Quasi-WoD/Cthulhu/Other RP Discussion

[Forever Zero]

All right, this is the third in the Pre-WoD discussions, but since I made an announcement on a totally new change of policy, here is a new thread to go with it. I'll link to the old thread in a second, and post, to the best of my knowledge, who is in this RP.

Werewolf: IHMN, Lazy, Demon
Vampire: Celes, Dante, Mage, Floom, Ecurt? (Haven't heard from in a long time...)
Fallen: krylo, DR, Psycho, FZ(Me)
Mage: Reality, Bass, Snefix

So are 12 people currently signed-up?

EDIT: Added Demon, sorry about that. Now we have good ole 13 people! I feel lucky!

EDIT 2: New vampire joining up, Floom. Brings the RPing total up to 14.

And here is a link to the last thread, which has a link to the vital part of the thread before that one: http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showthread.php?t=3305

[IHateMakingNames]

Demon is a werewolf.

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

Werewolf is a Demon.

[Mage#27]

mage is a vampire and obviously vampire is a mage...

anyway last question for a while: This city we're in is it a modern city? Pretty much contemporary or is there anything weird with about the general world setup?

[Squishy Cheeks]

Can I be Cthulhu? I want to be nigh unstoppable, to speak in forgotten languages of insanity, and to eat people.

[Dante]

I'll be anything that allows me to feast on the flesh of young virgins...

[IHateMakingNames]

This situation will most likely never arise, but I wondered this and don't know the answer.

Are both male and female animals in heat during mating seasons, or is it only the female?

[Krylo]

Only female, but the males are only attracted to females that are in heat.

[Forever Zero]

Dangit, this isn't a new RP, just a continuation of the old WoD RP!

I can't leave you all alone for any amount of time before this starts up...

The classes are still just Werewolf, Vampire, Fallen, and Mage, and the Mage and Fallen groups are full.

The Cthulhu element was an idea I'm playing with. Perhaps a new cult in town, that instead of relying on classic WoD magic and summoning and whatnot, relies on the Cthulhu universe of magic and such. Thus you might fight foes that will cast the Death Spell and Hastur's Song, or summon Dimensional Shamblers. This cult would be in a competition with the Main evil cult to gather dark and ancient books for the power they hold. Might lead to an interesting behind the scenes battle, and suddenly an New RP name has struck me...

[Dante]

and suddenly an New RP name has struck me...

What? The Dread Cthul? This Wolf or the Hentai Tentacle Demon Will Die?

[Forever Zero]

This Wolf or the Hentai Tentacle Demon Will Die?

Your just helping krylo and IHMN now...

[IHateMakingNames]

What's wrong with my giant 9 foot wolf monster who while being human discovered the wonders of mating for his own personal enjoyment?

[Dante]

Your just helping krylo and IHMN now...

See? That's Humanity 1 at work there...

EDIT: Hmm, and one would wonder WHY IHMN wants to mate in Crinos... Must be insecurity issues.

[Forever Zero]

See? That's Humanity 1 at work there...

For those of you not in the know...

Humanity 1 (Vampire Trait)

Only nominally sentient, Kindred with Humanity 1 teeter on the edge of oblivion. Little matters to vampires this far gone, even their own desires outside of sustinence and rest. There's literally nothing a Humanity 1 vampire won't do, and only a few tattered shreds of ego stand between him and complete devolution. Many who attain this stage find themselves incapable of coherent speech, and spend thier nights gibbering blaspomies in their gore-splattered havens...

So yes, that does apply to your act fairly accuratly...

[Squishy Cheeks]

I think tentacle sex would probably get us all banned and the RP forum closed.

[IHateMakingNames]

EDIT: Hmm, and one would wonder WHY IHMN wants to mate in Crinos... Must be insecurity issues.

What sounds more intimidating, giant 9 foot wolf monster, a beastly human*, or a wolf?


*I forget, but do Lupine wolves look odd in their human form, and vice versa for human born werewolves, or do they just look normal?

[Dante]

What sounds more intimidating, giant 9 foot wolf monster, a beastly human*, or a wolf?

Yeah, but why'd you want to scare the chix0r away? Unless Hitler Wulf only likes it that way...

Beastly human (Glabros(?))? Well, it's still obviously inhuman, but only Crinos causes the Delirium.


I forget, but do Lupine wolves look odd in their human form, and vice versa for human born werewolves, or do they just look normal?

They're normal in all ways, except for Metis, which show their deformity in all forms.

