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GM: Nina
Players: Vlaeden, Nina (Trinity is Nina's Ally Spirit)
Synopsis: «OOC: Fuji hired Nina's fixer to have someone plant a bomb at the rear of one of their facilties. The bomb was going to be blamed on the Union so the company would regain control in negotiations and win out in the corporate battle».
Nina was never told it was a bomb, she was told it was an electronic device. It was designed to go off in the middle of the night and for nobody to get hurt.
In comes Vlaeden, fresh out of Chargen.. homeless, penniless, a hermetic mage with no friends. Nina, via Trinity (ally spirit) befriends Vlaeden and has him go on this job as a "test" as they spy on him to see how he handles himself on a job and under pressure. If he does well, perhaps Nina will allow him to apply to join her magical group?
Vlaeden arrives at the location at sunset (job said it had to be after dark). He turns invisible in a local McKracken restraurant bathroom, sneaks out of the restaurant. As he is departing the restaurant an Ork starts to rob the place. V tries to stop him by using Control Thoughts.. and fails (+2 TN from sustaining Imp. Invis really messed with his rolls). Security rigger for Lone Star on AA Security area outside spots V and sees him casting the spell. Silent alarm during robber.
V takes off still Imp. Invis down along the side of the target location to approach from the back alley. He can't cut through the fence with his letherman tool so uses levitate. By this time L.S. has shown up at the restaurant and a description from the Rigger of V is out for the cops to try and find. V levitates over and puts on the electronic device (secret bomb) and then departs. Barely gets out of the area before L.S. swarms the place.
V had a horrible time with taking light drain and then moderate drain.. +1 BG count and drain mods and sustaining that Imp. Invis spell was killing the poor guy.
Lone Star starts a huge investigation, news choppers and vans, magical response team. Gets real intense. The bomb goes off pre-maturely when a maintenance guy grabs it. Kills him and an L.S. officer and maims two other L.S. officers.
V is on the lamb.
But.. Fuji is secretly happy as a clam. The deaths they blame on the union and it helps the company even more. They pay up to Nina's Johnson happily.
Nina lets her fixer keep her share (20,000 nuyen).. building up the favors to get him to level 3.
Date: 9/19/2075
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Nina's Plot Log has now started.
This PrP Involves: Vlaeden (player) / Nina (Player / GM)
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Vlaeden looked at you.
** GM Nina **
On this early Saturday morning, Vlaeden has found himself in the Warrens.. the slums of Denver; the walled in section that the city throws their outcasts and forgets about their criminals. Ruled by gangs with pockets of safety the Warrens is today's place to learn about for Vlaeden.
As the sun rises in the East, Vlaeden is drawn to the bustle of activity at the Souk Marketplace, what seems a place that is relatively calm and lacking of any gang wars. A few questions from the locals informs him that "The Rez" where the Souk Marketplace is located is a truce location between all gangs. Cybered Arms is a nearby bar that is rumored to have "shadowrunners" that visit it for work and meetings. Spike's Spokes is an illegal chop shop where a Hells Angels Nomad works as a mechanic.
The Souk Marketplace though is a bustle of vendors of second hand and used and expired things that have "fallen off the back of a truck" somewhere in the city. A poncho? A hunting knife? Expired MREs? Shoes? Whatever you want seems to be on sale here in this open air market.
Right now.. the vendors are setting up for the day.
Vlaeden paces casually through the market watching the morning routine. He tries to look his normal happy self, but it is not too hard to discern his underlying apprehension. He looks tired and from the way he eyes some of the food vendors, apparently he's quite hungry as well.
A vendor sellling used cellphones calls over to Vlaeden, "Sir… need a phone?
Vlaeden glances over and lifts his chin as he walks over, "Depends. Let's take a look."
The vendor is a middle aged human male selling various types of used cellphones, some ancient, some just old, some new 'knock offs'. His daughter appears to be around twelve years old and she looks to be still unpacking some of the boxes they brought from home in their little cart.
The vendor offers his hand in greeting with a smile, "I'm Tim.. Nice to meet you. All of these phones are ready to use, cleared and free of any contract… pre-pay capable. Nice and cheap if you need to throw them away after a suspicious phone call."
Nearby a human female dressed in a glossy black vinyl body suit and black vinyl boots strolls nearby looking around as if seeking to find someone.
«QROLL: Magic/93» Spell Design + 6 (KP) vs TN 2 for "(20 KP used of 28 KP) TN 2. Base time 9 Days.":
1 1 1 2 3 3 3 4 5 7 9 17 = 9 Successes
Vlaedenreadily accepts the hand shake then looks over the phones slowly as if he were some sort of expert looking at each detail, "Cheap… I like cheap… but I like quality." He looks back up and can't help but take notice of the 'flashy' lady nearby.
« Trinity Description »
The human female you are examining visually is short of six foot tall, black hair slicked back on her head and short. She is wearing gloss black mirrored sunglasses and is dressed in a gloss black vinyl body suit covering from her neck to her hands and down to her gloss black knee high black vinyl boots. This woman is thin and trim, atheltically built with long legs and age that could be around the mid twentys to early thirties.
Picture: http://postimg.org/image/597dbn80z/
About the time Vlaeden is looking over at Trinity the lady turns and notices him.. catching his gaze with her own eye contact. She pauses, narrows her eyes upon him and then nods slowly once to him as if acknowledging his presence.
Trinity raises her right index finger to her right ear, touching her ear softly as her lips move gently. It screams commlink communications use if anyone has ever seen a mission impossible movie.
Vlaeden can't help but smile softly at the lady and offers a subtle nod in return. He squints a bit as she engages comms and quickly looks back to Tim and the phones at hand. He points to a smaller black model with the least amount of dings and scratches, "How much for this one?"
Tim looks pleased at having the attention of the customer and he offers, "Ten nuyen for you sir.. first time customer discount."
About this time a Pigeon lands on one of the metal support bars of the vendor's overhanging shade canopy. Huh? The pigeon is waring a small necklace with what looks like wooden and ivory beads of various colors and the pigeon strangely appears to be looking directly at Vlaeden, cocking it's head to the side left and right.
The vendor's daughter spots the pigeon and she smiles real wide, "Muse!" she offers with a huge smile.
The pigeon is distracted and looks to the girl and after a few seconds the girl starts talking to it.
Girl, "No… he's a new customer.
Pause..
Girl, "I'm not sure.. dad seems to like him though."
Pause..
Girl, "I can ask.. but some people might freak out..just be careful."
The girl moves to the front next to her father and speaks to her father, "Dad, Muse wants to know if she can have permission to talk to your customer."
The vendor grins and looks to the Pigeon, "Hold on just a sec.. I have a sale going on here first."
Trinity starts to drift away into the crowd a bit more, heading for the food vendors where the tables and breakfast smells are coming from.
Vlaeden looks a bit caught off guard but not exactly confused. Although the bird by all rights should have his attention, his gaze sets mostly on Trinity, trying to figure out where she's going. After a moment however, he snaps back to Tim and swiftly produces the ten credits, not even considering whether or not its a good deal. "Ten works. Thank you sir." After he hands over the money he continues to drift back and forth between the little girl and bird as well as doing his best to keep one eye on Trinity through the crowd.
Tim packages up the purchase into a little sack and hands it over to Vlaeden with a smile, "If you ever need another one sir… I'd be happy to have your business."
The young girl clears her throat.
Tim ah's, "Oh.. sorry." he looks to Vlaeden then and lowers his voice so that the other vendors can't hear, "Muse is someone that helped my family when my infant daughter at home was sick. She used healing magic and helped us fix up our house so our daughter wouldn't get sick again. She.. um.. She is asking if she can talk to you though a … magical mind link." He looks careful and uncomfortable as if talking to someone about magic could get him to loose magic.
«OOC» Vlaeden says, "I'd like to assense Muse"
«Plot» Nina says, "Previous use of filtering.. putting the +rolls into the RP log though so it's official…."
