Deep Water Blackout, Out of Character Thread Options

[BlackHat]

I think we had already talked about reworking characters with books like RC/Unwired/etc available, at some point in the past. At least, in Carter's case, I think my impression was that not much needs to change (although, if the option was there, he might be interested in something like black market pipeline, made man (with a smuggling syndicate), group contacts, etc ). Unwired added enough rules that, if they are going to be sued, Guy may need a chance to add some things.

The addition of the SR4A rules, though, might be a better reason to remake things. It was basically a big errata, which we may not be all in compliance with. Another good reason might be just to refamiliarize ourselves with these characters. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) It has been a while since I have looked at Carter's sheet. Figuring out how/if to spend the 7 karma will probably help with this, but a remake would probably have us look at every part of the character again, with fresher eyes.

Summary: I'm cool with it, either way.

[pragma]

I'm not terribly enthusiastic about rebuilding Guy both because I haven't yet given unwired a page-by-page scouring (though my immediate impression was that my build wouldn't need to change a ton) and because my schedule at the moment permits participation on Dumpshock but not any huge projects. (My dream of running a lightning fast game on Dumpshock has yet to materialize.)

That said, there are a few holes in the team's skillset that have developed in the absence of Des and Bart. I wouldn't mind Guy having some points in industrial mechanic or demolitions or both. 7 karma won't go a long way towards filling those holes, but a remake would let me address them with greater precision.

Like BH, I'm good either way.

[Method]

Well we haven't heard anything from crizh which is a little unusual but I believe he said before that he wouldn't mind redesigning Petwo with some of the newer options. Plus I think BlackHat makes a good point about the changes in SR4A.

pragma, if you aren't passionate either way I'd say the floor is open for redesign. You can change as much or as little of Guys sheet as you like. In terms of time - I definitely feel your pain so I'm not going to push for this to be done urgently. We can continue with a lot of IC stuff and just use Guy's current sheet if need be.

So, being as the three characters may change to widely varying degrees, lets use the same guidelines as posted previously in the Recruiting Thread, plus the 7 Karma earned. All books published to date are in play. You'll each get +15,000 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nuyen.gif) after character generation but that money, if spent, will need to be handled in-game (legwork, shwag rules, fencing, etc).

[edit]: Oh, and I have an IC post cooking...

[crizh]

Hey, I resemble that remark!

I don't mind doing a slight tweak although I was going to say that such things often lead to further delay. I'll have quick look at Petwo and see what might be changed...

[BlackHat]

Hmm, after looking at the original house rules and my character sheet (which I assume is up to date), it looks like Carter only spent 440 of 450 build points, so he might not require much of a change at all. I might collapse some contacts into group contacts, and his gear might need a little shuffling, since I pulled the ol' "gut a Metalink and build your own Caliban" trick, but should remain mostly identical.

I assume the team still gets the free boat? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Method]

Alright folks, its been two weeks so I'm going to push forward to the meet with Kurita's friend Kenji Tomiki. Cursory legwork will have revealed most of the information you (players) already know about Tomiki- he's a mid-level exec at Mitsuhama, a Section Head in the Internal Investigations Division, his unit specializes in investigations of a magical nature, he previously worked for Mitsuhama's Thermaturgical Research Division where he developed magical forensic techniques, and he's known to be a straight shooter.

BlackHat: Sorry I didn't see your question earlier. My DS account has a funny way of not emailing me when people post to my subscribed threads. To answer your question: Yes, the Odyssey is still a freebie. Also, you are the lucky winner of 1 Karma for your IC post 2 weeks back. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

IC post will be forthcoming. If there's anything specific you want to do or know before the meet, this is you last chance to let me know...

[Method]

Well, I know its been a bit more than 2 weeks (looks more like 5) but I'm going to push ahead. I promise this will get more interesting if we can get to the actual job. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[pragma]

Partly my bad -- had a bad case of RL in September. It's mostly better now and I hope to resume posting more regularly soon.