This is where you can have your out of character discussions.

Let us know if you will be out of town (or send a PM to the Computer) or anything else you want to share with the community.

I'm still waiting to see if two more people want to join who previously expressed interest.  Otherwise, I'm going to get you going soon.  If you haven't done so already, please let me know if you really have a hankering to create your own character in detail (recommended at this point only for experienced players).  Otherwise, I will be assigning premade ones to balance things out.

...but I'm good either way.  Remember, if all your clones die, you will get to watch your new self germinate and develop in a tank anyway (and thus get to create your own character later).

Okay, I have given you all character sheets if you have confirmed that you will be playing.  If there is no character sheet for you, or if you have not been assigned a character, let me know.  I still have one or two more to confirm as Troubleshooters.

Hello team!  Dexter here for all your plumbing needs!

Hi guys, I'm a ferret. Wait, wrong game, I'm a communist. Wait is that this game?

I believe that this is where you are a commie traitor mutant ferret.

As you look over your character, you will probably have many questions.  If the questions are about any of the following, POST THE QUESTION IN YOUR SPECIAL PRIVATE THREAD, NOT IN THE PUBLIC THREAD:

Your secret society (or its instructions)
Your mutation
Your Secret Skills

and any special instructions you may have received (such as which of your companions you're supposed to spy on, etc.)

EVERYTHING LISTED BELOW "open slots for narrow specialties" IS CONSIDERED YOUR SECRET INFORMATION.  Check your character sheet accordingly.
This message was last edited by the GM at 05:50, Wed 23 Jan 2008.

Just so you know, once I get a handle on this, I'll create one master thread Notice which will simply link to the other rules in a simple format...be patient.

What YOU need to do:

1- Look at your character carefully.  Ask questions (I know there will be many at this point and will get to them one at a time).

2- Pick a second tic.  Once chosen, you will get 10 extra perversity points

3- Choose 2 narrow specialties.  If you don't know what these are, don't worry.  We'll get to that and you can choose later.

hello everyone!...Recording officer Vicsis reporting for duty...ooo arn't we a handsome bunch, anyone want to "record" anything...special with me? ;)

Once you have chosen your second tic, please add it to your character sheet.  They should all be player editable (not edible, Vicsis!!), but let me know if you encounter any difficulties.

I will get to each of your characters to give you more in depth descriptions as I get time.  Until then, you can just roleplay and say what you are going to do.

Do not be alarmed if your red indicator comes on indicating there are new messages when you don't see any new messages.  This just means people are posting in their special threads (i.e. talking behind your back!).

Don't get nervous...they MIGHT not be talking about you or what they'll do to you.  Then again...

1) Should perversity points be recorded on the character sheet or just kept in our private thread?

2) I'm trying to decipher the naming scheme.  NAME-CLEARANCE-????-CLONE#.  What's the third part of the name for?

FCP stands for funny clown pants

and in my case BCW stands for beautiful cheeky women

The third part of your name are the initials of the area in which you were decanted.

For the moment, perversity points will be in your special threads.  They will change often, so I'm trying to think of an easy way to keep track of them.  I may end up just including them in every post I make for simplicity's sake.

I will be out of town through Sunday.  Don't kill each other while I'm away.  :)

Hey guys, I apologize for the lack in posting on my end..

When I'm not working I forget to go on rpol.

lol CL, I like how you talk to my body lying on the floor

Haha… Vicsis is dead.

It's odd seeing "Vicsis" instead of "Vixcis".

That was actually my mistake...er...oops...no...the Computer does not make mistakes.  Strike that comment.

I can change it if she wants...

My spell checker says Vixcis.

My spell checker says magic missile.

oh ho! I wanna see your magic missle...

we don't get points for saying stuff in OOC do we?

Points?  I don't know what you are talking about.

I think she means Perversity Points...and no, you don't.

Okay, I'm back in town and just finished with a hearing...what a relief.  I'll update tonight.  Sorry for the delay.

What is the relevant stat for "run"?

"Violence" is your generic stat for any physical activity, including running.  If you have a special skill relating to running, then that would be used instead.

Your keeping track of when I say things involving my first tic right heath? Beacuse I tend to use that one more then my second...
I wanna make sure my sexy lawyer Heathy pants gives me all the perversity points I deserve...
*gives Heath a sexy wink and wiggles her butt a bit*

*shudders*

;-D

I'm keeping track of things.  I don't give a point every time a tic is used or anything, but proportionately, those who use tics more, those who have innovative solutions, those who fulfill mission or secret society goals, and those who get others to do the dangerous stuff...those kinds of issues...that's what overall gets the most perversity points.  Creative use of a tic will almost always result in points.

