(CYOA) Blake Island School of Magic (Shadowrun Fifth Edition)

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Cannon_Fodder: Jul 17, 2007; "Hey, where did Steve go?"
Design by Kamoc

Oh poo poo.

Well, how do we position Kenji to sue the poo poo outta Lone Star? I hope Edward doesn't well and truly gently caress up everything.

# ¿ Mar 1, 2018 23:13

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# ¿ Apr 26, 2024 14:42

Cannon_Fodder: Jul 17, 2007; "Hey, where did Steve go?"
Design by Kamoc

Deadmeat5150 posted:

Do you want to:

1) Caulk to the gravsled and float across
2) Attempt to ford
3) Build a bridge from the corpses of heretics and cross

Your Death Barge has lost a Chaos Axle.
Your Skull Servitors have sprung a leak and died.
You find yourself in a field full of non-coms. They turn to be Slaaneshi cultists, you must cleanse the heretics. :commissar:

# ¿ Apr 6, 2018 19:56

Cannon_Fodder: Jul 17, 2007; "Hey, where did Steve go?"
Design by Kamoc

Kenji does not help. These aren't his people. He will not jeopardize his friends for strangers.

# ¿ Jul 30, 2018 19:03

Cannon_Fodder: Jul 17, 2007; "Hey, where did Steve go?"
Design by Kamoc

habeasdorkus posted:

Counterpoint to those saying that Dog wouldn't see the need to help:

He shouldn't put anyone at risk, but he should try to do something.

Dog isn't loyal to all. He's loyal to pack.

You* simply want in on the action.

* = not singling out anyone specifically.

# ¿ Jul 30, 2018 20:26

Cannon_Fodder: Jul 17, 2007; "Hey, where did Steve go?"
Design by Kamoc

jagadaishio posted:

I can tell Jayvon comes from a first responder household.

Is it that he's carrying medical devices?

# ¿ Aug 1, 2018 19:52

Cannon_Fodder: Jul 17, 2007; "Hey, where did Steve go?"
Design by Kamoc

Keep it.

I don't like gun porn, but I didn't really look at it as if it was some lurid detail. It felt more like an introduction to a tool in the Delver 101 course than a militant hard-on.

# ¿ Aug 2, 2018 21:12

Cannon_Fodder: Jul 17, 2007; "Hey, where did Steve go?"
Design by Kamoc

CourValant posted:

Take Care.

SoCal is burning to the ground, so, I'll check for updates from the ruined smoking husk that was my house.

I'd suggest somewhere else, bud.

Sorry to hear about your home. :ohdear:

# ¿ Aug 9, 2018 21:38

Cannon_Fodder: Jul 17, 2007; "Hey, where did Steve go?"
Design by Kamoc

jagadaishio posted:

Between massive pollution, Mana Storms, and the roaming of things like Free Spirits, paracritters (magical wildlife), and ghouls, most of the rural areas of North America are functionally post-apocalyptic. Compounded by the fact that significant parts of it have been essentially abandoned by any kind of active governance, and you've got a lot of 20th century ruins choked with neo-primative tribes, emcampments of Mad Max-style bands, and monsters, with most of the population having moved in to the Sprawls.

With all of these massive ecological changes, a few serious wars, and a horrible plague called VITAS, the global population is down to only 4 billion people, most of them concentrated in urban Sprawls.

Even within these mega-cities, though, you can still see the ways in which it's a post-apocalyptic setting that's simply kept moving forward instead of wallowing in that past. Look at Seattle. Puyallup it's every bit the blighted wasteland as the areas out beyond, it just happens to have the Seattle border drawn around it; it gets even fuckier the further you get. Redmond is an irritated hellhole with people squatting in the less-than-ruined buildings with while streets reinforced into walked shanty blocks with armed guards to shoot any of the ghouls that might try to crawl up out of the sewers. Every major city in Shadowrun has zones like those, where the apocalypse arrived and the local government just redoubled their focus on downtown to try to ignore the decay.

If you go out into the Great Planes, the Mojave, or most of the Rocky Mountains, you'll find villages of orks with crossbows, former military bunkers turned into monster-filled lootable dungeons, road warriors whose leather jackets and trucks both have spikes welded all over them, stampedes of free spirits running ahead of Mana Dust Storms, vampires carving out little fiefdoms where they import humans like cattle, and other crazy nonsense you'd expect of somewhere hit by a wombo combo of magical and technological apocalypses.

