Full Version: Diary Of A Madman’s Lab Rat
Dont worry, every thing you've heard is true.
*pulls out his overly dusty copy of sr4* Wow... it does actually say L33T speak... someone remind me to like, kick a play tester next time Im in the area.
| QUOTE (FanGirl @ Apr 9 2006, 02:22 AM) |
| I'm sorry, but I believe that breathing soul into one's character is more important than minmaxing the hell out of him. |
And let me say 'YAY' for role over roll playing. Even if its going into Emo's game =p
The only ware I've been tempted to drop into a Technomancer is:
1) Datajack for legacy hardware, hacking into non-wireless maglocks, private communication between two people, and history (whether the character was Otaku before the crash)
2) Mnemonic Enhancer (nothing like getting a little more juice out of your brainpan)
3) Skillwires if you want your TM to be more of a vehicle rigger type
Outside of that, I agree with FanGirl, keep the body pure!
1) Datajack for legacy hardware, hacking into non-wireless maglocks, private communication between two people, and history (whether the character was Otaku before the crash)
2) Mnemonic Enhancer (nothing like getting a little more juice out of your brainpan)
3) Skillwires if you want your TM to be more of a vehicle rigger type
Outside of that, I agree with FanGirl, keep the body pure!
| QUOTE (hyzmarca) |
| (with the exception of my powerpuff girls cyberzombie team even that didn't recieve unduely harsh criticism). |
That's because no criticism would be too harsh.
| QUOTE (emo samurai) |
| And who else was weird but abrasive? I've already seen the "Lesbian Elf Ninja saves Stuffer Shack" and "OMG FLAME CREEPWOOD TO THE GROUND" threads. |
Good times.
| QUOTE (Ophis) |
| Nah, they're just lulling you into a false sense of security plus SL James doesn't seem to be here yet. I'm sure he can muster some nasty. |
I am a shining ball of hate.
| QUOTE (FanGirl) |
| Hello, James. You may be interested in knowing that I've been warned about you. |
I will haunt your soul.
Dude, even if I min/max the hell out of my character, I believe in super-roleplaying. Which is why my character has, like, 2 pages of backstory that I plan on pulling into the game later on. That is, if the other players don't kill me for derailing the plot.
| QUOTE (Lindt @ Apr 9 2006, 02:31 AM) | ||
| Dont worry, every thing you've heard is true. *pulls out his overly dusty copy of sr4* Wow... it does actually say L33T speak... someone remind me to like, kick a play tester next time Im in the area.
And let me say 'YAY' for role over roll playing. Even if its going into Emo's game =p |
Must be previous editionitist that has me stuck on Netspeak.. Regardless I'm still going to call it Netspeak, cause unlike the kids these days with their weird l337, using wierd letter combinations, my Technomancers speak in the language of the matrix, where even the real world is little more than personas, icons, bandwitdh, etc...
You think l337 is hard to follow, you should see half the stuff my TM comes up with.
And yes, role over for roll play, it'll be the one thing that'll keep her sane with Emo's whacked out rule system.
All my rule changes do is make it easier for people to role-play. Which is why I made it easier for my character to do game-breaking stuff. I'm totally benign to the cause of breathing soul into characters; I'm just in the buisness of forcibly injecting it instead.
| QUOTE (emo samurai) |
| Dude, even if I min/max the hell out of my character, I believe in super-roleplaying. Which is why my character has, like, 2 pages of backstory that I plan on pulling into the game later on. That is, if the other players don't kill me for derailing the plot. |
Emo, what you do is beyond min/maxing... as munchkins (though marginally) still follow the rules. (They just find every loophole possible) You have abandoned half the rules out of convenience, that's beyond the call of duty.
AND I'm letting everyone else do the same!!! Is that so wrong? If my characters make force 10 power foci, I'll just send them after the Azzie pyramid. If FanGirl submerges 5 times, I'll send them after Deus. Etc., etc.
Now that I think about it, I'd like to play is Ristul in an SR game sometime. Getting into what passes for its mind would be the ultimate roleplaying challange.
