Second PBP game

How about a former Raktorak who is a butler one of the Minotaurs? It is mentioned in the fluff/background for the unit that, "Raktorak Wadek served in the Vanguard Infantry and the Kurgat Regiment and was butler to Lord Marshal Zukrot. To speak the truth, I wouldn’t know how to handle myself without him now."

I think having someone in the Minotaurs pay (whether by money or room & board) a former Raktorak Krakot to take care of disabled member of their family would be interesting. Like a mother & father end up having to choose a Krakot to look after their disabled only child (son or daughter) while they go out on missions due to not being able to find anyone else for the job. The Morat would grudgingly accept the position to live comfortably not caring about his "ward". I also think that having the parents also struggle a bit with taking care of their child part of the reason for them seeking a sitter of sorts. Other members of the Minotaurs are unable for different reasons to help them out so they warily accept the Raktorak.

I can see that over time each member of the family & the Raktorak (who I think could be named Wazdak) growing in character. Overcoming obstacles and coming closer in the process of their time together. Wazdak would turn out to be a good influence on the child in that he makes the kid overcome his/her disabilities and not be held back in life by them. While he would loosen up on the Morat's superiority complex over other species and come to care about the family he butlers.

https://human-sphere.com/index.php?title=Raktorak

 

@oldGregg . . .

Sorry, but I have to say NO to an Insectoid Maghariba as a T.A.G. FOR THE NEARBY START of the Game (Next Weekend, more or less, if ANY P.C. is good to go) to not overcomplicate much with "Homebrewed" Stats that could not be well-balanced and tested beforehand.

Especially with the idea of Climbing Plus, low profile, wheeled-legs run-drive-by and other shehanigans ported from "Ghost-In-The-Shell" kind of "Sentient Spidertanks" (as we are rather in "Appleseed" with its Humanoid Frame) as the ergonomy of the Character's "Mount" will be quite difficult for Me to fathom; UNTIL is released the T.A.G. Manual I will have to improvise overmuch. . .

Will check the Rule Stats of Insectoid Drones and see what could be ported on with a "Big Fuchikoma" stats if You are Hell-Bent to play one of the new "Desert Scorpions of Bourak" and / or similar Top Military Tech. . .

While Macross MOSPEADA "Motoroids" and "Transformable Mecha-Bikes" from "Bubblegum Crisis" are a very cool concept they are too much complicated (even if POSSIBLE Theorethically inside my personal view of "Infinity Tech Level") to properly stat from the Start. . .

I have NO PARTICULAR Love for the Frames of Geckos and Guijias, but those are the Two PROVIDED in the Basic Manual (the one that I have; still waiting for an L.G.S. Aquaintance to share what other P.D.F. He claims to have received as a 100% Backer of the Modiphius Kickstarter) and so I believe (and hope) that those were fully playtested and balanced. . .

It is at the same if a Player would like to play the Operator of a Trasnformable Su-Jian "Panther Drone" from the Yujing Armed Forces; there are too much weird mechanics to Improvise (Extra Running Speed, Enhanced Climbing Stats, difference in the Transformed Stats and so on) to properly "Houserule" in a Small Timeframe to be Well-Balanced FOR THE OTHER PLAYERS (I do NOT CARE if a P.C. is TOO POWERFUL against the G.M.'s Adversaries, could easily re-balance the next confrontation, but ANY P.C. MUST HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES !!). . .

Instead the idea of an Airddroppable "Assault Frame" directly ported from Titanfall is very cool; the Titans of the Videogame are monstruously heavy if compared to Infinity T.A.G.s (the tinier of them is far heavier, larger, bulkier than a Pan-O Jotum with EXTRA Armour Plating). . .

I yet discussed with @inane.imp about possible "Gecko Variants" and one of them was considered to be a sort of "Hellcat Frame" that could be dropped easily from a Flying Carrier and even "worn in midflight" should the fall be high enough. . .

As Geckos exit from the Factory Assembly Line YET with Void Zero-G Capabilities also this means that this T.A.G. could be also "Spartan H.A.L.O." dropped from High Stratosphere / Low Orbit and employ "Ablative Inflatable Shields" (such as Real World kind of Mars Landers !!) as Thermic Barrier against atmospherical friction. . .

