Recruitment currently locked, will change this if necessary

Looking to start a weekly game (days might need to be flexible as my manager is a twit and has no concept of schedules) that may have an over arching plot line as characters develop and story lines hit my fancy (or you as a player can help me when I bounce questions off you).

I'll maintain an OOC thread here.

My house rules (if errata is applicable please point me at it):
1: Invisibility and improved invisibility will work on astral perception, so long as they are sustained, once dropped they leave residue as a normal spell.
2: If I make an on the fly ruling to speed up the game play (because research is taking too long) than that ruling will be in play until the end of the session, if the actual rule is found, we'll address it or house rule it if necessary.
3: The game will likely go to dark or potentially adult themes, if you have a problem with the direction, give me a heads up so we can hash it out. I want to present a fun role playing environment, that becomes difficult if you get too disgusted/disgruntled/bored to continue. I've been known to use cannibalism, bunraku parlors and religious brainwashing just to introduce an NPC...


Standard 400 BP starting characters
Trying for Mirrored shades to Trench Coat play style, but if we all go Pink Mohawk, then so be it.
Seattle Based
Try to be specialized but somewhat rounded. One trick ponies aren't that fun.
Looking for 4 to 6 players, recruitment will be open for 2 weeks. Then we'll sort out/hash out what's what.

If you're interested but don't know what OpenRPG is, let me know I'll point you in the direction.

In.

Well, cobble together a concept (not a char sheet) and throw it up here

So very in. I'll throw a sheet up in a few hours.

EDIT: That'll teach me to read forums during a LoL loading screen. I'll have a concept for you soon.

Melee Physad. Or, if given the chance, Drake.

What book might I find Drakes in? I don't own everything in SR4 yet, so working on it.

Runner's companion.

I'm in. Probably a weapons and stealth expert. When should we have sheets up by?

Almost Normal, haven't had a drake in a game before, I'm still thinking about it. It'll be a lot of work to avoid being a one trick pony
Bucklesworth, sounds good but make sure you have more tools than sniping. I'm interested in getting concepts that mesh hammered out first.
RelentlessImp, still waiting for your concept.

Concepts we're looking at:
Magical melee (either adept or drake)
Stealth/Ranged

Things we need:
Computer specialist
Magical support
Social person

edit: d'oh need a vehicle guy

Combat Mage/Magical Support

If there's still space I'm in.

Since mage has already been spoken for I'll try something else I've not done before and play a hacker.

I only have a vague concept, but since I've been reading Vice recently I was thinking of someone that works for a mid level Yakuza boss in one of the more open-minded New Way outfits, and is used whenever they can't (or wont) use their own resources for whatever reason...so while affiliated with the Yakuza, not actually a member.

Edit:

As another thing, I should point out every time a drake appears, according to the background on them, practically everyone on the damn planet wants them. The corps, the dragons, the DIMR, etc. so if there is one in the game it'd be constant levels of near fatal attention.

If you've still got an opening, I'd like to join in with an Elf socialite adept (Facial Sculpt, Melanin Control, Cool Resolve, the likes), secondary field as needed. Basically a con artist / art thief (maybe even forging some paintings himself) joining the pro league.

I have a more flushed out character concept now.

Basically I'm going for a jack of all trades ranged combat expert and infiltration expert. My goal is to be pretty effective at close, medium and long ranges depending on what weapon I'm using and also to be skilled at infiltration and breaking and entering.

For background my character will be a middle aged ork who learned his skills in a radical Ork Nation terrorist camp with his older brother when he was a teenager. Since then he has become a lot less radical, although still somewhat prejudiced against Elves and Humans whom he sees as oppressive. Although he has mostly left the Ork Nation he still maintains a close relationship with his brother who is now the leader of a local chapter in his old neighborhood. Since leaving the Ork Nation he has applied his skills in the only marketable way he could think of, as a shadowrunner.

Also this is my first OpenRPG game, I downloaded the program and got it to run but I have no idea how to actually use it so I might need help setting it up.

