TSS: Lifestyles Needed

[Adam]

Hey folks,

Laying out TSS-19, and I could use about 4 or 5 more pre-generated lifestyles, using the SSG rules. I've included the style template, and a list of already included lifestyles so there isn't any further duplication. Ideally I'd like these by the middle of the week - just post them in the thread, please.

Already Included: Mechanic's Shop, Prairie Dog Common's [old housing project turned into community watched/maintained area], The Rat Hole [rat shaman hideout], Las ance Motel [a step above a coffin hotel, barely...], Suburbia, The Dorm, Barrens Big Shot, The Bachelor Pad, and a variety of Safehouse Variations: standard safehouse, long-term safehouse, magical safehouse, plus a Regular and Haunted Magician safehouse.

Template:

Regular Magician Safehouse
The bad features of the neighborhood can help explain the increased privacy of the place (there aren’t many people that wish to be around; one could easily justify adding No More Neighbors later), and the “annoyance” flaws might be explained as the syncronicities and weird oddities that seem to hover around magicians and their homes...

Area Low (2pt)
Comforts High (4pt)
Entertainment High (4pt)
Furnishings Low (2pt)
Security High (4pt)
Space High (4pt)
Total: 18 (5,000¥ Base Monthly Cost)

Edges
Defensive Setup +0.10
Inconspicous Housing +0.10
Manaline/Power Site in the Basement +0.30
Privacy Screen 3 +0.30
Reliable Utilities +0.10
Total: +0.90

Flaws
Cacophonous Neighborhood 0.05
Disgusting Neighborhood 0.05
Horrible View 0.05
Mail Leftovers 0.05
This isn’t Sam’s Pizza 0.05
Total: -0.25

Monthly Lifestyle Cost: 8,750 Nuyen

[Paul]

I'd so do this, but my copy of the SSG is still on order. Fucking book store!

[3278]

SSG?

[Adam]

Sprawl Survival Guide.

Paul, whatever store you're using *really* sucks. :-)

[Ancient History]

Heh. This could be fun. I've barely played with those rules.

[Ancient History]

The Bunker
The ultimate (if somewhat Spartan) accomodations for the survivalist in all of you. This reinforced ferro-concrete bunker was built to military specs, and comes complete with a number of security devices and drones that borders on paranoia. The moderately spacious accomodations include enough preserved foodstuffs, water reclamation, and air filtration and recycling devices to last a number of users for years! Located in a premium low-rent neighborhood beneath an unassuming house of apartment complex that may not even know you exist. It even includes a space for your vehicle, in case you have to go outside and hunt for food in the irradiated wasteland that was once civilization!

Area Low (2pt)
Comforts High (4pt)
Entertainment High (4pt)
Furnishings Low (2pt)
Security High (4pt)
Space High (4pt)
Total: 18 (5,000¥ Base Monthly Cost)

Edges
Good Insulation +0.05
Inconspicous Housing +0.10
Reliable Utilities +0.10
Vigiliant Security +0.15
Watertight +0.05
Total: +0.45

Flaws
Difficult Access -.0.05 (Diengage seals, keypad, handprint, voiceprint, decontamination, re-engage seals..)
Horrible View -0.05 (Windows? It's a bunker! Still, even your street-level periscope can't see drek)
Underpaid security -0.15 (<ka-clik> You are the security. Intruders beware.)
Victory Gardens -0.20 (Grow your own crops and save yourself from outside exposure!)
Total: -0.45

Monthly Lifestyle Cost: 5,000 Nuyen

The Ancient, Forbidden, Cursed, Ruined Temple
An ideal spot for the eccentric magician or unspeakable cabal, this forgotten piece of man-was-not-meant-to-know contains privacy and power for surprisingly little cost...the magician's sanity. A bit of a rustic fixer-upper. Features include cavernus spaces that look bigger on the inside than on the outside, a hidden escape tunnel for when heroes bust in on your unspeakable ceremonies, and the Portal That Must Not Be Opened right next to the crumbled idol and sacrificial altar stone.

