OoC Emerging: Circles of Power, Who will come and play the Game of Thrones? Recruitment Always Open Options

[Stave]

I'm wondering how to model the worshipful company / house of lords link.

How about "made man"? that gives quite a nice set of contacts in exchange for them saying "do this" and you do or else. The social aspects of made man in a standard shadowrun game are probably similar to that. My other option is a group contact with perhaps a "code of conduct", "duty" or "day job".

I like the idea of the entourage. I'll put some effort into thinking of how I met them and the links between us. If they got me out of "that place" then there are probably stronger links than just money.

I'll post a first draft this evening.

[Stave]

My name is Buckminster Fuller Scott, an accidental entrepreneur in simsense gaming who made it big. I started programming when I was 15: it was a way of dealing with the wheelchair. The accident that left me wheelchair bound occurred during a year in America. It was messy. There were explosions. I don't really want to talk about it.

Being an actually quite good programmer, by 20 I had three best selling (slighly moral) internet games such as Bodyguard II, Ninja Burger III (deliver the burgers w/o being seen, or any one getting hurt), and Hurricane Harry (you are the first sent in to national disasters...save the people, rescue the damsels...).

My company (Esoteric Games) was bought for a large pot of cash by Aztechnology, who messed it up and the games became all about violence and sex. (I take a few deep breaths and smile through gritted teeth) and I am happy that they are doing well. I have a Non Disclosure and Non Competitive contract with them for...another 2 years, 312 days and 10 hours.

I am happily married to Alicia Marconi with two pre-school children Jonathan and Rebecca. Alicia and I met just before I sold o...um before Aztech bought me out. The Marconi family have land in Italy and Scotland. Alicia has given me quite an education, and I am no longer the social hand-grenade that I once was. Alicia's father, Andrew, sits in the House of Lords, and as she is an only child, I guess I will take his place some time in the future. I hope it's a long time in the future, as I like the old man.

I am the youngest member of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worshipful_Co...n_Technologists. I have twice been asked to give evidence at Public Administration Select Committees, and am an Expert Witness at hacking trials, so I know my way around the legal system, Parliament and the House of Lords. I'm doing my bit to help them, and while not working as hard as I used to (nothing is as tough as a start up), I still put quite a lot of time into good works, charity fund raising, and educating and mentoring up and coming entrepreneurs. If you want to find me when I am in London, it is a toss up between the Institute of Directors, Institute of Electronics, Technology and Magic, and the Royal Society of Arts.

I am very interested in the so-called Technomancer threat, and am working with the IETM and the RSA to assist the government to come to a considered opinion on any threat. Personally I am becoming convinced that they are far less of a threat than, say, the impact of Magic. Like mages they can be good or evil. Even the evil ones only appear to be about as good as a skilled hacker, and while those are a potential threat, they are not even on the same scale as, say, Insect Spirits or Toxic Shamans.

Although I am banned by my exit contract from producing games for another 2 years, 312 days and 9 and a half hours, obviously I have a few new ideas. I work with a small company that does elite penetration testing for corporations, and have a country house with a few acres in which I have a "few" combat drones that I experiment with to give me ideas for games.

Malcolm Hunt is the head of my security detail. He and I had a bad time in the States when the rest of my family died. It was only by working together that we both survived. Malcolm is a physical adept of the invisible way. I based my Ninja Burger game on him. His shares in that game mean that he is actually financially independent, but I am glad that he stays around.

Jason Hunt is Malcolm's cousin. He too has the gift of magic, but is a registered Druid. Jason looks after magical defenses, and helped quite a lot with game design. Jason has two children of a similar age to Rebecca and Jonathon, so he and his wife Felicity look after the children. Strange how you get opposites. Felicity is as cybered as a mortal can be, but she and Jason seem very happy.

Race: Human
Attributes: 150

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Body: 2
Agility: 1
Reaction: 1
Strength: 1
Charisma: 5
Intuition: 2
Logic: 5
Willpower: 5
Edge: 3

Technomancer 126

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Resonance 6
Analyse 6
Command 6
Scan 6
Armor 6
Attack 6
Exploit 6 with mute
Spoof 6
Stealth 6
Shielding 6
Emotion software 6

Stream: Not sure yet

Skills: 122

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Compiling 4
Resonance 4
Hacking 4
Electronic Warfare 1
Cybercombat 1
Data Search 1
Software 6
Computer 4
Influence (group) 1
Infiltration 1
Gunnery 1
Perception 1

Qualities -20

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Paragon
Privileged Family Name
Global Fame
Erased (7 days)


Allergy (Silver, Mild)
Parapalegic - Legs
Data Shadow (3)
Nano Intolerance
Pacifist
Dependent (medium)
Day Job (5000¥/40hrs)

Contacts: 22 pts TBA
Knowledge skills: TBA
20 xp: Submersion level 2: Blur and Overclocked, specialization (threading) in software

Notes: This is my first technomancer, so I am very interested to see how it works. I am planning on a youngish Professor X look, with a sleek wheel chair (probably Evo-Orderly stats). I still have some choices to make, but I would appreciate any feedback.

Things not in my bio that are important:
I am obviously not openly a technomancer: My commlink security is handled by my penetration testing company, before forwarding to my bionode. Alicia my wife is also a technomancer, although weaker than myself. Her social skills are a lot better than mine, so we complement each other well. The children show signs of becoming technomancers too...

The spreadsheet for the character is: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8i6xVsdSXI...lZKbE5xY28/edit

[almost normal]

Ack, Delayed a few hours. Up tomorrow.

[Aria]

I'm wondering how to model the worshipful company / house of lords link.