While the "P.C. Extra Perks" would be ALL EXPENDED into a monstruous "T.A.G. Jetpack" (Vernier Boosters in the Back, in the Rear of the Forelegs and other Thruster-O.K. places) that also necessitate a Lighter, Less Armoured, More Fragile kind of Chassis (much as the one of @Danger Rose, that is instead OPTIMIZED for Stealth Movement and T.O. Camo !!). . .

But after the "Titanfall Drop" this "Jump Pack" will be very useful to have unparalleled mobility in a Earth-type Planetary Gravity Well, by jumping over sturdy enough Roofptops and even making "Rocket Assisted" dashes; a Good Idea would also to have a Geist + Tactical Onboard Computer that are OPTIMIZED to detect threats such as Homing Missiles and react ISTANTANEOUSLY with a difficult, but powerful "Jet-Assisted Last Minute Dodge". . .

While an Hellcat (and Hellcat technology applied to a T.A.G.) are decisively Corregidoran Nomads T.A.G. I believe You wanted to have an Haqqislamite from Bourak as P.C.; but is not too much of a stretch to imagine the Technology (and Overall Aspect) of a Hashashin Ragik and / or "Bashi Bazouks" applied to a stripped-down and "Rebuilt From Scratch" kind of Gecko basic frame. . .

For a similar T.A.G. an ideal loadout would be an Exoarmour-Sized version of the typical "AK47 Bourakalashnikov with Underslung Shotgun" so diffuse between Haqqislamite Elite Soldiers; a small caliber for the Main Gun, able to afford High Precision, Big Ammo Capacity and Rate-Of-Fire, but still with a Long Range use and a short-ranged "Autoshotgun C.A.W.S." / Vulkan Shotgun / Light Riot Grenade Launcher underneath the main barrel with the option of employing many nice variable "Shotgun Slugs" for all manners of Close Combat Shehanigans (and not ALL C.C.-related; an Armor Piercing "Shotgun Warhead" Mini-Grenade could be fired indirectly over obstacles to engage Big Targets at a relatively Long Distance). . .

This kind of Character could start from the beginning, immediatly with the others. . .

But if You STILL want to play this kind of "Maghariba Spidertank" Character there is this option:

You start as a Kum Biker with some sort of hyperadvanced Assault Bike, well armoured and with increased Speed / Maneuver; You also will employ a far heavier Armour than the typical "Barechested Kum" with something between a Crossroads Biker Gear and Full-Riot Armour (with Low % Alloyed Teseum Plates underneath as extra protection !!), maybe also “Shard-Spiked” for Extra Intimidation Factor and enhanced prowess in Brawling Hand-To-Hand. . .

At the moment Your Kum Clan Mechanics are busy rebuilding a wrecked Maghariba Frame salvaged as junk from a battlefield and left as "Useless Scrap" from the Haqqislamite Retrieval Teams; they are slowly reconstructing everything and optimizing it for Your needs, employing also Nomads "Junk Tech" and Teseum in the Chassis and Armour to have something that WILL BE speedier (as befitting the Kums), but at the same time BOTH Lighter AND More Durable than a comparable Frame of the Haqqislamite Mechanized Forces. . .

When I will be sure to have Statted a T.A.G. Frame that is BOTH enjoyable for You to Play AND Well-Balanced THEN the “Kumaghariba” will roll out the Mecha Bay. . .!!

I suggest that a similar kind of K Character will be suitably a "Cherished Scion" of the Minotaurs Biker Gang "Royal Couple" (King Mynos of the Desperados and "Queen" Layla Bey of the Kums); if not a Direct Offspring then a repsected Nephew or similar. . .

Or someone totally unrelated but still an Up-N-Coming "Young Chieftain" with all the Perks / Flaws / Shehanigans that ensues. . .!!

 

@Golem2God . . .

The SAME ideas will apply to Your Morat Krakot Character; one “Bladesmith” is YET part of the Minotaurs and others could follow suit; I recommend a “Gray Furred / Dark Skinned” one, as being an oppressed Ethnic Minority (the SAME of Kornak Gazarot, but that one is a “Filthy Loyalist Slave of the E.I.”) to further cement Loyalty to the Minoaturs against the Oppression of the Supremacy of the “White Furred / Red Skinned” kind of Dominant Morats. . .

