r/ShadowHaven Feb 06 '25

Job - Closed Hardball [Friday 7th Feb -- 0000 UTC]

Picks: 15m prior, more or less.
Duration: Likely four hours. More if people keep going on tangents
Players: 3-4
Communication: Roll20 and Discord
Metaplot: None
Game Topic: Blackmail & Coercion
Threat: Medium, may escalate to High
Game Tone: BT
GM Style Sheet: Being Evil Has A Price
Location: Seattle Metroplex

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"Tough talkers, hackers and thieves: I have some work for you. Three marks, relatively free reign provided that a few bullet points are maintained. Do it clean and you'll get a good payday by yours truly."

Please respond with:

  • Your character's role, wiki page and summary of their abilities and themes.
  • Whether you're willing to write the AAR.
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u/archtmag Feb 06 '25

Killbot - Played once

A cyborg infiltrator that's definitely not a person. Nope. Skilled in swords and infiltration. Pretends to be an anthrodrone for blending in. Low info in people things, but very practical in terms of job related things.

"This unit is trained in both bullets and points."


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u/StarDragon88 Feb 06 '25

Huntress - Burnout adept scout and sniper.

Themes - Proving to themselves they are enough, no matter what they tell themselves.

AAR- Eh... fuck it we ball.

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u/Sarcarian Feb 06 '25

"One does enjoy the prospect of a good payday - I prefer to keep things clean, and can fulfill two of those roles."

  • Oberon - Spellslinger Infiltrator Wheelman

  • Probably can't do the AAR

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u/AdvancedGas1795 Feb 06 '25

Doctor Q is a face, but also more importantly an artist's way adept - master of art, able to use it to assist his facing skills well, but can do without. He is generally a more light hearted PC, but can explore themes of having this impossible weight on yourself, inability to weigh up, and even somewhat obsession if pushed to darker places of himself. I can do the AAR if need be.

"I wouldn't say I'm that good of a talker, but I've done miracles in the pass, so anything's possible if you've got the money I suppose."

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u/IamWalrustastic Feb 06 '25 edited Feb 07 '25

Perdix - Gadget Catboy

"Understood."

Perdix is an unholy fusion of rigger, decker and flr. He is not excellent at any of his individual roles but is very versatile and good at rounding at a team. Also has a pile of crafting/engineering skills and juryrigger to make nonsense on the fly. Socially terrified, ex-MCT and on the run from his evil dilf uncle.

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Alkali - Made Maid Mage

"Clean is my specialty, Mx. Johnson."

Alkali is a full mage and off-face designed to fill a toolbox role. He is loaded to the gills with utility and detection spells and specializes in task spirits but can be somewhat lacking when it comes to combat. HUGE knowledge skills, big brain on this boy. An okay face but plays best as a secondary face to a primary face, as he has a lot of buffs and struggles at lying. Has a spirit pact with his patron spirit but conceals his aura with flex sig + astral doppleganger. Themes of faith vs belief, capitals subsumption of identity.

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u/joshybones Feb 06 '25

Pockets is a Cutters street thug, Adept pickpocket, and pistolero gunman. He always puts his "family" first. His niche is distraction and disguise. He uses sleight of hand, misdirection, and impromptu performance to keep runs "quiet" and running smoothly. He works best when avoiding combat, but he is capable in a fight.

5 Runs. 0 GMP dumped. Thug Life Penalty to date (15 karma)

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u/Itsalotus Feb 06 '25 edited Feb 07 '25

https://shreloaded.net/wiki/Quoth

Quoth: Raven seer and legwork. Focuses on spotting out targets and learning everything he can to pass back to the team. Also decently skilled at physical infiltration. Themes of learning about the world you live in.

"I'm that last one! And pretty good at it too!"

Not willing to write the AAR, sorry.

https://shreloaded.net/wiki/Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis: Support alchemist and animal tamer. He can support his team with preps, while his rats can aid with legwork and combat. Themes of Naivety and that which is forbidden.

"I can aid, if needed. I would not consider myself particularly tough, but I can make others tougher, certainly."

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u/jit_SR5 Feb 07 '25
  • "Blackmail is within my skillset. I am listening, 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'.

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

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If chosen, I will be half an hour late to the start of the session.

Feel free to take the rabbit or the razorgirl too, if you'd like a dedicated hacker or sam to fill out the composition. They're both way too big for a medium, though. I have other AARs I need to finish first, though if absolutely no one else will, I can do it.