Shadowrun
Shadowrun Play => Play-by-Post => Topic started by: dashifen on <08-16-12/0922:57>
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This thread is for the setup for a new play-by-post game that I'll be running. Currently it's an invite only game that I'm running for brand-new style players that I've been working with via PM to some degree. If that's not you, give me a bit to see what sort of "table" I'm looking at and we might have room for some other players.
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Thank you so much Dash! Is there some sort of format that I should use for posting my character's info for your review? Should I PM you or post it here?
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I don't really need anything too fancy. If you go into Chummer, there's a way to print as text. That gives me the majority of the information that I'll need to look at. Alternatively, you could always send me your chummer file. Unfortunately, you can't attach chummer files to the board so you can email them to [dashifen AT dashifen DOT com] and that'll let me see everything that you've done.
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No invite. :(
Anyhow, if you find you have room for another player, and the group can't handle any more vets, let me know. thanks!
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yay Gustvoness found a gm :3, im not BRAND new, but I haven't played much :(, so is this just gonna be the 400 bp or the karmagen? also, is this just corebook?
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400 BP is probably best as Gustovness hasn't played before. I'm pretty much fine with any book with a US release (leaving out some of the European content that Chummer includes, for example) with the understanding that I get veto power as necessary.
@Gustovness - what did you use when you built your toon?
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alrighty, whats your stance on emotitoys?
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Hi all,
I'd like to play. I have a Karmagen mage-face ready to go.
Also, my 14-year old son would like to play if it's a PG-Rated game and there is room.
Please let us know,
Thorguild
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alrighty, whats your stance on emotitoys?
I'm not a big fan of the actual items, but empathy sensor software is pretty much okay with me. Just understand, that it's exceptionally cheap and considering that it's not even illegal, it's pretty much a guarantee that anyone who thinks they might benefit from it is going to have either a rating 3 or rating 6 of the software. Usually, to be honest, I just pretend that both the emotitoys and the empathy software don't exist because either no one has it (and the playing field is level) or everyone has it (and the playing field is level).
Hi all,
I'd like to play. I have a Karmagen mage-face ready to go.
Also, my 14-year old son would like to play if it's a PG-Rated game and there is room.
Please let us know,
Thorguild
Let me get back to you.
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Also, Gustovness built his toon with Karmagen, so unless anyone strenuously objects, we'll be building characters using that system. I'm not a fan of mixing and matching build techniques because it tends to make the game a little unbalanced.
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thats cool, I prefer Karmagen myself :)
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Err I used chummer... Gonna send you the file in a minute!
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email sent, Dash!
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Err I used chummer... Gonna send you the file in a minute!
Karmagen meaning that you build the character using Karma and not build points. The program is still Chummer, though. It does both.
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How much karma was used to create the character?
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Oddly, it looks like it's correct at the source and incorrect at the destination. I must have something messed up in my Chummer settings because I saw that it was at -57 karma, but a screen shot of Chummer that Thorgild sent to me seemed correct.
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Hey everyone:
Here's our team (at the moment):
- Gustovness - Face/Tech (I think)
- Raiden
- Thorgild - Spell slinger
- Thorgild's son - Gun adept
I've been getting characters in a mix of build styles with a mix of settings in Chummer. I'd like to keep this to a normal Missions style build to keep things simple and to make sure that everything lines up with the way that our newer players would expect to see if they ever get a chance to play a Missions game.
You can find the player information for Missions games online here (http://www.shadowrun4.com/missions/players/). Don't worry about the information regarding the Season 4 contacts. This isn't a Missions modules so you can have whatever contacts that you'd like.
That will mean that characters built with Karmagen will need to switch to BP. I think this is better anyway as Karmagen characters tend to be more powerful than I tend to be prepared for, though in a play-by-post game I might have more time to react appropriately than I do at the table.
I'd like the chance to get to talk with/see you all at least once before we focus entirely on the boards for our game. Does everyone have access to a Google account so we could set up a Google Hangout? The benefit of a Hangout over other conferencing software (e.g. Skype) is that we can do a video conference rather than just voice.
Edit - Added some information about character concepts above.
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As I said in my PM, if anymore spots open up for this I have a cov ops guy all made on the site and ready to go. :) Please give me a holler if anyone drops/you choose to add more players.
