This will serve as the administrative thread for the Dumpshock Forums campaign: Reign of Shadows. I have six of seven character slots filled, although I am willing to entertain the option of new characters entering the story arc as other characters die or opt out of the campaign.

The game will be run utilizing all 3rd Edition rules as well as most optional rules. Again, my house rules can be found here. The game date is January 5th, 2063.

Mechanics wise, I prefer to roll dice for all success tests but if the players wish to handle things cinematically that's fine with me. Please detail all tests in an OOC post with skill and pool dice used, as well as any karma pool allocated for rerolls. We'll be on the honor system here, as I trust any good player to realize that if you cheat, you're only cheating yourself and your fellow players. Also, if it should ever come up that you fell I'm handling a game mechanic wrong or messed up a rules call, make an OOC post citing the incident as well as your reasoning including page number and sourcebook you're referencing. I'll explain my reasoning and we'll discuss it. If it turns out that I made a mistake, I'll adjust accordingly. There's no penalty for questioning the GM when he is wrong. If you question the GM when he is right, prepare to reap the ridicule. Keep me honest, it makes for a better game.

When posting in the IC thread, please turn off your signature as it tends to interrupt the flow of events.

To contact me, you can either use email: grendel@pride.veldt.org, or post to this topic, or send a private message. I check the Forums daily and responses should come quickly.

Questions? Comments? Let the games begin!

Nevermind, I have a pic of Satu, but I can't link it for some reason. So sorry for wasting a post.

Ixnay on the pretenda-porn, if you don't mind. I'd like to keep my playboy and my dumpshock seperate.

I'm going to assume that there was nothing adverse going on during surveillience, but if there was, then please roll as you see fit.

The only thing I have to say is that this is a PG-13 forum when it comes to the topics of sex and sexuality. We're R for violence, though. Imagine that.

I need a perception check from White.

I am guessing that PG-13 is an american way of rating films for sex/violence etc... but I have no idea what PG-13 is... anyone care to explain??

PG 13 denotes that parents must be present for kids of the age 13 and under, as there could be some questionable material...

Ah!-thanks!

*cracks knuckles, writing opening post, trying to get into Snow feel, as this is an incarnation of one of his favorite characters*

There is alwasys something special about writing the first post for a good charecter! I spent weeks on mine, because I had been building it before the possibility of this run came up!

Sorry it took so long for me to post again, I finally got a my orders and had to outprocess from my base. Here's to a good game.

Look if my "porn" talking is going to be a problem then our GM needed to tell me not to play a former prostitute as a character! This is a role-playing game and I'm trying to role play my character. And in case you didn't notice, I did make it less graphic then I could've! But with that said, I will try to take your requests into consideration when I play Satu.

Chance reminded me of something, I forgot to say in my IC post that my charecter was going to put his armor on underneath the suit.... I don't honestly think it will be needed on this meet but just wanted to clarify that he would be wearing it as a matter of routine. Is that ok Grendel?

That's fine, Silverspur_2020, duly noted.

It's been a policy of mine not to dictate the kinds of characters my players can or cannot play. I'll check the numbers and make sure everyone is on the same page of music, but I find it's better to let players handle the responsibility of the unique quirks of their characters. In this specific instance I wanted to issue a general warning because it was the graphic sexuality of a certain thread which got the entire lounge closed down, and I don't want to see that happen here. Satu, or any other character for that matter, can engage in whatever self or mutual gratification she wants to, just employ that ever useful "fade to black" technique, and let the rest of us use our imaginations.

Rolls for the IC post.

First, the Street Etti roll: 1, 5, 5, 8, 8

Second, the Stealth/Sneaking roll to avoid being noticed checking out the building: 1, 2, 2, 2, 5, 5, 5, 7

Third, the Perception check on the buildilng: 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11

Added dice: 5 on Street Etti for one piece of 'ware, 2 and 5 on Stealth/Sneaking for two pieces of 'ware.

Do I need to make any checks for when I snooped around the meet sight?

Perception: 5 4 2

Just in case, I'll make a few rolls...

Perception: 2, 4, 5, 11

Stealth: 1, 2, 5, 5, 11, 11, 15

Etiquete/Street: 1, 2, 3, 4, 9

Reading this IC post Suzuki Aurora's seem to be really popular bikes!!

Hey, I decked mine out, and... He's a rigger, so, pah.

Plus, better signature than the other one listed in NSRCG, low handling, high speed, all for a good cost. What can we say? ;p

Style, grace... the Porcshe Winter... what more fitting a car for Snow, eh?

Possibly a limo, if you wanted people to think you were a driver. ;p

The limo service is for when he's in his businessman's guise. Jon wouldn't lower himself to actually driving one of them...

Hmmm... looks like we have two riggers in the group! But being a security rigger, Im just gonna be playing with building security and drones! Top of my shopping list (or theft list!) is gonna be a Nissan Doberman and A BIG GUN!!

