Fenris
Jun 18 2007, 02:54 PM
Official Character List
Reflections of a Full Moon
Meriss - Dervish - Close combat adept
Redjack - Atreus - Adept
BishopMQ - Porter - Hacker
DireRadiant - Sweetness - Mystic adept high society face
Buddha72 - Inkari - mystic adept w/ the yakuza
Wearzmanyskins - Claymoore - demolitions specialist
This is the OOC thread, all the dice rolls, game discussion, etc goes here.
I'll basically be posting here a general idea of what I want to cover each week. When I bump forward on Monday's, I'll be bumping to finish up whatever the theme of the week was.
June 18th - June 24th
Intro to each other and Bakatare, IC questions about the job (scope, etc), IC decision to take the job.
Feel free to post any questions you have about the character, his background, the club, the job, etc.
Meriss
Jun 18 2007, 05:08 PM
@Fenris: Dervish is carrying nothing but his cyber, commlink, spare AR glasses, earbuds, and an old datachip. He should have no trouble getting through the bouncers. His link is loaded with the Robert Burns ID and Licenses. IC post to that effect. Also what's the post guidelines, are we using colors to distiguish speech etc.?
WearzManySkins
Jun 18 2007, 06:07 PM
@Fenris: Clay will surrender his weapons if asked/indicated by the two door persons.
He has a Predator in a shoulder holster, three airfoil grenades, two thermal smoke, and one flash bang. He also is carrying commercial explosives concealed in the panels on the front of his vest. The panels/explosives are removable via a velcro like material attaching them.
He has four extra clips for the predator, along the inside bottom edge of his jacket.
The plassteel clip inside his jacket that holds some paper money and the two halves of the torn 100 new yen note, also conceals two detonators, each in its own Faraday caged compartment.
DireRadiant
Jun 18 2007, 10:02 PM
Do we know we are meeting in the meeting room?
Do any of us know, or even want to know each other?

Unless there are some difficulties to overcome to get to the meeting room, I would like to post IC getting there and introducing Sweetness.
Fenris
Jun 18 2007, 10:11 PM
Wearz - They'll actually request that he give up everything except the Predator + clips. They know about the explosives in the panels, and will collect those as well. They don't seem to know about the detonators.
Meriss - Post guidelines are open. I tend to use printed novel style (i.e., quotes for talking, italics for thoughts, and some other color for a different language) but you're free to do whatever you like. I don't have a specific format. I just ask that you make it obvious what's what, and try not to use colors that are hard to read on the background.
Fenris
Jun 18 2007, 10:13 PM
DireRadiant - You know you are meeting in the meeting room

Who knows who is totally up to you guys, so feel free to discuss it among players.
You're free to post arriving in the room. Just maintain the flavor and tone I've set for the Hotel, please.
Meriss
Jun 18 2007, 10:36 PM
@DireRadient: Whoa! You guys are putting me to shame here. I'm going to have to step my writing up a notch. It was so good I couldn't figure who you were.
@All: You've prolly heard of Dervish. Roll appropriate Knowledge skills if you want more info. Use this as a guide
[ Spoiler ]
What everyone knows:
1. Dervish? He's a pointy ain't he? I dunno, heard he was pretty good at the old in and out.
2. Heard he might be Awakened. Might explain why he can move like that.
3. He's got some serious skill with those snap blades of his, don't let the old "pointys are queer" fool yah
4. He drops out of the plex from time to time. No one knows where he goes, but when he gets back there's always a Winternight dead someplace.
5. Heard his real name is --- gack *Dervish steps from behind the contact* I believe you have enough information on me. *Dervish retracts his bloodied snap blade* (Not really, but Dervish has worked very hard to erase any trace of his actual ID)
WearzManySkins
Jun 18 2007, 11:09 PM
Here is what Clay Moor appearance is.
[ Spoiler ]
Petre is an Ork of African-American descent; he is 6’5� height and 245 pounds in weight. He keeps his head shaved, his skin color is almost a deep purple color, and he has his tusks capped in silver. His head and facial areas are covered in an intricate tattoo, using bright metallic green, and brilliant purple inks. The detail work in the tattooing is very intensive and finely worked.
He is dressed in a jacket and slacks but look like they were bought off the rack. Colors are business types of colors, grays, and blacks. Jacket is obviously armored. He is wearing boots that have a flat polish sheen to them, ie not much reflections off the toes.
@Dervish unless Dervish hangs out in the Ork Underground, chances are slim that Clay Moor will know of him.
Meriss
Jun 18 2007, 11:21 PM
@Wearz: Dervish is good, he's not suicidal.

