User talk:Shrike
Misc Stuff
A.G.G.M.
Project PRISM
The Samekh Project
Yelth 28
- Significant: Your destiny is one in a million. +1 to all stats.
- Silicon Being: This is a Mandatory Defining Event. You are not flesh and blood at all, but plesh and nanofluid. +4 Bod, +2 Rea, +1 Per, +1 Kno, +4 Psy
- Plate Worlder: You grew up on and around the various megastructures that litter the Fomalhaut system. You get +1 to all rolls when fighting around megastructures or the like (cities count).
- Creche-born: You didn't really have a family per se, just a crowd of same-aged kids you grew up with and adults who supervised. +1 Rea, +1 Per, +2 Kno, +2 Cha
- Mall Rat: Typical teenager. +1 Per, +1 Kno, +1 Cha
- Advanced Learning: +1 Rea, +1 Kno, +1 Cha
- Civilian: +1 to all stats
- Ship Captain: This is a Defining Event. [+3 command, +3 ship gunnery] Gets an Assault Ship and +40 MPB for it
- Special: You're extra-special. You take -1 to all stats but can take a second Defining Event, if your paths covered more than one. This needs to be explicitly cleared by the GM first.
Statistics
- Bod: 5
- Rea: 5
- Per: 4 +3
- Ship gunnery +3
- Kno: 6 +1
- Psy: 5
- Cha: 5 +2
- Command +3
Ragna Luchs
Leitmotif
Player: Shrike
Allegiance: ?
Concept: Supernova (lol)
Eruption: TBD
Nature
Virtue:
Vice:
Quantum: 5
- Quantum Pool:
Willpower: 3
Initiative:
Health
Soak
- Bashing: + from armor
- Lethal: + from armor
- Aggravated:
Hit Points
• [ ]x Bruised: -0
• [ ]x Hurt: -1
• [ ]x Injured: -2
• [ ]x Crippled: -4
• [ ]x Incapacitated
• [ ]Dead
Attributes/Abilities
Physical (3)
Strength: 2
- Brawl: 1
Dexterity: 2
- Athletics: 1
Stamina: 2
Social(5)
Charisma: 2
Manipulation: 1
- Streetwise: 1
Appearance: 2
- Intimidation: 0
- Style: 0
Mental(7)
Wits: 3
- Art (Poetry): 3
Intelligence: 3
- Academics (History): 3
- Academics (Psychology): 3
- Academics (Theology): 3
- Academics (Philosophy): 3
- Science (Biology): 3
- Science (Physics): 3
- Science (Chemistry): 3
- Linguistics: 1
Perception: 4 [1]
- Awareness: 2
Backgrounds
7 + 20
- Attunement: 3
- Node: 10
- Resources: 5
- Eufiber: 5
- Cipher: 4
- Mentor: 3
Character
Taint
Permanent Points: 0
Temporary Points: 0
M-Atts/Enhancements
Electromagnetic Vision
Powers
Disintigrate 5 (14D [6] agg)
- Area (50m radius)
- Supercharge
- Altered Attribute (Perception)
- Precision
Body Modifications
None
Merits and Flaws
- 2nd Gen Nova
- Glass Jaw
- Feeble [Charisma]
- Feeble [Manipulation]
- Feeble [Appearance]
- Tough
- Blind
- Quantum Recovery 3
Bonus Points
15 + 24 (3 unspent)
- 2nd Gen Nova (-1)
- Taint Resistant (-5)
- Quantum Recovery 3 (-3)
- Tough (-4)
- 23 background points (-23)
Nova Points
45
- Quantum 5 (-20)
- Disintigrate 5 (-15)
- 4 Extras (-8)
- M-Per 1 (-2)
Otome's Row
Leading theory: Marauders
Rules Proposal
Basic resolution is via D10 dice pools vs variable difficulty.
Each dice pool ('Ability') is an isolated value and combines both skill + natural talent. The list of Abilities is as follows:
- Shoot: Self-explanatory
- Drive: Stick or automatic, two to eighteen wheels. Brake pedal optional.
- Jack: The ability to steal cars, pick locks, open combinations, pick pockets and generally do larcenous things.
- Brawl: The ability to punch and stab things effectively. 1/2 is also your soak pool.
- Freerun: All manner of athleticism, including dodging and finding cover.
- Charm: Scoring dates, fast-talking and convincing others to do what you want them to.
- Deal: The art of dealing in black-market goods, from drugs to rocket launchers - buying and selling.
- Tuneup: Getting your hands dirty with cars and guns and other machines.