I'm not so sure about that. I'll read up on it when I get home. If that's the case, I'd likely redact the idea, I'm not so haughty as to demand a gaming group centered around my character. If that's the case.

You could always represent it with the wanted quality.

I've just googled it and realised what OpenRPG actually is, so given I'm on GMT...which is a fair bit ahead of the US, what sort of times were you planning to run the sessions? If it's going to be evening then I'll have to drop out as it'd work out to something silly, around 4am my time for a session.

Depending on what time/day you plan to run the sessions, and if there are still slots open, I'd be interested.

Well, sadly, the stuffer shack I work in currently is managed by an idiot that has no concept of the importance of a "schedule" and she thinks that human beings don't need things like "sleep" or "a clue as to what schedule they might be working next week", so I may have to turn this into a PBP. however this means a few slight changes. However I'm liking the actual concepts I'm seeing.
Buckle, love the ork concept.
D'ark, nice idea. Maybe the "Privileged Family Name" positive quality to round it out.
Ear, nice. Reminds me of a lot of the face's I've wanted to make/run, so please go with it.

Almost, how about a mild compromise? Latent dracoform? It can play into an interesting larger plot or story arc

A friend of mine would love to get in on the game, though it'd be their first SR game. If that's ok they'll play the rigger and I'll help them with char gen, etc.

So, let's see. So far, you've got mojo, you've got looks, you've got your webmonkey, and you've got your get things done quiet and far away guy (from what I can tell by the posts). Suppose all of them are going to need a ride of some variety. So lemme introduce y'all to Bill-Roy Bud Billings, or TripB as he's trying to make himself known. A good ol' boy, he's the eldest son of the Billings Racing Family (thinking they specialize in cross country auto racing). He's in Seattle trying to promote their customized vehicles, and figures he'll raise a bit of hell in his off time. Of course, if bad publicity gets back to his family, he's looking at getting cut out of his pappy's will and shunned for life.

Essentially, redneck vehicle specialist (possibly a secondary gunner as well) who's mainly based off having the Trustfund (High) quality and his family as an enemy (enemy more in the idea that he can't really conduct running business while his family is visiting). Also planning to have him be an adrenaline junkie.

Oh man. A good ol' boy with a souped-up vehicle. "Wal, sir, was about that time that Billings boy realized he was in trouble."

Can we name his primary vehicle the General Dunkelzahn?

D'Ark, good move, get him registered and posting. Let's see his concept. I smell a game possibly starting soon.

Remember folks, have a skill or two that you're good with and at least one backup niche, preferably two.
Working concepts right now:
Bucklesworth, retired Ork terrorist (hello again folks from Homeland security, you may want to refer to previous files about this site, though I know that trigger word keeps coming up)
Ears, with his socialite face
D'Ark with his yakuza tie in's as a hacker
RelentlessImp, could you give me a hint as to the background of your magical support concept? we need one and no one else has stepped up yet.
Almost Normal, any further thoughts?

Taeksosin, in the interest of giving a newbie a spot, can we work together to tweak the concept? (unless you are D'Arks friend)

PM me for addy to send sheets. Prefer plain text, I'll be keeping track on in a spreadsheet of what I saw you use/purchase/etc with weekly or monthly checkups as needed.

I've told them to register, but as it's their first role playing thing ever I'm still waiting for their actual say so. Bear with me.

About as far as I've gotten in my concept is an Ogre physicist running the shadows to fund his research into how and why alchemy breaks the laws of physics as the Sixth World knows them.

Imp, loving it! Please name him Sheldon...

It might be a good idea to start of a completely new player with simpler character archetype than a rigger. The vehicle rules are kind of arcane and confusing. Some variety of street sam or physadept might be easier to start with.

Aw, but I was gonna make him from Russia, name him Vlasi Vasiliev, and give him the street name Professor.

Received and looking over. will finish looking and math checking when I get home from work.

