OOC: Daughter of Deep Silence, The place for dice rolls & out of character chatter Options

[copperheed]

@ Budda: would it be alright if I put appearance and such in the gear list? That way it's still at the front and everyone can see it.
And I presumed Widget was introduced to me by A as a friend; their actual relationship is totally up to you.

@ Fenris: I hadn't thought it was that direct a moniker. That's awesome that you can control so many. Additionally, is one to presume to presume that Zero is the beta version of his batch and Cypher is an exceptional code cracker (beyond his excellent matrix capabilities)?

@ Umaro: Ah, to have that level of Masking... And I wasn't actually looking at the fellows here with that previous roll mentioned. It was from when I first arrived and checked out the Astral of this location. I'll edit the previous post to avoid confusion. When looking at the other players now that I'm not sustaining Improved Invisibility and Manascape, my default hits to assencing will be 2.

Is there any opposed test (other than Masking or Initiation powers) that reduces assencing? Not that it'd matter against your Eyes of Soul Piercing Prana.

Fat Man looking at Q:
Q is a healthy Awakened individual who is calm yet focused. He has a Health spell and Illusion spell weaker than your Magic and you've read his signature. (I don't know what this is supposed to be. Is this correct? Ex: a shroud of deep, shifting darkness surrounds him with smoke occasionally broiling forth. You catch a very brief glimpse of pinpricks of baleful red light glaring out from the darkness.) His Magic is lower than yours and there are no other astral signatures on him (to my knowledge. Budda may know different). His Magic is 5; the Illusion is lvl4 and the Health spell is lvl3 (do you know the exact spells?); he has bioware around his neck, armpits, and groin. (I figure one needs extensive knowledge of the bioware to tell what it is. If no then I'll replace this with it). He has had attribute increasing gene modifaction.

[UmaroVI]

There's a few other things, but Masking/Extended Masking is the only thing that really lets you get much done. The Concealment spirit power subtracts dice from Assensing (just like Ruthenium works against Perception), and the False Impression and Manascape spells let you completely replace auras with different ones.

I think you're getting signature and aura mixed up. Someone's signature is a property of any spells and such they cast, and you can use it to identify whose spell belongs to who and to track people astrally (since you have active spells, Fat Man would know your signature). Aura is what you described, and it's unique to each person and can be used to identify them.

You don't get exact spells, only type. You get presence and location of bioware, and actually you just get presence and "location" of geneware too, so Fat Man wouldn't know what it is, just that's it's all over. He would get that you are a Mystic Adept (if that is correct?) since you get "class of a magical subject."

[Buddha72]

OK going to be posting heavily tomorrow - these weeks has been parent/teacher conferences for me along with 1/2 days at school for my kids so time has been tight. Thanks for hanging in there. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[JxJxA]

@ Budda: would it be alright if I put appearance and such in the gear list? That way it's still at the front and everyone can see it.

That's actually a really good idea. I think I'll do that myself. ^_^

[Buddha72]

Afternoon all! I'm fine with including in the gear post your description or links to images if you have one - feel free.

UmaroVI keep in mind you need to roll for each person when assensing.

All I need an Intuition + Perception Test (threshold 4) then an Intuition + Coutnerspelling (if any - holler here if you have any going please - threshold 4).

[BishopMcQ]

Any special senses that would help?

Perception Base (7d6.hits(5)=1)
Audio then Visual bonuses (3d6.hits(5)=1, 3d6.hits(5)=1)

2 hits on either Audio or Visual, 1 hit tactile/smell/taste

Intuition Test (4d6.hits(5)=2)

[UmaroVI]

Assensing Jon (3 hits), Strangeglove (4 hits), and Breeze (3 hits); http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3705766/. Everyone else he's already assensed. This is enough that he can recognize their auras if he sees any of them again (which is the main reason for the assensing), otherwise he would probably just get information he already knows like that they have lower essence than him and 'ware.

[UmaroVI]

Buddha: Fat Man is definitely counterspelling himself (since you automatically do that). I didn't mention if he was counterspelling anyone else, but he easily could have been (on a run, he definitely would be covering everyone in LOS). Your call if he's covering anyone else.

PER: Intuition (6)+Perception(1)+maybe(3) for Audio Enhancement or Vision Enhancement + maybe (2) for Visual specialization. http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3705775/ 5 hits if that was hearing or sight, 2 otherwise.

Intuition(6) is http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3705778/ 2 hits, Counterspelling (4)+Shielding(4) is http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3705779/ 3 hits. So Fat Man has 5 total, and if he is counterspelling anyone else, they'd get 3 hits from him.

