[K5pbem] Savinien's character

[Hobbs, Jason]

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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.

I don't know who this Sarah character is, but I'm edging towards the Noirish
detective you detailed above, sans the cyberware. I wonder if there is any
attitude that would keep someone in the detective business from getting the
add-ons you've detailed?
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