I'll make better guidelines soon but here's the basics:

-Disable your signatures when you post, it keeps things pretty
->>>2100 HRS, 06JUN2071: LOCATION>>>. Let us know where and when you are at. Use the light blue I've used, it makes it easy to read.
-General Posting Go-By:
IC GM: You enter the room and are immediately fired upon.
OOC Player: Okay I want to use gymnastic dodge to roll into cover before firing back.
OOC GM: Sounds good make me some rolls
OOC Player: <Invisible Castle Rolls, still have to set this up>
OOC GM: Okay you succeed <by a certain margin or with some modifier>
IC Player: My character dives expertly behind cover and draws down on the enemy.
Note: NPC reactions, especially during combat, are my purview (unless I state otherwise). If I say you succeed at shooting him post: "<Insert Name Here> expertly drops 3 round into the perps chest>" not "<Insert Name Here> blows that motherfucker away."

-Dispute Resolution: I'm an easy going GM. Seriously. If you think a ruling was lame, say so. At the same time I course reserve the right to say "Nope that's how it's going down." But it never hurts to ask.
-I reward players for "Screwing themselves over". Requests to complicate your own characters life are welcomed and encouraged (usually with karma). Generally keep to complicating ONLY your characters life, not the whole parties. However, if you think a complication would be awesome for the overall story, bring it up in the OOC thread and let the other players weigh in. I, like most GM's, love player driven plots.
-Feel free to pose NPC's like meter maids, generic crowds, waiters, etc. We can always retconn it later if we have too.
-Don't feel obligated to write the great American novel. I, and I certainly hope you too, will endeavor to use appropriate grammar/spellcheck. At the same time I don't have a huge woody for 50 pages descriptions. I used to GM an SR MUX and I've had my share of sprawling description of just how awesome a character looks in his tight leather pants. I'm over it. I appreciate a good @desc like anyone, and if the spirits moves you... but don't feel obligated to throw down WALL-OF-TEXT every post.
-I'm not a big fan of "thought" posts. Show me, don't tell me. Same goes for flashbacks. That's a personal RP preference, if you all want to change it I'm open to reconsider my position.
-Fuck or frag. I don't give devil rats hoop. If my NPC's use frag, drek, or decker, it usually means they're a little older and have been on the runner scene for awhile.

Not So Subtle Madness is a game that is chiefly inspired by such towering works of fiction as "Sean of the Dead" and the Street Sweeper thread on SA. It is survival horror as only the Sixth world could provide and while I expect to keep it dramatic and exciting; I desire tongues to be set firmly in cheek. This is the story about seven "unique" people who come together to work the graveyard shift at a crappy city job. What they make of that crappy job is up to you all, the players. Do you want to sell your services to runners? Do you want to sell runners out to corps sec and Lone Star? Do you want to plumb the underground and uncover it's secrets? Do you want to see how many ghouls you can kill in a single combat pass? Do you want to sell the wares out of corpses you find? Do you want to run drugs out of the back of your truck? All these routes are available to you because you work nights and you don't get paid all that well.

GM Notes: I'm a pretty free wheeling guy and my games tend to be somewhat cinematic. Gaming is fun, GMing is something I do because it's technically gaming. I don't do unkillable NPC's, if you guys come up with a way to kill my Badmotherfucker ™ in a single round while he's doing a monologue about how evil he is... well shit, I guess he should have been shooting instead of talking.
A couple of restrictions:
1. No player killing. Conflict between characters is acceptable provided it's fun for everyone and adds to the overall story. Conflict between characters and players because your character is a mongoloid retard that everyone wants to kill is not. Even though this isn't your typical Run I expect that you'll make characters that would logically work with the team as a whole.
2. No rape. I'm not going to roleplay rape. It may come into play as a part of a characters background but it's not something we're going to explore in any detail.
More to be added as needed. This has never really been a problem but I like to get it out of the way before someone slings me their 300 bp "Serial Sex Offender" and a detailed description of what he/she/it does to their victims. Yeah... no.

