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Mister Juan
I could most definitely work on creating a team. Doing the writing and creative bit doesn't bother me in the slightest, but I do take WAY too much time when it comes to actually crunching down numbers and doing character sheets. So, yes, I can most definitely create the team if you want to stat them out wink.gif So lets say... 3 extra characters, to bring the team to 4 counting Pope?

Also, when is the deadline for this? I've got plenty of time today and tomorrow, but my weekend might be a bit cramped up.
kxU
this sounds very cool, and it's been so long since i've been around these parts that i've forgotten my account info and had to go create a new one. anyway, echo mister juan's question on the deadline - i, too, tend to spend way too much time creating a character and it would be nice to have some kind of time table to get my ass in gear. smile.gif
Aria
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this sounds very cool, and it's been so long since i've been around these parts that i've forgotten my account info and had to go create a new one. anyway, echo mister juan's question on the deadline - i, too, tend to spend way too much time creating a character and it would be nice to have some kind of time table to get my ass in gear. smile.gif


Well the sooner the better but I know people are busy at this time of year (myself included). If I say 1-2 weeks for character concepts and backgrounds and the numbers can come afterwards (I still haven't seen a sheet for one of the current players...). Story and roleplaying character driven stuff are more interesting than the numbers anyway...especially as you don't even get to pick up the bucketfull of dice and roll them smile.gif

Any rolls that are required can either be done on a generator or rolled at home...your choice...but I always prefer a roleplayed solution so I leave that in your capable hands!

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kxU
aria, is there a specific archetype of runner you're looking for? it's been awhile since i played sr4, and if i remember correctly, emergence was a campaigned centered around technomancers, yeah? is this going to be a matrix heavy game, or will there be room for runners of all hats?
Ezeckial
Aria, it seems my current pbp seems to have died so I'd be interested in a spot in your game.

I've been pondering a Character concept around a dwarven Chaos Mage. A summoner/rigger his team consists of his spirits and drones. A personafication of the Chaos Mages tendency to be technophiles.

Concept
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Kerris
I'd be interested in a spot. Attempting to make a runner that can act solo kind of intrigues me. I can see a face with lots of contacts and a "jack of all trades" sort of thing working out well. Mostly focusing on the social skills, but dabbling in things like weaponry and the matrix. I'll flesh out the concept and post here once I have something workable. (Is there a Latent Technomancy quality?)

My original thought was to play a pet character of mine, but she's a Chaos mage, and there are already two magical concepts going on. And I like to mix things up a bit.

kxU
i've sketched out a basic character background, and left it open enough to fill in whatever shoes the team needs, though right now i'm imagining the guy as a gunslinger/face kinda operator. since i'm rather rusty on the transition between editions, i thought it might be fun to roll with a character who is also out of the loop. smile.gif i'm imagining his story as kind of like the grand theft auto games - show up in a new city with little but the clothes on his back, starting over from scratch and trying to make a name for himself.

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Aria
QUOTE (Kerris @ Jun 11 2010, 12:43 AM) *
Is there a Latent Technomancy quality?


Unwired p37 5BPs and LOTS of roleplay potential smile.gif

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Aria
Ok folks, I think we should pause recruitment here and give everyone who has posted before this a chance to flesh out their concepts etc. and see if the original players want to post their concepts up.

Just a few clarifying points…

Originally this was conceived as a low magic game with a focus on exploring the new wireless world and the events that follow its beginnings. That being said, magic is cool and there is no reason not to have magic elements in the game, it just won’t be the primary focus (unless it is part of a character driven plot line.)

I originally asked for no TM PCs (Latent is fine…) but as secondary characters in a team they might be workable…provided no one really knows about them…YET! Because of the alternate matrix rules I’m setting the BP cost of TMs as 20 (they don’t need to buy complex forms or worry too much about threading…) but admittedly I’ve not thought this through very hard or play tested it in any way. The same could be said for the implications on hackers not needing to spend loads of cash on programs but hopefully it won’t unbalance things too badly.

Team Builds…I’m reasonably happy to stat secondary characters for you provided you can give me name, background and any general traits (qualities…) that you want. I will then use a combination of AH’s PACKS and the pregenerated characters (along with my own twisted imagination) to come up with something hopefully not too silly. No non standard metatypes here though…save the weird stuff for your principal characters smile.gif

So far I make it:

pbangarth with Hodder (mystic adept solo type)
Mister Juan with Dexter Pope & team (military muscle + 2-3 assorted runners)
kxU with James "Merlin" Lassiter (Former Company Man solo type)
Ezekial with Chaos Mage (magic and rigger combined solo with a drone army?!?)
& Kerris with a Face (latent TM?!? solo)...

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Dumori
I have an idea for a team an AI and a B&E either adept or pure bio.
Kerris
I'm guessing the 20 BP cost for the TM quality is also the cost for a Latent TM quality? In my last post, I was actually asking of the latent quality existed, because I think it would be awesome to have, but none of the books I own have it.