Area Low (2pt)
Comforts Squatter (1pt)
Entertainment Squatter (1pt)
Furnishings Low (2pt)
Security Low (2pt)
Space Luxury (5pt)
Total: 13 (1,650¥ Base Monthly Cost)

Edges
Defensive Setup +0.10
Escape Tunnel +0.10
Inconspicous Housing +0.10
Manaline/Power Site in the Basement +0.30
Pest Repellent +0.05 (Animals know enough to stay away from this place)
Total: +0.65

Flaws
Astral Magnet -0.20
Background Count -0.30 (This represents an aspected powerline for the aspiring evil magician, or the residue of Horror for the cheap runner shaman.)
Haunted -0.20 ("Meet Thranaxal, the local spector and your new roommate. We don't know what language he speaks, but he can swear fluently in Sperethiel at elves.")
Portal In The Closet -0.20 (Don't open the Portal. Trust us.)
Victory Gardens -0.20 (Yes, the lichens and mushrooms are edible, even the glowing ones. You'll have to keep it trimmed, or else it'll smother you in your sleep.)
Total: -1.10

Monthly Lifestyle Cost: 908 Nuyen

[Serious Paul]

Adam: YES! I am close to getting my gun. Actually I may just call Uncle Joe and see what his conenctions can come up with.

Ancient: I am going to use that in my game!

[Adam]

Yo yo,

Still could use a couple more within the next few days, if anyone is interested.

[Anguirel]

Mad Scientist's Lab
He hates visitors. He hates people peering over his shoulder. He especially hates laws interfering with his work. He needs huge amounts of power, and he needs it when he wants it. He hates dealing with any mundane details on his own. His work poisons the astral space with its twisted and bizarre effects. He doesn't have entertainment... his work consumes his every waking moment, but that requires a lot of connections to all sorts of data. The place never looks the same any two time you visit. He's your (un)friendly neightborhood mad scientist...

Area Z Street (-1pt)
Comforts Luxury (5pt) - (represents more his power bill than anything else)
Entertainment High (4pt) - (represents stable Matrix hookups and research libraries)
Furnishings Middle (3pt) - (represents basic lab requirements)
Security Luxury (5pt) - (nothing gets in... or out)
Space Luxury (5pt)
Total: 21 (7,500¥ Base Monthly Cost)

Edges
(Astral Repellant +0.10)
(Defensive Setup +0.10)
(Escape Tunnel +0.10)
Good Insulation +0.05
Inconspicous Housing +0.10
(Masterful Engineering +0.05)
No More Neighbors +0.15
(Pest Repellant +0.05)
Privacy Screen 3 +0.30
Reliable Utilities +0.10
(Vigilant Security +0.15)
Total: +0.70 (+1.25)

Flaws
Background Count 0.20
(Bad Reputation 0.05)
Difficult Access 0.05
Disgusting Neighborhood 0.05
(Gnomes Under The Floorboards 0.10)
Horrible View 0.05
Middle of Nowhere 0.05
Total: -0.40 (-0.55)

Monthly Lifestyle Cost: 9750¥ (12,750¥)

Note: Actual lab equipment must be purchased separately, as per usual costs for Tools (SR3, page 288 for basic info)

Edit: Official rules (original lax version)

[Ancient History]

Ang, I don't mean to be a pill, but you didn't by any chance overlook where it said you can have a maximum of five edges and five flaws, right?

[Anguirel]

Ang, I don't mean to be a pill, but you didn't by any chance overlook where it said you can have a maximum of five edges and five flaws, right?

Those kinds of rules are meant to be more like guidelines rather than rules...

Edited post without removing anything.

[Adam]

Ang, I don't mean to be a pill, but you didn't by any chance overlook where it said you can have a maximum of five edges and five flaws, right?

That rule is retarded, anyway. Ignore it at will.

[Ancient History]

Heh. It's your publication.

[MooCow]

If this can wait until Sunday, I'll toss a few in.

