Lurk all you like :)
Hopefully now that the holidays are mostly passed we can get this game rolling.
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Okay, let's see...
Option #4 Array
Experience Pts: 10
Jessie Parker
STR: 5
CON: 6
AGL: 7
INT: 7
EDU: 4
CHR: 7
PSI: 4
SOC: 4
Social Background Skills (Mike: SOC 3-7; 4 Points)
Bargain 0
Carousing 1 --> 2 pts = 2
Computer Operation 1
Scrounging 1 --> 2 pts = 2
Native Language English (10)
First Adult Career – Technical School (Education)
Prerequisite: None
All Terms
Skills: A total of 6 levels from any one of a combination of the following: Aircraft, Computer, Economics, Medical (Trauma Aid), Technician, Vehicle, Vessel
Contacts: One specialist in one of the areas listed above; (Economics - Business).
Special: None
Computer Operation (1) --> 2pts = 2
Economics (Business) (0) --> 1 pt = 1
Technician (Mechanic) (0) --> 2 pts = 2
Vehicle (Ground Vehicle; Wheeled) (0) --> 1 pt = 1
Second Adult Career – Mechanic
Prerequisite: None
First Term: Technician 6, Vehicle 1. No more than 3 skill levels in any one skill.
Technician (Electronics) --> 1 pt = 1
Technician (Machinist) --> 2 pt = 2
Technician (Mechanic) --> 3 pts = 3
Vehicle (Ground Vehicle; Tracked) --> 1 pt = 1
Subsequent Terms: Economics, Interaction, Intrusion, Vehicle, Technician
All Terms
Special Assignment: 7+ for Determination, Empathy, Engineer, Explore, Vessel, Vice
Promotion: 7+, DM +1 if CHR 6+
Contacts: One per term, a specialist in one of the above skills. Roll 1d10 for the contact to be foreign (10).
Special: Mechanics receive two secondary activities.
Metallurgy (0) --> 1
Swimming (0) --> 1
Current Skills
Carousing 2
Computer Operation 2
Economics (Business) 1
Metallurgy 1
Scrounging 2
Swimming 1
Technician (Electronics) 1
Technician (Machinist) 2
Technician (Mechanic) 3
Vehicle (Ground, Tracked) 1
Vehicle (Ground, Wheeled) 1
I still need to spend the starting exp (10 pts), tabulate carrying capacity, health, etc. as well as pick up some sort of weapons/combat skill so I can defend myself but the skeleton of the character should be fairly well done. Let me know if everything looks okay and if I need to add/redo anything that I've got so far. Thanks!
Domestic.
Domestic.
no.
yes.
OK I have finished up his starting Contact rolls and finalized the details of his character. Please give him a onceover and let me know if there is anything that needs to be corrected.
Now to work on that background...
Full Name: James Woodville
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Occupation:Computer Programmer/Robotics Engineer
Attributes - Option 4
Experience Pts: 10
STR 4;
CON 4-1=3;
AGL 5;
INT 7;
EDU 7+1+1=9;
CHA 6;
PSI 4-1=3;
SOC 7
Native Language: English (10)
First Childhood Career:
Strict Education Program.
Prerequisite: SOC 7+.
ALL TERMS
Skills (8): Acrobat (1), Economics (1), Fine Arts (1), Physical Science (1), Social Science (1), Technician (2), Unarmed Martial Arts (1)
Contacts: Academic. On a 1D10 roll of 9+, this contact is foreign.
Special: +1 EDU, -1 PSI, and a -1 CON.
Undergraduate University:
Prerequisites: EDU 5+.
ALL TERMS
Skills: Total skill levels equal to character’s Education attribute from any combination of the following,but no more than level 3 in any one skill: Physical Science, Economics, Engineer, Social Science, Fine Arts, Computer, Language, Leadership.
Contacts: One per term, either academic or journalist. On a 1D10 roll of 8+ the contact is foreign.
Special: +1 EDU (after all skills have been awarded). No commissions, promotions, or special assignment rolls are made. Characters receive no income while attending undergraduate school. The character is awarded a BS/BA degree as a result of graduation.
Computer Operator/Programmer: Computer operator or programmer includes the roles of system administrators and web programmers in addition to the traditional application programmers.
Prerequisites: Technical school or undergraduate degree, Computer Operation 2+.
First Term
Skills: Economics 2, Technician 4.
Subsequent Terms
Skills: Economics, Technician, Interaction. Total 5.
ALL TERMS
Special Assignment: 8+ for Carousing, Language, Ground Vehicle, Intrusion.
Promotion: 7+, DM +1 if INT 7+.
Contacts: One specialist (Computer or Electronics) per term. On a 1D10 roll of 9+, the contact is foreign.
