Shadowrun
Shadowrun Play => Play-by-Post => Topic started by: Forged on <02-06-12/1153:42>
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Hello everyone!
This is the OOC for Broken Eggs (as the title suggests)
The players are
Wretch
Specter Zero
Sichr
Halancar
Lets all introduce ourselves.
I've been gaming for around 15 years, mostly being a DM. I've always liked shadow run but never grabbed any of the books till 4th edition. I've run 3 different "campaigns" about 15 sessions total in shadow run, but mostly vanilla with people I dragged from Dungeons and Dragons. I was part of a play by post shadow run game on another forum, and this is my first time running one. I am not very experienced with the Astral plane, but I love hacking, but prefer to give excuses for the hacker to come along. I have recently acquired the PDF's for many of the extra books, and I've read through them, but I have not seen most of it in action. I will ask you guys about parts of your character and how it works, I don't want to deny you your shiny toys, but I want to be able to A) Use them to great effect B) Know how I can counter them. If I'm being pushy or an asshole let me know, I do much of my posting right before/after I go to bed, and I don't mean to offend anyone.
Things I want to happen in this campaign:
Show how a person goes from shady individual to a shadow runner, and the level of paranoia that may or may not involve.
The joy of getting new toys!
Hacking!
Things I want to avoid:
Lots of Magic - Frankly I'm bad at adjudicating it and I'm never sure exactly how useful/not the Astral plane is. The less mages, the less headache :)
So, what about yourselves?
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Hello !
I've been gaming for around 15 years too, although only very occasionally as a DM. A little bit of everything, including previous editions of Shadowrun. I'm reasonably adept with the magic rules (and I like magic !), as long as we leave the Metaplanes alone, but even looking at the Hacking rules make my head ache, and I haven't even tried to make sense of the rules for technomancers.
Things I'd like to see in the campaign:
- Character progression (shady individual to shadow runner would suit me fine).
- Sneaky runs, the ones that remind us that we are playing shadowrunners and not trigger-happy mercenaries.
Things I'd like to avoid:
- Hacking :) Well, not really, I'm fine with it, as long as nobody expects me to be the one doing it ;)
As for character, I believe I could build a 'limited' mage with only a few straightforward spells to keep things easy (because it's nice to have someone with a Heal spell around), or if Forged would rather not I could play a sneaky mundane.
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Hi there everybody!
I've been gaming for around 17 years, I've played more than my fair share of genres. I even have DM'd when the need is there. I am pretty fluid to most gaming styles, as I have seen a lot of them. I have played the previous edition of Shadowrun as well as a little 4th edition.
Things I'd like to see in the campaign:
Hacking- I am a big fan of hackers/deckers.
Unique and varied NPC's- I hate cookie cutter NPC's, make me want to remember them.
Things I'd like to avoid:
Power Gaming/Munchkinism: been there done that.
As for a character I said in the other Forum Thread, I would like to play either a Sprawl Ganger or a Hacker. Though I would prefer the Hacker.
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Id like to try something like private investigator...ex-cop possibly, maybe adept...
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Sichr, any opinions on what you want to see? likes or dislikes?
Either way we have the beginnings of a team here. For this run I wanted this to be a first run for most if not all of your characters. You may have been doing various illegal things before, but this is the first time you have had work for a Mr. Johnson.
If I got this right, Halancar wants to be a mage, and is willing to keep it simple for me :)
Simple Zero wants to run a Hacker
Sichr wants to be some form of investigator, possibly an adept.
Wretch sent me a character sheet while I was still recruiting.... It's a man with a heavily Cybered Arm and eyes with some tricked out guns. Fairly safe to call it a street samurai.
Of course nobody is stuck with that. Just recapping to keep my thoughts clear.
Other that figuring out character roles, does anyone want to be connected? What is making your characters walk the shadow. Where do you stand morally? I'm ok if two characters not get along, but I'm not forcing two completely incompatible people together. The other thing I want to learn is how your characters name got to the Johnson, do you have a fixer? Are you just friends with another guy who couldn't take the job? did the guy you buy guns for hear of work?
Also, what do you think of other peoples character ideas?
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Well, it looks like a fairly balanced team. Here's what I have in mind for my mage, let's call him Mist (short for Mr. Mistoffelees, not that anyone on the street would get the reference, probably including Mist himself :) ).
Mist is a young (17) male human who grew up on the streets of Seattle. He graduated from child beggar to petty thief to cat burglar, and is now ready to make the jump to shadowrunner (which in his mind is like cat burglar, but with targets actually worth stealing from).
Physically Mist is on the small and lean side, a result of his childhood diet (or, often, lack of), with brown eyes and dark hair. His skin is a shade darker than normal for 'white', hinting at some Hispanic or possibly Native American blood. Or maybe it's just the result of spending most of his time outdoors for most of his life, but Mist himself likes to think he has some Native American ancestry.
