Deadman

This page is for the current Deadman character played in Shadowbutts (using the Starfinder Playing system). For Deadman in Shadowbuns (using Shadowrun as the playing system), see here.

Background

Deadman is English, and he lives in Detroit. He may have made some powerful enemies back in the UK ~9 years ago. It may be an Arch Duke. And it may finally be coming back to bite him in the ass.

Deadman has a penchant for using novacoke whenever things get stressful or exciting... or scary or... pretty much most of the time. He can usually be found with a large Ares pistol in his suit jacket and a cocky attitude.

Appearance

Deadman is a human male who is, more or less, bland looking. He wears his hair short, typically dresses in some sort of suit, and does pretty well not standing out in a crowd. He stands at 5'8" with pale-ish skin, and is about average all around. Many who meet him remember almost nothing about him other than his accent and his constant grin.

Skills

Social

Deadman, despite being forgettable, finds himself to be the life of the party in many situations (and he usually forces his way there). He's persuasive and conniving but it usually comes off as charming. His ability to talk his way out of nearly anything using his accent to it's utmost advantage is his strongest attribute. It's that or he strikes the fear of hell into something with a gravelly voice.

Cybernetics

After an accident when he was a younger man, Deadman's eyes were replaced with fine cybernetics--something he uses to his advantage as often as possible. And to match, he's had his ears upgraded because, "What's seeing if you can't hear a damn thing?"

Guns

Deadman rarely travels without some sort of projectile weapon on his person. If it's not a gun, it's a stun-gun. If it's not a stun-gun, it's a knife. If it's not a knife... you've got the wrong guy. Deadman is willing to blast his way out of most situations if it comes down to it. If he hasn't already convinced his enemy to run with his mouth, he'll make sure they do with his gun.

Contacts

Giovanni Spaghetti

When he arrived in Detroit, Deadman didn't have anything or anyone left. He didn't really have a name either. But he did meet one person who would help him along the way. Giovanni was a fast friend to Deadman's, if only because they happened to be at the wrong restaurant at the wrong time during a bad robbery. Since then, they've been friends. Not always running jobs together, but helping where they can and making sure to have a nice dinner every once and a while. As Giovanni rose in the ranks of the Italian mob, he remembered his friend and made sure he was good.

Orphan

Orphan was one of the first Shadowrunners Deadman met when he arrived in the states. After being set up via Giovanni for an easy infiltration job with Orphan, the two began to work together passing jobs back and forth when they could. A few years passed and after one incredibly successful job that the two found themselves at a karaoke bar with two deckers and a wizard who claimed he could see auras. As the deckers paired off and hacked into a hotel room, they passed off another key to Deadman for the penthouse suite and Orphan joined him. Following that night, they started dating, and after a year and a half it fizzled out. Orphan had business in Seattle for a while, and they decided it was a sign that things should end. Two years ago Orphan came back to Detroit and it's been weird ever since.

Dani O'Reilly

Dani has been a contact of Deadman's for about two years. Always online. Always pinging him bits of information. Deadman has never met her in person and as far as he's concerned, she's his personal Google search for underground business--something she hates hearing him say. Deadman is determined to get her to leave her apartment and go out for a drink with him (as a friend).

Katie No Shoes

Katie is Deadman's #1 fence. She's a stubborn young woman who inherited a scrap-reprocessing plant from her dad at the tender age of 18. She refuses to wear shoes and she refuses to take shit from just about anyone. Deadman loves her like a little sister. She's a perfect person to hawk Corp Tech over to and the worst person to sell cheap imitations to. Deadman insists on having all of his gear inspected by her and doubly insists on having all of the gear he sells appraised for qualuty before selling it to her lest he face her wrath.

Archduke Kingsly Archibald

Deadman's nemesis. From before Detroit. This man wants to kill Deadman for something that happened a long time ago.

As of 8/2/2018, this character is deceased

C-Bone

C-Bone is Deadman's go-to for novacoke and quick gang-banger jobs. Usually easy money. Usually infiltrating a drug house and robbing them blind without them knowing.

