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Slide
Looking to start up an SR5 game. Looking for 5 party members, all experience levels welcome.

You will be starting in Seattle as new recruites to the Johnson known as Mr. B. He is a black human who apears to have heavy cyber modifications, including his entire right arm. Word is he use to be in your shoes, doing dirty jobs for nuyen. Well typically you either die, retire, or move on to a managment position. He's got the know how, and apparently the rep to be a proffesional Johnson.

As I said this is SR5, and will have standard rules for character creation. I tend to lean more towards the black trench coat style of game play. But hey, go with what you want, I'm flexible. I also will want some sort of back ground to understand your character's motivation and for plot hooks at a latter date. Remember, you are the hero of your own story. I will also be using invisible castle for dice rolling. Please check it out if you are not familiar with it.

I'll post more latter on about how I want post to be structured and what not.
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Posting Dialog:
"Speaking and phone calls"
<<Emails, IMs, and Texting>>
"Sub vocal network"
Internal Monologue

Dice Rolls will be from invisiblecastle.com/ Sign up for it and play around with it a bit and you will be able to figure out how to link it. The site is blocked from my work computer so I'll take a better look after I get home. when you roll please include what you are rolling. Example:
Agli 3+ Pistols 4 + smartlink 2 = 3 hits

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RESERVED.
Rystefn
I'm in. I'm pretty easygoing about character types. I'm thinking it would be fun to play a rigger, but if something else would fit the team better, I'm flexible.
NeVeRLiFt
I would like to join you.
If you have spot open still please count me in.

I would be interested in playing the bounty hunter/merc/street samurai type.
Lobo0705
I am interested if you have a spot. I would like to be a mage as I normally don't get a chance to play one - but if not no problem.
IridiosDZ
I'm interested. Thinking about an ex corporate network security specialist (ex-spider), not necessarily mega corp.
Slide
Ok, that gives us four so far. Got a couple of ideas for characters, I like it. go ahead and start writing them out, and post them here. Let me know if you guys need any help.
Rystefn
Sweet, my rulebook finally shipped, so I can make a character more easily. (I like digital, but for some things, print is still better. Flipping around quickly is one of those things.)
Dworkin_13
oooh oooh oooh mis.ter Kotter - some chummer in a flatpix

Interested...

Samauri... sortof ... (in development)

Hoi!... When do we get the nuyen and how big a pile?
Slide
Ok so from what I understand right now we have:
Rystfen: Rigger
neverlift: Merc/bountyhunter/streetsam
Lobo: Mage
IridiosDZ: Ex-Spider
Dworkin_13: Some weird azzy experiment.
NeVeRLiFt
My Dwarf's name is John Deckard, he goes by Deckard on the street.
Deckard is a ex-mercenary who became a Private investigator/Bounty hunter.
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Slide
Do me a favor and use the /spoiler tags to hide your character sheets. It will make it far easier for me to scan through material and reference things.

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other than that it looks good. I got the next few days off so I will take a look a bit deeper into the character sheets. I like the non-magic, non-cyber, low edge approach. Its a bold move.
NeVeRLiFt
I didn't want to twink or munchkin out this go around.
Always loved the movie Bladerunner... so thought this would be good to play.

I have some really nice 5th edition sheets that are pdf's you can fill in.

here's the link
http://blog.homoeoteleuton.com/?page_id=983
Lobo0705
Ok - here's my character, Switch

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IridiosDZ
I have Zap's description and background and character sheet.

Description:
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Zap Character Sheet
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Slide
Ok, just waiting for the last two players to get me characters and we can get started.
Rystefn
I have my PnP game tonight, but I should be able to finish him up tomorrow.
Slide
so quick question, did any of your characters want to already know each other? not a big issue if you don't. Just curious.
Lobo0705
I can go with whatever helps your plot along smile.gif

Deckard and I share similar backgrounds (in that we both lost a close group of friends - although in Switch's case it was his own fault) - so I can see us both sort of commiserating there - on the other hand, I'm not sure that we would be hanging in the same circles, given that Deckard is a homeowner, while Switch is literally going to get kicked out of his apartment for lack of rent money this month if he doesn't get a job soon.

Similar with Zap, unless you want to say we've been on runs before, I don't see the two of us being the same circles.

However, as I said, I'm happy to go along with whatever fits your storyline better.

NeVeRLiFt
I would say Deckard hangs out at bars and seedy haunts and drink the booze in his down time.
In the back of my mind I guess I picture Deckard having spent his savings and is low on money now... he drinks a lot more then he should, and hangs out at bars and other locals when not hired for a job or bringing in a bounty.
He has tried for the past few years to make ends meet as a private investigator/bounty hunter, but with the money low he resorted to fake licenses and running the shadows more often, having made friends with a local fixer.
Deckard is just waiting for that big score, the right job to bring in the big pay day.

If anyone has done any merc/gang related stuff or maybe small connection with law enforcement and bounty hunting I would say they may know or have heard of Deckard.
I would not mind knowing someone and being friends... maybe having met at the local bars and hangouts, I would change my background and story to fit in with anything.
Just let me know.

