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Doc Chase
QUOTE (DrZaius @ Jun 25 2010, 07:22 PM) *
Seems like the type of place an Eco-shaman might find gainful employment..


And an Eco-shaman hung out to dry for crimes in the Yucatan he didn't commit....
Rastus
QUOTE (Doc Chase @ Jun 25 2010, 03:26 PM) *
And an Eco-shaman hung out to dry for crimes in the Yucatan he didn't commit....


Next thing you know Martin's troll will be pitying fools for various reasons.
Doc Chase
QUOTE (Rastus @ Jun 25 2010, 08:45 PM) *
Next thing you know Martin's troll will be pitying fools for various reasons.


And the rules for flying tanks are already in that one thread!

I love it when a plan comes together!
Martin_DeVries_Institute
OK, guess Coatl has a mohawk now...
Doc Chase
Abs may kill us if it's pink. biggrin.gif
DrZaius


Just fair warning, I don't own any of the books other than the BBB, so don't expect a possession shaman with guardian spirits with the Earth Mother mentor... or whatever the hell else they added nyahnyah.gif
Rastus
You know Doc, considering how things went for Kennedy, I imagine she loves it when a plan comes together nowadays too.

QUOTE (DrZaius @ Jun 25 2010, 04:04 PM) *
Just fair warning, I don't own any of the books other than the BBB, so don't expect a possession shaman with guardian spirits with the Earth Mother mentor... or whatever the hell else they added nyahnyah.gif


Don't worry about it, possession is overrated and causes cows to drop on players.
Abschalten
QUOTE (DrZaius @ Jun 25 2010, 04:04 PM) *
Just fair warning, I don't own any of the books other than the BBB, so don't expect a possession shaman with guardian spirits with the Earth Mother mentor... or whatever the hell else they added nyahnyah.gif


The rules for background count are in Street Magic, but I wouldn't sweat it too bad. I'll ICly tell you what's happening to your magic and the OOC mechanical effects. Anything you don't have access to that you need to know, I'll talk you through it.
Doc Chase
QUOTE (Rastus @ Jun 25 2010, 09:08 PM) *
You know Doc, considering how things went for Kennedy, I imagine she loves it when a plan comes together nowadays too.


Ho yes. There are a few background ideas I have for the medication she's taking, but the slow spiral and caution she's had to adhere to since she can't leave the area so easily have taken their toll. Any certified credsticks she ahd are long gone, save for about $500 she's managed to keep, as well as a few changes of clothing.

It's just the right mix of bad luck and sacrifice to make her hungry for a big score.
Mister Juan
Are we supposed to pose our CS here, or do you want them PMed or emailed?
Doc Chase
Eh, I posed mine hyah. As such, mine should be complete now back on page 2.
Rastus
Considering everyone else posted their sheets in the thread, you might as well follow the trend.
Mister Juan
Dexter Pope

Stats (190BP)

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Active Skills (174bp)
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Knowledge & Language (36 free bp)

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Positive Qualities (20bp)

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Negative Qualities (-55bp)

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Contacts (7bp)

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Ressources (28 BP, 140 000 Nuyens)

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Martin_DeVries_Institute
It's already late and I'm about to go to bed, but I wanted to get down this first paragraph or so of Coatl's background. I'll edit the rest of it, and the sheet, over the weekend.

BACKGROUND
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Lamhslea
Is there still room for this? I've been running a Shadowrun game for my friends, but have desperately been wanting to actually have a character in one! My concept would be a Technomancer that isn't all that technical. He has a twin brother that's a mage; they made a pretty good team on the Denver circuit. Corvus dealt with Meat and Matrix threats alike, being just as handy with a pistol as he was with a node. His brother, Mako, would conjure up a spirit to ride shotgun on their runs and throw a manabolt or two where needed. They did pretty well moving small arms to the various Denver factions before they were set up by a Johnson that set them up, no doubt looking to study the twins' unique abilities. Outnumbered and badly wounded Corvus was forced to flee the scene without his brother. He spent a good two years hacking every node he thought might lead him to his brother, draining both his body and cred. Corvus had turned into the one thing he swore would never happen, an infirm hacker that's hot shit in the Matrix, but couldn't defend himself from a toddler with a stick in the real world. Corvus has finally given up his search for Mako and caught a flight to Caracas in hopes of losing himself.
Rastus
Another day, another bump, another prodding of fellow players.