BPs:
Human 0
Attributes 150
Mystical Adept 10
Mentor Spirit 5
Magic 40
Active Skills 112
Gear 5
Contacts 11
Spells 12


SINner -5
Bad Luck -20
Day Job -10
Incompetence: Longarms, Blades -10

Sum 300


Attributes:
Body 3
Agility 3
Reaction 3
Strength 2

Charisma 4
Intuition 3
Logic 2
Wisdom 3

Edge 2
Magic 5
Essence 6.0
Initiative 6
IPs 1


Active Skills:
Athletics 1
Influence 2
Stealth 1

Counterspelling 2
Dodge 1
First Aid 1
Intimidation 1
Perception 4
Pilot: Ground 2
Pistols 2
Spellcasting 2
Summoning 1
Unarmed Combat 2


Knowledge Skills(18 free):
Languages:
English N
Sperethiel 2

Professional:
Business 2
Security Design 1
Security Procedures 3

Academic:
Chemistry 1
Biology 1
Forensics 3
Magical Theory 1

Street:
Seattle Street Gangs 2

Interests:
Coffee 2


Magic:
Tradition: Shamanistic
Mentor Spirit: Dog (+2 to Detection Spells, +2 to Spirits of Man, Loyalty to pack)
Magic attribute split: 3 for Sorcery/Conjuring, 2 for Adept Powers

Adept Powers:
Kinesics 2 1.0 PP
Enhanced Perception 2 0.5 PP
Improved Sense 2 0.5 PP
- Direction Sense
- Improved Scent

Spells:
Extended Clairaudience
Extended Clairvoyance
Extended Detect Life
Extended Detect Individual


Gear(25k):
Low Lifestyle for one month 2k
Suzuki Mirage bike 6.5k
Glasses 150
image link, flare comp, skinlink
Goggles 775
image link, flare comp, vision mag,
smartlink, skinlink
Commlink CMT Clip 100
3/3 Response/Signal upgrade 1.4k
R3 OS 600
R3 Firewall 600
R2 Agent 2k
R3 Common Use Programs 900
AR Gloves 250
Earbuds 10
Defiance Ex Shocker 150
Smartlink 150
Skinlink 50
10 additional darts 50
Conceable Holster 75
Lined Coat 700
500 Newyuen Suit 500
Bunch of cheap clothes 300
Handheld Sensor 400
R6 laser mike & camera
5 x Micro Sensor 250
microphon
2 x Micro Sensor 200
camera
Micro Sensor 500
R6 cyberware scanner, skinlink
Micro Sensor 275
R3 MAD scanner, skinlink
R3 Magical Lodge 1.5k
Formula for Trid Entertainment 1k
Formula for Levitate 1.5k
Formula for Stabilize 500
Formula for Heal 500

Sum 23,885
Leftover 1,115

Starting Cash (3D6 + 9) * 50


Contacts:
Mark Timmons Connection 3 / Loyalty 4 Beat cop.
Maurice Vincent Connection 2 / Loyalty 2
Owner of a 24/7 Bar, The Drunk Skunk who hires him to find patrons who forget to pay their tab.

Troll

BOD 8
AGI 4
REA 4(6)
STR 8
CHA 2
INT 2
LOG 2
WIL 4

INI 9/2
EDGE 1
ESS 6
MAG 5

Qualities
Adept
Addiction, Moderate(weed)
Addiction, Moderate(mead)
Astral Beacon
Incompetent(Computers, cyberweapons)

Adept Abilities
Improved Reflexes 1 2pp
Mystic Armour 3 1.5pp
Improved Ability 3(blades) 1.5pp

Skills:
Blades 5(combat axe +2)
Athletics 1
Stealth 1
Dodge 2(ranged)
Pistols 2
Throwing weapons 1(javelins+2)

Knowledge Skills(12 points free)
Heavy Metal 2
English 5
Runic 3
Old Norse 3
Native language Finnish

