Sorry all for the lack of posting. I have been moving across the country from Michigan to Washington state. Be available in the next couple days.
Are we still on, everybody?
still here
I'm here. I'm not sure GM is, though.
also here
Sorry guys, between rushing my last few finals and preparing for a leadership conference competition (which I'm currently at) I've neglected to keep you in the loop and somewhat ghosted you.
Also, while this adventure might be good for introducing the material, the fact that the players must rely on time passing hampers progress imo.
A proposition.
Why don't we just wing it with new characters and a new game in this thread (or a new one). Something more player driven should give us the momentum we need.
I also understand if you don't wish to continue as I pretty much ghosted you till now.
I'm not against it. If we wing it, do we keep the characters and just pretend this never happened, choose another pregen, or create our own?
Same questions popped to my mind as well.
I'd be willing to give it a go. My suggestion would be to pick maybe a group theme- a team of researchers, Firewall sentinels, Gatecrashers, criminals, etc. and a location to start in just to have s good early focus while we figure out our characters and the plot.
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Most likely, you guys would be allowed to create your own characters after the group decides on a theme. Since you've stuck around this long I expect you're willing to wade through the diluge of rules.
To help:
1. Easily understandable Step by Step instructions on how to create a character.
Another Step by Step guide from the Ecplise Phase Wiki. Less explanation, but useful links with info.
2. Use this handy Eclipse Phase Character Creator to start building. or find a form online if you don't like online creators.
Though the question remains, what kind of game do you want to run? Personally, I favor a firewall agent theme as that has active components and firewall agents can be anyone doing anything with any specialization.
Thoughts?
You are still allowed to keep your current pre-gen, or choose another. Feel free to hash out ideas with the others on this discussion thread.
For more reference material about the world of Eclipse Phase, jsut ask and I can provide some useful links.
Whenever I play in sci fi settings I very commonly choose a knowledgeable hacker. With y'alls go ahead I'll start making one. If someone else wanted that my second choice is a sniper agenty character. I can be happy with any of the above.
I'm totally fine with you taking the hacker role, Aleksander.
For the setting and such, I've read on the Eclipse Phase boards that Mars or Venus are good starting choices for a first campaign and I would like doing a Martian game, moving between Hypercorp controlled cities, the outback and the Quarantine Zone.
A Martian ranger or transporter type character would be interesting to me- someone well-rounded but focused on infiltration and movement skills maybe.
A Mars centric game might be fun, and I've found plenty of interesting to read background material I can either post or link to.
Mars sounds good. I'll think about what kind of character to make. Maybe a criminal or a scavenger.
I'm happy to play whatever as long as it is an octomorph or synthetic of some kind (like the spider robot looking thing). It'll be about a week before I can make a character probably.
Do you have any thoughts on the character package system from Transhuman?
I think the transhumance character package should be alright. Just keep in mind that I want to approach this game from a character and world focused angle. If you're going for mechanical gains and victories, you might be bored a lot.
No problem with that- from what I've read, the character package system tends to make more well-rounded characters and is a little more streamlined. I'll give it a shot and you can take a look, but I am definitely on board with a non min/maxed character.
I dont even know how to min max in this system.
I just like to play weird races, even if they're not weird in this game. But how often can I play as an octopus? Haha
Looks like we'll go with a mars setting then. When I can post not on my phone, I'll link some very interesting reading material. It's not necessary but it'll help with background or character ideas.
So I'm actively reading up and following Eclipse Phase and let me tell you this would be a lot easier over discord chat or something.
Nevertheless, I found some great resources you guys can use.
Link 1. An "in-the-works" game mechanics and character creation guide for the Second edition of Eclipse Phase. (note the second edition does not mean new game rules, it's the company's way of saying the second try of trying to explain things better.)
Link 2. This is essentially a massive infodump of Mars in the Eclipse Phase Universe. You don't have to come from Mars, and we're not restricting ourselves to it, but if you wanna immerse yourself, get to reading. It is fascinating, I promise yo.
Btw, everyone still here and interested? Please post your current progress in character creation if so, and if you need some help, I'd be willing to skype or something to help you through it.