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Yup! You got me down right! 8)
My availability for a video chat session is going to be weird until Wednesday as I'm on vacation and running around doing stuff. If you want to meet before then or are meeting with someone else, lemme know and I'll see if I can come on as well.
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Wednesday might be fine and gives others a chance to arrange availability, too.
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As I said in my PM, if anymore spots open up for this I have a cov ops guy all made on the site and ready to go. :) Please give me a holler if anyone drops/you choose to add more players.
Yup, you're on the short list. I might tap you and/or the other person who PM'd me depending on what sort of makup we have on the team.
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think I feel a good ole assassin adept/infiltrator coming up. if not that, I can go with what my friend called " the big daddy troll with Guns". basically pure combat guy. he could make for tons of laughs, but probably complicated things in the process >:3
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though both were Karmagen I believe :/. so I need to swap over lol
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Oh my, converting karmagen to Bp is hard.. and painful.
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I do have a Pure combat specialist (vet merc)
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Hey, I've posted a character (here (http://forums.shadowrun4.com/index.php?topic=1371.msg147163#msg147163)) in another thread and it just died apparently. I'm looking into having my first online in these forums because, frankly, I'm tired of being stuck as the GM with my local circle of friends.
I'd consider myself a decent, experienced role players, having started some 18 years ago, and despite not being a native English speaker, I've been told that I have a rather nice way with words... at least the written kind, anyway. I know a fair amount of the Shadowrun setting, having played since SR2, and generally just loving how this game basically prophesizes upcoming technology (did you know a doctor perfected contact lenses with what is basically an image link that also analyzes the glucose level of the liquid on your eyes and display it for you? Next gen diabetes testing!), having to continuously update itself. I'm not entirely familiar with the world outside Seattle however, though I do learn fast and try to put a lot of thoughts and details in my characters.
If you have a spot for someone desperately looking to be a player for a change, please ring me up.
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Oh my, converting karmagen to Bp is hard.. and painful.
I wouldn't really try to convert, just start over. It'll be much easier, though, in the long run, since BP is easier to understand for Gustovness and it produces more focused characters with slightly less power (in my experience) which make the modules a little easier to adjust before I have to start bringing bigger guns, riggers, hackers, etc. against you all. This is really meant to be a demo game for Gustovness so keep that in mind as you're building toons, too.
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lol I am so used to karmagen lol. but yea. I have a Vet. merc char ready now. still working out the covert combatist.
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Should we set up a time Wednesday to meet up on google video chat?
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Should we set up a time Wednesday to meet up on google video chat?
I'm available anytime after 6 PM Eastern.
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hey guys, I am having trouble picking a char to use :3. I have a vet merc, oyu average shadow runner. A face troll, with a cane. he wears corp executive suits, pure white with some black lining, the black sunglasses you see in movies all the time, and his hair is slicked back on his head, coincidently his horns flow with his hair around the top of his head and curl up just at the top of the back of his neck. Oh, he can also punch through walls haha.. easily.
the other I haven't tried to use BP for yet, it is a jedi I made when I was bored. (yes, he has a lightsaber). I like him, though I haven't decided what his personalitly would be yet. just let me know which of these you guys think you would have to most fun running with :3.
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Alright then, let's meet up at 7pm on wed, eastern time. I never actually used that google service so I assume it'll just work like g chat.
Raiden, play whoever you like as this will be an introductory campaign for some of us and I doubt Dash will penalize us too hard for missing a role. We have a spell slinger already and I'm a face/tech, so maybe we could use a hacker or a vehicle driver? You don't have to be a solid archetype that invests heavily in one thing and lacks everything else. Just an idea!
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Alright then, let's meet up at 7pm on wed, eastern time. I never actually used that google service so I assume it'll just work like g chat.
If we use Google Hangouts, it's actually better since it allows for voice and video chatting. If everyone could get me their Google account to set up the Hangout, that'd be great. If you haven't already emailed me at dashifen@dashifen.com, just send me an email from a Google account and that'll be enough. If you don't have a Google account, they're free and you never need to use it again unless you want to ;)
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Crap ... and not minutes after posting that, I found out that I'm not free on Wednesday. I think, actually, that we're doing fairly solidly on the boards. The primary reason that I usually try to chat with people is to discuss power level, scope, location, module, theme, style, etc. -- what the Fear the Boot podcast calls the Group Template -- but in this case since I'm running a module that I've already written as a demo game, a lot of those questions are already answered.
