Desmond (NPC)

[Stefan [GM]]

As of 04/27/2011

Alias: Desmond Harper, Michael Anthony Grant
Streetname: Des
Real Name: Desmond White
Current/Total Karma: 0/13
Streed Cred: 2
Notority: 0
Public Awarness: 0

Metatype: Human
Height: 1.83
Weight: 90 
Lifestyle: 9100¥ / month
(paid for 1 month)
Sex: Male
Age: 29
Walk: 10
Run: 25 

Attributes:

• Body: 3
  
• Agility: 4
  
• Reaction: 5(6)
  
• Strength: 3
  
  
• Charisma: 4
  
• Intuition: 4
  
• Logic: 3
  
• Willpower: 3
  
  
• Edge: 3
  
• Essence: 6
  
• Magic: 6
  
• Initiate Grade: 1
  
  
• Initiative: 9(10)
  
• Matrix Init: 9
  
• Init Passes: 1(2)
  
  
• Composure: 7
  
• Judge Intent: 8
  
• Lift/Carry: 6
  
• Memory: 6

Skills:
--Active Skills--

• Athletics: 4 (Balance augmenter)
  *Climbing : 4
  *Gymnastics : 4
  *Running : 4
  *Swimming : 4
  
• Influence: 2
  *Con : 2
  *Etiquette : 2
  *Leadership : 2
  *Negotiation : 2
  
• Stealth: 4 (+1)
  *Disguise : 4
  *Infiltration : 4 (5)
  *Palming : 4
  *Shadowing : 4 (5)
  
• Cracking 2
  *Cybercombat : 2
  *Electronic Warfare : 2
  *Hacking : 2
  
• Electronics 3
  *Data Search : 3
  *Computer : 3
  *Software 3
  *Hardware 3
  
  
• Longarms (Sniper Rifles): 2(4)
  
• Pistols (Light Pistols): 2(4)
  
• (Exotic)Dart Pistol: 2
  
• Throwing Weapons (Throwing Knifes): 1(3)
  
• Dodge (Melee Combat): 3(5)
  
• Tracking (Urban): 1(3)
  
• Unarmed Combat: 2
  
• Locksmith: 2
  
• Perception: 3
  
• Blades (Forearm Snap-Blades): 3(5) (7 with weapon focus)
  
• Pilot Ground Craft : 2
  
• Intimidation: 3
  
• Escape Artist: 2
  
• Armorer: 1

--Knowledge Skills--

• English : N
  
• Japanese : 3
  
• Italian: 3
  
  
• ISyndicates in Seattle (Mafia) : 2(4)
  
• Security Procedures : 2
  
• Security Design : 2
  
• Conspiracy Theory : 2
  
• Data Haven : 2
  
• Area Knowledge : 3
  
• Corp. Security Tactics : 2
  
• Bars : 2
  
• Safe Houses : 3
  
• Smuggling routes : 2
  
• Magic theory: 3

Adept Powers

• Improved Reflexes (level 1) 1.5
  
• Traceless Walk 0.75
  
• Wall Running 1 
  
• Free Fall (Level 2) 0.375
  
• Great Leap (Level 2) 0.375
  
• Counter-Strike (Level 1) 0.5
  
• Combat Sense (Level 1) 0.5
  
• Unseen Hands (Level 1) 0.5
  
• Improved Sense 
    *Balance sense 0.25
    *Directional sense 0.25

Metamagic technics

• Aura Masking (+1 Grade)

Gear
--Weapons--
20x Throwing Knife
Cougar Fineblade Knife Short Blade
2x Beretta 101T
+2x Silencer
+2x Smartgun System, internal
+2x Concealable Holster
+2x Hidden Gun Arm Slide + Skinlink
+2x Skinlink
2x Morrissey Élan
HK PSG Enforcer
+ Smartgun System, internal
+ Sound Suppresser
+ Skinlink
Dart Pistol (built into bracer of forearm snap blade, laser pointer, skinlink)

Regular Ammo
-20 Élan 
-45 Beretta
-30 Enforcer
APDS
-17 Enforcer
Narcoject
-19 doses 

Forearm Snap-Blades
+ Skinlink
Forearm Snap-Blades (Weapon focus)
+ Skinlink

--Armor (B/I)--
Clothing (Regular)
Chameleon Suit (6/4) + Thermodamping 4 + Skinlink
Half body suit (4/1)
Lined Coat (6/4)
Clothing (Très Chic)
Leather Coat (2/2)
Armor Vest (6/4) 

Steampunk line (7/7) + Half body suit (4/1) = 11/8
-Overcoat (3/3)
-Vest (2/2)
-Slacks (1/1)
-Shirt (1/1)
+ Skinlink to all

--Vehicles--
Suzuki Mirage (Racing Bike)
Shiawase Kanmushi (Microdrone) with Ultrasound

--Commlinks--
Commlink: Homemade (Signal 5, Response 5) + Skinlink
OS: Homecoded (Firewall 5, Signal 5)
Sim-module
AR Gloves + Skinlink
Trodes + Skinlink
Jammer, Area (Rating 4)
Tag Eraser
White Noise Generator (Rating 6)
Subvocal Microphone + Skinlink

-Programs-
Browse (Rating 4)
Analyze (Rating 4)
Edit (Rating 4)
Command (Rating 3)
Encrypt (Rating 4)
Decrypt (Rating 4)
Scan (Rating 4)
Armor (Rating 3)
Attack (Rating 3)
Biofeedback Filters (Rating 3)
Blackout (Rating 3)
Black Hammer (Rating 3)
ECCM (Rating 3)
Exploit (Rating 4)
Medic (Rating 3)
Sniffer (Rating 5)
Spoof (Rating 5)
Stealth (Rating 5)
Track (Rating 5)

