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FuelDrop
Last run ended up netting our group 500 doses of the drug Novacoke. Since we had to pay for them (We were assassinating the dealer and had hidden a bomb with the money) we'll lose nuyen if we simply try reselling. so apart from the obvious (Using them ourselves, inducing overdoses in others, doping people in their sleep so they go to the important meeting with charisma 1 willpower 1 and get fired so we can extract them for another corp, throwing an absolutely massive rave, keeping junkie contacts happy), what are some cunning ideas for us to make use of this stuff?
Tanegar
Combine it with DMSO and load splash grenades with it.
FuelDrop
QUOTE (Tanegar @ Nov 26 2013, 10:49 AM) *
Combine it with DMSO and load splash grenades with it.

the old 'instant party' trick? could work...
DWC
Keep it on hand. Pass it out at parties to blend in. Bribe gangers, bouncers, and party girls with it. Use it to get close to a mid-level drug dealer or fence that you need to kidnap or kill. Plant it on people you want to get into trouble with the law. Large quantities of hard drugs are always worth having lying around.
Critias
I know a guy.
CanRay
Plant it in an SINner enemy's property/vehicle. Call in a tip to your police connection. Profit. biggrin.gif
ShadowDragon8685
Find a magician you don't like too much who follows the Succubus mentor spirit. Offer them a hit.

Wait until they crash. Offer them another hit. Facing a threshold 2 test with a dice pool of two, they'll pretty much have to accept.

Wait until they crash. Offer them another hit. Facing a threshold 2 test with a dice pool of two, they'll pretty much have to accept.

...

Are they good and addicted to Novacoke? You now have a pet magician and/or someone you can string out for cash for as long as you've got that gigantic briefcase full of Colombian super-powder.
FuelDrop
QUOTE (ShadowDragon8685 @ Nov 26 2013, 05:28 PM) *
Find a magician you don't like too much who follows the Succubus mentor spirit. Offer them a hit.

Wait until they crash. Offer them another hit. Facing a threshold 2 test with a dice pool of two, they'll pretty much have to accept.

Wait until they crash. Offer them another hit. Facing a threshold 2 test with a dice pool of two, they'll pretty much have to accept.

...

Are they good and addicted to Novacoke? You now have a pet magician and/or someone you can string out for cash for as long as you've got that gigantic briefcase full of Colombian super-powder.

I'm a face. who needs the succubus mentor bit smile.gif
Stahlseele
Pinkie Pie:"A PARTY!" *fires Cannon with splashgrenade with DMSO and Novacoke into Club*
mister__joshua
Start by rolling up the world's biggest bank note...
Draco18s
QUOTE (mister__joshua @ Nov 26 2013, 08:38 AM) *
Start by rolling up the world's biggest bank note...


Try a Zimbabwean 50 trillion note. You can pick one up on eBay for about $12 ;D
Sengir
QUOTE (FuelDrop @ Nov 26 2013, 03:02 AM) *
Since we had to pay for them (We were assassinating the dealer and had hidden a bomb with the money) we'll lose nuyen if we simply try reselling

1.) Buy a "cutting drugs 101" knowsoft
2.) Sell the charge for twice the price
3.) Double-time it before the buyer realizes what purity he got


PS:
QUOTE (CanRay @ Nov 26 2013, 07:38 AM) *
Plant it in an SINner enemy's property/vehicle. Call in a tip to your police connection. Profit. biggrin.gif

The victim could just claim that it happened in one of his drunk stupors biggrin.gif
Sendaz
Spike the entire lot into one of the sides of beef slated for Lofwyr's mid-afternoon snack. (He eats these like popcorn chicken chunks)


Not entirely certain what the end effect would be, but will be on a small mountain top nearby with telephoto lens on the camcorder to see. biggrin.gif
Tymeaus Jalynsfein
QUOTE (Critias @ Nov 25 2013, 08:34 PM) *
I know a guy.


