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Title: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: cabo_setek on <01-02-12/1806:22>

As the title implies, I'm not particularly experienced when it comes to running games, but everyone has to start somewhere, right? With that in mind, I'd like to get a group together to run "On the Run", one of the 4E starter missions.

I'd like to find 4 to 5 runners, new or veterans, for a PbP game.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: Mirikon on <01-02-12/1837:06>

I'm game. I've got a street samurai and a Face I haven't brought over to the site yet. Which one you want?

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: RainyDayNinja on <01-02-12/1928:56>

You can count me in. I'm thinking of building either a combat or wheelman adept. What season of the missions are you doing? I've already done some of the Denver missions (season 2 or 3 I think), but I don't know the titles.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: Pyromaster13 on <01-02-12/2002:06>

I've never done missions myself, so I'm eager to try. I'm experienced in Shadowrun 4th however, so I can play whatever class is needed. Just tell me when you need a character in, then I can do the rest ;D

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: arknok on <01-02-12/2010:06>

I wouldnt mind playing. Ive got a phys adet who has 5 unspent karma or I can make a new character.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: Cato on <01-02-12/2034:56>

I'm interested if you are looking for players. I'm very new to both Shadowrun and PbP myself, but I have a few ideas in mind. I have a few mage builds handy, but can go with anything that's needed.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: cabo_setek on <01-02-12/2037:56>

Well, glad to see enthusiasm.

If I read correctly, this is a starter mission, so it's not part of the current season of missions. If this goes well however, I would love to start others. Not sure which yet, though.

For characters, I think new ones would be best, since it is a starter mission. As for roles, that's up to you. For creation, 400 BP, all books. And if you could, post your characters in this thread.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: Mirikon on <01-02-12/2249:07>

Well, I'll take the face role. I'll get something up shortly.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: All4BigGuns on <01-03-12/0028:24>

Quote from: Mirikon on <01-02-12/2249:07>

Well, I'll take the face role. I'll get something up shortly.

All books? You including War! in that? *looks perked up and hopeful*

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: cabo_setek on <01-03-12/0040:39>

Quote from: All4BigGuns on <01-03-12/0028:24>

Quote from: Mirikon on <01-02-12/2249:07>
Well, I'll take the face role. I'll get something up shortly.

All books? You including War! in that? *looks perked up and hopeful*

All current 4E books, yes. Just don't . . . you know, go overboard.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: arknok on <01-03-12/0139:44>

sooooo... can i use my phys adept or do i need a new character :)

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: cabo_setek on <01-03-12/0224:34>

Quote from: arknok on <01-03-12/0139:44>

sooooo... can i use my phys adept or do i need a new character :)

I'd prefer you use a new character, please. That being said, feel free to create him/her for any role you wish.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: arknok on <01-03-12/0246:03>

sigh. ok does a rigger sound good? And when do you want to start? (im on the us pacific time zone btw)
this would be my first pbp. let me know if i do something wrong by accident.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: Pyromaster13 on <01-03-12/0252:44>

I'll go ahead and soft claim a mundane hacker then, since I prefer not to double up. But would like to know when you need the character finished if possible.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: cabo_setek on <01-03-12/0341:29>

I'd like to have characters done by Friday, please, so we can work out the details in an OoC thread on Saturday, and get started on Sunday. Also, since I don't think I've mentioned this yet, I'd like to everyone to try and get at least 3 to 4 posts in a week.

And again, character roles are completely up to you. You may want to talk with the others interested in playing as to coordinate and complement each other.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: RainyDayNinja on <01-03-12/0714:57>

@arknok If you want to do a rigger, will you also be handling the general driving too? If so, I'll pass on my wheelman adept idea, and maybe be the muscle of the group instead.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: Mirikon on <01-03-12/0834:15>

I've got a Naga Face I've been itching to play.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: arknok on <01-03-12/0857:34>

@RainyDayNinja
I will try to handle transport, although I was thinking of running the character as working through remotes.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: theKernel on <01-03-12/0922:09>

Do we need one more? I was thinking a technomancer with some pistol ability

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: arknok on <01-03-12/1004:19>

pyromancer said he was going to do a mundane hacker. would that make us matrix heavy?

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: Mirikon on <01-03-12/1007:39>

We can always use more muscle...

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: theKernel on <01-03-12/1010:18>

I'll be relatively useful in combat(deputy pistol). he would be an ork too and I've never tag teamed in the 'trix. Also when do I need this done? Is that this friday?

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: All4BigGuns on <01-03-12/1216:46>

Really am tempted to join this. Like arknok it would be my first attempt actually playing in such a format so I would need quite a bit of guidance in how exactly to do things.

In the event that I did join, I believe that for the most part the character would be able to help out with a couple different "roles", but magic wouldn't be one of them.

Quick question, would the Cha x 2 free BP for contacts commonly used house rule be open and available?

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: theKernel on <01-03-12/1425:52>

Quote from: All4BigGuns on <01-03-12/1216:46>

Really am tempted to join this. Like arknok it would be my first attempt actually playing in such a format so I would need quite a bit of guidance in how exactly to do things.

I think most of us will need guidance

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: All4BigGuns on <01-03-12/1450:14>

Tentatively, I'll put this one forward as a possibility. Only thing that is a bit different from normal rules was that it was built from something an RL buddy of mine did giving a free Loyalty 2 Connection 3 Fixer contact to everyone (which could be enhanced if desired). Never played this one, but it was a "from beginning" rebuild of a character I played in SR3--just forgot to remove the extra contact points when I built it using Chummer.

[spoiler]
== Info ==
Street Name: Predator
Name: Reiko Tetsuki
Movement: 10/25, Swim: 5
Karma: 0
Street Cred: 0
Notoriety: 0
Public Awareness: 0
Human Female Age 30 (as of 2073)
Height 5'3" Weight 110 lbs
Composure: 6
Judge Intentions: 7
Lift/Carry: 10 (75 kg/50 kg)
Memory: 7
Nuyen: 11000

== Attributes ==
BOD: 5
AGI: 4 (6)
REA: 3 (4)
STR: 3 (5)
CHA: 3
INT: 4
LOG: 3 (4)
WIL: 3
EDG: 3

== Derived Attributes ==
Essence: 2.4
Initiative: 7 ( 8 )
IP: 1 (2)
Matrix Initiative: 8
Matrix IP: 2
Physical Damage Track: 11
Stun Damage Track: 10

== Active Skills ==
Animal Handling : 0 Pool: 3
Animal Training : 0 Pool: 3
Archery : 0 Pool: 5
Armorer : 0 Pool: 3
Artisan : 0 Pool: 3
Automatics : 4 Pool: 12
Blades : 4 [Cyber-Implant Blades] Pool: 10 (12)
Climbing : 1 Pool: 6
Clubs : 0 Pool: 5
Computer : 2 Pool: 6
Con : 0 Pool: 2
Cybercombat : 1 Pool: 5
Data Search : 2 Pool: 6
Demolitions : 0 Pool: 3
Disguise : 2 Pool: 6
Diving : 0 Pool: 4
Dodge : 1 Pool: 5
Electronic Warfare : 1 Pool: 5
Escape Artist : 0 Pool: 5
Etiquette : 1 Pool: 4
First Aid : 1 Pool: 5
Flight : 1 Pool: 6
Forgery : 0 Pool: 5
Gunnery : 0 Pool: 5
Gymnastics : 1 Pool: 7
Hacking : 1 Pool: 5
Hardware : 2 Pool: 6
Heavy Weapons : 0 Pool: 7
Infiltration : 2 Pool: 8
Instruction : 0 Pool: 2
Intimidation : 0 Pool: 2
Leadership : 0 Pool: 2
Locksmith : 0 Pool: 5
Longarms : 4 Pool: 12
Navigation : 0 Pool: 3
Negotiation : 1 Pool: 4
Palming : 2 Pool: 8
Parachuting : 0 Pool: 4
Perception : 1 Pool: 5
Pilot Ground Craft : 1 [Wheeled] Pool: 5 (7)
Pilot Watercraft : 0 Pool: 3
Pistols : 4 Pool: 12
Riding : 0 Pool: 3
Running : 1 Pool: 6
Shadowing : 2 Pool: 6
Software : 2 Pool: 6
Survival : 0 Pool: 2
Swimming : 1 Pool: 6
Throwing Weapons : 0 Pool: 5
Tracking : 0 Pool: 3
Unarmed Combat : 4 Pool: 10

== Knowledge Skills ==
Bars and Clubs : 3 Pool: 7
Computer Design : 2 Pool: 6
English : 6 Pool: 10
Japanese : N Pool: 0
Music : 3 [Trash Metal Troll] Pool: 7 (9)
Security Procedures : 3 Pool: 7
Software Design : 3 Pool: 7

== Contacts ==
Fixer (4, 3)
Implant Surgeon (3, 3)
Renraku Security Spider (3, 6)
Smuggler (3, 3)

== Qualities ==
Flashbacks (Uncommon) (Overly Excessive Blood and Gore)
Mania/Phobia (Common, Moderate) (Acrophobia)
Records on File
Sensitive Neural Structure
SINner (Standard) (Reiko Tetsuki)

== Lifestyles ==
Everett Apartment 2 months
Comforts: Middle
Entertainment: Middle
Necessities: Middle
Neighborhood: Middle
Security: High

== Cyberware/Bioware ==
Cerebral Booster Rating 1
Cyberears Rating 2
+Ear Recording Unit
+Sound Link
+Select Sound Filter Rating 4
+Audio Enhancement Rating 2
+Damper
+Skinlink
Cybereyes Basic System Rating 3
+Eye Recording Unit
+Image Link
+Low-Light Vision
+Thermographic Vision
+Flare Compensation
+Vision Magnification
+Vision Enhancement Rating 2
+Smartlink
+Skinlink
+Protective Covers
Datajack
+Skinlink
Muscle Augmentation Rating 2
Muscle Toner Rating 2
Spur
+Skinlink
Wired Reflexes Rating 1
+Skinlink