HAMMA

Hamma is a new friend gained after working with MRV for so long. He's a business man who wants to keep his feet in the legit and un-legit business. Deadman respects that.

Dynamite

Easily the strongest Orc Deadman has ever met. Also the most laid-back, soft-spoken Orc Deadman has ever met.

Using Novacoke

• Vector: Inhalation, Injection
• Speed: 1 Combat Turn
• Duration: (10-Body) hours, minimum of 1 hour
• Addiction Type: Both
• Effect: +1 Reaction, +1 Charisma, +1 Perception, +1 Social Limit, High Pain Tolerance 1 (p. 74)
• A stimulant derived from coca plants, novacoke is a highly addictive social drug.
• After the drug wears off, Charisma and Willpower are both reduced to 1, and all limits are at –1 for a duration equal to the duration of the initial effect.

Qualities

Positive

• Bilingual
  • COST: 5 KARMA
  • A character with this quality reads, writes, and speaks a second language fluently. They can list a second language as a native tongue (see Language Skills, p. 150).
  • This quality can only be acquired at character creation; selecting it gives the character a second free language skill during Step Five: Purchase Active, Knowledge, and Language Skills, (p. 88)
• Blandness
  • COST: 8 KARMA
  • This character blends into a crowd; he’s seldom noticed and easily forgotten. He is unremarkable in every aspect of physical appearance. Anyone attempting to describe the character cannot come up with anything more precise than “average height, average build, average hair, etc.”
  • Increase the threshold for anyone to recall specific details about the character by 1. This means a Memory Test with a diffculty of Average (threshold of 2) becomes a Hard test (threshold of 3).
  • Individuals attempting to shadow or physically locate a character with the Blandness quality in a populated setting receive a –2 dice pool modifer on all tests related to their search.
    • The same penalty applies if they’re asking around about the person based on the individual’s physical appearance. The modifer does not, however, apply to magical or Matrix searches. If the character acquires any visible tattoos, scars, obvious cyberware, or other distinguishing features, the bonuses from the Blandness quality go away until the distinctive features are removed from the character’s appearance.
  • In certain circumstances and specific situations, the gamemaster may determine that Blandness does not apply. For example, a troll with the Blandness quality still towers head and shoulders over a crowd of humans and so still stands out, no matter how average their horns may be. The character only regains his bonus by leaving the situation where he stands out.
• Lucky
  • COST: 12 KARMA
  • The dice roll and the coin flips this character’s way more often than not, giving her the chance to drop jaws in amazement at her good fortune. Lucky allows a character to possess an Edge attribute one point higher than his metatype maximum (for example, a human character could raise her Edge to 8). Note that taking this quality does not actually increase the character’s current Edge rating, it just allows her the opportunity to do so; the Karma cost for gaining the extra point must still be paid. This quality may only be taken once and must be approved by the gamemaster. The Lucky quality cannot be combined with Exceptional Attribute

Negative

• Bad Rep
  • BONUS: 7 KARMA
  • A character with a Bad Rep quality has a dark and lasting stain on her reputation. She may be a former Knight Errant cop known to have been particularly brutal in dealing with shadowrunners. Or word on the street might be that she once killed a member of her own runner team. If she’s Awakened and comes from a polluted region, it may be generally accepted that she’s a toxic shaman. Whether she is actually guilty of any wrongdoing is not relevant.
  • What people believe she has done has permanently tainted the way they see her and how they deal with her. Whatever the reason, the character starts play with 3 points of Notoriety (p. 372) that can only be removed or decreased by confronting and resolving the source of the bad reputation. Only then may the Bad Rep quality be bought off with Karma
• Insomnia (Basic)
  • BONUS: 10 KARMA
  • A character with the Insomnia quality has trouble falling asleep and seldom feels well rested. Usually, this is only an annoyance. For runners, however, this can become a major problem when they are dependent on being able to rest at every opportunity to remain sharp.
  • Insomnia can lengthen the amount of time it takes for a character to recover Stun damage.
  • At the 10 Karma level, before a character rolls his Body + Willpower to recover Stun damage, the character rolls an Intuition + Willpower (4) Test. If the character succeeds on this test, the character is not impeded by Insomnia and the character regains Stun damage as normal. He also regains his Edge after 8 hours of restful sleep. If the character fails, double the amount of time it normally would take for a character to recover their Stun damage. So instead of healing a number of boxes of Stun damage in an hour, it now takes two hours per roll. If the character is affected by Insomnia, the character does not have his Edge refreshed and may not have it refreshed for up to another 24 hours.

