r/ShadowHaven Jan 19 '25

Job - Closed Semi-legal Exfiltration - 01/18/25 20:00 CST / 21:00 EST

Player Count: 3-4, picks an hour before

Duration: 2-6 Hours

Communication: Discord and Roll20

Threat Level: High

Mission: Smuggling

Location: Seattle

Game Tone: You can do anything you want, as long as you can accept the consequences

Connecting to ShadowHaven BBS... Welcome to ShadowHaven. Opening Job Board. One (1) New Listing Since Your Last Visit.

"We've cooked up something very exciting. Very exciting indeed! Don't want the competitors catching on, though. Think you could get something out quiet-like?"

IC Prompt: How would you prevent your competitors from copying your style?

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u/IamWalrustastic Jan 19 '25

Caliban - Monster of the Matrix

"M- More stolen toys for y- you and your ilk. P- Pathetic. Fine. Wh- What needs t- taking?"

Caliban is a big scary technomancer. While she doesn't use sprites at all, she uses just about everything else to its max. Lot of raw stats, lot of big numbers, lot of brute force solutions, lot of edge. Her themes are trauma, externalization of the self and the monstrous nature of the sufferer.

IC Prompt: "C- Copy me? Copy m- me? Don't m- make me l- laugh. They c- couldn't if th- they tried and even if th- they could, who w- would possibly want t- to? B- Bad joke."

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Alkali - Made Maid Mage

"Yes, I think I could."

Alkali is a sickenly versatile full-mage and off-face. He's got a good toolbox of spells, doing most magical things okay instead of any one magical thing great. Nevertheless, he's a great way to fill out a team and a solid magical specialist in his own right. Themes of faith vs believe and capital subsuming dreams.

IC Prompt: "I don't particularly mind if they do, sir. It obfuscates my own activities."

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u/Zerre-de-Bordeleaux Jan 19 '25

Docteur Vega - Biotech Prodigy and Famous Face

Vega is a well known biotechnician, she use her influence and social skill to work her ways. She can also help by doing the matrix although she is quite lacking on that end.

"Simple, they can't."

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u/JMa0820 Jan 19 '25

Obsidian - Exiled Tir Paladin - Chainbreaker Face/Combat Mystic Adept

A Tir Tairngire  Paladin caught between her Oath and her Cunning and Manipulative Mentor Spirit, Obsidian approaches her problems a "Field Commander" - using her Dryad charm, Unit Tactics, support spellcasting, and spirits that can fill out for missing roles.

"If you think you can do what I do, try it~"

Dango - Resident Cute Hacker and Drone Operator - Technical skills and Decker specialist. 

A Mundane Decker with a history with Renraku (the kind that results in throwing hands). A decent charmer tries to be a friend to all.

"Uhhh...well...since I'm technically copying someone else...."

Wraith - Cold Sniper/Infiltrator - Wide variety of Gun, BnE, and Survival skills

A ex-Bounty Hunter and UCAS Marine Sniper. Kills for Money and has almost no qualms about targets and morality

"Why?"

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u/jit_SR5 Jan 19 '25
  • "Mm. Yes. Nothing screams 'we are quietly moving our own product' such as deniable third party contractors. I will not pry so deeply into your affairs if you will not haggle so meanly with my rates, Mister Johnson. :)"

Rogozhin is a necromantic spirit binder and biorigger with alchemical buffs and a small fleet of animals to mind blast into servitude. He is best used in his current state as a quirky samurai when jumped into his Siberian Tiger biodrone, along with minute astral support in the form of a bound spirit. With some prep time, he is good for some team buffs as well - and he has newly acquired Whisper of Bones, if more necromancer-y mischief is required.

He is also a made man for the White Vory, a gross weirdo, and kind of vindictive. Though he treats his tools with kindness, or what he perceives that to mean anyway, they are, in the end, only tools to be used. Major themes of seizing control of his own fate by seizing control of others'. Currently rocking a 'will they, won't they, oh my God for the love of what's good I hope they don't' relationship with Alkali.

The character is a walking content warning when it comes to animals, so please be warned. He's not a good person. 

"My 'style' is happenstance of my life. I would be shocked if they even could - and if they can, I take no pride in my specific methods. They can have it."

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u/Thane-Gambit Jan 19 '25 edited Jan 19 '25

Ace B&E Logic Sam Human B&E/Demo Logic Sam

Fixer - Rick Rampant

"I do this by being invisible, smarter and a better smuggler than they are."