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I have one Gran Prix Opportunist/21, Daydreamer/60

I would like to propose the following improvements for Avryl:

Monkeywrench (ability): from +1 to +2: 8 pts
Adv. Tech (H): from +2 to +4: 21 pts
Programming (H): from +1 to +2: 6 pts
Security Systems (H): from +1 to +2: 6 pts
Electronics: from +2 to +4: 14 pts
TOTAL: 55 pts

That leaves 5 pts remaining.

Howzzat?


Character Name: Avryl Grimaldi

Character Concept: Renegade computer genius

Character Culture And Focus: Egghead (Freelancer)

Character Culture Contact Name: Wally

Character Job: Computer Scientist; hacker

Culture Freebies::
8 tech toys, as play progresses
Coding Workshop (+1 to programming)
Wally’s PERSONNE chits (10)

Beat Chart and Binding Ties::

Emily: We have a working relationship.

No opposite just yet.

Current age: 29

Where do you come from?: Orbital high rise
• +1 adv tech; -1 streetwise
• -1 joe public & two other reputations
• +200cr starting funds

Where did you grow up?: Isolated; private tutors & guides
• +1 knowledge & language skills
• +1 to to UpTowners reputation
• “-“ to Grace total
What kind of kid were you?: Smart kid
• +1 to knowledge skill
Where are you in life?: I’m onto something…something big.
• +1 to deduction & surveillance; “+” to Grace total
Age 16: 1 event
EVENT 1: Boring! Life goes on, right?
Age 17: 3 events
EVENT 1: Stabbed in the back(-); someone stole my early work! Rep penalties w/ Eggheads doubled
EVENT 2: Nothing of consequence
EVENT 3: Nothing—this ain’t a great year for me, is it?
Age 18: 1 event
EVENT 1: Lover (m) in my own culture (+); It was nice, but…complicated (Complicated nothing! The man-slut thought “open relationship” meant “he’s open and I behave”. Wrong!)
Age 19: 2 events
EVENT 1: Broke into lab proved Wally right. Now he owes me a solid (+)
EVENT 2: New friend on the Net, naturally. (+)
Age 20: 3 events
EVENT 1: Remember Mister Man-slut from age 18? He has a vendetta against me now (-)
EVENT 2: Made friends with a Law Man (+)
EVENT 3: New enemy: Former employer (now we know why I do freelance only) (-)
It’s at this point where the fall from grace happened, forcing me into MidTown, where I swallowed my pride and started using my skills to hack for a living.
Age 21: 1 event
EVENT 1: Ho hum…nothing happened
Age 22: 1 event
EVENT 1: Nothing to write home about…
EVENT 2: Former intern tried stealing one of my programs, so I crashed their account (enemy) (-)
EVENT 3: On a lark, I entered the Metro Lotto…and won 5,000cr & +1 to Joe Public (+)
Age 23: 1 event
EVENT 1: I wish I could tell you what happened for the last 4 months, but I’ve got nothin’ (-)
Age 24: 2 event
EVENT 1: Someone in the family is irked by my mad science/behavior/fall from grace (-)
EVENT 2: Thankfully, the rest of my year was uneventful
Age 25: 3 events (Wow! The year for making friends!)
EVENT 1: New friend among fellow eggheads; good things will come of this (+)
EVENT 2: A mutual rival turned into a friend; we did great things (+)
EVENT 3: Then I met another brilliant egghead & we did greater things (+)
Age 26: 1 events
EVENT 1: Timing’s everything, right? Managed to help out Suits (+1 rep) (+)
Age 27: 3 events
EVENT 1: Nope! Nothin…kind of a relief, in a way
EVENT 2: That bad relative? He got another relative on his side doing the hating (-)
EVENT 3: But I did join a fencing school (+1 edged weapons) (+)
Age 28: 1 event
EVENT 1: Literally ran into my newest love (f) (“Taxi—“ *Whammo!*) (+); Never thought about doing a relationship like this, but surprisingly we’re still together (rolled a 4 for years).
Age 29: 2 events
EVENT 1: Life fracking sucks! In a depressed state for 6 straight months & get nothing done (-)
EVENT 2: Then I got sick! Oh, this is just great! Shoot me now! (-)

Attribute Lists::

Primary Attributes

Mental Attributes:
INTellect: 8
MECHanical: 8
PREsence: 7

Physical Attributes:
AGilitY: 6
SPeeD: 5
STAmina: 4

Social Attributes:
AFFinity: 6
FORtune: 6
LooKS: 7

Figured Attributes:

PREsence Based:
Resistance ((PRE/2) - 1): 2
Willpower (PRE * 3): 21

SPeeD Based:
Base Move (SPD): 5
Running (SPD * 10): 50
Jump (Running) (SPD): 5
Jump (Standing) SPD * 0.5): 2.5

STAmina Based:
Wounds (36):
Bruises (STA * 5): 20
TouGHness ((STA/2) - 1): 1
Carry (STA * 3kg): 12
Deadlift (STA * 12kg): 48
Encumbrance/Bulk Value (Carry * 0.25): 3

AFFinity Based:
Grace (AFF * 10): 60

FORtune Based:
Action Points (FOR + 1): 7

INITiative ((INT + AGY + FOR)/3): 6

Skill Lists::

Job Skills:
Ability: Computer genius
Basic Tech (Monkeywrench)
Electronics [H] (Computer Genius)
Adv. Tech [H] (Monkeywrench}
Programming [H] (Computer Genius)
Security Systems [H] (Computer Genius)
Knowledge—Math
Language—C-Prime
Perception
Deduction [H]

Education Skills:
Ability: Computer Genius: 6 points for 3 ranks + job bonus (2) = 5
Ability: Monkeywrench 4 points for 2 ranks
Basic Tech: (Monkeywrench) 4 ranks + job bonus (2) = 6
Electronics: (Computer Genius) 2 ranks + job bonus (2) = 4
Adv. Tech: [H] (Monkeywrench) 2 ranks + job bonus (2) + BCM (1) = 5
Programming: (Computer Genius) 2 ranks + job bonus (2) + BCM (1) = 5
Knowledge—Math: 3 ranks + job bonus (2) + BCM (2) = 7
Language—C-Prime: 3 ranks + job bonus (2) + BCM (1) = 6
Perception: 3 ranks + job bonus (2) = 4
Deduction: [H] 2 ranks + job bonus (2) + BCM (1) = 5
Melee Combat: 3 ranks
Edged Weapons: 3 ranks + BCM (1) = 4
Presentation: 2 ranks
Surveillance: 1 rank + BCM (1) = 2

Background Skills:
Physical skills: 7 pts
Dodge: 4 ranks
Ranged combat: 2 ranks
Endurance: 1 rank

Mental skills 8 pts
Streetwise: 2 ranks - BCM (1) = 1
Deception: 4 ranks
Knowledge (cooking): 2 ranks

Social skills: 7 pts
Socialize: 4 ranks - BCM (1) = 3
Seduction: 3 ranks - BCM (1) = 2

Reputation Lists::

Crowd Reputations:
Joe Public +2
Hackers +3
Suits +1
UpTown +2
MidTown +1
DownTown +1

Culture Reputations:
Eggheads +2

Equipment And Funds::

“Grippy 23” AR Pack (200cr)
Tactical AR pack case (100cr)
AR Pack keyboard add-on (55cr)
AR Pack processor add-on (350cr)
Desktop rig (2350cr)
• ARSOS shell (0cr)
• ICARUS shell (50cr)
• ICARUS SKD (0cr)
• Hacking Suite (200cr)
Locator tiles—20 pack (40cr)
Locator card add-on (150cr)
Satchel: 2AR/2SR (700cr)
3D printer—medium (650cr)

Remaining CR: 4,705
100 POS-ID chits
1 POS-ID card with your real identity on it.
A week’s worth of normal, unarmored clothing 
1 Ryde.IT voucher good for 50km worth of transport.
A place to sleep
1 HARDCA$H© brand credit voucher with 2500cr left on it.

Character History And Background::
Born into the Orbital High Rise society, Avryl’s brilliant mind received the finest of educations, honing her skills as a master programmer and computer expert. She should have had a career creating the next generation of quantum computers or whatever, but an aborted engagement with the wrong man led to her “expulsion from Heaven”, and into MidTown. Cut off from the life and people she knew, she did the only thing she could do: Swallowed her pride and got to work. Now she makes her way doing freelance work in hardware and software, supplementing herself by selling the information she gets from some of her hacks.
Getting established was hard at first, and she made plenty of mistakes. But she learned, she networked, and slowly built up her reputation among both Eggheads and Hackers. A little luck played along the way as well. She’s suspicious that her former family and their associates are using her. She has no direct evidence, save for 6 months of her life that she can’t account for. Then there are the two family members who seem to cause her nothing but grief.
The last two years have been a mixed blessing. On the plus side, she met the possible love of her life. On the downside, the following year she was afflicted with something she wasn’t immune to, and the debilitation led to a long case of depression. She’s just managed to recover, and is looking to get back in the swing of things…


Character Name: Avryl Grimaldi

Character Concept: Renegade computer genius

Character Culture And Focus: Egghead (Freelancer)

Character Culture Contact Name: Wally

Character Job: Computer Scientist; hacker

Culture Freebies::
8 tech toys, as play progresses
Coding Workshop (+1 to programming)
Wally’s PERSONNE chits (10)

Beat Chart and Binding Ties::

Emily: We have a working relationship.