At 14 Mist Awakened. Cat came to him in dreams, hinting at new ways to acquire toys and food. Cat did not explain any of them beyond dropping hints and sometimes gracing Mist with an unasked gift of invisibility or silence, but eventually Mist figured some of the tricks out, and found more tangible guidance in the form of a friendly Street Shaman, to the point that is now has a small but solid repertoire of spells. Mist, however, hasn't figured the tricks of summoning spirits yet, and does not know what to make of the astral.
Morally, Mist is of the 'anything that is not nailed down belongs to me, and anything I can pry out with a crowbar isn't nailed down' school of morality. He's vigorously opposed to physical violence, but that's because in his experience it always goes badly for him, not a moral statement.
Mist brings to the table decent* B&E skills, both mundane and magical, and a small list of street contacts. He excels* at Illusion spells, but is fairly useless in an actual fight beyond distracting the opponents with illusions. He is also fairly lucky. Mist comes from the streets, and has little in the way of expensive equipment.
As for what brings him to the attention of the Johnson, as a long-time runner of the shadows, Mist does have a fixer among his other shady contacts.
* 'decent' and 'excel' are meant to be understood in the context of a well-rounded, non-optimized build, where 8 dice is decent and 12 is excellent ;)
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Sichr, any opinions on what you want to see? likes or dislikes?
Either way we have the beginnings of a team here. For this run I wanted this to be a first run for most if not all of your characters. You may have been doing various illegal things before, but this is the first time you have had work for a Mr. Johnson.
If I got this right, Halancar wants to be a mage, and is willing to keep it simple for me :)
Simple Zero wants to run a Hacker
Sichr wants to be some form of investigator, possibly an adept.
Wretch sent me a character sheet while I was still recruiting.... It's a man with a heavily Cybered Arm and eyes with some tricked out guns. Fairly safe to call it a street samurai.
Of course nobody is stuck with that. Just recapping to keep my thoughts clear.
Other that figuring out character roles, does anyone want to be connected? What is making your characters walk the shadow. Where do you stand morally? I'm ok if two characters not get along, but I'm not forcing two completely incompatible people together. The other thing I want to learn is how your characters name got to the Johnson, do you have a fixer? Are you just friends with another guy who couldn't take the job? did the guy you buy guns for hear of work?
Also, what do you think of other peoples character ideas?
You are correct in theory but I view him as more of a sneaker than shooter, but he is able to handle himself when things go badly. Also I don't think he has any snowflake tendencies,
Some things about me I have been gaming for 20+ years, wow I am old, but I am very new to the PbP and I haven't done much role playing for several years. I played SR 1st edition but I am very new to SR 4, consequently I lean towards pretty straight forward characters, from a rule perspective. (hence a street samurai). It also means I can't min/max because I have no idea how to do it.
Please feel free to let me know me about the rules, online etiquette or anything else. Also I travel for work extensively and often have to post from either my smart phone or tablet so my responses/posts may be short because of input method rather than a lack of willingness to be more detailed or role play extensively. (obviously I am in my home office today and can type away.)
Looking forward to the game.
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I suppose this investigator will be face with some combat skills, also good at datasearches, a. Im AFB now and also from chummers, so I may be starting the char developemnt tomorow or so. |I think Ill be also able to afford middle life style at best, something like Deckard :)
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Sichr, any timeframe for when you will be back?
Also it looks like we are going to have a fairly sneaky group, this will be interesting. Unless anyone has any objections, I'm going to create a google doc for listing PC's and NPC's so I can web out relationships.
Remember for character creation 400BP + (cha X 2) BP worth of free contacts.
I now need to go review the rules for stealth etc.
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tomorrow Ill be back from germany, then Im leaving for a weekend fencing training, but with my notebook so Ill be able to work on character, even offline. Ill be able to post concept on sunday afternoon.
:D I managed to install chummer on this comp, so Ill begin creation now, at least numbers.
Just for curriosity: what is the place? Seattle? Chicago containment zone? ;) Denver or anything else?
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Right I forgot the basics in the recruitment area, It's Seattle. boring, I know :P
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Well Im chosing Auburn Junction for my home (i have some sentimental reasons) When needed, anyone cań meet me at Aurora. Looking for drink and forget, like everyone else here :)
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Mist hails from Touristville, in the Redmond district.
I've sent a char sheet to the Google Docs folder, for the GM perusal...
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My character will be there tomorow, I have some RL issues I have to solve forst but Ill try to find some time to finish my chummer creation.
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I'm updating the Docs with the characters, I've also gotten a request for a fifth teammate, who I'm letting in, Welcome Snow!
As a note, I know nothing of the actual layout of seattle, are you guys referencing specific books? or is this just role-play?
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There's a book named Seattle 2072, which is what I used.
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omfg I have my character completed well Im completely unable to upload file to taht folder :P
IDN if Im getting old but this is completely incomprehensible for me.
