Shen is just waiting for the meeting with Crimson at this point.

Just as a question, would it be better, with all the time stamp issues we've had, if I waited to post what I was doing the next day, or should I just go ahead and post what's going on between now and when we're getting together again?

As a general rule, you can post ahead. With the time stamps, it makes it relatively easy to make sure I dont let anyone get ahead, but just like Adam, I will not bump you until I get everyone more or less on the same page.

buddha....post coming

Spud..you can see remnants of old Spikes logos on some of the darker corners, but they have been crudely painted over with Ragers tags. As you get farther away from the harbor, you can see evidence of the contested border with several layers of tags in some places. Scattered throughout, there are also additional tags and symbols that are unfamiliar to you, but are rarely repeated. Could be simply a urban artist throwing his name around, or small time unknown groups trying to take over the random block.

You know Johnny'd steal a car just to be able to smoke in it right about now lol.

Etiquette + Charisma Sp: High Society
01 01 02 03 03 05 05 06

Just trying to be charming and pass the time with pleasant/diverting conversation.

spotting the look outs Johnny will do his own Gang Id roll (hopefully to glean some info)

Int(4) +Gang Id(2)

6,4,3,6,5,2= 3 hits

There really isn't much else to gleen aside from the fact they are obvious look outs, though are being more nonchalant than some more agressive gangs. They can each be identified by the gang colors and symbols on their synth leather jackets.

Cool, was mostly for my own (Johnny's clarification)

Also, I'm taking advantage of the cooler weather...and no papers being due to take my daughter camping, so...see you guys monday.

Have fun!!!

I'm back yall and i learned a very important thing:

when your seven year old daughter says she wants to go canoeing she really means she wants to lay back and have you row by yourself for say....5 miles.

LOL! A lesson well earned I suspect.

Negotiation + Charisma Sp: Sense Motive
01 01 03 05 05 05 05 06 (5 hits)

I'm trying to gauge her reactions as we speak, see what kind of mood she's in and try to see if I can glean something deeper on what's going on.

nice roll

I'll express what you glean through OOC descriptions, will be more fun that way.

Heh i doubt anyone else cares, but something clicked into place last night about my character Die. She is a dual wield gun adept and I was thinking about how you lose the ability to use smartgun and lasers when you dual wield and stuff and I was thinking about her glasses and spotting targets when it hit me.

I dont really think a physical adept should have a mentor spirit but one chose me and im gonna try to make it work. The Cameleon!!

#1. Cameleons eyes work independantly from each other, which would be really awesome for a dual wield person.
#2. Cameleons move in this twitchy motion to look like a leaf blowing in the wind which could be interpreted as sexy
#3. When they shoot their tongue's out at food its super fast, my magic boosts my speed and agility.
#4. It may be to late but i wanna try to add magic points to my chick as she developes so that she can cast invis or some illusion spells just so she gains the cloaking ability of the cameleon.

@blitz

adept = 5 BP, mystic adept = 10 bp, mentor spirit = 5 BP

Do you think i could pick up mystic adept and mentor spirit for double their BP cost in karma. Also could I get a refund from my adept qaulity. Like If i pick up mystic I would only need to pay 5 bp since i already have half of it which would be 10 karma.

Im thinking I would gain acces to my mentor spirit first and he would start guiding me and as i start listening to it he would grant me powers.

This seems like a good time to ask so when do we get Karma ? lol

Blitz I am not sure I am in the right ballpark for the prices for info. I want info and the ability to go around the neighborhood or our target with no hassels. Also I guess I need to do a roll to see if the Ragers have any connections to our target.

You dont need to Spud, but it never hurts

Abbandon, check IM..

Hey guys...just found out one of the games Im running at SoCal is based on poor Mack's situation (which you dont know much about yet) but I would LOVE to actually use your characters as the characters the players get to choose from when running the con game. Anyone have any objections to me doing that?

(Also, if you're coming, please sign up so you can play your character for REALZ! hehehe)

Immortalize me.

Feel free to use me and abuse me, Madame GM

What's the name of the game and the time slot, for those of us coming up?

No problem becoming a literary figure of note...yeah right

The game is called Protection Racket, but Im not sure of the time slot.

I believe you have until this coming Friday to preregister.

Eh, we've pretty much decided to wait the Con to sign up, but I'll talk to everyone about signing up for at least this one beforehand.

Is your game the only version of Protection Racket, or are there a number of them being run throughout the Con?

If yours isn't the only one, do you know what day it is?

as far as I know..it's the only one...looks like the game is Saturday at 4pm

I'm hoping the statement is an introduction lol

First, here is the check for seeing if there is any connection between our target and the Ragers

Gang knowledge + Intuition = 6 rolls
1, 4, 6, 2, 5, 4= 2 hits

Figuring out if Roc knows who Bull is
Gang Knowledge + intuition = 6 rolls
2, 1, 6, 5, 5, 1= 3 hits

Second Blitz feel free to use Roc.

Third I will be gone until Monday or Tuesday of next week. I am going back home to help with harvest on the family farm. Jack feel free to take over the conversation if you want to speed things up. Thinking on his feet is not Roc's best quality.