If a special assignment is rolled, add an extra contact of any type. This represents a person met through an electronic network, email, messaging, blog, post, etc. The character may know this person only through electronic communication, and it is highly likely they have never laid eyes on each other.
Special: Computer operator/programmers are allowed two secondary activities per term.
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Skill List:
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Acrobat 1
Business (Economics) 3
Computer (Technician) 3
Computer Operations (Technician) 3
Electronics (Technician ) 2
Fine Arts 1
Instruction (Social Sciences) 1
Physical Science 2
Languages, Hindi 1
Research (Social Sciences) 1
Robotics (Technician) 4
Unarmed Martial Arts 3
Slug Weapon 2
Cash:
4*7*$1000 (Mike) = $28,000
Contacts:
Academic (Domestic)
Academic (Domestic)
Alrighty, I think I've finally got everything mechanical done aside from buying equipment! Regarding background, is there anything that we need to know or incorporate or are we good as long as our character either lives in New Orleans or at least has a reason to be there?
Option #4 Array
Experience Pts: 10
Jessie Parker
Gender: Female
Age: 25
Occupation: Mechanic
STR: 5
CON: 6
AGL: 7
INT: 7
EDU: 4
CHR: 7
PSI: 4
SOC: 4
Social Background Skills (Mike: SOC 3-7; 4 Points)
Bargain 0
Carousing 1 --> 2 pts = 2
Computer Operation 1
Scrounging 1 --> 2 pts = 2
Languages (Int 7)
American English (Native; 10)
Spanish (7)
French (3)
Vietnamese (3)
First Adult Career – Technical School (Education)
Prerequisite: None
All Terms
Skills: A total of 6 levels from any one of a combination of the following: Aircraft, Computer, Economics, Medical (Trauma Aid), Technician, Vehicle, Vessel
Contacts: One specialist in one of the areas listed above; (Economics - Business).
Special: None
Computer Operation (1) --> 2pts = 2
Economics (Business) (0) --> 1 pt = 1
Technician (Mechanic) (0) --> 2 pts = 2
Vehicle (Ground Vehicle; Wheeled) (0) --> 1 pt = 1
Second Adult Career – Mechanic
Prerequisite: None
First Term: Technician 6, Vehicle 1. No more than 3 skill levels in any one skill.
Technician (Electronics) --> 1 pt = 1
Technician (Machinist) --> 2 pt = 2
Technician (Mechanic) --> 3 pts = 3
Vehicle (Ground Vehicle; Tracked) --> 1 pt = 1
Subsequent Terms: Economics, Interaction, Intrusion, Vehicle, Technician
All Terms
Special Assignment: 7+ for Determination, Empathy, Engineer, Explore, Vessel, Vice
Promotion: 7+, DM +1 if CHR 6+
Interaction (Luck) 0 --> 1
Contacts: One per term, a specialist in one of the above skills. Roll 1d10 for the contact to be foreign (10).
Special: Mechanics receive two secondary activities.
Metallurgy (0) --> 1
Swimming (0) --> 1
Final Skills
Bargain 2
Carousing 2
Computer Operation 2
Economics (Business) 1
Interaction (Luck) 1
Metallurgy 1
Observation 1
Scrounging 2
Slug Weapon (Pistol) 2
Streetwise 1
Swimming 1
Technician (Electronics) 1
Technician (Machinist) 2
Technician (Mechanic) 3
Vehicle (Ground, Tracked) 1
Vehicle (Ground, Wheeled) 2
Influence: 6 (Background) + 1 (Promotion) + 8 (Experience) = 15
Career Cash: 4 (Years) x 7 (Int) x $1000 (Mike) = $28,000
Load: (5 + 6) x 3 = 33 kg
Throwing Range: 5x4 = 20
Initiative: 2
Base Hit Points (Original Method)
Head: 12
Right Arm: 22
Left Arm: 22
Chest: 33
Abdomen: 22
Right Leg: 22
Left Leg: 22
Unarmed Combat Damage Rating (UCDR): 1
Regarding background and skill selection, I'm thinking of someone that has come from what was probably a middle to lower middle-class family and either works or has worked with and for people that belong to both the lower and middle classes. As a result, she's had to pick up a bit of street sense on how to deal with some customers as well as learn how to use and carry a firearm to protect herself. Even though her education has been somewhat limited (public education + technical school), she's fairly intelligent and personable which works to her advantage when it comes to dealing with others and getting hold of what she needs to do her job. It's also amazing what you can overhear while you're working on someone's car...
I was a little unsure on the languages thing but used this to get a general idea of what languages you'd expect to see in New Orleans. I selected Spanish because it's probably the second most common language for the entire country. I went with Vietnamese because given that I envision her work location possibly being in or close to some of the poorer areas of town I imagine it wouldn't be unheard of for her to have picked up a little here and there. And of course a little bit of French simply due to the history of the city itself, but I did waffle a bit on that one.