No opposite just yet.

Current age: 29

Where do you come from?: Orbital high rise
• +1 adv tech; -1 streetwise
• -1 joe public & two other reputations
• +200cr starting funds

Where did you grow up?: Isolated; private tutors & guides
• +1 knowledge & language skills
• +1 to to UpTowners reputation
• “-“ to Grace total
What kind of kid were you?: Smart kid
• +1 to knowledge skill
Where are you in life?: I’m onto something…something big.
• +1 to deduction & surveillance; “+” to Grace total
Age 16: 1 event
EVENT 1: Boring! Life goes on, right?
Age 17: 3 events
EVENT 1: Stabbed in the back(-); someone stole my early work! Rep penalties w/ Eggheads doubled
EVENT 2: Nothing of consequence
EVENT 3: Nothing—this ain’t a great year for me, is it?
Age 18: 1 event
EVENT 1: Lover (m) in my own culture (+); It was nice, but…complicated (Complicated nothing! The man-slut thought “open relationship” meant “he’s open and I behave”. Wrong!)
Age 19: 2 events
EVENT 1: Broke into lab proved Wally right. Now he owes me a solid (+)
EVENT 2: New friend on the Net, naturally. (+)
Age 20: 3 events
EVENT 1: Remember Mister Man-slut from age 18? He has a vendetta against me now (-)
EVENT 2: Made friends with a Law Man (+)
EVENT 3: New enemy: Former employer (now we know why I do freelance only) (-)
It’s at this point where the fall from grace happened, forcing me into MidTown, where I swallowed my pride and started using my skills to hack for a living.
Age 21: 1 event
EVENT 1: Ho hum…nothing happened
Age 22: 1 event
EVENT 1: Nothing to write home about…
EVENT 2: Former intern tried stealing one of my programs, so I crashed their account (enemy) (-)
EVENT 3: On a lark, I entered the Metro Lotto…and won 5,000cr & +1 to Joe Public (+)
Age 23: 1 event
EVENT 1: I wish I could tell you what happened for the last 4 months, but I’ve got nothin’ (-)
Age 24: 2 event
EVENT 1: Someone in the family is irked by my mad science/behavior/fall from grace (-)
EVENT 2: Thankfully, the rest of my year was uneventful
Age 25: 3 events (Wow! The year for making friends!)
EVENT 1: New friend among fellow eggheads; good things will come of this (+)
EVENT 2: A mutual rival turned into a friend; we did great things (+)
EVENT 3: Then I met another brilliant egghead & we did greater things (+)
Age 26: 1 events
EVENT 1: Timing’s everything, right? Managed to help out Suits (+1 rep) (+)
Age 27: 3 events
EVENT 1: Nope! Nothin…kind of a relief, in a way
EVENT 2: That bad relative? He got another relative on his side doing the hating (-)
EVENT 3: But I did join a fencing school (+1 edged weapons) (+)
Age 28: 1 event
EVENT 1: Literally ran into my newest love (f) (“Taxi—“ *Whammo!*) (+); Never thought about doing a relationship like this, but surprisingly we’re still together (rolled a 4 for years).
Age 29: 2 events
EVENT 1: Life fracking sucks! In a depressed state for 6 straight months & get nothing done (-)
EVENT 2: Then I got sick! Oh, this is just great! Shoot me now! (-)

Attribute Lists::

Primary Attributes

Mental Attributes:
INTellect: 8
MECHanical: 8
PREsence: 7

Physical Attributes:
AGilitY: 6
SPeeD: 5
STAmina: 4

Social Attributes:
AFFinity: 6
FORtune: 6
LooKS: 7

Figured Attributes:

PREsence Based:
Resistance ((PRE/2) - 1): 2.5
Willpower (PRE * 3): 21

SPeeD Based:
Base Move (SPD): 5
Running (SPD * 10): 50
Jump (Running) (SPD): 5
Jump (Standing) SPD * 0.5): 2.5

STAmina Based:
Wounds (36):
Bruises (STA * 5): 20
TouGHness ((STA/2) - 1): 1
Carry (STA * 3kg): 12
Deadlift (STA * 12kg): 48
Encumbrance/Bulk Value (Carry * 0.25): 3