Gear(20000 nuyen):
Combat Focus R1(Combat Axe) 10600(600+10000)
4 javelins 500
Cavalier Deputy 225
Sony Emperor commlink 700
Mangadyne Deva OS 800
Subvocal microphone 50
50 rounds regular ammo 100
4 speed loaders 100
Laser sight 100
Chain shirt 900
Fullsuit form fitting armour 1600
Certified Credstick 25
10months Squatter lifestyle 5000

Contacts
Bobby Ray, guitarist and armourer, 2 connection, 3 loyalty

Metatype : Human
Mundane

Attributes (150 BP)
Body: 2
Agility: 3 (5)
Reaction: 3 (4)
Strength: 4 (6)
Charisma: 2
Intuition: 3
Logic: 3
Willpower: 3

Edge: 2
Initiative: 7
Essence: 4.35

Knowledge Skills (0 BP)
English : N
Japanese : 3
Sperethiel : 2
Art (Paintings) : 2
Yakuza : 2
World Religions : 2
Corporate Politics : 2
UCAS Politics : 2
Literature : 2

Active Skills (110 BP)
Disguise : 1
Inflitration : 1
Palming : 1
Shadowing : 1
Perception : 3
Blades : 7
Unarmed Combat (Subdual Combat) : 4
Throwing Weapons : 2
Dodge (Ranged Combat) : 3
First Aid : 2
Intimidation : 2

Positive Qualities (25 BP)
Guts
Apt.: Blades
Martial Arts: Ninjutsu (2)
(+1 die on Infiltration; Reduce Visibility mod by 1 in melee combat)

Maneuvers (8 BP)
Disarm
Full Offense
Iaijutsu
Multi-Strike

Negative Qualities (+20 BP)
Incompetent (Longarms)
Gremlins 2
SINner

Day Job (+15 BP)

Gear (32 BP)
Biowares
Muscle Augmentation 2
Muscle Toner 2
Synaptic Booster 1
Sleep Regulator
Platelet Factories

Weapons
Katana
20x Throwing Knife
10x Smoke
5x Thermal Smoke
Ceramic Knife

Armors
Armor Jacket
Chameleon Suit
Clothing (Chic)

Vehicles

Commlinks
Commlink : Meta Link

Equipments
Certified Credstick (Standard)
Chisel
Medkit (Rating 3)
10x Medkit Supplies


Contacts (10 BP)
Isaac (L:6 C:4)
Adopted brother, earns his pay as a fixer for runners.

//Martin's fourth-wall-breaking comments are documented here for clarification.
Human male, age 21

Physical Attributes (60 BP)
Body 2
Agility 3
Reaction 3
Strength 2

Mental Attributes (90 BP)
Charisma 2
Intuition 3
Logic 4
Willpower 4

Special Attributes (40 BP)
Edge 2
Essence 6
Initiative 6
Magic 5
Astral Init. 6
Init. Passes 1 (3 Astral)

Qualities (-25 BP)
Magician (Chaos Tradition) 15 //I prefer the term "Eclectic".
Mentor Spirit (Fire-Bringer (Prometheus)) 5
(+2 Manipulation, +2 Fire spirits, -1 Illusion)
SINner -5
Day Job (free) -10
Geas (gesture) -10
Records On File -10 //Almost signed a scholarship contract with Mitsuhama. They probably still have my application somewhere.
Lost Loved One -5 //Uncle Dave talked me out of the above. He's a shadowrunner. Nobody's heard from him in over a year; I hope he's okay. He taught me a lot about magic.
Incompetant (Survival) -5 //Shortest Boy Scout career ever. I really don't want to talk about it.

