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Welcome to the game! I'm very excited to run this game. I'm new to Shadowrun. I've had the 20th Anniversary core book for years and I finally decided that it's time to try this game out. So, I'm new to the rules, I'm new to the setting, but I'm very excited to play this game. I'll be running the first adventure in the Dawn of the Artifacts story to help me get the feel for the setting right while I get more acquainted with the rules.

I just remembered that I should be checking for game applications. I kept expecting to get an email when someone did apply and I never got one. Oops!

Ok, we've got more players in right now than slots for the game. Talk characters and concepts in that thread.

Hi Shark.

I'm here. Didn't expect you to put the game up so soon, but no complaints. Will look over the forum in a bit.

Okay, it's been a few more days and I haven't gotten a character from Wakiza, yet. I'm going to go ahead and launch the game and we can bring them in after they get their character done.

Woo for Shadowrun!

Wooo! :)

We'll be past the box text soon enough.

How do you set an avatar on this site? I lowered the size to 150x150 pixels and still nothing?

Your avatar looks like it's working to me.

Had a busy weekend. I shall post shortly.

Hey Shark, wanted to give you a heads up. I realized I did starting cash wrong, which is to say I realized I don't get to keep any of the nuyen from character creation, and that starting cash is based on Lifestyle.

So I reconfigured some purchases, and will roll for starting cash here...

Cool.

(Late) Merry Christmas everyone! Keep your eyes out for a Goldie post later today! :)

Woo! I hope everyone had a good holiday, whatever you celebrate and however you celebrate it.

I'm excited for the game to pick back up, but I'm sure this week is going to be a bit of a write-off. We do, after all, have another holiday weekend coming up this weekend. New Years!

I’ll be away from internet til January 2nd, just a heads up. Feel free to move Jericho aas required.

Happy holidays, all!

I choose to read that as "ass required". It makes me laugh.

Hey guys. Sorry for lack of posts. I've started a new project (a text adventure game) that I've been really busy with. Still here for the long run!

No problem. I'm excited to get back to it after the New Year starts.

OK, peeps, I'm ready to get back to the game! With no more holidays (for me) until May, I'll need all the distraction I can get. ;)

Chime in and let me know who's back and ready to start posting regularly.

I'm back and will get a post up shortly!!

Going to post later today. Sorry for my absence.

Managed to get the post in but I must admit I haven't fixed my sheet yet. I will make sure to get it done ASAP (I need sleep first though). I am sorry I haven't gotten around to doing it yet. I've been super busy lately.

Yeah, I've gotten pretty busy now, too. I understand. Life takes precedence. Let's all just do what we can to keep the game alive, well and moving forward. But don't stress it if you're too busy to pop in for a day or three.

I've created a subforum titled "GM Screen" that none of you should be able to see. Please take a look and let me know if you can see it. I'm going to be keeping track of plot threads, NPC interactions, etc there and it could screw with your enjoyment of the game if you're able to see that stuff.

Don't see anything.

The start of this pre-written adventure is a little bland. It might be OK for tabletop, but it's too slow for pbp, I think. At least, I've been feeling a bit down at how slow it's going. So, I'm going to move it forward a bit.

Figured I could expand on it here, instead of cluttering up the IC thread.

There really isn't much/anything that we need to do mechanically - no checks - to achieve this, since it's presumably all willingly opted into.

A Character would essentially just provide anyone in the group who wanted their A/V feeds with a "user level" access code to those Icons/Nodes. Allowing them to view the data essentially of that Node, which in this case that data is Audio/Visual input from the forementioned A/V devices.

Generally this is done by everyone in the group letting the Hacker "slave" their A/V devices/Nodes to the Hackers main Device/Node - as the Hacker will generally have the best Matrix setup/defenses, and the Hacker would just in turn give everyone in the group access to that one Node. Since we don't have a Hacker, it's probably not advantageous to slave everyone's devices under one, as that makes one big soft target instead of five small soft targets, but still everyone would just have to share their access with everyone else and you would achieve the same effect.

Probably clear as mud?

In Shadowrun speak, that's subscribing to their node, right? Everyone is just subscribing to the others' nodes that feed that kind of information.