== Armor ==
Form-Fitting Full-Body Suit9/3
+Delta-Amyloid
+Nonconductivity 6
Lined Coat 6/4
+Fire Resistance 6
Zoé: Executive Suite Short Jacket (Ensemble)8/3
+Delta-Amyloid

== Weapons ==
Ares Predator IV
+Silencer
+Skinlink
+Smartgun System
+Underbarrel Weight
DV: 5P AP: -1 RC: 1
Defiance T-250
+Skinlink
+Sling
+Smartgun System
DV: 7P AP: -1 RC: 1
HK 227-X
+Stock
+Gas Vent 3
+Skinlink
+Smartgun System
+Sound Suppressor
+Underbarrel Weight
DV: 5P AP: - RC: 5
Katana
DV: 6P AP: -1 RC: 0
Remington 950
+Imaging Scope
+Skinlink
+Sling
+Smartgun System
DV: 8P AP: -1 RC: 1
Ruger Super Warhawk
+Skinlink
+Smartgun System
DV: 6P AP: -2 RC: 0
Shock Glove
DV: 5S(e) AP: -half RC: 0
Spur
DV: 6P AP: - RC: 0
Unarmed Attack
DV: 3S AP: - RC: 0

== Commlink ==
Renraku Sensei (4, 4, 4, 4)
+Novatech Navi [Firewall 4]
+AR Gloves
+Sim Module (Cold)
+Suite: Pro User [Analyze 4, Browse 4, Command 2, Edit 4]
+Scan Rating 3 [Copy Protection 3, Registration]
+Exploit Rating 3 [Copy Protection 3, Registration]
+Spoof Rating 3 [Copy Protection 3, Registration]
+Stealth Rating 3 [Copy Protection 2, Registration]

== Gear ==
Ammo: EX-Explosive Rounds (Heavy Pistols) x60
Ammo: EX-Explosive Rounds (Sports Rifles) x50
Ammo: Regular Ammo (Shotguns) x50
Ammo: Regular Ammo (Sports Rifles) x50
Ammo: Shock Lock Rounds (Shotguns) x50
DocWagon Contract: Platinum
Fake SIN (Sarai Takamura) Rating 4
+Fake License (Weapons Permit) Rating 4
+Fake License (Implant Permit) Rating 4
+Fake License (Driving License) Rating 4
+Fake License (Electronics Permit) Rating 4
Fake SIN (Teisa Nakajima) Rating 2
+Fake License (Weapons Permit) Rating 2
+Fake License (Implant Permit) Rating 2
+Fake License (Electronics Permit) Rating 2
+Fake License (Driving License) Rating 2
Medkit Rating 6
Spare Clip (Ares Predator IV) x10
+Ammo: Regular Ammo (Heavy Pistols)
Spare Clip (HK227-X) x10
+Ammo: Regular Ammo (Submachine Guns)

== Vehicles ==
Rover 2068 (SUV)
+Amenities, High
+Anti-Theft
+Off-Road Suspension
+Passenger Protection (Rating 2) Rating 2
+Vehicle Sensor
Suzuki Mirage (Racing Bike)
+Vehicle Sensor

== Background ==
Born to a pair of Renraku employees, Reiko was raised in a more luxurious lifestyle than most shadowrunners in her early years. Her father was a mid-ranking security officer, and her mother worked in high level research and development for the company's primary industry of electronics--both at the corporation's home office in Japan.

Just a few short months after her tenth birthday, she was uprooted from her life and schoolmates when her parents were both transferred to the Seattle office in the Arcology. It took her quite a while to adjust to life in the UCAS sprawl, not the least of reasons was learning a new language, but after only a couple of years things settled back into normalcy.

For most of her youth, she was intrigued by both of her parents jobs for the corporation and strived to work toward gaining proficiency in both fields, but while she was able to become competent with computers, the skills needed for her father's job in security seemed to come most naturally for her resulting in her learning combative techniques much more easily.

Things seemed to go well once she'd become acclamated to the differences in lifestyle between Japan and Seattle, at least until she started entering into adolescence. Once she hit fifteen, Reiko began to enter a phase of rebellion where she would sneak out of the house at night and go out "slumming" in various bars and nightclubs located in the less than savory parts of the sprawl. She was caught sneaking back in to the house after these sojourns into seedier life--early on even before getting out to begin with--and punished heavily, but all this really did was provide her with lessons in what not to do when it came to stealth.

Two days after Reiko's sixteenth birthday, her life was again turned upside down as she and her family had to make their escape as the Arcology entered it's state of lockdown. While her parents and herself made it out--barely--and managed getting themselves set up with a fairly comfortable substitute home in Bellevue, it was driven home quite hard for her how bad the situation was because a young, at eighteen, security officer that she'd developed feelings for and had, for half a year, a clandestine romantic relationship with, was still trapped inside the Arcology. While she could, on very sporadic frequency and for extremely short time periods, get calls in to the young man, the long periods in which no contact was possible would send her into mild depression states for days, a condition which baffled her parents who, of course, knew nothing of the relationship.

As time went one, Reiko eventually resigned herself to the situation of it not likely being possible to ever see the young man, whom she considered to be the love of her life, again, and her life slowly began returning as close as possible to how it was before the lockdown--even though she still made what little contact with him as was possible given the situation.

Only a littler over two years--on month over to be exact--after the escape from the Arcology, Reiko's life was again shattered. She was just getting home after one of her 'slumming' escapades, only to discover that the door to the house was slightly open. Moving inside carefully, she poked her head around the corner, calling out to her mother and father, only to discover as she did that her father was lying face down on the now shattered table in the living room in a pool of his own blood with a bullet hole in the back of his head. Being unused to this sort of carnage, she stood helplessly frozen for several minutes, grief bringing tears to sting her eyes. Once she had regained some measure of control over herself, she started calling to her mother again as she moved through the disaster area which was her home. She was even more unprepared for what she found once she entered the kitchen. Lying on her back--also in a pool of her own blood which was running down the side of the 'island' in the middle of the room--was her mother, stripped almost completely nude and severely mutilated. At this point, the girl went nearly catatonic for hours, just huddled in a corner silently sobbing over the loss of her family.

The final months of her time in schooling saw a much more subdued Reiko, for the most part, being that she had turned eighteen the month before, she used her inheritence to keep up her standard of living while she finished her time in school, and after that, she began putting the abilities she had to use to supplement the inherited funds by doing any number of things, including shadow work.

She still has not discovered who murdered her parents so brutally, but she has never stopped looking for clues as to the identities of the perpetrators, or why they did what they did. She eventually did discover that the young security hacker that she'd been enamored of did, in fact, come out of the ordeal of the lockdown alive, if not entirely unscathed. Once the two met once again, she discovered that her feelings--and his--were still as strong as ever.
[/spoiler]

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: theKernel on <01-03-12/1658:27>

I'll start making mine if I could get the ok from the GM. Its going to be an ork technomancer with a focus on guns as well(pistols/revolvers) Anyways hes going to be the kind of guy that hides his abilities except from his team mates. I am excited to tag team on the matrix if everyone else is accepting of it. I am a team player:) I'll be using unwired and the core rulebook as far as I can tell. Also how did you do that spoiler drop down?

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: RainyDayNinja on <01-03-12/1731:53>

I played the face in my last group, so I'm definitely looking to be a fighter this time. I'm kind of leaning toward a monk-style physical adept specializing in Unarmed Combat, but I'm not sure how useful that will really be. I'm kind of new to Shadowrun, so if anyone has suggestions for what kind of combat characters are useful, I'm listening.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: cabo_setek on <01-03-12/1813:00>

An ork technomancer would be fine. But just for posterity's sake, I'll list out the possible characters we have so far.

We have: 1 to 2 Faces, a rigger, one mundane hacker, one technomancer, and one well-armed street samurai. Apologies if I got something wrong or missed someone.

And yes, you each will get CHA x 2 BP free for contacts.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: theKernel on <01-03-12/1829:06>

Sweet! When you need him done by? and How long till we start playing?
nvm I found the post saying all that. I just need to know about what time we will be playing on sunday so I can post asap that day. I'm going back to college but I'll make time cuz I reeeeeally wanna play ;D

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: RainyDayNinja on <01-03-12/1846:14>

OK, I'm refining my character concept in my mind, and now I'm thinking something along the lines of an underground prize fighter/ex-street preacher. So he'll be either an ork or troll physical adept, specializing in Unarmed Combat and such.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: All4BigGuns on <01-03-12/1855:38>

I've seen it done and dvespite what a lot of people here say, a troll unarmed phys ad works well

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: cabo_setek on <01-03-12/1920:50>

Well, I'll have the OoC thread up on Saturday, so we can discuss how your group meets, or met, their history together, etc etc. And then on Sunday, at about 3 PM PST, I'll make the first post introducing the Johnson and the meet point.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: theKernel on <01-03-12/1922:34>

Looking foreward to working with you guys!!

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: Cato on <01-03-12/2008:51>

I had posted about the possiblity of going with a mage, and to that effect here's a tentative character for perusal. He can be tweaked as need be (and a few things still need to be altered).
And to put in the spoiler drop down, it's the instert button next to instert quote. Just highlight what you want to put in there and click the button :).

[spoiler]Name: Lawrence Finnegan
Alias: Hawk
Race: Ork
Sex: Male
Nationality: Tir
Lifestyle: Squatter (500) (1 month)
Karma Spent: 0
Physical Description: Slightly less than average height for an ork, Hawk has an obviously muscular build. He has a completely shaved head, and a tattoo of the dharma wheel the left side of his neck.