Let's hold off on a f2f chat for now.
If everyone can get me a character sheet by Friday at 5 PM Eastern, I can make sure to have them all reviewed over the weekend. Then, we can get started next week at the latest. If all characters are to me before Friday then we can move even faster.
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I'm so stoked for this! I'm checking the board everyday for new developments! You guys make sure to get your character sheets in to Dash so we can kick this thing off sooner rather than later!
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so I have a hacker, thinking bout a technomancer but I am not experienced in this area. or my troll face that breaks building haha.
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Raiden, this might be the perfect opportunity to test out a technomancer toon. Remember, you're in noobville!
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Think I am gonna go hacker/rigger. with a larger emphasis on hacker. although I am still a little fuzzy on how rigger and drones/cars work so I may need some guidance here :3
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That's odd .. I replied earlier but it looks like the board ate it or something. Regardless, that's fine. I've played riggers before so I can step you through things as necessary.
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How do I post a file from chummer? or do i have to write it out :(
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How do I post a file from chummer? or do i have to write it out :(
Click File->Print, and in the window that comes up change the drop down to Text. Then you can copy/paste the text details of your character.
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So are we going to have an OOC forum running parallel to our game to clear things up and ask questions? Dash, what should we already know coming into the game? Especially when considering a play by post game?
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== Info ==
Street Name: Hax
Name: Akio Ryu
Movement: 10/25, Swim: 5
Karma: 0
Street Cred: 0
Notoriety: 0
Public Awareness: 0
Ork
Composure: 6
Judge Intentions: 4
Lift/Carry: 8 (45 kg/30 kg)
Memory: 12
Nuyen: 0
== Attributes ==
BOD: 5
AGI: 2
REA: 2 (3)
STR: 3
CHA: 1
INT: 3
LOG: 4 (7)
WIL: 5
EDG: 3
MAG: 4
== Derived Attributes ==
Essence: 5.03
Initiative: 5 (6)
IP: 1 (2)
Astral Initiative: 6
Astral IP: 3
Matrix Initiative: 9
Matrix IP: 3
Physical Damage Track: 11
Stun Damage Track: 11
== Active Skills ==
Animal Handling : 0 Pool: 2
Animal Training : 0 Pool: 2
Archery : 0 Pool: 1
Armorer : 0 Pool: 6
Artisan : 0 Pool: 2
Automatics : 2 Pool: 4
Automotive Mechanic : 2 Pool: 9
Blades : 0 Pool: 1
Climbing : 0 Pool: 2
Clubs : 0 Pool: 1
Computer : 4 Pool: 11
Cybercombat : 4 Pool: 12
Data Search : 4 Pool: 13
Demolitions : 0 Pool: 6
Disguise : 0 Pool: 2
Diving : 0 Pool: 4
Dodge : 0 Pool: 2
Electronic Warfare : 4 Pool: 11
Escape Artist : 0 Pool: 1
First Aid : 0 Pool: 6
Flight : 0 Pool: 2
Forgery : 0 Pool: 1
Gunnery : 0 Pool: 1
Gymnastics : 0 Pool: 1
Hacking : 6 [Program or Device Type] Pool: 14 (16)
Hardware : 4 Pool: 11
Heavy Weapons : 0 Pool: 1
Industrial Mechanic : 2 Pool: 9
Infiltration : 0 Pool: 1
Locksmith : 0 Pool: 1
Longarms : 0 Pool: 1
Navigation : 0 Pool: 2
Palming : 0 Pool: 1
Parachuting : 0 Pool: 4
Perception : 2 Pool: 5
Pilot Anthroform : 3 Pool: 6
Pilot Ground Craft : 2 Pool: 6
Pilot Watercraft : 0 Pool: 2
Pistols : 0 Pool: 1
Riding : 0 Pool: 2
Running : 0 Pool: 2
Shadowing : 0 Pool: 2
Software : 4 Pool: 13
Survival : 0 Pool: 4
Swimming : 0 Pool: 2
Throwing Weapons : 0 Pool: 1
Tracking : 0 Pool: 2
Unarmed Combat : 0 Pool: 1
== Knowledge Skills ==
== Qualities ==
Adept
Analytical Mind
Born Rich
Dependent (Inconvenience)
In Debt (10,000¥)
Low-Light Vision
Restricted Gear (Rating 1)
