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[Bastard]

To be continued someday?

[INACTIVE]Link to current run: Realms

EVOLUTION CAMPAIGN
The Evolution Campaign follows our characters as they begin their careers as petty criminals in the suburbs of the California Free State Bay Area, evolving into shadowrunners, and rising from the shadows as they play key roles in political and corporate wars.

I stole many missions from adventure books, and a few from the web, which I tweaked, edited or bastardized to keep everyone guessing, or to fix things I simply did not like.

Epoch - A group of criminals find themselves in over their head. Will it make or break them?
2057-2058 - Low Level Characters - Table Top
Knuckle Duster, V, The Relentless, RG, Falco, Yoshi

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MacGuffin - The runners successfully move an item only known as "the Prototype."
Out of the Smoke... - The runners are hired by another group, led by Cutlass, to move some merchandise, but soon these petty crooks find themselves having to rescue the professionals.
The Family Jewel* - A stand alone mission, that is a prequel to Survival, and though the players played different characters, RG remained, and some other characters have become contacts. The team makes a high rise raid to steal a heavily guarded Draconem Sapphire, which of course, turns out to be much, much more.
Where the Wild Things Are - The runners are hired to track down a piasma that escaped a genetic research facility.
...Into the Fire - Hired again by Cutlass, the team goes against heavy forces in this data steal, and in the process earn quite a reputation.
Evolution - The runners find themselves stealing samples from the same lab they were hired in Where the Wild Things Are. This gives them an advantage, but when recognized by their contact gained earlier, they now instead find themselves with an enemy.

*Internet inspiration

Survival - Five years in the shadows and the runners' reputations have grown. Can they survive the shadows long enough to reap the rewards of such fame?
2060-2061 Standard Level Characters - Table top and Forum
Knuckle Duster, V, The Relentless, RG, Bubba, Kliko, Ludi, Sugar, Felix, Jamie, Corsair, Starling

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Vengeance^tt - Mr. Johnson hires the runners to steal a package. Unbeknownst to them, Mr. Johnson was hired by their enemy from WtWTA and Evolutions, and the package contains a bomb. The explosion kills Yoshi and injures the others, leading them to seek out their own vengeance.
Knowledge^tt/f* - Never deal with a dragon, but is stealing from one okay? The runners steal the Kalista file from the Great Dragon Hestaby's lair on top of Mt. Shasta.
The Messenger** - Traveling to South America, the runners find themselves short on time and contacts when they unwittingly change the mission of a rocket launch, and have shootouts on the open seas and in the middle of the rain forest, leaving one of their own gravely wounded.
Cunning* - In Denver, the runners infiltrate a cult, kidnapping one of it's leaders, and finding themselves confronted by the enigmatic man in the white suit.
Mile High Mayhem - Before leaving Denver, the man in white hires the runners to do what they do best: cause destruction. Only he has a few specific targets in mind.
Veil* - Fast forwarding in the campaign a few months, the runners find themselves in Tehran, looking for a lost treasure, buried deep inside the burned down remains of the metropolis.
Realms* - The runners learn they have been employed by the great dragon Hestaby since before the run on her lair. Now she prepares them for their final run, into the astral plane.

^ttTable Top
^tt/fTable Top moved to Dumpshock Forums
*Inspired/stolen from Survival of the Fittest
**Inspired/stolen from Wake of the Comet

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CURRENT KARMA POOL
30 TEAM [Bubba, Kliko, Ludi, and Felix]
36 Total Used
10 Total Refreshed
4 Remaining

15 Used this Event
0 Due to Refresh


THREAD LINKS
IC Link
OoC Link
IC Recruitment 3
OoC Recruitment 3
Recruitment 4


IC AND OoC LINKS
Payment from Radek
Meet with Mr. Smith
Payment from Mr. Smith
Karma Award - The Messenger
Mr and Mrs Johnson Job Offer in Denver
Karma Award - Cunning
Karma Award - Mile High Mayhem
The Tehran Job offer from Mrs. Johnson
Karma Award - Veil


CURRENT LINKS FOR RUN
IC Posts, OoC Posts, Internet Links

Map Links for "Veil"
Mission Loadout


HOUSE RULES

KARMA POOL RULES

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All Karma Pool for every player is dumped into the Team Karma Pool.

When using Karma Pool for additional dice or successes, they are purchased as such:
- 1st die/success costs 1 Karma
- 2nd die/success costs 2 Karma
- 3rd die/success costs 3 Karma
- etc., etc., etc.

