[K5pbem] Update on game status

[Jeff Skagen]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hobbs, Jason" <JDHobbs at kable.com>
To: <k5pbem at devermore.net>
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 11:41 AM
Subject: RE: [K5pbem] Update on game status


> Hello all. I am Savinien from the Hero Game boards and extremely new to 
> the
> Kazei 5 setting. So new, in fact, I continually type Kazie as opposed to
> Kazei. I'm not all that familiar with anime, nor Gibson's work. I do know 
> a
> bit about Blade Runner and I like to write interactive fiction.
>
> I have no character concepts in mind whatsoever (though I do like playing
> detectives).
>
> Anybody got any ideas?

Well, if you like playing detectives, then play one. A hard-boiled noirish 
Decker-like detective (okay, technically he was a bounty hunter, but 90% of 
the time he was tracking down the rogue replicants, and that was pure 
detective work) would fit injust fine. And the nice thing about detectives, 
is that their clients can bring almost any plotline you desire right to them 
withotu any further explanation of why they are getting involved.

We already seem to developing a plethora of esper PC's, so I suggest you go 
with someone with some basic cyberware instead. Given his profession, I'd be 
thinking about cybereyes with lowlight and telescopic capability, linked to 
a video recorder (basically eidetic memory for vision only) so he can record 
everything he sees on a chip in his skull. Add a Datajack, so he can plug 
into a computer and download it for delivery to the client. Perfect for 
catching cheating spouses in the act! He might also find a skilljack useful, 
so he can quicly plug in a new skill if it looks like a particular case is 
going to need it. I don't see such a character having a lot of combat 
augmentation (although he probably would be a capable brawler and pistol 
shot) but he might have a War Gland installed to give him a quick boost for 
those occasions when the fecal material strikes the rotating air impeller.

Alternatively, there is absolutly no reason you couldn't go with someone who 
has no augmentation at all. You don't have to be ahopped up copmbat monster 
to be a fascinating character in Kazei 5. One of my favorite characters is 
Sarah K. Ferrari, and she is little more than a domestic synth with an 
interesting job and an attitude.
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