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Apr 10, 2018 20:10
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There's just something about that guy that makes me want to punch his dumb glasses, pull his cap down over his eyes, rip his beard off, beat him over the head and kick him into a garbage dump. What do I need to roll for that? 
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Apr 10, 2018 20:13
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That Luca is the epitome of even more than Algernon.
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Apr 10, 2018 20:16
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Poil posted:There's just something about that guy that makes me want to punch his dumb glasses, pull his cap down over his eyes, rip his beard off, beat him over the head and kick him into a garbage dump. Thank god, i thought i was the only one. It is not even Luca's character in the story (SPOILERS!). Just that face.
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Apr 10, 2018 20:21
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Shadowy org leaves a shady anonymous message and has some shaded goon hand you a cryptic mission? Yeah, this is definitely gonna be worth 1.5K
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Apr 10, 2018 20:27
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Please, this guy offering us a pittance with none of it up front surely has our best interests in mind.
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Apr 10, 2018 20:33
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Kanfy posted:Also with that surname you can bet he's gotten enough 'I don't even know her' jokes to last a lifetime.  The funny thing here is that the word "dürr" means "arid" and also "scrawny" which our new friend Luca doesn't exactly look like.
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Apr 10, 2018 20:37
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OutofSight posted:Thank god, i thought i was the only one. It is not even Luca's character in the story (SPOILERS!). Just that face. How fitting that our German game features someone who is the avatar of Backpfeifengesicht!
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Apr 10, 2018 20:39
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frankenfreak posted:"ue" is actually pronounced as "ü", so his name sounds like this. Look man if I have to take the original languages into consideration when making bad jokes, we're all doomed come Hong Kong.
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Apr 10, 2018 20:46
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Horrible Lurkbeast posted:That Luca is the epitome of
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Apr 10, 2018 20:57
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It's a video game, so of course we're doing all the "side-quest" material, but man, in the real game, you don't do these sorts of runs. As backstabby as Shadowrun is, usually you have to trust that your team isn't going to gently caress you over in some way/shape/form because you're already paranoid enough that your Fixer is going to do that.
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Apr 10, 2018 21:00
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frankenfreak posted:"ue" is actually pronounced as "ü", so his name sounds like this.
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Apr 10, 2018 21:18
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There is no possible way someone is about to betray the gently caress out of us.
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Apr 10, 2018 21:28
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RedMagus posted:It's a video game, so of course we're doing all the "side-quest" material, but man, in the real game, you don't do these sorts of runs. As backstabby as Shadowrun is, usually you have to trust that your team isn't going to gently caress you over in some way/shape/form because you're already paranoid enough that your Fixer is going to do that.
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Apr 10, 2018 21:28
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Horrible Lurkbeast posted:That Luca is the epitome of he looks a goon
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Apr 10, 2018 22:13
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AriadneThread posted:he looks a goon A hipster goon, which obviously makes him incredibly trustworthy.
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Apr 10, 2018 22:16
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I agree that he's almost certainly a backer portrait. He's one of the ones I vaguely mentioned earlier.
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Apr 10, 2018 22:17
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This loving run. Ugh. Like, yes, it's best done first, but maaaaaan without Decking 4 it's going to be a chore and a half.
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Apr 10, 2018 22:18
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1. What you just wrote is kinda spoilery. 2. I think that you'll be pleasantly surprised. I was when I checked about this mission in a FAQ file.
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Apr 10, 2018 22:28
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RedMagus posted:It's a video game, so of course we're doing all the "side-quest" material, but man, in the real game, you don't do these sorts of runs. As backstabby as Shadowrun is, usually you have to trust that your team isn't going to gently caress you over in some way/shape/form because you're already paranoid enough that your Fixer is going to do that. Well, that's why we've got a reliable Fixer. Saves valuable worrying time and lets us focus on worrying about how the client and other runners are going to gently caress us over. Seriously, this game lets you make an amazing enemies list.
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Apr 10, 2018 22:44
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If you don't have at least 5 different corporations, some insane shamans and one dragon all out for your blood then you haven't made it yet.
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Apr 10, 2018 22:47
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Horrible Lurkbeast posted:1. What you just wrote is kinda spoilery. I didn't think "I like having Decking 4 for this" in a run where we do not have Decking 4 could be considered anything of the sort. I am referring to things which assuredly will not happen, surely? I bring it up because this was the thing that made me quit my mage run and roll up a hackergunner in the first place. It'll be nice to see someone mage through it competently.
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Apr 10, 2018 22:51
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If you don't keep two deep underground bunkers fully maintained at all times, are you truly a shadowrunner? VVV There's no such thing as too much redundancy when you run in the shadows. ThatBasqueGuy fucked around with this message at 22:54 on Apr 10, 2018 |
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Apr 10, 2018 22:51
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ThatBasqueGuy posted:If you don't keep two deep underground bunkers fully maintained at all times, are you truly a shadowrunner? I wonder, is it best practice to have a fortress clubhouse, or try and stay under the radar? Or both?