[Adam]

I'm actually aiming for a Sunday release, and I'm spending Saturday out of the house, so... by Saturday would be preferable. ;-)

[MooCow]

Well.... monkeys. I'll try and get them in by this evening. Not that I particularly have any great ideas, just trying to help.

[Anguirel]

Barrens Street Clinic
The local clinic is well liked by the locals. They like knowing there's a place they can go when they get hurt near by, and they don't take kindly to anyone who tries to mess it up. Of course, all the local gangers try to stay on the place's good side... this means they also hang out there on regular occasions. No one wants to see it closed down. Everything barring access to rooms has been removed or altered to make it as easy as possible for emergency cases to get inside in a hurry. Local backups for most utilities exist, since power and water supplies are critical, but not stable in any way.

Area Z-Street (-1 pt)
Comforts Low (2 pt)
Entertainment Squatter (1 pt)
Furnishings Low (2 pt)
Security Middle (3 pt)
Space Middle (3 pt)
Total 10 (700¥ Base Monthly Cost)

Edges
Concerned Neighbors +0.05
Easygoing Landlord +0.05
Hasty Access +0.05
Helpful Neigbors +0.05
Reliable Utilities +0.10
Vigilant Security +0.15
Total: +0.45

Flaws
Ambush Friendly -0.10
Crashpad -0.10
Total: -0.20

Monthly Lifestyle Cost: 875¥

(Note: Does not include cost of medical supplies)

[Serious Paul]

Area: B-Middle equivalent (3pts.)

Located int he warehouse district of Auburn.


Comforts: High (4 pts.)

A VOR Robotics House Helper and a local lady take care of the place. The drone handles the cleaning, she does the shopping, detail work and some cooking for you. Dust reppelant walls and photvolactic paint make that easier.

Entertainment: Middle (3 pts.)

An unregistered jack point in addittion to the registered point, with the equivalent of premium Matrix services. Holographic telecom suite with extensive media library.

Furnishings: Middle (3 pts.)

Quality second hand hard wood furnishings and rugs help fill a little of the massive open space you have. With some comfortable soft lighting from floor lamps the place has a homey feel.

Security: High (4 pts.)

In addittion to high quality maglocks, tinted windows, a discreet CCTV system, thick doors and frames you also have solid bribes with the local gangs. They keep an eye on the place, and provide advance warning to you in the case of Lone Star patrols, or strange events. Magical security is provided by several anchored spells.

Space: Luxury (5 pts.)

A three story warehouse, with 60,000 square feet. The top floor has living amenties for five, and the ground floor acts as a garage complete with basic tools.

Totals: 22 pts./ 8,350 Nuyen Base Cost.

Edges and Flaws

• Bribed Security (+0.15)- A local street gang
• Good Insulation (+0.05)-the warehouse has thick brick walls, and most of the windows are blacked out with paint, and have thick frames.
• Hasty Access (+0.05)-they are multiple windows and hidden doors.
• Incospicous Housing (+0.10)-the warehouse is int he warehouse/business district of Auburn.

Total: +0.35

Adjusted Cost:11,272.5 Nuyen

[Serious Paul]

Area D Squatter (1 pt.)

An old tollbooth at the base of a collapsed off ramp on the edge of the Puyallup Barrens.

Comforts: Low (2 pts.)

The old electric heater still has power, (A miracle, all things considered.) and you've set up some moisture traps for drinking water, but there's no indorr facilities if you get my drift. You purchase a lot of take out, and food from vending machines.

Entertainment: Squatter (1 pt.)

You have an old AM/FM crank powered radio, that doubles as a flashlight,and the old black and white 2D you have is rigged for spotty reception on clear nights. You often do your reading on the walls of phonebooths or stuffer shacks.

Furnishings: Squartter ( 1 pt.)

The chair you found when you moved in is still in one piece, mostly and that cot folds up nicely in the corner when you're not using it. That coleman cooler is handy when you have leftovers, which isn't often. A folding lawn chair makes it easy to enjoy those summer days a little more.

Security: Low (2pts.)

