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Fenris
Official Character List:

Reflections of a New Moon
Redjack - Ammon - Shamanic mage
BishopMcQ - Hiver - Weapons specialist
Djinni - Atlas - Troll muscle
Buddha - Widget - Technomancer / Rigger
Fletch - Michael - Close combat adept
Critias - Billy Shen - close/mid-ranged combat adept / face
Method - Vertigo - Infiiltration / Illusion 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

Introduction to each other and Lucky, character descriptions, IC questions about the job, IC decisions to accept or turn down.

Feel free to post any questions you have about the character, his background, the club, the job, etc.
Critias
Just for clarity's sake -- I'd put in my intro post that this was a second hand favor being called in, thanks to Billy's superior in the Octagon (Mushu Jiang). Maybe Lucky'd done a job for the Octagon and accepted a minor favor in lieu of payment, maybe it was something similar a generation earlier (with his dad having done a favor for Jiang, and the debt having been handed down)... However you'd like to flesh it out, what it boils down to is Billy getting sent to go do the job, because a Red Pole sees no reason to get his own hands dirty if he can send one of the kids to do the work for him instead.

Also, is there somewhere we should be posting specifically what stuff we have on us at the time, and that sort of thing (in case the poop hits the fan early on)? I don't wanna just spam the joint up with proclamations of carried gear if it's supposed to be somewhere else or handled via PMs or whatnot.
Method
Fenris - sent you a 2 PM's regarding Vertigo's attributes and back story.

Also a few general questions:
1.) Should we avoid reading the Full Moon threads in case of spoilers?
2.) Any preference about signatures (on/off) in the IC thread?

Everyone - just as a general note: I have been playing SR for years, but I am new to the forth edition (haven't been able to find anyone in my area to play with). One of my goals in this game is to learn the system better, so if you notice any errors in my OOC post (game mechanics, etc) please let me know. I will appreciate the feedback!!
Redjack
@Fenris
[ Spoiler ]
Critias
Method's post reminds me -- ditto, here. I have no idea if I made a decent, or laughable, or munchkinned up (or somewhere in between) SR4 character. I'm an SR3 guy, know it backwards and forwards and you name it (after playing both SR and SR2, mind you), but I've really never had a chance to roll my sleeves up and play any SR4.

I've been in about five aborted on-line games with Billy, and I think a whopping ONE of them involved any dice rolling at all...so I'm here to get a little practical experience with the game just as much as I'm here to tell a cool story. My apologies in advance if I wind up getting us all killed by thinking in terms of the wrong edition. wink.gif
djinni
QUOTE (Critias)
Method's post reminds me -- ditto, here. I have no idea if I made a decent, or laughable, or munchkinned up (or somewhere in between) SR4 character.

I just went with a concept I thought would be fun to roleplay, and just hope he's useful.
Fenris
Critias - I'm not too worried about the specifics unless it's something crazy.

"Of course I had my LMG, I totally coulda slipped it by the guys at the door of the fancy French restaurant." - That sort of thing. If it's relatively small and concealable, don't care. I hate to require gear posts every scene change, and it's awkward trying to fit exactly what you're carrying into an IC post without making it sound like a gear list. I don't care which commlink you brought or how many stim patches.

If you're packing rocket launchers, full body armor, or something similarly obvious and bulky, something needs to be mentioned, just so I know how to react with NPC's.

And I actually got the exact idea you were trying to get across. I'm fine with leaving it vague for the moment. I have an idea of what the favor is for, but you don't, so it'll help for better roleplaying until it comes up in game, if it does.

Method - I don't mind if you read them both, I don't think there will be alot of obvious cross-contamination for the most part of the thread. You're not like, working directly against that team or anything.

And please no sigs in the IC thread, sort of breaks up the reading.

Redjack - I don't mind if you post the resistance rolls, I trust my players unless given a reason not to. And it does speed things up wink.gif

Djinni - He's definitely interesting XD

djinni
QUOTE (Fenris)
Djinni - He's definitely interesting XD

I'm glad, I just hope I don't dissappoint
Method
QUOTE (djinni)
I just went with a concept I thought would be fun to roleplay, and just hope he's useful.

Me too.

I found that its really hard to build a mystic adept in SR4 that isn't incredibly specialized!! But then I guess that was true in all the previous editions too.

I'll just warn you all now that she is pretty useless in combat...
djinni
QUOTE (Method)
I'll just warn you all now that she is pretty useless in combat...