Personality/backgroundLawrence Finnegan’s history begins with his birth in Northern Ireland. Of course, the elves make you call it Tir Na NOG. But any good Irishman will tell you different. These days though, most good Irishmen have taken a temporary leave of absence. That’s especially true if you happen to be a convicted criminal. Lawrence traveled to Seattle where he met Lobsang Trungpa. This meeting eventually led him to travel with his Guru to Tibet. At least, attempt to do so. During the attempt the two became separated in the chaos that swept around them, both real and illusory. Taking refuge in an old monastery that had been abandoned to the storm, Lawrence Finnegan suffered the many attacks of Mara and his daughters. Exactly what happened during that time he has never said, but he has mentioned on several occasions that as he trekked back out of the mountains he saw the frozen body of his Guru, just steps from the edge of the storm. He never made it into Tibet, and has never tried again.
Once back in Seattle Hawk’s name came across the desk of Richard Slate, a Saeder-Krupp headhunter. Slate, always on the lookout for talent, soon made a habit of using Hawk in his search for mystical artifacts. Maintaining connections to the small Tibetan diaspora through Silas Trungpa, Hawk works, trying to fulfill the wishes of dharma.

“Lawrence Finnegan? Sure, that’s me according to the records. But Mr. Finnegan died in the Himalayas, along with Guru Trungpa. I’m Hawk now, but it isn’t what you think. The kids used to call me that growing up on account of my nose. Now I embrace the name as a way to remind me that attachment is the first step towards being reborn as a ghoul.”

.

Attributes

Body	Agility	Reaction	Strength
5	2	3	3
Charisma	Intuition	Logic	Willpower
3	5	2 [7]	5
Edge	Magic/Resonance	Essence	Initiative
3	5	6	8

Positive Qualities
Magician
Restricted Gear
Mentor Spirit (5) (Fire-Bringer)
Negative Qualities
Records on File (S-K) (10)
SINner (Criminal) (10)
Flashbacks (Uncommon/Frozen Bodies) (5)
Addiction (Mild/Deepweed) 5

Active Skills

Spellcasting	6
Counterspelling	4

tr]

Summoning

tr]

Binding

tr]

Assensing

tr]

Perception

tr]

Ritual Spellcasting

tr]

Survival (Mountain)

1 (3)

Knowledge Skills ( [Logic + Intuition] x 3 free points)

Meditation Techniques	4
Mountain Climbing	3/td]
Magic Artifacts	3

Language Skills

English	N
Tibetan	3

Spells

Stunbolt

Lightning Bolt

Detect Enemies, Extended

Increase Reflexes

Improved Invisibility

Physical Mask

Physical Double Image

Orgy

Alter Memory

Mob Mind

Levitate

Turn to Goo

Gear (150,000¥)

Power Focus (Rating 4)	4BP/100,000¥
Sustaining Focus, Health (Rating 3)	3BP/ 30,000¥
Armored Vest	600¥
Form Fitting Body Armor,Full-Body Suit	1600¥
Fake SIN Raiting 4	4000¥
Fake SIN Raiting 2 x 2	4000¥
Fake License Rating 4 x 3	1200¥
Earbuds R3 w/Spatial Recognizer and Audio Enhancement 2	330¥
Contact Lenses R3 w/Flare Compensation, Image Link and Vision Magnification	325¥
Mage Sight Goggles w/30m of cable	3800¥
Sony Emperor Commlink w/Renraku Ichi OS (Rating 4 Firewall Upgrade and Basic User suite)	3200¥
Unused Cash	325¥

Contacts

Contact		C/L
Silas Trungpa (Talsimonger)		2/2
Richard Slate (Corporate Headhunter)		4/3

[/spoiler]

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: All4BigGuns on <01-03-12/2041:46>

Quote from: cabo_setek on <01-03-12/1920:50>

Well, I'll have the OoC thread up on Saturday, so we can discuss how your group meets, or met, their history together, etc etc. And then on Sunday, at about 3 PM PST, I'll make the first post introducing the Johnson and the meet point.

Saturday? Awesome. I'm glad there's plenty of time. I was planning on doing some tweaks on the character. What was put up so far was so people would know what type I was lookin' at.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: RainyDayNinja on <01-03-12/2057:22>

I've got my character built in broad strokes (18 dice pool for Unarmed Combat 8) ), but I'm still working out the details of gear, knowledge skills, and contacts. Should have it done tomorrow night.

[spoiler]
== Info ==

Albrecht "Al" Jennings (aka "Father Fury")
Metatype: Ork (20 BP)

== Attributes ==
BOD: 5
AGI: 6 (7)
REA: 3 (5)
STR: 6
CHA: 2
INT: 4
LOG: 2
WIL: 2
(185 BP)

EDG: 1
MAGIC: 6
(65 BP)

== Derived Attributes ==
Essence: 6
Initiative: 9
IP: 3
Physical Damage Track: 11
Stun Damage Track: 9

== Active Skills ==
Dodge : 4 (Melee) Pool: 9 (11)
Etiquette : 2 (Ganger) Pool: 4 (6)
Instruction : 1 (Religion) Pool: 3 (5)
Intimidation : 4 (Physical) Pool: 6 (8]
Longarms : 1 (Shotguns) Pool: 8 (10)
Perception : 2 (Visual) Pool: 6 (9) [Audio: 9]
Pistols : 4 (Revolver) Pool: 11 (13)
Running : 1 Pool: 7
Survival : 1 (Urban) Pool: 3 (5)
Unarmed Combat : 6+3 (Boxing) Pool: 16 (18]
(122 BP)

== Knowledge Skills ==

Local Street Ministries (INT) 4
Underground Fighting Circuit (INT) 3
Post-Awakening Theology (LOG) 3
Ganger Politics (INT) 4
Language: Or'zet (N)
Language: English (Ganger lingo) 3

== Contacts ==

Fight Promoter (Connection 3/ Loyalty 2)
Priest (Connection 2/ Loyalty 3)
(6 BP)/(4 Free)

== Qualities ==

Adept (5 BP)
Martial Arts: Boxing (10 BP) (+2 DV to Unarmed Combat)
Martial Arts: Karate (5 BP) (+1 DV to Unarmed Combat)
Warrior's Way (Adept Way) (10 BP)
Local Fame (as Father Fury) (5 BP)

Bad Luck (-20 BP)
Scorched (-5 BP)
Allergy: Pets (Common, Mild) (-10 BP)

==Adept Powers==

*Improved Reflexes (2) (1.88 PP)
*Improved Ability (Unarmed Combat) (3) (1.12 PP)
*Improved Phys. Att. (Agility) (1) (1.12 PP)
Killing Hands (0.5 PP)
Elemental Strike (0.5 PP)
Critical Strike (3) (0.75 PP)

*=Discounted with Warrior's Way

== Lifestyles ==

Comforts: Low
Entertainment: Street
Necessities: Low
Neighborhood: Street (Barrens)
Security: Squatter

500 Y/month

== Armor ==

Armor Jacket (8/6)

== Weapons ==

Remington 990 shotgun (with Smartgun link): Dice Pool - 12
-Gel Rounds: 6S, +1 AP (Impact), SA, (1), 8(m)x5

Ruger Super Warhawk (with Smartgun link): Dice Pool - 15
-Stick-n-Shock: 6S(e), -half AP (Impact), SS, 6(cy)x5

Unarmed Attack: Dice Pool - 18
9S/P, -half AP (Impact) (with Elemental Strike)

== Commlink ==

Sony Emperor with Renraku Ichi
-Resp: 2, Sig: 3, Fire: 2, Sys: 2

== Gear ==

Contact Lenses (3)
-Smartlink
-Image Link
-Vision Enhancement (1)

Earbuds (3)
-Audio Enhancement (3)

Fake SIN (4)
Fake gun license (4)

Total: 8800 Y (2 BP)

== Background ==

Albrecht "Al" Jennings is an ork and ordained minister, who used to work in a street ministry in the Barrens that reached out to gangers looking to go straight. However he always struggled against his inner urges toward violence, and the apparent magical gift he'd been given toward it. Slowly he came to realize that his place wasn't as a preacher, but as a fighter. Embracing his God-given abilities, he began participating in the underground fight scene, donating his winnings to other inner-city ministries and making something of a name for himself as "Father Fury." He soon learned that many of his fellow combatants also moonlighted as Shadowrunners, which offered even better pay for his talents. Reasoning that most of the evil in the world came at the hands of the corrupt corps, he figured that anything that would take money from one to hurt another had to be righteous. So now he's branching out, glad to fund the Lord's work and strike at the corps at the same time, even if it's at the behest of another one.

[/spoiler]

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: theKernel on <01-03-12/2100:04>

I'll start mine tomorrow, looking for advice in the character creation forum. He'll be threading heavy more of an info gatherer and tamperer than a node crashing, cybercombat power house

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: Mirikon on <01-03-12/2100:23>

All right. I've got my character, Wyrmtongue, together. He is a Naga Face/Shaman. More emphasis on the face than the shaman.
http://bit.ly/xbWNGu

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: theKernel on <01-03-12/2108:00>

Woah we've got an ace runner!

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: Mirikon on <01-03-12/2111:57>

Heh. The player may have experience, but the character is new to the shadows.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: theKernel on <01-03-12/2113:31>

Well at least us new guys can read what you aces have learned

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: cabo_setek on <01-03-12/2124:49>

For clarification, Naga's are large serpents, right? Otherwise I'm missing something. I have no objections, I just want to make sure I understand.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: All4BigGuns on <01-04-12/0130:08>

Okay finally got the final incarnation completed, so I'm putting it up here in this post. Not much difference, but I'm a bit more satisfied for the most part.

