Let's Play Shadowrun: Dragonfall

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Copied from my previous thread (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?562736-Doing-some-preliminary-work-on-a-Shadowrun-Dragonfall-LP) on the subject:

If you're unfamiliar with Shadowrun as a system and/or setting, let me crib the opening paragraph from TVTropes:


"A standard mission is 20 minutes of objectives, three days of planning, and 600 seconds of mayhem."

Shadowrun is a Tabletop Game from FASA straddling the Cyber Punk and Dungeon Punk genres. It is set, depending on the edition, in the mid- or late 21st century, after magic returned on December 21, 2012, as it had more than once in the distant past. Dragons and other mythic beasts awoke from eons-long slumber; many humans gained magic and/or mutated into new, yet familiar species. The Native Americans were the first ones to use magic on a greater scale, and they used their newfound power to retake most of the western North American continent. The real movers and shakers, though, are the megacorporations, who have achieved extraterritorial status and are now exempt from the majority of laws. In this world, the players are Shadowrunners; freelance operatives who take jobs that corporations, governments, and other entities prefer not to handle themselves — and occasionally, they handle the ones those entities can't.

In short, it's basically what you get when you mash up The Matrix with D&D... though it should be noted that Shadowrun predates The Matrix by about ten years.

Anyway, the rest of this post is mostly going to be explaining the basic mechanics of the game, so you can have some idea of what I'm talking about later in the thread.

There's a LOT of dialogue in this game, so sit down and get ready to read. In the other thread people wanted to see all the dialogue, so I'm gonna do my best to remember to capture it all. Otherwise I'd have just provided a summary, but this isn't really much more work.

Finally, updates are going to be slow until I actually finish writing the LP. Right now I'm going to say updates will be roughly one per week. After I'm done writing it, I dunno.

ARCHETYPES

These are basically the 'classes' of the game. These are fairly loosely defined.

- Street Samurai: The 'warrior' archetype. Samurai are generally good with either guns or close combat (swords or unarmed,) and throwing weapons like knives and grenades.
- Mage (AKA a practitioner of hermetic magic): Mages are versatile and powerful runners. They have spells that let them heal damage taken by themselves or an ally, boost their allies' accuracy, increase armor, and of course there's your assortment of offensive spells with which you can blow up your enemies, coat them in acid, of zap them with lightning or sheer magical force.
- Decker: Basically the game's thief archetype. Deckers "jack in" to the Matix (basically the game's equivalent of the internet) and create a 'persona' with which to manipulate data. Doing this allows them to do things like open doors, diable security alarms, and steal information or plant false information. Doing stuff in the Matrix is, unforunately, a solo activity, but deckers can run programs called "ESPs" which create cyberminions under their control.
- Shaman (AKA a practitioner of "true" magic): Shamans get their powers from a patron spirit, referred to as a totem. This grants them the ability to use magic (though different spells from the kind mages use,) which is mostly focused on buffs, debuffs, and battlefield control. Shamans can also summon spirits from fetishes (magic talismans which they can carry around with them) or from the environment itself, in some places.
- Rigger: Riggers fight by using a Datajack (sort of like a USB port implanted into your skull) to control small robots called drones. Drones can fit through small areas (like air vents,) and come equipped with either a rifle attachment or a small grenade launcher. Some also have other abilities. A rigger's drones can provide cover fire, support, and surveilance for their team.
- Physical Adept: Adepts are basically Shadowrun's version of monks. Instead of using magic to blow stuff up, they instead use it to enhance their own physical abilities. Playing an adept means going pretty light on the cyberware (which is explained later) though. You'll have more cash, because you're not spending it all on upgrades, but instead you'll have to get most of your upgrades via karma... which is a much more limited resource. Besides which, there just isn't that much BESIDES upgrades to spend money on.

ALLIES

The game provides three permanent allies, along with an optional fourth, as well as a few hireable runners. Your permanent allies are:
- Glory: Combat medic. A samurai armed with a pistol, a pair of metal arms with retractable claws in her fingers (which inflict bleeding on those she hits with them,) and she's good with a Medkit. Her biggest downside is her relatively poor accuracy.
- Deitrich: Dragonslayer shaman. He's billed as a shaman, but he knows more mage spells. He's also good with throwing knives.
- Eiger: "Combat Specialist." A former soldier turned mecenary, she's good with rifles, shotguns, and throwing weapons like knives and grenades.
- Blitz (optional): Decker/rigger. He's better as a decker than a rigger. He has a personalized drone outfitted with a custom stunner, which can come in handy.

As you can see, your team covers all your bases pretty solidly, therefore you're free to play pretty much anything you like.

KARMA AND STATS

Karma is how the game handles advancement, rather than levels like many other RPGs. Karma is earned via completing objectives, and doing good deeds. You start the game with 60 Karma (63 if you're playing a human character.) Total karma needed for stats is listed below. Total karma for skills is one point higher per level (i.e 6 Decking needs 21 Karma, plus an additional 20 Karma for 6 Intelligence)

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2 2
3 5
4 9
5 14
6 20
7 27
8 35
9 44
10 54
11 65
12 77
13 90
14 104
15 119
16 135
17 152

You'll have around 214ish Karma by endgame.

STATS AND SKILLS
Stats and skills are improved via spending karma. The cost to improve a stat is equal to what the stat will be after spending karma (i.e. improving Body from 4 to 5 costs 5 karma. Improving Quickness from 10 to 11 costs 11 karma, etc.)

Furthermore, note that skills are subsets of stats, and skills themselves usually have subsets called specializations. This means that if you want to get your Pistols skill up to, for instance 5, not only do you have to have a Ranged Combat of at least 5, but you ALSO have to have a Quickness of at least 5. Naturally this all eats up your karma pretty fast, so you want to pick one or two things to be good at and focus on that. Your temmates can pick up your deficiencies in most areas.

Note about the secion below: Entires preceded with - mean that they're skills tied to the stat above, and entries preceded with -- mean that they're specializations of the above skill.

BODY: Your overall health and hardiness. Every point of Body increases your maximum health by 10, so if you have 7 Body then you'll have a maximum of 70 health. I strongly recommend getting this up to, absolutely bare minimum, 4 at the beginning of the game. 6 would be better, though.

QUICKNESS: Speed and reflexes. Also affects how good you are at handling various guns, for the most part, and evading enemy gunfire.

- Ranged Combat: Required to handle most guns, so don't think you can get away with just pumping points into Quickness. Also affects accuracy.
-- Pistol: Pistols are versatile, deal solid damage, and investing in Pistols will let you learn an ability that lets you reload for 0 AP (AP are covered later. For now, just know that this can be a really nice ability to have, especially in a pinch.)
-- SMG: SMGs fire bursts. Damage tends to be slightly lower than pistols, but each bullet has an invidivually calculated chance for a critical hit.
-- Shotgun: Short range, but powerful! Aiming at anything beyond four or five tiles away has very little chance of connecting, though.
-- Rifle: The polar opposite of shotguns; great at long range, but worse the closer your target gets.

If you don't know what type of gun to specialize in, it's hard to go wrong with pistols thanks to their 0AP reload ability.

- Dodge: Honestly I don't know the exact mechanics of this... but as far as I can tell what this does is (for some reason) make the enemy AI less likely to target you, and focus on your allies instead. Yes, I know this makes absolutely no sense. Personally I don't bother with it.

STRENGTH
How beefy you are. Directly affects melee damage and the damage of throwing weapons (1 Strength = +1 damage).

- Close Combat: Another 'gateway' skill, like Ranged Combat.
-- Melee Weapons: Swords, axes, and bats and such. Between this and Unarmed Combat, I strongly prefer this. Whacking an enemy with a sword, aside from doing damage, also has a pretty good chance of causing them to lose 1 AP per hit. This is great for locking down dangerous enemies like mages.
-- Unarmed: There are weapons you can equip (like brass knuckles) that allow your attacks to still count as "unarmed." Popping someone with your fists doesn't cause AP damage, but if you have spiked knuckles equipped, it does cause them to lose health every turn for several turns, though unforunately this effect doesn't stack with itself. This has its uses, but I find the AP damage from swords to be MUCH more useful.

-Throwing Weapons: Note that this is NOT a specilization of Close Combat. Anyway, it affects how good you are with stuff like throwing knives and grenades - grenades are REALLY NICE in this game. Aside from your standard frag and concussion grenades, which do solid damge, there are also flashbangs, which deal AP damage. This can easily turn the tide of a battle if you can catch two or three enemies with one. Throwing a grenade is usually 2 AP, but once you have 5 or higher in Throwing Weapons, it's reduced to 1 AP. Furthermore, throwing weapons, like knives and shuriken, never require reloading and do damage directly proprotional to your Strength.

INTELLIGENCE
How smart you are. The key stat for deckers and riggers, and required to some degree for most mage spells as well.

-Biotech: Your overall medical and surgical knowledge, as well as directly affecting how good you are with a Medkit. This is actually a REALLY nice skill to invest in. As far as I can tell, each level raises the HP restored from a Medkit by approximately 10%. With Biotech 5 and using, say, an Advanced Medkit, which normally restores 20 health, the person you're healing will instead recover about 30 health.

-Decking: Affects pretty much everything you do in the Matrix.
--ESP Control: ESPs are External Secondary Personas - basically minions. They're not as powerful as you are, but they can still be an enormous help.

-Drone Control: How good you are at... controlling drones. Higher levels allow you to use better ones.
--Drone Combat: Provides various bonuses to your drones, such as greater accuracy, better armor, more damage, and extra AP. Also note that new abilities supercede old ones of the same type - when you get the "+2 drone AP" ability, it'll overwrite the older "+1 drone AP" ability, instead of stacking with it (unfortunately.)

WILLPOWER
The 'magic' stat, basically.

-Spellcasting: Allows you to cast Mage spells, and makes your spells more effective.
-Chi Casting: Allows you to cast Chi spells. These are mostly self-buffs, like increasing your unarmed damage, allowing you to punch through armor, granting you cover regardless of your actual position, or increasing your movement speed.

CHARISMA
Charm, how good you are at fast-talking, exerting your will over other people, and how good you are at controlling spirits. Investing in the Charisma stat also grants you an "etiquitte" at every even-numbered level. This opens up various dialogue options. Personally, I consider the most useful etiquittes to be Corporate, Security, and Street.

-Spirit Summoning: Getting this up to level 3 gets you a patron spirit, whose power you can call upon via a totem (which acts like a spell.) That aside, the primary use of this skill lets you summon spirits from fetishes or the environment, some of which can be very powerful.
--Spirit Control: Makes the spirits you summon less likely to break free. Spirits who break free will either escape (i.e. die,) berserk (attack whoever's closest regardless of allegiance,) or seek vengeance (they'll focus their efforts on trying to kill on the shaman who summoned them.)
-Conjuring: Another type of magic, distinct from the 'Spellcasting' magic. Mostly focused on buffs, like Haste, and debuffs, like Slow, Fog, or covering enemies in acid. Also allows you to conjure various 'barriers,' which provide cover, as well as damaging anybody who passes through them.

ESSENCE
A bit of an oddball stat, and not one you can invest in. Essence starts at 6 for everyone, and can never be raised, only lowered. Basically, it measures your attunement to magic. The higher it is, the better you are at casting spells. Essence is lowered by installing cyberware.

Summary: So what to invest in? Well, they all have their good points, but no one stat or skill is applicable in every situation. Charisma is the most useful, in my opinion, but when you're starting off you don't want to spend all your points in that (but you DO want to spend SOMETHING in it.) Personally, I'd recommend you get Charisma up to 4 and choose the Street and Corporate etiquittes to begin with. After a little while you should be able to get your Charisma up to 6, where you'll want to pick up the Security etiquette.

All that aside, however, if you don't know what to build, I'd recommend a mage. Invest in Willpower, Spellcasting, and Intelligence (which is required to some degree for most mage spells.) Also be sure not to neglect Body.

COMBAT

Combat is turn-based, and each faction in the battle acts as a team - that is, each member of your team goes, then each member of the enemy team goes. Each character (barring status effects like Haste or Stun) has 2 AP per round. AP can be spent on moving, attacking, using an item, activating a drone, or casting a spell. You can move then attack, attack then move, move twice, attack twice, attack and cast a spell, and so on.

-COVER: Cover is an extremely important mechanic, and you'll want your characters to be behind cover as often as possible. There are five degrees of cover.
--In the open: Not under any cover whatsoever. Enemies attacking you have full accuracy and chance to score a critical hit.
--Light cover: Denoted by the outline of a shield. Stuff like hiding behind a potted plant or shelves counts as light cover. Enemies have a minor penalty to accuracy and critical hit chance.
--Medium cover: Denoted by the outline of a shield with the bottom half filled in white. Hiding behind a low ledge or desk, or crouching behind crates counts as medium cover. Enemies suffer a significant penalty to accuracy, and cannot score critical hits on you.
--Heavy Cover: Denoted by a completely white shield. Hiding behind things like walls or large storage containers counts as heavy cover. Enemies have a severe penalty to accuracy, and cannot score critical hits.
--Total cover: The enemy can't see or target you at all. This isn't denoted by a shield. This is for things like being behind a solid wall, or simply being so far away that you're out of their line of sight.

Critical hits are also important to take note of. They multiply the damage the target takes, and if you're in the open they're a lot more frequent - consequently, you NEVER want to be in the open if you can ever help it. Unlike many RPGs, you can see the chance to score a critical hit on a given enemy before executing the attack.


MAGIC
Most spells have pretty adequate in-game descriptions. I'm going to point out a few general things, though.

Totems are powerful, but a given character can only have one patron. Invoking a patron's totem is basically the same as casting a spell, including cooldown. The game lists the effects of all the totems you can choose from, but the ones I consder notable are: Creator Idol (sets escape chance of summoned spirits to 0% if they start their round within 3 tiles of their summoner while in the AoE of this totem,) and Great Mother/Bear (technically separate idols, but they have identical effects; all allies within 3 tiles of the caster have their most recent wound healed, like a Heal Wound spell.)

Spells have a cooldown, depending on both the spell itself and the 'level' of the spell. This is listed as "CD: X" at the top of the spell description, with X being the number of rounds needed before you can cast it again. Well... for the most part, at least. If you REALLY need to lob another Fireball spell or whatever, but the cooldown period hasn't passed, you can still cast it at the expense of suffering 'drain.' This does HP damage to the caster, which cannot be restored magically.

Another thing about cooldown: For every point of Essence below 6, ALL of the caster's spells have their cooldown increased by one, AND you lose a spellbook slot. So if you have an essence of 3, your Aim 1 spell, which normally has a cooldown of 0, will instead have a cooldown of 3, AND you'll be down 3 spellbook slots (which may mean you can't cast magic at all anymore, if you haven't invested enough in it.) Cyberware and magic really don't mix, so decide before you create your character if you're ever going to want them to use magic or not.

Totems don't take up a spellbook slot. You can fill your entire spell bar with spells before a mission, and when you actually get into it you'll still have your totem spell available in a 'free' slot.

Damage over time from acid or fire spells adds up, and besides which they make Heal Wound spells a lot less effective, since Heal Wound only heals damage from the most recent wound. Piling it on can ruin someone's day.

Finally, while magic users are good at blowing stuff up, don't neglect your support and buff spells. An Aim spell can let a character with low accuracy contribute a lot more to the fight. Heal Wounds is a lifesaver in any number of situations. Stunbolt and Stunball spells can turn the tide of a battle with one or two castings. Magic is WAY more useful when used to support your party instead of to JUST blow away the baddies.

EQUIPMENT

I'm not going to cover every piece of equipment in the game, just provide a general overview.

Armor is a must. Some armor provides bonuses to stats, like Strength or Close Combat or Spellcasting. Others increase your maximum health. The ALL increase your Armor stat, however; Armor reduces the odds of you suffering a critical hit, if you happen to be flanked, only behind light cover, or caught in the open. This makes it pretty important, because critical hit odds get pretty high later in the game, and they of course do extra damage. Good armor can easily halve the amount of damage you take. Most armors also have a secondary bonus, such as increasing your effective Strength or providing extra health.

When buying guns, pay attention not just to the damage, but to ammo capacity as well; reloading every other round is going to put a bit of a damper on things. Generally you'll want at least two weapons on a runner (with the exception of mages;) a ranged weapon and a melee or short-range weapon (such as a shotgun.) Mages have spells (Powerbolt and Acid Bolt) which act similarly to thrown weapons, in that they don't have cooldowns. On the downside, you can't use throwing weapon skills with them.

CYBERWARE

Again, I'm not going to cover everything, just give a general overview of the subject.

Cyberware is hardware grafted into and onto your body, as well as things like limb replacements. This provides bonuses to stats and/or skills, or new abilities, like exhaling poison into your enemy's face. As I mentioned above, Cyberware also reduces your Essence, which affects your spellcasting ability, so decide early on whether your character is going to be using magic or not.

[Shpadoinkle]

PART 1
It might be hard to tell, but the darker dialogue option is the one I'm choosing - your pointer doesn't show up in screenshots. Responses people give will be based on what you say, of course. I'll probably take a look at doing something else, maybe highlighting the responses I choose in a different color or something.

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ANYWAY, here we get our introduction to our team. Like Monika said, grab your gear from the van, which is marked with a dark yellow question mark (mission objectives are marked this way.)

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I grab the throwing knives, they'll be way more useful than a machete this mission. Speaking of weapons, lets take a look at my stats.

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I'm actually not going to be using the Killing Hands spell, since I'm going to be carving up people with swords instead of beating on them with my bare hands. Still, since I'm an Adept I get it for free, so I guess I can't complain. My armor is a paltry 1, but it'll do for now. The grenade does a base of 12 damage in a 5x5 area, centered on where it lands... which is not always where you're aiming. Finally, throwing knives do 4 damage, plus whatever your modified Strength score is (presently 3, so right now they'll do 7 damage per hit) and have a maximum range of 10 tiles, which is decent, but not great. When you've got your gear, head northeast and inside.

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Stuff you can inspect is marked with a magnifying glass.

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Well, he has a point... Anyway, continue through the northeastern door.

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Let's take the southwest door first... but before that, let's have a look at our team, since we can do that now.

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Dietrich comes knowing the Aim 1, Heal Wound 1, Electro Core 1, and Haste 1 spells. These are all going to be extremely useful. Now lets head southwest.

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The guy you surpise will immediately hide behind the desk, which provides Cover, as I mentioned in the presious post. The white outlines on the floor represent how far the selected character can move.

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The number just to the right of the tile you have selected is how many AP it will take to move there. In this isntance, it would cost both of Anders' AP to move behind this guy and get a better chance of hitting him, so let's move to the side of the desk instead.

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As you can see, my chance of hitting him went up because I'm closer now. 66% still isn't a very good chance, so let's get some help from Deitrich.

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To use a spell, fist you click on the spell you want to cast, then the person or area you want to cast it on.

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Here you can see the effect it has. Aim is a spell you're going to be using a LOT throughout the game.

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Note that Glory's got pretty good accuracy with her claws...

