Niobaran Project Viper Solo

[jakarta]

Gm reserve.

We can finish character creation here.

[Niobaran]

Alright, subscribed. Just let me know about the next steps.

Oh and: Thanks a lot for your time! I really appreciate it.

[jakarta]

You're welcomed.

We can do this a few different ways.

The range is from "Instant Soldier" born ready to imprint and accept commands. Only no one is around to give orders... You choose the character stats.

To

Mewing baby who knows to crawl into the Shaper pod for programming.
Stats determined by tutorial.

[Niobaran]

I lean towards the first option, but like the idea of doing some finishing touches in a tutorial mission. So maybe, we fix some stats before, and then say, when the character emerges, there is an "imprint phase" where mind/body adapts to the challenge at hand? Presumably planned as a multi-purpose unit.

[jakarta]

Ok. Go ahead and use myth Weaver and/or pathguy to start a character.

[jakarta]

There is going to be a tattoo on his forearm.

I'm was thinking VIPER-(something random)

Or

V193R

You said scales and it got me thinking snake 🐍.

Ever watch Dark Angel?

[Niobaran]

I'll create the character tomorrow, need to go to sleep now.

There is going to be a tattoo on his forearm.

I'm was thinking VIPER-(something random)

Or

V193R

You said scales and it got me thinking snake 🐍.

Maybe a clearly visible VI93R as the "trademark" or model designation, and a serial number on another, less obvious place? (e.g. the back of the neck or so?)

Sure, Viper is cool. Varan/Komodo would also be cool for me. I leave this for you to decide :P You create the lab, I'm just the rat.

Ever watch Dark Angel?

Ages ago, yes. You remember Pretender?

[jakarta]

Yes.

I was thinking this is like DA season 2 with the Animal themed hybrids.

[Niobaran]

Yeah, cool theme. Can't remember much of it, but I think I got the gist of it.

How does a generalist Psion work in DND 3.5?

[jakarta]

Yeah, cool theme. Can't remember much of it, but I think I got the gist of it.

How does a generalist Psion work in DND 3.5?

https://paizo.com/threads/rzs42dts?a...n-about-Psions

Ever watch Deep Water Black or Dollhouse or Total Recall?

i can run a tutorial level now if you like.

[Niobaran]

That's Pathfinder, where you get discipline-based minor powers (as you don't in 3.5)

Regardless, here's a character:
https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=2200866

I picked ability scores by saying that WIS and INT are important for Psion/Monk, and the creators must have had it in mind. CHA I dumped even further than normal Elan. the physical attributes are at a somewhat minimum of what you would expect a super soldier to have, but they may develop quickly based on the mission at hand (I expect the soldier is not expected to return).

Yes, I watched doll house. A shame it was canceled. The protagonist was such a cool slayer in Buffy as well. 5 by 5.

If you're happy enough with the character, go ahead with the tutorial. If you want me to change stuff, let me know.

[jakarta]

Looking over character sheet.

Do you know what "5 by 5" means?

[jakarta]

Unborn, you dream, train, and learn, aware on some level of the shocks causing muscle contractions so you will be strong at birth.

Ready for your Commander.
Ready to fight as an squad, platoon, legion, army.
Ready to fight alone.
Ready to fight with any weapon given, trained or not.
Ready to fight unarmed.
Ready to fight with your mind alone.
Ready to wait to fight.
Ready to labor in peace until needed.

You remember training you did as someones elses.
Training to be a VIPER.
Training to clean and be clean.
Training to make camp.
Training to be a unit.
Training to be important in unimportance.
Training to be whatever your Commander needs you to be.

You will be born with basic skills.
Then learn whatever your Commander requires.

4 ranks in
climb
balance
spot
survival + skill focus
Use rope.
swim
listen
sewing
Craft: campsite/personal and squad fortification
Craft: equip maintenance
preform: operate radio
perform Drill & Parade
Profession: Janitor
profession: laborer
Knowledge: military

2 ranks
search
escape artist
handle animal (Dog, horse, oxen, llama, camel, war moose, elephant, pack ape, dromeasaur, giant spider, assault bat, bantha, dew back.)
heal

Ambidexterity. Improved two weapon fighting. weapon focus unarmed strike.
Endurance
Toughness
Run
Proficiency: Simple and Martial weapons. (but these don't get monk bonuses and may interfere with monk abilities. )

----
You are cold and wet.
You have been born!

Wobbly, you rise, ready to imprint.

But no one is there.
No Commander.
No technicians.
No squad.

The lights are green.
Equipment strewed.
Things are not in order.

