OoC Evolution, Out of Character - Epoch, Survival, Revolution Campaigns Options

[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

#1 OoC POST
This post will be updated throughout the game, with character information, links to other threads, links to important events, and house rules. This post is also linked in my signature.

Set to your thread LINEAR

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If you set your Forum Option Display Mode to Linear, you will have the #1 Post always at the top of each page in the thread. Thus these links will all be readily accessible. To do so:

Click OPTIONS on the right hand side of the (green) Forum Title Bar
Select LINEAR (the last option)

That easy. You're welcome for the convenience.

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

[SneakyJoeKDB]

Hi... guess it works... now how to build a character???

[Jaruen]

Whaddup??? You don't remember how to build a shadowrun character, SJ? First of all, read the documents attached to the email that had this address in it...the first one has chargen rules in it. Brief summary, outline your character, answer all 35 questions as you have time (if you take time, and make it nice, you will benefit...I spent like 3 nightshifts during my security guard time on nothing but this). Then, make your character. There are three methods. The first and second we used a lot back in the day. First is priority (A-E, magic, attributes, skills, race, resources). The second is a modified, sum-of-ten priority. Basically, if you pick a non-magic user, sum of ten is a whole lot better than priority.

As I think I have all your books now and you live a bit away from me, here is the run-down on the gen, in this order: Magic; race; attributes; skills; resources.

A: Full Mage; nul value; 30 atts; 50 skills; 1,000,000
B: Aspected Mage (i.e. adept, summoner, conjurer, aspected shaman); nul-value; 27 atts; 40 skills; 400,000
C: nul-value; elf or troll; 24 atts; 34 skills; 200,000 (I think that is right...)
D: nul-value; dwarf or ork; 21 atts; 30 skills; 50,000
E: nul-value; human; 18 atts; 26 skills (think that's right); 5,000

The third method, point buy, is listed in the Shadowrun Companion, and is both lengthy, and I believe proprietary (which means I can't print it in a public forum...heck, the basic info I just did print might get me in trouble...I don't remember if that is proprietary or open source.) It is slightly advantageous to use that method, as it allows for complete tweaking, but if you don't have the book, you won't be at any major disadvantage if you use one of the first two methods.

Now, to help you decide what you want to make, I am playing an Amer-Ind/Jap half-breed Phys Ad. Um, wow, I don't really remember much more than that. Hehe, Bastard, if you could either scan and send me a copy, or bring it over to my parent's house tomorrow (I will be down for the Super Bowl, but heading back up here Sunday night), that would be awesome.


I guess that is all I have time for, as I am moving across town tomorrow and need to get to sleep now. Any more questions, post them, I will be away from a connection for a bit (I still haven't called AT&T yet to switch addresses on my service, wow), but as soon as I get up, I will help as I can. And of course, Bastard will be around

[Bastard]

The attached CharGen rules in the email state you get 135 Build Points instead of the normal 123-125, so definitely use that method.

And in case you didnt know... we are playing 3rd Edition.

Jaruen... turn off your signature punk. I will be making a computerized copy of your character. Do you have excel? I am working graves so I am sleeping in until kickoff tomorrow, so swing by before you head out of town.

[Bastard]

Sneaky gave me his character idea, so we are now building his character, and then we will be ready to go.

However, I have not received any replies from Eggsn.

I have also edited the first post to add Sneaky's character's info.

Eggsn, baKon, Relentless - please post on this thread so I know you are ready.

[SneakyJoeKDB]

Can we play hide the donuts???

[bak0n]

I'm ready.

[Eggsn]

hello

[Bastard]

Does everyone have excel? That is what I am using to email your characters back to you. I am off work for a while, so I may even have the IC up earlier than projected.

[The Relentless]

Alright. I'm here.

[SneakyJoeKDB]

I have excel...

[Bastard]

Jaruen - resent your character sheet with an added contact.

baKon - you character is on the way.

Sneaky - Bubba is on his way
You guys need to add a little to the details of your character's contacts. What do they look like, how does your character know them, how do you exchange information/favors, ect.

Everyone will have to do this for their contacts. It makes the game more fun so I will have more NPCs to play, plus its worth karma, karma, karma.

Relentless and Eggsn, working on your character transitions now.

[Bastard]

Ok...I have sent everyone their characters back. Once you all fill out your contacts and enemies and email them back to me, I can post the IC thread.

[SneakyJoeKDB]

Ok I am ready,

Question on Karma, if i wanted to raise my stats to the below figures is the cost and breakdown correct?