Me Too... Maybe it is the same Guy...
CitM
QUOTE
what to do with 500 doses of Novacoke?


If you are a runner, give it to some streetlevel connection in return for some favours, since the price is low but the sound of "5 pounds of novacoke" is pretty impressive.

If you are a streetlevel guy just consume it, offer it to your guests and you will get a bunch of new friends! Or a hole in the head smile.gif
ltwutze
QUOTE (ShadowDragon8685 @ Nov 26 2013, 10:28 AM) *
that gigantic briefcase full of Colombian super-powder.



QUOTE (CitM @ Nov 26 2013, 04:07 PM) *
"5 pounds of novacoke"


Do the Rules have a statement of the amount of drug that count as a dose? If Novacoke is anything like nowadays coacaine and wikipedia is right, one dose measures from 35mg up to 100mg. Even when you double that (on a drug that is supposedly stronger) 500 doses just make 100 gram. link, under Insuffiation.

Not that 500 doses isnt much for a normal, healthy person, but an addict could go through that in a rather short time. (No proof, only experience from working in a detox clinic)

That was my problem with an idea I had: If you want to use it as a bait for the mob or a drug cartel, it simply isn't enough
TeOdio
QUOTE (Tymeaus Jalynsfein @ Nov 26 2013, 11:01 AM) *
Me Too... Maybe it is the same Guy...

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KarmaInferno
Load it into a crop duster. Have fun.



-k
WhiskeyJohnny
I'm with Tanegar and FuelDrop on this one - never know when you're gonna need to pull a Panther Moderns, so being set for some instant party is a good card to have in your deck.
binarywraith
My players' answer was 'watch the troll roll around in it like the biggest, ugliest kitten you've ever seen' last time they cracked a novacoke dealer's stash.

It took them six months to get their muscle to quit snorting every white powder he saw just in case.
Elfenlied
Reenact the final shootout from Scarface?
PiXeL01
You guys are still in Japan, right? If SR-Japanese drug laws are still as strict as current laws I would load it onto an aerial drone, have it fly on autopilot into a congested pedestrian street/mall (especially if owned by a corp you want to discredit), have it spread over the pedestrians and call the media to film the aftermath.

Wait for the headlines to run amok
Tanegar
QUOTE (WhiskeyJohnny @ Nov 27 2013, 09:59 PM) *
I'm with Tanegar and FuelDrop on this one - never know when you're gonna need to pull a Panther Moderns, so being set for some instant party is a good card to have in your deck.

Ten internets to you, sir, for a well-executed Neuromancer reference.
White Buffalo
If you're in CAS/UCAS/CalFree pick a corp you don't like (say Kong Walmart or Ares Target) dose the shopers on Black Friday and have the hacker brick all the electronics that're on sale. Instant riot.
Tymeaus Jalynsfein
QUOTE (binarywraith @ Nov 27 2013, 11:06 PM) *
My players' answer was 'watch the troll roll around in it like the biggest, ugliest kitten you've ever seen' last time they cracked a novacoke dealer's stash.

It took them six months to get their muscle to quit snorting every white powder he saw just in case.




Our Troll STILL has this problem.
But then, Guerilla T. is a Pretty unique Troll. smile.gif
Snow_Fox
to quote Toby Keith:
"let's have a party!"

joking aside think of the influence/friends you could cultivate
Umidori
QUOTE (Tymeaus Jalynsfein @ Nov 29 2013, 09:24 AM) *
Our Troll STILL has this problem.
But then, Guerilla T. is a Pretty unique Troll. smile.gif

With a name like Guerilla (not to be confused with Gorilla!), I imagine they'd have to be.

Dare I ask what the T stands for?

~Umi
Stahlseele
Guerilla T. Troll?
Umidori
Having the last name of Troll would cause you a lot of problems.

~Umi
Tymeaus Jalynsfein
QUOTE (Umidori @ Dec 23 2013, 03:11 AM) *
Having the last name of Troll would cause you a lot of problems.

