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Critias
See my PM for my (double checked) math, and my green-light request for a reroll.

And, in other news, I'd love to see a cross between Railroading and Road Rage. Railroading Rage, or something. Use the "melee weapons" rule from RR, and the "go kill Spikes" rule for Railroading... wink.gif

EDIT: Crap. Or you'll post me losing the argument while I'm waiting on my double-checked roll's numbers, and permission to add Edge. frown.gif Ah well, that's politics for ya. *grins and posts, rolling with the punches*

Hopefully the sword-swap with Squire's okay. I rechecked descriptions and didn't see any of the other players carrying a sword -- for shame! -- and I just don't want there to be any doubt in anyone's eyes. Since I'd mentioned earlier Tain was teaching her how to fight with blades, it seemed kosher to give her a decent sword for him to trade her.
Fortune
Social Apathy
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DTFarstar
What is my notoriety? You never got around to telling me, I don't think. I can already tell you, I'll fail, but we'll see.

Chris
fistandantilus4.0
Crit - I posted to move along a bit, but if you're roll is significantly higher, or even manages to beat hers, there's no reason that I can't edit it.

Edit: Oh and Crit, remember, you can still use your sword, you just can't activate it to use the focus properties.

DT- I believe that, like Fortune, you were starting higher than the norm, thanks to your background. But I don't think we remembered to finish adding that in the final stages of making your character. We'll go with 2 points as most of his craziness was in the past unless you feel strongly against that and see a reason he would try to bring it down.

THe reason for the higher notoriety is becuase these are gangers and a certain level of notoriety would be expected, even strived for. Claymore and Haven both have some serious issues in their past that would build that notoriety as well (as did Bedlam, Doc's character, who was going to start with a 3).
Critias
QUOTE (fistandantilus4.0 @ Mar 26 2008, 10:27 AM) *
Crit - I posted to move along a bit, but if you're roll is significantly higher, or even manages to beat hers, there's no reason that I can't edit it.

I'm not gonna ask you to go back and retro-post too much, man. It's my own fault for flubbing up the initial die roll, and I think it made for a good couple of posts on everyone's part. I did go ahead and roll those "oops" extra dice of mine (but left off Edge, to keep it from messing up the overall flow/feel of the last few posts we all made), though, so hopefully it'll help me out some in the future.

Ended up with 8 (total) hits, which beats the heck out of 3. Still not enough to overthrow anything, but enough to roll with the punch a little, in theory.

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fistandantilus4.0
One of the reasons I felt safe with posting was because she got such an incredibly high roll. I figured you wouldn't be willing to invest the Edge in it, but there was always the possibility. Go ahead and edit in the correct dice just so we have it "on record" and we'll roll on ahead.
Critias
Roger that, Fisterino Grande. Both speech-giving die rolls have been spoilered into my speech-giving post (at the end).

Also, PM (finally) sent with desired Arsenal updates/upgrades.
fistandantilus4.0
Got it and got it. And never mind what I said about the weapon foci. I reread and see why you're doing it. All in all, not a bad idea. 2 CSP.
Critias
Since it's not a game where -- normally, though I guess they could if people wanted -- "magic weapons" tend to glow or be wrapped in fire or anything, it seems prudent to just remove all doubt. With a "no active weapon foci" rule in effect, and the whole thing being a fight over questions of honor, it seems like a good idea to not use a weapon foci (active or otherwise) to cut a rival into little bitty pieces. wink.gif

And...consider those CSP (once I remember the costs for knowledge points) spent on some gang-related stuff, for the record. He needs to shore up on that, and start thinking about the big picture. *grin*
fistandantilus4.0
Common Sense Points spend at the same rate as Karma for Knowledge Skills only.
DTFarstar
Honestly, I expected Notoriety in the 3-5 range, so I'm not going to argue against a 2. See the "Doing a character" thread if you want an example of why. Uhg, mis-rolled my dice, scrapping and re-rolling the correct number. As always, under http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/search/189362/ at invisible castle. I always re-roll the whole thing, it helped a lot this time, but I'm sure it will screw me in the future.

