Magician's Transhuman post-apocalyptic crazy cat man, Antoine.

Magician

Oct 11, 2015 02:40

We'll need a name. I think this works better if we've got a name. Suggestions?

Meanwhile, aptitude.

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Researcher. Highbrow!

Youth path is...

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Wholesome. Specifically...

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Oct 11, 2015 02:41

Earthborn.

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> Precariat: poverty just a step away; Package: Re-instantiated: Civilian Casualty (p. 20); Morph: 1–4 Splicer, 5–0 Flat; Next Path: Civilian

> (Choose Any Non-Psi Skill) 50, Academics: (Choose One) 20, Interest: (Choose One) 30, Interfacing 45, Networking: (Choose One) 40, Pilot: Groundcraft 30, Profession: (Choose One) 40, Research 30

Academics, Interest, Networking, Profession

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Academics(Microbiology), Interest(Rumors), Networking(Scientists), Profession(Lab Technician)

What a remarkably consistent... everything. We are a student and a research assistant in an Earth uni.

Background event

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Magician

Oct 11, 2015 02:47

> You are kept at home and not allowed to play sports or with other kids. Lose –5 COO.

...yeah. Antoine (I think that's his name) is a giant nerd. Trying to better his station through study.

How old is Antoine?

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54. Whoa, after a slate of 20-somethings we have ourselves an older character.

trogdor

wow

BESW

Ooer.

Magician

Which isn't a huge deal in EP. What with uploading and resleeving, people now have a reasonable expectation of living forever. Or until another existential crisis occurs...

Did Antoine remain a civilian all his life (before the Fall), or did he switch gears?

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Oct 11, 2015 02:50

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Still a civilian! Too much excitement otherwise.

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Activist, huh.

> You fight for a cause that you fervently believe in. You are an active member of a group like the anti-assimilationist mercurials, anti-technology bioconservatives, pro-privacy Datacide, Luna’s Steel Liberators, Venus’s VTP, Mars’s Barsoomians, or Titan’s Oligarchs.
> Suggested Motivations: +Bioconservatism, +Mercurial Cause, +Privacy, +Terraforming, +Venusian Sovereignty

> Interest: (Choose One) 30, Persuasion 40, Research 30

Interest (and likely our focus of activism) is...

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...Rumors

Which is distinct from conspiracy theories.

BESW

Oct 11, 2015 02:54

You already rolled Rumours, though.

Is he doubling down on that?

Magician

If you get the same skill you add up their values, normally.

So, yeah. His interest in hearsay factoids has become something of an obsession.

Which is somewhat embarrassing for a scientist.

BESW

Maybe he's a Snopesian debunker?

Suffers from extreme Someone Is Wrong Syndrome.

Magician

Ooh, I like that. He's probably written a couple of books on misconceptions.

brb

Books are self-published, obviously. He's got a blog, which barely anyone reads. Who reads blogs nowadays, that's so last century. Antoine never made it big in the academic circles, but he gets by. He's got a very comfortable life that he enjoys. Then, Fall.

Ah, pre-Fall event first. Does something shake up his snug little life?

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> You save an animal from danger. Gain the Animal Empathy trait (p. 145, EP).

BESW

Oct 11, 2015 03:06

....is there a pre-Fall Firewall chart he could roll on?

Magician

No, there's only one Firewall chart, because Firewall doesn't come into existence until later. There are precursors, of course...

He's got a smart cat, which he took from a lab trying to uplift the species.

Yup. The cat is his only family, his only real friend.

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Magician

Didn't say he was the cat's friend.

Fall!

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> You are infected … but get better. Take the Async package (p. 47) for 1 PP as your Focus package in Step 9.

!!!

BESW

Oct 11, 2015 03:10

Oooh.

Magician

Becoming a psyker will disrupt his safe little bubble.

Just a bit.

Hm. If we have to take Async package at 1PP, I guess that means we're taking 3PP of faction?

Huh, typo, should be page 37.

BESW

I think you just keep going as normal with your Faction/Focus stuff until you hit the "check how many PP you have" step.

