OOC: The Sun Never Sets, OOC Thread for The Sun Never Sets Options

[Tecumseh]

Hoi, chummers,

This is the OOC thread for The Sun Never Sets. Here is our lineup, with the character's name, brief description, and real-life geographic location:

pbangarth - Stogie (human shepherd adept) + Jake (border collie) - Toronto
Faranji - Jeff (dwarven rigger) - Germany
phlapjack77 - Smohalla (eagle-shifter mage) - China
Aerospider - Will of the Forest (free spirit) - UK
AtroposReborn - Elessar Arnatuilë (elven survivalist) - East Coast, U.S.
Tecumseh - Tec (GM) - Seattle

This will be an open-ended game. If you want to geek the Johnson and form a gang of eco-warriors to free the land from its oppressors, we can do that. If you want to pool your resources and open a rollerskating rink as a front for your organ-legging business in the basement, that can be arranged. It's not even strictly necessary for all the characters to stick together, but it's probably easier if they do. The only thing we won't do is player versus player combat. You can fight and argue with each other but the only person you get to attack is me.

First things first: please post your character sheet below, including your background and equipment. We'll get started shortly.

[Faranji]

This will be meta knowledge (is that the correct English word? It's Meta-Wissen in German which equals knowledge but it sounds wrong). But are you sure it's a good idea to upload them publicly? I.e. open for the rest of the players? Perhaps this will mess up some surprises.


(Spoiler) The Charsheet including Equipment. Created with Chummer Generator:

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== Info ==
Street Name: Jeff
Name: Miloš Isaiah Hlavač
Dwarf
Composure: 8
Judge Intentions: 9
Lift/Carry: 7 (45 kg/30 kg)
Memory: 9
Nuyen: 0

== Attributes ==
BOD: 4
AGI: 5
REA: 3
STR: 3
CHA: 4
INT: 5
LOG: 5
WIL: 4
EDG: 1

== Derived Attributes ==
Essence: 5,25
Initiative: 8
IP: 1
Matrix Initiative: 13
Matrix IP: 3
Physical Damage Track: 10
Stun Damage Track: 10

== Active Skills ==
Animal Handling : 0 Pool: 4
Animal Training : 0 Pool: 4
Archery : 0 Pool: 4
Armorer : 1 [Armor] Pool: 6 ((IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)
Artisan : 0 Pool: 4
Automatics : 0 Pool: 4
Automotive Mechanic : 1 [Wheeled] Pool: 6 ((IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)
Blades : 0 Pool: 4
Climbing : 1 Pool: 4
Clubs : 0 Pool: 4
Computer : 3 Pool: 8
Con : 3 Pool: 7
Cybercombat : 4 Pool: 9
Data Search : 3 Pool: 8
Demolitions : 1 [Improvised Explosives] Pool: 6 ((IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)
Disguise : 2 [Camouflage] Pool: 7 (9)
Diving : 0 Pool: 3
Dodge : 2 Pool: 5
Electronic Warfare : 4 Pool: 9
Escape Artist : 0 Pool: 4
Etiquette : 3 Pool: 7
First Aid : 2 Pool: 7
Flight : 1 Pool: 4
Forgery : 0 Pool: 4
Gunnery : 4 [Ballistic] Pool: 9 (11)
Gymnastics : 1 Pool: 6
Hacking : 4 Pool: 9
Hardware : 3 Pool: 8
Heavy Weapons : 0 Pool: 4
Infiltration : 3 [Wilderness] Pool: 8 (10)
Instruction : 0 Pool: 3
Intimidation : 0 Pool: 3
Leadership : 3 Pool: 7
Locksmith : 0 Pool: 4
Longarms : 3 [Shotguns] Pool: 8 (10)
Navigation : 4 Pool: 10
Negotiation : 3 Pool: 7
Palming : 0 Pool: 4
Parachuting : 0 Pool: 3
Perception : 3 Pool: 10
Pilot Ground Craft : 2 [Car] Pool: 5 (7)
Pilot Watercraft : 0 Pool: 2
Pistols : 0 Pool: 4
Riding : 0 Pool: 2
Running : 1 Pool: 4
Shadowing : 0 Pool: 4
Software : 3 Pool: 8
Survival : 4 Pool: 9
Swimming : 1 Pool: 4
Throwing Weapons : 0 Pool: 4
Tracking : 4 Pool: 10
Unarmed Combat : 0 Pool: 4

== Knowledge Skills ==
Combat Bike Teams : 4 Pool: 9
Czech : 4 Pool: 9
Drones : 5 Pool: 10
English : N Pool: 0
Gangs Of Seattle : 3 [Reality Hackers] Pool: 8 (10)
Hunting : 3 Pool: 8
Whiskey : 3 Pool: 8

== Contacts ==
Big Buster Hill (Bartender) (1, 1)
John Underwood (Fixer) (2, 2)
Fritz TreeHugga (Troll Arms Smuggler) (3, 1)
Jimmie Western (Garage Owner) (1, 2)

== Qualities ==
Addiction (Mild) (Alcohol)
Critter Spook
Delusion ("Invisible Mentor" Elayia)
Distinctive Style (20 pts)
Incompetent (Animal Handling)
More than Metahuman
Outdoorsman
Perceptive (+2 Bonus)
Restricted Gear (Rating 3)
Sense of Direction
Thermographic Vision
Wanted

== Cyberware/Bioware ==
Control Rig
Datajack
Math SPU

== Armor ==
Armor Jacket 8/6
Camouflage Suit 8/6
+Biomonitor

== Weapons ==
Combat Axe

DV: 6P AP: -1 RC: 0

Mossberg AM-CMDT
+Gas-Vent 3 System
+Gyro Stabilization
+Smartgun System, External
+Camera Upgrade, Flare Compensation
+Camera Upgrade, Low Light
+Metahuman Customization
+Personalized Grip
DV: 9P(f) AP: +5 RC: 4(10)