Spud..there is no known connection between them, the ragers are still small enough that the mafia doesn't respect them or ask permission to mess around in their turf, but cesears family is big enough that it keeps the gang from interferring too much. This combo probably means there's a bit of annimosity between the groups, but that doesn't stop the ragers from taking a hand out if offered. Usually just for a bit of extra security when a big move is going down.

Bull is one of the upper lieutenants in the gang.

Jack, just too keep it going without too much railroading, why dont you take lead in discussing business.

No problem. I'll just have to collect some thoughts to put down (hadnt expected to do the talking actually)

Sorry fellas...my weekend was wicked crazy and I had no time to make it to my computer. Will bump tonight.

Life happens.

My plan is head home from the club, grab some sleep and then summon/bind a spirit or two before the job. Just making sure the conversation with Crimson is all done.

Seems Spud's back so I'll take a back seat on the negotiations

Roc, I assume is smart enough to figure the group does need a safe house.

smarter than I at least....was only going to negotiate the use of turf free of hassle.

It's that season again for me. I will be at a family friend's costume shop for the next 5 days slinging costumes so I will be afk until after Halloween is over, sorry but everyone have a great Halloween!

game still on?

Yes, very sorry. Been uber busy with my sister's pregnancy (baby should come any day now) and getting ready for GenCon plus work. Update coming

I have been out of it because of rl also. Sorry for the quietnees.. I will post something.

I think I am up to date. I am waiting on a reply from Bull and am ready to be shown the place we might be interested in.

Back and alive to boot! I am going to do some summoning after the 6 hour nap. Also just bumping things to keep us current.

Blitz, alittle concerned about the protection money needed for this place. I am not sure if we cleared that up or not. I understand we are paying 75 a day while the group research's the place and pull off the job. However, if we do take the place did we figure out how much protection would be? 75 a day seems a little expensive.

Gang, I think we might be able to use the gang as either a diversion or I think we could use them to as cover for our escape. I will have Roc explain that in character when the group meets up.

On a side note, it took us a fairly long time to roleplay that senario. The next senario could take an equally long time. I wanted to check to see if the group wanted us to speed it up or not. I know I have been in other games where an encounter with one or two characters takes a while and I became bored because my character had nothing to do.

He's a ganger...he's pushing for all he can get and you started laying the cred down so he figured to gamble and see how far it would take him. Negotiations havent even started for the safehouse, but check the book. Renting a short term spot with the ammenities you're looking for isnt actually cheap.

I'll take the blame for the speed of posting. Things have been so crazy I haven't had as much time as I like to post. I give you all full permission to poke me as necessary to make sure Im not falling behind.

Baby was born this morning and Im still not sure if that will mean Im less or more busy but we'll see.

On an unrelated note: Gencon Time!!!

I'll be out of town till Monday. For those of you who'll be there..Cant wait to see y'all again!

Hey guys, just checking in.

Enjoying watching your dealings with the gangers. I think it's great that we have gotten a reasonable rate for operating on their turf without their interference - plus it's a good 'in' if we need their services for anything else.
As for a safehouse, like Blitz said, the book price is Y500 a DAY. I mean, we are getting paid peanuts for this run as is - even if we can work a 20% discount, that's Y400 a day. Four-day op means Y1600 - that's more than one team member's whole final payment. That's why we all agreed back at Club Rain to not bother with setting up a safehouse for this run.
But you guys are on site, and I'm not, so I'll back whatever play you make (at least OOC I will...).

As for how long you take to play out your night of recon - no hurry at all as far as I'm concerned. Do what needs doing. Jack's playing the infil expert.

We really only need a decent survellince spot...the rest is icing on the cake. That being said..it isnt a bad thing to have a stash point close, they think we bugged out and we come back later to their area to collect it.

I agree. I was only using the safehouse as cover why we are in the neighborhood. I tried have Roc match the discription of safehouse to what he thought Ceasar's warehouse would be.

I'm fine with you taking the time you need, the game is here for everyone to enjoy and Blitz is open us doing our own things while you all are doing yours.

Wow, it's a pleasure to be playing with a group with such a wide array of excellent ideas. You guys are three steps ahead of me.

Just checking to see where we stand. I hope everybody had a good Thanksgiving!

Same here, just here recovering from the turkey induced coma. Hope all had a great time over the long weekend. So is Blitz back and lurking in the thread? And how many people are still here from the player column? Let's get a roll call going and get this thread up and moving again!!

Online every day and ready to play.
Read the thread religiously.
Delegated the initial recon to our infil expert, so decided to let him do his thing for the first night.
So I posted myself ahead IC to late the next morning. So that's why I haven't been active IC, but I did it and I don't mind waiting for others.
Hoping the current slowdown is just a Thanksgiving weekend thing.

Online almost everyday, and always ready to play
Read the thread whenever I'm online.
Willing to allow those that do the physical recon thing to do the physical recon thing.
Like adamu, I've already posted myself through this night they're roleplaying, so I'm mainly just waiting for general timeline to advance.

Everyone..Im so sorry. Quick explaination of my absence: Sister had baby, C section went very badly, ended up spending 10 days in the hospital with her helping her take care of baby while they fought her infection. Then got home last weekend to a broken computer. Finally got everything back up and running this weekend and hopefully will be able to get back to work here

Post up though