How did Clay end up working with Bakatare?
WearzManySkins
Jun 18 2007, 11:35 PM
@Meriss
Not suicidal tells me that Dervish is not an ork or troll.
Here ya go
[ Spoiler ]
On one of the runs deep with in the Ork Underground, Petre and his fellow runners met up against something magical that they had not met before. Petre and is fellow runners were getting there hoop kicked badly; at the point where they were almost all killed by the magical creature, an immaculately dressed oriental human appeared, with a staff. The oriental man lifted his staff and made some magical mumbo jumbo words and the thing that Petre and his team had been fighting stopped just before killing them. The thing and sharply dressed human stared for a bit, then the human made gesture with a low command, and the area was filling with elementals of various types. The elementals went into various attacks upon the creature, while the dressed human chanted some words that seemed to ring the room they were in. Once the human completed the chanting of his words the magical creature, froze in place, and then gave unearthly scream that echoed the room, then in flash of many colors, disappeared. The human came over to the near death wounded runner team, and use again magical mumbo jumbo and healed them to the point where they could stand and move. Once recovered Petre thanked the oriental human, the human smiled and gave his name as Bakatare. Petre had heard of a runner by that name, whose rep was very good. Petre greeted Bakatare and gave his name of Clay Moor and that he owed Bakatare his life, and would repay Bakatare for the work he had dune for Petre that night. Bakatare smiled and said one day he would collect that debt of Petre life and of his teams. Petre nodded his head, and said “Yes I will be there when you call.� Petre took a 100 new yen bill and tore it in half, gave one half to Bakatare and kept the other half. He told Bakatare that when needed him, to send the half 100 new yen note, and he would come quickly. Bakatare then dusted himself off and walked into the darkness of the Ork Underground.
DireRadiant
Jun 18 2007, 11:37 PM
QUOTE (Meriss) |
@DireRadient: Whoa! You guys are putting me to shame here. I'm going to have to step my writing up a notch. It was so good I couldn't figure who you were. |
Well, we haven't had proper Introductions yet have we?
Meriss
Jun 18 2007, 11:49 PM
@Wearz: Yup, he's the elf with the AR glasses. Can you say lunch meat?
Descrip
[ Spoiler ]
Dervish is a 20 some thing elf with neatly cut blond hair. Currently he is in Living dress, A black tee, black khakis and and low top sneakers. No obviuos cyber or jewelry. He will remain quiet unless spoken to directly.
@DireRadient: Very true, still, awesome intro post.
WearzManySkins
Jun 19 2007, 12:12 AM
@Meriss well he will eat rat and other rodents but never an elf, would take to much beer to wash the taste out of his mouth.
Meriss
Jun 19 2007, 02:39 AM
@Wearz: Why am I not reassured?
WearzManySkins
Jun 19 2007, 02:47 AM
QUOTE (Meriss) |
@Wearz: Why am I not reassured? |
Well down in the Ork Underground, there are places one could buy something that would clear the taste out.

But it tastes even worse than Elf sushi.

Besides Elves do not have enough protein for a growing ork.
Meriss
Jun 19 2007, 02:53 AM
Okay I'm just going to stop talking now.
WearzManySkins
Jun 19 2007, 02:32 PM
@Redjack Clay Moor is an ork not a troll.

