[Devil]

Hey,
I'm DC. Nice to meet you all. I was wondering if anyone is interested in starting a game. I'd prefer to play in it than run it, so we need a GM to join in in addition to other players. Active people only please. Don't join if you can't post regularly(Otherwise it screws up the game).

Once we find a GM and a few players we will get things rolling. Post here to join.

[FastJack]

Welcome DC! Ignore the clutter of old code and try not to wake the sleeping dragon in the corner.

[Devil]

Heh. Thankyou kindly, sir. I will do my best.

[Switch]

I don't have a lot of experience with online Role play but I wouldn't mind playing

XxswitchxX

[Doc Chaos]

And Welcome aboard to you, too, Switch

[Devil]

Hey Switch,
How's it goin'? It's fine if you've never done PBP(play by post) before. I've done alot of roleplay in this format, but have never done any in it that required dice rolling or a GM, so this will be a new experience for both of us.

Roleplaying on a forum is more like writing fiction from one character's perspective than roleplaying around a table with friends. In my opinion, they can be equally fun in different ways. You will usually find things will be more story and roleplay heavy with PBP. Details can be more easily described, character interaction is more important, ect. I think things just generally have more potential.

If you want information on how to PBP RP I can certainly get that for you. You could also read the shadowruns currently going on here and on http://forums.dumpshock.com/index.php?showforum=9 , which is Dumpshock's Shadowrun PBP forum.

In regards to the mechanics of playing Shadowrun online, I do not yet know much. I'm trying to figure some things out; like since you can't just say you do something without the proper rolls... do you just write that you are attempting it?

So yeah, I have a few things to figure out, myself, but it should be real easy.

[Maelstrom]

I'd like to play.  I have a hacker ready to go.   It'll be my first time in PBP.

[Devil]

Sweet. One or two more players and a GM now's all we need. It's good to know we have a hacker, since they are pretty much always needed.

Any active GMs out there?

[inca1980]

I guess I could GM this one too if no one else offers.  Why don't you guys start posting your characters.  If no one offers even after 2 characters have been posted, then I'll pick it up.....but this run would be for no more than 3 characters.

[Devil]

Alright. Thankyou. I appreciate it. I'll try to get my character flushed out. Maelstrom, Switch, please start working on your characters if they aren't already done. If they are done then you may want to work on backstory and things of that sort. I'll be working on my character too.

Also, Switch, if you could tell me what kind of character you are playing, or what his/her specialties are, that would be great. That way I can try to avoid specializing in the same skills.

Name:
Alias:
Race:
Sex:
Nationality:
Lifestyle:
Karma Spent:
Physical Description:
Personality/background:

Attributes

Body:
Agility:
Reaction:
Strength:
Charisma:
Intuition:
Logic:
Willpower:
Edge:
Magic:
Essence:
Initiative:

Positive Qualities:
Negative Qualities:

Active Skills:

Knowledge Skills:
Language Skills:

Cyber/Bio-ware:

Complex Forms:
Registered Sprites:

Spells:

Tradition:
Spirits types:
Drain Attribute:

Foci:
Bound Spirits:

Gear:

Drones:

Vehicles:

Contacts:

[Maelstrom]

Name: Treece Braxdon
Alias: Axe
Race: Ork
Sex: Male
Nationality: UCAS
Lifestyle: Low
Karma Spent: 0
 
Physical Description: 5’ 11, 210 lbs., black hair

Personality/background:
With his greasy black hair and 5¥ vending machine flats, Axe is no different from the thousands of other low-life scum filling the streets.  Born into yet-another undocumented ork litter, Axe’s unpromising childhood took a turn for the better with a fake SIN that opened the door to citizenship and schooling.  Unfortunately, he largely squandered the opportunity.  School was mind-numbingly boring, and his class time was spent hacking the PANs of his holier-than-thou classmates.  Eventually he was caught, of course, and his repeated suspensions finally resulted in expulsion.  Now a dropout living life day-to-day, Axe makes any nuyen he can by cracking copy protections and illegally updating programs.  He is extremely bitter toward society’s “upper crust”, and loathes the metahuman haters.

