Any activity at the drug house? Also, what's the name of the crew who we tracked there (sorry, I forgot, but I feel like Grease would remember IC)

The Zombies are the gang that is set-up there. The memeber of Lynx's crew who is dropping chips there is named Stinger.

There is normal activity for a chip house - users coming and going, but as of yet, no sign of Stinger.

Lobo: If you are planning on rolling First Aid for Jack, he'll go ahead and preemptively spend a point of Edge to bolster his chances of bringing the woman back around. I think he would have a dice pool of 11 in that case? First Aid (3) + Logic (3) + Medkit (3) - Conditions (1) - Awakened (2) + Edge (5) w/Exploding 6s.

Looks about right
11d6.hits(5)=3

You got 1 6, which rerolls below:
1d6.hits(5)=0

So you heal 1 box, which will cause her to wake up. I'll have an IC post up in a little bit.

In case you didn't know, there is an open-hits calculator for IC:

11d6.hitsopen(5,6) would roll 11 dice, counting the 5s and 6s, and re-rolling the 6s.

ETA: As far as I can tell, the only night I've been able to refresh Edge was the first night of the game. Is that correct? I'm at 3/5 right now.

Hmm, the first day of the campaign was July 29th. You definitely could have refreshed that night. Since then, there was the night of the raid into Yak territory (the 30th), the speech at Horseshoe Park (the 31st), and then tonight (the 1st of August).

So I think that 3 out of 5 is correct.

ETA - I didn't know that about Invisible Castle - thanks!

Yeah, I think my issue with last night was that I volunteered to take a split shift, so I didn't get a solid 8 hours. Or something to that effect.

I'm going to wait to see if Chrome catches the cross-post before posting a response to the girl.

Ooops.. will correct immediately.

NP, y'all posted at the exact same time.

ETA: OK, since Chrome made first contact, I'm going to go ahead and follow-up since he's not logged on at the moment.

Yeah that was fine. Let's see what she says.

Sorry for the delay guys - got busy family stuff last night.

No problem, man. Quick question: Do we have access to the August 1st paper yet? I know you posted it a while ago, but I can't remember if it was posted early or not (I know IRL my local paper posts stuff online for the following day usually around 10PM). Based on the August 1st paper, I would assume Mary was affiliated with the Sisterhood of Divinity. But I don't want to ask about it if, IC, we don't know anything more than Mary has told us.

Yes - you actually got the August 1st paper about 24 hours ago. You will be getting the Tribune for August 2nd in a little bit in game.

Whoops! I got my dates mixed up... I'm going to wait to see if Grease or Amy want to respond to the girl first before Jack finishes up. I don't see any reason to not let her go. I'd like to figure out a way to get her connected with Ramirez if she is connected to the Sisters. If she's with the Sisters, it would be interesting to see who in Lone Star was assigned to the case since Truck was involved in the abduction.

Amy gives Mary a burner MetaLink.

I'll let someone else pitch in if you want to.

I'm paying very close attention; do I feel like she's being deceptive in any way? Is there a sense motive check in Shadowrun?
-DrZ

There's an attribute check for that, Intuition and ... Charisma? I think it's called Judge Intentions.

Also, yikes about Overkill giving her his home address! I figured we would have just had Grease's taxi show up and drop her off somewhere...

Judge Intentions - your roll
9d6.hits(5)=6

Mary's roll
8d6.hits(5)=0

The girl is an open book to you - Grease is quite convinced she is above board with everything she is saying.

Ok, this is my fault, in that as a GM I know this girl is just a poor victim and quite harmless, and so just had Overkill give the address without thinking about it since I knew that it wouldn't come back to harm him.

Let me retcon that a little bit.

ETA - fixed my post to have Overkill be a little less trusting

Also updated the document in the dropbox with her info.

This is maybe a little bit inconsistent, not that it matters so much.

Good catch - fixed

Before I respond - does Grease or Jack have anything to add?

Just posted a short good-bye. Nothing further to add.

IC post is up.

Ok - at this point I would say that you guys still need to work out what (if anything) you are going to do tonight in character. I'm going to put a quick note up of Mary leaving and getting into Grease's taxi first, since I don't think you want her around for that.

Yup.

I figure we send a message to Ramirez about Mary. Maybe set up a meet with him to let him know what's up and give him some edited footage explaining why we "had' to take Truck down. Beyond that, I think we just hole up unless Stinger shows up at the chip house.

I made a quick post, presuming Overkill makes it back to the apartment for the discussion. If he's murdered before then let me know and I'll amend it

Oh he comes back down - but are his eyes a little brighter? His teeth a little longer?

Ha! the crossposting wasn't problematic this time

Hardy-har

IC post is up in response to Amy. Drama!

I'm going to have to sign off for the day in about 30 minutes real time, but I may be able to check again later this evening.

I may make a quick edit to my IC post later. Any suggestions for alternatives for a 6th world version of "Strike while the iron is hot!"? I had "make hay while the sun is shining", but that feels dated as well, given the setting.

I was writing a response that ended up cross-posting, but I don't think Jack's response would have changed much. He's firmly against moving on Los Mags territory and thinks it is probably the worst idea he has heard to date from Grease.

"Make the deal while the dragon's distracted?" Frag if I know, LOL

P.S. Quick question about that mage Amy saw when she went Metal Gear Junkie. Have we ever gotten a picture of Falcon? I think we've gotten a physical description of him before, but I can't remember if we've actually snagged an image of him. I wonder if Amy would recognize him...

