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Need help coming up with some hacker style stunts and aspects for my character. (Very new to Fate Core) (lemm.ee)

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I'm about to be in a near future hacker campaign in a watchdogs style Fate Core setting. I'm playing Robert Conrad, or known by my handle as DirtyOlHobo. I'm the closest thing to a grifter we have in the Binary Syndicate.

My character looks like a disheviled hobo so he uses it to distract people. Like panhandling guards so my teammates can get past into a datafarm. But first and foremost, he's a hacker. It's kinda a requirement to be in the group. I'm not looking to flesh everything out just yet before I even play, but I wanted to get some ideas and inspiration for how my character might turn out.

His high concept is Disheveled Hacker with a Vengeance.

His Trouble is "Functional " Alcoholic.

His only aspects right now is Too Crazy to Say No To. And Former SecOps.

And I only just fleshed out a few skills, but I want room to expand. His Great (+4) is Hacking, his Good (+3)s are Deceive and Rapport.

And my GM and I fleshed out the stunt "Spare Some Change?" Grant +2 to Panhandling using Deceive when you pay a fate point.

I'm leaving his backstory mostly blank, all I know is he was a SecOp for a very prestigious cybersecurity company and he got tired of defending corpo's right to screw people over and left (around 2008) and ended up finding the Binary Syndicate and worked with them.

So what are some aspects or stunts that you think would be cool? Do you recommend any that are hacking related? I can't find any online. I've spent days search but all I get are basic boilerplate posts "wHaT aRe yoUr FaVoriTe fAtE hAcKs?" Because keywords sux and the internet is dead. Any help would be great!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

With a name like Robert Conrad, there should be some reference to knocking a battery off your shoulder.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

How would those work as aspects or stunts?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Grant +2 to Panhandling using Deceive when you pay a fate point.

I am probable pretty late responding to this, but I feel it shouldnt cost a fatepoint. Its a common patter to get a +2 to a skill in situation. Each stunt is meant to be roughly as powerful as a fate point. This is like having a panhandling aspect rather than a stunt.

As for other stunts, you might make one for a +2 in a situation using your hacking skill, or one that uses your hacking skill instead of another skill your character is weak in.

BTW a watchdogs themed campaign sounds cool.