QUOTE (Lamhslea @ Jun 26 2010, 03:43 AM) *
Is there still room for this?


Abs said that he'll be taking in characters until July 1st. Dunno if he's going to just try to get everyone a spot or if he's going to stick with the original 5-6 group. Just post a background and character sheet in the thread and consider yourself in.

Anyone seen crizh or Blackhat? They're the only ones who's characters are still a mystery. I imagine it'd cause Abs no small amount of sadistic joy just to hear what they have in mind, let alone a backstory or character sheet.
DrZaius
Gabriel Diaz, Trickster Shaman

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EDIT: Dropped Levitate, added Trid Phantasm
EDIT 2: Dropped Chaotic World, Added Hot Potato
Rastus
Hah, a trickster shaman. Always wanted to play one myself, but I gotta ask: Why didn't you take the orgasm spell? Don't you realize the kind of shenanigans that could be caused with that spell!?

Edit: Oh yeah, you don't have Street Magic. Ask Abs for the stats, you'll make good use of it I'm sure.
DrZaius
QUOTE (Rastus @ Jun 26 2010, 07:19 PM) *
Hah, a trickster shaman. Always wanted to play one myself, but I gotta ask: Why didn't you take the orgasm spell? Don't you realize the kind of shenanigans that could be caused with that spell!?

Edit: Oh yeah, you don't have Street Magic. Ask Abs for the stats, you'll make good use of it I'm sure.


Hah! Yes, I know of it, I just chose not to take it. That reminds me though, I need another trickery spell!

-DrZaius
Rastus
QUOTE (DrZaius @ Jun 26 2010, 08:01 PM) *
Hah! Yes, I know of it, I just chose not to take it. That reminds me though, I need another trickery spell!


Chose not to take it? Seriously? That's as trickery as it gets! Well whatever, I suppose you could call other illusion spells like Hot Potato or Bugs could be more 'trickery'.
Martin_DeVries_Institute
I like Hot Potato, m'self, or Remove (Sense). The Orgasm/Orgy spells are more something I would use... you know... for recreational purposes. Ahem.
DrZaius
QUOTE (Martin_DeVries_Institute @ Jun 26 2010, 08:30 PM) *
I like Hot Potato, m'self, or Remove (Sense). The Orgasm/Orgy spells are more something I would use... you know... for recreational purposes. Ahem.


Yes; having read those, they look pretty good. I may need to rethink my spells a bit here. Hot potato seems like it would get a lot of usage.

EDIT: Thanks for the advice; dropped Chaotic world for Hot Potato
Rastus
QUOTE (Martin_DeVries_Institute @ Jun 26 2010, 08:30 PM) *
I like Hot Potato, m'self, or Remove (Sense). The Orgasm/Orgy spells are more something I would use... you know... for recreational purposes. Ahem.


When you start thinking creatively, recreational tools are weapons and weapons are recreational tools!
Abschalten
You know, I used the custom spell creation rules once to create a spell that makes the target shit themself. I think I called it "Bowel Disruption." I also made an area effect version called.... (wait for it....)

Party Pooper
Martin_DeVries_Institute
Groan...
BlackHat
QUOTE (Abschalten @ Jun 25 2010, 01:31 AM) *
So far the interested parties and their proposals are:

...BlackHat


Last minute out of town trip for this weekend, so I don't think I'll have anything ready. There seems to be plenty of other interest, though - and the characters proposed so far look great. I'll be interested to see where this game goes.
Abschalten
QUOTE (BlackHat @ Jun 26 2010, 09:16 PM) *
Last minute out of town trip for this weekend, so I don't think I'll have anything ready. There seems to be plenty of other interest, though - and the characters proposed so far look great. I'll be interested to see where this game goes.


If you change your mind, I'm still taking charsheets until July 1st. smile.gif
Rastus
Looks like it's that time again! Hopefully the trend will continue and my prodding will cause more completed sheets to show up. Wonder who's the next person to turn in something? Sure hope it's Martin, we need a B.A Baracus substitute! Fools need to be pitied, then pummelled.
Martin_DeVries_Institute
smile.gif

I think I'll have something up tonight. Unfortunately I have some RL stuff to do (damn dishes won't do themselves, where's my helperdroid?) but I'm definitely working on it.
Abschalten
Hey guys.

I updated the first post with the list of people who have currently applied, and I noted who I needed charsheets from so far.

