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Aurelius
Welcome to the An Astral Fever OOC Thread.

The game starts out in Seattle, and you are all assumed to be living within or near the city. Current Time is summer of 2072, and Brackhaven is Mayor of Seattle. The weather report predicts overcast, with occational rain.

For characters unfamiliar with the city, the tourist office offers Local Area knowsofts at ratings 1 to 3, with certain limitations, or Tourist Guide Knowbots with similar skill, for those who are unwilling or unable to use knowsofts. These are offered at a discounted rate that i will figure out if it ever becomes relevant.

Here is The Plan, as far as i know and can it reveal it to you.
1. You will posts character stats in this thread, inside spoiler tags, and either pm or post your background, depending on your preference. Soon would be good, i'm itching to get started. characters still need approval. I will link to your stats in this post.
2. You are also invited to post a few lines about what sort of reputation you have on the streets, or in the shadows, where the other characters can see it. You can do this in a seperate Street Image spoiler tag. If you post such a description, the other characters are assumed to have acquired that information somehow unless they are entirely foreign to Seattle.
3. Bonus karma will be given for usable background. That means hooks for your character, goals, desires, fears, family, how you view magic, what you fear most about magic, what would make you quit the shadows, why you are in the shadows, and a description of how your character views his magical talent, especially if you have not taken the Common Talent Pattern flaw. A good story is not as necessary, but might give a small seperate award. Update: Some version of the 20 questions is quite sufficient, i don't want to hold up the campaign because you are agonizing over your background.
I will do the same for NPC's. You can acquire further information with legwork, of course.

Assumptions and Notes
Your characters are not expected to know each other at the start of the game, but if you can work something out, you are welcome to do so. You are, however, expected to have your characters form some kind of team, and get out and do things, though dysfunctional relationships are ok. This may require some suspension of disbelief on your part.
You will be expected to keep player vs player conflict to the verbal level. If you feel you cannot believably do so, please notify before posting any escalation.

Comfort Level
Also, please state your comfort levels regarding roleplaying depictions of things like child abuse, rape, gore, horrible perversion, devil-worship and any other subject you feel particularly sensitive about, including depictions of genders and ethnic groups. Per Dumpshock rules, there will be no sexually explicit material (within my understanding of US ideas of such).
Depictions of cold-blooded murder is assumed to be within everyone's comfort level. If not, you are cordially invited to find another game, since you will not be able to play in this one.
Finally, please state your comfort level regarding the gamemaster taking limited control of, and/or altering your characters.
Saying that something can occur, but that you would like it glossed over, is fine too.
All this should be stated within a Play Contract spoiler tag, along with any additional concerns. Discomfort at any of the above is not a sign of weakness, and will not be derided, but if you feel sensitive about them, you can pm me instead. After everyone has posted their play contracts, we will discuss any issues.

Characters:

NPCs Connections 3 (4 if he you're a regular) You'll probably all get this contact free at 3/1 once play starts, but you can take him before, if you want, at higher rating (loyalty no higher than 3)
Bone Eagle. Street Fixer/Agent/Talismonger.
Street Image
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Mickle5125
Char Sheet
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Background
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Street Image
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Play Contract
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Karaden
Razel:

Character Sheet:
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Background:
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Street Image:
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Play Contract:
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Notes: (For my personal use)
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Divine Virus
Tama Adessi

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Background
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JoelHalpern
Jacque Noire aka Jack

Char Sheet (Sorry for the lousy formatting. Is there a tag to get a fixed width font?"
[ Spoiler ]


Background
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Street Image
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Play Contract]
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estradling
Denic

Character Sheet
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Background
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Street Image
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Play Contract
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Zaranthan
Robbie

Character Sheet
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Background
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Street Image
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Play Contract
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w00t!
Mickle5125
Just posted my background for gm consumption.
Aurelius
In the next couple of days, i'll can only expect to be online to reply and answer messages once a day, as my laptop just died, so replying may take a little more time than normal.
Mickle5125
sorry to hear that, comrade.
Divine Virus
Hey Guys, just an update. I've had some breakthroughs in making my character, I would put him at 80% finished. Waiting for word from On High regarding a few ambiguity in rules.

I mostly scrapped previous concepts cause otherwise none of us would be able to astral project. Character now an assessing/Psychometry/Astral Combat specialist. Also has a keen sense of smell. Sorry, I'm a bit random right now. Actually, so is my character's assortment of adept powers.