You have TWO Options:

OPTION ONE:
Stay as a normal Orbital Jump Paratrooper, WITHOUT a T.A.G. but Heavily Enhanced by either :

1°) Crude, Effective, but Brutal “Morat Cybernetics” further enhanced by Nomads Techno-Savvy; maybe not ONLY a Prosthethic Arm (or Leg) but even Teseum Armour Plates directly welded on the Skin (!) and the Rodok Jetpack fused with the Spinal Cord for better “Flight Control”. . .!!

2°) Still gravely wounded in Battle / Retrieval / Liberation / Whatever, but it was NOT Morat “Ork Doks” and / or Corregidoran “Scrap Scalpelheads” to somehow “Repair” Your damaged “Frame”, but rather an Unholy Union of Bakunin Genetech / Haqqislamite Runihura Engineers / Tohaa “Medical Advisors” and Your Character is a “Frankenstein Chimera Patchwork” of Organs transplanted from other Morats, Cloned Human Stuff AND even MORE alien stuff (we are on Planet Dawn, why not try an Antipode Heart, or Liver !!!). . .

Essentially will be a Bakunin Chimera Uberfallkommando, but “Built” upon a Morat Anathomy rather than a “Human Frame”; usually Pit-Fighter Gladiators are well-balanced between Feral Dexterity and Savage Strenght, but being Morats, as a Race Template, far more “Brute Force” than “Puny Pinky Humies” then it will be as comparing a Captain America kind of Supersoldier with a cheaper, but realiable “Always On-Rage Hulk” . . .

3°) More or less intact (but maybe STILL with so many Battlescars to woo even a Jaded Oznat Matriarch !!) but in the spirit of the “True Krakots” is ALWAYS fully hopped on Combat Drugs (and when in Social Context well OUTSIDE the Battlefield, sedated and pacified with Horse Tranquilizers, leaving that Morat in a fuzzy, warm, “Happy Place” !!) that the Kum / Desperado Minotaurs “Meth Cooks” will be MORE than happy to hand “Scott-Free” to test them in a similar enhanced inhuman physique (remember that in New Knossos Island there are many Wulvers, Dogwarriors, Chimeras, Morlocks and Haqqislamite “Runihura” Experimental Protoytpes as "Potential Junkie Clients"). . .

Maybe Your Character will wear a sort of “Syringe Harness” under / over / inside the Rodok Armour that He wear (in the Manner of the “Juicers” of Kevin Simbieda's “Rifts” R.P.G. !!); maybe is the Modified Custom Rodok Armour that have an HEAVILY Personalized “Medikit Drone” inside (filled to the brim with "Non-Standard Pharmaceuticals”) and maybe those nice “Human Tohaas” have created for You some sort of “Transplanted Drug Gland” that fill the bloodstream with “Controlled Berserker Frenzy” at a Willed Thought. . .

Or You take the rather “Sophisticated Approach” of the Morlocks of Bakunin and, when needed, slap on Wrist / Armpit / Artherial Places those nice “Hexagon Shaped Dermal Patches” that are SO CYBERPUNK STYLED. . . . .!!!

OPTION TWO:

Rather than a Battle-Scarred “Wounded Cyborg Veteran” You are a rather fresh “Sane Morat” fully trained with Rodok “Paratrooper School” but that is the MORAT EQUIVALENT of the afoermentioned Hellcat / Ragik “A.D. Jump T.A.G. Pilots” that I proposed to @oldGregg. . .

It is juts that You have to select a relatively “Puny, Light” Gecko Frame (with all the Rocket Assisted Jumps shehanigans previously described) or, in a “More Morat” way, an Heavier “Pseudo-Raicho” rebuilt from scratch on a "Barely Good" Guijia Chassis (the ONLY available Humansphere Tech heavy enough to garner respect) and that will have the “Precision Factor” of an Airdropped Bank-Vault Door. . .!!

 

@stevenart74 I have the backer level that gets all the PDFs which one are you talking about? I don't see a TAG supplement.

 

MINOTAUR ASSETTS: HIGH COMMAND OFFICER STAFF (PARTIAL)

These informations about SOME of the Officer Corp of the Mercenary Brigade could be paramount to help decide @Golem2God to define some of its Character Background, but will still be anyway useful for everyone. . .

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“Battle-Butler” is good; there are enough “Veteran Elites” that form the Minotaurs High Command to have the respect of even a jaded, tough-as-nails Morat Rodok-Turned-Krakot. . .

