heh, yeah. I think, since you guys were doing the recon the previous night, perhaps you should call up the group and arrange for us to meet somewhere to discuss the job, and wahtever detais you uncovered?

Ball's in the air.

...argh!

As one or two of you may have noticed, I retired from one game due to my life messing it up. I'm not doing that to this game, however.

What I will be doing (for now) is putting it on idle until I can beat my schedule into a workable setting. I know it's possible, it just requires small tweaking and whatnot between homework, babysitting, sleeping, eating, and a few more explicit actions that need some time on the clock (and no it's not porn, gutter heads).

Apologies around for this. I will try to get things back up soon, possibly weekend as my time opens up a little more then (and thus I can use that time to fix other times, heh).

Any objections/complaints/small comforts/announcements can be inserted:



here

Good luck getting your stuff organized, man - looking forward to your return.

Yeah, good luck with all the "not porn".

Okay okay, so maybe some is porn - but it's not causing me trouble. lol.

Good news: weekend is calmed at least, so hopefully Godaime's homework will ease up once I send info. Game should be back in progression soon.

*beats ISP over the head* Okay, now I'm miffed.

Godaime is getting stuff tonight, or else I'll bite my fingernails off!

*gets a letter from the administration board and reads*

...correction, I will have to bite my fingers off. Damn...guess I better get that stuff sent!

stuff sent to Godaimesama. Sorry for delay everyone. Let's see if we can wind the game back in now.

Hurrah for game revival.

well, sorta game revival, heh.

Why are you waiting for your other contact?

And Kray, Black, you alive? *gets out the shock pads*

I'm here. I'll have a post up tomorrow after I finish taking my two exams.

Understood. exams are definitely understandable reasons. ^-^

I'm not waiting for my other contact, I apologize if that was unclear. Aurel's already contacted and spoken with sayuri, she's waiting for a response from clay.

Sorry for the delay, the weekend's been hectic. However, I am now back and ready to roll!

Finally! Either it's me, or it's our lovely GM, or it's somebody else who just up and disappears. Here's hoping this time, eh?

Not so much heck on my end either. *goes to read things*

Well that's a good revival so far, and I don't have to do anything just yet. ^-^

So it's safe to assume you all want to 'mug' the important guy first thing?

...Yes, I would say that would be more than safe to assume.

Ditto that. There's probably an easier way to get info, but we don't have a hacker.

Mug him over the head with a well-thrown rock.

Well, when I"m done babysitting (about hour at most) I will commence with setting something up!

GodaimeSama is getting that twitch that makes me think she's getting hungry for brains again. O_o

Whatever gave you that idea?

Uh....I dunno?

Sorry for delay in posting. Sleep was cozy in cold room, had to run around and do stuff, babysitting, etc. Will get done soonish.

Spellcasting roll for Influence:

14 09 07 05 05 04 03 03 02 02 02 02 01 01 01 (5 hits)

Just to make sure I understand the plan. Clay tries his spell, and if it fails, knives throws a bottle (stun damage, but lots of it) and if that doesn't knock him out Aurel fires a rifle-shot (not stun?) and once the bastard goes down, we throw in in a car (I only own a bike) and take him someone to be mind-probed? Or are we doing the dirty deed right here?

Plan: Clay uses his mojo to influence Mr. Osbourne to (instead of going home) drive a few miles down to a desolate parking lot where Knives and Aurel are waiting to ambush him and knock him out. Clay will then follow and mind probe the sucker for all he's got once he's there.

Also, I'm using the NSRCG dice roller, so there are bound to be some wacky numbers.

Stun, yes. Gel shots.

Ah, lol, my bad. okay, the parking lot that Knives is in will be the desolate one then.

Just how many dice did you actually roll? O_o I counted 15 (?) numbers I think?

I'm all for under the influence, but there's a limit, lol.

I know you got 4 for Charisma, 5 for Magic, and 2 for mentor spirit, that gets you 11 there. That's 4 more dice I don't know where they came from.

I also didn't see you supply me with a force level either - rather important to know, cause you might be trying to split your head open or just nibble off a finger nail, and that matters.

5 Magic + 6 Spellcasting + 2 Mentor Spirit + 2 Power Focus = 15 dice. Woo hoo!

You're right, I forgot to specify a force. Not to mention a drain resistance roll. Let's just go with Force 5.