[IHateMakingNames]

Yeah, but why'd you want to scare the chix0r away? Unless Hitler Wulf only likes it that way...

Well, you were talking about it with tenticle rape, so Crinos formed seemed best fit to mention.

Beastly human (Glabros(?))? Well, it's still obviously inhuman, but only Crinos causes the Delirium.

I meant just human, I wasn't sure if Lupine looked more animalish in human form. I thought they did for some reason.

[Dante]

Well, you were talking about it with tenticle rape, so Crinos formed seemed best fit to mention.

Well, I only mentioned This Wolf Or The Hentai Tentacle Demon Will Die, so I can't be responsible for the leaps of logic you come up with...


I meant just human, I wasn't sure if Lupine looked more animalish in human form. I thought they did for some reason.

Plain human is normal. I doubt even Lupus Homids look odd. They should just look like a normal human would.

[reality_deviant]

Welcome back, Dante! I'm afraid I have no freaking clue what the "Infinite Essence" might be...sounds like Celestial Chorus propaganda, if ya ask me...

FZ, are you leaning more towards keeping the general Mage-y aspects (a mage's paradigm is not just the foci he uses to cast spells, but his personal philosophy and world view made manifest through his force of will, strength of understanding, and raw belief), or pretty much making the Traditions the modern equivalent of D&D specialist wizards("Forces 3, Super Lightning Bolt Blaaaast!")? Either way is all right, I would just like to know.

[Forever Zero]

FZ, are you leaning more towards keeping the general Mage-y aspects (a mage's paradigm is not just the foci he uses to cast spells, but his personal philosophy and world view made manifest through his force of will, strength of understanding, and raw belief), or pretty much making the Traditions the modern equivalent of D&D specialist wizards("Forces 3, Super Lightning Bolt Blaaaast!")? Either way is all right, I would just like to know.

Well, my lack of understanding means I would most likely play it as option 2, but once I read up on it I may lean towards option 1, but as of right now I'm not 100% sure how mage magic works other then it's the mage influencing their environment through exercising their will. In all honesty though, I don't care how it's played once the RP starts since NPC Mages are going to be on the rare side, thus it is up to the mages themselves to decide how to play them. As long as I understand it and can apply the magical effects, it is all right in my book.

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

*Ahem* Yeah ... Zero, please add me to the 'Werewolf' list as I would very much like to play one in this Rp. My character is still a work in progress, and will be a deviation from what I normally play.

In that sense I will take all of your comments/questions/concerns at face value when I actually post 'him.'

[IHateMakingNames]

Werewolf: IHMN, Lazy, Demon

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

Excellent. Thank you, Zero.

[Snefix]

Oh, this thread. Right, I see now. It was hidden by... being all hidey-like.

[Floom]

Hey Zero. I'd like to join in your story, if you have any space left.
I've never particiated in an online rp like this before, but I've had a fair bit of experience with vampire and mage.

Floom

[Psycho Mantis]

Hey Zero. I'd like to join in your story, if you have any space left.
I've never particiated in an online rp like this before, but I've had a fair bit of experience with vampire and mage.

Floom

But how do you feel about Nazi werewolves and/or tentacle rape?

They seem to be the prevailing articles of discussion.

[Floom]

Ignore it, and hope it goes away?
Hell, with enough potence you can make pretty much anything go away :)

[Krylo]

But how do you feel about Nazi werewolves and/or tentacle rape?
...When did we ever discuss tentacle raping a nazi werewolf? Although... now that you mention it, that could be interesting.

[Forever Zero]

Hey Zero. I'd like to join in your story, if you have any space left.
I've never particiated in an online rp like this before, but I've had a fair bit of experience with vampire and mage.

Floom

Well, Mage is full, but you are free to join Vampire if you want since they are still open. I'll put up the official Sign-Up in about a week, so no numbers are final until the RP actually starts after everyone is signed up, but there are still spaces. This will bring us up to... 14 people.

[BassDouken]

14, man this is going to be a big RP. Sadly if it starts in the middle of June, I will be vacationing. I'll probably just tie that into my charecter.

[Dante]

Ignore it, and hope it goes away?
Hell, with enough potence you can make pretty much anything go away :)

All problems in the world can be solved with sufficient application of a frenzied Brujah's fists...

[Forever Zero]

Personally, I think Lore of the Fundament: Manipulate Acceleration in the hands of a Melee Fallen is something to fear if you put an Aggravated Damage Melee Weapon in their hands, and they could be enough to deal with many problems...