[spoiler]
== Info ==
Street Name: Predator
Name: Reiko Tetsuki
Movement: 10/25, Swim: 5
Karma: 0
Street Cred: 0
Notoriety: 0
Public Awareness: 0
Human Female Age 30 (as of 2073)
Height 5'3" Weight 110 lbs.
Composure: 6
Judge Intentions: 7
Lift/Carry: 10 (75 kg/50 kg)
Memory: 7
Nuyen: 0

== Attributes ==
BOD: 5
AGI: 4 (6)
REA: 3 (4)
STR: 3 (5)
CHA: 3
INT: 4
LOG: 3 (4)
WIL: 3
EDG: 3

== Derived Attributes ==
Essence: 2.3
Initiative: 7 ( 8 )
IP: 1 (2)
Matrix Initiative: 10
Matrix IP: 1
Physical Damage Track: 11
Stun Damage Track: 10

== Active Skills ==
Animal Handling : 0 Pool: 3
Animal Training : 0 Pool: 3
Archery : 0 Pool: 5
Armorer : 0 Pool: 3
Artisan : 0 Pool: 3
Automatics : 4 Pool: 12
Blades : 3 [Cyber-Implant Blades] Pool: 9 (11)
Climbing : 1 Pool: 6
Clubs : 0 Pool: 5
Computer : 2 Pool: 6
Con : 1 Pool: 5
Cybercombat : 2 Pool: 6
Data Search : 2 Pool: 6
Demolitions : 0 Pool: 3
Disguise : 1 Pool: 5
Diving : 0 Pool: 4
Dodge : 1 Pool: 5
Electronic Warfare : 2 Pool: 6
Escape Artist : 0 Pool: 5
Etiquette : 1 Pool: 5
First Aid : 1 Pool: 5
Flight : 1 Pool: 6
Forgery : 0 Pool: 5
Gunnery : 0 Pool: 5
Gymnastics : 1 Pool: 7
Hacking : 2 Pool: 6
Hardware : 2 Pool: 6
Heavy Weapons : 0 Pool: 7
Infiltration : 1 Pool: 7
Instruction : 0 Pool: 2
Intimidation : 0 Pool: 2
Leadership : 1 Pool: 5
Locksmith : 0 Pool: 5
Longarms : 4 Pool: 12
Navigation : 0 Pool: 3
Negotiation : 1 Pool: 5
Palming : 1 Pool: 7
Parachuting : 0 Pool: 4
Perception : 1 Pool: 5
Pilot Ground Craft : 1 [Wheeled] Pool: 5 (7)
Pilot Watercraft : 0 Pool: 3
Pistols : 4 Pool: 12
Riding : 0 Pool: 3
Running : 1 Pool: 6
Shadowing : 1 Pool: 5
Software : 2 Pool: 6
Survival : 0 Pool: 2
Swimming : 1 Pool: 6
Throwing Weapons : 0 Pool: 5
Tracking : 0 Pool: 3
Unarmed Combat : 3 [Martial Arts] Pool: 9 (11)

== Knowledge Skills ==
Bars and Clubs : 3 Pool: 7
Contraband : 3 Pool: 7
English : 6 Pool: 10
Japanese : N Pool: 0
Music : 4 [Trash Metal Troll] Pool: 8 (10)
Security Procedures : 4 Pool: 8

== Contacts ==
Fixer (3, 3)
Implant Surgeon (3, 3)
Renraku Security Spider (2, 6)
Smuggler (3, 3)

== Qualities ==
Flashbacks (Uncommon) (Overly Excessive Blood and Gore)
Mania/Phobia (Common, Mild) (Acrophobia)
Records on File
Sensitive Neural Structure
SINner (Standard) (Reiko Tetsuki)

== Lifestyles ==
Everett Apartment 2 months
Comforts: Middle
Entertainment: Middle
Necessities: Middle
Neighborhood: Low
Security: High
Qualities: Easy-Going Landlord [1LP]
Perfect Roommate [2LP]
AI in Residence [-3LP]

== Cyberware/Bioware ==
Cerebral Booster Rating 1
Cyberears Rating 2
+Ear Recording Unit
+Sound Link
+Audio Enhancement Rating 3
+Select Sound Filter Rating 2
+Spatial Recognizer
+Damper
+Skinlink
Cybereyes Basic System Rating 3
+Eye Recording Unit
+Image Link
+Low-Light Vision
+Thermographic Vision
+Vision Enhancement Rating 3
+Smartlink
+Vision Magnification
+Protective Covers
+Skinlink
Datajack
Muscle Augmentation Rating 2
Muscle Toner Rating 2
Spur
+Skinlink
Tailored Pheromones Rating 1
Wired Reflexes Rating 1
+Skinlink

== Armor ==
Form-Fitting Full-Body Suit9/3
+Delta-Amyloid
+Nonconductivity 6
Lined Coat 6/4
+Fire Resistance 6
Zoé: Executive Suite Short Jacket (Ensemble)8/3
+Delta-Amyloid

== Weapons ==
Ares Predator IV
+Skinlink
+Smartgun System
+Underbarrel Weight
DV: 5P AP: -1 RC: 1
Defiance T-250
+Heavy Barrel
+Skinlink
+Smartgun System
DV: 7P AP: -1 RC: 1
HK 227-X
+Stock
+Gas Vent 3
+Heavy Barrel
+Skinlink
+Smartgun System
+Sound Suppressor
+Underbarrel Weight
DV: 5P AP: - RC: 6
Katana
DV: 6P AP: -1 RC: 0
Remington 950
+Imaging Scope
+Skinlink
+Smartgun System
DV: 8P AP: -1 RC: 0
Ruger Super Warhawk
+Skinlink
+Smartgun System
DV: 6P AP: -2 RC: 0
Shock Glove
DV: 5S(e) AP: -half RC: 0
Spur
DV: 6P AP: - RC: 0
Unarmed Attack
DV: 3S AP: - RC: 0

== Commlink ==
Meta Link (1, 1, 1, 2)
+Vector Xim
Singularity Battle Buddy Basic (5, 5, 5, 5)
+Custom Commlink OS [Firewall 5, System 5]
+Armor Case Rating 10
+Biometric Lock
+Hardening Rating 6
+Customized Interface
+AR Gloves
+Simrig
+Subvocal Microphone
+Skinlink
+Analyze Rating 6 [Copy Protection 6, Optimization 1, Registration]
+Browse Rating 4 [Copy Protection 4, Registration]
+Command Rating 4 [Copy Protection 3, Registration]
+Edit Rating 4 [Copy Protection 4, Registration]
+Encrypt Rating 6 [Copy Protection 6, Optimization 1, Registration]
+Scan Rating 5 [Copy Protection 4, Registration]
+Exploit Rating 3 [Copy Protection 3, Registration]
+Spoof Rating 3 [Copy Protection 3, Registration]
+Stealth Rating 3 [Copy Protection 3, Registration]
+Datachip
+Decrypt Rating 3 [Copy Protection 3, Registration]
+Attack Rating 1 [Copy Protection 1, Registration]

== Gear ==
Ammo: EX-Explosive Rounds (Sports Rifles) x50
Ammo: Regular Ammo (Heavy Pistols) x30
Ammo: Regular Ammo (Shotguns) x50
Ammo: Shock Lock Rounds (Shotguns) x30
Ammo: Stick-n-Shock (Heavy Pistols) x30
DocWagon Contract: Platinum
Fake SIN (Sarai Takamura) Rating 4
+Fake License (Weapons Permit) Rating 4
+Fake License (Implant Permit) Rating 4
+Fake License (Electronics Permit) Rating 4
+Fake License (Vehicle and Driving License) Rating 4
Medkit Rating 6
Spare Clip (Ares Predator IV) x10
+Ammo: Regular Ammo (Heavy Pistols)
+Ammo: Stick-n-Shock (Heavy Pistols)
Spare Clip (HK227-X) x10
+Ammo: Regular Ammo (Submachine Guns)
+Ammo: Stick-n-Shock (Submachine Guns)

== Vehicles ==
Rover 2068 (SUV)
+Amenities, High
+Anti-Theft
+Off-Road Suspension
+Passenger Protection (Rating 2) Rating 2
+Vehicle Sensor
+Camera Rating 6 [Facial Recognition Software 3, Low Light, Vehicle Identification Software 3, Vision Enhancement 3, Vision Magnification]
+Microphone Rating 6 [Audio Enhancement 3, Noise Analysis Software 3, Spatial Recognizer]

== Background ==
Born to a pair of Renraku employees, Reiko was raised in a more luxurious lifestyle than most shadowrunners in her early years. Her father was a mid-ranking security officer, and her mother worked in high level research and development for the company's primary industry of electronics--both at the corporation's home office in Japan.

Just a few short months after her tenth birthday, she was uprooted from her life and schoolmates when her parents were both transferred to the Seattle office in the Arcology. It took her quite a while to adjust to life in the UCAS sprawl, not the least of reasons was learning a new language, but after only a couple of years things settled back into normalcy.

For most of her youth, she was intrigued by both of her parents jobs for the corporation and strived to work toward gaining proficiency in both fields, but while she was able to become competent with computers, the skills needed for her father's job in security seemed to come most naturally for her resulting in her learning combative techniques much more easily.

Things seemed to go well once she'd become acclamated to the differences in lifestyle between Japan and Seattle, at least until she started entering into adolescence. Once she hit fifteen, Reiko began to enter a phase of rebellion where she would sneak out of the house at night and go out "slumming" in various bars and nightclubs located in the less than savory parts of the sprawl. She was caught sneaking back in to the house after these sojourns into seedier life--early on even before getting out to begin with--and punished heavily, but all this really did was provide her with lessons in what not to do when it came to stealth.

Two days after Reiko's sixteenth birthday, her life was again turned upside down as she and her family had to make their escape as the Arcology entered it's state of lockdown. While her parents and herself made it out--barely--and managed getting themselves set up with a fairly comfortable substitute home in Bellevue, it was driven home quite hard for her how bad the situation was because a young, at eighteen, security officer that she'd developed feelings for and had, for half a year, a clandestine romantic relationship with, was still trapped inside the Arcology. While she could, on very sporadic frequency and for extremely short time periods, get calls in to the young man, the long periods in which no contact was possible would send her into mild depression states for days, a condition which baffled her parents who, of course, knew nothing of the relationship.

As time went one, Reiko eventually resigned herself to the situation of it not likely being possible to ever see the young man, whom she considered to be the love of her life, again, and her life slowly began returning as close as possible to how it was before the lockdown--even though she still made what little contact with him as was possible given the situation.

