Down in the Gutter: OOC, The Nuts and Bolts of Staying Alive Options

[Lindt]

By the time stamp, Child has been on the street for 48 hours actually.

[WinterRat1]

Ah yes, you are correct. Don't know how I missed that, I've fixed it on my own records and the OOC thread. Thanks for pointing that out Lindt!

[Lindt]

Hey, I'm nothing if not honest when it comes to starving my own character.

[Meriss]

Ink:

Novacoke (Mild): Willpower (3) + Body (3) = 6 dice 2,2,2,5,5,3

Also I did a full dose outta my stash sometime IC yesterday. Does that make a difference?

[Slipshade]

Baby:

Bliss (Mild): Body 3 + Willpower 4 = 7 Dice (05 05 05 01 04 04 04) = Hits: 3

[rob]

Box will post something in the OOC thread tomorrow to account for the hours since between when he left the sewer (little before 1600) to the present (2400).

WR, up to you what you want to do with it. It will involve him moving around and trying to make some contacts to get tools. If a roll springs to mind, I'll make it, otherwise we'll see.

[Fresno Bob]

Hey, this is probably going to be a no, but I thought I'd ask since it hasn't come up yet. Can I switch Aziz's addiction to Novacoke instead of Cram? Its fine if not, I just figured there wouldn't be any harm in asking. I ask cause I looked at his character sheet, and he has way more Novacoke than Cram.

Anyway,
Addiction Test (Moderate)
Body 5 + Willpower 3 = 8 Dice
[6] [6] 4 2 [5] [5] 1 4 = 4 Hits

[WinterRat1]

Ink:

Novacoke (Mild): Willpower (3) + Body (3) = 6 dice 2,2,2,5,5,3

Also I did a full dose outta my stash sometime IC yesterday. Does that make a difference?

Yes. Thanks for letting me know.

Everyone making addiction tests - If you fed your addiction IC since game start, please make a note of that as well when making your addiction roll. I didn't think of that when laying out the initial guidelines for the addiction roll.

Voorhees - That's fine, like you said it hadn't come up until now so I'm ok with you switching. Just make sure you make the change on Aziz's wiki Character Sheet.

[Whipstitch]

Oh, btw, do we add in the dicepool penalties from the addiction quality ourselves when making the initial roll or are you just handling all that stuff in a way that fits a day-by-day game better?

Anyway, here's my results without the -2 dicepool modifier:
Novacoke, Mild
4 Body+3 Will
[1,6,4,3,1,1,2] = 1 hit

[Bearclaw]

Rico
BTL (mild) - 2, 2, 2, 2, 2,6

He's only got one, but he's hoping to sell it, rather than use it himself.

[rob]

Aight, box's addiction tests:

BTLs: Logic 4 + Willpower 3 = 7d6: [5,5,2,5,4,2,5] = 4 hits
Cram: Body 6 + Willpower 3 = 9d6: [1,6,5,6,1,2,1,3,1] = 3 hits, dam near glitched.

Good rolls, he should be good on each.

Box plans the following with his 8 hours of time following the sewer shit:
1. He'll grab somebody macho, preferably grack, and roll down to his old apartment complex and knock over the landlord for protection money from the October Ravens and loan of the landlord's tool kit.
2. He'll roll back to the HQ, deposit the tools, and see what else he needs.
3. He'll try to find some way to get a shower.
4. He'll see if he can find somebody who doesn't look too much like a gang-banger and walk down to touristville, call a cab, and go to home depot to buy the rest of the tools with his protection money.
5. When he gets out of Kingsgate, he'll try to plot a route back in and see if he can boost a car on his way home.
6. When he gets back to the HQ, he'll try and get Grack to fix the pipe while he sets up the power and the internets.
7. If time remains, he'll try to boost another sattelite dish from someone to see if he can set up a second, public access server, to start charging neighbors for TV.