Minor uses of Karma Pool refresh at a rate of one-half at the end of the encounter. This is will be rounded to the players' disadvantage, of course. Minor uses include:
- Reroll one die on failure
- Additional dice (before roll)

Moderate uses of Karma Pool do not refresh until the end of the mission. Moderate uses include:
- Oops
- Add one success
- Hooper-Nelson Rule (Lower a Target Number of 12 or more)

Major uses of Karma Pool are permanently burnt. The amount of Karma spent is dependent on the situation and is determined by the GM.
- Hand of God - will not burn all Karma Pool and Good Karma. It will however, permanently burn an equal share of the Team Karma (if there are 3 players, 1/3rd burned, 4 players, 1/4th burned). In addition, that same amount is spent as Moderate Karma Pool used. Permanently burnt Karma can be divided up however the players see fit, but we will be always using Team Karma, so it shouldn't matter, so I would disperse it as evenly as possible.

KARMA FOR EDGES & FLAWS

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All Edges & Flaws must be approved by the GM

Lower Flaws
10 Karma per point lost
5 Karma per point transferred (New Flaw points balancing out reduced Flaw, one to one)

Raise Edges
5 Karma per point to balance Edges with Flaws
10 Karma per point over Flaw value (up to 2)
15 Karma per point over Flaw value (3 to 5)
20 Karma per point over Flaw value (up to 6)

QUICK RESOLUTION FOR DECKING/MATRIX RUNS

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Test – Use Computer/Decking Skill only
Target Number – System Security Value
Hacking Pool – 1 automatic success or suppress 1 piece of IC
System Pool – Negate 1 success by decker, or get one automatic success for an IC

Actions - Target
Access - Security Value
Search - Security Value
Control - Security Value
Fight - IC Rating (Opposed Test)
Escape - IC Rating (Opposed Test)

Situation Modifiers
+2 Decker lacks appropriate utility
+1 First alert triggered
+2 Second alert triggered
+1 per IC Decker has suppressed IC

GRENADES!

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Still needs to be game tested!

Throwing
Find Target Number (TN) based on distance and all modifiers
Roll applicable skill (throwing, throwing grenade, ect)
Use standard scatter direction indicator and roll 1d6 to determine direction
Roll 1d6 – successes to determine location where the grenade landed
Repeat for scatter
If zero successes roll as many d6 as the distance modifier (ie short range 4)
PCs and NPCs can dodge
Grenades explode at end of next turn (4-5 second fuse)
Hang time determined by distance, 1 second plus 1 second per distance

Bounce
Bounce a grenade off a wall x2 TN

Cook
Use one combat turn to cook, complex action
Use scatter chart and 1d6 – successes to determine the landing location of grenade
No scatter
Grenade explodes on impact
PCs and NPCs cannot make reaction test to dodge/take cover

Grenade Launchers
Short Range (0-10 meters) can be fired as direct fire
(no scatter on hit, on a miss GM to determine scatter IC)
Use standard scatter direction indicator and roll 1d6 to determine direction
Roll 2d6 – successes to determine location where the grenade landed
Use of leaf or electronic leaf will reduce TN.
Grenade explodes on impact.

THE TEAM
Original Cast
Jaruen - Jeremy Black Oak aka "Knuckle Duster" - Human, Amer-Indian - Physical Adept [KII - Eaten by Aden the Great Dragon in Tehran
baKon - Vreia aka "V" - Human Caucasian Mage/Healer [KII via Sniper headshot in Tehran]
Eggsn - Vrixa aka "the Roaming Gnome" - Weapons Specialist [MIA - Laying low, no contact]
the Relentless - Aerun Bolanti aka "the Relentless" - Decker/Face [MIA - Off grid, conducting "research"]

Recruits
Sneaky Joe - Robert Johnson aka "Bubba" - Troll - Muscle
Kliko - David Hackman aka "Kliko" - Ork - Leader/Mercenary

Recruits 2
blindfox - "Sugar" - Human, Hispanic - Ex-military [MIA - Presumed running in South America]
Mister Juan - Ludmila Soren aka "Ludi" - Covert Operative

Recruits 3
ntwi - Miguel Hernandez aka "Felix" - Human, Aztec (Hispanic) - Jaguar Shaman
galenbd - April Peng aka "Jamie" - Combat Decker [MIA - Currently doing freelancer decker work]
klinktastic - Solomon Caine aka "Corsair" - Drone Rigger [KII- Died in Urban Brawl match when he fell under his own motorcycle]

Recruits 4
Forces in Motion- Yoshida "Miyako" Mai aka "Starling" - Human, Japanese - Physical Adept [KII via devil rats swarming and eating her
lorechaser- Big Ears "Drake" - Troll - Physical Adept [KII - Drowned in a port-a-potty while working as a sanitation worker]


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This post has been edited by Bastard: Apr 25 2022, 05:55 AM

[Kliko]

Get sound dampeners (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cyber.gif) Keep the edge!

