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Shooting Target ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Validating Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992 ![]() |
[Disclaimer]
Warning! Playing this game could make you lose some respect for Shadowrun. Like, y'know? ;) [/Disclaimer] Me: Ok, I'm tempted to run a couple of games. Dumpshocker: So, are we playing down and dirty runners? Me: Nope DS: Company men then, with top notch Hugo Weaving suits? Me: I don't think so. DS: Then we're having a gang war! Me: Err, Large Mike is doing that pretty fine... DS: Well, what is it? Mercs? Arcology survivors? Tir Ghosts? Me: I'm afraid they could be fraternity jocks or cheerleaders. Ain't that kewl? DS: *Shoots JongWK* Well, I'm going to try a little PbP GMing. I am not, however, in the mood for a bunch of gritty characters paranoid enough to shoot their own shadows (I've seen that happen, but I'm digressing). I've been adapting two stories for SR, and I'm looking for 4 to 5 players. Their characters should be from the Washington University ("U-Dub"). For this first game, I need them to be on good terms with a crusty old Professor. He teaches law and is not too terribly fond of corps. You don't need to study that or to have passed his course, just be a friend of him. This will be a run of sorts (there could be some lethal violence), but it's more of an investigation. If everything goes ok (and I manage to recover adventure #2), you'll go on holidays to the wonderful land of Az (this sequel is aptly named "Not another teen Azzie Horror movie"). I can GM during working days (Mon-Fri), and it gets expensive for me to access the net on weekends. You're warned. Final note: As for the character ideas... go wild! :silly: (Of course, be *somewhat* realistic: unless you craft a superb background story, those Wired Reflexes 2 are a little out of place...) [Edit] PS: For flexibility and weirdness' sake, use 125 Building Points. [/Edit] This post has been edited by JongWK: Feb 25 2004, 03:42 PM |
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Shooting Target ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Validating Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992 ![]() |
EDIT: Unnecessary 2nd post.
This post has been edited by JongWK: Feb 25 2004, 06:18 PM |
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Neophyte Runner ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 2,458 Joined: 22-March 03 From: I am a figment of my own imagination. Member No.: 4,302 ![]() |
Hmmm... I have a character that might fit... origninally she was supposed to be taking a year off before going to MIT&T, but I could say she's taking some classes at Washington University to pacify her folks while she lives the party life in the meantime.
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Running Target ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1,362 Joined: 3-October 03 From: Poway, San Diego County, CA, USA Member No.: 5,676 ![]() |
125 building points? Wow, just like every other character I've made! :grinbig: I could play an amateur decker who is majoring in computer science and minoring in criminal justice administration. I'll make him be planning to go into law enforcement, and he'll have wealty parents to justify his relatively expensive equipment. He'll also do a little campus drug dealing on the side.
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Neophyte Runner ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 2,458 Joined: 22-March 03 From: I am a figment of my own imagination. Member No.: 4,302 ![]() |
For a better description, Angel is an elven changeling Gecko shaman, with a twist of face in her as well. She's a partygoer, deeply entrenched in the Seattle club scene. At the University she'd be interested in law as it pertains to metahuman and changeling rights, and would be active in several eco groups, and pro-peace moevents. She's a pacafist, for reference, as well. Her magical specialties are manipulation and illusion. Her parents are corperate, and not entirely happy she's delaying going to MIT&T, as she has a full tuition scholarship waiting for her.
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Running Target ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1,362 Joined: 3-October 03 From: Poway, San Diego County, CA, USA Member No.: 5,676 ![]() |
A changeling? Can she go to the university without a SIN?
A few other questions Jong: Can we start with cultured bioware, what is this profesor's name, will we have free access to some tool shops belonging to the school, and do we not have to buy lifestyles if we live in the dorms? Oh, and my character will actually be majoring in computer science and minoring in chemistry rather than criminal justice. That way his chemistry kit doesn't look suspicious. |
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Neophyte Runner ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 2,458 Joined: 22-March 03 From: I am a figment of my own imagination. Member No.: 4,302 ![]() |
What's stopping a changeling from having a SIN?
Edit: Throwing up the pic I edited for Angel a while back for chatroom play (in a room I host, but that never took off), just because I can: Angel |
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Running Target ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1,362 Joined: 3-October 03 From: Poway, San Diego County, CA, USA Member No.: 5,676 ![]() |
Non-metahumans cannot be citizens, barring an act of congress. And they are legally considered animals, albeit endangered ones. Maybe they can still have SINs without being citizens, I don't know. But it would be hard for them to get one, since their parents are wild animals. One other question: do I need seperate electronics and computer kits, or just one microtronics kit?
