Here we do the rolls, clarifications, questions, etc.
IC formatting is in the first IC post for reminding. Remember that I trust you enough to handle most of your rolls, but I handle Perception checks, Legwork checks, and things where it's more interesting for you to get the results without knowing the rolls.
And the first thing you should know is this:
Breaking from Shadowrun tradition of the Japanese control everything, the currency you will most likely encounter is going to be the Hong Kong Dollar, not the nuyen. So when you see HK$, that's money. Of course, the prices you know as nuyen will be HK$. Conversion issues will come up only when they need to. (heh, heh, heh.)
Tally ho.
Full Version: The Greatest Addiction [OOC]
Sounds great 
Sorry about the length of my first IC post - was trying to stylistically introduce the character a bit since everyone is supposed to know each other.
- Scope_47
Sorry about the length of my first IC post - was trying to stylistically introduce the character a bit since everyone is supposed to know each other.
- Scope_47
@Jeremiah: Bring it.
Sig or no sig in the IC?
Sig or no sig in the IC?
| QUOTE (Meriss @ Oct 20 2007, 07:00 PM) |
| Sig or no sig in the IC? |
Not sure what you are asking me
Meriss: I need a roll for Mandy concealing her weapon into Dante's Inferno.
Personally I'd prefer no signatures in the IC thread. Easier to read through that way.
Are there likely to be any issues getting into the club itself, or is it safe to go ahead and post our entry to the Cold level and leave off there for the next scene?
@Jeremiah: Meant, do you care if we use signatures in the IC thread?
Two questions, two answers.
1) There should be no issues getting into the club; however, if you are packing heat, the bouncer might stop you, so if you are planning to go there armed, you will need to roll for concealing it.
2) No sigs in the IC chat please. It can confuse things.
1) There should be no issues getting into the club; however, if you are packing heat, the bouncer might stop you, so if you are planning to go there armed, you will need to roll for concealing it.
2) No sigs in the IC chat please. It can confuse things.
I just realized that I don't have a com. Can we assume I have the cheapest comm with no programs? Just enough to work as a cash card/cell phone. I should have enough cash for the cheapest one.
@Jeremiah: Sorry I forgot to roll that test fer yah. I use Invisable Castle, so here goes.
3,2=0 hits Crud I guess he found ma gun.
I have a Concealable Holster which adds -1 to your Perception roll.
3,2=0 hits Crud I guess he found ma gun.
I have a Concealable Holster which adds -1 to your Perception roll.
| QUOTE (Toras) |
| I just realized that I don't have a com. Can we assume I have the cheapest comm with no programs? Just enough to work as a cash card/cell phone. I should have enough cash for the cheapest one. |
Sounds reasonable. You have the El Crapola Comm.
Well, here's hoping the doorman either doesn't notice or doesn't care about a light pistol loaded with gel rounds
The roll was in my first post's spoiler tag since that's when she actually did the concealing.
The roll was in my first post's spoiler tag since that's when she actually did the concealing.
@Scope: Utterly yoinking yer Comm posting. It's sheer brilliant.
@Mr. J: Thinking on it our connect is your GF Pixie. She's a native like Mandy, and Mandy has pulled her bacon out of the fire a few times.
@Jeremiah: Is it too late to mess with Knowledge skills. I was checking my sheet earlier today and realized that Mandy don't speak English and has no linguasofts. She going to need running translation alll the time.
@All: The language thing is a major question as far as I'm concerned. We are in Hong Kong after all. Does everyone have a a prefered language? Mandy's is Chinese
@Mr. J: Thinking on it our connect is your GF Pixie. She's a native like Mandy, and Mandy has pulled her bacon out of the fire a few times.
@Jeremiah: Is it too late to mess with Knowledge skills. I was checking my sheet earlier today and realized that Mandy don't speak English and has no linguasofts. She going to need running translation alll the time.