I recommend being a sort of “Family Bosun” to the Caledonian Clan Chieftain that owns a fair share of the Ariadnan % of the Minotaurs; Sir Gregor Graywulfs, Earl of New Knossos Island, Mormaer Duke of Little Scone, is a grizzled Veteran Highlander Lord, with ALL of the Left Side of the Body hideously scarred by some sort of talon / fangs wounds (some infer to an Antipode Alpha Chieftain incident, other snickers behind his back, it was a bad domestic litigation with His wife), the extensive damage is covered by a sort of primitive “Ariadnan Cybernetic Plating” that is made of 100% Pure Teseum (!) and could extract a Wrist Blade that is even sharper than Monoblades. . .

He is married with Katya Volkova, Major of the Stavka G.R.U., one of the coldest “K.G.B. Killer Bitches” of the Matr Secret Service; is a “Literal Bitch” because is ALSO a Female Dogwarrior that enhanced the control over the Battle Frenzy as ONLY a Russian Babe could do (all the “Perks” of a Berserker Lycanthrope, none of the “Flaws” !!). . .

They have two nice Twin Daughters, Siobahn Graywulfs-Volkova and Shawna Graywulfs-Volkova, that as is proper for the Offsprings of a Dogface and a Human, are Wulver Females; the other branches of the Caledonian Clan had ostracized them to produce “Clan Scions” that are effectively sterile and would effectively “End The Bloodline”. . .

For that reason they started to ply their Haqqislamite / Bakunin Gene-Engineer contacts to try new and improved Biografts Therapies that would perhaps solve the issue once and for all; even a risky, dangerous “Medical Trip” to the Black Labs of Praxis did not resolved anything (but granted them VERY USEUL Allies that were instrumental to later create the “Minotaurs”). . .

The Twin Daughters, subjected to all manners of Genetech Therapies has grown exponentially quicker than Normal Humans; they have the Strenght and Mental Acuity of Very Athletic Young Women, further enhanced by the “Istinctual Brutal Cunning” of the Wulver Sub-Race, but have the Emotive Balance of “Troubled Teenagers” as the Serotonin / Adrenalin unbalance is screwing them (essentially the Twins have the Bodies of 18-20 years old Wulver Women, but the Intellectual Maturity of 12-14 years old “Hormone Storm Teenagers”). . .!!

The situation was dire before, but now that a couple of friendly, gentle “Tohaa Medical Advisors” has entered the confidence of the Minotaurs High Command their hyperadvanced “Pheroware Hormonal Control” therapies are doing marvels to stabilize the two “Golden Girls”. . .

So not only the two most prominent High Officers of the Minotaurs need proper “Combat Valets / Battle Butlers / Veteran Squires” but also their offspring need capable, competent, “Nanny Caretakers”; and who think that Morats could not be stern, but fair, Paternal Figures of Young Females clearly has NOT seen a Single Morat Dad raising 2-3 Young Zerats that are growing without their Mother, but still wants to own the Gaki-Farm of their deceased Oznat Granny !!

There are yet two stable, reliable “Nanny Caretakers” that helps the Greywulfs-Volkova to properly raise their difficult, but adorable, little savage “Puppies” when the High Command responsibilities are hampering them; one I believe I have not to explain to YOU @Golem2God as for NOW (but maybe later, in a joint exposure, to the other Prospective Players !!) as is none-the-less than Wayah White-Ghost, U.S.Ariadnan Cherokee Dogwarrior Scout-Brave. . . . .!!!

The other is their past “Local Guide” of the unfortunte “Road-Trip To Bakunin”; a former Veteran Jaguar Lady from Corregidor, LaTigre Balam, with a HEAVY Catgirl Fetish, that is slowly turning (Chimera Genetherapy after Chimera Genetherapy; Silk Biografts after Silk Biografts !!) into a fearsome Pseudo-Uberfallkommando with Tiger Feline Features. . .

A competent Urban Warfare Specialist and a “Precise Surgeon” with Chaincolts, Chainrifles and Shotguns of all manner, was yet lethal when was just “Ink Tattoos” that made Her resemble a Tiger-Babe; now that Her VERY Genome is scrambled with Syberian Big Cat grafting She is even MORE lethal. . .