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Beetle Eater ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,797 Joined: 3-June 02 From: Oblivion City Member No.: 2,826 ![]() |
Changlings are metahumans. You're thinking of shapeshifters.
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Runner ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 2,751 Joined: 8-August 03 From: Neighbor of the Beast Member No.: 5,375 ![]() |
I have a combat mage idea...second year student on an Ares scholarship. I've had this idea for a while.
Questions: Pbp? Play by .... ? are there restrictions on skills, spell levels, gear other than standard to represent the fact that we're, well, college kids? |
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Beetle Eater ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,797 Joined: 3-June 02 From: Oblivion City Member No.: 2,826 ![]() |
Ummm, play by post, like, totally.
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Neophyte Runner ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 2,458 Joined: 22-March 03 From: I am a figment of my own imagination. Member No.: 4,302 ![]() |
Changelings not Shapeshifters. Once more it seems you're playing Mr. Watchdog GM, without foundation. Changelings are metahumans who've undergone SURGE. Shapeshifters are the big fuzzy animal types.
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Runner ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 2,751 Joined: 8-August 03 From: Neighbor of the Beast Member No.: 5,375 ![]() |
Yeah, yeah...play by post. I figured it out right after I signed off. Its been a rough week...and its only Wednesday. :)
Back on track: I might can that earlier idea in favor of a more "normal" character. I might be thinking of a junior. Psychology or Psych/Criminal Justice dual major. Sort of a face type but w/o most of the useful contacts a traditional fixer has. He has several years of martial arts under his belt--[MA style]: 4; spent some time on the pistol range (probably 4 or 5) and some high social skills. Basic cyber: plastic bone lacing (he was in a car accident in high school) and maybe some eye work (undecided). I'll probably dump some points into edges and flaws to make him more shadowrunnery (again, undecided) More questions: is the investigation on campus? (like, scooby-style, dude/Scream/ I Know What You Did Last Summer/ etc...) OR off campus big bad (totaly Buffe-esque/run ins with organised crime/ etc)? The reason I ask is if its off campus stuff I'd like a bunch of on campus contacts for a reduced rate and lower level Flaw: Enemy type stuff. My theory being that knowing a bunch of chics on the soccer team is useful on campus but they likely wouldn't know drek about the latest chrome to hit the streets from chiba. Likewise that hockey player dude that hates me b/c I'm friends w/ his girlfriend...you get the idea. So, what do you think?? Side Note: If this works out I get to be the "cool Angel-type" (Angel as in Buffy's Angel. Not DH's Angel) guy I always wanted to be... 8) |
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Neophyte Runner ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 2,458 Joined: 22-March 03 From: I am a figment of my own imagination. Member No.: 4,302 ![]() |
Oooh, ooh... I'll be Willow!
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Runner ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 2,751 Joined: 8-August 03 From: Neighbor of the Beast Member No.: 5,375 ![]() |
Thats a deal! But I'm not a vampire :(
Maybe I'll be the Xander type that I always wanted to...hey, wait a tick. I AM a Xander type. Hmmm..... :grinbig: |
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Running Target ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1,362 Joined: 3-October 03 From: Poway, San Diego County, CA, USA Member No.: 5,676 ![]() |
Oh crum, changelings, you mean SURGE. Yeah, I don't have the comet sourcebooks. My mistake.
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Neophyte Runner ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 2,458 Joined: 22-March 03 From: I am a figment of my own imagination. Member No.: 4,302 ![]() |
's cool... didn't mean to be defensive 'n all...
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Target ![]() Group: Members Posts: 96 Joined: 19-August 03 Member No.: 5,523 ![]() |
I'm in and will have a pair of concepts sent out within a few. A few questions, these need to be U-Dub students? Or just affiliated with the University in some way, besides also being associated with old prof? Also, could you give us a basic low-down on the prof, besides the fact that he deals with Law, so that he can be worked into BG's?
Danke, Wailer. |
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Shooting Target ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Validating Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992 ![]() |
Good to see victims rushing in. :) I will now take a few questions:
The SURGE issue has already been clarified. You can attend the University with a probationary SIN (especially if if you are some kind of street scum prodigy on a scholarship). If you don't have a SIN, you can't be a student or professor.
They basically need to be connected to Professor Navarro in some way, although I'd like them to be
No, sorry. You can still buy standard bioware.