In reading the rules, it says to award them at the end of the scene, so I'm going to try sticking to that mostly...

Is haggling reduced to a die roll or do we play it out?

We play it out.  Of course, if you have special skills, they will help you in bargaining.  I don't want it to drag on too long, though, for the sake of the game.

Some of you have noticed that you have two narrow specialty slots that are blank.  These are for you to fill in.  You tell me what you want them to be whenever you get inspiration along the course of the adventure.  Now or later.

Also, please ignore the credits listed for your characters.  That was the pregenerated character amount, I think deducting for your normal equipment.  Just change it to 1000 credits.

In case you are wondering about the delay...I have sent out some private messages.  It seems we may have lost a couple of players along the way, so I am dipping into the waiting list.  If that doesn't work, then I may advertise for one or two new people.  If you know anyone who wants to join, we have a character or two who could be taken over (at least, their players aren't responding to my PM's yet).

So when you say "Ginger finds..." does that mean we all know what she found or would that be OOC knowledge?

I assume everyone knows what she finds unless she says she keeps her findings a secret.  Then I will put it in a private line to avoid metagaming.

Sorry for my absence of late.  I am in the middle of two weeks worth of depositions.  If I have time, I will post from the hotels.  Otherwise, I'm back to normal next Wednesday.

I think CL said he had exams or something, so that may be why he's not posting.  I've been trying to post when appropriate, checking in at least twice a week (generally more).  I don't know about any one else.

Gunther had to drop out.  It looks like a few others disappeared without a word.  We're getting close to the end of the adventure, so it'd be nice to make it through before advertising and regrouping for the next one.

Who is in the current scene?  Is it just me, CL, and Ginger?

CL, Dexter, Ginger, Peter, Rob, and Vicsis

(Peter and Rob seemed to have dropped the game perhaps, but they're still around in the background here.)
This message was last edited by the GM at 22:48, Fri 30 May 2008.

Where are we at as far as participation?  I feel like we've lost momentum.

Not sure if I should advertise or push us through this adventure, which has about 2 or 3 scenes left.

I'm still IN THIS!

I'm here.

As far as I'm concerned, if someone's character is in the scene and not posting, they're fair game for testing products.

Good idea!

I'm going on vacation.  Next post will probably be July 1st.

It's a good time to review the rules and links in the everything you need to know thread and refresh yourselves on the rules.

Interesting that CL somehow knew it was motion sensitive.

Not just interesting.  It was perverse!

Wait, I though Dexter was already out of the room!  How did I get hit?

Haha.

Yeah, it was quite perverse, wasn't it?  *wink, wink*

There is a long hallway.  He was still running down the hallway and was hit there by the long range of the robot's guns.

I'll be on vacation from July 22nd to the 1st of August. I'll be BACH!

You're the happiness officer, not a musician.

I'm thinking of recruiting some players.  I wanted to finish out this adventure first, but we're dying quickly here.

So I'll put the game on hold until CL gets back, and in the meantime see about recruiting people.  It's a good time to also review the rules of combat.

I posted an ad yesterday and received far more requests to join than I can possibly fill...enough to start a whole new Paranoia game, in fact, so I've had to shut down advertising in less than 24 hours!

TO PROSPECTIVE PLAYERS WHO CANNOT JOIN US:  Please check back frequently.  If we lose players, I will announce it in this thread.

I will assign you your characters this weekend, and we will resume the game next week.

I decided to add 4 players instead of 2, but unfortunately I still cannot accommodate all the requests to join.
This message was last edited by the GM at 16:33, Fri 25 July 2008.

Ready to serve the computer.

*pops* Right so.

Essentially, we're adding players to take over existing characters which have been inactive lately.  So you can all introduce yourselves if you're new.

Hi, I'm new!

I'm ready to expose you trai.. I mean help the group succeed!

Welcome!

I think we'll be adding one more.  One player had to drop out just after joining due to a job issue.

Great! When are we starting?

*chews on some chew.*

When everyone new lets me know they're up to speed on their characters and feel comfortable, we'll start.

I'll also post a brief synopsis of what's gone on.

I expect it'll be the end of this week.

I'm ready to start up again when everyone else is up to speed.  For the most part, becoming familiar with some of the basic rules (including combat) and reading the synopsis is the most important thing for now.

Let me know when you are all ready.

For players that have been playing this since the beginning, you too should read the Synopsis.  It will not only refresh your memory, but I included a map of the current R&D area to help you visualize it.

