The Temple of Positive Pain

Cyberpunk Organization: Temple of Positive Pain:

"Enlightenment? Bah - you haven't achieved enlightenment! When you can't lift the barbels - when your muscles are screaming at you to stop but you must go on at all costs and move the weights - when your body cries out for respite - but you ignore it to achieve the highest plateus of perfection - That is when you achieve enlightenment."

The Temple of Positive pain is a religious organization of like minded individuals who dedicate themselves to spiritual enlightenment through weight training, physical exercize and hardship. Weapons and combat training are also part of the members daily activities. They are a registered religion and thus have prayerwear (Chrome II, pg. 13) dedicated to their faith. They are SHORT on doctrine ("Thou shalt not...") and long on RESULTS ("Pump harder!")

Their main temple/gym is located beside a nightclub called "The Twitching Corpse Bar and Grill." It is voluntarily 'policed' by the Temple's military wing, the Conan Posers to keep it safe from "evil." Due to this protection it has aquired a reputation as a safe place to hang out and keep an ear on the grapevine.

Unfortunately the 'safe' reputation has spread around. Recently the Grill has been attracting an undue amount of attention from gangs and street punks with nothing better to do. There are often melee brawls outside the Bar creating some of the best violent entertainment for the dollar that can be found anywhere in Night City outside of the Body Lotto. (Anyone using firearms, taking the fight inside or harassing customers is immediately 'erased' by a large group of well armed priests, posers and laymen from the temple proper. Nothing has happened yet, but it is only a matter of time...)

Adventure Hooks:

Characters meet their contacts for another adventure in the Twitching Corpse Bar and Grill and have to deal with the Conan Posers
The PC's are hired by the Temple to steal a new muscle growth steroid from a corporation like Biotechnia
One of the priests needs bodyguards to protect him/her from rivals during a body building competition
The PC's are hired to 'clean-up' the streets around the Grill earning up to $100 a hit and rights to turn the bodies into body banks
A PC is challenged to a 'pumping' contest and needs professional coaching. Unfortunately their best coach is missing...

Statistics of Temple members and laiety:

Acolyte:  Stats:        Ref:7 Bod:9-12 Mv:8 Cool:7 Int:5
          Skills:       Boxing/Wrestling +5 Athletics +5 Str. Feat  +7
			Heavy Wp +5 Rifle +4 Machinegun +4 Dodge +6
                        Personal Grooming +4 Notice +4 Intimidate +6
                        Melee +4
	  Other Sk:     2 to 4 at +4 (Social, driving)
          Variance:     +- 1
	  Equipment:    Weights, work out clothes, sweatbands, attitude
          Cybernetics:  Skinweave, pacesetter hearts, bonelace,pain editor

Priest:   Stats:        Ref:9/10 Bod:10-14 Mv:10 Cool:8 Int:5     
          Skills:       Boxing/Wrestling +9 Athletics +7 Str. Feat  +9
			Heavy Wp +7 Rifle +5 Machinegun +5 Dodge +7
                        Personal Grooming +6 Notice +6 Intimidate +9
	  Other Sk:     2 to 4 at +4 (Social, driving)
	  Variance:     0
          Equipment:    Weights, work out clothes, sweatbands, attitude,
                        melee or mono weapon
          Cybernetics:  Skinweave, pacesetter hearts, bonelace, muscle
                        graft, pain editor

Conan     Stats:        Ref:10(12) Bod:8-12 Mv:8 Cool:10 Int:5
Poser:    Skills:       Wrestling/Boxing +6 Athletics +5 Str. Feat +8
                        Heavy Wp +5 Rifle +5 Machinegun +5 Dodge +6
                        Personal Grooming +3 Notice +4 Intimidate +7
                        Melee +7
          Other Sk:     2 to 4 at +3 (Social, driving)
	  Variance:     0
          Equipment:    Weights, work out clothes, sweatbands, attitude,
                        melee or mono weapon, automatic weapon
          Cybernetics:  Skinweave (18sp), pacesetter hearts, bonelace, muscle
                        graft, pain editor, adrenalin boost & boostmaster,
	 	  	large melee weapon

Taken from the pages of Jens-Arthur Leirbakk