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[Green Eyed Monst...]

Moo-Juice Marathon OOC Thread
Moo-Juice Marathon IC Thread

I'd like to get some practice running SR4, so I thought I'd start a game. After reading many threads that died after the meet or into the planning, I am going to try a few things to keep this alive.

First - plan on posting about daily, or leaving instructions for how you want your character played. If you are unheard from for a week, do not get mad if your character is given to another player. If you really want to play - you will play.

Second - deadlines for coming up with a plan. In the real world time is of the essence. Somehow that seems to get disregarded in many of the games I've followed. You are likely to never know every detail or if you do know every detail, may still think you are missing something. Plan with what you have and rely on your character to handle the curves that come your way.

If you are a person with a fetish for creating characters and seeing if you can get them accepted into a game, then quitting the game when your one trick pony looks useless, or you the player do not see a quick easy solution, that is fine. See my first caveat.

Also, if others see a problem player trying to submit a character, please PM me. By problem I mean they disrupted or halted your game.

Enough of the sticks for trying to discourage potential problems.

Character creation is standard ratings, availability and 400 points. One run is currently planned. If this goes well and people want to continue, I'll see about coming up with some more. Only if it is fun for everyone!

The run is of the B&E variety. There is likely needed to be a hacker to overcome security, magical talent to overcome any magical security and muscle for the likely combat. If you guys happen to accomplish everything without a shot being fired, I feel compelled to throw in some random violence. ;) Other character types could be integrated.

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now to see how negative this came across. I really just want to complete a run.

This post has been edited by Green Eyed Monster: Aug 21 2006, 10:10 AM

[JonathanC]

I would be interested. The terms don't sound unreasonable. The only problem I see is that I sometimes find it difficult to post on weekends, due to often being away from an internet connection.

[Green Eyed Monst...]

[silentmaster101]

i am interested, i am not really experianced but i am willing to put forth the effort to play and willing to learn and adapt. i have two models of my character made so far, one for stealth and infiltration lock picking etc. and one that is ranged weapons (and a subvariant being either a sniper or a support gunner depending on what is needed more.) let me know what you think is more needed and i will submit it. also do you want the characters background to be an experianced runner or a beginner?

[Samaels Ghost]

I've never done any of these online games before. Could I join, being a noob and all?

[Abbandon]

These forums dont have enough high action shadowruns going on. They are all about people taking days to say how they got from the shower to their front door and still have 50 other things to do before they get to the meet with the johnson.

I think GM's should railroad the group in directions. Like, one of your contacts got ahold of you and told you to come see him. At the meeting you are told of a johnson who has set up a meet at a place at a certain time. As you waste away the hours of the day doing whatver it is you do in your free time it is finally time to go see mr johnson. As you arrive at the location and enter you notice blah blah blah. Asyou begin to ask about this mr johnson you are shuffled into a private back room where you see a johnson, his bounder and several other runners.

players ask questions and negotiate. johnson lays down intel.

Gm railroads players to the start of their run. You describe how they all go there seperate ways and meet up later fully geared up for war or how they all goto their new base and sort things out and you skip letting the players do all the legwork and bonding.

Then you put them all in front of the building or pile them all into a vehichle and tell them to go.

Those full on rp threads are ok but those are the ones that die off. Wow its been 3 months and i havent fired a bullet, taken over a drone or killed anything with my magic woo hooo this rocks!!

I'd love to join with my rigger but i've already started two other characters and its pretty overwhelming at times.

[Green Eyed Monst...]

[Green Eyed Monst...]

[silentmaster101]

ok i will spruce up my char sheet and send it in after work today.

[TheOneRonin]

I'd like to put my name in the hat for this one. I have a neat concept for a sorta ex-mafia muscle guy from Boston. He should be able to hande the "combat" duties.

Do you have a deadline for character submission?

BTW, I can post from work, so Mon-Fri posting is guaranteed. Weekend posting is not a "for sure" though.

