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MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#276: Sep 22nd 2012 at 12:45:17 PM

Tell that to people who actually care — which, obviously enough, does not include this set of players that we've been told of.

PS: Don't worry, I do care. At the very least, I would've made careful plans to cack the bastard in such a way that does maximum damage to his employers while minimizing any fallout that could land me and/or my party in trouble. Hey, the longer that I/we live, the better chances that I might be able to do the same thing to other similarly vile criminals in the future, right?

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
Michael So that's what this does Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
So that's what this does
#277: Sep 22nd 2012 at 1:24:52 PM

My having a child with needed information agree to trade it for liquor is seeming rather insignificant all of a sudden.

And yes they agreed to it. Don't worry, he also demanded chocolate.

TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apocalypse from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apocalypse
#278: Sep 22nd 2012 at 2:25:48 PM

Marq: It's cool. It just disturbs me a bit is all. I mean i have done dark and bad but you know I have standards and limits for my bad guys. :P

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drunkscriblerian Street Writing Man from Castle Geekhaven Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: In season
Street Writing Man
#279: Sep 22nd 2012 at 11:20:05 PM

It's not so much about having standards for your bad guys so much as having standards as to what you will portray as "cool" or "edgy" . Child rape is neither...I will portray that shit as straight up fucking evil, because that's what it is.

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TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apocalypse from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apocalypse
#280: Sep 23rd 2012 at 10:25:49 AM

I would have done something twisted like have the child turn out to be a cyborg assassin sent after him. :3

Who watches the watchmen?
MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#281: Sep 26th 2012 at 6:00:49 AM

Or have a "malfunctioning" rogue cyborg ex-assassin crash in and reveal that he had taken a protective "affection" to the kid in some previous encounter, was separated from him/her for some reason, and Is. Pissed. Off.

edited 26th Sep '12 6:01:27 AM by MarqFJA

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TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apocalypse from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apocalypse
#282: Sep 26th 2012 at 5:17:38 PM

Or properly business savvy players see if someone is willing to have the guy plugged. Get paid twice.grin

Who watches the watchmen?
NotSoBadassLongcoat The Showrunner of Dzwiedz 24 from People's Democratic Republic of Badassia (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Puppy love
The Showrunner of Dzwiedz 24
#283: Sep 27th 2012 at 3:03:51 PM

[up][up][up] Well, that's an option AFTER they get rid of him. I mean, with the addition of skillwires, the kid COULD become something like a wind-up assassin. I hope they'll do something more responsible, if not as profitable.

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MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#284: Nov 14th 2012 at 12:47:39 PM

Hey, I've been reading through Dunkelzahn's Secrets, and have been wondering... "Orange Queen" is Hestaby, right? Then who's "Loremaster"? Almost certainly not Lofwyr (who technically is the one who inherited the title after getting the Jewel of Memory), because the dispute between the former two is interrupted by a certain "S-K HQ10596@saederkrupp.com". Whoah, Loffy ain't subtle when he's angry, is he?

edited 14th Nov '12 12:48:06 PM by MarqFJA

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RedM Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
#285: Jan 1st 2013 at 8:02:54 PM

So, I'm a complete newb to Shadowrun and tabeltop RP Gs in general, but one of my friends invited me to his game. With nine people building characters, we didn't have a lot of time for the campaign today, but I managed to get started with my character: an ambidextrous elf who dual-wields pistols and rides a motorcycle. Any advice?

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Michael So that's what this does Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
So that's what this does
#286: Jan 2nd 2013 at 12:31:41 PM

Beyond being an elf with guns and a vehicle, what are you?

RedM Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
#287: Jan 2nd 2013 at 7:12:02 PM

[up]I basically just started, but my skills are Athletics: 4, Pistols: 6, Gunnery: 2, Perception: 4, and Escape Artist: 2. My qualities are Ambidextrous, High Pain Tolerance 2, and Lightning Reflexes, while my negative qualities are two uncommon mild allergies. Attributes-wise, I don't have my sheet handy, but I think it's Body: 5, Agility: 6, Reaction: 4, Strength: 4, Charisma: 2, Logic: 3, Willpower: 4, Intuition: 2. So far, I have the best comlink and OS, the best bike you can have at the start, and augmentations for my eyes and ears. Also, a GPS, grapple gun, helmet, bulletproof vest with fire and chemical protection to the max, and four clips of ammo.

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NotSoBadassLongcoat The Showrunner of Dzwiedz 24 from People's Democratic Republic of Badassia (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Puppy love
The Showrunner of Dzwiedz 24
#288: Jan 3rd 2013 at 10:05:15 AM

Why so much Body? You'll do great with 4, and move that 1 point to Int. It's always one more dice to Perception and blind-firing.

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TeChameleon Since: Jan, 2001
#289: Apr 1st 2013 at 7:31:50 PM

So, I've sorta slow-started a Shadowrun campaign as the GM... at the moment, it's just the DM for my weekly D&D game that's playing, to familiarize himself with the rules so he can help me out once the others join in (and also he's the only one that doesn't have to drive an hour-ish to get to my place >.>), and... yeah. So far been just making stuff up on the fly, since the planning I'd managed to do was in preparation for the group to play, and I don't want to burn through all of it with only one player >.O

Seems to be enjoying himself so far, at least- I gave him my gamebreaker face build, which he latched onto immediately (20 dice in Con and Negotiation out of chargen, along with 14 in etiquette, leadership and intimidate), but it's tiring making things up on the fly. Thankfully I finally managed to talk him out of having his ultimate goal be the nuclear annihilation of Seattle (because Seattle annoys him -_-;)

Oh well. Any new tales of horror from your players, Longcoat?