Oh. My. God.
Suddenly, my character reminds me of Hiro Protagonist from Snowcrash (one word, or two?). Except instead of the Metaverse being the Matrix, its the Astral Plane.
BTW, I am overtired. Haven't slept enough in days (DAYS!). At least I am mostly past the giggles stage. Nothing quite like being a tall, semi-muscular man, complete with red beard, who can't help but randomly break into random giggles at inappropriate moments.
Aurelius

I have a very busy weekend, but i plan to get the campaign started in the beginning of next week, at which point i should also have internet at home again.

Zaranthan, you're in smile.gif

I hope you can have your character ready by then, DV.

That means that background karma will be given in the beginning of next week, for whatever state your background is in at that point.

If this doesn't work for you, you're welcome to protest, i'm a reasonable person smile.gif
Divine Virus
My character sheet should be finished by tonight, so no worries. Thanks for you patience.
Zaranthan
Updated my background. I've got a term paper due next week, so a few elements are still missing, but everything should be finalized by Monday morning.
Mickle5125
So how goes the computer repair?
Divine Virus
Got the computer sheet up, should have some manner of background up in the next 10 or so hours. Lets see... I think if I got it up before Noon EST it shouldn't be too late. (I am at GMT+2 here).

EDIT: I just remember you said empathy software doesn't give bonus to social rolls so I dropped it, meaning I have a BP to spare. I also just remember that I don't need to buy low light vision enhancements for goggles and the like cause elves get it naturally. I will fix this up in the morning.
Aurelius
Hmm, oops. I think home internet will be back wednesday, which is when we'll start. Ill try to put up the IC thread later today when i have more time, so you can post a "day in your life" post to get your juices flowing before i throw you in the cooking pot.
Divine Virus
So I don't have the Runner's Companion, but a while ago I described what I wanted in terms of a contact and lifestyle to Aurelius.
He sent me back the following.

Neighbourhood Community (Loyalty 5, Connections 4 (99 members: +2, district influence +1, Minor magical resources +1, active matrix presence +1) 14 points.
:
And Communal lifestyle (low lifestyle but with medium security. Lifestyle Qualities: Concerned Neighbours (+2), Perfect Roommate (+2), Quiet Neighbourhood (+1), Living by Committee (-2). 10 Roommates/Closest-living community members split lifestyle cost. Total cost for you 880 nY per month. Start with cash as per low lifestyle.

Could someone please explain to me what exactly this all means? I mean, I can infer what most of it means, but I would prefer it if someone could be expand on it a bit more.
Mickle5125
Neighbourhood Community = name of group
Loyalty 5, =loyalty of group
Connections 4 =basic connection
99 members: +2, = size of group (larger size= more variety in possible favors)
district influence +1, = size of groups influence. (district means that they have alot of influence in the district, but not as much beyond the district's borders)
Minor magical resources +1 = amount of magical resources available to the group. (minor means there are a few magic members of minor to moderate power.)
active matrix presence +1 = amount of matrix activity (People use the matrix, but the group isn't hacker central by any means)
14 points = the total number of connectivity points. This is the amount you use to figure out your BP cost.

And Communal lifestyle
Low lifestyle but with medium security.
Lifestyle Qualities:
Concerned Neighbours (+2), = your neighbors keep an eye out for you and will call the cops if there's trouble. Warn them before you have your freaking friends over, though,
Perfect Roommate (+2), = your roommate is perfect. Polite, clean, neat, and has positive qualities that will benefit you.
Quiet Neighbourhood (+1), = reduced crime in your neighborhood
Living by Committee (-2). = the community decides everything. you have to do chores, go to meetings, etc. or you'll risk being evicted.
10 Roommates/Closest-living community members split lifestyle cost. = more people around, but reduced cost.
Total cost for you 880 nY per month. = I think you can figure it out.
Start with cash as per low lifestyle.
estradling
Sorry for the delay on my background... I thought I'd have time this weekend... but I was wrong. I am still working on it, but don't wait for me. (assuming you are for some reason) I'll catch up.
Divine Virus
Part of my background is in.
Aurelius
Whee. I have net at home again smile.gif We will start shortly
Aurelius
We are IC
JoelHalpern
Posted a day description, along with preparation for the meet.
Did you want me to take the roll for the spirit?
I tried to include enough details in the spoiler tag to allow you to check if I made any errors.