Oh yes... should do tests, neh?

Perception (Initial Walkabout): 4, 2, 15, 5, 5

Stealth: (Initial Walkabout; Camera Avoidance): 5, 2, 4, 4

Perception: (Driveby on bus): 11, 3, 2, 8, 1

Percetpion: (Arrival): 16, 4, 7, 1, 1

Voila... and a little blah... anything missed?

All right, it seems like everyone is in the vicinity of the meet, so I moved ahead with our little story. Also, remember that all vehicle windows in Shadowrun are tinted to prevent line of sight for the random magic user.

Looks like everyone scored well on their perception checks, those who were at least two hours early noticed a Volkswagon Superkombi III van pull into the garage and park on the second level with a view of the northwest corner on the third level. Just down the ramp if you want to think of it that way. No one gets out of the vehicle. Apart from that, nothing about the building is suspicious.

In case anybody was confused about who the "he" was referencing, it was referring to Grey, not myself.

Got a message from grendel saying he was confused, figured I'd let everybody know just in case.

Guys, remember to disable your signatures in the IC thread.

Anyway. Need me to roll anything, say so, but I'd say, thus far, I shouldn't need to.

Can't wait to see how the characters get along.

Rolls

Perception (Cyberware Check): 3, 2, 10, 3, 1

Perception (Weapon Type): 4, 3, 4, 9, 1

Perception (Van): 3, 2, 7, 1, 1

Trance carries an HK-227, and her only visible cyberware is her eye mods. The van itself shows nothing remarkable.

White Noise Generator Opposed Test: 1, 1, 2, 4, 5, 11

Anybody listening in via microphone (shotgun, laser, etc.) must generate more successes than the generator, or only hears static.

Fun, huh?

Grrr... my NSCG just wiped my charecters attributes, I dont know why it keeps doing that! anyway, could you send them back to me please grendel so that I can do any perception checks and things...thanks!

Note: Photographic Memory Edge. If I (tanka) forget anything about the picture, just remind me. Thanks.

Anyway. Yeah, yeah, I'm asking a lot of questions. Sue me.

Oh, if I need to roll anything, tell me. I'll hop to it as fast as I can, as usual.

I've been waiting for the right time to roleplay it into the campaign, but I'm going to have to back out with Satu. I had high hopes to be able to roleplay her the way I wanted and I'm feeling very restricted. So she will walk away and maybe next time some of you get together I can play with a character that won't exceed "PG-13" standards. Sorry if this hurts the operation of the mission. If it does, let me know and I can use another character that can be called in at the last minute as one of those "we need another guy" type deals. If not, I hope you don't hold any hard feelings.

If you'd like to create another character for the campaign, that's no problem. You're correct in that you probably won't be able to role-play Satu correctly, but then she probably isn't the best kind of character for the Forums. If you can find another game being run over IRC or one of the other online services, you may be able to play her there.

Damn double posts. Carry on. Nothing to see here.

Sweet, I'll create and email it to you within an hour (hopefully).

Yeah, its a shame the creators of the website felt the need to crack down on some of the stuff going on here, but I am not suprised they did it....

grendel, I dont know if you want me to do a perception check for watching the bike through the Condor or not... im not at home tonight, but if you want one then I will do one as soon as I know weather its needed or not

Sorry if I stepped on any toes.

Eh, whatever. I think the majority of us got our answers, and those who didn't post anything at all in responce to Reign and Trance are simply just there to listen.

Hi I am posting on behalf of DH. I am NOT him but a friend.

He has lost access as his computer was fried by some punk, he may have to bow out of the game as he will not be posting for as little as a few days and as long as a few weeks.

Damn script kiddies!

If you (DH's friend) read this before he does, wish him the best of luck in fixing the PC.

Unfortunate. Assume for now that Snow is simply accompanying the team. Hopefully, DH will be back soon.

Crap. I was just going over my character sheet and realized something... I had been meaning to change my edge of Human Looking to a Sense of Direction. Is it still ok that I do that (being that I've been refering to him as an orc IC anyhow)? Besides if he was human looking, his Orc Underground contact wouldn't have anything to do with him.

That change is fine.

As you may notice, I'm back... the efforts of whoever the fragger who decided to try and trash my computer was have been thwarted. Thank god for a guy who knows just how to clean a motherboard.

Results:

Jim: 2, 2, 4

White: 5, 1, 2

Snow: 2, 1, 15

Iso: 1, 5, 5

Welcome back DH. Accursed Script Kiddies thinking it's so funny to do stupid stuff like that.

I say, if you got his IP, send an e-mail to his ISP, providing the IP, the time, and the extense of the attack. Should set the kid up with a nice dump of his username, if they do what they're supposed to.

Wasn't a script kiddie, revenge will involved steeltoe boots and a baseball bat... this was a cruder attack than a script kiddie ever invented. Was a 2L bottle of pop on my tower.