«Auto-Judge[]» Nina (#6503) rolls Magic vs TN 2 for "+info magic metamagic filtering. Magic VS TN of background. Every 2 successes reduces BG count by 1. Lasts for (6 (Initiate grade) * (10 - BG Count) turns = 288 turns.":
1 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 10 = 11 Successes
** GM Nina **
Nina has no BG count mods for Sorcery or Drain for 288 turns.
** GM Nina **
+roll Perception.. or assensing.
«Auto-Judge[]» Vlaeden (#6801) rolls 5:
2 3 3 5 10
------> Assensing Table <------
Successes Information Gained
0 None.
1-2 * The general state of the subjects health (healthy, injured,
ill, etc.) along with the presence or absence of cyberware
implants.
* The subjects general emotional state or impression
(happy, sad, angry).
* The class of a magical subject (fire elemental, manipulation
spell, power focus, and so on).
* Whether the subject is mundane or Awakened.
* If you have seen the subjects aura before, you will recognize
it, regardless of physical disguises or alterations.
3-4 All of the above plus:
* Whether the subjects Essence and Magic Attribute are
higher, lower or equal to your own
* The general location of any implants.
* A general diagnosis for any maladies (diseases or toxins)
the subject suffers from.
* The subjects exact emotional state or impression.
* Whether the subjects Force is higher, lower or equal to
your Magic Attribute.
* Any astral signatures present on the subject.
5+ All of the above plus:
* The exact Essence, Magic Attribute and Force of the subject.
* The exact location of any implants.
* An accurate diagnosis of any disease or toxin the subject
suffers from.
* The general cause of any emotional impression (a murder,
a riot, a religious ceremony, and so on).
* The general cause of any astral signature (combat spell,
hearth spirit, and so on).
** GM Nina **
BG Count in the Warrens: 2
TN for astral perception: TN 6
1 Success
** GM Nina **
The Pigeon appears to be in very good health. It does not seem to have any cyber implants. The emotional stats appears curious and cautious. The bird appears to be mundane. The aura though appears to be that of a human. Though in the shape of a pigeon.. obviously not a normal pigeon.
Vlaeden cocks an eyebrow as his 'third eye' opens. From his expression it seems he was expecting something a bit different. All the while, he slips the phone from the bag and into his back pocket, leaving the bag on the table. "Mind link…" he seems hesitant but how can he refuse? He takes a deep breath, "Sure… I guess we can talk."
Trinity slips out of LOS, into the crowd and beyond some barriers and vendor booths.
** Nina Pigeon **
The Piegon head-bobs it's approval and bows just slightly as if in respect from its perch and then Vlaeden can feel the gental coaxing of magic and another mind at the edge of his thoughts as the feelings of magic slip around his head. He knows he can push them away and refuse them if he wishes.. but he knows how to loosen up and accept the spell as well.
-------> Mindlink <------—
Mindlink
Type: M Target: 4 Duration: S Drain: S
Mindlink allows two voluntary subjects to communicate mentally,
exchanging conversation, emotions and mental images. One success on the
Sorcery Test is enough to establish the link. The subjects must be within
line of sight of the caster.
Once the spell is cast, the subjects must remain within the range of
the sense, but may move out of line of sight.
«Auto-Judge[]» Nina (#6503) rolls Sorcery + Spell Pool: 3 vs TN 4 for "TN 4, only need 1 success.":
1 1 2 2 2 3 5 5 15 = 3 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nina (#6503) rolls Willpower + Spell Pool: 4 + 4 (focus) vs TN 2 for "F1 Mindlink (sustaining foci used) TN 2, Serious Drain, need 6 successes.":
1 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 11 = 13 Successes
** GM Nina **
Successful F1 Mindlink, no drain.
On the edges of Vlaeden's mind, "Hello Sir."
Vlaeden blinks a few times then just closes his eyes for a moment. Actually seeming comfortable with this sort of activity he takes only a couple of steps away from Tim's booth, staring out through the crowd in the direction Trinity disappeared into. He thinks, "Good morning… Ma'am I believe? How can I be of service?"
Nina's Mindlink,
Muse's voice comes across in English, a female in tone with no discernable foreign accent, "Trinity informed me that you were awakened. We are currently scouting the city in hopes of discovering possible recruits into our magical group. Out of respect I have not assensed you yet myself. Our group is for Hermetics only. Now, I know nothing about you of course.. but I have been known to extend my hand in friendship to those in need. Not altruistic for the sake of curing the world of it's ills, but out of potential development of a fellow gifted individual. My name is Muse."
Vlaeden looks quite surprised at this revelation and he is silent for a moment as the gears churn in his head. He looks at pigeon again finally and offers a soft nod, "That almost sounds too good to be true.. altruistic or not. My name is K…" he pauses, "…Vlaeden. A pleasure Muse. What is the next step?" He smiles again as he thinks, "I hope it involves breakfast."
Nina's Mindlink,
Muse's thoughts can be felt more than just her words and she lets feelings of relief and kindness come over the mental link, "Trinity is the lady in the black latex body suit with the slicked back hair. She is in the vendor eatery area. I have told her to purchase a meal for you and she is finding a place there so you can sit and join her and speak with her. <pause> Very pleased to meet you Vlaeden. It's not a quick in process into the group.. this is step one.. seeing if we even like each other."
Vlaeden smiles a little more broadly, "I understand. Thank you. I'll go speak with her now." He severs the link and offers a subtle bow before turning back to the little girl and states audibly now, "Thank you little miss." And without waiting for a response, he heads off in the direction of Trinity.
Tim smiles to his daughter and seems proud of her handling the situation with tact and wisdom. He ruffles her hair a bit as she whines about his affection, "Daaaad."
The market is abustle and as Vlaeden heads for the open eatery part of it there are countless distractions of people wanting to sell him wares, coax his attention to their table or booth and sell him miracle cures.
The pigeon stays back a moment an then takes to the skies and flies off.
It seems to take concious effort for Vlaeden to avoid the temptations of the many vendors, after all, he is currently in need of supplies, but his curiousity wins the day. Cutting through the crowd he focuses on finding Trinity, only stopping to look around closely at each food vendor in the vicinity.
Trinity is sitting on a wooden crate about two foot tall and four foot long, an old shipping crate for some unknown product. The lady in black latex meets Vlaeden's gaze and offers him a nod and a smile. On the crate next to her is a plate with fried chicken (a whole deep fried chicken), the rest of the plate is filled with thick cut french fries, a cup of ketchup and a bottle of fizzy cola sits next to it.
Herself, Trinity is munching on an aluminum foil wrapped Euro of lambs meet.
Vlaeden prompty takes a seat on a crate across from her, eyeing the food. His delight is obvious but he can't help but quip, "What, no wine and cheese?" He offers a sly grin as he holds up his hands in mock defense, "Joke. I'm very appreciative. May I?"
Trinity nods with an accepting smile, "Please do Sir Vlaeden. Mistress Muse informs me you are a possible canidate to the group. Do you mind if we engage in a banter of back/forth questions and answers while you enjoy your meal? I ask a question, you answer and then ask your own question? Repeat as needed?" She seems formal and professional, to the point but yet polite in her conversation.
Vlaeden offers a look of mild confusion in regard to Trinity's way of speaking but quickly wipes it away with a smile. He pulls away one of the chicken wings from the bird but before digging in he nods, "Certainly. Fire away." And the much anticipated first bite of chicken commences.
Trinity seems pleased as she also works on her meal, her turn though to ask a question so she holds off on her next bite until after her question, "Have you ever taken the life of another?"
And.. she takes a bite, rolls her eyes back as if the pleasure of food is overwhelming her.
Vlaeden is taken offguard by such a question to start off but says simply, "No… I have not. There is far too much death around us as it is. It is too easy an answer but rarely a real solution." Another bite follows.
Trinity takes another bite, happy that Vlaeden delays his own question.
Not letting go of his chicken, Vlaeden grabs a french fry and stuffs it in. His decorum is fading due to hunger. Of course he does try to avoid speaking with a mouthful of food, "Ok, my turn. Who are you… and your Mistress?"
