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I would just like to echo everything that 1dr0meda said!
Also, I feel kinda bad that we've been split this hard this long. I feel like my desire to pursue a smuggling storyline may have hurt the campaign, since the party has been split so long, creating double work for the DM.
...that's an awkward way to end it, since I'm enjoying my alt storyline--and the tension from "Enter Derrick" without Alanna being there right away--but I acknowledge that sometimes tactical advantages can have strategic downsides, and if I've played a part in that, I'm sorry.
Awwwww, you guys (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧
I put a fair amount of work into this campaign on the backend and I hope it shows. This is my first time running a cyberpunk campaign and my first time running a PBP. They both worked out pretty well I think, since I can finally just run wild with my complexity/subplot addiction.
No worries about splitting up. It's made for some great juxtaposition. I don't think it's made for an excess of extra work for me. I don't think it's really responsible for the update slowdown either, as that's just IRL stuff interfering.
So yeah, thank you guys for putting up with slow updates and real life adjustments (and me being kind of a prick in the discussion thread/PMs). I've had a lot of fun running this campaign and I want to thank each of you for playing :) (you too, Em, if you still check these threads at all)
Here's looking forward to 2017. :)
Happy New Year, Everyone!
May all your endeavours in the new annum go enormously well!
Happy New Year! Last update of 2016! :D
So I'm going out of state for a great big LARP hootenanny tomorrow. I believe I'll have internet access on site. If not I'll try and tether/take a trip to a Starbucks and get an update out on Friday or Saturday. I'll be home on Sunday evening if none of that works out. :)
I apologize for taking so long to post. One thing after another for the past week. I'm feeling under the weather tonight, but I'll try to get something substantial up on Thursday.
I didn't realize anyone was waiting on me to move things along. I check this thread daily.
No worries. I usually give everybody a chance to reply but I'll try and move it along if there's nothing after several days. In this case I did need a response from 1dr0meda (and it coincided with a lot of bad news IRL)
Hello everyone,
I'm taking my family to Disney World from Feb 24th to March 4th. During that time my posting may be sparse, I'll try to post from the hotel at night but I can make no promises. If this is a game in which I am a player do not hesitate to bot me if you need to. If this is a game in which I am the GM, please bear with me for the next couple weeks.
Thanks,
Niles
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Alanna, I want to call "foul" on emphasizing that I didn't mention Derrick's name - would you have pounced on that if I hadn't pointed it out in the posting of my own private thoughts? But since you did...
Oh yes that is certainly a valid point to bring up. And, no, it wouldn't have made a difference. My entire plan was to simply emphasize (in Alanna's over-the-top and eternally-emphatic way) that you weren't mentioning who you worked for, (out of a well-based caution for how Alanna would react) and that would lead (has lead?) to some wacky hi-jinks.
And of course everyone in the whole damn city is acting like terrorists! =) That...that doesn't mean that Derrick -isn't- acting like a terrorist though, does it? (And Alanna was quite obviously just throwing everything except the kitchen sink out. Much of it was false.)
I....uh....I just didn't think the cat would be out of the bag this early. ;-D
Well, it technically hasn't...yet. =P
I don't know if 1dr0meda would know this, but I'm curious if psi works on her. Can Ghiv or others with his edge read her thoughts?
Err. Good question. I don't recall reading anything that contradicts that ability...
That is a good question, and I was wondering about that myself. Like Ghiv said I can't recall anything that directly contradicts it, but I'll do a dive on the Gunmetal Games forum and check if there's a ruling.
(my gut instinct would be to give a penalty for reading a mind that doesn't function like your own, but I wouldn't strictly disallow it)
ETA: The official answer from Billy Black Eyes is a pretty resounding "meh". I'm going to say it's possible with a -2 penalty, as per the Unnatural racial ability:
Unnatural: Psionics, both beneficial and detrimental, suffer a −2 penalty to affect androids. This has no effect
on damaging powers, which affect them normally.
I think we are kinda waiting on Ten-Speed. At least I am anyways.
I've been down with a bad cold this past week. I'm trying to post as I can but when I have some time, I mostly feel like sleeping. I hope I'll be back to posting soon.
No worries, focus on feeling better.
I may update Alanna since she's functioning independently from the rest of the party, but everybody else is a little dependent on 1dr0m/Syzygy to proceed
I'm hoping to get posts up on Friday, once I've had a good night's rest and some breakfast. Feeling somewhat better, finally.
Once again, I must beg patience as I go a while without posting. Should be the last week where this will be a problem. I hope I'll have something up no later than Friday. Then my schedule shifts back to 2 classes, Monday through Thursday, from about 8 to 3 PM. Should mean daily posts again.
In the meantime, please 'bot me as needed.
I think Syzygy was left out of the initiative order. She probably won't have much impact without her TAP on, but she might be able to do something like a taunt.
I saw "Ghost in the Shell" yesterday (3D version). It's a good movie for getting a sense of what a cyberpunk world might look like. Lots of virtual reality advertisements drifting along streets. Lots of cyborgs and cybernetic enhancements. I recommend it for every player in this game to get a vivid notion of what the world is like (everywhere except where our characters are now, of course).