[Dante]

AFAIk the only two classes of Agg damage melee weapons i can think of are the Blade of the Forbidden Flower and Klaives...

[Forever Zero]

Blade of the Forbidden Flower

Well, I remember well enough the huge discussion on the Klaives, but what is this Blade?

Also, in theory, all you need to make your own enchanted weapon is a Malefactor with Level 4 Lore of the Forge: Enchant Object. If you know all the right Lores, you could make a sword that is eternally burning with flame to waste Vampires, or a normal Silver Sword to waste Werewolves, and to waste a Human or Mage all you need is a normal sword of any type. They may not be "Aggrevated Damage" in the generic sense, but when matched up to the appropriate opponent, they are deadly...

[IHateMakingNames]

My Fang Dagger has Agg Damage (Though it has to be turned on).

[Forever Zero]

So that is three weapons that do straight up Agg damage to everything at least. I'm sure their are more pure Agg weapons somewhere, but for the Fallen, my scenario still stands as a pretty good one.

[Dante]

Well, I remember well enough the huge discussion on the Klaives, but what is this Blade?

Blade of The Forbidden Flower

This is a level 7(!) Thaumaturgy ritual that can be used to enchant any bladed weapon with the spirit of a vampire. The blade is forged and whatever, but the difference is that this rite is enacted over it and at the climax, the blade is plunged into the body of a vampire, who is then killed as though by diablerie. The blade does an additional +3 damage over its original type, and it is aggravated.

Much more insidious is the fact that all the Disciplines of the vampire trapped in the blade are freely accessible to the wielder. So a Ventrue Methuselah with 8 dots in Fortitude, Presence and Dominate would grant them to the 13th Gen jack shit neonate.


Also, in theory, all you need to make your own enchanted weapon is a Malefactor with Level 4 Lore of the Forge: Enchant Object. If you know all the right Lores, you could make a sword that is eternally burning with flame to waste Vampires, or a normal Silver Sword to waste Werewolves, and to waste a Human or Mage all you need is a normal sword of any type. They may not be "Aggrevated Damage" in the generic sense, but when matched up to the appropriate opponent, they are deadly...

A flaming silver sword, then. Remember that regular armor provides soak against physical sources of agg damage, but not against fire/sunlight, unless it is specially made (Nomex fire-retardant racing suits come to mind).

[Floom]

Blade of The Forbidden Flower

This is a level 7(!) Thaumaturgy ritual...


Why bother with a level 7 ritual, when the licks have so many methods of dealing agg damage? Teeth, feral claws, serpentis, Quietus...

Still, being able to use the disciplines of the trapped vampire is rather nice.

[Dante]

Why bother with a level 7 ritual, when the licks have so many methods of dealing agg damage? Teeth, feral claws, serpentis, Quietus...

Still, being able to use the disciplines of the trapped vampire is rather nice.

You also forgot the Sabbat favorite of a fusillade of machinegun fire folowed up by a frenzied diablerizing of the hapless elder they decide to target... or Molotov cocktail showers...

[Krylo]

That seems more effective than the sword for stealing abilities, Dante.

Looking at the description it seems like the elder has to be there while the sword is being forged and the other guy is doing the rite over it... and then he gets stabbed.

Now, you'd have to hold down an elder long enough to do the rite, somehow... and if you're going to do that, why not just diab him and make his powers your own (if I'm remembering my rudimentary vampire knowledge properly) instead of the sword's? ...Just use some pissant vampire for sword making. Easier.

[Dante]

That seems more effective than the sword for stealing abilities, Dante.

Looking at the description it seems like the elder has to be there while the sword is being forged and the other guy is doing the rite over it... and then he gets stabbed.

Now, you'd have to hold down an elder long enough to do the rite, somehow... and if you're going to do that, why not just diab him and make his powers your own (if I'm remembering my rudimentary vampire knowledge properly) instead of the sword's? ...Just use some pissant vampire for sword making. Easier.

Diablerie doesn't give you the victim's powers. It only increases your generation. The closest you get is some dots in the victim's powers, but that's it. Blade of the Forbidden Flower gives you full access to the Elder's powers.

And yes, the ritual is HARD. Anyone who can subdue an elder long enough to sword-diablerize him is certainly good enough to cast the ritual. And it would be one HELL of a waste to make an Amaranth Sword out of some jack shit thin-blooded neonate.