Attributes: (200BP)
Body: 4 (0)
Agility: 3 (20)
Reaction: 5 (40)
Strength: 3 (0)
Charisma: 2 (10)
Intuition: 5 (40)
Logic: 5 (40)
Willpower: 3 (20)
Edge: 4 (30)
Magic: 0
Essence: 4.325
Initiative:
Physical and AR Initiative/passes - - 10/1
Cold VR Initiative/passes - - 11/2
Hot VR initiative/passes    - - 11/3


Positive Qualities: (30BP)
Codeslinger – Hacking on the Fly
Exceptional Attribute (Logic) (20)

Negative Qualities: (+20BP)
Addiction, mild (BTL) (+5)
Addiction, mild (media junkie) (+5)
Vindictive (+10)

Active Skills: (128 BP)
Cracking Skill Group – 4 (40)
Electronic Skill Group – 4 (40)
Mechanic Skill Group – 2 (20)
Perception – 4 (16)
Pistols – 2 (8 BP)
Pilot Ground craft – 1 (4)

Knowledge Skills: (27 Free BP)
Corporate Matrix Security Procedures – 5
Operating Systems – 5
Seattle Roads and Transportation – 4
Seattle Hacker Underworld – 4
Seattle Safe Houses – 4

Language Skills:
English (‘l33tspeak) – N (2)
Or’ Zet – 3

Gear: (28BP / 140,000¥)

Cyberware: (28,000)
Cyber Eyes Basic (R4) (0.5 E) [7/16] - - 1,500
- Low Light [2] - - 1,000
- Thermographic [2] - - 1,000
- Smartlink [3] - - 1,000
Commlink with BTL/ Hot Sim Mod (0.4E) - - 7,000
Control Rig (0.5E) - - 10,000
Datajack (0.1E) - - 500
Datalock (Encryption 5) (0.1E) - - 6,000

Bioware: - - (10,000¥)
Sleep Regulator (0.15E) - - 10,000

Gear: - - (15,550¥)
AR Gloves - - 250
Armor Vest (6/4) - - 600
Biometric Reader - - 200
Subvocal Microphone - - 50
Hardware Tool Kit - - 500
Medkit (R6) - - 600
Fake SIN #1 R4 – William Hartnell - - 4,000
Fake SIN #2 R4 – Patrick Troughton - - 4,000
Fake License R4 (ID = SIN #2) - - 400
Hammerli 620S - - 650
Ammo, regular, 6c [x10 clips] - - 200
Low lifestyle (2 months prepaid) - - 4,000
Bank Safety Deposit Box (1 year, ID = SIN 1) - - 100 (Contains backup of all programs - copy protection hacked)

Commlink: - - (9,750¥)
Erika Elite+ (R3/S4) - - 2,500
Response 5 Upgrade - - 1,750
Signal 5 Upgrade - - 500
5 – Firewall, 5 – System - - 5,000

Programs: - - (73,700¥)
Hacking:
Agent R4 - - 10,000
Armor – 6 - - 6,000
Attack – 6 - - 6,000
Data Bomb – 2 - - 1,000
Decrypt – 6 - - 6,000
ECCM – 6 - - 6,000
Exploit – 6 - - 6,000
Sniffer – 6 - - 6,000
Spoof – 6 - - 6,000
Stealth – 6 - - 6,000
Track – 6 - - 6,000

Common:
Analyze – 6    - - 600
Browse – 6    - - 600
Command – 6 - - 600
Edit – 6 - - 600
Encrypt – 6 - - 600
Reality Filter – 6 - - 600
Scan – 6 - - 600

Autosofts:
Clearsight (optimization 1) – 4 - - 2,250
Defense (optimization 1) – 4 - - 2,250

Drones: - - (3,000¥)
Sikorsky-Bell Microskimmer (R3) - - 1,000
Firewall – 5, System – 5 upgrade - - 0
MCT Fly-Spy (R3) - - 2,000
Firewall – 5, System – 5 upgrade - - 0

Contacts: (14BP)
Seattle Hacker Underworld (organization) C 4 / L 4
Fixer C 3 / L 3

[Switch]

Question-how many points is the character to be.
Was thinking of playing an elven B&E specialist is that ok with all x

XxswitchxX

[Devil]

Standard, I believe. 400.

B&E Specialist sounds good.

[rockstar]

I could supply a pretty brutal muscle. ive never done pbp before either but i'd like to give it a bash. i was thinking one of the goblins with some cyber specializing more in close combat than with firearms but competant in both. i'll put in some things to keep me entertained outside of combat too though. also how do you feel about gang afilliations? that is.. if you can see your way to opening it up to a 4th?

[Devil]

That is entirely up to Inca, as he is the one who was kind enough to offer to GM for us. I can't see any reason why any of the other players would have a problem with it.