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OOC -- NO SIGNAL
« on: November 02, 2014, 06:10:54 AM »
This thread is intended for all OOC discussion of the Mass Effect PbPrpg, titled "NO SIGNAL", currently scheduled to begin November 20th. 

The GM: RedTracer7

The Rules: Mass Effect Resolutions
Amended by: Provisional Alterations

The Start: 11/20/2014

The "In Character" Thread: Located Here

The "Recap" Thread: Located Here

The Players:

The Rollcall

Spoiler for CannedCream // Devin Caulfield:
Name: Devin Caulfield
Species: Human
Class: Adept
Age: 41
Height: 5’11”

Racial Edge: Luck of the Devil : +1 Combat
Custom Edge: Tipping the Odds:  +1 on Biotic Challenges
Memories of a Consort: +1 Biotics, Combat or Challenge
HMSH Shield Emitter: +1 Tech Defense
Silver Tongue: Influence a roleplaying situation

Specializations: Nimble, Offensive Biotics, Microbiotics, Persuasion, Gambling,

Inventory:
x1 Armored Vest (single use +3 combat defense)
x1 Eezo Cell (single-use +1 Biotics edge for challenges only
High-Density Eezo Device
x1 Panacea Overclocked Implant Runtime (single-use, +1 Biotics, +1 Combat, +1 Tech for combat defense only)



Spoiler for Lividity Jones // Yan'Luos nar Tonbay:
Name: Yan'Luos nar Tonbay
Species: Quarian
Class: Engineer
Age: 22
Height: 5'5"

Racial Edge: +1 Tech
Custom Edge: Migrant Fleet Geologist: +2 to any Tech challenge involving surveying, mining, or working with related equipment.
Life Support Webbing: Automatically use a medigel on self if Yan is KO'd.

Specializations: Piloting, Omnitool Specialist, Repair, Persuasion, Pistols

Inventory:
x1 Blue Chit
x1 Rose Quartz Necklace (Gifted to Kahlin)
Mortuary Jar
x1 Receipt for Custom-Built Quarian Suit
x1 Medigel



Spoiler for Arhka // Seluj Temoi:
Name: Seluj Temoi
Species: Asari
Class: Engineer
Age: 742
Height: 5'0"

Racial Edge: +1 Biotics
Custom Edge: Tevura’s Seeker: +2 More Specializations
Nerves of Steel: 1st Action in a Phase (Refreshes)
Usurper Protocol:  In an opposed challenge, add half of the opposing score to your side (max of +3).


Specializations: Drones, Mechanical Engineering, Electronic Warfare, Microbiotics, Exploration, AI/VI Expertise, Piloting, Mastery of Lyonessian Technology

Inventory:
x3 Medigel
x2 Omnigel (single-use +1 tech edge for challenges only)
x1 Starship Rated Thanix Cannon (Attached to Shuttle)






Spoiler for Riptide // Oliviar Valerius:
Name: Oliviar Valerius
Species: Turian
Class: Soldier
Age: 20
Height:

Racial Edge: Turian (+1 Combat)
Starting Edge: Tactical Genius (Reverse Flow of Combat)
Squad Tactics: +2 Combat when combining attacks with at least two other characters.


Specializations: Pistols, Gadgets, Explosives, Tactical Prodigy, Armiger Armor

Inventory:
x3 Medigel
x4 Explosives (single-use +1 Combat edge for challenges only)
x1 Gotek's Grenade Launcher (+1 Combat edge, for combat only, refreshes)

Spectre Candidacy Testing





Current Objectives:

Prologue
--Destination Unknown -- Meet with V'nado -- Completed

Chapter One: Hyetiana
--Over the Blue Moon -- Meet with Atrupi at the Blue Moon Diner -- Completed
--Taman Shud -- A mysterious scrap of paper... torn from where? -- Completed
--The Ordo Invicta II -- Investigate the Ordo Invicta II, from the other note -- Completed
--Sticky Fingers -- Find Kahlin -- Completed
--The Woman in Red -- Jaova is Attending a Party --  Completed
      >>Oli has been contracted to serve as escort.
      >>Yan has locked Jaova into an agreement.
--Outis on the Way Out -- Check in on Seluj's Ship --  Completed

Chapter Two: Tefnut
--The Sand and the Sea -- The Eu Brothers have something from Lyonesse --  Completed
     --> Under the Sea -- Work with Celirn Eu -- Abandoned
     --> Blood on the Sand -- Work with Gotek Eu -- Abandoned
     --> Regime Change -- Work with the Blue Suns  Completed
--Silencing the Canary -- Keep Maximus Ordinatus from interfering with the station. Completed
--Experiments in Relativity -- Meet with Alph Onse Completed
--Enemies Everywhere! -- Discover the source of the signal jamming. Completed