His name is Steam, or Andreas Boil, you can find betaversion on Omae (Chummers)
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Just send me a private message and I'll put it on there. Don't worry bout it. One it's there you can change it no issue.
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Winter lives in the Beverly Park area of Everett, but grew up in Bellevue.
I'll have his background and description to you by Wednesday. I have the basics done but need to flesh out a couple of details.
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Winter lives in the Beverly Park area of Everett, but grew up in Bellevue.
I'll have his background and description to you by Wednesday. I have the basics done but need to flesh out a couple of details.
All set. Everything is in the Google doc, description, background and misc. notes are all there. I tweeked the character a bit, removed a bit of cyberware (eyes) and invested the cash in nonrestricted gear, but nothing major. Let me know if you want me to revert back to the original.
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I'm updating the Docs with the characters, I've also gotten a request for a fifth teammate, who I'm letting in, Welcome Snow!
As a note, I know nothing of the actual layout of seattle, are you guys referencing specific books? or is this just role-play?
Hey all! Glad to make the team...
As for myself, I've played shadowrun's 1st, 2nd, and 3rd editions so I'm somewhat familiar with the story line. The friends I used to run with kept it really simple and true to the setting meaning magic and cyberware was rare and toting an assault rifle in the middle of Seattle was frowned upon. Boy, did we learn the hard way... A LOT! Anyway, I recently purchased the 4th edition core and luckily for me I don't have to be a rocket scientist to play. This is my first pbp and 4th so I'm really looking forward to it!
Snow-
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I'm updating the Docs with the characters, I've also gotten a request for a fifth teammate, who I'm letting in, Welcome Snow!
As a note, I know nothing of the actual layout of seattle, are you guys referencing specific books? or is this just role-play?
Hey all! Glad to make the team...
As for myself, I've played shadowrun's 1st, 2nd, and 3rd editions so I'm somewhat familiar with the story line. The friends I used to run with kept it really simple and true to the setting meaning magic and cyberware was rare and toting an assault rifle in the middle of Seattle was frowned upon. Boy, did we learn the hard way... A LOT! Anyway, I recently purchased the 4th edition core and luckily for me I don't have to be a rocket scientist to play. This is my first pbp and 4th so I'm really looking forward to it!
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Welcome aboard, I'm relatively new to the 4E and PbP also so we will learn together
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I'm updating the Docs with the characters, I've also gotten a request for a fifth teammate, who I'm letting in, Welcome Snow!
As a note, I know nothing of the actual layout of seattle, are you guys referencing specific books? or is this just role-play?
Hey all! Glad to make the team...
As for myself, I've played shadowrun's 1st, 2nd, and 3rd editions so I'm somewhat familiar with the story line. The friends I used to run with kept it really simple and true to the setting meaning magic and cyberware was rare and toting an assault rifle in the middle of Seattle was frowned upon. Boy, did we learn the hard way... A LOT! Anyway, I recently purchased the 4th edition core and luckily for me I don't have to be a rocket scientist to play. This is my first pbp and 4th so I'm really looking forward to it!
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Welcome aboard, I'm relatively new to the 4E and PbP also so we will learn together
Sounds like a plan! Just as long as I'm not the first one to get shot... I it hate when that happens.
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Old SR quote:
Teamwork is essential...
It gives enemy another people to shot at...
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Allright I have:
Wretch -> James Snow aka Winter
Halancar -> Jason Argos aka Mist
Spectre Zero -> Constance Child aka Voodoo
Sichr -> Stem?
Snow ->
No rush on the characters, I need time to figure out what tricks these guys can do...
I'm updating the file Important people to have ALL contacts listed as well as any characters I can grab from your bios. Feel free to add comments from your character on this rap sheet. If you can't change the files, then let me know and I can make changes for you. The last step will be figuring out how your character was contacted, and we will begin.
Also, Interesting idea, Wretch, Winter's contacts are not fleshed out, would you and Halancar like your characters to share a fixer? Tween is the fixer, it would be interesting since tween's loyalty wold be different to the two of you. Or would you prefer separate contacts. It's up to you.
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@Wretch: and do you know this one:
Winter is coming.. :o
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Also, Interesting idea, Wretch, Winter's contacts are not fleshed out, would you and Halancar like your characters to share a fixer? Tween is the fixer, it would be interesting since Tween's loyalty wold be different to the two of you. Or would you prefer separate contacts. It's up to you.
Fine with me. As I recall, Tween's loyalty to my character, Mist, is based solely on its expected monetary value.
By the way, I went to Google Docs and started reading Winter's description, which starts with: "Winter is of average height (2.1m) and build (100 kg)" ... clearly we do not have the same expectation of an average human ;)
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Also interesting note, we have Winter and Snow as two of the operatives, both of them have James as their first name.
My actual name is James.
Lulz :)
Good news, all the characters are up! I will be making the actual RP thread either friday or next monday, I need to process your chars and fine tune the plot.