How about "made man"? that gives quite a nice set of contacts in exchange for them saying "do this" and you do or else. The social aspects of made man in a standard shadowrun game are probably similar to that. My other option is a group contact with perhaps a "code of conduct", "duty" or "day job".

I like the idea of the entourage. I'll put some effort into thinking of how I met them and the links between us. If they got me out of "that place" then there are probably stronger links than just money.

I'll post a first draft this evening.

I think the group contact is the best way to go...you don't have to take the entire group in terms of membership as that might be overkill...the connection, matrix ratings etc are perhaps more important

Note on the Evo Orderly: I see this as a humanoid drone (not a wheelchair) and that the Arsenal artwork is just wrong, but feel free to use those stats if you like!

[Aria]

I've linked the three sheets I found so far at the beginning of the thread but give me a nudge if you've posted one and I missed it!

[Mickle5125]

link to post 4, if you want. it'll be the one I'm keeping up to date.

[Stave]

I'm tweaking Mr Scott, in response to some suggestions. Being a person who loves creating characters, I'll probably be fine tuning him for days (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

I'll keep him up to date in #77

[fistandantilus4....]

Aria, I'm back, but found out for certain I'm going back out for at least another month fairly soon. I think I'm going to have to bow out on this one. Sorry . I'll probably be watching when I can because this sounds like a great premise, but I just won't be able to be reliable.

[Aria]

Aria, I'm back, but found out for certain I'm going back out for at least another month fairly soon. I think I'm going to have to bow out on this one. Sorry . I'll probably be watching when I can because this sounds like a great premise, but I just won't be able to be reliable.

Ok, not to worry. I mean what I say with "Recruitment Always Open" so feel free to join in again when your schedule allows. Hope RL doesn't interfere too much (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[mister__joshua]

I've been without internet for a bit, and now I'm going on holiday for a week. Dunno if you guys are ready to start without me or if you'll still be character creating when I get back. I'll check in if I can.

[Aria]

I've been without internet for a bit, and now I'm going on holiday for a week. Dunno if you guys are ready to start without me or if you'll still be character creating when I get back. I'll check in if I can.

And I'm off on holiday the week after that lol...

Let's propose a deadline for pre IC stuff for the 28th Aug and I'll try and get the first IC post up before Sept is upon us. I've no objections to people tweaking their characters once the IC has started but I'd like the background and entourage stuff up so that I can incorporate that into the opening scenes...happy writing (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Stave]

Sounds Good!

[JxJxA]

Cool, have a great holiday! ^_^

[JxJxA]

Argh, sorry guys, but I don't think I'll be able to join this game. I started to get myself over-extended in games again, so I'll just stick with the games I'm currently in. When End of Days comes to a close, I might have a remodded Tris jump into this thread if you'll still have me. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/frown.gif)

[Aria]

I'm back!!! Just a quick word of warning, if in the next month or so I disappear for a while it will be because my wife has given birth and I've got my hands full with screaming baby! I'll be back after a couple of weeks (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

@JxJxA: sorry to hear that, I hadn't anticipated EoD continuing - beginning to think I might be over extending myself too (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) but anyway, you'll be more than welcome at any time!

[JxJxA]

Ok, well, if End of Days is coming to a close, I'll jump in with a redesigned Tris once it's over. ^_^ I have a really bad habit of reading games and thinking, "Wow, that looks really cool!!!" and then joining five or ten and having to crunch out different characters for them. It's kind of an OCD thing, so I have to clamp down and just stick to a few. Otherwise, suddenly I'm pbp-ing during all of my free (and not-so-free) time. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif)

[almost normal]

I'm so confused as to what's going on.

[Aria]

I'm so confused as to what's going on.

I'm hoping people are finalising characters now and we'll start this IC ball rolling in Sept. My other game E:EoD will wind up at some point after that and JxJxA will hopefully come and join us here for this thread.

Can I have a roll call of people that are still interested? To anyone else reading this thread it's not too late to join us!!!

[almost normal]

Likely still interested.

[Mickle5125]

still here and still ready. work's been a little crazy lately, though, so I haven't had a chance to post recently. hopefully things will calm soon!

[Stave]

Ready to rock and roll.

I hope you had a good holiday

[mister__joshua]

Sorry I haven't been on for weeks. Work is manic at the mo. Not even getting lunch times nevermind forum time. I'm still interested but haven't done any more to my char yet and it'll be a couple more weeks till things steady down again and I can post regularly

[Aria]

I have to confess I haven't been giving this one as much thought recently as I ought to, the EoD getting a new breath of life was unexpected! 3 players is a bit less than I would have liked but I am happy to run it that way if you guys are willing to commit to one IC post a week (within reason). Given that I'll be off for a couple of weeks in the not too distant future I'll hold fire on the IC posting for a bit to give you all a chance to polish those characters and see if anyone else wants in.

If that gap means the game sort of dies then I'll relaunch it when I get back from paternity leave.

Hope that's ok with everyone. I'll keep checking OoC to see if there are any questions etc. Remember, the more background you give me to work with the better!!!

Cheers, A (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[Stave]

Thanks for running this Aria. I'm happy with the post per week.

I hope you enjoy the paternity leave.

[e-do]

Hi All,

In case you're still planning to go forward with this, I'd like to join the party. I have in mind an ultra rich, thrill-seeking arcana-archaeologist type that stars in his own trid-show. Mechanics-wise, he would probably be a speaker's way adept focused on social and historical background skills.

Going over the thread, I realize this may clash with almost normal's character concept. What exactly did you have in mind, normal? In case are character would be too similar, I can always tweak my guy.

Shana tova!