Recruitment: Another Shadowrun 5 game starting, Witty name for the campaign coming soon Options

[imperialus]

Sorry all we're kinda full up now (IMG:style_emoticons/default/frown.gif)

Pretty much what it says on the tin.

A couple notes about my GMing style.

I work in a middle ground between pink mowhawk and black trenchcoat. Generally speaking, as long as you aren't too obvious you shouldn't get hassled. Co-operation between corp sec. and Knight Errant is almost non existent, and the cops corrupt enough that you should be able to buy your way out of most trouble, as long as you don't make too big of a scene.

I tend to be most comfortable working in the 'meat world'. Not to say 'don't play a mage or a decker' but I'd rather have 3 street sams in a team than 3 mages.

As the core book has just come out I'll be keeping it pretty traditional, at least for the first run.

I should be able to do daily (or more) updates for quick things (like combat rounds or back and forth conversations) bigger updates like scene changes and the like will likely be within 3-4 days. If I don't hear from you in two weeks without notice I'll let someone take over as an alternate. If it's during combat, and you need to make a roll to soak damage or something I'll give you a day and then just make the roll for you, just to keep things moving. Otherwise I've found that Shadowrun games can really bog down during fights since they rely on so much back and forth rolling. Only other roll I'll ever make on behalf of your character is initiative. When the drek hits the fan I'll roll for everyone at once otherwise we'll be taking a week just to get the initiative order sorted.

Other than that, it's the standard use invisible castle, mark it under your character and campaign name, blah, blah, blah.

If possible, I like to try and come up with a rough 'theme' for the team to explain why they work together. Best way I've found to do this is to get you, the players to pick one character that has already been posted above you and explain how you know them. You don't have to be 'besties' but, some sort of connection makes my life a lot easier.

Just like in Slacker's game you can either do a basic writeup, for your character background, or answer the 20 questions

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20 Questions
1) What's your heritage?
2) What would your parents say about you?
3) What historical events does your character remember?
4) How did you get into shadowrunning, and why?
5) What is your living space like?
6) What are your beliefs / convictions (if any) and why do you hold them?
7) what do you think is your most annoying / worst trait?
8 ) What megacorp do you like the most? the Least? Why?
9) How did you come to know your contacts?
10) What do you do on a day off?
11) How did you come to learn your skills at your present proficiency?
12) Are there any moral limits on what jobs you take or things you'll do?
13) How do you view magic / technomantic abilities?
14) How do you view augmentation / implantation?
15) What do you think of ordinary life and those who live it?
16) What would be a bad nightmare for you? Any deep-rooted fears? Why is it so frightening to you?
17) What is your 'sacred object' or 'close one', and how did they become so important to you?
18) What did you want to become as a child, and what are your goals now?
19) What does your character look like, and what inspired her choices?
20) How did you get your street name?

Only other thing is regarding qualities:
1) Don't take a quality that has zero bearing on your character. Don't be a 'scorched' mage, or a 'codeblocked' street sam or anything silly like that. That makes me grouchy.
2) Don't be too afraid of negative qualities, I tend not to use them as a 'screw you' button. I see them as an opportunity to drive the story, especially things like Dependents, SIN's ect.

[Slacker]

I'm in! I'll likely do a physical adpet or maybe a face.

[Raiden]

I would be up for it. Getting the core book within a day or so.

Edit. Wanna try the new technomancer or mystic adept

[Slacker]

Right now I am leaning towards the face character. I like the flavor of the new variants of SINner. I have this idea for a character that was born into a megacorp family with a full Corporate SIN, but when he was a teenager another corp was able to convince him to get extracted. He agreed to it because of the shiny signing bonus not realizing that he would only ever be a middle manager with a limited corporate SIN at the new corp. By the time he realized that, it was too late and the original corp didn't want anything to do with him (unless it included a bullet to his head). After years of working for the corp that poached him, repeatedly hitting the glass ceiling of his Limited Corp SIN, he finally got frustrated enough to have a go in the Shadows and just tell the corps to go to hell.