Active Skills (86 BP)
Dodge 2
Pistols (semi-automatic) 1(3)
Perception 2
Assensing 3
Astral Combat 2
Spellcasting 3
Counterspelling 2
Ritual Magic 1
Conjuring 3
Banishing 2

Knowledge Skills (0 BP/21 free)
Academic: Magic Theory 4 //Well, I don't know what will happen, that's why I'm trying it this way. Hey, no, you don't need to run away!
Academic: Parazoology 2 //Holy crap, that's the biggest Devil Rat I've ever seen! Wait, why are you laughing?
Academic: Poetry (Modern) 1(3)
Street: Mitsuhama Corporation 2 //My folks both worked for them, and I grew up in corp housing. You pick up a few things.
Street: Activist Groups (Anti-Corp) 2(4)
Professional: Journalism 3 //Gotta get the truth out there. Want a link to my datastream?
Interest: Music (Indie) 1(3) //Who are you listening to? Oh, them, yeah. I liked them before they sold out.
Interest: TwenCen Horror Movies 2
Language (Japanese) 2

Spells (30 BP)
Manabolt
Powerball
Heal
Detect Life
Trid Phantasm
Mana Barrier
Physical Barrier
Mana Net
Levitate
Calm Animal

Contacts (11 BP)
Talismonger , Dr. Emile Hardaway (Connection 3, Loyalty 2) //My old professor. He runs a side-trade in magic good, and sometimes helps out with questions or problems his former students bring him.
Blogger, "Rachel Carson's Ghost" (Connection 3, Loyalty 3) //No, I won't tell you who she is. The corps have a price on her head. Radical pro-eco type.

Lifestyle - A loft apartment over an electronics repair shop, 1 roommate. //Jase Mkrum. It's his shop, he fixes 'bots and drones. Good guy. Decent landlord.
Low lifestyle base
Lifestyle qualities: Workplace +1, Perfect Roommate +2 //Jase fixed up a couple old household 'bots. Sayonara chores!
Crash Pad -1, AI in Residence -3 //If Zw1zz0 had a neck, I'd strangle it. Rat bastard AI.
Total monthly cost: 935 nY

Gear (8 BP) (33715 nY)
Power Focus (Force 1) 25,000 (1 BP bond) //A gift from Uncle Dave. It's a copper bracelet with designs on it that look like some of the Nazca Lines.
Force 3 Lodge 1,500
Taser (Yamaha Pulsar) 150
Heavy Pistol (Colt Manhunter) 300
Armor Jacket 900
Glasses (Image Link, Flare Compensation, Low-Light, Vision Magnification) 225 //Stylish, too.
Ear Buds (Audio Enhancement 2) 210
Commlink (Sony Emperor) 700 //Probably more than I really need, but it's nice to have some cool toys.
(Mangadyne Deva) 800
AR Gloves 250
Camera (Vision Magnification, Vision Enhancement 2, Low-Light) 500 (subject to approval)
Respirator 3 300
Flashlight (variable brightness) 50
5 Lightsticks 25
3 months lifestyle 2805

Metatype: Elf
Age: 19
Sex: Male
Image: http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa185/E...ill-kaulitz.jpg


Attributes:

Physical
Body: 2
Agility: 3
Reaction: 3
Strength: 2

Mental
Charisma: 4
Intuition: 3
Logic: 5
Willpower: 4

Special
Edge: 2
Current:
Initiative: 6
Matrix Init: 6(7*)
IPs: 1(2*)

*w. Customized Interface, in Cold SIM

Skills
Name Rtg

Conjuring Group 2
Electronics Group 2
Hacking 3
Electronic Warfare 2
Perception 2
Arcana 2
Kn: Conspiracy Theory 4
Kn: Sushi Bars 2
Kn: Strip Clubs 3
Kn: Datahavens 2
Kn: Ancient Cults 3
Kn: Esoteric Math 2
Sperethiel N
English 2
Sumerian 2
Hatian Creole 2

Quality

Mystical Adept
Aspected Conjurer
Mentor Spirit: Ghede (Dark King)
Day Job (Part Time - Municipal Animal Control)
SINer (Legit)
Mild Deepweed Addiction
Moderate Media Junkie
Geas: Novatech Airwave w. open AR window (Using customized Sumerian text interface)

Physical Damage: 9
Stun Damage: 10
Modifier: -1 to Damage Resist Physical

Contact Name L/C

Nestor 1/4
To Mosaic, Nestor is a fellow Martix traveller and student of esoteric knowledge. The two of them met in the darker recesses of an abandoned datahaven dedicated to ancient magical studies. Unbeknownst to Mosaic, Nestor is in fact a Free Tutor Sprite, who, while curious about Mosaic's eccentric blend of studies, does not trust him enough to reveal his true nature.