Only a littler over two years--on month over to be exact--after the escape from the Arcology, Reiko's life was again shattered. She was just getting home after one of her 'slumming' escapades, only to discover that the door to the house was slightly open. Moving inside carefully, she poked her head around the corner, calling out to her mother and father, only to discover as she did that her father was lying face down on the now shattered table in the living room in a pool of his own blood with a bullet hole in the back of his head. Being unused to this sort of carnage, she stood helplessly frozen for several minutes, grief bringing tears to sting her eyes. Once she had regained some measure of control over herself, she started calling to her mother again as she moved through the disaster area which was her home. She was even more unprepared for what she found once she entered the kitchen. Lying on her back--also in a pool of her own blood which was running down the side of the 'island' in the middle of the room--was her mother, stripped almost completely nude and severely mutilated. At this point, the girl went nearly catatonic for hours, just huddled in a corner silently sobbing over the loss of her family.

The final months of her time in schooling saw a much more subdued Reiko, for the most part, being that she had turned eighteen the month before, she used her inheritence to keep up her standard of living while she finished her time in school, and after that, she began putting the abilities she had to use to supplement the inherited funds by doing any number of things, including shadow work.

She still has not discovered who murdered her parents so brutally, but she has never stopped looking for clues as to the identities of the perpetrators, or why they did what they did. She eventually did discover that the young security hacker that she'd been enamored of did, in fact, come out of the ordeal of the lockdown alive, if not entirely unscathed. Once the two met once again, she discovered that her feelings--and his--were still as strong as ever.
[/spoiler]

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: Pyromaster13 on <01-04-12/0152:19>

Still working on the character, so I didn't post and die. Will get it in before Friday, just wanted to update myself.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: Mirikon on <01-04-12/0504:16>

Quote from: cabo_setek on <01-03-12/2124:49>

For clarification, Naga's are large serpents, right? Otherwise I'm missing something. I have no objections, I just want to make sure I understand.

Yes. They are generally about 10m (almost 33 feet) long, and if one was so inclined they could probably eat a person whole.

Of course, one of my spells allows me to turn into a metahuman form, so I have hands to do things like use guns. I've got some magic, but most of it is either defensive or illusion/manipulation stuff. The spells he's most likely to use, other than the one that lets him assume metahuman form? Orgy, Trid Phantasm, and Physical Mask.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: cabo_setek on <01-04-12/0534:35>

I'm glad to see some of the sheets up well before the deadline and frankly can't wait for this weekend. I'll do final roll call on Friday and list the dramatis personae so everyone is clear on who's who. Again, can't wait.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: arknok on <01-04-12/0716:42>

I have a rough concept for my character. Street name of Nekoyasha. I have a rule question for the GM. in Runners Black Book they have drones with the trait:

Obsolescent: The vehicle uses an older generation of software, hardware or a combination of the two, resulting in less-sophisticated computing capabilities. The device rating(p 222 sr4a) is one less than what a comparable modern device rating would be (to a minimum of 1); e.g., a drone with the obsolescent trait wold have a rating of 2 rather than 3.
(Runners Black Book p. 6)

My question is if I can buy this trait off with nuyen. Meaning can I rip out the old electronics and replace with new with the proper skills?

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: Mirikon on <01-04-12/0722:53>

Page 222, SR4A has a table with the cost/availability to up the Response and Signal of a device.
Firewall and System have no availability, so you can up them as high as you like. Cost for each is (200*Rating) up to 3, and (500*Rating) for 4-6. So a Rating 4 Firewall would cost you 2000 nuyen. A rating 4 Firewall and Rating 4 System would be 4000 nuyen.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: All4BigGuns on <01-04-12/1538:11>

Stat post has been edited to reflect tweaks (main change being adding in skinlink to the comm--i'd forgotten to put it on that before).

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: theKernel on <01-04-12/1941:33>

Name: Josue (pronounced hose way)
Alias: 3BB&FL0
Metatype: Orc
Ethnicity: Azlan(Former Citizen)
Age: 30
Sex: Male
Height: 5'10''
Weight: 205

Attributes
Body: 4
Agility: 2
Reaction: 2
Strength: 3
Charisma: 3
Intuition: 5
Logic: 4
Willpower: 3
Edge: 1
Essence: 6
Resonance: 6
Initiative: 6
Initiative Passes: 1 (3 in VR)
Matrix Initiative: 11

Skills

Unarmed Combat: 2
Pistols(Revolvers +2): 3
Perception: 3
First Aid: 1
Compiling: 5
Registering: 4
Computer: 4
Cybercombat: 3
Electronic Warfare: 3
Hacking: 4
Hardware: 3
Software: 5

Knowledge Skills

Clubmusic(Goblin Rock): 6
Seattle Street Gangs: 2
Sports(Urban Brawl): 4
History: 3
Matrix Games: 2

Language Skills

English: N
Aztec(Spoken): 3

IDs/Lifestyles/Currency
Primary Lifestyle: Squatter
Nuyen: 180
Licenses: One fake License rating 4
SINs: Two Rating 4

Combat Info
Primary Armour: Leather Jacket 2/2 and Amour Shirt 4/0
Primary Ranged Weapon: Caviler Deputy DAM: 5P, AP: -1, RC: -, Ammo: 7(cy) but I have six reloads

Commlink

Living Persona
Response: 5(6)
Signal: 3
System: 4
Firewall: 3

My fake commlink

Commlink: Sony Emperor
OS: Vector Sim
I dont feel like writing their stats(we all know em)

Contacts

Street Doc: 3/3
Blogger: 3/3

Complex Forms
Analyze: 6
Disarm: 6
Exploit: 6
Stealth: 6
Spoof: 6
Shield: 6

Paragon (Flow)
+2 Threading Tests
+1 Code or Data Sprites (I choose one)
-1 Cybercombat attack tests

Stream Info Savant
Fading: Intuition + Resonance
Sprites: Code, Courier, Data, Machine, and Paladin

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: RainyDayNinja on <01-04-12/1953:16>

OK, here's the (more or less) final version of my character. I'm open to suggestions for tweaks, but I have to say it's pretty bitchin' that my Unarmed Combat does more damage than most guns. Bring on the fist-fights!

== Info ==

Albrecht "Al" Muller (aka "Father Fury")
Metatype: Ork (20 BP)
Ethnicity: German
Sex: Male
Age: 28
Height: 2.0 m
Weight: 140 kg

== Attributes ==
BOD: 5
AGI: 6 (7)
REA: 3 (5)
STR: 6
CHA: 2
INT: 4
LOG: 2
WIL: 2
(185 BP)

EDG: 1
MAGIC: 6
(65 BP)

== Derived Attributes ==
Essence: 6
Initiative: 9
IP: 3
Physical Damage Track: 11
Stun Damage Track: 9

== Active Skills ==
Dodge : 4 (Melee) Pool: 9 (11)
Etiquette : 2 (Ganger) Pool: 4 (6)
Instruction : 1 (Religion) Pool: 3 (5)
Intimidation : 4 (Physical) Pool: 6 (8]
Longarms : 1 (Shotguns) Pool: 8 (10)
Perception : 2 (Visual) Pool: 6 (9) [Audio: 9]
Pistols : 4 (Revolver) Pool: 11 (13)
Running : 1 Pool: 7
Survival : 1 (Urban) Pool: 3 (5)
Unarmed Combat : 6+3 (Boxing) Pool: 16 (18]
(122 BP)

== Knowledge Skills ==

Local Street Ministries (INT) 4
Underground Fighting Circuit (INT) 3
Post-Awakening Theology (LOG) 3
Ganger Politics (INT) 4
Language: Or'zet (N)
Language: English (Ganger lingo) 3

== Contacts ==

Fight Promoter (Connection 3/ Loyalty 2)
Priest (Connection 2/ Loyalty 3)
(6 BP)/(4 Free)

== Qualities ==

Adept (5 BP)
Martial Arts: Boxing (10 BP) (+2 DV to Unarmed Combat)
Martial Arts: Karate (5 BP) (+1 DV to Unarmed Combat)
Warrior's Way (Adept Way) (10 BP)
Local Fame (as Father Fury) (5 BP)

Bad Luck (-20 BP)
Scorched (-5 BP)
Allergy: Pets (Common, Mild) (-10 BP)

==Adept Powers==

*Improved Reflexes (2) (1.88 PP)
*Improved Ability (Unarmed Combat) (3) (1.12 PP)
*Improved Phys. Att. (Agility) (1) (1.12 PP)
Killing Hands (0.5 PP)
Elemental Strike (0.5 PP)
Critical Strike (3) (0.75 PP)

*=Discounted with Warrior's Way

== Lifestyles ==

Comforts: Low
Entertainment: Street
Necessities: Low
Neighborhood: Street (Barrens)
Security: Squatter

500 Y/month

== Armor ==

Armor Jacket (8/6)

== Weapons ==

Remington 990 shotgun (with Smartgun link): Dice Pool - 12
-Gel Rounds: 6S, +1 AP (Impact), SA, (1), 8(m)x5

Ruger Super Warhawk (with Smartgun link): Dice Pool - 15
-Stick-n-Shock: 6S(e), -half AP (Impact), SS, 6(cy)x5

Unarmed Attack: Dice Pool - 18
9S/P, -half AP (Impact) (with Elemental Strike)

== Commlink ==

Sony Emperor with Renraku Ichi
-Resp: 2, Sig: 3, Fire: 2, Sys: 2

== Gear ==

Contact Lenses (3)
-Smartlink
-Image Link
-Vision Enhancement (1)

Earbuds (3)
-Audio Enhancement (3)

Fake SIN (4)
Fake gun license (4)

Total: 8800 Y (2 BP)

== Background ==

Albrecht "Al" Muller is an ork and ordained minister, who used to work in a street ministry in the Barrens that reached out to gangers looking to go straight. However he always struggled against his inner urges toward violence, and the apparent magical gift he'd been given toward it. Slowly he came to realize that his place wasn't as a preacher, but as a fighter. Embracing his God-given abilities, he began participating in the underground fight scene, donating his winnings to other inner-city ministries and making something of a name for himself as "Father Fury." He soon learned that many of his fellow combatants also moonlighted as Shadowrunners, which offered even better pay for his talents. Reasoning that most of the evil in the world came at the hands of the corrupt corps, he figured that anything that would take money from one to hurt another had to be righteous. So now he's branching out, glad to fund the Lord's work and strike at the corps at the same time, even if it's at the behest of another one.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: All4BigGuns on <01-04-12/2033:02>

I'm scared...at least two I've seen with Bad Luck. I've had bad experiences with that one (all bad experiences were from ending up taking on all the other team member's bad luck).

