Okay, before you read this, check out this post from a good friend of mine, Theron, who posted the following to My Dice Are Older Than You.
Back. Now, those who know me know that when it comes time to make a new character for a campaign, I usually have five or six that I want to play, but eventually narrow it down to one, often based on what the rest of the group plays. (So, if in a supers game, someone wants to play the speedster, I let them play the speedster and I play my trick arrow guy, or whatever.)
I had a long car ride today, and had some time to think about this.
Sunday, July 13, 2014
Saturday, July 12, 2014
Eclipsearama - Dr. Hindenberg
Design Notes: Hurray for Hindenburg. The hard part really was making a total sad sack / incompetent guy into someone that you'd actually want to have along while Gatecrashing. But, as Mom once said, he's one of the best xenobiologists in the galaxy, it's just that he's not as good with human biology. So while that's reflected in his stats, this version is actually a good doctor for people too. I was thinking of making him another AGI, this one in a arachnoid morph, but it's just so right to make him an uplifted octopus, even if his source material has him as more of a crab with face tentacles.
Background: Dr. Hindenburg was created by Somatek to be a doctor for his fellow uplifts. But he wanted to travel and as soon as he could, went to work for Pathfinder as a staff physician on Mars. He met Professor Falkenstein, who was the first human to treat him as a friend. He has remained a close companion to the Professor and happily followed along to Pandora Express.
Dr. Hindenburg is an expert in most forms of medicine, though he will admit that he is weakest when it comes to human biology. However, his skill at xenobiology is invaluable to the team.
Dr Hindenburg is the team's biologist / medical expert. He's also the team doctor, of course.
Background: Dr. Hindenburg was created by Somatek to be a doctor for his fellow uplifts. But he wanted to travel and as soon as he could, went to work for Pathfinder as a staff physician on Mars. He met Professor Falkenstein, who was the first human to treat him as a friend. He has remained a close companion to the Professor and happily followed along to Pandora Express.
Dr. Hindenburg is an expert in most forms of medicine, though he will admit that he is weakest when it comes to human biology. However, his skill at xenobiology is invaluable to the team.
Dr Hindenburg is the team's biologist / medical expert. He's also the team doctor, of course.
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Eclipsearama - Mercury
Design Notes: Adapting Mercury was tricky. The reason I went with him as a Swarmoid AGI was, well, a gag about how good at Limbo he is. Additionally, there's not much backstory to the original character, so I didn't have a lot of hooks for the Eclipse Phase version of it. I also wanted to make him a field operative, but still remain a stay-at-home kind of guy. I suspect Mercury mostly lives in the Pandora Express servers, and the field version is an alpha fork installed in the swarmoid.
History: Mercury was created by the Solaris Group as a smart accounting program. After spending a few cycles at one of the major banks in New Shanghai, he was leased to Professor Falkenstein. Falkenstein recognized his skills were not limited to simple accounting and purchased a Swarmoid morph so he could assist the field team as their technical advisor. In addition to being an accountant and occasional field crew, Mercury is married to another AGI, LBBR-A, and they have created a joint fork, Dwight.
Role: Mercury is the team's technical expert. He's a very skilled hacker.
History: Mercury was created by the Solaris Group as a smart accounting program. After spending a few cycles at one of the major banks in New Shanghai, he was leased to Professor Falkenstein. Falkenstein recognized his skills were not limited to simple accounting and purchased a Swarmoid morph so he could assist the field team as their technical advisor. In addition to being an accountant and occasional field crew, Mercury is married to another AGI, LBBR-A, and they have created a joint fork, Dwight.
Role: Mercury is the team's technical expert. He's a very skilled hacker.
Eclipsearama - Amy Wu, of the Mars Wus
Design Notes: Amelia is another character who was hard to poke into. She doesn't have a firm role on the show, so I decided to hook on her science aspect (and, of course, being filthy rich). And since the team would probably run into more scientific issues on the other side of Gates, it'd make sense for them to have her come along more often.
Amelia Wu grew up with a dimondium spoon in her mouth. Her parents put the hyper in hyper-elite, and own large chunks of Martian real estate. Amelia wasn't interested in the family business (though the money is nice) and is desperately trying to stave off her parents' desire for her to settle down and have children. Amelia loves science and wants to be a great scientist like Professor Falkenstein.
Role: Amelia is the team's scientific expert and alternate face. If the goal is to have someone on their side when everything's over, she talks to them instead of Riot. She's also really REALLY rich, which is a nice thing to be.
Amelia Wu grew up with a dimondium spoon in her mouth. Her parents put the hyper in hyper-elite, and own large chunks of Martian real estate. Amelia wasn't interested in the family business (though the money is nice) and is desperately trying to stave off her parents' desire for her to settle down and have children. Amelia loves science and wants to be a great scientist like Professor Falkenstein.