[Fenris]

@ Fenris: I hadn't thought it was that direct a moniker. That's awesome that you can control so many. Additionally, is one to presume to presume that Zero is the beta version of his batch and Cypher is an exceptional code cracker (beyond his excellent matrix capabilities)?

Thanks, it's sort of a character theme ^.^

Cypher definitely seems to know his way around the Matrix and code in general, though Fleet hasn't really gotten a good feel for that, besides the fact that Cypher's managing an up and running TacNet (a small feat in itself, given the complexity). The character has absolutely no knowledge of Zero...character-wise, I'm a bit of a newb with the group too.

Buddha, obviously I have Sniffer (R6), but feel free to use everything else from that post for what I'm doing here...just trying to pick the recon back up. I'm assuming that I have a Matrix link at this point.

[Hamagen]

Buddha72
Perception (Audio or Visual)
1d6=3, 1d6=4, 1d6=1, 1d6=6, 1d6=5, 1d6=4, 1d6=4, 1d6=3 = 2 hits

UmaroVI
Breeze is...

• Happy
• Relaxed
• Healthy
• Mundane
• Has Wired Reflexes
• Has Essense 2
• Tripping Balls...in other words...he is high on LSD at the moment

[Lain]

Thanks Umaro corrected Roll for masking follows:
Jon has masking on so 10D6=4succ
Regular Perception 6d6 → 2 successes
Smell: 8d6 0 successes
Hearing:8d6 5 successes

Ha my smelling perception sucks today, perhaps Jon should have worn deoderant.

Intuition + Counterspelling = 1D6=2 (0 succ)

[Emilio]

Buddha
Perception:
(visual) 9d6.hits(5)=4

Intuition:
3d6.hits(5)=0

[UmaroVI]

Lain: other way around. If you have active Masking, you would roll Grade+Intuition+Magic against Fat Man's Assensing test.

[Fenris]

Intuition + Perception: Perception(4) + Intuition(3) (7d6.hits(5)=3)

Flat Intuition: Intuition(3) (3d6.hits(5)=1)

Vision Enhancement (3) (3d6.hits(5)=0)

I'm also going to be Searching for Hidden Nodes out at the recon sight, see if I can pick up any nodes inside the building, or evidence of external security, drones, vehicles, personnel, etc.
Electronic Warfare(5) + PuSHed (1) + Math SPU (2) + Scan(6) (14d6.hits(5)=3) [Total = 3]
Electronic Warfare(5) + PuSHed (1) + Math SPU (2) + Scan(6) - Diminishing Pool (1) (13d6.hits(5)=5) [Total = 8]
Electronic Warfare(5) + PuSHed (1) + Math SPU (2) + Scan(6) - Diminishing Pool (2) (12d6.hits(5)=5) [Total = 13]
Electronic Warfare(5) + PuSHed (1) + Math SPU (2) + Scan(6) - Diminishing Pool (3) (11d6.hits(5)=5) [Total = 18]
Electronic Warfare(5) + PuSHed (1) + Math SPU (2) + Scan(6) - Diminishing Pool (4) (10d6.hits(5)=2) [Total = 20]
Electronic Warfare(5) + PuSHed (1) + Math SPU (2) + Scan(6) - Diminishing Pool (4) (9d6.hits(5)=3) [Total = 23]
Electronic Warfare(5) + PuSHed (1) + Math SPU (2) + Scan(6) - Diminishing Pool (6) (8d6.hits(5)=1) [Total = 24]
Electronic Warfare(5) + PuSHed (1) + Math SPU (2) + Scan(6) - Diminishing Pool (7) (7d6.hits(5)=3) [Total = 27]

Okay, I know that looks like cheating, but each one is a separate roll, you can check 'em!

And, I'm going to swap my Stormcloud for the Kull for the moment..better sensors and masking.

Alright, Perception for the drones (I don't do that grunt work myself (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) ): Clearsight (4) + Pilot (6) + Sensors (6) + Fuzzy Logic (3) (19d6.hits(5)=4)

[Notsoevildm]

Perception roll:
Int 4 + Per 3 + Enh per 2 + keen hearing 1 = 10d6.hits(5)=1 - Eklipse is obviously not paying attention to whatever is going down.

For the other roll, Eklipse does not have counterspelling.

[BishopMcQ]

Free action - find active/passive nodes
Task Agent -- Detect hidden nodes
12d6.hits(5)=6
11d6.hits(5)=5
10d6.hits(5)=6 --17 hits let me know if I need more.