AFFinity Based:
Grace (AFF * 10): 60

FORtune Based:
Action Points (FOR + 1): 7

INITiative ((INT + AGY + FOR)/3): 6

Skill Lists::

Job Skills:

Education Skills:

Background Skills:

Reputation Lists::

Crowd Reputations:

Culture Reputations:

Equipment And Funds::
All your stuff goes here

Character History And Background::
Born into the Orbital High Rise society, Avryl’s brilliant mind received the finest of educations, honing her skills as a master programmer and computer expert. She should have had a career creating the next generation of quantum computers or whatever, but an aborted engagement with the wrong man led to her “expulsion from Heaven”, and into MidTown. Cut off from the life and people she knew, she did the only thing she could do: Swallowed her pride and got to work. Now she makes her way doing freelance work in hardware and software, supplementing herself by selling the information she gets from some of her hacks.
Getting established was hard at first, and she made plenty of mistakes. But she learned, she networked, and slowly built up her reputation among both Eggheads and Hackers. A little luck played along the way as well. She’s suspicious that her former family and their associates are using her. She has no direct evidence, save for 6 months of her life that she can’t account for. Then there are the two family members who seem to cause her nothing but grief.
The last two years have been a mixed blessing. On the plus side, she met the possible love of her life. On the downside, the following year she was afflicted with something she wasn’t immune to, and the debilitation led to a long case of depression. She’s just managed to recover, and is looking to get back in the swing of things…


StrangeChild wrote:
Matthew Elliot wrote:
Avryl would probably do just about anything to avoid camera time. And while I'm not sure about security for the gear, I am pretty sure some of her juicier information can find its way to your hands (for a modest share of the profits, natch!).
That works, maybe she stumbled on something and needed cash so she reached out to Emily with the scoop? And we stayed in touch for future scoops?

Sounds like something that could work. She definitely survives through the use of networking.


Avryl would probably do just about anything to avoid camera time. And while I'm not sure about security for the gear, I am pretty sure some of her juicier information can find its way to your hands (for a modest share of the profits, natch!).


Hope I'm doing this right. I always get nervous when I work with a new system, even one like this…

Character Name: Avryl Grimaldi

Character Concept: Renegade computer genius

Character Culture And Focus: Egghead; Freelancer

Character Culture Contact Name: Wally

Character Job: Freelance computer engineer; hacker

Culture Freebies:

8 tech toys, as play progresses
Coding Workshop (+1 to programming)
Wally’s PERSONNE chits (10)

Beat Chart & Binding Ties:

Where do you come from?: Orbital high rise
• +1 adv tech; -1 streetwise
• -1 joe public & two other reputations
• +200cr starting funds

Where did you grow up?: Isolated; private tutors & guides
• +1 knowledge & language skills
• +1 to to UpTowners reputation
• “-“ to Grace total

What kind of kid were you?: Smart kid
• +1 to knowledge skill

Where are you in life?: I’m onto something…something big.
• +1 to deduction & surveillance; “+” to Grace total

Age 16: 1 event
EVENT 1: Boring! Life goes on, right?

Age 17: 3 events
EVENT 1: Stabbed in the back(-); someone stole my early work! Rep penalties w/ Eggheads doubled
EVENT 2: Nothing of consequence
EVENT 3: Nothing—this ain’t a great year for me, is it?

Age 18: 1 event
EVENT 1: Lover (m) in my own culture (+); It was nice, but…complicated (Complicated nothing! The man-slut thought “open relationship” meant “he’s open and I behave”. Wrong!)

Age 19: 2 events
EVENT 1: Broke into lab proved Wally right. Now he owes me a solid (+)
EVENT 2: New friend on the Net, naturally. (+)

Age 20: 3 events
EVENT 1: Remember Mister Man-slut from age 18? He has a vendetta against me now (-)
EVENT 2: Made friends with a Law Man (+)
EVENT 3: New enemy: Former employer (now we know why I do freelance only) (-)

It’s at this point where the fall from grace happened, forcing me into MidTown, where I swallowed my pride and started using my skills to hack for a living.