Also I updated the list of negative qualities with an additional one, Cyberpsychosis. I know Mister Juan's character has taken that quality. It was originally on my first list of those qualities but for some reason I cut it when I made the short list. But I feel like it's applicable given the mood and theme of the game.

You'll also notice that the second post has my house rules in it. I only have one so far (mostly because I've forgotten my other ones.) But do take note of it. I think a couple of you spent money on regular ammunition, and if you'd like you can get that back. Note this is only for standard ammunition, and that's ammo that has no modifications to damage code or armor. Yes, I know that Slivergun "regular ammo" is flechette, but I'm talking normal rounds. In that example the regular ammo is still flechette and needs to be bought accordingly. This also applies to slug rounds for shotguns.

I may add some more house rules later on. Keep checking the second post to make sure I haven't updated it.

I haven't come up with a story for the campaign yet, because I'm waiting for all the character sheets and backstories to come in. I do know that I'm going to read back through Ghost Cartels and Runner Havens to get ideas. Rastus also pointed out to me that there's some regional information for the game to be found in Vice, so I'll be flipping through that, too.

In all I'm looking forward to the game. After all the sheets are in (BY JULY 1ST!!) I'll more than likely spend a couple days fleshing out a story and getting the threads prepared.

Also, I have a request. Does anybody have the color key for PbP posts? I know one of the DS posters here had them in his/her signature, but now that I want to (*ahem*) borrow that, I can't find it. Also suggestions or recommendations for formatting the PbP posts will be appreciated. I additionally have some ideas about how I want to approach the individual stories, which I'll share with you closer to game time.

This *is* my first PbP campaign and while I have a general vibe and idea of how it's going to go, there may be kinks here and there, so work with me and we'll get sorted out just fine.

Things may be streamlined in parts. Combat might be simplified, as will hacking. I'm not going to force us to spend weeks rolling dice just to get through one combat, though it will be roughly close to the book.

Again, I'm looking forward to the game. For those of you who haven't submitted characters yet, I'm looking forward to receiving them. I've been pleased thus far and this entire venture has gotten me excited to GM Shadowrun again, after having been burned out for so long.

Edit: We're going to use Invisible Castle's roller. When I ask you in the OOC thread to make your roll, just go to this link and put in your character's name, the number of times you'd like to roll, and the number of dice. It'll log your results and give you an output. Just paste that output into the window along with the link to the results.
Mister Juan
Colors and format wise, I've always enjoyed the clarity of the Living in the Shadows format. In a nutshell:

Time stamp with hours, day and location at the beginning of each post, in Orange
All PC and NPCs names in Bold to keep track of everyone.
Text, Matrix stuff in Yellow
Thoughts in Italic
Astral stuff in Pinkish Purple, which is FF00FF

Anything more than that usually makes it a pain in the ass the write a long post effectively, and too many colors make it a little intense on the eye.
At least, that's my personal opinion.
Martin_DeVries_Institute
Don't know what happened, but DS was down last night just as I tried to post Coatl. Perhaps the board doesn't want me to play... to hell with that, I say!

Esteban Moreno, "In Coatl" (Nahuatl: The Snake)

BACKGROUND
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SHEET
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EDIT: Fixing the mistake Abs caught.
SECOND EDIT: Doing some switcharoos.
FINAL EDIT I SWEAR: Changing "High Pain Tolerance 2" to "Tough as Nails 1"
Abschalten
Looking good, looking good! I like him. Sent you a PM as well. I updated the list on the first post. Looks like so far we've got a full house but I'm still taking applicants until the 1st.
Rystefn
What's the policy on Long Haul addictions? Still trying to do it every day (or several times a day)? Something that keeps you awake for a coupe of days would really wreck you up if you tried to do it two or three times a day, I think. Also, just to be clear, do we apply the 1.5 modifier to the encourage negative traits before or after the 35pt limit? I'm going to run off of the assumption before, that way if it turns out I'm wrong, I'll have more points to apply to the character rather than fewer.

That said, I've got an idea for an ork street kid (well, teenager) who doesn't know he's an adept and has no idea why people have such a keen interest in him. So he's all paranoid and takes Long Haul so he doesn't have to let his guard down. I know you're gtting pretty full here, but I like building characters, and worst-case scenario, I've got a decent NPC I can use in my own games.

Edit: Left something out.
Abschalten
You come up with your negative qualties, up to 35 points BEFORE THE MODIFIERS.

Then, you take the ones on the list and multiply them by 1.5 (round up.)

