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Abbandon
@Crizh
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crizh
OK, those are some major rules changes, give me a minute to change things around a bit...
Abbandon
[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
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
OK, all done, I think....
Abbandon
@Crizh
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@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
Stray's Money Roll:

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Fuchs
Stray's attack:

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quentra
Quentra Cash:

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150 in Cash, 150 on his Evo SIN, 300 on his Fake SIN.
crizh
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.."

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Abbandon
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
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
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
Can you do a resist for a Force 6 Guidance Spirit?

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Abbandon
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
Whats up with that part about the Librarian spirit Crizh?
crizh
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
@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?
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@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
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
Sorry about that, I've been away from work. Being ill. Will throw something up.
Glyph
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
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
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
Eeek, inhabited ghouls!??

Good luck Stormcrow, I shall send flowers...

(Assuming I am still able)
Abbandon
@Fuchs:
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@quentra:
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Tobias and Sir Psycho have IC's up.

Guess I need to work on Glyph's IC next.

@Crizh
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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
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! wobble.gif

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
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
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Sir_Psycho
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
Im sorry if my adsense helped in your decision. Truly.
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