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From: Alfredo B Alves <dghost@****.COM>
Subject: Character Background Help
Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 18:38:12 -0500
I need help with the background for a character ... A Tiger Shapeshifter
that was a labrat that escaped from Aztechnology ... Originally, She was
a brainwashed undercover op (I hadn't decided where yet) posing with a
"Partner" (someone that kept her "in line") when he/she (the
"partner")
got killed and she started running the shadows ... the trauma of his/her
death (the shaper believed the partner was a romantic interest/good
friend or something along those lines because of the brainwashing) mucked
up the brainwashing and so the char has amnesia (and has no idea
Aztechnology is after her)

The problem is the shaper's bestial nature ... how could she be an
undercover op with a bestial nature ... possible solutions:

1) brainwashing overrode the bestial nature pay x build points to get rid
of the bestial nature

2) as 1) above except the bestial nature is resurfacing at the beginning
of play the bestial nature is in full swing

3) implanted cyberware controllers (I know alot of people don't allow
cyberware in chars/critters with regen, but this is a nifty solution ...
someone in Aztechnology has a little box that control her actions ...)

I prefer option 2 and really don't like option 1 I'm sure there are other
options I haven't thought of so if you think of one can you share it,
please?

Also, if you have any ideas on how to alter the background so that
everything gels better share them as well ... thanks :)

As it stands there chars flaws are:
Amnesia -2 (Represents backlash against
brainwashing / mental conditioning

and trauma from death of
"partner")
Hunted (Rank 4 Enemy) -4 (Aztechnology should be at least a
rank 5 or 6 Enemy IMO, but that
would result in WAY too many flaw
points)
Phobia (Aztechnology Logos / Mild) -3 (Represents bad feelings from time
as a
"lab rat")
----
-9 (ick, not good )
I'd like to get the number of flaw points lower but I think these flaws
represent her background very well :/ (though the phobia is more so than
the amnesia )

Any help /tips would be appreciated :)

D.Ghost
(aka Pixel, Tantrum, and RuPixel)

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