Alright, I'm ready to start when the rest of you all are.

I'm n ot familiar with the current ruleset but am familiar with the enviroment So i think I should be okay...

I usually post answers to rules questions as they come in so as to avoid reproducing the entire manual.  So when you get questions, fire away...or go out and buy the rules!  :)

I'm ready.

You ready, Rob?

Rob's intentionally delaying the start of the game! He's a traitor! I demand an execution!

*dun da da daaaa DA DA DA DA DAAAAAAAA DA DA DAAAAAAAAAAA!*

"Told you I'd come back. And with tan action!"

Rob's player just dropped out.  I'm going back to the waiting list to recruit another.

For those just joining us, you can have your character start in any of the three rooms you want:

The Workshop, where the warscrubber currently is.

The Reactor Room, where there are reactors that might not take kindly to being fired upon unless you want to take a Chernobyl bubble bath

And the storage room, where Ginger ran to and where there are various boxes of things which will take you a bit of time to go to.

I am going out of town now until Tuesday.  I will be at a cabin with no cell phone or internet or anything, so I will be incommunicado until then.

I'm afraid I'm going to have to drop outta this one, guys... I let the story leave me behind. I'd like to be able to chill OOC and lurk though... Maybe give neutral source opinions. You can change my character name to Chuck Norris.

Edit: Can't type "neutral" apparently...
This message was last edited by the player at 09:07, Sun 31 Aug 2008.

you can't possibly be Chuck Norris, Chuck Norris is an Untraviolet level Citizen... A level 30 Texas Ranger...

Hah, you already have a sheet drawn up - that makes it even easier!

=P

Okay, that's fine.  We're almost through.  This final chase is one of the final encounters...maybe the last if they get you first.

Sorry, I've been negligent on this due to crazy real life busyness.  I'm going to jump back in ASAP, probably today or tomorrow.  Thanks for your patience.

(You try to leave for a short vacation and the work builds up...)

So anyway... Can I be Chuck Norris now?

I will be giving a seminar in Washington on Tuesday and Thursday and will not be posting (but I will, however, be given a personal tour of the Wizards of the Coast offices!)

I would like to fit one or two more rounds in before then, if possible.

I updated my post with the new stat.

So if I'm flying and shooting, do I roll three times?
1) maneuver roll (basic d20 roll against no skill, higher is better)
2) relevant skill roll for the guide's choice
3) skill roll for shooting

??
I don't understand, so I'm probably doing it wrong.

I tought we were only supposed to make the fly roll the rest the GM rolls...

I though if you were in the lead, you only could make the fly roll and your group guidance roll, forfeiting your standard action for that one. I could be wrong but, such is the fun of Paranoia!

If you are in the lead, you don't need to use the "catch up" action and you would just be attacking or using a mutation.

If you are not in the lead, you can use "catch up" as your action.  Then you can roll again against the opposite skill chosen by the leader and add whatever you make the roll by to the roll for the initial maneuver.

The "maneuver" roll IS the roll against the skill chosen by the guide.  (For the first move, it wasn't because there was no leader/action, but for the rest that roll is the maneuver roll.)

So for "movement," you roll once or twice.  You roll once for your "maneuver" roll, which is a roll against whatever the guide chose.  If your action is to catch up, then you roll a second time to help your score on the maneuver roll.

If you choose to attack instead, then you roll for that instead of to "catch up."

OOC:  You can make all rolls yourself, and even tell me in the private line by what margin you made the roll, and you can also add your PP points to the roll (but let me know all details).  You just can't post the actual "success" or "failure" of the roll because PP points might apply to change whether you actually succeeded or failed...and also the margin of failure can create other..."unexpected"...effects that the GM posts.

So ideally, I might see something like this:

<private to GM Computer Heath> 16:41, Today: Ginger rolled 8 using 1d20. Maneuver roll against violence.
Violence score: 7.
Margin: 1 + 5 PP points as previously posted= 6

Today: Ginger rolled 1 using 1d20. Action: Get ahead.
Hardware score: 10.
Margin: 9.

Total margin for maneuver roll: 15!>

If you have 0 or less margin on the get ahead roll, it stays at 0 (neither helping nor hurting you).
This message was last edited by the GM at 16:36, Thu 09 Oct 2008.

Prior to this, you would have done a separate post listing however you are spending PP.

Wait, how is the Violence roll a success?  Is it lower is better or higher is better?

Since you want your skill to be as high as possible, the lower roll is the better roll when rolling against skills.  (Granted, sometimes, rolling against each other makes a high number better...I'm trying to work out that kink.)