Trinity is careful how she answers, being a rather literal being at time she answers who.. not what specifically, "I am Trinity. My Mistress is Muse."
Trinity smiles and comes up with her next question for Vlaeden, "Are you a Hermetic?"
Vlaeden scoffs at the answer but plays along, "Yes." He states simply and reforms his initial question, "-What- are you and your Mistress? And don't tell me homo sapien sapien." and can't help but grin a bit as he continues to eat.
Trinity seems to like Vlaeden and her time with him as a genuine smile comes to her lips and her eyes before she answers after wiping her mouth on a napkin, "I am a Muse's Ally Familiar Spirit who takes great pleasure in serving my kind Mistress who works hard to care for my needs and improve my skills and abilities. Muse is a high Initiate Hermetic Mage and member of a magical group that seeks to assist its members in the knowledge of magic and responsible use of the gift."
Trinity has her next question at the ready and reveals it, "If you were asked by someone that was offering you twenty thousand nuyen to slip into a secure facility over a chain link fence and place an electronic device on an electrical panel at the rear of a warehouse… would you accept that offer without asking questions?"
Vlaeden sits back for a moment and finally sits down the chicken wing, mostly just the bone now. He reflects on this question for a while. "Yes. Yes I suppose I would." The answer is quite thoughtful, as if he's not absolutely 100 sure if he's telling the whole truth himself. Never-the-less he lets the answer stand as he grabs more fries, "Does the magical group you mentioned have a purpose beyond just expanding magical knowledge of its members?"
Trinity smiles at Vlaeden's question and nods, "The group pledges an oath to each other to support and come to the aide of each member if another is ever in need. If true danger or distress befalls a member, the other members drop all projects and assist as soon as at all possible. This is an important aspect of the group. Also they offer a material link so that at such times of dire need.. if possible they can track the person if neccessary so they are not beyond the reach.. hidden by some foul enemy that would harm a member and conceal them from the group."
Trinity takes a moment to eat some more of her wonderful lamb/lettuce/cucumber dressing/onions wrapped in a flatbread meal before asking her next question, "If you were to acquire the previously mentioned task and were paid in full the value spoken, would you be able to acquire your own housing to stabilize your living situation for an extended time?"
Vlaeden's eyes light up a bit, "I'm still feeling out the city, but yes, I believe 20k would sustain me for a few months." Ignoring the food for a moment now his next question blurts out with little thought, "Are you offering me a job?
Trinity nods as the beginning of her response, "Muse frequently is asked to do tasks for an individual in the city. He funnels a great deal of work in her direction. She believes this specific task would be good to pass on to you and observe your actions from a distance.. to see how you perform under pressure. She tells me though that I can accompany you if you wish but that I should not interfere if at all possible.. only to offer you healing if you are injured. If it means saving your life I can take more aggressive actions against any that would wish to harm you."
Trinity then asks her next question, "Are you able to do this job after sunset tonight? Under the cover of darkness?"
Vlaeden is noticeably unnerved by the reality of the offer and his voice softens to hide the nervous tone, "Tonight? Ahh… yes." He wipes his mouth with his hand, "I know I can't ask questions, but do I at least get a run down of the place I'm going? What to expect? Or are you sending me in blind as part of the test?"
Trinity reaches to her side to another bag of "food" and with it still closed up she sets it next to Vlaeden's plate, "Performing your own recon is part of the test. Normally work like this is offered with more background information… in the future.. should such offers be made, you can expect more information up front." She nudges the bag with a grin, "The device is inside as well as an address and a hand drawn map of the electrical panel for placement."
Trinity then inquires with her next question, "What is a good means of communicating with you so that I can meet up with you when desired?"
Vlaeden considers this but shakes his head a bit, "All I have is the phone I just purchased." He shrugs and then grins a bit, "Unless you can front me a comlink?" and he wiggles his eyebrows playfully.
Trinity smiles wide, she really does seem to like spending time with Vlaeden, "Your cellphone will work fine. After you activate it send a txt to 356-232-8875. That is a disposable burner phone Muse is currently using. I can join up with you again when you are ready to take action on this job tonight."
Trinity then finishes her gyro and wipes her mouth, takes a long drink of her own fizzy cola and then asks, "Do you have family in Denver?"
Vlaeden sighs, "No. I'm alone here." In an attempt to dodge the question further he peaks into the bag to assess the device and to check the address.
** GM Nina **
The device inside looks like a small metal box, the back of which has a magnet.
Vlaeden stands and pockets the device bag and with another sly grin, pull off another hunk of chicken along with his drink. He bows just a bit and smiles brightly, "Trinitiy, it has a been a pleasure." Just before he turns to leave he says, "Thanks… Heck, thanks for even noticing me."
Trinity stands when Vlaeden does and as she does she offers her hand to him again as if to shake it. Slightly visible though is a wad of cash.
Vlaeden wipes off his hand after shifting around what he's carrying and embraces Trinity's hand. As he notices the palmed cash, surprise is evident and shoots a questioning look.
Trinity offers the cash/handshake, "Muse wishes you well."
Vlaeden shakes his head in mild disbelief but simply says, "Thank you." and wanders off to wrap his head around the events of the morning, not to mention prep for the night.
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Nina's Plot Log has now stopped.
-----> Sat Sep 19 12:18:03 2075 <------
------> Nina's PrP <-------
Nina's Plot Log has now started.
This PrP Involves: Vlaeden (player) / Nina (player / GM)
-----> Sat Sep 19 13:12:12 2075 <------
The remainder of the morning Vlaeden spends trying to rest. It's a little easier than it has been lately as he has a full belly for a change. Of course, things to come loom over him. After a couple hours of rest, clearing his mind to focus on the task hand, he ventures back into the market once more to look for things that may be useful during the evening…
«Plot» Vlaeden says, "oh wait. What's the address? I mean, roughly the location and what kinda facility am I looking at getting into?"
** GM Nina **
Target Location:
1 Mile West of Denver Airport
Industrial Area
One shop stands out to Vlaeden as he looks around. It doesn't take him long to make the initial decisions. He grabs a balaclava, a pair of mechanics gloves, a multitool which he ensures is equiped wire snips, and a plastic wrapped 100ft coil of para-cord. After grabbing these items, he suddenly realizes he needs a pack and begins to search for a roughly 20L day pack…
«Plot» Vlaeden says, "Oh this says legal stuff can't be negotiated. All this stuff is legal. No problem."
«OOC» Nina says, "Legal is just straight up book listed price then.. no SI"
** GM Nina **
Admin reading RP log: Please provide a voucher of equipment and give it to Vlaeden.
Balaclava
Mechanics Gloves
Multitool
Plastic Wrap
Para-cord: 100 ft
Backpack
After finally locating a suitable pack he fishes out the cred Trinity fronted him…
Balaclava………..15
Mechanics Gloves….25
Multitool………..55
Para-cord: 100 ft…10
Backpack…………80
t----—
Total…………..185
He makes the exchange, packs his gear and makes off to find a cab.
He takes the taxi to a bar roughly a quarter mile away from his ultimate destination.
** GM Nina **
The city in this area near the bar is industrial in nature. Assembly factories but nothing coal burning or foundry dirty in nature. This area has well labeled buildings like .. Renraku.. ARES.. Mitsuhama. They are obviously not the Archology structures, but smaller warehouses and assembly factory buildings.
There are some fast food places and bars that take advantage of lunch hours and before/after work rush hours close to the factories.
Vlaeden walks about, checking down any alleys he may pass. Doing his best to avoid anything that might cause passing conversation or even notice, he draws closer to the given address to identify which corp might be the owner of his target.
** GM Nina **
Security in this part of the city is AA Quality, regularly patroling law enforcement and obvious security cameras on light posts and build exteriors.
** GM Nina **
It is near sunset, the factories have switched off from day shift to night shift now, the street lights are coming on. There is not a lot of foot traffic but there is some. There are bus stops with moderate usage. The area lacks any vagrants or homeless types.