Drain: 15 10 08 04 02 01 01 01 01 (3 boxes - 3 hits = 0 drain)

hrm, helps if I use spellcasting instead of magic other things eh? I'll get a reply in in a few minutes, got to deal with picking people up.

Okay...nix that reply in a few minutes. stupid storm and distractions...

Apologies all around. I've been a bad lag on the game with things like this.

Everyone tsk me!

NSRCG automatically rerolls sixes, which is of course a useless feature in most dice rolls in SR4.

Ahh, weird. Yeah, totally useless. But I guess "anything >6 = 6" isn't that hard of a rule.

Indeed, it's very simple. Since I'm use to rollover 6's from 3rd, it wasn't so much a snag for me. My issue was messing up my own math by switching an attribute with a skill. lol.

Okay, it's earlier, dinner hasnt been eated yet, I'm restless...good signs to post for once? Damn well better be!

Called shot (to the head?) -4 dice to hit, +4 to DV

Agility (5) Improved Agility (1) + Throwing (7) + Improved Ability (3) Called sot (-4) = 12 dice
6,3,3,4,5,6,2,1,5,2,5,1 = 5 hits

Base DV = Str/2 + 6 = 9 +4 from caleld shot = 13 + net hits.

If the bastard is still standing, which is doubtful if I hit... I'll repeat with Knives' second simple action (cannot call another shot though) so 16 dice:
5,1,6,6,2,4,5,3,2,2,5,2,1,1,5,5 = 7 hits, base DV 9

And since these are (half full) beer bottless, they'll deal stun damage on their first hit, and then shatter.

The 1st one will suffice, lol. If you want, you can post in the results of knocking the poor bastard, otherwise if you post before you read this, I'll get it.

Okay, will post.

Lol. Satisfactory result. Now we wait for others, for the moment.

Spellcasting roll, Force 3 Mind Probe: 16 14 07 05 04 04 03 03 02 02 01 01 01 (4 hits)
Drain resistance: 08 05 05 04 03 02 02 01 01 (3 boxes - 3 hits = No drain)

Spellcasting roll, Force 3 Mind Probe: 13 11 10 03 02 02 02 01 01 01 01 (3 hits)
Drain resistance: 11 10 05 05 04 04 03 01 01 (3 boxes - 4 hits = No drain)

Spellcasting roll, Force 3 Mind Probe: 11 08 05 04 04 02 02 02 01 (3 hits)
Drain resistance: 05 05 03 02 02 02 01 01 01 (3 boxes - 2 hits = 1 box stun)

Spellcasting roll, Force 3 Mind Probe: 11 10 05 02 01 01 01
Drain resistance: 05 04 04 03 02 01 01 01 01 (3 boxes - 1 hit = 2 boxes stun)

Assuming he can't make any resistance rolls while zonked out, that gets me 4 pieces of info from anywhere in his conscious memory. I'll be looking for:

1) The location of the suitcase we're supposed to retrieve, if he knows it.
2) How we can obtain a cardkey for the building's doors (does he have one on him right now?)
3) What his purpose is for secretly buying up arms and magical goods.
4) Any valuables in the building that we can loot while we're in there.

Any details on "the man"?

That would require another mind probe if you want to try your luck, otherwise you weren't looking specifically for him, so information you got on him was vague. Hence 'the man'.

On a side note, you only needed one drain check in the end. Mind Probe is apparently constant in drilling as long as you spend a complex action per question. Of course, the -2 penalty climbs.

Oh well. Post coming soon.

Alter Memory, F5: 10 07 05 05 04 04 04 03 03 02 02 01 01 01 (4 hits)
Drain: 08 08 08 04 03 02 01 01 01 (4 boxes - 3 hits = 1 box stun)

Godaime: I think stuff like this is covered by lifestyle costs, so you wouldn't really need to pay for it. That is, unless you're living a street lifestyle.

*blinks* can't pay for what now? I'm lost, and that's never good. ^-^;

Also, the memory switch worked fine.

Clay asked to have a copy of the keycard made. Aurel expressed concearn about her income level.

Ohhh, that. lol. I guess I missed that part of the wording then. Now i understand.

Just copying a card key isn't that simple. It might not be hard to duplicate your own keys, being you probably have ID's to confirm its yours in the first place, but we're talking about a coded key card - who here is a hacker?

Aurel is right in that she would need some sort of incentive material to convince someone to make a copy, otherwise you'd have to use that card.

But if you can prove me wrong, by all means, show me.