in the same assault group as Brox, and so they would both know each other (assuming that is okay with both players).
The rub here is getting a down-on-his-luck illegal street racer and unlicensed mechanic/programmer to help a bunch of strangers without a very good reason. Cross's first instincts at encountering a bunch of ragged hospital escapees and armed extraterrestrials is not going to be 'I should take them to the cops' but 'Do I need to protect myself?' followed shortly by 'I should get out of here before the cops show up'.
Contracting him as a driver might be a reasonable plan, but Cross would be reluctant to get professionally involved with a bunch of people who will likely be branded as terrorists. Personally is another matter entirely, if Cross become personally involved with anyone he tends to be protective of them.
Also I was under the impression leinathan has a more immediate timeline planned out, probably opening with the experiments escaping into the city.
My idea for the present is to have a group of outsider characters be existing friends, and then to have the outsider most likely to actually help the escapees be the one who runs into them. The other outsiders get drawn in because of their connection to each other. That means that if you don't want to have your character be willing to help escapees, great! You don't have to, just be friends with someone who would :)
Other circumstances will keep the party together on a longer-term-type basis.
Another bit of good news is that it really is my responsibility to make sure the party I pick can play the adventure I want to run. So don't worry too much about it!
Alright, it's clear you aren't interested, that still leaves me in a pickle though. Who I do get a second link with?Hazrond, sorry. We cross-posted. I saw yourse when I typed mine in, but I really had to get to work. It was lack of time, not lack of interest.
I see a couple options -- Given Jin's fairly upscale upbringing, perhaps he and Amaryst met while she was working for an upscale client in the past. Amaryst could have seen him recently on Earth and, looking for any kind of friend in this sea of humans, approached him to renew the acquaintance. Or perhaps friendship lies in the future....
In either case, engineering could be a shared interest. Amaryst is very interested in engines, thrusters and drift drives. I can totally see Jin discussing advanced theories and equations extemporaneously while she struggles to understand and then asks point blank , "So do we set the auxiliary power bleed limit to 19 or 20% while the thrusters are at max?"
I could see that, or maybe even she worked for Jin as a bodyguard at some point while he was travelling? He's really laid back and im sure he'd be delighted to chat and talk during the trip. Regardless i'd be happy to go for the friendship angle, since a party of complete strangers is kinda boring.
As for the current situation, he would be glad to have a person he can trust in this madness because he's just as likely as you to get hunted down and he'd rather stick to strength in numbers, especially given he's completely unarmed. If we could get ahold of your ship and get the gang off-world? Even better!
Also, fair warning, i am going to be going out of town this friday through monday. Which means i may not be active much until the 19th.
I hate triple posting but nobody else seems to have anything to say currently so I'll just ask...
Would you be willing to allow Necrografts to be crafted as Biotech or Cybernetics for an upcharge? The rules mentioned making cheaper versions of Biotech and Cybernetics for only 90% cost but nothing about crafting Biotech or Cybernetic versions of Necrografts. (Maybe have an upcharge of 10% similar to Adaptive Biochains?)
@Hazrond: In an earlier post you mentioned that your character enjoyed playing VR games, correct? I was wondering if we could link our characters through that, as my character's theme is Icon being focused on the vidgamer skill. I wish to know so that I could work it into my background.
Gladly, He likes to play them in his downtime and would totally be willing to play with a gaming personality like yourself. Why don't you send me a PM and we can hash it out? ^_^
Hah, internet buddies! How topical.
About two more full days to get submissions in! Seems this recruitment's lost a bit of steam, but we've got some good characters for me to choose from :) Thank you all for your attention and work. Please try to make sure your submissions are complete - stats, backstory, questionnaire and two connections. If you have an alias, you can plug all of it into your alias. If not, you can just post once with all of it.
For a good example of a well-formatted alias that's complete, take a look at Korvan.