@All: The language thing is a major question as far as I'm concerned. We are in Hong Kong after all. Does everyone have a a prefered language? Mandy's is Chinese
@ Meriss
Thanks for the compliment
Scope's preferred language is English (native speaker, slight mix of Italian and Germanic accent), but she speaks Mandarin (chinese) as well - fluent enough, but not at all like a native (she should be able to get two successes meaning complex ideas without much hassle, but can always be marked as a foreigner... she also interjects english military terms a lot since that lingo doesn't really translate). In the field, she uses hand signals a lot just by force of habit even though probably no-one else knows what they mean.
Thanks for the compliment
Scope's preferred language is English (native speaker, slight mix of Italian and Germanic accent), but she speaks Mandarin (chinese) as well - fluent enough, but not at all like a native (she should be able to get two successes meaning complex ideas without much hassle, but can always be marked as a foreigner... she also interjects english military terms a lot since that lingo doesn't really translate). In the field, she uses hand signals a lot just by force of habit even though probably no-one else knows what they mean.
One Punch prefers a rather brisk dialect of Mandarin.
Goat speaks Mandarin reasonably fluently, but is clearly not a native. He prefers English given the option and has a slight accent that comes from the Northern Midwest.
@Jeremiah
He's going to show up at the inferno with a taser and won't try to conceal it. Let me know if it gets in. Everything else is pretty legit.
@Jeremiah
He's going to show up at the inferno with a taser and won't try to conceal it. Let me know if it gets in. Everything else is pretty legit.
| QUOTE (Meriss) |
| @Jeremiah: Is it too late to mess with Knowledge skills. I was checking my sheet earlier today and realized that Mandy don't speak English and has no linguasofts. She going to need running translation alll the time. @All: The language thing is a major question as far as I'm concerned. We are in Hong Kong after all. Does everyone have a prefered language? Mandy's is Chinese |
First of all, go ahead and change one of Mandy's languages to English.
2nd, Which Chinese does Mandy prefer, Cantonese or Mandarin? I would go with Cantonese; there are quite a few people from Canton in the HKFEZ.
An Shui speaks native English, fluent Cantonese & a bit of Mandarin.
@Jeremiah: Mandy speaks Cantonese just to throw a monkey wrench into things 
I meant my Knowledge skills are maxed out, I'll think on what I want and get back to you with the changes, thanks!
Edit:
*reads IC thread: Umm boss, I don't want to be shot at or anything. Don't you mean Hong Kong instead of Seattle?
I meant my Knowledge skills are maxed out, I'll think on what I want and get back to you with the changes, thanks!
Edit:
*reads IC thread: Umm boss, I don't want to be shot at or anything. Don't you mean Hong Kong instead of Seattle?
Just a suggestion, but since there is the possibility of a lot of language flip-flopping, perhaps something in the formatting to indicate when one is speaking in a language other than english, something simple like symbols enclosing a statement:
% Loud and clear, lets go % = Mandarin
# Wait a second, doesn't this place have an alarm? # = Cantonese
Drek... it just hit the fan ladies and gentlemen = ye good ole' English.
Other less common languages like german, italian, etc could just be posted as whatever is being spoken since those are easily gotten from the google or altavista language tools translator - just put the translation into a spoiler tag.
Example:
Continua, fammi giorno in cui si è stupido figlio di una pistola ... Oso voi
What do you guys think?
- Scope_47
% Loud and clear, lets go % = Mandarin
# Wait a second, doesn't this place have an alarm? # = Cantonese
Drek... it just hit the fan ladies and gentlemen = ye good ole' English.
Other less common languages like german, italian, etc could just be posted as whatever is being spoken since those are easily gotten from the google or altavista language tools translator - just put the translation into a spoiler tag.
Example:
Continua, fammi giorno in cui si è stupido figlio di una pistola ... Oso voi
[ Spoiler ]
What do you guys think?