- Search: Your ability to spot things and conduct investigations. Also acts as your initiative pool.
- Willpower: Your strength of will to keep going forward in tough situations. Temp willpower can be used for a reroll.
- Unique Skill: Characters may have one or more Unique Skills if so desired - these must be defined, and no other character may have them. They should be central to a character's concept. Electronics, fashion, psychic powers . . .
Traits
Traits can be bought that provide various effects; most will have some prerequisites. Many will also distort reality in strange, cinematic ways. Examples (not a complete list).
- Two-Hands: You can dual-wield pistols. Required Shoot 5.
- Yuri: All women you meet are gay or at least bisexual; you have no social penalties for Charming or Dealing with them.
- Slut: You like the boys and the boys like you. -2 difficulty bonus when Charming men and -1 difficulty bonus Dealing with them.
- Nitro!: All the cars you drive will have nitrous fuel injections - even those Peterliner big rigs. Requires Drive 5.
- Flash: You can move between spots on your rollerblades so fast it's like you didn't even pass through the intervening distance. Maybe you didn't.
- Pilot: You can use your Drive pool to fly anything that moves in the sky.
- Dojiko: You are clumsy but cute doing so. -1 difficulty bonus to Charm, but +1 difficulty penalty to Deal (Don't spill it!) and Freerun. Shocking enough this is actually a disadvantage and gives you points back.
- Military Brat: You're an expert at scrounging up military hardware, and get a -2 difficulty bonus to Deal it, as well as a -1 difficulty bonus to use Tuneup on military vehicles. Requires at least Deal 3.
- Brute: Your hugeness is amazing, making your soak equal to your full Brawl pool. Furthermore, all actions that rely on physical strength are at -2 difficulty. Unfortunately your Freerun difficulties are all at +1 difficulty. It might be difficult to find proper armor as well.
- Healing Factor: You appear to have the mutant healing factor of X-23 and heal all manner of physical damage in moments.
- Hammerspace: You have an inventory like a typical 90s FPS protagonist, able to carry essentially one of each type of gun and plentiful ammo for them.
- Ninja Leap: You can jump like a ninja. On a Freerun roll you can leap successes x 3 meters (essentially one story). As well you get a -2 difficulty bonus on dodge actions. Requires Freerun 5.
- Ninja Vanish: You are a master of stealth and get a -2 difficulty on actions related to stealth. On a successful Freerun action (no bonus) you can even vanish in thin air while people are shooting at you, probably with a cloud of smoke. Requires Freerun 5.
- Kendo: You walk the path of the samurai. Not only do you get -2 difficulty to Brawl actions when using a sword to cut people, you may also roll 1/2 Brawl at -2 difficulty as your dodge, as you cut bullets out of the air.
- Pyro: You can make things light on fire and explode, even if they would otherwise not (dumpsters, lightpoles, cement, mascots, etc)
Tagging
Tagging is a way of 'preparing' a scene for further actions. Needs discussion.
Character
Aria 'Sparks' Yukeisen
Aira is one of the older members of the Wisteria Circle Otome. Having an uncanny knack for electronics she was actually enrolled in a local community college at Kana-onee-san's insistance. With the death of her mentor she's dropped out and returned to a life outside the law. Likely has Flash. Name is pronounced 'Area' (like the geometry) as opposed to 'Ahria' (like the music)
Lingering Petals
Galatic Heroes
Galatic Heroes
The Exodus Wars destroyed the First Federation and almost threw the entirety of human space into barbarism everlasting. It was only the actions of the woman who eventually became known as the Eternal Empress that kept mankind from falling into the abyss. Myths of her origins and names abound, many radically contradictory, but the most authoritative histories state that she was called to destiny to save humanity. Others, suppressed in the Empire say she had help from a First Federation machine mind - some even go so far to say she was and remained a figurehead.
Your characters are not everymen, simply existing in their own paths. They come from the lowest walks of life to the highest, but they all share the same fate. The are the ones in a billion, those who history is wrapped around. They are the Galactic Heroes.
The Eternal Empire
The oldest and most populous of the Great Empires, the Eternal Empire is aptly named. Having stood for over a thousand years, it has proven to be a bastion of stability in a tumultuous galaxy. At the top of its dizzyingly baroque social pyramid is the Eternal Empress herself and her Hundred Daughters, the spiritual bedrock upon all that is legitimate in the Empire is based. Having retreated to stasis for religious reasons when the Great War began, they have left the Lord King Regent with the Empress's Mandate and it is said that once the holy war is won, the immortal princesses will awaken again.