Here is the character for Jace Nailo. Crunch can be found on the alias page, but I will put their background and the answers to the questionnaire here. I still have to finish up some of the crunch, which I will do tomorrow. Additionally, S.A.M.A.N.T.H.A., their drone, is mostly worked up.
Now, several years later, they have fared fairly well. They learned how to play some of the more popular vidgames, with their intelligence allowing them to advance to the point of being able to earn money for playing them. Before this they had managed to scrape by by fixing machines for other people in exchange for food or a place to sleep. They particularly excel at strategy and simulations games, as they enable to test their intellect, and also VR games. These last ones they plays as they enable them to not be judged by their race and appearance. Additionally, they had developed very few actual friendships here on Earth, with a notable exception being Jin, a fellow VR vidgame player who they met online. However, they decided to learn how to construct one who would always be loyal to them. The result of this was their drone, whom they nicknamed 'Sam', but would eventually fully name her SAMANTHA (which stands for Self-Aware Machine with Advanced Natural THinking Algorithms). She serves three purposes to Zenvisk, with the first being, as she was made for, a friend. Secondly, she protects them, as they still has a distaste for violence (based on how their parents were killed). Finally, she can play video-games with them.
Zenvisk's economic situation is that they is living in the lower-middle class. They has an apartment, can afford to get food to eat and clothes to wear, and occasionally splurge on something or other, but they is not quite at the average level of wealth. As for their parents, they are dead.
2. What does your character look like? Describe their fashion sense, their hair, their eyes and skin. Is there a reason they dress or act the way they do? How do they carry themselves when they don’t think anyone is looking?
The physical description is above. They dress the way that they do because it is how they feel like dressing, and they have nobody to force them to dress a certain way. When they don't think anyone is looking, they typically seem to curl in on themselves, as if trying to either protect themselves or to simply reassure themselves that everything is okay.
3. Where was your character born? A Space Station? Old Earth? An offworld colony? The Moon? If they aren't from Old Earth (which is most likely if they are an alien) why did they move to Old Earth? Feel free to do some invention here. There's a whole galaxy out there, and a whole range of places to be from.
Zenvisk doesn't remember exactly where they was born, just that it wasn't on Old Earth, or any planet for that matter. The reason that they is on Old Earth is because they tagged along with their parents on a business deal, but they were murdered and they was left abandoned on the planet.
4. How did your character become whatever class they are or learn the skills they have?
Zenvisk became a mechanic because using computers and fixing machines came naturally to them from a young age. Their parents also taught them about the other races of the galaxy. However, when they was alone on the streets of Old Earth, they had to fend for themself. Being able to perceive your surroundings, tend you own wounds, and be able to climb were things that became vitally important to their survival. Later on, once they was living more comfortably, they taught themself how to play vidgames in order to earn money for it.
5. What does your character do for a living? How did they get into doing that?
Zenvisk is a professional vidgame player. They got into doing that because they wanted to do something more intellecually challenging than fixing machines. They still does that on the side, but not very often, and only on things that they thinks would be a challenge.
6. What is their personality like?
Zenvisk is friendly, open-minded, intelligent, and peaceful. However, they are also disorganized, nervous, and reserved.
7. If your character is religious, explain why and how. If not, there may be a reason for that as well.
Zenvisk is an atheist, but does not push their world-view onto other. This is mostly due to them no believing that a single entity or group of entities, no matter how powerful, could build an entire universe.
8. Explain what your character’s alignment means to them. Something like “Jessica is lawful good because she wants to stamp out evil and eradicate it. She would sacrifice herself to attain her goals.”
Zenvisk is chaotic because they believe that order simply constrains individuals from achieving their full potential. They are good because while for most of their life they have had to focus on themselves, they do not wish for anyone else to have to go through anything like what they have had to go through.
9. How does your character feel about technology? About trans-humanism? About other races? Some people will always be conservatives, but some embrace technological advance wholeheartedly.
Zenvisk believes that technology is very important, and that improving the world through it is vital to the continued development of society. As for other races, they thoroughly enjoys meeting them. Somewhat ironically, one of the races that they have least encountered are Shirren, having only met a handful of them since their parents were murdered.