Quick question, what year is it? I was going on 2072 but is it 2075 or 2077 now? Would like to know so I can establish my age and time spent doing what with my background.
IridiosDZ
Zap may have worked with one or two before, but probably not on anything major. She is relatively new to the shadows, having worked the other side of the aisle before her accident. Her true downtime is spent either enjoying various matrix games or attending 'rock' clubs. She drinks, but only lightly.
Rystefn
A little later than I thought, but here's my character. Brian "Killer B" Tanaka, drone rigger and medic.

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Slide
I'll review alll the characters tonight and open the in character thread. Working some unexpected overtime so bear with me.
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The IC forum is open

http://forums.dumpshock.com/index.php?showtopic=39881
Lobo0705
Switch summons "Mother" the force 3 spirit of air.
Summoning 6 + Magic 6
5 hits (reduced to 3 due to limit)

Spirit Resists
Force 3 - so 3 dice
2 hits - so he has to resist 4 boxes of Stun.

Switch resists Drain
2 hits
So he takes 2 boxes of Stun Damage

Switch attempts to pass Insomnia test to heal Stun Damage
Intuition 5 + Willpower 6
and gets 4 hits - success smile.gif
Now he rolls to heal the Stun Damage
Body 3 + Willpower 6
and gets 4 hits so after 1 hour of rest, he will have healed 4 boxes of Stun (and he only had to heal 2.)
Slide
ahh, any dice rolls you can just put in a spoiler at the bottom of your post. It will make it easier than going back and forth.
Lobo0705
QUOTE (Slide @ Oct 10 2013, 12:07 AM) *
ahh, any dice rolls you can just put in a spoiler at the bottom of your post. It will make it easier than going back and forth.


Ok - no problem, will do so next time smile.gif
shonen_mask
Got room for one more? i'd like a mage hacker type...
NeVeRLiFt
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Got room for one more? i'd like a mage hacker type...



The guy that was suppose to play the Street Samurai type never responded back, so that does leave a spot open.
NeVeRLiFt
Slide I have not got to play Shadowrun since 3rd edition really and have not played 4th edition except for a couple months now in real life... so with that said I was still with the mind set Lone Star was acting Law Enforcement.
After checking around I see error I've made!
This "Play by Post" is my first go at 5th Edition.

So I'm going to go ahead and change my contact from Lone Star to Knight Errant and pretend this never happen if you're okay with that?

Just let me know please.
Slide
No absolutely not, I call total Bull shit on that... ehh I'll let it slide biggrin.gif

I forget what year, but the star lost its contract with the metroplex, aparently over some nanoware fiasco. not too sure about the details.
NeVeRLiFt
At first I was under the impression they were both acting as Law Enforcement, but Knight Errant more as security or smaller, but after reading the history in the sourcebook I see that Lone Star is out.
I also have that one contact Rachel who is a working girl... so she may also have info or know something about what is happening or what has went down seeing as she would be around and know others that are in the Cat house.
IridiosDZ
Neverlift, it might not be a bad idea to keep your contact as LS. Zap has a KE contact. That would get us lines into the top 2 security companies in the 'plex.
NeVeRLiFt
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Neverlift, it might not be a bad idea to keep your contact as LS. Zap has a KE contact. That would get us lines into the top 2 security companies in the 'plex.



Okay I can do that.

I'll keep the contact as Lone Star.
NeVeRLiFt
Hey I don't mind slowing up for a bit till we find out if that one guy is going play or if he is dropped out and going to be replaced.
This way we don't get too far a head.

Up to everyone else thou, I just thought I would suggest it.
shonen_mask
My character's name is Hinsusprite (hinsu). An Elf Adept decker.

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shonen_mask
If nobody objects im gonna post to IC and start in....

ill usually post later in the day for future reference... rotate.gif
Lobo0705
Ok - so take the following post as constructive criticism, it is not meant in any way to put you off. I for one would be totally ok for you to play smile.gif

That being said, it is totally Slide's game, so you need to make sure he at the very least is ok with it, and there are a bunch of issues with the character as far as character creation. Remember we are using 5e rules.

1) You can only have 25 points of positive qualities, and 25 points of negative qualities, you have over 40 of each.
2) Resources E is 6,000 nuyen, not 100,000
3) Your skills can only be at most 6 before adding improved ability, so with Improved Ability 1 and Aptitude, your software could at most be 8, not 9.
4) You have 24 points of attributes (but are only allowed 20)
5) You have 29 points of skills (but are only allowd 28)
6) You only have 22 points of knowledge/language skills, but are allowed 24 (Logic (without Cerebral Booster) + Int x2)
7) You have two stats, Logic and Reaction, at racial maximum, but only are allowed one.
8 ) You start with a Magic of 2 and a Maximum Magic of 6, reduced to a Magic of 1 and a Maximum Magic of 5 because you have the Cerebral Booster. You have 8 special attribute points. You used 2 to raise your Edge to 3, and 4 more to raise your Magic to 5, which means you have one more special attribute point, which you would have to use to raise your Edge to 4.
9) You have 17 points of contacts but are only allowed 15.