And that's not even getting into the fact that most of the internet and digital devices got obliterated during the first great Crash, nor that most of the offline backups are rotting in ruins abandoned during the various forced migrations of the first half of the 21st century. There's even a Shadowrunner specialty for people who delve these abandoned ruins in search of 'Lostech,' or technology and/or media that got forgotten during all of these events. Technically, that's Kenji's speciality.

Keep going, I'm almost there. It's like Rated-R Fallout.

# ¿ Aug 14, 2018 18:04

Cannon_Fodder: Jul 17, 2007; "Hey, where did Steve go?"
Design by Kamoc

I don't post much, but keep up the good work Ice.

Deadmeat5150 posted:

If anybody is wondering just how Seattle in Shadowrun looks like, or close to it, Ive gathered a lot of artwork over the years.

Let's get some visuals, bud!

# ¿ Aug 14, 2018 19:49

Cannon_Fodder: Jul 17, 2007; "Hey, where did Steve go?"
Design by Kamoc

Ice Phisherman posted:

All right, sorry for the delay. Book one is completely edited. It has went from 69,583 words to 84,987 words.

# ¿ Aug 15, 2018 21:05

Cannon_Fodder: Jul 17, 2007; "Hey, where did Steve go?"
Design by Kamoc

Deadmeat5150 posted:

Surgery tomorrow, good times. I hope to see Kenji get a rich girl.

Good luck, bud.

I find out today if I'm one of the lucky ducks that gets laid off. It's been an eventful week.

# ¿ Aug 21, 2018 19:14

Cannon_Fodder: Jul 17, 2007; "Hey, where did Steve go?"
Design by Kamoc

Zodiac5000 posted:

I find it weird that people think Kenji, the person who has pre-emptively murdered somebody based on a hunch, would care about Tir being fascist at all. I also fine it odd that people think a teenage boy wouldn't be 100% all in on an extremely rich and powerful girl wanting to jump his bones/court him, especially when the entire core of his being until not long ago was literally 'acquire influence'.

Let's not confuse things:

Kenji is not a boy. Kenji is a constructed personality. He didn't have the free will before that he does now. I figured it was worth pointing that out.

# ¿ Aug 21, 2018 21:05

Cannon_Fodder: Jul 17, 2007; "Hey, where did Steve go?"
Design by Kamoc

CourValant posted:

So, you want to lose your job? Good package to walk away??

I'm very tired of my workplace, my 2 hour commute, and the corporate atmosphere. I don't know what kind of package I'll get. Some other people got laid off today, so I might be in the clear for a few weeks but I'm getting pretty jaded.

# ¿ Aug 21, 2018 21:26

Cannon_Fodder: Jul 17, 2007; "Hey, where did Steve go?"
Design by Kamoc

I would like to give her an out. I don't see a scenario playing out here that will end with that result and remain a net-positive for Kenji.

# ¿ Aug 22, 2018 15:24

Cannon_Fodder: Jul 17, 2007; "Hey, where did Steve go?"
Design by Kamoc

As military for Tir, it's a poor idea to put her in that position. If she fucks up or if something goes wrong, it could be terrible for her sister and for Joyce.

# ¿ Aug 27, 2018 21:46

Cannon_Fodder: Jul 17, 2007; "Hey, where did Steve go?"
Design by Kamoc

Deal with racism.

There's no way Saanvi isn't being tracked. I hope we don't expose Min Yun.

# ¿ Aug 29, 2018 16:06

Cannon_Fodder: Jul 17, 2007; "Hey, where did Steve go?"
Design by Kamoc

Xarbala posted:

Every avatar bought goes to Lowtax's spine fund.

Lowtax is our Jayvon.

Wait, lowtax is 6 letters... Jayvon is 6 letters... :tinfoil:

# ¿ Aug 30, 2018 16:05

Cannon_Fodder: Jul 17, 2007; "Hey, where did Steve go?"
Design by Kamoc

Pass on Long-Haul

I don't want Edward to pop back in, look around, find the stash while trying to find money, and freak the everliving gently caress out.

This screams liability.

# ¿ Sep 25, 2018 21:25

Cannon_Fodder: Jul 17, 2007; "Hey, where did Steve go?"
Design by Kamoc

We're going to walk into Julian's office one day and he'll be missing a finger.

This Fire-Bringer poo poo is more serious than I thought. Poor bastard. What a pickle he got himself into.

# ¿ Oct 1, 2018 17:15

Cannon_Fodder: Jul 17, 2007; "Hey, where did Steve go?"
Design by Kamoc

Deadmeat5150 posted:

Julian failed, Fire-Bringer demands a finger.