You can submerge 5-10 times ,still have a good playable character that works within the game balance. It all just depends on where the karma goes. If you take all of that submersion, but never once raise body, reaction, or dodge, you're just hacking on borrowed time. Same goes for massive power foci. MOst of it depends on the PC's smarts.
| QUOTE (emo) |
| That is, if the other players don't kill me for derailing the plot. |
As long as it's at least interesting, and/or they are involved, you should be ok. Just make sure they're not involved as in "Crap, I'm being hunted by MI6, and they've staked my place out. Can I crash with you?"
| QUOTE (SL James) |
| I am a shining ball of hate. |
We are so proud of you. Our little angry James.
You're not short, are you James? The little man complex would just destroy my image of you.
It'll be fun and creative. Not all my ideas are based on power; most of them are based on weirdness. Which my character concept is.
| QUOTE |
| You're not short, are you James? The little man complex would just destroy my image of you. |
It would complete mine.
Emo's games are more "high-powered" than "min-maxed". It is possible to build some truly monstrous characters using nothing but the 400 build points and canon rules. In one way, high-powered games can discourage that - when you have 8 scoops of ice cream, you are less likely to lick the bowl to get the last bit of it.
I have been through the "high-powered game" stage, myself. It can be a blast, but it has a lot of potential pitfalls. When characters get too powerful too quickly, it can lead to continual one-upsmanship to try and keep up with them, and can also erode the suspension of disbelief that allows people to immerse themselves in the game. Too many house rules and too much GM fiat can make it feel more like story time with the GM than a game with a concrete resolution system.
But I'm not going to bash it - it's also fun while it lasts, and it's no big deal to go back to a more down-to-earth version of the game when everyone wants a change.
I have been through the "high-powered game" stage, myself. It can be a blast, but it has a lot of potential pitfalls. When characters get too powerful too quickly, it can lead to continual one-upsmanship to try and keep up with them, and can also erode the suspension of disbelief that allows people to immerse themselves in the game. Too many house rules and too much GM fiat can make it feel more like story time with the GM than a game with a concrete resolution system.
But I'm not going to bash it - it's also fun while it lasts, and it's no big deal to go back to a more down-to-earth version of the game when everyone wants a change.
Whew! I was afraid people had been warned about me!
You are so fucking corny.
| QUOTE (James McMurray @ Apr 9 2006, 04:03 AM) |
| Whew! I was afraid people had been warned about me! |
You're not quite at SL's level of "pure glowing ball of hate"
But keep trying. It builds character to have goals.
Emo, when are you acutally starting this game? So far, you only have one character even written up, and the 'diary' thread is 3 pages long. I'm a little afraid to see what might happen when you actually start playing.
Keep trying? Do you know how much effort it takes to ba pure glowing ball of hate? Screw that! I've got way too many TV shows DVRed to try that crap.
We will OWN the forum.
And pay upkeep costs? Nah.
| QUOTE (fistandantilus3.0) | ||
You're not quite at SL's level of "pure glowing ball of hate" |
But he's really hard trying. One point for the effort
James McMurray- Notoriety:1
What's SL James score so far?
I dunno. As far as I know, he's never worked for a dragon or burned down an orphange (stop me if I'm wrong James). I'd give him a 4. Maybe we should just ask how many times he's been suspended and use that?
Really we should get Street cred and notoriety assigned to each poster in the spirit of 4th edition.
Crimsondude would have an awesome notoriety.
So would MasterShake I suppose. But Notoriety in a bad way.
....errr.... you know what I mean.
Really we should get Street cred and notoriety assigned to each poster in the spirit of 4th edition.
Crimsondude would have an awesome notoriety.
So would MasterShake I suppose. But Notoriety in a bad way.
....errr.... you know what I mean.
i agree fistandantilus3.0, shake would have a notoriety of 8 and a street cred of 2.
emo on the other hand would probably have a street cred and notoriety of 3
(there are some good ideas in his wacked out pages)
AH would be like fastjack of what captain chaos would have if he had survived
and me, well who am i again
emo on the other hand would probably have a street cred and notoriety of 3
(there are some good ideas in his wacked out pages)
AH would be like fastjack of what captain chaos would have if he had survived
and me, well who am i again
Critias? Blakkie? Or have they both merged into the entity we now know of as SL_James? Because that doesn't seem farfetched at all. Seriously.
I've only been suspended once. Maybe twice, come to think of it. Not bad for ten months.
And I can't be that bad. Just a little while ago I deliberately stopped for a jaywalker instead of running him down like an animal.
