Abbandon
Mar 12 2008, 03:15 PM
@Crizh
[ Spoiler ]
Before I get into any of your dice rolls. I want to go over things in general.
-First I have decided that sustain foci can not hold extra net hits no matter what. You can cast Force 1 spells and get more hits than 1 but if you hand it off to a sustain foci it will only hold its Rating's worth of hits and thats it.
-Second of all this Shapechange + possession isnt going to work like you think it does. Shapechange is a sustained spell and while being possessed you are unable to sustain spells, that isnt written anywhere but i believe thats whats implied. Now you can use a sustain foci, or have a BOUND spirit take over(which would make it last an extremely short period of time) but thats it. If you do have the bound spirit take over then it will be at -2 to everything while it is maintaining the shape.
-Your time stamps are completely fubared. You started off on march 6th, which was already one day to early, and now you have time travelled back to march 3rd. You arrived at Ft Worth march 6th and some time and when you left your coffin it should have been sometime during the night of march 7th and thats before your nap.
crizh
Mar 12 2008, 04:07 PM
OK, those are some major rules changes, give me a minute to change things around a bit...
Abbandon
Mar 12 2008, 06:15 PM
[excuses.] Well I got started late today cuz I today was movie day. I watched "no country for old men" and "hitman". Well i guess they were both pretty cool for shadowrunner types. No country really wasnt worth all the buzz and hype people had been giving it which I never buy in to. I did start on a couple of responses. But Qventra's was really difficult and I had to devote time to Voodoo who is mechanically complex. And now its late and it takes alot more time to make GM posts than it does to make Player posts. As a GM you have to create a picture, try to see how that picture will play out, then try to translate that out into words. And at this time of days its hard to concentrate and do all that.
I really dont want any pauses in the gameplay from my end cuz thats what kills off games but I have to be honest. I have been waiting for this game for the nintendo DS to be released for 2 years!!! and it finally got released today. Final Fantasy:Crystal Chronicles Rings of fate. I will probably limit myself to the time I devote to this over the next couple of days.
Im holding onto the posts I already came up with cuz I dont want new posts to distract me from the ones im still working on lol. [/excuses.]
crizh
Mar 12 2008, 08:32 PM
Hmm....
Having a bit of trouble rejigging this...
I'm going to change the wiki with an updated version of Voodoo shortly and I'll have to change some of my IC posts to reflect the changes.
crizh
Mar 13 2008, 12:58 AM
OK, all done, I think....
Abbandon
Mar 13 2008, 01:57 PM
@Crizh
[ Spoiler ]
-It would be nice if you told me what changes you planned on making...
-I think your shapechange + possession would work if you used a spirit of man with the spell shapechange. Then i "think" the spirit can sustain the spell indefinately, im not looking at the rules right now, but again would be at -2 to everything. (also during that scene you said you went astral but you never slid back into your body before you were possessed, and actually there is now way to even cast shapechange on yourself from the astral since its a physical spell.)
-Your timeline.....
>march 6th 08:00 arrived at coffin motel paid for 24 hours.
>24 hours later and 3 refined crystals you wake up/finish(not sure which order you did those things) enchanting March 7th 0800 and pay for another 24 hours.
>Then you go panther for X amount of hours which would be in the daylight unless you do something through the whole middle of the day (not enchanting). March 7th, 0800 + X amount of hours playing.
-You didnt put a lifestyle down but I assume is street?
-Please take notice of the posting and dice rolling protocols. You didnt yellow your messages to price, and as far the dice rolling I would like to see it attribute X + skill X +/- modifiers = x dice and then your roll instead of telling me the skills and attributes and modifiers, then posting the numbers somewhere else. And I want ,'s or spaces in between the dice!.
-Having said alllll that.......sometime after you go panther, you said you were going to sleep after but that really doesnt make since you get this message, (please yellow it when you repost it).
"So your name's Voodoo eh? Thats original..ok I guess you havent done anything to piss me off yet so I will try to cut you some slack. I hear you are fairly talented at spell design and enchanting, truthfully thats not an area of magic Im to familiar with and so I don't really have any kind of job like that I can offer you. I know some people people would might be interested in meeting you and who you might be interested in meeting back but that kinda info has a price. What kind of job I do have I dont know if your capable of handling, there is this little girl and she is possessed to hell and back with this vengeful evil fucking spirit, The guys I have sent have all gotten their hoops handed to them. Apparently as soon as they go astral the little girl just goes ape shit on them beats them up pretty good before anyone can get the mage out of there. The family is pretty well off so if could get the job done I'm sure it would make a very nice start up fund for Seattle for you. So what do you think, get back to me asap this little girl has been possessed for a few days now."
