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Question : Can we start with our own self written programs/autosofts if we have the right skills to program them? (Similar to self-enchanting in PF)

Lantern Lodge

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Man, Tenro, a Meta Link Commlink, you are just asking me to mess with you!

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Okay Tenro the only thing I have wrong with you is that you have 17422 remaining, am I missing where it was all spent?

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Start with no, you can develop them during your downtime though. Just a way of me keeping everything fair at the start.


Ok, that works. I'll need to modify my skills slightly and pick software back up again.

Lantern Lodge

BoggBear: Big Wolf human combat magician (completed)
Fury of the Tempest: Ork Adept (bare necessities met)
Demon Lurking: interest
Adrik Ivanov: Rick Ivanson human physcial adept (completed)
grimdog73: Elf Cybered Shooter. (bare necessities met)
Tenro: Max Human Street Samurai (Extra Nuyen)
Sach: interest
Atlas2112: Power Dwarf manipulation magician (completed)
R0B0Geisha: Ork Hacker
Kip84: Whisper Human Mystic adept (completed)
Takigami Mina: Overflight Elf Rigger (completed)
Thecooldudenextdoor: Lucky Al Human Street Samurai (bare necessities met)
Abraham Spalding: interest (bare minimums)
Algar Lysandris: Ork Martial Adept
Zelda: Interested

It's looking to me like I am going to be making one table of eight or two tables of five, that is until the attrition rate hits and I have to condense.

grimdog73/R0B0Geisha/Algar Lysandris/Abraham Spalding I would like to see what you have been putting together
Fury of the tempest any further elaboration you can make on your character?
Demon Lurking/Sach/Zelda, I have not heard for you for a while, so I am considering you withdrawn unless you post a concept


Takigami 'Overflight' Mina wrote:
Ok, that works. I'll need to modify my skills slightly and pick software back up again.

GAH! Once it's finalized there's no way to go back to pre-finalized, which means I'd have to do all that over again! BLech!

Can I make a few tweaks to the skills and we keep track of them on the alias until I have time to go back and recreate it from scratch?


Here's Killjoy, R0B0GEISHA's decker.

Backstory isn't finished, but here's the crunch for approval.


I will look more in-depth at the expenditures, Herolab tells me i have spent 446168 of 450000 nuyen.

Also, regarding Meta Link, is there something I should know? I picked the cheapest link, since the only difference I could see was what my avatar looked like. I figured most street-level 'runners would have a nondescript avatar since you wouldn't want extra heat.

Judging by your statement, I have missed something somewhere, haha

Lantern Lodge

Takigami, yes, we can do a few tweaks to the skills, however those must be the first Karma expenditures, in order to get them to mesh.

Will look at Killjoy tomorrow morning.

Tenro, the low device rating essentially means that it is going to be a trivial matter for me to hack it.


ah, thanks for the clarification. I will swap that out.

Also going to add a few small items that I overlooked.

EDIT: Sent you an updated version. Perhaps the total costs were more expensive in HeroLab than they were in Chummer for some random items or something.

As it stands on the latest PDF I sent you, I had to spend a point of karma for nuyen (was about 400-500 short and really couldn't find anything I wanted to trim) so does the other ~1500 nuyen transfer over to my starting cash as well?

Lantern Lodge

Robo, where does Curiousity Killed the Cat come from? I saw your cyberdeck but no CommLink?


I was just going to move a rank or two from two other skills and put them in Software. Then rebuild the character again when I had a chance. So no need to make them mesh if I get it done in a timely manner, just need to remember that for skill X and Y the pool is 1 less, and Software is N. That acceptable?

Grand Lodge

got him all done...just need my bro's help with getting a dropbox setup so I can send you the link...sorry been busy this weekend...and he's under 5k nuyen now...bought more weapons...can't have enough...lol


DaWay wrote:
Robo, where does Curiousity Killed the Cat come from? I saw your cyberdeck but no CommLink?

Curiosity Killed the Cat is from Data Trails (pg. 46).