Edit: Oops, I'm a moron. Didn't see the reference to Unwired. Maybe I'll buy the PDF this weekend or something.
kxU
i'm kicking around the idea of giving james a sidekick, a gm-nissan doberman piloted by a primitive, first generation a.i. whose processing capabilities are around that of a very smart canine. it seems like it would go well with the theme of the game smile.gif
Mister Juan
Alright! Rewrote part of Dexter's background. Here is the final draft.

Dexter Pope Background
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Kerris
I'm working on fleshing out a background for Artie "Classic" Shaw, my face/dabbler/latent TM. Here's a brief summary, as well as some build ideas.

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Renard
Hi, folks !

Would be interested in joining...
Is there any place left ?
Panzergeist
I'm interested in joining. I have a few concepts I'm tossing around; just let me know which archetypes the team needs and I'll pick one to develop.
Mister Juan
Terrence Forester Background
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Malcom "Glitch" Prior Vignette
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Renard
Okay, i can offer three characters:

a) Hacker (A 42 year old Decker with a bit of military training, working as a programmer and technician, that is. Quite adept at hacking, although specialist for pre-WiFi Tech)

b) Private detective (Ex Lone Star Patrol sergeant in his late forties)

c) Medic (An ex-military surgeon gone to the shadows)

All three are single runners, but they are used to teamwork. Although they are not the youngest any more, they have their expertise in their field of work.


Ezeckial
I've been busy at a gaming convention all weekend. I'll try and get a little vignette and character sheet up later tonight.
Kerris
Here's a little Vignette while I work on compiling Artie's lengthy history:

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kxU
i had a new idea for a character that i just had to put together, so scratch my original concept. smile.gif introducing milo sinclair, enthusiast in all things weird and wacky. maybe him and hodder have crossed paths before. smile.gif

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Ezeckial
Dugmaren

Vignette
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Aria
QUOTE (Aria @ Jun 11 2010, 12:54 PM) *
Ok folks, I think we should pause recruitment here...

pbangarth with Hodder (mystic adept solo type)
Mister Juan with Dexter Pope & team (military muscle + 2-3 assorted runners)
kxU with James "Merlin" Lassiter (Former Company Man solo type) EDIT: Milo Sinclair
Ezekial with Chaos Mage (magic and rigger combined solo with a drone army?!?) EDIT: Dugmaren
& Kerris with a Face (latent TM?!? solo)... EDIT: Artie


Sorry for not posting sooner, been jumping off waterfalls this weekend spin.gif

Thanks to everyone for all your interest. In fairness to all those who have thrown some concepts my way before the pause, we'll run with you guys for now and keep the others in reserve until I know a bit more about how the game is running and whether my poor little brain can cope with juggling the multiple story threads.

So those above please post character sheets in the Emerging Characters thread when they are more or less ready - I'm happy for you to tweak them for a couple of weeks past then, even if the game is underway. Dumori, Renard and Panzergeist, I'll be in touch if it looks like there's space, hopefully that's ok...

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kxU
i'm just going to cannibalize most of james' sheet for milo, so it shouldn't take too long before he's up and running. i assume aria is talking about this thread, which fell off the 30-day log of topics.
Aria
QUOTE (kxU @ Jun 14 2010, 09:28 AM) *
i'm just going to cannibalize most of james' sheet for milo, so it shouldn't take too long before he's up and running. i assume aria is talking about this thread, which fell off the 30-day log of topics.


Yep, that's the one!

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Mister Juan
Malcom "Glitch" Prior Background
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Kerris
In terms of setting, I'm guessing the Seattle you run in is at least similar to the one in Runner Havens?
Aria
QUOTE (Kerris @ Jun 15 2010, 01:13 AM) *
In terms of setting, I'm guessing the Seattle you run in is at least similar to the one in Runner Havens?


It should be, although it's been a while since I read that book. I try to stick with canon when I can and tweak things at a more local scale for plot purposes. I may ask that several of you come from outside the plex but I recognise that this puts a bit of a strain on contacts etc... we'll see what fits in best with your characters. Looks like Dexter's lot are from out of town anyway.

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Aria
KxU - I've had a look at your sheet, all looks good bar your lack of contacts?!? Where you thinking of adding more or is the contact meant to be your first in Seattle? I've run a lot of the game so far using peoples contacts and drawing them in to the plot, dropping hints etc. It helps me until you begin to feed me more IC...

Let me know if you tweak things.

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kxU
more contacts, eh? we can make that happen. talker.gif

edit: and done! smile.gif
Ezeckial
Just finishing up gear, and then fleshing out contacts.
Ezeckial
I just had a thought. But I can't remember the name of it.

What's the name of the University in Europe that has Magical Studies on par with MIT&T?
kxU
the oxford royal college of magicians? it had a mention in dunkie's will.
Ezeckial
The Royal Oxford Society of Magicians isn't a college I thought. I was remembering a University somewhere in mainland Europe, I believe they had a dragon professor of some type. And it was in a castle of some manor. Maybe in Prague? I need to look stuff up.

Edit: I found it, The Karlova in Prague. The great dragon Schwartzkopf is one of the prof's there.