Remington 950
+Imaging Scope
+Silencer
+Smartgun System, External
+Barrel Extension
+Camera Upgrade, Low Light
+Camera Upgrade, Smarlink
+Camera Upgrade, Vision Magnification
+Camouflage Ghillie Shroud
+Electronic Firing
+Firing Selection Change, Small Mod (SA)
+Metahuman Customization
+Trigger Removal
DV: 8P AP: -1 RC: 1

Survival Knife
DV: 3P AP: -1 RC: 0

Unarmed Attack
DV: 2S AP: - RC: 0

== Commlink ==
Singularity Battle Buddy Basic (5, 0, 0, 5)
+Singularity Battle Buddy Basic
+Nonstandard Wireless Link Rating 6
+Response Enhancer Rating 2
+Hardening Rating 6
+Skinlink
+Customized Interface
+Directional Antenna Rating 6
+Agent Rating 2
+Armor Rating 4
+Attack Rating 3
+Biofeedback Filter Rating 4
+Decrypt Rating 3
+ECCM Rating 3
+Encrypt Rating 5
+Exploit Rating 4
+Medic Rating 3
+Nuke Rating 3
+Pilot Rating 4
+Reality Filter Rating 5
+Scan Rating 5
+Sniffer Rating 3
+Spoof Rating 4
+Stealth Rating 3
+Track Rating 3
+Sim Module (Hot)
+Tacsoft Rating 1
+Suite: Pro User [Analyze 4, Browse 4, Command 2, Edit 4]

== Gear ==
Adaptability Rating 3
Ammo: Flechette Rounds (Shotguns) x500
Ammo: Regular Ammo (Sports Rifles) x100
Ammo: Regular Ammo (Assault Rifles) x1000
Barbed Wire (10m) x30
Camera Rating 6 x5
Camouflage Netting x5
Chaser Rating 3
Clearsight Rating 3
Cyberware Scanner Rating 6 x2
Defense Rating 3
Directional Antenna Rating 6
Ghillie Suit

Goggles Rating 6
+Smartlink
+Image Link
+Vision Enhancement Rating 3

Headjammer Rating 6

Headphones Rating 2
+Audio Enhancement Rating 3
+Spatial Recognizer

Jammer, Area Rating 2
Laser Trip Beam, Infrared x5
Maglock Biometric Reader x2
Medkit Rating 6
Medkit Supplies
Microphone Rating 6 x5
Motion Sensor x5
Pressure Mesh/Pads (10m) x5
Radar Rating 5 x2
Security Lighting, Regular Lamps x10
Smart Jammer, Area Rating 2
Sonar, Passive Rating 6 x2
Tag Eraser
Targeting (Assault Rifles) Rating 3
Telematics Infrastructure Rating 4
White Noise Generator Rating 6
Wireless Negation Paint Rating 6 x10

== Vehicles ==
Bust-A-Move (Minidrone)
+Walker Mode
+Minidrone Sensor

GM-Nissan Doberman (Medium)
+SunCell
+Walker Mode
+Weapon Mount (Normal, External, Turret, Remote)
+Medium Drone Sensor
+Targeting (Self)

GM-Nissan Doberman (Medium)
+SunCell
+Walker Mode
+Weapon Mount (Normal, External, Turret, Remote)
+Medium Drone Sensor
+Targeting (Self)

MCT Fly-Spy (Minidrone)
+Improved Takeoff and Landing Level 2
+Maneuver (Self) Rating 2
+Minidrone Sensor

Renraku Stormcloud (Medium)
+Lighter Than Air
+Clearsight Rating 3
+Medium Drone Sensor

Tata Hotspur (Off-Road Racing Truck)
+Drone Rack, Large
+Drone Rack, Large
+Engine Customization, Speed
+Extreme Environment Mod
+Gun Port
+Gun Port
+Interior Cameras
+Off-Road Suspension
+Personal Armor (Rating 3) Rating 3
+Personal Armor (Rating 3) Rating 3
+Removed Manual Controls
+Rigger Adaptation
+Rigger Cocoon, Basic
+Smart Tires
+Smuggling Compartment, Normal
+Vehicle Sensor

(Spoiler) The full background is to be found here:

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“Jeff” was born in 2042 as Miloš Isaiah Hlavač, son of Mstislav and Kayley Hlavač. After fighting in the Euro Wars as a partisan his father was forced to emigrate and later found a job with an Ares controlled security firm in Seattle. In 2041 he married his future beloved wife and religious fundamentalist Kayley and one year later thanks to her refusal to use contraceptives she gave birth to Miloš Isaiah (His father would call him Miloš, his mother Isaiah).
Jeff had what is most likely described as a normal conslave’s child childhood. Protected, moderately educated and heavily bored and out for rebellion. His father used to take him out hunting in the mountains around Seattle but Miloš always hated that :“How can you possibly sit out here staring at fucking trees when you could be at home and watch the Combat Bike Finals!? Dad. I want to go home” – at this point he would reach for his commlink and start chatting with his friends.
In September of 2059 after he had broke up with his first girlfriend Julia, Mstislav took Jeff out hunting again. Naturally that was pretty much the last thing Jeff wanted and when they had set camp in the woods and his father was asleep Jeff ran off and hitched back to Seattle.
Jeff spent a few weeks frustrated and willingly lost on the streets of Seattle before he met EyeZ. Jeff couldn’t tell anymore exactly how but somehow they got friends (According to the myth they met late at night because EyeZ pushed Jeff and made him drop his soy burger. When EyeZ went away Jeff hacked his Commlink and made it explode (so the legend) and thus their friendship was born.) . He was drafted into the “Reality Hackers” gang where he started working as a hacker and later driver and rigger. Over the next few years he worked his way into mid level and sometimes he was allowed to drive the boss’s “Phat Crab Whacka” Hotspur. Jeff enjoyed gang life but in spite of that he was still hopelessly naïve and so after falling madly in love with Phat Crab’s elven sex slave Tila he thought it would be a good idea to use the chaos of the Matrix Crash ’64 to make a run for the hills. As a rigger he had easy access to most electronics and leaving a trail of blood and smoking electric remains behind him he made his way from the cocoon to the armory, from the armory to the workshop, backed up by drones from the workshop to Tila’s room, to the boss’s office (who was luckily not there) and from the boss’s office to the garage. He loaded everything (including credsticks worth 50’000 Nuyen) in and onto the boss’s favorite car and then they raced out of town.
Tila was mildly said less than intelligent let alone a psychiatrist but even she realized that Jeff was heavily traumatized. He cried and cursed all the time and over time he became more and more paranoid. They set up camp in the woods not too far away from where Jeff had left his father years ago and spent a few weeks there until they had to return to town to pick up supplies.
Meanwhile angry Phat Crab Whacka had organized a hunt on Jeff and a gang revenge squad was waiting in the small town where naturally everybody had noticed the Hotspur racing through. They set a trap and Jeff and Tila walked right in – that is Tila walked in and Jeff made a run. They executed her right there on the street while Jeff ran for the truck, bullets flying around him – his full auto shotgun dangling from the sling on his back. He would never forgive himself later.
Phat Crab Whacka decided after taking at least part of his revenge that he couldn’t afford wasting gangpower on the idiot in the hills and set a bounty on Jeff’s head.
Jeff drove deeper into the back country until he found a bunker ruin – left overs from the ghost dance war – in which he set up his new “home”. He repaired it, modified it and built a bunk house over it as a disguise. Later he dug a tunnel (or had his drones dig) down to the bottom of the cliff in which it was built. He set up a shrine for his lost Tila in his living room and command centre and started worshipping her like a statue of the holy Mary. In 2070 he started having “visions” of Tila and a few months later he was happily talking and arguing with his invisible elven girlfriend.
By then he was already well known in the villages in the proximity and people just called him “Jeff”. Occasionally when he runs out of money he runs the shadows (can you kill 10 giant rats in my cellar?) for local Johnsons but most of the time he keeps to himself.

Then there is an IC-relevant description here:

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First he is a dwarf. Secondly he has a full auto shotgun with him - always. And thirdly he wears an aluminum foil hat.
Jeff looks somewhat scruffy, nose scarred from alcohol abuse. His hair if seen below the tin foil is blunt brown, he is rarely clean shaven but doesn't grow a "real" beard either.
He will wear a camouflage suit or at least a armor vest and there he always has his two best friends with him: A pet drone jeff-climbing frog and an invisible friend with whom he keeps mumbling and arguing.
He rides an expensive and heavily modified Tata Hotspur.

I will add a floor plan for the bunker + security measures and positions some time later - when I've created it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[Tecumseh]

Yes, it's a fine line: it's difficult to determine what another PC might have heard about your character via rumor or reputation. I need them all here for my own reference, since right now the character sheets and backgrounds are scattered over multiple messages and revisions, bouncing back and forth between my e-mail and my PM inbox.

I like what you've done with the Spoiler tags. If anyone else wants to follow the same model, I'm happy with that. Additionally, if you want to include a segment on what you think others might have heard about your character, that could act as a basis for in-game knowledge.

[phlapjack77]

moving house and going on a business trip this week - I'll try my darndest to get this up before week's end.

And Faranji, thanks! *Yoink* (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[phlapjack77]

Smohalla

The Charsheet including Equipment. Created with Chummer Generator:

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== Info ==
Street Name: Smohalla
Name: Smohalla Sky-Father
Eagle Shifter
Composure: 8
Judge Intentions: 8
Lift/Carry: 5 (30 kg/20 kg)
Memory: 8
Move: 3/6
Fly: 18/80

== Attributes ==
BOD: 3
AGI: 4
REA: 3
STR: 2
CHA: 3
INT: 5
LOG: 3
WIL: 5
EDG: 4
MAG: 5

== Derived Attributes ==
Essence: 6
Initiative: 8
IP: 1
Astral Initiative: 10
Astral IP: 3
Physical Damage Track: 10
Stun Damage Track: 11

== Active Skills ==
Arcana:1 ::: 4
Artisan:1 ::: 6
Assensing:3 [Astral Forms] ::: 8 (10) +2 Perceptive
Astral Combat ::: 1 ::: 6
Counterspelling:3 ::: 8
Dodge:1 [Ranged Combat] ::: 4 (6)
Etiquette:3 [Tribal] ::: 6 (8)
First Aid:3 ::: 6
Flight:3 [Diving] ::: 5 (7)
Instruction:2 [Interests] ::: 5 (7)
Leadership:3 [Persuasion] ::: 5 (7) +1 Trustworthy
Navigation:3 [Mountain] ::: 8 (10) +1 Outdoorsman
Negotiation:2 [Diplomacy] ::: 5 (7) +1 Trustworthy
Perception:2 [Visual] ::: 7 (9) + 2 Perceptive
Ritual Spellcasting:1 :::: 6 +1 PF
Shadowing:1 [Tailing] ::: 6 (8)
Spellcasting:4 [Detection] ::: 9 (11) +1 PF (+2 Mentor: Detection spells)
Summoning:2 [Air spirits] ::: 7 (9) +1 PF (+2 Mentor: Air spirits
Survival:3 [Mountain] ::: 8 (10) +1 Outdoorsman
Tracking:3 [Mountain] ::: 8 (10) +1 Outdoorsman
Unarmed Combat:2 [Subdual Combat] ::: 6 (8)

