[Stoneglobe]

Wow. Shadowrun is more immersive then I thought. At this point it seems like the line between forum rper and actual vet shadowrunner is blurred more then enough on this forum(and not just in this thread.)to raise suspicion.

"What I do have are a particular set of skills. Skills I have aquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you."

Or alternatively,

"I have fair too much time on my hands and have watched so many action films, read so many books and watched so many martial arts you tube videos that I am now a grandmaster at everything and could easily be a real shadowrunner." 

[Raiderjoseph]

Wow. Shadowrun is more immersive then I thought. At this point it seems like the line between forum rper and actual vet shadowrunner is blurred more then enough on this forum(and not just in this thread.)to raise suspicion.

"What I do have are a particular set of skills. Skills I have aquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you."

Or alternatively,

"I have fair too much time on my hands and have watched so many action films, read so many books and watched so many martial arts you tube videos that I am now a grandmaster at everything and could easily be a real shadowrunner." 

I'm going to go over there and try not to piss you off. Especially since you probably have my IP address, bank account, and list of relatives on the matrix as we speak. Or a gun to my head. Or a spirit stalking me. Or some combination of the 3.

[Raven Runner]

Haha, yes this is awesome

Also, just to toss the idea out there, sometimes teams aren't even chosen because of who they are...some times there in the right place at the right (or wrong) time...some times there's some random thing they all have in common...you never know.  Maybe you are all going to be in the same plane crash (actually you're not...but it would be epic wouldn't it).

For the purpose of this story, I'm actually designing it with your characters not knowing each other as part of the design...so if you then happened to be a well balanced team of runners it would be a bit weird really...like a random bus full of people who just so happen to be an effective football team even though they've never met each other before.

All that said...once you're in the game...character (and possibly players) will come and go on occasion and if you want to work towards a more intentionally designed team that's totally an option.

[Raven Runner]

Oh, and for the record...the primary reasons for for the secretive char gen is story design.  My own twisted sense of humor is very much a secondary reason

Seriously though.

[Raiderjoseph]

If it's an option then I leave it up to the other players. Also will the jobs slowly build in scale and scope as our characters build their reps or are we gonna remain in a certain neighborhood?

[Ravensoracle]

But a sick twisted sense of humor is designing the story. LOL

[Raven Runner]

You will be starting in Seattle, but the runs will be all over the city.  Definitely not just one neighborhood.  Eventually there will probably be some runs farther a field, we'll have to wait and see on that though.

As far as scope and scale...we'll be starting on the small end, just to give everyone a chance to get on the same page, but then the scope and scale will be building pretty quick.  By scope and scale I'm thinking complexity though, not geographically.

[Raven Runner]

But a sick twisted sense of humor is designing the story. LOL

[Blueclaws]

Pretty excited about getting started. I think the unknowns on the team and trying to work around that make things really interesting. 

[Raiderjoseph]

Pretty excited about getting started. I think the unknowns on the team and trying to work around that make things really interesting. 

Agreed chummer. Wholeheartedly. It makes the stakes higher and the little differences more defined. And it gives a great plot hook for players seeking to enter the game. Fixer could set us up with a mage or rigger. PC likes us and stays for more runs. Stuff like that. Or maybe not. Who knows the scale and scope of Raven Runner's sanity? For all we know our Mr Johnson could end up being Bill Cipher...

[Raven Runner]

Stoneglobe, Beta, and Ravensoracle: I'm need fluff info on your contacts.  Either you haven't sent it or I'm just not seeing it.  A few sentences to a few paragraphs is fine.  It needs to be a blurb I can reference easily, so while longer fiction or references to contacts in char backstories are totally awesome and encouraged I also need that info in a small condensed for...does that make sense?

Also, characters with higher loyalty should maybe get a bit more fluff since your character presumably has a strong connection to them.  Contacts with low loyalty aren't such a big deal.

@Everyone: I now have all five pages this thread, a ton of PMs, and seven google docs going...trying to keep stuff straight but I will probably forget or misplace something sooner or later. Please bare with me .  If you think I'm missing something just send me a reminder.

[Raiderjoseph]

AJCARRINGTON IS A MOD!?

Wow... this is the first rp site I've been where mods rp. Sad.

[Stoneglobe]

Wow. Shadowrun is more immersive then I thought. At this point it seems like the line between forum rper and actual vet shadowrunner is blurred more then enough on this forum(and not just in this thread.)to raise suspicion.

"What I do have are a particular set of skills. Skills I have aquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you."

Or alternatively,

"I have fair too much time on my hands and have watched so many action films, read so many books and watched so many martial arts you tube videos that I am now a grandmaster at everything and could easily be a real shadowrunner." 

I'm going to go over there and try not to piss you off. Especially since you probably have my IP address, bank account, and list of relatives on the matrix as we speak. Or a gun to my head. Or a spirit stalking me. Or some combination of the 3.

There's a good little Raiderjoseph 

It should be an interesting game. The main thing to remember is that generally a pbp game is really quite different from the traditional tabletop game. It's much more like a collabarative novel, though one with some randomness due to skill checks etc, and you can really role play more in some ways as you have time to consider what your character does and even re-write it several times before posting if you want.

[Raiderjoseph]

Wow. Shadowrun is more immersive then I thought. At this point it seems like the line between forum rper and actual vet shadowrunner is blurred more then enough on this forum(and not just in this thread.)to raise suspicion.

"What I do have are a particular set of skills. Skills I have aquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you."

Or alternatively,

"I have fair too much time on my hands and have watched so many action films, read so many books and watched so many martial arts you tube videos that I am now a grandmaster at everything and could easily be a real shadowrunner." 

I'm going to go over there and try not to piss you off. Especially since you probably have my IP address, bank account, and list of relatives on the matrix as we speak. Or a gun to my head. Or a spirit stalking me. Or some combination of the 3.

There's a good little Raiderjoseph 

It should be an interesting game. The main thing to remember is that generally a pbp game is really quite different from the traditional tabletop game. It's much more like a collabarative novel, though one with some randomness due to skill checks etc, and you can really role play more in some ways as you have time to consider what your character does and even re-write it several times before posting if you want.

Yes. But now I'm curious how long it usually takes to set a tabletop roleplay up. I can wait for a while but I'd feel better I'd I had something similar to a timeframe. Like a few months? I can wait as long as I need to but uncertainly hurts my soul.

[Beta]

It should be an interesting game. The main thing to remember is that generally a pbp game is really quite different from the traditional tabletop game. It's much more like a collabarative novel, though one with some randomness due to skill checks etc, and you can really role play more in some ways as you have time to consider what your character does and even re-write it several times before posting if you want.

Just don't overdo it with the re-writes.  In the other PbP game I'm in I re-wrote my characters reaction to the Johnson's offer three times, trying to get more of her attitude into it, and ended up with scenery chewing over-acting and severely pissing off the Johnson ....