[SneakyJoeKDB]

My poor ears, the shotgun burst and now the grenade blast inside a tunnel... total stealth here guys (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Well we do what we can, we dont all have the mojo power. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif)

Let's just say there wont be much left of the rats.

[Kliko]

Let's just say there wont be much left of the rats.

And the metro-tunnel (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rotfl.gif)

[Mister Juan]

Like I mentioned on facebook, Ludi is shrugging off her jacket and switching her full ruthenium suit on. You guys seem to have it covered, she's just gonna hide (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

If she has any time left, she'll get on top of the northen walkway thing.

[SneakyJoeKDB]

Like I mentioned on facebook, Ludi is shrugging off her jacket and switching her full ruthenium suit on. You guys seem to have it covered, she's just gonna hide (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

If she has any time left, she'll get on top of the northen walkway thing.

Ruthenium suit? Sounds pretty cool; what does that do?

[Mister Juan]

Ruthenium suit? Sounds pretty cool; what does that do?

It's basically an invisibility suit. Think "Predator" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif)

[Bastard]

This is now linked in the #1 OoC Post, which is linked in my signature. Sorry for the convenience.

MISSION LOADOUT

Kliko

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Desert Camo Clothing 0.5 kg
-- 4x Ration bars in trouser pockets right
-- Paper map in trouser pockets left
-- 1x Kurdish Linguasofts
- Desert Camo Jacket (with removable liner, transponder removed) 1.5 kg
-- 10,000 nuyen in assorted corps script rolled up in two bundles in inner pockets
- Desert Camo Helmet (without the extra functionalities - Kliko has this in his cyber-package) ? kg
- Fore arm guards I imagine this to include stuff like knee and elbow protection 0.2 kg
Total Ballistic Worn Armor stats: 6
Total Impact Worn Armor stats: 6

Ammo Belt/Vest/Harness (TLBV) with built in SmartRepel: 17.2 kg
-- Personal Comm Unit (rating 4) jacked in datajack at base of neck on upper chest
-- Ultrasound Emtr/Detcr (rating 4) on upper chest
-- Shotgun ammo pouch (+20 flechette rounds) on hip
-- Shotgun ammo pouch (+20 stun shells) on hip
-- Shotgun ammo pouch (+10 IPE Offensive, 6 IPE concussion, 2 Smoke, 2 Smoke(IR) mini-grenades) on hip
-- Pistol ammo pouch (2x 15 rnd APDS magazine) on hip
-- 6x Rifle pouch (+40 rnds APDS magazine each) on chest
-- Small Equipment pouch (Ultrasound sight, silencer) on chest
-- 2x Smoke grenades on chest

Small Military Rugsack something like this should fit it all in: 17 kg
-- Basic Medkit
-- Ordinary clothing (region specific)
-- Advanced Combat Form Fitting Armor
-- Small Water filtration unit
-- 5x Jazz, 2x Kamikaze, 2x Stim - (R6), Tranq Patch (R5)
-- Signal Locator (AoD)
-- Sat phone
-- Camel bag (1.5 ltr water)
-- 6x ration bars
-- 5x Field rations
-- Towel (green)
-- Toothbrush, toothpaste, soap
-- Small Equipment Pouch (Wire Cutters, Autopicker) attached to right side of rugsack
-- Small Equipment Pouch (Sony CB500 Cybercam, Tridlink Adapter, 2x Tracking Signals (AoD)) attached to right side of rucksack
-- Large Equipment Pouch (Radio Detonator, 1kg Plastic Compound IV) attached to underside of rugsack
-- Franchi Spas-22 + Fore grip strapped to left side of rugsack, folded stock
- Standard holster like this on upper right leg 3.35 kg
--Ares Predator III (+15 rnd APDS magazine)

Tactical sling on chest 7.2 kg
-- Ares Alpha (Improved Gas vent III, Range finder + grenade link, shock pads)

Loaded in headware memory (19mp free space to tinker around with mapsofts etc.)
-- 1 Persian Linguasofts (27mp)
-- 1 Turkish Linguasofts (27mp)
-- 1 Arabic Linguasofts (27mp)

47 kg total load...

