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Shadowrun Recruitment: Highway to Hell
Klear:
--- Quote from: AJBuwalda on October 05, 2012, 09:13 ---2.) Yes, they are basically matrix ghost. The only way to achieve this is by dying while on-line, the next closest thing are Technomancers.
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Hmm.. that sounds like too much of a bad thing. I was hoping to make striving for this would make a nice motivation for my char, but if it is this "easy", I'm sure it's not something I should really want. Thoughts?
HexaDoken:
A character which is merely a ghost in the matrix is not very fun to roleplay with!
As far as I know, Technomancers are quite rare and quite mysterious guys with quite nifty and quite unobtainable powers(in particular, being able to interact with the Matrix with nothing but thought). You could try reaching theese heights - it sounds impossible enough for normal man to achieve, and powerful enough to struggle for.
But of course, that's just me.
Also, if you have to just die while on-line to become a matrix ghost, isn't the matrix damn full of them?
AJBuwalda:
--- Quote from: HexaDoken on October 06, 2012, 00:08 ---A character which is merely a ghost in the matrix is not very fun to roleplay with!
As far as I know, Technomancers are quite rare and quite mysterious guys with quite nifty and quite unobtainable powers(in particular, being able to interact with the Matrix with nothing but thought). You could try reaching theese heights - it sounds impossible enough for normal man to achieve, and powerful enough to struggle for.
But of course, that's just me.
Also, if you have to just die while on-line to become a matrix ghost, isn't the matrix damn full of them?
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It also takes a certain power of will to keep yourself together in the Matrix as a ghost, so the tend to be even rarer than Technomanchers. Klear could start as a Technomancer though. King of the web :-P
Klear:
Technomancers are magic though, right?
I'll just write down my half-baked character idea:
He considers intelligence the only important trait, holding it (and especially his own) in an unreasonably high regard. Physicality is a limiting factor, meat is an unfortunate and outdated thing which should be phased out in the evolutionary leaps mankind is making. He has some anarchic tendencies in theory and loves to gives speeches about equality - something that can be in his opinion reached only through abandoning the arbitrary differences of flesh. Of course, what he really wants is a world where intelligence and ability to hack your way through life are most important, which would in theory put him among the most powerful. In shot - he doesn't really believe in equality for everyone, more like equality for himself.
As such, he doesn't have a problem with other metahuman races, though he tends to look down upon them (and, in fact, everybody). His dislike of magic comes from the notion that magic is an innate ability some people are born with, which he views as an unfair advantage, which shouldn't be. Moreover, magic is linked to physical bodies. His utopian ideals would have to do without it, and good riddance.
Other than that, he likes to boast his abilities, which he sees as the most important in the group. Hates being exposed to physical danger - something that is in direct opposition to his goal of living forever. He is cowardly, hates working outdoors and needs psyche to get through the working day.
AJBuwalda:
Technomancers are in no way, shape or form magic. Atleast no more so than being a Elf is an effect of magic. They are more like a symbiote of the Matrix.
I like your character idea! Since you are going for an Equalist of some sorts, indeed Technomancer is not the best idea since that is inherent. A hacker is a good possibility, though!
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