Signature
Vendetta
== Powers ==
Eidetic Sense Memory
Improved Ability (Non-Combat) (Hacking) Rating: 1
Improved Ability (Non-Combat) (Cybercombat) Rating: 1
Improved Ability (Non-Combat) (Pilot Ground Craft) Rating: 1
Improved Reflexes 1
Iron Will Rating: 2
Memory Displacement
Multi-Tasking
Sustenance
Three-Dimensional Memory
== Lifestyles ==
Middle 1 months
== Cyberware/Bioware ==
Cerebral Booster Rating 3
Commlink
+Sim Module (Hot-Sim Modified)
Control Rig
Datajack
== Armor ==
Form-Fitting Half-Body Suit5/2
+Gel Packs
+Nonconductivity 4
Mortimer of London: Ulysses Line11/8
+Carbon-Boron
+Chemical Protection 2
+Delta-Amyloid
+Fire Resistance 3
+Gel Packs
+YNT SoftWeave
== Weapons ==
Ares Crusader
+Concealable Holster
+Barrel Reduction
+Gas Vent 2
+Personalized Grip
+Smartgun System
+Underbarrel Weight
DV: 4P AP: - RC: 4
Grenade: Flash-Bang
DV: 6S (10m Radius) AP: -3 RC: 0
Grenade: Smoke
DV: (10m Radius) AP: - RC: 0
Unarmed Attack
DV: 2S AP: - RC: 0
== Commlink ==
Erika Elite (3, 0, 0, 4)
Fairlight Caliban (5, 6, 5, 5)
+Novatech Navi
+AR Gloves
+Sim Module (Hot)
+Sim Module (Cold)
+Subvocal Microphone
+Trodes
+Simrig
+Analyze Rating 6
+Armor Rating 6
+Attack Rating 6
+Biofeedback Filter Rating 6
+Black Hammer Rating 6
+Blackout Rating 6
+Browse Rating 5
+Command Rating 6
+Data Bomb Rating 6
+Decrypt Rating 6
+Defuse Rating 5
+ECCM Rating 6
+Edit Rating 5
+Encrypt Rating 6
+Exploit Rating 6
+Firewall Rating 6
+IC Rating 4
+Spoof Rating 6
+Tactical Satellite Mapping Software Rating 4
+Stealth Rating 6
+Scan Rating 5
+Sniffer Rating 6
+Reality Filter Rating 5
+Empathy Software Rating 6
+Grenade: Flash-Bang
+Grenade: Smoke
== Gear ==
Ammo: Gel Rounds (Submachine Guns) x160
Ammo: Gel Rounds (Machine Pistols) x120
Ammo: Regular Ammo (Submachine Guns) x120
Ammo: Regular Ammo (Submachine Guns) x120
AR Wristboard
Ballpoint Micro-transceiver Rating 2
Biomonitor
Certified Credstick, Platinum Rating 6
Complex Peripheral Rating 4
Contact Lenses Rating 3
+Vision Magnification
+Image Link
+Smartlink
Cutting Edge Peripheral Rating 6
Datachip x5
Fake License (Muscle Toner) Rating 4
Fake License (Smartlink) Rating 4
Fake License (Ares Crusader) Rating 4
Fake License (Smartgun System) Rating 4
Fake SIN Rating 4
False-bottomed Attaché Case x2
Gentleman's Cane
Glasses Rating 3
+Flare Compensation
+Vision Enhancement Rating 3
Hacker Gum x2
Headphones Rating 3
+Audio Enhancement Rating 3
+Select Sound Filter Rating 3
Inline Skates
Medkit Rating 6
Medkit Supplies x5
Miracle Shooter
Respirator Rating 6
Virtual Surround Music
Virtual Weather
Voice Mask
Wall Space
== Vehicles ==
Ares Sentinel R Series (Small)
+Tracked Vehicle, Permanent
+Weapon Mount (Normal, External, Fixed, Remote)
+Small Drone Sensor
Emotitoy Rating 6 (Nonmobile)
+Empathy Software Rating 6
+Minidrone Sensor
Eurocar Westwind 3K (Sports Car)
+Anti-Theft
+Electromagnetic Shielding Rating 2
+Engine Customization, Acceleration
+Passenger Protection Rating 6
+Racing Tires Rating 1
+Rigger Adaptation
+Turbocharger Rating 1
+Weapon Mount (Normal, Concealed, Fixed, Manual)
+Vehicle Sensor
GM-Nissan Doberman (Medium)
+Armor, Normal Rating 8
+Rigger Adaptation
+Walker Mode
+Weapon Mount (Normal, External, Turret, Remote)
+Clearsight Rating 3
+Medium Drone Sensor
+Targeting (Self) Rating 3
Renraku Infiltrator (Microdrone)
+Microdrone Sensor
S-B Microskimmer (Microdrone)
+Hovercraft Upgrade, Add-on
+Microdrone Sensor
Steel Lynx (Large)
+Armor, Normal Rating 12
+Electromagnetic Shielding Rating 3
+Rigger Adaptation
+Weapon Mount (Normal, External, Turret, Remote)
+Defense Rating 3
+Large Drone Sensor
+Targeting (Self) Rating 3
here is my idea, dash any tips on build and what not will be appreciated. going for the mental mastermind hacker/rigger. ( like IQ of i dunno nigh 200?) :3 his father was a corp CEO but his corp had some rough times and there was a coup. ( Hax and his little sister nearly got killed). though i am debating on wether or not to make him a combat hacker. with guns :3 though it would be hard with only 400 bp haha. it was rough with the karma XD
