1 Table of Contents CHARACTER CREATION Character Creation ................................................................................................ 1 The following sections will help to guide players through the character creation process, in the order that is to be used for this setting. Race ...................................................................................................................... 1 Character Concept ............................................................................................ 1 RACE Character Background .................................................................................... 11 All characters will be human. Hindrances .......................................................................................................... 13 CHARACTER CONCEPT Edges ................................................................................................................... 23 The player should come up with a single sentence that describes the Attributes ............................................................................................................. 41 concept behind his character. This can be anything from “Merc with a heart” to “Matilda, the girl with a dangerous smile”, anything really that Skills ....................................................................................................................... 41 empathises what the heart of the character is about. Derived Traits ...................................................................................................... 43 ARCHETYPES Gear ..................................................................................................................... 45 To help with the character concept a number of archetypes, or examples, Player Level ........................................................................................................ 45 of character types are presented below. Please note that these are not a definitive list of playable characters, or ‘classes’, but just give some Rules Addendum ................................................................................................... 46 examples to help the player along. Combat ............................................................................................................... 46 Bennies ................................................................................................................ 47 Communication ................................................................................................ 47 Final Questions ....................................................................................................... 47 1 BIOHACKER COP Who wants to live forever? You Some people like to take the do of course! Humanity is law into their own hands, and evolving and you’re just giving it that’s on them. You on the a helping hand, that’s all. other hand, you are the law. So You’ve been tinkering with ways what you do is above the law, to make your body better, and even when maybe it isn’t. It’s bioscience is showing you the getting tough out on the streets way, particularly with the new and you’ve got to do what it CRISPR-L 3.0 toolkits. It makes it takes to stay alive. Even if that so easy to genetically means bending the rules a little manipulate your genes from the bit, or overlooking some minor comfort of your own home. But offences in order to catch the you’ve got to be careful, big guy. sometimes things go wrong. Badly wrong. People turning to Attributes: Agility d6, Smarts d6, goo. Or exploding. Or worse. Spirit d6, Strength d6, Vigor d8 But you’ll be alright, you know Skills: Fighting d6, Notice d6, what you’re doing. Right? Shooting d6, Knowledge (Law) d6, Persuasion d6, Investigation Attributes: Agility d6, Smarts d6, d6, Streetwise d6 +1 additional Spirit d6, Strength d6, Vigor d6 skill points Skills: Notice d6, Knowledge Charisma: –; Pace: 6; Parry: 5; (Science) d6, Persuasion d6, Toughness: 6 Taunt d6, Streetwise d6 +1 Hindrances: One Major, two additional skill points Minor Charisma: –; Pace: 6; Parry: 5; Edges: Sector Cop, Level Toughness: 6 Headed Hindrances: One Major, two Minor Edges: Fast Healer, Strong Willed, Brave 2 CORPORATE WORKER CRIMINAL Life has treated you well. It’s tough out there on the You’ve got a good job, a nice streets, times are hard man, so house, enough money that you you gotta do what you gotta don’t have to worry about most do. Whether it’s lifting some things. Except there’s extra off the back of a lorry, something been on your mind roughing up some poor schmo lately. Looking at all the who’s behind on his payments, suffering going on the world or stealing from ‘the man’, whilst you sit in a comfy chair you’re the guy to do it. Except makes you