The Empire is best described in terms of its social stratification. This has been established for centuries, giving every citizen of the Empire a position and a responsibility. At the very peak are the Royalty, those who enjoy the ultimate powers, privileges and fruits of the Empire; the Empress, her immediate family and those who have been elevated by marriage or unprecedented service. The Lord King Regent is one such; originally a system governor he was 'promoted' half a millenia ago. Below the Royalty are the Scholars and Nobles, the bureaucrats and leaders of the Empire and in a perpetual tug-of-war over direction. Below this come the Merchants who control so much of the Empire's economy. Finally are the Workers, the innumerable productive members of the Empire. Unfortunately, this static class and caste system does much to hold the Empire back and maintain the power of those at the top to the detriment of those below.
The Imperial Forces draw their recruits primarily from the Merchant and Working classes; it is an exceptional soldier indeed who makes it to officer rank without being in the Noble class, though one who does so is guaranteed to join the higher class. The ships of the Empire are often highly ornamented to mark their affiliation, honors and commanding officer, and it is a rare admiral that does not have a highly customized and much more powerful warship as his personal command.
Character Concepts
- Royal Scion fresh from academy on his/her's first tour
- Lower class soldier destined to rise to high rank in defiance of all social conventions
The Federated Worlds
Founded out of the swirling chaos of the post-Exodus Wars era to emulated the bygone democracies of the First Fderation, the Federated Worlds were a rump state of little consequence for centuries, perpetually in the shadow of the Eternal Empire. This slowly changed as the Eternal Empire's civilization influence spread far beyond its borders and five hundred years ago they entered the Golden Century, a period of rennaissance, growth and stabilization. By the end of this regretfully (or thankfully) short period they had strode onto the galactic stage as true counterbalance to the Eternal empire.
A representative democracy, the Federated World owes much to the democracies of the early spaceflight era, though vastly enlarged to support the demands of hundreds of member-worlds. Featuring a free market, free social policies and free class mobility, the Federated Worlds is the opposite of the Eternal Empire in many ways. Unfortunately, the Federated Worlds are not immune to the iron law of bureaucracy. Furthermore, monied politics has taken over what was once an open government. The hyper-rich and immortal corporations plunder the natural and human resources of the Federated Worlds, evading ancient regulations and untouchable by anything the common citizens could hope to bring against them.
Unsurprisingly, the Federated Worlds has a massive military-industrial complex. This delivers some stunningly effective weapons to their units and the Federation is regularly ahead of its opponents in technology. Unfortunately, it is just as likely that a sector fleet will be operating on a shoestring budget thanks to funds redirected to meaningless military operations and cost-spiralled prototypes, forced to use warships a century old and weapons a generation out of date while a local PMC recieves lucrative cost-plus contracts.
Character Concepts
- Hand-picked test pilot or 'battlefield CEO'
- Shady PMC admiral
- Ardent reformer
Democratic Free People's Republic
The youngest and smallest of the Great Powers, the Democratic Free People's Republic (universally shorthanded to DFPR) did not exist until two centuries ago. Vast tracts of colonized space remained wild and barbarous until finally overthrown by a combined force of workers and soldiers. Envigorated by their success they swiftly expanded across the local sectors, civilizing them and bringing them Society. Unfortunately this soon attracted the attention of both the Eternal Empire and the Federated Worlds, both of whom sought to stem the rise of a potential competitor and differing governing philosophy. It was only by stint of great sacrifice and unending will to resist that the young DFPR survived, stinging both of the great powers. The DFPR's short history has been mostly one of hardship, besieged at various times by one or both of the other Great Powers. Inevitably, whenever the DFPR manages to moderate itself one crisis or another will arise, re-radicalizing them and placing them back on a war footing.
Originally relentlessly egalitarian though slightly moderated over time, the DFPR is nonetheless committed to eliminating the massive social and economic imbalances that it claims (fairly correctly) exist in the government systems of both the Eternal Empire and the Federated Worlds. Using highly sophisticated computer algorithms to plan its economy and to ensure resources are being efficiently used, the DFPR has managed an impressive amount of industrial expansion in the past century. Unfortunately, the luxuries of life are rare.
Contrary to Federated World propaganda, the DFPR has never used human wave tactics and is surprisingly well-equipped with a great deal of efficient, mass produced equipment. Typically quick to embrace any advantage that could help it in its perpetual struggle against the Federated World's technological superiority and lacking the seemingly bottomless wells of resources the Empire possess, the DFPR eagerly uses manpower- and maintenance-reducing innovations in order to maintain its large military.