[Floom]

And it would be one HELL of a waste to make an Amaranth Sword out of some jack shit thin-blooded neonate.

I don't know. Imagine said neonate managed to piss off your Tremere elder.
You could just kill him, or you could trap him within the blade. And every night, you cut a small slither off of it.
Wouldn't be too comfortable for the imbued spirit of the neonate, I'd imagine.

Heh. The vampire I'm playing atm is a great believer in artful revenge. I guess it's spilling through a little.

Floom

[Forever Zero]

You know the vamps are going to be on the semi-good side on this one right? Unless you go evil, but evil positions aren't open for the most part...

[Dante]

I don't know. Imagine said neonate managed to piss off your Tremere elder.
You could just kill him, or you could trap him within the blade. And every night, you cut a small slither off of it.
Wouldn't be too comfortable for the imbued spirit of the neonate, I'd imagine.


It would be a shame to ruin a weapon like that just to get at a neonate... Now, if it were some elder or Methuselah, it'd be a different matter.


Heh. The vampire I'm playing atm is a great believer in artful revenge. I guess it's spilling through a little.

Floom

Ach, the classic blood-bond/ jerking the mark around like a chew-toy works well enough, as do Tzimisce and Ventrue evil...

[CelesJessa]

(REALLY late reply)


Vampire: Celes? (Unsure if joining)

I'm still interested. It's just been hectic lately, and I keep forgetting to check out the thread and remembering to post here to remind you that I still want to join. ^^ Heh.

[Forever Zero]

No problem, your first posts just seemed very unsure if you wanted to join or not. I'll mark you down as a definite joiner now however.

[Dante]

(REALLY late reply)

I'm still interested. It's just been hectic lately, and I keep forgetting to check out the thread and remembering to post here to remind you that I still want to join. ^^ Heh.

*gollum* Uhuhuhuh... We wants the fresh meats, master... We likes it... likes it very much...

*Sounds of slavering are heard in the background*

Silence, you fools, she's heard - I mean, good for you, Celes, good for you...

[reality_deviant]

Hentai tentacles AND Gollum? This game's gonna be AWESOME!!!

[BassDouken]

Yeah, it's shaping up to be interesting. After all the prep work FZ has done, I think we are sorta ruining the whole puropse of the RP. But then again, I just may have to make a horny old mage as my charecter just to fit in.

[Forever Zero]

NOTE: Anything that happens in discussions will, for the most part, NOT effect what will happen in the RP. Therefore, if I see hide or hair of hentai tentacles or Gollum appear in the RP itself, prepare to be smited from the earth by the Wrath of GM.

END NOTICE

*gollum* Uhuhuhuh... We wants the fresh meats, master... We likes it... likes it very much...

*Sounds of slavering are heard in the background*

Silence, you fools, she's heard - I mean, good for you, Celes, good for you...

Yep, you're about as subtle as a ten-foot scaley mutant alien at a retirement home...

I just may have to make a horny old mage as my charecter just to fit in.

Your character won't fit in. We generally get all the goofing off done in the Discussion. You can make one, but he better be practical as well or he'll find himself done in by a female Defiler in diguise...

[Krylo]

I suggest all of you go watch cartoon network right now. The villains in this cartoon look like a bunch of human sized cthulus...

[Dante]

NOTE: Anything that happens in discussions will, for the most part, NOT effect what will happen in the RP. Therefore, if I see hide or hair of hentai tentacles or Gollum appear in the RP itself, prepare to be smited from the earth by the Wrath of GM.

Hmm... note to self, transmute krylo's char into a hentai tentacle Gollum clone...

I suggest all of you go watch cartoon network right now. The villains in this cartoon look like a bunch of human sized cthulus...

Those IDIOTS! Get back here, you bloody tentacled bastards, or I will get the remainder of your pitiful existences quoted in the Merriam-Webster dictionary as examples of "pain" and "suffering"!
(Just kidding, fokes, I don't even have CN here in the hotel...)

[Silent Wayfarer]

A World of Darkness RP? Most interesting.

However, crossovers present their own unique challenges, and I certainly hope you are equipped to deal with them...

[Forever Zero]

If you want to join up, feel free. The Vampires are always recruiting, and the Werewolves could use one more, but everyone else is maxed out.

