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[krayola red]

Heeellloooooo Dumpshock! Man, it's been awhile since I've poked my nose around these parts. It appears the old gal has underwent a face lift while I was gone, and in my humble opinion, the operation has rendered her slightly uglier looking than before, but hey, beauty is subjective, right? Anyway. I've been having a bit of an itch for some online roleplaying lately, and Shadowrun has always been my favorite system, so I thought I'll try my hand at firing up a game here. The idea came to me rather spontaneously and it didn't even have the courtesy to knock first, so there will be kinks to iron out, but I'm thinking that this is how it's gonna go down:

1) This will be an extremely character driven game. As of now, I have no plot in mind. Not even the seed of one. I've always thought the sandbox style of play is more fun than the linear style, plus I'm lazy, so the GM crank is going to start turning only when it has to. This means that the characters will have a lot of say in the overall focus and direction of the game, but it also means that the players will have more responsibility when it comes to keeping the ball rolling.

2) The first act of the game will be short and simple, nothing fancy. Consider it a trial run. If everything goes smoothly and we reach an endpoint somewhere, then there is a good possibility of extending it into a full blown campaign if the players want to go for it. Speaking of players...

3) There will only be 2 players. That's right, only 2. One reason for this is that the less players there are, the quicker things move, and stagnation is what usually kills forum games. Another is that due to the nature of this game as being very character focused, having less players means I'll be able to devote more individual attention to their characters. However, this rule only holds for the first run. If we do decide afterwards to turn this into more than a one shot deal, then the team will likely grow larger.

4) I haven't decided on an edition or house rules yet, but I can say this: If this is SR3, there will be no Hand of God. If this is SR4, there will be no burning of edge to save your life. I like to run 'em deadly to keep players on their toes. If your character dies, they're dead. No second chances. I won't go out of my way to kill you, but I won't go out of my way to save you either. I don't recommend submitting an established character to whom you've built an attachment for this very reason.

Hmm, that's all I can think of for now. Everything else will be decided once the group is assembled. For those who are interested, give me a character concept that includes a name, an occupation, a short ~1 paragraph backstory, and for shits and giggles, a fun fact about yourself (the player). Here is an extremely crappy example:

[ Spoiler ]

Jack Larkin
Occupation: Ganger

Jack “The Killer� Larkin is a thug, born and raised in the most brutal streets of the Barrens. The Killer (he’ll punch you in the face if you call him Jack, only his mom is allowed to) is no stranger to violence, having participated in more street brawls than he can remember, with each scar on his body serving as a souvenir to remember them by. Although he dropped out of elementary school, he prides himself on his street smarts – he always knows how much a car can be fenced for, what streets are gang territories, and which hookers have STDs. His favorite past times include vandalizing other people's property, urinating on cop cars when the badge ain't looking, and feeding drug-laced candy to little kids. He can frequently be seen doing the above with his long time friend and partner in crime, Bob "The Murderer" Johnson. If you see him coming, don’t mess, and especially don’t make fun of his street name, because he came up with it himself.

Fun Fact: I've never been drunk before because I'm allergic to alcohol. Goddamit.

I know some of you love to write, and I promise I'll read what you have even if it's more than a paragraph, but please don't go too far, neh? If your name is Stephen King and you're a bestselling horror author who likes to write books that could double as ship anchors, you're automatically banned from this game, though I would love to have your autograph. Ya'll can post your concepts on this thread or send them to my PM box. If there are more than two people applying, then I'll go with my intuition and pick the two characters who I think will work best together in this kind of game. Above all, make a character that you would love to play, possibly for a long while, cuz the whole point is to have fun, yeah?

That is all. Thanks for reading, and I look forward to playing with you guys!

P.S. Incidentally, if you have another person that you really want to play with, you can submit your characters in tandem, which means if one gets in, the other does too. I dunno if anyone will actually take advantage of this, but I figured it couldn't hurt to make it an option.

P.P.S. What the fuck, we have avatars now? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/eek.gif)

[Kliko]

Count me in for a sr3 based game. Will pm charachter concept details etc. when I'm back from work.

Cheers,

[Glyph]

I would be interested in a game, either SR3 or SR4. Different character for each, though, because my SR3 character really, really wouldn't translate into SR4 (unless we use Karmagen).

The SR4 one:

[ Spoiler ]

Name: Tasha Deadeye
Occupation: Gunsel

Physical Description -

Tasha is an elven female of medium height with a slender build. Her hair is dyed a dark blue, worn short and spikey. She has startling bright grey eyes and pale skin (with a few light freckles). She usually wears a black lipstick and lots of eyeliner. She has extensive tattooing. On her face, she has a stylized crosshairs around her right eye, and has a matching tattoo on the small of her back. A ribbon of flames encircles her navel, and her forearms have abstract tribal tattoos winding around them.