Check my spoiler post above here.
Meriss
Jun 19 2007, 02:39 PM
@Fenris: One prob chummer. Dervish has no Japanese.

He learned a single Japanese greeting to be polite to Asian Johnsons and thats it. He does get the gist thou since Bakatare used his name.
Redjack
Jun 19 2007, 03:25 PM
QUOTE (WearzManySkins) |
Clay Moor is an ork not a troll. |
Fixed.
Here is the decription for Atreus
[ Spoiler ]
Atreus is an elf that stands six foot tall and weighs in at 165# and built solid like a tree trunk, even for an elf. His hair is medium shade of brown and his skin betrays a strong anglo heritage.
He shows up to the first meet wearing nice cut slacks and a trendy, fashionable, loose fitting shirt (underneath his armored vest is concealed by the airy shirt).
Normally on a run he will wear baggy, black cargo pants, a t-shirt and an armor jacket. He normally does not carry a gun.
Fenris
Jun 19 2007, 03:29 PM
@ Meriss - LOL. Well, seems all the more realistic for all that, doesn't it? I'm fine with you just getting the gist. If you decide you want to back it up with rolls to get a little more of the intent, you're welcome to roll Judge Intentions (Intuition + Charisma).
BishopMcQ
Jun 19 2007, 05:43 PM
After sitting down, pulling up my internal commlink and scanning to detect wireless nodes (localizing commlinks) and interecept wireless signals (record all traffic).
Person 1
EW+Scan (10) 06 06 06 04 04 03 02 02 01 01 --3 hits
EW+Scan (10) 06 06 06 05 04 04 04 01 01 01 --4 hits, total of 7 hits
EW+Sniffer (7) 06 05 05 04 03 01 01 --3 hits, recording all data
Person 2
EW+Scan (10) 06 05 04 04 03 03 02 01 01 01 --2 hits
EW+Scan (10) 06 05 05 05 05 04 04 04 03 01 --5 hits, total of 7 hits
EW+Sniffer (7) 05 05 05 04 01 01 01 --3 hits, recording all data
Person 3
EW+Scan (10) 06 06 06 05 04 03 03 02 02 01 --4 hits
EW+Scan (10) 06 06 05 04 04 03 03 02 02 01 --3 hits, total of 7
EW+Sniffer (7) 05 05 04 04 03 01 01 --2 hits, unable to record
Person 4
EW+Scan (10) 06 06 05 04 04 03 03 02 02 01 --3 hits
EW+Scan (10) 06 05 05 05 05 04 04 03 02 01 --5 hits, total of 8
EW+Sniffer (7) 06 06 05 04 03 02 01 --3 hits, recording all data
Meriss
Jun 19 2007, 06:01 PM
@Bishop: Porter is something else. Is he always this cheerful?
@Fenris: Running in Hidden mode right now.
BishopMcQ
Jun 19 2007, 06:17 PM
Meriss--That's just the uncouth coming out...he's actually a nice guy if you are a computer...
WearzManySkins
Jun 19 2007, 06:25 PM
@Bishop recording all traffic?I see this room as being very busy wireless wise.
All of the drink containers have RFID's, the room is monitoring those, ie to keep track of beverages consumed and if the beverages are not in the bar location, then what location the beverages are in.
There are the many wireless sensors reporting temp, humidity, etc back to a mode that can then adjusts same.
Is there a way to tell via the matrix scan what is a comm link or a RFID communication with the beverage tracking system?
Also FYI there is only one table I believe in this room.
@Fenris-Clay Moor is in public PAN mode.
Meriss
Jun 19 2007, 06:37 PM
@Fenris: Before I post my next IC, I'm rolling INT + CHA to read each entrants body language. Is that the right roll?
Meriss
Jun 19 2007, 06:44 PM
@Bishop: Descrip of Porter please?
BishopMcQ
Jun 19 2007, 07:14 PM
Wearz--I'm recording all traffic from the commlinks I identified. Technically there is no test required, unless the room is very busy which is why i posted the rolls.
[ Spoiler ]
Detecting Wireless Nodes
