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[5e] Shaking Down Shadows Master Thread: Month 2

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« Reply #30 on: <10-27-15/1809:58> »
Emailing/Messaging you the technomancer I've been creating plus his description and bio. If everything looks good then I'll upload the description and bio to the portal.
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« Reply #31 on: <10-28-15/0908:55> »
Jayde Moon -- I'd been working on trying to making an aspected summoner work (as seen in this thread: http://forums.shadowruntabletop.com/index.php?topic=22362.0), but have been pretty much persuaded to go mystic adept and just ignore sorcery (or possibly take incompetent in the skill group--still trying to decide).  Just wanted to check one thing before I finish up:

RAW, as I understand it, is that if mystic adepts don't buy as many PP as they have magic at character creation, there is no way for them to close that gap later (they may initiate and take a PP of course, but if they have magic six and only buy 4 PP, for example, they can't later just buy those two PP at any cost).  Just checking my interpretation, and checking for any house rules around that.  (I'm not overly fussed either way, but it does change some character creation priorities.... take a few skills at 1 now with karma, or take another PP and buy those skills in game).

While I'm checking, mysads get some starting spells, those can be in ritual magic or alchemy as well as normal spells, correct?  (I really don't have the skill points for those areas, but could take one, stash the free spells, and maybe grow into it later).

ETA: still not 100% I'm going with that character.  Also looking at a dwarf who was a Cross Applied Technologies sleeper agent, and has finally accepted that the Seraphim truly are gone and aren't ever going to activate him.  Probably an adept, although possibly subtle 'ware instead-- still working both builds to see how well I can get the effect I'm looking for.  Intend to choose in the next day or so and send a character sheet and work on some background fiction.
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Mercy Merchant

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« Reply #32 on: <10-28-15/0953:26> »
Wow.  It seems that we are getting some interest.  Lots of adepts and technomancers being considered.  Makes my thief look a bit tame.
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« Reply #33 on: <10-28-15/1353:37> »
Actually I questioned whether I should submit the technomancer concept I'd worked on for a couple of days after I saw that ScytheKnight had submitted one. I don't know that our gutter dwellers can compare to Lady Marisart, we'd be like a fish out of water in her circles.
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« Reply #34 on: <10-28-15/1357:21> »
Actually I questioned whether I should submit the technomancer concept I'd worked on for a couple of days after I saw that ScytheKnight had submitted one. I don't know that our gutter dwellers can compare to Lady Marisart, we'd be like a fish out of water in her circles.

I had the same thought (barring that mine was "adept" and "RavensOracle."  But high level concept can work out so differently on the ground, AND we don't know how characters will end up being grouped up.

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« Reply #35 on: <10-28-15/1400:01> »
Beta is right.  Don't get too wrapped around the 'fit the team' axle.  The idea of the campaign is that it's "life in the Shadows" for a year (with a unifying metaplot).  So the Fixers will deliver the right teams to their Johnsons from the available pools.
That's just like... your opinion, man.

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« Reply #36 on: <10-28-15/1702:09> »
Also note my Techno is more a street level snoop than a l33t hacker.
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« Reply #37 on: <10-28-15/1713:48> »
And keep in mind Adepts are so versatile. Two adepts could have totally different skil and power sets.
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« Reply #38 on: <10-28-15/2122:35> »
I'll be playing Kumiho again.
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« Reply #39 on: <10-29-15/1653:21> »
I will keep playing Divillian

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« Reply #40 on: <10-29-15/1817:22> »
I'd be interested in playing, likely as some sort of decker/face hybrid, knows everyone and everyones dirty digital laundry, if there is still space of course.

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« Reply #41 on: <10-29-15/2124:25> »
There is room.  I'll stop taking new players on Saturday, but until then will take all comers.
That's just like... your opinion, man.

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« Reply #42 on: <10-29-15/2134:01> »
My buddy is at work right now. He's suppose to be creating accounts for all the websites tomorrow.

I tried posting to Obsidian portal and the forum ate my posts. sorry about that. Not sure what happened
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« Reply #43 on: <10-29-15/2210:48> »
At least on Safari, I can backtab and it will retain my text, but I suggest doing most of your writing outside of the browser and pasting it in.
That's just like... your opinion, man.

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« Reply #44 on: <10-30-15/1729:06> »
I've decided on an elven summoning/mystic-adept who goes by the handle of "Forty."  (technically she can cast spells, she just never learned how).  It turns out that "life imprisonment" for elves gets really expensive, so after forty-two years they finally kicked her out of prison, whether or not anyone thought she was safe to have mingling with the public . 

She may not be very well adjusted, but hopefully she'll be fun  ;D