[imperialus]

Right now I am leaning towards the face character. I like the flavor of the new variants of SINner. I have this idea for a character that was born into a megacorp family with a full Corporate SIN, but when he was a teenager another corp was able to convince him to get extracted. He agreed to it because of the shiny signing bonus not realizing that he would only ever be a middle manager with a limited corporate SIN at the new corp. By the time he realized that, it was too late and the original corp didn't want anything to do with him (unless it included a bullet to his head). After years of working for the corp that poached him, repeatedly hitting the glass ceiling of his Limited Corp SIN, he finally got frustrated enough to have a go in the Shadows and just tell the corps to go to hell.

I like it. Yeah, those new SIN rules are pretty cool.

[JonathanC]

I'd love to give SR5 a shot - I'm pretty open to character types. I'm leaning towards a decker, but if the group ends up without a street sam I could go in that direction as well.

[RelentlessImp]

Just got through reading the SR5 core; I'd love to give this a shot. Currently thinking a Corp-born Dwarf Shaman kid guided by the whispers of Cat to sneak out from the Corporate bubble and experience life and secrets in the gritty world beyond the clean, sterile atmosphere of corporate life.

[Slide]

still reading through SR5. was going to say decker but it looks like you got a couple of people aiming at it already. It seems they can do some pretty cool things now.

So.... Never done a rigger before (after a decade of playing) Meet Breaker, unofficial owner of breaker's body shop, mechanic, pilot, civil deconstruction engineer, and part time stock jockey.

[Moirdryd]

I'm quite tempted. Only done a few SR play by forum games before and was magical in every one, so I think here that old love of the Street Sam calling me (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) . May have a go a re-visualizing my first ever SR character.

Got a long shift at work today and tomorrow but shall begin putting stuff together.

[Trigger]

I might be interested in this as well. The new system looks like fun and it would be nice to give it a shot. I might try converting my drug-smuggling, Ork Underground courier Physical Adept or maybe my namesake and first runner, Trigger, the hot headed combat mage....

[imperialus]

Hey all... So this took off while I was sleeping (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) and I think we're full up.

I got a PM earlier last night looking to join as well, so I'll probably have to cut it off after Slide.

So right now, we are looking at:

Slacker: Physad and/or Face
Raiden: Technomancer and/or Mystic Adept (though I guess that's more of an or since technos and wizardy types don't mix)
JohnathanC: Decker and/or Street Sam
Mr. Juan: ???
RelentlessImp: Dwarf Shaman
Slide: Rigger
Moirdryd and Trigger, I'll have to put you in as alternates for now (IMG:style_emoticons/default/frown.gif)

The team is looking good so far. I'm going to be at work, and then the in-laws all day so other than checking the thread on my phone I'll be out of touch, but I'll leave it to you guys to get the team assembled. If timing works well I'll aim for getting the first IC post up by Wednesday.

[Slide]

cool, putting together a character. For some reason the book has no tool kits, or shops for purchase. Any suggestions on how I should proceed with the build/repair line work?

Edit: Nevermind they are just hidden.

[RelentlessImp]

Csilla Herceg, aka "Paws-in-Shadows"

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A: Skills, 46, 10 on Skill Groups
B: Dwarf, 4 Special Attribute Points
C: Magician, Magic 3, 5 Spells
D: Attributes (14)
E: Resources (6,000)

Attributes
Bod: 3/8
Agi: 2/6 (1)
Rea: 2/5 (1)
Str: 3/8
Wil: 6/7 (4)
Log: 2/6 (1)
Int: 3/6 (2)
Cha: 6/6 (5)
Edge: 2/6 (1 Special Attribute)
Magic: 6/7 (3 Special Attributes)

Qualities (29 Karma)
Mentor Spirit: Cat (5) (+2 Gymnastics, +2 Illusion spells, preparations, rituals)
Astral Chameleon (10)
Corporate SIN (-25)

Active Skills (46/10)
Spellcasting 6 (6)
Counterspelling 6 (6)
Con 4 (4)
Etiquette 4 (4)
Summoning 5 (5)
Binding 5 (5)
Sneaking 4 (4)
Assensing 4 (4)
Perception 4 (4)
Pistols 4 (4)