Also, I thought that I read a cyberdeck functions as a commlink with the added hacking capabilities. I'll check the rulebook and get back to you.

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That'll work until you have the character rebuilt, Taki.

Thanks, got it, Killjoy. only problem is the nuyen I have remaining.

Grimdog73. You know you are only going to get credit for 25 karma in negative attributes, everything beyond that is just for character building. As long as you are okay with that its fine with me.
Also your Victorinox Memory Blade Dagger is higher that the 12 availability allowed at creation. Swapping that for a combat knife would make your character acceptable to complete.

Grand Lodge

ok...must have missed that on the knife...my bad...will adjust my karma stuff maybe...

Lantern Lodge

BoggBear: Big Wolf human combat magician (completed)
Fury of the Tempest: Ork Adept (bare necessities met)
Demon Lurking: interest
Adrik Ivanov: Rick Ivanson human physcial adept (completed)
grimdog73: Gunner Elf Cybered Shooter. (Availability, Negative Qualities)
Tenro: Max Human Street Samurai (Extra Nuyen)
Sach: interest
Atlas2112: Power Dwarf manipulation magician (completed)
R0B0Geisha: Killjoy Ork Hacker
Kip84: Whisper Human Mystic adept (completed)
Takigami Mina: Overflight Elf Rigger (completed)
Thecooldudenextdoor: Lucky Al Human Street Samurai (bare necessities met)
Abraham Spalding: interest (bare minimums)
Algar Lysandris: Ork Martial Adept
Zelda: Interested

thinking over the "tables".


I found the relevant quote. It's on pg. 223 in the Core Book.

"A deck can perform all of the functions of a commlink, but its primary purpose is hacking in the Matrix."

How do you calculate leftover nuyen? According to Chummer, I have 1,055 remaining from character creation.

Lantern Lodge

If Fury of the Tempest, Thecooldudenextdoor, Abrham Spalding, and Algar Lysandris can get a character together by monday night then...

Table Alpha
Boggbear
Algar Lysandris
Atlas 2112
Adrik Ivanov
Grimdog73
R0B0GEISHA

Table Beta
Fury of the Tempest
Kip84
Abraham Spalding
Tenro
Thecooldudenext door
Takigami Mina

If they cannot fulfill the request, I will keep them on deck in case of anyone dropping and the table will be...

Table Alpha
Killjoy
Gunner
Big Wolf
Power

Table Beta
Overflight
Max
Rick Ivanson
Whisper

that should create some interesting dynamics.
if some of the others meet the deadline, I will place as necessary

If there is any attrition, and the count between both games falls to 7 or below, I will condense into one group.

Lantern Lodge

'Killjoy' wrote:

I found the relevant quote. It's on pg. 223 in the Core Book.

"A deck can perform all of the functions of a commlink, but its primary purpose is hacking in the Matrix."

How do you calculate leftover nuyen? According to Chummer, I have 1,055 remaining from character creation.

You're good then. I have just had to recreate you from what I saw, and considering that was the 15341789734 character that I checked I could have easily missed something.

Lantern Lodge

Got a home game of Out of the Abyss to run, so I will work on getting campaign and discussion tabs open tonight.


Awesome! Super excited to get into a Shadowrun game! Havent played one before.

Still not sure about the nuyen. Does chummer export costs by line item? If it does and you could email that to me, i could compare costs and see where that differs from chummer. Herolab sadly wont export costs like that, it only shows costs when i hover over the cash, which prevents me from typing it elsewhere like excel.

Also, is it alright if i add a martial art now that Max has been accepted? I didnt want to purchase the book for it unless i was accepted.

Lantern Lodge

No, it does not do a line item export
How much extra karma did you have, if 7 then yes, if not then no. And you will have to learn in game.

That's why I recommended chummer, it's free and has all the books.

Also thinking I may do one group in Chicago and the other in Denver. Might get too confusing if I do both in Chicago.


Ah, didnt know martial arts costed karma. Alrighty then. No extra karma, my last one was spent on nuyen.