== Knowledge Skills ==
Area Knowledge-Salish-Shidhe:4 [Cascade Mountains] ::: 9 (11)
Astrology:3 ::: 6
Botany:2 [Herbal Lore] ::: 5 (7)
Climatology:3 [Weather Patterns] ::: 6 (8)
Corporations:1 [Corporate Logos] ::: 4 (6)
English:3 [spoken] ::: 8 (10)
Magical Theory:2 [Astral World] ::: 5 (7)
Meditation:2 ::: 7
Or'zet:1 [spoken] ::: 6 (8)
Parazoology:1 ::: 4
Salish:N
Sign language:1 ::: 6
Sperethiel:1 [spoken] ::: 6 (8)
Tribal Lore:3 [Salish-Shidhe] ::: 8 (10)
Wakashan:1 [spoken] ::: 6 (8)
Zoology:3 ::: 6



== Contacts (C,L)==
Shahptian Wanapum tribe (Salish) (3 (5), 6) (20-99 members, Sprawl-size area of influence, minor magical resources)
Cascade Ork tribesperson (3, 3)
Makah tribesperson (2, 4)
Nootka Talismonger (4, 4)
Sinsearach Elf tribesperson (3, 2)
Tsawassen tribesperson (2, 4)



== Qualities ==
Computer Illiterate
Distinctive Style
Focused Concentration (Rating 1)
Guts
Impaired Attribute (BOD)
Magician
Mania/Phobia (Common, Moderate) (Claustrophobia)
Mentor Spirit (Eagle)
Outdoorsman
Perceptive (+2 Bonus)
Poor Self Control (Combat Monster)
Poor Self Control (Compulsive - Low Danger) (Won't lie)
Prejudiced (Specific, Biased) (Polluters)
Prejudiced (Specific, Biased) (Less than 6 Essence)
Reduced Sense (Partial) (Hearing)
Sense of Direction


== Spells ==
(Tradition: Druidic, Resist Drain with WIL + INT (10))
Buffet (Blast bolt, stun) DV: (F÷2)+1
Animal Sense (Extended) DV: (F÷2)+1
Clean [Element] (Water) DV: (F÷2)+2
Death Touch DV: (F÷2)-2
Detect Life (Extended) DV: (F÷2)+2
Dream DV: (F÷2)-1
Heal DV: (Damage Value)-2
Mana Window (Extended) DV: (F÷2)+2
Translate DV: (F÷2)


== Initiation ==
Initiate grade: 2
Metamagic: Centering, Cleansing

== Critter Powers ==
Allergy (Silver, Severe)
Enhanced Senses (Vision Enhancement (2), Vision Magnification)
Natural Weapon (Claws/Bite: DV STR/2 + 2, AP 0)
Regeneration
Sapience
Shift (Human)
Vulnerability (Silver)


== Armor ==
Clothing 0/0
+Insulation 3
+Natural Fiber
Leather Jacket 2/2
+Natural Fiber

== Weapons ==
Flint Knife
DV: 2P AP: - RC: 0
Unarmed Attack
DV: 1S AP: - RC: 0
Unarmed Attack(Eagle)
DV: 3S AP: - RC: 0

== Gear ==
Body Paint x3
Deepweed
Magical Lodge Materials Rating 4
Medkit Rating 2
Power Focus (bonded) Rating 1
Shade
Stimulant Patch Rating 4

The full background is found here:

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Eagles have short memories. I cannot remember anything from before the change - there is simply nothing there. My first memories were of opening my eyes on strange creatures, creatures I had only ever seen from high above. Dangerous creatures, too big to be food. I felt different: my body was heavy and massive, my vision oddly unfocused. It was then that I realized I was one of them, one of these creatures. Human. At least in appearance.

Among the Shahptian Wanapum tribe I learned to be like them. I learned to walk, to speak, to remember. They told me they had seen an eagle struck by a smaller bird as the eagle was diving from the sky. When they arrived on the spot they found only a naked human lying broken on the ground. Before their eyes the injuries closed miraculously, bones rearranging themselves back into their proper places, flesh knitting above and below. They thought they were witnessing one of their gods descended from the heavens and sent to aid their people.

My magic had been awakened by this near-death experience. Things began to happen simply through my will alone - people's injuries were made whole, dangers were dealt with, the dark forest came alive to my senses. As I learned to be human I also slowly learned to use these new powers. And so my tribe named me "Smohalla", Sky Father. I became the village shaman and was held in awe.

Years passed. I aged quicker than those around me, my body becoming frail and old. In my dreams, I began to wander the earth. Night after night these dreams continued. I soon came to realize that these were visions that I must heed. I began travelling amongst the tribes in the area, bringing them aid and information. In exchange for...nothing. The dreams only spoke of travelling, nothing more. I did this purely out of a need to move about where I willed. What need has the eagle but freedom? Roaming the open sky, surveying the world below me, eating when hungry, resting when tired. That was all I needed and all that the dreams portrayed. I thought that was all I would ever need.

Until the day I found the...abomination. Soaring high on a warm current of air, I saw it. Trees decimated as far as my eyes could see. Beautiful rock and streams ruined totally. A huge hole cut into the side of a mountain, a gaping wound that spilled out pestilence and death into the forest surrounding it. All manner of machinery and technology was arrayed around this putrid gash, digging, cutting, destroying. The spirit of the mountain cried out desperately in pain, a cry as sharp and painful as being struck in the face with a war axe.