Problem is that far before becoming a fearsome “Space-Barrio Mala-Chica” She was the Orphaned daughter of a drunk destitute Meteorhead Repairer that explosively decompressed itself for carelessness, AND of a “Hullside Junkie Streetwalker” of ill repute; while the estranged, drug-addled mother NEVER forced Her to prostitution, it was a manner of fact for “Little Balam” to sell Her teenager body to have food on the table (their part of Corregidor was the worst slums, where naturally gravitate the Unskilled to eke out a miserable existance). . .

It was Her latest “Pimp”, Tezcatlipoca Tex (a Mexican Aztec Indio with a Reverential Fetish for the “Dark Mirror of Obsidian” the cruel Jaguar God of Mesoamerican Legends) that transformed Her into what She is now; weirdly enough for a Pimp, He have still “Street Principles” and NEVER “Sampled” its own stable of Walking Girls and Catamite Boys (as Male Prostitution was seen as “Sacred” for the Aztec Culture !!) but acted as a “Stern But Fair” Paternal Figure for its “Putitas Y Putitos”. . .

When Tezcatlipoca Tex understood that the twisted past of “Little Balam” has made Her maniacal of “Impartially Dishing & Receiving” Sexual Pain in equal misure, He was forced to capitalize on it and made Her modified by cheap “Corregidor Street Doctors” to have scrambled tolerance of the Pain / Pleasure Response AND a very enhanced “Libido Istinct”. . .

Not only the “Chica Jaguaro” become one of the most requested Dominatrixes of the “Scum Levels” of Corregidor Slums, but also started to compete in the fearsome, lethal “Cage Matches” that, relatively bloodlessly, regulated the “Turf Wars” between Jaguar Gangs in a more “Civilized” manner, either for African “Tsotsis & Mamas” or Mexican / South-American “Vatos Y Chicas”. . .

When some other “Bad Meteorhead Gangs” tried to muscle in their gains, then the “Putas / Putos” of Tezcatlipoca was literally “Forced” to take up arms and “LaTigre Balam” become their de-facto War Leader; after a bloodbath victory the more ferocious of the “Jaguar Pride” become effective Criminal Enforcers that reverted back to Prostitution JUST for “Rich Affectionate Clients”. . .

To further enhance Her hopelessly scrambled “Fursona” (or Furry Personality) then LaTigre Balam decided one day to go “Biografts Shopping” towards Vaudeville of Bakunin (during a chanceful “Krug”, the periodic Meeting-Cum-Festive-Carnival of the Three Motherships of the Nomads Nation) and then met, a fateful day, an estranged family of “Atek Tourists From Ariadna” and immediatly took a liking to them. . .

Now She is very, Very, VERY Happy on Planet Dawn, where finally everything “Clicks Right” but still Her twisted upbringing make Her quite unstable on the “Emotive Relationship Side”; LaTigre Balam sees Katya and Sir Gregor as a sort of “Surrogate Young Parents” that She never REALLY had (even if still contact periodically Tezcatlipoca Tex on Corregidor, considered a cherished “Uncle / Grandfather”) and Shawna & Siobahn as “Adorable Little Sisters” (whose Wulver Features are a Bonus, rather than a Malus for “Kawaii Cuteness” !!); also the other Superior Offciers of the Minotaurs High Command are seen as Siblings and Relatives. . .

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And still, LaTigre Balam, wants to BONE Each and Every of Them (Her twisted familial ties make Her wanting to express “Bloodties Affection” in a very rather literal INCESTUOUS Carnal Way), preferably Multiples at Times and in very Unappropriate Places & Times !!!!!

While this endear LaTigre Balam for some of the more “Wild” of the Minotaurs (the fact that is EQUAL % Chance to try to woo Her and finish bleeding on a Sparring Ring Mat, rather than Wasted on the Waterbed of their Bedchambers is still GOOD in some Mercs Book !!) has made a LOT of Problem with other more “Sedate Ones” (especially the proud, noble Haqqislamite Khawarjis Officers make themselves QUITE scarce when understanding “The Catlady Is In Heat !!!”). . .

No one DARES to ask what EXACTLY is the relationship with the “Tigerbitch Babysitter” to the Greywulfs-Volkova parents, (not exactly wise to risk anger a Dogwarrior of the Stavka Assassins, or a Caledonian Mormaer Veteran Lord, even if You are a Maniac of the dirtiest Mayasphere Porn Channels !!) but is innegable that Her “Bad Influence” on the Wulver Twins is somehow worrying; while Siobahn still see Her as a “Embarassing, But Beloved Big Sister” the other wilder of the two, Shawna, is taking TOO MUCH resemblance to the Mad Corregidor Jaguar (VERY luckily for Her, She is still a Sterile Wulver, as the Idea of Contraceptives still is a bit unclear to Her, and Haqqislamite Doctors are VERY Skilled to treat EVERY Disease, even Venereal ones !!). . .

