Charm City [OOC] Options

[pbangarth]

Absolutely. Ol' Tubesnake is a methodical, thorough investigator. He simply left it for the kids to stick their noses into dusty old nooks and crannies.

And get eaten by the Free Spirit hiding in the duffle bag. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[sunnyside]

I didn't miss it at all. I read it with some attention to detail, in fact, but I was quite happy to let it ride while I looked for other clues to point it in a bigger picture direction. It certainly paints a picture of previous occupants and their fate, in combination with the removed doorstops.

...I'm curious what you're thinking. Well maybe that should be discussed IC.

For clarity the comlink does have a basic password, and I don't believe Bongo has any way around that. That's just the profile it shares if Bongo plugs the battery in and checks with their own comlink.

I put links to characters in the first OOC post. You might want to check I'm linking the right spot. Especially for having proper perception test info.

Also I believe Selena still hasn't checked the place out right?

[sunnyside]

Now I keep imagining Tubesnake just standing there with everyone just thinking to himself "dusty vents, trapdoor in basement, old piping, dufflebag in crawlspace" *sips soycaf* "out of code wiring, democracies in the wall"

[sunnyside]

FYI on that other business trip I mentioned. So sorry for being slow.

This time I'm in Buffalo NY. Previously Knoxville.

Currently at the bar claiming to be where the whole wing thing started. They have rare/custized motorcycles and the like all over the walls.

[pbangarth]

FYI on that other business trip I mentioned. So sorry for being slow.

This time I'm in Buffalo NY. Previously Knoxville.

Currently at the bar claiming to be where the whole wing thing started. They have rare/custized motorcycles and the like all over the walls.

Take photos for Willie!!

[sunnyside]

So I'm PMing with crossbow on their character. They might start interacting sometime here. I think that will be the full set.

Looks like we're not getting a hacker, so I think I'll make one. On the player side of things I've been annoyed by some spotlight stealing GMPCs.
So I think the hacker's street name will be "Gold" because he thinks he's not simply autistic, he's "Au"tastic! Solid at what he does, but not much for leading people...or staying focused on mission objectives without a little direction. He wouldn't mind staying behind sometimes, and actually strongly prefers it so long as he isn't too broke.

[Thanee]

Good point with the astral. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Fiona is still guarding the bike in front of the building. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Bye
Thanee

[Seth]

Hi people.

Sunnyside has very kindly let me join your game as a technomancer. I will be a couple of days in Chargen.

I used to play dumpshock, but I've forgotten about how everything works, so if I make mistakes please be gentle with me (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[pbangarth]

Welcome, Seth. Never played with a technomancer. Should be fun. Pretty well rounded team now.

[Seth]

Looking forward to being back on dumpshock! And playing shadowrun again

Technomancer
Well the bad news is that they aren't as good as a tweaked decker. But it should be 'good enough'. And there are some 'unusual' things that might be fun to see if they work.

I think with a lot of karma they get awesome (but so does everyone).

We'll need to work out how to get me into the party. (After I work out a name for 'me'). I can probably join as soon as the shape of the character is sorted out (I doubt if we'll be rolling many die in the first few posts together). Can someone give me a snapshot of 'what has happened so far' (if anything)?

A couple of questions:

• Do we have a rigger in the party?
• Do we have a person who can make/repair things (armour/weapons/vehicles/...)

[Thanee]

Hello and welcome! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Can someone give me a snapshot of 'what has happened so far' (if anything)?

Not much happened, as we are still in the pre-stage here.

Basically, everyone got to Baltimore (either from the city, or from outside), and the fixer hooked us up with a townhouse, where we were just arriving and checking things out.

We do not even know what the job is going to be about, yet. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

• Do we have a rigger in the party?
• Do we have a person who can make/repair things (armour/weapons/vehicles/...)

Tubesnake should cover both. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Bye
Thanee

[Koekepan]

Tubesnake is a decent, but not minmaxed chargen-level rigger, and a quite creditable technician.

He's not quite so good on BANG! POW! KA-BLOOOIE! but he can help patch people up after some of that.

[Seth]

Got it. OK I think I'll just be a 'hacker' then.

My current plan is to not be good in combat (1 initiate pass, low physical stats, no combat skills, pacifist, combat paralysis). So that's going to be up to you lot! Think 'the knapster' in the Italian Job.

[pbangarth]

What I see so far is as follows:

pbangarth (still playing two)

Quick Willie: street sam and non-rigged driver
Bongo Slade: face/scout/"distractor"/third string combat

Koekepan

Tubesnake: mechanic/rigger

Crossbow

Flatline: hermetic mage street doc

Thanee

Selina: street shaman (Cat) + ally spirit

Seth

??????: hacker

So, with a dedicated street sam plus 2 magicians plus an ally spirit, Seth, firepower should not be a problem. It looks like a well rounded group to me.

[Seth]

Did something happen to the ímages? Or have they never worked?

Reads like a good team to me. I'm going through Chargen with the GM now. I've not one a 4th edition for years, so I could easily have violated a dozen rules! But hey.

Are you all an established team? Or is this our first mission together?

The reason I am asking is that in my backstory (still to be approved) I hired some shadowrunners to 'extract' me from an unpleasant situation. You could easily have been that team. It would certainly explain how you know me. And if you need a decker, then you'd know that I was a decker.

[pbangarth]

Most of us have not worked together. This is the first time all are together.

Quick Willie and Selina were in a short-lived campaign in Seattle, so maybe that could work?

[Seth]

I think it could work well

Again need GM to agree.

They were hired to extract a number of teenagers (might be just one ... aka me) who were in pods in a corporate facility. Turns out those teenagers didn't know they were human: they had been in the pods since before birth. And they were the ones that hired the runners to get them out. The experiment was blacker than black of course.

So my character would be a person who doesn't do a lot of running yet. Walking...got that sorted out. I mean the bodies were in 'good condition' (2070s tech is awesome). Still having some problems with the whole 'I'm not an operating system' though.

So obviously a character like that would be a 'great decker'. Just not great at anything physical. Like getting shot at! Or running away.

--

Still work in progress. If GM doesn't like it, will do something else

[pbangarth]

We could call him "Podling"!

[Seth]

I'd like to thank you for making me a part of this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B76SlBX1QUE

One nice thing about being a technomancer is flooding peoples head up displays with inappropriate images when they call you names... I wouldn't do anything like that of course.

[sunnyside]

Technomancer
Well the bad news is that they aren't as good as a tweaked decker. But it should be 'good enough'. And there are some 'unusual' things that might be fun to see if they work.

Maybe there's some min maxing with hackers I'm unaware of.

However my strong impression is that with threading and registered sprites a technimancer, right out of the box, can do crazy things. No system can really hold up to them, even detect them, without stretching the rules to hose them or having some bad luck.

However hackers can just hack willy nilly, and nearly ignore taking a little persona damage here and there.

Technomancers have extra steps, will burn through sprite services, and may start filling up their stun track.

[sunnyside]

edit: Just messing with tags.

[Seth]

Any suggestions about how I make an appearance in the IC thread?

[Thanee]

Just show up at the door. That's what I did. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Note: At the moment, there is a white Suzuki Mirage parked out front with a black cat sitting on the seat.

Bye
Thanee

[pbangarth]

Yeah, Willie, Bongo, Selina, and Tubesnake are inside doing their own reno show. Flatline hasn't arrived yet, either. We've just arrived and started chatting.

Bongo and Willie have settled into rooms on the third floor. The rest are up for grabs?

We mostly just mentioned Brewster and got on with it.

[pbangarth]

Koekepan, you're having fun with all that Tubesnake construction shit, aren't you? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)