As Vlaeden nears the target location he can see it is ahead 1/2 a block and across the street.
A sidewalk runs in front of the location and ten feet from the sidewalk is a tall 12 foot tall chain link fence topped with barbed wire. There is a guard shack at the front driveway where the chain link gate slides back inside the peremiter fence when opened.
A parking lot can be seen along the side of a large warehouse. The parking lot looks to have about thirty cars of various types (employee personal vehicles) and at the rear of the parking lot at Vlaeden gets more near he can see to the back where there are some company cargo vehicles for delivery of product. It looks like the company equipment is kept at the rear of the building.
The building is clearly labeled: Fuji.
Vlaeden walks into the closest fast food joint available and orders a cheeseburger with a small drink. He takes a seat near the window and watches the traffic, both vehicle and pedestrian, looking in particular for anyone or anything coming or going from the Fuji property.
** GM Nina **
Vlaeden isn't paid much attention to, he's a paying customer and alloted the booth by the window without a fuss as he gets his Double Delux Cheeseburger and small fizzy cola.
Across the street and down the road just a short distance he has a good view of the Fuji propery.
Twenty minutes after beginning his meal, Vlaeden notes a delivery truck come into view in the parking lot from the rear and it stops inside the gate. A security guard in uniform with a german shepherd exits the guard shack and checks on an ipad device with some device the driver shows him holding it out the deliver truck window. It's getting scanned. Likely the contents of the truck and inventory reasons for the delivery and purchasing department.
After the truck inventory is scanned and the driver's ID is seen to be checked (this is inside the properly, something coming in is probably even more pranoid).. then the guard goes back into his shack and the tall gate rolls back and the truck drives out.
«Plot» Vlaeden says, "np. Is there an alley type area around any of these close buildings that would have a roof access ladder?"
** GM Nina **
The fast food joint could well have access to the roof at the rear of the building. The buildings are fairly well spaced from the other buildings. Think of a McDonalds parking lot in the suburbs.. no building near it for 100 feet.
«Plot» Vlaeden says, "Ok, How long is the perimeter of the warehouse fence? I'm wondering if there is enough distance in the rear of the facility to approach the fence under cover of darkness without much notice."
** GM Nina **
The front street side of the Fuji Property measures about 100 meters. The property fence looks like it goes back about 200 meters from the street. Looking to the rear of the property, Vladen is pretty sure he saw a truck of some sort driving down a back alley between the warehouse/factory buildings.
Having finished his burger, Vlaeden tosses his wrapper and cup into the bin on his way out of the door. As the sun finally begins to set, he casually makes his way behind the burger joint…
** GM Nina **
Please +roll perception
«Auto-Judge[]» Vlaeden (#6801) rolls Intelligence:
1 2 2 7 11
** GM Nina **
Vlaeden had noted inside the restraurant three different cameras (Register, bathroom hallway to rear entrance, main lobby).
Outside Vlaeden notes additional cameras (front sidewalk/entrance, above rear door (fisheye/wide angle camera of employee parking/dumpster/drive thru line).
** GM Nina **
Fuji Building (add 4 meter tall fence, guard shack, employee cars and company equipment and vehicles at the rear).
http://postimg.org/image/qccssn2w3/
** GM Nina **
The bus stops appear not to be covered by cameras very well. There are cameras posted on top of the street lights but the advertising signs all over the sides of the bus stop structures block view nicely.
With a small sigh, Vlaeden walks back into the burger joint… the back door this time and makes his way directly to the bathroom. Noticing an empty stall, he decides to go ahead and pop a squat so he has time to wait out anyone lingering in the bathroom with him.
From the next stall over, *caugh*.. "Damn man.. courtesy flush dude!"
The stall neighbor seems to be hurrying to get out.
Vlaeden can't help but snicker but complies with the courtesy flush. In turn, he also pulls the balaclava and gloves from his pack and puts them on. Once set, he settles his nerves for a moment and begins to concentrate on the spell at hand.
«Auto-Judge[]» Vlaeden (#6801) rolls Sorcery + Spell Pool: 3:
1 2 2 3 3 4 5 10 10
«OOC» Vlaeden says, "For Improved Invis F5"
---—> Invisibility / Improved Invisibility <---—-
Invisibility
Type: M Target: 4 Duration: S Drain: M
Improved Invisibility
Type: P Target: 4 Duration: S Drain: +1(M)
This spell makes the subject invisible to normal vision. The
subject is completely tangible and detectable by the other
senses. Their aura is still visible to astral perception.
Attacks against invisible targets suffer the Blind Fire modifier
(p. 111) if the attacker is unable to see or otherwise sense
the target of the spell.
Invisibility affects the minds of viewers. Improved invisibility
affects technological sensors as well.
«OOC» Vlaeden says, "Ahh, why'd ya link that? Am I missing something?"
«OOC» Nina says, "No.. Just like doing that for the RP log for the admins."
«OOC» Vlaeden says, "SO this is where I may need some teaching. What does the number of successes effect in this case?"
«OOC» Nina says, "TN was 4. You got 4 successes. For someone to see you they have to roll TN 5 and get 5 successes."
«OOC» Vlaeden says, "Using a simple perception test right?"
«OOC» Vlaeden says, "And when does KP reset?"
«OOC» Nina says, "Correct.. the Security rigger on the other end of those light pole cameras.. the McKrakin restaurant security guy at corporate watching the monitors.. the guard at the shack.. the dog, etc, etc."
«OOC» Vlaeden says, "Vlaeden says, "And when does KP reset?""
«OOC» Nina says, "After the job."
«OOC» Vlaeden says, "*sigh* Yeah, I guess I better go ahead and burn it. Its pretty important."
** GM Nina **
code use:
+roll Sorcery+sp:3-4(successes)~F5 Imp. Invis, TN 4 (1 KP used of 1 KP)
«Auto-Judge[]» Vlaeden (#6801) rolls Sorcery + Spell Pool: 3 - 4 (successes) for "F5 Imp. Invis, TN 4 (1 KP used of 1 KP)":
1 4 5 5 11
** GM Nina **
code use:
+roll willpower+sp:2/3~Drain 3M, need 4 successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Vlaeden (#6801) rolls Willpower + Spell Pool: 2 vs TN 3 for "Drain 3M, need 4 successes":
1 2 2 2 3 3 5 5 = 4 Successes
** GM Nina **
Vlaeden has cast F5 Imp. Invis, 8 successes, no drain.
** GM Nina **
Note to Self:
BG Count: 1
Spells from now on have a +1 TN, My mistake.
Vlaeden finishes his invisible buisness and squares himself away. He stands behind the stall door, still latched, and listens for the goings on outside the stall.
Seems pretty quiet in the restroom right now.
Vlaeden quietly slips the latch and eases out the stall. He moves to the bathroom door and cracks it ever-so-gently, just enough to peek out, ensuring he doesn't literally run into anyone on his way out.
** GM Nina **
Please +roll Stealth
«Auto-Judge[]» Vlaeden (#6801) rolls Stealth:
2 2 3 3
** GM Nina **
Vlaeden's door opening does not slam into anyone on the other side but a loud squeek that can be heard from the front of the store sounds as the hinges play like some type of twisted violin.
** GM Nina **
The hallway is clear.
** GM Nina **
Restaurant.. but add about 7 people.
http://postimg.org/image/6zlwmdd9f/
«OOC» Vlaeden says, "Oh junk, thats the bathroom door? I was imagining it near the back door. SO I have to walk past some of the people?"
«OOC» Nina says, "No.. sorry.."
** GM Nina **
Bathroom door in picture is where the hallway starts. I did not notice the bathroom door in the picture until after I posted it. The door in the pic is where the hallway starts.. bathrooms are down the hallway.
Vlaeden waits only a few seconds, hoping any attention the squeek drew has passed. He slips thru the door way, rubbing his back against the door frame and his front against the door, trying to open it as little as possible. No hesitation now, as he heads directly to the back door.
