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Posted by: Bull Jul 14 2010, 10:55 PM

Ok, since these were omitted from the Origins adventure... Here are the Affiliate Rewards for the final Season 3 adventure. This was a high end run, so, high end rewards.

Sinthlax ran both games of 03-12 at Origins, so be sure and talk with him if you played, to make sure that you earned the proper reward.

Posted by: sgtbarnes_ky Jul 14 2010, 11:42 PM

HOLY COW!!! Now that's some nice swag, thanks for the update Bull, do we just get our missions sheets signed at GenCon then or how's that gonna work? HOLY COW!!!

Posted by: Bull Jul 15 2010, 01:09 AM

QUOTE (sgtbarnes_ky @ Jul 14 2010, 07:42 PM)

Posted by: KarmaInferno Jul 15 2010, 04:55 AM

I'm fairly certain the SpinRad award has an extra zero in it.



Also, the SK award, is that 60,000¥ value BEFORE the Beta multiplier, or after?




-karma

Posted by: LurkerOutThere Jul 15 2010, 04:57 AM

These affiliation rewards don't make any sense. For starts there is no way to implement some of them mechanically, some of them don't make any sense within the context of the setting and a few are just far and away over whatever was offered previous as to render them silly. I mean I realize it's the finale but there will be a signifigant portion of these people back in the next campaign. I never thought I'd be the one arguing for less toys but there is going to be a serious jump here and we already seem to have more then a few wake up naked and toyless mods.



On the other hand now I don't feel nearly so bad for the things I'm offering on my mission, take it as you will.

Posted by: Bull Jul 15 2010, 06:10 AM

The thing is, if you go back and look at some of the missions, there is already some crazy ass shit ion them. The problem is, there's usually only one or two crazy ass things here and there, stuck in the middle of a whole bunch of useless.

THis spoils 03-12 a little bit, but...

In SRM 03-12, you end up with a power play made by the Neo-Anarchists to "take down the MDC". Apparently, the best way to do that, in the mind of a very charismatic, if batshit insane leader, is to basically launch a deadly nerve toxin all over the city, potentially killing hundreds of thousands of people. (I'm working off a plotline someone else wrote here, and borrowing heavily from pretty much any season of 24 ). The plan was "encouraged" (and the Nerve Toxin supplied) by some rogue operatives in the UCAS Government, who want to destabilize the MDCs hold on Mahnattan so that they can move troops in as part of a "relief effort", and then basically never relinquish control. It's over the top and crazy, but hey, that's what Season Finale's are for.

At the end of the mission, you have to have A) Successfully stopped the big bad from launching the nerve gas, and B) for all but the Ares one, you need to turn over some sensitive DNA information about your Johnsons, who also happens to be a high muckity muck VP at Ares and her Daughter (The Daughter is Damian Knights illegitimate love child from a one night stand 16 years ago). Turning this evidence over to any other corp gives them some huge leverage over the VP and possibly Knight himself.

So basically, at the end, you've single handedly saved the city from disaster, stopped the government from retaking control of Manhattan, and are possibly giving a rival corp some serious leverage over Ares. As such... Worth a big payday. Especially since you promptly get run out of town after that, and I'm guessing somewhere around half our regular players will end up "promoted" after this season anyways.

Posted by: Bull Jul 15 2010, 06:11 AM

QUOTE (KarmaInferno @ Jul 14 2010, 11:55 PM)

I'm fairly certain the SpinRad award has an extra zero in it.

Posted by: LurkerOutThere Jul 15 2010, 01:09 PM

Bull I don't think your spoiler tag worked quite right, but actually i've read the mission. I'll PM you my comments as their likely not for public consumption.

Posted by: sgtbarnes_ky Jul 15 2010, 05:46 PM

I agree with Bull, that the rewards are pretty much even with what has been offered from past Season 3 Missions, it's just this time instead of one or 2 Jawesome things, every corp is paying out. For example from three of the past Season 3 Missions I've received an Ares Vigirous Assault Cannon with AV ammo, a dune buggie with luxury ammenities, and a Death Certificate which helped remove a negative quality that would have cost me 20 karma to remove. As this is the big going outta business Mission for NYC hey why not go a little over the top. Again Bull is right if you've played in all of the Season 3 Missions and Scrambles your gonna hit that magical karma number to be a Prime Runner, so why not go out in style and have someting nice. As always thanks to a fellow Runner out team successfully convenced the right people that we had only done as they asked, but secretly double crossed them and sold out to the multitude of Corps in NYC...yeah Shadowrunners can't be trusted either....go figure. Besides 'bout time some of these Corps started paying out... Gotta love that Greed sometimes....what a greedy backstabbin' shadowrunner...there's no such thing, like AIs and Unicorns

Posted by: LurkerOutThere Jul 15 2010, 07:38 PM

13 Missions x 6 Karma = 78 Karma
3 Scrambles x 6 Karma = 18 Karma

That means even if you've played every mission and every scramble your not mandatory retirement and have the potential to be back for season 4 assuming a 100 exp cap.

Posted by: sgtbarnes_ky Jul 15 2010, 07:52 PM

The Mission Packs count toward season 3, so thats 8x6=48, plus the scrambles are worth 12 karma apeice so thats 3x12=36 so characters have the potential for 162 points of karma if they recieved max karma at all Missions, my character has well over 100 karma and have not played in the last scramble or last 4 Missions this season.

Posted by: LurkerOutThere Jul 15 2010, 08:00 PM

That explains why my Karma count is higher then I thought it should be.

Posted by: sgtbarnes_ky Jul 15 2010, 08:07 PM

yeah it can get away from ya if your not watchin' I ended up earnin' 30 points of karma at Origins this year alone so by the time Gencon is through my character should have a little over 150 karma and that's just from playin' in the season 3 missions, some of us how have had their characters from before Denver are well over 200, it can get ridiculous. Hey, what's matter though its all about fun at a Con anyway, your on vacation so enjoy yourself

Posted by: KarmaInferno Jul 15 2010, 08:21 PM

It just means an opportunity to start a new character, try out a different play style.




-karma

rolling up a cyberpixie

Posted by: sgtbarnes_ky Jul 15 2010, 08:36 PM

That's Jawsome, a cyberpixie, very nice, and your right all it means is a chance to make a new character, I'm trying to figure out what is the direct opposite of a big ole'Texan that likes to but the hurting on things, i was thinking Elf mage or adept. Not sure yet though next season is a ways off so we have plenty of time to reflect on what we wanna play for Season 4, Back to Seattle, cant wait to see what everyone brings to the table next, always a good time

Posted by: KarmaInferno Jul 18 2010, 06:28 AM

Bah! It appears that I cannot actually make a cyberpixie in SRM.

Pixies need Deltaware implants, which are not allowed at character creation.

There's an optional rule allowing lower grades, but optional rules aren't allowed in SRM.






-karma

Posted by: Minchandre Jul 18 2010, 10:33 AM

QUOTE (KarmaInferno @ Jul 18 2010, 12:28 AM)

Bah! It appears that I cannot actually make a cyberpixie in SRM.

Pixies need Deltaware implants, which are not allowed at character creation.

There's an optional rule allowing lower grades, but optional rules aren't allowed in SRM.






-karma

Posted by: KarmaInferno Jul 18 2010, 12:21 PM

Huh. I wonder if it's possible to view the Resonance and the Astral at the same time.

Would the pixie's head explode?



-karma

Posted by: Nimbex Aug 10 2010, 03:29 PM

Do you have a list handy of what the actual tasks were?