Fuzzy requests a trapper keeper, but Julian's card expired...

Fire-Bringer: "There is a way"

# ¿ Oct 2, 2018 21:45

Cannon_Fodder: Jul 17, 2007; "Hey, where did Steve go?"
Design by Kamoc

I can't wrap my mind around a cat shaman. For some reason that sounds torpedo-your-own-success-constantly-esque.

# ¿ Oct 4, 2018 21:27

Cannon_Fodder: Jul 17, 2007; "Hey, where did Steve go?"
Design by Kamoc

GreyjoyBastard posted:

Just finished a reread and I'm leaning towards Kanji courting Saanvi, although folks raise a good point that he probably wouldn't sacrifice his diverse contacts to become a full on Tir lackey.

No opinion on how to handle Olisha. I like her, but then, I have two kitties.

Maybe she has food allergies. I hear she doesn't do well with lilies.

# ¿ Oct 11, 2018 16:48

Cannon_Fodder: Jul 17, 2007; "Hey, where did Steve go?"
Design by Kamoc

Forming a group sounds like a good segue into getting our pals into shadowrunning proper.

:getin:

# ¿ Oct 15, 2018 20:43

Cannon_Fodder: Jul 17, 2007; "Hey, where did Steve go?"
Design by Kamoc

Gentoo is 100% on the level and just likes bangin' these ladies.

Octo is trying so hard to internet troll the dude and he simply isn't taking the bait. :laffo:

# ¿ Oct 22, 2018 20:14

Cannon_Fodder: Jul 17, 2007; "Hey, where did Steve go?"
Design by Kamoc

I've been relaying the concept of Shadowrun and some of the story elements to a lovely non-internet-addicted friend of mine and she's pretty hooked.

I'm in the middle of sharing Fuzzy's early life with her and sent. She's eatin' it up.

More skulls for the skull throne, Ice.

# ¿ Oct 25, 2018 19:27

Cannon_Fodder: Jul 17, 2007; "Hey, where did Steve go?"
Design by Kamoc

CourValant posted:

What�s it like? IRL speaking with a girl!??

I ate a fuckload of free pulled pork yesterday and had a mild panic attack while struck by the rumblies/stuck in traffic.

I was 90% sure I was going to poo poo my pants.

I relayed the whole harrowing experience moment by moment via text while my gurgling guts decided to give me hell. I got spooked by an unintentional fart that seemed to sting and I drove off the highway along the shoulder and destoryed a donut shop toilet.

I relayed that process as well.

I talk to her like I talk to anyone else. I'm horribly up-front and will say the strangest things I can think up. After living with me for 4 years, she's on the level.

This strategy is not always a winning strategy.

Edit: Living with me as a platonic roommate. My wife is a dif person. I read the texts out loud to her that night and I think I saw a little bit of her die in real time.

# ¿ Oct 25, 2018 20:18

Cannon_Fodder: Jul 17, 2007; "Hey, where did Steve go?"
Design by Kamoc

CourValant posted:

Teach me, Senpai!!

Can't. Some of the fun I have could be classified as a serious lack of tact, inter-personal communication skills, and zero filter. There's upsides, but there's downsides of my personality.

Ice Phisherman posted:

That is horrifying.

Still, free pulled pork. I would have fallen into the same trap. Porks are the best.

Glad that your friend is interested in my work.

I took a jar home. I'll be damned if I'm leaving pulled pork on the table. I also stole someone's home-grown chili peppers. I'll prob fry some up in some eggs tomorrow for breakfast. :getin:

It's a mystery on how hot these fuckers are but I'm a man, damnit.

# ¿ Oct 25, 2018 21:34

Cannon_Fodder: Jul 17, 2007; "Hey, where did Steve go?"
Design by Kamoc

Dr Subterfuge posted:

Welp, I wonder what kind of retaliation Saavni might see for this venting. If Gilbrand cares that Saavni doesn't actually talk to her parents, Scrapper might not be long for the world. This is the point where it might be prudent to make a backup. Also yay, Kenji doesn't have admit to Olisha that he has no idea what fascism is anymore! Now he has the vaguest of outlines, which still mostly just hints that his talk with Olisha is going to have...problems.

Oh, great thought.

Let's get her clued in on this. She'd find this devastating.

# ¿ Oct 26, 2018 16:56

Cannon_Fodder: Jul 17, 2007; "Hey, where did Steve go?"
Design by Kamoc

You nuts?

Do not take a Tir military elf into the Orc Underground.