«Auto-Judge[]» Nina (#6503) rolls 5 vs TN 5 for "Corporate Security Rigger at Headquarters downtown noticing invisible person sneaking down hallway to back door. Need 9 successes (impossible)":
2 2 2 5 5 = 2 Successes
** GM Nina **
Vlaeden notes the back door -> Push for emergency exit, alarm will sound.
A passkey sensor looks installed though for employees to use this without setting off the alarm.
Vlaeden curses in his mind and moves back towards the front. He paces deliberatly to avoid heavy footsteps. As he exits the hall, he pauses to see if anyone is getting up anytime soon.
** GM Nina **
Please +roll perception
«Auto-Judge[]» Vlaeden (#6801) rolls Intelligence:
2 2 3 4 15
** GM Nina **
Vlaeden gets a good 'feel' for the crowd in the restaurant, who looks like they are almost done, who is just sittind down.. one couple talking about going to get a refill of soda.
The trash bin is near the exit door nearest the street.
«Plot» Vlaeden says, "SOrry for being anal but is the bin an open top or one with a push door thingy?"
«Auto-Judge[]» Nina (#6503) rolls 1 for "Odd open top, even flappy-door":
1
Vlaeden begins again, deliberately walking. He chooses a path that doesn't intersect the possible path from customer and drink machine. As he approaches the trash bin, he glances down inside looking for any uneaten food near the top.
** GM Nina **
Vlaeden notes near the top of the garbage a burger that is 2/3rd eaten, mostly wrapped up in the paper and discarded.
A small child looks at the floor as Vlaeden is walking past his table, "Mommy… the floor is squeeky."
Mom sighs, "Robert.. just eat your nuggets."
«OOC» Nina says, "Trying to punish you with that +stealth roll as long as I can. :)"
Vlaeden reaches into the can and gently pulls out the partially eaten burger, he simply holds it for the moment as he posts up near the door. He looks around inside to see if anyone is ready to leave as well as looking out the window for possible new customers coming in.
** GM Nina **
As Vlaeden picks up the burger it vanishes from view (others can't see it now). A table nearby with a man/lady couple are preparing to depart. The lady is going back to refill the soda cup while the guy is gathering up the trash on their tray.
Glancing outside, Vlaeden sees an ork male approaching the door about 10 feet away, looks like he just came from the bus stop outside.
http://postimg.org/image/d1tjcv1pf/
Vlaeden waits patiently. Quiet. Still. Waiting for the moment the door opens either via the ork outside or the couple leaving.
** GM Nina **
The ork is first, he pulls the door outward to enter.
Vlaeden decides to hold still and wait for those leaving.
The wide chested ork moves inward with purpose.. will he slam into the invisible Vlaeden?
** GM Nina **
Please +roll Athletics vs TN 3 or Reaction vs TN 4.
«Auto-Judge[]» Vlaeden (#6801) rolls Reaction:
1 2 2 5 11
** GM Nina **
Ork at door:
http://postimg.org/image/8jvtyib1f/
Vlaeden's nimble self avoids the swift moving ork.
The guy and his gal gather up arm and arm and walk to the exit, the guy's free hand holding the tray of trash.
Vlaeden simply awaits his moment, ready to slide thru the door behind the couple before it shuts.
The guy dumps the trash as the girl opens the door and the head out together, the opportunity to slip out presents itself.
As Vlaeden is stepping through the doorway he hears behind him in a gruff male voice over by the counter, "Hands in the Air! This is a stickup!"
Frak.. Ork is going to keep that violent metahuman reputation going for weeks now.
«OOC» Vlaeden says, "Ok, newb question. The target number on my control actions and control thoughts is W(T) I assume W is willpower, what is T?"
«OOC» Nina says, "Threshold"
«OOC» Nina says, "You roll your spell against his Willpower.. get X successes. He rolls his willpower to remove your successes. You still have to have a number of successes remaining 1/2 his willpower or more."
** GM Nina **
Does Vlaeden have a sustaining foci for his Imp. Invis spell?
Vlaeden Vlaeden doesn't have jack.
** GM Nina **
Vlaeden has the honorable opportunity to enjoy a +2 to all TN's while sustaining his Imp. Invis spell.
«Plot» Vlaeden says, "This is stupid but I gotta try it. I'm gonna go ahead and slip out the door, but I'm going to use control thoughts on this guy once I'm 'safely' outside."
«OOC» Nina says, "No problem.. clear glass door… still have LOS."
Vlaeden slips outside and takes a quiet, but slow deep breath. At first it appears he's going to make for the Fuji facility but he hesitates and looks back in the window thinking to himself, "damn morals"…
« Using Think Code so Vlaeden Does not See This »
Trinity is in bird form outsite watching Vlaeden. She knows the target location and the 'hit' time is for after sunset so she has posted in the area to observe Vlaeden. He has not called Nina to report in so Nina sent Trinity to the location to spy on him anyway.
** GM Nina **
Outside example of light posts:
http://postimg.org/image/fbm91d00z/
«Auto-Judge[]» Nina (#6503) rolls 6 + Task Pool: 4 vs TN 5 for "Lonestar Security Rigger at local Precinct watching streets.. noticing things going on outside McKrack'n Fast Foods as the silent alarm goes off. Needs 9 successes see super Vlaeden.":
1 1 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 8 = 3 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nina (#6503) rolls 6 + Task Pool: 4 - 3 (successes) vs TN 5 for "(1 Kp used of 5 KP) Lonestar Security Rigger at local Precinct watching streets.. noticing things going on outside McKrack'n Fast Foods as the silent alarm goes off. Needs 9 successes see super Vlaeden.":
1 4 4 5 5 8 19 = 4 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nina (#6503) rolls 6 + Task Pool: 4 - 7 (successes) vs TN 5 for "(3 Kp used of 5 KP) Lonestar Security Rigger at local Precinct watching streets.. noticing things going on outside McKrack'n Fast Foods as the silent alarm goes off. Needs 9 successes see super Vlaede":
2 11 22 = 2 Successes
«Plot» Vlaeden says, "Ok, gonna try control thoughts on this guy. Let me know when you're ready."
«Auto-Judge[]» Vlaeden (#6801) rolls Sorcery + Spell Pool: 2:
1 2 3 3 4 5 5 5
«OOC» Vlaeden says, "Whats his willpower again :>"
** GM Nina **
Lonestar Security Rigger at local precinct: Spotting invisible Vlaeden outside restaurant where a silent alarm was just triggered inside. He gets 9 succees vs TN 5.
** GM Nina **
Oscar the Ork:
Willpower: 4
«Plot» Vlaeden says, "Wait a sec. How did he detect me?"
«Plot» Nina says, "Task Pool.. damn riggers!"
«Plot» Vlaeden says, "He got 9 successes!? *facepalm*"
«Plot» Nina says, "What Force you cast that spell at?"
«Plot» Vlaeden says, "6 :/"
«Auto-Judge[]» Nina (#6503) rolls 4 + 1 (KP) vs TN 6 for "Oscar resisting spell (1 KP used of 3 KP)":
2 4 5 5 8 = 1 Success
** GM Nina **
Vlaeden cast Control Thoguhts F6 on Oscar the Ork.
TN is Oscar's Willpower + 2 (sustaining a spell) + 1 (BG Count) = TN 7
0 Successes
----------—[ Shadowrun Denver ]—-
===========================> Noticing Spellcasting <===========================
Situation Modifier
Observer is Awakened -2
Observer is Astrally Perceiving -2
Shamanic Mask Visible -2
Shaman performing magic with
Totem Advantage -1
Magician casting festish limited spell -1
The Base Target Number is 4 + Magic Attribute - Force of the Spell Cast. (Ex: 4 + Magic 6 - Fireball Force 6 yields a base TN of 4 to notice the mage casting the spell). Perception modifiers *do* apply to this roll as well (SR3, p. 231).
