Overview
About This Game
There are only 3 universal constants: life, death, and some Johnson needing a team of Runners. Calling for a team of 4-5 Shadowrunners to take part in a short mission using Cities Without Number, with a smidge of homebrew.
Game System
Cities Without Number
Detailed Description
- What's new in this game
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Over the next ten minutes, Bang and Ram open up crates, shipping containers, lockers, and anything else big enough to fit a person. Each time, you come up with nada. Each time, you question whether you actually heard something. Phantom's luck isn't any better. Each camera shifts your focus, each filter alters your perception, but none them show you who made that sound or where it came from. You all wait another five minutes, listening intently for another sound, but you're all greeted only by silence again.
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Wesley "Doc" Valentine HP: 7/7 | AC: M16 / R16 | Damage Soak: 2 | Trauma Target: 7 | Strain: 6.75/13 Attack Bonus: +0 | Saves: Phys 14+ | Eva 13+ | Men 13+ | Luck 15+ | Karma 2 As Bang relegated him to keeping an eye on Phantom Doc simply nodded an affirmative, "Got it." He was more than happy to keep an eye on her, quickly taking Harry's spot as the rest of them moved up. The others starter chattering about something moving, maybe inside one of the crates. What did his elven senses pick up?
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Jennifer "Bang" McCall HP: 3 / 5 | AC: M14 / R16 | Damage Soak: 5 | Trauma Target: 7 | Strain: 5 / 15 Attack Bonus: +0 | Saves: Phys 14+ | Eva 14+ | Men 15+ | Luck 15+ Jennifer nodded to Harry then added out loud for everyone else, "Yeah, it was like somethin' bumpin' against metal. I don't see anything, but I can hear it." She looked back at Phantom then to Rampage and shrugged. "Let's go ahead an' look around. Maybe one of those doggos got stuck in somethin'...or maybe somebody's hidin' out in a crate or somethin'." She glanced at Doc. "Keep an eye on our cowgirl?" With Doc watching out for Phantom, Jennifer angled toward the south side of the warehouse, eyes and especially ears alert for the noises again. She gestured for Rampage to take the north path. Maybe if they heard the banging noise again, they could triangulate its source. Tabletop I moved Bang toward the south side of the map to indicate the direction she's taking. She'll slowly move along that path, listening for the sounds again and watching for movement. If a roll is called for, I can add it to this post.
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Ram "Rampage" Gils HP: 10/10 | AC: M16 / R16 | Damage Soak: 6 | Trauma Target: 7 Attack Bonus: +0 | Saves: Phys 11+ | Eva 16+ | Men 15+ | Luck 15+ "You want i should... " he makes opening motions towards the doors Mechanics
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Phantom⌥SIN://>E҉̰̰͎̆͞r҉̵҉̛̠̩̥̋ͦ̆͆͟͞͡͞͠r҉̵҉̛̠̩̥̋ͦ̆͆͟͞͡͞͠o҉̢̡̲͇̌͗̀͢͝r҉̵҉̛̠̩̥̋ͦ̆͆͟͞͡͞͠_(n̸͐̈́͟͟͝u̶͖̖͆̊̈́͡͡l̶҉̰͚͖͕̍̈́̅͗̏̇͢͜͜͝l̶҉̰͚͖͕̍̈́̅͗̏̇͢͜͜͝) ▣☐ HP: 6/6〘Damage Soak: 5/5〙Trauma: 7 ╘ AC: R-15, M-13 | Saves: P-15, E-13, M-15, L-15 ╘ Karma: ▣▣▣▣☐ | Strain: 0/9.75 ⌥Cyberdeck://>《Access: ▣▣▣☐, Shielding: 5/5, CPU: ☐☐》_Sense Machine (Camera Server), _Glitch Cyber (Cyberdog) ╘ Light Pistol Mag: 14/15 "Uhhh, no..." Phantom answered Harry from up high. That definitely came as a surprise to her. "I got nada on cameras, too." "You guys wanna take a look inside? I can watch your six from here."
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Pop Idol Elf Male Alive Tall & Skinny Outgoing Face Low-Light Vision Harry perks up suddenly, turning this way and that to scan his surroundings over his gunsights. When he doesn't see anything obviously threatening he glances at Phantom, then Bang. "Hey, psst! Did you hear that? Like, a thud somewhere nearby? Is someone hiding inside these containers?"
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Phantom You check all the cameras, both outside and inside. It looks much the same as before. The motion tracking is picking up your teammates movement. You can see yourself in one of the feeds underneath a camera, cable and jack running up into it supplying you network access. Apart from your teammates, the cameras don't see anything new or alive.