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Apr 10, 2018 22:53
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Horrible Lurkbeast posted:If you don't have at least 5 different corporations, some insane shamans and one dragon all out for your blood then you haven't made it yet. We're working on it; I mean the game just started and we've already got the dragon part covered. And Aztechnology is always out for your blood, regardless of who you are, so that's already one corp accounted for.
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Apr 10, 2018 22:54
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Three bunkers. The other ones are rigged to explode.
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Apr 10, 2018 22:55
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Soylent Pudding posted:There is no possible way someone is about to betray the gently caress out of us. Our post-Monika shadowrunning career is getting off to a rousing start here!
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Apr 10, 2018 23:20
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I'm sure Mr. Do Her will be far too busy phizposting to do any kind of betraying.
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Apr 10, 2018 23:44
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Cardiovorax posted:Which, admittedly, doesn't really say as much as it could, because there's not exactly all that much in the way of intelligent competition for those other 70%. It's easy to be the unchallenged ruler of Mars if there's nobody else willing to go the distance to contest you for your dead rock. Quorum posted:Magic is generated by a biosphere, it seems, and there's active research going on to see whether putting enough biomass in space (like on a station) would also generate a magical field. Going to space as a mage is traumatic. Going to space as anything explicitly dual natured is I think fatal. Mages usually have themselves put under anesthesia. As of 5e, it's not research so much as established fact. There is a stable mana field on several space stations including Z-O, and another on Evo's Gagarin Base on Mars. ThatBasqueGuy posted:Yeah, with all that money he has I bet they're a snack You'd bet wrong! You can bet a lot of money that anyone working personally with Lofwyr on a day to day basis is going to be an extremely rare talent whose insanely good at what they do and thus insanely expensive. The lizard that hyper-values efficiency and intelligence isn't going to go around eating his personal staff for no reason.
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Apr 10, 2018 23:52
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Kanfy how do you feel about people spoiling 5e plot stuff in the thread (bit late for that I know)?
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Apr 11, 2018 00:05
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Dürr? I don't even knürr!
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Apr 11, 2018 00:28
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Thread policy is lore stuff that occurs after the game is zippered so that people dont for instance talk about this games equivalence of bug cults and spoil the big twist at the end.
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Apr 11, 2018 00:29
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We had that whole Banana Jackson gag too.
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Apr 11, 2018 00:43
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Quorum posted:Magic is generated by a biosphere, it seems, and there's active research going on to see whether putting enough biomass in space (like on a station) would also generate a magical field. Going to space as a mage is traumatic. Going to space as anything explicitly dual natured is I think fatal. IIRC mages are fine as long as they make no attempt to use any kind of magic whatsoever. Otherwise... Explosive decompression of the soul
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Apr 11, 2018 01:13
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Makes me wonder if some big captain of industry escaped into space once dragons started buying corporations.
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Apr 11, 2018 01:30
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Horrible Lurkbeast posted:Makes me wonder if some big captain of industry escaped into space once dragons started buying corporations. The former CEO of BMW lived out her remaining life in exile on Zurich-Orbital after Lowfyr bought out her remaining shares to form Saeder-Krupp, if that counts.
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Apr 11, 2018 01:34
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The former owner of Saeder-Krupp did. Not entirely willingly, though. After Lofwyr took over, she tried to have him killed, which needless to say didn't work out. He thought she had gumption for trying something like that, though, so he let her go with a warning not to try it again. She then moved to Zurich-Orbital and spent the rest of her days there. e:f;b
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Apr 11, 2018 01:35
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GhostStalker posted:The former CEO of BMW lived out her remaining life in exile on Zurich-Orbital after Lowfyr bought out her remaining shares to form Saeder-Krupp, if that counts. I wonder why Lowfyr even needed to buy her out. The CEO of BMW is unlikely to be a major shareholder in the scheme of things.
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Apr 11, 2018 01:38
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Subjunctive posted:I wonder why Lowfyr even needed to buy her out. The CEO of BMW is unlikely to be a major shareholder in the scheme of things. Because BMW was snowballing like crazy under Wilhelmina Graff-Benoit (and her late husband's) leadership, and under her was one of the original founders of the Corporate Court. And Lowfyr wanted that seat. GhostStalker fucked around with this message at 04:49 on Apr 11, 2018 |
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Apr 11, 2018 01:47
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paragon1 posted:Kanfy how do you feel about people spoiling 5e plot stuff in the thread (bit late for that I know)? As long as you know for a fact that it's completely unrelated to either Dragonfall or Hong Kong then I've technically no issue with it, but you have to be absolutely certain with clear memory of every plot point and ending of both games. As FoolyCharged says, there are absolutely insect spirit equivalents in these games which are 100% considered spoilers despite being "common knowledge" to anyone who knows their Shadowrun, and which may not even necessarily come up in the story until the literal ending texts. Overall I prefer erring on the side of caution because it can be hard to always remember what's relevant and what isn't and if someone does start slipping up, it's real hard to say "hey let's avoid this particular topic" because that just confirms it as a spoiler.
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Apr 11, 2018 01:54
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