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TinkerGnome

Jul 3 2004, 07:24 PM

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QUOTE (Hamlet @ Act1, Scene V)

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

What: A city based shadowrun which might involve wetwork.
When: December 20, 2061
Where: Based in Seattle, mostly Tacoma
Why: Because someone has made someone very angry
W-how: Slightly seasoned runners looking for some cred, with no problems working for the Mafia against the Yakuza.

Okay, so I'm being vague. You expect that from me by now. You can bring a character forward from Vein of Truth if you wish, or you can generate a new one. Players who were part of Vein but are making new characters get an additional 50,000 :nuyen: to spend as they wish on their new character during the "seasoning" phase of character creation (yes, you can buy karma with it).

Anyway, what are the character generation rules? Glad you asked. They're a lot like the rules for Vein (well, they're the exact same, really).

Character generation is priority or points (123)
Characters must take Fredrick (a fixer) as a contact. He can be one of your free ones, or you can buy him with cash. Doesn't matter to me.
Character types? Deckers are vastly more useful than they were in Vein. Riggers less so. I'm not restricting the number of Awakened this time out and will allow up to two full mages.
I have a feeling I'm going to be fairly strict on edges and flaws. One edge or flaw is fine. Three is pushing it. More is probably bad. Also, flaws which aren't flaws don't give you points. Allergy: lemons is not a point-worthy flaw.
Most advanced rules are in effect. Optional rules are generally not. If you have specific questions, ask.
Cultured bioware is not allowed at this point
Books allowed: SR3, SR3Comp, R3R, M&M, CC, Matrix, MitS, SSG, SOTA:2063 (mostly), T:W, T:AL
In general, web material is not allowed. I am flexible with Raygun's firearms (the guns, not the rest of the rules) and spells that can be made using the spell research rules.
Write a background for the character and, for the love of God, run it through a spellcheck and read it aloud to make sure it makes sense.

Okay, got all of that? Not too bad, right? Now I'm going to do what I did for Vein and season those starting characters a bit.

Complete character generation as normal.
Add 500,000 :nuyen: (+ 50,000 :nuyen: for Vein players)
You can buy karma for 5,000 :nuyen: a point. Bought karma goes to your karma pool at the normal rate (ie, every 10th point for humans, ever 20th for elves).
Street index applies to anything bought after character generation
Allow 6 months of downtime for stuff that takes time (vehicle customization, etc).
Availability cap is raised to 20. There is no rating cap.
Weapon modifications are allowed. Completely custom weapons are not.
Spell modifications are allowed. Completely custom spells are not. (ie, changing something to touch range, changing something to area effect, etc).
Vehicle modifications are allowed. Completely custom vehicles are generally not. If there is an instance where there isn't a vehicle available (ie, for an anthro drone) then a custom vehicle will be considered. All custom vehicles should be commercially viable.
SURGE if you want to, but keep the time frame in mind.
Contacts can be purchased after character gen at the same rate they were purchased during charactergen. 5k for level 1, 10k for level 2
Magical characters can join metamagic groups and initiate at the standard costs. Stick the group name and maybe a little info in your background but don't worry about it too much. The group itself likely won't come into play during the game.

On the topic of character sheets:

Formats: sr3, .doc, .xls, .txt, .html, .xml, .rtf
If you are using NSRCG, I'd like the .sr3 file in addition to whatever output files you want to send.
Be sure to include your background.
Send me the character via email: tinkergnome@comcast.net
Be sure to include your board name in the message
Deadline for completed character sheets: 4 pm, EST, Friday, July 9

Returning characters from Vein:

You have approximately 1 month of downtime
Karma costs 5,000 :nuyen: a point.
There's more human opposition this time out, and less spirit opposition. There is a really big spirit involved, though.

I intend to keep a fast posting rate with this game much like Vein. I will require the following:

Posting should be 4 to 5 times a week, with a heavy focus on the week days. Weekend posts will come from me where possible, but I'm not going to come down on you for not posting on a Saturday if I didn't put up the last post till Friday night, etc.
If you're not going to be able to post for more than a day or so at a time, I want you to PM me. I know there are situations where you simply don't have anything to post, and I'll be understanding of a day or so lag in those cases. Do check in, even if you're out of the action at that instant.
The group will need to decide on a leader OOCly. The leader will be responsible for taking the lead in player-based segments and providing a plan if no one else comes up with one. I've got a tendency to grab whatever plan is on the table when I'm ready to post and to set it into motion.

Any questions, feel free to ask me. This game will attempt to run in a fashion much like that of Vein of Truth. My PM box tends to fill up fast, so feel free to IM or email me instead.

[NEW] I need an email from everyone this Wednesday, July 7th, (to tinkergnome@comcast.net) that includes the following:

Character name:
Character concept: (1-3 sentances)
Contact level for Fredrick: (1-3)
Your posting name: (ie, mine is TinkerGnome)
Character status: (new/returning/new with returning player)

[NEW] A revised listing of what you can do with your downtime is available here. PCs from Vein can be recreated to use this ruling.