[Bearclaw]

OK, Rico needs a sitdown with Legion about starting up a BTL buisness.
He knows a couple bottom level suppliers, and should be able to get a good deal if he buys in bulk. But, it takes at least 3 guys to make the deal work right, with one collecting money, one as the bank, and one who passes out the product. Of course Legion/The October Ravens get half the net, with the other half going to the guys actually doing the work.
Rico has about 500 he can spend, but would be happy to give investors a large cut until their money's doubled.
Really, to run at peak effeciency, he needs to be able to buy 100 at a time, which gets him into the big discounts from bigger dealers who can't be arsed to deal in smaller amounts.

[pragma]

Quick update:

Work and life have caught up with me for a few days, Thumper is around and doing things. He doubtless was the kind of furniture moving, it's a post I want to savor.

I hope to catch up then post in ~2 days.

[WinterRat1]

Oh, btw, do we add in the dicepool penalties from the addiction quality ourselves when making the initial roll or are you just handling all that stuff in a way that fits a day-by-day game better?

I will handle the dice pool penalties from the addiction quality in my own way. Not every 'addiction roll' will be to see if your addiction worsens. In a day-to-day game like this one, that would be insane. I will be having you roll addiction rolls every IC day and tracking the results over time. Depending on various factors (addiction severity, getting a fix IC during the day, dice rolls, etc.) I will interpret the results of the roll. It may be something as simple as you getting a craving for a fix that I want you to roleplay, (but you aren't required to get one) all the way up to your addiction worsening. If it's the situation is such that your roll will warrant increasing the severity of your addiction, I will inform you so you can use Edge on the roll, if you choose.

Addiction Test People - I'll go over the rolls for your Addiction Tests tomorrow or Thursday and post the results then. Don't wait on my response to post IC though, none of the results will require you to wait on me or will affect your IC posting.

Box plans the following with his 8 hours of time following the sewer shit:
1. He'll grab somebody macho, preferably grack, and roll down to his old apartment complex and knock over the landlord for protection money from the October Ravens and loan of the landlord's tool kit.
2. He'll roll back to the HQ, deposit the tools, and see what else he needs.
3. He'll try to find some way to get a shower.
4. He'll see if he can find somebody who doesn't look too much like a gang-banger and walk down to touristville, call a cab, and go to home depot to buy the rest of the tools with his protection money.
5. When he gets out of Kingsgate, he'll try to plot a route back in and see if he can boost a car on his way home.
6. When he gets back to the HQ, he'll try and get Grack to fix the pipe while he sets up the power and the internets.
7. If time remains, he'll try to boost another sattelite dish from someone to see if he can set up a second, public access server, to start charging neighbors for TV.

Rob - I'm going to rule this is going to have to be done post-rendezvous. Box's time between leaving the sewer (little before 1600) to the present (2400) was spent unloading the truck and resting. That's a LOT of great role-playing opportunities and at least several of the items you listed have potentially noteworthy consequences depending on how they play out.

I know I did hold you up OOC for the purpose of getting everyone synced back up and you can make a legitimate argument for Box having the time/availability to undertake those tasks during the time period you specified. I concede that point up front. However, for the sake of getting all the PCs back on the same page I held everyone up even though they did have time to do other things; when I combine that with the above noted reason that much of the above list should be played through, I'm comfortable with ruling that none of that occurred between 16:00:00 and 24:00:00 on November 2. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation with your friendly Kingsgate GM. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

You are free to get rolling on those things immediately though.

I will also warn you in advance, Box's old squat was deep in Emerald Lotus turf and his landlord definitely paid protection money to them, in addition to hiring his own security. If you want to try and hit him up for protection money you're more than welcome to, but it's definitely going to involve more than you just showing up. Other items on your list, particularly 4, 5, and possibly 7 will definitely involve some more in-depth role-playing as well.

Really, to run at peak effeciency, he needs to be able to buy 100 at a time, which gets him into the big discounts from bigger dealers who can't be arsed to deal in smaller amounts.