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Jennifer "Bang" McCall HP: 3 / 5 | AC: M14 / R16 | Damage Soak: 5 | Trauma Target: 7 | Strain: 5 / 15 Attack Bonus: +0 | Saves: Phys 14+ | Eva 14+ | Men 15+ | Luck 15+ Jennifer grimaced, her stomach roiling a bit. "I ain't seein' any more movement just yet - but there's a mess of dead bodies. All torn apart - and still a bit warm to my thermals. Looks kinda like one or more of them robo-dogs tore 'em up. If there's any more of them things, they ain't movin' and they ain't showing up on my optics." She kept her gun pointed outward, slowly and methodically panning across the floor, her cybernetic eyes and ears alert for any movement at all. It was possible that all this carnage was the work of the single cyberdog they had just taken out, but Jennifer somehow doubted it. She was game to be wrong, but her instincts warned her that there was a strong likelihood of more monstrous cyber-beats in the vicinity. Jennifer stood ready and watchful, hoping that Phantom would give a solid clear once she'd worked through the warehouse camera.
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Pop Idol Elf Male Alive Tall & Skinny Outgoing Face Low-Light Vision Prepared to move forward, Harry is surprised to see Phantom climb up the stack of containers to plug in. He hems and haws between moving forward and staying put, and in the end chooses to stay put per the runner's recommendation. "You got it, I'm right here if you need me." Harry spins around to look out through the entrance they came through, just to make sure no one outside's showing interest in the ruckus they made just now.
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Phantom⌥SIN://>E҉̰̰͎̆͞r҉̵҉̛̠̩̥̋ͦ̆͆͟͞͡͞͠r҉̵҉̛̠̩̥̋ͦ̆͆͟͞͡͞͠o҉̢̡̲͇̌͗̀͢͝r҉̵҉̛̠̩̥̋ͦ̆͆͟͞͡͞͠_(n̸͐̈́͟͟͝u̶͖̖͆̊̈́͡͡l̶҉̰͚͖͕̍̈́̅͗̏̇͢͜͜͝l̶҉̰͚͖͕̍̈́̅͗̏̇͢͜͜͝) ▣☐ HP: 6/6〘Damage Soak: 5/5〙Trauma: 7 ╘ AC: R-15, M-13 | Saves: P-15, E-13, M-15, L-15 ╘ Karma: ▣▣▣▣☐ | Strain: 0/9.75 ⌥Cyberdeck://>《Access: ▣▣▣☐, Shielding: 5/5, CPU: ☐☐》_Sense Machine (Camera Server), _Glitch Cyber (Cyberdog) ╘ Light Pistol Mag: 14/15 She hadn't really gotten a chance to tell everyone what she had seen through the cameras . The cyberdog had been too high a priority, to say the least. So, Phantom did this time. In succinct fashion she described the dark office scene (with its potential dead body and hidden cam) and let them know she had visual and infrared eyes with the warehouse floor cameras, at least. She also let them know she could see the net-space portal to the office terminal and could probably access it from over here. "But lemmie look around first," she said at the end of it all. "Hold up a jiffy. I want to see if we've got any more nasty surprises sneaking around here." On further consideration she added, "Uh... and the cute, cuddly surprises while I'm at it. Like Rammy."
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Bang & Ram As you enter the gap in the container wall, you see a path leading to the stairs leading up to the office. Your eyes drift to the bottom of the stairs and you pause, bile rising in your throat. A grisly scene lays before you, several bodies are strewn about the floor, most in contorted positions. Many are missing limbs or digits and the blood is everywhere. Even from where you stand, every breath fills your mouths with a metallic taste. The bodies still show up as warm on Bang's thermals. But apart from the carnage, there is no signs of movement or life anywhere. No cyberdogs. No Runners. No mafia goons. No Cormac. Just crates, blood, and bodies. Phantom You climb atop the shipping containers and you have just enough line to jack in. Interestingly, the camera's inside the warehouse are behind the firewall, so you don't have to travel back through. There's no ICE waiting for you here in the camera so you move back into the Camera server. You're back in the shadowy room with multiple floating screens displaying all the different camera's inside and outside the building. Away from the cameras, there is a door with sign above it saying, "OFFICE TERMINAL."