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It's Friday, folks! Deadline! Make sure you got your character sheets in today! Use the premade characters from the core rule book if you're having trouble.
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So are we going to have an OOC forum running parallel to our game to clear things up and ask questions? Dash, what should we already know coming into the game? Especially when considering a play by post game?
Yup, we'll have an OOC thread. Maybe a more active one than usual since I'll probably be explaining things from the GM's perspective at times (like what penalties your facing, why I'm adding or remove dice, etc.) to help you and others know what's going on and why. That thread is also where we can let each other know if we're going to disappear for some amount of time (like how I tend not to be online during the weekends).
What do you mean about "what we should already know coming into the game?"
Also, regarding characters. I think I've only gotten two: Gustovness and Raiden's. I also got a third from an interested party not on the above list.
If either you or your son has a character, Thorgild, I need to have it by 5PM tomorrow (Tuesday) or I'm going to tap others to fill in two more spots. If you sent me characters, send them again. They may have been marked as spam.
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Dash, I was referring to things like, say, dice rolls. How do we conduct dice rolls on a play-by-post game?
Also, if we're going to DO something, say I want to jump over a desk or climb a fence or something, do I use the attribute and skill I think works best and then you jump in if you don't agree? Or do we work that out in the OOC thread first (Dash, I'm gonna try to jump over that wall, what kind of test should I roll?) or I dunno...
How far ahead can we get from you is what I'm saying. I know you're calling the shots and you're running the story but that's not what I'm talking about.
Mainly my question is if we're going to attempt something that requires a test:
A) Do we always wait for you to tell us what the test calls for?
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B) Do we always wait for you to tell us if the test succeeded?
I was just curious as to how we'll be adapting the game's mechanics into the play by post setting. Maybe I'm over thinking things...
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A) Do we always wait for you to tell us what the test calls for?
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B) Do we always wait for you to tell us if the test succeeded?
I think you are overthinking, yes. That said, the answer to both of those should be yes, but that's also what happens at the table (or at least at my table). You can tell me something like, "I want to jump over that fence and land on the otherside." but until you roll the dice, you can say that you have done so.
Usually, I just put rolls in the IC thread, to be honest. Makes it much easier to find. We'll be using [ur=http://invisiblecastlel]Invisible Castle[/url] to do rolls and you can make them like this: Xd6.hits(5) . Where "X" is the dice pool. the ".hits(5)" part of the command will tell it to give you the number of hits in addition to the results of the roll. Invisible Castle even gives you BBCode that you can copy here. I usually change the font face to courier for rolls so they stand out. It'll look like this:
10d6.hits(5)=1 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3671916/)
We can also use colors to determine the difference between spoken word and matrix messages.