Age 21: 1 event
EVENT 1: Ho hum…nothing happened

Age 22: 1 event
EVENT 1: Nothing to write home about…
EVENT 2: Former intern tried stealing one of my programs, so I crashed their account (enemy) (-)
EVENT 3: On a lark, I entered the Metro Lotto…and won 5,000cr & +1 to Joe Public (+)

Age 23: 1 event
EVENT 1: I wish I could tell you what happened for the last 4 months, but I’ve got nothin’ (-)

Age 24: 2 event
EVENT 1: Someone in the family is irked by my mad science/behavior/fall from grace (-)
EVENT 2: Thankfully, the rest of my year was uneventful

Age 25: 3 events (Wow! The year for making friends!)
EVENT 1: New friend among fellow eggheads; good things will come of this (+)
EVENT 2: A mutual rival turned into a friend; we did great things (+)
EVENT 3: Then I met another brilliant egghead & we did greater things (+)

Age 26: 1 events
EVENT 1: Timing’s everything, right? Managed to help out Suits (+1 rep) (+)

Age 27: 3 events
EVENT 1: Nope! Nothin…kind of a relief, in a way
EVENT 2: That bad relative? He got another relative on his side doing the hating (-)
EVENT 3: But I did join a fencing school (+1 edged weapons) (+)

Age 28: 1 event
EVENT 1: Literally ran into my newest love (f) (“Taxi—“ *Whammo!*) (+); Never thought about doing a relationship like this, but surprisingly we’re still together (rolled a 4 for years).

Age 29: 2 events
EVENT 1: Life fracking sucks! In a depressed state for 6 straight months & get nothing done (-)
EVENT 2: Then I got sick! Oh, this is just great! Shoot me now! (-)

Attribute Lists:

Primary Attributes:
Figured Attributes:

Skill Lists:

Job Skills:
Education Skills:
Background Skills:

Reputation Lists:

Crowd Reputations:
Culture Reputations:

Equipment And Funds:

I'll tell you this when I know myself

Character History And Background:
Born into the Orbital High Rise society, Avryl’s brilliant mind received the finest of educations, honing her skills as a master programmer and computer expert. She should have had a career creating the next generation of quantum computers or whatever, but an aborted engagement with the wrong man led to her “expulsion from Heaven”, and into MidTown. Cut off from the life and people she knew, she did the only thing she could do: Swallowed her pride and got to work. Now she makes her way doing freelance work in hardware and software, supplementing herself by selling the information she gets from some of her hacks.
Getting established was hard at first, and she made plenty of mistakes. But she learned, she networked, and slowly built up her reputation among both Eggheads and Hackers. A little luck played along the way as well. She’s suspicious that her former family and their associates are using her. She has no direct evidence, save for 6 months of her life that she can’t account for. Then there are the two family members who seem to cause her nothing but grief.
The last two years have been a mixed blessing. On the plus side, she met the possible love of her life. On the downside, the following year she was afflicted with something she wasn’t immune to, and the debilitation led to a long case of depression. She’s just managing to recover, and she thinks she has a lead on some juicy information, which may point to a potential mystery…


Hey, this is Jemstone's buddy in the area.

Unfortunately, at this time, we don't have an opening. Our host has already found someone and it looks as if they're going to work out. I wish I was delivering better news for you, but if circumstances change I'll come back to this if you're still looking.


I have one Gran Prix Opportunist/21, Daydreamer/60

To make things easier, here's what I have so far…

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3ATYE8ri5rgcXlCcWlCMVNpaHc

He's currently a norm, but I do have an idea for making a metahuman archer.


I have one Gran Prix Opportunist/21, Daydreamer/60

It's been suggested to me that I ask for help with disadvantages. Currently I have 95 points worth (45 in hunted's, 50 in psych limitations), and I definitely need more.

For the record, this is my archer character is a former cop who was set up for a fall by the Russian mob. Now he's striking back, and they're hunting him for it of course. He's a bit Frank Castle-like in this respect (though he's not from the "kill 'em all' school of justice), so let your imaginations fly.


I have one Gran Prix Opportunist/21, Daydreamer/60
mdt wrote:
If you're doing your own build, just remember I'll want to tweak it potentially.

Kind of thought as much, no worries. I've nearly finished disads with one. Where should I send it?


I have one Gran Prix Opportunist/21, Daydreamer/60

Down to doing the hard part: Disadvantages for both characters.

This could take a while…


I have one Gran Prix Opportunist/21, Daydreamer/60

Well, I have an archer idea, and an energy projector idea. The energy projector's likely to be done first, but I don't expect the archer to take very long (famous last words).


I have one Gran Prix Opportunist/21, Daydreamer/60

Okay, I have a couple of ideas I can work on tonight.

Quick question: As far as projectors are concerned, do arrows count (I'll have to put some flame arrows in there to affect ED)?


I have one Gran Prix Opportunist/21, Daydreamer/60

Hello.

My name's Matt. Violet told me about this game a little while back, and the possibility of joining it.

I don't have a character yet, but I am working on a couple of possible concepts, both of them martial artists. Can I assume we're working with standard Hero 5e rules (200+ 150 in disadvantages), and is there anything crucial I should know before I present any ideas? Do you have any questions for me?

Looking forward to confabbing.