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: cabo_setek on <01-04-12/2055:30>

Quote

I'll get into background on OoC. Or should I put background on? What you guys think?

Could you post here, please? That way you guys can discuss your history together beforehand if you want.

Quote

The Amour shirt is the highest on balistic but the jacket is the highest impact. Does that mean I use both?

The SR4A book, pg. 161, says you use the highest value for each type. So yes, you use both.

Quote

Nuyen: Noooo idea how to figure it out

Starting nuyen is determined by your lifestyle, which in this case is squatter. You roll 2D6 and multiply the result by 20, and that's your starting nuyen. Whatever is left over from character creation doesn't count towards that, so spend as much as you can. ;D

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: All4BigGuns on <01-04-12/2104:29>

Okay, here goes. This will be a long post, but here's the background for my character. (It was in the stat block too, but it may be easier to read in a separate post.)

==============================================
Born to a pair of Renraku employees, Reiko was raised in a more luxurious lifestyle than most shadowrunners in her early years. Her father was a mid-ranking security officer, and her mother worked in high level research and development for the company's primary industry of electronics--both at the corporation's home office in Japan.

Just a few short months after her tenth birthday, she was uprooted from her life and schoolmates when her parents were both transferred to the Seattle office in the Arcology. It took her quite a while to adjust to life in the UCAS sprawl, not the least of reasons was learning a new language, but after only a couple of years things settled back into normalcy.

For most of her youth, she was intrigued by both of her parents jobs for the corporation and strived to work toward gaining proficiency in both fields, but while she was able to become competent with computers, the skills needed for her father's job in security seemed to come most naturally for her resulting in her learning combative techniques much more easily.

Things seemed to go well once she'd become acclamated to the differences in lifestyle between Japan and Seattle, at least until she started entering into adolescence. Once she hit fifteen, Reiko began to enter a phase of rebellion where she would sneak out of the house at night and go out "slumming" in various bars and nightclubs located in the less than savory parts of the sprawl. She was caught sneaking back in to the house after these sojourns into seedier life--early on even before getting out to begin with--and punished heavily, but all this really did was provide her with lessons in what not to do when it came to stealth.

Two days after Reiko's sixteenth birthday, her life was again turned upside down as she and her family had to make their escape as the Arcology entered it's state of lockdown. While her parents and herself made it out--barely--and managed getting themselves set up with a fairly comfortable substitute home in Bellevue, it was driven home quite hard for her how bad the situation was because a young, at eighteen, security officer that she'd developed feelings for and had, for half a year, a clandestine romantic relationship with, was still trapped inside the Arcology. While she could, on very sporadic frequency and for extremely short time periods, get calls in to the young man, the long periods in which no contact was possible would send her into mild depression states for days, a condition which baffled her parents who, of course, knew nothing of the relationship.

As time went one, Reiko eventually resigned herself to the situation of it not likely being possible to ever see the young man, whom she considered to be the love of her life, again, and her life slowly began returning as close as possible to how it was before the lockdown--even though she still made what little contact with him as was possible given the situation.

Only a littler over two years--on month over to be exact--after the escape from the Arcology, Reiko's life was again shattered. She was just getting home after one of her 'slumming' escapades, only to discover that the door to the house was slightly open. Moving inside carefully, she poked her head around the corner, calling out to her mother and father, only to discover as she did that her father was lying face down on the now shattered table in the living room in a pool of his own blood with a bullet hole in the back of his head. Being unused to this sort of carnage, she stood helplessly frozen for several minutes, grief bringing tears to sting her eyes. Once she had regained some measure of control over herself, she started calling to her mother again as she moved through the disaster area which was her home. She was even more unprepared for what she found once she entered the kitchen. Lying on her back--also in a pool of her own blood which was running down the side of the 'island' in the middle of the room--was her mother, stripped almost completely nude and severely mutilated. At this point, the girl went nearly catatonic for hours, just huddled in a corner silently sobbing over the loss of her family.

The final months of her time in schooling saw a much more subdued Reiko, for the most part, being that she had turned eighteen the month before, she used her inheritence to keep up her standard of living while she finished her time in school, and after that, she began putting the abilities she had to use to supplement the inherited funds by doing any number of things, including shadow work.

She still has not discovered who murdered her parents so brutally, but she has never stopped looking for clues as to the identities of the perpetrators, or why they did what they did. She eventually did discover that the young security hacker that she'd been enamored of did, in fact, come out of the ordeal of the lockdown alive, if not entirely unscathed. Once the two met once again, she discovered that her feelings--and his--were still as strong as ever.
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Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: theKernel on <01-04-12/2113:07>

@cabo_stek is the complex form disarm or defuse?

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: theKernel on <01-04-12/2153:44>

Background
Josue was a child when Azlan was being attacked by other corps and grew up in the poverty of Tenochtitlán, he eventually sneaked out of the country and got to Seattle. He then worked as a grunt in a computer Hardware company. One day he made enough money to buy a comlink and showed ability as a coder. This became a side thing for him. As he grew into adulthood he got involved with shadier people and got a job an illegal gun "outlet". He held onto his Aztec heritage via the Matrix throughout his life. By this I mean he hung out with Aztec people and in Aztec hangouts. One day on the matrix while speaking to an especially eccentric "hacker" dressed in an Aztec priest outfit he was told he had a special shine to his avatar and all around presence and was then challenged that to visit an online pyramidlabyrinth. This pyramid was known for it's immensity and difficulty even among technomancers. After wrestling with the "hacker's" words he decided to visit. The pyramidlabryrinth was the most beautiful thing Josue had ever seen. So much so it compelled him to adventure inside, fully knowing the danger. What seemed like hours later he realized he had no idea where he was inside the virtual maze. In a panic he tried to jack out but for some reason he couldn't bring himself to do it. This made him react in a way not unlike a person really stuck in a pyramid. He panicked and ran deep into the structure, deeper than the most adventurous of 'mancers. The path he was traveling down suddenly collapsed! He fell to his virtual death but when his flailing body should have hit the ground he just saw a yellow bright light and it felt as if he had one of those moments where your body jerks you up in your sleep and wakes you. He woke up in reality covered in cold sweat with a low buzz and not a ring reverberating in his ears. This buzz continued and continued for weeks until he couldn't take it. He went back on the 'trix even though he was gun shy on going back to the virtual world. He HAD to find the "hacker". He arrived at the node where it all started to find the "hacker" sitting in his same old aztec regalia smiling at him. Josue walked up to him and had a lengthy dialog with him and learned that he was speaking to no hacker but a technomancer who was quite proud of Josue. Josue learned that he too was now a 'mancer. Unlike many others who find out this fact he embraced it. He loved the sheer amount of data and too him it appears as streams, rivers and oceans. This is where due to his power his name 3BB&FL0 came from. He also learned how to control his powers from the unnamed aztec 'mancer. He keeps his new identity secret from all but his most trusted associates. He became a shadowrunner because he simply couldn't stay around the same people he knew and it allowed for him to grow in his abilities and bank statement.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: cabo_setek on <01-04-12/2255:36>

Quote from: theKernel on <01-04-12/2113:07>

@cabo_stek is the complex form disarm or defuse?

It's Defuse.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: vinnmun on <01-04-12/2317:03>

I myself am interested, figure I thow in my MA/Swordsmen in the mix for choices.

Name: Ichi Hamada
Alias: Sugoi Yatsu (roughly translated, Badass) known simply as Sugoi
Race: Ork
Sex: Male
Nationality: Japanese, resides in UCAS
Lifestyle: Low
Physical Description: Tall, greyish-green skin, with black hair, cut into a mohawk with a ponytail. Toner than most Orks and not as bulky. He wears blood red kendo pants and a matching gi with his half body form fit underneath as well as the chainmail shirt. He wear a black leather motorcycle jacket and caries a stone emotionless look but with an aura of just being a badass.
Personality/background Ichi was born in a small village in Okinawa, Japan. There until his teenage years he studied and tutored at his father's dojo, Hamada Defense School in jui-jutsu and his father's own Water Dragon Swordsmanship (Suirō no sōdomasutarī). The crash of 64 hit and no one really in the village were affected by it. However when things looked pretty good in his life, Ichi's family was slowly dying off. His mom died during a protest against Renraku buying up land especially the village in Okinawa. His dad suffered a massive heart attack when in one swoop he lost his business and later his home. Soon Ichi, had no where to go. He fought and gambled in undergorund fighting where he was doing pretty well for himself. He dueled a bit when people heard of the Master of the Water Dragon Style was coming around. Things started to get a little too hot him in Japan, he borrowed some money from a Yakuza buddy and left for the UCAS where he landed in Seattle, doing odd jobs and brawling when needed, but shadowrunning looked to be his meal ticket to a new life.