A memory. A directive commands you.
In the absence of Command presence at activation, assume you are a showcase model and proceed to FINISHING.

(How does this sound so far?)

[jakarta]

roll 3 spot checks.

[Niobaran]

I'll add all the skill points / feats in a minute, but roll the spot checks now. Do I get the skill ranks on top what I have selected or should I replace by it?

I assume replacement:

spot1 - (1d20+7)[26]
spot2 - (1d20+7)[21]
spot3 - (1d20+7)[14]

Do you know what "5 by 5" means?

Yeah, and it was also Faith's catchphrase on Buffy.

[jakarta]

QUOTE=Niobaran;24491384]I'll add all the skill points / feats in a minute, but roll the spot checks now. Do I get the skill ranks on top what I have selected or should I replace by it?

I assume replacement:

>>>If you already have higher ranks keep them.


Yeah, and it was also Faith's catchphrase on Buffy.[/QUOTE]

>>>It is Radio operator lingo for a clear and undistorted signal.

Looking around you notice that there is a crack in the ceiling which has damaged a lighting fixture.
Green lighting dimly illuminates the area. (INT check, and Know: Military, and Prof: Janitor)

Taking a couple of steps...

cli-clack-niKLICK! White lights snap on. (Same checks again.)

There are dark splotches on the floor ringed by fragments of white cloth. One one of the fragments something is glittering.

There is also a wand on the floor. Next to a clipboard.

Oh, the First of the finishing machines is over there...

[Niobaran]

It is Radio operator lingo for a clear and undistorted signal.
>>> I know. :)

Looking around you notice that there is a crack in the ceiling which has damaged a lighting fixture.
Green lighting dimly illuminates the area. (INT check, and Know: Military, and Prof: Janitor)
>>> INT - (1d20+3)[9], KnowMilitary - (1d20+7)[10], ProfJanitor - (1d20+7)[22].

Taking a couple of steps...

cli-clack-niKLICK! White lights snap on. (Same checks again.)
>>> INT2 - (1d20+3)[5], KnowMilitary2 - (1d20+7)[15], ProfJanitor2 - (1d20+7)[11].

>>> I need to bring order into the chaos.

There are dark splotches on the floor ringed by fragments of white cloth. One one of the fragments something is glittering.
>>> I crouch to see further inspect it.

There is also a wand on the floor. Next to a clipboard.
>>> ... and this as well. Also the clipboard.

Oh, the First of the finishing machines is over there...
>>> This shall be my next concern.

[jakarta]

Set your hp to 30.

[jakarta]

scratch that. 33.

[jakarta]

QUOTE=Niobaran;24491458]

Looking around you notice that there is a crack in the ceiling which has damaged a lighting fixture.
Green lighting dimly illuminates the area. (INT check, and Know: Military, and Prof: Janitor)
>>> [roll0], [roll1], [roll2].
>>>>>> Green lights are usually emergency lights. Low power usage. You have to keep up the dusting on those and test the bulbs once a year and after every earthquake or ceiling leak.

Taking a couple of steps...

cli-clack-niKLICK! White lights snap on. (Same checks again.)
>>> [roll3], [roll4], [roll5].
>>>>>>Some sort of motion sensor.

>>> I need to bring order into the chaos.

There are dark splotches on the floor ringed by fragments of white cloth. One one of the fragments something is glittering.
>>> I crouch to see further inspect it.
>>>>>The fragment looks like a pocket on a lab coat. The edges are scorched. Something glittering is peeking out of the pocket.


There is also a wand on the floor. Next to a clipboard.
>>> ... and this as well. Also the clipboard.
>>>>>You can't tell what kind of wand it is. It seems undamaged.
>>>>>The papers on the clip board aren't scorched.

(BTW: You can't read, though you might recognize certain words. And your language is Parseltongue until another is installed)

Oh, the First of the finishing machines is over there...
>>> This shall be my next concern.[/QUOTE]
>>>>>>Are you picking up anything or searching the area?

[Niobaran]

I try to remove whatever reflective material there is from the pocket of the lab coat and pick up the wand. I look down on myself, am I wearing any clothes?

[jakarta]

I try to remove whatever reflective material there is from the pocket of the lab coat and pick up the wand. I look down on myself, am I wearing any clothes?

No clothes. And you still have needles, wires, leads, a couple IVs,....and a catheter...sticking out of you. This needs to be corrected.

In the pocket you find 8 metal 1 inch disks with no markings, 8 glowing Augmentation pills, and a tube of....looks like charm rations but round.