If you want to sit on the sidelines and pretend you're some sort of divine RP prophet, have fun by yourself Skippy. I've been RPing for a while now, with and without Stat RPs, and I know what I'm doing. I've heard it all at some point or another, and I've got a plan set for running this RP. Just to warn you, it won't be straight up WoD, it will use the sign-ups and basic characters, and everything after that is pure FZ. Don't like it, wait for someone else to make something, or make something yourself. Sign-up for this is in will show up tomarrow, and the RP starts in two weeks.

If you don't want to join, that's your right. Hope to see you in the future in another RP. At least you know how to spell, unlike other n00bs around here.

[Dante]

A World of Darkness RP? Most interesting.

However, crossovers present their own unique challenges, and I certainly hope you are equipped to deal with them...

Well, I'll be assisting him, so it shouldn't be much of a problem... and he's ignoring most of the backstory which might cause background clashes, etc.

[Forever Zero]

Well, I'll be assisting him, so it shouldn't be much of a problem... and he's ignoring most of the backstory which might cause background clashes, etc.

Bah, I'm the GM, there will be no Background Clashes!

... And it'll get worked out as part of the Sign-Up process.

[Dystopian Rhetoric]

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[reality_deviant]

I am sooo ready for this thing...break is finally, blessedly, almost here.

All right, I am thinking of a Verbena chick who works at an animal shelter, with a focus on Life magic, and possibly Prime or Spirit, who is very interested in human rights and humane treatment of animals. She weekends with a medieval combat group when she can, giving her at least some rudimentary battle skills, and she makes a little extra cash selling chainmail items, which she is learning how to infuse with power.

Will this fit with your concepts? It's a work in progress, and can definitely be modified.

[lazy man]

Good news: I'm getting my internet connection back tomorrow(YAY!!!), so I may actually be able to get a character up in time.

Bad new: School year still not close from over(about a month and a half left, DAMN YOU SCHOOL BOARD!!) and lacrosse games are coming alot more often, so I'll be online alot less than normal(if I didn't have the connection).

[Forever Zero]

I am sooo ready for this thing...break is finally, blessedly, almost here.

All right, I am thinking of a Verbena chick who works at an animal shelter, with a focus on Life magic, and possibly Prime or Spirit, who is very interested in human rights and humane treatment of animals. She weekends with a medieval combat group when she can, giving her at least some rudimentary battle skills, and she makes a little extra cash selling chainmail items, which she is learning how to infuse with power.

Will this fit with your concepts? It's a work in progress, and can definitely be modified.

Seems to fit just fine with the overall concept. The background is still being refined and worked, but I don't think there will be any more HUGE changes before I unleash it. Expect the Sign-Up possibly sometime this week, but the RP is still two weeks out until after my Graduation.

Also as a notice, I might run a mini-RP in between now and the start of the RP, since as of late I've sort of been slacking off and losing my interest in doing an RP. Just to get back in the feel of it, and to get back into wanting to run an RP. Anyone have any suggestions?

[Dante]

The tale of Joshua Matthews? Or I could C&P the story of She-Who-Walks-Alone...

[reality_deviant]

You could give us a chance to wander around your city ooc, just to get a feel for how organizations/combat/interactions will work. A very free-form system might be best.

Other than that...D&D-esque fantasy seems to be easy enough to work with; nice, straightforward quests and such.

[Forever Zero]

You could give us a chance to wander around your city ooc, just to get a feel for how organizations/combat/interactions will work. A very free-form system might be best.

Ironically, I was thinking less free form would work well. As in the Demonologist sends you on missions, and you fulfill them, although the total RPG plan and layout is still in discussion and planning to a degree... Considering the RP has a definite goal and bad guy, I'm hesitant to make it too free form, since I've watched lots of free form RPGs fall apart in the past when everyone tries to go their own way. The most disasterous example was the FF RP, when at one key point, everyone realized that everyone had their ideas approved by the GM, when many of the ideas conflicted with each other. Their was a brief argument, and the RP collapsed. Thus, I have developed a mild phobia to running a Free Form RP since then...

Other than that...D&D-esque fantasy seems to be easy enough to work with; nice, straightforward quests and such.

AY NO! Not D&D. There is enough fantasy on this board as it is, we don't need any more...

Maybe I will slap together a quick Shadowrun Mission, in the One-Shot RP format I discussed once. I tried one months ago and it collapsed after the first mission, so maybe I can get one to survive one mission at least...

[reality_deviant]

Hey, I didn't mean for the actual game, I was speculating on what you could run in the pre-game downtime. A sort of "get-acquainted" sesion for the city. Since presumably our characters will have knowledge of it, it might be useful for the players to learn, also. I agree, there needs to be a little structure, or you as the GM are going to get walked all over. The powers-that-be at White Wolf have granted us a bountiful harvest of twinkish powers and abilities to exploit.