Some of those might have been changed through the spending of karma, but as I pointed out, you have too many positive and negative qualities, so you have to reduce those, and it is hard to tell what you raised with karma since you didn't put it in there.

The biggest issue of course is the money, since with 6,000 nuyen you can't afford either the 'ware or the deck.
shonen_mask
You could have posted the errors before I posted to OC smile.gif

Im' using the prime runner numbers. you cant get a deck with 6000 *shrughs*. thats a max of 70 karma after you buy negative qualaties....

The boosted limit is the new limit... 2 points higher at 9

There is no printed limit to skill at start once they are raised past the starting limit that was in SR4...

If mislabeled my priorties Meta type is B and Attributes is A

I have 3 points in improved abilities making my new total 31

Reaction is now 5 and agility is now 3..
Lobo0705
I didn't post anything since I was waiting for Slide to post smile.gif

Again, up to Slide to approve the character, but:

1) Nobody else used Prime Runner char gen - not sure if he is going to allow you to do that since we couldn't, and Slide stated "As I said this is SR5, and will have standard rules for character creation."

2) Not sure what you mean by "the boosted limit is the new limit" - are you talking about Software? If so, the maximum rating for all skills in char gen is 6. Your Aptitude (which would have to be approved by Slide just like your Exceptional Attribute) would allow you to put 7 skill points into it. In SR5, the new limit to skills is 12, but the most you can START with is 6 (7 with Aptitude). (page 88) That is the most skill points you could put in, and then Improved Ability at level 1 gives you 1 more, giving you a total of 8, not 9.

3) You have 32 total skill points listed - I already had subtracted out the 3 points of Improved Ability to get the total of 29 (and since you can only have 28, you are still one point over).


shonen_mask
QUOTE (Lobo0705 @ Oct 16 2013, 09:48 AM) *
I didn't post anything since I was waiting for Slide to post smile.gif

Again, up to Slide to approve the character, but:

1) Nobody else used Prime Runner char gen - not sure if he is going to allow you to do that since we couldn't, and Slide stated "As I said this is SR5, and will have standard rules for character creation."

2) Not sure what you mean by "the boosted limit is the new limit" - are you talking about Software? If so, the maximum rating for all skills in char gen is 6. Your Aptitude (which would have to be approved by Slide just like your Exceptional Attribute) would allow you to put 7 skill points into it. In SR5, the new limit to skills is 12, but the most you can START with is 6 (7 with Aptitude). (page 88) That is the most skill points you could put in, and then Improved Ability at level 1 gives you 1 more, giving you a total of 8, not 9.

3) You have 32 total skill points listed - I already had subtracted out the 3 points of Improved Ability to get the total of 29 (and since you can only have 28, you are still one point over).


I will let the GM decided on whats standard... but im going by the book on that nevertheless

i found the info on page 88. i was actually looking for that far a while....
my character within the post must have different values i count the correct value.....
ill change em soon just the same with the new limits..... spin.gif
NeVeRLiFt
We already have a rigger and hacker.
You might want to play something else, we are gonna end up a weak team now when it comes to a physical match up and fire fight...

It's not my call but your character just does not mesh well with the group as it's already laid out.

We need someone who can bring the pain and that is not you. wink.gif

just sign up it's free to use
http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/

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mean no disrespect, just calling it like I see it
Slide
I've been out of the loop for a few days, but yeah, defiantly not using prime runner numbers. You need to go ahead and make the adjustments to your character, I realize you can't buy a deck with 6k. You might have to rethink your character concept. Also all prices for gear are as listed in the book. I haven't play tested SR5 enough yet to say they shouldn't be.
Slide
I'm also very confused by your dice roll system. invisible castle is usually the standard. Also if you guys aren't already please list the game as "code of silence" on your rolls. It makes it easier for me to keep track of everything.
NeVeRLiFt
We already have Rigger and Hacker... so if possible make something else that would mesh well with the group and compliment what we already have.


Rough ideal of what the group consist of right now.
Deckard = Face/ well rounded skills jack of all master of none
Zap = Hacker/ can fight with pistol/unarmed maybe even use a drone
Switch = Mage/ can use firearms if needed
Killer B = Rigger/ gunnery/drones

Overall everyone has some solid skills.
Slide
oh god, my choice of colors for talking and email hurts my eyes in the spoiler tag!
IridiosDZ
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oh god, my choice of colors for talking and email hurts my eyes in the spoiler tag!


OMG I see (or saw as I'm now blind) what you mean. BTW, Sarge is a girl. Erin is her name.

I kind of imagine her as Michelle Rodriquez in a police uniform

http://www.newsgab.com/attachments/celebri...creencaps-5.jpg

http://www.newsgab.com/attachments/celebri...reencaps-18.jpg
Slide
QUOTE (IridiosDZ @ Oct 17 2013, 05:42 PM) *
OMG I see (or saw as I'm now blind) what you mean. BTW, Sarge is a girl. Erin is her name.

Gender swap initiated nyahnyah.gif
shonen_mask
Im not getting any verification emails from invisible castle which explains why I cant get on.

I thought up the system to make it easier to see that i won't forge any rolls....
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