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But her pistol accuracy is... less impressive. Also take note that I used Dietrich's second AP to cast another Aim spell on Glory.

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ALSO note that attacks usually do less damage to enemies behind medium or heavy cover, assuming they hit.

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ALSO also note the Wounded: 4 line in this guy's info box. This means that the last hit he took did 4 damage, and if he were to receive a Heal Wound spell, that's how much health would be restored.

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Monika (along with all Deckers) has a 'Mark target' ability, which causes any attacks you make on a 'marked' enemy more accurate.

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I guess this is as good a time as any to show this off: Kiling hands has both a passive and an active effect. The passive effect increases your unarmed damage by 3 (by default it's equal to your Strength score.) The active effect, which you have to spend 1 AP using, causes your unarmed attacks to deal an additional 4 (for a total of 7 + Strength, plus whatever damage boost you might have from brass knuckles or whatever.) Note that after selecting the spell, even if it's a self-buff, you have to pick a target.

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Here you can see that my unarmed damage has gone from 6 to 10, and will last for the next 3 rounds.

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And when your character's trail marker is yellow like this, it means you'll be able to move and attack in the same round. Unfortunately this can only be done with melee attacks and throwing knives.

Anyway, now that the tutorial is over, let's blow this guy away.

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That's gotta hurt. Now that he's out of our hair, move Monika up to the terminal.

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The (Decking: 2) option in green is a stat check. We're going to get a lot of these. The build I'm going to use for Anders is going to let us pass most of them, or at least all the ones I care about. After doing this, start moving your team into the big center room.

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Our actions have alerted security, evidently.

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This is a good example of the 'move and attack' ability throwing weapons have. Anyway, there's not really anything to this fight, but it's a good introduction to stuff like cover mechanics.

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Anyway, once the battle is over, all your characters recover the damage from their most recent wound (as if they'd received a Heal Wound spell.) The door to the southeast is now unlocked, so head down that way.

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Monika's time to shine. Jacking in to a terminal can only be done by deckers.

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Your Matrix loadout screen. This comes up every time you jack in, so you could, theoretically, jack out and change what programs you have loaded or ESPs you have equipped if you ever felt the need to, but anything IC you've destroyed will be restored. When you're ready, hit Confirm to enter cyberspace.

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Welcome to the Matrix. Notice Monika has 3 AP per round here, thanks to her cyberdeck. The green arrow icon on the bottom left is the 'jack-out' command, which can only be done at a dedicated point. The red bar to the right of it is the system's alert level. It goes up every time you or an ESP do pretty much anything, but stuff like executing EPS programs or destroying IC (Intrusion Countermeasures, i.e. anti-decker programs) raises it faster. Also note that cover in the Matrix works like cover in the real world. For the moment, I'm having Monkia use her Assassin ESP. Click it and select where you want it to show up.

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And now we have a minion. This is actually a tiny area, so head southwest with your ESP and destroy any IC you encounter (this is a very small and weak system, it's just to help you cut your teeth.) The assassin's Assassinate ability does 150 base damage, instead of your normal attack's 50. Also have Monika try out her Blaster, Erosion, and Medic programs, but be careful not to hit yourself or your ESP with Blaster's AoE.

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Once we've dismantled all the IC we can hack the datastore (either your decker or an ESP can do this - this comes in handy later, so don't forget) to get some paydata (i.e. information you can sell on the black market once you get back to your hideout.) Afterwards have Monika head back up the way she came and jack out.

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Head northeast to the one room we have't been to yet.

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Oh wow, another fight, who'd have thought. Anyway, move your team up and take cover behind pillars and furniture.

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The table only gives light cover, but the chairs give medium cover. The display case in the middle of the room grants heavy cover, however. Also, if you're playing a rigger, you can send your drone through the air vent to the right.

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There are four enemies to face here. Two security guards with guns, one with a grenade launcher, and one mage. Now, there's an old rule among Shadowrun players that goes like this: KILL THE MAGE FIRST, and there's a damn good reason for this rule. Mages can multiply the effectiveness of their allies. By taking them out, you deprive your enemy of a powerful resource.

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A good example of why the mage has to die first. Have Monika mark him and have Deitrich start buffing with Aim.

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Glory has an adernaline pump. 1 extra AP per round may not seem like much, but it make a significant difference. This basically increases her effectiveness by 50%.

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And the 'Aimed Shot' ability is one that pretty much anybody with a ranged attack is going to be using throughout the game. It's great for when someone (like an enemy mage) has to die fast.

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Crits are great, aren't they?

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Dietrich's Electro Core spell could hit both enemies here, but it's got a low chance of landing there, and Aim doesn't affect the accuracy of AoE skills like explosive spells and grenades.

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Dietrich and other shamans can summon spirits from certain places in the environment, as well as from magic fetishes (talismans.) The fetishes are consumed on use. Anyway, let's see what this spirit's got.

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Acid Stream is a great spell, and the Disease aura is okay, but not great. The green skull above the spirit's spells dismisses it. This spirit's melee attack, Devour, can cause AP damage.

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Summoned spirits can have up to 4 AP per round, but the more AP you give them the higher the chance they break free... but since adding 1 AP usually only increases the escape chance by 1%, you might as well go for broke. The base chance for a spirit to escape goes up every round it exists.

Once the fight is over, head down the stairs to the northeast. If you need to, you can use Medkits from your inventory screen.

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Well damn. Right now our immediate concern is that Monika's tampering has set off an alarm, and a couple goons are coming for us, but fortunately they're not hard to take out.

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The terminal has to activated by your main character, so do that.

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Also, Dietrich's Dragonslayer Aura will come in handy in the upcoming fight, so don't forget about it.

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Your goal is now "survive long enough to escape." Goons a lot like the two we just took out will keep pouring into the room every few rounds, so handle them in the same manner and remember to stay behind cover. However, after a few rounds another figure appears...

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(Incidentally, Glory's gun, along with a few others, has an autofire setting, which raises the chance of scoring a critical hit in exchange for reduced accuracy. Great for punishing enemies who let themselves get caught without cover.)

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Okay, here's the plan: STAY THE HELL OUT OF THE ORK'S RANGE. His minigun does a lot of damage, but firing it takes 2 AP. As long as you don't end your turn where he can flank you, you should be able to survive the next few rounds. It IS possible to "kill" the ork... if you get his health down far enough, he'll actually get a call about something more important and run off. Your primary goal is still sruvival, though.

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There's a spirit summoning point to the north. Have Deitrich call it up and sic it on the ork- it doesn't matter if the spirit dies, its job is to run interference so you and your team don't die.

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And one of the guys coming from the right comes equipped with grenades. Don't group up too much so he can't hit your entire party with them.

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4 AP per round is a lot. Dietrich's spirits can easily ruin this ork's day with a little support from your team.

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The ork's minigun gets two shots per attack. Also note that here Anders is both behind heavy cover and within Dietrich's Dragonslayer aura. If he were caught in the open, he'd be in a lot worse shape right now.

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That's our cue. Funnel the party out the northwest door, then head northeast to the exit. There's a goon guarding the exit, but he's nothing special so he's not hard to eliminate, assuming you even bother to.

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End of this run.

[Shpadoinkle]

Incidentally, this is the final build I'm going to be using for my protagonist during this playthrough.

Body 9 (44 Karma) (I'm going to be keeping his Body at 6 for most of the game, only increasing it to 9 towards the end of the game after I've upgraded all my other stats)

Strength 7 (27 karma)
-Close-quarters combat 6 (21 karma)
--Melee combat 5 (15 karma)
-Throwing weapons 6 (21 karma)

Quickness 1 (0 karma)

Intelligence 6 (20 karma) (Needed for various stat checks)

Willpower 6 (20 karma)
- Spellcasting 2 (3 karma)
- Chi casting 6 (21 karma)

Charisma 6 (20 karma) (Important! Opens up a LOT of doors, both metaphorical and physical, and allows you to talk your way out a bunch of fights.)

Spells: Magic Resistance, Stride, Heal Wound 1 (can have up to 3 essence loss of cyberware)

Cyberware:
Arms: YAMATETSU CYBERARM (ALPHAWARE) x2, (+1 Strength, +5 HP, 1 essence each)
Body: Adrenal Contractor (+1 AP for 3 rounds, +2 damage taken, 0 essence)

[Shpadoinkle]

Updates might be slightly more frequent than one per week - I like to have a buffer in case something comes up and I can't work on the LP for a while, but I've got several parts done already, so I'm going to be posting updates maybe every 4-5 days for a while.

Also, I'm posting this update, as well as the next one, at the same time because I don't really accomplish anything in them, I just talk to people a lot.

All that aside, here's part 2.

EDIT: Cropped the screenshots with dialogue, hopefully they'll be easier to read now.


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Head east and up the ladder there.

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We get 5 karma for "completing" the Harfeld Manor run, which I'll invest shortly, but we have other stuff to do first. We can also talk to the team now, which I suggest you do. Before that, though...

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This is your equipment locker. You can use it to change your loadout of weapons, armor, spells, cyberdecks, and items like medkits or grenades. Anyway, let's talk to Dietrich.

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You can tell him whatever you want, or nothing, if you prefer. As far as I know what you say here doesn't have any impact on anything, aside from establishing whatever past for the protaganist you prefer.

Let's talk to Eiger next.

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Predictably, she doesn't have much to say - the pain of Monika's death is too fresh. She'll need some time to herself to digest things.

Let's see how Glory's doing.

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Glory's guarded... or maybe just not the talkative type.

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Be nice to Dante. He's a good boy, and he's feeling the pain of Monika's death as much as the rest of the crew.

Time to go see Altug for information this 'Green Winters' guy.

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Take note of the yellow arrow in the top left of the screen. This points you to your objective(s).

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Let's talk to the guy at the counter next.

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Jan doesn't really have anything interesting or useful to say. Head outside.

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The first data tap is here, right outside. Also to the southeast is the Talismonger's Shop, which we'll visit next.

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Weird. Nothing really interesting happens if you pass those stat checks, by the way, she just apolgizes. Now let's talk to Aljernon, the shop's owner.

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Thanks for the "answer." Anyway, he's got some basic, low-level spells and equipment for sale. Like other merchants, he'll have better stuff as the game progresses. Right now this is all we want to buy:

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Some better armor would be nice, but the pickings are pretty slim right now, and the next mission isn't very difficult. If you don't have Drone Control: 3, Intelligence: 3, OR Charisma: 5, then you'll want to keep at least 200 nuyen on hand; it'll be very handy on the next run.

Magic Resistance 1 is really nice. It's not stellar, but it's still pretty nice to have, especially since the effect is completely passive.

Heal Wound 1 isn't great, and Anders is never going to be as good at healing as Dietrich (espcially since I'm going to get a couple piece of cyberware later on,) but having a second healer can really come in handy in a pinch.

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Just behind Aljernon's shop is a dancer who performs for tips. You can tip her if you want, as far as I know this doesn't affect anything.

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Maliit is between your hideout and the cafe. She's the resident technology dealer and mechanic. She sells drones, armor for riggers and deckers, cyberdecks, drone repair kits, and decking programs. Right now she doesn't have anything I want to buy, though.

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Gunari's located northeast of the dancer and sells weapons and armor. He'll have some work for us later.

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Laine's northwest of Gunari, and he's another 'flavor' character, like Jan. He'll open up more later.

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Sam runs a homeless shelter/soup kitchen/learning annex for orks and trolls. Again, we're going to be coming back to him later. Unfortunately I don't have enough cash left over to help him afford the blankets, but this will sit for now. We'll be able to give him the rest after the next run.

Man, this is turning out way longer than I expected. I know nothing much really happened in this part, but 200 screens of dialogue is a lot. Hopefully in the next one we can actually get something done, but there's still a lot of dialogue to cover before we get to fight anyone.

[Shpadoinkle]

And part 3.

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Zaak Flash is the resident drug dealer. Drugs (a.k.a. combat stims) are similar to potions in other RPGs - they're consumable items that provide a temporary bonus to stats, though most of them have some sort of drawback as well.

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The second data tap, as well as the TRIAGE Cyberclinic are just to the east of Zaak.

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Surprise, Dr. Ezkibel sells medical supplies, like Medkits, Trauma Kits, and cyberware. Nothing we really need right now, but he's going to be another regular stop in between runs to restock on medkits.

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Finally, we have Simmy, a.k.a. Simmy Kim. She's a simsense addict - simsense chips are similar to modern VR programs, but more advanced. Kim's another 'flavor' character like Jan and Laine.

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A statue in the park north of Kim.

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The Shockwellenreiter will contact you via this payphone periodically with stuff they want you to do. They don't pay huge amounts, but their jobs are pretty simple, usually, and if you complete them all they'll give you a pretty nice piece of custom cyberware - and even pay for the installation cost. However, there's an opposing faction who will also want to hire you. The other guys will pay more money, but the custom cyberware comes in handy and even has 0 Essence cost, so it's good for anyone. The other guys are also pretty damn morally grey, at best.

Anyway, let's get to that last data tap, which is just across the park.

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Well, that's interesting. Head back to Altug.

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Now back to Paul.

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No sense in antagonizing your own teammates, right? Anyway, we can now access Monika's mission computer.

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Checking your inbox isn't relevant right now, and you don't have any old messages or job offers. You can access the Shadowlands BBS, which is an anonymous discussion board (a lot like this one) for Shadowrunners, and watch some videos with Monika's thoughts on the rest of the crew.

Another update where nobody really accomplishes anything, we just stand around talking a lot... Man, this thing's gonna be like 800 parts if I really screenshot every line of dialogue.

[Iruka]

Great to see this LP!
I played an Adept as well because the concept looked interesting, but never really learned how to use her effectively.

I know people explicitly asked for this but all those screenshots make it a bit hard to read.


Künzel apparently decided to cut down the Siegessäule a fair bit, the original column was 67 m tall.

'Schockwellenreiter' means ' shock wave rider(s)', not sure which shock wave they are exactly riding. The permanent change of anarchy perhaps?
I guess Monika was their original contact.

[Shpadoinkle]

Yeah... I'm going to be cutting down a bit on all the dialogue in future updates. Also I hadn't realized how tiny the text was going to be. Probably going to do some mass cropping of the dialogue shots. It's more work, but not that much more. I'll update parts 2 and 3 either later today or tomorrow.

[AMX]

'Schockwellenreiter' means ' shock wave rider(s)', not sure which shock wave they are exactly riding. The permanent change of anarchy perhaps?

It's a literary reference - John Brunner's The Shockwave Rider (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shockwave_Rider).
Note especially the part about revealing all the dark secrets of the government. :smallamused:

[Iruka]

It's a literary reference - John Brunner's The Shockwave Rider (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shockwave_Rider).
Note especially the part about revealing all the dark secrets of the government. :smallamused:

Oooh, interesting. I put it on my to-read-list.

[T.G. Oskar]

Great to see this LP!
I played an Adept as well because the concept looked interesting, but never really learned how to use her effectively.


I can help! Finished Dead Man's Switch twice, Dragonfall twice, and Hong Kong once (with a second run in place). My first runs are ALWAYS with Mystic Adepts (Adepts with points on Spellcasting and/or Conjuring).

The most important thing to understand for Adepts (pure, Mystic or otherwise) is that they're primarily melee - and in Shadowrun, that's usually a bad idea. That's mostly because it'll take some time for you to arrive to the opponent, and by then, you're probably being riddled by bullets. That''s where the Adept abilities come in handy, and how your build also aids.

For starters, while building yourself up for Melee is usually a bad idea, when done right, it's far, far better than Ranged. This is because a) Melee ignores Cover (unless you're fighting another Adept, but you'll see why) and b) once you hit a target, it loses Cover bonuses, so your ranged attackers have an advantage. As for the disadvantages of wading in melee? Well, the Adept powers cover you in almost every way.

You should focus mostly on Body, Strength, Willpower. Body gives you more HP, Strength defines your prowess with physical attacks (and thrown weapons, which is why Shpadoinkle chose throwing knives), and Willpower determines how far can you get with Chi Casting, which is the Adept main skill. Secondary is Quickness (because you want some amount of Dodging), with Intelligence and Charisma largely ignored (unless you're going Mystic Adept, because some spells have INT/CHA requirements).

With Strength comes your main choice: Bladed or Unarmed? Unarmed is favored by Adepts because you can do TONS of damage (because of Killing Hands, which stacks with your Strength and with the bonus from certain weapons you can equip while unarmed), and with the right equipment, you can even impose the Bloodied state on the opponent, meaning they'll lose some HP as time passes. Bladed, on the other hand, gives you access to Katanas, and to AP damage - if you do enough AP damage, you can stun the opponent. Whatever your choice, you should build up right until you get Roundhouse/Cleave - this is what makes Melee stand out, because you can hit multiple opponents several times per round. Thrown Weapons help with grenades (and throwing knives, of course), and the latter has some nice tricks (which you can see when you play with Dietrich, since he also specializes in throwing knives) - it's a decent ranged option.

Now, the core of the Adept is Chi Casting, which gives you Adept powers - pretty much ALL of them give a passive bonus, and some can be activated as if spells for an increased bonus. I mentioned that Adept powers cover for all the problems in melee, and here's why - with Stride (+2 Move, activate for +4 Move, meaning you can reach enemies even faster), Mystic Armor (+2 Armor that stacks with existing Armor bonus, activate for +4 Armor) and Pain Resistance (-2 damage, activate for -5 damage; it's basically the Dragonslayer's benefit, but at all times), you get to be real tanky. If Unarmed, Killing Hands (_4 Unarmed damage, activate for +10 Unarmed damage) is your main source of damage. Counterattack is like Overwatch, but best for Melee as it lets you activate ANY attack you have (say, Pommel Strike, Cleave, Roundhouse, Disarm) several times. It's pretty fun if you know how to use it. Finally, for casters (which are ANNOYING!), you get three types of Magic Resistance, which is basically like a permanent cover. IIRC, Hong Kong upgrades this to general cover, but tweaks it a bit. So, you move fast, soak up damage, and pretty much no-sell magic, which combined with your weapon skills, means you're a powerhouse in the battlefield. Once you can Cleave with a Katana, the game's difficulty (even in Very Hard!) drops significantly, because you start stunning enemies by the bucketloads. Oh, and there's also these cool moves called Chi Focus and Chi Onslaught, which lets you do two (or three, with CO) attacks with increased Critical Hit chance, which generally translates to "I stun you with a katana, have a nice day!".

Of course, if you didn't play a lot, this may sound like Chinese to you. The idea is as follows - Melee is hard to do in Shadowrun because the system is sorta rigged to favor Ranged combat, so you need to do your homework. However, when done correctly, Melee is eventually one of the better options.

There's no such thing as "Mystic Adepts" in this game per se, because you can build your character as you want to. "Mystic Adept" is the tabletop game terminology for the advantage that lets you use your Magic stat to either cast spells or get Adept powers. Mystic Adepts aren't that great in tabletop because you want specialists, and Magic 6 is far, FAR better than Magic 4 and the other two points spent in Adept powers.

