[Ryo]

Shape Fire on Fire Wall sounds valid to me, yes. I'll figure out the specifics of how that would work in a bit.

In other news, They released the errata for Street Grimoire and have said that the Commanding Voice from Stolen Souls stands, and the version in Street Grimoire is now a separate power called Authoritative Tone. You may want to adjust your powers accordingly.

[Koshnek]

With the increased price of the changed power, I don't think I will retain either if you don't mind. I'd actually like to pick up Keratin control. It'd be a nice addition to his secondary skillset, and it would compliment Melanin control well. For the remaining .25 pp, I'd like to take Sustenance. I don't know if well ever be in a survival type situation, but the description of the power is very much Thorn. Only needing to eat once a day (maintaining the same level of health as mundanes eating 3 times a day) and needing to drink less is very, very Thorn-y.

One question about Keratin Control. Does it allow one to stunt the growth of their hair/nails/horns (or outright kill them in the case of hair follicles)? Or is the effect limited exactly to what the text says (acceleration)?

The Wall DV was clarified which is nice. Treating it as drain was downright weird. I did some further thinking at work today, and I wanted to run something else by you. If I picked up the spell or power elemental body, would you allow a similar spell interaction? I was thinking I could run around with fiery body, and if someone closes into melee range I could use Shape Fire to lash them with a whip of flame. The effect doesn't have to be used offensively. If they come into contact with the flame coating they take damage. I'm not sure I'd invest further down the fiery path Thorn is on, but It's a possibility at a later time :-). Also..IMO, this use also has a cool factor of +10.

Edit: Is it only me, or is the picture for Elden bugged? If its not just me, are you able to get us a copy that works? I really like how you supply visuals. I have problems forming mental images so it helps me a lot :-).

Edit 2: Just some examples of what I meant by Fire Art in IC. Something similar to these pictures, but real fire molded into whatever Thorn desires in the moment.

[Zweiblumen]

Broken image for me as well 😞

@Ryo could I use my corp politics knowledge to see if I know anything more about this family?  And I'm assuming that KE has not been involved yet, so my contact there wouldn't know anything yet?  Though I may reach out to him for some possible leads as I'd expect he'd be willing to keep it on the DL for me.  Is this reasonable?  If so, I'll get that up IC.

[Ryo]

Weird, I'll see if I can't fix the image.

@Zweib: Yes, that would be a valid use of corp politics. KE has not been involved yet. This happened literally minutes ago. Ellis was extremely fast on the uptake of this kid getting taken. It'll take you a few hours to reach Seattle, so you may be able to call him up and expect some intel by the time you're actually in the city.

[Ryo]

With the increased price of the changed power, I don't think I will retain either if you don't mind. I'd actually like to pick up Keratin control. It'd be a nice addition to his secondary skillset, and it would compliment Melanin control well. For the remaining .25 pp, I'd like to take Sustenance. I don't know if well ever be in a survival type situation, but the description of the power is very much Thorn. Only needing to eat once a day (maintaining the same level of health as mundanes eating 3 times a day) and needing to drink less is very, very Thorn-y.

Sounds good to me.

One question about Keratin Control. Does it allow one to stunt the growth of their hair/nails/horns (or outright kill them in the case of hair follicles)? Or is the effect limited exactly to what the text says (acceleration)?

I think its fair that you can both slow or even stunt growth in addition to accelerating it. Pretty sure it even lets you change the quality, like having straight or curly hair at will.

The Wall DV was clarified which is nice. Treating it as drain was downright weird. I did some further thinking at work today, and I wanted to run something else by you. If I picked up the spell or power elemental body, would you allow a similar spell interaction? I was thinking I could run around with fiery body, and if someone closes into melee range I could use Shape Fire to lash them with a whip of flame. The effect doesn't have to be used offensively. If they come into contact with the flame coating they take damage. I'm not sure I'd invest further down the fiery path Thorn is on, but It's a possibility at a later time :-). Also..IMO, this use also has a cool factor of +10.

Any source of fire is a valid use for Shape Fire, as it takes a complex action to shape it or move it anyway.

[Zweiblumen]

Weird, I'll see if I can't fix the image.

@Zweib: Yes, that would be a valid use of corp politics. KE has not been involved yet. This happened literally minutes ago. Ellis was extremely fast on the uptake of this kid getting taken. It'll take you a few hours to reach Seattle, so you may be able to call him up and expect some intel by the time you're actually in the city.