Magician

> ASYNC
> Interest: (Choose One) 45 Traits: Psi (Level 1), Mental Disorder (Choose One), and either Psi Chameleon or Psi Defense (Level 1); +5 Psi-Chi Sleights (Your Choice)

Interest, disorder

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Interest(Pornography), Depression

...

trogdor

Oct 11, 2015 03:15

,.....

wat

BESW

I think he stopped updating his blog.

Magician

Wow. This guy. Becomes a psyker. Doesn't change his personality one bit, just upsets him.

Given that Async was a customization package, not a Focus per se, there is no Faction associated with it. Which means we'll roll it.

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Criminal. Figures.

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Magician

Oct 11, 2015 03:18

Lunar (p. 25)
> Earth’s moon is one of the last bastions of Earth culture, where old traditions are still respected. The rest of the system looks to Luna for the latest in trends and fashions, and you are proud to be on the cutting edge of style.
> Suggested Motivations: +Bioconservatism, +Hypercapitalism,+Preserving Traditions, +Reclaiming Earth

> Academics: Pre-Fall History 50, Art (Choose One) 40, Interfacing 30, Kinesics 40, Language: (Choose One) 40, Networking: Hypercorps 40, Protocol 40

Antoine moved to Luna to escape the Fall. And someone found out about his new secret. Likely the people who smuggled him from Earth.

Him and his cat, of course. His life's savings are gone. And dodgy people want him to do strange things.

He did pick up a hobby, though, that's nice. What's his art?

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> Drawing

Cool. Unless I'm mistaken, we have 8 pp now. Need to pick up two more.

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Focus and Customization.

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Magician

Oct 11, 2015 03:22

Same focus. Which is... Civilian.

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> Dealer (p. 31)
> You are a free trader, black marketeer, or hypercorp salesperson. You have what it takes to close the deal.
> Suggested Motivations: +Hard Work, +Hypercapitalism, +Personal Career
> Kinesics 30, Profession: (Choose One) 30, Persuasion 40

BESW

@Magician I think I know what he's drawing.

Magician

Unexpected. I think... Yeah. Poor Antoine has been forced to vet major clients for his boss.

...this is turning into Breaking Bad.

I'm not sure how fitting a random profession will be, but everything has fit so well so far, lets risk it

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Magician

Oct 11, 2015 03:26

Administration

Antoine makes criminal underworld boring.

Ok, we still have a customization package to roll.

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> Survival Training
> Kinetic Weapons 30, Medicine: Paramedic 30, Scrounging 40

Finally, he's been forced to learn to take care of himself. Begrudgingly.

Post-Fall life event

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> A fork goes missing. It could be nothing, but it was in possession of some compromising information about yourself. Gain the Lost Fork trait (p. 91).

Fork being a copy of the ego, usually deliberately crippled, created for convenience, like to perform two tasks at once.

BESW

@Magician ....I really want this to just be a bit of misplaced cutlery.

Magician

Oct 11, 2015 03:31

Hahahaha.

It was a cat-feeding fork. The fork stole the cat.

BESW

Oh dear.

Magician

Firewall event time. As before, I'll add 50 to results of 1-48.

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> You are recruited to help Firewall cover up a secret or outbreak. Lose –10 to one rep score but gain +10 i-rep.

trogdor

add fifty?

is that just to skip some boring results?

Magician

Oct 11, 2015 03:35

@trogdor 1-48 are generic results.

trogdor

ah

BESW

@Magician "You! The man arguing with the catfood machine! Get over here."

Magician

Hah, yes.

BESW

...they probably wanted him to blog about it, to give the events less credence.

Magician

Oooh, he's agreed to ruin his valued credibility (ha ha ha) to keep something secret. A sacrifice!

And now, final roll. Story event.

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> You have an unfortunate run-in with Jovian Republic troops, but manage to extricate yourself.

Jovian Republic, or Jovian Junta, are one of the designated bad guys, basically. Extreme bio-conservatives, they violently oppose uploading, uplifting, etc.

Antoine asked a Jovian hit squad if they've seen his fork around.

BESW

Congratulations, you've rolled up a post-apocalyptic crazy cat man.

Magician

And so the story of Antoine begins. An epic quest to get his cat back. From a dumber version of himself. There's criminal underworld, and async powers, and Jovian hit squads. None of that matters.

Magician's Transhuman post-apocalyptic crazy cat man, Antoine.

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