In DMS, Dragonfall and Hong Kong? Complicated, but doable. Mostly, you spread your skill points between Spellcasting and Chi Casting (so good that Spellcasting is the other skill that Willpower increases, no?). Attack spells are a no-no, because you'll never get as good as you'd want to, and you need to spend points on Intelligence for the better spells. Buffing spells are much better, and what they need is a relatively steep but manageable expenditure on Charisma, depending on the spells you want. Ideally, the spells you want are Heal Wound, Aim and Armor - the first to heal, the second to aim better, the third to increase how much damage you soak. Everything else is inconsequential - IMO, debuff spells aren't worth it, and as I said, attack spells require expending Int, and you're more focused on Melee than casting. Now, IIRC, Hong Kong made a change to the Armor spell, turning it into a Shaman spell (might be wrong, though), which is a shame.

As a Mystic Adept, I always go Stride (+2 Movement, +4 when active), Pain Resistance (-2 damage, -5 when activated), the highest Magic Resistance I can muster, Heal Wound II, Aim IV and Armor IV. That way, I hit better, soak a ton of damage, can self-heal, and get to the enemy close enough. It's a fun build.

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That said, question - Shpadoinkle, you playing vanilla Dragonfall or the Director's Cut? Glory and Eiger get some sweet buffs if you complete their loyalty missions, and IIRC there''s more Essence-friendly Bioware if you do another side quest (for Dr. Ezkibel). Also - two Yamatetsu arms? It seems you wanna cover most of the dialogue options, since I wouldn't raise Intelligence that high. My Mystic Adept build did need a hike in Charisma, though. Since I didn't go for Throwing Weapons or INT (and I went Dwarf, because they get a Willpower bonus - imagine this, Dwarves being the best casters in a game!), I could manage Chi Casting 9/10 and Spellcasting 7, enough for the better spells and Adept powers. Don't feel the +2 STR and +10 HP will do much compared to Pain Resistance (though I figure Dietrich will be your main go-to guy, so Dragonslayer shaman compensates).

Also, gonna do the Black Lodge missions?

P.S.: You know you want to put that line of dialogue with Dietrich. You know you want to.
"I was the front man for a punk band, boss. F*** no, I can't sing."

[Shpadoinkle]

Shockwellenreiter vs. Lodge

The former. I prefer the custom cyberware you get from the Shockwellenreiter, and besides which Anders is supposed to be a "good" guy (or at least as good as a shadowrunner can get... for the most part.)


And yes, my investment in Charisma and Intelligence is mostly for passing various stat checks. Otherwise I'd be intesting those points elsewhere, but since the protaganist is basically the party leader and its his stats that matter for various stat checks, I feel half-obligated to. I also illustrate why I went with swords over unarmed a bit later. Unarmed offers more damage, but I personally consider a few extra points of damage to be generally less useful than the AP damage swords do.

Also, kinda interesting the stuff you mentioned in your 'On Mystic Adepts' collapse, considering the way I'm going to be building him...

All that aside though, it's looking like my initial estimate of one update per week was a bit conservative. Right now it's looking like I'll be able to get one up every 3-5 days or so... speaking of which, I'm going to try to get part 4 up later today.

[Shpadoinkle]

PART 4

Okay, I'm gonna be honest here: I'm not gonna screenshot every screen of dialogue between missions anymore. There's just too freaking much of it. Hell, the last two parts were 332 screenshots of nothing BUT talking to people and accomplishing nothing, and I don't want to make this LP 800 parts. They're not even why I like the game anyway; I like the combat system. So I'm not going to be talking to all the random people in town between missions anymore, except to restock and get new jobs, but I'll still be covering the stuff that happens on missions, including dialogue, as well as the conversations that happen between you and your team. Sorry if this disappoints you, but hell, it leaves more for you to discover when you play it on your own. Right? That aside, let's get back to it.

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Head to the U-Bahn station and hop in the train to go to Das Kesselhaus.

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Here you can outfit yourself and your team before you actually start the mission. You can loan gear to your teammates, and they'll have it available to use during the run, but they have their own gear that they upgrade themselves throughout the game. Stil, it's nice to be able to give Dietrich some spells he wouldn't normally use, or Eiger a mid-range weapon, since by default she's only armed with a sniper rifle and a shotgun. She's good with throwing weapons, so give her a set of throwing knives if you're not using them yourself (because, for some reason, you can't buy another set. Merchants only stock one of any given weapon, and once they sell it to you then THAT'S IT, FOREVER. Why? :/ )

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The bouncer's no help. Might as well check out the bar, like he said.

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The people running a place called THE DRUG PIT are scumbags, what a surprise.

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At least we're making SOME progress. If it wasn't clear, Cram is a drug, and a highly addictive one. Let's check out the elevator first before we talk to Frank, though.

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It's locked, but there's an electrical panel nearby... that we might be able to use if I were playing a rigger, but I'm not.

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You can talk to her, but she just asks you to get her some Cram. Let's see what Kroner has to say.

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Man, no reason to be a jerk about it.

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Cram is basically the same thing as the Flash that Zaak sells, but better. Unfortunately, the supply is limited - as far as I know this is the only place in the game you can buy it, and when it's sold out, it's sold out.

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Frank's a sleazebag, like Silke said. You don't need to pass the Charisma check, but you DO need to pass the Intelligence check to get the key from Frank without a fight. There are also Etiquette: Corporate and Etiquette: Gang options. But if you lack the stats for it, there's always the brute force solution...

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But I recommend you avoid it if you can. The fight's not THAT hard, as there are only four goons to deal with, aside from Frank (who's a wimp,) but cover is sparse and there are a bunch more fights coming up, and you don't want to spread your supplies too thin. Also, you won't be able to return Silke's stuff to her if you kill Frank and his goons, since she'll run away in fear.

Either way, once you have the key head to the elevator and up to the third floor.

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That's good advice. Why?

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This is why. The scorpyrine will mostly lob acid at you, but it's not very tough since it's the one against your whole team. When you defeat it...

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Congratulations to me I guess. I just broke into someone's home and murdered his pet. :/ Sorry dude...

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Silke's room is here, and fortunately it's not locked.

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Grab her stuff. The credstick wouldn't do you any good anyway, since, as the game notes, it's encoded. We'll head back to her soon.

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Room #305 is unlocked as well, and surprisngly spacious.

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Including a big damn hole in the floor which we can use to access the floor below.

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If you don't have an Intelligence of at least 3 you can't get the free karma for suggesting sticking the dead guy in the freezer. There's nothing else to see here, so let's head out.

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And run into a horde of gang members.

This really isn't that difficult a fight, just be sure to stay away from the barrel in the middle of the room. Like every other video game barrel in existence, it blows up if you hit it. You can wait for the gang members to get in range, or you can just set it off early so they can't use it against yout.

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Have Eiger stand back and pick away at the far away targets with her sniper rifle, while Glory and Dietrich move in with your protagonist, so they can all support each other. The tables and stuff only provide light cover, but hte overturned tables are medium cover.

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As always, avoid grouping up too much, since the gang has grenades.

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Setting off the barrel doesn't do a huge amount of damage, but it's not bad, either.

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The reduced damage here is another good example of why cover is so important.

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Once the fight's over, grab the key fob from the bathroom, then investigate the computer in the northern room.

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Well that was... surprisingly easy. While we're here though, let's look up someone else.

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Drug dealers are scumbags, who'd have thought... Anyway, let's get back to Silke. The 'admin services' option doesn't really do anything, just unlocks the same notes we've already read. But if you care, the password is (surprise) "Admin".

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I'm not gonna try to squeeze money out of a drug addict.

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We get 1 karma for getting her stuff back, but we're not done yet. Talk to her again.

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Passing any two of these stat checks will convince her she needs help, or at least that she doesn't want to wind up working for Kroner and his gang.

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Aside from helping her start turning her life around, you'll also get another 2 karma.

We're done with this floor. Head up to the 1st floor.

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The key fob we got from the gangers on the second floor lets us access these maintenance rooms.

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Which mostly only hold small amounts of nuyern, or medkits. Nothing great, but free loot is free loot.

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Room 101 has a locked safe with a nearby computer that can unlock it. The bedside table has some cash (200ish nuyen - the exact amounts vary slightly between playthroughs for some reason) so grab it.

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The password, if you lack the requisite Decking skill, is 'Naperville.' This is the name of a suburb of Chicago, and the poster on the wall is the only hint in the game to this password. How the hell anybody figured that out beats me.

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This is actually a decent weapon, but it's useless to me for a couple reasons. First, both Glory and I lack the requisite datajack, and second, my protagonist isn't using guns at all anyway. We'll pick up another party member later who DOES have a datajack and use guns... but he's specialized in SMGs, not pistols. So if you're not using pistols yourself, just send this to your stash and sell it when you get back to town.

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Grab this Trauma kit from room 106. This door isn't locked either.

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If you don't have the Strength for this, you'll have the option to ask Eiger to do it.

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Inside is a crazy guy's diary. The only thing of note is the bathroom code. Head up to floor 3.

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Grab the Cram from the maintenance closet, then check out the bathroom.

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Incidentally, your PDA records stuff like door codes, so you don't have to memorize them or write them down yourself.

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Jazz is actually a REALLY NICE stim, and my personal favorite. Aside from having no stat penalties, that +1 AP has a big impact, lasts a full five rounds (most battles aren't going to last much longer than that,) and it stacks with both Haste AND Glory's adrenaline pump.

Head up to the fourth floor.

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Grab this grenade from the maintenace closet first, then head to room 401.

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This dude wants to play baseball. My team gives him some tips on his batting stance, and we head inside to meet the rest of his team.

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They're enthusiastic, and even have a decent pitcher, but they don't play by regulation rules, so I think they'll have a hard time finding a league.

Honestly though, there's not much subtlety to this fight. Just head inside and clobber them.

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Be sure to grab the inejctor schematic and the medkit from the back room before leaving. We can't do anything with the schematic now, but once we get back to the clinic we can have Dr. Ezkibel install it (if you want it. I don't find it that great.) Head to room 405, which is the last known location of this Green Winters guy.

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Well, crap...

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Might as well. Check behind the paintings on the wall.

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As the game says, this next part is actually 100% optional, but I suggest you do it, especially if you're not playing a decker yourself.

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Let's meet with THE Blitz, then. Besides, I want to see what's in that vault.

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Blitz, as he said, is a decker, with a dash of rigger. He's not great, but he's not bad. He's also decent with his SMG. Let's visit room 501 across the hall.

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Room 501 is big, but empty save for this drone repair kit, which is useless to me as I don't have a rigger on the team (except Blitz, but he doesn't have a drone. Odd.) Anyway, time to head for the vault.

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Of course, there's security here, but only three goons, nothing special. Have Eiger move behind the crates to the northeast for cover and attack with her sniper rifle while everybody else moves in.

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Once the fight's over, heal up if you need to before opening this door, because there's another fight on the other side.

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If you're holding a Trauma Kit and take lethal damage, it's used automatically. If not, you're just unconscious for a few rounds. If you don't manage to get someone to an unconscious character within a few rounds, they'll become unavailable for the remainder of the mission... but if your protagonist dies this way, you fail and have to go back to your last save.

Anyway, take cover behind the crates inside the room, and have Eiger move into position and start plugging away at the turret with her sniper rifle.

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There's also a troll hopped up on all sorts of drugs. have the rest of your team take out the drone, then focus on the troll.

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Also, Blitz lacks sufficient knowledge to disable to security systems. If you can pass the stat check you can shut down the turret and drone, leaving you just the troll to deal with.

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This is a great example of why I prefer swords over unarmed combat. You can lock down a target by damaging their AP with sword strikes.

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Dietrich (or you, if you're playing a shaman) can summon a water spirit from these barrels, if you want to. This isn't a hard enough fight that a sixth party member is really necessary, but it's still nice.

Once the defenses are down, the way into the vault is clear.

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The money and other stuff is nice, but the real prize here, at least as far as I'm concerned, is the drug formula for Jazz. You can give this to Zaak Flash and he'll be happy to make it for you. Anyway, there's nothing left to do here (unless you want to by some Cram, if you haven't already) so head back to the ground floor and make for the exit.

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It's really up to you whether you want to bring Blitz along. He'll become a permanent party member, and he even has a personal side mission later in the game, but he might not be trustworthy... He WAS working for a gang of drug dealers, after all, and this gang has shown that they're willint to do some pretty scummy stuff... You can also hire a decker for future runs that will require it if you tell him to buzz off. It's really up to you, but I decide to bring him along.

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Aside from the eight karma you get for finishing this run, your team (barring Blitz) also level up. This will happen after every couple missions for the remainder of the game. Right now the upgrades I choose are:
- Eiger: Shotgun Specialist 1 (makes targets of her shotgun blasts easier to hit.)
- Dietrich: Meltdown (Makes his Electro Core spell strip 1 armor from affected targets)
- Glory: Razor Specialist 1 (Melee attack that pierces 1 armor and may do AP damage)

Be sure to read up on ALL the upgrades that will later become available for your team, so you can pick ones that work well together.

All that aside, we've got a couple final things to do for the moment.

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Sam still needs money, but now that we've got some more we can give him the rest of what he needs. Also, Silke made it here okay, which is good to hear.

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Zaak can indeed make jazz for us, now that he knows how. Right now he'll only have the one dose, which costs 100 nuyen.

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And Dr. Ezkibel will be happy to install that Bliss auto-injector... provided you can afford it.

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I spend my accumulated karma on upgrading Body, Melee Weapons, Willpower, and Chi Casting by 1 each, which means now I can use...

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The Stride spell. It's not stellar, but it does passively increase your movement by 2 tiles, which isn't bad, especially for a melee character, with the option of activating it to boost by movement an additional 2 tiles (four total.)

A couple last things to do now.

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You can actually do this BEFORE going on this run, which I forgot to do, and when you get back from it the data will have sold, but it's not a big deal right now. Be sure to do this every time you get some new paydata.

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I want to sell that pistol (since it's useless to this build) and get an armor upgrade. Again, it's not stellar, but it is better than what we had. Don't forget to equip it!

Finally...

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It's going to take a while for Maliit to fix that drone, so we'll check back after the next run.

[AMX]

Am I misremembering, or could you have gotten 1 more point of Karma by going back to the kitchen and telling the guy that he can leave safely?

[Shpadoinkle]

You can tell him that, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't get you a karma point. I'll double check...

Yeah, I just replayed that part (I keep archived saves in case I miss or forget something) and you don't get any karma for telling the guy in the kitchen that the gangers are dead.

[T.G. Oskar]

Shockwellenreiter vs. Lodge

The former. I prefer the custom cyberware you get from the Shockwellenreiter, and besides which Anders is supposed to be a "good" guy (or at least as good as a shadowrunner can get... for the most part.)


I also went for the Schockwellenreiters in my Mystic Adept run. Even with my Ork Sammy run, I...kinda did the same.

Thing is, in Dragonfall Director's Cut, the Black Lodge guy sends you on an "initiation" mission, which is fun but also shows the Black Lodge is beyond morally gray - these guys are fully on the side of black.

You're sent with a total newbie who's good at electronics, which you get to befriend because she's green and also pretty nice (and in the case of my Dwarf MysAd, also a Dwarf, so racial kinship. (Also, being a girl and my MysAd being bi, probably thought of her as cute.) Your other members are a Tir Taingire immigrant elf who speaks nothing but Sperethiel, and a bigot mage who thinks he's better than everybody. The mission is to get inside a guy's house, plant a bug, then get out. Simple, right?

Except the party's meant to implode right from the get-go. The Lodge guy actually expects that both the Elf and the bigot Mage die (the Lodge guy says that he didn't like the Elf, and figured the Mage was an ass so nobody would care about him) - you can choose to stand for the Elf or keep on with the mission. Then, the whole mission ends up going south REAL FAST, with Knight Errant being called in, and you have to fight to escape.

And all of that because the owner of the house is someone that the Lodge guy didn't care about, so he puts a bomb instead of a bug. You get mail from the survivors, and the dwarf girl is terrified, feeling like she sold her soul to the Devil. Then you have the choice to confront the Lodge guy, where he basically says "it's all business".

The whole point of the new Lodge mission is to set them as actually morally black guys, who think they got the world in their hands. Telling the Lodge guy to get off your Bazaar is the most satisfying thing you can do as a 'runner, IMO, right alongside aiding Samuel, fixing Kimmy and helping the others.


And yes, my investment in Charisma and Intelligence is mostly for passing various stat checks. Otherwise I'd be intesting those points elsewhere, but since the protaganist is basically the party leader and its his stats that matter for various stat checks, I feel half-obligated to. I also illustrate why I went with swords over unarmed a bit later. Unarmed offers more damage, but I personally consider a few extra points of damage to be generally less useful than the AP damage swords do.

Also, kinda interesting the stuff you mentioned in your 'On Mystic Adepts' collapse, considering the way I'm going to be building him...

My notes are basically what worked with me. I didn't went for "leader" guy - in fact, my female bi Dwarf MysAd was dumb as a truck (Int 1, and with Pain Editor, it went all the way to 0), but despite that, pretty good with words (Cha 4, mostly for Armor IV IIRC, meaning two Etiquette options). It's roughly the same with what I do with my usual MysAd build (Dwarf, Body 6 until late game, Strength 6-8, Close Combat 6-8, Melee Combat 6 [or 8, if I wanna go with Disarm], Qui 3, Dodge 1-2, Int 1, Willpower near Max, Spellcasting 6-7, Chi Casting near Max, Cha 4) in all of the adventures, though total Karma acquired may change that. I don't feel like I lost many of my Karma options, though I can say my Dwarf MysAd ended up being far more powerful in terms of skills in Dragonfall than in Hong Kong (where Karma is steep, but Nuyen is steeper).

If my netbook wasn't in the frizz, I'd have finished Shadows of Hong Kong already. Itching to take revenge with Huoyan...

[Khay]

Dang, I'd forgotten how much German there is in this game. It's mostly accurate so far. (For the record, when they say "kiez" read "hood.")

Interesting read so far! I think the slightly more condensed format works well. This is a very talky game.

[LibraryOgre]

Dang, I'd forgotten how much German there is in this game. It's mostly accurate so far. (For the record, when they say "kiez" read "hood.")

Interesting read so far! I think the slightly more condensed format works well. This is a very talky game.

I kinda wonder what the gameplay time to talkiness ratio is when compared to something like Planescape: Torment.

[Shpadoinkle]

I kinda wonder what the gameplay time to talkiness ratio is when compared to something like Planescape: Torment.

Torment is one of my favorite games, but it's almost more of an interactive novel than a traditional RPG. Considering only the mandatory fights in Torment, which are

the zombie in the morgue, Ravel, and Trias,

I'd say there's about a 99:1 ratio of dialogue to combat.

In Dragonfall, I'd say it's closer to 50/50, assuming you talk to the people in the Kruesbasar between each run.

Changing topics, I'm making some good progress. Next update should be Monday, unless I forget. I'm also going to be making some improvements that should continue to make things more readable, though there's still going to be a lot of talking.

