@ Method - What are the 'usual channels' for you and Geoffery?

Any chance I could get an answer (even an OOC one we pretend was given IC) about the bioscans for the nasty that ate What's-Her-Name? About anyone comparing them to biomonitor readouts of Vampires and Wendigo and junk like that, or anyone knowing a pro critter-hunter?

Nothing specific about paracritters...

Biotech + Logic
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@ Critias - My apologies, I think that was one of the posts I ran roughshod over while I was bumping forward.

Anybody with para-zoology or para-biology, or critters, awakened threats/monsters, anything that seems appropriate can throw a test.

@ BishopMcQ - You notice that Sully's bio-signs vary very little. Despite the obvious movement indicated by the coordinates, heart rate, pulse, blood pressure all stay very steady. She was obviously in exceptional physical condition, possibly with some bioware (synthcardium, etc) to assist.

The bio-signs for the second person start fairly placid, but rapidly ramp up into a fever pitch. Rapid heart beat and pulse and high blood pressure indicate some fairly serious physical strain, and the brain wave analysis shows near-fatal levels of endorphins and pleasure signals triggering in the brain, far more then should be physically possible.

Your best guess is some sort of crazy combination of drugs, sim-sense, and a psycho-somatic rush, like some serial killers get when stalking and slaying victims, or the rush rapists get when attacking someone.

Charisma+Negotiations+Loyalty = 9
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Fenris: Hadn't spent much thought on that, so I figured I'd leave it open ended for you.

As per my opening post, Geoffrey has a gallery near Downtown and does some of his business out of the back. Vertigo delivers her loot there, so maybe that’s where he would arrange a meet.

I imagine Geoffrey has a standing list of buyers who are looking for items they can't get through legal channels. He and Vertigo's usual business probably involves small items that Vertigo can acquire by herself, but with access to this group he might have some "hard to fill" orders he's been sitting on for awhile?

@ Djinni - ::pokes player:: Feel free to toss a magical threats + Int roll then

@ Method - Unless you were thinking something different, I'll just assume for the moment the usual channels include a commlink connection through a series of pay-by-the-minute anonymous nodes with serious firewalls and ice, used when you want to stop a trace dead in its tracks.

okies did it...and just a little glimpse to the inner workings of the man inside...the good one, not the one you see in astral...he's sleeping...
will it be very difficult to create a temporary way to get to the roof?
or should I just use a graplling hook and scale the outside of the building?

@ Djinni - Magical Threats - As far as you can tell the second set of life signs looks human in the beginning, but ends up far higher then any human could sustain.

Area Knowledge / Biology (parazoology) - You're positive there's nothing known in the Seattle area that has signs like that, nothing you know of or have heard of. It's unique, in the very least, to this area. Maybe imported?

Urban Brawl - Next game is tomorrow night

yay...going to use a voice call to get "her" to tape it for me since I'll be busy....and of course shameless use that to brag about his hunting skills =Þ

Hey I'll tell you anything you want me to tell you

@Fenris: Closer inspection of the roof show any access points?

@ Redjack Nadda. Looks like any roof access has to be external, unless you're going to make some holes.

I can do that

@ Djinni - So, just to check, are there actual actions you need whoever it was you called to take on your behalf, or was that mostly just RP stuff?

whoops sorry forgot to actually POST my ooc update for the phonecall...it was mostly RP to let the group know he's an experienced hunter of wild and dangerous paranormal critters...
he called Cassie's dad who may or may not be able to help due to the nature of his Business, but if he can find out if someone brought a creature from overseas it would help to narrow down what it is, and if it was brought in from out of the country or made by someone here or just a natural resident. that lends more information if it's a natural resident it'll be harder to hunt, if it was imported then it'll be out of its element even though it has been here six or so years, the initial evironment doesn't leave insticts to go low...

Sorry guys, but I might be a little scarce the rest of the week.

If we bump ahead to these financing runs, thats cool with me. Maybe start with Hiver's time limited job and we can tackle the statue heist week after next?