Willpower from 3 to 5
3-->4 cost 4
4-->5 cost 5

Intelligence from 3 to 4
3-->4 cost 4

Total Karma spent 13?

What would it cost to raise my shotgun skill up 2 notches?

[Bastard]

Attributes cost 2 times the new rating to improve, so:
3--->4 costs 8 karma
4--->5 costs 10 karma

To increase your Willpower from 3 to 5 will cost 18 karma. Bringing your Intelligence up to 4 will cost another 8 karma for a grand total of 26.

When you hit racial modifier levels the cost will be 3 x the new rating.
Here are giant levels: B 11 Q 5 S 11 C 4 I 4 W 6



Your shotgun skill is already pretty high, and are based off your Quickness. Modified, your Quickness is a 6.

Your shotgun skill is a 5, with your specialization being a 7.*

To increase your shotgun skill to a 6 will cost 1.5 x the new rating, so you will use 9 karma.

Going past your Attribute rating (6) costs 2 x the new rating, so to bring your shotgun from 6 to 7 would cost you 14 karma. This would bring your grand total, shotgun skill from 6 to 8 costing 23 karma

Your specialization is a 7. Bringing that to an 8, since it is past your attribute rating is still only 1 x the new rating, so you would spend 8 karma. To go to 9 would be another 9 karma, so your total karma spent to go from 7 to 9 would be 17 karma.

If you were not going past your Attribute score the cost would only be .5 x the new rating. Specializations cannot exceed 2x the base skill.

*Note: On your character sheet your shotgun/specialization is written as 6/8 due to your Enhanced Articulation Bioware. This does not affect improving skills, thus we used the 5/7.

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[SneakyJoeKDB]

Bubba will do the 26 karma increase to both intel and will then.

Intel ought to raise Bubba's reaction by 1 and the will power helps against magic.

[Bastard]

Ok, I will adjust your sheet here.

[Jaruen]

Hey, working on my contacts now...did notice one problem though...the group's adept has no adept powers. I will finish up my contacts, send it back, and let you send me back my re-updated character sheet

[Bastard]

Oops!

I got them.

Dont forget to do your enemy and lifestyles too, and then post on the IC thread. The link is on the first post of this thread.

[Jaruen]

My intro is rather passive, hope what I put gives you something to work with...especially considering this is now a two player/1 GM game. Oh, I would like to spend 12 Karma raising my quickness back to 6, and then my 26 points left, I would like to start purchasing the adept powers I have 5 years from now, but don\'t have yet...as this is something different from initiating, I have no idea how much to spend on them. Please let me know.

[SneakyJoeKDB]

Why hide the post? It's not like I can't read it, in fact it makes me more willing to read it... MUHAHAHA!

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[Bastard]

My intro is rather passive, hope what I put gives you something to work with...especially considering this is now a two player/1 GM game. Oh, I would like to spend 12 Karma raising my quickness back to 6, and then my 26 points left, I would like to start purchasing the adept powers I have 5 years from now, but don\'t have yet...as this is something different from initiating, I have no idea how much to spend on them. Please let me know.

Set it back? You should be at your chargen level now, plus any karma spent. I have your updated character sheet, just need you to email me your contacts.

EDIT-Oh... never mind, I got your character sheet. I will add your adept powers to it and email it to you after I make my IC posts and attach your contacts.

[Jaruen]

Oh, so the whole '5 years in the past' thing is done now? Okay, that sounds good, although I thought my skills were a bit higher...I guess I am just used to prioritizing skills at A or B. Hehe. So, if I am getting my 6 Adept points back, then I need to find out about initiating. I will do most of that IC, I think, but I would like to have a general idea of Karma costs...as my SR book is still in one of the many boxes I have in my garage. I am locking in that 12 point, raise Quickness from 5 to 6. That is my final answer.

and Keith, I hid the post to see what it did. I play PbP on other sites, and they have ways to secret a message to whomever you wish to read it, on one site it is with SECRET tags, on another with PRIVATE tags. I just wanted to see if this site used HIDE tags for the same purpose. Remember all the times one of us would have to walk back with the DM to do something that would probably screw over one of our teammates? Well, the PRIVATE/SECRET tags resolve that issue.

[Bastard]

Track back about 8 posts where I explained karma expenditures to SneakyJoe. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rollin.gif)

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[Bastard]

Dont forget to let me know how much everyone wants to donate to the Team Karma Pool. You can donate up to half of your Karma Pool. Team refreshes every encounter, Individual refreshes at the end of the adventure.

Bubba - 5
Duster - 3
Kliko - 3
Team - ??