[The Seven]

And what happened to the poor adept after she pulled a prank on the technomancer is best left unsaid.  *shudder*

No, no, no. You can't just drop a bomb like that and expect us to accept the curiosity! Now, what happened, omae?

[CanRay]

Say it, say it!  You've, literally, aired the dirty laundry about the rest of the group!   

[Malex]

GM as a PC? Yeah sometimes I have to in order to keep the flow of a game going. More or less it's just an NPC that stays behind the PCs, sorta like the Torchbearer from D&D, however the NPC has a vested interest in helping out the PCs when he can. 'You've got the weapons after all'.

[Dead Monky]

No, no, no. You can't just drop a bomb like that and expect us to accept the curiosity! Now, what happened, omae?

Say it, say it!  You've, literally, aired the dirty laundry about the rest of the group!   

Fine you two.  I can't remember what the exact prank the adept pulled was, but I do recall that the techno kind of overreacted.  They hacked the adept's 'link and dropped in a sprite that constantly worked to download and then broadcast Azzie porn feeds to everyone in her address book.  Another sprite was dumped in her household node and had the house drones reenact episodes of BattleBots whenever she was home.  And a third was given residence in her bike and told to turn the engine on and rev it when she tried to sleep or turn it off whenever the adept tried to start it.  The adept ended up kicking in the techno's front door and kicking their ass.

[The Seven]

No, no, no. You can't just drop a bomb like that and expect us to accept the curiosity! Now, what happened, omae?

Say it, say it!  You've, literally, aired the dirty laundry about the rest of the group!   

Fine you two.  I can't remember what the exact prank the adept pulled was, but I do recall that the techno kind of overreacted.  They hacked the adept's 'link and dropped in a sprite that constantly worked to download and then broadcast Azzie porn feeds to everyone in her address book.  Another sprite was dumped in her household node and had the house drones reenact episodes of BattleBots whenever she was home.  And a third was given residence in her bike and told to turn the engine on and rev it when she tried to sleep or turn it off whenever the adept tried to start it.  The adept ended up kicking in the techno's front door and kicking their ass.

That's all just A-grade. Please give my props to the adept.

[Charybdis]

That's all just A-grade. Please give my props to the adept.

Indeed, full marks.

We once had a shaman (OK, it was me) sooo pissed off that he spent Karma to bind several Spirits of Man to completely screw with everything the Street Sammie did for several weeks.
- Used Movement powers on his vehicles at all time...slowing his custom eurocar westwind to about 50kph
- Used Accident powers on him whenever in a social event, especially if trying to pick up a ladyfriend
- Used Confusion powers at random times (causing trails of destruction in departments stoors, public footpaths and several broken home stereo systems)

That along with repeatedly summoned Watcher spirits in Psychic Manifested forms (ie, intangible to a mundane Street Sam) to follow the Street Sam and advise in annoyingly loud tones:
- Lady, he's got Herpes... don't touch him without gloves on
- Hey, bozo, your wife's calling
- Syphilis! Get your Syphilis here!
- Hey, don't let this guy in your ritzy nightclub. He's wanted for questioning on five counts of assaulting bouncers

Other magicians in the group were bound by the Initiation Group Brotherhood pact not to undo what was done, and the street sam eventually apologised, and the pranks were downgraded to just plain fun on all sides.
- Mental Note: When a Strippergram arrives for your birthday,  it's very bad when after letting them in, the cake explodes with FAB Bacteria and Neurostun and you wake up handcuffed to a pole....on a street corner....*cough* naked *cough* ... and Trid footage is available for download on Shadowland.... Shaman was very glad he had 6 Charisma, as it was all very much on show....

[CanRay]

Hey, might get the shaman some dates as the folks on Shadowland can see what that 6 Charisma looks like "Under the hood".   

Of course, one of those Dates might be Bubba The Love Troll, but still...

[Dead Monky]

Hah!  I like your shaman's work.  Revenge is fun, isn't it?

[Charybdis]

Hey, might get the shaman some dates as the folks on Shadowland can see what that 6 Charisma looks like "Under the hood".   

Of course, one of those Dates might be Bubba The Love Troll, but still...

Under the hood indeed... someone been reading too much Order of the Stick?

Note: I jest of course...you can NEVER have too much OotS....

[Canticle]

I play in two groups, one has three players (including me): a Shinto magician punk, ex-mil jap razorgal, and an amnesiac Seoulpa hacker; the other group I run and it consists of two players: a devious hacker and a two-fisted trench. In the group I play in we cover all the bases, but in the group I run I use a magician 'doll' (see Darker than Black) to fill in their mage category. She sits in their HQ, providing intelligence with watcher spirits and sometimes using requested ritual magics (even sending a spirit to dance with a corp spirit). The doll does not have much of a personality, shows little to no emotion, and is kidnapped once in a while. The players care, because they immediately shell out their nuyen for a ridiculous drone or gadget to save her.
This way I can make sure they have their bases covered, not claim the spotlight, or risk them becoming streetmeat.

[Coldbringer]

I have an NPC rigger that the PCs keep calling for back-up on runs. He does transport and eye in the sky sorts of tasks. Since he is an NPC I will periodically give him a beat down to create worry and panic in the PCs. Coms go down, their get-away car gets detained etc.

[JimJungle]

Me and my group of four (myself included) have only been playing for a month or so and we are all new to this game. As current GM i didnt want to miss out on making a char and playing with the group. That said, for me it has been a learning experience playing and GM'ing. For the most part my char (made the same way as the rest) usually stays in the background and keeps quiet until its fighting time. But now, I just had a baby five days ago, Lil Conan, cutest baby ever! Now we are trying a new approach, and i'm having one of the other players take over the GM role, Because i dont have the time, and we are talking about switching GM's every month or so. Each person doin thier own plot line and whatnot. Anyone else try this? We are all new and it dosnt go smoothly either way. But we still have fun, and thats whats important.

[James McMurray]

I've never done it, but I've heard a lot of groups that like it.

[Charybdis]

Me and my group of four (myself included) have only been playing for a month or so and we are all new to this game. As current GM i didnt want to miss out on making a char and playing with the group. That said, for me it has been a learning experience playing and GM'ing. For the most part my char (made the same way as the rest) usually stays in the background and keeps quiet until its fighting time. But now, I just had a baby five days ago, Lil Conan, cutest baby ever! Now we are trying a new approach, and i'm having one of the other players take over the GM role, Because i dont have the time, and we are talking about switching GM's every month or so. Each person doin thier own plot line and whatnot. Anyone else try this? We are all new and it dosnt go smoothly either way. But we still have fun, and thats whats important.

Congratz on the bub. Little Conan will be swinging weapons and destroying your house in no time

As for the gaming style of rotating GM's my group have done this with varying levels of success.
A) We found a few members really weren't into the GM role
B) We found a few members who couldn't be relied on to show up (so GM'ing wasn't for them)

But in the end we found that 2-3 out of the 5-6 member campaigns, could regularly swap out GM roles, while having a GM-PC sitting on the sidelines.

We all learned a lot, and it meant that if a GM was sick/unavailable, the game could still go on.

So, there are pros and cons

[JimJungle]

Thanks gang! I love how positive this site is. It just goes to show that nerds are the best kind of people!