@ Djinni - I need a Negotiations Roll for dealing with Alex Tremane pls.

Modifiers - +2 Dice (NPC is friendly towards you) +0 Dice (desired result is of no value) +2 Dice (cross between Ace in the hole and romantic attraction, considering your relationship with his daughter) for a total of +4 Dice on the roll.

@Fenris - Ammon starting money 800

I forgot to check to see if he was available...
I might have to go back and edit the comversation to be a voicemail..dern it...you want to do that or just go forward?
I have no qualms on you rolling dice fer me in something like that, besides its better for everyone not to know how massive my social skills are ~.^

Just tossed up a quickie post to give the IC thread a little bump -- it was down to the second page!

I think we are just waiting for the Monday bump at this point. Thanks for pulling us back to the top.

I'm ready to bump to the meet anytime.

@ Redjack - Good to know. I'll probably bump forward tonight, since we seemed to have reached that point already.

@ Djinni - You only have to roll for availability when the GM doesn't care one way or the other In the future, toss the social rolls before, and I can let you know who's available or whether it's voicemail.

I will be offline for the next 48 hours as I fly out to Dallas for work. Expect posts from me on Tuesday.

Fenris--Feel free to puppet me along to keep the thread kicking at its high octane rate.

Yeah, we wouldn't want our breakneck pace to falter.

EDIT TO ADD: Oh, Kinesics! You make this sort of thing so fun. Having "complete control over your body's nonverbal and subconscious communication and social cues" is so handy.

Just a bump to keep us together...
Sorry Redjack but yeah, how's a 9 foot troll gonna be subtle? ~.^

As a player, I've no problems with it.
I was just posting the thoughts I figured the player would have since he's big on the physical mask at the meet thing. Actually, the two characters make a pretty good dichotomy. In style, appearance, tactics, etc.

As I'm not terribly experienced with DS games, or with SR4, or with Fenris' GMing style (as different GMs handle social skills differently), I'm not sure at what point I should start flinging around handfuls of social dice. So just gimme a holler whenever you think that sort of stuff is called for, boss.

@ Critias - To explain things, I allow three basic methods of dealing with social situations, its up to you which one you use:

1. Straight RP - Based purely on the dialog and body language as written. I'll evaluate what you're saying from the position of the NPC, and respond appropriately. I'll do my best to take in mentioned or assumed body language, appearance, etc.

2. Straight Rolls - We both roll some dice with standard modifiers, one of us wins, and the results are converted into IC.

3. Mixed bag - We dialog, and I add or subtract dice to various social rolls based on what's being said in addition to the standard modifiers, and we roll dice with the modifications. Keep in mind that because of the format, I'm going to be using exactly what you say. So if you accidentally make a comment that is inaccurate or inappropriate, I'll take that into account.

Generally speaking, I'm a huge fan of Mixed Bag, myself. It lets the role players do their thing and still get a bit of a benefit for it, without necessarily ignoring stats/skills completely.

So just gimme a holler whenever it's time to start flingin' dice around, and lemme know any modifiers that're applicable. I returned your PM, btw.

Got your reply to my PM, thanks.

Mixed bag it is! Feel free to fling dice anytime you're trying to produce a specific result. Could be anything from 'Putting Johnson at Ease' to 'Convincing Johnson that the Job is More Dangerous'.

Hi all. Back for more. Sorry for my absence.

I'll try to post more tomorrow.

No problem, we were just waitin' on ya (yeah, that's the ticket, waitin'!).

Ok. Not sure if I got the hang of Invisible Castle yet. I'll have to play with that more.

Anyway, if I'm correct I believe Vertigo took one box of drain on that spell casting.

Post's up. Just continuing the "make Mr Johnson feel at home and in control" sort of thing, for the moment, and asking the first few I'm-not-really-a-specialist-at-this questions to pop into his head (to keep up the facade of being a curious and interested businessman-type). Stiff-spined, straight-laced, talking like the folks on the daytime wageslave soap operas do, all that good stuff.