In case Fleet doesn't share that he started the EW.
13d6.hits(5)=3
12d6.hits(5)=5
11d6.hits(5)=4
10d6.hits(5)=1
9d6.hits(5)=4 --17 hits

Also, for everyone who wasn't in the TacNet at the clinic (the hackjob connection for Emilio only lasted the one scene, IIRC) please list out how many sensor channels you have and what they are. They come from actual sensors, cyberwear, glasses/earbuds, simlinks etc.

[Strangeglove]

Umaro: Assensing Strangeglove, you learn nothing interesting. He's happy, healthy, excited, and mildly paranoid. He is not a magician, and is full to the brim with cyberware.

Bishop: Strangeglove has earbuds, contacts, and goggles. If the specific sensors matter, I believe I listed them in my gear list.

Buddha: Perception 14d6.hits(5)=8

To whom it may concern: (Bishop? Buddha?)
Strangeglove will head out and do physical surveillance of the areas surrounding the office, paying particular attention to places with line of sight to the building. i.e., any buildings tall enough to overlook the office. I'd like to drop some cheap concealable cameras in those areas, if our gearheads have such a thing.
I don't know enough about Shadowrun of countersurvillance to say what tools I should be using to verify no one has any cameras or drones in place, or what I should be rolling though.

[Buddha72]

Happy Monday all!

I hope you all had a great weekend and don't forget to add your weekly drip of karma to your characters. I am throwing up posts right now in IC and I will follow that with answering questions here in OOC.

Emilio I need you to complete your Gear post please by this Friday.

Thanks!

[Buddha72]

All Here's the floorplan for the wharehouse - the most recent copy Cypher was able to find.

Strangeglove Perception to look around outside - do you have any knowledge skills that might apply to finding spots for cameras? If not, you could check with the group and see what they know about the idea. I sent you a PM with a follow up question.

Fat Man I am going to go with nothing for the others for right now with the understanding you do on runs and if you want feel free to post your standard spell defense set up in your Gear post.

Other Magicians Feel free to throw up the same on your Gear post if you want - I will use that as the guidelines for when its there or not going forward.

[BishopMcQ]

Buddha-- to clarify, the agent was making a list of all the nodes so that Cypher can make sure that the team isn't holding out on him and forgetting to mention their smartguns and the like. My EW scans were for the warehouse when we go there.

[Buddha72]

Oops! My bad - will modify the IC post.

[JxJxA]

Sorry for being MIA a bit. Here are my rolls, and I'll get an IC post up sometime soon.

Int(3) + Per(3) = 6d6 for 1 hit.

Int(3) + CSpell(3) = 6d6 for 5 hits. If it is a combat spell, Zero gets +2 dice from his mentor spirit for 1 more hit.

[copperheed]

A lot happened this weekend! Both here and IRL. From the IC post by Budda it seems that that people had counterspelling applied to them. Can I see who Fat Man is covering with counterspelling? Is there a signature or something attached to them? Upon seeing through the Physical Mask you're going to get a bit of a start. How do the rules cover hiding that if people try to do that? And I'm posting something really quick for SG since he blew my disguise out of the water.

To everyone who sees past the Physical Mask, instead of a mildly handsome orc, there's lumpy, scarred one beneath. And SG was the only one to beat the Intuition+Perception by 3 or more (7+hits) correct?

[Buddha72]

Copperheed to clarify mages are always covered by their own counterspelling & I was going to go with no spell defense on the others for this instance but asked those with it to put some sort of guidelines about when they use it or don't in the Gear post for their characters. Strangeglove is the only one with 3+ extra hits. As far as I know there is no way to see or sense counterspelling on people.

[copperheed]

Budda: I see. It seems that Zero saw through the Physical Mask and only Fat Man would see through both the magic and real disguise?


And here is the thing I posted:
"As Q is about to answer Fat Man, Strangeglove thrusts his arm right under Q's nose, almost belting him in the face. Strangeglove sees
a shimmering of light play across Q's ankle. When he focuses, there is a very small patch of skin not covered by clothing, yet instead of skin is a what looks to be thick purple oil swirling around beneath the sock. Jolting his head up, Strangeglove notices that Q's face disappears as he sees through a spell, viewing the malformed one beneath. But even that one is just another mask as he notes miniscule imperfections in its movements. Whatever is beneath that mask needed a large lumpy mask to conceal it self.

Q tells Strangeglove, "It's called Plum Blossom and is very expensive; the owner wanted it to smell that way.""

I wrote this because I'd thought that people had seen past it since Emilio and Strangeglove could identify my real disguise. Can they even see my past the magical disguise to see the real disguise? I'm cool with rolling with people questioning my disguise since it seems like they've pierced the magic in the IC posts.