Attributes

Body	Agility	Reaction	Strength
6	5	5 ( 8 )	6
Charisma	Intuition	Logic	Willpower
2	3	1	3
Edge	Magic/Resonance	Essence	Initiative
5	6	6	8 (11)

Positive Qualities
Adept - 5bp
High Pain Tolerance 2 - 10bp
Restricted Gear (Weapon Foci) - 5bp
The Warrior's Way - 10bp
Martial Arts 1 (Jui-jutsu) - 5bp
-Advantage: +1 Full Parry
-Maneuvers: Throw

Negative Qualities
Poor Self Control (Vindictive) - 10bp
Prejudiced (Specific Biase: Renraku) - 5bp
Sensitive System - 15bp
Standard Sinner (Ichi Hamada)

Active Skills

Athletic Skill Group	2
*Climbing	8 dice
*Running	8 Dice/td]
*Swimming	8 Dice
*Gymnastics	7 Dice
Blades (Sword)	4 (9dice) +2
Computer	1 (2dice)
Perception (Visual)	1 (4dice) +2
Pilot Ground Craft	1 (9 dice)
Shadowing (Tail Evasion)	1 (4 Dice) +2
Unarmed Combat (Martial Arts)	2 (7 Dice) +2

Knowledge Skills ( 12 free points)

Area Knowledge: Japan	1 (4 Dice)
Area Knowledge: Seattle	1 (4 Dice)
Firearms	1 (2 Dice)
Martial Science	3 (6 Dice)
Swords	1 (2 Dice)
Yakuza	2 (5 Dice)

Language Skills

Japanese	N
English	3 (6 Dice)

Adept Powers

Power	Cost	Notes
Improved Reflexes 3	3.0	Warrior's Way 25% reduction
Combat Sense 3	1.12	Warrior's Way 25% reduction
Quick Draw	.38	Warrior's Way Reduction
Agility Boost	.75	9 Dice, lasts double the hits in turns
Strength Boost	.75	9 Dice, lasts double the hits in turns

Cyber/Bioware

Cyberware	Essence	Cost	Notes

Spells/Complex Forms/Programs

Cyberware	Cost	Notes

Gear (75000¥)

Form-Fitting Half Body Suit	900¥
Chain Shirt	900¥
Armor Clothing	500¥
Leather Jacket	200¥
Ballistic / Impact:	12/10
Katana (Weapon Focus 4)	41,000¥
Goggles (Rating 4)	650¥
-Vision Enhancement 3
-Vision Magnification
-Flare Compensation
Contact Lenses (Rating 2)	225¥
-Image Link
-Thermographic
Ear Buds (Rating 2)	420¥
-Audio Enhancement 3
-Spatial Recognizer
Medkit (Rating 6)	600¥
Smart Pack	500¥
Lie Detection Software (Rating 6)	3000¥
Weapon Watcher Software (Rating 6)	3000¥
Erika Elite w/ Iris Orb	3500¥
Edit (Rating 3), Browse (Rating 3)	300¥
AR Gloves	250¥
Fake Driver's License (Ichi Hamada)	600¥
Standard Credstick (1200¥)	25¥

Vehicles
Entertainment Systems Cyclops (Monocycle)

Handling	Accel	Speed	Pilot	Body	Armor	Sensor	Availability	Cost
3	22/40	80	1	4	8	1	0	15350¥

Mods: Turbocharger (Rating 2), Run Flat Tires, Morphing License Plate, Normal Armor (Rating 8 ), Pimped Ride (LVL 2)

Contacts

Contact		C/L
Hachi Sayo (Japanese Yakuza Buddy)		2/2
Cynthia Drake (Reporter)		1/1

Breakdown: 180bp Primary Attributes, 105bp Special Attributes, 68bp Skills, 2bp Maneuvers, +35 Pos. Qualities, -35 Neg. Qualities, 4bp Foci, 6bp Contacts, 15bp Nuyen

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: All4BigGuns on <01-05-12/0147:38>

This could get interesting, vinnmun. Could breed a bit of conflict looking at your character's any my character's backgrounds.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: vinnmun on <01-05-12/0251:18>

lol I just read your character's bio....this would be quite funny when things get known. :-)

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: cabo_setek on <01-05-12/0407:42>

Here's our current list of Players and Characters.

Confirmed

All4BigGuns as Reiko Tetsuki aka Predator

RainyDayNinja as Albrecht Muller aka Father Fury

Mirikon as Belial aka Wyrmtongue

theKernel as Josue aka 3BB&FLO

Vinnmun as Ichi Hamada aka Sugoi

Pending

arknok

Pyromaster13

Cato as Lawrence Finnegan aka Hawk (There is a character sheet, but I put it as pending because there isn't a background yet.)

Looking forward to our first mission together. 8)

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: Mirikon on <01-05-12/0703:32>

Just pointing something out:

Quote from: SR4A, page 161

Armor and Encumbrance
If a character is wearing more than one piece of armor at a time, only the highest value (for either Ballistic or Impact) applies. Note that some armor items, like helmets and shields, provide a modifier to the worn armor rating and so do not count as stacked armor.
Too much armor, however, can slow a character down. If either of a character’s armor ratings exceeds his Body x 2, apply a –1 modifier to Agility and Reaction for every 2 points (or fraction thereof ) that his Body x 2 is exceeded. Note that this may affect Initiative as well. If a character is wearing multiple armor items, add their ratings together before comparing to Body.

Emphasis mine.

Background:
[spoiler]Belial was born in Angkor Wat, the Naga Kingdom. As a young naga, he was captured in the wild, and sold as a parasecurity critter to Mitsuhama, spending most of his time in a MCT facility in Seattle. He endured six long years of this slavery, before the Corporate Court declared that nagas were sapient creatures, to be afforded the same rights as metahumans. Freed from his corporate bonds, Belial was released into Seattle, without even a commlink to his name.

In this way, he was found by a member of the Seoulpa Rings, who was looking for talent for their porn trids. Not knowing what he was signing up for, Belial agreed to be in several trids, in a starring role. The vore porn trids made him enough money to get on his feet in the shadows. A recent addition to the Seattle shadow scene, Belial, now running as Wormtongue, tends to adopt a metahuman form when on the job, partially to be able to use weapons and armor, and partially to avoid the whole business of him being a Naga, which isn't a protected species in the UCAS.[/spoiler]

If anyone out there would be looking at any of the more out there BTLs, vore is a kind of snuff film. If your character (or NPCs, in the case of the DM) is the kind who would watch something like that, PM me, and I'll go into more detail about what the trid was about. I'm not discussing it on a public thread.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: All4BigGuns on <01-05-12/1242:38>

Wow, this is gonna be a rather large team.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: theKernel on <01-05-12/1244:22>

four to six is what I like but ah what the hell eight should be fun. Every metal band now a days has that many so why can't runners?

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: All4BigGuns on <01-05-12/1256:45>

Quick question theKernel, how exactly would one say your character's street name? I'm not THAT up on leet-speak.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: theKernel on <01-05-12/1258:06>

Its ebb and flow like currents and ocean tides 8)
Also how are we doing our rolls? Are we trusting our fellow man to be honest about their rolls or do we have a roll application?

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: cabo_setek on <01-05-12/1728:56>

Quote from: Mirikon on <01-05-12/0703:32>

Just pointing something out:
Quote from: SR4A, page 161
Armor and Encumbrance
If a character is wearing more than one piece of armor at a time, only the highest value (for either Ballistic or Impact) applies. Note that some armor items, like helmets and shields, provide a modifier to the worn armor rating and so do not count as stacked armor.
Too much armor, however, can slow a character down. If either of a character’s armor ratings exceeds his Body x 2, apply a –1 modifier to Agility and Reaction for every 2 points (or fraction thereof ) that his Body x 2 is exceeded. Note that this may affect Initiative as well. If a character is wearing multiple armor items, add their ratings together before comparing to Body.
Emphasis mine.

I think it's referring to Encumbrance rather than total armor value, because that whole section is comprised of those two short paragraphs. Otherwise, it would contradict the previous statement - "If a character is wearing more than one piece of armor at a time, only the highest value (for either Ballistic or Impact) applies"

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: Mirikon on <01-05-12/1732:33>

Quote from: cabo_setek on <01-05-12/1728:56>

Quote from: Mirikon on <01-05-12/0703:32>
Just pointing something out:
Quote from: SR4A, page 161
Armor and Encumbrance
If a character is wearing more than one piece of armor at a time, only the highest value (for either Ballistic or Impact) applies. Note that some armor items, like helmets and shields, provide a modifier to the worn armor rating and so do not count as stacked armor.
Too much armor, however, can slow a character down. If either of a character’s armor ratings exceeds his Body x 2, apply a –1 modifier to Agility and Reaction for every 2 points (or fraction thereof ) that his Body x 2 is exceeded. Note that this may affect Initiative as well. If a character is wearing multiple armor items, add their ratings together before comparing to Body.
Emphasis mine.

I think it's referring to Encumbrance rather than total armor value, because that whole section is comprised of those two short paragraphs. Otherwise, it would contradict the previous statement - "If a character is wearing more than one piece of armor at a time, only the highest value (for either Ballistic or Impact) applies"

That is what I meant by it. If you're wearing multiple pieces of armor, you are going to run into heavy encumbrance really fast.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: cabo_setek on <01-05-12/1842:06>

Quote from: theKernel on <01-05-12/1258:06>

Also how are we doing our rolls? Are we trusting our fellow man to be honest about their rolls or do we have a roll application?

I figure we use this if it makes everyone more comfortable being able to see everyone's die rolls. http://invisiblecastle.com/ (http://invisiblecastle.com/)

Otherwise, I'll trust everyone to be honest.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: theKernel on <01-05-12/1851:55>

I don't care either way, its up to you. But uh Disarm is a program in unwired so I have that

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: cabo_setek on <01-05-12/1913:39>

Quote from: theKernel on <01-05-12/1851:55>

I don't care either way, its up to you. But uh Disarm is a program in unwired so I have that

Ah, okay then. I was looking in the core book. Took me a while, but I found it as Disarm Program.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: theKernel on <01-05-12/1926:41>

Als o I sent you a message about my character

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: All4BigGuns on <01-05-12/2048:42>

Either way works for the dice, but I have to say "honor system" is preferable to me. I used to do well with dice rollers, but nowadays only in L5R do I do well with them.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: theKernel on <01-05-12/2052:15>

Yea I trust everyone :)

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: Pyromaster13 on <01-05-12/2345:18>

Sorry it took me a little while. I'm playing a mundane hacker/street sam since we seem to have a technoshaman and a rigger, I sent my sheet through a PM to cabo so there's still a 'lil secrecy amoung us. But otherwise he's the background that people can find from a deep enough datasearch.