You can lock the door, and you've long since barricaded the windows with whatever you could find. It's not bullet proof, but it does make it less likely you'll catch a brick with your face. Mostly you rely on your big fraggin' dog.

Space: Squatter (1 pt.)

Hey, it's tollbooth mano.

Totals: 7 pts./ 250 Nuyen

Edges and Flaws

• Escape Tunnel (+0.10) A trap door leads into the utility tunnel below you.
• Bad Insulation (-0.05) Hey, it's tollbooth man.
• No Hazard Alarm (-0.05) Yeah if you had money for a fire alarm you'd buy a 40 ouncer instead.
• No Privacy (-0.05) Pretty much everyone cans ee yo coming and going, and there isn't much int he way of noise reduction in a tollbooth man.
• Rough Neihborhood (-0.15) That's why you got the dog rght?

Total: -0.20

Adjusted Price: 200 Nuyen

[Serious Paul]

Area D Sqautter equivalent (1 pt.)

On the far South East side of Downtown.

Comforts: Middle (3 pts.)

Your old lady does most of the cooking, and laundry, but that new house cleaning drone you just bought has really started to pick up the slack. When it works.

Entertainment: Middle (3 pts.)

Sure its pirated services, but you get to watch most of the latest Tridshows, and free sporting events.

Furnishings: Middle (3 pts. )

Some times people make too big a deal over used furniture. After all, you can barely see those scratches, or dents. Not tomention those old subway benches come in handy when you've got a few friends over for the big game.

Security: Middle (3 pts.)

You've got a nice big secure door, with a gun port. (Just add scattergun.) Combined with that CCTV to see who's there, and you don't often have to entertain those pesky unwanted house guests. You also pay your protection money, so the local wild life leaves you alone.

Space: High (4 pts.)

At least you're not crammed in their like sardines!

Totals: 17 pts./ 4,350 Nuyen

Edges and Flaws

• Defensive Setup (+0.10) Not only are you underground, but there's only one approach to your door. That means you're rarely taken by surprise.
• Escape Tunnel (+0.10) The Ork Underground!
• Cacophonous Neighborhood (-0.05) The old subway just happens to be above the new subway.

Total: +0.15

Adjusted Price: 5,005 Nuyen

[Serious Paul]

Area A High equivalent (4 pts)

The Everett Marina and Yatch Club is where you hang your hat.

Comforts: Middle (3 pts.)

A boat has its limitations you know? But the cleaning bot stores easily, and you have a well stocked galley, and a plethora of cold drinks.

Entertainment: Middle (3 pts.)

You have a quality entertainment system, with surrond sound. (A must on a boat of course!) You get basic trid access, and on free preview weekends you even get HBO! That's not even mnetioning the swimming, and fishing.

Furnishings: Low (2 pts.)

While your own quarters are decently appointed, even if they are somewhat spartan, space is at a premium on a boat. You have a cozy living room/study area, and a kitchenette with the latest appliances. A single guest room has four folding naval style bunks with small wall lockers to stow their gear.

Security: High (4 pts.)

The Marina security detail is vigillant, which can be a real pain in the ass at times. But you don't have to worry about drive bys, or even theft. Just nosy neighboors,and curious rent-a-cops.

Space: Middle (3 pts.)

Well it is a house boat you know?

Totals:19 pts. 5,850 Nuyen

Edges and Flaws

• Concerned Neighbors (+0.05) Sometimes a little too concerned...
• Quiet Neighborhood (+0.15) It is basically a gated community.
• Difficult Access (-0.05) Which means you have to get past the gates, find parking, and avoid arousing the attention of security. Good luck criminal!
• Intolerant Neighbors (-0.05) Yeah, there'll be no loud parties, or beatings of sarimen here.
• Living by Committee (-0.10) The Marina Association sets the rules for the conduct of residents.

Total: 0.00

Adjusted Price: 5,850 Nuyen

[Serious Paul]

Area C Low (2 pts.)