Mama Lola 2/3
Straight out of New Orleans, Mama Lola has transplanted her familial heritage and faith to the Emerald City, and has been running Voodoo Authentica - a book store and talismonger shop - for going on thirty years. It was Mama Lola who first introduced Mosaic to deepweed, as a way to be in touch with the spirit world, and who helped him here the voice of Ghede whispering from the underworld.

'Trixie 3/2
Half Japanese/half Italian, Beatrice Saito is as much of an eclectic collection of identities as Mosaic himself, which is no wonder they've been on-again-off again lovers for the past few years. A self-styles Rastafarian Bhuddist with Anarchist leanings, 'Trixie is herself a Hacker working menial jobs to get through the days, while trying to break into the runner scene by night.

Ranged Weapons
Weapon Damage AP Mode RC Ammo Notes

Colt Manhunter 5P -1 SA - 16� N/a

Melee Weapons
Weapon Reach Damage AP

Armor B/I

Industrious Jumpsuit 5/3
Leather Jacket 2/2

Nuyen: 180
Pay: 2500/month
Lifestyle: Squatter (500/month; 1 pre-paid)
Gear

Image Link Contacts
Electronics Kit

Commlink: Novatech Airwave w. Iris Orb OS
Response: 3 System: 3 Firewall: 3 Singal: 3
Addons: SIM Module, Trodes
Peripherals: AR Gloves, Subvocal Mic, Headphones
Programs: Browse (4), Scan (3), Sniffer (3), Exploit (2), Stealth (2), Edit (3), Spoof (3), Decrypt (2), Analyze (3)

Spirits
Type Force Services Bound/Unbound

Task (w. Electronics) 5 2 Yes

Adept Powers
Name Rating

Nimble Fingers -
Edict Sense Memory -
Multi-Tasking -
3D Memory -
Linguistics -

Elf (30BP)

Stats (150 BP)

Bod: 3
Ag: 6
Rea: 5(cool.gif
Str: 1
Cha: 3
Int: 4
Log: 2
Wil: 2

Edge: 2 (10 BP)
Force/Magic: 5 (40 BP)
Initiative: 9 (12)
IP: 4
Essence: 6.00
Karma: 0 / 0
Nuyen: 14,000

Positive Qualities (10 BP)
Adept
Restricted Gear

Negative Qualities (-35 BP)
Signature
Combat Monster
SINner
In Debt (5,000)
Distinctive Style (5 BP)

Active Skills (96 BP)

Skill Rating Stat
Firearms Group 3
Dodge (ranged) 6(+2)
Etiquette 2
Perception 3
Shadowing 2
Infiltration 1
Armorer 2


Knowledge Skills (0 BP)
Firearms 4
Seattle Layout 3
Modern Architecture 3
Seattle Safe houses 3
Organized Crime 2
Body Guard Procedures 3
English N

Contacts (4 BP)
Ricky (C1/L2)

Magic
Adept Power: Improved Reflexes 3

Gear (5BP)
GUNS Notes Availability Extra
Raecor Sting 6R
_Hidden arm slide 4
_smartgun 6R
Ingram Warrior 10 4R
_sling 0
_personalized grip 2
_smartgun 6R
Remington 950 4R
_sling 0
_smartgun 6R
_personalized grip 2
Colt Government 2066 6R
_internal silencer 12F
_personalized grip 2
_Level 2 custom look 8
_Internal Smartgun 6R
_concealable holster 2

6 spare clips 4
500 regular rounds 2R

ARMOR Notes Availability Extra
Full body FFBA 6/2 8
Armor Jacket 8/6 2

COMMLINK Notes Availability Extra
Renraku Sensei 0
_Simrig 12
_subvocal mic 6


SOFTWARE Notes Availability Extra
Iris Orb OS 0

SENSORS Notes Availability Extra
Contact 6(14)
_Flare Comp +2
_Thermographic +6
Goggles 0 (10R)
_image link 0
_smartlink +4R
_vision enhancement 3 +4
_vision magnification +2
Ear buds 0 (cool.gif
_Audio Enhancement 3 +2
_Spatial recognizer +6