I.e., a roll of your skill level or lower is a success.

Friend Citizen, I do hope you are not trying to point out that the Computer has made any errors mistakes glitches.

OOC: Actually, I might have made a mistake here or there on this point, as I'm used to the high roll wins d20 system.

I would never suggest the Computer is in error!  I am only requesting that the Computer share its wisdom and educate this poor troubleshooter so that he can better serve!

So that means I gotta roll for myself?

*runs in panic*

You don't have to.  But the more information you give to the Computer, the less chance the Computer has of making a mistake glitch.

Ah fun.

I am off on a trip to the beach tomorrow, but I am taking my laptop, just am not sure whether there will be a wireless spot for me to post from there. I should be back by Sunday on the worst case scenario.

I'm slow myself anyway.  October is the craziest month at our firm, since it's the last billing month in our year, meaning long days (and nights).

It's much more clear now, Mr. GM.  Thanks.  So, low numbers are good (unlike the various d20 games) and using the Get Ahead action is not always an advantage.

High numbers are good (for skill abilities).

Low numbers are good (for the actual rolls).

O, high rolls bad…… snap.

I'm Back.

w/b

well that was fun.

Not bad.

Again!

It looks like we have enough people--old and new--to begin the second adventure.  I have already selected what it will be.

I will begin processing new characters for the new people and those who want new characters.

Please tell me in your special thread or through a private line any special things you did during the last adventure that warrants merit...such as fulfilling your secret society missions, your mandatory bonus duties, etc.  No need to be super specific, just remind me before I hand out awards and credits as the last part of the last adventure...not to mention the "corrections" for Gunther's wonderful stab in the back accusation.  :)

The next adventure should be rather short in comparison with the first one...in that most of it all occurs in one room.  The adventures are listed as 1 session (2-3 hours) or 2 sessions (4-6 hours).  This is a short 2-3 hour one in the book.

I think the one we just did would be something like three sessions...or four.

If time permits, tonight I'm going to put together the new characters for those who want new characters and for our new players who will be joining us.


There's a lot of prep work to get the module from the store purchased adventure to the computer...maybe I should use my pdf scanner...

I ended up working late last night, so I'm still behind on getting this up and ready.

We appreciate the hard work!

I think I'm going to use my pdf scanner to copy and paste.  We'll see if it works.

The work I'm referring to, actually, was my job, in case I wasn't clear.  I only wish it had been this instead...

If you check here, you will notice some familiar spam from Mr. Bubbles:
http://www.mongoosepublishing....aranoiamrbubbles.pdf

Oddly enough, the Mongoose Publishing site does not list the book of adventures from which our next mission comes.  I wonder if it's out of print?  I only bought it last year.

O noes. That wouldn't be good.

Okay, we now have a full complement of players...and just in time for me to go on vacation.  :(

I will be out until December 1st, but PLEASE, PLEASE make sure you take this time to go through the everything you need to know threads, particularly if you are not all that familiar with how the game works.

I will post again later today about some comments and suggestions for the next mission.  In particular, I've been reading the book on mutations and will be incorporating some of its ideas/new mutations.

great.

looking forward to seeing what my rewards will be. :-)

There's a new troubleshooter in town!

I've been lurking for the last few scenes and can't wait to get in the action.  Nice job rooting out those traitors, Gunther!

Hello sirs. Hello my friend computer, how are you doing today, I'm doing well

As you are taking care of mundane assignments waiting for a mission, you each get one of these:

We all have the same toilet number?

Are you suggesting the Computer made an error?

For newbies and experienced players, here's an interesting write up about Paranoia that discusses some of the basics of the game in an explanatory way.  It also discusses Mr. Bubbles, so you may get a kick out that:
http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/13/13649.phtml

No I am just asking if my toilet is personal of if another of my fellow citizens gets to use the same toilet as me, for Hygiene purposes.
This message was last edited by the player at 01:42, Sat 22 Nov 2008.

Thank you friend computer sir.

I have a toilet! Hurray!

Luckily, I said "one of these," so you all get your own personal toilet address.  The cost of leasing the toilets will come out of your monthly credit allowance.  :)

Anyway, I'm back in town. Give me a day or two to get the pile of work moving off my office and back into this...

w00t.

This message was deleted by the player at 01:21, Tue 02 Dec 2008.

For you newcomers, putting together your characters takes a lot of typing and explanation.  I've got two of you typed up, and more to come, but I'm not going to give them out until I've double checked that they all have a good cross-goal of going after someone else in your group.

Also, the intro to this is rather long (but interesting!), so I'm getting to it as I can.

