Ok, I've been up for about half an hour. I guess this wasn't a good time. Someone tell me what is a good time for you, and I'll see if we can connect.

Still need it? How's 8PM pacific time tomorrow?

OK. That's 11 pm my time. No problem. See you in MapTools on Friday night, 8 PM Pacific time.

OK, 11 pm Eastern time. I'm on MapTools.

Well, it's midnight now, and no contact, so I'm going to bed. Let's keep trying.

Knight Saber and I tested the MapTools system, and it seems to work fine even on my crappy dial-up connection. So, we need to set a time to play. Next weekend is out for me. What about the one after, Saturday the 22nd or Sunday the 23rd?

Knight Saber, I seem to have misplaced my notes on the magical groups. Sorry. I will have to make up a new set of notes on the two in which you are interested.

Either day should be good.

Sunday the 23rd works for me. And I'll be waiting eagerly for the group information.

It also occurs to me that Lamia could hit the club scene and look for Tempo users showing strange effects on the astral plane, if she wasn't afraid of having her spirit tied in knots by a brush with one whatever-it-is again!

You are welcome to try here in the OOC thread or in the IC thread if you like.

OK, so two of four are OK with that weekend.

23rd works for me.

Let's all send psychic waves of goodness towards ChiPsiUp!

23rd works

Alright! We're on for the 23rd.

I am now in the Eastern Time Zone ( and will be for another couple of months), so my 1 pm. is 10 am Pacific Time, 11 am. Mountain Time. I will go with that start time unless someone cannot make that time.

That time works for me!

Have to bow out this weekend. As you may remember, I play from my office, and this entire weekend is lost with movers shuffling everyones desks around in the office to new locations. Result: No computer all weekend, thus no gaming for me.

Sorry everyone!

OK, creative gamers, the gauntlet has been thrown! How do we get around this problem? Play on a day other than the weekend?

Well, we could also play on the scheduled day without Mau this one time. Teams have survived the lack of one character before. How does this sound?

Depends on the mission, as far as surviving... he's the only one with any social skills, after all.

I think it should be up to him first of all... don't want to cut him out.

I kind of scheduled something else for Sunday after reading Fyndhal's post.

August 30 then?

The next weekend I am available to play is September 12/13. That's why I was hinting at the possibility of playing during the week. I do understand that work gets in the way of such behaviour.

Is there a weekday that would work? The usual time, or later? For the usual time, Wed-Friday are doable.

Weekdays aren't really viable for me -- I work (actually work, not sit my desk and play games!) from 10-7pm Pacific.

Well lets shoot for 13 September, then for an online meeting. In the meantime, I am happy to do some side things with each of you in this thread and the IC thread.

Lamia has discovered new info about her friend, Clio.

Skullcracka just realized nobody loves him.

Fishbreath's past may be raising an ugly head. ("Fishheads, fisheads roly-poly fishheads..." anyone remember that?)

Mau may have something on which to spend his money.

I'm good to go for the 13th! And I thought I had a clever plan... 5 hits on a free spirit's astral signature lets you find out their home metaplane, so you can then do a metaplanar journey and get their true name, so all Lamia would have to do before that dangerous thing is Initiate... of course, then I saw that you need to be an Initiate to get that information in the first place. Oops.

I have only had one confirmation for the 13th, this Saturday, and some leads I have dropped here haven't been followed, so I guess this Saturday is off. Maybe people are too busy at this time of year? Anyway, I will continue to drop goodies into our IC and OOC threads to keep things going for individuals through PbP.

EDIT: OK ,the 13th is a Sunday. Still.

I'm fine with this Sunday the 13th.

Although personally speaking, can we try co-ordinating through e-mails instead? I know I don't check this forum nearly as often as I should.

Yes, I can do emails. That may help. The other two players have not responded, so I don't think the game can be a go this weekend.

Sorry guys. Things have pretty much gone south around here lately, and I really haven't been able to spare the time to check in here, much less think about playing.

I think it best if I drop for now. I'm very sorry!

Aww... that's really bad news, Fyndhal. I'm sad to hear it. I was cooking up something special for Mau, too. Well, if life changes for you, check back in.

Knight Saber, I guess your the magical talent for now. (!!!)

How do the three of you feel about advertising for a fourth player? Or do you feel you want to keep the team tight as it is? It looks as if I will be here in the woods till the end of October, anyway. With enough warning ahead of time, I am still up for a MapTools session.

I would also prefer email or pms as well.

As for a 4th player, I would not mind.

To be honest, my Sundays have been looking pretty bad as well. I am not entirely certain I can continue.

Hi there, just saw this thread and checked in. I'd be interested in joining if I could get some info on the game.

Octopiii, I'm not wedded to Sundays, and have sent info out by email as well.