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Also, Interesting idea, Wretch, Winter's contacts are not fleshed out, would you and Halancar like your characters to share a fixer? Tween is the fixer, it would be interesting since Tween's loyalty wold be different to the two of you. Or would you prefer separate contacts. It's up to you.
Fine with me. As I recall, Tween's loyalty to my character, Mist, is based solely on its expected monetary value.
By the way, I went to Google Docs and started reading Winter's description, which starts with: "Winter is of average height (2.1m) and build (100 kg)" ... clearly we do not have the same expectation of an average human ;)
Just did the conversion sorry got the conversion messed up I went to 2.1 rather than 1.9 m
6', 220 was my fighting weight in the Army so 1.9 m and 100kg, trust me 220 lbs isn't very big for a grunt. You have to be that big to handle all the gear
I'm the little guy in my family too.
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He is Stark. I knew it :P
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@Wretch: and do you know this one:
Winter is coming.. :o
I just finished the most recent fire and ice book. Plus the character is based a little on the Winter Soldier. So I took the two influences and and came up with the names.
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Just did the conversion sorry got the conversion messed up I went to 2.1 rather than 1.9 m
6', 220 was my fighting weight in the Army so 1.9 m and 100kg, trust me 220 lbs isn't very big for a grunt. You have to be that big to handle all the gear
I'm the little guy in my family too.
I certainly had no problem with the mensurations themselves, just your use of the word 'average'. 'Big' would seem more accurate. Or even 'above average'. My character will certainly love having a big strong partner that can carry the heavy ... acquisitions.
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James Macallan aka Snow
James is short for Jameson (great Irish Whiskey) and well Macallan originates from my favorite scotch... Ah, I love being a drunk...
As for Snow, I just named by guy after Novacoke...
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Understand. You like skiing.
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Understand. You like skiing.
Exactly! Nose first that is :)
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Just did the conversion sorry got the conversion messed up I went to 2.1 rather than 1.9 m
6', 220 was my fighting weight in the Army so 1.9 m and 100kg, trust me 220 lbs isn't very big for a grunt. You have to be that big to handle all the gear
I'm the little guy in my family too.
I certainly had no problem with the mensurations themselves, just your use of the word 'average'. 'Big' would seem more accurate. Or even 'above average'. My character will certainly love having a big strong partner that can carry the heavy ... acquisitions.
Average height for an American male is 5-10 so 6' isn't too far from that and I went a bit on the heavy side for weight to reflect muscle density and cyberware. No big deal just an adjective. The description is about how others would perceive him when looking at him, just an average guy, maybe a little more fit and a little taller but nothing extraordinary.
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If you have Increased bone density or lacing, that would be far more fun :)
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Sichr, I took a look at Steam's character sheet and I have a question, is possible to have a SIN and be erased? I thought erased meant that all traces of the character disappear including SIN, I'm new to 4E and admit to not know the rules in detail but those qualities seem to contradict each other.
Maybe your character is a paradox that causes the Matrix to crash :)
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The erased quality states:
"the eraser will preserve any data the character wishes preserved and that is vital for her to function in society."
So it should be compatible with a standard SIN.
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Thats right. You have Sin with licenses etc., and any crimninal record linked to this disappears within the week. IMO it wont be compatible with second level of erased, because with that you have no data related to you. So when I go running, and just in case it will cause some attention ad Ill leave some traces, I need to stay lowprofile for a week or so, when electronic traces disappear. Note important thing...I wont have Criminal sin or licensed weapons or DNA samples traced back to my SIN in any database, well lot of detectives still use old good DTF notes, so good detective...or chain of crimes with similar modus operandi, could lead the detective to find me. Its not bulletproof. Well I dont think Steam is the character that would get involved in something like mass murder or such things...
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Thats right. You have Sin with licenses etc., and any crimninal record linked to this disappears within the week. IMO it wont be compatible with second level of erased, because with that you have no data related to you. So when I go running, and just in case it will cause some attention ad Ill leave some traces, I need to stay lowprofile for a week or so, when electronic traces disappear. Note important thing...I wont have Criminal sin or licensed weapons or DNA samples traced back to my SIN in any database, well lot of detectives still use old good DTF notes, so good detective...or chain of crimes with similar modus operandi, could lead the detective to find me. Its not bulletproof. Well I dont think Steam is the character that would get involved in something like mass murder or such things...
Wait a second... I thought this was going to be a mass murder campaign?!
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O_o :o
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I wont have Criminal sin or licensed weapons or DNA samples traced back to my SIN in any database...
That would depend how quickly they move. Your DNA is on file with your legal SIN, after all, and if you leave some DNA evidence linking you to a crime and they try to match it before your 'erased' quality comes into play, they will make the link and flag your SIN as criminal. Of course, if you can lay low for a week, the whole file on you will disappear and your SIN will go back to its 'innocent' status.
But as you noted, a good detective will remember. He may not be able to convict you or even arrest you, because the evidence will have disappeared, but he will remember.