This thing...I could not let it be so. Summoning the aid of my spirit brother, I descended like a lightning bolt and began to lay waste to the mechanical contraptions. For the first time I saw other types of humans - white skins, dark skins, even non-humans. They attempted to stop us, but it did not matter. We were unmerciful in our wrath. Before long nothing moved, not machinery nor living things. We then sang to the spirit of the mountain, sang songs of healing and purification. In time, the mountain will be whole once more.

And so we come to this. I still wander from tribe to tribe, bringing them aid and information. But now, in return, I gain information as well. Information on places where the Great Mother is being defiled. Information on the ways that the defiling can be stopped. Information on those who are like minded and can aid me. Serving the Great Mother - this now is my calling.

Then there is an IC-relevant description here:

[ Spoiler ]

Smohalla has a slight build, skin a light brown teak, long hair a dark brown with streaks of gray. Piercing golden eyes and a sharp nose peer out from a face lined with age. He wears a doeskin jacket over a simple shirt, warm animal skin leggings and a belt for a knife and a small pouch. The only other visible item is a very small beaded necklace with a single feather.

"A time is coming, a time when a war will be fought. The war will be a spiritual conflict against material matters. Material matters will be destroyed by spiritual beings who will remain to create one world and one nation under one power, that of the Creator. That time is not far off."

Karma:

[ Spoiler ]

Career Karma: 41
Remaining Karma: 2

5/12/2012: Astral Combat 0->1 (4)
8/29/2012: Initiate grade 1 (13)
11/5/2012: Counterspelling 2->3 (6)
7/11/2013: Initiate grade 2 (16)

[AtroposReborn]

Ok so it would be wonderful if I could figure out how to do the whole spoiler tag. Showing my chat ignorance again. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sleepy.gif)

[AtroposReborn]

Disregard my previous statement. I figured out how to post this due to trial and error. As requested...

(Spoiler) The Charsheet including Equipment. Created with Chummer Generator:

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== Info ==
Street Name: Eliasar
Name: Elessar Arnatuilë
Movement: 10/25, Swim: 6
Karma: 20
Street Cred: 2
Notoriety: 0
Public Awareness: 0
Elf Male Age 49
Height 2m/6.5ft Weight 79kg/174lbs
Composure: 7
Judge Intentions: 8
Lift/Carry: 8 (60 kg/40 kg)
Memory: 7
Nuyen: 0

== Attributes ==
BOD: 4
AGI: 4
REA: 4 (6)
STR: 4
CHA: 4
INT: 4
LOG: 4
WIL: 3
EDG: 1

== Derived Attributes ==
Essence: 6
Initiative: 8 (10)
IP: 1
Matrix Initiative: 4
Matrix IP: 1
Physical Damage Track: 10
Stun Damage Track: 10

== Active Skills ==
Animal Handling : 2 Pool: 6
Animal Training : 2 Pool: 6
Archery : 6 [Bows] Pool: 10 (12)
Armorer : 0 Pool: 3
Artisan : 0 Pool: 3
Automatics : 0 Pool: 3
Blades : 4 Pool: 8
Climbing : 4 Pool: 8
Clubs : 4 Pool: 8
Computer : 0 Pool: 3
Con : 0 Pool: 3
Cybercombat : 0 Pool: 3
Data Search : 0 Pool: 3
Demolitions : 0 Pool: 3
Disguise : 4 Pool: 8
Diving : 0 Pool: 3
Dodge : 4 Pool: 10
Escape Artist : 0 Pool: 3
Etiquette : 3 Pool: 7
Exotic Ranged Weapon : 4 [Blow Gun] Pool: 8
First Aid : 3 Pool: 7
Flight : 4 Pool: 8
Forgery : 0 Pool: 3
Gunnery : 0 Pool: 3
Gymnastics : 4 Pool: 8
Hacking : 0 Pool: 3
Heavy Weapons : 0 Pool: 3
Infiltration : 4 Pool: 8
Instruction : 0 Pool: 3
Intimidation : 0 Pool: 3
Leadership : 4 Pool: 8
Locksmith : 0 Pool: 3
Longarms : 3 [Sporting Rifles] Pool: 7 (9)
Navigation : 4 Pool: 8
Negotiation : 4 [Bargaining] Pool: 8 (10)
Palming : 4 Pool: 8
Parachuting : 0 Pool: 3
Perception : 2 Pool: 6
Pilot Ground Craft : 0 Pool: 5
Pilot Watercraft : 0 Pool: 5
Pistols : 1 Pool: 5
Riding : 0 Pool: 5
Running : 4 Pool: 8
Shadowing : 4 Pool: 8
Survival : 4 Pool: 7
Swimming : 4 Pool: 8
Throwing Weapons : 4 [Throwing Knives] Pool: 8 (10)
Tracking : 4 Pool: 8
Unarmed Combat : 4 Pool: 8

== Knowledge Skills ==
Combat Tactics : 5 Pool: 9
English : N Pool: 0
Firearms : 2 Pool: 6
Military : 5 Pool: 9
Security Companies : 4 Pool: 8
Security Tactics : 4 Pool: 8
Sperethiel : 4 Pool: 8

== Contacts ==
Elven Peace Force friend (3, 4)
Local Shaman (3, 3)

== Qualities ==
Cursed (Rating 2)
Guts
Lightning Reflexes
Low-Light Vision
Pacifist (Minor)
Prejudiced (Specific, Outspoken) (Ares)
SINner (Standard) (Tir Tairngire)
Wanted