I have had only one experience with Shadowrun, and it was bad. The guy wanted us all to be uber-cyberized Street Sam types, but wouldn't come right out and say it. Also, he was one of those "old-school" GMs, who feels like he will "win" if the players "lose". Very frustrating. I'm sure you could do better with it, tho. I was just throwing out a couple suggestions.

[Forever Zero]

Hey, I didn't mean for the actual game, I was speculating on what you could run in the pre-game downtime. A sort of "get-acquainted" sesion for the city. Since presumably our characters will have knowledge of it, it might be useful for the players to learn, also. I agree, there needs to be a little structure, or you as the GM are going to get walked all over. The powers-that-be at White Wolf have granted us a bountiful harvest of twinkish powers and abilities to exploit.

Hmm... Well, that could work except I don't really know what would be done about it. Except for when the official conflict, it is a pretty slow city ever since the Wolves and the Vamps called a cease-fire. And you all are low level, so you won't be in on major day to day decisions for your respective groups. How excatly would it work?

I have had only one experience with Shadowrun, and it was bad. The guy wanted us all to be uber-cyberized Street Sam types, but wouldn't come right out and say it. Also, he was one of those "old-school" GMs, who feels like he will "win" if the players "lose". Very frustrating. I'm sure you could do better with it, tho. I was just throwing out a couple suggestions.

Ouch, sounds rough. My first try wasn't great, since it was quite literally my first GMing experience, but I tried to leave it open and not kill the players. Of course, I also didn't use dice and just sort of free controlled it. It was alright, but it died out after the first mission when a new player joined after trying to rob the regular players of thier payload, then expected no hard feelings...

I could set up one big mission to fit as many people wanted to join, and I think I'll try that out. Look for a sign-up ish thing later today or tomarrow.

[lazy man]

I'm back, yay!

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

... a new player joined after trying to rob the regular players of thier payload, then expected no hard feelings...

It was nothing personal. Just two proffesionals on opposite sides.

[Dante]

And my character did what I tend to do in a lot of RPs now - Sleep.

[Forever Zero]

And my character did what I tend to do in a lot of RPs now - Sleep.

That was because said new guy had hit you with a knockout dart...

And professionals or not, you tend to not be happy when you do all the work and someone tries to steal the credit from you...

However, like I said, this will be a one shot RPG, so only one mission for us to get pissed off at each other and try to kill everyone...

[IHateMakingNames]

I still say that guy should have died. I mean really, he laced the entire floor with explosives while we were inside of it...

[Dante]

SHUT UP! SIT UP! SEVEN UP!

I shall machinegun all of you while cackling! Cackling, I say!

[IHateMakingNames]

I remember Seven Up from elementary school. What a crappy game that was...

[Dante]

That was the one where you can't mention 7, right?

[IHateMakingNames]

No, that's not it. In Seven Up, everyone put their heads down, then the teacher would touch some people's head and they would stand up. Then after that, everyone else would still have their head down, then each of the Upers would touch some one else, then go to the front of the room. Then the kids who got touched by the Upers would have one guess to figure out who touched them, and then they would get to be an Upper. If an Upper is not guessed, they continue to be an Upper.

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

That's right ladies! He's hot! He's sexy!

He's Hot n' Sexy!

He's totally buff from carrying around all that heavy equipment! And the gun ...

[Dante]

Oh, right. We had another game where we weren't allowed to mention 7 or something. We never got to do fun stuff like Spin the Bottle, or Twister, or Strip Mahjong...

EDIT: Please don't quote the pic, Demon. I am not photogenic, and would have liekd to have been carrying the RPG tube on my back and wearing the jungle-fighter camouflage, except that the others borrowed it off me for the mission.

[Forever Zero]

SHUT UP! SIT UP! SEVEN UP!

I shall machinegun all of you while cackling! Cackling, I say!

No no no, if you are going for the crazy military guy with a big gun look, you need an evil guffaw. Cackles are reserved for the likes of Kefka, but the big evil military generals always Guffaw. Haven't you learned anything about being an evil mastermind?

And Seven Up the game does indeed suck.

[Dante]

No no no, if you are going for the crazy military guy with a big gun look, you need an evil guffaw. Cackles are reserved for the likes of Kefka, but the big evil military generals always Guffaw. Haven't you learned anything about being an evil mastermind?