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If thorguild is out I can play my mageif wedont have one. I like mageshaha
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I also have a hacker/face I can use if you need to fill a spot.
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Okay. Not having heard from thorgild at all, I'm going to tap Scare_Crow and Father_Twilight, the latter of whom has already sent me a character to fill out the table.
That makes the team:
- Gustovness
- Raiden - Mage?
- Scare Crow - Hacker/Face
- Father Twighlight - Spy (if I read the sheet correctly)
@Raiden -- you'll see that your mage is likely more useful than another hacker type. Send me that as quickly as you can.
My expectation is that we'll get started with the game no later than Monday. I'm on vacation in Vermont right now, but I can still read the boards when I'm at my computer. I'll need a new sheet from Raiden and a sheet from Scare Crow, but I have the information from the others.
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PM sent with character. If you hear from Thorgild, or if for some reason my character does not mesh well with the other characters, please let me know.
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Sweet! I got in! :) Yes my character is a spy/cov ops style dude you read correctly.
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I notice there is no combatist in our group so I will just cover that role :3.
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Combat is fairly light in my games, to be honest, so it's up to you. Have you sent me a character yet, Raiden?
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PM sent with character. If you hear from Thorgild, or if for some reason my character does not mesh well with the other characters, please let me know.
Feel free, if you want to, to post the character here. Then everyone can chime in. If not, I'll provide the Shadowrun equivalent of the Colored Animal Inn where you all can, in character, meet and greet. Alternatively, you can decide that you've all known each other before and worked together.
Feel free to handle that conversation here. We'll keep the OOC thread for the game itself.
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i had, but im gonna modify him a bit then resend
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Okay. If you can get the modified sheet to me today, that would be excellent.
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... you can decide that you've all known each other before and worked together.
Feel free to handle that conversation here. We'll keep the OOC thread for the game itself.
Let's take care of this while we wait on the game to start.
Gust works as a bouncer on the weekends at a nightclub (one of the Miami chain clubs). His background is an ambitious, college educated, electrical engineer who refuses to settle with the measly salary that an entry level wage slave earns. This will be his first real shadowrun so he hasn't worked with any of you before. However, considering the setting that he's in and that he's probably more face than muscle, he HAS done the following in his line of work:
- Run escorts for drunk or threatened patrons from the club to their car or apartment nearby.
- Intimidated people who are caught with or using drugs in order to extort money
- Showed preferential treatment to local thugs and gangers who drop constant cash flow at the club
- Gained real world hand to hand combat experience in bar brawls
So although Gust is about go on his first shadowrun with you guys, he's not a stranger to the streets. He's actually a friendly guy and might have met you on a night out at his club. His boss and head of security, Bear, is a black troll. He's got his hands in more than he would initially let on and will act as the fixer that gets Gust into contact with his first, and your next, Johnson.
Go ahead and take some liberty as to the story behind how we met at the club so long as I don't kill anyone or do anything TOO illegal. I'm more than willing to give you a hook up or preferential treatment if you're either a regular or a regular brought you in with you.
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Background for Gregory Bellanger, from his point of view:
I never wanted to be this way, you know. Cybernetic arm, implants, in debt up to my eyeballs. I just wanted to have a good time, and maybe get my friends to look a little silly. Just a harmless prank between friends is all it was supposed to be.
We met at a bar one night after work was done, ready to drink and live it up. My buddies showed up - Eric, Weak, Frammen - and they were all in a good mood. We sat down and ordered some shots, and we pulled our commlinks out, ready to cause each other some hell in a VR version of some game that right now escapes me. Being a novice hacker, I decided I was gonna mess with Frammen and make it appear that his real-life account was empty. I waltzed in through the node and emptied his account into that of some nameless douche at school. We then proceeded to play and drink and have a good time.
I hacked the wrong account.