Chapter Three: Libertas
--Wartime and Warcrimes -- The ground war worsens... -- Completed
     --> Thunder Run -- Death and glory on the road -- Ongoing
     --> Quiet and Dirty -- Infiltrate via the ravine -- Abandoned
-- Confrontation -- Take the fight to the Lyonesse encampment -- Completed
     --> Smoking out the Mole -- Discover and deal with the traitor -- Completed

Chapter Four: Lyonesse
-- Getting the Band Back Together -- Find the crew!-- Ongoing
      --> The Masquerade -- Find Jaova and Varses -- Ongoing
      --> The Phony War -- Find Nix and Adilet -- Ongoing
      --> The Saboteur -- Find Kahlin and Naeir -- Ongoing
-- Revenge and Regicide -- Bring it all down -- Ongoing
      --> Regime Change -- Dethrone the Queen of the Black --  Ongoing
      --> Checklists -- Deal with Faskan, Veier, and Nabor --  Ongoing
Spoiler for Map of the Ordo Invicta II:
« Last Edit: September 28, 2016, 12:28:05 AM by Redtracer7 »


"And in the end, said the witch to the drowning prince, you've been the one choosing the path of the Rose in spite of knowing where it lead.  To petals, yes, but the abyss of thorns as well."

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Re: OOC -- NO SIGNAL
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2014, 05:30:27 AM »
Testing, testing. Arhka here.

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Re: OOC -- NO SIGNAL
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2014, 05:37:33 AM »
Just figured I would post a reminder for you guys. You will need to get approval to post in the PbP Forum before it will allow you to post, its a way of keeping Bots from spamming the game threads and allows the Game Master to Modify or Remove posts if needed.

Anyhow, its a pretty simple task. Just click "Profile" at the top of the page then on the sidebar, click "Group Membership". From there, request membership for "PbP Player". After that, just send a PM to Mukora asking him to approve your member group application. After that you'll free to post within the PbP forum.

Enjoy your game :)
« Last Edit: November 04, 2014, 06:41:08 AM by killer rin »

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Re: OOC -- NO SIGNAL
« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2014, 06:31:34 AM »
Just figured I would post a reminder for you guys. You will need to get approval to post in the PbP Forum before it will allow you to post, its a way of keeping Bots from spamming the game threads and allows the Game Master to Modify or Remove posts if needed.

Anyhow, its a pretty simple task. Just click "Profile" at the top of the page then on the sidebar, click "Group Membership". From there, request membership for "PbP Player". After that, just send a PM to Muroka asking him to approve your member group application. After that you'll free to post within the PbP forum.

Enjoy your game :)

Who is this Muroka?
I'm back people...


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Re: OOC -- NO SIGNAL
« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2014, 06:40:49 AM »
Just figured I would post a reminder for you guys. You will need to get approval to post in the PbP Forum before it will allow you to post, its a way of keeping Bots from spamming the game threads and allows the Game Master to Modify or Remove posts if needed.

Anyhow, its a pretty simple task. Just click "Profile" at the top of the page then on the sidebar, click "Group Membership". From there, request membership for "PbP Player". After that, just send a PM to Muroka asking him to approve your member group application. After that you'll free to post within the PbP forum.

Enjoy your game :)

I definitely reminded everyone of that, but its good to have the reminder here as well!


"And in the end, said the witch to the drowning prince, you've been the one choosing the path of the Rose in spite of knowing where it lead.  To petals, yes, but the abyss of thorns as well."

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Re: OOC -- NO SIGNAL
« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2014, 06:41:37 AM »


"And in the end, said the witch to the drowning prince, you've been the one choosing the path of the Rose in spite of knowing where it lead.  To petals, yes, but the abyss of thorns as well."

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Re: OOC -- NO SIGNAL
« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2014, 06:05:19 PM »
I've requested membership. Plox access.

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Re: OOC -- NO SIGNAL
« Reply #7 on: November 05, 2014, 06:58:23 AM »
Alright guys, I got a couple requests to throw up a sort of character template you can use to send me character information.  You don't have to use it, and you can alter it as you like, but its just something to help get the ideas flowin'.  Please send me them to me here, preferably, in the Private Messages.  So, without further adieu~

Name:
Species:
Class:
Age:
Height:

Racial Edge:
Custom Edge:

Specializations (you get 5):

Physical Description & Attire:

Background:

Reason to be on Hyetiana:

Special GM Stuff: (Effectively, anything special I should know about the character.  Kalil's severe aversion to water would go here, for example.)

Anything else:

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Pretty simple, I think.  Just 3 things to remember:

1) As Arhka has demonstrated, I'd suggest making an account here with your character's name.  A dedicated account means the avatar will always match the character being played!

2) Rip will be providing artwork for our game once again, and as such, he will need the physical description of your character sometime prior to the game start (hopefully).  So lock that down, and don't be afraid to talk to him about it.  He'll specifically want reference pictures and descriptions!