So let's try not to leave evidence ;)
Wait a second... I thought this was going to be a mass murder campaign?!
Mass murder does not pay well enough to justify the media-whipped Knight Errand manhunt that goes with it. Better to let some other team of suckers take the contract, and move with some good old-fashioned stealing while the whole city is distracted ;)
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I wont have Criminal sin or licensed weapons or DNA samples traced back to my SIN in any database...
That would depend how quickly they move. Your DNA is on file with your legal SIN, after all, and if you leave some DNA evidence linking you to a crime and they try to match it before your 'erased' quality comes into play, they will make the link and flag your SIN as criminal. Of course, if you can lay low for a week, the whole file on you will disappear and your SIN will go back to its 'innocent' status.
But as you noted, a good detective will remember. He may not be able to convict you or even arrest you, because the evidence will have disappeared, but he will remember.
So let's try not to leave evidence ;)
Wait a second... I thought this was going to be a mass murder campaign?!
Mass murder does not pay well enough to justify the media-whipped Knight Errand manhunt that goes with it. Better to let some other team of suckers take the contract, and move with some good old-fashioned stealing while the whole city is distracted ;)
Important thing for me is that also medical records vanish ;) That is why I need high loyalty street doc with DTF database :)
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I think it would be very interesting to at least MEET the Johnson who contracted runners to overzealously unload on a McHughes while people scarfed down soy patties just because the Johnson was a tiny bit upset about how his sandwich looked compared to what was advertised on the menu board.
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Erased is potentially awesome. I may add it to Winter, it fits with his background and history. hmmmm the mischief PCs can get into. :)
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Completely off topic but have any of you been having issues with the auto notification system. I seem to be not getting notices when new posts are made.
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Completely off topic but have any of you been having issues with the auto notification system. I seem to be not getting notices when new posts are made.
I'm not getting any notices either.
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My notification works half the time I'd say.
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My notification works half the time I'd say.
you have to click the notify button to get them. they are not just sent automaticly, and you get them only one notification pre thread, if you forget to check up after you get the email, that's your lost.
for me the notifications work very well, each morning i get 3-7 emails from this forum on discussions I am in.
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Notification also work for me. Not very reliably, perhaps, sometimes it's immediate sometimes it takes a few hours, but eventually I do get a notification.
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Hey sorry for the quiet, had stuff join on.
I'm going to start the campaign Tommorow (Friday), but you are free to tweak your characters until monday.
For the game, what are your feelings on colour coding different forms of communication?
Also if you have not named or described your contacts, please do so, failure means I can do whatever I want with them :)
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Hey sorry for the quiet, had stuff join on.
I'm going to start the campaign Tommorow (Friday), but you are free to tweak your characters until monday.
For the game, what are your feelings on colour coding different forms of communication?
Also if you have not named or described your contacts, please do so, failure means I can do whatever I want with them :)
I tweaked Winter's qualities and fleshed out his contacts and key people a bit. I updated the character sheet and added the contacts to his character description page in Google Docs.
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Hey sorry for the quiet, had stuff join on.
I'm going to start the campaign Tommorow (Friday), but you are free to tweak your characters until monday.
For the game, what are your feelings on colour coding different forms of communication?
Also if you have not named or described your contacts, please do so, failure means I can do whatever I want with them :)
I tweaked my character as well. You can find all my changes (includes short contact bios) in the big black book o runners.
http://forums.shadowrun4.com/index.php?topic=487.75
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http://forums.shadowrun4.com/index.php?topic=6282.msg110117#msg110117
I hope the story is at least comprehensible in english :P
So IMO it is done, Steam ready to go as soon as you say so, Forged
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I have no problem understanding the story. It's quite good, too :)
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thx :) now Im a bit...currious whats going on :D
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Since Aurora is the place where to recruit Suicidal missions types, Hun Skaar, the bartender, may have a few contacts with Johnsons around the town
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So whats the ETA on the game start?
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The ETA is NOW!
honestly, I'm sorry, family came into town with less than 8 hours notice, kinda borked up my free time.
I'll be posting the IC forum now!
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ALSO
Tween has contacted you saying he is recruiting for work, digital meet up at 6 at a generic scrubbed chat area.
I'll proceed once everyone has logged on. Tween should explain more soon.
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Good :) I wasnt afraid. really wasnt. And since I bought Kingdomsof Amalur, I wasnt even bored :)
EDIT: Well maybe I can use a bit more sleep, Im about 20 hour till saturday :P
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Mist, Steam, Winter, Snow...Voodoo...hell this is supposed to be some kind of test? Like...choose one that doesn't fit?
Interesting names :) And Voodoo isn't even the mage. Now that's going to confuse anyone doing Legwork on us !
By the way, Mist is not named for a meteorological phenomenon, but for a cat, Mr. Mistoffelees (himself named for a demon, but that's another story).
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Again I apologize for the delays. I should be more regular now. and I promise we will get to the good stuff soon.