think that maybe now some people have been you’re part of the problem. disappearing from the Maybe there’s more to life than neighbourhood, and it wasn’t comfort and security. anything to do with you. Someone else is on your turf, Attributes: Agility d6, Smarts d8, and they need to be taught a Spirit d6, Strength d6, Vigor d6 lesson… Skills: Gambling d6, Knowledge (Business) d6, Notice d4, Attributes: Agility d8, Smarts d6, Persuasion d6, Taunt d6 +6 Spirit d6, Strength d6, Vigor d6 additional skill points Skills: Stealth d8, Fighting d6, Charisma: 2; Pace: 6; Parry: 2; Notice d6, Shooting d6, +6 Toughness: 5 additional skill points Hindrances: One Major, two Charisma: –; Pace: 6; Parry: 5; Minor Toughness: 5 Edges: Corporate Mediator, Hindrances: One Major, two Charismatic Minor Edges: Fleet Footed, Thief 3 DOCTOR DRIFTER They say medicine is getting Times they are a changin’ man, better. Try saying that at it’s tough trying to keep the midnight in the ER when the clothes on your back, let alone victims start pouring in, it a roof over your head. The doesn’t look so healthy then. government, they ain’t helping, But you do your best, it’s what and those guys in suits just don’t you’re trained to do, it’s just even see you anymore. You’d another night on Earth. Except usually stick to the smaller that guy that came in last towns, but it’s getting barren week, well that was just weird. out there, a lot of places are Had burns up his arms that just drying up, whole towns looked like something had just practically vanishing overnight. grabbed him, and he wouldn’t And not all of those suits are talk about it. And then he just ignoring you, there’s a couple disappeared. The nurse says he you keep spotting whenever just discharged himself, but you turn a corner. In fact, if you there’s no way he got up and were paranoid you would say walked out of there, not with they might be following you… the painkillers he was on. Attributes: Agility d6, Smarts d6, Attributes: Agility d8, Smarts d8, Spirit d6, Strength d6, Vigor d8 Spirit d6, Strength d4, Vigor d6 Skills: Survival d8, Fighting d4, Skills: Knowledge (Medicine) Notice d6, Persuasion d6, d8, Healing d8, Notice d6, +7 Streetwise d6 +5 additional skill additional skill points points Charisma: –; Pace: 6; Parry: 2; Charisma: –; Pace: 6; Parry: 4; Toughness: 5 Toughness: 6 Hindrances: One Major, two Hindrances: One Major, two Minor Minor Edges: Street Doctor, Common Edges: Scavenger, Jack-of-all- Bond trades 4 DRIVER ENVIRONMENTALIST People are sooooo boring these Damn the corporations! Damn days. Everyone is driving the government! They’re all at around in self-driving cars that it, and not a damn one of them look like a fucking bubble that wants to help save the world. shit itself. Not you though. The planet is teetering on the Those things can’t do things edge of collapse and what do that cars are really meant to those suited, smiling pricks do? do, break speed limits, jump Argue over who gets first dibs gaps, go places they weren’t on the carcass. Well not on supposed to go. That’s where your watch. Things need to be you come in, you know how to said. But more importantly drive. That’s what you do. And things need to be done, before there’s always people needing it’s too late! people like you. Attributes: Agility d6, Smarts d8, Attributes: Agility d8, Smarts d4, Spirit d8, Strength d4, Vigor d6 Spirit d6, Strength d6, Vigor d4 Skills: Knowledge Skills: Driving d8, Shooting d4, (Environmental) d8, Survival d4, Notice d4, Repair d6, Streetwise Notice d6, Investigation d6, d6 +5 additional skill points Persuasion d6, Shooting d6 +3 Charisma: –; Pace: 6; Parry: 2; additional skill points Toughness: 4 Charisma: –; Pace: 6; Parry: 2; Hindrances: One Major, two Toughness: 5 Minor Hindrances: One Major, two Edges: Ace, Wild Car Minor Edges: Strong-Willed, Naturalist 5 GOVERNMENT AGENT HACKER Everyone thinks that the The web’s a wonderful thing, government has had it, that the anything is at your fingertips, corps run the world now. But I including fingertips if you want got news for you – we’re still them. Not that anyone but the here and fighting just as hard as most backwards of people use ever. The corps may have most their fingertips for such thing of the money, but money isn’t anymore. Shunting, that’s everything, and we’ve got the where it’s at these days, if you power and influence to make can afford it of course. So what things happen. Especially now if the regulators haven’t passed that the new operation has them for civilian use? The mil started, Operation Genesys. has got them up to the They’ve just moved you over to eyeballs, especially with the it, and you haven’t been told things the way they are with much, but it’s gonna change Boris and Chan, and those the world,