I was driving for about 16 hours between Sunday and yesterday, and then worked a full day yesterday and more than a full day today...just to get up to speed with real life outside the COmputer.  Just wanted you to know that I'm not ignoring the game.  IN fact, the Computer needs to allocate me more real life time to focus on more non-real life activities.

Thanks for the update.  I've been waiting with baited breath for the game to start :)

I am still here :-)

misa here

Hi misa.

Hey Misa and Seth, CL/ Will here.

As I'm adding your new characters, some of you may realize you're in the same group as another character.  (There are only so many groups, so that's just a known evil to deal with.)  If that is the case, you are in the group of a character who is not returning for the next adventure (or who has chosen a different character).  Rather than deleting the entire threads, I just let it be.  So just ignore their personal threads if that is the case.

I did make one mistake, which was since corrected.

Is Lynn's private thread supposed to be in group 0?

Thanks. My mistake.

that OOC message... is that one hour RL time, or one hour game time?

Game time.  It's always game time.  But sometimes I state something to the effect that I need an answer in 24 hours or 48 hours.

Any word from Bruce?  I've been waiting for everyone to check in before I post more IC...

Does CL reach his clean equipment.

I think Not posting is treason. He should be fined.

Its not treason!  I swear!

just been busy.  forgot I hadn't posted IC yet.  I'll do it after school today.  like at 3:30-4 maybe.  If I have a chance between getting home and going to the dance concert....

shouldn't you have access at school?

Paranoia is shaping up to be everything I hoped it would be.  Keep up the good work, Gunther :D

As you have rules questions, let me know.  What's posted is a collection of answers to rules questions more than anything else, so I can add to that list as we go.  For example, I just added to the Team Leader on the mandatory bonus duty thread.

I will typically tell you when I make an update.  Those who are less familiar with the rules can learn it one step at a time this way.

In reply to Seth-R-BCK-1 (msg #147):

Thanks, I thought you were Dexter-R's player...

No, Dexter had to leave.  I play with him elsewhere as well, and he's cutting down on RPoL until real life slows down.  Maybe he'll be able to join us again in the future.  (Same thing happened with Vicsis.)

What is the expected posting rate here? Daily? 3-5x a week?

sorry I haven't been here for a few days.  life has been hectic.

and I do have computer access at school, but I only had like 3 minutes left in the period when I posted that.

I'll get on that posting thing now.

Re posting rate: I am usually not posting much on the weekends.  During the week, I usually get on at least once a day, but beyond that it's up to you guys to set the pace.  3-5 times a week would probably be good.

FOR NEW PLAYERS:

Remember that one of your "tics" is for you to choose.  If you haven't done so, choose one.  Roleplaying your tics is one way to gain additional perversity points.

I think I answered your questions, but if you have more, please feel free to post them in your private threads.

Yay! The Computer is my friend.

Sorry 'bout cluttering up the game thread, I forgot about the OOC section...

Ah… we always have a lights out scene.

Ah… we always have a lights out scene.

isn't making bets treason?  It seems like it would be treason.

then mark it up, and remember this is paranoia so you can accuse players for what they say OOC as well. :-)

Making bets is as treasonous as chewing a pencil.

Only if you're the loyalty officer ;)

SO YOU'RE BOTH TRAITORS!?

CL, you dissappoint me.

What? I couldn't hear that over the sound of mutant.

Quick question.  Does the color of the laser reflect the barrel it was shot from?

No.

I hope you all have happy holidays.  I will probably be traveling much of the time, and I imagine you will too.  But keep up the treason...err...you know what I mean!

Happy Yuletides!

GAH!  As much as I would love to get in on this action, I cannot.  Leaving for Michigan in 10 minutes, and this is my "I'm gone for then next 9 days" message.

Merry Christmas all!

If we're retconing things to allow for lasers, could you say that the barrels were acquired through our individual contacts for those of us who want them?  My alabi is a lot less solid if I had a laser after all...

I will likely be unable to update for a while.  My aunt is gravely ill and is currently in hospice care, I'll be driving 1500 miles to be with her for the next week or two.

Seth, are you Daniel in a nWoD game about us being in a deserted town after riding a runaway bus?

Yep, I am.

All my gaming activity is pretty much on hold right now, unless I get some time to mooch someone's internet while I'm away or drop by a library.

Sorry to hear about that. I'm Tim by the way.

ZOMG! ChaosLord!?! *hits self for not seeing it sooner*

Hi its me - your friendly neighborhood squidly fella!