As for connections, Jin and they are vidgame buddies, but I do not know about my second connection.
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... I could see that, or maybe even she worked for Jin as a bodyguard at some point while he was travelling? He's really laid back and im sure he'd be delighted to chat and talk during the trip. Regardless i'd be happy to go for the friendship angle, since a party of complete strangers is kinda boring.
As for the current situation, he would be glad to have a person he can trust in this madness because he's just as likely as you to get hunted down and he'd rather stick to strength in numbers, especially given he's completely unarmed. If we could get ahold of your ship and get the gang off-world? Even better!
Yeah! That's the obvious hook -- Jin was an old client. Maybe his contract was the one that first got her off Castrovel?
Here is the character for Jace Nailo. Crunch can be found on the alias page, but I will put their background and the answers to the questionnaire here. I still have to finish up some of the crunch, which I will do tomorrow. Additionally, S.A.M.A.N.T.H.A., their drone, is mostly worked up.
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Telepathic aliens stuck on Earth? What better bond than the ease and clarity of mindspeak?
Hah, internet buddies! How topical.
About two more full days to get submissions in! Seems this recruitment's lost a bit of steam, but we've got some good characters for me to choose from :) Thank you all for your attention and work. Please try to make sure your submissions are complete - stats, backstory, questionnaire and two connections. If you have an alias, you can plug all of it into your alias. If not, you can just post once with all of it.
For a good example of a well-formatted alias that's complete, take a look at Korvan.
I'll do another review of Amaryst, and get her background and Q&A in her profile.
Korvan's Connections (Thus far):
Maldor Brock
Maldor was born in the outskirts of old Chicago, and his best friend growing up was Korvan. They were of an age, and even though Maldor had a difficult family situation, Korvan's was worse. By a lot. Maldor's caring personality was already evident as a kid, and he naturally took to the less fortunate boy. They grew up on the streets together, and whenever Korvan's mom was too wasted, Maldor made sure his friend had food and could stay the night. They hadn't seen each other since they were almost teenagers and Maldor was taken by the corporation...
For Korvan's part, he always appreciated the time he got to spend with Maldor and his more stable family, particularly when mom was off on another bender. It was just another one of the things that drove Korvan further down the road to a criminal life when his best friend disappeared.
Korvan had always just assumed that Maldor and his family had finally found a better situation than the neighborhood that Korvan lived in, not that he would begrudge his friend that...it just made his world just a little darker.
Amaryst Geil
While not exactly close, Korvan and Amaryst have frequented many of the same locations throughout the years and are on at least friendly terms, be it working for the same employer on various jobs or just hanging out at the same dive bars sharing a drink or three.
Jin Larson
Korvan has always regarded Jin as a bit of a curiosity, having been directed to him for low-key, higher level of discretion medical work after a job gone wrong. What truly fascinated Korvan was Jin's cybernetic work, having considered further work than his exocortex. The pair have had more than a few conversations around technology, admittedly more of Korvan asking and listening than the opposite.
Jin and I have been PM'ing, we have a pretty good grasp on our connection now, too.
The rub here is getting a down-on-his-luck illegal street racer and unlicensed mechanic/programmer to help a bunch of strangers without a very good reason. ...
Cross I could envision you being either:
A: hired as a getaway driver by the Lashunta terrorists (not knowing who they were), or
B: encountered randomly and offered a notable bribe for help by those escaping the "institute."
It would work for Brox if he encountered you in one of these capacities. Brox doesn't have any cash really but possibly either the money has already been spent, or he gave you a piece of equipment that he had for you to fence. If you have a decent weapon or piece of gear perhaps that could have been the "bribe."
Or possibly you have not gotten paid because the people who were supposed to pay you are dead. Obviously none of it affects your starting cash so you have to figure out why you haven't made lots of money from the job.