Background:
[spoiler]
'Kris' was born to corporate parents, her mother died during childbirth and her father out of grief commited suicide a few years later. She was shipped to her only living grandparents from her mothers side at the age of 5. Her grandmother was 87 and worked executive management in an Ares subsidiary; with income exemption, she only went when needed. Her grandfather was 85, and was retired at their corporate home. Kris lived a sedentary lifestyle for 13 more years, full of a good flow of corpscrip, and the best education one could buy. She was a prodigy at the computer, and was starting her first year towards a Matrix Security Certificate, preparing for her future as an Ares Matrix Security Specialist, everything was planned and perfect.

But Lo and Behold, her grandmother discovered that she was homosexual, and being born of the 1990's and ultra-conservative to the bone, disowned her when she was barely 19. Since she was considered an adult, there was nothing she could do about it, she begged and pleaded, citing current rights, activist groups, and trying to reason with her only living family, but was only greeted with a spit in the face from her grandmother and told, "Our family doesn't accept faggots."; she looked towards her grandfather, but he merely stayed silent and looked away.

Angered out of her mind and nowhere to go, she decided to exact revenge. Accessing her grandparents accounts using what information she had, she was able to steal almost 300,000 nuyen from their main account, and set out on her own. Using the money, she got herself some 'ware, the a better commlink, and a place to stay for a while. And when nuyen started drying up, she started looking into shadowrunning to keep nuyen flowing and to stay off the grid from any potential retritbution from her grandparents.[/spoiler]

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: vinnmun on <01-06-12/0008:47>

I roll really well on real dice.....but I think we should stick with one format for everyone. I thought the forum has it's own dice roller?

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: All4BigGuns on <01-06-12/0037:53>

Yeah, everyone using the same system would be best whether it be honor system or that website.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: vinnmun on <01-06-12/0100:58>

I vote for the website....just easier to keep track of things i think. I never used it but it looks harmless enough. :-)

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: All4BigGuns on <01-06-12/0107:16>

It's fine with me. I'd rather have the trust to report appropriately, but I'll go for either. Made a few test rolls on it to see how it would treat me, and it worked all right. In the end, it's up to the person who's running this shindig.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: cabo_setek on <01-06-12/0307:46>

well, quite frankly, I've always preferred rolling real dice. Pre-roll ftw. So, if it's okay with everyone else, we'll roll real dice and trust each other to be honest.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: All4BigGuns on <01-06-12/0313:33>

Quote from: cabo_setek on <01-06-12/0307:46>

well, quite frankly, I've always preferred rolling real dice. Pre-roll ftw. So, if it's okay with everyone else, we'll roll real dice and trust each other to be honest.

Well, it's your call since you're the GM.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: Basic on <01-06-12/1525:04>

I would like to play are you still looking for players ?

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: vinnmun on <01-06-12/1542:59>

Updated my Character's gear to be more accurate. I left out a few things and took away a couple of things. But all balanced out.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: theKernel on <01-06-12/1544:59>

@vinnmun you ready for sunday?! ;D

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: cabo_setek on <01-06-12/1609:12>

Quote from: Basic on <01-06-12/1525:04>

I would like to play are you still looking for players ?

Sorry, Basic. We actually have an abundance of players. So, I apologize if you were hoping to play.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: cabo_setek on <01-06-12/1921:26>

just a reminder for everyone playing, I'll be creating the OoC thread tomorrow. It'll be labeled as "[OoC] On the Run" and I'll be doing that at about 12 pm, PST.

PS: Forgot to mention, but anyone who doesn't have their character posted either here, in a PM to me, or in the Big Black Book, do try to get it finished up, or you won't get to play. Today is the deadline.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: theKernel on <01-06-12/1925:45>

lol so this is going to sound dumb, but since I've never actually done this before what is the OoC? Is that where we play or what? And what does it stand for?

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: copakindred on <01-06-12/1932:23>

I.. but... how... what...? I turned around and *POOF* ... That was so fast! *laughs*

Shows what I get for not checking in more often. C'est la vie!

Run well, runners. Run well.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: theKernel on <01-06-12/1934:09>

Thanks and sorry bout that cummer

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: cabo_setek on <01-06-12/2002:58>

Quote from: theKernel on <01-06-12/1925:45>

lol so this is going to sound dumb, but since I've never actually done this before what is the OoC? Is that where we play or what? And what does it stand for?

No prob. OoC stands for Out of Character. It's where we discuss things like character history, game rules, decisions, plans, etc. etc.

The thread we'll be actually playing in will be labed "[IC] On the Run", IC standing for "In Character." That's where we'll do the actual role-playing.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: theKernel on <01-06-12/2004:56>

And now I know lol ;D

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: All4BigGuns on <01-06-12/2017:55>

Quote from: theKernel on <01-06-12/2004:56>

And now I know lol ;D

And knowing is half the battle.
Violence is the other half.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: theKernel on <01-06-12/2021:30>

Amen to that. If we were at a table I'd raise a drink to you. Oh by the way if I want to make an OoC statement when I'm on the IC forum do I post it in IC or OoC. Cuz around a table I just say it but on here I don't want to mess up the flow.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: All4BigGuns on <01-06-12/2023:37>

Going through some of the others, I've seen ooc comments in the spoiler dropdowns, but check with the guy who's running and see if he likes that idea or not.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: theKernel on <01-06-12/2025:20>

You understand what I'm asking though? Like if we're playing and I want to say something OoC do I have to go on that forum or can I include my comment in my playing post in IC?

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: cabo_setek on <01-06-12/2028:59>

Quote from: theKernel on <01-06-12/2025:20>

You understand what I'm asking though? Like if we're playing and I want to say something OoC do I have to go on that forum or can I include my comment in my playing post in IC?

I think BigGuns has the right idea. You can use either a spoiler dropdown or label it in some manner that we can all recognize as OoC, like making it a different color or something.

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: theKernel on <01-06-12/2031:14>

Oh ok sweet

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: arknok on <01-07-12/0739:10>

well here is my chararcter. Am i still playing or did i take too long?

[spoiler]Name: Gunter Von Neunman
Alias: Nekoyasha
Race: Human
Sex: Male
Nationality: XXXXX
Lifestyle: XXXXX
Karma Spent: XXXXX
Physical Description: XXXXX
Personality/background XXXXX

Attributes

Body	Agility	Reaction	Strength
2	4	4(6)	2
Charisma	Intuition	Logic	Willpower
2	2	4(6)	2
Edge	Magic/Resonance	Essence	Initiative
4	0	1.25/6	8

Positive Qualities
More than Metahuman 5
Negative Qualities
Amnesia partial -10
Virtual Personality (Severe) -15
Flasbacks (common) -10

Active Skills

Mechanic Skill Group	3
Firearms Skill Group	2
Electronics Skill Group	4
Cracking Skill Group	4
Armorer	3
Pilot Ground Craft	4
Pilot Aircraft	4
Pilot Anthroform	4
Gunnery	4
Perception	1

Knowledge Skills ( [Logic +

Intuition] x 3 free points)

XXXXX

Language Skills

XXXXX	N
XXXXX	XXXXX

Cyber/Bioware

Cyberware	Essence	Cost	Notes
Control rig	0.5	10,000 ¥
Simsense Booster	0.5	65,000¥
Sim Module hot-sim Modifed	0.2	5,000¥
Math SPU	0.15	4,500¥
Sim Module	0.2	2,000¥
Wired Reflexes II	3.0	32,000¥
Cerebral Booster L2	0.4	20,000¥
Neural amplifier: Neocortical L3	0	5,000¥	XXXXX

Spells/Complex Forms/Programs

Cyberware	Cost	Notes
Analyze 6	600¥
Command 6	600¥	XXXXX
Encrypt 6	600¥	XXXXX
Scan 6	600¥	XXXXX
Browse 3	150¥	XXXXX
Edit 3	150¥	XXXXX
Purge 3	150¥	XXXXX
Biofeedback 6	6,000¥	XXXXX
Sniffer 6	6,000¥	XXXXX
Stealth 6	6,000¥	XXXXX
Spoof 6	6,000¥	XXXXX
Track 6	6,000¥	XXXXX
Armor 6	6,000¥	XXXXX
Disarm 3	1,500¥	XXXXX
Programing suite 6	6,000¥	XXXXX

Gear (XXXXX¥)

Tool shop weapon	5,000¥
Tool shop vehicle	5,000¥
trodes	50¥
GM-Nissan Doberman	3,000¥
Honda Spirit	10,000¥
Bust-A-move	13,000¥
AK-98	1,000¥
50 rounds of standerd ammo	100 ¥

Vehicles
XXXXX

Handling	Accel	Speed	Pilot	Body	Armor	Sensor	Availability	Cost
XXXXX	XXXXX/XXXXX	XXXXX	XXXXX	XXXXX	XXXXX	XXXXX	XXXXX	XXXXX¥

Contacts

Contact		C/L
XXXXX		XXXXX

Build Point totals: XXXXX = XXXXX + XXXXX - XXXXX
Advanced Lifestyle out of Runners companion
Easy-going lanndlord +1
Free access +1
Workspace +1
Comforts low 2lp
entertainment squatter 0 lp
Neccessities high 4 lp
Neighborhood squatter 0lp
Security spuatter 1 lp

10 lp total[/spoiler]

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: Cato on <01-07-12/0843:16>

I will have the tweaks, background, and flesh out my contacts soon (Should be tonight, but it might be Sunday afternoon).

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: vinnmun on <01-07-12/1448:51>

Quote from: theKernel on <01-06-12/1544:59>

@vinnmun you ready for sunday?! ;D

yuppers. I got a good feeling about this group. :-)

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: theKernel on <01-07-12/1505:39>

Me too!

Title: Re: Novice GM looking for group for starter mission.
Post by: cabo_setek on <01-07-12/1641:36>

Ok guys, the OoC thread is up, go ahead and check it out. http://forums.shadowrun4.com/index.php?topic=5869.0 (http://forums.shadowrun4.com/index.php?topic=5869.0)