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[5e OOC] Deep in the Shadows of Texas: Chapter 2, A Savior's Legacy

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« Reply #15 on: <12-03-14/1409:52> »
As for Breeze's Last Will and Testament, would you like for me to PM that to you so that you can incorporate it into your post, or would you rather I intersperse it with the body drop.  Either is fine with me. 

Hmmmmm, not sure. If you've got something cool in mind, than go for it. I might take me a day or two to get it just right.

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« Reply #16 on: <12-03-14/1410:48> »
Greetings, all. Looks like I'll be picking up the slack with Error's character until such time as he exits stage right (or gets shot repeatedly in the face) and my own character can enter stage left.

I'll likely be playing him a bit differently than the previous player, but hopefully the change isn't too jarring.

Well, it looks like our resident shit kicker might be having to take a little outta town vacation pretty soon here, so...
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« Reply #17 on: <12-03-14/1411:35> »
Just note that the big advantage of binding is that you can have more than one spirit in existence at a time. With summoning, you're limited to only one.

The problem with Ally Spirits is that 5E has made them, IMO, a lot more difficult than necessary. You have to Initiate into the Invocation Art to get access to the Ritual in question. On the plus side, you can pair that initiation with a low-level Ally Spirit Conjuration as an ordeal, although it would ulimately involve more karma than just the straight initiation.

ETA: OMG, I just realized how ridiculous Terrance would be as an Ally Spirit, even at Force 1.
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An ally’s Physical and Astral attributes equal its Force. However, allies start with an Edge attribute equal to the Edge of its conjurer.
With that said, being an aspected summoner, you lose out on a lot of the utility of an ally spirit. No spellcasting, so Aid Sorcery is useless, plus it means your spirit can't cast spells, which they otherwise could potentially do.


If you went super bare bones, it would basically cost you about 20 karma for the Initiation & F1 Ally Spirit Summoning combo. The shitty part is that I don't think you would get a metamagic. I'm not sure on that part of the rules, to be honest.
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« Reply #18 on: <12-03-14/1418:27> »
Greetings, all. Looks like I'll be picking up the slack with Error's character until such time as he exits stage right (or gets shot repeatedly in the face) and my own character can enter stage left.

I'll likely be playing him a bit differently than the previous player, but hopefully the change isn't too jarring.
Welcome Ryo! Looking forward to the gaming. Honestly, I don't think whatever direction you take him will be all that jarring, Elek wasn't really around enough to develop his personality all that much. I don't think any direction you go would be in error.
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« Reply #19 on: <12-03-14/1436:36> »
Greetings, all. Looks like I'll be picking up the slack with Error's character until such time as he exits stage right (or gets shot repeatedly in the face) and my own character can enter stage left.

I'll likely be playing him a bit differently than the previous player, but hopefully the change isn't too jarring.
Welcome Ryo! Looking forward to the gaming. Honestly, I don't think whatever direction you take him will be all that jarring, Elek wasn't really around enough to develop his personality all that much. I don't think any direction you go would be in error.

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Welcome aboard, Ryo!  We're glad to have you.  I think Poindexter is right on; it may be best for Error to take a stroll in the not too distant future to a new locale.  Maybe Archive has a friend up Seattle way who may be interested in making the jaunt down to the CAS with her. 

@Poindexter, if you don't mind I may do the IC part.  We've got a lot of stuff coming down the pipe, and I'd like to get us moving forward as quickly as possible.  I'll let Error present his ideas for body disposal, get that decided, and then I'll get that up. 
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« Reply #20 on: <12-03-14/1441:37> »
Greetings, all. Looks like I'll be picking up the slack with Error's character until such time as he exits stage right (or gets shot repeatedly in the face) and my own character can enter stage left.

I'll likely be playing him a bit differently than the previous player, but hopefully the change isn't too jarring.
Welcome Ryo! Looking forward to the gaming. Honestly, I don't think whatever direction you take him will be all that jarring, Elek wasn't really around enough to develop his personality all that much. I don't think any direction you go would be in error.

Ba-dump *Crash*

Welcome aboard, Ryo!  We're glad to have you.  I think Poindexter is right on; it may be best for Error to take a stroll in the not too distant future to a new locale.  Maybe Archive has a friend up Seattle way who may be interested in making the jaunt down to the CAS with her. 

@Poindexter, if you don't mind I may do the IC part.  We've got a lot of stuff coming down the pipe, and I'd like to get us moving forward as quickly as possible.  I'll let Error present his ideas for body disposal, get that decided, and then I'll get that up.

Feel free to assume that Hopeless will go along with whatever plan Error comes up with, so long as it doesn't sound utterly batshit crazy.
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« Reply #21 on: <12-03-14/1444:37> »
Ba-dump *Crash*
I'll be here all week!
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« Reply #22 on: <12-03-14/1458:55> »
Greetings, all. Looks like I'll be picking up the slack with Error's character until such time as he exits stage right (or gets shot repeatedly in the face) and my own character can enter stage left.

I'll likely be playing him a bit differently than the previous player, but hopefully the change isn't too jarring.
Welcome Ryo! Looking forward to the gaming. Honestly, I don't think whatever direction you take him will be all that jarring, Elek wasn't really around enough to develop his personality all that much. I don't think any direction you go would be in error.

Ba-dump *Crash*

Welcome aboard, Ryo!  We're glad to have you.  I think Poindexter is right on; it may be best for Error to take a stroll in the not too distant future to a new locale.  Maybe Archive has a friend up Seattle way who may be interested in making the jaunt down to the CAS with her. 

@Poindexter, if you don't mind I may do the IC part.  We've got a lot of stuff coming down the pipe, and I'd like to get us moving forward as quickly as possible.  I'll let Error present his ideas for body disposal, get that decided, and then I'll get that up.

Feel free to assume that Hopeless will go along with whatever plan Error comes up with, so long as it doesn't sound utterly batshit crazy.

Error's got 2 solid plans.  I don't really feel comfortable making that call.
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« Reply #23 on: <12-03-14/1500:20> »
I'm sleeping, but my vote would be for ghouls.
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« Reply #24 on: <12-03-14/1526:42> »
My initial thought was for the ghouls as well, but now that I think about it, I might be better off skimming the file first.
You can just PM me any bits that contain those words he searched for, if any, and i'll make the call based on that.
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« Reply #25 on: <12-03-14/1557:27> »
No hits on any of those keywords.  It seems whatever Breeze's concerns, they didn't have to do with family.
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« Reply #26 on: <12-03-14/1715:59> »
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« Reply #27 on: <12-03-14/1725:32> »
Welcome to the game Ryo. Archive may have a friend to send that way.
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« Reply #28 on: <12-03-14/1840:28> »
In case i never mentioned it in all the hubbub, I'm also thrilled Ryo is here. The man/woman adds a level of emotional authenticity to the game that a lot of people just can't swing. This is gonna be great. (I already like Error better)
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« Reply #29 on: <12-03-14/1932:05> »
Good to be on board. We'll see how things play out with Error, then I'll bring in one of my own characters in whatever manner rednblack deems fitting.

I'll be sure to PM you a sheet for that in the near future.