@Haze
You have a small window where you can start preparing(5 minutes) I already told you the area is clear of anything astral, Do you want to cast any spells or anything. You can just tell me what your prep or you can IC it but dont go beyond that.
@Tobias take it slow!! Theres no reason to run with the ball like you did at Al's, except to get to the action and it cant all be action 24/7 hehe. Do not take your next IC past replys to the other dude in your post.
@Quentra you dont know of any recent fights between the Vory and the Ancients.
@everyone You all have replys up. I would like money rolls from everyone who hasnt already made them. I would just like to warn you that putting money on a bank account with a particular SIN is a bad idea. Use credsticks.
@spirit/sprite summoners
I roll the dice for the spirit/sprite to resist summoning.
IC's incoming.....
Fuchs
Mar 13 2008, 02:06 PM
Stray's Money Roll:
[ Spoiler ]
Roll 1: 5, 2, 5 = 12
Times 50 Nuyen (low lifestyle) = 600 Nuyen in certified Credsticks.
Fuchs
Mar 13 2008, 02:35 PM
Stray's attack:
[ Spoiler ]
Initiative:
8 dice
Roll: 2, 6, 4, 6, 4, 6, 1, 6 = 4 hits.
Initiative Score: 12, 2 passes
IP1:
Attack 5 (Unarmed combat)+5(agility)+2(Spec offense)=12 dice
Roll: 5, 3, 2, 5, 2, 6, 5, 3, 5, 2, 2, 2 = 5 hits
Spending 1 edge to reroll misses: 7 dice
Roll 1: 5, 4, 6, 6, 6, 2, 1 = 4 hits
Total: 9 hits.
IP2:
Interrupting and going full defense (gymnastic dodge):
6(reaction)+5(unarmed)+5(gymnastics)=16 dice
quentra
Mar 13 2008, 03:58 PM
Quentra Cash:
[ Spoiler ]
Roll 1: 2, 5, 5 = 12
12x50=600 Yen
150 in Cash, 150 on his Evo SIN, 300 on his Fake SIN.
crizh
Mar 13 2008, 04:31 PM
I was rereading the thread on Ally Spirits you were posting in and had pretty much the same idea about having a Spirit cast and sustain spells on me
I've replaced all the sustaining foci with a big-ass Power Focus, which, I think, is what you expected me to do in the first place.
I used freed BP's from not having so many Foci and shuffled some BP's out of Arcana to pay for it.
I think I've possibly gotten a bit confused with times for extended tests. I suppose I assumed that stuff with (1 day) meant a single 8 hour work shift, limited to one such test per 24hrs.
Anyway I decided not to do any Enchanting, given the changes to sustaining foci et al. Instead I spend the day summoning and binding two spirits of man, to do spell sustaining, like you suggested.
I'm not sure about the sustaining penalty either but I don't think they suffer one.
Spirits of Man are not magicians, instead they have a Spirit Power called Innate Spell. It lets them cast a single spell, they don't get counter-spelling or Ritual Spellcasting, just that one spell as a Power.
According to the section on powers, they don't suffer any penalties for sustaining Powers.
I'll go through all my posts and reformat the dice rolls for clarity this evening.
(Edit)
Maybe I should change Voodoo's description to read:
"Crazy old Dwarven Gypsy woman.."
Abbandon
Mar 13 2008, 04:55 PM
I didnt say anything about taking a certain type of foci. Extended test(1 day) means you spend the whole day trying to accomplish your task whether it is looking for guns or trying to make a spell or whatever.
Summoning and binding spirits... you would need (Force) days to set up and activate your lodge and it would have to be (force)meter radius in size. You could call your brother and he could hook you up with a mana lodge to go and pay the fee for you to use it..
Ok I agree no penalties for powers.
crizh
Mar 13 2008, 07:59 PM
You don't need a Magical Lodge to Bind Spirits, SR4 p180. I don't know if maybe you used to in SR3?
However if there is one that I could rent I'd be interested in finding out how much it would cost, I have a feeling that I'll shortly have a use for one.....
Abbandon
Mar 13 2008, 09:49 PM
Hmm your right about binding. I dont know how it worked in SR3 offhand(I only read through it once). I was just trying to help you bind spirits. All the for rent magical lodges disappeared! =P
crizh
Mar 13 2008, 10:35 PM
Can you do a resist for a Force 6 Guidance Spirit?
[ Spoiler ]
Summoning
Watcher capped at 4 hours.
