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[TheBiggerFish]

(So:
Name:Jack, last name unknown
?Male?/Lacking any
Powers:

• Made of some extremely moderately tough alloy.  Will resist small-arms fire.
• Built-in laser, approx. 11 seconds worth of output with 1 minute recharge (for a nice second of power for 10 seconds of waiting), and a couple of decently cutty knives.
• Innate technological knowledge
• Various passive scanning methods-can see through walls/see infrared.
• Limited flight- ~30 seconds
• "Near-limitless*" electrical power
• Internal components vulnerable to shocks blasting them out of joint or fraying wires.

*Will not be limitless.  At some point you will need to either recharge or acquire new fuel if you abuse this.
Current location:Somewhere in Siberia.
Future location not given.)

Also, no, I don't intend to have any plot really planned out, the plot is what you make happen.

[Amperzand]

Spoiler: RAMBLE (click to show/hide)

I see bladed weapons as a basic thing, not magical swordsmaster shenanigans. Jack has a knife or two that happen to be inbuilt, because being without a blade is annoying. The laser isn't really that big a deal, mostly an industrial cutter, and tends to overheat quickly because having a sealed homogeneous exterior prevents proper heat sinks, plus the power plant doesn't make enough power to run it directly, so it uses capacitors.

The exterior and main structural components are made of uber-alloy, nothing else. Repeated smashing will shake things loose, and Jack is already old. Besides, those were 1920s antitank rifles, not modern HEAT warheads or tungsten penetrators.

Jack basically has human-level senses, with better parallel processing and a wall-penetrating radar, not really Sufficiently Advanced, that was hyperbole and I apologize.

The electrical power is an extremely long-life solid state generator, it's unlikely to run out any time soon. It doesn't have a terribly high output, but as long as the fuel slug doesn't start hitting half-lives, it'll keep running motors and charging the laser's capacitor.

The flight thing is a noble-gas magnetoplasma thruster for microgravity maneuvers, but if it uses the laser's capacitors it can make short jumps in full-G.

But otherwise, yeah, basically. I expect the main limitation, beside not being in the slightest supernatural, to be that Jack really, really can't regenerate. Jack can weld plates back together and fix frayed wires, but the fine details don't go back together in this century, especially when you're performing surgery on yourself with a mirror.

[TheBiggerFish]

Right.  Consolidate everything into a big post or quote my summary, then, so I have something to quote for the actual first update if there's a consensus on your idea.
Or a complete lack of consensus and nothing striking me as amazing.

Also, I am ruling that any sufficiently capable technologist can perform similar maintenance, possibly more if they're good, possibly even more if they're good and Jack has given them plans.

[Amperzand]

Spoiler: Here ya go (click to show/hide)

Jack

Very ambiguous, but closer to male.

Very durable, but incapable of healing.

As physically strong and agile as you expect high-powered servomotors and hydraulics to allow within a 2.5 meter frame, by which I mean, really quite, but no Superman.

Inbuilt radar and computer-assisted senses.

Inbuilt knife.

Inbuilt 120kW industrial laser. Meant for vacuum work, not very long range in atmo. Not especially dangerous to anything with armor and capable of movement.

Very short range assisted-jumps, or microgravity flight.

Fairly good with technology, likes weapons.

Indefinite electrical power generation, actual current not surplus to requirements, only operates properly until something goes badly wrong, which it will.

Current location: Southern Siberia, near a town.

[The Froggy Ninja]

Who are you (Name, Gender (how you think of yourself), Sex (fiddly bits))? 
James Howwits, male, male

What can you do (powers)? 
Emulate a video game like in the manhwa The Gamer.

(Did you know what you could do, when you started out?)
Not at first but I figured it out pretty quickly.

What happened to bring this about?
Standard backstory. Gaia did it.

Oh, and if you care to mention it, where (on 20XX Earth) are you now?
Turin NY. One of America's smallest towns boasting only 231 people

[Hawk132]

Damnit, do I support the awesome robot/cyborg, or do I support The Gamer? Can't choose.

I'll just roll my dice.

...

+1 to Froggy Ninja's char.

[TheBiggerFish]

I need more explanation on just how that's supposed to work.

[The Froggy Ninja]

I need more explanation on just how that's supposed to work.

It's a bit complicated. I'd recommend you either read the source material or one of the many crossovers. But in general it's you get stats and skills. Training both is easier than in real life by a whole lot. You also gain access to magic either by learning it or when Int reaches fifty and you get your first benchmark skill which is mana manipulation. You can level up through combat and add points to your stats (those being int wis str dex vit and luk with the standard points per level being 5) but that obviously makes training them up harder. That's just the basics though. You should read some related material if you want to be accurate to the source material but that's enough to make your own interpretation. Oh and Gaia is the willpower of the planet (possibly made up of the souls of everyone who died ever) and gives people superpowers every once in a while with gamer being one of the most powerful ones due to it's infinite growth potential.

[TheBiggerFish]

'K, that makes sense.
Is the progression standardized or individual to the character?
Oh drat.  I forgot to ask what you did before the power-granting event.

[Amperzand]

Jack was almost certainly a soldier somewhere, judging by the way Jack gets flashbacks when he sees a mushroom cloud. Probably a merc, since he doesn't feel nationalistic.