Skill Groups (10)
Athletics 6 (6)
-Broken with Karma for Urban Running specialization
Outdoors 4 (4)

Knowledge Skills (10)
English N
Magic Theory 2 (2)
Literature 2 (2)
Law 2 (2)
Gang Identification 1 (1)
Synthcore 1 (1)
Politics 1 (1)
Business 1 (1)

Spells

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Stunbolt
Acid Stream
Ball Lightning
Heal
Chaos
Improved Invisibility

Metamagics
Centering (+1 Drain)

Bound Spirits
None

Gear (26,000 [6,000 E, 20,000 Karma])
Ares Predator V (797.5)
Regular Ammo x100 (200)
Silencer for Ares Predator V (500)
5 Spare Clips, Ares Predator V (25)
Urban Explorer Jumpsuit (715)
Urban Explorer Jumpsuit Helmet (110)
Hermes Ikon Commlink (3300)
Subvocal Mic (55)
Tag Eraser (450)
Goggles, Capacity 6 (300) [4510]
-Image Link (50)
-Vision Enhancement 3 (1500)
-Vision Magnification (250)
-Smartlink (2000)
Earbuds, Capacity 3 (165) [1831.5]
-Audio Enhancement 3 (1500)
Respirator Rating 6 (330)
Low Lifestyle, 1 month (2200)
Rating 4 Fake SIN (10,000)
Rating 4 Fake License (800)

26000 - 25824 = 176 Nuyen left over

Contacts (Cha*3 = 18)
Kane, Corporate Decker: Connection 3, Loyalty 5
Tinman, Fixer, Connection ?, Loyalty 1
Leinos, Fixer: Connection 3, Loyalty 2
Makka, Accountant: Connection 3, Loyalty 2


Karma Expenditure: 25 + 25 (Corporate SIN) - 10 (Astral Chameleon) - 5 (Mentor Spirit: Cat) - 13 (Initiation) - 7 (Urban Specialization for Running) - 5 (Spell: Improved Invisibility) - 10 (Nuyen) = 0
Starting Nuyen: 3d6=8*60 = 480 + 176 = 656 nuyen

Questionnaire

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What's your heritage?
Mother, father. They both work for the Company, executives of their respective branches. Typical dwarfs, hardworking and no-nonsense, loyalty to the Company, always to the Company.

What would your parents say about you?
My mother would comment that I will make an excellent mage in service to the Company one day. My father would simply say I don't work hard enough. Cat and I have to work very hard to keep them from knowing that what they should be saying is, "Yes, that's him, betraying the ideals of our family and the Company" while watching a feed.

What historical events does your character remember?
What do any of us remember? A decade and change doesn't lend itself to much history; I was born on the day the Renraku Arcology was shut down, bringing an end to what I'm told are years of speculation and strangeness.

I remember a little of the Crash Two, but it had barely affected my mother and father and me, ensconced safely as we were within the Company's loving arms. I mostly remember my parents being upset at the Matrix feed being disrupted, and then their expressions of horror as they held each other when news came of what had happened.

I think the clearest thing I remember was the Emergence Events. Cat had only just begun to whisper in my ear as I watched the drama unfold, fed to me by the news networks. I was excited to hear any news of them; I wish I could say I was incensed by the faulty news reporting before the AIs took center stage, but I cannot; I had an aunt afflicted with AIPS, and my young mind wished for their extermination for having caused it.

And then the AIs showed up, and I learned an important lesson that day; never trust the news. If you don't see it with your own eyes, never believe it.

How did you get into shadowrunning, and why?
Cat whispers to me in the night. She tells me that the cold world that I live within is nothing like reality. She encourages me to put my magic to the test, out there where the mages get geeked first. She taught me how to sneak, to fool, to speak; she found Kane, who covers me in the other ethereal world; she erases my presence on the Astral. With Cat on my side, I can go wherever I want, do whatever I want; and what I have always wanted is to know what reality is.