Posts in this topic

TinkerGnome Recruitment: In Heaven and Earth Jul 3 2004, 07:24 PM

Misfit Toy Consider Belfast's (a human wujen-variant drui... Jul 3 2004, 07:28 PM

FXcalibur Hmm, I got a hankerin' to try a Full Lion Sham... Jul 3 2004, 07:37 PM

JaronK Paris/Raven would be up for it. I'll make the... Jul 3 2004, 08:23 PM

Number 6 Can I anticipate Hellcows skills will be more apll... Jul 3 2004, 08:46 PM

TinkerGnome Well, how the game actualy plays out will depend o... Jul 3 2004, 08:52 PM

Chance359 Got room for an ork hit man? Jul 3 2004, 09:05 PM

Panzergeist Swift Eagle is in. Wow, I didn't realize un... Jul 3 2004, 10:05 PM

paul_HArkonen I'd like to toss in a B&E assasin adept. ... Jul 3 2004, 10:08 PM

Beast of Revolutions Thor will be submitted for this game. But first, ... Jul 3 2004, 10:36 PM

last_of_the_great_mikeys I have a yet-to-be-named ork pitfighter that I... Jul 3 2004, 11:32 PM

TinkerGnome QUOTE (Panzergeist)Wow, I didn't realize until... Jul 4 2004, 01:51 AM

Leowulf I have this idea for a Giant street samurai. I... Jul 4 2004, 04:16 AM

Beast of Revolutions Someone should make a gnome street samurai, that w... Jul 4 2004, 05:53 AM

JaronK Oh, Tinker, do you allow buying edges for Karma? ... Jul 4 2004, 06:23 AM

Digital Heroin Ok... now the challenge I face is to create a char... Jul 4 2004, 07:02 AM

WinterRat1 OK I'll toss in an old character remade for th... Jul 4 2004, 07:09 AM

tisoz Only the seasoning part, and it's subject to S... Jul 4 2004, 07:47 AM

Chance359 Tisoz, you bringing Skeeter? Jul 4 2004, 08:12 AM

BGMFH Hmm... I'll work on a magically active charact... Jul 4 2004, 08:43 AM

tisoz QUOTE (Chance359) Tisoz, you bringing Skeeter? ... Jul 4 2004, 09:14 AM

TinkerGnome QUOTE (JaronK)Oh, Tinker, do you allow buying edge... Jul 4 2004, 02:19 PM

Misfit Toy Can we use any of our cash to secure contacts? If... Jul 4 2004, 06:28 PM

tisoz QUOTE (TinkerGnome @ Jul 3 2004, 02:24 PM)Con... Jul 4 2004, 07:16 PM

Misfit Toy Always in the last place one would look... In any... Jul 4 2004, 07:39 PM

tisoz Skeeter was the only incompetant? Well, if Fredri... Jul 4 2004, 07:56 PM

TinkerGnome I'd wager a 100k payday tends to smooth over m... Jul 4 2004, 08:13 PM

JaronK Meanwhile, Paris would be more of the mind that it... Jul 4 2004, 08:43 PM

Misfit Toy Can we exchange any of the cash we earn (if any) d... Jul 4 2004, 09:33 PM

TinkerGnome QUOTE (Misfit Toy)Can we exchange any of the cash ... Jul 5 2004, 02:05 AM

Misfit Toy Cool mechanic. I like it. Jul 5 2004, 02:14 AM

Digital Heroin I definitly like the mechanics behind that selecti... Jul 5 2004, 03:59 AM

TinkerGnome QUOTE (Digital Heroin) Athletics and Dodging, CC p... Jul 5 2004, 04:02 AM

Digital Heroin Now this is evil... I've got so many character... Jul 5 2004, 04:06 AM

Misfit Toy I believe TinkerGnome said that a Decker would be ... Jul 5 2004, 04:20 AM

Digital Heroin I design all my characters with some level of vers... Jul 5 2004, 04:38 AM

JaronK Quick question: when doing the income between miss... Jul 6 2004, 12:04 AM

last_of_the_great_mikeys Another question...I assume we have to spend 6 mon... Jul 6 2004, 12:39 AM

TinkerGnome QUOTE (JaronK)when doing the income between missio... Jul 6 2004, 01:35 AM

Misfit Toy Hmm, so someone with a Basket Weaving skill is bri... Jul 6 2004, 01:45 AM

TinkerGnome Hey, those are some nice baskets. The real issu... Jul 6 2004, 01:48 AM

Misfit Toy Well, some characters had that aspect covered, too... Jul 6 2004, 01:53 AM

last_of_the_great_mikeys True, but it's a wonderful GM tool. Jul 6 2004, 02:06 AM