Commlink: Hermes Ikon (Response 4, Signal 3) + Skinlink
OS: Ires Orb (Firewall 3, System 3)
Basic+ Programs (Analyze 3, Edit 3, Browse 3, Command 1)
Fake SIN (6)

Equipment
Contact Lenses + Skinlink
+Image Link
+Smartlink
+Vision Enhancement (Rating 3)
Glasses + Skinlink
+Low Light Vision
+Thermographic Vision
+Vision Magnification
+Flare Compensation
Earbud + Skinlink
+ Audio Enhancement (Rating 3)
+ Select Sound Filter (Rating 3)
Glasscutter
Fake Sin (Rating 4)
Maglock Passkey (Rating 4)
Lockpick Set
Keycard Copier (Rating 4)
Autopicker (Rating 4)
Weapon Focus (Rating 2)
199x RFID (stealth, signal 3) Tag


Qualities
+Ambidextrous
+Blandness (-2 dice to track him by social means or shadowing.)
+Catlike (+1 to infiltration and shadowing)
+Erased (1, Claudia)
+Martial Arts (1, FireFight)
  Advantages: +1 to using ranged weapon in melee
  Maneuvers: Riposte (Retaliate right away), Two Weapon Style
+Invisible Way (25% discount on: Free Fall, Great Leap, Traceless Walk)

-Lost Loved One (Father taken by mob (for all he knows))
-Signature (Feather at dead target)
-Vendetta (Giovanni Family)
-Enemy  (Giovanni Family) 4/10

Contacts: 
Leader of Crimson Crush (5/5)
Halloweener Officer (2/4) one time favor
Badger (1/4)
Leonard (5/3)
Claudia (6/4) 
*Her connection rating only reflects her influence towards the Erased-quality. She would be of little use for actual information or other things.

Street cred: 
-Karma 1
-Runner and gangs 1

[Stefan [GM]]

During the ongoing (and very bloody) efforts to gain control over the south Tacoma from the Yakuza, the Gianelli Family recruited Fabio Giovanni and his mob.
The Giovanni Family made a name for themselves with their cruel business methods, from enforcement of all kinds and means to quick yet nasty hits on anybody crossing their way. Though it is not quite clear why the Gianelli's trust a relatively new and small arm of their mob with the Tacoma area, the Giovanni's did make remarkable progress. After just under a year of bloodshed and violence, the mob can call the southern border of Tacoma their own again.
This strengthened the bond between the families and secured the Giovanni Family a solid position within the Mafia of Seattle.

The head of the Giovanni's had three sons, each eager to step into their fathers role eventually. But after the youngest of the three, Niccolo Giovanni, crossed the wrong people at the wrong time with his excessive lifestyle, he was assassinated on the balcony of his fathers penthouse. No bullets were used, just two slim, sharp edges, possible thrusting into his neck from above. There was no trace of the murderer, just a single feather of a falcon and a disturbed hooker. 
Though the mob didn't know who executed the hit, they were able to track the contract to a fixer, Raymond White, and didn't hesitate to extract him from his home, leaving nothing but a bloody stump of a finger behind. They didn't kill him yet, because they wanted to find the man who killed Niccolo.
If it wasn't for the never-ending waves of Yakuza trying to close their iron grip around Tacoma once again, the family probably would have been able to track down the murderer already. Though with the Yakuza on the battlefield, the Giovanni's won't be able to peruse their personal agenda until the push towards the Tacoma docks is making more promising process, which will earn more respect from the bigger brothers of the mob and might just enable more resources for the small family for an upcoming man-hunt.
Fabio Giovanni never forgets. 

[Stefan [GM]]

Desmond's shopping list

For the Suzuki Mirage, racing bike

• Motorcycle gyro stabilization, 1800¥
  
• Chameleon coating, 6000¥
  
• Rigger adaption, 2500¥
  
• Skinlink, 50¥

10350¥
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• Bike racing armor (4/7), 500¥
  +Bike racing helm (+1/+2) + Skinlink, 250¥
  +Ruthenium Polymer Coating + Skinlink, 7550¥

8300¥
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Glasses (rating 4), 100¥

• Skinlink, +50¥
  
• Low-Light, +100¥
  
• Vision Enhancement (rating 3), +300¥
  
• Camera (rating 6), +600¥
  
• Vision magnification, +100¥

Total Availability: 10
Total Price: 1250¥

Emptahy Software (rating 6), Availibility 12, 3000¥

[Stefan [GM]]

I've justy got the newest source book: Ways of the Adept, which offers new rules for Adepts.

New Qualities are different Ways, and I chose to take the Invisible Way instead of Code of Conduct quality.
With this way I can chose 1 Power for every 2 Magic to be reduced 25% according to the chosen path. I lower Traceless Walk, Free Fall and Great Leap, 0.5 discount all together, and chose Unseen Hands - a new power only for this Adept's Way, that increases Stealth - Rating by the Rating of the Power (1 on my case).
Invisible Way also has +1 to initiate grade to determine the effect of Aura Masking. So I initiated Des (13 Karma) and took Aura Masking.

[Stefan [GM]]

I will be taking Des out as player character and make him a NPC instead. His concept will serve me well as hook for a handful of small plots, and you can be sure to run into him once in a while - as friend or as foe, depending on my mood.

I'll keep his stats up here, though he will get a professional rating (hidden), which adds to some of his dicepools to make him a worty NPC for plots - and he will also advance along with the characters everytime he plays a role, as well.

Watch out for them feathers kicking around of unexplained events of extraction and murder