Only obvious mod would be a datajack near the base of the skull.

Fat Man has no obvious mods. He looks like a male human. He appears to be in good (in fact, excellent) health, except for being morbidly obese.

Fat Man unfortunately can't pass for mundane (He's dual-natured, which means he's always astrally perceiving and thus visible on the astral to anyone who looks.), although he does have fake licenses for his foci. I recently found out that Masking can fix that, and Extended Masking can hide spells/foci, so he's probably going to be spending Karma on initiating towards that. He kinda figured that if the jig is up to anyone with astral perception on, he might as well glow like a christmas tree.

How do you want to handle initiation? Should we just spend Karma on it like any other sort of expenditure? If so, do you mind if I go ahead and spend Fat Man's karma towards that, now?

Eklipse is obviously a night elf. He has no obvious cyberware and appears to be fit and in good condition. He seems more corp than street.

I forgot to include the Fire Spirit's water allergy in the spoiler'd description, so I just added it in.

Happy New Years!!! (a little early but I have kids so what are you going to do)

Happy Monday All! It is indeed happy since kids are back at school.

Don't forget your weekly drip of 1 karma.

UmaroVI With something like Initiation I would like done between runs since it is a larger investment of time and energy - while I can imagine characters studying to increase a technical skill between scenes with an hour here or there - Initiation is a complex ritual possibly involving a group. I would be fine with you doing it after this job is done and before the next one starts. Also we'll need to work out details - are you going to do an Ordeal and if so, which one? Etc.

Any other questions? I would like to push the thread to doing the actual run by midweek - does that work for everyone? Let me know.

Thanks ^_^

I don't have any questions. I'm new to this so I'll see how the run unfolds.

No problem.

For rites:

First, Initiatory Groups. Fat Man would probably want to join an initiatory group, if he could find an appropriate one; all of the example ones are either not ones he would join, or can't accept him as a member. If there's one in your world that would be appropriate, that might cover the initiation if they have Oath (or require some other rite).

Otherwise:

Fat Man is capable of pulling off the Meditation rite with a little help from his friends, and by friends I mean hallucinogens. Alternatively, Deed and Metaplanar Quest, which I would do if you have a particular idea you want to run for one or the other.

Of course, after I reply that I don't have any questions, I immediately think of something. Buddha, do the astrally perceiving characters see anything out of the ordinary? Would I have to have Zerone or the fire spirit go out and make an assensing test to see anything beyond the van?

JxJxA you would need to leave the warehouse and look over the space in question. You are always welcome to astrally perceive inside where you are now and see this location.

UmaroVI what type of group are you looking for? I do have several ones in my version of SR but I would need a little more information on what you are looking for. Just a group seeking power and more insight into magic? A group dedicated to a particular goal (save the wildlife, destroy LoneStar, etc)? Let me know.

My afternoon filled up with appts and errands so I will be bumping the thread in the AM tomorrow so this will be your last chance to post anything before we start the actual hit on the container.

Also since we have new players to the system please free to ask more open ended questions if you are looking for input or direction.

Stealth Check
Infiltrate 3 + Agility 11 + Camo Suit +2? (AFB, so guessing) = 13 dice = 13d6.hits(5)=4

Perception Check
Perception 3 + Intuition 4 + Attention Coprocessor 3 + Vision/Hearing Enhancement 3 = 13 dice = 13d6.hits(5)=3

For some reason, I can't log in to Invisible Castle, so these rolls are as Guest.

Ok everyone feel free to post their skill rolls - at least Perception & Stealth. Also list any actions you'll have spirits taking for the stealth in.

Does everyone have comm gear? Or at least a commlink? Let me know.

Buddha, can someone assense a spirit if it is on standby?

Stealth
Agility 5 + Stealth 3 = 8d6.hits(5)=1 - oops, not so sneaky, however:
Cloak: -1 dice to detection spells
Silent walk: -4 dice to hearing perception tests
Armor also has thermal dampening 3 (not sure if I should add this to roll or if it is deducted from rolls using thermo to detect, the latter seems to make more sense)

Perception
Intuition 4 + Perception 2 + Enhanced perception 1 = 7d6.hits(5)=3

Commlink
CMT clip + Renraku Ichi OS + upgraded firewall 3 with trode net and sim module (Response 1, Signal 3, Firewall 3, System 2)

If possible I would like to have Eklipse get up on top of the containers and approach the target from there (no-one ever looks up) or at least climb up on one closer to the target for a quick recon.
Athletics (Gymnastics)
Agility 5 + Athletics 3 + Great leap 1 = 9d6.hits(5)=4

P.S. Also having problems logging in to Invisible Castle.

