I only have one guy I can take you with me to see. The rest...I'll have to take care of on my own. We can wait on the cab to see if we can get transportation out of our contact.

oooooo... a Cab Driver contact. Good one! I'll have to remember that for other characters.

Bearclaw: You may not want to go with a Tux, but just a nice bussiness suit. Most corp'ers don't go to work in a Tux. Plus I'm pretty sure more armor can be worked into a suit than a tux.

Tristan can take him shopping. He has "Fashion Trends" at 3

DONT HATE ME!!! Mack is just a superior bitch. Im really nice and fluffy!

I don't hate you. But Tristan is not a fan of Mack. I foresee lots of "disagreements" between them in the future...Which should be fun for eveyone!

Actually I think they provide a good foil for eachother. They are both highly charismatic and strong willed. They just see things VERY differently.

Heh, I know that Cougar enjoyed the show

I'm amused...

I think it's cool, but Manny doesn't. He wouldn't have liked Sienfeld either.

Bearclaw -- does Pili see Manny when he exits the room or has Manny left the floor already?

Well, he didn't sneak off. He just walked out. I'm sure you can catch him before he gets on the elevator.

That Bitch!

Meanie!!

I think Tristan and Mack need to attend a "Working Together" workshop....

I think Mack just needs to get laid.

LOL...oh Mack get's laid...REGULARLY...and not by the same person...hell...not even by the same sex

Slut.

Yer just jealous it's not you

And the laughs keep on comin!

Etiquette (for getting the car): 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 9

Etiquette (for the call): 1, 1, 1, 3, 5, 26
Carousing (supplementary for the call): 3, 3, 4, 5, 13

Etiquette (for dealing w/ the bell hop, remember the bribe): 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5
Intimidation (the "I trust your judgement" bit): 1, 2, 3, 3, 8, 10

I'm just posting this to let everyone know I haven't forgotten this, or any other thread on the forums... I spent all of last week reading blinking lights and trying to reckon what the heck they meants, big training plat... er level since I can't spell the other word right now... needless to say the lights and stress left my mind in a mush, but happily it's done, and I passed, spent the weekend drinking, so expect a bigass push from me tommorrow... appologies, because this game's shaping up to rock, and I defeinitly dig the flow you've all dropped into...

Cool! Glad to hear you're back.

FYI...Im kinda waiting on a reply from the PM I sent you...

Reply is sent...

*eyes kevyn* I'm reading that stripper part right, aren't I? *groaning, but in an amused way*

Yup. You read it right. Rather than act professional Tristan has opted for an infantile atempt at one-up-manship.

Had a better written post ready, hit back on my browser to check some info, and lost the whole thing...

I hate it when that happens. I use a Dell at work but have been using a Mac at home. It messes with me sometimes...

I guess that's 1/4 services used for the spirit. Pili's looking for any type of weakness in external magical security (or physical for that matter if it jumps out at him). He'll note locations of watchers or bound elementals (cringe!) as well as any other type of magical security (guardian vines, wards, barriers, etc.).

Does the novatech building have a public section or is it all private/residential kinda stuff. What I mean is will I be able to go in and wander around the bottom floors of the building and see what kind of stuff is on the inside or will I have to sneak past guards?

The only public areas are the grounds themselves and the lobby. There is no sign of foot patrols of the grounds, but that may just be during the daytime.

Rolls for the force 3 legba spirit:
Conjuring TN3: 13 04 02 01 01 #D:5 TN:3 H#:13 S:2
Drain 3M: 10 04 03 01 #D:4 TN:3 H#:10 S:3 <-- light drain (damn)

Rolls for the force 4 physical mask spell:
Sorcery w/ 3 spell pool: 16 11 09 08 04 04 03 03 01 #D:9 TN:5 H#:16 S:4
3M Drain Resist w/ 3 spell pool: 11 11 09 05 05 04 04 01 01 #D:9 TN:4 H#:11 S:7 <-- no drain (whew!)

I now have one service remaining with the Legba spirit and two services remaining with the Obatala spirit.

Fast Talk roll for the receptionist if you want it 07 04 04 02.

Um...I dont think Physical Mask effects your voice....and a gorgeous woman with the voice of a male cajun ork? scary!

or sexy....depending on what does it for ya.

Actually, right from the spell description... "The mask spell alters the target's voice, scent, and other physical characteristics."

Its been argued that a Mask-ed individual would even pass a retinal or DNA scan....

Wow...learn something new everyday!

I've always thought Physical Mask was one of the most necessary spells for any non-combat type mage. And even a combat one because it's a full multi-sense illusion and it has a nice easy +1M drain IIRC. Great spell.