Profesor Paul Navarro is of Hispanic ancestors. He's one of the oldest members of the faculty, and was born in 1984. He could have retired decades ago, but somehow the guy keeps going on and on like a perpetual motion machine. The Grand Old Man is a real bastard when it comes to tests and exams. As a matter of fact, Ivar Lindstrom (Seattle's Governor), is rumoured to have lost five Law 101 exams in a row... :vegm: On the other hand, he's also a loyal, helpful friend and a courageous SOB. Navarro is something of a romantic, bleeding heart Quixote, always supporting lost causes. It's probably the nostalgia for the good ol' US of A that gets to him every while or so in class. It's not hard to hate and fear him like VITAS at first, but it's even harder not to appreciate and respect him later.
The U-Dub has both a computer and an electronics tool shop, but you need to sign in a registration form to use them. Similar palces exist for other subjects like Chemistry or Medicine, to name a few. There is a Hermetic Library (Rating 8... pretty nice), which you also need permission to use (last year, a student geeked himself after summoning an oversized fire elemental). The Shamanic Lodge isn't so good (Rating 6), but the University has a deal with the Salish-Shidhe Council, so that students and professors can use visit Council Island or the SSC itself for educational purposes.
Sure. If you're a student, you get an oh-so-kewl Low lifestyle for free, which you have to share with someone else (two beds per dorm).
Legal gear = All If you need a permit for an item, you can a) pay the permit and get it legally registered with your SIN, or b) play wannabe runner and do some shady stuff (ooohhh!!!). Spells and magical gear are legally limited to level 3... Of course, it's hard to verify that a mage has a level 6 spell, but if a trained cop notices you using it, you might end up having to call your lawyer... ;) I can't remember if you need to register items of Force <3 or >3. If you're a corporate citizen, you might be able to bend the rules a bit, but I leave it up to you guys to figure it out. Obviously, corp citizens will probably have a frightened-deer look in their faces when confronted with non-corporate life. The corporate lifestyle can be weird... Corp student: "Look, I've got a new tattoo!" Non-corp kid: "Cool, what is it?" CS: "Ares' logo! I have it in my nipple, right along the KE piercing! Ain't it kewl?" NCK: ... :eek:
Both. Let's see how do Sixth World students manage to survive difficult choices like Pink-Glo Tiffany Needler or Chiba-Chrome Tm Walter Palm, and slumming around Redmond or attending Phi-Beta-Kappa's latest party. :P This post has been edited by JongWK: Feb 26 2004, 07:29 PM |
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Neophyte Runner ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 2,458 Joined: 22-March 03 From: I am a figment of my own imagination. Member No.: 4,302 ![]() |
Angel should do fine then, she's a bit of a flake, but can keep a cool head when she needs to. As for the SIN, she's got one, but no permit for her holdout pistol, it was a gift. She's trained a bit under an actual runner, but most of her skills she's learned through my favorite hobby, the one I'm going to get into some day, Urban Exploration...
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 555 Joined: 11-August 03 Member No.: 5,408 ![]() |
I claim the Troll on the Urban Brawl team! That is, if you are still accepting players.
Im pre-law on a sports scholarship! Now for the diffocult choice: Fomori, Giant, or Normal Troll? |
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Running Target ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1,362 Joined: 3-October 03 From: Poway, San Diego County, CA, USA Member No.: 5,676 ![]() |
Urban Brawl team? I can't imagine that as a college sport, even in the violent world of Shadowrun.
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Shooting Target ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Validating Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992 ![]() |
No Urban Brawl, sorry. College sports are ok, however. After all, football is mostly dominated by trolls and orks, according to canon. :ork
You might even date the elven cheerleader captain. :rotfl: |
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Shooting Target ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Validating Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992 ![]() |
The list of interested people is:
Digital Heroin -> Angel / Gecko shaman Panzergeist -> Decker? Wailer -> ? Kevyn668 -> Corp rich kid, Mage. Phelious Fogg -> Troll on a sports scholarship. Panzergeist, careful with your deck. Remember that the Masking is "illegal" (you know, that funny word adults use ;)). Give me a reason in your background as to how did you get it, unless you're planning to run on a low-end deck (now, wouldn't that be funny... :evil: ) Everybody: Character files (background included) in RTF, TXT or XLS format to jwkimgoyret AT yahoo DOT com, or PM me their stats and background. There's space for a sixth player. I think 7 would be too much, at least if PbP are like table top games. Of course, I might reconsider this if presented with a cool character (hint hint ;)) EDIT: Corrected e-mail address. This post has been edited by JongWK: Mar 1 2004, 05:43 PM |
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 555 Joined: 11-August 03 Member No.: 5,408 ![]() |
Should I play a Phys Ad? or just Bit of Cyber? What sounds like a shadowrun football player?
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