Session Notes

8/2/2018

• So, now we're trying to figure out where to hang out until the act.
• We need to be able to see the Archduke's car without being seen
• Deadman hangs out outside of Dezo's
• He mumbles to The Guest, "I need protection and I need to make sure this RPG hits that car"
• The archduke pulls up, and a body guard gets out... he opens the door and Deadman rushes him.
• He fails to tackle him and gets held by the throat
• Cut to: Flashback to deadman's first run in London
• His old boss... he's proud. He's more than proud.
• Deadman only wants to do well for the Picadilly Boys.
• The boss says, "You will... you will..."
• Back to the Present
• Kingsly says from in the car, "You've done well anthony."
• And the RPG hits.
• Smoke surrounds Deadman and he flys backwards to the wall
• He takes a little damage as the RPG EXPLODES everywhere. Killing the handful of people outside
• The car splits in twain.
• Doc rushes the car, he sees the Archduke crawling away out of sorts
• Doc grabs the archduke
• MRV pops out of the van in the alley around the corner. He says, "If you can get him to the alleyway mouth, I have a shot."
• Doc fireman-carries the archduke towards the alleway
• Deadman follows
• MRV takes the shot. It cracks at the archduke. A magical barrier eats the sniper damage.
• Doc drops the Archduke to the ground
• He pretends to be giving the archduke CPR
• MRV takes another shot as Deadman says "We should go, and we should take him with us."
• THe bullet EXPLODES out of the archduke's head, blood goes everywhere on the street
• Deadman says to the body, "You never would have gotten me." and spits on the body
• THe gang piles inot the van and drives away
• Killy is driving and she scrapes the van as they drive away
• Deadman is feeling hollow. Out of sorts.
• They get to the checkpoint and manage to swindle their way through
• THey go back to their dwellings

END SCENE

• Deadman goes home and says, "Is this what you wanted? If that's what you can give me, whta can I give you?"
• Smoke appears, thick in the room.
• A Man appears, fancy dress, almost Native American looking.
• He responds, "Everything."

7/19/2018

• We decide we should hit Dezo's.
• Killy looks up blueprints for the place, can't find any
• This place has been owned by the same guy for a long long time
• Killy looks into the owner: Steven Dezo
  • Promo stuff for the restaurant
  • Dezo is an older man
  • This place was founded in "the 2050s"
  • This is a very private, quiet restaurant
  • 20-25 people on the staff (maybe 30 in total)
    • On a given night 15-20 in the restaurant
• We plan and plan and plan.
• Killy puts a cookie on the Archduke's planner.
• She figured out he's going to be at Dezo's on Thursday (Today is Wednesday)
• We sleep. We wake.
• We head out to the Dome at 1pm.
• Text Tripp, tell him to be in the Dome at 4pm.
• We need to find a place to drop off the RPG.
• MRV and Killy need to be on the DOME network to figure out where to do the drop off.
  • It's gonna be hard.
• We get to the checkpoint, he checks our sins and asks to open the back
• The guard and another guy check the back with cool glasses (some nightvision)
• Deadman doesn't bribe the guard because he cut him off while speaking.
  • We now have a "FUCKLOAD" of soycaf
• We find a netcaf that is small in the wall, but less people are logged on.
• We drive around a corner and drive slow to let MRV, not in uniform, drop out really cool
  • It looks super cool
• MRV chills in the cafe, gets a nice spot
• Searches on the matrix and Finds a jack somewhere down an alley that has a better port for him to jack into
• He goes to the jack and hunches down next to a dumpster next to a trash person
• After some searching, he finds a bunch of places that are not fully covered or covered at all by security cams.
  • Ares network doesn't cover alleyways and such.
• We make the handoff. BARELY. BARELY.