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Chris
DTFarstar
I get no common sense point. *sniff*

Chris
fistandantilus4.0
Haven gets less notoriety because it was a while ago. And I'd thought about giving you 1 CSP for checking out the bike. I jsut hadn't got a chance to post it as I was getting swarmed by one 3 yr old. It's amazing how one child can do so much swarming. You'll just have to wait for karma, I'll tab in some extra there.
Callidus
Rolls, hoepfully better late than never *8->

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DTFarstar
Oh, I was just joking, man. I'm not concerned. I'm playing for the interaction not the character advancement. I was actually referencing the fact that I thought most people got CSP or karma or something for their backgrounds and whatnot. Again, not concerned about it. Yeah, I figured time was the main factor and like I said, not arguing against it, I was actually pleasantly surprised. Although, maybe I should send you a copy of the post from that other thread. It is what I saw in my head when I first started to develop Haven.

Chris
fistandantilus4.0
DT - yeah, send me a PM. The more about a character the better.

Resisting Leadership - No one got more than 8 successes, meaning that Vixen beat your rolls by 9. Keep that in mind while posting, taht while you may hate the slitch, there defintely could be something to what she said. She's very convincing.

Perception test 3+ sucesses - Green Lucifer casts a spell subtly just before the crowd calms. Coincidence?
Fortune
I don't think I did the Perception test for Claymore. Let's just say that he was too pissed off at the time to notice.
fistandantilus4.0
Yeah you didn't, I know. s'ok.

Haven was busy with a bike, Aero was apparently looking for a tree, and Claymore was so pissed he was only seeing red. smile.gif
DTFarstar
*blink* Lucifer is a Spellcaster?! I don't know why, I always pictured him more as a samaurai/adept or infiltrator or something than a mage.

Will send you PM.

Chris
Critias
That just might be my favorite IC post ever, Fist-o-rama. +1 CSP.
Fortune
Greenie has always been a spellcaster. For a decent insight on Green Lucifer, read the intro story to the Elven Fire scenario. Hell, the Elven Fire scenario should be required reading for this game. smile.gif
Fortune
Damn!

I had been preparing my post off-line in readiness to just plug it in, and I find an IC moratorium. frown.gif

I am tempted to post it anyway, being as Fistpatrick can alter and delete posts at will, so he could just kill the intervening post instead of editing it when he gets the chance. biggrin.gif

Decisions, decisions ...
DTFarstar
I'm going to read Elven Fire, now. Only thing I have read with him in it before was Wolf and Raven, and it just didn't give the impression to me that he was a caster. What with him sniping the Meat Junkies lead dog to disorient them and allow the Ancients to retreat and lick their wounds. Also, him being an arrogant jackass.

Chris
Critias
So...him being an arrogant jackass made you think he wasn't a spellcaster? -1 CSP.

And just go ahead and post it, Fortune. They can always be edited later, or something.
DTFarstar
No, the fact that nothing I had read mentioned him being anything more than a good sniper made me think he wasn't a spellcaster. The only indication of spellcasting in the Elven Fire intro is his sampling the mood of the crowd and that could easily be attributed to a perception test, not astral sensing. After reading Elven Fire, though, I stand by my arrogant jackass statement.

Chris
Fortune
I posted! Sue me! nyahnyah.gif biggrin.gif
Critias
Good job, you killed it!
Fortune
I was just thinking the exact same thing. frown.gif
Critias
Great, now I'll never get my 10 karma and buy my martial arts manuevers and become a better, sleeker, killing machine!

*pouts*
Fortune
It's your fault! You told me to post! nyahnyah.gif
Critias
You posted too greedily and too deep! Fortune's Bane was loosed, and the great thread laid low!
Fortune
Well ... damn! frown.gif
Critias
Nah, it's okay. We just need Aero, our mage, to wave a stick around and shout "Yoooooou! Shall not! Pass," and everything will be fine again.

Or, failing that, he could just post something else IC. wink.gif
Fortune
I almost feel bad for writing Callidus' silence into my IC post, and then using it as an excuse to suspect Aero of treachery. Almost! biggrin.gif
Critias
It figures we've got a dead-ass day here on DS, during a shift where thunderstorms at a nearby facility are delaying/rerouting flights and our whole work night is on a +1 hour delay (meaning a solid hour of dead time, twiddling my thumbs on the clock with nothing to do while I wait for the weather to clear up).