Me too...how odd ~.^
Method
Oh boy... we're in trouble... grinbig.gif
Critias
Great. Once the lead starts flying, the Face gets to do the heavy lifting. wink.gif
djinni
@Fenris:
what are the chairs and table made out of?
also had an afterthought, is the music AR or real?
Fenris
@Djinni - Chairs and tables are mostly human sized, but reinforced due to all of the "odd" customers. Easily support troll weight.

The music is a combination. There is an audio and visual component that is real, but there are also visual components in AR, and if you have are connected to your commlink via a chipjack or trodes, there are extra audio/tactile/olfactory/visual components as well.

djinni
easily support troll weight cool...but even big trolls don't weigh as much as me. lets just hope it holds, and Atlas doesn't lean back in the chair ~.^

since my commlink fizzled out mysteriously I just wanted to make sure he could hear the music. sadly he doesn't get to look in the mirrors to see if he would look different or normal...

[ Spoiler ]
Method
Descpription:

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Critias
Ditto.
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Redjack
Description for Ammon
[ Spoiler ]
Buddha72
Sorry for the late posting but it is up and away. Don't want to hold things up anymore than necessary. biggrin.gif
WearzManySkins
Pssst Buddha72 Full Moon....nudge wink nudge wink..... smile.gif
Critias
Just to clarify for myself -- is Fixx a guy or a girl? I'd been thinking female from earlier posts (particularly the OP itself), but was I mistaken?

No big deal either way, really, just a little corn-fused.
Buddha72
LOL! I was getting there. nyahnyah.gif

Fixx is a guy.
Method
QUOTE (Fenris)
Fixx, the gorgeous nordic blonde fixer...


I was pictureing a woman too... indifferent.gif?
Critias
*shrugs* I guess "gorgeous" just tends to have a feminine overtone to it. At least I wasn't the only one. smile.gif
Critias
So how do we handle this assensing stuff? Is there a die roller somewhere, or do we all just tell him stuff on our own, or what? *is a noob*
djinni
QUOTE (Critias @ Jun 20 2007, 08:50 AM)
So how do we handle this assensing stuff?  Is there a die roller somewhere, or do we all just tell him stuff on our own, or what?  *is a noob*

ya go to Tha dice rolly thing
and roll them bones!
since we are a group you shouldn't have to roll dice against us, so I'll just go ahead and attempt my hand at describing in an astral perception what you'd get...hrm...where to begin...
if you get one hit here's the info
[ Spoiler ]

that's all on one hit...now check out this if you got 2 hits...
[ Spoiler ]

the above is all on two hits...now it gets interesting...
[ Spoiler ]


For those OOC's that are just wondering...

He’s had cosmetic surgery to make his facial features less monstrous, and to remove the excess sweat gland that overproduce so as to keep a normal method of cool down (Facial change, acral enlargement, and soft-tissue swelling, Excessive sweating), unfortunately there is no surgery that can alleviate the problem that causes the headaches unless he becomes completely cured of his disorder (Headaches), pent up rage and anger at this particular side effect of his disorder, has been used to channel and focus his playing ability to release that frustration at controlled times, similar to the focus and targeting of today’s martial arts tournament enthusiasts (infertility, Erectile dysfunction and/or decreased libido), the first treatment to alleviate this problem was to induce bone density therapy, which provided the catalyst for Acroparesthesiae which in this instance they were forced to give him the titanium bone lacing to stop the abnormal growth of the plates. (Arthropathy), increased size of thyroid, he has taken the supra thyroid implant for his sport to alleiviate this part of the disorder (Goitre)

Oh great and masterful diety of all things Shadowrun, did I miss anything that he should know from assensing the legendary man that holds the weight of the world?
Critias
Or, rather, he goes to the dice roller thingy, we wait on him to post the die roll results, and then we post the appropriate information, as per the Assensing table?
djinni
that's what I said....when you roll dice ya go to Tha Dice rolly thingy!

it's not letting me edit the above post he doesn't have the superthyroid gland implant (which it looks like the post is saying) just to clarify incase anyone was wondering.
Critias
Fair enough.

So, alright. Going by the chart on p. 183, here, let's see.