Eh, I still don't know if they want in. So...yeah. I'll have my initial sheet & background up some point tomorrow.

I can't send PMs for some reason. Which unfortunately means I can't contact an admin to fix this because they don't respond to the help emails. Could someone send a message to one on my behalf?

You may find mine short on BP. That's because I didn't include the 12 BP of Contacts he has, too. So just pop an extra +12 onto mine, and the math should check out, as I did the sheet entirely in RAW rule options on the SR4CG DK spreadsheet here on the forum. (So far, a 3/3 Talismonger, 1/3 Fixer, 1/1 Armorer.)

I just spoke to my friend, due to various things happening around now they don't want in on the game. So, guess we're still down a rigger.

Read up on Drakes. Didn't really see anything that means that they're openly hunted or that the party would be in any danger. I'd like to continue to play as one, if that cant be done, let me know, and I'll resubmit a different concept altogether, I'm just not interested in playing melee otherwise.

Hestaby's Speech to the UN, SOTA 2073 pg 3


Nevermind that they possess certain qualities unique to dracoforms that would make them hunted, or at least hounded, for reagents for telesma and whatnot.

Which puts them at more hunted then Orcs, and less hunted then Technomancers.

Well, I'm not trying to discourage you. Just pointing out that drakes have a higher incidence chance of getting unwelcome interest from third parties. Running Wild states that they produce proteins and enzymes unique to dracoforms, and drakes are probably one of the easier dracoforms to hunt for money (urban setting, able to use overwhelming force, etc). Add on hate crimes against Drakes and they're pretty close to technomancers and blood mages and toxic shamans for people hunting them.

<3 Much obliged.

If I can't play one, it's not going to be the end of the world for me, it's just with the chosen role, it's what I'd like to do. If picking another role, I'd go with infiltrator.

Since d'Ark's friend has decided to opt out, I'll go ahead and start working on driver/rigger? I'd imagine most folks that are hardcore drivers rig anyways...so I gets to be a high tech redneck, woot! I'll work up the character sheet tonight and shoot it to you probably Nikoli.

Taekosin, go for it.
Almost, I'm still good with a drake, but it may be a plot hook later

Bucklesworth, for some reason you're listed as being in the New Member Probation group. I gave Bull and Redjack a heads up, but there may be some automated step you need to handle, like the activation email. Check the Support thread for ideas.

Awesome! This makes me very happy.

What day could the game be on? If it's a weekly thing, I'm good for monday and wednesday nights. Saturday and sunday days would be doable, weekend nights are generally rough to pull off weekly though.

I'm available pretty much every day in the evening (after 5pm typically, CST [GMT-0600]). Days are hard to pull off because I have to take care of an elderly, infirm family member. Days are doable though, if people don't mind me running AFK every so often to take him to the bathroom or fix him some food.

Well that's pretty nice of you Imp. Go you. <3

Is this being done OpenRPG or play-by-post, then? 'cause like I said, the time difference makes OpenRPG somewhat impractical.

OpenRPG. It's kind of in the thread's title.

Well, Nikolai did suggest it might be PBP instead.

By the by Nikolai, PbP or OpenRPG? Also, what source books are you allowing? I'm looking mainly at Arsenal, Unwired, Runner's Companion, and a few of the PDFs (This Old Drone, Gun Heaven, etc.)

This woulda been a nice question to ask. So far I'm only using SR420a, Arsenal, and Street Magic. (FFBA FBS is too good not to use, otherwise I wouldn't be using Arsenal)

Hello. I am interested in playing.

So I mentioned this to a veteran Shadowrun player I know, and he's registered on the forum and is just waiting for his account to be authorised who would like to play. Also, both he & I think it'd be a lot easier to run it as play by post...him due to work availabilty, and me due to the time difference, so a decision about that would be appreciated

Yeah, I happen to be in the opposite boat as my friend from across the pond. I joined for the advertised format. I'd advise d`Ark to post in the players looking for GMs for pBp. I signed up in there and got wrapped up in a good thread right away.