The proud, noble, dignified Dogwarrior Wayah is seen as a “Positive Counterbalance” to the “Bad Nanny” but (OBVIOSLY in Retrospective) the fact that the Cherokee Dogface stall Her at ANY occasion has started a risky “Love+Hate Attraction Factor” that worsen for EACH Spurned Attempt at Clumsy Seductions (faking to be Drunk / High and stumbling in the Wrong Bedchamber NEVER Worked even the first time, and after the Tenth Time has become rather. . . . .Stale !!); even grope-grappling during “Sparring Hand-to-Hand Matches” has the predictable result of an Enraged Native Cherokee in Dogwarrior Form and a bleeding Jaguar-Chimera being bodily thrown in the Lockers Room. . .

Luckily for Her, one of the FIRST Biografts that Tezcatlipoca Tex bought for “His Protègè” was Limited, but Reliable, Self-Regeneration; the problem is that Pain and Wounds make the “Corregidoran Madcat” even more aroused. . . . .!!

While "Mad Cat Bitch" openly swear to anyone that "She Will Fuck-Off The Perra-Loca Loba !!" many believes that She is not referring to WIN A BATTLE on the Sparring Ring, but rather some other "Thing" more. . . . .Prosaic !!!

 

@loricus. . .

What @inane.imp said; the "Tactical Armored Gear" Battlemanual will be in an upcoming Future; I believe that Ariadnan Manual has been released to Top Kickstarter Backers; I think that there are contained the Stats of the "Blackjack" that will be very useful for understanding the other "Superheavy Infantry Suits" (Taskmasters, Kriza Boracs, Azrails, Ahl-Fasseds, "Mecha Samurai" of the J.S.A. and so on) especially as the Ariadnan "Mini-T.A.G." is a crossbreed between the two. . .

Essentially (IF the Blackjacks are in the Ariadna Manual) I want to understand if these are "Mega-Super-Heavy Infantry Suits" or rather "Ultra-Light Tactical Armored Gear". . .!!

 

I can look in to it in a bit.

 

I'll let you know if it seems relevant enough. I remember Nomads being pretty high up. I actually thought they were first but I dunno.

 

The Blackjack armor is treated a bit of a hybrid between armor and TAG but mostly as a incredibly durable armor. It also only has two loadouts that can be equipped but obviously that is easy to GM specialty suits.

It also has some weapons like Ariandan AP HMGs that use T2 rounds and autocannon+autocannon ammo, as well as some unique stuff like the Americolt weapons and ammo that look pretty cool.

Then it has a handful of vehicles described that would probably be pretty useful for us.


The Lifepath stuff isn't too important. New events are pretty cool to make characters more unique, I might reroll on those tables and see what it does to my guy.

Like half the book is setting which is pretty nice.

 

Alright, I'm not really digging the vision for my character thus far. I'm working on the life path and, hailing from the deserts of Bourak, I'm getting a lot more of desert survivalist/dune Fremen Rebel vibe.

Could I make a Tribal wanderer who grew up with the strict rigors and harsh lessons of desert life? (underclass, grew up on the streets/desert). (Rebellious).
Found the wounded/dying body of a Kum chieftain abandoned in the desert and brought him to my family to be healed. (Found a body).
To return the favor, the chieftain gifted me a bike. I spent the year painstakingly restoring the old chopper, dialing it in for long distance off-road travel.

Now my question for you would be my career choices - I was thinking Frontier Doctor or Hacker, followed by smuggler or bosozuko, finished with Militia Member. Would hacking or doctoring be more desired? Would this fit?

I can imagine my character doing two things:
Ambushing from superior vantage/camo
zipping between TAGs providing support

Basically a hit and run specialist.

 

@oldGregg I imagine a hacker would give you more to do here.

 

Tuareg Assault Hacker on a bike?

Seems good.

 

How do I show that on my character? Or what steps do I need to take during character creation?

 

About for the "Extra Perks Issue" that could give some misconceptions. . .