A few days later, shortly after waking up, there was a ringing of the doorbell. I answered it, and the door was shoved inwards, knocking me backwards through the living room and into the glass coffee table. I thought I was ok, until I saw blood dripping from my left arm. I looked up, and there were 3 of the largest trolls I've ever seen staring at me. One of them lifted me up by my left arm, and I realized it had to be broken due to the amount of pain I was now in. Excruciating. They dragged me with them out the door, into a car, and downtown to some old building.
Once at the building, I was dragged by my arm up 4 flights of stairs and tossed into a room like I was garbage. I got to my knees, and ended up being face to face with Anthony "The Nose" Rosano. Turns out the account I hacked was one he used to pay rent for one of his mistresses, and when she tried to pay rent that morning and found out it was empty, she accused Anthony of shining her on. This caused him to hire the best hackers to find out who did this, and when they found out who the trolls came looking for me.
"Not bad," he said. "Some college kid is able to hack into one of my accounts and make off with $10,000. Tell me kid - what gives? Who you working for?"
I told him everything I knew - the bar, playing a joke on Frammen, thought I had the right account.
"No shit? A practical joke? Well, I ain't fucking laughing. And the way I see it, you owe me 10 grand now. Plus interest. And you are gonna pay."
I almost shit myself. I'm some shitty-looking college kid with no prospects, and now I'm in deep to the sharks. What the fuck?
"But I'm gonna make you a deal, kid. I don't wanna kill you, cuz then I ain't ever gonna get my money back, see? You're a decent hacker, but you lack....flair. And style. And the ability to read the right fucking nodes. So I'm gonna help you get better. And then you're gonna pay me back out of the money you make running in the shadows. And I'm only gonna charge you 5% interest a month. But first, let's fix that arm..."
What choice did I have? They took my arm and left me with this. They cleaned me up, giving me a new look. And they taught me how to be a real hacker. That was 7 years ago, and I've been cutting Anthony a piece of every run I've done since. I only owe him 20 grand now, which is double what I originally took from him. 7 years, and I still owe him double. Fuck me, I'm never gonna get out from under his thumb...
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Whisper's history is all in his bio, nothing really needs to be added there. As for his daily routine, well he tries not to have one. He is an infiltration specialist and knows the dangers of a routine, and of alot of the "fun" places people go. So if he meets someone at a club, he's there on work or was pressured into coming. His entire agenda is just acquiring influence and power enough to one day repay the Mafia for destroying his family, and if he has to work for them to get that power he will do so, the whole time keeping his eyes open for something to use against them.
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Seems like Whisper and Brass Tacks have some stuff in common. Especially the mafia angle. Bit you want to take out The Nose so I don't have to pay him back, I would be indebted to you!
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Great! I now have all four characters :)
I will be converting them onto sheets for my own reference tonight and we can probably get started tomorrow. From the above conversation, it looks to me like you'll all be meeting for the first time when you meet with Mr. Johnson, is that the case? Maybe you've crossed paths or maybe you've heard of each other (I'm not a fan of the reputation scores so you can just choose whether or not you have) but it's a new team. Is that correct?
@Scare Crow - for the purposes of the scenario, Tony the Nose is attached to the larger Ciarniello syndicate. Do you consider Brass Tacks to have built up some trust in the syndicate over his 7 years of working for them, or is he still considered an outside that's working off his debt?
@Gustovness - Maybe it's up there and I missed it, but why is your dude turning to shadowrunning? Money? Fame? Boredom?
@All - I'm going to use Ciarniello as the primary syndicate for the scenario. This keeps Whisper's past ... "entanglements" ... with the Gianellis as something to consider but nothing that needs to be specifically focused on. The scenario was originally set in Philadelphia (since I lived near there at the time I wrote it) so I'll just be transplanting it and changing some of the names around to make it line up with the canon syndicates in Seattle. I still reserve the right to add NPCs into the syndicate hierarchies that may not appear in canon materials though. So don't run off to Seattle 2072 the second I name a name since it may not be in there :)
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Whichever organized outfit you think is the best for BT to be associated with, that's fine with me.
I'd say he's built up some trust with Tony and his lackeys, but in the organization overall...not so much. He's largely dealt with Tony and his hirelings, and while not completely oblivious to the rest of the syndicate, he hasn't dealt much with them. I see him as being in that grey area between being part of the crew and still being on the outside paying off his debt. And he's not dumb enough anymore to cross anybody that Tony tells him is part of the club, if you know what I mean.