What is your living space like?
Corporate life is very comfortable, very sterile. Everything a person could ever want, provided they're useful to the Company in some way. I spend as little time as possible in that living space, letting Kane whisper to the machine spirits that I am there, always there, thankful mother and father work such ridiculous hours. My own living space is elsewhere, a tiny, cozy apartment little more than a coffin motel - but at least it has a kitchen and room to walk. It's less than a tenth of the space, but it feels freer, even in its tininess.

What are your beliefs / convictions (if any) and why do you hold them?
Everything we see, hear, and know is based upon spin control and careful media saturation. The only truth is that which we find ourselves, those few nuggets we can get without interference from anything monolithic speaking to us. Cat knows how to find truth, has been whispering to me for years about how to find those little bits of it here and there.

What do you think is your most annoying / worst trait?
I dislike confrontation, even if I can be skilled at defusing it. I prefer unobtrusiveness, and do my best to bring others to that sort of view. As little contact outside the team as possible, even should that contact be one that could help us or make it easier. I can't help it; it's just in my nature.

What megacorp do you like the most? the Least? Why?
I am a fan of Evo Corporation. Oh, I know that all they do is to fill a niche in the market, to generate goodwill and thus profit, but ... try being a dwarf for a day. A week. A month. A year. Evo's technologies and services make it more bearable.

I dislike Horizon the most, primarily because of how they reinforce my belief of our reality being carefully manipulated to bring us to this opinion or that one, to distort truth in the most beneficial manner to them. They destroy reality, one clip, one soundbite, one commercial at a time.

How did you come to know your contacts?
Cat led me to Kane. A skilled decker working for the Company, who came from a life in the shadows. Cat told me what buttons to push, what words to speak - but I came to enjoy the elf's company regardless, and he mine... enough, anyways, that he gladly covers my absences from Company grounds.

Kane, in turn, led me to Leinos, searching the shadownet and pointing me in the right direction. Not the decker's old fixer, far from it, but more like me, just getting started in the shadows. Knows people who knows people, hooked me with my first real job outside the Company.

And Leinos pointed me in the direction of Makka, a genius with numbers. I know a little about accounting, but this girl's so far over my head with what she knows. She manages the money, keeps it undetected from my real life. The three together draw the line clearly, between Company and reality; only Kane knows one of my truths. I know little of their truths, and I don't care about those; I have other truths to find.

What do you do on a day off?
I escape the Company and disappear into the city. I wander the streets, freerun, learn the streets, learn the people. Time away from the rhetoric, the drilling, the education, less exciting than work but more fulfilling. I sit next to the most destitute of people and talk, share a meal. These days make it so much easier to go back and face the Company's sterile walls and lifeless educations.

How did you come to learn your skills at your present proficiency?
Talent. Skill. Natural ability. And practice. Lots of practice. Even if Cat came with the magic, she teaches me little in that direction. She expands upon things I already knew before her; how to walk in obscurity, how to read people, tell them what they want to hear. She teaches me how to think when approaching those issues, leads me in the right direction to become better. And Kane taught me, too; how to hold the gun, maintain, load, fire. And gaffs have taught me how to run, how to effectively flee, lest I wind up with a new hole in my skull.

Are there any moral limits on what jobs you take or things you'll do?
Life is cold, life is harsh, life ends. I and Cat are both pragmatic in that regard; neither of us will go out of our way to cause pain and suffering, but if they attack us, the gloves are off; and if the money is right, I will do anything except bringing harm upon the Company that can be traced back to me.

How do you view magic / technomantic abilities?
Magic is fire. Magic is life. Life before the magic was dull and gray, dominated by the Company. Now it is color, it is pollution, it is joy, and the Magic awoke me to the truth. I can only imagine what glories technomancers see when they Emerge, what digital planes they live, what sensations only they can know.

How do you view augmentation / implantation?
Death. Cold, gray death, drawing nearer and nearer. Or perhaps transcendence, but not one I would want to experience. It saps the color from the world, the joy from life, draws sentience towards artificiality. That is what I have come to understand from talking to the heavily augmented, more machine than flesh.

