Fiasco Style inter-PC relationships

[Admin]

The game 'fiasco' has a simple and often cool way of jumpstarting relationships between PCs.

For every pair of PC's roll two dice and see if that connection can make sense.

Especially in a cyberpunk world, building trust can be hard, and I think things will go smoother if some of the PCs have pre-existing relationships.

Relationships

1 In the Shadows
1 Mr. Johnson and Runner
2 Shadowrun Squadmates
3 Street Doc and Patient
4 Fence and "Supplier"
5 Decker Contacts
6 Newbie and Vet

2 Enemies
1 Humanis Policlub Member and Metahuman
2 Assassin and Target
3 Corporate Rivals
4 Rival Runners
5 Former Company Man and Superior
6 Former Lovers

3 Illicit
1 Drug Dealer and Client
2 Gangbanger Buddies
3 Con Artist and Mark
4 BTL Producers
5 Served Time Together
6 Partners in "The Perfect Crime"

4 Family
1 Siblings
2 Cousins
3 Parent and Child
4 Estranged Kin
5 Spouses
6 In-Laws

5 Professional
1 Bodyguard and Client
2 Landlord and Tenant
3 Wage Slave Co-Workers
4 Ex-Military Buddies
5 Rich Kid and Manservant
6 Teammates who Privately Can't Stand One Another

6 Strange
1 Shaman and Initiate
2 Stalker and Stalkee
3 Church Members
4 Lone Star Infiltrator and Contact
5 Lone Star Detective and Fugitive
6 Fellow Foreigners (From Europe, Salish Shidhe, etc.)

Needs

1 To Get Rich
1 Off of One Last Job
2 By Hacking Mitsuhama
3 Through Blackmail
4 And Help Those Who Need it Most
5 In the Most Spectacular Manner Possible
6 Through Kidnapping

2 To Get Laid
1 By an Exotic Metahuman
2 In the Middle of a Run
3 To Take the Edge Off
4 To Get What You REALLY Want
5 And Thumb Your Nose at the Humanis Policlub
6 As Often as Possible

3 For Violence
1 Against those Corper Scum
2 Against those who Suspect it Least
3 Against the Freaks in this World
4 Against those who Betrayed You
5 In A Good Old-Fashioned Fistfight
6 In An Orgy of Wanton Destruction

4 Magic and the Supernatural
1 To Learn the Ways of the Physical Adept
2 To Research a Specific Spell
3 For Raw Mystical Power
4 To See a Real Live Dragon
5 To Figure Out What this Fetish Does
6 To Rid the World of the Supernatural

5 To Get Respect
1 As a Consummate Professional
2 As a Total Badass
3 Enough to Go Home Again
4 Enough to Get Hired as a Consultant
5 From the Gang
6 From the Media

6 To Keep Secret
1 Your Involvement in This Run
2 Your Ghoul Half-Brother
3 Your Past Life
4 Your BTL Addiction
5 That You're a Double Agent
6 That You've Never Done This Before

[prissyprincesscyan]

Seeing as Hija and Tag are the first pair of characters I feel we may as well and try and work out a relationship using the fiasco style stuff. Might wanna roll a pair of dice each and pick and choose whatever best fits.

JilNwV7X1-61-6

I'll also give the Needs a go for some inspiration juice.

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So Stalker and Stalkee and a Need to get laid and thumb your nose at the humanis policlub.

I can definitely see Hija getting stalkerish if she really gets interested someone, its kind of the relation I'm imagining she has with Jackson Ellias.

As for getting laid to stick it to Humanis. I'm not too sure how big of a thing Humanis would be if all strains are more humanish than normal. I suppose pro-Beta human groups would exist who are opposed to any modification that she would be against. The whole getting laid aspect I'm a bit blegh on given her age. I'd probably run that as something far more innocent.1-6·1-6·1-6·1-6

[Deals with dragons]

I guess I can role with that. Bit dubious about the getting laid part as well, I mean it seems that both our characters are youngish so that might be a bit dicey. We can talk about background a bit more if we need to.

[Deals with dragons]

Now for my rolls:


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Bodyguard and client doesn't seem particularly likely given that neither of our characters seem the type to a) have a bodyguard or b) actually be a bodyguard.

1-61-6
I mean... kidnapping doesn't really seem like something I would be into. 1-6·1-6·1-6·1-6

[prissyprincesscyan]

Well, you never know. As I was writing I felt that some kind of obsessive fan girly/stalkerish idolizing may fit with Hija and people she finds impressive.

[Deals with dragons]

I do think that sounds pretty reasonable, but other rolls I'm not so sure about.

[Admin]

I am by no means saying we have to use these - it's just a tool to get the creative juices flowing.

Talia could certainly have been the target of a kidnapping, or maybe one of her relatives was? Maybe Talia and Hija working a kidnapping case together?

[Quhzk]

Time to do some rolling! I'll start with Snitch <-> Hija


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So Corporate rivals with Hija, I suppose that as she has a connection to Jackson Ellias and Snitch is an investigator of sorts as well, he could be following up on the story of "The lost psions of Atzlan" - not his typical research on corp-crimes, but sometimes you have to work with the tabloids to pay the bills. It would give him a reason to be at the scene, trailing her.

And now for Snitch <-> Tag


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Street doc and patient with Tag, looking at the character sheet she has shadowrunning medic skills, medkit and trauma patches, perhaps we did a routine run together a few months ago and you patched Snitch up? They may have just worked the one job and not seen or heard from each other since, but Snitch would feel a sense of debt towards her when they next meet.

And rolling for needs:


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...to get laid as much as possible.. Not really the vibe I was looking for, and I feel like having the sneaky character who can trick people into thinking hes other people would make that doubly bad   I feel like my character would be very interested in Psions and their abilities given his recent history which I haven't talked about yet, and that backs up the interest in the Hija story that he's working on.
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[Deals with dragons]

given some stuff about me backstory, it's possible that you were at one point part of a team that was hired by my parents, I followed you and ended up patching you up when things went sour.

[prissyprincesscyan]

You'll be stepping on dangerous ground with that line of investigation, I can see a "Where are they now" expose going south for all involved very quickly, I like it. Plus I like the idea of a trail of trails where each new player is for some reason tailing the previous character

[Deals with dragons]

And then there's Cochise(Random Task), who seems to just be quietly observing as: Snitch plays around with the jukebox while his commlink records Hija, who's bleeding and downing whole cans of energy drink, and Tag who is trying very hard to not Literally screw up the entire mission. I think he's got the right idea