3) The Reaper Invasion seen in ME3 takes place roughly in June 2186.  Mass Effect: NO SIGNAL will be starting roughly in March 2186, with the job posting seen in the Recap thread having been posted two weeks prior to the day our game will be starting.

If you have any questions, catch me on Steam!


"And in the end, said the witch to the drowning prince, you've been the one choosing the path of the Rose in spite of knowing where it lead.  To petals, yes, but the abyss of thorns as well."

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Re: OOC -- NO SIGNAL
« Reply #8 on: November 07, 2014, 05:51:34 AM »
Testing profile. Apostrophes are illegal in profile names. I am shattered. Awaiting membership approval.
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Re: OOC -- NO SIGNAL
« Reply #9 on: November 07, 2014, 06:27:21 AM »
Basic character information for everyone has been added to the first post in this thread.  Everything is preliminary until the game officially starts, so if you want to make any changes, just let me know.


"And in the end, said the witch to the drowning prince, you've been the one choosing the path of the Rose in spite of knowing where it lead.  To petals, yes, but the abyss of thorns as well."

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« Reply #10 on: November 07, 2014, 06:42:49 AM »
Testing profile. Apostrophes are illegal in profile names. I am shattered. Awaiting membership approval.

Such a crime. Oh well.

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Re: OOC -- NO SIGNAL
« Reply #11 on: November 09, 2014, 01:23:23 AM »

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Re: OOC -- NO SIGNAL
« Reply #12 on: November 09, 2014, 03:17:49 AM »


"And in the end, said the witch to the drowning prince, you've been the one choosing the path of the Rose in spite of knowing where it lead.  To petals, yes, but the abyss of thorns as well."

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Re: OOC -- NO SIGNAL
« Reply #13 on: November 13, 2014, 08:11:04 AM »
To celebrate the one week to go mark, there now exists an IC thread.


"And in the end, said the witch to the drowning prince, you've been the one choosing the path of the Rose in spite of knowing where it lead.  To petals, yes, but the abyss of thorns as well."

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Re: OOC -- NO SIGNAL
« Reply #14 on: November 14, 2014, 03:13:39 AM »
So, have we settled on a TIME when we're going to start?
It's summertime, and you know what that means. Gonna head down to the beach, gonna do some beachy things. It's summertime, feels just right. Gonna gather all my friends and we'll party through the night. It's summer time lo-uh-uh-uhvin', lovin' in the summertime.

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« Reply #15 on: November 14, 2014, 05:17:15 AM »
So, have we settled on a TIME when we're going to start?

Heh, does no one remember the discussion we had?

Dependent on how Rip feels, we start on November 20th, at 10PM CST (a hour earlier than our previous session start times).  It will then run to 1-2 AM CST.


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« Reply #16 on: November 17, 2014, 02:58:12 AM »
Yep, new account works.
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« Reply #18 on: November 17, 2014, 08:16:00 PM »
2ish days to go.

I figured I should talk a little bit about my intended method of "GMing", on the macro scale.  After taking into account the feedback Buddha got throughout our two previous games, and factoring in my own intents and desires, I've found myself to be very much a proponent of striving for "clear" objectives for player characters.

This does not mean I will be throwing all plot secrets out on the table, but instead that player characters should always have a concrete "goal" to which they're aspiring.  A mission objective, if you will.  Going further, I intend to rather clearly lay them out as they pop up, with the decisions and opportunities that go along with them also nice and clear.  I do want to point out, however, that if I clearly describe two ways into a particular building (for example), players are still free to choose the nebulous "third option" and proceed however they see fit.

So when you see me refer to the first scene as the prologue, I hope you'll start to see what I mean.

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And to repeat, we're two-ish days out to game start!  If you've got anything else, character generation-wise or whatever, lemme know!


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« Reply #19 on: November 18, 2014, 12:38:24 AM »
Yep, new account works.

You're a phony. A big fat phony.

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« Reply #20 on: November 18, 2014, 01:39:08 AM »
You're a phony. A big fat phony.

I thought of that too!  Ha!



"And in the end, said the witch to the drowning prince, you've been the one choosing the path of the Rose in spite of knowing where it lead.  To petals, yes, but the abyss of thorns as well."

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« Reply #21 on: November 18, 2014, 01:53:53 AM »
Anyway, to get the hype train started, I already propose a Main Theme.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lpyzTe7Ea0[/youtube]

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Re: OOC -- NO SIGNAL
« Reply #22 on: November 18, 2014, 03:20:46 AM »
Anyway, to get the hype train started, I already propose a Main Theme.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lpyzTe7Ea0[/youtube]
No need to put it in youtube tags. It'll auto embed if you just put in the link... as long as its http:// and not https://

Band of Skulls - Navigatehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lpyzTe7Ea0

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« Reply #23 on: November 21, 2014, 03:52:47 AM »

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« Reply #24 on: November 22, 2014, 03:00:20 AM »
Session tonight folks