~Umi


Guerilla T... T is for Troll (He is a Mercenary - with a Magic of 1 or 2 (adept))... Street name, of course, he does not go by any other name. smile.gif
Stahlseele
Does he have a mohawk and dark skin?
CanRay
Invite a heavy trog rock band over to play for "candy". wink.gif
X-Kalibur
Find the SR equivalent of Charlie Sheen. Now you have 0 doses of Novacoke and some Nuyen; maybe even a new friend.
CanRay
Exchange it for baking soda to confuse the Audio/Video dope fiend at your tattoo parlor front/illegal 'trid porn studio. (Sorry, long story.).
ShadowDragon8685
QUOTE (X-Kalibur @ Dec 23 2013, 02:39 PM) *
Find the SR equivalent of Charlie Sheen. Now you have 0 doses of Novacoke and some Nuyen; maybe even a new friend.


You don't need to find the equivalent of Charlie Sheen; if he's been Léonized, you can find the actual Charlie Sheen. And then reenact scenes from Platoon in your living room with Novacoked-up Charlie Sheen.
Tymeaus Jalynsfein
QUOTE (ShadowDragon8685 @ Dec 23 2013, 04:53 PM) *
You don't need to find the equivalent of Charlie Sheen; if he's been Léonized, you can find the actual Charlie Sheen. And then reenact scenes from Platoon in your living room with Novacoked-up Charlie Sheen.


Better yet... re-enact the scene from Scarface. smile.gif
DamHawke
Cut it with nitro, add sugary stuff and sell it as an a healthy alternative energy drink wink.gif

Draco18s
Don't forget some Natural Supplements and lacing one in every 50 with a dash of K-10 (for that extra boost).
Shinobi Killfist
This came up sort of in our game though it was bliss and they stole it as a side money making venture. One of the players who missed that session is an addict for bliss and they plan on selling it to him.
Draco18s
QUOTE (Shinobi Killfist @ Jan 22 2014, 06:09 PM) *
One of the players who missed that session is an addict for bliss and they plan on selling it to him.


Reminds me of a Firefly game. One of the players was a proctologist.

I...I shouldn't continue that story.
Tymeaus Jalynsfein
QUOTE (Draco18s @ Jan 22 2014, 05:05 PM) *
Reminds me of a Firefly game. One of the players was a proctologist.

I...I shouldn't continue that story.


No... You really shouldn't... *eek*
Sendaz
QUOTE (Draco18s @ Jan 22 2014, 07:05 PM) *
Reminds me of a Firefly game. One of the players was a proctologist.

I...I shouldn't continue that story.

I am guessing it all came to a bad end? wink.gif
Draco18s
QUOTE (Sendaz @ Jan 23 2014, 09:49 AM) *
I am guessing it all came to a bad end? wink.gif


Lets just say that one session one player was not around and the other player was able to practice his trained skills.

I, the cook, and the engineer made booze. Really really good booze. Like Tech x10 equivalent. And lots of it. Like 300 gallons.

The money we got from it was insignificant.* It was like being paid in stick-'n-shock but really really wanting deltaware.

Or as one player said, "Hooray! Money! Is it worth anything? Who knows!"

*This is due to the fact that anything that is within the "reasonable purchase price" of starting player characters isn't worth having (or is so cheap you can have 30 of them by accident, as they cost 5-50 credits) and anything worth having costs 25,000 credits minimum.** The only thing you'd actually want to buy that has a price you'd actually be able to afford*** is the fuel to make interstellar jumps. Which is all financed by the person you're transporting or the goods you're transporting for them. So the price is irrelevant.

**Only one item inbetween: a landing shuttle for 10,000 credits. We already had two.

***Not really. It has a cost of like 300 credits per one-way trip, with the profit on a one-way trip being like 50 to 100 credits. Our 300 gallons of booze netted us 10 credits a gallon. The 2000 credits we ended up with (after splitting the booze with the captain, drinking some, etc. etc.) was not enough to buy anything we wanted and we already has a slush fun for anything we might need.
DWC
QUOTE (Draco18s @ Jan 23 2014, 11:16 AM) *
Lets just say that one session one player was not around and the other player was able to practice his trained skills.