NotSoBadassLongcoat The Showrunner of Dzwiedz 24 from People's Democratic Republic of Badassia (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Puppy love
The Showrunner of Dzwiedz 24
#290: Apr 3rd 2013 at 4:00:44 PM

[up] No, my group fell apart due to general slowness of PBF, and I'm trying to gather a new one. Luckily, I know that my ex and two people from the photo group (where we actually did a Shadowrun-themed shoot last year and I'm working on one this July) will play, and as soon as we're done wrecking some arrogant daimyo's shit in Legend Of The Five Rings, we may switch to my LA campaign. Rebooted, but I'll see what my players come up with (hint, pornomancy of the magnitude you just gave will not be tolerated).

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TeChameleon Since: Jan, 2001
#291: Apr 4th 2013 at 4:29:41 PM

The silly part is that particular bit of pornomancy uses nothing but the PHB. It was surprisingly easy to do- rank 3 tailored pheromones, and the adept powers kinesics and a couple of increased ability (non-combat). Oh, and being an elf. Really all there was to it :S

MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#292: Nov 19th 2013 at 4:30:18 AM

Man, reading through the older edition's corporate sourcebooks is enlightening about MegaCorp clout in the Shadowrunverse. No such thing as research labs/institutes that are independent of MegaCorp control? That sucks.

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joeyjojo Happy New Year! from South Sydney: go the bunnies! Since: Jan, 2001
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#293: Nov 19th 2013 at 5:05:26 AM

[up]It's a crapsack world.

One thing I find odd about Shadowrun's system is the glitches. Increasing from an odd to an even number of dice actually increases your chance of a glitch [1], (Yellow line).

Personally I consider it a acceptable inherit quirk of the D6 dice pool but I know some people consider it a fatal flaw of the game system.

edited 19th Nov '13 5:06:45 AM by joeyjojo

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Hsere Lazy Bum/ Workaholic Since: Jan, 2010
Lazy Bum/ Workaholic
#294: Nov 19th 2013 at 6:37:25 AM

[up]In a weird way, it kind of makes sense. The character discovers new techniques and methods that work better, but there's a period of time where they're merely proficient with the techniques, rather than experts at them. So they're more likely to screw them up than the more basic ones they've already mastered. So while they become more likely to succeed, they're also slightly more likely to cause a fiasco.

edited 19th Nov '13 6:38:00 AM by Hsere

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CobraPrime Sharknado Warning from Canada Since: Dec, 1969 Relationship Status: Robosexual
Sharknado Warning
#295: Nov 19th 2013 at 6:38:50 AM

[up][up] Honestly of all the flaws the last two editions of Shadowrun have, the glitches mechanic is damn far down the list it barely registers.

joeyjojo Happy New Year! from South Sydney: go the bunnies! Since: Jan, 2001
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#296: Nov 19th 2013 at 7:01:04 AM

That's what I concluded as well, but I seen people use it as 'objectionable proof' that the game systern is broken.

I suppose you could just change it say you have to have more than half the dice be 1s to count as a glitch. Although that might just be making odds the one to increased risk.

Fiasco, now 'there's'' is a fun game.

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MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#297: Nov 19th 2013 at 12:48:51 PM

Hah, now here's a funny line that I've come across in Corporate Download.

(On the only three rules that matter to the Corporate Court)

If you break it, pay for it. If you break, kill, steal, destroy or otherwise damage another corp's property (employees or otherwise), and your target can prove it, you have to foot the bill. Lesson learned: Don't get caught. That's right, the existence of the Corporate Court makes shadowrunning a must—by law. Cool, eh?

[lol] Shadowrunning is legalized by Corporate Court law (even if getting caught red-handed is another matter). Who would've thought?

edited 19th Nov '13 3:44:23 PM by MarqFJA

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MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#298: Nov 19th 2013 at 3:44:33 PM

BTW, I have a question: What the hell is a "pulse"? The Shadowrun Wiki's attempt at explaining it here hasn't gotten me a clear answer, IMO.

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joeyjojo Happy New Year! from South Sydney: go the bunnies! Since: Jan, 2001
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#299: Nov 19th 2013 at 4:11:38 PM

It's clearly a unit of measurement apparently for the volume of information. Probably rough equivalent to a gigaquad or half a hyperqubytetongue

edited 19th Nov '13 4:12:05 PM by joeyjojo

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MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#300: Nov 20th 2013 at 7:03:05 AM

Hah, couldn't help but laugh at that one. Thanks.

... Shit. Just started reading through the Aztlan sourcebook for 2nd Edition, and noticed that Dunkelzahn is decking Shadowland so that he and a select group of probably important figures (I recognize one of the handles as obviously belonging to Harlequin) could read the document that Captain Chaos got without any of SL's 'runners being the wiser.

EDIT: ... Juan Atzcapotzalco apparently has potent supernatural power of some sort, despite a Great Dragon and an immortal Elf both reading his aura as completely human. That is intriguing. Perhaps he's not so much of a figurehead as people tend to think of him — though obviously it's not enough to make him autonomous from Aztechnology's grip.

EDIT 2.0: ... Scheisse! A great dragon with a Corrupted aura might be masterminding Aztechnology/Aztlan all on his own?! Somebody should call an Omega Order on the Azzies, pronto!


BTW, does anyone know if this site's info taken solely from the actual lore, or if it's part that and part creative-license for their own RPG sessions?

edited 20th Nov '13 12:26:36 PM by MarqFJA

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