No one wants convicts intheir backyard, but you had to go somehwere, and well these people didn't protest too much. Welcome to Tacoma.

Comforts Low (2 pts.)

Communal showers, and dining make this almost as good as being back in prison!

Entertainment Squatter (1 pt.)

The State can't get good PR by providing you hardened felons with anything more advanced than a telecom. They keep that locked in the case managers office after some guy used it to deck the local stuffer shcaks system. But, hey they replaced the old black and white 2D with a color 2D last week!

Furnishings Low (2 pts.)

Prefabricated prison furniture is way under rated. At least it can be busted up for shank manufacturing in a pinch.

Security Low (2 pts.)

The panic button is locked in the case managers office, ever since that Ork guy tried to kill her last month, but they do lock the front door. Not that it stops anybody.

Space Low (2 pts.)

Your room is bigger than your cell was. You think.

Total: 11 pts./ 850 Nuyen

Edges and Flaws

• Disgruntled Service (-0.10) You're pretty sure the Case Manager hates everyone, not just you.
• Inattentive Security (-0.15) Unless you do something wrong that is.
• Living by Committee (-0.10) You know the Parole hates everyone.
• Roommate from hell (-0.05) There's always one.
• Trigger Happy Lanlord (-0.05) The Case Manager just seems to be out to get you.
• Underpaid Security (0.15) The Case Manger doesn't ever seem to process your paperwork.

Total: -0.60

Adjusted Price: 340 Nuyen[/list]

[Serious Paul]

Area Z Street equivalent (-1 pt.)

The Orchard View Trailer Park isn't the Barrens, but hey who asked you?

Comforts Low (2 pts.)

Illegal taps that are often unreliable mean spotty service. But as long as they can't shut your sewer access off, you're not complaining.

Entertainment Low (2 pts.)

You don't need cable, you get street fighting live!

Furnishings Low ( 2 pts.)

Prefabricated plastic furniture made in prisons is way under rated, you know they use that stuff in halfway houses.

Security Middle (3 pts.)

Two big dogs, and an assault rifle aside (Sure they make your point well.) you have the protection of the SIM (Seattle Indpendence Movement)-think IRA back around the turn of the century.

Space Low (2 pts.)

It is a trailer dude.

Total: 10 pts. 700 Nuyen

Edges and Flaws

• Ambush Friendly (-0.10) Trailers offer little in the way to stop a bullet, or for that matter anything. Except maybe a date.
• Bad Insulation (-0.05) Trailers have paper thin walls.
• Cursed Amenties (0.10) Well you are stealing them man....
• No Privacy (-0.05) Trailers don't offer much in the way of sound dampening...

Total: -0.30

Adjusted Price: 490 Nuyen[/list]

[Ancient History]

Somethin' on your mind of late, PAuly?

[Serious Paul]

I have a lot of free time at work, at times. And no access to a computer, so I write stuff up, based on what I was reading. Guess what I read for 4 straight hours last night?

I wish I had a machine I could use at work, because posting would be my life.

[Moto42]

Orbital Squat
About as close to homeless as you can get in space. The orbital squat is a box about twice the size of a coffin hotel “room” with life support and jerry-rigged racks welded to the side to which you can tether most of your belongings. On the upside nobody will ever bother you out here unless you bother them first, too bad you need to beg borrow or steal air food and water some someone.

Area Middle (3pt)
Comforts Squatter (1pt)
Entertainment Nonexistent (0pt)
Furnishings Squatter (1pt)
Security Squatter (1pt)
Space Squatter (1pt)
Total: (250¥ Base Monthly Cost)

Edges
Good Insulation: +0.05
No more Neighbors: +0.15
Total: +0.20

Flaws
Ambush Friendly: -0.10 Pretty much anyone with a gun that finds you could wreck your life-support, and there is only one way out.
Difficult Access: -0.05 Get in the suit, wait for the air in the entire box to be evacuated into storage tanks, then open the hatch.
Middle of Nowhere: -0.05

Total: -0.20

Monthly Lifestyle Cost: 250 Nuyen