[Crossbow]

I am still here, and I am still in, I just wanted to find out what was going on.  I would like to point out, I built a character I wanted to play, not some super efficient whatever, and while I realize that Smiley probably has a death wish, I don't have one for him so I am more than a little uncomfortable with all the fudging of opposition, okay?

[Thvor]

So...are Mirikon and Netz still in?

[Crossbow]

As far as I know, Mirikon is definitely out

[Netzgeist]

Consider me in... I've been silently following the discussion, but I'm still here.

[SeriousOne338]

So all there is:
Hank
Rybka
Smiley
Marak

If you want me to restart the game say Aye.

[Crossbow]

Aye, though we need a mage or shaman

[SeriousOne338]

i think you might need an Arcane investigator instead of a Mage or shaman, the specialized guy would be better.

[Netzgeist]

As much as I like (and liked playing) Rybka, I also understand that Serious has a preference to tone down the matrix part of the runs...
If people are intending on starting up again, and magic support is what we lack, I could remake her to fill that niche.

[Thvor]

Netz--do you think you could change her over without changing her personality too much?

If you & Serious are willing, that could be the best way for us to adjust. She and Smiley have a fair amount of overlap, and without Teddy, our team has a big, gaping hole in the magic department. Which wouldn't be necessarily bad in a run...but this one seems to lean towards the arcane.

[Netzgeist]

In fact, I believe making these changes would change her personality a lot, but I haven't yet started juggling with the concept and numbers to see how far this will be. I would need some days to make some essays on the changes, so I would like to ask everybody to have a little bit of patience if this is the route we are going through.

[Crossbow]

I was actually preferring a recruiting drive, not changing any characters, we could easily ret con the meeting at the Maiden into an addition interview type meet and go that route.

[Netzgeist]

I also think this could be the best route, but then there's another issue I'd like to address. Serious has said on the beginning or on the recruitment phase of this game that he would rather play the Matrix aspect of shadowrun in a lower profile than usual, as he was still getting the grip of the rules on this part. As Rybka specializes in this aspect, I think she would end up being a character with few opportunities to shine (and as a player, I won't be able to really put the crunchy bits of the character to use often). That's one of the two reasons why I came up with that suggestion, the other being our current lack of magical support.

But I'm okay regarding any decision.

[SeriousOne338]

*hummm* I read this, and thought about is majorly before making this comment so keep that in mind.

The restart of the campaign will be at the dinner (no attack has happened), that being said we could say that the "hacker" was hired and once the grab was done retired. And the Mage (Teddy who left) was actually Rybka..... so saying she's a similar character in mood/emotion would be there. But remaking her as a mage to fill the role.

  Does that sound good?

[Netzgeist]

It could be... Well, guys, here's the state of things. I've been trying some mage sheets, but the problem I find is that what cames out is definitively not Rybka anymore. In order to really turn her into a mage, I must rewrite her a lit bit more intensively than I was thinking. I really have no problem in doing that, but the character relationships as established by now would be somewhat lost, and it would be a new character altogether the one you would be encountering when we start again.

Is everything alright this way?

[Crossbow]

I personally prefer Rybka as is,  and a recruiting drive to add a mage/shaman investigative type, and restart when we have them.  But I bow to will of others.