Tasha usually dresses in a combination of street punk and industrial grunge. Black, studded synthleather, black workboots and jeans or a miniskirt, and usually some kind of metal or thrash band t-shirt. She has a nose stud and a pierced eyebrow. She tries to look agressive, but her efforts inspire pickup lines more than they inspire fear, to her chagrin.

Brief History -

Tasha apparently started out as a cheap gunsel in Loveland, in the Puyallup Barrens, before getting out of there to only marginally better Tacoma. She can be charming or sneaky as the situation requires, but is mostly a hired gun.

Fun Fact - I read more webcomics than newspaper comics now.

The SR3 One:

[ Spoiler ]

Name: Ice Queen
Occupation: Sorceress/Medic/Face

BACKGROUND
Caitlin joined DocWagon in the fervor of youthful idealism. She thought that using her magical gifts to heal people would be the greatest use of her abilities. She found out that being accepted onto a DocWagon HTR team involved danger and volatile situations, but she adapted, becoming tougher and smarter, and learning new skills. Rising to these challenges only reinforced her belief that she had made the right choice in life.

But over time, reality set in. She became worn down by the unrelenting pressure, and her idealism wilted in the face of reality. She watched her team gun down street kids to get to a slimy BTL pusher, who wouldn't get the long overdue street justice that he had coming to him. She watched teammates fall apart under the stress, only to get callously scapegoated and ruthlessly discarded. She watched her team walk past people bleeding in the gutter to get to a whiny Yak suit with a bullet-grazed arm. In the end, she couldn't watch any longer. She left.

It cost her. She had almost nothing left by the time she faded into the shadows, but she is determined to bounce back. She is less naive now, but has not totally succumbed to cynicism, either. She has a harder edge than most magical healers. She is used to paramilitary operations and stressful negotiations, and is a skilled paramedic in addition to her magical skills.

Fun Fact: I still have all of my SR3 books.

[BlackHat]

The two player thing sounds interesting - especially with the pairing up idea. Seems like it would be an opportunity to play some characters that would want more of the spotlight (or whose backgrounds could come up more) than they would usually get. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[BlackHat]

I suppose it is worth asking (since everyone will want to know) - which supplements you have (or intend to make use of) for either edition. In either case, I think that could influence the sorts of concepts people come up with.

[Kliko]

Ok, here goes:

SR3:

[ Spoiler ]

Name: Metalhead Mack
Occupation: Orc Marine

BACKGROUND
Due to a lack of career opportunities in the barrens Mack joined the UCAS armed forces early on in his life with the promises of health insurances, a SIN, proper payment and so forth. Secondly it provided him with some highly welcomed discipline and a healthy amount of common sense. Because let's face it humans are biased against meta's and they are out there to screw your hairy ass. Sure they have these meta-neutral policies in place, but you really have to show some fucking adaptability to get around operation "Orc battalion sacrifice". Sure, it hurts to see your people get blown to peaces, but face it, you just really have to deal with it. It's not as if you're better of where you came from... He jumped ship to a merc-company shortly after completing his first term, SINner and all.

At least the merc-work paid really well, comradeship was allright (a lot more meta's around here) and as long as you didn't fuck up to bad you actually out gunned most of the opposition, most of the times. There was just this litte tiny problem which manifested itself in the mean time. Mack got himself a girlfriend.... the girlfriend got Mack a family (damned Orc spawns)... and his girlfriend couldn't stand the uncertainty of Mack not being home for long stretches of time/ performing under long-term Merc contracts.

Surething bro, now just find yourselves a job... which actually allows for decent housing.... with a rapidly expanding family of 3. Forget it, no way that an undereducated orc is going to find such employment because it just ain´t there. The shadows made for easy money. Same type of work, high intensity (violence) , closer to home... sounds like a decent trade to Mack allright.

Funny fact: "Trust me, I´m you´re banker, (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nuyen.gif) "

[krayola red]

BlackHat: For now, assume that all supplements are fair game. If I don't have the book and you want to use something from it, you're gonna have to explain to me how it works when it's number crunching time.

Kliko: I don't see anything inside the spoilers? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/spin.gif)

[Kliko]

Try again. I first made the post, then filled the spoiler.

Cheers,

[Karaden]

So are you going to only have 2 players for the trial run as well? Guess I've missed my chance already.

[BlackHat]

I think the idea was 2 characters only for the trial run. If that works out, it sounded like then Krayola might bring on a full team.

Might as well submit an idea, anyway, if you're interested. He said if he got more than two, he would pick the two that fit together the best.

[krayola red]

Okay kids, consider this thread closed. The edition will be SR4 (sorry Kliko! Give me a holler if you ever upgrade). The team will be Tasha Deadeye, played by Glyph, and Zee, played by BlackHat. I'm gonna go get myself some food, then post up the OOC thread for this game when I get back, at which point we can get rolling on setting the stage.

[BlackHat]

Sounds good. Would you want character creation nonsense to happen here or in OOC? Any houserules we need to know about (other than no 1-ups)? Standard chargen? I'll move my concept and what I've got so far into whichever thread you'd prefer, and go from there.