 Gang Initiation, No pain, no gain... |
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 Feb 17 2005, 02:45 AM
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Running Target  Group: Members Posts: 1,144 Joined: 22-September 04 Member No.: 6,690  |
Make it something interesting and fun to roleplay, that keeps in step with the image of the gang. Win a staring contest with a LS cop while he's in his squad car, doing 120 down the freeway. Steal the bike of a rival gang, then do something spectacular and dangerous with it.
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Feb 17 2005, 03:17 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,353 Joined: 5-June 02 Member No.: 2,840 |
Wow, such wonderful people... Sounds like all you gotta do to join a gang is prove you're a murderous psychopath with an IQ 80 or less. Where's The Punisher when you need him? Hey, that's an idea: send them against someone like The Punisher and set certain conditions short of killing him (like grazing him with a bullet or something). If they live, they're in. |
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Feb 17 2005, 04:13 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,001 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Michigan Member No.: 1,514 |
Yeah, but American prisons are chock full of these people. People who aren't educated enough to understand society like we do, the apthetic who just don't care, the abused who lash back out-you name it.
Gangs are about power-economic, social, sexual: you name it. I've dealt with guys who have shot nd raped two year olds, to guys who killed their best friends with hammers over slices of pizza while on drugs. (Makes you wonder if best friend was a really good description.) The opposite end of the spectrum is the dangerous one-smart, viscous, and no compulsion about killign at all. they're fewer in numbers, but scarier by far. That's what we have primarily housed in our history of bein open. Makes for fun work days. |
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Feb 17 2005, 09:37 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 527 Joined: 30-January 04 Member No.: 6,043 |
Nice, K10. I likes how you think. I think a person could punch this up a little bit by having the car racing down the highway at the time... I love you guys. No, really. Like I said, I wanted to tap into the collective pool of sadism here and boy did I get what I wanted. Since someone asked, the Crimson Crush is a go-gang, prowling the highways of the Barrens. They clash with other go-gangs, smuggle drugs and BTLs, that sort of thing. Still thinking about what to actually inflict. May put up a poll, that'd make it easy to choose between some of these great ideas... |
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Feb 17 2005, 09:53 PM
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Chicago Survivor Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 5,079 Joined: 28-January 04 From: Canton, GA Member No.: 6,033 |
Anyone else flashing back to Warriors?
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Feb 17 2005, 09:56 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 108 Joined: 6-December 04 Member No.: 6,871 |
Kill a rival ganger always works. Do some sort of crazy bike stunt like; jumping off the end of a trashed bridge, play chicken with a Lone Star car, set yourself on fire and ride around the block. |
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Feb 17 2005, 10:00 PM
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Chicago Survivor Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 5,079 Joined: 28-January 04 From: Canton, GA Member No.: 6,033 |
How about a death race?
2 prospective candidates are chained together with 2 m of chain between them, they gotta race around the nearest rival gang's turf once. The winner is the one riding his bike back, the loser is likely ghoul food somewhere along the route. |
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Feb 17 2005, 10:12 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 527 Joined: 30-January 04 Member No.: 6,043 |
"Come out and plaaay-yaaay..."
That death race'd be a good one if there were more candidates than open positions in the gang... |
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Feb 17 2005, 11:03 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,001 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Michigan Member No.: 1,514 |
I never flashed out! Warriors come out to play! Arcanum V's sig is from Death race 2000 by the way! |
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Feb 18 2005, 12:57 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 10-March 04 Member No.: 6,146 |
I just looked into this thread because my character is about to undergo initiation. much to my surprise, the originator of the thread is my GM, and it's all about what he can do to my character. Yikes.
BTW, Garland, is there any chance I can get enough Karma to raise my Bike and Brawling skills (and maybe Body) before the initiation? ^_^;; |
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Feb 18 2005, 12:59 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,001 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Michigan Member No.: 1,514 |
Ooops. Looks like you made the fatal mistake: Actually admiting you're reading Gawds notes. Best hope the almighty doesn't decide to send the thunder!