I'm concerned the dialogue selections I'm choosing (which are slightly... SLIGHTLY darker than the others in the screenshots - the mouse pointer doesn't show up in them) might be difficult to discern, so I'm considering doing something like highlighting them in orange or manually adding a pointer to the selection I'm choose, but... well, you're seen just how much dialogue there is to cover, and each post I've got written up at the moment has around 200 screenshots, most of which are dialogue.

[Shpadoinkle]

Part 5

Double update today, because this post is just going to be me talking to people. I actually accomplish stuff in the next one. I'm still not going to be talking to the incidental characters around town, though, because I still don't care. Also I'm going to be breaking up posts with additional spoilers from now on, to make it easier to find or skip something in particular.

Blitz

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Sounds like he got kind of backed into a corner, to me, but that doesn't make him trustworthy.


Dante

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Dante's a good boy.


Dietrich

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If you're wondering, "MESSERKAMPF!" is German for "KNIFE FIGHT!"

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Eiger respects strength of character. Not surprising, considering she was a soldier. Next let's see how Glory's doing.


Glory

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If you don't want to pry (or just aren't playing a spellcaster) you can skip reading her aura. She'll open up eventually if you keep talking to her.

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Like a lot of people with difficult pasts, Glory's adopted her guarded personality as a soft of defense mechanism.


This all might seem like just flavor text, but each of the gang (barring Dietrich, for some reason) has a sidequest related to their past, though it's going to be a while before we get to those. Nobody else has anything to talk about now, so let's report to Paul.

Paul and the crap he wants

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Off to Maliit, then.

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If you have Strength: 4 you can get the DVD player for free, at the expense of knowing you robbed a homeless old man.

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Back to Schrotty.

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Everybody loves fetch quests.


Green Winters' DVDs (LOTS of reading ahead)

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Well, this is just fantastic.


Alice

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Off to the U-Bahn.

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There's a hit of Hyper here, don't miss it.

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Oh boy. We've got our work cut out for us. Back to Paul.

(Raising Alice's fee is going to make up most of the remainder of the game, by the way.)


Getting a job

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We'll talk to Luca later. Right now let's visit Sam.

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If you have Etiquette: Socialite you can squeeze an extra 500 nuyen from him, but it's not really worth it in my opinion because this is the first of only two times in the entire game that I can think of where Etiquette: Socialite is relevant. The other time, similarly, only nets us a 500 nyuen bonus.

Anyway, we're going to pay a visit to Humanis next time.

[Shpadoinkle]

Part 6

Preparations for the Humanis run

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You don't HAVE to bring Dietrich along on this run, but I recommend you do so, for three reasons. First, if we manage to find and get his nephew out alive, he'll be granted a new spell. Second, if you don't bring him along, he'll be noticeably cold towards you for the rest of the game. The third reason you'll see in a bit.

Anyway, take the U-Bahn to Schattennest.

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Aside from your own team, you can hire a number of other runners. You have to pay them of course, but fortunately it's not very much. They all have their own spells and equipment appropriate for their specialties, so you don't have to outfit them yourself. Before embarking on this mission, I also loan my team some Jazz.


Transit

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You can talk to this woman if you want, but she doesn't have anything worth hearing. Check the phone booth to the northwest.

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It'll pay to do some snooping. Talk to the kiez gatekeeper to the west

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You can pay the 750/1,000 nuyen 'toll' here if you want (and you have it,) otherwise get ready to fight.

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Additionally, you can either help Maxim and his gang, or you can blow away everybody. The latter option gets you an extra 2,000 nuyen, but helping the smugglers gets you an extra 1 karma, AND they'll help you out in a fairly difficult fight later on in this mission. That aside, there are a few more fights ahead, and trying to kill both the gang and the smugglers is going to be a notable drain on your resources.

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A look at what we're up against. First thing to do is hit those barrels at the southeast to do some damage to the gangers down there, as well as the turrets. After that you can have the team safely pick away at the turrets until they're down.

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Also note that you can summon a fire elemental from this barrel here. Send it against the gangers to the northwest.

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As I said, all video game barrels explode.

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The woman you were negotiating with at first, as well as this ganger who will appear after a round or two, are both magic users, so as always they're your top priority targets.

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Another excellent example of why I like swords.

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Also note that Glory has a couple new abilities she can use with her claws, and her claws now inflict 2 points of bleeding damage per round instead of just 1.

Twin Slash (and similar abilities, like Cleave and Roundhouse Kick) both can and WILL hit allies if they're in the AoE, so be careful about positioning when you use them.

For finishing this fight and keeping Maxim alive, you get 3 karma.

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Pile into the van.


Inside the Humanis Compound, part 1

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A couple of figures we only get a glimpse of run into the shadows as we enter. What a fantastically positive portent of things to come!

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There's a bunch of foot lockers in the room to the northeast, but they're all locked and we don't have the codes.

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Unsurprisingly, the armory's locked too.

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We'll check that out later.

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I'm not playing a rigger, and at this point Blitz doesn't have a high enough Drone Control skill to do anything with this turret, which is why I didn't bring him for this mission. If you DO have Drone Control: 4 though, you can set the turret to fire at Humanis members.

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All of these terminals require a password, but fortunately it's the same one for every terminal: humanisforever. I'm not sure how you're supposed to know this though. Or you can bypass the password if you have someone on your team with Decking: 4.

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Take a look at the file cabinet next.

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The rest is similar racist propaganda not worth reading. Stahl's office is at the end of the hall to the north, but lets raid those lockers first.

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Starting from here and going clockwise, the passwords and contents are:
3706, Nitro (+2 Strength and Willpower, but -2 Intelligence and Charisma for 5 rounds)
1409, the following note

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2619, The following note

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4167, 282 nuyen
1106, the following note

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And finally, 2114, and nothing.

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The armory's got some nice stuff. A couple advanced medkits and a trauma kit in the medical supply crates at the front.

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The Predator remains useless to me, since I still don't have anyone who uses pistols AND has a datajack, but the shotgun is an upgrade for Eiger (though we can't have her use it until the start of the next run.) At least I can sell the Predator later. There's another turret you can program if you have Drone Control: 4.

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And in the back there's a box of grenades. We've poked our noses into everything there is to poke, let's tackle Stahl's office.

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If you attack Alexander, you wind up having to fight him and the rest of Humanis. You also piss off Dietrich. So that's not the best way to go. Remember the note we found in his foot locker though, he's clearly not a big fan of Humanis, so...

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Alexander joins your team for the remainder of this mission (this is the third reason to bring Dietrich along.) He's nothing fancy, but he's not bad and has a few grenades packed up, and an extra fighter is helpful considering this is only the first of FIVE fights coming up. Fortunately, this one and the third one are both pretty easy.


Fighting my way out!

That aside, Stahl will try to escape by fleeing out the back door he came in. If you let him escape you'll get the 'Everybody Deserves a Second Chance' achievement, but if you kill him (he's only got 10 health) you'll get the 'Stahl Out' achievement.

All that aside, this is a fairly easy fight. The humanis members only have 30 health each, and this is a small area, so it's easy to hit more than one with grenades or AoE spells, but as always, take care not to blast your own team.

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A good example of Glory's Twin Slash ability in action.

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The big room we passed through earlier has six more enemies in it. Note also there's an air vent connecting this room and the computer room to the east that you can send drones through, it you have any. I had Eiger go northwest and hold by the door there until I got the Humanis members engaged with the rest of the team to the southeast...

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Then take cover behind these crates and target the enemy mage.

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It didn't really work as well as I'd hoped, but it DID wind up splitting the enemy's attention, making them easier to deal with.

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Also note these glowing glyphs on the ground. These are Dragon Lines, which if you're familiar with them are similar to leylines. Standing on one increases the power of your spells for as long as you're on it.

Anyway, once these goons have been dealt with there's still more to do. Head down the hall and take what little cover is available, but fortunately there's only this one enemy to deal with here. Gather up the gang and be sure to reload before you enter the room opposite the armory, though. I also have Dietrich haste Eiger just before moving in, because...

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There are another six enemies to deal with.

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This is gonna take some luck, but it's worth a shot... but it whiffs completely :/

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You definitely want to take out this one in particular as fast as possible. She's got a grenade launcher, and you're forced to group up here.

After the fight, heal up with medkits if necessary, and grab anything you might have left behind in the armory, because we won't be coming back.


Freedom's within reach!

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Your party's in combat mode right away, and there's a reason for that.

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Because there are a lot of enemies outside, including two mages who should, again, be your top priority. If you helped the smugglers earlier, they'll be fighting the Humanis members from the west.

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Flashbang grenades, even when they don't crit, are EXTREMELY useful. These guys are out of the fight for the next two rounds.

Overall this isn't a terribly difficult fight, just be sure to keep your buffs (like Aim) up and don't leave anybody exposed in the open.

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For completing this run you get 8 karma. I use what karma I've accumulated so far to get my Strength up to 5 and Close Combat up to 4

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Stats before and after.


Post-run crap

Let's report to Sam before we see Paul.

Sam

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Back to the hideout.


Dante

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Dante's a good boy.


Reporting to Paul

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Let's see how Dietrich's doing.

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Neat. Dietrich explained his new power pretty well, so I don't have anything to add. Let's check the mission computer and collect our pay for the run.


Post-post-run

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We'll tackle that one later. It's actually a fairly easy run... assuming you have the stats for it.

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3,750 nuyen is a pretty good chunk of change, and there are a few things I wanna pick up. If you're playing along, take note that before you spend your cash I STRONGLY recommend you save at least 1,000 nuyen for the next run.

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Earth Elementals are AWESOME. They're not particularly strong by themselves, but they DO have a spell unique to them called Guard, which provides Medium cover to all allies within 3 tiles of them when it's cast, for 3 rounds, regardless of your actual cover or positioning. This allows you to make some maneuvers that would normally be way too risky to attmept. Note that only force 2 or stronger Earth Elementals have this spell.

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Never hurts to stock up when you can.

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Gunari's got some new armor and weapons, too. I'll want to upgrade my armor later, but right now I only want to buy the shuriken, which I'll be using myself, but hang onto the throwing knives. You can loan them to Eiger, since she's good with throwing weapons and this will provide her a medium-range attack, as well as a backup in case she gets pinned down without either of her guns (or only the wrong one) loaded.

The Defiance Super Shock is an excellent tool. It does minimal damage, but it allows the wielder to deal AP damage, which is great for locking down a high-priority target... such as an enemy mage. Also note that it's technically a pistol so you can use pistol skills with it. Unfortunately it has a fairly short range of about five tiles. I'm going to be loaning this to Glory pretty much permanently.

We've got couple last things to do.

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500 nuyen isn't much, but it's nice. The karma's a nice bonus too.

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Again, not a huge amount of cash, but a nice bonus.

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Man, this is eating into my cash, but it WILL make Blitz way more effective when he's in the Matrix. Sniffer is basically an Aim spell, and ESPs are basically Matrix-only drones. By default Blitz has an Attacker ESP (yes, this means he'll have two of them, but they're very nice to have around) and an Exploder ESP (which can kamikaze itself... not that great.) Speaking of drones...

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Might as well give it back to him. No reason not to.

[Shpadoinkle]

Part 7

A short and fairly easy mission today. First, though, let's talk to the team.

Blitz

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Eiger

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Dietrich

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Glory

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Umm... damn. That's pretty heavy. Then again, nobody becomes a shadowrunner because their life was all roses and song. Anyway, you kinda have to pry a little bit here, or else Glory won't open up.


Pre-run preparation

Check the mission computer next.
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Well, it's good they're doing okay. Anyway, Gunari had a job for us, so he's our next stop.

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Sounds pretty straightforward.


Extra work

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There's this guy here who wasn't here before.

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Eh, 500 isn't bad for a quick job, I guess. The sewer entrance is right behind him. However, before you start this job I STRONGLY suggest having at least a thousand nuyen on hand.

There's not going to be any decking needed here, so Blitz can chill in the hideout while the rest of the gang and I check things out.

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Head northwest first.

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Both terminals say the same thing. In the room we just passed...

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Well that doesn't bode well. Cross the bridge to the southeast.

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A code that has something to do with a computer. Head to the room to the southwest from here.

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Well that was... suprisingly quick and easy. Back to the surface, I guess.

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Oh, hey, ghouls.

They only have melee attacks, so they're not much to worry about.

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Though they can inflict 'infection,' similar to Glory's bleed, with their attacks.

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They get kinda funneled together by the bridge, though, so take advantage of that to hit them with grenades and AoE spells.

Anyway, they're not a very difficult fight, so once they're done for head northeast.

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More ghouls, yay. Again, not an especially difficult fight, but do note that two more will be coming in from the door we just come through.

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There's also a place you can summon a water elemental, if you want to, but this fight isn't difficult enough to warrant it, I think.

The rooms to the northwest contain 148 nuyen and a dose of Hyper. After grabbing them, investigate the pump controls.

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You CAN just kill them if you want, and you CAN tell them to beat it, but these are both suboptimal solutions. Check out the commlink in the back of the room she came from.

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Yes, you can get a discount if you have Etiquette: Corporate or Etiquette: Shadowrunner. If you don't have the cash, though, you can offer the ghouls 'services' as payment instead, OR you can just blackmail him from the outset. Both of these are less optimal than paying him, though, and you'll see why in part 8. Anyway, once you're done, talk to the ghoul leader again.

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If you offer Ezkibel the ghouls' services doing stuff that ghouls are good at, you don't get this karma point. Anyway, we're done here, head outside. You get an additional 4 karma for completing this run. Talk to the maintenace guy again before anything else, though.

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The most important part of any job is getting paid, of course. Giving him the other guy's manual you salvaged gets you another 2 karma, for a total of 7 for this one run (6 if you didn't pay off Ezkibel,) which is pretty good considering how short and easy it is.


Post-run

All that aside, my team levelled up again, and I chose the following options
- Eiger: Flashbang Grenade (does AP damage, which as I keep pointing out is a REALLY strong ability.) The other option just upgrades her Fichetti grenade to a Cavalier Frag, which does more damage. Nice, but nowhere near as good as AP damage.
- Dietrich: Either's fine, though I prefer the Bound Earth Elemental over the Bound Fire Elemental because it reduces the number of fetishes I have to buy.
- Glory: Upgraded medkit. Replaces her Basic Medkit (base 10 health healed) with a Premium Medkit (base 30 health healed.) The other option upgrades her Trauma kit, but those aren't enormously fantastic and wind up geting used a lot less often, at least for me.
- Blitz: Upgrade SMG (pierces 1 point of armor, making critical hits more likely.) The other option simply raises his accuracy by 3%, which is... it's just... man, why freaking bother. Who cares about an extra 3% accuracy?

I also have a total of 9 karma at this point, which I use to upgrade my Charisma to 6 and take the Security Etiquette, meaning I'm done investing in Charisma for the remainder of the game.

Next time, we check out this Rabengeister gang that's been making trouble for Gunari. Before you embark on that run, however, I strongly recommend having at least 2,099 nuyen. If you don't, you should do other runs instead.



I'm almost finished up writing this LP, and it's probably going to be 20-ish parts in all, maybe as many as 22. Once I'm done writing it updates should be every day or two.

[Shpadoinkle]

Part 8

Let's check out this Rabengeister (Ghost Ravens, in English) gang for Gunari. Fortunately this is a fairly short and easy one. It doesn't matter very much much who you bring along for this mission, but I'd recommend either Eiger or Glory.

Welcome to Gesundbrunnen

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Gesundbrunnen has clearly seen better days.

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If you don't have the Charisma for this, you can also get past with a Strength: 5 check, OR you can pay them off for 100/200/400 nuyen (no stat checks for this, just depends on whether you give in to their demands.) Or, if you can't afford that, you can just blow them away. I strongly recommend you avoid violence if you can, though. It's not a very difficult fight, at least. If you talk your way past them, the ork will mention he's thirsty.

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Goldfish is a shaman visiting Berlin from America. You can talk to her if you want, but she doesn't have anything relevant to say. The only other person we can talk to here is a guy named Quorin.

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Yeah, things are looking pretty rough in Gesundbrennen. Head northeast from here to the market.

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She's got some okay stuff, including a second Defiance Super Shock stunner if you want one for your protaganist or Eiger.

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I do however decide to buy the crappy-looking pistol. Why? Because it the weapon with the highest critical hit chance and critical hit multiplier in the game. 6 damage is only going to tickle most enemies, but they have a much harder time ignoring its frequent critical hits.


Investigation

Let's have a talk with the guy to the southeast next.
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Man, even the drug dealers have nothing but crap.

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Well THAT certainly seems worth investigating!

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You can strongarm some money out of him if you want (he might be a troll, but he hasn't got the nerve for fighting,) but it's not very much (only 400 nuyen.) It also prompts some of his buddies to show up...

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You can give the money back and the dwarf is satisfied, but if you don't he and his buddies attack. It's 4 vs. 2, so not an easy fight, and besides which there's not much cover here.

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That slapdash pistol might look like a total piece of crap, and its base damage may be awful, but it HURTS when it connects, and it has an extremely high critical hit chance. That aside, I reload here because I don't want to kill anybody.

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Well she's no help.

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You CAN force the door here if you or your ally has Strength: 4, but if you don't you have a couple other options.

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Again, you have the option of blowing them away if you want, but again, I'm not here to shed blood.

Assuming you don't want to be taken by force and lack the strength to force the door, there's one final option.

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If you decide to fight the militia members after pressing them for information, one will drop a scrap of paper with this name written on it.

However you get there, head downstairs.


Resolution

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You only get the option to talk work out a deal if you've got Charisma: 3 or more. Otherwise your options are limited to just leaving without the stuff, or fighting. If you do manage to work out a deal with him though, talk to the other guy, the one in the long coat, afterward. For working out a deal with him, you get the "It Doesn't Have to Be This Way" Steam achievement (assuming you're playing on Steam.)

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Don't drink it yet. Head back towards the U-bahn.

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You miss out on this karma point if you drink the beer yourself. Back to the Kreuzbasar. Upon arrival you get 4 karma.


Home again/Post-run

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Gunari does indeed have some new stuff for sale, but it's nothing all that great. Let's talk to Paul.

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Glad we could work things out with them, and it never hurts to have allies.

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Dante's a good boy. The rest of the crew doesn't have anything to say, though.

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Might as well, though we weren't on especially chummy terms last time we talked.

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THIS is the reason you want to pay off Ezkibel for keeping his deal with the ghouls. If you don't, he'll offer you no cash (and tell you it's your own fault, since he can't afford to,) but he'll still offer to install the cyberware you retrieve at a discount.

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And we'll tackle Adenauerplotz next time.

Before that, I use some of my accumulated karma to get my Close Combat up to 5.

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Current stats.

[Shpadoinkle]

Part 9

We're gonna tackle that job for Ezkibel this time.

Getting inside

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I STRONGLY suggest bringing Blitz, for a couple reasons which will become apparent.

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What a cheery place.

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You can force the door if you have Strength: 5 or higher, but there are a couple other ways to gain entry.