Hey PIA. Considering my name is CL-blah blah blah. Heath runs the game, he offered if anyone wanted to play to sign up when he made the game.
This message was last edited by the player at 17:16, Sun 04 Jan 2009.

yeah.  after yoss dropped out, he offered again in offsite gaming.  I took him up on his offer, and here I am, a registered mutie and all.

RNG generated persons FTW!

I picked a pre generated character. He has a chainsaw.

Wow cool.

It looks like we have a few people who are temporarily away.

Like an idiot, I went on vacation and grabbed the wrong laptop -- the one with no wifi.  So I've had no Internet for awhile.

Thats coo.

I'm good with that.  Got me a paper for my Senior Project due on Wednesday, even though the 'official' due date was sometime last school year.


bleh....  maybe I should start it.......

I have a question about perversity points.

Is it possible that in trying to help a roll you make it exceed the target thus causing bad things to happen, even though you were trying to help the roll?

Theoretically, yes.  But for me, a success is a success.  The main danger with too much success relates to the tension level.

As a reminder, the tension level shows how closely The Computer is monitoring your actions.  Ideally, the Computer would monitor all actions, but resources don't permit it, though you have a pretty good idea of how closely you are being monitored at any given time (hence, I tell you the "tension level" of each room).

For example, if it is tension level 3, and you roll a 6 but used 5 perversity points, you have now gone down to a 1, which is within the tension level (rolling 3 or lower).  Thus, you have attracted the attention of the Computer with your action.  If your action can be deemed treasonous in any way, SOMEBODY has seen it, whether a secret society member, IntSec, or the Computer itself.  It then becomes evidence against you.  If it is a secret society member and you just succeeded at something your secret society wants, then tension level can act to help for a promotion for you.

It goes both ways.

The running joke is that bathrooms are tension level 20.

has the magnificent Computer already rolled that d20 for us, or do I still need to do it myself, saving The Computer's valuable time?

Silly mutants.

I'm back!

Give me a day or two to catch up and I'll make my post.

Huh?

...

Welcome back.

sorry, I was busy for a bit so I didn't catch that

Sorry about the delays from my end.  My wife has been in the hospital with pregnancy complications.  I've had to be Mr. Mom and Mr. Dad.

No worries.

Does anyone have any rules questions?  Questions about your specific mutations?  Let me know because I'm trying to get those all done this weekend.

New mutation descriptions will be posted shortly.

If we did, would we ask them?  Knowledge of the rules is treason!

Good point!

But seriously, I know some people had questions about what their initial mutations are and how they work.  So things affecting what your character should intuitively know are okay to know.

I still had a question...

I don't know if I mentioned but I took a new working contract so if I am AWOL you guys know why.

Seth:  Will get back to you.

Gunther:  So if you're AWOL, they know why they can totally set you up for traitorous fall?  :)

i'm just not active because I'm suffering from my yearly case of minor depression.  It usually goes away about march....

Don't worry I'll check in at least once a week :-)

You need to report directly to the Happiness Officer!  :)

nah, its cool.  adderal usually clears it right up.

Now you just need Rogain for that baldness!  :)

Thats an approved substance!?

I'm currently running into some problems so it will take me a little bit to post

Sorry about my absence.  My fourth child was born (a girl), so I've been...preoccupied.

Aww, and what did the Computer name her?

Fixed that for ya'  :)


Congratulations!  I only have one myself, a two-year old girl... take all the time you need- I can imagine things might be a little hectic for a while.

The computer named her "Elin."  Of course, the computer around her (i.e., boss) is my wife.

Lol. Elin is a pretty name. Loyal Computer, I will be away from the 10th (Tuesday) of March to the 23rd (Monday) of March. I'm going to Italy to do stuff and I won't have my computer to access the great computer. Have a good March Break troubleshooters!

CL, Josepth, and I are the only ones who have logged in this month.  Is it time to look for some new players?

I've been busy, which is why I haven't posted.

I have one person on standby to join.  So everyone please let me know if you're still active (public or private note is okay).

It seems like CL, Joseph, Seth, and Lynn are still with us...

That's odd. The login info shows Fri 25 Jan 2008 as the last time Lynn logged in.  Glad you're still here!

Computer errors happen...or do they?

*points* treason for saying computer-sama is imperfect

Just testing you.

I'm going to give everyone a couple more days to check in; if not everyone does, then I'll be bringing in some new players to take over their characters.

I'm back, I'll post tomorrow when I wake up. 10 hours in a plane is no fun.

Now you understand what it's like to be decanted.  :)

There are two players I'm waiting on to check in, and one person in the wings ready to take over whomever of the two does not rejoin us.