Just how obvious are magical skills? Magic can be very subtle in application, as most spells have no visual component such as a fireball or sparks in the 'real' world. Most of the time, an observer has to notice the Magician or Shaman's (Or sometimes adepts!) intense look of concentration, whispered incantations, small gestures (usually Hermetic) and changes like the Shamanic Mask (p 163, SR3).
Magic is an act of will, intense will, and is noticeable by those around you. The more powerful a spell, the easier to notice, but the more powerful the mage, the less effort it takes him to cast the spell. Some GMs may give an additional TN modifier if the observer knows the caster is awakened, but usually speaking, a caster of any power has a good chance of not being noticed.
** GM Nina **
+info magic notice
** GM Nina **
Lonestar Rigger: Not awakened, not astrally perceiving, no shamanic mask, no totem advantage, no fetish limited spell.
Base TN 4 + 6 (Vlaeden's Magic) - 6 (Force of spell) = TN 4
«Auto-Judge[]» Nina (#6503) rolls 6 vs TN 4 for "LS Rigger noticing obvious use of magic on the streets outside a location where silent security alarm was triggered.":
2 3 4 5 5 5 = 4 Successes
** GM Nina **
Meanwhile….
Oscar squints and shakes his head as he feels some sort of strange intrustion into his mind. He shakes it off with a snarl and points his big handgun at the employee, "I SAID.. fill up this credstick!" And he hands the lady a credstick with his free hand.
«Plot» Vlaeden says, "Ok, so screw this orc. I'm in deep enough water. Time to focus on Fuji. What next?"
** GM Nina **
All is quiet on the street. The guy/gal walk off arm and arm for the bus stop, apparently having no clue about the robbery inside the fast food joint. Another four people in the bus stop also appear fully unaware.
The guard and dog in the shack across the street and down a little at the Fuji property do not seem to be aware of the theft going on either.
The streets seem calm and quiet.
Vlaeden grunts slightly, angry with himself and the situation, but forces himself to shake it off. Now that he's outside amongst the hanful of people, he picks up his pace just a bit and heads towards the guarded gate.
« Think Secret Emit »
LS Rigger triggers local precinct. Adding info to already occuring response of silent alarm at holdup. Rigger's note adds description of Vlaeden and "use of blatant magic in public, obviously directed at those within the restaurant".
** GM Nina **
Need your Drain roll for the Control Thoughts spell.
«Auto-Judge[]» Vlaeden (#6801) rolls Willpower + Spell Pool: 3:
2 3 3 3 4 5 8 8 14
----------—[ Shadowrun Denver ]-
==================> Spell Catalog Listing: Control Thoughts <==================
Spell Name: Control Thoughts
Category: Manipulation/Control
Target Number: W(T)
Drain Code: +1S
Type: Mana
Duration: Sustained
Range: LoS(1)
-----> Spell Description <-----—
This spell allows a caster to control the thoughts of a target and issue commands she is compelled to follow. If heavily against the command, a target can roll Willpower against the spell's force and either break the spell with a single success if the caster is not present or engage in a contest of wills with the caster. The caster rolls his Willpower against the target's own and cancels out successes from the target's Willpower check against spell force. One success or more is still all that's needed to break the spell.
The spell has a Threshold equal to one half the target's Willpower.
** GM Nina **
+spell/list Control Thoughts
Drain: +1S
F6 = Drain 4S
** GM Nina **
Above roll has 5 successes.
** GM Nina **
Vlaeden takes Light stun (1 box stun) from Drain.
+1 TN (Drain)
+2 (Sustaining Imp. Invis)
+1 TN (for Sorcery tests: BG Count)
** GM Nina **
The Fuji property and facility is across the street. Traffic is not too busy right now.
Half a block down a bus can be seen, will arrive in about a minute at the bus stop.
«Plot» Vlaeden says, "I don't see anything about to come or go thru gate do I?"
** GM Nina **
There does not appear to be any vehicles approaching the gate at this time from either side.
Vlaeden continues across the street from the Fuji facility. He only crosses the street once he reaches the opposite edge of the facility and heads towards the back where noticed the moving vehicle earlier. As he walks he occasionaly looks over his shoulder towards the burger joint.
** GM Nina **
Once across the street, Vlaeden heads down the outside of the tall fence line in the scraggly grasses between company properties that nobody feels like taking care of the landscaping. After about thirty seconds he glances back and sees the Ork come out of the restaurant and walk briskly to the bus stop just as the bus is arriving.
Looks like he's going to get away.
«Plot» Vlaeden says, "Ok, do I see any sort of activity behind the building?"
** GM Nina **
Please +roll perception
«Auto-Judge[]» Vlaeden (#6801) rolls Intelligence:
1 2 2 4 11
** GM Nina **
Perception result after -3TN (sustaining and light drain)
1 1 1 1 8
** GM Nina **
Does Vlaeden have any lowlight vision? (It's dark outside.. and you're away from the street lights by 200 meters now).
«Plot» Vlaeden says, "Yes. I'm an elf. I have low light by default."
** GM Nina **
Vlaeden now that he is back towards the rear of the Fuji property along the outside of the fence in the overgrown landscape area he can see behind the Fuji building now.
Vlaeden can note the electrical panel (target) on the back of the building. He can also see an employee exit with a security camera mounted over it much like was on the rear door of the McKrack'n restaurant. There are also four large green dumpsters in the back and some pallets and boxes along the fence line about two feet from the fence so they aren't pushed up against the fence.
It looks like it may be possible to use some of these stacked up supplies on pallets to block view and get close to the fence.
Vlaeden does just that, keeping faith this spell driven cloak compensates for any room for error the pallets and boxes leave, he creeps up to the fence.
** GM Nina **
In the distance, Vlaeden can hear the distinct sound of Lonestar patrol car (response) sirens.
** GM Nina **
Vlaeden makes it to the fence, no sounds of any alarms have been set off.
Vlaeden squats beside the fence and sits down the 'used' cheeseburger momentarily, on his knee, as he fishes the multitool from his pack. Once set, he starts at the bottom of the fence and begins to snip - up, right along the edge a stack of pallets/boxes.
«OOC» Nina says, "Snap! Now I understand what the burger is for. :)"
«OOC» Vlaeden says, ">:)"
** GM Nina **
+roll Strength vs TN 8
Multi-tool helps but it's not bolt-cutters. This chain link fence is pretty seriously tough metal. A leatherman tool is nearly impossible.
Base time: 2 hours with this tool.
Bolt Cutters: TN 4, Base time 2 minutes
«Plot» Vlaeden says, "Wow. I've cut thru chain link 4 ft high with a multitool in less than 5 minutes! Whats this stuff made out of? (Also, I'm only cutting a small hole to squeeze myself thru… still two hours?)"
«Plot» Nina says, "Let's take a moment for you to find a picture of what "multi-tool" you bought.. I'm picturing something fully inadequate. I want to be sure what you're talking about."
«Plot» Vlaeden says, "SOmething like this: http://www.leatherman.com/rebar-8.html#prefn1=7&prefn2=sizecategory&prefv1=true&prefv2=Full-Size&start=3"
«Plot» Vlaeden says, "Its not a bolt cutter, those are huge, but it does have a dedicated wire cutter on it."
«Plot» Vlaeden says, "So still 2 hours?"
«Plot» Nina says, "Nah.. if you're only going to get a crawl through hole."
** GM Nina **
Same TN's but Base time is smaller due to stated desire to only cut enough to crawl through. Base time 30 minutes.
«Auto-Judge[]» Vlaeden (#6801) rolls Strength:
1 3 4
** GM Nina **
Fence Barrier Rating 6
+2 TN Inadequate tool
+2 Sustaining Imp. Invis
+1 Light Drain
TN Total: 11
Vlaeden achieves no successes and his tool is not working for this use.
«OOC» Vlaeden says, "Oh, it won't cut at all?"
«OOC» Nina says, "No.. you need 1 success."
«OOC» Vlaeden says, "Oooo."
** GM Nina **
Back at the main street Lonestar arrives just as Vlaeden begins to work with his tool on the fence. It sounds like at least 3 or 4 patrol cars are pulling up on the scene.