Locating a particular active or passive wireless node within range (or all of them, for that matter) takes only a Free Action, no test required. Commlinks routinely scan for new nodes, so finding one is just a matter of looking it up. Finding a particular node in a crowded area might be more difficult: make an Electronic Warfare + Scan (variable, 1 Combat Turn) Extended Test against a gamemaster-determined threshold based on the difficulty of finding and selecting out the node in question.
Intercepting Wireless Signals
Wireless traffic is broadcast through the air, so anyone within range of a signal can pick it up, whether they are connected to the transmitting party or not. Thus you can eavesdrop on the wireless connections of anyone whose Signal range reaches you.
This makes it possible for you to even intercept traffic within a specific network—such as the PAN traffic between Mr. Johnson’s commlink and other devices on his network.
To perform an Intercept Wireless Signal action, make an Electronic Warfare + Sniffer (3) Test. Once the signal is intercepted, you can monitor the traffic and even copy/record/forward it without making any more Intercept Wireless Signal actions. If you want to block out some parts of the traffic or add in your own, you
must make an Edit action.
There is no way to detect interception of a wireless signal.
RE: The table--I'm unclear as to if people are going into the conference room or meeting in the bar outside as described. If everyone is in the conference rooom, I will adjust the post to be several seats down.
Meriss--Porter is a 5'10" ork, caucasian. Short cut brown hair, brown eyes, he as seen earlier, lacks anything resembling social grace. His clothing is disheveled with obvious food stains and mostly keeps to himself. His eyes and ears are clearly mod'd, and he has an obvious datajack beneath his left ear.
Int + Cha for Judge Intentions is an opposed roll. Your Int+Cha vs the targets Wil+Cha. Here are my opposed rolls 05 05 04 04 04 03 01 --2 hits.
Meriss
Jun 19 2007, 07:55 PM
@Bishop: Okay! Thanks for the tip.
DireRadiant
Jun 19 2007, 08:01 PM
QUOTE (Meriss) |
@Fenris: Before I post my next IC, I'm rolling INT + CHA to read each entrants body language. Is that the right roll? |
wil 3 + cha 5 + kinesics 3 + cool resolve 3 + First Impression 2 = 14
7 hits = 4 5 2 3 6 5 3 5 1 6 6 4 3 6 3 3
Sweetness is just here to help everyone as best he can. And is very accepting of everything and everyone.
Of course whether that's true or not... who can tell?
Redjack
Jun 19 2007, 08:58 PM
Additional information about finding wireless hidden nodes:
QUOTE (BBB @ Page 225) |
Finding a wireless node in hidden mode (see p. 211), however, is more challenging. Even if you know what you’re looking for, you must still succeed in an Electronic Warfare + Scan (4) Test. If you’re just scanning for hidden nodes in general, or trying to pick the hidden nodes out from the non-hidden one, make the same Extended Test noted above but with a much higher threshold: 15+. |
To my understanding of wireless signals, when you say you know what you’re looking for you mean you know the electronic signal of what you're looking for, not something like I want the com link of that ork over there.
WearzManySkins
Jun 19 2007, 09:16 PM
@Bishop at the Link which shows a image of a conference room shows a long table, opposite from the camera is some windows and the end of the table.
I posted that Clay is down at the end of the table by the windows.
Another character, Merris's character stated he is seated opposite the door and facing it.
The table in the image has seating for 12, five on each side and one at each end.
From the image, the door is near or at the camera point, so that puts Meriss's and mine character's at opposite ends of the table. Unless I am incorrect about where the door is, then we are seated near each other.
So basically your character will be within one seat of some other character.
