Don't forget the free 10 die intimidate bonus. No one has ever seen anyone as big and scary as you! You can be as stylish as you want and I think there are going to be a lot of screaming kids. I'd be buying a Samurai demon mask just to capitalise on it!

That's what the ballistic mask is...shelled out for custom too

I do not have a copy of Hard Targets, so unless it's in the Shadowrun Wiki; I can't reference it for use.

Also, no vehicle.   You'll be walking for a bit before you hit the location of the time slip.

I'm ok with the Steed aren't I? It's just a wheel chair I think

In reply to Angel 316 (msg # 77):

As long as you're not turning it into a Dalek (which has been done); you should be fine.

Hmm... tell me more about this Dalek... Let's see...

Mu ha ha.. now I have a goal!

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I have an Agent who runs my commlink....not quiet intelligent AI but you know.

Also, as I'm working through my software purchases, something to keep in mind is things that require databases (gun id, vehicle id etc) will not work in 2012 unless our neighborhood friendly PAN has databases in her head.

*cough* wrong edition
This message was last edited by the player at 20:12, Wed 09 Aug 2023.

I'll skip it then.

Actually, looking at the my character in Chummer I realized I also used Personalized Grip accessory (+1 to Accuracy) from Hard Targets on my guns. Is that likewise off limits?

Heh, I also bought a car for no other reason than because it made sense for my character to have one at the start of the game. Maybe I should reconsider that idea.

In reply to Cain (msg # 81):

Yeah, we'll let the personalized grip slide; I vaguely remember looking that one up for a character build.

Alright. I don't think anything else I took would be a problem, it's all pretty standard stuff, with the possible exception of the Alter Memory spell from Shadow Spells. That's kinda nonstandard, but I thought it might come in handy. Should I nix that?

Also, instead of buying a car I will not use, I'm thinking of investing into a bunch of spell formulae for spells I would like to have, but don't have the karma for right now. It occurred to me that once we are in the past, opportunities to learn new magic will be limited to say the least.

In reply to Cain (msg # 83):

Unless there's specific events that you want to hinder and/or help, there's no time limits involved.   If you decided to take a few months to help the tech base a little, that's okay.  I'm not planning on specific dates for anything.
This message was last edited by the GM at 07:19, Thu 10 Aug 2023.

Rather than re-edit (again), I'll throw out a new post.

I'm planning on hand-waving a lot of the stuff (like vehicles) that you might have in 2070 that don't travel backward with you.   I'm assuming that either most stuff falls under lifestyle and/or just plain dropping the record keeping.

As has been suggested and accepted; I'm also planning on waving away lifestyle and such after the time slip.   Putting you at a free High Lifestyle feels about right for how I expect things to roll out.    That said, I've just about got the starter run finalized in my head.

I'm just glad we missed the first VITAS plague!

I am interested in buying spell formulae because once we go back, we will be the only source of magical knowledge in the world. So unless we already know a particular spell or have a formulae, the only way to acquire it would be to research it somehow, if that is even possible. Or try to get it from a dragon, which somehow strikes me as a really bad idea.

Anyway, did we miss the plague, or is it still an ongoing problem? It was only two years since the outbreak, right? So, the epidemic might still be going on. And speaking of it, are we immune to it? Assuming we have immunity to it (either natural or due to vaccinations), our antibodies could be very useful in combating this and possibly future outbreaks.

You could be an Elf and then go chat with Harliquin. I'm sure he'd be happy to share his spell list with you :)

Oh, that guy. Somehow I doubt he would be of any help, even if Cain was an elf.

Ended up buying a bunch of spell formulae, so (assuming we can share them between us) everyone is welcome to take a look at them when they have some karma to spend.

And now I am (hopefully) finally done with my character.

In reply to Cain (msg # 87):

You can reasonably recreate spells you know exist (or will exist) if you have the Arcana active skill.

For you, VITAS won't be an issue.   I'd expect it'd be still going on, though in the late stages.

Firstly: thanks GM :) That makes things easier for the mages. Secondly... it would be AWESOME if I could actually learn those...

And thirdly... do you want to make a bet on that Cain?

I don't really have a lot of knowledge about the setting, but the little I read doesn't really fill with confidence about that guy.

Anyway, I'm going to leave the character as he is. No more tinkering. I think. Even if I could use another focus.

Oh I picked Harliquin because he's well known. My comment really was that while magic is still really really new, there are people that have enormous magical power and skill around. Who have been waiting thousands of years for this to happen. Scary thought really

How are we doing for character creation? Do we have an ETA of when we are going to start?

I'll observe we don't have to wait for full character sheets to just start RPing. We just need an IC space and perhaps a brief

In reply to Angel 316 (msg # 94):

apologies for the delay, I'm having a rough time right now, I've been made redundant and thats sort of stressing me out trying to secure new employment.

Ah sounds tough. You have all my best wishes

RL always comes first do what you got to do.

Sorry to hear that. Best of luck with your search.