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Ram "Rampage" Gils HP: 10/10 | AC: M16 / R16 | Damage Soak: 6 | Trauma Target: 7 Attack Bonus: +0 | Saves: Phys 11+ | Eva 16+ | Men 15+ | Luck 15+ Ram stomps his way towards the others. He's quieter than you'd expect, but its hard to hide that bulk from anyone, really. "Just going to keep an eye open.." Mechanics
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Phantom⌥SIN://>E҉̰̰͎̆͞r҉̵҉̛̠̩̥̋ͦ̆͆͟͞͡͞͠r҉̵҉̛̠̩̥̋ͦ̆͆͟͞͡͞͠o҉̢̡̲͇̌͗̀͢͝r҉̵҉̛̠̩̥̋ͦ̆͆͟͞͡͞͠_(n̸͐̈́͟͟͝u̶͖̖͆̊̈́͡͡l̶҉̰͚͖͕̍̈́̅͗̏̇͢͜͜͝l̶҉̰͚͖͕̍̈́̅͗̏̇͢͜͜͝) ▣☐ HP: 6/6〘Damage Soak: 5/5〙Trauma: 7 ╘ AC: R-15, M-13 | Saves: P-15, E-13, M-15, L-15 ╘ Karma: ▣▣▣▣☐ | Strain: 0/9.75 ⌥Cyberdeck://>《Access: ▣▣▣☐, Shielding: 5/5, CPU: ▣▣》_System Idle ╘ Light Pistol Mag: 14/15 "Uhh..," Phantom intoned as she looked around towards the direction of the ceiling, "there we go!" She pointed over towards a camera up high, above where the dead doggo laid. It looked like there might be a bit of machinery to climb up, but that perch would get her meat eyes on the rest of the warehouse (she hoped) and the camera would get her digital eyes through the security system. She hustled over to make it happen. Mechanics Moving to get up to the camera (token updated). Jack In action to get plugged up. Got my 2 CPU back for running programs since everything went away when the doggo bit the dust. Looking at the network map, which camera node does that put me in? Looks like the rulebook says an unlocked barrier remains so until something closes it (p.95), so that presumably means I've still got a way past the firewall. How far do you want me moving through the network in a post before I give you time to respond?
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Pop Idol Elf Male Alive Tall & Skinny Outgoing Face Low-Light Vision Having gotten his wits about him Harry is able to fully appreciate the firepower Ram had just leveled on the cyberdog. He lets out a high-pitched exclamation. "Sheeee-eeeeet, that thing wrecks a pup up. Glad you're on our side." Seeing Bang scanning the warehouse interior Harry also returns his attention to the seemingly empty building. "Just tell me which way to go and we'll get you to a jack." OOC: If Bang's check comes back negative, Harry's ready to lead the group deeper into the warehouse to find Phantom somewhere to jack in.
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Jennifer "Bang" McCall HP: 3 / 5 | AC: M14 / R16 | Damage Soak: 5 | Trauma Target: 7 | Strain: 5 / 15 Attack Bonus: +0 | Saves: Phys 14+ | Eva 14+ | Men 15+ | Luck 15+ Jennifer reflexively flinched as Phantom touched her but managed to get ahold of herself quick enough to recognize the gesture. It wasn't something she was used to, and she was hoping to get used to letting people inside her personal bubble. In the Barrens, when someone put hands on you, they typically wanted to do something nasty to you. This was different, and Jennifer was still getting used to the casual camaraderie. She gave Phantom a nod and didn't relax her stance. She kept her pistol out, knowing that the racket of the gunfight would surely draw more attention if there was anyone in the warehouse to hear. Jennifer tugged the torn remains of her armored jacket to cover the gashes across her upper chest and abdomen. It hurt and bloodied her hands - but she'd suffered worse. Best to focus on the mission rather than slow down the rest of the team. "Prolly better make sure there ain't no more of them guard dogs 'round. If there's anythin' else in here, alla that noise is gonna bring 'em out. If it's clear, maybe we head upstairs to the office...?" Jennifer stayed close to her decker charge, but she also scanned the warehouse interior and toward the small upper level, cycling her optics and audio feed to any movement, heat signatures, or familiar metal claws scrapping the floor.
