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|'''Pins'''
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| '''Pins''' [[RIP|RIP]] (if anyone believes that)
 
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|•Phonetic name for ```[[Pn S]]``` - Point 'n' Shoot
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| Phonetic name for ```PnS``` - Point 'n' Shoot
 
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|•Human street samurai
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| Human street samurai
 
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| Killed by unknown assassin in [[Fatal Snow/Prologue|Fatal Snow Prologue]]
 
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|'''Career Highlights'''
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| '''Career Highlights'''
 
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|•<none yet>
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| Performed an absolutly perfect [[Shadow Run|Shadow Run]] [ [[Whats In A Name|Whats In A Name]] ] - and then had it wiped from his mind, oh the irony
 
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| Made a key mistake in [[A Pound Of Flesh|A Pound Of Flesh]] which led to the use of [[The Hand Of God|The Hand Of God]] rule
 
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| Shot in the head (by [[Webb|Webb]]) while in intensive care and unable to protect himself
 
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=== Characteristics ===
 
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*Skin and hair are of unusual pigmentation
 
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*Strong and fast
 
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*Has a Landrover 2046 Van
 
  
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=== Favoured Weaponry ===
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=== Characteristics  ===
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*Spurs
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*[[Savlette Guardian]]
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*Skin and hair are of unusual pigmentation
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*Strong and fast
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*Had a Landrover 2046 Van which got trashed and replaced by a much better and free model in [[Whats In A Name|Whats In A Name]]
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=== Favoured Weaponry ===
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*Spurs  
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*[[Savlette Guardian|Savlette Guardian]]
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=== Lifestyle  ===
  
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=== Contacts  ===
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*[[Dante|Dante]] - employed Pins as a bouncer, and put him together with [[Shade|Shade]] and [[Blaze|Blaze]] for the run [[Whats In A Name|Whats In A Name]].
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*[[Dr Moore|Dr Moore]] - [[Street Doc|Street Doc]] that checks him over when his cyberware plays up, or patches bullet holes.
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*Needles - Buddy from the group of gangers that Pins used to run with, used to work together all the time before Pins left the gang
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*[[Satoshi Nakamura|Satoshi Nakamura]] - hired Pins on retainer and given Pins ID with dual corp/UCAS ID
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=== Background  ===
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Pins started out his criminal career with petty thuggery working for the odd local gang that needed someone worked over, or small-time lone-sharks whose customers needed 'encouragement' to repay. Being naturally violent and inclined to hurt people, this was an ideal job for Pins, and he made money and reputation quickly. The nature of small time criminal gangs (that don't even get on the radar of the real criminal organisations) are cliquish and distrustful of strangers and those that are different. So it is not surprising that Pins and those he associated with were 'intolerant' of the unusual - and [[Meta Human|Meta Humans]] ranked as unusual. They weren't die-hard [[Humanis Policlub|Humanis Policlub]] racists, they didn't mind elves.. after all they look kinda normal.. but [[Troll|trolls]].. [[Ork|orks]].. and sometimes [[Dwarf|dwarves]].. they avoided when they could.. and if one was to be one of their victims.. maybe they tried a little harder, did a little more damage than necessary. A time went by, Pins spent his money freely on anything to make him better at his job, making himself stronger, faster - knowing he'd never afford the best speed increases, he settled for boosted reflexes.. but it was enough to eventually propel him up to real actual shadowrunning. More money was made, more [[Cyber Ware|Cyber Ware]] followed.
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When [[Surge|surge]] struck, Pins was initially struck down with agonising pain, and seeing all the strange surge-related effects reported on the trid he feared the worse. When after a few days he recovered with no obvious effects, he was relieved. However surge had effected him - just in a more subtle way. Very recently his hair and skin began to change colour, and while he isn't fully aware of what is happening, his hair and skin colour will now always change after a few weeks to reflect the predominant colour of his surroundings - at the moment, being a city dweller, this is grey - meaning he looks rather ill, however does help him blend into the background when he's wearing urban DPM. The recent change, coming after his assumed belief that surge hadn't affected him, has made Pins somewhat introverted - not helped by his old friends and colleagues turning their backs on him and wanting nothing to do with a 'freak'.
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<code>Question to readers: What colour do you think would be predominant in Seattle of the SR world? Grey? or some neon colour from all the neon flashing signs? - Stephen </code>
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Pins' personality is a little subdued now.. his intolerance showing only now and again when he gets angry, money is starting to get short, and he's desperate to work with anyone.. his old intolerances half-forgotten.
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=== Ran In  ===
  
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=== Background ===
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*[[Whats In A Name|Whats In A Name]]
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<some more back story required>
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*[[More Fast More Furious|More Fast More Furious]]
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When surge struck, Pins was initially struck down with agonising pain, and seeing all the strange surge-related effects reported on the trid he feared the worse. When after a few days he recovered with no obvious effects, he was relieved. However surge had effected him - just in a more subtle way. Very recently his hair and skin began to change colour, and while he isn't fully aware of what is happening, his hair and skin colour will now always change after a few weeks to reflect the predominant colour of his surroundings - at the moment, being a city dweller, this is grey - meaning he looks rather ill, however does help him blend into the background when he's wearing urban DPM. The recent change, coming after his assumed belief that surge hadn't affected him, has made Pins somewhat introverted - not helped by his old friends and colleagues turning their backs on him and wanting nothing to do with a 'freak'.
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*[[Bad Moon Rising|Bad Moon Rising]]
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*[[Finding Yoshi|Finding Yoshi]]
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*[[Objects In Motion|Objects In Motion]]
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*[[Power Politics|Power Politics]]
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*[[A Pound Of Flesh|A Pound Of Flesh]]
  
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<br> Back to: [[Player Biographies|Player Biographies]] or [[Stephen|Stephen]]
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Been looking at some surge.. and had a nice idea while I was at it. I've always wanted to play a windling character in shadowrun.. though of course they don't exist. But with surge happening, it's entirely possible for dormant windling genes to become expressed. This could explain a proper windling character. Though this wouldn't suit Pins, and so I had a related idea. Pins' surge could express certain windling genes without him totally turning.
 