JxJxA If the spirit is present in the astral then yes - hovering at your shoulder for example. But a bound spirit that you call to you would be unavailable to be assensed.

ALL
Need Perception and Stealth rolls please + answers to the comm gear question.

Intuition 3 + Perception 2= 1hit http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2829947/

Agility 6 + Stealth 2= 2 hits http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2829948/

Comm info

COMMLINK #1 (Skin-link only, no wireless)
Type Resp Signal OS Type Firewall System
Sony Emporer 3 4 Novatech Navi 6 2
Programs:
Analyze 3 Browse 4 Command 3 Edit 3 Encrypt 4 Purge 3 Reality Filter 3 Scan 3

Commlink: Novatech Airwave R3, S3; Novatech Navi F4, S4; Trodes, Sim Module

Zerone's rolls:
Defaulting on stealth and spending a point of edge:
Agility(3) - Default(1) +Edge(3) = 5d6 for 0 hits. Sorry, guys, I tried my best.

Perception:
Intuition(2) + Perception(3) = 5d6 for 0 hits.

Fire spirit's rolls:
Spending one service to ask Amara to look as well:
Intuition(6) + Perception(4) = 10d6 for 6 hits. So at least my spirit isn't a shlub like me.

COM is a erika elite
Base resp:3
Base signal:4
OS: Mangadyne Deva
Base Firewall:3(5)
Sys:3

Acc A/R Gloves, Nano Paste Trodes

Vision Wear Contact Lenes
Enhancements:flare compensation, low light, vision enhancment 2, vision magnification.

Kat D

Novatech Airware-Response 5, Signal 5
Novatech Navi-Firewall 6, System 5
Hardening 6
Armor Case 6
Customized Interface
Biometric Lock
Personality Software
Skinlink
Subvocal Microphone
Sim Module
BTL Hot Sim Module
Eastern-Tiger Palladium
Eurosoft Clavicula
FTL Matrixware Power Suite
Iris Antivirus
Singularity Seeker
Response Enhancer R 3

Glasses 4, Flare Compensation, Vision Magnification, Smartlink, Vision Enhancement R3, Thermographic, Skinlink

Stealth Stealth Roll 1 Hit

Perception Perception 3 Hits

Also, Buddha, here is a quick description of Fire Spirit if you need it. I'll put more in my own post:

A floating figure shaped of white fire resembling a slender woman wearing a robe. The face is covered by a pure white mask (like porcelain or white marble) carved in Michaelangelo's style bearing a serene expression (think Mary's face in the Pieta).

Fat Man has an off-the-shelf MetaLink with Vector Xim (R1/Sig2/F1/Sys1), while breaking in, it would be in hidden mode.

On the stealth topic - I just realized that both me and JxJxA summoned spirits that don't have Concealment. They probably didn't coordinate this one, so Fat Man is going to bid the Guardian spirit farewell and summon a force 5 Spirit of Man - I think we really need that.

Spirit got 5d6 = 3 hits, Fat Man got 10d6 = 5 hits, 2 services. Drain resist, Fat Man got 11d6 = 4 hits, 2S drain taken. Yowch. (Going to post an IC thing on this too). The spirit's optional power is Innate Spell: Stunbolt. Astral: the spirit looks like a giant panda bear.

The spirit's first task is to maintain Concealment on everyone but Twist (it only covers 5 people, Twist seems to actually have stealth skills). This is -5 to locate those people (we can still detect each other fine).

Fat Man drops the two spells he was sustaining once the break-in is ready to start (and before calling the spirit).

Infiltration 0d6 = 0 hits.

Perception 10d6 (assuming this was sight or hearing) = 5 hits
Assensing 10d6 = 6 hits [not sure if we needed that, but in case anything astral is noticeable]

Thanks, Umaro. I didn't think about that either.

Also, Fat Man is going to turn on Counterspelling for the team.

Crippler punches and kicks anything that is not part of the team lol.