I don't need to be an evil mastermind to machinegun people, just a crazed lunatic.


And Seven Up does indeed suck.

Never played it, but it DOES sound kinda lame...

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

Yeah .. Seven Up doesn't conatain any flashy graphics, complicated dice tables, or having sex with buxom co-eds.

It has nothing us older people would like.

Stupid game for five year olds. Not being any fun or anything!

[Dante]

Ah well, at least I can entertain myself with my airsoft Glock 17 and 5000 BBs.

[Forever Zero]

Personally, I have been having quite a bit of fun with my Airsoft Airzooka whenever my cat is a pain in the ass... And it doesn't fire BBs, it shoots balls of compressed air. Infinate Ammo Cheat, booyah!

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

Now all you have to do is figure out how to get that Bullet Time cheat to work ...

[Forever Zero]

Now all you have to do is figure out how to get that Bullet Time cheat to work ...

Damnit, I keep pressing it in on my PC, but time just won't slow down here...

So any opinions on a Shadowrun Mission? I'm thinking Corperate Headquarters Raid, with the attempt of trying to get a high level employee out alive for a competitor... Hard yes, but it will be an entertaining mission to say the least...

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

I'm up for that if it gives Conrad a chance to see the light of day again ...

The question is, though, what Corp would we be raiding and for who?

[Forever Zero]

It's a one shot RP, so it's not super important. Just to pick two off the top of my head, we are raiding Drake Corp. (From the SNES game) for an "Interested Party" as our Johnson told us...

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

Heh. That crazy Johnson guy, I tell ya!

Always being so mysteriously vague ...

If he didn't pay as well as he does, I might be a little annoyed by it. But he does. So I'm not.

[Forever Zero]

Expect the Sign-Up tonight-ish, and the RP to start tomarrow-ish. I will most likely have a few template characters down for people to choose from for speed, unless they really want to make a character from scratch...

[Dante]

Can I be Mr. Big, Blasty troll heavy weapons guy?

[Forever Zero]

Can I be Mr. Big, Blasty troll heavy weapons guy?

Sure, we always need someone to mow down those pesky Corp Security troopers, or to make instant doors if needed with rocket launchers...

[Dante]

"Let me try my access code."

*BLAM*

[IHateMakingNames]

I shall be the trippy, edgy, paranoid hacker who looks like he has been electrified one to many times.

Edit - I'd actually rather see this as a long term RP over a one time thing.

[Forever Zero]

I shall be the trippy, edgy, paranoid hacker who looks like he has been electrified one to many times.

Edit - I'd actually rather see this as a long term RP over a one time thing.

Now your just ripping off "Shocker"...

And the last time I made this a long term RP, it died out relativly quickly. Perhaps if you hold onto your characters when WoD finishes up, I'll give a long term SR RP a try. However, I wonder if it wouldn't work better in a sort of episode format, where you get a mission, go on a complete/fail it, then return. After a week or so, a new mission is set up and goes. I don't know, but I have been wanting to run a full fledged SR RP. Maybe I will force everyone to make their own, and everytime I feel like throwing one of these out we can do it with our regular characters. I'll moniter money, and as time passes you can buy new gear, cyberware, vehicles, etc, as you see fit. How does that sound to everyone?

EDIT: I'll even properly fill everyone in on how to play a mage so we can get a well balanced team of hackers and mages with our combat monsters...

[IHateMakingNames]

Now your just ripping off "Shocker"...

Who?

[Forever Zero]

Who?

My character in the last Shadowrun RP I ran.


Name: Mendel "Shocker" Thirgens
Race: Human
Sex: Male
Age: 41
Character Class: Tech-Wiz

Equipment: Browning Max-Power with laser sight - Heavy Pistol
+6 clips of standard ammo
(HE) non-aerodynamic granades
Plastic explosives, Compound IV grade
Lined Coat - Armor
Pocket Flashlight
Toolkit
Data Codebreaker, level 4
Dataline Tap, level 4
Jammer, level 3
White Noise Generator, level 2
Sequencer, level 3
Ultrasound Emitter/Detector, level 2
Datajack - Cyberware
Cyberears, with Hearing Amplification, Dampener, High and Low frequencey detectors - Cyberware
Cybereyes, with flare compensation, low-light, thermographic, retinal clock, and vision magnification: electronic II
Sony CTY-360-D - Cyberdeck
various level 3-4 programs

Description: Mendel is 5'9" and not what you would expect in a shadowrunner. He wears a normal set of overalls with a blue shirt underneath. His overalls are covered in pockets, and he wears a lined coat that is also covered in pockets on the inside and outside. His hair is grey and for some reason refuses to stay down, giving him a look as if he was just electrocuted. His green eyes usually dart around looking for danger, and the grey stubble on his face looks as if his facial hair just stopped growing part way to a beard. His overall look is mildly crazed although he is a fairly normal shadowrunner... if a little paranoid, and recieving of one to many shocks...