Bearclaw - I'm just going to point out that you and the dealers you typically buy from are pretty small time. 100 BTLs per deal is probably stretching the limits of what they have available at any given moment. I'm not saying they can't or won't get that much, I'm simply letting you know that in Rico's past experiences with them, there's a very good chance that will exceed their 'on-hand' stock. They will probably need to take some time to stockpile that much, especially since selling that many to one person would severely limit or even possibly remove their ability to sell to others for a short time while they re-stock.

I will also note that's just Rico's best estimation of the situation as it currently stands. You can of course make arrangements IC to attempt to set up a situation more to Rico's plans and liking.

[Meriss]

@Pragma: No worries I can wait.

[WinterRat1]

Bearclaw - One other thing I forgot yesterday. By jumping Rico forward an hour while everyone else is still interacting socially, you basically locked yourself into just sitting there, especially if you are going to be waiting on other people.

I strongly suggest you remain close to the rest of the PCs time-wise, at least if you want to remain involved. If you still want to slot the BTL, it's a simple matter to just say Rico had slotted a BTL during the time everyone was resting and he came out of it around 00:00:00 or so. You don't have to make the change, but it's a thought since your timestamp basically took Rico out of the game until everyone else catches up.

[WinterRat1]

Meriss -

Ink had proudly recounted his unflinching machismo in front of the hated Plague when suddenly the realization of what he had truly done hit him like a ten pound hammer.

*Merda! Now the Plague knows the old turf is up for grabs! They know that Nona and Papi are all alone!*

Now what? At least, had he implied the continuation of the LoCoS, the Plague might have gone slower, gotten tied up with trying to puzzle out the true nature of any attacks from LoCoS turf. Now..... now they knew.

I was wondering when and if you'd realize what exactly you just did by being so macho with the Plague. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/devil.gif)

Also, in your IC post, who's the guy with the Corsair patches? I don't think any of you are former members of that particular gang.

Plus, Rico isn't waiting in line for Legion. Only Shade and Felix are talking to Legion. According to Bearclaw's timestamp, Rico is passed out simming a BTL for the next hour until 01:00:00 (unless he takes my above advice and changes his timestamp, that is).

[Fresno Bob]

So I want to finish training for the next level of Blades on Aziz, but I can't remember how much time he had previously spent training, and how much karma it would cost, as I forgot to record it... What's the houserule for improving skills, 2x the new skill rating?

[Bearclaw]

Oh, OK. I figured it wouldn't take long to catch up, and I need to talk with Grendle offline before we have our conversation IC, so I can find out what his plans are and what he wants Rico doing. He's got about 500 nuyen left, which between his bills and his family obligations won't last a week, and that's if he can stay away from the Beetles.

[WinterRat1]

Training and Development Guidelines for karma cost and training time requirements.

As for how much time he previously spent training, you'll have to backtrack through the OOC thread to find that, since I don't track training information for each PC. That information should have been recorded by you on Aziz's Karma page, under the Training Time tracker.

I also note your rewards spending was never recorded on Aziz's Karma page; that page should be updated and that information should be entered there as well.

[Meriss]

Winter- I knew all along what I was doing, Ink just realized. And I didn't realize Rico was ahead of everyone else. Editing.

Aslo what's your position on the new stuff in Aug and Arse now that you've had a chance to read it?

EDIT:

Mr. J.: Brilliant! Ink will stand 100% behind any plan that includes the death of one or more Plague rats.

[WinterRat1]

Meriss - Ah, well then, you did a great job roleplaying Ink. I tip my hat to you for not making the strategically sound move because that's not what Ink would do. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Augmentation and Arsenal are case-by-case. I won't universally approve them because some of the stuff may not be appropriate for the flavor of our campaign (or I might just make it insanely hard to get) but I'll discuss items on a case-by-case basis.

Rules from both books are generally in effect unless I have a reason not to use them. You may assume I am using the rules but I reserve the right to judge according to the situation. If you have any specific questions, feel free to ask them.

[WinterRat1]

Shade might have an interesting moral dilemma coming up regarding the assassination of Alexis...

[Meriss]

Shade might have an interesting moral dilemma coming up regarding the assassination of Alexis...

Wouldn't be the Gate otherwise 'mano.

[WinterRat1]

How very true. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)