Ayo -
Commlink: Transys Avalon: Response/Signal - 4, System 3, Firewall - 6 [Relevant Programs - Encrypt 4]

Perception Roll (I have broad spectrum hearing - high frequency, and low light):
Perception 3 + Intuition 3 + Vision Enhancement 3 [If not visual, pull rolls 7-9.] + Olfactory Enhancement + 3 [if not olfactory, pull last 3] [5,6,3,4,4,2,6,1,6,6,2,6] (15d6.hits(5)=7)

For normal perception: 1 hit
For visual perception: 3 hits
For olfactory: 3 hits

Stealth (I also have ruthenium on the full suit of form fit, so -4 on Perception checks to see me, plus the spirit, I believe, for a total of -9):
[Agility 7] + [Infiltration 2] + [Camo Pelage 1] + [Enhanced Articulation 1] (11d6.hits(5)=6)

As Eklipse seems to have taken on the leadership role, I thought it would be good to flesh that out with some karma expenditure, but not sure what the current total is :

Buy Leadership at 1 (4 pts)
Specialize in Tactics (2 pts)

Takes total karma expenditure to 14

The total thus far should be 17 including this week's 1 point of karma.

Going to bump tomorrow in the AM for the actual run (" Finally!" they all think) so keep an eye out for it.

LOL, I was thinking about that in one of my other games. Our first "combat" came about 6 months after the game "started."

So sorry all but our house has come down with a tummy bug and everyone except the baby was up last night puking their guts out. Taking it easy today and hopefully this is a 24 hr thing and I will be back up again by tomorrow.

no rush Buddha RL takes over anytime it needs to. We aren't going anywhere trust on that.

Sorry to hear that, dude. Hope you all feel better soon.

Ok everyone is keeping food and drink inside their bodies plus we have had one vomit free night so I will post tomorrow in the AM. Be warned if this thing is near you all take it seriously - a 19 month toddler projectile puking is terrifying and should not be seen by the sane.

Thanks for the patience all and well wishes.

dont feel bad i have a 15 month old who can spit farther then i can. glad you are all feeling better.

So day blew up but was good things I needed to get done (bids from contractors, baby face time with Grandmas & Aunts, food shopping now that we can eat real food etc) so i will get the post this weekend. At the very least tomorrow night is no kids so I will be free then.

Just a quick note, I checked with Buddha and he confirmed, Karma is actually 17 (1 per week) + 10 (bonus karma) for a total of 27.

Sorry for the bad math on my part I had forgotten about the 10 bonus.

My post is up and away - I will be pushing the thread along on Wednesday so feel free to post actions or rolls as you make your way to the cargo container.

Making an astral research roll to identify the smaller spirits:
Astral Research(3) + Logic(3) = 6d6 for 2 hits.

My bad my husband is out of town on business (love the paycheck - hate the travel) so I am running around like crazy with my 2.5 kids (long story but 2.5 is accurate). I will be able to post tomorrow since I have extra help and no kids till about 4 pm. I have a player interested in joining the thread (BishopMcQ) and he's a solid addition. I mentioned him earlier and he is more than willing to cover the hacker/rigger/tech angle for you all in the group.

That work for everyone? Please feel free to disagree - just because I do the thread doesn't mean your opinion doesn't matter.

I know Bishop, so I'm a yes vote for him if necessary.

its cool, it will be nice to have someone erase our digital footprints.

Fine with me.

Good with that here.

Bishop...Lance Hendrickson works for me!

Giving Zerone a chance to alert the group to the spirits but I will see JxJxA tonight if he has posted by then. Then another bump on Friday.

Post up. Sorry for the delay.

No worries - ok I am giving until Monday to bump to arriving outside the container in case anyone wants to do something about the spirits or change the plan. The waiting is me trying not to step on player's toes and give people a chance to respond so you all don't feel railroaded into anything.

Zerone might as well try assensing them:
Assensing(2) + Intuition(3) = 5d6 for 3 hits.

Zerone will sneak an astral perception peek and then shift his focus back to the mundane world.

Giving you all a heads up: I'll be incommunicado from Tuesday for up to 10 days. We're driving across the US and may not have Internet access on the road or at our destination. Good times!

By Mid-February, all should be back to normal for me and my posting should increase in frequency and in content.