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Feb 18 2005, 01:03 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 10-March 04 Member No.: 6,146 |
Actually, Garland did mention that he didn't mind if his players read this, and he knows I read the DS Forums regularly, so I'm sure I won't get any extra fallout from this. (Ghost knows, the anticipation'll be bad enough.)
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Feb 18 2005, 06:24 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 527 Joined: 30-January 04 Member No.: 6,043 |
No, no problem. I even said in the original post I didn't mind the players reading it. The gang probably taunts the scrubs with horrifying tales of their own initiations... Joe: I plan on about a month between the current story arc and the initiation. So yes, time to train. |
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Feb 18 2005, 06:40 PM
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Chicago Survivor Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 5,079 Joined: 28-January 04 From: Canton, GA Member No.: 6,033 |
Of course, you do realise this means those 3 skills won't come into play...
Some other options: If the Gang allows metahumans and the initiate is a metahuman, steal the hood off as many Humanis members during a march or rally as possible and live to tell the tale. If the Gang is anti-metahuman, steal something equally symbolic from a pro-metahuman group member during a march or rally (just one) Swipe a control valve from a Gaeatronics power plant Snag the traffic camera from the highest point on the block. put a sidecar on your bike and try and catch someone in it the hard way (run through traffic, scooping them up on the way). Roshambeaux a troll Kill a rival gangs BTL dealer or runner |
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Feb 18 2005, 06:45 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 527 Joined: 30-January 04 Member No.: 6,043 |
C'mon, now, I'm not that harsh a GM. And it'd be a pretty sad initiation that didn't involve a Body roll.
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Feb 19 2005, 10:36 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 10-March 04 Member No.: 6,146 |
I'm definitely expecting Body to play a part in the initiation process, and given that the Crimson Crush is a go-gang, I'm expecting to use my Bike skill. Brawling can't hurt no matter what form the initiation takes.
FYI, Nikoli, the Crimson Crush is a mostly Ork gang that runs in Redmond, just south of Touristville, IIRC. (I do have a poor memory for maps and directions, though, so I could be mistaken about the exact location.) |
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Feb 20 2005, 12:34 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 488 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 90 |
ROTFLMAO! I'll have to remember that one! I'm definitely gonna use that one some time. :vegm: |
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Feb 20 2005, 01:51 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,011 Joined: 15-February 05 From: Montréal, QC, Canada Member No.: 7,087 |
Ask him to steal the harley scorpion of Lord Torgo, the leader of The Spikes.
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Feb 20 2005, 01:57 AM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
Then say goodbye, 'cause that's the last you'll see of 'em!
And I always pictured him on a viking |
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Feb 20 2005, 06:19 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,011 Joined: 15-February 05 From: Montréal, QC, Canada Member No.: 7,087 |
Doesn't matter. What is hilarious is the thought of a non-troll trying to flee on a troll sized bike. Or whatever else they can imagine.
I ran a session like that once. Very entertaining. One PC troll started a fight in a bar attended by the spikes and during the confusion the rest of the team neutralized the look out, tied a chain to the leader's hog and then tied the other end to a truck they had just jacked. What followed is to date the wackiest chase I've ever run. |
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Feb 20 2005, 09:25 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 402 Joined: 23-April 03 From: London, UK Member No.: 4,491 |
What does that mean? |
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Feb 20 2005, 09:58 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 190 Joined: 24-October 04 Member No.: 6,787 |
Get dragged behiend a motorbike for a while. Extra status if you do it without armor :grinbig:
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Feb 20 2005, 09:42 PM
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It's kind of like a catapult. |
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Feb 20 2005, 10:31 PM
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Mr. Johnson Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,587 Joined: 25-January 05 From: Berkeley, CA Member No.: 7,014 |
Huh? I thought Roshambo was Rock-Paper-Scissors. |
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Feb 20 2005, 10:45 PM
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Midnight Toker Group: Members Posts: 7,686 Joined: 4-July 04 From: Zombie Drop Bear Santa's Workshop Member No.: 6,456 |
I like the initiations from The Shadowrun Comapnion.Disarm a bomb; Kill an Elf; Brand a metahuman; Meet the Spider totem - Its fun for the whole family.
For a Go-gang I must agree with Voorhees - Motercycle jousting can't be beat. |
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