PhoenixFlame Presents: Eclipse Phase

[Krylo]

Originally Posted by Dracorion

Hey, fuck you Krylo! If he doesn't use it on you, he's going to be using it on me!

So yeah, use it on him! Him! Much juicier target!

But if he uses it on you, you still get to use all your skills and be the face. Just kind of a dopey glazed over stupid face.

If he uses it on me all my primary skills get heavily cut by the COG loss, and--unless I resist--I can no longer hack at light speed, meaning no more combat hacking.

ALSO, I'm guessing he actually plans to fill his capsule bullets with it.

In which case I would suggest he change that plan 'cause asyncs comprise .001% of the transhuman population. The chances of us running into asyncs often enough to justify using an entire gland on something that only works on them is so small that the idea is pretty pointless (assuming Ellen behaves).

Also, most people don't even know about asyncs. One might argue that someone like Lind wouldn't even know that he's an async, himself, using the abilities without truly understanding them (all of his are pretty passive, after all). Though he'd know SOMETHING weird happened to him.

[Dracorion]

Yeah but, see, I have absolutely no idea if Ellen's going to behave!

Also, Ellen's skills are shit and you know it.

I swear, sometimes I really really want to replace Ellen for the Fury catgirl I've been working on. Not that I'm replacing Ellen for a Fury, it's just that I needed something related to the game to distract me from making any changes to Ellen, so I started working on a Fury. The side effect being that I sometimes want to replace Ellen.

I'm definitely sticking with Ellen, though.

[Geminex]

Yeah, I was gonna go for capsule bullets. Primarily because I was reading through the chapter on Psi Gamma sleights, and just went "fuck that, get out of my mind!"

The gland only costs me 250, that's affordable. And twitch wouldn't be that super-useful either, I think.

I'll think about it, again.

[Krylo]

Originally Posted by Geminex

Yeah, I was gonna go for capsule bullets. Primarily because I was reading through the chapter on Psi Gamma sleights, and just went "fuck that, get out of my mind!"

All the good ones require them to touch you.

If they're dead before they get that close, it's not a problem!

[Dracorion]

Except Gem's character isn't going to know who's a Psi, so Ellen could just walk up to him, casually lay a hand on him and just keep pumping suggestions into 'im!

You know, until the strain kills her.

[Krylo]

Well I wasn't talking about Ellen. I thought Gem was worried about hostile Asyncs, as opposed to potential TKers.

Only need one dose for a potential TKer.

[PhoenixFlame]

Originally Posted by Geminex

Awesome. And poison glands are always "low" in cost, no matter what drug they produce?

Erratta pegs them at one cost level above the drug cost.

Expensive drugs cannot be synthesised.

Edit: If you DID take inhibitor, I'd consider a different delivery mechanism. Most people are suspicious when someone looks at you funny, and you pull out a gun and shoot them.

[krogothwolf]

So, this is the actual one I was working on for the Backstory. I'm a little confused about what kind of economics he should be working with, it sounds like it should be old one, but I could be wrong. If I messed something up with the fluff let me know, I tend to miss things or forget things when reading.


Name: Desmond

Desmond is from an area in the far reaches of the system due to being exiled. Why he was exile he will never tell the whole truth. Was it a crime? Beliefs? Jealous Rival? Running from someone? Sure he gives stories about it, but each and every time he tells the story of why he was exiled it changes significantly. During his exile period he drifted from habitat to habitat taking up odd jobs for a while before moving on fairly quickly, a wanderlust coming over him if he stayed in a place to long. He has a strong desire to explore areas. Usually he works for scavengers as he finds the work, though not really rewarding as he found very little worth anything, at least enjoyable.

Another reason why Desmond travels frequently is he is greedy, taking on a new job in hoping to strike it rich, so to speak, he would love nothing more than being able to travel on his own spaceship and getting whatever he pleased. The only problem is, he never really strikes it remotely decent, he tends to get the raw end of the deal so his desire to leave only intensifies. Usually after a bit with one crew he finds another hiring to go elsewhere hoping his luck would change there. He does find it easy enough to get employment due to his physical abilities and skills. Plus he also made a fairly decent bodyguard for the crew in case of trouble.

Though greed and exploration are the keys to what he desires to do, the next thing is his desire to become a master of the sword. He was a noted duellist before getting exiled, and even engaged in some during it. He has yet to lose one since being exiled, but those who know him at least somewhat do know he lost at them beforehand, some even feel a duel was one of the reason he was exiled, but he is loathe to truly talk of it.

He is also noted to be nervous around dark shadowy areas, casting worrying glances around when in those areas, for one such as himself it is a weird thing to see. Whenever he is in those situations, he is acting as if there was something there, waiting to attack him. Though others don’t understand why, the reason for this is Desmond made an enemy before his exile and is fearful the man may chance him down, even here in the outer system.

[Krylo]

Outer system is mostly new economy with a good amount of transitional economies, while the inner system is mostly transitional economies. The only real old economies are the Junta and a few out of the way habitats.

[Geminex]

Erratta pegs them at one cost level above the drug cost.

Wait, what? Where'd it say that? I don't contest that, but Krylo, did you factor that into the character sheets?
Because, as my sheet is now, I'm only paying 250 for my poison gland. But if it costs one category more than the drug, then it'd cost me a full thousand (since Twitch is low, it'd be raised to moderate).
That's not a problem, I can just refrain from getting that dose of Kick, to deal with that.

But, say, OC has a Kick gland. That'd cost him 5000, then, wouldn't it? (since kick is moderate, one level higher is high, is 5000).
...
We're gonna have to re-edit the character sheets, aren't we?

Edit:

Most people are suspicious when someone looks at you funny, and you pull out a gun and shoot them.

Hey, it works IRL!