No worries Slip, you didn't know I had anything planned. Either you or Scrap are free to respond to Finn.

Sedna- Letting you know I posted a reply for you, cause it's a little post that got buried under several other posts I put up back to back to back, just in case you didn't see it.

Under world politics

07 05 05 01

WR1-
Good IC post! Of course, I'm biased as it was mainly focused on John, but still. I'll have something up later, or respond to Slip if he beats me to it. After that, we'll move downstairs for the meet.

And not to change the subject, but I've been working on SR4 Scrapheap. I shouldn't have written in all of those contacts IC! They're not so easy on the BP, that's for sure.

Also, as far as Qualities go, are we doing custom qualities or just sticking with SR4 canon? I ask for things such as dependents, phobia, etc.

-S

Scrap - I time dated my last post a bit later to allow you to finish your conversation before Max speaks.

And I noticed that with Max too. He has a large number of buddy level contacts that I was just not able to get to the same level in SR4. I guess they have started to shy away from him a bit, now that he has started running the shadows.


Slip

You have it worse; aside from the contacts you have to worry about that fancy lifestyle! Of course, if we aren't careful IC, maybe not for too much longer...

-S

Scrap - High lifestyle actually wasn't to bad in SR4, being that a lot of items actually cost less and Max doesn't have a lot of gear.

Yeah I would guess that there arn't to many high class prison cells in Shadowrun.

Slip

General Announcement/Reminder To All Players

With respects to the SR 4 conversion, don’t forget that remaking your character in strict SR 4 canon is only Step 1.

Step 2 is providing your GM with a list of things you feel is necessary to be consistent with the character.

We don’t want anyone to be ‘de-powered’ just by a switch in the system, or having contacts vanish into thin air because you couldn’t afford them, or <insert bad change here>. The point of creating your character from scratch is only to give you and us a template to work from. You will find your GMs (mostly) reasonable about discussing ways and compromises to keep your character pretty much the same as they are at the time of conversion.

Will there be changes? Yes. If you have a Lv. 1 contact you haven’t talked to, used, or otherwise interacted with by now, maybe putting extra BP into the contacts that are significant to your character as opposed to the contacts you never speak to is a good idea. Will the changes totally alter your character? No! A close buddy contact, such as Finn for Scrapheap, or Sybersnake for Dragon, should NOT suddenly become a 3/3 contact.

(Side note: Is anyone else having flashbacks to M:TG when they see that format/notation?)

If there are qualities that are a huge part of your character (e.g. dependent for Scrapheap), then discuss it with your GM. That’s the point of giving everyone almost 2 months to change their characters, to deal with all the character specific issues that will arise in the course of conversion. Creating a straight SR 4 character is (or should be) the easy part.

Remember, at the end of the process, the ultimate goal is to have your SR 4 character resemble your SR 3 character as closely as possible at the time of conversion. We realize that a lot of discussion and dialogue will be necessary, so please, feel free to step up and initiate discussions with us, because if you don’t, we have no way of knowing what you’re thinking.

(Does that answer those SR 4 related comments/questions?)

WR1 - Sure does. I was just trying to give you a little time to look over our characters before bombarding you with questions.

Actually, giving it to me all at once is better. Then I can go over your whole character once instead of having to go over it, then go over it with the changes in mind. If you've got it, email it to me.

I'll take a look at everything again and send you something.

WR1 - Nothing else from me before the meet. I will just astrally project and keep an eye out for any awakened entering the bar. I will also check back periodically, so Scrap knows I am still around, or I miss someone that is masking.

Sedna- Slip and Scrap are all yours, feel free to take it from here. Let me know if you need anything.

Slip, Scrap- As the preceding message shows, Sedna will be running this meet, so

EDIT: Your worthless souls are under her complete and utter control for the time being. Happy Slip?

Well that answers alot of questions. I was thinking Ivan was going to be impossible in SR4, maybe I will give it another go around.

Trying to place the Johnson, any obvious corp ties, etc.



Also, where's this building at?

Slip/WR1/Sedna-
Edited my last post and added another to better fit in with Slip's latest.

Sedna-
If John and Max are interupted by the contact, no problem. Just trying to add some color.

-S

Karma awards for my players:

Shadowrunner13: 2 pts (Oct 26th - Nov 08th)
Bastard: 3 pts (Oct 26th - Nov 08th)
Bclements: 4 pts (Oct 26th - Nov 08th)
The Eyes: 4 pts (Oct 26th - Nov 08th)
Morgannah: 3 pts (Oct 26th - Nov 08th)

Ok, what's this place look like? Very quick is ok (I'm guessing multiple levels by the description).

Actually, it's a single story but rather large layout, covering about 1600 square meters. Map will be forthcoming, but in general there's an entrance hall that opens up into a waiting area, several offices, an operating theater, recovery room, and large storage area in back. Three entrances: main, rear, and fire exit.

And behind door number 1:



For the record, I'll be reviewing my SR4 sheet again after that roll.

Sedna

Heh, oh I so love coming up with derogatory names for shadowrunners.

I mean, it's not like Eyes is one himself or anything, so it's perfectly fine to hold them in distain.

Oh it'd be wasted if they didn't.

Don't forget, Grendel is your usual GM, which means he's going to be the one deciding what twisted, horrible end will come of your comments, not me. Think about that one for a while.

And I didn't even have to pay her to say that.

Oh you know you did.

Er, besides, I thought they were proud of being paranoid criminal whackjobs? Yeah, that's it.

(Lord knows everyone on the SR discussion forum seems to be proud of their level of paranoia)

Hell I pleaded with the LITS crowd to let me play under Grendel, but he had lame excuses like,

"I have to many players *whine whine*"


ha!

Morgannah alone is almost too many players. I know I wouldn't be able to handle Cosmo.

Of course you know I mean that in the nicest possible way (pleasedon'tkillme...you know, I really need that as an icon of some sort.)

Of course you do. *half-smiles and pats the cushion beside her*

Come, .. sit beside me a while. I won't bite .. much.

(( I'm going to remember you said that, you know. ))

Be gentle; it's probably my first time.

((Wow, I'm just having a major flare-up of foot-in-mouth disease today aren't I? ))

Hey, I know better to compete with the OMGUBEREVIL gm. Who am I kidding; I'm the freaking Snuggle Bear next to him At least Sedna's pulled out the Blimp of DOOM! ™.

Well, I can see it's about time for me to start my first run so that I can become Ivan's run GM.

Hmm...Ivan and Dragon would make a pretty fun team...and trading fully automatic fire does sound tempting. And Daedalus could get into the act as well. Riggers are always fun for combat. Heck, Virgil's a combat mage, let's get him involved.

Except... in his short stay since arriving in Seattle, Dragon's been accumulating enemies like a kid accumulates candy on Halloween. Maybe he should lay low for a while. Sigh, decisions, decisions.

I think it's a great idea. The Azzie border guards just to the South of LA patrol the border in LAVs armed with Relampagio medium rail guns. I could work that in to a storyline.

...

*Following up on Addendum to Note to Self #2*

So Morgannah, tell me, is that spot on the couch still open?

A small, mischevious smile curls across Cosmo's lips as she lightly pats a soft white cushion beside her. Her eyes remain haunted, of course, as she knows that some higher power is toying with her, batting her around like a ball of yarn and watching, waiting for the proper time to pounce..



Of course, come on over. You'd better bring that riot shield while you're at it, though ....

Unfortunately, Dragon does not have a riot shield. He does however, wear lots of armor that he'd be happy to layer around Cosmo as well.

And of course, he himself is pretty heavily armored. He is constantly referred to in ASVW as the 'big samurai'.