No, I'm just being slowly eaten alive by work, requirements and sickness IRL (did you know it's possible to have an infection that lasts longer than a month? this is the worrrrrrst). :)
I'll post soon. My hard drive on my home PC died Sunday night and I'm only now getting it back up and running. I'll post after completing some work tasks this afternoon.
Sorry RL is giving you so much grief, Ten-Speed. Hope things get better soon.
I will be updating shortly. That said I am helping my husband get ready to PCS so I may not be able to update again until the middle of next week (due to being busy right up until he leaves, then cripplingly sad as soon as he does :') )
Wow - in just the time I've known you Ten-Speed, you've referred to him as boyfriend, then fiancee, and now husband - congrats!
Thanks! The military has a way of speeding that sort of thing up. What'cha gonna do. :)
I'm sorry for not posting yet this week. The new round of posts came on Sunday, just before a new term was starting for me (I'm a teacher). I have had to do a number of extra hours of class prep this term and I thought I'd be getting all my PBP games caught up on Wednesday but then I got hit by a nasty cold that has delayed me further. I'll try to get caught up today.
Ten-Speed, I went searching for XP handed out, and found :
3 XP after the scene on the rooftop with the gang (which I missed)
2 XP after the scene with Scales and Teeth
2 XP "for all the RP and split decisions since getting to Phoenix"
3 XP just now
So I've now got one advance, while everyone else has two, since the game started - does that sound about right?
That matches up with my tally. I'll go through and double check, but for now, yes, everybody should be at 20 XP but Kitsune, who's at 17 XP. :)
I'm confused. Kitsune identified 10 XP and 2 advances. GM Ten-Speed agreed but then said we should have 20 XP, which would be 4 advances. Which is it? I think I've only made one advance.
I think 1dr0meda will advance her Smarts from d10 to d12.
I started you guys out at 10 XP during character creation. I believe that's how you took a couple of your edges. :)
I forgot about the two advances at character creation. Since one of those advancements for me was an ability die increase, I will have to pick something else besides an ability die increase, since I believe we are limited to one such increase per rank.
How do advances work for the sprite? Does 1dr0meda have the option of giving her advance to her Sprite or does the sprite get an advance whenever the character does?
Can one spend an advance to get another contact? Could 1dr0meda get a contact in Phoenix who can do repairs on her?
1dr0meda gets 5000 credits per advancement as part of her occupation. Since credits are exactly fluid currency in Phoenix, how will that be handled? If she wanted to get a range enhancement (costs 5000), would she have to role play finding a source and negotiating the cost somehow, or can that happen in the background as part of advancement?
You can still increase smarts, as you're now at 20 XP, which makes this your first advance as a Seasoned character.
There are a couple of ways for Syzygy to rank up-- the book presents some of them, and then pretty much shrugs about which one is best. I'll take a look when I'm at home with access to my book. She'll gain experience at the same rate as the player characters, though, so she should have her first advance. The only question is whether I'll be handling it or you will.
Excellent question on contacts. Another thing I'll check when I get home.
Occupations get a little fuzzy inside Phoenix. It's another thing the splatbooks are (I'm starting to detect a pattern here) kind of vague on. I would say keep track of what you should be earning for an advance and I'll let you know when you actually have money or goods to spend equivalent to it. Bear in mind that you've only actually been in Phoenix for a day and a half. :)
Altho 1dr0meda *can* increase her Smarts, I'd like to ask *why* you want to. Since Smarts doesn't effect other PC stats (like Strength increases Damage or Vigor increases Toughness), do Androids have a lot of abilities for which you make a Smarts roll? Otherwise, the main reason to increase Smarts would be to make it easier to increase two Smarts-based Skills at once in future advances.
Almost all her skills are Smarts based and most of the ones she uses the most are already at d10, so if I want her to get better at programming, I need to increase her smarts.
That's what I suspected. Just checking. :)
Kitsune is bumping her Agility from d8 to d10.
I have no strong preference whether the GM chooses Syzygy's advance or I do. My preference would be to boost her Cybercombat and Firewall hacking skills up to d8.
Yeah I'm having difficulty accessing my books right now (my laptop is broken and I haven't stripped out the hard drive to get all my files yet). Let's go with that for Syzygy's advance and I'll resume moving the plot along. :)
My teaching schedule is changing again at the end of this week and this time I have an extra class which will mean an extra 10 hours out of my schedule, so posting time will be less frequent. I'll try to keep up as best I can but it might be a bit slow in the middle of the work week.
I'm also going to have some extra prep time needed this week to be ready for it.
Hey, We are having some weather related issues here (I have satellite internet so...) and I'm taking my family on a mini vacation from Thursday-Sunday. The Hotel should have WiFi so I'll try to post daily, but if I don't you know why. If this is a game I'm GMing, I'll be back on Monday for sure. If this is a game I'm playing feel free to bot away.
I have read most of the recent train of posts. Very interesting developments, but I'm at work and don't have the time to work up a proper response until later tonight. Plots are thickening!
As your GM, I am loving this extended "Everybody lays their motivations on the table and comes together as a team for the greater good" moment we're having. :')