Summoning 6 + Magic 5 + Power Focus 5 = 16D6: 6121646664114153 = 4 Hits
Drain = 4S
Charisma 10 + Willpower 8 = 18D6: 254632441516565633 = 8 Hits
Force 6 Guidance Spirit
Summoning 6 + Magic 5 + Power Focus 5 = 16D6: 2123414525265511 = 5 Hits
vs
Force (6D6): 5, 3, 2, 5, 1, 2 = 2 hits
3 Services
Drain = 4P
Charisma 10 + Willpower 8 = 18D6: 421552154222436356 = 6 Hits
Abbandon
Mar 14 2008, 08:39 AM
Resist:
5, 3, 2, 5, 1, 2 = 2 hits
Power Foci 5? Lets hold off on any more posting Crizh until i clear the changes you have made.
Ok I guess your still legal. 29bp's for gear, 5bp's or foci, 114 bp's for skills and the rest stays the same? I expect some awesome story about how she acquired such an awesome foci and what it looks like. That would be nice to have in her homepage on the wiki eventually.
Abbandon
Mar 14 2008, 09:55 AM
Whats up with that part about the Librarian spirit Crizh?
crizh
Mar 14 2008, 10:34 AM
I'm trying to put specific personal archetypes on each of the Spirits Voodoo summons. Stuff that means something to her about the nature of the spirit in question.
Each Spirit is drawn from a Metaplane unique to each tradition, some come from the Plane of Fire, some from Guinee, some from Asgard etc.
Voodoo draws Guidance Spirits from L-Space, a conceptual Metaplane based upon the 'Akashic Record' idea.
I thought it would be kinda cool, I can write my own replies to divining requests.
And then you can tell me what 'Oook' actually means this time.
Abbandon
Mar 16 2008, 12:10 PM
@crizh that was a cool flashback post to explain the power foci. The bellyring should have just been a prep ring for the hole though. It doesnt make since that she has the "shell" of the foci made and didnt use any of the orichalcum. Her brother should have spotted her prep ring and asked about it and then she should have been like "check this out" and showed a blown up holo image of what you planned to do. Doesnt the Orichalcum get mixed in with the metal to actual make the product, so if the ring part is already done?? Is she gonna "plate" the ring? Is it going to go into the grooves that make up the runes or whatever? Is the orichalcum for some trinket that will be connected to the ring?
[ Spoiler ]
-I forgot about autohits when you first summoned your watchers, so you can start doing that again.
-I want you to give me a timeline of your entire IC posts from your arrival in Ft Lewis to present. Cuz I think your way off and im sick of being the one figuring it out.
-tch..I have to go back and see how many spirits you have summoned. Did you do the rolls for the Librarian? Did you ask her any questions? Thats the part i didnt understand.
-did you do any binding tests ?
-I am pretty sure we still have a problem with your panther scene.
-You havent changed your IC posts to reflect changes you have made ooc. Specifically you still talk about enchanting crystals and stuff.
@Everyone else. Fuchs, Sir Psycho, and Quentra your all being worked on. Crizh im going to assume you get shit straightened out and work on you to. Glyph im expecting an ooc, Tobias im expecting an ic.
crizh
Mar 16 2008, 04:53 PM
You either incorporate the materials into the focus or consume them in it's creation. I assume It's made from a small amount of the metal and a much larger amount was consumed in it's creation.
I was also assuming the 'real' piercing that Cakewalk spotted was obviously just temporary. Do you not get a temp one when it's first done that stays in until it's healed?
I did do binding tests in the ooc posts I edited but I didn't do any Divination yet. I haven't decided what to ask and I was busy with that flashback.
The IC text about crystals refers to the spirit binding materials I use up. I altered the original text I was using to describe enchanting, so it does look similar but it's referring to two binding rituals now.
I think you might be right about my timeline, looking at everyone else's posts now I seem to be a day out, not sure how that happened.
I'll double check it and correct it this evening.
Tobias
Mar 16 2008, 07:46 PM
Sorry about that, I've been away from work. Being ill. Will throw something up.
Glyph
Mar 16 2008, 08:58 PM
Haze will look for a decent place where he and the troll can watch the others - it doesn't have to be completely hidden (probably best if it isn't, so the other guys won't think they're trying to ambush them), but someplace that can give Haze some decent cover on top of that provided by the meatshield troll. No spells precast at this time, although he will put everyone under his spell defense.
Tobias
Mar 17 2008, 12:11 PM
Perception
Inuition + perception + mods(for sight, sound and smell) = 7 dice.
