UmaroVI
Sep 11 2011, 10:21 AM
After Kat Doktor's treatment, anyone who still has P damage can get a Heal from either Fat Man or Zerone; speak up if you would like one.
JxJxA
Sep 11 2011, 04:24 PM
@Buddha: I put up a post to try and explain Zerone's initiation. I'm still trying to decide on whether to buy the spells or save up karma. It ended up being a bit long, but I wanted to provide a little more back-story for some of his flaws. Basically, he was bioengineered as an Elf super-soldier for a radical, Elf-supremacist group (they seem pretty popular for those of the Homo Nobilis persuasion). There are a bunch of blood-thirsty clones that are potential Evil Twins to fit that flaw. Finally, I figured that someone who spent most of his life in a clone tank and got prematurely removed in a filthy dump would end up suffering from asthma and a weak immune system.
@Anybody who cares (lol): Elf society seems pretty much based on Celtic stuff, so
green was a natural choice for elf mage-soldier auras who might dish out death while reshaping the world in an Elf-first society.
The Empyrean is the "Highest Heaven" in ancient and medieval philosophies, which looks to be what Shadowrun's Christian Theurgy builds off of.
I'm really glad that the thread is starting to move forward again. I enjoy writing Zerone and Follower, even if they are kind of dull characters compared to some of our more colorful comrades.
Buddha72
Sep 12 2011, 05:54 PM
Ok as usual Happy Monday to all, add your weekly drip of 1 karma to your sheet.
Since I didn't hear any major objections to adding the new player I was going to give it the green light and get him onboard this week. I have heard from the following players that they are still lurking about:
Fenris
JxJxA
UmaroVI
Notsoevildm
BishopMcQ
The new fella's name is Emilio which is also his character's name as well.
My plan is to wrap up the mind probing and then bump forward a few weeks in game time. Please feel free to throw up a "During Downtime" post or edit to add that header following with "Current".
JxJxA
Sep 13 2011, 05:46 AM
So does that mean we each get 7k Nuyen from the 35?
Also, I forgot to mention that Zerone is taking Centering for his metamagic with reciting scripture/psalms as the requirement.
Still deciding on spells, but does anyone have any recommendations for combat spells? He's got Stunbolt, Stunball, Manabolt, and Manaball. Should I grab the Powerbolt/Powerball combo?
UmaroVI
Sep 13 2011, 11:12 AM
Since you already have the Mana- spells, you'll only be using Power- spells in one circumstance: trying to destroy drones and vehicles. As you get more dice, Power- spells get better because they go against a flat OR of 5; long-term I think they might be a better choice for you, short-term you might well be better off with Elemental spells. It also depends on opposition: the more skilled the opposition are, and the more big and heavily armored your target, the better Power- spells are and the worse elemental spells are.
You could also do something like grab, say, Powerbolt and Blizzard - I'm a big fan of Frost elemental effects, since they force crash tests. That is f/2+5 drain, though, so you'd need to be careful with it
You could also switch it and get Frost and Powerball.
JxJxA
Sep 13 2011, 11:21 AM
@ Umaro: Very cool, I may go the powerbolt & blizzard route.
UmaroVI
Sep 13 2011, 02:07 PM
Magical Group Hunting: Fat Man would have a dice pool of 3 (base charisma) + 3 (street cred, capped by charisma) + 3 (increase charisma) +1 (Etiquette 1) + 1 (1 talismonger contact) to look; it's a 1 day threshold 12 extended test. There may be a penalty if you rule Folk Taoism is a sufficiently obscure tradition here; I'm going to assume no and go ahead but if you think it should be I'll reroll.
I think we talked briefly about what kind of society he's looking for, but the criterion would in short be:
Relatively small
Will accept him
Not terrible evil people - he'd be OK with either "morally neutral seekers of knowledge" or more actively charitable groups, but not the Fu Manchu World Domination and Kitten Torture Society or something like that.
Secretive and private
Searching:
Test 1: 7 hits
Test 2 (at -1): 6 hits
Huh, that was some good rolls.
JxJxA
Sep 13 2011, 02:12 PM
QUOTE (UmaroVI @ Sep 13 2011, 11:07 PM)
Not terrible evil people - he'd be OK with either "morally neutral seekers of knowledge" or more actively charitable groups, but not the Fu Manchu World Domination and Kitten Torture Society or something like that.