I, the cook, and the engineer made booze. Really really good booze. Like Tech x10 equivalent. And lots of it. Like 300 gallons.

The money we got from it was insignificant.* It was like being paid in stick-'n-shock but really really wanting deltaware.

Or as one player said, "Hooray! Money! Is it worth anything? Who knows!"

*This is due to the fact that anything that is within the "reasonable purchase price" of starting player characters isn't worth having (or is so cheap you can have 30 of them by accident, as they cost 5-50 credits) and anything worth having costs 25,000 credits minimum.** The only thing you'd actually want to buy that has a price you'd actually be able to afford*** is the fuel to make interstellar jumps. Which is all financed by the person you're transporting or the goods you're transporting for them. So the price is irrelevant.

**Only one item inbetween: a landing shuttle for 10,000 credits. We already had two.

***Not really. It has a cost of like 300 credits per one-way trip, with the profit on a one-way trip being like 50 to 100 credits. Our 300 gallons of booze netted us 10 credits a gallon. The 2000 credits we ended up with (after splitting the booze with the captain, drinking some, etc. etc.) was not enough to buy anything we wanted and we already has a slush fun for anything we might need.


That is an impressively terrible economic model for a game.
Draco18s
QUOTE (DWC @ Jan 23 2014, 12:40 PM) *
That is an impressively terrible economic model for a game.


Tell me about it.
The only way to make "common junk" valuable was by getting it as Tech x2 or Tech x10 (there were no in-between values). You multiplied the base cost by said multiplier and got minor benefits (don't recall what they were, exactly) along with non-mechanical bells and whistles (e.g. a book could have a small holographic projector instead of regular 2D images).

Also, if you had the "Trust Fund" quality, you could make dice rolls to buy things up to a certain cost for free (cost based on charisma and negotiation, IIRC, along with a dice roll). Cheesing it meant that at the top end you could just barely squeak in a "free spaceship"* if you tried often enough. Keeping mind that the roll was specifically "to see if you could get the cash" and were not required to purchase anything (successful or otherwise).

*That 25,000 credit item
TeOdio
QUOTE (Tymeaus Jalynsfein @ Dec 23 2013, 02:50 PM) *
Guerilla T... T is for Troll (He is a Mercenary - with a Magic of 1 or 2 (adept))... Street name, of course, he does not go by any other name. smile.gif


The T is his "real" first name's initial. He was known as Gorilla T playing ball in college before blowing out his knee. The Guerilla moniker described what he did better than anything else when he started running the shadows.. cause who'd hire a runner named CokeNwhores...?

FuelDrop
QUOTE (TeOdio @ Jan 24 2014, 06:47 PM) *
The T is his "real" first name's initial. He was known as Gorilla T playing ball in college before blowing out his knee. The Guerilla moniker described what he did better than anything else when he started running the shadows.. cause who'd hire a runner named CokeNwhores...?

You obviously have never met some of the employers my group has had. One of them would have been able to provide both the goods and the services in payment for the run...
Draco18s
QUOTE (TeOdio @ Jan 24 2014, 05:47 AM) *
cause who'd hire a runner named CokeNwhores...?


The number of "hookers and blow" jokes in my office alone would prove otherwise.
Stahlseele
screw you guys!
i'll make my own shadowrun group!
with whores and blackjack!
Tymeaus Jalynsfein
QUOTE (TeOdio @ Jan 24 2014, 03:47 AM) *
The T is his "real" first name's initial. He was known as Gorilla T playing ball in college before blowing out his knee. The Guerilla moniker described what he did better than anything else when he started running the shadows.. cause who'd hire a runner named CokeNwhores...?


My Mistake... smile.gif
CokeNwhores fits him better though. smile.gif
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