Oh, and casting team... good luck convincing Felix that he can even do this 'magic' stuff.

@ Mister Juan
Well, first, Tao is a Wujen, not a Shamane.
Second the spirits for diferent traditions use the same rules now, but they are still considered diferent kinds of spirits, so there is probably no way for us, to summon communally.
Third, Tao can´t do any ritual stuff, as he lacks the skills, don´t know, what´s used for wards though.

Ok Wards don´t need any skill, thats good, but TF´s dice pool for creating Wards will only be 3 (-2 for Damage), this is bad, however, each hit makes it good for 1 week, right? How long takes the ritual, I didn´t find a time.

So, the only thing we can do as a team is probably warding. I don't think it states anywhere in the rules wether or not you can teamwork conjuring and binding... but I think that on a logical stand point, since all three characters have very different traditions / approach to their powers, we should assume they can't work together for something like that.

I think that all three characters should be present if anyone attemps to do any binding... just in case the spirit goes beserk, we'll need to banish it.

I believe we should all get as many watchers as possible.

As for actual spirits, I guess thats up to each of us. I know Raven already has the summoning material to bind a bunch of spirits. Felix, on the other hand, doesn't. Being 500 per Force point, an average spirit (easy enough to bound, but still not too weak) would probably cost around 1500 to 2000 (force 3 or 4). But I really think we should get bound spirits, because they can accept orders from other PCs, and can sustain spells, which is VERY useful in a defensive situation. So, the way I see it, Bound spirits should be oriented and chosen in regards to support and defensive roles, while unbound should be gear toward combat.

We should also try to work out a astral patrolling scheduel, so that at least one mage is always ready to jump into the astral to slow down / repel any intruders.

Also, to my knowledge, mundane objects cannot be astrally tracked. So, I think we should avoid warding the room where the real box is hidden. It would simply look too suspicous.

With the search power a spirit can find any person, place or object, the summoner can provide a mental image of!

And SR3 rules for ritual casting would allso allow, to find any item, of which the sorcerer posesses some part (i.e. the removed iron sights of the gun).

Both would take much longer when the target is hidden behind a ward.

there is no official rules for "ritual summoning" to my knowledge.

anyways, i'm pretty sure electrode has stealth... i could potentially get closer than bronzewyrm could...

although, i have to ask: how in hang did you get around without having one of the most basic programs ever?

anyhow, you'd probably have to ask him to go there... he's not very big on going into an area patrolled by the star. if someone can convince him they're not likely to have a hacker there, he might consider going though (like, you know... someone with a knowledge skill relating to lone star procedures, for example... *coughfelixcough* )

hmmm... maybe i'm thinking of someone else... thought someone had that specific skill?

hmmm... maybe i'm badly misremembering in combination with "public library procedures"

ironically, i do think that was one of Steel's skills... alas, if i hadn't changed characters i could convince a hacker/TM to go check out the shack maybe, but then if i hadn't changed characters i wouldn't have someone to send to check it out... woe is me :'(

i'll get over it

ok then, rolls on the checking for node thing on the box/gun.

frustratingly enough, i have no scan CF. so, first things first, threading:

@MK Ultra
I hope to hell that the rest of the stuff China Doll brought was *real* food instead of soy equivalents

Otherwise Halo's gonna be in a world of hurt

@magic team
Not trying to tell you what to do or anything... But couldn't you ward the whole building? or the first floor walls and ceiling. If I'm not mistaken, it's impossible to go underground in Astral Form.

Warding a door is one thing, a room not so bad, but a whole building? That would require some heft supplies, no? I need to read up on SR4 wards, but I seem to recall there was certain materials required for the ward....

Okay. Who owns the boat?

I thought it was JAX, but went and looked at the sheet after I posted. I've since edited my post to not state who has the boat.

I know someone does though....but who?

I don't like the idea of the boat... I don't have access to a dice roller here at work, so I'll roll my stuff when I get home, which of course just leaves and open post till I can get the results 7 hours from now.

Unless someone can roll for me:
Scan 3 + Hardware 2 + Scanner (TF what rating is that scanner of yours?)

I'm also going to hack those fake ID's in the commlinks so that they can be used for anyone else, also scan for any tracer signal they may have.

Scan 3 + Hardware 2 + Scanner for signals.

Exploit 3 + Hardware 2 + Home Ground 2 for each commlink.

Again I'll do these rolls at home unless someone can spot me.

Neo's making a Security Design (Physical Security) test. I'm at uni, so I can't roll ATM.