I'm still here. Progress - just thinking about it, haven't started yet. Will come up with something at weekend.
So, since you mentioned the Second Edition, it means we're going to use it? A quick look at some new mechanics, and I already like the idea of different "luck" pools - insight, moxie, vigor and flex. Looks cool.
I'll have to take a look tomorrow
Still here, tinkering with the online character creator.
Still here. I have dischord.
Here's a first pass from the character creator for Jin Woo Lee, my Martian Ranger Sentinel. Considering moving a few things around here and there- he should probably have Interest: Tharsis League or something similar. Mostly built for exploration and combat, but he's got several social skills as well. He's sleeved in a Ruster morph with a bunch of aftermarket implants to make him a better lawman. (I wish I could get Neurachem, but the CP are better spent on getting more stuff for my ego I think. Could probably use a buggy too.) And I should think up his codename on the team.
Jin grew up on Mars, the son of mid-level TTO employees in what is now the TQZ. He was in basic training in Olympus when the Titans wiped his hometown off the map, so he never found out just what happened to his parents and younger sister. Since then and after the Fall he became something of a workaholic, putting most of his time into patrolling the spaces between the dome cities and the quarantine zone. He's friendly to the Movement and gives folks a break when he can, but he's still a Tharsis man even if he's entirely aware of their shortcomings. With his induction into Firewall, his loyalties are divided even further and he's not sure exactly where they'll land when push comes to shove.
====================================== EGO ==========================================
Name : Jin Woo Lee
Player : James Keegan
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Background : Martian (EP p.132)
Faction : Hypercorp (EP p.133)
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Birth Gender : male
Real Age : 33
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Credit : 100 (EP p.137)
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Aptitudes (EP p.122)
Cognition 10
Coordination 20
Intuition 15
Reflex 20
Savvy 15
Somatic 20
Willpower 15
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Reputations (EP p.285)
@-Rep 20
C-Rep 30
E-Rep
F-Rep
G-Rep
I-Rep 20
R-Rep
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Motivations (EP p.120)
+ Survival
+ The Hunt
+ Law and Order
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Notes
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Ego Skills (EP p.176)
K Academics : Inner System Law * COG 55
K Academics : Psychology * COG 30
A Animal Handling SAV 15
A Beam Weapons COO 20
A Blades SOM 20
A Climbing SOM 40
A Clubs SOM 40
A Control * WIL 15
A Deception SAV 30
A Demolitions * COG 10
A Disguise INT 15
A Flight SOM 20
A Fray REF 60
A Free Fall REF 20
A Freerunning SOM 50
A Gunnery INT 15
A Hardware : Groundcraft COG 30
A Impersonation SAV 15
A Infiltration COO 40
A Infosec * COG 10
K Interest : Bot/Vehicle Specs * COG 50
K Interest : Martian Beers * COG 30
A Interfacing COG 10
A Intimidation SAV 45 SPE[Interrogation]
A Investigation INT 55
A Kinesics SAV 45
A Kinetic Weapons COO 55
K Language : Cantonese * INT 55
K Language : English * INT 60
K Language : Korean INT 85
A Medicine : Paramedic * COG 30
A Navigation INT 45
A Networking : Autonomists SAV 45
A Networking : Criminal SAV 15
A Networking : Ecologists SAV 15
A Networking : Firewall SAV 40
A Networking : Hypercorps SAV 65
A Networking : Media SAV 15
A Networking : Scientists SAV 15
A Palming COO 20
A Perception INT 55
A Persuasion SAV 15
A Pilot : Aircraft REF 20
A Pilot : Groundcraft REF 55
A Pilot : Spacecraft REF 20
A Pilot : Watercraft REF 20
K Profession : Law Enforcement * COG 70
K Profession : Squad Tactics * COG 30
A Programming * COG 10
A Protocol SAV 45
A Psi Assault * WIL 15
A Psychosurgery INT 15
A Research COG 10
A Scrounging INT 15
A Seeker Weapons COO 20
A Sense * INT 15
A Spray Weapons COO 20
A Swimming SOM 40
A Throwing Weapons COO 30
A Unarmed Combat SOM 20
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Ego Negative traits
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Ego Positive traits
Brave (EP p.145)
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Psi Sleights
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Soft Gear
Tactical Networks (EP p.331)
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Ai
Standard Muse (EP p.332)
INT[20]
Profession : Accounting(60)
Hardware : Electronics(30)
Infosec(30)
Interfacing(40)
Perception(30)
Programming(20)
Academics : Psychology(60)
Research(30)
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Ego Memo
+10 resist fear / intimidation
Receives a +10 modifier on all tests to resist fear or intimidation.