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If you or a teammate has a drone, or if you're playing a dwarf or if you've hired the dwarf shaman runner, you can crawl through the vents to unlock the door manually.

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Finally, there's a matrix terminal you can jack into.

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Shield ESPs have the shield ability (surprise!) This is actually really useful. Anyway, this seems like a relatively difficult matrix section - there's a lot of IC to contend with - and Blitz isn't up to it. If you are, however, destroy the IC and go through the gate to the southeast, destroy the IC there, and unlock the door.


Actually inside

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Oh, they were experimenting on hellhounds and basilisks. That's... that's great.

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Boy, I sure am glad we came here!

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The door on the right is locked.

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There's a way around this door that doesn't require a decker, but this isn't why I suggested bringing Blitz. Let's check out where that ladder goes.

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Hey, free cash is free cash.

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Another locked door. You can't reach that safe on the right (yet.) Head up the ladder to the west.

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Oh, fantastic, enemy drones. There are two gun drones and one with a grenade launcher. Not a hard fight, but stay behind cover anyway. That door we unlocked earlier leads to this room as well.

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Blitz's drone, Max, has a custom stunner. Unfortunately it doesn't work on other drones.

If I haven't mentioned it before, controlling a drone takes 1 AP per round, which is deducted automatically at the start of your round if you have a drone active. If you're playing a rigger you can have up to two active at a time... but bear in mind this means you won't have any AP to move, attack, or heal with yourself.

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The grenade drone also has a flashbang grenade, so don't cluster up too much.

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As you head west, this guy will charge out of the next room to confront you.

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Ah. That explains his mental state... Cannibalism in humans has been linked to various degenerative brain diseases. If he were just isolated (and had something besides organs to eat) he might have fared batter, but with a diet of nothing but (meta)human organs, he's probably incurably gone at this point.

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He turned over his "most prized possession" to a group of total strangers pretty fast, but... well, then again, he's not quite sane. Anyway, before we do that let's check out the two remaining rooms on this floor.

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Free cash is still free cash.

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This is the other reason you want to bring Blitz along.


The spoiler below just contains screenshots of the video logs, which are interesting, but long-ish.

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Tackling the underworld

If you didn't read the video logs, the short version is this: Philip's buddy tried to kill Billy and evidently died, and with nothing to do and no company, Philip constantly rewatched the 'Knight-Kings of Lightninghold' series, and slowly lost his grasp on reality (definitely helped along by his diet of metahuman organs,) which is why he calls himself a 'knight-king' and treats the drones as his 'peasantry.'

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Well, there goes the idea of fighting the basilisk with a horde of drones at my back.

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Man... I feel bad for this guy.

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Well, he's happy, and we also get a karma point for it.

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You're welcome, I guess. Back to that locked door in the sewer we passed a minute ago.

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Billy has some hellhound buddies, which Philip never mentioned... Anyway, after a couple rounds a couple more hellhouds will come from the southwest, so don't let yourself get pinned down.

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Like I said, the Slapdash pistol has an EXTREMELY hit critical hit chance.

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Billy can "petrify" a character (which deals AP damage) and deals AP damage with his normal attack, and the hellhounds can breathe fire at you, which ignites you and deals damage over time.

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Not a terribly difficult fight, but don't forget to use Medkits. Anyway, once it's over grab the keycard from Billy's corpse and head back upstairs.


Emerging victorious!

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Grab this medkit from the wall before going downstairs.

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Now head back upstairs and go through the last locked door.

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Once you open the door Philip charges in ahead of you. Anyway, grab the stuff from the back and head outside, we're done here.


The road home

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This is main reason we wanted to bring Blitz along. If you don't get Philip the last episode of his show, you have to face these guys without the aid of Philip's drones. The drones attack random enemies, but still, that additional firepower is a big help.

That aside, there are seven enemies, including both a mage and a conjurer, who should be your top priorities. If you have Dietrich along, have him conjure an Earth elemental and have it use Guard on the party.

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Head back to the Kruezbasar and give Ezkibel his crap. You only get 2 karma for this run, but it's not a terribly difficult one.


Post-run

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Finally, the rest of the team has levelled up again. I choose the following options for them.
- Eiger: Sniper specialist II: Fires an armor-ignoring round for 2 AP, and has a cooldown of 5 rounds. Great for picking off enemy mages. The other option lets her fire a round from her shotgun that ignites the target. Okay I guess, but not as good as an armor-piercing sniper round.
- Glory: Pistol Specialist II: Hail of Bullets. Glory targets 4 enemies (or 3 enemies with one of them being targetted twice) and fires a round at each of them. Costs 2 AP and has a cooldown of 5. Even so, this can allow her to lay out some nice damage. The other option, Razor Specialist II: Fray Armor, grants her a 2AP melee attack that hits twice and strips 2 armor per hit. Not bad, but I prefer the pistol option.
- Dietrich: Augment Spell: Nerve Bolt. Hitting with a Nerve Bolt will flush the target from cover - really nice to have, and it doesn't have a cooldown or anything, it's just appended to his normal Nerve Bolt spell. The other option gives him an innate +1 armor, which is kinda meh.
- Blitz: Boost either ESP control or Decking by 1. Either's fine, but neither's really stellar. I take the ESP control option.

As for myself, I use my accumulated karma to boost my Throwing Weapons skill to 4.

[AMX]

I just found out that you don't actually need Blitz - if you have Decking 4, you can get the missing episode yourself.

[Iruka]

Reading your LP made me finally get Dead Man's Switch. Tried my hands at an Adept again with the tips above in mind and properly buffed she does indeed hit like a truck. I did however not get a lot of enemies to clump up, so I could not make use of the roundhouse kick.
Knocking out people with a single punch is a lot of fun, but the assault weapon build I tried in Hongkong still felt more effective.

[Shpadoinkle]

First off, I want to apologize for my absence and the lack of updates. I got sick in early August, and since then it's been hard to get back into the writing mindset. I have an additional 10 updates written and ready to post as well, but I haven't been keeping up with that - not even the "once a week" thing that was my original estimate, and I apologize for that too. I'm going to try to get back to that, updating at least once a week.

Second, I AM going to try to get this finished. The thing is, writing these updates is slow going, and, at a rough estimate, writing them as I play can make a given section of the game take anywhere from two to five times as long as it normally would, depending on if I have to reload (the AG Chemie Europa run, for instance.) I also strongly prefer to write all of a given update in one sitting, so that can take a while. I'm trying to push myself to work on it when I've got time, though... I have a habit of getting to near the end of a game, then starting up something else right when I'm about the tackle the last area, or even right before the last boss. Maybe I just don't want it to end? :/

As I said, I've got several parts banked already, so I'll be posting one right after this post. Updates from now on will probably be on either Friday, Saturday, or Sunday.

[factotum]

Second, I AM going to try to get this finished. The thing is, writing these updates is slow going, and, at a rough estimate, writing them as I play can make a given section of the game take anywhere from two to five times as long as it normally would, depending on if I have to reload (the AG Chemie Europa run, for instance.)

Would recording a video of the game as you play and then writing to *that* work, or would that not suit your creative impulses? It would still take twice as long, of course, but hopefully wouldn't take five times as long.

[Shpadoinkle]

Would recording a video of the game as you play and then writing to *that* work, or would that not suit your creative impulses? It would still take twice as long, of course, but hopefully wouldn't take five times as long.

Ehh... I don't know, I'd have to try it, but it's a moot point anyway because I don't have any recording software, nor do I know where I could get any.

[Shpadoinkle]

PART 10

Okay, we've put this off for long enough. It's not a HUGELY difficult run, though when I first played the game I remember thinking it was pretty bad. You don't have your regular team for it, but with a little preparation (or, barring that, putting it off for a while like I have) it's a lot more manageable. To begin with, even if you don't have any karma invested in the Biotech skill, be sure to stock up on Advanced Medkits anyway. I suggest bringing along four of them, aslong with a Trauma kit. Then head to Cafe Cezve to meet your contact. I also recommend having at least 250 nuyen before leaving the Kruezbasar for this run.

If you're not investing much in Charisma, but want a boost to it, you'll also want an additional 1,500 nueyn, for a total of 1,750

Meeting Luca Duerr

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In my experience, 99% of the people who talk like this are completely full of crap. I WOULD tell him to go to hell, but we need money.

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This all sounds sketchy as hell, but it's a video game so I can always reload if things go south :V Since I accepted the job, board the U-Bahn and take it to Frankfurter Tor.


Trial run begins, and meeting the team

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Knight Errant is a division of the Ares megacorp, which specializes in providing security. Anyway, head west.

Meeting Jana

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Jana's our first teammate for this run. She's not stellar, but she is surprisingly good with that pistol of hers. She does indeed also have that taser she mentioned.


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The entrance to the building is northwest of Jana. Before we head in, let's check to the northeast of here though.


The waitress

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We only need the one, but feel free to stock up if you want. Head inside the complex.


Meeting the rest of the team

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What a jolly bunch we are. Also a look at James and the elf's stats and gear.


Ground floor

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Let's talk to this guy first.

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Damn it pays to be suave, doesn't it? Aside from making a token amount of extra cash, having access to this guy's apartment will come in handy later. The code is 53786, for the record (like most codes though, this is automatically recorded by your PDA.)

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A business with an effective monopoly jacking up prices? Outrageous! Unheard of! Not that it matters to us. Head down the hall to the southwest from here.

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Brute force IS a viable option here, but it's ALSO the most difficult one, and should be a last resort.

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Jana's a surprisingly glib liar. Head to the northwest of the big room we were just in.

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Eh. They're not bad people, at least in my book, it's just the world they live in. Talk to the vendor next.

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If you do buy this, the surgery to get it installed costs 5,000 nuyen, but it raises your effective Intelligence by 2, and has an Essence cost of 1.5. I don't need it, so I pass.

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This kind of thing is exactly why I invested so much in Charisma. Anyway, head back to the other Knight Errant guy at the terminal.

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He'll run off, leaving the terminal unguarded.

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Tricksy hobbitses, we is.

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Uh... okay, that didn't quite work out. You can fight them, but it's not the optimal path. Instead, let's reload my last quicksave...

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And instead, check out this electrical panel.

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Success! Incidentally, you can talk to the lady behind the counter in this room. She sells a suit for 1500 nuyen, that has 5 armor and provides a +2 to Charisma. Not bad - I suggest buying it if you haven't been investing in Charisma, but I don't really need it so I'll pass. Anyway, grab the Theta key Card that the guard dropped and head to the maintenance room behind him.

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Head to the elevator and take it up to the Residences.


Residences

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One big happy family, that's us.

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This is the room of the suit we met in the lobby. Let's stop off here first.

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Convenient. Remember this for later.

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That's our destination. Enter with the code Jana gave you.

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Decision time! You can either attack James (option 1,) or you can try to complete the run (option 2.) I'll detail both.


Option 1

3 on 1 is a pretty one-sided fight, and besides which, Jana has that stungun, so he really doesn't stand a chance. Once he's dead, either head down the fire escape or head back to the lobby.

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The lobby, however, has enemies, and this can be a fairly difficult fight, so skip it by taking the fire exit if you can. If you can't...

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You're kinda pinned against the wall by the Knight Errant forces, including a conjurer, who (as always) should be your top priority target. On the plus side, if you can stun a conjurer, any spirits they have will be unsummoned. Between Jana's stungun and both myself and the elf having swords that inflict AP damage, this is actually a fairly easy fight. Head outside, then to the U-bahn.

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For 'completing' the mission this way, you get 2 karma, but no payment or anything else. Of course, the Lodge won't be giving you any more work.

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Fine, be a bunch of judgmental jerkasses. I'd rather have a clear conscience anyway.


Option 2

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The elf turns on you, and you're forced to kill him. Heal up if you need to and head for the penthouse.

If you didn't take out the Knight Errant guy who's initially at the terminal while you were on the ground floor, there will be a couple of them charging into the apartment, another two in the hall, and three just outside the penthouse that's our destination, one of the last group being a mage. As always, stay behind cover, and make good use of Jana's stunner, as well as James' Aim, Acid Stream, and Heal Wound spells. Unfortunately his Fireball spell doesn't seem to be very accurate, so I find it doesn't wind up being terribly useful.

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Man, James is kind of a jerkass...

Anyway, head into the Penthouse (the password being 11111, as Jana said) and place the cameras.

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Be sure to grab this medkit.

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Oh goodie. Take the elevator back to the lobby, or take the fire escape instead if you managed to get the corporate guy's door code.

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You come out on the southwest side of the building, bypassing the fight in the lobby completely. Head towards the courtyard.

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Gather up the team before you enter the courtyard though, because...

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There are a bunch of new friends to make. As before, put Jana's stunner and James' spells to good use, and focus on eliminating one at a time.

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This is the guy who greeted you as you got off the U-Bahn. Usually he stays down there by it, but evidently he heard the fun and wanted to come play too. He doesn't make the fight much harder, though. Just have Jana keep zapping him with her stunner and he's harmless. Afterwards, head to the U-Bahn.

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For completing the job you were hired to do, aside from the cash, you still only get 2 karma. It's still enough to let me get my Melee Weapons skill up to 3, though.

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It's up to you if you want to keep working for The Lodge or not. Because this is supposed to be a guide, I'm going to continue working with them (up to a point.) All that aside, this run's done.

[LilacAggression]

Awesome, I finished Dragonfall a couple months back. Just started HK recently. Glory was an awesome character with her backstory (Director's Cut) and I liked Eiger. Dietrich was good too, but didn't feel as fleshed out as the ladies.

Pity it wasn't available in German, I had the idea of playing it in German because of the setting. But my German is a bit mediocre, so I probably wouldn't have stuck with it.

[Shpadoinkle]

PART 11


We actually don't have any jobs lined up right this second, so let's check our inbox.

Accepting the Pharma Cleanup job.

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So we have to go in, guns blazing, and blow away anything that moves.

We're good at that.


None of the team has anything to say at this point, by the way.

Preparing for the run

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Gunari's got some nice armor. Any of these would be upgrades for me. Aljernon and Maliit also have armor for sale. At the moment I buy the Armored Vest with Plates, since a better chance to hit with my machete (which I really need to upgrade too, but I can't afford it right now) and more HP are helpful for a character like myself who spends so much time at the front lines.

You can bring along whoever you like for this run, but personally I'm bringing Dietrich, Glory, and Blitz. I'd prefer to bring Eiger instead of Blitz, but there are a couple Matrix sections I want to show off.

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As far as equipment: Jazz, medkits, at least 1 Trauma Kit for everybody, and grenades are the order of the day - this entire run is almost nothing but a gauntlet of enemies to shoot down and blow away. If you're bringing Blitz, make sure you don't loan him so much stuff that he can't bring along his hit of Cram - it's going to be important. Don't use it until I mention it, however, as there's a specific place you'll want to have him take it.

I also loan Glory the Defiance Super Shock stunner, as well as the Slapdash Pistol, in place of her default Savalette Guardian. In retrospect, the latter isn't a great idea, since while the Slapdash Pistol is great if you can get someone flanked or in the open you can do some solid damage, but against enemies behind medium or heavy cover, it'll only tickle them.


The run (section 1)

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We start in combat mode, and there's a good reason for this.

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There are two guards in the next room, and two more will be showing up in a couple rounds. Move everybody up and behind cover, then have Dietrich start buffing with his Dragonslayer Aura and Aim spells.

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The 'Unbalanced by Nerve Bolt' message means that the target has lost their Cover bonus. Very handy.

Once the Knight Errants are down, have Blitz move up and jack into the Matrix terminal.

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He hasn't gotten his deck upgrade yet, so I wind up swapping out his Exploder ESP for the Shield one, and Erosion for Sniffer.

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It hasn't come up before, but if you've got a decker in the Matrix during a combat situation, then the game's focus will switch back and forth between your decker and the rest of your team. Every 3 rounds spent in the Matrix is equivalent to 1 round passing in 'meatspace.'

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A couple more Knight Errants will pop up after a couple rounds, but they're nothing to worry about.

Anyway, the Matrix system here is pretty small and I didn't get any screenshots of it, but the cube-shaped IC is basically 'melee,' so they can't hit you or your ESPs unless they're adjacent, so your Attacker ESP's Tar Bomb ability will lock them down.

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Once you're done eliminating the IC, have your ESP hack this node, while you return to the exit node and jack out.


The run (section 2)

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As you can see, we now have access to the security cameras in the next room, where more security is waiting. I prefer to enter from the southeast door, because more Knight Errants will be entering from the room across the hall from the northwest door.

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Also note that there's a passage here you can send drones through, if you have any. I hold my position by the door while Max gets into position.

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If a drone is right by a passage like this, they can pass through it for 0AP, allowing them to play an incredibly annoying (for the enemy) game of whack-a-mole.

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Damn. Guess the guy we're here to eliminate made them pay for taking him captive.

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Also, the Enforcer enemies have flashbangs, so don't group up stupidly like I did here.

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But be sure to take advantage of the enemy doing it when you get the opportunity, though.

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After one of them goes down, they'll call for backup, so try to eliminate two or even three at once if you can with an AoE attack.

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After a few more rounds ANOTHER couple Enforcers will show up. Fortunately, these are the last reinforcements for this part.

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After the fight, be sure to grab the Advanced Medkit and Kamikazee in this room. Kamikazee is a stim that adds +2 Body, +1 Strength, and +1 Willpower for 5 rounds. Head through the northeast door from the room we just killed all those people in.


The run (section 3)

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Oh boy, there's a whole bunch of 'em.

Move into the room, but not too far, taking cover behind the counters and crates along the edges of the entry.

The drones only have 20 HP, so they should go down in one or two good hits. The guy at the back of the room is a conjurer, so as always, he's priority #1.

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After a few rounds, a mage and another Enforcer will show up. Again, the mage is top priority.

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These two turrets can be eliminated safely via drones playing whack-a-mole, but if you spend too long on this fight then more reinforcements arrive.

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OR you could just use this terminal behind them to destroy them immediately. There's another terminal at the northeast end of the room you can do this from too, but getting there forces you into their line of fire... though the counter just to the southeast provides some great cover. Heal up and head down the elevator behind the turrets.


The run (section 4)

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Be sure to make a backup save before you open this door.

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THIS is where you want to have Blitz pop his Cram, then his Bliss. Then have him move to the southwestern corner of the room where there's a Matrix terminal to jack into. Have the rest of the team take cover and start picking away at the enemy. There's another Conjurer here, and we know what to do with them by now, don't we?

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We need to eliminate the IC here and hack that node to lock out the incoming reinforcements.

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Success! There's another section to the southwest from here, where we can get some paydata, so head down there along with your ESPs.

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The IC you're up against here. I have Blitz flank to the southwest, while his ESPs hold off the IC in the southeast. Once you've got the paydata, have Blitz return to the exit node and jack out.

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Meanwhile, in meatspace, the rest of the team is hanging in there, but taking some punishment. The conjurer is down, though, so pretty much all that remains is cleanup.

