2072 [+4 Months], Multiple Players / GMs - Recruitment Always Open Options

[Notsoevildm]

Copperhead is indeed female. Her cyberware actually makes her a pretty poor shaman at the moment; consider her more like a troll ganger with perks.

One way to link her to Ember would be that she is trying to learn more about magic and either her talismonger contact or her totem led her to Ember. Ember could also have noticed the cybered lady troll that seemed to be paying more interest in his spirit than him at the 'Horny Troll' bar. Failing that a friend of a friend could simply put her name forward as a someone who trying to get into the shadow scene.

[Seth]

The Horny Troll is a fine establishment: Strip Joint. BBQ Devil Rat. Pool. Bar. Karaoke on Fridays.

Ember should get out more!

@NotSoEvilDM:
Copperhead looks fine. Can I request that you get the extended range detect enemies spell?..not that I have specific need for you to have it or anything...

[Aria]

Will try and write an IC in for Copperhead this morning. More too for Jamie, Jotamon and Doza is brewing in my nasty GM mind (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ork.gif)

[galenbd]

Jamie Initiative
3 successes

Looks like my Initiative is 13 with 2 IP

Yokinko Initiative
4 successes

Yokinko has a 14 with 3 IP

Yokinko Detect Hidden Node
Skill: Agent 4
Utility: Scan 3
Threshold: 4
Reference: Core p. 230

2 successes

Galen

[JxJxA]

Hello, I was wondering if there is still room in the game. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) I have a goofy weapons-specialist that I've been dying to play, since both of my other PCs in campaigns are rather dry. I have the character sheet linked in my sig from the Cast of Shadows thread---Damien Donatien AKA Demon. He's a womanizing, wino of a Frenchman. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif)

[Seth]

@JxJxA
Hi and welcome to 2072.

Aria's Gming one game, and somehow I fluffed it, and he is in charge of recruiting for the game I am running (note to self: don't do that again!).

@Aria/Jotamon
It was touching...a tear in my eye.

Glad they decided to sniper the already taken out guys and not us.
Surprise: 6 successes. That's initiative 20 I think.

IP1:
Get in the car
Free action Spotting the sniper 3 successes
IP2:
Free action to text Doza
I'll take a simple action to do a proper look: 4 successes (two rolls 3 successes and 1 successe, as I forgot about the minus 2)
Another simple action to look: 7 successes, Got him! (I hope)

IP3:
Simple action scan for signals: only 2 successes
I'll probably try and shoot the sniper, but I will wait to see what else has happened.

I'll hang off posting the IP 2 and 3 results until I know what is happening. What is the range to the sniper? and cover modifiers?

[JxJxA]

Awesome, thanks! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) I'll read through the rules post a few times and make some finishing touches to Demon. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[Aria]

@JxJxA
Hi and welcome to 2072.

Aria's Gming one game, and somehow I fluffed it, and he is in charge of recruiting for the game I am running (note to self: don't do that again!).

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) You were the one that said I should negotiate hire fees!

@Ember
[April 15th 2072; 20:30: Kobe Terrace Park]

<<[My Allenby]. What! What! Who is this? How did you get my private number! Go away? I don't know Charlotte. If you bother me again I will set Lone Star on you >>

Did you mean to use Charlotte's name? I'm reasonably sure I said Argent?!? I just want to check if it was a minor slip before I pounce on him (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Oh, and by April '72 the chances are that KE have taken over from Lone Star (in the nicer parts of town at least)

[Seth]

Point taken about Lone Star...that is very relevant TY.
He still said Lone Star, but that's because he is flustered and a bit old fashioned

I really meant to say Charlotte. And he has hung up (he sounded flustered and angry). When you try and reconnect he has put you on his blacklist. If you make some sort of computer roll you can work out how to bypass the black list (2 successes on logic + computer, 1 success on logic + hacking, you can default computer).

Otherwise you can hire someone with those skills, or go there: its only an hour away from where Copperhead is, although his workplace about 10 minutes from where you are. His home place is an hour away. Perhaps you could rearrange the meet with Copperhead, or do it virtually? That wasn't pressure from me: its just a pain for you to travel an hour away and then an hour back.

Computer options:
You can just find mapping software (equivalent of google maps) to show you roughly where his house is and what the terrain is
You can do a data search on his home address, or work address. (default computer skills ok. One success gets you a lot).

If you look for the mapping software you find his home address is a bulletproof condo in the Richmond highlands. He lives with the band. It's designed for keeping out paparazzi not shadowrunners.

[Aria]

@Jamie et al.

2072 Locations EDIT: link doesn't seem to work...can you follow my sig link to my website and checkout the links there?

Thanks to Google Maps I’ve got some additional info for you so that you can picture where you are (note I’ve made some changes to account for 60 odd years but in essence it’s the same)

NE41st street is an offshoot of NE40th street and housed Microsoft execs before that company sunk in the first crash. The condos are large and spacious, set back from the street with gardens (or what were once gardens, now dust bowls with straggled weeds)

You are at the intersection with 40th street and the kid came from between two buildings off 41st to the north. The trace reports that the Bastard and team are in the warren of cul-de-sacs to the north west of here.

Your shooter is in a 4 storey apartment building on the south side of NE40th street (all the southern side of this street is lined with low level apartments which aren’t there 2010s), about 20-30m from your position.

The jackrabbit is facing west towards downtown and therefore on the north side of the road (I had to think about this carefully, fancy driving on the wrong side of the road (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) )...

@Seth, do you have a location for the Horny Troll and I’ll add it to the map...anyone else want anything adding on I can see about opening this up for collaboration (don’t know if that’ll work but we’ll see...)