Karoline, you don't waste any time! I can send you the session logs of the games we have played so far if you pm me your email address. We are playing through the Ghost Cartels campaign, with a few side trips and additions based on the PCs backgrounds. The team has avoided major conflict so far, and it appears as if they will continue to try to do so.

Nope, I'm very active. I'll send you my e-mail in a minute. I saw 450 BP? Is there any kind of character we need in particular?

Session logs are sent.

Octopiii has Fishbreath, a samurai/infiltrator from up North, way up North. ChiPsiUp has Skullcracka, a rigger/hacker. Knight Saber has Lamia, a well-rounded magician who is in the process of developing a contact useful to party and GM. We lost Fyndhal's Mau, a magician who acted as the group Face.

I have been available for side stories the last little while, as we have been unable to coordinate a time to play on MapTools the last couple of months. I think connecting through email as well as this forum, as has been suggested to me by a couple of the players, may make setting a time easier.

Oh, yes, 450 BP, any of the books, anything that can be done in chargen. The only modification (I think) to the rules is the way Hacking skills are used. For my sanity I went with LOG + Skill, hits limited by program rating.

Hmm, two fishbreaths... must be twins

Face and magic have never been my strong suits, but I'll see what I can do.

Fixed it. No, go with what you want to play! Lamia is doing a fine job on her front (that is not to say she is shabby on her back, though ) (Oh boy, I'll pay for that one!) as are the other players. It makes it interesting for me to deal with a team that is not necessarily optimized, and fun to see the players brainstorm to fill in talent gaps.

I have to emphasize that all current players should be happy with adding another player before we formalize the .... relationship. I do not forsee that as being a problem, though.

I'm sure she has a very nice back

I'll have to think what I want to play exactly. 450 BP, have any limits as far as stats or equipment go changed?

Oh, there it is, anything that can be done in chargen huh.... oh anything, how I love you so.

Now I'm worried.

By the way, I was thinking that there'd be another GM pose in the IC thread once he came up with a good story, so I was waiting on that. Is that the case, or should I pose again?

No, no, Knight Saber, it's my turn. I just have been busy the way everybody seems to be busy these days. I'm having fun with your side story and want to do a good job.

Okay, before I try getting too scary, let me ask the following questions (Not all of which will necessarily be relevant to the character)
1. Is 200 BP the max for stats?
2. Is 50 BP the max for equipment?
3. Is 12 availability the max for equipment?
4. Is initiation allowed at startup? If so at what cost?
5. Isn't anything just the greatest word -ever-?
6. Is there the normal 35 point limit on positive/negative qualities?

I ask basically all of these because of the nature of having over the normal 400 BP. Oh, and...

7. Is karmagen allowed, if so, how much karma?

1. Yes, for the 8 basic Attributes 200 is the max.
2. Yes, except for the Qualities that extend the limit.
3. Yes, except for the Restricted Gear Quality.
4. No. I like to have fun with Initiation. Just wait, Knight Saber.
5. Yes, with the possible exception of 'yes' in response to certain questions.
6. Yes, unless you delve into Surge. I will want to look carefully at a Surged character.
7. No. Simply because I have never used it and don't know the ramifications.

Alright, sounds fair. Oh, one other thing I wanted to ask. Are we still held to the 'only 1 skill at 6 or two skills at 5 and no breaking up groups' limits?

And the main ramifications of karmagen are that high BP races are cheaper to get, and it is somewhat easier to make very rounded characters if I remember right.

Yes, that's correct.

Hey guys (and new gal), keep track of what is going on IC with Knight Saber. While we work out when to play in Maptools, I am happy to do a little side stuff here.

Knight Saber, sorry for the delay. I am away from my books, and want to be sure the Initiation Ritual goes correctly. It should be just a couple more days till I get back to the books.

Hmm, now I'm suspicious! Most GMs want to throw a wrench in the works to make it interesting! I'll be waiting and ready when you are.

I have created a Campaign, Trans-global, on Invisible Castle for those few rolls I would like to see pertaining to actions in the IC thread. So, for example, should Lamia take the big step, go through that front door and try for membership in Survivors of the Sixth World, she will have to make an Arcana + Logic Success Test. This would be an occasion to use Invisible Castle.

Speaking of which test, Knight Saber, I see Lamia has no Arcana Skill. Seeing as this is not strictly a Skill Test, we won't worry about defaulting, and just use her full Logic of 5. The threshold for the Test will be 2, and she needs at least 1 net hit, so I suspect you will be using a point of her Edge for this test. The ratio of dice pool (5) to Edge pool (2) is right at the breakpoint, where it doesn't much matter whether you choose to use the point of Edge before the roll to get exploding 6s, or after to reroll the failures. This will be a close Test, and Lamia may not get the requisite number of hits. But if she doesn't, she will have one more chance, in a month of game time, to try again.