+10 Networking: [Field] skill
get a +10 on a Networking: [Field] skill of your choice
+10 Protocol skill
get a +10 on your Protocol skill
+20 Networking: Hypercorps skill
get a +20 on your Networking: Hypercorps skill
+10 Pilot: Groundcraft skill
get a +10 on your Pilot: Groundcraft skill
+10 to Tech / Aca / Pro Skill
get +10 to one Technical, Academic: [Field], or Profession: [Field] skill of your choice.
+20 Networking: Hypercorps skill
get a +20 on your Networking: Hypercorps skill
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====================================== MORPH ========================================
Morph Name : Rusters [bio] (EP p.141)
Nickname :
Apparent Age : 27
Morph Gender : male
Location :
Player : James Keegan
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Morph Negative traits
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Morph Positive traits
Tough I (EP p.148)
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Morph Aptitudes (EP p.122)
BASE MORPH TOTAL
Cognition 10 0 10
Coordination 20 0 20
Intuition 15 0 15
Reflex 20 0 20
Savvy 15 0 15
Somatic 20 5 25
Willpower 15 5 20
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Morp Stats (EP p.121)
Damage bonus 3
Death rating 60
Durability 40
Initiative 7
Insanity rating 80
Lucidity 40
Moxie 3
Speed 1
Trauma threshold 8
Wound threshold 8
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Morph Skills (EP p.176)
APT EGO MORPH
K Academics : Inner System Law * COG 55 55
K Academics : Psychology * COG 30 30
A Animal Handling SAV 15 15
A Beam Weapons COO 20 20
A Blades SOM 20 25
A Climbing SOM 40 45
A Clubs SOM 40 45
A Control * WIL 15
A Deception SAV 30 30
A Demolitions * COG 10
A Disguise INT 15 15
A Flight SOM 20 25
A Fray REF 60 60
A Free Fall REF 20 20
A Freerunning SOM 50 55
A Gunnery INT 15 15
A Hardware : Electronics COG 30 30
A Impersonation SAV 15 15
A Infiltration COO 40 40
A Infosec * COG 10
K Interest : Bot/Vehicle Specs * COG 50 50
K Interest : Martian Beers * COG 30 30
A Interfacing COG 10 10
A Intimidation SAV 45 45 SPE[Interrogation]
A Investigation INT 55 55
A Kinesics SAV 45 45
A Kinetic Weapons COO 55 55
K Language : Cantonese * INT 55 55
K Language : English * INT 60 60
K Language : Korean INT 85 85
A Medicine : Paramedic * COG 30 30
A Navigation INT 45 45
A Networking : Autonomists SAV 45 45
A Networking : Criminal SAV 15 15
A Networking : Ecologists SAV 15 15
A Networking : Firewall SAV 40 40
A Networking : Hypercorps SAV 65 65
A Networking : Media SAV 15 15
A Networking : Scientists SAV 15 15
A Palming COO 20 20
A Perception INT 55 55
A Persuasion SAV 15 15
A Pilot : Aircraft REF 20 20
A Pilot : Groundcraft REF 55 55
A Pilot : Spacecraft REF 20 20
A Pilot : Watercraft REF 20 20
K Profession : Law Enforcement * COG 70 70
K Profession : Squad Tactics * COG 30 30
A Programming * COG 10
A Protocol SAV 45 45
A Psi Assault * WIL 15
A Psychosurgery INT 15 15
A Research COG 10 10
A Scrounging INT 15 15
A Seeker Weapons COO 20 20
A Sense * INT 15
A Spray Weapons COO 20 20
A Swimming SOM 40 45
A Throwing Weapons COO 30 30
A Unarmed Combat SOM 20 25
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Weapons
[kinetic] Automatic Rifles DV: 2d10 + 6 AP : 6 (EP p.335)
[kinetic] Heavy Pistol DV: 2d10 + 4 AP : 4 (EP p.335)
[melee] Shock Baton DV: 1d10 + 2 + (SOM/10) + shock AP : 0 (EP p.334)
[ammo] Regular Ammo DV: 0 AP : 0 (EP p.338)
[ammo] Zap Ammo DV: Half + shock AP : -2 (EP p.338)
[ammo] (2) Armor-Piercing Ammo DV: -2 AP : 5 (EP p.337)
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Armor
Bioweave Armor Light (Implant) Kin: 3 Ene: 2 (EP p.302)