I WARMLY Recommend to "Create / Roll / Lifepoints Buy" the Character that You'll feel the more sensible to Your "Dream Idea" and amusing to play. . .

While Modiphius Character Creation System and "Resource Management" is FAR from Perfect, it has been (Hopefully) tested for Well-Balanced; I THOROUGHLY Despise "Lucky Gear Rolls" based on Happenstance, ESPECIALLY when Min-Maxed "Rich Hyperelite" Characters could ROFLSTOMP an interesting, well thought "Space Barrio Atek" with a compelling Plot-Rich Background, because could "Buy Away" with Money EVERY Problem ON TOP of going around with Heavy Infantry Powersuit, Explosive Broadsword and Multi-Combirifle (all acquired with "Argent De Poche" Spare Change) as it was a Military Order Elite Knight, rather than a Spoiled Corporate Brat, when the Rest of the Player Characters (all Veteran Soldiers) could NOT EVEN AFFORD a Kevlar Shirt, a Survival Knife and a Light Shotgun. . .

I Rather like more the Homebrewed "You Have X Money To Spend In X Countervalue Gear" (linked in the VERY Modiphius Forum, and probably reposted as Link in the R.P.G. section, there by someone) than "Naw, Sorry! You had a Finance Stock Market Crash !! Not only You could not buy that shiny Assault Pistol that You wanted, but could NOT EVEN afford to buy Lo-Pan Noodles. . .!!"

So I will ALLOW any Player Character to be "Rolled" as Usual, but their "Signature Starting Gear" will be something with an History, a linked Background, better Stats and providing Plot Hooks; a Combirifle / Boarding Shotgun (maybe Granted by Careers, maybe taken with a "Lucky Enough" Resource Roll) will be NOT a Vanilla Off-The-Rack, but rather the Customized, Personalized, cherished Heritage of a Mentor / Parent Figure / Lost Love, with better Stats due to familiarization and hard-won usage. . .

For this manner I recommended to "Spend Stuff" in Important Gear that is VERY DIFFICULT to take away from the Characters, such as (for Tony, the Mech-Pilot of @inane.imp ) an Hyperspecialized Geist that is very helpful (for Me, Geists exist in "Virtual Life" in MULTIPLE Backup Copies BOTH in Maya AND Arachne, and could not be EASILY Taken Away from the Character) or Cybernetic Enhancements (such as its "Enhanced Neural System", rebuilt after very painful burns by Alien Plasma Fire; that Stuff allows Him to better synergize with the "Helper Geist" AND with the Piloted T.A.G.). . .

Obviously "Signature Items" that could be taken away (such as the afoerementioned "Personal Gun") will be EVEN more Useful to counterbalance the risk of Theft / Wreckage; in this manner also the "Personal T.A.G." will be addressed. . .

ALMOST ALL of the Character hace expressed the desire to play T.A.G. Pilots (and I framed the Campaign Background EXACTLY on these Premises); to better differentiate their OWN Geckos and Guijias (and OTHER Geckos and Guijias will be ALMOST ALL that You'll face as "Op-For Enemies" Tactical Armoured Gear at Start, UNTIL I am enough satisfied to Homebrew further more varied "Heavy Ordnance" !!!) then I will allow EACH Personal Custom T.A.G. to be quite "Specced" to the desired Combat Style of the Player. . .

It will be quite a relative "Burden On My Shoulder" to properly care that anyone have a Good Well-Balanced Character AND a Good Well-Balanced T.A.G., but is a thing that I'll do quite willingly as the Alternative Options aren't so attractive for Me. . .

. . . . .

So it is also Time for a "Roll Call" as Soon I will have to Detach form the Net to go toward a Job Interview:

1°) @inane.imp was the first to arrive and so defined much of the SPECIFIC Campaign Ideas; plays a Corregidor Gecko Specialist that is BOTH an Excellent Paramilitary Pilot AND the Foremost Mechanic of those specific T.A.G.s on the WHOLE of Planet Dawn. . .

The Character will have some "Extra Initiative Reflex Boost" that I'm homebrewing and Shoot ambidextrous with all manner of "Small Arm Pistols" (Assault Pistols, Silenced Handguns, Handcannon Revolvers, Chain-Colts, Sawed-Off Light Shotguns and so on). . .

