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[CyberGenesis]

Your math skills are terrible if you think a d6 is % based on the roll...

Most research rolls are d100, less than X is a crit fail...if you roll a 1, assume they died

With the drugs, we just roll a pair of d100s normally. If they're +/- 1/2 the % of death, ding!

[Hastur]

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Archetype: Mob Boss
Traits: Streetwise (1), Cult of Personality (1)
Minion Cap: 14
Minions : 9 Thug, 1 Scientist, 1 Guard


Cash: $6,830 (+$2000/Turn)
Resources: 10
Notoriety: 49

Lair: An unassuming Casino.
1x Giant Laser
Training Room

Hire 3 regulars

Leave 3 thugs behind to ambush at my base, and one guard

Scientist researches

6 thugs go out and extort

DOOM i'll buy some tech off ya, ill pay 400$ for any of these or whatever

Laser Rifles (+3 combat rolls, 3R/per)
Energy Shielding Devices (3R/Per, Adds +2 to Combat+Defence rolls for your minions.)
Shield Cannon (stun weapon, 15R/per, 100% chance target doesn't die)

Robotics Unlocks:
Assistive Aiming (2R/per, +2 to combat rolls[must be added to all minions on a mission])

oh and im pissed that i had 6 grand stolen now. has anybody else gotten robbed or robbers sent after them? worst case scenario i've seen so far is someones lab gets destroyed thats like worth 100 rescources. right? I might as well not even make money if its gonna get stolen. I should just give it away to charity or something. And how do all my thugs not get any extortions? whats going on here, is there diminishing returns or something this whole thing smells fishy.

[HailFire]

oh and im pissed that i had 6 grand stolen now. has anybody else gotten robbed or robbers sent after them? worst case scenario i've seen so far is someones lab gets destroyed thats like worth 100 rescources. right? I might as well not even make money if its gonna get stolen. I should just give it away to charity or something.

Protip: Spend it on things and/or upgrade your security. The less cash you have on hand, the less likely someone's going to bother breaking in to swipe it, and the better the security you have, the harder it is for them to carry it off.

And how do all my thugs not get any extortions? whats going on here, is there diminishing returns or something this whole thing smells fishy.

The RNG giveth, the RNG taketh away.  Blessed be the will of the RNG.

[Terenos]

Hailfire has the right of it. You're in a casino, with poor security and a bunch of cash sitting there, unused. Fingers, Bless his personality quirk, decided you weren't going to miss it because of your cash flow.
As far as extortions go..They've always been difficult to land(Or so I intended damnit.). I continue to be surprised that you guys get as many as you do. Honestly. The RNG loves giving em out, then loves breaking them. Tis a cruel mistress indeed.

If you'd like to think of it this way, Cript and you push extortions, those get taken away. Those who push research have seen setbacks, and lost resources and cash into repairing their labs. There are negative events for all roads. Putting more emphasis on a path, will see you suffer more of these downfalls.. And yet, theres always a way to negate the possibility of penalties, slightly. (See Containment Chambers).

[Hastur]

oh and im pissed that i had 6 grand stolen now. has anybody else gotten robbed or robbers sent after them? worst case scenario i've seen so far is someones lab gets destroyed thats like worth 100 rescources. right? I might as well not even make money if its gonna get stolen. I should just give it away to charity or something.

Protip: Spend it on things and/or upgrade your security. The less cash you have on hand, the less likely someone's going to bother breaking in to swipe it, and the better the security you have, the harder it is for them to carry it off.

And how do all my thugs not get any extortions? whats going on here, is there diminishing returns or something this whole thing smells fishy.

The RNG giveth, the RNG taketh away.  Blessed be the will of the RNG.

no shit sherlock, talk is cheap its getting these guys to follow through on their agreements to sell tech that is the hard part. meanwhile i get no warning im going to loose 6grand . like im keeping it in a tin under my matress. I have loads of money but you couldnt steal more than 1000 at a time from me. unless you rob the bank (a small part of my money) and thats fdic insured. If i knew getting cleaned out was an option or had some hints to watch my cash reserves i woulda invested in a safe at least. Ive had a but load of money for like 3 turns and it gets stolen, it takes 3 turns jsut to get someone to message me back and agree to sell some tech ( and thats not even making the trade yet). Cryptfiend is the other guy with good cashflow but nobody sucker punched him for trying to make a buck.

Basically i feel like im getting punished out of proportion with other peoples setbacks, and it was a low blow. As if my playing it safe were a bad thing. Losing 6grand is like having 3 labs blow up on me, and it cost me notoriety to accumulate it all too. Somebody stealing 6 grand seems ridiculous too, is it all in my sock drawer come on? i know i didnt say how i kept it, but thats why it feels like suck a punk move to pull. if anybody asked and then they teleported it out with science that would be fine, but it seems so arbitrary like this.

[Taricus]

How much is everyone else willing to offer laser rifles, ESDs and Assited aiming?

[Kashyyk]

As you know, I'm charging $4000 for my tech, and although I can't stop you undercutting me I'd rather you didn't.

[Taricus]

If I were to undercut you I'd do it about $10 worth

[Hastur]

If I were to undercut you I'd do it about $10 worth

i'll agree not to sell the tech to anybody else so you are not losing out in that regard.

[Kashyyk]

If I were to undercut you I'd do it about $10 worth

I know, I was just scared you'd take him up on his offer of $400.

[Taricus]

HELL NO!, $2K per tech at minimum*

*Negotiable

[CyberGenesis]

Cryptfiend is the other guy with good cashflow but nobody sucker punched him for trying to make a buck.

Except Natalia has been sitting on his ass for a while now.

Extortions have a 3 or 4 in 20 (15-20%) success rate
-start rolling a d20 and see how often you succeed

As Terenos said, everyone has seen some sort of a kick in the balls lately. The setup of the functions in the game are such that conditions cause a lot of events. Henchmen are basically triggered by plots or conditions (Notoriety and/or Cash, minion count, etc)

[Taricus]

Dice must REALLY hate me then, a +5 bonus to plotting and still no missions.

Still, I do have the possiblity of getting a Mecha-hitler henchman

[Criptfeind]

How much is everyone else willing to offer laser rifles, ESDs and Assited aiming?

I want laser rifles, assisted aiming, and stun cannons. Pay you 5k for all of them.

[Taricus]

5K for the entire package or individually?