Meanwhile, enjoy the pretty elevator music in the termination center...

Okay, so we're going to be adding one new player.  Go ahead and post everyone.

I'm out of town until Tuesday.  If you guys can post what you're doing as the drink service begins, we can get this moving.  Otherwise, I will have to get it moving.  Please remember your encounters with your special contacts and your mutations.

Sorry for the lack of activity everyone... I had family and work issuews and just didn't realize how long it had been since I wrote something here.  Back in the game for the foreseeable future now :)

Quick note: Tension level is not posted for current scene. Is it still 18?
This message was last edited by the player at 23:44, Wed 15 Apr 2009.

I'm still here!

My first cousin is Miss New Hampshire competing in the Miss USA contest in Las Vegas this weekend.  CHEER HER ON!!!

CHEER!


BTW, still waiting to hear what the tension level is here...

Thanks, I had forgotten.

Sunday evening, my dad died.

I will be traveling to attend the funeral and spend time with family, and I doubt I will be very active on RPoL for the next few weeks.  I will try to keep things moving, but my posts will likely be very sporadic.

You have my condolences. Take your time.

Very sorry to hear that.

Please take your time.  This site is for fun and escape, not pressure.

Sorry, I had an AP exam to take and study for

I'm back in town now.  Please feel free to resume and do what your characters want...while they still can.

I have an exam in a few days, I'll be studying until the 25th.

I'm back!

Currently catching up on several different games, but I should be ready with something here soon.

Essentially, you guys are being ordered to go see the director, and something doesn't appear quite right with the situation.  You should either do something like use a mutation or come up with something witty, or follow the orders.

A couple new players are coming in to take over two characters who seem to have disappeared.  That's going to cause a slight delay, but please welcome the fresh blood.

Okay (sorry, am dealing with the last two weeks of school)

Also, I'm going to be out of town for most of the next week, and more than one player has final exams.  So  I'm planning to start us moving quickly again next Thursday (June 11).  Feel free to post whatever you want until then...any discussions...any accusations that this new "situation" is someone else's fault...or whatever you want.

I just realized how long it has been since I posted and wanted to let everyone know what was going on.  My wife has been ill on and off for the past few weeks.  She is 5 months pregnant and it has been rough on her, she is in the hospital again right now.  Being busier than usual at work and taking care of a 2 year old haven't left me much time to focus on RPoL, but I'm not giving up on the story just when it's getting interesting and I'll get back into routine posting as soon as things get a little less stressful at home.

No problems.  We're actually nearing the end of this one.  Even if you just post a sentence or two every day or two if you can, that's fine.

My wife also had serious complications with two of our kids.  I feel your pain.

Given the lack of participation, I think I need to stop this game and start a new one with new players. If you're still interested in playing, please let me know.

I'm searching for a job atm so I can't, sorry

Well, in short you guys are sooooooo close to the end of the adventure, I hate to close it up right before the coda.

1) You go to the director's office and uncover a little secret before escaping

and

2) You get debriefed.

(That's all that's left really.)

Alright, I'm going to cancel this and start a new one up with some new players.  Thanks all for joining.  Please let me know if you want to continue.  I'm happy to finish this up if people want.

Not sure if anyone's still around here.  We unfortunately had a problem with players dropping off.  If a group is ready and active, we can always start again.

Game death here?

Is anyone interested in playing this game again?  If so, let me know!

Any interest in reviving this?

Is anyone interested in starting a new Paranoia adventure?  If so, let me know.

I had entirely forgotten this game existed. I'll have to go through it again, as I have no idea what's going on anymore. But yeah, I'm probably up for a restart.

No need to go through anything really.  It would be a brand new game from scratch, though you could keep your old characters.  The game's been dead for awhile.

I'll see, just got my hands on a copy of Skyrim

I'd like to make my own character. I got put in as a replacement to an old one. If we decide to revamp, I'll do a revamp as well.

No rush.  I have several adventures, and had a fun original one in mind, that I never got to run.  I'm trying to think of ways to streamline the action for RPoL to make it easier to run.

We are considering reopening this game after The Computer reboots.  Please PM if anyone has interest in rejoining for a new adventure.  If there's enough interest and I can be sure I have time to run it in a way that The Computer will approve of without sending anyone to the Euthanasia Department, then I will reopen it.

Old players and new are both welcome.

I've got two signed up so far.  Any others?

Okay, we're up to 3 people now.  I'd like to hit 5 or 6 to make it official.

Goal would be to start at the beginning of the new year.