[silentmaster101]

i can post from work, and i work from 8-4 est weekdays, also i can post after work and except in the event of a rare camping trip, which its to hot for anyway, i can always post on weekends.


and now for a question, should my characters weapon skills be in pistols and automatics or pistols and sniper rifles, as i can play either.

i am guessing since i will be opening doors and such that i would want automatics.

[Green Eyed Monst...]

There is no hard and fast deadline for characters. When I get enough acceptable ones, is about my best answer.

Sniper rifles doesn't seem to fit with an up close and personal infiltrator.

[silentmaster101]

you got it, im going to flesh out my character bio as well,

basically he is a elf from the tir, who worked a number of year for the border partol, before moving up to a member of the black daggers, which is the agents the tir sends out to do shadowruns for it, and he does other shadow work on the side, as well as being a member of the ancients. tell me if that sounds good.

[Samaels Ghost]

Where should I send my character? Should I post it here or send it to you?

[FanGirl]

I may be interested in doing this, but there's a possible snag: I will be in the Seattle area on vacation (squee!) from the 5th to the 9th. If the campaign starts before I get back, perhaps I could be late for the meeting or some such? I just need a little guidance to figure out what my character should be like, so tell me quickly which archetype you might like me to play - no elf nymphomaniacs, please - and I'll write up a character sheet ASAP.

EDIT: It's 10:30 here in the US Central time zone, so I'll check this thread again in about an hour.

[Samaels Ghost]

My character will be a decent cross between hacker and mage. What other characters are being considered?

[Green Eyed Monst...]

Characters can be posted in this thread or PMed to me (get there quick by clicking the new messages button in upper right.)

So far, I have no characters submitted, so none accepted. Like I said, the run is a B&E so the team needs to be able to overcome mundane and magical security. The target is not at all a zero zone, more a private residence.

Deadline for characters (at least a first draft) will be Monday night. This provides 2 work days and the weekend plus the elapsed time to get them done. If we can't go this quickly, maybe this game was not meant to be.

[FanGirl]

Come on! All I want is for someone to throw out an archetype; I promise I'll make an awesome character if I just have an archetype to start with. Pretty please?

I'll check back in about 20 minutes, okay?

[Samaels Ghost]

Okay, FanGirl. Physical infiltration expert. Maglocks and other security measures shouldn't be a problem. Stealth's the key.

As for me, I think im gonna go Adept hacker....how's that sound? Thrill seeker Matrix explorer. Scoping out the hidden nodes of the recently wireless web. Like Urban Exploring, but VIRTUAL. I was thinking hackmage before, but I don't want to have to cover two important parts.

I'll submit a character soon.

[Green Eyed Monst...]

Hacker maybe rigger type to overcome mundane security.
Magician and/or shaman to overcome magical security and compliment intrusion with spells and/or spirit abilities.
Muscle for the inevitable violence. (As a consequence of blowing the run or as random violence because people like to blow shit up.)

[FanGirl]

Thank you, Ghostie. :) I shall get started tomorrow!

[Samaels Ghost]

Here's an incomplete version of my character thus far to give an idea of what I'm going for. Urban Explorer meets matrix explorer. Not all BP or money have been spent yet.

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hAYTER
25 dWARF
5 Adept
5 Guts
-10 Scorched

B 2
A 1
R 1
S 3
20 C 3
40 I 5
30 L 4
30 W 5

40 M 5 (-essence penalty _)
40 E 5

10 Contacts
25 Money

40 Cracking
20 Electronics
20 Influence
12 Infiltration
2 (Urban Spec)
12 Diguise
2 (camoflage)
20 Athletics

Imp Hacking 2 (.5)
Imp CyCombat 2 (.5)
Imp E War 2 (.5)
Att Boost
AGI 1 (.25)
STR 1 (.25)

Control Rig (-.5)
10,000$

Internal Comm (-.2)
2,000$ implantation
5,000$ hardware (5 Res/ 5 Sig)

Hacking Programs
58,500$

6 Armor
3 Attack
6 BioFilters
3 BHammer
6 BOut
6 DBomb
3 Decrypt
3 Defuse
3 ECCM
6 Exploit
3 Medic
6 Sniffer
6 Spoof
6 Stealth
3 Track

Firewall 6
3000$

System 5
2500$

Agent 4
10,000$

Satellite link
500$

Holoprojector
200$

I don't think that my taking phyiscal infiltration skills will take too much away from FanGirl's character, since she seems to have accepted the proposed archetype. My character doesn't specialize in being sneaky, but he can if he has to. Same with my limited social skills. That way I won't be a dead weight decker.