== Lifestyles ==
Squatter 1 months

== Armor ==
Camouflage Suit 8/6
+Fire Resistance 6
+Insulation 6

== Weapons ==
Blowgun
Pool: 0 DV: 0 AP: - RC: 0
Bow (Rating 3)
Pool: 10 (12) DV: 5P AP: - RC: 0
Remington 750
+Bayonet
+Imaging Scope
+Red Dot Sight
+Silencer
+Sling
+Bayonet Mount
Pool: 7 DV: 7P AP: -1 RC: 0
Ruger Thunderbolt w/ Smartgun
+Personalized Grip
+Smartgun System
+Underbarrel Weight
Pool: 7 DV: 5P AP: -1 RC: 4
Survival Knife
Pool: 8 DV: 3P AP: -1 RC: 0
Throwing Knife
Pool: 5 DV: 3P AP: - RC: 0
Tomahawk
Pool: 8 DV: 4P AP: - RC: 0

== Commlink ==
Sony Emperor (2, 1, 1, 3)
+Vector Xim

== Gear ==
Adhesive Rating 2 x7
Ammo: Arrow (Bows) Rating 3 x30
Ammo: Arrow, Barbed (Bows) x30
Ammo: Arrow, Explosive (Bows) x14
Ammo: Arrow, Incendiary (Bows) x15
Ammo: EX-Explosive Rounds (Heavy Pistols) x24
Ammo: Gel Rounds (Heavy Pistols) x24
Ammo: Hollow Point Rounds (Heavy Pistols) x48
Ammo: Injection Darts (Exotic Ranged Weapons) x15
Ammo: Regular Ammo (Sports Rifles) x100
Ammo: Stick-n-Shock (Heavy Pistols) x24
Ammo: Taser Dart (Exotic Ranged Weapons) x50
Backpack
Barbed Wire (10m) x10
Body Paint
Emergency Field Dressing
Film Camera
Gas Mask
Goggles Rating 5
+Thermographic
+Vision Enhancement Rating 1
+Vision Magnification
+Image Link
+Smartlink
Guts x5
Infrared Film (25 shots) x10
Long Haul x5
Metal Restraints x4
Narcoject x15
Nitro x10
Rations
Sleeping Bag
Stealth Rope (100 m)
Tent
Throwing: Throwing Knife x35
Tool Kit (1)
Underwater Camera, Standard
Water Purification Tablet
Wire Clippers

11/5/12 Spent 8 karma on Perception 0 -> 2
7/9/13 Spent 4 karma on Pistols 0 -> 1

(Spoiler) The full background is found here:

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Elessar grew up in Tir Tairngire and served many years in the peace force special forces (Ghosts). At a young age (for elves) he married his wife Alatariel and soon after had a daughter, Gilraen. In his youthful angst he decided to leave Tir Tairngire and join the Knights Errant. To his dismay the Ghosts stripped him of his belongings and cursed him to never be able to use magic again. His new job brought him to Chigaco, where he guarded transports carrying weapons to those assaulting the infesting bug spirits. Things took a turn for the worse when Ares Macrotechnology, his employer, bombed the city, killing his wife and daughter. This catastrophic event lead him to becomming enraged and leaving the company. After learning of Knights Errant's recent take over of Seattle from Lone Star he decided to return to his home in Tir Tairngire. After being refused by the Peace Force for their help he decided to gather his things and move out into a more rural part of the SSC.

Then there is an IC-relevant description here:

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Elessar is of regular build, standing average height for an elf. With blonde hair, blue eyes, and a relatively fair complexion he tends to attract attention from the locals. He sports a camouflage suit and a large camo backpack. He has a generally unkempt look about him.

[phlapjack77]

Cool! Kind of an elven Rambo (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

One thing - why does he have Flight as a skill?

[Faranji]

Hey Tecumseh,

you mentioned you were having problems with the intial setting. Do you have any ideas yet where that should take place so I could try invent a reason for Jeff to be there? He spends most of his time in his bunker but he does leave it every once in a while so in my case it shouldn't be too hard to involve him.

[Tecumseh]

One thing - why does he have Flight as a skill?

He has the Athletics skill group, which includes Flight. Chummer included Flight automatically in its text export, even if it's not relevant. Or maybe he's really a Drake!!!

you mentioned you were having problems with the intial setting. Do you have any ideas yet where that should take place so I could try invent a reason for Jeff to be there? He spends most of his time in his bunker but he does leave it every once in a while so in my case it shouldn't be too hard to involve him.

Yes, still scratching my head at the initial setting. I might just punt and have the opening scene be the meet, sweeping under the rug the issue of how everyone heard about it and got there. I dislike the idea of forcing you there and not giving you the opportunity to scope the place out first or do any legwork prior to arriving, but I promise not to geek you in the first scene. If anyone else has an inspired suggestion, I'll award karma for it! I hope to kick off the IC thread soon, possibly tomorrow.

[Faranji]

It just heavily depends on the setting and goals of your first run. If you want us to battle a forest invading corp that would be easy because:
The astral characters have a natural binding to the forest and want to preserve it
Jeff is extremly territorial and wants to defend "his" ground
The shepperd as far as I know has had bad experiences with corps and fights them for the sake of disrupting their goals
The survivalist might have reasons to get rid of them aswell or just get stuck in a bad situation and will be saved by either of the above
This should lead to the thought of my enemy's enemy being my friend and thus us grouping up.

Or easiest way: Johnson needs a job done (we don't have rookie runners right?), contacts the shepperd and the shepperd contacts what ever he thinks is required (hopefully the roles the other players fill). This of course requires closer contact with the shepperd as a link.

Perhaps if we have a few altruistic characters, one (e.g. Jeff) could get trapped in town by his enemies and since nobody else is around to help, that altruistic character will save him.

We once introduced a character after a failed run by hiring him to save the runners who failed in the previous run. Something like this would be possible too...