As for the info data search, I assumed you were not doing extended digging, so I gave you a fairly light info dump, let me know if you are going to keep digging for info on Tween.
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What do you know ? March 4, 2072 does fall a Friday ! Kudos to the GM who takes the time to check those details :D
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Of course I would check that! So I've given you guys 2 and a half days for research RP meet ups and whatever prep you would want to do pre-Johnson. If your content to just wait and don't have any fluff to add just let me know here.
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Well, I'd love to do research, but Tween didn't exactly give us a lot to go on. We can check him of course, but as for trying to check the Mr. Johnson who needs a B&E team, I can just imagine;
"What do you know of a Mr. Johnson ?
- I know of thousands, this is Seattle.
This one needs a team
- They all do
For B&E work
- Ah, you are down to the high hundreds, keep going
That's it
- Tough luck."
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Oh...
someone could be able to hack Tweens log and trace received calls and mesages...in case ween has something like that archived, which I doubt. Tracing his AcessID activitz for last two days san also give us some more info, again, if he is not carefull enought.
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You also know where the meet up will be, this is a game about being crazy prepared and It can be ridiculous the stuff players can come up with.
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Good point, I'll be sure to scout astrally and summon plenty of watcher spirits...
...or not, 'cause I have to keep magic simple, so Mist can't do any of those things. But I guess I can do legwork on the meet location at least. Yep, that I can do. Scout escape routes. And more escape routes. And surveillance points. And a few faces I can take to fool surveillance.
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Good point, I'll be sure to scout astrally and summon plenty of watcher spirits...
...or not, 'cause I have to keep magic simple, so Mist can't do any of those things. But I guess I can do legwork on the meet location at least. Yep, that I can do. Scout escape routes. And more escape routes. And surveillance points. And a few faces I can take to fool surveillance.
Only one thing to say:
Coffee (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmCjMRAzCiE&feature=related)
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Coffee :o Too funny...
We actually MIGHT be able to find out who Mr. Johnson really is. Either him or someone he's acquainted with made reservations. If I had MaD pC skillz I would personally try to dig up stuff within Portcullis Lounge's reservation log to see who made the reservation and keep digging from their if needed. Who know's what you might turn up! Too bad my guy doesn't have those skillz though... hint hint ;)
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<snip> If I had MaD pC skillz<Snip>
Oh I haz said skillz, and they do pay the billz. One hacker away.
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When rolling dice, does your roller have glitch detection? I checked some of your invisible castle rolls and caught at least one glitch Also snow, who is that negotiation test for? The group? Also I thought the rule of six was for edge only, not just standard tests...
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Mine, I'm not sure if it does, to be honest.
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Also snow, who is that negotiation test for? The group? Also I thought the rule of six was for edge only, not just standard tests...
Sorry, I accidently made it a negotiation test for the group but it should have been a leadership test. I've made the change in my posting. As for the rule of six, I'm honestly not too sure. I probably read it wrong but I thought it was GM's call (aka house rule) as well as a part of edge. Again, bare with me... It is my first time playing SR4 :)
And back to the negotiation test aka should have been a leadership test it was specifically for the "no firearms" portion of dialogue and NOT the location portion. I'm just trying to play this ex-cop in character. And coincidently it's also my first time playing a socially skilled character as well.
And please feel free to tell me... "What are you stupid or something?! You're totally doing that all wrong!!!" ;D
I really don't mind. And it's probably the only way I will learn quickly!
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Ok, Thanks, you don't normally have to roll against other characters, it's unfortunately up to them how they react. When rolling a skill, clarify why you are using it in the roll, like:
Leadership -> disarm for meeting
It will help later on, and allows me to tailor the responses to better fit what you were trying to do.
Also sorry for shooting down Voodoo's Hacking attempt, The trace was fine, but past that you would need to scan to find the hidden node, since intercepting traffic only really works on Wired connects, it specifically states you have to know where all the info is passing through and wireless connections get difficult with range.
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Ok, Thanks, you don't normally have to roll against other characters, it's unfortunately up to them how they react. When rolling a skill, clarify why you are using it in the roll, like:
Leadership -> disarm for meeting
It will help later on, and allows me to tailor the responses to better fit what you were trying to do.
Got it!
Thanks!!!
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no worries, I haven't played a hacker in a while.
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Also there is no need to Sniff, since if you tracked the node, you are literary at the gates, so Matrix perception and then Exploit is the next step, if you dont mind to be rude.
Also, from that Tracking you can also get AcessID, which is what can be used further. Matrix is a lot of fun, but not as easy to get a grip on,, take your time. no need to hurry
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Anyone heard from Wretch (Winter)?