Image works now

Corp Politics roll about Shaw Family: 11d6t5 4

[Ryo]

Weird, I'll see if I can't fix the image.

@Zweib: Yes, that would be a valid use of corp politics. KE has not been involved yet. This happened literally minutes ago. Ellis was extremely fast on the uptake of this kid getting taken. It'll take you a few hours to reach Seattle, so you may be able to call him up and expect some intel by the time you're actually in the city.

Image works now

Corp Politics roll about Shaw Family: 11d6t5 4

You've heard of Mary Ellis Shaw, a human corporate executive in the Seattle branch of Ares Arms, as well as her husband, now deceased, Eldwin Shaw, an elvin man who was a senior executive within the Ares Macrotechnology home office. He was involved in the oversight of a great number of internal projects and was said to be close friends with several members of the board of directors, including Damien Knight. Rumor has it he was killed in a botched extraction attempt three years ago, but there are an equal number of rumors that suggest Ares faked his death to discourage further attempts to extract him.

[Zweiblumen]

Schweet!

IC coming up.

[Koshnek]

9d6t5: 5 [9d6t5=6, 2, 6, 1, 5, 3, 6, 1, 6]
http://orokos.com/roll/225042

I saw an opportunity for a trick, but I resisted the impulse :p. I'm not sure if I'm supposed to roll like this, or if I  just wait for it to come up from Mr. GM...I'm still a little new to all this.

On a side note, can I add in one final retcon? I reread the raven text when I looked up the roll, and he's kind of darker mentor than I had realized. Can I change it to Coyote instead? Its the same mentor spirit benefits, but less darkness.

[Ryo]

9d6t5: 5 [9d6t5=6, 2, 6, 1, 5, 3, 6, 1, 6]
http://orokos.com/roll/225042

I saw an opportunity for a trick, but I resisted the impulse :p. I'm not sure if I'm supposed to roll like this, or if I  just wait for it to come up from Mr. GM...I'm still a little new to all this.

On a side note, can I add in one final retcon? I reread the raven text when I looked up the roll, and he's kind of darker mentor than I had realized. Can I change it to Coyote instead? Its the same mentor spirit benefits, but less darkness.

For the most part, I will call for it, but if I don't notice something that you feel is an opportunity, feel free to roll it yourself and follow the results.

And I'm pretty sure that sentence is written confusingly. Coyote is the darker version of the two, from what I know of Native American mythology, and from what a quick google search turned up. That's why Raven is the main entry and Coyote is the alternative, I imagine.

[Koshnek]

Ok. I'll leave it the same then. I added in Keratin Control and Sustenance and removed the 3 points of your version of Commanding voice. It should be a .75 <-> .75 trade. I'll update the chummer5 file and PDF soon, but the OOC page is accurate now.

Edit: Everything should be up-to-date now.

[Koshnek]

I was trying to wait to see what the Detective was going to do before I posted. If he's busy, I might just go ahead and put one together anyhow

[Ryo]

I was trying to wait to see what the Detective was going to do before I posted. If he's busy, I might just go ahead and put one together anyhow

Pretty sure Raven said he'd be gone all weekend. Don't know if he plans to post today or not.

[Koshnek]

Ah, ok. Well, if he hasn't posted by later tonight I'll go ahead and show up to the meeting. (Technically I had just arrived at the end of my first post, but I left it that way in case I was going to show up without further input from anyone).

Also, I wish I had known about Shadow Spells sooner :p. I see at least two powers Thorn would have taken, and several useful spells. Meh :-). For the sake of my sanity I'm going to ignore its existence until we earn some Karma. I had initially planned on going for metamagics, but I might get a power point or two first .

Fire Burst, Flame Grenade and Looking Glass from the spell side. Eidetic Memory, Enthralling Performance and possibly Heightened Concentration on the Adept side :p. Merrrrrr. Flame burst seems kind of unprofessional. I think its more of a Shadowrunner/Ganger spell. It's got a pretty sick cool factor, though. If I read it right you can Shoot/Swing a weapon in addition to throwing out a fan of flames each combat turn.

[Ravensoracle]

Literally just got in front of a computer. I tried posting from my tablet this weekend but the hotel wifi sucked with so many tech heads using it. I will get something up soon but truthfully I am so exhausted and am afraid it may be incoherent.

EDIT: With a dice pool of 15 with a 4 rating in Forensics, how much of an expert would Detective be?

Edit #2: I forgot to add that Analytical Mind may also play a role at time with the skill making it 17 Dice pool.