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FINALLY done, even though the crew took a pretty heavy beating, and it wound up being pretty close. It's not usually this hard.

That aside, if you don't have a decker you can have someone go up to the terminal in the western corner during the fight and use it to open the basilisk cages. They'll attack whoever's closest, so try to keep the Knight Errant forces in between them and your team. Also, doing this will cause the reinforcements to arrive one round earlier, so you don't want to release the basilisks THEN jack in because that'll be cutting things extremely close, though if you want you can have someone besides your decker release the basilisks after you've locked out the reinforcements.

Regardless of how you do it, once Knight Errant is eliminated, head up to the rigger's cell.


Conclusion

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I recommend you do this. Or, if you decide to talk to him first, at least make a backup save so you can reload and do this. You'll get 3 more karma this way.

Assuming you DO want to talk to him, though...

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That Pain Inducer sounds nice. He even joins the crew for the moment, though unfortunately he won't be a long-time prospect. Head outside.

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Thorvald certainly is a jolly fellow.

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Just for the hell of it, let's side with Thorvald here.

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He delivers as promised. This Pain Inducer of his is a pretty nifty gadget, too, even if it does take 2 AP to reload. In my opinion though, it's not worth sacrificing 3 karma for.

If you side with the company man and execute Thorvald, or kill him in his cell, he just says something like "Good to see you're reliable" and leaves.


Unexpected delay

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Lots to investigate here. On the ground is a fuse, so grab it, along with the advanced medkit on the wall. Then check the fusebox.

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Check out the bridge by the train car next and extend it, then cross.

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To the northwest here is a door you can force if you have Strength: 6 or a teammate who does.

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Damn, that's a nice grenade. Anyway, head through the northeast door and reset the breaker box you find there.

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An ambush, what a surprise. Anyway, it's 3 on 4 (or 5, if you count Max) so it's not a terribly difficult fight.

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Once the three of them are down, grab this encrypted PDA one of them had, then move south. There's another fight waiting for you on the other side of the door.

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Once again, who's top priority?

Anyway, once they're eliminated you can cross the bridge again, raise it, board the U-bahn, and make it back to the Kruezbasar without further sidetracking. You get 8 karma for completing this run.

If you free Enstad, you unfortunately don't get paid twice like he suggested. Also, the team isn't real happy with you for letting a guy like him loose into the shadows again... Paul also chews you out for abandoning the run, since it'll hurt your reputation (this doesn't have any actual in-game effect, though.)

If you just blow him away without talking to him, the team (except Eiger) thinks you should have at least heard him out.

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Post-run

The team leveled up again, so I choose the following options for them
-Eiger: Sharpshooter - Upgrades her sniper rifle. 20 damage, 6 round clip, pierces 2 armor. The other option is Wired Reflexes, which passively increases movement by 1 (meh), and when active causes the user to dodge the first attack made against them each round. Not bad, but I prefer the rifle. Depends on whether you prefer having her snipe or up front blowing people away with her shotgun.
-Dietrich: Static - Electro Core now costs 1 AP to cast. The other, Conductivity, causes his Electro Core to hit a 5x5 area instead of a 3x3. Let's do some quick calculations here: a 3x3 AoE hits 9 tiles, while a 5x5 AoE hits 25 - just under three times as many squares. Both options are really good, honestly, but I prefer Static.
-Glory: Enhanced Adrenals causes her Adrenaline Pump to last an extra round, but the cooldown also takes an extra round. Adrenal Injection allows her to use her adrenaline pump as a Trauma kit, reviving a downed ally. This doesn't come up often enough for me to care much, so I take Enhanced Adrenals.
-Blitz: Deck Upgrade - Blitz's old cyberdeck is replaced with a Fairlight Excalibur - the 'holy grail' of Cyberdecks, which makes him more effective in the Matrix. Among other things, it grants him 4 AP instead of 3 while he's jacked in, as well as an extra ESP slot AND an extra program slot. The other option is cyberware, a Hydraulic Jack, which allows him to increase his movement by 4 tiles per AP for 1 round as a 0AP action. Blitz is my decker, so I consider the deck upgrade way more useful.

As for myself, I use my accumulated karma to raise my Melee Weapons skill to 5 (netting me the Cleave ability, which strikes all adjacent targets in a 180 degree arc with your weapon) and Biotech up to 2.

Anyway, we need to see Paul.

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We'll talk to her later.

Incidentally, while the Barrier spells are interesting, they're not all that useful, and honestly seem counterproductive... You can surround an enemy with them, so they can't move, at the expense of granting them cover... or you can erect cover for your team, but at the expense of blocking them off from the enemy (which is bad considering that my protagonist is specialized in melee weapons.) Meh... Probably going to just replace it with Manaball or something. I'm really not impressed with the Conjuring spells overall, with the exception of Haste.

[AMX]

Personally I tend to think the only two-shot stunner in the game is worth more than 3 points of karma.
Also, it seems totally in character for a runner in need of a lot of money to try to double-dip...

[Shpadoinkle]

If you'd prefer the stunner over the 3 karma, go for it. I personally don't care for it, because it's got a relatively short range, and the 2 AP reload cost is kind of steep. Bear in mind, though, for this playthrough I'm playing a build that's pretty demanding on karma. Furthermore, the only person in my party who can use Thorvald's custom stunner (which is classified as a type of pistol) is Glory, who's already got a stunner, as well as the Slapdash Pistol, in addition to her default Savalette Guardian.

[Shpadoinkle]

Part 12

I meant to do this earlier, but forgot. So here it is now: Conversation with Dietrich

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The Lodge is bad news, you say. I'd never have guessed.


Anyway, after this I claim the payment for the Humanis safehouse data and put the Pharma AG data up for sale.

Mail inbox

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You can watch the DVDs on the same TV you watched the first one on, by the way. Also it's good to know Silke's doing better, and to hear from Jana, even if she is under the thumb of the Lodge...


The rest of the team doesn't really have anything to say, except Blitz

Conversation with Blitz

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Maybe having him on the team wasn't such a great idea after all... Anyway, head to the U-bahn.


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BUT FIRST WE HAVE TO MEET WITH FRAU MULLER

Frau Muller

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The Aztechnology run is one of the more difficult ones, so I'm going to be saving it for pretty much the last thing I do.

Might as well talk to Paul while we're at it.


Paul

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Words words. God. More work, but it's tedious. Anyway, we'll get to all that later.

I want to stop by Aljernon's to see if I can afford any other spells for Dietrich (I can't,) but before that I talk to Absinthe.

Absinthe

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Interesting.


Anyway, let's FINALLY get started on Blitz's thing. I recommend you bring 1 dose of Jazz, but more than that shouldn't be necessary. Again, don't use it until I mention it.

Blitz's run, part 1

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I'm getting the feeling that Blitz may not have thought his cunning plan all the way through.

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Anyway, during this run you'll periodically switch between the stuff going on in meatspace and Blitz in the Matrix. This is the primary reason I wanted to get Blitz that Fairlight Excalibur before tackling this run. Anyway, head northwest from here.

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http://i.postimg.cc/X7ryTgYB/13_125.png
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Head northeast, then northeast again through the next room.

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http://i.postimg.cc/5Nz2BKtg/13-_130.png
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Head inside and take the northwest door.

http://i.postimg.cc/cHVrWpHK/13-_135.png
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http://i.postimg.cc/rwQss0s2/13-_140.png
http://i.postimg.cc/SKPKLBcZ/13-_141.png
What a pleasant fellow Hasenkamp is.

http://i.postimg.cc/rsjXj4v8/13-_142.png
Leave the medkit on the wall for later, we'll be coming back. Check the desk first.

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Check the garbage next.

http://i.postimg.cc/NfCZ0QtP/13-_154.png
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http://i.postimg.cc/xTZF2gGw/13-_156.png
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http://i.postimg.cc/KjvsZHH2/13-_162.png
http://i.postimg.cc/V64DHFLH/13-_163.png
Best buds, that's us!

Also, because I forgot to add it earlier, let's take a look at Hasenkamp's stats and gear.

http://i.postimg.cc/T1FjZN8Q/13-_164.png
http://i.postimg.cc/DZfcsbdQ/13-_165.png
"Accountant," huh? He's pretty deadly for an accountant. His outfit is just a normal cloth suit that doesn't provide any armor. He does, however, have two cyberarms, a hydraulic jack in his leg, and a laser designator in his eye. He sounds like one hell of an accountant.

Anyway, head through the northeast door here.

http://i.postimg.cc/9MfGzHCJ/13-_166.png
http://i.postimg.cc/nrCYSbWC/13-_167.png
I have no idea what the code is or how you might find it, so let's bluff our way in.

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Lying is always a great idea!

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This guy's not much of a fight, especially since he's alone, so blow him away with whatever you've got. Conserve your grenades, though. Afterwards, grab the keycard from the desk, then check the terminal.


Blitz in the Matrix

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Control switches to Blitz in the Matrix again. The area he's in is kind of a puzzle, but it's not hard. There are various 'bits' here, which are basically keys, and placing or removing them removes or erects walls, respectively.

http://i.postimg.cc/gJwDcLVg/13-_186.png
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Grab the first bit from the northwest, then place it in the empty node in the northeast, then check the data node.

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What a wonderful day this is turning out to be.

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Anyway, grab this bit, then the one you placed before checking the data node, and head back to the empty node directly south of here, though you have to loop around to reach it.

http://i.postimg.cc/9XbMXgfN/13-_203.png
This node and the one to the northeast of it keep the same passage open, so place the bit here, grab the bit to the northeast, then come back and pick up this one again.

http://i.postimg.cc/fR9Dd8ws/13-_204.png
Then place all three bits in the empty nodes here, and activate the node behind the walls they just removed.

http://i.postimg.cc/SRgNZR5p/13-_205.png
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What this did was open the door to the southeast of where your protagonist and Hasenkamp are. We'll check that in a second. For now, grab your control bits again and head northwest.

http://i.postimg.cc/CMchpZv3/13-_209.png
Place two here and hack that node.

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Control switches back to meatspace. Head through the door directly southeast of where you are.

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This is okay I guess, but I never found any real use for it.


Part 2

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Head through the notheast door to the server room, then take the southeast door in this hall.

http://i.postimg.cc/GmGnt9Qh/13-_216.png
Check out the computer to the east first.

http://i.postimg.cc/KjRd2Yjb/13-_217.png
http://i.postimg.cc/fyp1ThS9/13-_218.png
I don't know how you're supposed to guess this password without being told.

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http://i.postimg.cc/ZRYGwHhC/13-_221.png
http://i.postimg.cc/Yq2xjPz4/13-_222.png
http://i.postimg.cc/RZr2k4Br/13-_223.png
Interesting, but not useful. Check the other desk now.

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You can't get the credstick if you don't have Strength: 4, but it's not a big loss anyway.

Head back to the hall and take the first door.

http://i.postimg.cc/02vBnZdx/13-_238.png
There's a hit of Cram on the table. The vent just goes to the next room, which is unlocked anyway.

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I guess he is an accountant. Regardless, we're done with this part.


This run is turning out to require an awful lot of screenshots, so it'll be completed in the next post.

[Shpadoinkle]

Okay so

This isn't abandoned, it's just on hiatus. A number of things, mostly simple lack of motivation (I hadn't realized how damn much work this was going to be when I started it) have kept me away from this. I haven't worked on actually writing anything (well... I've written stuff,just not anything about this LP) since the last time I updated, almost exactly 3 months ago.

I've got about 19-20 parts in total written, everything up to the Aztechnology run and the endgame after you pay off Alice. Probably I'm going to replay the game up until that point with a different build (either a samurai focused in pistols or a dwarf mage, haven't decided yet. I don't like martial adepts very much - their damage potential is great, yeah... but having to be in melee range, unable to use most cyberware, as well as all the other karma demands your protagonist has, make Anders feel spread pretty thin) and continue writing the LP once I get back up to that point.

Any future hiatuses I'll try to remember to announce, but they weren't really decisions so much as just how stuff worked out.

[Shpadoinkle]

Part 13
Second half of Blitz's run

Part 3

Exit the hall to the northwest and pass through the next couple rooms.

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Back in the Matrix, head through this passage. In the next area head northwest.

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Back in crontol of the progatonist, head through the now unlocked northwestern door.

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That's great. Since I don't have the requisite Decking stat to disable the alarms myself, I'm forced to trip them on my way out.

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Two security guards and a drone pop up, but they're nothing much to worry about. Conserve your grenades, there's more combat ahead, and Hasenkamp's Warhawk pistol does a ton of damage. Head southeast once you're done here.

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In this section and the next we'll be switching back and forth between the Matrix and meatspace. Remember that three rounds in the Matrix pass for every one round in the outside world.

http://i.postimg.cc/RF0j7GqS/14-58.png
Have Blitz deploy his Attacker ESP, and lob some Blasters at the congregated IC here. Unfortunately for me, my Attacker is destroyed instantly. Great.

http://i.postimg.cc/1565VRLW/14-59.png
Have your protagonist and Hasenkamp stay near each other, for mutual support, and head towards either room on the east side of this one. Your goal here is survival, not killing everybody, so avoid damage as much as you can. I also recommend only killing one of the first wave of guards, and leaving the other one alive - more, and in larger numbers, will spawn once you've eliminated both of them.

In the Matrix, have Blitz head the same direction.

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When you reach this point you'll trigger two more IC. Destroy the one in your way for now, the other can wait.

http://i.postimg.cc/xjXdY3gV/14-61.png
You'll have to destroy both IC here to access this node.

http://i.postimg.cc/yYq7K4k0/14-62.png
http://i.postimg.cc/LX0GNfZz/14-63.png
Blitz will have to hold these doors open, meaning he won't be able to do anything else in the Matrix until after you've disengaged the locks.

http://i.postimg.cc/SQYmHNNy/14-64.png
Also, grab the Medkits on the wall if you need them. Once you're done with one room, repeat the process for the other side.

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Once both locks are opened, head out the southeast door you oroginally came through.

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Grab the medkit from the room to the southwest if you didn't already, use it if you need to, then head out the front door to the southeast.


Blitz's run, finale

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http://i.postimg.cc/hPK3TpYH/14-75.png
Hasenkamp will run ahead of you here. Make a save before following him and activating the terminal.

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DECISION TIME! If you choose to kill Hasenkamp, (option 1 below) your protagonist fights him one-on-one (plus the turrets that Blitz turns to your side) while Blitz deals with an enemy decker. Afterwards Blitz will get a program that 'scrambles' hostile IC. This works like "Charm" status in some other RPGs, like Final Fantasy; it causes the affected IC to change allegiance for a few rounds, attacking its former allies and defending Blitz.

If you choose to tell Blitz he's a dumbass, though (option 2 below,) you and Hasenkamp will have to fight off more security forces together, and afterward you get the box Hasenkamp took from the safe, which Blitz can plug into his cyberdeck to allow him to hack commlinks - this works like the 'scrambler' program, except it affects enemies in meatspace.

Personally, of the two I prefer the box, so that's the one I'm going to be continuing with in the 'real' game. Neither is really better than the other, but it should be noted that Blitz's new scrambler program takes up a program slot in his cyberdeck.


Option 1

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Like the last couple fights, this one will switch between Blitz in the Matrix and your protagonist in meatspace. Plotz has an Attacker ESP which will hack turrets to kill you, starting with the one in the west and generally moving clockwise. Have Blitz's own Exploder program hack the other nodes in the northeast and southeast, while Blitz himself and his Attacker ESP face off with Plotz. Have your Attacker take the opportunity to Tar Bomb Plotz' if you get the chance, though.

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http://i.postimg.cc/qB2vzvf1/14-105.png
Back in meatspace, have your protagonist pop any Jazz or Cram you might have brought, and take cover from the enemy turrets behind the one that's programmed to attack Hasenkamp.

Once Plotz is dead, grab his custom software and have Blitz and his ESPs hack the remaining turrets. Blitz will jack out, and the remainder of the fight pretty much takes care of itself.

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Option 2

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It SHOULD go without saying, but I'm gonna say it anyway: If you haven't found the dirt on Grinder and Plotz working together to form a monopoly, then you don't get this dialogue option.

The Matrix section is pretty much the same, but the protagonist and Hasenkamp have a different enemy to face.

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The security forces you and Hasenkamp will be facing off against. Between his grenades and the turrests, however, this isn't that difficult a fight.

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After you've elimated the first group, a second one will pop up, but by this time you should have all the turrets hacked, so it's not a terribly difficult fight.

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And that's the end of this run.


Post-run

You only get 2 karma for this run, which kinda stinks for how annoying it is... Plus either the custom program or the box for Blitz. Anyway, we need to have a talk with Blitz.

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We only got 2 karma and not much cash from this run, but the cash is enough to allow me to afford a hand-forged katana from Gunari for 1,750 nuyen. It's not a huge upgrade, but it does increase my damage by 2 points per hit.

[Shpadoinkle]

Part 14: Operation Earwig

Before getting started, let's talk with the gang. Dietrich doesn't have anything to say, incidentally.

Eiger

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Well, that explains part of why she was so angry, and why she took it so hard when Monika died.


Glory (long conversation here)

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Blitz

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I can't say I'm real surprised that someone like Blitz has a history of relationship trouble.


Anyway, let's get started on that preparatory run on OTK for the big one against Aztechnology. There are two ways to do this: The Brute Force Way, or the Decker Way. Of the two, the Decker Way is both easier and more rewarding. Obviously, however, it's going to require a decker. Head to the U-Bahn and take to the OTK International offices. I'll be detailing both.

Part 1
This part is pretty much the same whether you choose the Decker Method or the Brute Force Method.

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Head through the door and down the hall to the northwest.

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He's just a guy trying to do his job, no reason to kill him.

You can also hide when he turns around (requires Quickness: 4), or kill him without him raising an alarm if you have Close Combat: 4. You can also take him out if you have the Stunbolt or Manabolt spells. But still.. he's just a regular guy trying to get by, why murder him when you don't have to?

Anyway, continue to the northwest and through the two doors there to the rest of the team in.

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Again, no reason to murder someone just because they had a stroke of bad luck. If you don't have Etiquette: Corporate, you can tell her you're a friend of the boss (which she doesn't believe,) then tell her that your gang was splashed by a passing truck, which is why you're not in your uniforms. Either way, head back southeast to the place we ran into the first guy, then head to the northwest of that room.

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Lots to investigate here.

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Hmm. Anyway, check out the guy's desk.

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The Strength: 5 option lets you just force the drawer open. If you can't pass that, however...

You can either hack the guy's computer, have your decker attempt it, or guess his username and password, which are

swilliams and 0629

as evidenced by all the stuff around his office. Afterwards you can unlock the drawer. However you get the drawer open, you'll get a supervisor's ID badge from the it. Head back out the door, then to the room across the hall.

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If you don't have the supervisor's ID badge you can attack the drones, but doing so raises an alarm.


Part 2 (The Decker Method)

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In this room, where the janitor we talked out way past came from, there's a Matrix jack-in point, which you can use to access the center room if you don't feel like messing around with ID badges.