7/5/2018

• We go back to the bunker below C-Bone's new place, post-race
• We're reminded that we have this door we don't know how to open.
• Killy and MRV look into stuff on the internet?
• We get jumpsuits, everyone else gets "nice" clothes to wear. Deadman doesn't have to get those, he already has nice clothes.
• Deadman finally texts Orphan. It's... awkward. They decide to meet. MRV joins Deadman.
• They meet at the Bizaare.
• Go to a cafe, into a private room.
• Inside is Orphan and a friend.
• Orphan's friend is Gene. He's kind of a raggady man.
  • He's a forger, he's real good.
• Get a license for a car, and 4 fake sins
  • The fake sins are not flattering on our looks
  • They should be good for about a month
• -30K Nuyen
• Gene nods, leave.
• Deadman promises to Orphan he's turning over a new leaf. He wants to make amends for being a dick.
  • "I've got a new spirit within me so to speak."
• They leave. MRV gets a call from Slapdash, he thinks he has a guy for us to shoot the RPG.
• Well, it's a duo. Slapdash says we should meet them in person... so we do. The guy's name is Trip.
• Deadman decides to meet them, Killy and MRV will wait somewhere else in... a Hindenburger restaurant. Doc waits in the car.
• Deadman waits... and two somewhat conspicuous guys. They sit.
  • Human dude, pale skin, blonde hair. Cut short. Fohawk style. Wearing a denim jacket, over black jeans. Combat boots.
  • Large Ork, one very showy, chromed cybernetic arm. It's a big ol arm.
• William Nelson Moore III
• And Hazard (the orc)
• Deadman explains the job, they agree. Trip says they can get into the dome, but they want us to sneak in the RPG.
• Deliver 6K nuyen with the RPG to them in the dome.
• 4K after. Another 5K if shit goes bad.
• We part ways after a hamburger and a shake (with extra cherries).
• The gang starts looking into the locations we got from Hammah's guy
• So we think our best bet is to catch him at the Ares homestead and follow him.
• DOc suggests we go in once or twice to get the route set.
• We movie montage to clean up the van. 500 nuyen
• We're called Serial Cleaners
• We disassemble the RPG... it takes some time.
• Doc goes to scope out the entrance to the dome. Service vehicles get searched every time.
• Doc puts together than if we're new service vehicle, we're more likely to get fully searched.
  • Deadman suggests we should definitely go in a few times beforehand to get that routine out of the way
  • The day of, Deadman thinks he can pull a trick to get them past the door...
• We decide to check out the dome... just to try out our SINs...
• 8:30am, we're on our way. We're in line...
• An Ork checks our SINs
• Deadman fast talks as Killy finds an address to where we're going (Iris Towers)
• Doc gives the guard a soycaf - the guard is REAL pleased.
• We drive in and head a BIT towards Iris Towers, but we're actually heading towards the Ares Homestead first.
• It's a real ritzy place. Higher ups of Ares might live here.
• Valet service, folks in suits getting into limos and black cars...
• Def see security cameras, automated turrets.
• Killy checks out their network. MONOLITH hosts...
• Next, we drive by the restaurant. Dezo's. kind of a late night spot. other towering buildings have built up and around this place.
• Finally, we drive by the Ares tower "Almas Tower" written in GIANT gold letters. monstrous building. TONS of guards.
  • This is the tallest place in the area
• We drive past the Iris towers to cover bases. This is kind of a gated building in the downtown area. 30 floors. Two towers. White and Gold. Little patios and bay windows.
  • These is very rich people.
• We go to leave. An old man with a PAUNCH checks us out.
  • They run a mirror under the vehicle.
• We drive off. ROLL CREDITS.