[jakarta]

random looking gm roll.

(1d100)[79]

[Niobaran]

This has to be corrected, otherwise, I need to be neat. I start removing the the appendages one by one. I try to determine how to remove the catheter without ... well, I might be an enduring fellow, but still.

Heal - (1d20+5)[11]

I then try to engineer a makeshift bag from the wires and the remaining lab coat pocket. I pick up the needles and pierce them through the pocket's fabric twice, so that both of their ends are on the front, and the rest is on the back. Yes, this is the way, needles are supposed to be kept.

Then I pick up the paper pieces from the board, and put them nicely one sheet over another. In the end, I fold them until I can place them in the pocket.

Assuming that all working out, I look around to see if there is more signs of things being in out of the ordinary. If not, I follow the other strain of my programming.

[jakarta]

This has to be corrected, otherwise, I need to be neat. I start removing the the appendages one by one. I try to determine how to remove the catheter without ... well, I might be an enduring fellow, but still.

[roll0]

I then try to engineer a makeshift bag from the wires and the remaining lab coat pocket. I pick up the needles and pierce them through the pocket's fabric twice, so that both of their ends are on the front, and the rest is on the back. Yes, this is the way, needles are supposed to be kept.

Then I pick up the paper pieces from the board, and put them nicely one sheet over another. In the end, I fold them until I can place them in the pocket.

Assuming that all working out, I look around to see if there is more signs of things being in out of the ordinary. If not, I follow the other strain of my programming.

YE-OWE!!

Picking yourself back off the floor, you complete your sewing crafts project pick up the wand and look around.

You notice that your tube is damaged. The glass is cracked and scorched.

2 search checks and two spot checks.

[Niobaran]

Search1 - (1d20+5)[12]
Search2 - (1d20+5)[16]
Spot1 - (1d20+7)[16]
Spot2 - (1d20+7)[16]

I should at least put aside the broken fragments. While I am at it, I inspect the remainders and try to find out what kind of assault would have destroyed it.

[jakarta]

[roll0]
[roll1]
[roll2]
[roll3]

I should at least put aside the broken fragments. While I am at it, I inspect the remainders and try to find out what kind of assault would have destroyed it.

The tube is in one piece, just badly damaged. Roll Int and know: military.

you find a Metal brief case
a small black electronic device (int, and operate radio)
A breif case sized white electronic device. it has a handle (same checks)
A ceramic bowl
and
in a drawer under a burnt desk, this out fit. (no shoes)

[Niobaran]

int - (1d20+3)[13]
KnowledgeMilitairy - (1d20+7)[18]

int2 - (1d20+3)[11]
PerformOperateRadio - (1d20+1)[20]

int3 - (1d20+3)[22]
PerformOperateRadio2 - (1d20+1)[9]

I put on the clothes. I am cold and made to serve. Not to conform to any social norms. Does the outfit also has the pants?

With a light amount of ... what is that feeling? ... I look at my self-built case and at the larger and more useful briefcase. I open the briefcase.

[jakarta]

[roll0]
[roll1]

[roll2]
[roll3]

[roll4]
[roll5]

I put on the clothes. I am cold and made to serve. Not to conform to any social norms. Does the outfit also has the pants?

With a light amount of ... what is that feeling? ... I look at my self-built case and at the larger and more useful briefcase. I open the briefcase.

The assault must have used some short of incendiary projectile or perhaps a beam.

The small device is a data storage device that can be used to play audio files. It is missing the headphones and power adapter, and data wire. but it is showing a nearly full charge.

The larger device is a sound player. It has 2 speakers. It can receive but not transmit wireless signals. It plays and can record to magnetic tapes. There is one tape in it, but it is probably not tactically appropriate to listen to it now. There is no way to tell how charged the 4 C cells it holds in the battery casing are. The 4 ft Power cable is bundled inside the case next to the batteries.

Inside the briefcase are 9 bundles of vouchers, 100 vouchers per bundle. There is room in the brief case for the wand, the small device, the the pocket. The larger device and the bowl are too big. (Int and Wis checks)

When you near the first finishing machine it senses your presence and a ration container and a bottle of protein nutrient shake rise out of the dispenser next to it.

You know you must enter the chamber and make inputs into the controls.

[jakarta]

The input you must make is to rank these in order. You do not know what some of them mean...

STG
DEX
CON
INT
WIS
CHA
SPD
POW
BLK/PAR

Once that is done, lights scan your body from every angle.

AUGMENT SOURCES DETECTED: INTEGRATE / CANCEL?