This made me laugh.
JxJxA
Sep 13 2011, 04:23 PM
Zerone is going to try and get in touch with his talismonger, Rev. Hannibal (an L5/C6 talismonger connected with the Christian Theurge community, he's a portly dwarf I introduced
here). I didn't think to add a fixer to his contacts, but I'm hoping he (or possibly Widget?) can point Zerone in the right direction for picking up some snazzy goggles and a respirator...
The
die reads 5 when I need a 6.
Notsoevildm
Sep 13 2011, 05:07 PM
Some shopping for Eklipse:
From run reward: (7k?)
Fake SIN R1 - Josef Schmidt - 1000
Fake SIN R4 - Jakob Myers - 4000
TOTAL: 5000 + hopefully 2k in certified credsticks
From initial payment (5k):
A load of cheap clothes - 400
Basic armor vest (6/4) - 600
1 month low lifestyle - 2000 (appartment at the Looking Glass)
Top end bike helmet with respirator R6, image link, HUD, thermo, vision and audio enhancements R3 - 1175
Chem coating R2 (takes to max extras rating) for form fitting armor - 500
TOTAL: 4675
Will post karma spend later.
Buddha72
Sep 13 2011, 05:17 PM
Ok great flavor posts so far. Throw out what you're looking for me here - this is what I think you are asking for so far:
Fat Man A magical group to join - what kind of criteria are you putting out there?
Zerone Set up a meeting with your contact
Post away here and I'll start churning out IC posts.
UmaroVI
Sep 13 2011, 05:48 PM
His criterion would be:
1) Relatively small
2) Secrecy stricture and general focus on privacy
3) Not terrible evil people
4) A more Chinese-themed society might make sense, I could also see a more pan-Asian one working, or a general "seekers of esoteric knowledge" type deal.
Other than that, really, whatever you think will work best to advance the plot and fit into the game you want to run is fine with me.
BishopMcQ
Sep 14 2011, 05:56 AM
Invisible Castle is down, so I used
http://juhani.naskali.net/programming/shadowrun-dice-roller for the dice rolls in this post.
Presuming I get the info from Aideen, will begin some basic data searches in AR. 23 hits in the first five minutes. For the missing runner, I'm looking for known hangouts and previous affiliations if any.
I'd also like to find out if the comm is online at the moment. Spoof my access ID (buying the hits) and try calling the number. If the line connects, I have 8 hits on my first complex action and 6 hits (14 total) on my second complex action. So I should have a trace within three seconds (Yay being back in the Matrix!!). (The Trace was presuming he's not redirecting the trace or running a stealth program.)
If Aideen goes to get food with Cypher, I'll do the matrix stuff afterwards. If I'm on my own, I'll do it while eating.
Notsoevildm
Sep 14 2011, 10:09 AM
Karma spend for Eklipse:
Karma already spent: 14
Raise Magic attribute from 5 to 6 - 30 (new adept powers: raise Enhanced perception and Great leap to 2, take Improved skill (blades) at 1)
Specialize Automatics to SMGs - 2
Raise Blades to 3 - 6
Specialize Blades to Swords - 2
Specialize Dodge to Ranged - 2
Raise Pilot ground craft to 2 - 4
Raise Perception to 3 - 6
Total karma spent 66/72
@Buddha, can you confirm if this is okay. Also my shopping list a couple of posts above and the actual award for the run (assuming 7k at the moment).
UmaroVI
Sep 15 2011, 04:22 PM
Assensing (Aura Reading) 12d6 = 4 hits.
JxJxA
Sep 17 2011, 12:03 PM
Umaro, where did you find the frost and blizzard spells? I looked in my books but couldn't find them. x_x
BishopMcQ
Sep 17 2011, 03:37 PM
Street Magic, p 168. Box in the top corner gives the names for other Elemental spells based on the normal ones.
JxJxA
Sep 17 2011, 04:18 PM
Cool, thanks Bishop.
Buddha72
Sep 19 2011, 06:17 PM
Happy Monday all! Add your weekly drip of karma to your sheet. Also we've hit the 1 year mark on the thread!! Sept 16th so everyone had an additional 10 points to your sheet as my way of saying thanks for playing.
UmaroVI the child your assensing is a free spirit with a Force of 12 and his/its general emotion is focused and calm.