Thanks,
Joel / Jack
Karaden
Quick clarification. By 22 hours do you mean 10PM or 22 hours from when we get called?
Aurelius
10 PM the next day, is when the meet is
Karaden
Alright, just wanted to be sure.
Karaden
Made my semi-final adjustments to my character sheet, including adding my starting Nuyen, my knowledge skills, and changing my spell selection very slightly. Going to make one last change to my spell selection when I get a chance, but too tired to keep working on it tonight.
Divine Virus
Switched the redundant low light vision for a personalized grip on both my weapon foci

Could someone with runner's companion please tell me what kind of improvements I could make to my contact with 1 BP?

If anyone wants to contact me
MSN: xeniolum@hotmail.com (but do not email)
AIM: zandermacdonald@gmail.com
YIM: divine.virus

Thanks!
JoelHalpern
QUOTE (Divine Virus @ Nov 12 2008, 01:57 PM) *
Could someone with runner's companion please tell me what kind of improvements I could make to my contact with 1 BP?

Thanks!

Looking at: Neighbourhood Community (Loyalty 5, Connections 4 (99 members: +2, district influence +1, Minor magical resources +1, active matrix presence +1) 14 points.

There are two changes you could make for 1 bp. Not sure either of them make sense given the description. You could up the "Area of Influence" to "Sprawl-wide." I guess that this would mean that your commune would have more of a rep, and maybe more of the members are out and about around the Seattle Sprawl. You could raise Matrix Presence from active to broad, which would imply maintaining multiple nodes across the net. You could also raise Connections from 4 to 5, implying that collectively they know mroe people, places, things, etc.

Joel
estradling
Ok.... finally got my background done.... Working on an IC post now

Aurelius
nice, i'm ready for ya
Mickle5125
What can I say? You caught him on a lazy day.
Karaden
QUOTE (Mickle5125 @ Nov 14 2008, 10:21 AM) *
What can I say? You caught him on a lazy day.


Lazy? I can't image a day getting any more action packed then that.
Divine Virus
QUOTE (Karaden @ Nov 14 2008, 06:23 PM) *
Lazy? I can't image a day getting any more action packed then that.


Damn it Karaden! I read the OOC before the IC, and took you seriously. Then I got a huge rush of adenaline, as only those who haven't slept in 40 hours can get, and I was all like
"Come on sleep deprived Super Imagination! I don't care how high Mickle set the bar, we will out awesome him in terms of action packed days of win."
Then I read his post, and did a little bit of crashing. Way to kill my twelfth wind.
Karaden
Can't.... stop.... laughing...
Divine Virus
You really have it in for me, don't you? I spent three hours today unable to stop laughing. I though I had moved fully beyond that phase of exhaustion.
Now, BAM! Giggles again.
I am a six-two, red bearded, semi-muscular man. Uncontrollable giggles are unbecoming.
Karaden
I think I may have just broken some kind of limit on number of drain tests in a row without taking any actual drain. I'm sure that means I'll kill myself on drain first time I cast something in combat.
estradling
Aurelius: Did I handle the binding of spirits correctly given your house ruling of the Can only bind spirits limit? I did it the way I thought you were meaning for it to happen, but I want to make sure

Zaranthan
Aww. Why did you do that to the poor helpless watchers? :3
Karaden
I only did that to one watcher. Only one was sent to the meeting site.
Zaranthan
It's not your fault. I was yelling at Aurelius. Meaniehead!
Karaden
*chuckle* Alright then. Yeah, how dare you not let me get advanced info on the meeting site... well I do have some advanced Intel, just not as much as I could.
Zaranthan
Hey, I have no objection to the metagame information control. But why did you have to kill the poor watcher it was so young and idealistic it just wanted to learn and explore and you DISSOLVED ITS SOUL YOU POO-POO BRAIN!
Karaden
What metagame info?
Aurelius
Estradling: yeah, right by the rules.
Karaden and Zaranthan: If you want good info, don't send a watcher. Such is the price of not having astral projection.
Zaranthan
Hey, I figured I'd have my hands full in the matrix. Dealing with all three planes of existence is cool in concept, but dangerous in practice. Plus adding the astral skills would've spread me rather thin, especially with my weak mental scores.
Aurelius
totally agree, zaranthan. At least you're not dual-natured, that wouldve been really bad
Karaden
Duel natured is fun. And no worries, I'll have the info I want as soon as I get to the meeting spot anyway.
Karaden
So much invasion of privacy in that last post. I almost feel violated somehow nyahnyah.gif

Edit: Also, curse you for doing a longer post then me wink.gif
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