Perception test, looking for weapons/cyber on the J

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Soooo... how 'bout them Cubs?

I threw in a quickie post to get us back on page 1

BishopMcQ - The Johnson has a commlink tucked in an inside pocket.

Djinni - I appreciate the thought, but I'd rather only have posts that are relevant in the IC thread. I don't mind in OCC, but for readability, I'd rather you didn't post just to keep us on page one. ;D

If you don't like have to sift to a second page, you can always subscribe to the list and then use My Assistant to pull up a list of just your subscribed threads. This way it doesn't matter what page it's on.

@ All - My apologies on the infrequency of my posts this week. I had three unexpected doctor's appointments and a meeting with our adoption worker, in addition to all the normal family stuff, so I've been busier then usual. No excuse, obviously, but I wanted to explain myself a bit. In the future, I'll let you know if it's going to be a light week, and / or find someone to GM in my place for the week.

@ Critias - Can you give me a Willpower + Charisma roll please? (Opposing a Judge Intentions)

http://www.shadowland.org/Shadowland/904/o...s/page1550.html <--- die roll #8, as requested.

And don't sweat it, real life comes first, Fenris. We're all just enjoying ourselves and eager for things to keep moving (or, at any rate, I know *I* am).

As for a few more die rolls -- I genuinely have no idea exactly what would be appropriate for this, but I'm trying to get a look at Widget and see how she's feeling about cobbling together a fake commlink with nothing but an external description. Reading people's posture, expressions, etc, is supposed to be pretty handy, so I figure I'll give it a shot to get a look at her without Johnson knowing. I don't want him to realize Billy's not sure if they can handle the job or not, after all.

Also, what would be the right roll to (if a roll is needed at all) get him to spill the beans a little early about who they're crossing? I'm just having trouble pinning down exactly what skill would be right to pressure him for a little more information...since it's information he's planning on giving us soon anyways, etc, etc (but Billy'd like to know before they shake hands and seal the deal, so to speak).

Just lemme know what sounds right for either of these rolls, and I'll get 'em posted later tonight.

@ Critias - I definitely want to keep things moving myself. Too many threads die that way.

@ All - As a general timeline layout, negotiating with the Johnson should be done by the end of this week. The next week will be given over to legwork, with the actual run starting on the bump on July 16th.

I got it from the IC post so I posted back letting you know I think I can swing it.

@ Critias - Somehow I managed to miss the last two paragraphs of your post.

Glancing at Widget in the reflection seems fine

As for pressuring the Johnson, his initial answer is given. If you want to get him to provide more information, here's the breakdown:

It will be opposed Negotiation + Charisma rolls. Modifiers are:

Characters desired result is harmful to NPC (-3 to player dice pool)

For a total of -3 to your dice pool. Roll away, and we'll see if you can pressure him to give it up

For the record, any mages in the party that forgot to put up counterspelling are summarily fired at this point. Now on with the run and I apologize for shooting friendly targets.

Ah well, I won't worry about getting a name just yet (the secret of who we're stealing from is temporary, more nuyen is forever), and will instead work on price a bit.

http://www.shadowland.org/Shadowland/904/o...s/page1550.html <-- link again, dice roll number 9 (4 hits, Cha + Neg)

And a post is on the way.

Fenris: I too have been very busy. No problem.

All: for the record, I am cool with a slow weeks here and there. I can certainly use the time, but I am likewise commited to keeping this thread going.

Personally, I'm just terrified of yet another game fizzling and dying on me. This would make, like, number six or so with Billy where all I've gotten to do is the social stuff (which really ISN'T where most of his BPs are). I still have no idea if I managed to make a "well rounded" SR4 character or just an "idiot that's not really good at anything" SR4 character.

I'm determined for ONE freakin' game to get to some meaty actiony bullets-and-fists-flying stuff, so I can at least try out the rules.