Light Body Armor Kin: 10 Ene: 10 (EP p.312)
Immunogenic System see memo (EP p.313)
Smart Clothing see memo (EP p.325)
Kin: 13 Ene: 12
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Gears
Breadcrumb Positioning System (EP p.332)
Electronic Rope (EP p.332)
Flashlight (EP p.333)
Cuffband (EP p.316)
Utilitool (EP p.326)
Prisoner Mask (EP p.316)
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Implants
Basic Biomods (EP p.300)
Basic Mesh Inserts (EP p.300)
Cortical Stack (EP p.300)
Enhanced Respiration (EP p.305)
Temperature Tolerance (EP p.305)
Enhanced Hearing (EP p.301)
Enhanced Vision (EP p.301)
Grip Pads (EP p.305)
Medichines (EP p.308)
T-Ray Emitter (EP p.306)
Bioweave Armor Light (EP p.302)
Anti-Glare (EP p.306)
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Morph Memo
+5 Somatic
get a +5 bonus on Somatic
+5 [Aptitude]
+5 to one aptitude of your choice
+5 Durability
Get a +5 on the Durability stat
+20 Hearing tests
Get a +20 modifier to all Perception Tests involving hearing.
Good vision
+20 modifier to all Perception Tests involving vision.
Good Climber
Get a +30 modifier to Climbing Tests.
Ignore 1 wound modifier
Ignore the -10 modifier from 1 wound.
Dermal immunity
This provides immunity to drugs, toxins, and nanotoxins applied dermally.
McGyver
Get a +10 modifier to skills involving repairing or modifying devices with mechanical parts, opening locks, disarming alarm systems, or performing first aid.
Chameleon Skin
Get a +20 modifier to Infiltration Tests to avoid being seen or noticed, as long as you are stationary.
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Sorry, been delayed on the character creation. I'll get to it in the next couple days.
Sorry, been delayed on the character creation. I'll get to it in the next couple days.
same. just got done with three weeks of relatives occupying the house. need some time to decompress and then i will be on it.
Looks great Keegan, though if you messed anything up I probably wouldn't be able to tell. I'm halfway through reading the over 100 pages of Eclipse phase history and culture. I gotta say, for a terrifying look of the horror of transhumanity, kinda wish I could live in this universe for a while.
Playing with a few ideas.
I have a few question - is Titan Quarantine Zone guarded? How hard's a life of a scavenger? Is there anything useful or just troubles?
I have Discord, if we decide to create a channel/server or however it's called.
im the same way GM. I tried to read the book cover-to-cover (just the main book) but WOW that is a lot of rules.
what was the main idea of our party? So i dont make anything that is too tough a fit?
The TQZ is much too large to have a standard guard (to my understanding) and is more of a perimeter patrolled circumstance. Now they patrol it quite well, but both criminals, scavengers, and other people have been known to enter with the right connections or tech.
Scavenging life is....bleak for most. Most of your money goes to pay for genetic treatments so your ruster morph doesn't break down on you, at least for locals. The Planetary Consortium ( a government put together by a bunch of hyper-corporations) just declared the area quarantined trapping a bunch of folks and not really giving any time for taking things out. So yeah, decent chance of salvage if you don't die to exsurgents, war machines, or whatever else is crazy enough to survive there.
The discord idea was mainly to help build characters if people were having difficulty understanding and google wasn't helping. I think I'd like to keep the game itself on play by post, even if just to see if it'll work.