Anyhoo, I think that's all I can think of to mention or ask about for the time being. Let me know if there's anything that needs changing or updating or if there are any questions!
Been distracted by holiday stuff (hope everyone had a good New Year's!), but I will be getting caught up over the weekend and looking to move forward soon.
Good to hear you're still kicking around, DM! Looking forward to hopefully getting started soon :)
@Sir Longears - Thanks for the catch! I'll adjust her stats accordingly. I also see in reviewing that my question about contacts affecting influence was answered so I'll update that too :)
Will be looking over things tonight and tomorrow and making sure that the maps and such are ready on Roll20. :)
Awesome! Looking forward to it :)
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Hi everybody!
Yes, by all means, let us do this!
So, I should really put down some actualy numbers that look like a character, huh? I hear that's good sometimes. =)
Alright, I'm gonna compile it here, see if that makes it easier to refine. (Ignore this, I'm just getting the numbers down in black and white.)
BB= Broad cataegory, needs to be assigned.
Str 6
Con 7
Agil 7
Int 4
Edu 1
Psi 8
Cha 6
SOC 4
Charm, 0
Computer Op, 1
Crime, 1
Empathy, 3
Willpower 5
Human Empathy 3,
Project Emotion 2,
BB Psionics 9
Vice, 3
Social Science, 3
BB Perception 6,
BB Determination 1.
Small arms 5
Bargain1
Armed MA (Polearm) 1
Infantry: BB Explore 1
Slug Weapons 2
BB Squad Weapons 3
Climbing 0,
Demolitions 0,
Ground Vehicle 0,
Gun Combat 2,
Medical (Trauma Aid) 0,
Melee 1,
Observation 1,
Parachute 0,
Stealth 1.
Sniper : Slug Weapon (Rifle) 2,
Stealth 1
Street Wise 4
Special: Special : As a result of receiving the Sniper specialty, the
character receives the service’s standard issue sniper rifle. :-]
((Need 6 Secondary?))
Contacts: One empathic; One Medical; Contacts: 2(Army) ; Contacts: 2 military
Is this skill "Empathy" and "Human Empathy" the same thing?
Hi, still here! Seems the DM has been busy since the start of the year...at least I hope it's just that and not us (me) taking awhile getting characters together that's killed the enthusiasm.
I also just realized that I'm in at least one other game with everyone else that still seems to be checking in...excellent. That means I know where you live and can poke you if I need to >:)
Sorry, been super sick at the same time as a new semester of classes is starting, so incredibly distracted. Nearly back to 100% so trying to get caught up on stuff.
Is this skill "Empathy" and "Human Empathy" the same thing?
Their is an Empathy skill group. See the "Skills by Cluster" document in the shared folder (relinked here) to see how those break down.
Okay, so I'm planning on finalizing the maps (which I should have done a while ago but between the holidays, RL, and getting sick slacked on!) over the next couple of days and will open the gameplay thread no later than this weekend.
*peeks in, gives a thumbs up*
Okay, sounds good! Looking forward to it :)
Sorry everyone, real life, schedule mishaps, and a million other little things got in my way. I meant to check in a week ago, then another minor disaster happened. Finally able to catch a breather and get up to date on everything I have going on.
So, on that note, can I get a check-in from everyone still interested in proceeding? Just pop in and help me out a second by posting your character's name. I'm going to skip some of the minor intro stuff I was originally planning in the interest of moving forward, so we're going to assume that the team has come together recently, but has little actual experience investigating and hunting monsters so far. You met through a contact/friend you all had in common who is in need.
Yes I am still here.
FYI I am playing James Woodeville
Still here also and I was playing Jessie Parker; no alias made for her yet but I can fix that once we're ready to get rolling! You might have to PM the others and see if they are still interested :)
So anyone else still in or should I poke around for another couple of players? I know I've been spotty the last few weeks, so that doesn't look good for you guys, just had a lot going on...
I sent PMs to the other two people (Sir Longears and Atlas2112) to let them know that you've posted a roll call to see who's still here. Since it's been quiet I figure they've probably quit checking the thread. We'll see if either of them are still interested :)
Fortunately, I got lots of useful feedback already from those here and my Roll20 table, but I'd still like to get some playing in! Still, I get it if my inconsistent posting has turned some folks off.
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Hi DM!
Sadly I'll have to bow out... its been quite some time and I recently decided to try the GM mantle and adding another game right now would be too much.
It would also not be fair with you, since you want to test your rules and need full committed players.
Feel free to use Larysa for any purpose. Sorry once more.
No apologies needed. My own fault for being distracted. RL is a pain!
RL has been kicking my backend recently. I'm behind on pretty much everything in the world at the moment...my editor is being too patient with me :P
That said, this weekend I'm doing another update of documents and will be bumping the recruitment thread to try and restart my process.