Do not bring someone who's been eating at a chow hall and making dick jokes for years to an etiquette contest, we're trying to prove our civility, not undermine it (in Mrs. Liu's eyes).

Do not take her to a party that her sister's bully is loving throwing.

Do not have her meet Octo, it's abreach of Octo's trust and we barely know Saanvi. We have no idea if she's bugged somehow.

C'mon guys, please play a little self-preservation. Pretend you're aware of the amount of tracking bullshit to which we, in present day, put are subjected and then add sci-fi tech and paranoid governments/corporations to it.

# ¿ Oct 30, 2018 20:39

Cannon_Fodder: Jul 17, 2007; "Hey, where did Steve go?"
Design by Kamoc

Well, now we have an elf sprinting through Touristville...

Kenji, put on your goddamn game-face, will you? Min Yun isn't going to teleport, just get to the entrance before she does. gently caress, man. This is convert until you blow your wad sprinting around in a panic.

# ¿ Nov 13, 2018 19:36

Cannon_Fodder: Jul 17, 2007; "Hey, where did Steve go?"
Design by Kamoc

I do think that Mother Bear would be super beneficial to our predicament, but how many school teachers do we want to bring to Touristville. People are going to get real loving sick of our poo poo down there at some point.

# ¿ Nov 13, 2018 21:35

Cannon_Fodder: Jul 17, 2007; "Hey, where did Steve go?"
Design by Kamoc

Oh Fuzzy. You're a tiny little kill-bot.

Literally kicking rear end.

Ice Phisherman posted:

Fuzzy is pretty darn powerful, but her instincts aren't trained for fighting spirits. Hubris killed the spirit as much as Fuzzy did. If she didn't kill it before it disengaged, it was just going to rain down fireballs from far away. Also it could go astral (basically invisible) and attack her, because Fuzzy can't see in the astral.

Oh glaring blind spot, poo poo.

Cannon_Fodder fucked around with this message at 17:21 on Nov 30, 2018

# ¿ Nov 30, 2018 17:19

Cannon_Fodder: Jul 17, 2007; "Hey, where did Steve go?"
Design by Kamoc

Hexenritter posted:

Holy poo poo holy poo poo holy poo poo we did it with nobody in the pack dying! That was amazingly written, riveting as hell and that toxic spirit mindtricking Fuzzy was a nutsack kick and a half.

Also Saanvi continues to be Best Girl, I'm in love

That A Very ACHE Christmas bit you just posted is also fantastic.

I think Julian died enough on the inside for the rest of 'em.

# ¿ Dec 5, 2018 00:01

Cannon_Fodder: Jul 17, 2007; "Hey, where did Steve go?"
Design by Kamoc

poo poo. Shoot her in the loving mouth. This is not ok. If she wants to contact us, do it like a loving adult, not some creepy sleep demon.

# ¿ Dec 10, 2018 20:15

Cannon_Fodder: Jul 17, 2007; "Hey, where did Steve go?"
Design by Kamoc

I just started playing hurling a few years ago.

Playing with severed heads is only the second (or third) most brutal thing about hurling.

I've played keeper through an all-day tourney (Junior C-level) and I looked like Johnny Knoxville from the jai alai dodgeball skit. Best sport ever :3:

# ¿ Dec 12, 2018 20:35

Cannon_Fodder: Jul 17, 2007; "Hey, where did Steve go?"
Design by Kamoc

That was good fun.

Now, did we punch our good will out of Marie? Will she burn our local genocide perpetrator/gaelic sport enthusiast?

# ¿ Dec 17, 2018 16:27

Cannon_Fodder: Jul 17, 2007; "Hey, where did Steve go?"
Design by Kamoc

I know this is shadowrun, but that's a little dark.

# ¿ Dec 17, 2018 22:51

Cannon_Fodder: Jul 17, 2007; "Hey, where did Steve go?"
Design by Kamoc

Say hi to Florida on my birthday.

# ¿ Dec 19, 2018 16:56

Cannon_Fodder: Jul 17, 2007; "Hey, where did Steve go?"
Design by Kamoc

I'm very curious how this is going to radicalize our Tir nobles.

This, by no means, ends well for them.

I do appreciate that Kenji is laying some poo poo out.

# ¿ Feb 18, 2019 19:19

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# ¿ Apr 26, 2024 14:42

Cannon_Fodder: Jul 17, 2007; "Hey, where did Steve go?"
Design by Kamoc

Welp, didn't quite see that coming.

She really doesn't like moscato? ugh.

# ¿ Feb 18, 2019 20:55

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