4 6 3 5 5 2 6 = 4 hits (3 hits if its like not the 3 things i have mods for)
crizh
Mar 19 2008, 06:08 PM
Divining
Can the girl be saved?
Magic 6 + Intuition 6 = 12D6: 231121525426 = 3 Hits
How difficult will defeating the spirit be?
Magic 6 + Intuition 6 = 12D6: 256553356526 = 8 Hits
Are the parents hiding something that will get me killed, etc?
Magic 6 + Intuition 6 = 12D6: 566352115514 = 6 Hits
crizh
Mar 20 2008, 06:53 PM
Eeek, inhabited ghouls!??
Good luck Stormcrow, I shall send flowers...
(Assuming I am still able)
Abbandon
Mar 20 2008, 06:57 PM
@Fuchs:
[ Spoiler ]
I treated your little trick as an interrupt action and rolled for suprise.
-Interrupt action 1st IP: Knife guy catches the bag with his face and is stunned
-fist guy swings but you block/parry/evade with normal defense
-stun baton guy swings and you evade.
-You launch an attack at fist guy and get 7 net hits (thats enough to put him down)
IC that part of the combat and give me round 2 ooc.
@quentra:
[ Spoiler ]
-ic yourself into the bar and up to the part about asking for work. A couple of guys who look like the local muscle for the place stare at you intently, the few other patrons there give you nervous/funny looks.
Tobias and Sir Psycho have IC's up.
Guess I need to work on Glyph's IC next.
@Crizh
[ Spoiler ]
Ugh you are a complete nightmare. Your not doing things i ask(displaying dice right, giving me a timeline), your posting new stuff before i even reply to old stuff.
-Im still waiting on a timeline from you
-How are your attributes being boosted like they are?
-Where the hell is the rolls for your first summon and binding of a spirit of man I can only find your second one thats in the same post as the shapechanging spirit.
-You have summoned like 5 spirits already by my count? One to get to ft worth, one to play panther, 2 that you supposedly summon and bind, and 1 librarian that is an ape?
-divination requires the subject of the question to be present or to have a link to it so I think I can only answer one of the questions you asked. which is pretty damn irrelevant right now considering the backlog of shit we have yet to resolve.
Sorry for my absense, it will probably continue like this for a little while longer.. I really dont want to give up on this yet though.
Oh yeah..........
-Tobias I need a money rolls!
-Sir Psycho I need a money roll!
-Glyph I need a money roll (1000 nuyen isnt even possable on your lifestyle dude)
-Crizh im giving you 60 nuyen, I dont know what the hell day your on so as for right now you havent spent any of it on rent. The first 24 hour stay was prepaid.
crizh
Mar 20 2008, 08:19 PM
You were right, I did seem to have my timeline out of whack. I managed to skip a day somewhere, so I altered all the IC posts to reflect arriving in town on the 6th and receiving the job offer on the morning of the 7th.
I re-did every OOC dice roll in the format you asked for. If I'm still doing it wrong could you quote me an example from the OOC thread and show me how you would prefer it altered?
Most of the Summoning, apart from the first one which was just fluff really, is in posts 18 and 50 of the OOC thread. Has been for days now.
Divining...
Doh!
Must read more carefully. I'll cut that bit just now and paste it back in when it becomes possible. I'll just keep the spirit on standby in the meantime.
Glyph
Mar 21 2008, 02:11 AM
Huh. You're right. I know I rolled something - maybe I was looking at Middle or something. Anyways, here's his starting money:
3d6 x 50 Nuyen
6, 5, 3 = 14
14 x 50 = 700 Nuyen.
Fuchs
Mar 21 2008, 02:26 AM
[ Spoiler ]
Initiative:
8 dice
Roll: 6, 1, 4, 1, 1, 4, 4, 1 = 1 hit.
Initiative Score: 9, 2 passes
IP1:
Interrupting (if needed) and going full defense (gymnastic dodge):
6(reaction)+5(unarmed)+5(gymnastics)=16 dice
IP2:
Attacking the man with the baton:
Attack 5 (Unarmed combat)+5(agility)+2(Spec offense)=12 dice
Roll: 2, 1, 5, 3, 2, 1, 6, 2, 6, 1, 4, 3 = 3 hits
Sir_Psycho
Apr 9 2008, 02:34 AM
The more I think about it the less time I realise I have for all these games. It's probably best if you give my spot to some-one else. Cheers Abbandon.
Abbandon
Apr 12 2008, 02:03 PM
Im sorry if my adsense helped in your decision. Truly.
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