Boll Weevil Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Long long ago I ran a campaign. The heroes of said campaign had an NPC team member who stayed back at HQ and called the plays. The character was inspired by Theora Jones' function in Max Headroom. He monitored their positions, could tap into security systems remotely, unlocked doors, monitored vital signs (a la Aliens) and could access information on request. Back then I ran this character as almost a plot device and never really statted him out. When I played this character it was before the "internets", GPS, ONSTAR or even before most people had computers...God, I'm old. Anyone have some cool ideas for fleshing this character out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed-F Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Re: Please help with a build - a la Theora Jones Heroic or superheroic version? For a heroic version, here's a character I made along these lines: http://www.herocentral.net/herocentral/get/files/premium/JohnDranoh_v0.01.HTML Mainly this includes skills like security systems, Comupter Programming (Infiltration), Systems Operation, and appropriate KS skills, plus appropriate equipment to back them up, in this case written up as a resource pool. As an example this character has some remote sensing gear in the form of miniature robot bugs, which have proven extremely handy in his current mission. For a superheroic version I'd just bypass all the equipment and write up a suitable Cyberkinesis multipower or the like. Mind Scan and/or Mind Link to computers is probably a must, and I'd probably include the same set of skills as described above in addition. At that point, depending on how many points you have and whether the GM allows it, you can buy some followers to act as robot chassis he can control by telepresence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRavenIs Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 Re: Please help with a build - a la Theora Jones I have used this idea before. In a game that I am GMing, I have a C that watches them via he's powers, but he doesn't actually do more than watch to pull them out either as individuals or the team. Repped for this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quedorm Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 Re: Please help with a build - a la Theora Jones Hmm... Maybe what he needs is a mobile surveilance lab. Something like a van with a small gadget pool to simulate the assorted equipment for hacking into phonelines or the like perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
concord Posted October 12, 2005 Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 Re: Please help with a build - a la Theora Jones GPS is a very nice tool... combined with publically available maps of buildings, it can be used to project maps and a "you a here" symbol on heads-up-displays worn by team members in the field.... additionally, maps can be made of locations where there are not publically available resources by having a member of the group visit the locale with a GPS remote unit... the GPS data gained from the remote unit is fed back to the computer... a map is generated on the fly and can be stored for later use... several members of the Wardens have worn HUDs and used the AI back at the base to feed them maps and other info while on patrol or in combat... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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