Shadowed Moon Lotus

   Here’s a character from the last Shadowrun game – a formidable sorcerer-summoner specialist with class A+ Magical abilities. In his case that was A+ sorcery (providing a +2 effective force bonus on all spells he casts) and spontaneous summoning, albeit of only a limited group of spirits.

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Mark (Shadowed Moon Lotus)

Character Setup:
Resources	18	400,000 NY (12,000 Initial Funds)
Skills	0	27
Attributes	6	21 Points
Magic	30	Archmage (Sorcery, Spontaneous Summoner / Free Spirits and Water Elementals)
Race	12	Elf: Longevity, Low-Light Vision, +1 Quickness, +2 Charisma

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Basic Attributes :
Body	3 (11)	Willpower	6 (10)
Quickness	3	Intelligence	6
Strength	2	Charisma	6

Other Basics:

• Essence 6
• Move 9
• Reaction 4 + 4d6
• Magic 5 (4)

Dice Pools
Astral	(I+W+C)/2	11
Combat	(Q+I+W)/2	9
Hacking	(Com+Re)	4
Magic	(Sor + PF)	6
Karma		3 + 2 (Team 4)

   Edges; Geneware (Trauma Damper and Menemonic Enhancer III, boosts initial knowledge skills and reduces the cost of learning spells, net Body Index of 1, 5), Holy Man II (6), Initiate II (from I, 5), Mana Focus (3), and Focused Concentration (only -1 penalty for sustaining a spell, 2). Grand Total 19 + 6 (To enhance base abilities) = 27.

   Flaws; Dual Natured (6), On File (Aztechnology, 5*), No Identity (1*), Enemies (Aztechnology, 2*), Mysterious past (4#), Uneducated (2*), Astral Impressions (1*), Biorejection (1*), Detailed Background (4#), and Freakish (Ice crystals all over skin, hair, etc, 1*). Grand Total = 27

   * Half value due to exceeding 10 points worth of flaws, those marked with an # are exempt from this.

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Skills (27)			Knowledges (+25)
Sorcery	6		Magical Theory	6
Conjuring	6		Spirit Lore	6
Stealth	6		Martial Arts	3
Firearms	3
Negotiation	6		Psychology	6
			Biology	6
			Sociology	6
		..	Religion	4

Initial Karma: 35 Points

• 10 Points: Initiate I (Magic +1, Bloodbinding, Gathering)
• Initiate II (Magic +1, Matrix, Grounding)
• 25 Points: Spells

Initial Equipment:

• Grab Bag (15,000 in variable equipment),150K
• Gang, 15K
• 6x High Contacts,120K
• 20x Contacts,100K
• Assorted Gear, 15K
• Armor: Secure Jacket, 5 Ballistic/3 Impact
• Weapon: Ares Viper Slivergun. 30 Shots, 9S/12D Burst, Laser Sight (-1 to target numbers), Recoil Compensation III.
• Pocket Secretary/Computer, HUD Glasses with Optical Magnification-3 and Flare Compensation, Hearing Aids (Noise damping and relay from Pocket Secretary), Subvocal Mike (To secretary again), Enchanter’s Shop (not carried), Virtual Keyboard Sensors (Gloves), Medkit, 3x Trauma Patches, Rope, Micro-Flare Launcher, Ration Bars (10 Days), Respirator, Survival Kit, Ammunition, Low Lifestyle.

Languages (9)

• Romance Languages 1 (4): Catalan, French, Galician, Portuguese, Italian, Provencal, Rumanian, and Spanish.
• Germanic Languages 2 (5): Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, English, Flemish, German, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, and Yiddish
• Mayan Languages 2 (5): Guatemala, Kekchi, Mam, Quiche, and Yucatan.
• Celtic Languages 1 (4): Breton, Irish Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic, and Welsh.
• Semitic Languages 1 (4): Amharic, Arabic, Hararl, Hebrew, Neo-Aramic, Tigre, and Tigrinya.
• Uto-Aztecan 2 (5): Aztec, Comanche, Hopi, Palute, Papago, Pima, Shoshoni, and Ute.

Known Spells:

   All known spells may be cast at Force 6 (Uses Magic-2, and so can be combined with sustaining 3 spells without penalty) or 8 (Uses Magic-4). This uses the second drain number (if one is listed) but can only be combined with sustaining one spell without penalty.

 

Combat	Range	Target	Drain
Dehydration (Area, M, Phy)	LOS	Body	2/3 S
Sleep (Area, M, Stun)	LOS	Will	2S
Frostbite (Individual, S, Phy)	LOS	Body	2S
Chill (Individual, S, Stun)	LOS	Will	2S
Detection	Range	Target	Drain
Clairvoyance	Extended	4	2S
Clairaudience	Extended	4	2S
Detect Life	Limited	4	2L
Mind Probe	Touch	4(R)	3/4 D
Health (All individual)	Range	Target	Drain
Antidote (D) Toxin	Touch	T. Power	2D
Cure (D) Disease	Touch	D. Power	2D
Heal (D) Damage	Touch	10-Ess	2*
Increase Reflexes III^	Touch	2x React	2D
Increase Will +4^	Touch	2x Will	2/3 D
Increase Charisma +4	Touch	2x Cha	2/3 D
Oxygenate (No Breathing)	Touch	10-Ess	3/4 M
Illusion	Range	Target	Drain
Improved Invisibility	Touch	4	2/3 M
Spectral Force (Area)	LOS	4	3/4 M
Manipulation	Range	Target	Drain
Armor (Of Ice)^	Touch	4	3/4 M
Astral Static (Area, 1 per 2)	LOS	6	2/3 D
Bardic Voice (See Below)	Touch	4	2/3 S
Control Thoughts	LOS	Will	3/4 D
Create Food and Water	LOS	6	4M
Liquid Form (Personal)	Touch	Body	3/4 M
Magic Fingers (Telekinesis)	LOS	6	3/4 M
Makeover (Clothes, etc)	LOS	4	3/4 M
Transform (Into animal)	Limited	Will	3/4 S
Wall of Ice (Shapable Area)	Limited	6	3/4 S

• ^ Permanent on self.
• * Per level of effect to be produced
• Bardic Voice provides +1D/2 successes on social skill rolls while sustained up to a maximum of (Force/2) dice.

Special Notes:

• +3 dice on all language skill checks (Already noted).
• +1 die on all knowledge skill checks
• -3 (1 minimum) on the karma cost of buying skills.
• A Trauma Damper converts 1 box of any physical damage taken into stun damage and reduces any stun damage taken otherwise by one box.

Metamagics:

• Bloodbinding allows you to give up a magic point to make a spell permanent and irreversible.
• Gathering allows you to take an action to use Conjuring to collect magical energy before casting a spell. This adds (Conjuring/2) to the base number of dice rolled for the spell.
• Matrix allows you to select up to (Intelligence) spells for which you can ignore background count modifiers. These can be changed given a few hours of meditation.
• Grounding provides an extra 2 dice to use to resist drain.

Notable Contacts: 

• Chyrosite: Free Earth Elemental, Force 6, Spirit Energy 4. Can aid manipulation spells.
• Wind-Among-Fronds: Free Forest Spirit, Force 7, Spirit Energy 4.