JxJxA
Sep 20 2011, 11:34 AM
Cool, also Zerone set up the appointment with his talismonger.
Buddha72
Sep 20 2011, 07:09 PM
Posts up and let me know if I missed something or someone.
BishopMcQ
Sep 20 2011, 08:04 PM
JxJxA
Sep 21 2011, 04:34 AM
Cool, Zerone will arrive early for the free breakfast goodies. He normally eats nutrient paste since it's cheaper and lets him save money to for magic doohickeys.
Buddha72
Sep 21 2011, 06:13 AM
LOL! I'll throw up a post tomorrow then with you arriving. ran out of time tonight - off to bed for me.
JxJxA
Sep 22 2011, 03:47 AM
LOL, no worries.
Basically, I need him to put me in contact with someone who can sell me some tech and more mundane stuff. If he has the resources, all the better.
JxJxA
Sep 22 2011, 04:14 AM
Also, I know I just raised my magic...but is there any chance I can raise my body from 2 to 3, too? The new karma bonus gives me the 15 I need for it...
Buddha72
Sep 22 2011, 03:22 PM
That's fine with me - thanks for checking though.
JxJxA
Sep 22 2011, 03:35 PM
Cool. I just wanted to make sure.
Buddha72
Sep 23 2011, 04:54 PM
When you're all done with the IC items please post your arrival for the meet.
Thanks!
Buddha72
Sep 23 2011, 06:49 PM
Everyone say hi to Emilio!
Notsoevildm
Sep 23 2011, 07:58 PM
Hi Emilio!
Also just checking in with Buddha that my shopping / karma spends are okay?
BishopMcQ
Sep 23 2011, 10:30 PM
Hey Emilio, welcome to the madness!
Buddha72
Sep 24 2011, 12:36 AM
Sorry
Notsoevilsm they looked fine.
JxJxA
Sep 24 2011, 06:02 AM
This is what Zerone will write on the Reverend's pad:
1 Custom Form-Fitting Body Armor Full-Body Suit (with skinlink, biomonitor, fire resistance rating 2, insulation rating 2, non-conductivity rating 3): 3050 nuyen/Avail 8
1 Pair Custom Vision Enhancement Goggles (with smartlink, vision enhancement rating 3, thermographic, ultrasound): 2530 nuyen/Avail 8
1 Pair Custom Audio Earbuds (with audio enhancements rating 2, spatial recognizer): 330 nuyen/Avail 6
It's nothing too crazy, but without a fixer he's going to have trouble getting those things.
Also, let me know if I've calculated the availability wrong. I tried finding rules to see if modifications add to the availability total or if I go with the highest value, but I didn't see anything and decided to go with the latter.
I'll get an IC post up soon, but I need a bit of time since I might look for some more magic stuff while I'm in touch with Hannibal.
Emilio
Sep 24 2011, 02:28 PM
Hey all!
BishopMcQ
Sep 24 2011, 03:54 PM
jxJxA--It may be helpful to post the availability of the items, so Buddha knows how long things will take or how big a favor you're asking.
JxJxA
Sep 24 2011, 04:17 PM
Thanks for the suggestion, Bishop. I added the availability to the items posted above.
UmaroVI
Sep 24 2011, 11:36 PM
Hey, sorry, I've been really busy but I will be postifying shortly.
Buddha72
Sep 26 2011, 06:16 PM
Happy Monday all! I just wanted to let you all know I have another kidney stone but this one is smaller and I am passing it without surgical assistance but I am high as the proverbial kite while I do it so feel free to nudge me if I miss something or if I post something that makes no sense.
Add your weekly drip of 1 karma.
Buddha72
Sep 26 2011, 07:46 PM
JxJxA you can add a new contact to your sheet by the name of Joseph Goodman Loyalty 1/Connection 3 - he's a fixer.
JxJxA
Sep 27 2011, 06:50 AM
Awesome, thanks Buddha.
Sorry for not responding earlier. Work has been a real bitch as of late. x_x
JxJxA
Sep 29 2011, 11:12 AM
Oops, just posted Zerone going to the meet. I totally missed Widget's message earlier in the thread. x_x
Buddha72
Oct 3 2011, 05:51 PM
Happy Monday all! I'm back (3 stones later - don't ask) and will be posting more later this afternoon or evening. As usual add 1 point of karma to your character sheet.