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It's a pretty small and easy to deal with system, though, just be sure to keep using Suppression every time you can, because the alert level is already pretty high, and don't call up more than 1 ESP

However you get into the room holding your destination...

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Either the badge or Etiqutte: Security will get you by here (the latter is only needed if you forced open the door to the northwest.)

Anyway, check out the terminal in the middle of the room and have your decker jack in.

This matrix network isn't very big, but the alert level is already fairly high, so you'll want to keep your number of ESP programs to a minimum. There's only the one thing we need to do, but there's also some paydata to be had. You'll want to run your Suppression program as often as you can.

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At this point I recommend moving here and using an Attacker ESP.

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Because these guys will pop up as soon as you move in.

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After eliminating those three IC, these two will pop up. Have your decker move to the south and hit them from there, while your Attacker takes them from the northwest.

Once they're elimnated too, have your decker move around the west side and take the northeastern exit from this area. (If you go around to the east you'll trigger two more IC, which we don't want to do yet.)

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More IC to deal with, what fun. Anyway, your Attacker can lock down the two cubes with its tar bomb program, while your decker focuses on the Sparky to the north. Going around via the west side triggers a sphere IC, while the east route triggers a cube IC. Pick your poison and eliminate it so you can hack the node.

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We're technically done here, but there's a bonus we can get if you're up for it. Head back to the previous room and go southeast (eliminating the cube and sphere IC along the way)

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OTK's Financial data sounds like something that someone would be willing to pay for. Anyway, this isn't difficult, just take cover and lob some Blaster and Tar Bomb programs at the two sphere IC after eliminating the cube. Once that's done, have your decker head back to the jack-out point while your ESP grabs the financial data. You'll also get 1 karma for successfully downloading it.

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Afterward, just head out via the same door you let your team in through.

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Part 2 (The Brute Force Method)

If you choose to do things this way, you'll want to bring Eiger instead of Blitz, since she's way better in a straight-up fight. Also, be sure to bring along some medkits, a Trauma Kit for everybody, some grenades, and a couple hits of Jazz.

Handle the wageslave and the janitor the same, and grab the supervisor's ID badge from his office too - it'll let you get into a better position before the fighting starts.

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If you have Drone Control: 4 you can disable some of the drones at the terminal behind the northwestern door in this upcoming fight, and if you have Drone Control: 6 you can actually reprogram them to attack the security forces. Assuming you don't, though, our destination is behind the northeastern door in this room.

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Since we're not actually supposed to be here, we might as well get the drop on them.

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These two guards aren't much to worry about, but they've got reinforcements coming. The one to the southeast in this screenshot will drop a key to the server room door.

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Of course, there's a bunch more security between us and our destination... Incidentally, this is a great opportunity to lob AoE spells and grenades at the lot of them.

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You really shouldn't have said that, buddy, since you just made yourself our top priority target.

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Indeed we did.

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There are another two drones guarding the server room, but they only have 20 HP each, so they're not a big deal. Don't send more than one character in to deal with the servers, though. You'll need everybody else to hold off the guards, who will keep coming in a few at a time every couple rounds.

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After a couple rounds another guard with another pair of drones shows up, but again, they're nothing special, and the drones aren't very strong.

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Anyway, once all the servers are smashed up, your only job is to escape. Head out the same door that you let your gang in through.


For completing this run (either way) you get 4 karma, which I use to boost my Intelligence to 5. If you had your decker steal the paydata from the Matrix system, don't forget to put it up for sale.

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Current stats (Adept.)

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Current stats in my Pistol-based Samurai re-play.

Armor is a Secure Long Coat (5 armor, +1 Ranged Combat, +5 HP) and weapons are a Defiance Super Shock, a Ruger Warhawk, and an Ares Predator, the latter two with smartlinks. I mostly use the Warhawk because it does more damage and I can reload for 0 AP, but I'm hanging onto the Predator because of this:

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I don't have enough karma for it yet, clearly, but I will soon. This lets you really punish anybody dumb enough to let you flank or leave themselves in the open. I can't use it with the Warhawk because it's a revolver, which is why I'm keeping the Predator around.

Samurai Cyberware: Datajack (Head, 0.5 Essence)
Arm: Muscle Augmentation (+1 Strength, +1 Quickness, 1 Essence)
Leg: Aztechnology Cyberleg (Basic) (+1 Quickeness, +8 HP, 2 Essence)

[Shpadoinkle]

Part 15
Mark VI Extraction

Pre-run

I probably should have done this run before the last one... Anyway, check your mission computer and accept the Mark VI Extraction Run job. There's a LOT of fighting in this run, but it's not that bad, for a couple reasons, the first being that there's a lot of cover to take, and the other reason you'll see later.

The reason I'm doing this run before the Aztechnology run is because that one is one of the hardest in the game, and I'm going to want all the karma and supplies I can manage.

All that aside, you'll want to buy a couple flashbang and/or concussion grenades from Gunari if you haven't been keeping them in stock, and be sure to stock up on Medkits as well. Also, be extra sure to bring a couple Earth Elemental talismans, at least Force 2, for Dietrich.

Once you're stocked up, take the U-Bahn to the AG Chemie Europa facility.

As for who to bring, there's minimal decking necessary for this run, so Blitz isn't necessarily a fantastic choice, but like the run for Ezkibel in part 10, he can get us a nice bonus... though you can get it yourself if you're playing a rigger. Again, it's not huge, but it's nice.


Part 1: Parking garage and the 24th floor.

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We start in the parking garage. Head to the console in the northeast.

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That should be useful. Head to the elevator next.

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Personally, I don't like Luca very much. Continue to the elevator.

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There's lots to do on this floor. Start by going southwest.

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Oh joy. Continue to the room to the southwest and check the Observation Console.

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We'll have to come back, but at least we know what we're looking for at the moment. Of course, you can do stuff here first if you have Biotech: 4. Head back to the elevator and go through the door almost directly north of it.

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This is the second of only two times that I know of in the entire game where Etiqutte: Socialite is relevant. If you have it you can pick out a bottle worth 500 nuyen to Altug, but it's not worth investing in it JUST for this check. Anyway, check out the computer terminal.

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More information to steal for the Shockwellenreiter. Check the room to the northeast of this one.

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If you're not playing a spellcaster you don't get the astral perception option. Anyway, since this is supposed to be a guide, I'm going to show you where to get the passcode for this door. Incidentally, if you take the astral perception option, you get the digits, but not the order.

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There's a fight here. The security personnel inside includes both a conjurer and a mage, but they don't put up much of a fight, so be sure to conserve your resources.

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Not bad, but nobody in my crew can use it.

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Nice. Now we can get into that office we were just at. Also note that you don't actually have to have this code in your inventory to open that door: If you know it, say, from a previous playthrough (or a guide,) or finding it then reloading to before the fight with security, to conserve resources.

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Score. These two codes are going to let use do pretty much everything we need to on this level. Check out the office to the northeast next.

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WELP. Anyway, now check out the storage closet.

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This is pretty useless by now, but you might as well pick it up anyway. Free loot is free loot. Go one more room southwest from here, to the datastore we were at earlier.

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Note there'd a Decking: 5 option to bypass this, but we don't really need it.

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Formula 17, huh? sounds important. Let's keep poking around.

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And that's everything the Shockwellenreiter wanted. There's one more thing to check out here. Remember that gas that's making the lab inaccessible?

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Score. Now we can sterilize the lab and explore it. Head back to the observation console.

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You can also just enter 'ammonia' for the substance to introduce to sterilize the lab, without passing the Biotech check. Anyway, head inside.

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Not surprising. Check the terminal next to him.

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Well, now we have a better idea of what's going on, at least. Grab the Jazz from the table and the Medkit from the wall. We're done with this floor, so head to the elevator southeast of the one you used to arrive here. Before you head to the elevator, be sure to grab anything left on this floor that you want - you won't get another chance.

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Off to the 25th floor.


25th floor

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It's definitely not, but continue to the northwest anyway.

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That's... cheerful. Check out the terminal next to him.

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Um... damn. So in short, they genetically engineered a troll able to withstand the huge amounts of cyberware they had to install in him, then pumped him full of this Formula 17 stuff to keep him docile, unless he's under someone's direction. In short, he's basically a living tank.

Now you might be wondering "Why not just build a robot or something to do this?" Well, in the Shadowrun universe, AIs, even rudimentary ones, are a crapshoot at best...

Anyway, we need to get this guy out of here.

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If you're playing a rigger or brought Blitz along, you can instead activate your rig setup (or have Blitz use his) and control the Cyberzombie that way.

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Sweet merciful crap. This guy's a monster... We REALLY need to get him out of here. Head back to the elevator.

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I tried to reason with him...

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Taking out that rigger (and others we'll run into later) is your number 1 priority. He'll take a couple rounds to do it, but he WILL take control of the cyberzombie and turn him against you. Fortunately, the cyberzombie is damn near invincible, so he can pretty much take care of that by himself while the rest of your team deals with the rest of the enemies. As always, stay behind cover, and the mage and conjurer should be your top-priority targets.

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Also note that the cyberzombie gets 3 AP per round by default (he gets 4 AP if you're having a rigger direct him, but I didn't think that was worth bringing Blitz, honestly.) His minigun churns out huge amounts of damage, but it takes 2 AP both to fire and to reload, so I mostly wind up having him use his axe. Be sure to make use of his Cleave ability. Once the security on this floor has been dealt with, head to the elevator.


Time to fight! Part 1

You're gonna have to take the long way around to get to the elevator down to the parking garage, unfortunately. However, with our new buddy on the team (for now,) it's not that difficult.

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Again, the rigger is your top priority. Have your team move up and take cover, while the cyberzombie holds back for the moment - we don't want him to engage with the enemy until the rigger is dead. I do this primarily by having Dietrich cast Haste and Aim on Eiger, then have her pick away at him.


Time to fight! Part 2

Once they're eliminated, take the opportunity to heal up with medkits, then head up around the wall and into the room to the northwest.

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There's no rigger in this fight, so don't worry about the Cyberzombie getting highjacked. have him run in and go to town on the mage and conjurer in the back.

Once everybody here is eleiminated, heal up with medkits and continue to the northwest. There's a terminal you can use to jack in to the Matrix to the northeast, but there's not much of a reason to do so.

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Don't go past this point until you've got the whole team up there and ready to move, though. Once the whole team is grouped up here, have Dietrich summon an Earth elemental (you DID bring an Earth talisman, right? RIGHT?) and have it use its Guard spell on the team.


Almost there! Part 3

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There's a mage and another rigger here, so be sure to take them out quick. Moving Eiger to this point allows her to pick enemeis off with her sniper rifle without exposing herself to danger. There's a similar desk to the southwest you might want her to move up to later.

Have the Mark VI move in as soon as possible and melee the enemy rigger. You might have to give him a hand to kill the rigger before he can take control, but that shouldn't be hard.

Also, take advantage of the enemy's tendance to group up to hit them with grenades and AoE spells, and as always, be sure to stay behind cover, and don't group up too much yourself. There are also a couple places you can summon spirits from, if you brought Dietrich or if you're playing a shaman yourself.

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After killing a few of the first wave, a second (and last) group of reinforcements will show up. Again, take advantage of them grouping up like this if you can with AoE attacks. They tend to spread out a bit and take cover to the northwest of where they are in this screenshot.

Once all the Knight Errant forces are eliminated, head to the elevator and take it down to the parking level.


Conclusion

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They have a point. Here you have three options: Deliver the prototype to Herr Schmidt, deliver him to the Lodge, or talk to him. Let's go with the last one for the moment.

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Dietrich does have a good point, there... You will get paid, even if Herr Schmidt is pissed about what exactly you delivered, and the team is happy with your decision as well.

Of course, you could deliver him to the Lodge. Doing so only gets you 2,000 nuyen however, compared to the 3,750 Herr Schmidt pays.



Post-run

For completing the run you get 10 karma.
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Before we talk to Paul, let's deliver the paydata to the Shockwellenreiter, and see Altug about that wine.

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2 karma and 1,000 nuyen isn't bad for as easy as it was to get that data. Off to Altug.

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If you took the bottle you can get with the Etiquette: Socialite option, he'll pay you 500 nuyen instead. Still not worth it, though.

And as long as we're here, let's talk to Luca.

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Meh. You're a rude, pompous, condescending jackass anyway.

Be sure to restock on grenades and Medkits. Alright, back to Paul.

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... Oh boy. We're in for lots of fun, aren't we?

All that aside, I've got 15 karma total from that last run. I spend 10 of it to get my Willpower and Chi Casting up to level 5 each, and 3 more to raise Biotech to level 3.

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Current stats. Getting Chi Casting up to level 5 lets me use martial Defence 1 (Gain a Light cover bonus against all attacks for 4 rounds, 0 AP, Cooldown 6 - not bad, doesn't strike me as all that great) and Counterstrike (Ends your turn, but you'll counterattack up to 3 attacks with your currently selected weapon when you're attacked.) Lets give them a try on the next couple runs.

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Stats and gear in my dwarf mage re-play. As far as stat checks go, Strength and Quickness are nice and can get you some extra money and such, but they're actually not critical at all.

[Shpadoinkle]

Part 16

This is mostly talking, so I'm going to post this update and the next one at the same time.

Blitz

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Dietrich

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Eiger

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This is the lead-in to Eiger's personal sidequest. It's kind of a shame this comes so late in the game, it would have been nice to do earlier >_> Anyway, we'll cover that in the next update.

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Glory

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And this is the lead-in to Glory's personal sidequest. That will be the update after the next.


I want to do Glory and Eiger's sidequests before the Aztechnology run. Neither is particularly difficult if you're prepared, but I consider Glory's to be slightly harder, so Eiger's comes first. Their personal runs will also give each character an upgrade, similar to Blitz' run.

[Shpadoinkle]

Part 17
Eiger's run

Before starting on this run, I STRONGLY recommend you have a few Medkits in tow, as well as one hit of Jazz each for your protagonist and Eiger - it'll come in really handy. Don't use it until I bring it up, however. Anyway, to get started on this run, head to Der Weinkeller, which is in the northwest of the Kruezbasar, near Simmy.

Meeting Bannik

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You'll get a Cyberware Deactivator. Add it to your inventory and head to the U-Bahn. We're off to Schattennest.


Schattennest

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As was stated earlier, it's going to be just you and Eiger for this run. Fortunately, it's pretty manageable with just the two of you. Head northwest from here.

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At least he's not going to try to stop us again. Head northeast.

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There's a dose of Bliss here, which is okay, but not necessary.

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You CAN fight the Rammbock here if you want, but there's no reason to. You don't get any nuyen or karma from the fight, so there's not really any point. Head through the alley to the north to bypass them.

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It looks like we'd be doing this kiez a favor by taking out the Rammbock, but another gang would probably move in in a couple days and things would be back to normal. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss, and all that.

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Head southwest from here.

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You CAN just blast your way in, but let's try the subtle method first.

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You can get the code for free if you have Etiquette: Street or Strength: 5, or you can just pay her off, then load a previous save, since the code doesn't change between playthroughs. The code, by the way, is...

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However, if you want to blow the door, Eiger mentions she'll need a propane tank, which you can find...

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Here.


Inside the warehouse

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Regardless of which way you get in, you're going to have to fight through some goons to get to our target, The Engineer. He'll escape out the back door, but he won't begin actually fleeing until you exit out the back door as well.

Also, there doesn't seem to be any difference in the actions of the enemies here, or their number, if you choose to blow the door instead of get the code.

ALL THAT ASIDE, THOUGH, get inside and get ready to fight.

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To begin with, there's a conjurer and a generic ganger to the northwest - guess which one we take out first? After a couple rounds another ganger will filter in from the east as well.

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After all three are down, heal up if needed and go through the door to the southeast, and loop around to here.

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Again, the mage is our top priority target.

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Once those two are down, head out the back door and deal with this guy, and once he's been taken care of, take the opportunity to heal up and reload your weapons before exiting the warehouse.


Pursuing the Engineer

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The Engineer will run southeast from here, past a couple more of his goons, and all the way to the northeast end of the alley there. Sometimes he just hides behind a garbage container, but most of the time he'll try to escape. If you brought a hit of Jazz, use it on whoever's holding the Cyberware Deactivator and run up to him to use it. Remember, we're NOT here to kill him, so don't attack him with your regular weapons. Flashbangs, however, aren't necessarily a bad idea.

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Once he's down, clean up the goons (if you haven't already) and you'll automatically head back inside the warehouse.


Interrogation

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There are three things to investigate here, so head out the south door first.

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Head back through the center room and out the north end this time.

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Leave this for now. Check out the room to the northwest.

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Well that's... gruesome. Let's check in with Eiger.

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Let's check out that drone again.

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Well, it's something. Back to Eiger and the Engineer.

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Now we get to check out the dead guy in the other room. What a fun day.

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I strongly suggest you make a backup save here so you can check out both options for the conversation

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DECISION TIME! If you let him have the chip, Eiger will get a new rifle out of the deal. It's a good mid-range weapon - between the new rifle, her shotgun, and her sniper rifle, this allows her to be effective at any range. It can also fire a custom "tracker" round similar to the decker's 'mark target' ability, which makes the target easier for the entire team to hit for a few rounds, and finally it has an 'auto-fire' feature similar to the one most Glory's Savalette Guardian pistol has, which has a higher chance of scoring critical hits, which is creat for punishing enemies who are caught without cover or flanked. If you don't let him have the chip, she'll learn how to make a custom grenade that does both AP and physical damage, but she'll only get one per mission. Of the two, I prefer the rifle, but it's your choice.


Give 'im the chip!

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A look at the gun's stats. Pretty nice, and better than any of the other assult rifles you can get.


DOOON'T GIVE 'IM THE CHIP!

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The grenade is actually pretty good - it does both physical and AP damage, and it hits a big area, but as I said you only get one per mission. Not worth giving up the rifle, in my opinion.


Regardless of how you finish this run, you get 2 karma, and whichever equipment upgrade you chose for Eiger.

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Anders' stats.

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Gear, spells, and stats for my dwarf mage. The bat is just for the sheer hell of it, I never actually use it. Urist would call it his magic wand.

Anyhow, said spells are Manaball 2, Heal 2, Armor 3, Aim 2, Fireball 2, and Flamethrower 3. Combat with himgenerally goes: Buff up with Armor and Aim, then lob Flamethrower spells in between moving into a good position to blast the enemy with Manaball and Fireball spells, and use Heal 2 to mitigate damage fromany big hits the team takes. The Powerbolt spell (which is more like a weapon, which is why it's listed as such) really only gets used if I'm trying to take down a single enemy and using both AP that round to do it, AND by my Fireball and Manaball spells are on cooldown, since Flamethrower has a 1-round cooldown.

[Iruka]

A bit late to the party, but glad to see you keep doing this. =)

I never had it in me to give the Mark VI info to Schockwellenreiter. That stuff should not be publicly available.

[Shpadoinkle]

Apologies for not updating this weekend, I've been busy with stuff, and besides which I've been experimenting with another martial adept build I came up with (though I'm pretty unsatisfied with it.)