Edit: Slowly adding my info to the character sheet thread.
Kerris
I've determined that it's REALLY HARD to figure out a classic con in the largely currency-less world of Shadowrun.
Ezeckial
Finished Character Sheet is up in the Char Sheet thread.
Aria
Ok folks, once your characters are up in the character threads (or you’ve posted background info here…) then feel free to post a ‘setting the scene’ incident in the Emerging Thread. It can be anything you like but if it gives me some openings to weave you in to the story then so much the better. It could be the end of a run, just getting up the morning or a meeting with one of your contacts. There’s no need for you to be in Seattle or even in the UCAS. Time stamps should be sometime around March to April 2070 and the posting rules can be found in the original Emerging Experiment thread (although copying the posting style in the Emerging thread will do…)

Post any questions here or PM me if you prefer…

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Ezeckial
Any questions or comments on my sheet I posted Aria?
phillosopherp
So is there still room for others in your game? I am interested in getting into a game on the site and this one looks like something I would love to be a part of.
Aria
QUOTE (Ezeckial @ Jun 17 2010, 06:19 PM) *
Any questions or comments on my sheet I posted Aria?


Not had a chance to look over character stuff today...will try and get back to you tomorrow, sorry

QUOTE (phillosopherp @ Jun 17 2010, 09:37 PM) *
So is there still room for others in your game? I am interested in getting into a game on the site and this one looks like something I would love to be a part of.


We've paused recruitment for the moment but there's a reserves list if you want to be added to that?

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Mister Juan
Here is the last member of Dexter's team. I've actually decided the scrap the mage I had in mind and substitute this character instead. So yea, the team will have no magical asset, but will probably contract some out depending on the op.

Ludmila Soren
Background
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In a nutshell, here is the complete team:

Dexter Pope: Team Leader, Mercenary, Ex CAS Marine

Terrence Forester: Face / Hitman, Ex Lonestar Homicide Detective

Ludmila Soren: Covert Ops Specialist, Ex FSB Counter Intelligence Specialist

Malcom “Glitch” Prior: Hacker / Rigger

Ezeckial
QUOTE (Aria @ Jun 17 2010, 04:11 PM) *
Not had a chance to look over character stuff today...will try and get back to you tomorrow, sorry


No rush at all =D
phillosopherp
I'll take a seat on the waiting list thanks!
Aria
QUOTE (Ezeckial @ Jun 17 2010, 11:46 PM) *
No rush at all =D


Haven given it the once over, all looks fine to me smile.gif

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pbangarth
Aria, my next two or three weeks will be very unsettled as I am finishing work here, packing, and travelling across Canada. My internet connection will be spotty once I am travelling. I don't think I can do your campaign justice with Hodder as I can't be sure when I will have him finished. I think it will be best if you could add him to the end of the wait list. By the time his turn comes up I may be able to pay more attention to him and the campaign.

I'm sorry to have held a slot for so long. I hope someone can jump in quicky. Mister Juan, Hodder will miss the chance to team up with Dexter again. But hey, I will be in Ontario, so that's 3000 plus kilometers closer to Québec. We might work out a live run!
Martin_DeVries_Institute
Aria, I also would be interested in being lumped into the waiting list if you don't mind... you've got a very popular campaign going on here... smile.gif
Aria
QUOTE (pbangarth @ Jun 20 2010, 04:32 AM) *
Aria, my next two or three weeks will be very unsettled as I am finishing work here, packing, and travelling across Canada. My internet connection will be spotty once I am travelling. I don't think I can do your campaign justice with Hodder as I can't be sure when I will have him finished. I think it will be best if you could add him to the end of the wait list. By the time his turn comes up I may be able to pay more attention to him and the campaign.

I'm sorry to have held a slot for so long. I hope someone can jump in quicky. Mister Juan, Hodder will miss the chance to team up with Dexter again. But hey, I will be in Ontario, so that's 3000 plus kilometers closer to Québec. We might work out a live run!


Fair enough, let me know when you are more settled and we'll see how the game stands then smile.gif

Dumori, Renard, Panzergeist & Martin there would seem to be a slot opening up for one of you if you can put a concept together quickly...and not having heard from Mickle I think that I'll possibly even open up another spot if there are two good concepts quickly...I'd like to get the game moving again wobble.gif

There isn't a whole lot of matrix orientated characters so far if that interests anyone...would prefer a hacker to a TM or anything stranger...

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Mister Juan
@Aria
I'm putting the finishing touches on Dexter's character sheet, and the others detailed summary. Depending on how busy you are, I might actually have the time to build the others.
WearzManySkins
I might have missed it, but there seems to be no medical team/assets.

Ie a Doctor with several specialist paramedic/magical types.

With the possible amount of gun play there are somethings magic can not heal/repair or have the time to do so.
Martin_DeVries_Institute
Well I'm playing a TM in another PBP here and my pen-and-paper char is a hacker, so I will hang back for now and let someone else come in. I wanted to play someone a bit different this go 'round.
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