Ludi

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Backpack (ruthenium covered)
-Toiletries
-1 change of clothes (her own stuff)
-Civilian Clothes (region appropriate)
-Insulated Gloves
-Electronic Tool Kit
-Portable Large Dish
-Climbing / Rapelling Gloves
-Cell Phone (turned off!)
-Harness (TLBV) with built in SmartRepel
-Sat Phones
-Enough water for 2 days
-Enough rations for 2 days
-4 Energy bars
-Small Pack
--Medkit
--5x Stim Patches

Combat Load Vest (ruthenium covered, 3 rifle pouches, 1 pistol pouch)
-5x AKS mags (APDS)
-3x Savalette Guardian clips (Ex)
-Nav Dat GPS
-Scanner (connected to datajack 1)
-Jammer (connected to datajack 2)
-White Noise Generator

Pockets
-Wire Cutter
-Lighter
-Trauma Patch
-Stim Patch
-1x paper map
-Linguasofts : Arabic, Kurdish, German

Carried / Worn
-AKS-74U (on a 3 point sling) with sound suppressor and lowlight flashlight
-Bio Monitor
-Savalette Guardian (quick draw tigh holster) with silencer
-Desert Camo Jacket (with removable liner and transponder) 5/3
-FFA (her own ruthenium one, not the advanced one...) 4/1 with 8 scanner and R5 Thermal Damping
-Desert Camo Helmet 2/1

Total Ballistic Worn Armor stats: 9
Total Impact Worn Armor stats: 5

Felix

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Worn: 8 kg
Advanced Combat Form Fitting Armor
Desert Camo Clothing (Survival Kit in pockets)
Desert Camo Helmet
Ammo Belt/Vest/Harness (TLBV) with built in SmartRepel
1x 10 round clip of Shock Lock
1x 10 round clip of Stun Shell
1x 50 round drum of Slug
2x Slipspray Grenades
2x Splat Glue Grenades
2x IPE Offensive AP Grenades
5x R3 Expendable Spell Foci
R4 Personnel Comm Unit

Slung: 6 kg
Enfield AS-7 (Gas Vent IV, Shockpad, IR Laser Sight)
w/ 50 round drum (slug)

Assault Pack: 5 kg
Ruthenium Polymer Poncho
Binoculars
2x 100oz Camelbacks (one empty)
Pocket Secretary
Weapon Cleaning Kit
Stimpatches (2x R1, 2x R3)
1 Arabic Linguasoft
1 Kurdish Linguasoft
1 German Linguasoft
1 Persian Linguasoft
1 Turkish Linguasoft
1 Paper Map
Civilian Clothing
Jacket Liner
2x days ration bars

Knuckle Duster

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Worn/Carried
FFA
Desert Camo
TLBV
Helmet
Taser
Small amount of currency
2 mags of ammo

Backpack
Civilian clothes – 2 Sets
First Aid kit
Survival kit (map, fishing line, hooks, water purification tabs, matches, 2 days rations)
8 mags of ammo

Bubba

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Armor/Clothing
Camo Jacket
FFBA
Camo Helmet
Camo Clothing

Ammo Belt/Vest/Harness (TLBV) with built in SmartRepel
Stoner Ares M107 HMG 3 boxes of 100 rounds (1 loaded, the other two in large pouches of TLBV)
Cyber Shotgun rounds 6 clips of 10 APDS (Ammo Belt)
Extendable Baton - belt
Laser Crescent Axe - belt
10 Throwing knives - belt
3 x Offensive Grenades - belt
3 x Concussion Grenades - belt
Canteen - belt

Hiker Pack
Haji Clothes (local civilian clothes)
Mirror
50' Rope
Matches
2 Days of H20
3 Days of meal rations
2 Bags of little debbies donuts
3 Energy bars
Ninja Suit
Hygiene kit

[Bastard]

Updated Initiative. Again, everyone moves before the rats, so everyone can go. Bubba's grenade will explode after everyone has moved on this round.


INITIATIVE
21 Bubba
19 Starling
17 Duster
15 Kliko
13 Ludi
12 Felix
12 V
09 Rats
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11 Bubba
09 Starling
07 Duster
05 Kliko
03 Ludi
02 Felix
02 V
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01 Bubba

[SneakyJoeKDB]

Bubba will hold action until the grenade goes off. Then will fire at any devil rats (target red eyes) that are still perceived to be alive. At this point does he know any rats are coming from the rear of the team? If so, he will target them first.

[SneakyJoeKDB]

I like how Kliko is using the shotgun, Bubba is going to have to carry some Fletchette rounds from now on for his cyber shotguns.

You know we could leave it all up to Felix since he tends to eliminate threats rather quickly and cleanly, but what fun would that be?