As for knowing each other, I'm going to assume that I've at least heard of Whisper, considering we are traveling in the same circles (relatively speaking).
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Works fine for me. :)
And I am fine with Brass Tacks and Whisper being aware of each other, just likely wouldn't have much of a relationship with him yet. More of a "Hey he's someone I may be able to use/work with to accomplish my goals" sort of awareness.
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sorry I have not posted much lately, been a little busy gettin ready for college. I should have char backstory posted by tomarrow hopefull as I hit a "writers block" as it were when I tried to flesh out the concept/idea.
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College is important. Grades > Gaming, IMO. 'Course, I work for a University, so I might be a little biased.
This is a good moment to ask another question: what's everyone's availability?
I'm going to be most available Monday through Friday from 8am to 5pm Eastern time. That's when I'm at my desk during the day and so I can quickly respond to posts (I have the system notifying me of new ones) throughout the day. I might be sporadically available on the weekends but since I'm not tethered to a computer for 8+ hours a day then, it's often the case that I'll be getting back to you all either later in the day on Sat./Sun. or on Monday morning.
At the moment, I have no major vacations scheduled for the next few weeks but if I have to disappear for some reason, I'll do my best to let you all know.
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Dash, I'm pretty much like you. Tied to my desk M-F, 630 am - 4 pm Pacific, with sprinklings of availability at night and on weekends. And I've got 2 laptops going - work and personal - so unless I'm on a call, I can pretty much respond to anything right away.
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Why Gust is running the shadows:
Gust has always been a "button down shirt and tie" kind of guy. He went to college and got his degree in electrical engineering in order to land a good job. He didn't fall directly into the shadows. He took up martial arts and weight training as a teenager to defend himself from bullies and gangers. This transitioned into a appreciation of the UFC, where he met like minded fans, which led to one of those fans offering him a job as a bouncer at a night club. Gust was trying to expand his horizons and venture out of his comfort zone. Also, the school debt that loomed over him was enough incentive to land a part time job.
When he lost his full time job due to down sizing, his only source of income was from the bouncer gig. The next natural evolution was to make the best out of the last source of income that he had. A low level security guard at a place of accepted vice like a night club can be a gateway into the underworld. All Gust had to do was ask his head of security, Bear, to hook him up with any side work that he might know of (head bouncers are real life fixers), and pointed him in the direction of the rest of you guys.
Gust doesn't know any of you. This run is most definitely putting him out of his comfort zone. He's here out of desperation, needing the money to pay off his legal debts (he doesn't owe any criminal elements) so that he can live that high end life style that was promised him at the start of college.
Vacations:
I actually have a few vacations coming up.
End of Sept - first week of Oct, I'll be flying back home for my best friend's wedding. I should still have access to the internet but I will be less active.
Nov I'm going with the family to Disney for a week. One post a day minimum is guaranteed, however.
End of the year, however, I'm going to South Africa and I'm told internet will be a rare luxury. I know it's a long way away, but I figure most people's availability will drop off around the holidays as well.
I'm frackin' stoked for this!!!!
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Oh, and I work from home so I'll be able to contribute at any time of the day, on any day. I'm an internet junkie, so I should respond quickly 24/7
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So will the IC and OOC threads have the same name as this one? and when are we expected to start?
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We start soon. Today or tomorrow. The threads will be named [IC] the Mafia Affair and [OOC] the Mafia Affair. I just have some more notes to make re: your contacts and then I'm good to go.
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I reviewed characters last night and this morning (at work; I'm a bad person) and found one that was slightly incomplete and another that was more seriously broken. If you don't know what I'm talking about then you're probably not one of the players who needs to do a little tweaking.
Also, in light of the fact that I just spent about 2 hours at work messing with SR characters, I'm not going to get the IC/OOC threads posted until about 5:30 PM Eastern time. But, I'll get them up then and we'll get things started.
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OOC: http://forums.shadowrun4.com/index.php?topic=8585
IC: http://forums.shadowrun4.com/index.php?topic=8586
We can keep using this thread for character questions if anyone has them, but otherwise, we can take it mostly to those two. Once this thread dies off, we can abandon it complete.