Honestly, as far as character concepts go just do what you'd like. Preferably a specialty that isn't being covered, but yeah a team of firewall agents put together would be bst if the individual party members were somewhat diverse in what they can do.
I don't know how much the rest of your guys are into podcasts, much less podcasts of other people playing tabletop games, but Role Playing Public Radio did two whole campaigns of Eclipse Phase and a bunch of one-shots. The best campaign they've done, in my opinion is Know Evil and listening to that really opened up the setting for me and helped me get a better idea of the possibilities. It's also a bit of a time commitment to listen to them, but I found it helpful.
working on making a character since my IRL pathfinder game is off this week.
i see we have a hacker, an infiltrator, and a combat/explorer, so i figure i will see what i can do about another combat/explorer. we probably need a face, but i haven't read up enough on the setting to play it well and also i want to play something weird that probably wouldn't be good for a face. either combat/explorer for me or focus more on explorer, like a demolitionist/engineer to get us into different places. i'll probably end up a touch closer to that than combat.
I'll do my best to immerse you while slowly introducing interesting Eclipse Phase concepts. For Martian society, you could always be a city dweller as well, not everyone is a "redneck" as they like to say there.
If anyone has anymore questions I'd be happy to help.
Trying to decide if i should go with octo-uplift or corvid-uplift. Then I'd take a suitable synth like a takko or opteryx. Which would be better in a role of someone who gets in places, sometimes by demolition or high power cutting lasers?
Or maybe i would be better suited with something else?
I'm not an expert by any means, but the standard octomorph is great at getting into tight spaces given that it doesn't have bones. But a small flying morph like a neo-corvid or dragonfly is bound to be really good for reaching inaccessible places as well- honestly it seems like you could go whichever way you like.
yeah, true. but then i have to buy a vacsuit and stuff?
Yeah, but they aren't too expensive and it can double as armor. Or you can get an enhanced respiration implant to be able to breathe outside of the domes.
i dont see vacsuit on the online creator
nvm, stupid non-standard alphabetization
ok, profile updated. same octo-name, same octo-morph.
just different skills and gear and stuff. i'm not 100% about what i am doing, but i know more now afterhaving done several hours of reading.
The idea was to make him really good at getting around in unfamiliar places. mapping software, positioning systems, etc. He also has pretty much the full suite of visions, plus magnification, plus some extra hearing.
I just hope I put enough into combat stuff.
for some reason my grenades aren't showing, i bought 10 of the frags and 10 plasmas. but now, i try to upload my txt save back into the creator and it says it is too old. so now ill have to re-input the character into the creator :(((((((((
Haven't forgotten about you guys. Been playing with Character Packages. As we seem to have a scout and a scavenger, both with a bit of combat, I'm thinking either a combat specialist with a bit of something else, or combat medic.
Will have a character in a day or two hopefully, what with exams and coursework slowly creeping up and quite a few academic debts piling up - I admit, I've been somewhat lazy for the last couple of months of studying.
Bump on progress updates,
Terribly sorry all for the lack of progress. Ha been prepping for Paizocon.
I'm ready to go, though I can tinker with my character a little if there's a specialty lacking in the final group. Still trying to think up a good Transhuman conspiracy code name. In the meantime, I'll review the rules some more.
So, the crunchy part is done. It's inside this alias - I'll re-use it.
The short fluff draft:
Catarina studied at military academy back on Earth, before the Fall. She successfully finished it with a degree in engineering and served for five years when the Fall happened. She was in the front-lines, fighting the TITANs and making quick weapon and vehicle repairs.
Catarina died during the raid on one of the TITAN facility. She was re-instantiated shortly after the Fall - as were many other military personnel.
She now uses her set of skills working as a bodyguard for public persons.
I just have to add the Firewall connection, maybe polish it a bit, and I'm ready.
Since there may be time, I'll tinker with Jin a little bit since I think he and Cat have a bit of overlap in terms of specialties- less focus on vehicle stuff, more on investigation and covert ops. Maybe he became an ego hunter and has an enemy that forced him out of the Martian Rangers.
Finished! Sorry for the wait.
EDIT: Mostly