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Phantom⌥SIN://>E҉̰̰͎̆͞r҉̵҉̛̠̩̥̋ͦ̆͆͟͞͡͞͠r҉̵҉̛̠̩̥̋ͦ̆͆͟͞͡͞͠o҉̢̡̲͇̌͗̀͢͝r҉̵҉̛̠̩̥̋ͦ̆͆͟͞͡͞͠_(n̸͐̈́͟͟͝u̶͖̖͆̊̈́͡͡l̶҉̰͚͖͕̍̈́̅͗̏̇͢͜͜͝l̶҉̰͚͖͕̍̈́̅͗̏̇͢͜͜͝) ▣☐ HP: 6/6〘Damage Soak: 5/5〙Trauma: 7 ╘ AC: R-15, M-13 | Saves: P-15, E-13, M-15, L-15 ╘ Karma: ▣▣▣▣☐ | Strain: 0/9.75 ⌥Cyberdeck://>《Access: ▣▣▣☐, Shielding: 5/5, CPU: ☐☐》_Sense Machine (Camera Server), _Glitch Cyber (Cyberdog) ╘ Light Pistol Mag: 14/15 Phantom let out the breath she didn't realize she was holding. That could have gone badly, but...well, it didn't. Bang was only mildly injured and the fragging cyber dog was deader'n a door nail. Phantom put her pistol away, walked over beside Jenn, put an arm around her shoulders, and squeezed. "Glad you're still with us, chica," she said and meant it. She gave Bang some room and then added, "Let's find a more secure spot for me to jack in so we can get the goods and blow this joint."
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Multiple shots ring out, hitting the wall around the cyberdog. Ram raises his shotgun and swiftly squeezes a round off. It roars in the darkness, the round slams into cyberdog. The red eyes slowly wink out until the cyberdog stops moving. Silence falls on the warehouse. Your adrenaline fades, and you all notice your ears are ringing from all the guns going off around you. You pause waiting for any signs of movement from the dog, or anything else in the warehouse, but you see nothing and hear nothing. It is dead quiet, like the warehouse has already forgotten the fight that just happened mere moments ago.
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Jennifer "Bang" McCall HP: 3 / 5 | AC: M14 / R16 | Damage Soak: 5 | Trauma Target: 7 Attack Bonus: +0 | Saves: Phys 14+ | Eva 14+ | Men 15+ | Luck 15+ Glad for even the brief moment to catch her breath and take aim, Jennifer stood her ground, reflexively keeping herself between the thrashing cyber-canine and Phantom. Shots rang out, including one from behind Jennifer that struck the the beast. That was Phantom - and the rest of the team was pelting the dog with bullets. A crossfire - maybe with enough jacketed lead in the air, the damn thing would finally just roll over and die. Jennifer steadied herself, adjusting her stance slightly. She moved quickly but aimed in an instant. Her pistol barked...and suddenly the cyberdog seemed torn by a massive impact! Jennifer blinked, looking stupidly at her own pistol - before realizing that the shot hadn't come from her. It was Rampage, who had a smoking shotgun leveled at what was left of the cyberdog. Jennifer honestly couldn't even be sure if her own shot had hit - but she wasn't complaining. I gotta get me one of those, she thought eagerly. Tabletop Move Action: Screen an Ally (Phantom) Main Action: Ranged attack with heavy pistol. On-Turn Action: Be seriously impressed and intimidated by her troll teammate.
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Ram "Rampage" Gils HP: 10/10 | AC: M16 / R16 | Damage Soak: 6 | Trauma Target: 7 Attack Bonus: +0 | Saves: Phys 11+ | Eva 16+ | Men 15+ | Luck 15+ He takes potshots at the cyberdog as it scatters, though he clearly doesn't feel like he's going to hit it.. Mechanics
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Pop Idol Elf Male Alive Tall & Skinny Outgoing Face Low-Light Vision For a brief moment Harry seems to freeze, his gun aimed where the cyberdog was. When he comes to with a twitch he instinctively pulls the trigger and lets loose another bullet that misses wildly. "Whoa! Whoooaa! What was that?" The man stands up and scoots sideways against the nearest crate, steadying himself as he looks around. While his inattention lasted a mere second from the others' point of view, his mind is presently trying to make sense of what feels like months having passed. "I'm okay, I'm okay," he finally manages to get out, figuring the others have no idea what he's on about. Trying to make himself useful he turns to look at the rest of the warehouse to see who else might be gunning for them. OOC: Another miss! With the others focusing on the cyberdog and having more luck with it than he is, Harry will keep an eye out for more baddies.
