Post Street Samurais. Low tech, high tech, magic tech, pure skill, bio tech skin jobs, doesn't matter. Discuss street samurai PC's you've made and played. Bad ass moments, fuck ups, and challenges to playing a warrior in the dark and twisted future of the 1980's.

>>96044291 (OP)
You first.

>>96044617
This is a session with the serial numbers filed off for reasons of privacy, but I played a large Street Samurai detective. Guy had a bunch of nasty infiltration body mods and internal weapons. Only problem was with the system itself. It didn't do melee very well or "tank" builds. So, he got hurt more often he probably should've given his stats and skills. But, was still a very fun play style I'll do again given the chance.

>>96044291 (OP)
Is that Albert Wesker?

>>96044712
Yes.

Gotta have the OG

>>96044291 (OP)
There are three major systems that support Street Samurais.
>Gurps
>Shadowrun
>Cyberpunk
Each one of these has problems and advantages over the other systems. With different editions playing up and down some of the issues. For example Shadowrun supports low tech options long withe emphasizing gun options, however more exotic possibilities and melee get the short straw in terms of balance. Gurps provides an option for truly exotic and strange options, perhaps too many. Cyberpunk gives more options, but is distinctly lacing in the supernatural given the metaplot doesn't support it, and even Cyberpunk's hard to find supernatural supplements don't really go into enough depth to add much to the "magic" Street Samurai. Shadowrun also suffers from conflict between the hacker and driver classes demanding specialized implants, somewhat gimping the potential of your Street Samurai beyond simple combat/infiltration roles.

>>96046268
>y'all cowards don't even huff jazz

>>96051907
Why she got a pizza cutter on her belt?

>>96052119
Wait do you not have a pizza cutter on your belt?

>>96044291 (OP)
I have never had any luck playing street sams. All of them have ended up sitting in the car as a contingency plan while the face and the party sniper finish the job

>>96044291 (OP)
One of the best characters I ever played was a street samurai/infiltrator for a play-by-post Shadowrun 5E game. She was the result of me throwing Lady Snowblood, O-Ren Ishii and Sadako into a mental blender and feeding the concoction to my inner edgelord: a spooky, brooding, katana-wielding martial artist with a lust for revenge. I regret not being able to give the character a satisfying conclusion, since I ended up leaving the game rather prematurely. Still, good times with lots of killing and sneaky-sneaking were had.

>>96044291 (OP)
>called street samurai
>are actually more like a modern day ronin
Why are angloids like this?

Street samurai

Avenue Avenger
Junction Janissary
Crosswalk Crusader
Terrace Terrorist
Pavement Paladin
Plaza Pugilist
Row Rowdy
Stoop Strongarm
Alley Annihilator
Boulevard Brigand
Sidewalk Swashbuckler
Crosswalk Cavalier
Cul-de-sac Cut-throat
Curb Cataphract
Bus-stop Bruiser
Hovel Hellion
Villa Vigilante
Highrise Hoplite
Gutter Grenadier
Carretera Cuauhtli
Landing Lancer
Lane Legionnaire
Forum Fighter
Trellis Titan
Jetty Jouster
Tarmac Trooper
Pavement Protector
Halfcourt Hackapell
Parkway Pankratiast
Concourse Counterterrorist
Atrium Aegis
Villa Vanguard
Gutter Guerriero
Road Ritter
Belfree Blaster
Freeway Fury
Avenue Arditi
Byway Brave
Ladder Landsknecht
Garden Gladiator
Via Venator
Motorway Mamertine
Lawn Legate
Gazebo Gunfighter
Aqueduct Arbitrator
Boardwalk Belligerent
Steeple Shieldmaiden
Intersection Interceptor
Mall Marine
Downtown Desperado
Suburb Soldier
Metro Musketeer
Parkway Partisan
Road Rodeleros
Backroad Berserker
Vineyard Warrior
Cellar Centurion
Taxi-rank Triarius
Highway Hastati
Apartment Attacker
Via Velite
CBD Saboteur
Garden Gladiator
Pothole Praetorian
Slum Sappeur
Shacktown Shaka
Favela Phalangist
Doorway Dragoon
Bridge Beater
Road Redcoat
Park Petrine
Co-op Cossack
Arch Archer
Bridge Bully

Stop-sign Specialist
Overpass operator
Roundabout ranger
Peltrolstation peltast
Courtyard Champion
Curb Knight

>>96053743
Because the term street samurai comes from a character in a cyberpunk story who is trying to explain their philosophy, but their knowledge of history is lacking because the Education System failed them.

Also, alliteration is fun.

>>96052119
That's not as pizza cutter, note the spikes on the wheel. That's one of a pair of spurs.

When she took them off her boots she had to put them somewhere.

>>96053771
>but their knowledge of history is lacking because the Education System failed them.
So it's like some street punk who's sole education about the Japanese feudal system is watching chanbara movies and assuming that the ronin protagonists represented samurai at large?

>>96053771
What the fuck are you talking about? The term comes from Neuromancer. It's what Case calls Molly, since she's a mercenary who works for someone else.

>>96052119
So she can cut her pizza.
>>96052631
I played a Detective style street samurai. Really want to try a katana wielding, super speed character someday.
>>96053743
>>96053849
>>96054209
It's street slang. Doesn't need to make sense.

>>96056336
>It's street slang. Doesn't need to make sense.
Anon, the phrase has an easily-attributable origin point that some people don't seem to be aware of. It also does make sense within the context of its original use. Don't be silly.