Billy on 1 hit:
[ Spoiler ]

On 2 hits:
[ Spoiler ]

3:
[ Spoiler ]

4:
[ Spoiler ]

Redjack
Ammon's rolls for a rolls to assense the team:
- Hiver = 2 hits
- Atlas = 4 hits
- Widget = 5 hits
- Michael = 6 hits
- Billy = 2 hits
- Vertigo = 3 hits

For those who would assense Ammon:
@1 hits
[ Spoiler ]

djinni
well with your expert perception of things not of this world the big ol troll is pretty much an open book...
just waiting on Fen to see if I forgot to list anything.
Buddha72
Widget's assensing results:

Healthy
Anxious about being late and appearing unprofessional
Mundane
Has cyberware and bioware in the head region
Essence is 5
She is a technomancer
Fenris
To clarify, I prefer not to originate with an untrusting atmosphere. Unless I have a reason not to trust your die rolls, I'm fine with you rolling dice and just posting the results, however you roll them. I have some players that roll physical dice, or just use the dice roller at Irony. So it's up to you. However, I do suggest waiting until after the assensing dice have been rolled before posting anything. No reason to let the cat out of the bag early, right?

I generally allow you to roll any rolls. The only exceptions are when I think there might be a serious issue with you knowing the results of failed rolls.

And for the record, women use gorgeous to refer to men all the time wink.gif

Djinni - Basically, I'll just add in the stuff I think you didn't mention for the third and fourth hit.

3 + 4 = You obviously have the information on the exact maladies he's suffering from. Additionally, you know his essence as .625, and the location of and presence of all of his implants.
Buddha72
I wasn't sure if it was clear or not but Widget is an Elf and looks to be in her late teens. biggrin.gif
djinni
QUOTE (Buddha72 @ Jun 20 2007, 07:44 PM)
I wasn't sure if it was clear or not but Widget is an Elf and looks to be in her late teens.  biggrin.gif

nope...that's why she wasn't called pointy XD
you pointy hater you!

Can Assensing tell the difference between Cyber and bioware? or just see it?
I didn't note which was which in my description.
BishopMcQ
Hiver is: Healthy, Relaxed and curious, Mundane. Implants are present, heavily saturating the head and spinal column, but spread throughout his body.
Method
Vertigo:

[ Spoiler ]
Redjack
@Djinni: I think you have about the most unique character I've seen in a while as far as tying in the medical conditions and advanced technology to mitigate it. Bravo!

@Fenris: Have we already lost Fletch?
Critias
Holy crap, I forgot all about Fletch. Man, this must be a big table if we're all gonna fit at it. smile.gif
djinni
Thank you Red. I'm glad you like him.

yeah I'm curious about Fletch too...do I get to use his chair when mine breaks, or do I have to talk Vertigo into sitting on my lap? ~.^
Critias
While I'm thinking about it, here's Billy's background piece, for anyone that's curious and has a few minutes to kill. Folks with appropriate contacts or Knowledge skills might even know a bit of it IC. I've posted some of my fiction here on DS before, so it's possible you've already stumbled across it.

But, anyways. Not much other postin' for me to do, so I figured I'd just toss that up for anyone who wants to read over it.
Fenris
I'll give Fletch till Sunday to post, or we'll officially remove him and move on.
djinni
QUOTE (Fenris)
I'll give Fletch till Sunday to post, or we'll officially remove him and move on.

whatever will we do till then?
Critias
QUOTE (djinni)
QUOTE (Fenris @ Jun 21 2007, 10:21 AM)
I'll give Fletch till Sunday to post, or we'll officially remove him and move on.

whatever will we do till then?

+1

It's already gettin' to be a bit of a strain, all just hanging out and trying not to stare expectantly at Lucky the whole time.
djinni
QUOTE (Critias)
It's already gettin' to be a bit of a strain, all just hanging out and trying not to stare expectantly at Lucky the whole time.

Atlas can give a table dance!
Critias
I don't think the table, or the people watching, could take it.
Redjack
God forbid it delays to the point he decides that a table dance isn't enough and considers a lap dance!!
djinni
yep yep..the table can't take it..and you know...once the table is gone, there's nothing between your lap and him! just pray they don't play "ride the pony."
Redjack
Billy and Vertigo are both human, correct?
djinni
QUOTE (Redjack @ Jun 21 2007, 12:12 PM)
Billy and Vertigo are both human, correct?

according to my notes, these are the races of the team so far
Redjack - Ammon - Elf
BishopMcQ - Hiver - Elf
Djinni - Atlas - Troll
Buddha - Widget - Elf (even though her pic was of a human >=Þ)
Fletch - Michael - Unknown
Critias - Billy Shen - Elf
Method - Vertigo - Human
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