Hope this helped a little and as said there's no great thoughts disguised here and I guess it mainly depends on the setting and run itself

[pbangarth]

Just moved. Settling but have no intenet at home till Tuesday. I will use the library till then. I will get Stogie and Jake up here as soon as I can. I'm excited!

[Tecumseh]

It's up! Game on! The first IC post is ready for replies:

http://forums.dumpshock.com/index.php?showtopic=36198

I'll leave the scene at the meet for a few days to give people a chance to reply. I'm not expecting people to be active over the weekend.

[phlapjack77]

Can Smohalla get a Judge Intentions result on Gunny? He seems a little too worked up...

1 hit on Judge Intentions bleah

Follow it up with an Assensing roll: 2 hits on reading an aura

[pbangarth]

Stogie takes a look at Gunny's aura.

Assensing 2 + specialization 2 + adept power 4 + INT 5 = 13 dice ==> 6 HITS

That should be able to tell him about Gunny's health, etc.! I'll wait to get info before I post IC for Stogie.

[Tecumseh]

You both have messages about what the assensing reveals. Pbangarth, don't forget to post your sheet. I know what Jake looks like (presumably) but not Stogie.

[pbangarth]

OK. I have internet at my new home, now, so I'll get up to speed.

[pbangarth]

Sorry, I'm not sure whether we are using the color codes or not. Just force of habit on my first IC post. I will stop if folks don't want to use it.

[Tecumseh]

Let's skip the color coding for now; it makes my eyes cross.

I'll give everyone another day to ask questions or make a pose at the meet before moving on. Aerospider is either on his honeymoon right now or he just got back; he'll catch up when he can.

[Tecumseh]

So far, so good. Gunny's still technically at the scene if anyone remembers something that they wanted to ask or do before he goes. If not, we can assume that he walks off leaving you to start your planning and recon.

North Bend is not far away if anyone needs to go into town. If not, your current location is close enough to civilization to still have wireless access (i.e. you can make calls).

[pbangarth]

I will transfer Stogie and Jake's stats and bio here soon, honest.

For the matter of the conversation with Rosie the Riveter, she is a TerraFirst operative who got Stogie his special shotgun. Her Connection/Loyalty stats for Stogie are 3/2. Stogie's CHA is 3.

[Tecumseh]

Ahoy chummers,

Aerospider wrote and let me know that he can't commit to the game right now. Very understandable, given that he just got married. This will impact the game somewhat, as you are all totally doomed without his character for magical support.

No, not really. I originally envisioned this adventure for 3-4 players so you're still golden, especially since Jake brings the count up to 4½. That said, better be nice to Smohalla now!

Speaking of Smohalla, I don't want to direct things unduly but now might be a good time for him to reach out to his contacts. You're on Sinsearach land right now and Cascade Ork is just a short distance to the north. We didn't establish exactly where Smohalla's contacts are but I'm happy to make them as close (for convenience) or as far away (for adventure) as you want. How you get in touch with them is up to you: you can fly there and speak to them alone, drive there with the team and talk as a group, or travel there astrally and then manifest to have a conversation that way. Or whatever else you think would be appropriate.

Similarly, we didn't identify locations for all of Jeff or Stogie's contacts either. Again, if you feel that one of them would be geographically close or could potentially have some insight into the situation then let me know and I'll be happy to play it out.

Pbangarth, you're undermining either your definition of "soon" or the sincerity of "honest". (Zing!) Let me know if it's your gear/nuyen that's holding you up. If so, we can work through it together to figure out what makes sense for you to have. Feel free to post the elements of your character sheet and background that are available; they can always be edited/updated later.

Keep the posts coming. Ping me with thoughts or questions or post them here.

[Faranji]

Two questions - or rather one statement and one question (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) :

Question: When am I supposed to roll dice and when not? I generally assume simple commands like sending drones into racks, activating a car or driving it on normal roads as easy enough to skip a test. But e.g. when I start a conversation with somebody: Etiquette yes or no?

Statement: I use a dictionary quite often in the IC thread (this time for cur) so it can happen that there's a really weird word or phrase that just doesn't fit. You are more than welcome to write me a pm so I know that for the future and stop using strange words (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[pbangarth]

The post in the original thread HERE has had the stats all along. Yes, the gear is what is still left, and a fleshing out of the contacts. No technical, story difficulty, just things here that took precedence.

Good Zing. I deserved it.

Here is a copy of those stats, which copy I will flesh out... soon, honestly.

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Stogie – disgruntled shepherd, and his dog, Jake

Human {0}

Qualities {0}

Adept 10
Outdoorsman 20
Animal Empathy 20
Restricted Gear (shotgun) 10
Prejudiced (specific/active: corps) – 30
SINner (1) -10
Signature -20

Attributes {285}

BOD 1 + 3 = 4
AGI 1 + 2 = 3
REA 1 + 2 = 3
STR 1 + 2 = 3
CHA 1 + 2 = 3
INT 1 + 4 = 5
LOG 1 + 2 = 3
WIL 1 + 3 = 4

Initiative 8 (1 IP)

Special Attributes {170}

ESS 6
MAG 1 + 6 = 7
EDG 2 + 2 = 4

Adept Powers ( 7 pts.)