Keep in mind also that my backstory got changed (I'm still settling on a name, cause I realized that Quark doesn't roll of the tongue as well as I like, and is not evocative of the kind of character he is). My character escaped from a Human run satellite in Lashunta space before the Lashunta knew about the experiments (I kinda see him and his group being the catalyst of said raids, or at least one of them), and he was himself involved in the raid on the Earth lab(s), where he was hunting for his sister (since that was the information he managed to salvage during his escape).
I was just thinking that during your "wandering" time, you ran across a group of kids with a crazy story to tell about being experimented on against their will and took them to the authorities. Based on my reading of your backstory, I thought it might resonate with your character.
@Brox if you are interested, Jin might have looked for a bodyguard or someone to look out for him after the attack on the facility (after all, what if he is blamed for it). He also does freelance medical work so you might have ended up getting patched up by him after the raid, since it's not like you went to a government-run hospital right?
Jin: I think the medical angle is a good one. From the sounds of it the adventure starts the day after the botched raid so the bodyguard thing is a bit weird, but Brox could have been hurt or was with someone who was hurt and came to you.
The question is: how would he have known to come to you particularly?
GM: Is there an "aliens' district" in the city we are in? Possibly near the starport?
As for connections, Jin and they are vidgame buddies, but I do not know about my second connection.
Zenvisk: Since you have a spy drone, it is possible that occasionally you use the Spy Drone to "snoop around" for entertainment, and witnessed the raid or people fleeing from the "institute."
If you chose to meet some of those people out of curiosity then this could be a lead-in with anybody here.
Do you have a motivation for joining the "gang" that the party will be?
Additionally, my character was in the same assault group as Brox...
Vrog: was your character a mercenary? How did you end up as a part of the raid?
Brox was hired to be part of the raid on the grounds that he was unconnected to the Lashunta and "expendable."
Yeah! That's the obvious hook -- Jin was an old client. Maybe his contract was the one that first got her off Castrovel?... I could see that, or maybe even she worked for Jin as a bodyguard at some point while he was travelling? He's really laid back and im sure he'd be delighted to chat and talk during the trip. Regardless i'd be happy to go for the friendship angle, since a party of complete strangers is kinda boring.
As for the current situation, he would be glad to have a person he can trust in this madness because he's just as likely as you to get hunted down and he'd rather stick to strength in numbers, especially given he's completely unarmed. If we could get ahold of your ship and get the gang off-world? Even better!
Yeah, and I bet he took a shine to her so he probably kept in touch and hired her from time to time up until she struck the jackpot with the dude who ended her up here. His family wouldn't have minded the protection and they would have compensated her well.
Jin Larson
Korvan has always regarded Jin as a bit of a curiosity, having been directed to him for low-key, higher level of discretion medical work after a job gone wrong. What truly fascinated Korvan was Jin's cybernetic work, having considered further work than his exocortex. The pair have had more than a few conversations around technology, admittedly more of Korvan asking and listening than the opposite.
Jin would be friendly and happy to talk shop about the tech, but he would probably find Korvan's Exocortex very interesting, as he likely hasn't seen one outside of his own, which houses a rather inquisitive AI named Cassius. On the topic of what cybernetics Korvan was considering, Jin would probably talk on a bit about how biotech is safer and less prone to breakage but otherwise he would be happy to chat about the details and marvel a little at the engineering behind it. Overall he's a friendly guy and would be happy to chat and answer any questions Korvan has about cybernetics and so forth.
@Brox if you are interested, Jin might have looked for a bodyguard or someone to look out for him after the attack on the facility (after all, what if he is blamed for it). He also does freelance medical work so you might have ended up getting patched up by him after the raid, since it's not like you went to a government-run hospital right?Jin: I think the medical angle is a good one. From the sounds of it the adventure starts the day after the botched raid so the bodyguard thing is a bit weird, but Brox could have been hurt or was with someone who was hurt and came to you.
Well, Jin could have been the one who fixed your eyes using the Lashunta's money, and remembering he had medical expertise you came back? If you want, Jin would even be willing to make up the difference in cost for a Biotech prosthetic, in other words making him an actual working new set of eyes instead of relying on implanted tech.