«Plot» Vlaeden says, "Can I SEE any of that activity from my position in the back?"
** GM Nina **
Vlaeden does not have LOS currently, there is too much overgrowth in the space along the fence line. While it is concealing his position nicely, it also blocks view.
Vlaeden curses under his breath as he realizes he underestimated this fence, but promptly puts away his multitool. He holds his position for the moment, pondering on his situation and listening. He's getting nervous, but he stays focused for the moment.
«Plot» Vlaeden says, "The boxes/pallets on the other side of the fence… once I get in, are they stacked high enough to climb, then jump out? I realize the fence is 4m."
** GM Nina **
Not all of the stacked boxes and items inside on the pallets are stacked high. Some are short.. some are stacked as high as 8 feet tall. Though they might be wobbly, hard to determine yet. 8 feet would get you close enough to grab onto the constitine razor wire at the top with your forearms.
«Plot» Vlaeden says, "Ok, gonna risk more drain then. I'm just gonna levitate over this fence. So ka?"
-------> Levitate <------—
Levitate
Type: P Target: 4 Duration: S Drain: +2(M)
Levitate allows the caster to telekinetically lift an object and move
it around. The subject of the spell can be moved anywhere in the casters
line of sight at a rate of speed equal to the casters Magic Attribute
multiplied by the number of successes (up to a maximum equal to the spells
Force) from the Sorcery Test in meters per turn.
The target number of the Sorcery Test is increased by +1 for every full
100 kilograms of mass of the object. Objects flung into other things are
considered to hit with a Damage Code of (Movement Rate #-1 FUNCTION (c) NOT FOUND 10)M Stun. Especially
sharp or dangerous objects may do physical damage at the gamemasters
discretion.
If the caster is attempting to levitate an item held by a living being,
the holder can make a Strength Test to resist the spell. The caster must have
at least 1 net success to levitate the item away. If the caster is attempting
to levitate a living being, the target may resist the spell using Strength or
Willpower (whichever is higher). You can use this spell to levitate yourself,
if desired.
** GM Nina **
Levitate: TN 4 + 2 (sustained Imp Invis) + 1 (Light Drain) + 1 BG count: TN 8
«Auto-Judge[]» Vlaeden (#6801) rolls Sorcery + Spell Pool: 5:
1 1 3 3 4 5 8 9 9 11 17
«Plot» Vlaeden says, "Drain roll to follow…"
«Auto-Judge[]» Vlaeden (#6801) rolls Willpower:
1 2 2 4 4 10
** GM Nina **
In the future, Please state in the Sorcery roll or before in the declaration of the casting what Force you are casting the spell at.
«Plot» Vlaeden says, "Full force (4) for this one since I didn't say otherwise."
** GM Nina **
Honest and fair way to do it.
** GM Nina **
+hr magic drain
----------—[ Shadowrun Denver ]—-
====================> House Rules: Drain Resistance Tests <====================
The following rule applies to drain resistance tests:
The drain resistance test is not a damage-resistance test. As such, it is subject to wound penalties and other applicable penalties. Background counts, as in the book, add +1 TN to this test per two levels of background count, rounded down.
** GM Nina **
Drain roll: F4 / 2 = TN 2 + 2 (sustaining spell) + 1 (light drain from before) = TN 5
Vlaeden was able to get 1 success on his drain.
Vlaeden takes Moderate drain (+3 more boxes)
Vlaeden now at 4 boxes of drain.
«Auto-Judge[]» Nina (#6503) rolls 6 + Task Pool: 5 vs TN 5 for "(0 KP used of 5 KP) Fuji Security Rigger spotting flying dazed invisible mage. Needs 9 successes.":
1 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 5 7 8 = 5 Successes
Vlaeden stands up and swallows hard, his nerves are working against him. He holds arms out as if steadying himself and begins to rise from the ground. His eyes widen for a split second and then clench shut as a wave of pain courses through his body. Sweat beeds up on his brow as he lifts himself over the fence and towards the electrical box on the other side.
«Auto-Judge[]» Nina (#6503) rolls 6 + Task Pool: 5 - 5 (successes) vs TN 5 for "(1 KP used of 5 KP) Fuji Security Rigger spotting flying dazed invisible mage. Needs 9 successes.":
2 3 4 5 10 15 = 3 Successes
«Auto-Judge[]» Nina (#6503) rolls 6 + Task Pool: 5 - 8 (successes) vs TN 5 for "(3 KP used of 5 KP) Fuji Security Rigger spotting flying dazed invisible mage. Needs 9 successes.":
4 4 4 = 0 Successes
«OOC» Nina says, "phew.. close"
«OOC» Vlaeden says, "I'd have cried."
«OOC» Nina says, "It all came down to this last blasted rigger..and he ran out of KP. :)"
«OOC» Nina says, "Very few things can come up with enough dice to spot an Imp Ivis mage"
«OOC» Vlaeden says, "Except the random eagle eyed lonestar rigger! Egads!"
** GM Nina **
From this higher vantage point, Vlaeden can spot a squad of 4 Lone Star patrol officers slowly making a stealth approach down the fence line that Vlaeden had went down… they are about 50 meters from the street (150 meters from the back edge where Vlaeden is located).. the seem to be tracking him.
Vlaeden begins his decent, making straight for his target. Hovering just in front of the electrical box, he slides the little black device from his back pocket, places it near the electrical box and lets the magnet do the work of attaching itself. Only then does he check his surroundings again before his attempt to escape.
** GM Nina **
The security rigger spots a wavering heat wave across his senses.. like a mirage for a moment on the edge of his vision. He tunes up the sensors on the back of the warehouse and scans carefully.. scans again… what?.. No.. nothing. Just my imagination.
** GM Nina **
Please +roll Perception
«Auto-Judge[]» Vlaeden (#6801) rolls Intelligence:
2 3 5 5 8
** GM Nina **
Adjusted for TN mods:
1 1 1 1 4
** GM Nina **
Vlaeden after placing the device where the instructions say can hear the sound bounce off a neighboring building… the large roller gate at the front/street side of the Fuji porperty rolling back. No vehicle left the rear of the building so this must be a vehicle coming in.
As Vlaeden reaches the corner of the building he changes course to go over the backside of the fence one more, albeit a ways down from his initial position.
«Auto-Judge[]» Nina (#6503) rolls 5 vs TN 8 for "Eagle Eye Officer (no way he can make 9 successes) TN 5 + 2 (lighting) + 1(obstruction)":
1 4 4 5 5 = 0 Successes
As Vlaeden clears the fence and property line he seems to be making his gettaway pretty good.
Looking back over his right shoulder he can see the four man L.S. team about half way along the side of the fence line now, trailing his path.
Glancing over the parking lot direction, Vlaeden can see two L.S. patrol cars zipping in quickly with their lights and sirens turned off, in stealth mode to get to the back of the building quick.
In all of this… Vlaeden does not seem to have been spotted.
As Vlaeden gets a couple hundred yards away from the property line, he drifts downwards a bit, readying himself to land once he locates a good spot. The sweat is pouring now to the point the neckline of his shirt is darker than the rest. Oh, and he finally drops the cheeseburger into the bushes below.
When Vlaeden's feet touch down….
Just inside an alley a ways off. Away from the main street the buildings here are closer and alleys abound…..
Trinity forms out of nothingness and is looking right at him, though he is still invisible. She is dressed the same she was in the Souk Marketplace and offers him a smile, "I shall report to Muse my observations. The mission was stressful but a success. I know Muse will be particularly pleased that you attempted to disarm the sitaution at the restaurant. She's like that herself."
Vlaeden gasps as Trinity manifests herself. Once she's finished speaking he removes his balaclava and releases all sustained spells. He slumps over a bit but looks immensly relieved both to release the spells, to be out of harms way, and to see Trinity. "Tell your Mistress I'm sorry couldn't do more." He pauses, "I underestimated what this was all about. It's much more difficult than the trids show."