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he was last active yestrday so no wories. Ill IC later this evening :)
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Gentlemen, I have one favor from you to ask. Please, look in any other PbP thread, you can find out that it is really good to separate Speech / AR messages/ Fluff
I, for myself, use only This for loud speaking This for yelling and This for AR messages, from time to time this when I want to express some internal dialogue ot thoughts. It make whole comunication much more clear
Thank you :)
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There is also colour coding that you can do. For myself, plain quotes "like this" denote normal speech, I'll use green text when describing matrix locations, or text based messages you receive. During non-critical points like right now, I may not follow my rules because I think my writing is clear enough. I don't want to force people into using the same system, but if you are going to code your different communication channels, leave a guide somewhere.
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Gentlemen, I have one favor from you to ask. Please, look in any other PbP thread, you can find out that it is really good to separate Speech / AR messages/ Fluff
I, for myself, use only This for loud speaking This for yelling and This for AR messages, from time to time this when I want to express some internal dialogue ot thoughts. It make whole comunication much more clear
Thank you :)
I think we really need a standard way of communicating such as color coding. We should all be on the same page for sure. However, I also think we should be able to PM the GM if our character is doing something behind the groups back such as "I'm going to the store to grab some more beers" but in reality the character would go out and gather intel on a player he think is acting suspicious.
Just a thought.
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PMs are not a problem, Well rerad the IC text right now. Can you distinguish for the first look, what player is telling about the character, what character says to others Loud / Silent and what goes on in characters mind? Im not able to distinguish if some facts about garage are Messaga to others or just inner thoughts :P
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Ok so things we need to cover
Normal descriptions
"Normal Speech"
Inner Thoughts
Matrix descriptions
"Matrix Speech"
Do we need to cove the astral?
Are quotations enough to realize someone is speaking? should chatter be bold? Should we breakdown communication channels even further?
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Ok so things we need to cover
Normal descriptions
"Normal Speech"
Inner Thoughts
Matrix descriptions
"Matrix Speech"
Do we need to cove the astral?
Are quotations enough to realize someone is speaking? should chatter be bold? Should we breakdown communication channels even further?
Here are my two cents on this matter...
Well I kind of like the "Normal Speech" in blue. And not just because I just changed all my postings either :) The dialogue really stands out that way.
I think if someone is yelling we could do all caps simply because that's pretty universal.
As for inner thoughts, well they should stay inside and be portrayed through the characters actions. I mean how many fights have you seen where somebody tells another "I'm going to punch you in the face and push you down" just before they punch that person in the face and push them down. That just seems a little bit theatrical to me.
Matrix in green is fine.
And astral in red seems pretty kewl but I'm open for anything since I'm just a newb :)
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+1 for that Normal speech in different colour
For inner thoughts, like you say, it doesnt happen too often (but some people like it). Anything else I can live with, well Im using Navy for speech/ARmessages in every other PbPs so Ill stick to it. we will see how that work.
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Umm Sichr, who are you talking to? I don't know which contact you are talking to. Even though your text is blue I need to know who it is aimed at.
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Umm Sichr, who are you talking to? I don't know which contact you are talking to. Even though your text is blue I need to know who it is aimed at.
Srr: Poirot is Agent SW
Hun is Hun Skar, bartender in Aurora, my only street contact except for the doc... Ill try to be more explicit next time, or post OOC clarification :)
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Ok, and what are your skill checks for? It's not explicitly clear based on your text. First one I assume is trying to learn about somewhere, but where? The garage? are you trying to think of another location to meet?
Second skill check, I assume that is your agent doing the browse for info.
Third, are you intimidating your contact? Your giving yourself your lie detect bonus, so I am confused.
EVERYONE
from now on roll like so:
Type of Check -> What check is trying to do
modA() modB() Xd6.hits(5) = X
Example
Intimidation -> To learn who hired the goon
Cha(4) Intimidate(4) 8d6.hits(5) = 3
Thank you
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Well, when you read the roll description Ive posted, it is Charisma(x)+Etiquette(x)+One of possible modificators(use Empathy SW or Lie detector, whatever suits you more...)
Īll try to comform with your proposal, well you know that one about the old dog and new habbits :)
EDIT: Using ettiquette, IMO intimidating my only job-usefull contact would not be the good beginning :)
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ehhh
maybe I missed something, well...
did you read IC?
Anyone noticed that meeting adress had changed?
Any info from Poirot? its at least half an hour and that time can Steam spend on more datailed search based on hints from poirot. Otherwise, it seems he is a bit disconnected from events...
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ehhh
maybe I missed something, well...
did you read IC?
Anyone noticed that meeting adress had changed?
Any info from Poirot? its at least half an hour and that time can Steam spend on more datailed search based on hints from poirot. Otherwise, it seems he is a bit disconnected from events...
The address listed is to the Park & Ride at the Renton Transit Center. It's where we are gathering to officially meet and greet each other and put a plan together before the meet with Mr. Johnson.
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got it :)
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Sorry i have been out of the loop. I have been on a business trip and unable to post. I will get caught up on the airport tomorrow and start posting. Until then Winter will meet at a collectively agreed upon location. He's quiet anyways.