- Scope_47
| QUOTE (Meriss @ Oct 22 2007, 12:23 PM) |
| @Jeremiah:*reads IC thread: Umm boss, I don't want to be shot at or anything. Don't you mean Hong Kong instead of Seattle? |
Actually, I meant to say it was an import from Seattle. But it wouldn't let me edit it w/out erasing most of the spoilers.
Edit: As for language, I would personally prefer if we handle foreign language like the comic books do; when we know what is being spoken (because someone knows the language), mark it as such. Maybe italics in speaking with a note of what the language is. Keeps me from having to look up every language there is.
@Jeremiah: Spoilers, been there done that. I find if you copy it to notepad and then re edit it it bypasses the hungry spoiler monsters.
I just wanted to make sure that I understand this correctly, but even those of us who don't share backstory know each other professionally from previous runs in Hong Kong, correct?
- Scope_47
- Scope_47
| QUOTE (Scope_47) |
| I just wanted to make sure that I understand this correctly, but even those of us who don't share backstory know each other professionally from previous runs in Hong Kong, correct? - Scope_47 |
That is correct. This should avoid spending weeks on the "who are you and how do I know I can trust you" routines.
So, I guess it would probably be a good thing to all "present" ourselves a little bit before we REALLY get in the heat of things, so I'm jumping in on the bandwagon.
Language wise, Christophe, who goes by the alias of Gabriel (both on and off the net), speaks English without any trace of an accent, an equally good Mandarin, and rather good Cantonese. He's been known to curse in french from times to times.
Everyone who had worked with Christophe probably knows three things; he's overconfident, darn aloof, but really damn spot-on on the job. He's a damn good hacker, and can play people as well as the matrix when he wants to.
Language wise, Christophe, who goes by the alias of Gabriel (both on and off the net), speaks English without any trace of an accent, an equally good Mandarin, and rather good Cantonese. He's been known to curse in french from times to times.
Everyone who had worked with Christophe probably knows three things; he's overconfident, darn aloof, but really damn spot-on on the job. He's a damn good hacker, and can play people as well as the matrix when he wants to.
One Punch speaks Mandrin as a native language and an accented version of English.
Those who have heard of him know that he is an expert Unarmed Fighter and Archer oddly enough. Some might recognize him from the pit fights that has participated in, as he's pretty well known in that circle.
Those who've worked with him know that he is typically a quiet and collected fighter, spots the occasional quip or light hearted comment. He can be pushed too far and that is were things have a habit of getting messy.
Those who have heard of him know that he is an expert Unarmed Fighter and Archer oddly enough. Some might recognize him from the pit fights that has participated in, as he's pretty well known in that circle.
Those who've worked with him know that he is typically a quiet and collected fighter, spots the occasional quip or light hearted comment. He can be pushed too far and that is were things have a habit of getting messy.
@Jeremiah
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An Shui speaks native English, fluent Cantonese & a bit of Mandarin.
He has a reputation of being unwavering in regards to his personal code of honor. This makes him an oddity on the streets where everyone has a price. Despite this defect, he can be counted on by his team mates even in the worst of circumstances.
He has a reputation of being unwavering in regards to his personal code of honor. This makes him an oddity on the streets where everyone has a price. Despite this defect, he can be counted on by his team mates even in the worst of circumstances.
@All in post
John's kind of a take charge kind of guy. Here's a leadership test to see if he ruffled anyone's feathers. Do with it what you like.
Cha+Leadership+First Impression # dice 13 :: 6 2 2 4 1 6 3 6 6 4 5 3 4 -- 5 hits
@Toras
Don't mean to railroad One-Punch here. If you want him to do something that can't fit within my post, I'll edit accordingly. Let me know.
@All
In addition to the language deals above it is known that Goat is a shrewd negotiator, competent tactician and decent, if slow, gunfighter.
It's also well known that he knows a lot about Hong Kong KE and, if you have worked for the Red Dragon Triad or are a particularly avid newshound, that he is a former KE officer.
John's kind of a take charge kind of guy. Here's a leadership test to see if he ruffled anyone's feathers. Do with it what you like.