Astral Perception 1.0
Enhanced Perception (4) 1.0
Animal Empathy (4) 1.0
Attribute Boost 1.0
[STR(1), AGI(1), BOD(1), REA(1)]
Natural Immunity (3) 1.0
Sustenance 0.25
Pain Relief 1.0
Improved Sense (direction) 0.25
Rapid Healing (3) 0.75

Binding Foci {3}

Weapon Focus (1) cougar fineblade knife

Initiation {29}

Attunement (dog)
Empower Animal
Sensing [9 Jul 2013]

Attunement {6}

Jake <see below>

Active Skills {171}

Outdoors GRP 2(3)
(navigation INT,
survival WIL,
tracking INT)
(mountain-for all) (+2)
Animal Husbandry GRP 3
(animal handling INT (+6),
animal training INT (+6),
riding REA (+2),
vet tech LOG)
Longarms AGI 2+1 [12 May 2012] =3
(shotguns) (+2)
Etiquette CHA 2
Perception INT 2 (+4)
(visual) (+2)
Artisan INT 1
(whistling) (+2)
Blades AGI 2
(knives) (+2)
First Aid LOG 1
Infiltration AGI 2
(wilderness) (+2)
Pilot Groundcraft REA 1
Dodge REA 2
(ranged) (+2)
Demolitions LOG 1
(improvised explosives) (+2)
Enchanting MAG 1
(alchemy) (+2)
Automotive Mechanic LOG 1
Industrial Mechanic LOG 1
Assensing INT 2 (+4)
(aura reading) (+2)
Astral Combat WIL 1
(weapon foci) (+2)

Contacts (10 free pts) { 18}

Fixer C4/L1 Smart Willie
TerraFirst operative C3/L2 Rosie the Riveter
Talismonger C2/L2 Olga Semanova

Knowledge Skills (48 free karma) {33}

English N
Salish 2
Or’Zet 1
Sheep Herding 4
Farm Management 4
Hunting 3
Weather Prediction 2
Cascade Area Geography 2
Dog Agility Competition Course Design 1
Seattle Smuggling Routes 2
Seattle Talismongers 2
Corporate Structure 1
Corporate Security Procedures 1
Mining Practices 1
TerraFirst organization 1
Zoology 2
Botany 2
Metallurgy 2
Geology 2
Parazoology 1
Parabotany 1

Jake – Border Collie – Training level: Against Instinct

BOD 2
AGI 4
REA 4
STR 1
CHA 3
INT 4
LOG 2
WIL 3
EDG 3
ESS 6
Init 8 (1 IP)
Movement 10/45
Skills: Intimidation(mental: “border collie stare”) 2(4), Perception 2, Tracking 2, Unarmed Combat 1, Dodge 1
Powers: Enhanced Sense(smell), Natural Weapon (claw/bite: DV 2P, AP 0), <see Empowerment>

Empowerment {13} (Jake)

Rapid Healing (3)
Animal Empathy (4)
Enhanced Perception (4)
Attribute Boost-BOD (1)
Attribute Boost-AGI (1)
Attribute Boost-REA (1)
Attribute Boost-STR (1)

Gear 55,000 nuyen {22}

“Jake” border collie <20,000>

Weapon Focus (1) cougar fineblade knife <10,000>

fake SIN
second fake SIN?
shotguns
- Remington 990 <550>
- Enfield AS 7 (Restricted Gear Quality) <1100>
Knife (cougar fineblade) <900>
Armour
- camo jacket (6/4) <1000>
- armor jacket (8/6) <900>
- urban explorer jumpsuit (6/6) <500>
- helmet (-/+2) <50>
- FFBA full (6/2) <1600>
- Securetech PPP (+2/+4) all but helmet <900>

Assaying Kit <500>
Automotive Toolkit <500>
Industrial Toolkit <500>
Commlink
Goggles
Earbuds
Ammunition
Lifestyle
First Aid Kit
Vehicle?

More stuff

All of Stogie's adept powers and Jake's Empowerments are useful on the farm first, and hopefully transferable to the shadows. So, for example, Stogie's Attribute Boosts would be paired, STR and BOD for schlepping stuff around the barn, AGI and REA for hunting for dinner.

Karma earned

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10 May 2012 10 karma
16 Aug 2012 6 karma
6 Nov 2012 4 karma
21 Dec 2012 2.5 karma
8 Jul 2013 8.5 karma
30 Oct 2013 1 karma
5 Nov 2013 2 karma
5 Nov 2014 11 karma
TOTAL EARNED 35 karma

Karma spent

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12 May 2012 6 karma to raise Longarms to Rating 3
9 Jul 2013 19 karma to Initiate 3rd rank - Sensing metamagic
TOTAL SPENT 21 karma

[Tecumseh]

Pbangarth, thanks for posting your sheet. I had everyone's stats and backgrounds but they were spread out between the forums, PMs, and e-mail. I just wanted them all in one place for easy reference.

Faranji, probably the best guidance I can give about whether to roll dice or not would be that you don't have to if you're attempting to do something routine. You certainly don't need to make a roll to scratch your belly or tie your shoelaces unless you're trying to do so under unusual circumstances, like hanging from the side of a helicopter mid-flight. We will also use the rules for buying hits from page 62 of SR4A. If the situation is "non-threatening and non-stressful" then you can automatically succeed if you can buy enough hits to meet the necessary threshold from the Success Difficulty Table (p. 62 again).

As for Etiquette, it will mostly be used if you're trying to fit in among people who don't know you. I didn't have Stogie roll Etiquette with Rosie the Riveter because she's a contact and there's already an established connection there. He was asking for information that was within the realm of their relationship (as opposed to, say, asking if she was wearing any underwear at the time) and it was information she was willing to share. If he had asked her to do something that she didn't want to or that might put her in an awkward position then I would have called for an opposed roll to see if he could win her over.

Faranji, as for your use of the dictionary, I rarely understand what Jeff is saying. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Given that your OOC language is clear and unencumbered, I mostly assume that Jeff is just staying in character. Feel free to clarify OOCly if the translation is critical to our understanding of the situation, but otherwise you can bust out with as much gibberish as you like.