Meriss
Jun 20 2007, 01:17 AM
@Fenris: rolling Judge Intentions on everyone who has entered the conference room. INT + CHA
For Claymoor
4,6,4,3,3,2,6,4 2 hits
For Atreus
3,5,4,6,4,2,6,2 3 hits
For Sweetness
2,3,5,5,1,5,5,6 5 hits nice
For Porter
6,2,5,2,5,5,6,5 6 hits me likey!
@All: I need resistence rolls from Atreus (Redjack) and Claymoor (Wearz) before I post my IC
WearzManySkins
Jun 20 2007, 01:36 AM
Posted edited by poster.
DireRadiant
Jun 20 2007, 01:56 AM
@Wearzmanyskins
Sweetness doesn't know Or'Zet at all, so when you speak to him, he'll politely indicate he understands the tone, but he doesn't understand the detail, probably all apologetic about it, etc. Feel free to incorporate into a post or not as you please.
@BishopMcQ
It's fairly easy for you to detect Sweetness is carrying a weak commlink as it's one of the few electronic devices of any kind on him and it's in public broadcasting mode.
WearzManySkins
Jun 20 2007, 02:03 AM
@DireRadiant yes Clay can get the idea that he does not speak Or'Zet, call it his way of seeing how many of the race of orks, can speak it. Now how to figure out how to post about it IG.
Redjack
Jun 20 2007, 02:04 AM
QUOTE (Meriss) |
For Atreus 3,5,4,6,4,2,6,2 3 hits
@All: I need resistance rolls from Atreus (Redjack) |
WIL(4) + CHR(5) =
1 hitNet 2 hits yields general and detailed knowledge according to the knowledge skill table from page 129.
Atreus' intentions are as follows:
To hear what Bakatare has to say, possibly get something to drink along the way and remain inconspicuous in the process of both.
Meriss
Jun 20 2007, 02:43 AM
@Wearz: My apologies I was using the Judge Intentions roll to gauge (sp?) general body language. Looking for clues for my IC post. Dervish tends to be basicallly a quiet guy, esentially my polar opposite. I if anything tend to talk too much. If I used the wrong roll I'm sorry. I'm still feeling my way through the game. Yes I'm new, no I don't care I'm having too much fun. If I offended you in any way you have my sincere apologies. I was not trying to impress you mearly garner a general idea of Clay's stance, feel and manner. If you believe you have provided enough info in your descrip I'll reread and post based on that. Again Sorry.
WearzManySkins
Jun 20 2007, 02:56 AM
@Merriss, I am sorry snapped at you, I could and should have worded that better.
I too apologize to you and the rest of the group here for my intemperate response.
But I believe that Bishops Ork said out loud why we are here.
But for IC/IG you can ask Clay and see how he responds, or you can ask Bakatare, as to how much his rep for not telling the truth etc is out, I do not know. You could ask each in turn also and see what responses you get and how it is delivered.
I see Clay as pretty much an open book, he is here to full fill a debt owed to Bakatare, and he is abit disappointed that Sweetness does not speak Or'Zet, but he sees that too much in fellow orks.
His work with and around explosives, to me cultivates an open book type of body reading if you did not already have it. If you are working with someone, dealing with explosives having to guess what their body language means could be life threatening. So Clay is part born open book and alot of experience becoming more of an open book.
But we all here to have fun, lets enjoy.
WMS
Meriss
Jun 20 2007, 03:09 AM
@WMS: No big. I tend to forget to warn folks I'm new to SR when I start a game. It's one of those things that you forget when you can't actually
see the other person. I assume you know, you don't realize, you snap. It happens. (Too many newbies IRL?)
Check my IC and you'll see what I mean about Dervish being quiet. That whole post was interior monologue.