Different cities sounds good but it might be difficult to merge tables if people drop. Also we might lose our connections.

With my last karma exchanged for 2000 nuyen, and i spent some of that, does the rest of that 2000 get transferred to my starting nuyen total?


Time to show some mettle in either Chicago or Denver, hope the dreckheads are ready for me.
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Hmmm, probably better if they aren't, less work for me then.


I'd be more interested in Denver than Chicago, honestly, if that matters.

I'll be travelling for work today, so won't be able to respond until late tonight or tomorrow.


Denver or Chicago, i hold no preference.

I havent been to Denver IRL and i've only been to the area just outside O'Hare in Chicago


Wow, I haven't played this game since the 90s. I take it there is no more time left to submit?

Lantern Lodge

Anderlorn, you have about 24 hours to get a character ready. If you can get one together that is complete I will put you in one of the tables if not you will be on standby in case someone drops.

Lantern Lodge

Meanwhile, I have opened a Discussion tab for those already selected, please check in under your alias with who you are...(i.e. I'd check in as Catch 22 with "DaWay"). This will help me to get a head count so I can finalize groups.

Grand Lodge

ok...switched knives and adjusted qualities...made a couple changes..dropped 2 neg qualities and dropped edge by 1, and picked up a martial arts technique..sending file asap.

Grand Lodge

changed mind again...dropped martial arts...just saving karma now....


Wow, a lot has changed between 4th and 5th! It looks like I'll be on the reserve once I figure out 5th character generation.

Lantern Lodge

Okay, let me know, and I will see what I can do.

Lantern Lodge

Gunner, elfshooter: You have 12 karma remaining and can only carry over 7. If you need a suggestion I would recommend Gun Kata martial arts.

Everyone if you have an extra 100 nuyen I would recommend a personalized grip on your gun, it raises the accuracy of the gun by 1.


I was born in Cali in 2046. My parents worked for Yamatetsu, that is Evo. Both were mages, as am I. We move to the Chicago area in 2055... Bad timing eh? Mom, Dad and my little sister (elf, uge is weird isn't it) made it out... I got lost in the chaos. How I lived those years I am still not sure, but I was faster and more observant after them. I was reconnected with my parents in 59, just before the crash. My parents put me through a magical school as well as my sister. Dad passed away during the comet troubles.

I ended up working for evo myself for a bit, got leased out on some security contracts (custom scratch spells and talismans)... Got tired of being a living weapon and left... Need some work done?

character sheet emailed later

Lantern Lodge

9 go ahead and check into the discussion tab.

All others this is your last call, you have been accepted and to verify your interest I want you to check into the discussion tab here by midnight EST (3 hours 34 minutes from now) or else you will be put on the standby list.

Grand Lodge

ahh ok...taking gun kata and adding the grips...


I'm far to late, aren't I?

Lantern Lodge

Fury I will be home in 6.5 hours if you can have a completed character with no glaring mistakes I will include you. The chummer file can be sent to my email dalewr81@yahoo.con


6.5 hours? Got it. How important is backstory?

The Exchange

Heard you folks might need someone to help you finish a run?

Lantern Lodge

Yes, D-Kal, what do you have in mind?

The Exchange

I have a mystic adept healer/electromancer and a, well, a mechanic I guess, with an array of other skills and decent combat ability.

Lantern Lodge

which would you like to bring in? We really lack a healer, and are full up on street samurai, however the choice is yours.

The Exchange

The mechanic is pretty far from a street samurai I'd say, but not every party needs a repairman. I don't mind playing the healer. I just noticed you had 2 street sams and 2 mages reporting in discussion, and both mages have the heal spell it seems.

Neither are very social characters. One wears a mask and the other wears a cloak. I've not read up on gameplay, so I don't know what might be a problem and what might not.


Here's the healer, in quick draft. Care to review?

Lantern Lodge

I will run this through chummer to double check this weekend, but for now it looks good.

The Exchange

I can send you the chummer file.

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