Cha+Leadership+First Impression # dice 13 :: 6 2 2 4 1 6 3 6 6 4 5 3 4 -- 5 hits
@Toras
Don't mean to railroad One-Punch here. If you want him to do something that can't fit within my post, I'll edit accordingly. Let me know.
@All
In addition to the language deals above it is known that Goat is a shrewd negotiator, competent tactician and decent, if slow, gunfighter.
It's also well known that he knows a lot about Hong Kong KE and, if you have worked for the Red Dragon Triad or are a particularly avid newshound, that he is a former KE officer.
Assensing Rolls: [Intuition(4) + Assensing(1) + Aura Reading(2)]
4,6,5,2,1,4,5 = 3 hits on Troll Girl
1,5,4,4,5,4,1 = 2 hits on Elf
2,3,4,5,3,1,6 = 2 on Taller Johnson
4,1,6,4,5,5,3 = 3 on other Johnson
Edit: Wasn't sure if there were reserved rolls or not. Provided them in case not.
4,6,5,2,1,4,5 = 3 hits on Troll Girl
1,5,4,4,5,4,1 = 2 hits on Elf
2,3,4,5,3,1,6 = 2 on Taller Johnson
4,1,6,4,5,5,3 = 3 on other Johnson
Edit: Wasn't sure if there were reserved rolls or not. Provided them in case not.
@Jeremiah
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Redjack: Actually, there are two problems:
1) The rolls are reserved. I'll make them and tell you what you see.
2) Elf? What elf?
Pragma: How the other players handle it is their decision. As for the Johnsons, they don't seem to be too ruffled; you are pros and they are asking for an ugly job. Of course, the First Impression did help.
Scope: looking into your question, will get back to you.
1) The rolls are reserved. I'll make them and tell you what you see.
2) Elf? What elf?
Pragma: How the other players handle it is their decision. As for the Johnsons, they don't seem to be too ruffled; you are pros and they are asking for an ugly job. Of course, the First Impression did help.
Scope: looking into your question, will get back to you.
| QUOTE (Jeremiah Legacy @ OOC) |
| 2) Elf? What elf? |
Misunderstood. Scope's description of the troll was the same as the troll at the entrance. I *assumed* her elf companion was around as well.
I am fine with it. But other than going and asking the girl to dance, I'm at a loss as to how to do so quietly. Still, he does have something to contribute, if they aren't with the Johnson.
Since he's glancing around, what roll should I make for the two "spies" to determine likely fighting ability and training based on the way they are standing and moving.
(Rough capability, based on my knowledge of the martial arts. )
Since he's glancing around, what roll should I make for the two "spies" to determine likely fighting ability and training based on the way they are standing and moving.
(Rough capability, based on my knowledge of the martial arts. )
@Toras
I think One-Punch's dancing been rendered a moot point by Scope's observation that our observers are with the Johnson party. Scope or Jeremiah shoud feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
Also, I'd just pictured him kind of dancing without a partner in order to obscure the LOS to the table; it would be like having a giant, dancing, grunting wall between us and the observers.
Again, probably a moot point.
I think One-Punch's dancing been rendered a moot point by Scope's observation that our observers are with the Johnson party. Scope or Jeremiah shoud feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
Also, I'd just pictured him kind of dancing without a partner in order to obscure the LOS to the table; it would be like having a giant, dancing, grunting wall between us and the observers.
Again, probably a moot point.
Pretty much, Pragma. Scope already drew her own conclusions about what is going on - but she has the militaristic perspective of presenting a 'unified front' - so she's not discussing it right now. Scope's POV is that the troll is definitely with the Johnsons we are talking to.
Trust me, if she thinks drek is going down, you'll find out in very, very short order.
Typically though, meet security is the Johnson's job is it not? I OOC always thought that bringing something like a white noise generator or otherwise 'doing the Johnson's job' would be a good way to insult the client. Of course, that wouldn't stop me from having certain character concepts have a white noise generator in their pocket just in case since they are tiny and completely legal - not to mention cheap.