So say you take Moderate Addiction (10 BP), Bad Luck (20 BP), and SINner (5 BP). That's 35 BP of negative qualities. But you take the approved ones (Moderate Addiction and Bad Luck) and multiply them by 1.5. (30 * 1.5 = 45). So instead of 35 BP for negative qualities now you have a total of 50 to use.
Rystefn
Oh sweet... I just got 10 more BP, then. biggrin.gif
Abschalten
QUOTE (Rystefn @ Jun 28 2010, 07:11 PM) *
What's the policy on Long Haul addictions? Still trying to do it every day (or several times a day)? Something that keeps you awake for a coupe of days would really wreck you up if you tried to do it two or three times a day, I think.


I missed this part of your post so I wanted to come back and address it.

My idea for Addiction in this game was to show people abusing substances as a way to keep themselves going in a bad town and surrounded by worse people. I'm having a hard time wrapping my brain around Long Haul as a crutch to help a person keep going. Now in conjunction with a quality like Paranoia, I could understand it ("Can't sleep, clowns will eat me...")

Don't be afraid to take a good old-fashioned Addiction to synthahol or novacoke. Seriously, if you're worried about the harm your negative qualities can do to you, you're already in the wrong game. smile.gif
Renard
Rest of Character will be in today or tomorrow...
RL kept me busy the last few days..
DrZaius
So after talking to Abschalten, I decided that my Trickster shaman was a little too "light-hearted" for this game. I'm going to make a new guy; update to follow sometime today or tomorrow.

-DrZaius
DrZaius
Stephen Jacobs, Ork Mage

Background
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Character Sheet

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I've got another 3,900 nuyen.gif ; I'm sure I forgot to buy something.

EDIT: Now down to what I have in my pocket; added the respirator and a few other items.
Abschalten
Looking good, DrZaius, and I applaud your tenacity; you've made three character sheets for this game so far.
DrZaius
QUOTE (Abschalten @ Jun 29 2010, 11:38 AM) *
Looking good, DrZaius, and I applaud your tenacity; you've made three character sheets for this game so far.


Ha! I had forgotten about my face; I guess in my head he and the trickster shaman sort of melded into one. I'm looking forward to playing this new mage though; I think it fits the setting much better.

-DrZaius
Martin_DeVries_Institute
Three characters, that's very industrious. I don't know how you do it, man, I've made three characters for three different games this last week and they seem to take -days.- smile.gif As for gear, you can't go wrong with a respirator. They're damn near required at this point in Seattle, and I bet Caracas isn't much better.
Rastus
Hah, I knew we'd see a private detective character would be submitted at some point.
DrZaius
QUOTE (Martin_DeVries_Institute @ Jun 29 2010, 01:42 PM) *
Three characters, that's very industrious. I don't know how you do it, man, I've made three characters for three different games this last week and they seem to take -days.- smile.gif As for gear, you can't go wrong with a respirator. They're damn near required at this point in Seattle, and I bet Caracas isn't much better.


You may note in my signature I have a character building... problem. That said, good idea on the respirator; I'll take another look at my gear tomorrow, and add a few knick-nack items as appropriate for the setting.

-DrZaius

EDIT: I was at first hesitant to make an Ork Private investigator, because I like my profile pic so much and I didn't want to appear biased, but obviously my desires overwhelmed my willpower in that regard.
Doc Chase
Ooh, respirator. Good idea.
Rastus
Someone should get a good medkit too. Never know when you'll need a few.
Combat Mage
I know exactly when I'll need one, because I'm waking up with a hole in my head and a bullet in my skull. wink.gif
Rastus
QUOTE (Combat Mage @ Jun 29 2010, 04:39 PM) *
I know exactly when I'll need one, because I'm waking up with a hole in my head and a bullet in my skull. wink.gif


Guess it's a good thing that amoung other small edits, I added a medkit and painkillers to my resources.
Rystefn
QUOTE (Abschalten @ Jun 29 2010, 03:27 AM) *
I'm having a hard time wrapping my brain around Long Haul as a crutch to help a person keep going. Now in conjunction with a quality like Paranoia, I could understand it ("Can't sleep, clowns will eat me...")


That's exactly where I was going with it, actually. Sooner or later, he's going to crash out pretty hard from it, but them's the breaks. I was just wondering if he was going to have to feed the craving while he's already under the effects of a previous dose, is all. Either way, I'm cool. Dude's not supposed to be the most together guy in the universe, really.
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