LIFESTYLE Notes Availability Extra
1 month high Lifestyle

Municipal Animal Control (MAC) is a division of Public Works which is actually part of a subcontract that... look it's not very interesting. Ya'll work for the city which really means ya'll work for the faceless suits in some office in Hong Kong or Zurich-Orbital or... something. All you really need to know is that payday's the first and the fifteenth and it's in certified cred so why are you asking so many questions?

Jobs easy, we get calls from police, fire, private citizens, and corporate contracts. Provided it isn't a wendingo outbreak, yeah we've had a few of those, we suit up-
*hooks a finger at some very worn looking powder blue coveralls*
-and roll out to the call. I er... haven't exactly figured out who's going to be your training supervisor but we'll have to see how the schedules work out. Anyways you all will be working under him or her and they'll show you what needs to get done. Mostly it's a lot of spraying and dropping sensors and shit for the monitoring systems. We usually do buildings around the DMZ near Auburn and what not but we get into the sewers a lot too. More often than I'd like now that we've contracted with the Ork Underground... but hey, their nuyen's good so what the fuck right?

I'm sure you're all eager fucking-awakened-beavers about carrying a gun and shit. So yeah. We're authorized to carry sidearms. SIDEARMS, that doesn't mean you get to bust out you're daddies AK-97 from the war and spray ex-ex ammo around some busted apartment complex. You'll be issued a Colt Manhunter and probably a couple of 990's. Typically the city is willing to overlook some uh... "variation" in our weapons locker provided that we don't run around the streets waving them around like powder blue shadowrunners. So don't get too excited. If you run into something that a Manhunter and 990 can't kill or scare away I don't have a fucking clue why you're not running away and calling for backup. You're not technically supposed to shoot at PEOPLE but you gotta do what you gotta do to protect yourself. We have a pretty good relation with the cops and corps sec so you'll generally be alright.

Eh... let's see. Most of our runs are for devil rats, big surprise right? But we're authorized to do ghouls and other non-sapients. Yeah I know ghouls are supposed to be sapient and all that but if they leap out and try to chew your face off feel free to dump some buckshot into them. Assholes. Anyways there's some weird shit that lives out at the sites we work so keep your fucking suits on and replace your respirators regularly. You get bit by ANYTHING you let me know so we can get you to the clinic. Our medical plan ain't great but it covers on the job injuries.

Alright, that's all the official shit. This job ain't exactly fun but it has it's moments. Don't get killed out there because you think you're Johnny Goddamn Runner and are all balls and bullets but not brains. You're shift starts at 8 o'clock tomorrow night, don't be fucking late.

NSSM will take place in 2071 in and around the Seattle Metroplex.
Last year the Ork Underground endured a terrible fire that was initially blamed on shoddy construction. Later, it was revealed that the fire was the work of Alamo 20k and various Humanis Policlub affiliates. Regardless, the OU endured and rebuilding efforts have been underway for quite some time now. Dwarf trade groups and OU leadership reconciled their differences in the aftermath of the fires and dwarf contractors are now a fairly common fixture in the better traveled parts of the OU. The OU is a more open place now and the “tourist� areas have expanded deeper into it's passages. The word "Underground Renaissance" has been bandied around recently. This is especially on after the critically acclaimed release of the uncredited poem, "Ashes". "Ashes", written partially in Or'Zet, has been heralded as the "Howl" of the Ork Underground a word that cast crystal clear the essence of an entire culture. The fact that no one has yet to lay claim to authoring has only increased it's appeal as speculation runs rampant through the Matrix.

Other than that clarification, canon SR4. We'll fill it in as needed.

Suggested reading:
Street Sweeper That link is certainly a large part of my inspiration for this game. Also:
Nazi Ghost Story
Let me know what your character name is so I can attach it to the roster.