And I can't be that bad. Just a little while ago I deliberately stopped for a jaywalker instead of running him down like an animal.
| QUOTE (FanGirl) |
| I revised my character sheet to fit with most of your recommendations, but I did not add a VCR for a few reasons. First, Fanny can just make a sprite control vehicles if she needs to (as Damen and fistand pointed out), second, the very idea of unnecessary surgery makes her squeamish, and third--and perhaps most importantly--Fanny views her Resonance as a divine gift, and she would never willingly give up even a fraction of it unless doing so would serve the greater good. I'm sorry, but I believe that breathing soul into one's character is more important than minmaxing the hell out of him. |
You're going to do just fine here. Do like I do, & roll your eyes when the boys start to fling testosterone around.
Anyway, I would recommend you take a look at the Technomancer threads. A lot of stuff has come up that helped me out.
As one TM to another, consider taking Dodge as a skill asap. Also, if you get a drone, you don't have to worry so much about shooting...
Good luck! I look forward to hearing all about your adventures!
You are a saint.
"instead of running him down like an animal"? You kill dogs without conscience? AAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! When the awakening comes and I become a dog shaman, I will hunt you down and feed you to my dog spirit.
"instead of running him down like an animal"? You kill dogs without conscience? AAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! When the awakening comes and I become a dog shaman, I will hunt you down and feed you to my dog spirit.
| QUOTE (emo samurai) |
| You are a saint. |
Thank you.
Oh, were you talking to SL? oops
I should have [quoted] him.
| QUOTE (emo samurai) |
| You are a saint. |
Yeah, the Saint of Killers.
You will stop fucking with my threads and get a life.
Oh my God! My eyes! My eyes!
I didn't say Put out your eyes, I just told you to stop fucking with my threads.
| QUOTE (fistandantilus3.0) |
| Now how exactly did you end up in emo's game then? |
I think that a girl in a gaming group keeps the game from becoming an overblown testosterone-fest. Because of me, Emo will add some new words to his runner vocabulary: words like "kittens" and "sexual harassment" and "rainbows." Much better that way.
| QUOTE (SL James) |
| I will haunt your soul. |
I joined this forum less than 24 hours ago and already I've got a stalker. Oh joy.
| QUOTE |
| I joined this forum less than 24 hours ago and already I've got a stalker. Oh joy. |
No, just what I would assume to a horrible, horrible blood spirit summoned by Darke himself.
And I was totally planning on introducing kittens. But no rainbows.
Firebreathing mind controlling kittens with 8 extra cyberarms I hope.
Firebreathing mind controlling kittens with a Mechashiva™ rig wailing on 4 guitars at once.
Are they guitars programmed with the paralyzing barghest howl?
No, just with a specialized "Control Actions: Flip Out and Kill People" spell.
There you go again, taking a decent idea and twisting it into the realms of unbelievability. Will you ever learn?
No, not until I find out what swordfish mustardball tastes like and why dikoting your ally spirit helps you sleep with it.
| QUOTE (ronin3338) |
| I feel bad 'cause my first thought was, "Emo met a girl?!" |
I love how supposedly "rare" gamer girls are around here.
Damn, I need to be more revered then
Don't feel bad Ronin, that's the same response I had well... after my initial bullshit meter went off.
Some of us already worship you.
| QUOTE (emo samurai) |
| No, not until I find out what swordfish mustardball tastes like and why dikoting your ally spirit helps you sleep with it. |
The dikoting on the ally spirit is easy to explain. Its protection. It is canon that spirits and metahumans can procreate with one another at Earthdawn mana levels. Wether it is possible at Shadowrun's mana levels remains to be seen.
Why not coat her with latex instead? It's easier to get off.
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| QUOTE (emo samurai) |
| No, not until I find out what swordfish mustardball tastes like and why dikoting your ally spirit helps you sleep with it. |
LOL, so my "swordfish mustardball" is still kicking around and in use by someone that wasn't even here at the time? It's funny what little toss away jokes that will sometimes stick and get co-opted into a lexicon.
How many double posts have you made?
| QUOTE (emo samurai) |
| How many double posts have you made? |
Not sure, but at least more than i have of triple posts.
| QUOTE (emo samurai) |
| How many double posts have you made? |
Not sure, but at least more than i have of triple posts.
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