[Kliko]

Hehe, Flechette works great against hordes of rats and other unarmored targets (do ghouls wear armor?).
It sucks against armored opponents though.

[SneakyJoeKDB]

Sounds like it is worth keeping a clip or two on hand for those special occasions.

[Kliko]

Yeah, or switch to the Remington shotgun, so you can load quickness rounds manually during combat.

The burst fire mode on the Spas leads to all sorts of craziness!

[ntwi]

Although speaking of Felix, he will turn to avoid the upcoming shower of rat guts and toss a stunball at the group of rats approaching from behind.

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Force 6 M stunball
Sorc 6 + Totem 2
1,2,2,2,4,4,5,14 -> staging from M stun

Drain 2S stun
Willpower 6
1,3,3,4,4,6 -> L stun -> Trauma Damper -> No Drain

Might not get every rat but it should get most

[Bastard]

Does Felix see these rats? They are still at Ludi's position, it is dark, and he just had a bright flash of light from Bubba's grenade going off.

[Mister Juan]

Ludi will get up on the North walkway, and make her move towards the front of the group. If she's got any action left, she'll switch to her sidearm.

[Kliko]

Can wel all hear a "YEEEE" for VITAS infected Devil rats?

Kliko targets the group of ordinary rats on Southt side of the tunnel. Two(2)x simple action

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Choke set to "2" (means the Flechette spreads an additional meter every two meters and degrades -1 power and -1 tn with each step). Everyone and everything within the spread is a valid target and rolls separately for dodge, etc..

Thus base damage is 10D(f) base flechette ammo)/ Base tn 4-5 +2 for small targets and scurrying, -1 for smartlinked shotgun +2 skill default to assault rifles skill- spread modifier, 2 semi-automatic shots should do the job, all recoil is absorbed by the stock and fore grip:
0-2m: 10D(f)/7
2-4m: 9D(f)/6
4-6m: 8D(f)/5
6-8m: 7D(f)/4
8-10m: 6D(f)/3
10-12m: 5D(f)/3
12-14m: 4D(f)/2

Shot #1: Assault rifles: [13, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3] = 1-2 succeses
Shot #2: Assault rifles: [3, 5, 5, 11, 11, 5]= shish kebab

Looks like a lot of Rat Shish-Kebab...

Pls note I'll be on summer vacation for the next three weeks. Pls feel free to npc Kliko for the time being.

[ntwi]

Felix has thermographic vision which should not be as affected by the grenade. Although I've never known grenades to make that much flash. There was probably more flame coming out of the shotgun on burst than from the grenade.

[SneakyJoeKDB]

It's basically an invisibility suit. Think "Predator" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif)

So anyone with thermo vision can still see her?

[Bastard]

Felix has thermographic vision which should not be as affected by the grenade. Although I've never known grenades to make that much flash. There was probably more flame coming out of the shotgun on burst than from the grenade.

Thermographic vision wouldn't be affected too much by "spots" and it is not that bright, but remember how dark it is in the tunnel. No light. No stars, no moon, no artificial lights. Complete darkness.

My main question remains, why is Felix all of the sudden turning around to help Ludi? She did not warn anyone and there was nothing to draw your attention, and she is the rear guard, and one that is well suited to do so. And he is well outside the blast radius of the rat guts.

[Kliko]

Oh wait, must adjust the target numbers for pitch black with ultrasound... thats an additonal +4 tn... in full darkness (same as non-natural thermographics..)

Doesn't affect Kliko's succeses that much but still the perception modifiers for fighting in full darkness are pretty heavy.

[ntwi]

He's turning to avoid the splatter of rat guts. If he sees the other rats he'll toss the stunball. As he doesn't wear a massive helmet the mist of rat guts is more worrying to him than it may be to others.

[Bastard]

Thermographic vision wouldn't be affected too much by "spots" and it is not that bright, but remember how dark it is in the tunnel. No light. No stars, no moon, no artificial lights. Complete darkness.

My main question remains, why is Felix all of the sudden turning around to help Ludi? She did not warn anyone and there was nothing to draw your attention, and she is the rear guard, and one that is well suited to do so. And he is well outside the blast radius of the rat guts.

[Bastard]

He's turning to avoid the splatter of rat guts. If he sees the other rats he'll toss the stunball. As he doesn't wear a massive helmet the mist of rat guts is more worrying to him than it may be to others.

Thermovision? Complete darkness. Roll.

[ntwi]

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Perception: 1,2,3,4,5,5

Probably don't notice anything as I shielded my eyes with my hand from the vaporized gore