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Phantom⌥SIN://>E҉̰̰͎̆͞r҉̵҉̛̠̩̥̋ͦ̆͆͟͞͡͞͠r҉̵҉̛̠̩̥̋ͦ̆͆͟͞͡͞͠o҉̢̡̲͇̌͗̀͢͝r҉̵҉̛̠̩̥̋ͦ̆͆͟͞͡͞͠_(n̸͐̈́͟͟͝u̶͖̖͆̊̈́͡͡l̶҉̰͚͖͕̍̈́̅͗̏̇͢͜͜͝l̶҉̰͚͖͕̍̈́̅͗̏̇͢͜͜͝) ▣☐ HP: 6/6〘Damage Soak: 5/5〙Trauma: 7 ╘ AC: R-15, M-13 | Saves: P-15, E-13, M-15, L-15 ╘ Karma: ▣▣▣▣☐ | Strain: 0/9.75 ⌥Cyberdeck://>《Access: ▣▣▣☐, Shielding: 5/5, CPU: ☐☐》_Sense Machine (Camera Server), _Glitch Cyber (Cyberdog) ╘ Light Pistol Mag: 14/15 Phantom's cyberdeck was attached to a cross body strap slung around her body, so when she let it go gravity naturally let it fall to hanging at her side. That freed up her hands to yank her pistol out of its holster and train it on Cujo over there. It was a small caliber weapon, but it had a deep magazine. While Phantom wasn't a crack shot like Bang or the others on her runner team, she had all the fundamentals set in muscle memory. With all the noise they were making with the shooting they were bound to wake the dead.
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Wesley "Doc" Valentine HP: 7/7 | AC: M16 / R16 | Damage Soak: 2 | Trauma Target: 7 | Strain: 6.75/13 Attack Bonus: +0 | Saves: Phys 14+ | Eva 13+ | Men 13+ | Luck 15+ | Karma 2 A couple good shots hit the cyberdog and it broke away from their group. It must be able to take more of a punishment than that, something else must be messing with it. God was he glad Phantom was on their side. "Quick! While it is debilitated." He raises up his pistol again and takes another shot, missing due to the wild thrashing of the cyberdog.
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Wesley Your shot thumps into the cyberdogs flank, knocking it back on it's hind legs for a second. Phantom You swiftly—but carefully—remove your jack from the camera and duck inside warehouse. Looking at the deranged cyberdog, you launch a cyberwarfare suite against it's sensory mods, hoping to overload it with a brute force DoS attack. The cyberdog's countermeasures evidently aren't up to snuff against your barrage, as you see dog's red eyes wink off and on. OOC Your Glitch Cyber program succeed and the cyberdog's sensory chrome is glitched/offline for the next 3 rounds Cyberdog The cyberdog starts thrashing its head around like some irritant got into into its nose and it's trying to get it out. It yelps and breaks away from the team, trying to escape it's sudden loss of senses. But it's blindness and deafness cause it to slam around between the wall and the cargo crates. Harry You manage to roll and avoid the falling glass, but between the cyberdog's wild thrashing and your dive roll, your aim is off and your bullet careens into the corner. Bang The cyberdog breaks away from you, thrashing around wildly. You position your body always between the dog and Phantom, ready to block it's wild trajectory if it comes your way. As it crashes into the shipping containers you pause, breathe, and let loose your shot... and are rewarded when your round thwumps into the cyberdog. Ram You land square on your feet and hear gunshots ring out. Looking toward your comrades, you see the cyberdog writhing around violently before it runs into the shipping containers.
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Wesley "Doc" Valentine HP: 7/7 | AC: M16 / R16 | Damage Soak: 2 | Trauma Target: 7 Attack Bonus: +0 | Saves: Phys 14+ | Eva 13+ | Men 13+ | Luck 15+ Wesley's attention was swiftly pulled from the window as the glass shattered above him and Bang yelled out behind him. Spinning around the glass clatters to the floor where Harry once stood. A couple shots rang out in the warehouse, nothing hitting their mark. Quickly moving up behind Bang he too brings his pistol up and aims at the cyberdog. Pulling the trigger he realizes the safety is still on, a quick second later and a third loud bang rings out as a bullet hits the cyberdog solidly in the flank. Rookie mistakes like that would get them killed.
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Jennifer "Bang" McCall HP: 3 / 5 | AC: M14 / R16 | Damage Soak: 5 | Trauma Target: 7 Attack Bonus: +0 | Saves: Phys 14+ | Eva 14+ | Men 15+ | Luck 15+ Jennifer cried out in surprise and pain as the cyberdog pounced out of nowhere. She staggered as the claws dug into her torso, and it was only the armored inserts of her protective jacket that kept the thing from tearing out her heart. The scars were gong to be interesting conversation pieces. Her immediate instinct was to move, to put distance between herself and the canine. But another part of her awareness realized that she was currently the only thing between Phantom and this monster. She stayed in place, bringing her pistol up to almost point-blank range - but the cyberdog was moving wildly, making it difficult to aim. Her gunshot echoed as she fired and hoped for the best. "Somebody get this thing offa me!" Tabletop Main Action: Ranged Attack (with pistol) at the cyberdog. No penalties thanks to Close Combatant I. Move Action: Screen an Ally (Phantom from the cyberdog).