What do you think of ordinary life and those who live it?
They are welcome to it. I cannot. Not since Cat first whispered to me, encouraged me to look beyond the perfect walls and brilliant AR. Not all are suitable to be awakened from the Corporate Dream, nor are all suitable to live in luxury. Ordinary has too many meanings to too many different people; if it suits them, let them have it, but I will be taking what I want from them should it be necessary. Perhaps they will suffer through their chance to look beyond the ordinary.

What would be a bad nightmare for you? Any deep-rooted fears? Why is it so frightening to you?
I dream it once a month. Cat is silent, the Corporate Masters speak and I do. They speak, and I do. They speak, and I do. They speak, and I do. They speak, and I don't. The bullet is in me before the echo of my refusal dies from my lips. Before I lose consciousness, face-down in my own gray matter, Cat whispers a farewell. And then I awaken in a cold sweat. This is the future that awaits me one day, I know it. They will speak, and I will do, until I cannot take it any longer - and then I will be disposed of.

What is your 'sacred object' or 'close one', and how did they become so important to you?
I long for the day when I possess something that will make me feel that way. For now, the closest I have to something like that is my jumpsuit. I've had it ever since I first set out to explore beyond the cold walls of the Company. When I put it on, I set aside the good dwarf image and become my true self.

What did you want to become as a child, and what are your goals now?
Before Cat began to whisper to me, I desired to become the same as my parents; a good, hardworking member of the Company, valued, taken care of, to give them more citizens just like that. Now... now I just want reality, to live in truth, out from beneath the Company's rhetoric.

What does your character look like, and what inspired her choices?
Paws is a 4ft (122cm) tall Caucasian dwarf with youthful features, being a teenager. Beardless, too. His crimson hair has blonde highlights streaked throughout, wore Corporate-short, though shaggy with short bangs. Typically, he dresses in 'faux-punk' gear; varicolored stockings, denim shorts, slogan-emblazoned tees, a carefully constructed image to give the appearance of the good Corporate son going through 'that phase'. Image

Out on the streets, though, gone is the flippant sense of youth his normal appearance suggests, tending to wrap himself in free-running gear (boots, jumpsuit, helmet, goggles, gloves) that blot out the 'good Corporate son' and replaces it with a faceless entity chasing something through the streets.

On the Astral, Paws appears as a nude gender-neutral being with long, flowing red hair and tattoos etched across his left arm. His hands end in pointed fingertips that call to mind claws, and his features are older, more mature, with a slight feline cast to his eyes and ears. Image

How did you get your street name?
Kane. I wanted something interesting, something that spoke to Cat and me both. I suggested "Whispers-In-The-Dark", but Kane introduced me to Leinos as "Paws-In-Shadows"... and it stuck. I guess he got a laugh out of it. It's a serviceable name, though.

Short Sheet

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Condition Monitors
Physical [][][][][][][][][][] (0/10)
Stun [][][][][][][][][][][] (0/11)
Overflow [][][][][] (0/4)
B 3, A 2, R 2, S 3, W 6, L 2, I 3, C 6, Ess 6, M 6, Edge 2
Initiative 5 + 1d6
Astral Initiative 6 + 2d6
Limits Mental 5, Physical 4, Social 8, Astral 8
Armor 11
Skills Assensing 4, Binding 5, Con 4, Counterspelling 6, Etiquette 4, Gymnastics 6, Navigation 4, Perception 4, Pistols 4, Running (Urban) 6 (+2), Sneaking 4, Spellcasting 6, Summoning 5, Survival 4, Swimming 6, Tracking 4
Qualities Magician (Shaman), Mentor Spirit (Cat), Corporate SIN
Gear
Urban Explorer Jumpsuit [9] & Urban Explorer Jumpsuit Helmet [+2]
Ares Predator V w/ Silencer [Heavy Pistol, Acc 5 (7), DV 8P, AP -1, SA, RC --, 15c]
Hermes Ikon commlink (Rating 5)
Subvocal Mic
Goggles w/ Image Link, Vision Enhancement 3, Vision Magnification, Smartlink
Earbuds w/ Audio Enhancement 3
Spells Acid Stream, Ball Lightning, Chaos, Heal, Improved Invisibility, Stunbolt

Composure 12
Judge Intentions 8
Lifting/Carrying 6
Memory 9

Identities

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Corporate SIN: Csilla Herceg, Federated Boeing citizen, minor. Birthdate 5/15/2061. Bloodtype AB+. Attends F-B Matrix Education. Awakened, shamanic, manifests the totem colloquially known as Cat when casting spells and summoning spirits. Current residence: F-B Gated Community, Bellevue.