7/1/2018/

• Staking out this guy Cereal's place (post shwarma)
  • Cereal is a boxer who has been winning boxing games using a magical medallion (aka CHEATING)
    • Doc scanned this dude in the astral plane and KNOWS it is magic
  • We've been tasked with getting this medallion: Steal it quietly, or beat him and steal it
  • We want to do this quietly / carefully so we want to do this at night
  • Contact who gave us this job: Loudmouth - a contact of Doc
  • We deduce that Cereal MUST know this is magic, so... he knows he's cheating.
• Cereal lives in a nice apartment above a shop (a tailer)
• Deaman walks around the building to investigate
• Sees the door to enter, there are a few firescapes, but no alleys around Cereal's building, it's in the middle of the block
• There is a "patio" or "rooftop" door.
• Deadman assumes that if we can get to the roof of the block of buildings, we could get to this building's roof door
• KIlly and MRV look for MagLocks on the door
• Cereal doesn't have much high tech gear, so not a lot to hacks
• We sneak to the roof, MRV unlocks the door into Cereal's apartment
• Deadman goes first into the apartment to ensure that if he's caught, he can play the "coked up idiot"
• He investigates the apartment which is dark
• The gang looks for valuables, Deadman gets a suggestion from MRV to take car keys.. so he looks for them
• Deadman finds 3 sets of keys, one key looks fancier, but he takes them all
• Doc opens the doubledoors into what we think is Cereal's room
• She opens the door... and IT IS LOUD.
• Someone wakes up
• Doc KNOCKS them the fuck out with shock
• We keep searcing. Killy finds a computer with video games. She uninstalls the last played games. RUDE.
• Deadman searches a side table and finds a baggy of "powder"
• Doc finds Cereal, straps some tranq patches on him and takes the medallion off of him..
• MRV hacks the security cam, and we leave out of the front door.
• Deadman gets in Cereal's NICE muscle car in his garage.
• Killy gets in the other car, MRV takes the bike
• Doc drives off and investigates the medallion
• Deadman, Killy, and MRV meet up with Hammah to sell the cars to
• They negotiate for 30K nuyen
• Deadman bets on a race (1000 nuyen on HotRod, 500 nuyen on Banikin DieBlocker)
• HotRod, Blaze, and Banikin are the "lead" drivers
• MRV, Killy, and Deadman watch the race via AR (TWITCH STREAM)
• The three top racers are neck and neck
• But blaze is WAY ahead after the track splits in a weird way
• BLAZE FUKIN WINS GODDAMN IT.
• Deadman is pissed as Doc drives up in Deadman's car and MRV drags deadman to the car.
• Doc gets 15K nuyen from Loudmouth
• We decide to get a panel van to pose as a service vehicle
  • SERIAL CLEANERS
  • "It's not the most whiz thing you can drive."
• After the panel van we get 20K nuyen from Hammah
• Group cash: 35K nuyen.
• Deadman has 3 messages
  • Katie Noshoes
    • "Hey got those acid bullets you want"
    • "how much?"
    • "100 for 2 clips"
    • "cool"
  • Amina
    • "You asked about a more explosive item, I didn't have it before, I do now"
    • "can we meet?"
    • "yes"
  • Orphan
    • Video: "Hey, so I got in contact with the forger, she should be able to get you the stuff you need to get into the dome... let me know"
    • "k"
  • Declan Cross
    • Email: "So, a mutal friend (cBone) asked me to look into a friend of yours. Here's his location."
      • Interactive map inside the dome with 3 different points
• Deadman sends the gang interactive map to everyone.
• Everyone gets beige jumpsuits with a space to put a patch on it
• Deadman grabs his bullets from Katie
• We pull up to Amina's
  • She has something close to what we're looking for... in a hard case.
  • Inside is what looks like an Aztec technology Striker
  • "This is all I could get" she says
  • JUST THE ONE RPG ROUND
  • We're gonna probably want to hire someone who can shoot this... well.
  • We could take it apart, but this is a goddamn missle
  • Price? 2000 nuyen
• "Well... I guess we should go talk to Orphan"
• +20 karma for using tranqs on the boss battle