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I haven't forgotten about hun, Contacts are useful for information, but they get it too you in their own time. It's not like the bartender you drops everything when you ask him a question. He is working on it. You will get your answer soon.
Also this scene is pretty much pure RP for you guys, I'll check in, but I won't be posting much till the meet up with Mr. Johnson.
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I haven't forgotten about hun, Contacts are useful for information, but they get it too you in their own time. It's not like the bartender you drops everything when you ask him a question. He is working on it. You will get your answer soon.
Also this scene is pretty much pure RP for you guys, I'll check in, but I won't be posting much till the meet up with Mr. Johnson.
ee, I was talking about Poirot. SW agent. just bear in mind that it is rolling, interval is up to you, so I dont say it is necesary that I have results after the time I spend on the way to the meeting point...
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ehhh
maybe I missed something, well...
did you read IC?
Anyone noticed that meeting adress had changed?
The address listed is to the Park & Ride at the Renton Transit Center. It's where we are gathering to officially meet and greet each other and put a plan together before the meet with Mr. Johnson.
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OK, I'm just now understanding where that new address everyone is going to is coming from. I was really confused at first :(
By the way, did Snow really name a place and time then log off without waiting for confirmation from anyone ? I'm half tempted to have Mist not show, on general principles. I guess I won't since I want to play, but I'm tempted...
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well, everyone else logged off the same way it seems, we didnt had any kind of conversation there...maybe we are a bit eager to begin :)
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By the way, did Snow really name a place and time then log off without waiting for confirmation from anyone? I'm half tempted to have Mist not show, on general principles. I guess I won't since I want to play, but I'm tempted...
I'm sorry, but i'm really not an @sshole... I'm just playing in character. My character has social difficulties at times considering most of his work was as an undercover for Chigaco PD meaning he was mostly on his own. Although if he really needs to or gets comfortable enough with a group he can turn on the charm.
And for the record I probably wouldn't have showed if I was playing another type of character :)
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;)
looks like there is more than just one "nice" individual in the "team"
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;)
looks like there is more than just one "nice" individual in the "team"
I have a feeling these characters are going to get along famously :)
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OK I am back from business. I apologize for being out of the loop for a few days. In the future I will try to mention my trips here in advance so I don't hold up play.
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Oooh kay, since you guys want to dig info about each other, I'm not making up stuff for your own characters, If you could send a private message with 3 tiers of information (based on how obscure/hard to find it it). This would also be useful when my villains look you up.
Thanks in advance,
Forged
PS. I'm enjoying the posting! keep it up!
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@Forged: Ill wait for the info on mafia, so I can share it with others, and the Id happily move to next events, If others agree.
IDN, but IMO if we want to start the real game anytime soon, maybe we can just agree that this preparations for the run would be done by some fluff text and some rolls: Ettiquette, Datasearch etc. Forged, would you please rule this out? Or...which I wont mind: Are we going to roleplay this? We have three separate tasks:
Redmond legwork (Snow, Steam),
Meeting spot recon (Mist, Winter)
Matrix research (Voodoo, possibly with some team contribution on datasearches)
Target: as I thing was agreed upon, to get some info on Who can be our Johnson (Tweens contact) and improve our information background on current topics, so we are aware the setup, if something like that is going on, and also we are ready to negotiate fair price for the run.
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@Forged: Ill wait for the info on mafia, so I can share it with others, and the Id happily move to next events, If others agree.
IDN, but IMO if we want to start the real game anytime soon, maybe we can just agree that this preparations for the run would be done by some fluff text and some rolls: Ettiquette, Datasearch etc. Forged, would you please rule this out? Or...which I wont mind: Are we going to roleplay this? We have three separate tasks:
Redmond legwork (Snow, Steam, Winter),
Meeting spot recon (Mist)
Matrix research (Voodoo, possibly with some team contribution on datasearches)
Target: as I thing was agreed upon, to get some info on Who can be our Johnson (Tweens contact) and improve our information background on current topics, so we are aware the setup, if something like that is going on, and also we are ready to negotiate fair price for the run.
I'll travel with Mist so no one is operating solo.
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So ka. Edited.
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I've got some unexpected business this weekend, so It's going to be monday before I can get responses to you guys out.
Sorry.
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Forged Forget :o ;D
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Forged Forget :o ;D
Dunno... hope not...
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Gah I'm so sorry, I was travelling until wednesday, didn't have time to stop by. I'm going over everything now and will get some IC posts out. I'm so sorry I didn't mean to leave you guys hanging for so long.
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Snow was thinking about overdosing on bliss... Glad your back for his sake :)
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Spring here...Snow is gone and all I got on my nose was mud :(
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Snow ponders once again, Boy... A spoon full of buckshot sounds yummy for breakfast this morning :)
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By the way, is there a negative quality for suicidal tendencies??? I think that would be an interesting member to a team of runners. I picture a very somber troll with the street name of Eeyore for some reason.
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Maybe some kind of Compulsive behaviour.