Trust me, if she thinks drek is going down, you'll find out in very, very short order.
Typically though, meet security is the Johnson's job is it not? I OOC always thought that bringing something like a white noise generator or otherwise 'doing the Johnson's job' would be a good way to insult the client. Of course, that wouldn't stop me from having certain character concepts have a white noise generator in their pocket just in case since they are tiny and completely legal - not to mention cheap.
@Jeremiah
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Wow, lots of work for me.
Redjack:
Scope
Few things. First, you are right that security at a meet is typically a Johnson's job, but keep in mind that they are out-of-towners. It is possible that they don't know what they're doing. As for other things:
Toras: You do get a bonus for your martial arts knowledge skill, as 'assensing' potential opponents would be part of learning martial arts in general. So you get 7 dice to roll, which I did for you. The result:
Redjack:
[ Spoiler ]
Scope
Few things. First, you are right that security at a meet is typically a Johnson's job, but keep in mind that they are out-of-towners. It is possible that they don't know what they're doing. As for other things:
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Toras: You do get a bonus for your martial arts knowledge skill, as 'assensing' potential opponents would be part of learning martial arts in general. So you get 7 dice to roll, which I did for you. The result:
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@Jeremiah
Increased Reflexes F3: 4,6,1,5,5,6,3,3,4 =4 3 hits
Resist Drain: 3,6,3,4,4,2,1,1,4Drain = 1 hit; 2 Drain
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Increased Reflexes F3: 4,6,1,5,5,6,3,3,4 =
Resist Drain: 3,6,3,4,4,2,1,1,4Drain = 1 hit; 2 Drain
Redjack:
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@Jeremiah
@All,
You remember that 'you'll know when she thinks the drek is going down' thing? Probably gonna be soon unless something else unexpected happens.
I must say that this is the most entertaining meet I've played in so far - I've got a 'player theory' as to what is going on, but unfortunately the character wouldn't come up with the same idea.
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@All,
You remember that 'you'll know when she thinks the drek is going down' thing? Probably gonna be soon unless something else unexpected happens.
I must say that this is the most entertaining meet I've played in so far - I've got a 'player theory' as to what is going on, but unfortunately the character wouldn't come up with the same idea.
Scope
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@Jeremiah
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Whoa nelly! Looks like I'm going to get left in the dust here.
Mandy has a flyspy in her purse if that will help any.
Mandy has a flyspy in her purse if that will help any.
@Jeremiah
[ Spoiler ]
Redjack
Scope
Any last shots you want in before the Johnsons stop arguing, get them in now.
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Scope
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Any last shots you want in before the Johnsons stop arguing, get them in now.
Basically, Christophe is going to subscribe everyone's commlink to his own, so that to communicate with one another, they have to run through him. He'll then load one rating 3 Agent to scan the network over and over, looking for intruders.
Agent loadout: Analyze, Attack & Armor
He will then start to actively search for the “eavesdroppers� commlink node, as well as any other hidden node in the surrounding area.
Here are a bunch of EW+Scan roles (Detecting Wireless Nodes).
Do tell if you need more.
http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=1337898
Once he locates the nodes his looking for, Christophe will analyze them.
Here are enough Computer+Analyze rolls to pretty much cover all basis.
Depending on what he finds, he will adjust his further actions.
http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=1337916
Agent loadout: Analyze, Attack & Armor
He will then start to actively search for the “eavesdroppers� commlink node, as well as any other hidden node in the surrounding area.
Here are a bunch of EW+Scan roles (Detecting Wireless Nodes).
Do tell if you need more.
http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=1337898
Once he locates the nodes his looking for, Christophe will analyze them.
Here are enough Computer+Analyze rolls to pretty much cover all basis.
Depending on what he finds, he will adjust his further actions.
http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=1337916
@Jeremiah
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OK, time for the catch-up.
Mister Juan:
Scope:
Mister Juan:
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Scope:
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@Jeremiah
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