Hey guys, I realize I haven't been posting much -- sorry about that.

It feels like Mouse doesn't really have a role on the team - it seems like we have three characters fulfilling the role of muscle and I feel like I keep stepping on people's toes.

I'm also going to be gone the next 9 days without reliable wifi.

Would you guys be ok with phasing Mouse out, and I can roll a new character to fill a niche our team doesn't have (mage/decker...)? Thoughts?

We have a Mage (Jericho), but no hacker?

Yeah, we don't have a hacker. I'm OK with a character swap, if you want.

Hi guys.

First of all, I would like to apologize for my absence(s) AND for my lack of communication. Secondly, I sadly have to withdraw from the game. I think the game has been great so far, I just have too much other stuff going on in my life right now, and I feel bad for not posting for long periods and holding the game back.

I really appreciate you being patient and overbearing with me and apologize for not communicating better OoC. I should have come to this realization and decision earlier, so you could have found a replacement player instead of the game being slowed to a halt, and I hope you will do so now and continue on without me.

Lastly, you guys rock! Was a pleasure gaming with you and I hope to be able to do so again some time in the future. I am posting this same message in both of the games where I am a player as the above applies to both.

Take care and all the best.

- Chingo

Hey, Chingo, thanks for joining us while you did!

Five days with no activity at all and longer than that with very limited activity. I think it might be dead.

Hey Shark, apologies but I have to reduce my mental real estate holdings. I'm starting a new job and am just stressed right now and I know I'm not doing this game justice, and so am going to bow out.

Thanks for running! And will still see ya in the BWG game (which I'm holding onto).

Cool! No problem, thanks for letting us know.

Sorry all, but I'm stretched thin with a recent surge in work load/responsibility. I'm going to bow out, hopefully it'll help speed things along. Again, apologies.

Okidoki, thanks for letting us know!

Hey guys, sorry I haven't been posting. Things on my end have gotten a lot busier than I anticipated. I'm going to have to bow out of this game.

Thanks for everything.

All right! I also just added a new player. Yay!

Found a new player! Welcome, Brotoman!

So just trying to think up my first post. Any important information I need to know with the current plot to help?

We're not that far into it, so, no, nothing outside of what's in the thread.

We're here hunting Samriel who made off with the Piri Reis Map and we need to get it back. We've no idea exactly where he is.

Would Jane have given me the comm link for the other player? It would be important for something I was gonna post.

Yeah, that makes sense.

I spoke with Wakiza last night, so he should be posting soon!

Just to confirm, I think I have it right though, I can use my astral perception as just another perception check as well right? Also sorry if it is too many perception checks it was just a habit I had in mind when making the character. Someone always trying to have one eye open to trouble.

Yes, it looks like just another perception check, but you can't see both at the same time. It takes a Simple Action to switch from perceiving the physical world to seeing the astral world, and a simple action to switch back.

Also, you don't need to make a roll every time you say your character has an eye out. I'll narrate what you see and if there's something trying to hide from you, I'll call for a roll.

Alright will keep that in mind.

I was just waiting on the new guy to show up with the other characters. Should we be posting a few more times before he shows?

Let's not wait. If they don't end up showing, they don't. Let's keep the game moving.

Oh, sorry, I was indeed waiting on a couple posts for the passage of time (or if you guys explicitly said you were waiting for the new guy). I can jump in whenever needed, though.

Go for it. The more the merrier.

Sorry for not being around. Laptop having issues. Mobile doesn't always go fast

Understand. I've got family in town for the next two weeks. I hope to still be posting normally, but it may make it more sporadic.

How does first aid work or healing? I am probably blind but I didn't see an explanation in the book.

Page 252 in the 20th Anniv. core book. First Aid + Logic roll, threshold of 2, applying wound modifiers. Each hit above the threshold heals heals one box of damage. You'll also add in the rating of your medkit.

I'm so sorry I've not been around things have been really hectic for me with getting a new job. Unfortunately, I worry that I will hold down the game due to that so maybe I should just step out for now.

It's PBP, so it naturally moves slow. Only drop out if that's what you really want.