Bio: Mendel is an oddity in the fast paced world of shadowrunning in Seattle. He started off young, coming from the Seattle slums and getting into shadowrunning when he saved up enough for a cyberdeck, some programs, and a datajack. He started off living for the thrill of the Matrix, and all that stereotypical Decker nonsense, but he suffered from a set of poor programs given to him by a friend when he ran the Matrix, and normally got his butt handed to him by advanced security systems. One day he had the very bad luck to run into a nasty Sparky IC while running an Ares computer matrix, and his poor programs failed him one time too many, and the sparky left one fried Mendel when it finished with him...

Surprisingly he survived the encounter, but it made him more than a little jumpy, and more than one person thought he had wired reflexes from how much his hands shake and how jumpy and nervous he always is. Mendel actually became a better Decker from the experience, saving up his money to improve his cyberdeck and programs, and when he got the ability it let him branch out into other fields any good decker should know like non-Matrix corperate security, and other electronics and computer systems, although that too led too a few 'shocking' experiences before he learned the ropes. He aslo know his way around explosives, and can repair almost any machine put in front of him. He heard about all the chaos in Chicago, and decided it was a good place to make some Nuyen, so he found a plane on some less than official grounds that was heading there, and is now on his way.

Extra: His Matrix persona looks just like him, nothing dramatic or amazing. Got most of his cyberware due to paranoia instead of actual use. Also, he know has an extreme fear of Ares, since it was the one that got him with the Shocker, and he is constantly weary of Ares equipment or anything else really...

[IHateMakingNames]

I see...

Well, when I think hacker, I think of a twitchy paranoid guy with googles. And Dante took the meat tank already, which is what my guy was last time.

[Forever Zero]

You could be a Combat Decker. I don't have the book at hand, but it is basically a decker designed to fight his way into corperations so he can more easily access their computers from the inside instead of having to fend off the massive extra security from trying to hack in from the outside...

[Krylo]

I want to be a mage... note: not shaman. Stupid animal spirit worshipping pricks.

[Forever Zero]

I want to be a mage... note: not shaman. Stupid animal spirit worshipping pricks.

Then you would be a mage of the Hermatic school. They are the technical mages, doing their magic through pure force of will/reason. I still have all my old info for the last time I ran this, so all I need to do now is copy out lists of all the equipment, all the Decker programs, and all the Spells, and I think the RP is pretty much ready.

REPOST: Alright, while a Shadowrun RP is in the works, to help ease the non-WoD knowledged, and to help set the stage, Co-GM Dante has set up a mini-RP for us to help get to know the WoD universe, and the background of this specific story better.

REPOST 2: Hmm, does the lack of interest in the Prologue denote a lack of interest in the RP? It seems the introduction to the WoD universe has not gone so well, so are people still interested?

[lazy man]

I am, it's just that I don't feel like making a character, so I'm just sitting back and seeing what goes on. Unless of course I have to make a character, but I doubt it's needed that badly.

[Forever Zero]

Well, it isn't necessary. The prolouge was partially to just test the waters. It was intended as more of a "Jump in with a quick character and learn a bit about the RP environment/WoD universe" sort of thing, and not as a hard core RP (I believe Dante planned to resolve it in 1-2 nights).

[IHateMakingNames]

Are we supposed to be our characters we made in the proluoge, make up a character, or be a ghoul?

[Forever Zero]

Just a ghoul. No background needed, just a name and a personality supplied by the player. This is sort of like a Casual RP (Gasp!), but with a plot and meant to be wrapped up fast. Your official characters will come later.

[Mage#27]

hmm... I go away for a week and all sort of stuff happens. Where exactly are we right now?

[IHateMakingNames]

Exactly where we were a long time ago, except the WoD background is gone, and FZ made up his own story.

[Mage#27]

I know about the background stuff...

so no progress whatsoever?...

aahh well.

[Snefix]

I feel you, Mage. D-Rat.