Buddha72
Oct 4 2011, 12:18 AM
Ok looking over the thread I think I am just waiting on UmaroVI/Fat Man to finish up some RPing with me in the search for his magic group options then I will bump along to the meet with Widget.
UmaroVI
Oct 5 2011, 10:25 AM
Sorry I got behind on that - work got really busy.
Buddha72
Oct 5 2011, 07:53 PM
No problem - real life first.
Buddha72
Oct 6 2011, 01:43 AM
Ok the RPing is wrapped up and I'll post the meet at the Looking Glass tomorrow in the late morning or early afternoon.
UmaroVI don't let me forget to post your meeting with the group after the meet posts.
Buddha72
Oct 6 2011, 04:54 PM
Post up!
Buddha72
Oct 11 2011, 02:02 AM
Happy Monday all! As usual 1 point of karma to your character and I'll be throwing up a post tonight to move into the meet with Widget.
BishopMcQ
Oct 11 2011, 04:09 AM
Data Packet Info
[ Spoiler ]
Over lunch the info she had on Emilio was transferred over. The information she had on his last run was he was suppose to hit a truck carrying contraband from here to the south. He was to destroy it before it left Seattle with no other restrictions on the job than that. As you expand your search pulling up multiple windows of data and launch programs you wait as the information trickles in. It seems he was a word traveler of sorts, having been seen in outside Chicago and Denver. There are rumors he worked with Frosty at one point though it's hard to credit the story since it claims his team ran her over with a van while "protecting" her. You quickly see a pattern of dead ends emerge in the data you collect. He was or has been working with someone who has gone back and scrubbed themselves clean in the matrix. There are gaps in his digital lifeline where he disappears then pops back up again. Who ever it is seems to have made no effort to be subtle or unnoticed about the erasure. He has no know associates you can find in the area. There is one runner you locate by the name of Fleet but he seems to be serving time overseas for assaulting local security forces. The impression your left with is that his last team broke apart on a run and he has yet to set himself up with a new group before disappearing on this run.
You switch windows and look over the data complied from the parameters you set for the run itself. The pattern quickly emerges of a possible trap set by the smugglers - you find grainy footage of the assault on the van from a nearby surveillance camera. You see a large light haired man use a heavy weapon of some sort - a launcher to be sure - to blow out the cab section only to see no drivers. The ares is suddenly filled with smoke and light - flashbangs perhaps an then the him being dragged away by several men emerging from the clouds of smoke followed by more men carting their own wounded. Rumors fly fast and furious on wanting to know which Face set this job up and who the Johnson was. You search some more related data streams and find a better picture of one of the men you think was in the ambush - captured by a drone lugging Emilio into a warehouse with the help of two others. You quickly launch a new search using the location and image as references in hopes of learning more. You watch the code spool out doing its job as an alert draws you to yet another window.
The trace program chimes its success as it gives you an info packet on the commlink. It appears to be registered to a Tim Allen an is currently on the eastern outskirts of the downtown core. The data scrolls by about this person and it screams a lack of life and depth that makes you strongly suspect a fake SIN. Another alert sounds as you bring up the last window you were accessing.
The search is complete - the address is a known clinic and medical site for a local but now deceased Yakuza boss by the name of Yamamoto. It was rumored to be his own "off the books" chop shop and employee hospital. It was all being overseen by a Dr. Takayasu - a rumored whack job interested in human experimentation with a focus on DNA and new street drugs - one sometimes feeding into the other. You sit with the results of your plunge arrayed around you in AR.
--=====--
An image capture claiming to be a picture of Dr. Takayasu does indeed match what you remember of your former "physician". It was taken at a rare gathering of the higher ups at a Yakuza function of some sort, as you read on the paparazzi was found dead a day later with his link placed somewhere ill advised for proper breathing. You scan the other streams and see she is linked to the shadow clinic from your earlier search and to Yamamoto. There is recent rumors circulating that she was attacked last night and was seen getting medical care in the downtown core, a hacker found records of stitches for a nasty neck laceration. There is side thread unfolding if she will be one of the people in Yamamoto's crew to fill the void and take over his operations. There is another posting that claims she is holing up in her medical fortress in Seattle.
And yes, he's crazy, but not in a bad way.
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