Able to repair / wreck / dismantle / rebuild ALMOST EVERYTHING that is Mechanical, when Piloting the Mech would have Enhanced Reaction Time and ambidextruosly shoot with arm-mounted H.M.G. + Grenade Launcher. . .


2°) @loricus will play a still-unspecified "U.S.Ariadnan Mecha Cowboy" (at first should have been a Native American Indian, but probably will change its Ideas and go with a "Stetson Wearing Frontiersman"); competent Pilot and good Pistoleer / Rifleman. . .

Its T.A.G. (functionally a Guijia, but "In Reality" a Brand-New "Big Blackjack" 100% Teseum "Made In Ariadna") is a fearsome "Heavy Marksman Frame" that Shoot with a T.A.G. Sized "Heavy Sniperguns"; tough, cumbersome and slow, but immensely durable, will try to hide on Optimal Firing Position far in advance of a Battle. . . . .was thinking to grant a "Camouflaged Mecha-Tarpaulin" useful to disguise somehow the silhouette of the "Tatanka" Frame if well hidden somewhere, (and maybe able to be kept as "T.A.G.s Sized Cloak Ghillie" that retract in Shoulder Housings), very useful to disguise even with not on par with. . . . .


3°) @Danger Rose 's Mecha, a "Close Assault" Gecko bedecked with ALL MANNERS of "Stealtech" (Radar Absorbing Materials, T.O. Camo Plates, Rumor Dampeners, Silent Myomar Fibermuscles rather than noisy Hydraulics and so on) that could be fitted on the Frame by Corregidoran Mechanics AND Praxis "Mad Doks"; quick and nimbler even than normal, but necessarily more fragile (Lightened Weight Chassis) and that will try to reach, silently, a given foe to ROAST IT WITH UNSPECIFIED FLAMER WEAPONS (Burn, Baby! Burn !!!). . .

Of the Player Character not much over "Pyromaniac Catgirl from Bakunin" is decided (I'm sure that You and LaTigre Balam will go perfectly together. . . . .together as in "A House On Fire :dart: !!"). . .


4°) @Golem2God 's Morat Krakot Renegade of the “Rodok Orbital Paratrooper” flavour; either:

“Heavy Enhanced Supersoldier Veteran” with Cybernetics / Organic Biografts / Combat Drugs. . .

OR

“Light Vanilla Promising Rookie” with the possibility of piloting EITHER an Orbital Drop Gecko (nimble, quick, ultralight and with a MASSIVE Jetpack) OR an Assault "Titanfall" Pseudo-Raicho (a Guijia Frame whose nimbleness in A.D. Jump could be resumed with the term "Flying Brick"). . .


5°) @oldGregg I believe is battled between TWO possible options for its (Excellently “Fluffed” with an Interesting Background) Character of a “Paris-Dakar Desert Outrider / Dune Fremen” kind of kum Ganger:

“Heavily Modified Runihura Super-Soldier” filled to the brim with Experimental Silk-Based “Combat Biografts” that will remain ALWAYS a Biker. . .

OR

“Light Baseline Human of Bourak” for NOW running with an Hypercustom Bike AND a Heavy Biker Armour to “progress” towards “Customized Speed-Racer Maghariba Pilot” when I will be enough convinced of a well-balanced Frame to Playtest. . .

As for that Character Careers WHY Not doing a Wardriver Hacker AND a Paramedic / Field Doctor. . . . .???

in this manner You'll provide ALL manners of very useful Support Roles to check for the “Combat Heavy Duty Frontliners” (and @inane.imp's Tony will repair wrecked Exoarmours while You repair damaged Bodies AND “Spammed Com-Logs” !!). . .

. . . . .

I have to stress it again; a given Character is either:

1°) Enhanced Super Soldier (Cybernetics / Genengineered / Combat Drugs / Tohaa Symbioarmour / Whatever You Name !!) WITHOUT a T.A.G.

OR

2°) Vanilla Organic Humanoid, relatively “Squishy” outside the Military Frame, but a true terror inside it. . . . .

For the rest, DRAW a BASIC Player Character and ask for Ideas and Expectations; I'll fill on the Details about Perks and so on !!!

 

My idea for the TAG is a bit different but I don't want to just ramble then change my mind. That can cause some misconceptions (for example I never meant to be a Native American). When I get some time to finish things off I'll post a complete description to discuss, hopefully today.

Personally I don't mind uneven power levels for the PC as long as it's not just one player weaker than the rest.