[The Froggy Ninja]

'K, that makes sense.
Is the progression standardized or individual to the character?
Oh drat.  I forgot to ask what you did before the power-granting event.

It's standardised but only if the character invites someone to his party. Training will up a "NPC"s level by a related amount. Oh and the first three skills you always get are Gamers Body (which let's you treat things as status effects, regain all stamina by resting for half an hour, don't have actual wounds (so you function normally at 1 hp) and regain all hp and mana by sleeping {sometimes you don't actually need sleep}) Gamers Mind (allows you to react to things calmly as if life was a game making you immune to psychological status effects {and sometimes mind control/reading type skills}) and after ogling everyone since they have names and levels above their heads Observe (Which let's you see HP and MP at first level and then stats, status effects, bio, titles etc as it levels up as well as a description of items also getting more detailed as it levels up). Gamer's mind/body start at max level. Party members don't get gamers mind, body, Observe or inventory. You can consume instruction manuals as skill books.

We were a computer programmer. Mostly amuture but we do occasional tech support for the folks around town.

EDIT: You also can't see the level of or observe anyone who has a lot higher a level than you. The exact mechanics vary widely but it usually starts at around 30 levels higher.

[TheBiggerFish]

I guess I'll get out my 4d6, then.
Incoming post.


10 11 17 12 13 11
Right.  If anyone has a complaint with the initial stats speak now or put up with it until you get to respec.
STR:10
CON:12
DEX:11
WIS:13
INT:17
LCK:11

(Also, I'm just going to say this now, I'm not at all staying true to any particular source material.)

[The Froggy Ninja]

Well 10 is the average and int is based on knowledge while wis is problem solving so that seems about right for a computer programmer. I still suggest you read it and maybe some of the fanfic (I personally enjoy Strange Gameplay for a Ninja) if only because they're good.

[TheBiggerFish]

((I'm making stuff up as I go along, so bear with me.))
Your thoughts drift back to when it all began.



==Some Time Ago==

You have just finished coding something.  There is a flash of light.  There is a sudden stats panel.
"...Okay then.  Three new class feats?  What in...Why am I suddenly in some weird cross between D&D and a MMO?  Okay.  Somebody has to have answers..."
New Quest!
What just happened?

Find someone to tell you what's going on!
_{Rewards: XP, mentor.}

New Quest!
You have a job to do, you know.

Do your job.
_{Rewards: $USD, XP.}

Spoiler: Stats (click to show/hide)

Name:James Howwits
Gender:M
Sex:M
Class:Level 1 Gamer
Profession:Computer Programmer
HP:24/24
STR:10
CON:12
DEX:11
WIS:13
INT:17
LCK:11
Feats Taken:
Gamer's Body - No longer lose function as you take damage!  Essential to adventurers the multiverse over!  Also, crazy fast regen!  For humans at least.  A half hour should serve.
Gamer's Mind - Detached.  Immune to all mind-altering status effects.  May confer additional psychic resistances as the plot demands.  Don't say we didn't warn you when you run into situations where the plot demands it.
View Stats - Exactly what it says on the tin.  Focus on a person or object to view level, HP, MP, contents...Possibly even more!  Highlights quest targets automatically!  Does not highlight questgivers!

Spoiler: Inventory (click to show/hide)

0/16 slots.

Spoiler: Quest Log (click to show/hide)

What just happened?

Find someone to tell you what's going on!
_{Rewards: XP, mentor.}
You have a job to do, you know.

Do your job.
_{Rewards: $USD, XP.}

Well, now what?  Your...quest log....has two things to do, or do you want to do something else?

[AbstractTraitorHero]

((I'm making stuff up as I go along, so bear with me.))
Your thoughts drift back to when it all began.



==Some Time Ago==

You have just finished coding something.  There is a flash of light.  There is a sudden stats panel.
"...Okay then.  Three new class feats?  What in...Why am I suddenly in some weird cross between D&D and a MMO?  Okay.  Somebody has to have answers..."
New Quest!
What just happened?

Find someone to tell you what's going on!
_{Rewards: XP, mentor.}

New Quest!
You have a job to do, you know.

Do your job.
_{Rewards: $USD, XP.}

Spoiler: Stats (click to show/hide)

Name:James Howwits
Gender:M
Sex:M
Class:Level 1 Gamer
Profession:Computer Programmer
HP:24/24
STR:10
CON:12
DEX:11
WIS:13
INT:17
LCK:11
Feats Taken:
Gamer's Body - No longer lose function as you take damage!  Essential to adventurers the multiverse over!  Also, crazy fast regen!  For humans at least.  A half hour should serve.
Gamer's Mind - Detached.  Immune to all mind-altering status effects.  May confer additional psychic resistances as the plot demands.  Don't say we didn't warn you when you run into situations where the plot demands it.
View Stats - Exactly what it says on the tin.  Focus on a person or object to view level, HP, MP, contents...Possibly even more!  Highlights quest targets automatically!  Does not highlight questgivers!

Spoiler: Inventory (click to show/hide)

0/16 slots.

Spoiler: Quest Log (click to show/hide)

What just happened?

Find someone to tell you what's going on!
_{Rewards: XP, mentor.}
You have a job to do, you know.

Do your job.
_{Rewards: $USD, XP.}

Well, now what?  Your...quest log....has two things to do, or do you want to do something else?

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