Role: Amelia is the team's scientific expert and alternate face. If the goal is to have someone on their side when everything's over, she talks to them instead of Riot. She's also really REALLY rich, which is a nice thing to be.
Monday, July 7, 2014
Eclipsearama - Lila Tortuga
Design Notes: Lila was a difficult character to adapt. Certainly, one of the most defining things about her is the whole One Eyed alien/mutant aspect. And I thought about her having an eyepatch or having to get a morph that's defective, but body repairs and morph surgery are so darn cheap that it didn't seem to make much sense in the Eclipse Phase 'verse. Additionally, I thought about her being an Earth escapee, with her parents still on Earth. In the end, I thought her upbringing in the Orphanarium was more important than her mutant origin, so she's just another poor Martian Orphan who has managed to make a really good life for herself that gets upset once she meets Cook and Riot, but then settles back down working for Pandora Express.
History: Lila was raised in an orphanarium on Mars. Work was hard to find, but she found a job as a freelance Ego Hunter. The corporation that had purchased Cook's indenture put a bounty on him and she needed the money. However, after capturing him and his new robot pall "Riot", that she was kind of fond of the dork and took the Professor's offer to work for Pandora Express.
While Lila is a consummate professional, she has a few soft spots. She tries to help out the orphanarium where she grew up whenever she can. She's also passionate about the Barsoomian Movement. She also has a pet xenoanimal "Cruncher" she found on a Gatecrashing mission.
Role: Lila's in the team's leader, largely because she's very competent when it comes to Gatecrashing skills. She's the pilot of the Pandora Express and the best at dishing out violence.
Personality: Lila is the boss of things and thankfully nobody else wants to be boss so there's no real conflict there. She's very professional and takes a lot of pride in being the best at whatever it is she does. She's passionate about animals and the environment.
History: Lila was raised in an orphanarium on Mars. Work was hard to find, but she found a job as a freelance Ego Hunter. The corporation that had purchased Cook's indenture put a bounty on him and she needed the money. However, after capturing him and his new robot pall "Riot", that she was kind of fond of the dork and took the Professor's offer to work for Pandora Express.
While Lila is a consummate professional, she has a few soft spots. She tries to help out the orphanarium where she grew up whenever she can. She's also passionate about the Barsoomian Movement. She also has a pet xenoanimal "Cruncher" she found on a Gatecrashing mission.
Role: Lila's in the team's leader, largely because she's very competent when it comes to Gatecrashing skills. She's the pilot of the Pandora Express and the best at dishing out violence.
Personality: Lila is the boss of things and thankfully nobody else wants to be boss so there's no real conflict there. She's very professional and takes a lot of pride in being the best at whatever it is she does. She's passionate about animals and the environment.
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Eclipsearama - R10t
R10T "Riot" Robichaux
R10T was created by the Go-Nin group for construction work on Luna. However, he quickly discovered it was easier for him to get others to do his job for him instead of working. He supplemented his meager income with petty crimes and grift. However, he ran afoul of the Robot Mafia and rather than let their psychosurgeons reprogram him into a "Remade Man", he decided to kill himself and reload from his "birth backup".
By happenstance he ran into Cook who needed help. For reasons Riot can't explain to himself, he helped Cook escape the Moon and get to Mars. The two became best buds. The Professor offered Riot a job at Pandora Express so long as Riot agreed to some loyalty modifications, so he can't betray them. Riot disagreed, but the Professor secretly modded him anyway.
Role on the Team: Riot is the team's face man (if the goal is to trick or mislead someone), thief and backup muscle.
Personality: Riot is self centered, greedy and egotistical (and some would say those are his good points). But he is a good friend to Cook (usually) and while he doesn't like working, he's usually an asset to the team.
R10T was created by the Go-Nin group for construction work on Luna. However, he quickly discovered it was easier for him to get others to do his job for him instead of working. He supplemented his meager income with petty crimes and grift. However, he ran afoul of the Robot Mafia and rather than let their psychosurgeons reprogram him into a "Remade Man", he decided to kill himself and reload from his "birth backup".
By happenstance he ran into Cook who needed help. For reasons Riot can't explain to himself, he helped Cook escape the Moon and get to Mars. The two became best buds. The Professor offered Riot a job at Pandora Express so long as Riot agreed to some loyalty modifications, so he can't betray them. Riot disagreed, but the Professor secretly modded him anyway.
Role on the Team: Riot is the team's face man (if the goal is to trick or mislead someone), thief and backup muscle.
Personality: Riot is self centered, greedy and egotistical (and some would say those are his good points). But he is a good friend to Cook (usually) and while he doesn't like working, he's usually an asset to the team.
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