JaronK Alright, sounds nifty. But along those lines, I... Jul 6 2004, 04:04 AM

TinkerGnome Hmm... I see the need to expand my downtime rules ... Jul 6 2004, 12:04 PM

TinkerGnome In order to make everyone's life more difficul... Jul 6 2004, 06:01 PM

JaronK Rats. Had a great roll so the target numbers didn... Jul 6 2004, 07:02 PM

Misfit Toy Do we need to worry about Training Times for skill... Jul 6 2004, 07:27 PM

TinkerGnome Nope. Jul 6 2004, 07:29 PM

WinterRat1 QUOTE Building Bridges A character can use his sp... Jul 6 2004, 08:06 PM

TinkerGnome From that level. Going from 1 to 2 is TN 6. Goin... Jul 6 2004, 08:18 PM

last_of_the_great_mikeys Allright, my updated character sheet and backgroun... Jul 6 2004, 09:04 PM

Panzergeist Tinker, I sent you the updates to my character via... Jul 6 2004, 10:42 PM

TinkerGnome Yes, if you want to combine it into one email, you... Jul 6 2004, 11:13 PM

TinkerGnome Okay, I need those emails before the end of the da... Jul 7 2004, 12:58 PM

FXcalibur Too many awakened...Tempted to use Evans again. Jul 7 2004, 01:50 PM

TinkerGnome Go with what you want to play. I'm not cappin... Jul 7 2004, 02:01 PM

WinterRat1 Sorry, Mako is a human. And is that the order you ... Jul 7 2004, 05:53 PM

TinkerGnome Rolls will be done late tonight or first thing tom... Jul 7 2004, 06:10 PM

JaronK An updated Paris should be in your mailbox, Tinker... Jul 7 2004, 09:22 PM

Misfit Toy With so many magicians being submitted, will you c... Jul 8 2004, 01:57 AM

tisoz I notice T:AL isn't on the books list, so are ... Jul 8 2004, 02:43 AM

Panzergeist I felt cheated when that battle against all the sp... Jul 8 2004, 08:14 AM

TinkerGnome Yeah, I just picked up T:AL last week. I'll a... Jul 8 2004, 11:56 AM

TinkerGnome Current list of characters:JaronK -- Paris (Paris)... Jul 8 2004, 12:14 PM

Misfit Toy Although my choice won't probably be my choice... Jul 8 2004, 03:45 PM

FXcalibur Edit: on second thought, heaven and earth. Looks l... Jul 8 2004, 03:51 PM

Chance359 In heaven and earth Jul 8 2004, 03:55 PM

Beast of Revolutions Put me with Panzergeist. Jul 8 2004, 05:55 PM

WinterRat1 I select In Heaven and Earth. I'm a hitman. At... Jul 8 2004, 06:25 PM

Panzergeist I guess I'll go with In Heaven and Earth. Jul 8 2004, 06:27 PM

Digital Heroin Seems the tides are going towards H&E, which s... Jul 8 2004, 06:40 PM

JaronK Gonna have to go for Heaven and Earth here. Jul 8 2004, 06:45 PM

RangerJoe Looks like I'm getting into Public Exposure-- ... Jul 8 2004, 07:15 PM

TinkerGnome So far the players for Heaven and Earth:JaronK -- ... Jul 8 2004, 07:52 PM

Misfit Toy WinterRat: I just wanted to say that's a grea... Jul 8 2004, 07:54 PM

paul_HArkonen My apologies for not responding earlier, as you li... Jul 8 2004, 10:47 PM

TinkerGnome If I've got a character concept, I can hold of... Jul 8 2004, 11:03 PM

Shadow Hey TKG, Blaze and Drake are the same character. I... Jul 9 2004, 12:48 AM

last_of_the_great_mikeys I am okay with playing whichever game you feel my ... Jul 9 2004, 12:48 AM

Misfit Toy Yay, that puts me next. I'm still up for Heav... Jul 9 2004, 12:58 AM

TinkerGnome The players for Heaven and Earth:JaronK -- Paris (... Jul 9 2004, 03:29 AM

JaronK Tinker, is everything kosher with Paris? Good to ... Jul 9 2004, 04:46 AM

Chance359 Kinda worried about the alt team's lack of moj... Jul 9 2004, 07:44 AM

Digital Heroin TG indicated the challenge would be scaled accordi... Jul 9 2004, 07:49 AM

Misfit Toy It does seem an odd outcome. Two deckers in one,... Jul 9 2004, 07:50 AM

WinterRat1 QUOTE WinterRat: I just wanted to say that's a... Jul 9 2004, 08:32 AM

Misfit Toy I think TinkerGnome skipped on the quick descripti... Jul 9 2004, 08:35 AM

Chance359 Nice pic Jul 9 2004, 09:11 AM

TinkerGnome OOC thread for In Heaven and Earth OOC thread for... Jul 9 2004, 04:01 PM

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