You have not yet seen a picture of Falcon, just descriptions.

IC post is up. Grease is cool waiting on Los Mags, but has schemes for snatching Stinger.

On the other hand, Amy has a picture of the mage she saw in Los Mags territory. Maybe we can ask around to find out who that is.

Can I use my Street Drugs knowledge skill to help answer Jack's question? It seems like having any familiarity with BTLs would give me the ability.

Sure. I knocked a die off since Street Drugs are really drugs, not BTLs.

4d6.hits(5)=0

Unfortunately you do not know of any way to do what he suggests - but at least you didn't glitch and give him wrong information.

ETA - I haven't posted it yet IC, but Overkill will be busy while you guys talk hacking the commlinks.

Can't a brother get a personafix chip of a remorseful dude feeling extreme guilt and the overriding need to confess to his crimes to the nearest Lone Star officer?

ETA: I honestly imagined it going down like this...

Here's what I would like to accomplish:

1) Get a solid night's sleep.
2) Get in touch with Ramirez and pass him/dead drop him what was collected from the sacrifice site. According to the press, there is an open Lone Star investigation. Since we know the Star is compromised and that Truck was involved in the initial attack on the Sisterhood, the lead investigator on the case could be on the take, so better to give the truth of it to Ramirez so he can see it through when the right time comes along.
3) Physical recon of the chip house. I imagine Grease can do this with someone else as back-up. Amy maybe (since she can send in a spirit if the drek hits the fan).
4) ???

Any and all of these are quite doable - however, I believe that today through the 24th is when Chrome is moving IRL, and so will have very limited access.

Do we want to wait on this until Chrome gets back, or do you just want to all get a good night's sleep, and then go in the morning with Jack and Grease?

Also bear in mind that about 9:00 AM Grease is going to take 6 boxes of unresisted Stun Damage when the cram wears off.

I think I would prefer to keep things moving along, if possible. I guess NPCing Overkill or Amy performing overwatch probably puts you in a bit of a jam in case anything happens while Grease is there, so I'm okay with Jack going along with him, even if it is mostly a meta-decision. Given the timeline, Grease probably needs to go sooner rather than later if he is going to accomplish anything. With it being Midnight right now, I guess we could head over there for four hours or so. Jack would want to get in a solid night's rest afterward and try to meet Ramirez around 1PM this afternoon to keep him up to speed/hand over evidence from the ambush before proceeding with the case.

I can always send Ramirez a text message while I'm waiting in the car for Grease.

That works. The chip house is at least 30 minutes away, so if you left now, spend two hours there, and then back, you are home by 3:00 AM and a good night's sleep puts you at around 11:00. We can have Amy and Overkill get some rest, and then you two take care of the surveillance. Probably should work it out IC, then let me know and whenever you need me to I can post the transition as necessary.

I'm cool with a transition. I may be able to post again this evening; but I will be on the road most of tomorrow. Normal posting next week (although Tuesday may be a bit light).

Thanks,
-DrZ

EDIT: Lobo, you can roll a disguise roll for me to achieve the "cracked out junkie" look. I'd also like to try and conceal the Colt America L36, and if my "street drugs" knowledge skill modifies my roll, all the better! During the transition, I'd ask Jack to drop me a few blocks away so I don't look like I'm rolling up in a cab (and therefore spoiling the illusion of having 15 nuyen to my name).

Jack would definitely let Grease borrow his Streeline if he wants. He even has APDS ammo for it (and possibly S&S, will have to check).

Hey I just read through the IC thread, nice going guys!

I don't mind Amy just sleeping off, or she can also tag along and then sleep later. She's at one box in both the physical and stun tracks, so she wouldn't even mind a full day of rest. She could spend that day with her little girl who must really be missing her mommy (what can you do during a day for it to still count as rest for physical healing purposes?).

@Lobo
Anyway, feel free to NPC her until I come back. If she's somehow involved in a fight/conflict, I'd prefer to make the decisions myself though. I should be able to jump in some time Sunday, but I know weekends are slow anyway.

Ok - so Grease's Disguise roll:

6d6.hits(5)=3

3 hits , not bad at all

Now his Palming test

2d6.hits(5)=1

So, he is successful, but glitches. Perhaps he slides it into the back of his pants and it falls down and gets stuck near the bottom of his pants? I'll leave that up to you to decide. Either way, it is not a dangerous situation, as the others notice it as well.

Overkill will come over and help him hide the pistol
4d6.hits(5)=1

So it is slightly more hidden than normal.

Note you just need to figure out if that is the Colt or the Streetline special, depending on whether or not you want to take Jack up on his offer).


Grease, I think it is probably best if you write up the getting into disguise, Jack's offer (and your acceptance or denial),the failed hiding check, and Overkill's assistance - this way it allows you to define what you want to look like, and how you want the failed check to go down.

Once that is done, I can write the transition scene.

@Chrome,

"The character must rest for the entire day for it to count (forced naps and unconsciousness also count)." - that is for physical healing, for stun it is the same only it says "the entire hour".

For me, if you wanted to lay in bed and watch the trid, or read to her, or something like that, that would be fine. You really shouldn't be up and about though.

I will get an IC post up first thing tomorrow.

Thanks,
DrZ