For a combat, team oriented mage, I prefer trid phantasm. But physical mask and vehicle mask are also VERY abusable.
Add those 3 together with invisibility and you can pretty much do anything a D&D illusionist can do with his entire arsenal of spells.

Fast Talk Roll for the Officer: 11 05 03 01
Remember, I have one stun wound from light conjuring drain so what ever TN that you feel I should have on the Fast Talk test is +1.

Also, can I give mental commands to spirits or must they be spoken? I can't find anything in SR3 or MITS that refers to how spirits can be requested to perform services.

:: bump ::

Hello??

Hello.

Hello
I'm not sure how to handle the contact interaction. As I don't know how many success I'll get or what they know, I'm kind of lost as to how to have a conversation.
I'd be fine if the GM did the rolls off line, and gave me a synopsys of what I found out from who.

I was kinda waiting for DH to get back to me about whether or not the officer lets Pili go.

Alright, curse my brain for complaceny... it's time to kick this party back into gear. Pili's going to be let go from the scene, the KE officer's more concerned with the impending fight than keeping "her" there.

In order to kick things up a notch, I'm going to need some OOC info from everyone.

I need:

Which contacts you'll be calling;
What line of questioning you want to pursue with them;
Any favors you'll offer to them, bribes, etc. (upkeep, though it's not needed yet, it may bring a favorable reaction); and
An appropriate Etiquitte roll for each contact.

I'm going to pull a krishcane on this one, and go cinematic for legwork, if needed we'll do two rounds of it, but this should hasten the pace of the game.

I don't really have any contacts to help with this, Cougar ain't the Face type.

Pili's good to go for this one. He's just going to head back to the hotel, walking this time. He'll drop the spell in an alley or something well out of sight of the KE officer. Then, he'll dismiss both spirits and head back to the hotel to describe the information that he got on the external security and what he saw in the lobby and the fact that there seems to be KE security on site

Still waiting for the car, but once he gets that Tristan will drive around so he can call his fixer and then place a call to his contact in KE.

From the fixer (Maggie) he's looking for two things. 1) has there been any successful extractions from that facility in the past, the runners that did it, and any known tactics. Its a fixer so his willing to pay standard rates (what ever those are in your games) or a marker for said moneys if its too rich. (did we get expenses in our deal?)
2) have there been any other parties interested in acquiring our target? If so, who?

Etiquette: 1 2 4 4 5 7


Lt. Hicks (KE Sec Mage): higher than standard rates due to the info requested. What type of security would KE use in a facility of [size and sensitivity level of the target]? Numbers? Arms? Magical support, ect.? What type of responce could an incursion expect? Response times? Tristan is VERY CAREFUL NOT TO GIVE SPECIFICS OR HINTS.

Etiquette: 2 2 3 3 5 5


The next day is his golf outing w/ Mr. Bowen. He will offer no bribes as that would be out of character. During those 18 holes and over a few Gin and Tonics at the 19th Hole, Tristan will pump him for info on "Life as a Corp Scientist." Its part of some new sociology research he's conducting Specificaly, how close would the scientist be watched? By whom? Levels of response to "odd" behavior? In addition to semi-trival bits such as compensation for said scientist, "perks", accomodations, etc... He'll also ask how the fam is (the wife and Katie). How retirement is going. General bulldrek and rich folk gossip, too. Remember, this is not a normal contact so Tristan will be careful around him.

Etiquette: 1 2 3 3 3 3

(wow, that was GREAT! )


While at the Community, Trisatn will check in w/ Grounds Keeper Willie to get his take on the situation. What does he think of it, the compensation, the Target, the opposition, etc?

Etiquette: 2 2 3 4 8 13

Other than the info Im waiting for from Gig....

I'll call Flash (info broker, lvl II) ask him to get all info he can on Novatech's Matrix Systems subsidiary in Bellvue. Particularily on all head scientists that have been in the news. I'll promise him min 2k and max as 10k depending on the info and it's pertinance to her mission.

I'll call Luke and ask him to create a complete dossier on Clarence Fischer. (see PM post for more details)

Ok... it just occured to me that in my latest re-format I seem to have lost the character records for this game, as well as my nice little summary of everyone character and contacts... If everyone could either PM or send their character to anomaly_of_the_void@hotmail.com it'd be muchly appreciated. As well, if you had the sheet in an Excel format, I've recently acquired a copy of Office, so I'll be able to accept sheets in that form.

Thanks to everyone for putting up with my drek, I'm still green when it comes to running online games, and I've gotta say you are all a great bunch of players for putting up with that.