Dervish will prolly not question Clay too closely, as he suspects the whole ork/elf thing would get in the way.
Side note, do you prefer Wearz or WMS? Also, why did no one warn me about the sheer fun of this game? It's fragging addictive.
@Redjack: Answering your IC question OOC. I think we're waiting on Budda/Inkari.
@Fenris: Any word on Budda?
WearzManySkins
Jun 20 2007, 03:16 AM
@Meriss
Either one I will understand and respond too. My user name is from a 3rd ed shaman I ran long ago, but under 4 th ed, he can not be recreated. He used shapechanging spells and other things.
As for the Ork/Elf thing, ask him,

, it will give us something to do while we wait for the last character to post in.
Meriss
Jun 20 2007, 03:44 AM
@Wearz: Not even with Street Magic? That's too bad.
Dervish is not the "chatty" type. Try Swetness, he seems to like talking.
Fenris
Jun 20 2007, 04:40 AM
My understanding is that if you don't know that there's a specific node that you're looking for, especially in an area with non-hidden nodes, you're looking at the threshold of 15.
@ Meriss - Porter will definitely not pick up your commlink ;D
I have heard from Buddha, and he is posting tonight. It's been a bitch of a week IRL, so be nice ;D
Since no one else has responded to say their hidden, I assume he will get the rest.
@ WMS - I appreciate your retracting the post and printing an apology. I didn't even actually get to read the offending post, so you've still got a clean slate as far as I'm concerned.
For the record, I think Meriss's use of Judge Intentions was correct and appropriate.
Also, let me know if it looks like I missed a post. Things are moving so fast it's hard to keep track of everything, and I don't want to forgot a question or an IC post.
Buddha72
Jun 20 2007, 05:49 AM
Hey all!! Finally got my post up and going, sorry for the late posting.
Redjack
Jun 20 2007, 11:04 AM
QUOTE (Meriss) |
@Redjack: Answering your IC question OOC. I think we're waiting on Budda/Inkari. |
?? I went back and reread my posts.. I didn't ask a question... No harm though, just not sure how you got from point A to point C there..

QUOTE (Meriss @ Jun 19 2007, 09:50 PM) |
<Intrusion detected> |
If you are inferring to detect the scanning and sniffing activities of Bishop's character, you can't detect it.
QUOTE (BBB @ Page 225) |
There is no way to detect interception of a wireless signal. |
Meriss
Jun 20 2007, 03:01 PM
@Fenris: Kay my bad, I assumed a comm would have a Firewall breach detector, kinda like my laptop. Changing
@Redjack: Atreus'
mental question about more people. I've said it before I'll say it again. I'm still new to the system.

@Budda: Hoi! No big deal, RL gets everyone now and then
@All:
Now, you can make those Knowledge rolls. to see if you know of Dervish.
WearzManySkins
Jun 20 2007, 03:45 PM
@Meriss Clay gets no hits, does not know Dervish
Meriss
Jun 20 2007, 06:18 PM
@Wearz: Tough luck chummer.

Although considering the radicaclly different sections of the plex they live in I didn't really expect Clay to know Dervish. That and the fact that Dervish suspects walking into the Underground would be a slow and painful death.
WearzManySkins
Jun 20 2007, 06:41 PM
@Meriss well his knowledge skills, unless you are an explosive, work with explosives, live in the Underground, involve in construction or destruction, he has none for that.
Since street knowledge is based off intuition which is a 3 but since he is defaulting perform the task, he gets 2 dice, which he rolled a 3 and a 4. If it had been logic he would have gotten some more dice.
The "public" areas of the Underground your character would be relatively safe, unless he got very unlucky or step into something.
Redjack
Jun 20 2007, 07:13 PM
@Meriss
Wow... Invisible Castle hates me.
9 Dice for Street Knowledge and
0 hitsGuess they just never crossed paths...
Meriss
Jun 20 2007, 09:54 PM
@Redjack: No big
@DireRadient: Okay, Sweetness is giving me a uncontrollable urge to see more of this Ork. What spawned this character? More importantly, who or what is he?
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