Vrog: was your character a mercenary? How did you end up as a part of the raid?
Brox was hired to be part of the raid on the grounds that he was unconnected to the Lashunta and "expendable."
I basically begged them to let me go look for my sister. After proving my ability, they relented and let me go. Most of the other kids stayed on Castrovel. I figure that they would have put me with the mercenaries as they didn't expect me to return, but to instead stay on Earth (or make my way from there).
Great ideas and work on this character interplay, guys :) It's giving me some good stuff to stew on for the intro scene of the campaign, and for who work well together organically.
@ Vrog - I probably should mention that the "authorities" are the people who were experimenting on you.
@ Brox - I see no reason why there wouldn't be an "aliens" district, although on the humans' homeworld it would probably be not that big in every city.
Something tells me that the "aliens district" on Earth would be something of a slum mostly for "non-passing" aliens like ysoki, vesk, and shirren though (as in, aliens who look nothing like humans).
@ Amaryst Geil - Zenvisk would definitely appreciate having a person to converse with telepathically, but the question would be how would they meet? Zenvisk is not particularly the kind of person who would hang out at the locations Amaryst seems to. However, they could know each other through Jin.
@ Azack Brox - Sam is not a spy drone. She is a stealth drone, but very rarely leaves Zenvisks side. Also, she does not have the camera modification, which is what would allow me to see through Sam's "eyes." As for a reason to join the gang, their life, while certainly interesting, has grown to be somewhat repetetive. They would appreciate something to spice it up, and this would certainly fit that. Additionally, if the escapees are trying to get off Old Earth, Zenvisk would like to join them even more, as he has wanted to leave for almost the entire time he has been on Old Earth. Finally, if Jin is in the group, Zenvisk would naturally be willing to accompany him, as Jin is one of his only true friends other than Sam.
Cross I could envision you being either:
A: hired as a getaway driver by the Lashunta terrorists (not knowing who they were), or
B: encountered randomly and offered a notable bribe for help by those escaping the "institute."It would work for Brox if he encountered you in one of these capacities. Brox doesn't have any cash really but possibly either the money has already been spent, or he gave you a piece of equipment that he had for you to fence. If you have a decent weapon or piece of gear perhaps that could have been the "bribe."
Or possibly you have not gotten paid because the people who were supposed to pay you are dead. Obviously none of it affects your starting cash so you have to figure out why you haven't made lots of money from the job.
Once again, I don't think a random encounter would pan out as connection without something very compelling behind it. Being contracted would likely be your best bet. My understanding of leinathan's plan is that most of the operatives in charge of liberating the test subjects either died or got separated from the group, so it would not be unreasonable to assume Cross was promised payment with completion of the job but the person responsible is MIA.
Still... see below
My character escaped from a Human run satellite in Lashunta space before the Lashunta knew about the experiments (I kinda see him and his group being the catalyst of said raids, or at least one of them), and he was himself involved in the raid on the Earth lab(s), where he was hunting for his sister (since that was the information he managed to salvage during his escape).
I was just thinking that during your "wandering" time, you ran across a group of kids with a crazy story to tell about being experimented on against their will and took them to the authorities. Based on my reading of your backstory, I thought it might resonate with your character.
It seems the vast majority of the submissions are linked in one way or the other to the groups attacking the labs and the experiments therein. The impression I had was that leinathan initially intended for there to be two separate groups that would end up mashed together a la Akira. As such, I would prefer to keep Cross only tangentially involved with the terrorists if at all. This would keep more to leinathan's plans as I understand them and having Cross start off with a more self-interested worldview gives us plenty of opportunity to do some very interesting character development.
To use a topical example, he would be the Han Solo of the group. Definitely not a hard-eyed idealist, but a scoundrel and criminal that the others have no choice but to trust as he guides them out through the underworld of whatever city the start off in for a promised reward and probably to save his own skin too.