Trinity smiles and steps forward to offer Vlaeden her shoulder to lean on if he wishes to, "You did just fine. There was a time when Muse did not have sustaining foci and things were rough on her as well. It was one of the first things she dedicated her funds towards. It makes all of the difference in the world. Now… she can make her own foci. Perhaps she could make what you need, so you don't have to pay those crazy store prices?"
Vlaeden can't help but chuckle, "Yeah. I might just have to check into that. Speaking of which… when do I get to meet this Muse… in the flesh? Have I earned that much tonight?"
Trinity smiles and thinks for a moment, "She says she has returned to the mountains already and can not meet with you tonight." (apparently there is some form of mind link between them).
Trinity considers a moment longer and then offers, "Can she meet with you tomorrow perhaps? The employer should have released the payment by then and she could pay you."
** GM Nina **
Back at the crime scene.. the Magical threat team arrives. Having been dispatched due to the L.S. Security rigger making the note on the silient alarm reponse that magic was being cast from the street onto someone(s) within the restaurant.
F6 Control Thoughts Astral Signiture will not disapate for 6 hours.
L.S. Astral team gets on sight and begins to examine the astral signature of the caster of the spell. They begin to memorize the details of the 'fingerprints' that the owner has left hanging in the area.
After about twenty minutes one of the L.S. mages conjures up an Air elemental in the astral of considerable power and has it also examine the astral signiture.. he then instructs the elemental to being a widening search in the area for any other matching astral signatures or the person that matches the signature…. the villian they are looking for.
Officer Lopez talks to Sergeant Reynolds outside the restaurant as they make their report details, "As far as we can tell.. this guy the Rigger says he saw did not show up on the recorded footage… the magical crew says that means it was an improved invisibility spell.. the kind that fool cameras. But the rigger saw it and made a good description of the guy.. his face was covered though. A fella with matching clothing on the video a while before though we have good coverage of. It may not be admisible in court though because the invisible guy casting the magic was wearing a hood over his head. A jury could be swayed to say there is no proof it's the same guy. Regardless… the magical crew has his signature now and if we can track him down and match up the astral signiture of the guy.. then we have him nailed to rights. We think he cast magic on the Ork inside and made him do the theft.. mind control magic. Probably he has met up with him somewhere else in the city to get the credstick from the heist."
The F6 Air Elemental fans out in a search, going in progressively larger circles in the astral plane looking for a matching signature.
Vlaeden nods a couple of times, "Tomorrow would be great. Tonight… I have to rest. In a real room hopefully no less!" he chuckles again. "Speaking of which, if all is well, I'm going to do just that. Until tomorrow?"
Trinity nods to Vlaeden, "I will let you be then. Muse shall away your phone call as to where to meet you tomorrow."
** GM Nina **
The Air Elemental returns with a report.. a matching signature is in the men's restroom.
«Auto-Judge[]» Nina (#6503) rolls 6 vs TN 5 for "F6 Air elemental finding Levitate Astral Signature.":
1 1 2 2 5 5 = 2 Successes
** GM Nina **
After two hours - The Air Elemental reports. It found another matching signature at the fence line behind the Fuji property across the street.
«Auto-Judge[]» Nina (#6503) rolls 5 vs TN 10 for "Does L.S. find the planted device?":
1 1 1 2 10 = 1 Success
«OOC» Nina says, "Noooo!!!!"
«OOC» Vlaeden says, "o.m.g."
«OOC» Vlaeden says, "What do I need to do?"
«OOC» Nina says, "Nothing yet.. you're a long distance away by now."
** GM Nina **
While L.S. is searching for the masked mage, they can't find him anywhere. Rumor comes that he is insisible and they get on high alert and paranoid and start seeing things out of the corners of their eyes. They call in backup.
After the spell signature is discovered at the rear of the Fuji property fence line the search narrows into that area and the manpower is shifted there.
L.S. brings in the building maintenance guy and the building security because they know the area inimately and are priceless to have on a search.
After three hours the maintenance man spots the installed device on the electical panel. Before the L.S. officer nearby can stop him he reaches up out of curiousity and grabs the device.
The device has since armed. After magnetically attaching the two minute timer armed itself.
BOOOOM!
The C4 bomb goes off in the maintentance man's hand.
1 Maintenance man killed.
1 Lonestar officer killed.
1 Lonestar officer looses sight in 1 eye
1 Lonestar officer eardrums are destroyed
The "Threat" explosion went off prematurely but the purpose of the explosion was to scare the company and lay blame on the Union negotiators that were threatening violence.
Fuji was behind the bombing to blame the Union so the Union would loose power and the company could regain their profits.
The death of the two men though and the injuries is unfortunate.. but Fuji behind closed doors on the people that hired Muse's boss.. are even more happy, because this puts even more heat on the Union and makes the Company look like the victim…even better.
** GM Nina **
« Invisible » Typo in first paragraph.
«Auto-Judge[]» Nina (#6503) rolls 5 vs TN 10 for "Find scratches on fence?":
1 2 3 4 5 = 0 Successes
** GM Nina **
Lonestar now has a cop-killer out and about. They have his astral signature and they bring in as many of their trained mages as possible so they can come get a look on the still remaining signature out in front of the restaurant. Before it fades completely, L.S. is able to get a good dozen mages to memorize that astral signature so they can be on the lookout for this cop killer.
The bomb squad is brought in to find bits of the bomb, to try and find any prints or DNA.
L.S. never discovers the attempted fence cutting evidence.
The coronor shows up and the employees are sent home, the Fuji factory is shut down and taped off and L.S. turns it into a crime and investigation scene.
News helicopters circle above, news vans show up on the street.
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Nina's Plot Log has now stopped.
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Repurcusions of Plot:
---—> Message #2 on Board Media and Rumors <---—-
Posted By: Nina (#6503)
Date/Time: Sat Sep 19 19:40:12 2015
Subject: Channel 12 Newsflash
Newsflash: Channel 12
At 7:34 pm a male magic user entered into McKrackin Restaurant across from the Fuji Production facility here on E 88th Avenue East of Tower Rd in the UCAS Sector and made himself invisible in the men's restroom.
«Video of suspect entering the restaurant from a view from an outside camera, and then again inside from a restaurant (more grainy camera) and another hallway camera to the restroom. In all cases the face is blurred out».
The face of this man has been blurred out due to an on-going investigation and building of evidence in this case.
This man used mind controlling magics according to the Lone Star to force a local ork citizen to rob the restaurant; playing on racial biases to protect themselves from scrutiny. The ork citizen was forced by these magics to flee onto the bus system where this man met him later to receive the funds from the heist.
It was during the investigation of this crime that Lone Star discovered the magic use outside and inside the store and then discovered additional magic by the same perpetrator across the street and behind the Fuji Industrial facility fence.
According to Officer Lopez, the search for the man then focused on this area behind the industrial facility. The local maintenance man and security force was used to assist in the search due to their expertise and priceless knowledge in knowing the facility during a search.
It was during this search according to Officer Lopez that the maintenance man found a device on an electrical panel at the rear of the facility and upon touching it, it exploded at 10:42 pm.
Officer Lopez cannot reveal the substance used in the device because it is still under investigation and these details he cannot divulge. He does inform us though of the traggic news that Officer Mendoza was killed instantly, Maintenance employee Sylvester Tweetzi was killed instantly, Lone Star patrol officer Keith Simpson lost an eye and Lone Star patrol officer Tiffany Calderona permanently lost her hearing.
« Video of Officer Lopez looking directly into the camera, "We will find you. You puked your signature all over and we have a dozen mages hunting you down…. cop killer's don't get second chances." »
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In other news involving Fuji, executive vice president of Employee affairs, Raphael Fiearro states they were afraid something like this would happen soon. The Union has been threatening violence if they do not give in to shorter workdays and higher wages soon.
« Video of Raphael Fiearro distraught and shaken by the drama and the loss of an employee and the death and injury of the fine men and women of Lone Star ».
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