[silentmaster101]

guess in that case i should make a ranged character huh? maybe even ranged/medic

[Mekalus]

Ive always wanted to participate in one of these and would love to do so in this one. I'm a little rusty and I have the problem of going to Gen Con this upcoming week. any idea if your game will start after Gen Con? If so then I will work up a character to play and try this out. If not then maybe next time?

[FanGirl]

Say hello to Judith Simons, a silver thief in the tradition of Blane Nordahl. I took the sample Covert Ops Specialist from the BBB and min-maxed her a bit - I improved her social skills, broke up the Close Combat and Electronics skill groups, and switched some Qualities, Knowledge skills, and gear around.

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JUDITH SIMONS
RACE: HUMAN (0 BP)

ATTRIBUTES (220 BP)
Body: 2
Agility: 5
Reaction: 5 (7)
Strength: 2
Charisma: 3
Intuition: 4
Logic: 4
Willpower: 3
Edge: 4

Essence: 4.75
Initiative: 9 (11)
Initiative Passes: 1
Physical Damage Track: 9
Stun Damage Track: 10

ACTIVE SKILLS (150 BP)
Blades: 3
Unarmed Combat: 3
Pistols: 2
Computer (Edit): 1 (+1)
Hardware: 3
Software: 1
Data Search: 1
Disguise: 3
Athletics Skill Group: 3
Infiltration: 4
Shadowing: 3
Perception: 2
Etiquette: 3
Con: 2

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS (24 FREE BP)
Sterling Silverware: 3
Seattle VIPs: 3
Security Systems: 3
Safe Houses: 2
Classical Music: 2
Modern Literature: 2

LANGUAGES SKILLS
English: N
French: 3
Japanese: 2
German: 2
Spanish: 2

QUALITIES (5 BP)
Blandness (10)
Double Jointed (5)
Weak Immune System (+5)
Mild Addiction, Stimulants (+5)

CYBERWARE
Cybereyes (Rating 3), come with:
-Flare Compensation
-Low-Light Vision
-Smartlink
-Thermographic Vision
-Vision Magnification
Reaction Enhancers (2)
Shock Hand

GEAR & LIFESTYLE (75,000¥) (15BP)
Monofilament Sword
Hammerli 620S (w/Silencer and 10 Clips of Regular Ammo)
Concealable Holster
Armor Jacket
Chameleon Suit
5 Flash-Paks
5 Smoke Grenades
Hermes Ikon Commlink (w/Novatech Navi OS, Sim Module, Edit 3, Browse 3, and Glasses w/Image Link)
Virtual Surround Music Program
AR Gloves
Small Container of Nanopaste Disguise
Jammer (Area, Rating 5)
White Noise Generator (Rating 4)
Tag Eraser
Gas Mask
Grapple Gun w/Climbing Gear
200m of Stealth Rope
Catalyst Stick
Rappelling Gloves
Gecko Tape Gloves
Lockpick Set
Autopicker
Wire Clippers
Hardware tools
Maglock Passkey (Rating 4)
Keycard Copier (Rating 4)
Monofilament Chainsaw
Medkit (Rating 6)
Stimulant Patch (Rating 3)
Fake SIN (Rating 4)
High Lifestyle (1 month)

CONTACTS (10 BP)
Fixer (Connection 3/Loyalty 2)
Mr. Johnson (Connection 3/Loyalty 2)

NOTES
Starting Nuyen: 4D6 + 12 x 500¥