Booooored, bored, bored, bored, bored.
Fortune
You could always, you know ... post IC musings of persecution or the like. wink.gif
Havok
Hey I dunno if this is a good place to post or not but I've been playing shadowrun for about 4 years now, love 4th edition, and have been looking for a good PBP site to play at. I especially love the Seattle setting, and the interaction between all of the different sectors/gangs/corporations in seattle.

My question to you folks is, how would the Ancients feel about adopting a pet wizkid? I have a character concept ready to go with a history and everything, I just need somewhere to play hehe. The concept I have is a 10 yr old Tir Tairngire noble runaway, I was just thinking hey, that would mesh perfectly with the Ancients ^_^.

If not, I could always re-create my speedfreak elven adept named "Twitch" heh. Anyways, if you guys are interested in adopting a new player, either PM me or email me: dizmang@gmail.com

I look forward to hearing from you! twirl.gif
Fortune
Welcome to Dumpshock.

I really should let the Lacy Fisted One answer your questions about joining the game. I mean, he is the GM and all, so he should actually do something once in a while. biggrin.gif
Critias
Welcome to the crazy house. If Fisty does decide to let you into the game, it might not be right now. Things are kind of tense at the moment, and though we've "cut to commercial" in the last day or so, a ten year old kid popping up outta nowhere might not flow into the current scene real smoothly. wink.gif
Havok
Believe me, I've been reading your posts. Sounds pretty interesting ^_^ I'm looking forward to seeing how events transpire. Are you guys 4th edition?
Critias
Yup. SR4. We were also pretty heavily house-ruled for character creation (along with getting a bucketload of karma), but I'm too lazy to go find the recruiting/creation thread right now.
Fortune
Despite what I said in my last post, I don't want you to get your hopes too high. There were a number of people that wanted to join up, but I am pretty sure that Fistolicious is keen on keeping the game a small and rather intimate affair.

But don't let that dissuade you from trying to join another game here on Dumpshock, or even starting up one of your own. There are always people keen to play here. smile.gif
Havok
Well, I'd be a regular player, if that helps ^_^ I can certainly understand the desire to keep a small tight-knit game going though. I think I'm going to hit the sack finally... its 3:37 already haha. Anyways, if you're interested Oh Fisty One heres my character

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fistandantilus4.0
Sorry crew, after the Post That Almost Was, I just couldn't get to posting yeterday. Then I woke up to Spring cleaning today. Ugh.

Green Lucifer - Yes, Green has always been a mage, he just tends to keep it low key. I hate how easy it is to spot spellcasting in 4th. Anyway, yeah feel free to read Elven Fire. I love that run anyway. Just keep in mind the diff between IC and OOC knowledge.

I'll get to work on getting that pot back together, but it's going to take me a while. Fortune, don't sweat the post it's all good.

Callidus, better get ome more posting in before Fortune yell "Witch!" though. biggrin.gif

Havok: At the moment I'm not looking to add anyone. That isn't to say that I can't be convinced, but a Fortune said, I had wanted to keep this a small game. 5+ can get pretty hectic. Also, a 10 year old just wouldn't fly in this game. That's not to say that it couldn't work in an Ancients game, just not this one. I can go into that more later, but I need to see to this post to keep this game rolling.

Sorry for the loss in momentum guys. Hopefully the reincarnated post will be enough to compensate.
fistandantilus4.0
QUOTE (Critias @ Mar 26 2008, 11:25 PM) *
That just might be my favorite IC post ever, Fist-o-rama. +1 CSP.


Which, the speech, or the ranting when I fucked up my post? biggrin.gif
Fortune
The latter, of course. wink.gif grinbig.gif
Fortune
Testes smile.gif
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Critias
The frothing, cursing, rant, of course. biggrin.gif

And I'm glad I (hopefully) got all these 2's out of my dice:
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fistandantilus4.0
http://forums.dumpshock.com/index.php?s=&a...st&p=658298

Link to referenced IC post

Etiquette (2)
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Culture (2)
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Culture (3)
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Fortune
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