Fake SIN Rating 4: Leonidas Kael, UCAS (Seattle) citizen. Birthdate 1/1/2058. Bloodtype AB+. Became an emancipated minor on 5/10/2071. Owns registered Ares Predator V, serial code [garbled]. Currently works as a registered boilermaker. Current residence: Apartment 4-C, 1-2-1-2 Apartment Complex, Northeast Everett, Seattle.

[Mister Juan]

Glad to be aboard (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
So, what do we need? I can pretty much cook up anything before the end of the day. Right off the bat, I can already say I haven't finished reading the Magic section, so I won't dip into the awakened pool. Technomancers are my thing either, so that's out.

Depending on what the team needs I can probably roll up a Decker (yay! the term is back!) or a Brick/Street Sam. I guess I can be whatever JohnathanC isn't... although making a "pair" of Decker might be very interesting.

[Slide]

Depending on what the team needs I can probably roll up a Decker (yay! the term is back!) or a Brick/Street Sam. I guess I can be whatever JohnathanC isn't... although making a "pair" of Decker might be very interesting.

Reading everything that a decker can do now it seems like you would have one very frantic chip head durring combat. Jamming enemie comms, shutting down cyberware, detonating enemy gernades, defending your team's cyber/PAN/Tacnet, Marking enmy drones for your rigger to take control of, protecting your rigger's drones(Wink Wink), Painting hostiles with Aros so there are no suprises durring combat. Lots of options for the decker now, and I hope it really helps people not feel like they have to go on a seperate adventure while playing a decker.

[Mister Juan]

Having thought about it properly, I think I'll leave the Decker character to someone else (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) As much as I'd like to try my hand at it, I'm really curious about seeing how the new character creation system handles cybered up characters. So yea, I'll soon introduce George Earnest. Background should be up before tonight. Just so everyone knows, I'm going for the "durability" approach over the "speed" one. So yea, we probably won't be the fastest, but I'll try to build him in a way he can take massive amount of punishment.

[RelentlessImp]

Hooray, my tiny ass will have a brick to hide behind.

[Slide]

I imagine it would be sorta like this.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=467...e=1&theater

[Raiden]

Ill get my mysadept up and running soon. background will be a while in coming as I havent picked one just yet. stats should be done.. by tomorrow night.

[Slide]

This is Breaker in Excel

Excel Sheet

I will have a background up in a day or so. It looks like i'm gonna be one of the few who isn't a bonafied sinner.

[imperialus]

Looking good so far guys! Shaping up to be a good team. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Raiden]

I will take corp sin... ex-red Sam sounds interesting

[RelentlessImp]

Ill get my mysadept up and running soon. background will be a while in coming as I havent picked one just yet. stats should be done.. by tomorrow night.

Just remember Bull's said Mystic Adepts are at the wrong cost for Karma to PP. From here:

6) Chargen

Mystic Adepts are the wrong cost. For the time being, assume they are 5 Karma for a Power Point instead of 2. This may and likely will be superseded when the official SR5 Errata is released.

Dwarves have Thermovision.

Trolls pay double lifestyle cost, but do not pay +50% equipment cost.

All other Chargen rules should apply as usual.

[Slide]

I will take corp sin... ex-red Sam sounds interesting

Your a Samurai? So can you get me a Katana? I mean a real one, cause... that's what shadowrunners do.

[Raiden]

Just remember Bull's said Mystic Adepts are at the wrong cost for Karma to PP. From here:

We are using this instead of the books ruling? if so I need to know. I haven't seen anything on this thread about it sorry if I overlooked the GMs ruling.