I can roll for ya... I'm sitting here with nothing to do

Dranem: the scanner adds it's dice to your pool or what? from TFs sheet it's a rating 4 scanner.

That's fine, Vegas.

I apologize ahead of time if I screw these up, I'm still getting used to SR4 rules/rolls TEE HEE! I think TG's dice roller likes me

Wyrm:
Your first scan.

Well, lets see..

With those results I should know if the box is bugged, and if the commlinks are broadcasting a 'I'm lost/stolen' beacon.

Not sure about commlink 2, but commlink 1 is cracked and useable for anyone now. And considering it's got a fakeID, makes a good disposable unit.

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Just don't leave any fingerprints or porn on it if you do.

I should remind TG this, but - as Wyrm tends to be security minded (more of a security decker than a hacker if you've seen her posts so far), she's always scanning for anomalous signals, rogue traces, etc.. it's her nature as she's always in tune with the Matrix around her.

I know I don't always post this, so I guess I should be adding that in more as a reminder to myself as much as anyone Still getting used to the Technomancer ups and downs.

@Vegas
Naw, all planed for, he will get someone to eat it, befor she´s got an oportunity. At least, thats plan A. plan C will probably be, puting the real meal into some other gangers posessions

Now, these rolles you made, imagin, what we could do with your dice roller afinity and TF´s pool-dice-pool

Now I feel ashamed

EDIT:

I´m sorry, I just woke up after three hours of sleep, maybe I should go back to bad, without doing another post.

I've always seen Electronic Warfare as an 'on-the-fly' cybercombat skill, where you are hacking an item someone is attending or a drone.

What I'm doing is cracking the encryption ID on the device so that it's now an open unit that anyone can use.. once someone stakes a claim, I'll Edit the admin file and lock the device down. Which to me is a Computer Test. Either way, my Cracking Group and my Electronics Group are at the same level, so it's the same test either way.

As for porn, Wyrm hasn't touched the device, whatever skanky/kinky/disgusting ork porn on there is not mine I swear!

Dirty dirty minds in this thread! Sheesh!

Nice way to take that comment out of context MK Ultra

mmmm Ork pr0n! I mean uhh.. EEEEW DISGUSTING!

Sigh, I would have so much liked, not to warn Neo, but with a sever allergy, thats probably not nice. Still, TF was the one suggesting something with peanut in the first place .

I´ll go on sleeping now, read you later, chummers, gn8.

I don't suppose rushing him over to Nurse's Dad's ShadowClinic to have his stomach pumped would be fun either...

So, are we going to return the 150 to the stuffer, when the star goes away? Only part of it? Nothing? Looks to me, like the loot from the thugs is the lions share and the 150 could well be returned in full, as a gesture of good will to the stuffer (maybe subtracting the cost of ammo and medical supplies, we used).

If China Doll wants to go look at the Stuffer Shack node, what are the hacking/computer actions that should be done? Initially I assume some spoofing to hide her own identity, some observation, and possibly Exploit?

On the alcohol antidote, a "sober up" pill will run you about 10 and work in about half an hour. However, you're talking an allergy and that's a little different. There really isn't an antidote for it, except for reorganizing your character to remove the quality (still an option at this moment) or buying it off with karma (an option now and later).

No one is able to find any transmissions coming from the gun or its box. It looks like someone has made an effort to make the gun untracable, though the tight plastic wrapping is probably significant in some way.

One commlink has a criminal SIN attached to it and one of the others has a R1 fake ID in it. The SIN is probably invalid now, but the fake ID might still work... use at your own risk. The other one had nothing of use.

@ GM again

Say, could TF controll his comlink through an external simrig, in a similar way as via datajack (doesn´t have to be as flashy and convenient, as the real implants, but closer then AR gloves and subvocal mikro)? I know, its 1k and Avail 12, so it will be some time, till he gets one, but not as long as boosting magic untill he feels powerfull enough to get implants.

On Astral bariers
Just read up on magical lodges and noticed, that we probably have 2 level 3 astral bariers, allready active, one at Ravens place, and one in the Y (TF´s sanctuary).

With the shared lifestyle rules up, I´ll try to scrap together 500 , to upgrade TF´s starting lifestyle to Low.

The normal rules from SSG would reduce cost by 25 % for living with parents (and similar setups), but a real shared lifestyle betweem PC´s would be much more compicated to calculate (though probably more then 50% off, with that many people and the HQ qualifying forthe Crashpad disadvantage), so I think the 50% rule is fair and easy.