Most likely you would be assigned characters unless you know the system and want to create them yourself.  (The Computer may grant you the luxury of choosing your own name, if you promise to swear allegience.)

Exciting! Either way is fine. It's fun getting a name assigned.

For those like you who had past characters, I was planning on just carrying your characters forward unless you want a new one for some reason.  (You can change the first name if you want.)  So it would be the same character who knows whatever awful things transpired in the Euthanasia Department where we last left our characters, along with some new victims clones.

I have been giving this a little thought, and this is what I've decided to do:

The first adventure will be run Straight style.  This means a little more serious like a typical RPG adventure.  (Of course, you can still be silly and funny, and I will continue to post with the same wry humor.)  After that, we will return to the more Classic/Zap style.

WHAT THIS MEANS FOR YOU:

I do this for newcomers to more easily adapt to the rules and for oldtimers to refamiliarize themselves.  You will not have to worry about things like accusations of treason.  The Computer will be blinded to your actions as well.

But this gives us a chance to develop a sense of the secret societies, a sense of "paranoia," and an environment where the troubleshooters can actually cooperate as a team before going at each other's throats in the next adventure.

So I will be introducing you to the game rules by baby steps--not that there are any babies in Alpha Complex.  That would be treason.

If possible, let's plan on starting on January 6, 2014.

Please send me a PM if you have any special requests or needs related to your character.  The Computer is feeling...generous...today.

In an RTJ, please include:

MANDATORY:
1) Gender

OPTIONAL (not guaranteed to get these):
2) First name and last initial (if you want).
3) Memberships (if you really have a preference; otherwise, I will choose)
4) If you want to roll up your own character (or create any particular parts of your character)

5) Any other requests or recommendations -- Tics, etc.

There will be some individualization for all characters, which will probably include your chosen tics.  But we will get to that later.

I think we have enough people that we are going to be a solid GO on this game.  I'll be out for a week for the holidays, but I'll see where we stand when I get back.

I'll be getting things ready over the next week for the reboot.  Coming back to work after vacation just means I have more piles of work to catch up on, but once I see the light at the end of the tunnel, I'll be getting us going here.  If you have any friends who would like to play, I could probably add one or two more without any balance issues.  (I usually overcompensate for one or two people dropping out, but if you guys all stick with the game, there should not be any problems.)

The game will go like this:  We will begin by more roleplaying as you get used to the game, and I will introduce the peculiar rules to you as we go.  This should ease newcomers into the rules as the story progresses.  Then after the first adventure, we will get to some of the really unique and fun to play rules like accusations of treason.

Sounds great! I hope everyone is happy.

I will be assigning mandatory bonus duties first.  Those who are returning players will keep the same bonus duties unless they request otherwise.

For everyone else, please read the descriptions here and let me know what your preference is:  link to a message in "Paranoia: They Really Are All Out to Get You"

Note that I need one person for every duty before I start having multiple people on the same duty, so you might not get your first choice.  For that reason, feel free to tell me your second choice too.

Also, please tell me if you want male or female and what specific name you want (or anything I assign).

Once I figure out people's names and genders, I will officially add the new players from their RTJ.

Everyone, please reread the following short thread to remind yourselves of some of the basic goals and rules.  These are the things that are sort of unique to Paranoia, though we won't be doing the traitor part just yet.

So you should understand:

Skills and what they are.
That you roll a d20 and roll the number or LESS to succeed
What perversity points are and how you can use them

link to a message in "Paranoia: They Really Are All Out to Get You"

You should also reread this thread to remember what Mandatory Bonus Duties are and how they work:  link to a message in "Paranoia: They Really Are All Out to Get You"

(It helps to understand what other people's duties are too, as this is part of their motivation/role in the adventure.)

The first post here describes some basic equipment you may encounter:  link to a message in "Paranoia: They Really Are All Out to Get You"

More detailed descriptions of SKILLS are here:  link to a message in "Paranoia: They Really Are All Out to Get You"

Don't worry:  the exact number for each of your skills will be assigned to you.

If you go over those basic rules and descriptions, I think we will be basically on the same page.

I will be assigning characters probably on Friday if I can.  (This part takes the most time, so the Computer thanks you for your patience.)

Final characters are being assigned now.  If you don't have a character, then I am waiting on something from you.

Rob will remain Rob. :)

I am waiting for final affirmation or declination from the last few players from the old game to give them a chance to join before we start.  I can take up to about 2 more before the game will feel overloaded.  We have 6 now.

Once the game gets started, try to post at least once a day, weekends excepted.  I tend to move along as fast as I feel the game can move without leaving anyone behind.