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A windling’s wings and hair, and sometimes even skin color, matches
 
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the brightest-colored elements of the environment in which it lives: icy
 
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white in a snowcap, the yellow and orange of meadow flowers, the
 
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glazed blue of the ceramic roof-tiles of the city of Vewbane. This
 
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coloration only changes after a windling has lived in the same place for
 
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two or three months. Then, in the space of three nights, the windling’s
 
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skin changes to match its current surroundings. Windlings grow very
 
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little body hair, though their head hair can be luxurious. Their ears
 
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come to a sharper point even than elven ears.
 
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I had actually rolled up the -ve surge effects of unusual hair colour and altered skin colour. Also I rolled up pointed ears and vestigial tail. This would provide -6 worth of points.. I had the misfortune to roll high. The actual surge effects themselves could be modified (as the rules suggest) so that rather than having a single unusual colour for hair and skin, Pins could express the windling colouration that changes to match the elements of where they live. The pointy ears can remain unchanged, though the vestigial tail could instead be 4 vestigial stumps on the back, from which a set of dragon-fly like wings will never sprout.. but once might have.
 
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Though it is strange to note that all this comes from the negative part of the surge table. and if I can select rather than roll (as rules offer - GM accepting) I could select them and match them off against the positive table.
 
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Not sure what positive traits to select. I'm not sure what would be appropriate for the whole windling-gene expression motif - maybe actual real wings. However.. no.. I don't want to shrink down to 18inches tall!! I'd not be an effective street sam then.. also I'd worry my cyberware would tear me apart.
 
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Latest revision as of 12:45, 1 September 2008

Pins.jpg
 Pins RIP (if anyone believes that)
Phonetic name for ```PnS``` - Point 'n' Shoot
Human street samurai
Killed by unknown assassin in Fatal Snow Prologue
Career Highlights
Performed an absolutly perfect Shadow Run [ Whats In A Name ] - and then had it wiped from his mind, oh the irony
Made a key mistake in A Pound Of Flesh which led to the use of The Hand Of God rule
Shot in the head (by Webb) while in intensive care and unable to protect himself

Characteristics

  • Skin and hair are of unusual pigmentation
  • Strong and fast
  • Had a Landrover 2046 Van which got trashed and replaced by a much better and free model in Whats In A Name

Favoured Weaponry

Lifestyle

0.10
Area B 3pts
Comforts High 4pts
Entertainment Low 2pts
Furnishings Low 2pts
Security Luxury 5pts
Space Middle 3pts
Escape Tunnel
Inconspicuous Housing
19pts =
5,850 x 1.20 =
7,020/month

Contacts

  • Dante - employed Pins as a bouncer, and put him together with Shade and Blaze for the run Whats In A Name.
  • Dr Moore - Street Doc that checks him over when his cyberware plays up, or patches bullet holes.
  • Needles - Buddy from the group of gangers that Pins used to run with, used to work together all the time before Pins left the gang
  • Satoshi Nakamura - hired Pins on retainer and given Pins ID with dual corp/UCAS ID

Background

Pins started out his criminal career with petty thuggery working for the odd local gang that needed someone worked over, or small-time lone-sharks whose customers needed 'encouragement' to repay. Being naturally violent and inclined to hurt people, this was an ideal job for Pins, and he made money and reputation quickly. The nature of small time criminal gangs (that don't even get on the radar of the real criminal organisations) are cliquish and distrustful of strangers and those that are different. So it is not surprising that Pins and those he associated with were 'intolerant' of the unusual - and Meta Humans ranked as unusual. They weren't die-hard Humanis Policlub racists, they didn't mind elves.. after all they look kinda normal.. but trolls.. orks.. and sometimes dwarves.. they avoided when they could.. and if one was to be one of their victims.. maybe they tried a little harder, did a little more damage than necessary. A time went by, Pins spent his money freely on anything to make him better at his job, making himself stronger, faster - knowing he'd never afford the best speed increases, he settled for boosted reflexes.. but it was enough to eventually propel him up to real actual shadowrunning. More money was made, more Cyber Ware followed.

When surge struck, Pins was initially struck down with agonising pain, and seeing all the strange surge-related effects reported on the trid he feared the worse. When after a few days he recovered with no obvious effects, he was relieved. However surge had effected him - just in a more subtle way. Very recently his hair and skin began to change colour, and while he isn't fully aware of what is happening, his hair and skin colour will now always change after a few weeks to reflect the predominant colour of his surroundings - at the moment, being a city dweller, this is grey - meaning he looks rather ill, however does help him blend into the background when he's wearing urban DPM. The recent change, coming after his assumed belief that surge hadn't affected him, has made Pins somewhat introverted - not helped by his old friends and colleagues turning their backs on him and wanting nothing to do with a 'freak'.

Question to readers: What colour do you think would be predominant in Seattle of the SR world? Grey? or some neon colour from all the neon flashing signs? - Stephen

Pins' personality is a little subdued now.. his intolerance showing only now and again when he gets angry, money is starting to get short, and he's desperate to work with anyone.. his old intolerances half-forgotten.

Ran In


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