@JxJxA: Well I think Ember and Demon would seriously annoy each other (might be fun (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) ) so I’m sure we could find a reason for him to hire you too! Given the French connection there’s a chance he knows you already...

Otherwise I can work you into the thread with Seth, Alyena and Galen? Or if DH get’s back to us I can work you in with him on the courier run. Let us know which you’d prefer?!?

[galenbd]

How are we handling Initiative Passes? By my estimation, the sniper had a Surprise round to shoot our previous opposition.

Now we are actually in Initiative. I defined Jamie's actions, Seth defined Jotomon's actions, Aria defined the snipers actions. I understand we are waiting on Doza. No pressure, just trying to understand.

Aria indicated what had happened so far. Once Doza posts, do the three of us post our intended actions for IP number 2? Then the GM resolves?

Galen

[Seth]

By my estimation, the sniper had a Surprise round to shoot our previous opposition.

Aha spot the D20 player. That game gives you cancer you know!

As I understand it (although I have to reread the rules everytime)

1: The attacker rolls surprise (with +6 die)
2: Everyone else rolls surprise (only getting +6 if you knew that the attackers were there)
3: In IP 1 unless you beat the attacker, you are surprised, although you can still do things that don't affect the attacker (for example draw weapons, put children in the car, move).
4: Then you go to IP 2, and no one is surprised.

Surprise is far more damaging in shadowrun than d20, but you "only" get one IP of surprise.

@Aria/Ember
I'll let you and Copperhead get together before posting any more IC. Tell me when you want to go somewhere.

[galenbd]

Thank you for clarifying surprise. I'll include that in our next, inevitable, firefight. I've been corrupted by too much d20, I agree.

That still does not answer my base question. How are we handling communication of actions in a given IP? Is the way I described it correct? Seth has define tentative actions for the entire Combat Turn. Should we be doing it that way? What convention are we using?

Galen

[Seth]

Everyone seems to use their own conventions in play by forum. I recommend mine (obviously) as reduces the time taken to process it by the GM. Occasionally I have to go back and edit the post, but mostly it seems to work well.

[galenbd]

I ran a one shot d20 game to test 3 Combat Turns at once. The players defined their tentative actions for 3 turns. It meant a lot of work for the GM typing everything out once I figured everything out. It has unfortunately been deleted.

That's why I was skeptical about defining all action for the entire Combat Turn. I didn't want to overload the GM.

Galen

[Aria]

I'll be the first to admit it doesn't always work but I try and make things as free flowing as possible (sometimes at the expense of initiative orders etc) so that people don't have to wait for anyone else to post.

One thing that has worked (given the ease of invisible castle for doing multiple rolls) is to get people to roll 2-3 attack rolls and 2-3 defence rolls and then I just run through them in turn as required, ignoring the rolls that aren't needed...that way you shoot someone, if they get to shoot back I can use your roll to IC the defense and don't need to wait for you to roll and the IC keeps moving.

Sometimes you change your mind and then it's easy enough to go back and edit out a section of IC

Your are all tentatively on IP2 I think...and just because you've 'spotted' one shooter, who's to say there aren't 2? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ork.gif)

[JxJxA]

Okay, I've added the finishing touches to Demon. Do I just jump in with a post? (sorry, I'm a little new to Shadowrun and very new to a Persistent World setup) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Aria]

Okay, I've added the finishing touches to Demon. Do I just jump in with a post? (sorry, I'm a little new to Shadowrun and very new to a Persistent World setup) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

If you set yourself up with an intro post so that we can get a feel for your character then I'm sure either Ember or Seth will give you a commcall and get you involved in his run (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Aria]

[April 15th, 2072 10:16am; NE41st St. Touristville, Redmond]

Jamie climbs more comfortably into the driver’s seat. People get less nervy if they think there’s actually a person driving. She maps out a quick route that’s away from the node she traced before. I suspect he’s out of the picture, but I don’t want to drive into that firefight.

Once the dogbrain is occupied with it’s new order, Jamie maps a longer route taking them to the 405.

You seem to have made your gettaway...where are you headed? Probably something Seth/Jotamon will want to discuss...and I hope Doza bought a vehicle (although there's a bus headed to Downtown that will be along shortly...)

[galenbd]

Right now, she's headed out of Redmond to the 405. I expected to discuss with Jotomon on the way.

Galen

[Seth]

@Aria/Ember

I'm sure either Ember or Seth

If you don't mind Aria, it will come much better from Ember: Mr Johnson is quite satisfied with the quality and number of people he has recruited!

@Aria/Galen/Alyena
We might as well head to that Stuffer Shack^TM, so we can meet up. I suspect Jamie and myself had better introduce ourselves to each other...

[JxJxA]

Sounds good. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) I'll work on an intro post. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[unsound]

Holy crap, it's been a long ass time since I've been to this neck of the woods, and imagine my surprise when I found out that this game is still alive. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/eek.gif) Aria, you are bloody awesome. Hats off to Grimm as well, who as far as I understand also had a hand in keeping my baby going. I would apologize to my old players for dropping off the grid so suddenly, but none of them seem to be around anymore. Life's been crazy, I've had to move to a new country, and stuff still ain't settled yet. Maybe when it does I'll pop in here to GM a run or two. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Aria: with you as an operator, I'm sure that this game will go to places I've never even dreamed about when I first conceived it. I look forward to reading the stories you and your crew come up with. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Aria]

Good to hear from you Unsound! Come back any time (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

@Jamie et al. Do you want me to escort you to the stuffer shack or do you want to go elsewhere first? Don't want to override you before you get a chance to make some decisions (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[galenbd]

I think we can get there our selves. Jamie doesn't know where it is so I hope Jotomon will suggest it at some point. Jamie's currently just trying to get the hell out of Dodge.

Galen