Asher Simmons -- who goes by 'A-Plus' on the street -- was born in an
ordinary house to an ordinary family in an ordinary suburb surrounded
by ordinary heavily-armed security guards, since this was a corporate
enclave. His father Aiden was (until he retired) an accountant, and
his mother Hannah was a housewife. Asher, on the other hand, was a
handful. Bright and willful as a child, he didn't get any less so as
he grew up, and it was matched by an extraordinary physical presence
that his parents eventually realized was partly due to magic. They
sent him to magical tutoring for a while, until they decided Asher
would never make it as a sorcerer, and then to the gym just to keep
him busy. At university Asher studied accounting on his parents'
insistence, and psychology, shooting, and sorority girls on his own.

When Asher graduated, he politely but firmly announced his intention
of going out and finding something more exciting than corporate life. 
He bummed around for a while, picking up a few less legal skills
that, again, he seemed to find a natural aptitude for. A chance
connection led him to a simple b-and-e job (simple, that is, for
someone who had no cyberwear to arouse suspicion), which led to a
large payout, which led to Asher deciding that shadowrunning was what
he'd been looking for all along.

He took the payout, moved to Seattle, and promptly spent all of it in
a six-month spree of fine dining, clubbing, and a girlfriend or
two. In fact, he's pretty much flat broke at this point, and the lease
on his place comes due in a few weeks. Luckily he met this guy
clubbing who knows a guy who knows a guy who says he's got a job.

Asher doesn't fit in perfectly with the standard shadowrunning crowd
in the sense that he's from a fairly corporate, upper-middle-class
background. People from his own social class tend to think he's cool
and living on the edge, but this is mainly because they have no idea
what the real edge is actually like.
 
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Race: E (Human)
Magic: B (Adept)
Attributes: C (24)
Skills: A (50)
Resources: D (20k nY)

Body: 4 [boosted from 2]
Quickness: 6 [boosted from 5]
Strength: 4 [boosted from 2]
Charisma: 5
Intelligence: 6
Willpower: 4
Essence: 6
Magic: 6
Reaction (avg(int, quick), +reflexes): 8 [boosted from 5]
Init: 2d6+8
Combat Pool ((int + quick + will)/2): 8
Karma: 1

Physical Adept powers (6 pts):
  - Improved Reflexes - 2.00 [+2 reaction, +1 init die]
  - Improved Physical Attributes - 2.50 [+2 body, +2 str, +1 quickness]
  - Low-light Vision, Vision Magnification, Thermographic Vision, 
    Flare Compensation - 1.00
  - Hearing Amplification, Dampener - 0.50

Active Skills: (50 pts)

Stealth - 6 [Quick/7 pts]
Athletics - 6 [Body/10 pts]
Electronics - 4 [Int/4 pts]

Negotiations - 4 [Cha/5 pts]
  Fast-talk - 6
Etiquette - 4 [Cha/5 pts]
  Corporate Etiquette - 6

Unarmed Combat - 4 [Str/6 pts]
Pistols - 4 [Quick/5 pts]
  Ares Predator - 6
Rifle - 3 [Quick/3 pts]

Bike - 3 [Reaction/3 pts]

Biotech - 1 [Int/2 pts]
  First Aid - 3

 
Knowledge Skills: (30 pts)

Magic Theory - 4

Fancy Restaurants - 3
Seattle Upper-Class Nightlife - 3

Vocation: Covert Ops - 4
Corporate Politics - 4
Corporate Finances - 4
Architecture - 4
Psychology - 4


Language Skills: (9 pts)

English - 4
 Read/Write - 2
Japanese - 3
 Read/Write - 1
Sperethiel [Elven] - 2
 Read/Write - 1

Contacts:
  Maximilian, rich guy involved in some anti-cyberware agitation
  Avery ("It's not Avery, it's *Glitter*"), casual girlfriend

Lifestyle: 
 High (paid this month only)

Vehicle:
 Dodge Scoot (4000 nY) [Handling 3/6, Speed 60, Accel 3, B/A 2/0, Sig 5]

Equipment (total weight: 11.25kg; total cost: 5840):
 Ares Predator (450 nY) [Conceal 5, 15 rounds (clip), 9M, Weight 2.25]
   Spare clips x2 ((5+(20*1.5)) nY each) [Weight 0.75 each]
   Silencer (500 nY) [-2 Conceal, Weight 0.2] 
   Concealable Quick-Draw Holster (150 nY) [+2 Conceal, Weight 0.10]
 Flash-Pak (250 nY) [Weight 0.20]
 Smoke Grenade x2 (30 nY each) [Weight 0.25 each]
 
 Armor Vest w/Plates (600 nY) [Impact 4, Ballistic 3, Weight 2, Conceal 10]
 Tres Chic Clothing (1000 nY) [Weight 1]
 Ordinary Clothing (50 nY) [Weight 1]

 Pocket Secretary (2000 nY) [Conceal 3, Weight 0.50, built-in camera,
                            cellphone, 100 MP computer]
 Pocket Flashlight (10 nY) [Conceal 12, Weight 0]
 Micro-Recorder (500 nY) [Conceal 9, Weight 0, Device Rating 1]
 Medkit (200 nY) [Weight 3, Rating 3]