The problem with adepts is that they simply don't do anything that a samurai couldn't do just as well, if not better, with cyberware. Since Adepts have to go pretty light on the Cyberware (which costs money, not karma, and there's no way to spend money for more karma,) an adept is going to be either spread pretty thin, or simply not able to pass several stat checks, many of which are (or at least I consider to be) important.

The adept build I came up with, if anyone's interested.


Race: Troll (NEED ARMOR WITH +1 INTELLIGENCE! Namely: Combat Medic Armor from Maliit)

Total karma cost
Body 6 (20 Karma) 20 K

Strength 6 (20 karma) 40 K
-Close-quarters combat 6 (21 karma) 61 K
--Melee weapons 5 (15 karma) 76 K

Quickness 1 (0 karma)

Intelligence 6 (20 karma) 96
- Biotech: 5 (16 karma) 112

Willpower 7 (27 karma) 139
- Spellcasting 7 (28 karma) 167
- Chi casting 6 (21 karma) 188

Charisma 6 (20 karma) 208

Spells: Magic Resistance, Stride, Heal Wound 2*, Aim 3*, Armor 3, Stunball 1

The reason for the character being a troll is due to the +1 Strength and +1 Body they get, which is worth 4 karma altogether. Humans, in contrast, get an extra 3 karma to spend wherever, and all the other races only get the equivalent of +2 karma with their stat bonus.

[Shpadoinkle]

Part 18
Glory's run


This run isn't enormously difficult, but it's slightly harder than Eiger's. Be sure to restock on medkits before you start on this mission. Stims and grenades are nice, but not enormously useful, since we won't be fighting more than 2-3 enemies at a time for this mission. If you do bring any, I'd recommend not more than 1 of each.

There are a number of spellcaster enemies in this mission, so having Glory bring along a stungun isn't a bad idea, but if you prefer the Slapdash Pistol instead, there's going to be plenty of use for it as well. The Adept power Magic Resistance will also see a fair bit of use in this run. It's nice if you already have it, but don't invest in Chi Casting just to get it for this run.

I also purchase an Aim 1 spell for Anders. It only lasts 2 rounds, but Glory's accuracy is terrible, and mine isn't much better because of how thin I've had to spread my karma. On the plus side, at least it has a cooldown of 0.

Finally, this run is pretty much the only time Etiquette: Academic comes into play. I actually modified my save file to give Anders this, because I want to show the stuff you can do with it. It's in no way necessary, however.

To start the mission, head out the backdoor of the safehouse and take the van to Harrow's compound in Tubingen.

Pre-run briefing

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As with Eiger's run, there are two options we can take here: Kill Harrow, or save the cultists - either one gives Glory a different upgrade. Killing Harrow causes her claw attacks to do 5 'Mana Burn' damage per round for a couple rounds, instead of 2 bleeding damage. Saving the cultists however gives her a healing ability called 'Hearthfire,' that's functionally identical to the Heal Wound 1 spell.

Either way, head inside.


Inside, part 1

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The compound is basically a big squared-off ring shape. Start off checking out the door to the west with the yellow 'objective' mark above it.

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Nothing's ever easy, is it?


Head northeast from here to the next room, with the bearskin rug out front.

Harrow's Office

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Well, that's a bust. It only nets us some paydata, anyway, not a big deal. Check out the book in the corner.

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The 'Seeker' enemy here is basically a fairly weak fire elemental. Not hard to eliminate.

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Nothing left to see here.


Head to the first room northeast from this one.

The kitchen

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Man, it almost seems like this Harrow guy isn't a very nice person.


The two doors southeast from the kitchen are the bathroom, which just contains a medkit if you need it, and the dorms. We'll deal with the dorms last. Head to the third door to the southeast of the kitchen.

Garage

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Not really anything to see here, just more exposition.


Go southwest from the garage to the first door you see.

Acolyte's Lounge

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There are three acolytes in here, who only have the Acid Bolt spell, so they're not really much to worry about, BUT they do get the drop on you AND you don't have a chance to take cover beforehand, so your protagonist might take a couple hits on the chin. Focus on eliminating one at a time.

After the fight, Glory will say 'There's something here I want to see.'

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From here, head around the southwestern corner.

Rec Room

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Pretty much the same as the last fight, just against two people instead of three.

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As far as I know it doesn't make any difference whether you tell him to keep quiet or not. After he escapes, check the television.

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Head back to the garage. In the loose vent the ranger mentioned you'll fine a Gold Trauma kit and two Premium Medkits.

Initiates' bunk room

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If you haven't investigated all the other rooms yet, you really need to do so before entering this one.

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Last chance to check out everything else - it's going to affect how the conversation with Marta goes. And buckle in, because it's a fairly long conversation.

This is getting pretty long, so I'm going to split this up into a second post.

[Shpadoinkle]

Part 19
Aztechnology (AKA Bloodline)


Before you get started on this run, I really have to recommend you have at least Charisma: 4. It'll make things go SO much more smoothly. There's still going to be fighting, but with enough Charisma you can talk your way past a fair bit of it, and you're going to want to conserve your resources as much as possible.

I also saved this run for last because I consider it to be the most difficult in the game.

Discussion with Paul

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Aztechnology, gaining entry

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You CAN blow away the guards here and get access that way, but there's going to be a lot of fighting in this run no matter what you wind up doing, so stealth, guile, and charisma are going to let us skip a lot of them, and conserve our resources.

Also, I didn't get screenshots of it, but Luca will contact you and ask you to give a message to one of the Aztechnology execs (BEFORE you blow the building, of course,) and the Shockwellenreiter will also have a job for you if you check the dead-drop in the phone booth next to where you enter the area: Find the Bloodline project data.

All that said, let's see if we can't find another way in. Head southeast from here.

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Hmm, hapless civilians being opressed by the giant evil empire? Surely they would welcome the aid of brave and valiant heroes! Now if only there were any around...

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Might as well, right? Head down the hatch.

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These drones are pathetic, so there's no real strategy involved here, just junk them. For saving Danni, you get 1 karma.

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You have options here. You can either ignore Danni's protests and cause a power spike, or you can agree not to... then, after she leaves, you can go ahead and do it anyway, if you want to.

HOWEVER, assuming you don't want to sell these people out for your own gains, or just blow away the front door guards, there IS a third way to get inside. It requires either having Decking: 4 OR having Blitz along, THEN passing a Charisma: 5 OR Strength: 6 stat check, however.

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If you can pass the Charisma: 6 stat check, you'll give the maintenance worker 100 nyen instead of 300. For talking your way past her, you'll get 1 karma, and access to the building's side door without a fight OR selling out the slum dwellers.


This is the point where I wind up overtaking the game with my dwarf mage playthrough. I'm probably going to be finishing the game with him as the protagonist because... well, like I've said earlier, my martial adept just wound up feeling spread really thin and therefore not really very good at anything.

Current stats and gear for my mage:
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The Urban Mage Cloak isn't that great armor-wise, but the Armor 3 spell lasts until a battle ends and raises one ally's armor by 6, so the Cloak's lack of armor isn't that big a deal.

Spells are: Heal Wound 2, Manaball 2, Armor 3, Fireball 2, Flamethrower 3, Aim 3

Ground floor

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After Paul's done talking, head northeast to this terminal.

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In the Matrix, head northwest to this area. Remember to use Suppression every chance you get.

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Entering the square section in the middle will spawn these IC. Call up an Attacker ESP and elimnate them, they should be easy for you at this point. Afterwards hack all three nodes here and jack out.

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With the cameras hacked, we can now tap into them and see around the level. For now, though, head through that door to the northwest.

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Hack the terminal inside to get a DNA 'donor' list, which you can sell on your mission computer later. After that head southeast.

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Wait for this guard to enter the room to the southeast, then run to the door marked 'Secure Door 1' to the northeast (though I didn't get it in this screenshot, sorry, but it's just at the end of the hall that 'Secure Door 5' is in.) The terminal next to it leads to the exact same matrix system we were just in, so ignore it.

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Check the lockers here for some uniforms, which you can use to finesse your way past the guards, which we're going to have to do. OR we could just kill them, but shooting is best saved for when you've exhausted all your other options: You can always fall back on it, but if you shoot first, then the opprotunity to talk is gone. From here, head to the door marked 'Secure Door 5.'

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That guy we just passed stops me, but I talk my way out. The guy in the room behind Scure Door 5 can be talked past the same way.

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This is the guy that Luca wants you to give that message to. No reason not to do it. You don't get any karma or nuyen for it right now, but after the run, go see Luca and he'll pay you.

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That's all there is to do here, so head to the elevator and take it to the next level.


Basement

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Passing either check works here, otherwise you have to fight them. Head through the door behind where they were.

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You have two options here, so I strongly suggest you make a backup save here so you can try them out. If you have the stats for it (specifically you're going to need the following: Etiquette: Security, Charisma: 6, Body 6 OR the Adept spell Pain Resistance OR the Adept spell Magic Resistance) you can try the finesse route, but if you don't then your best bet is to go in shooting. If you only finesse things haflway, when the shooting starts it's actually going to be way harder because you're going to be surrounded by some mages on one side and security teams on the other. The last part of this run (which is coming up) is also harder if you take the brute force route - hence why you ought to make a backup save right here.

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A convenient Matrix terminal.

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As always, you're going to want to use Suppression as often as possible,and keep your ESP use to a minimum. Head southwest from the jack-in point.

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Straightforward enough, right?

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Except for the IC, of course. A couple of cube White IC will come from the west after a round or so, so hold off on your Tab Bomb until they show up. The Sentry IC will buff the cubes with Sniffer (which increases accuracy)

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The only thing you NEED to do here is eliminate the IC in this area and open the door, but let's go exploring. There are two brances to the southwest, one going southeast and one going northwest. Go southeast first.

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This sphere spawns immediately, and a cube will come from the southeast after a round.

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Knowing what the enemy is doing is always an advantage. Head back to the last area and head northwest.

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Here we have the same thing, including the IC (already destroyed int his screenshot,) just rotated. Those records sound interesting...

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But they're really not. Anyway, we're done here. Head through the blast doors we unlocked.

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Lying is always a great idea! Anyhow, if you can't pass these stat checks you have to resort to shooting. Either way, head to the next room and approach the Biometric Scanner.

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If you have a BrightLight CyberEye installed you can get the drop on him, but as always, let's try talking first.

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Again, if you can't pass all these stat checks, you're forced into a fight, and this is a pretty difficult one.

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What a bleak existence. I get the feeling these blood mages might not be very nice people.

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Let's check out our other options first. Head through those doors to the northeast.

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This is what we came here to do: Overload the generator and vaporize the whole building. But let's check out the Matrix the the other room first.

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By the way, the entire facility is build on top of a huge nexus of dragon lines. Anyhow, jack in. While you're at it, you might as well position your team to take out the blood mages, but be sure NOT to attck them yet.

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What's the most important thing we do? That's right. All three areas are pretty much the same, so go northwest or southeast first, there's more to do in the northeast. Again, keep your ESP use to a minimum, since the more you have active the faster the alarm state raises.

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Dismantle the IC, hack the door, and head to the next. After a couple rounds, the High Threat Response Team will be called in, and you'll have 20 rounds before they arrive. Also all the Blood Mages and guards will turn hostile, so be sure the rest of the team is in position. 20 rounds is WAY more than enough time to get stuff done, so don't be too hasty, but don't linger, either. If you didn't fight your way in, the guards from the previous area will come in as well.

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Anyhow, for freeing all three of the test subjects you get 3 karma. Once that's done, have your decker head here.

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There are a few more IC to deal with in this area, but nothing you shouldn't be able to handle by now. Once they're decomissioned head to the next part of this section.

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Buddyboy here is going to put up a valiant effort, but alone it's just no match for an experienced decker. Once this IC is eliminated, hack the node and head back to the jack-out point to do so, and join in the fight in meatspace.

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After hacking the node, have your protagonist move to this terminal to download the data that the Shockwellenreiter wanted.

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I didn't get a screenshot of it, but hit these barrels in the previous room to make them explode and deal some damage (about 10-20ish) to the security team coming to stop you.

Remember though: the goal here isn't to eliminate all the baddies, it's to set off the generator then get the hell away.

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You get seven turns once you've set the generators to overload to make your escape. The escape, by the way, is the room to the east where the clones are hiding (assuming you freed them from their cells, anyway.)

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Incidentally, one of the Apocalypse spirits that the Blood mages summoned went berserk and started attacking the Aztechnology employees. Don't count on this happening, but this makes a nice distraction while my team slips away.

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Anyhow, there's a (short) matrix section to actually unlock the door that allows us to escape the building before it becomes nothing but char and cinders, so have your decker jack in.

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Don't bother running Supression here, this entire section is only about two screens long, so just gun it for the door controls and blow away the IC. Once the door's unlocked, have your team run like hell. (I didn't find this out until after writing this part, but if you manage to talk the blood mages into leaving you alone until you actually start doing stuff, you can come here first without raising an alarm, so you don't have to have your decker move up here and do this Matrix section while under fire.)

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You can't do anything else for the clones, at least as far as I know.


Post-run

You get 12 karma for completing this run. Don't forget to restock on medkits, stims, and trauma kits.

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Assuming you didn't tell Luca to take a hike, you can get paid for delivering the message to the exec like he asked you to. 1,000 nuyen isn't much, but then again it wasn't much of a task. We've also got the (optional) objective of "Find someone to decipher the Aztechnology data." Considering they were experimenting with magic, our next stop is Aljernon's.

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Well that's... interesting.

So now you're faced with a decision. You can either delete the data, or you can deliver it to the Shockwellenreiter. Deleting the data (by going to your mission computer in your hideout and selecting that option) gets you... 1 karma.

Giving it to the Shockwellenreiter, however, gets you 2 karma and 500 nuyen.

At this point, since I've done all the other Shockwellenreiter objectives so far, they'll give you a custom piece of Bioware (which is like cyberware, but made of organic components, meaning it has less essence cost.) You can actually get this without delivering the Bloodline data, by the way. To actually access this, though, you have to visit your mission computer and read the message from them in your inbox. Their gift is the Adrenal Contractor, which takes up the Body slot, has a 0.0 essence cost, and is essentially identical to Glory's Adrenaline Pump, except that while it's active you also take an extra 3 damage from every hit. They'll also pay Ezkibel to install it, so it's effectively free.

Also, don't forget to claim payment for this job, your cut coming to 6,000 nuyen.

[Shpadoinkle]

Part 20
Down the Rabbit Hole

Section 1: Lots of action

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Paul pretty much covered everything, I don't have anything to add. If you raised more than the 50,000 nuyen that Alice needs, the extra will be transferred to your credstick. Don't spend it right now, some better stuff is coming up soon.

Head to the U-Bahn.

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Back to the Kruezbasar.

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... Damn. Things really went to Hell fast.

All that aside, your team's +1 AP is something you're going to have for the rest of the game. Exit the U-bahn station.

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... Huh. There appears to be a Hellhound attacking the people invading the kiez. There are a few mercenaries here, but nothing you shouldn't be able to take out in a few rounds. As always, eliminate the mage first.

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So... Dante's a Hellhound. Huh. ANYWAY, he'll be around for the rest of this mission, and he joins the team as a possible party member afterward. If you haven't been nice to him between missions AND you can't pass the Willpower: 3 stat check, then you have to fight him.

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Stats and spells. The bones in his inventory are basically just reskinned consumables like the ones you've been able to buy the whole game, and his Flame Breath is his only unique spell.

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Dante also has this ability, which isn't bad, but it's not that great, either, considering it has an 8 round cooldown.

Glory can be found to the north, in the park, while Dietrich can be found to the south, near the cafe. Let's head north first.

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Glory's been backed into a corner by a trio of goons, one of which is a conjurer, so that's your first target.

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And this guy will try to sneak up behind you as you approach. This isn't that difficult a fight, just make sure to take out the conjurer first, and have Dante and Eiger handle the guy trying to sneak up behind you before focusing on the rest. Heal up if you need to and head to Cafe Cezve.

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Another four mooks here (one is off-screen to the southwest,) including a mage. And what do we do with mages?

Anyhow, first off you should have Dietrich lob an Electro Core spell, then take cover behind the trailer to the bottom-right while the rest of the team moves in.

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Off to the sewers! If you don't recall, they're just next to where Gunari's shop is set up in the east. But before we can actually enter, another group of pinheads decides they want to play. Again, they're nothing special, so deal with them in the usual way.

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So 11 rounds might not seem like very long, but it's actually plenty of time. You'll also want to split the party up into two teams here: I suggest they be Eiger, Dante, and your protagonist (team 1), and Dietrich and Glory (team 2.)

Start by sending team 2 to the northwest, while team 1 heads east.

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The first bomb is here.

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And the second bomb is here. You'll notice that near both there's a ghoul (assuming you didn't kill them or tell them to take a hike when you were here earlier in the game.) They'll help you out, attacking the mercenaries here for mediocre damage, as well as adding the 'infected' status, which does damage over time, so be careful not to blast them with grenades or AoE spells.

There are also four mercenaries guarding each bomb, but even with your forces divided, it shouldn't be too difficult to eradicate them. Once both bombs are defused, head across the bridge to the northeast and to the room up there. You can ignore the ghouls, they'll kind of run around aimlessly after the enemies are gone.

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The final bomb is there, along with another four mercenaries, including a mage AND a conjurer, along with a third ghoul. Again, deal with them in the usual way and defuse the bomb. Head outside and back to the safehouse.

Section 2: Lots of talking

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Head to your mission computer to check out the optical chip.

LONG conversation incoming.

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In summary, if you don't want to read all that:
Vauclair's at Harfeld manor, the place where Monika died. An AI called APEX has basically been put in place by whoever's running Harfeld Manor to guard whatever they've got in the basement, which what fried Monika's brain. Our next task is doing something about that AI, by tracking down the computers it's actually stored on and activating the killswitch.

Incidentally, if I haven't mentioned it before, Black IC is similar to the White IC we've been encountering throughout the game... except instead of simply damaging your Matrix persona, it causes actual brain damage, possibly even killing the decker. It's also illegal to have in your Matrix system.

All that aside, the team has earned their final upgrade. My choices:

Eiger: Both are pretty good, actually, but I choose Snap Fire, which allows her to target two enemies in a single action with her sniper rifle. The other, Tactical Reload, allows her to reload all her weapons for 0 AP, but has a 7 round cooldown.

Dietrich: Dragonslayer's Shield. Increases the amount of damage his Dragonslayer Idol totem blocks, from 3 to 5. The other option replaces his Dragonslayer Idol with Dragonslayer's Wrath, which does 16 damage to enemies within 3 tiles and causes them to lose 1 AP and take 5 damage on the next round. This just isn't that great... His Electro Core spell does basically the same thing, and at range, too.

Glory: Again, both options are pretty good. The Platinum Trauma Kit revives 1 character with 100% health... but you only get the one use of it per mission, and besides which, you can buy them. The custom Warhawk, however, pierces 4 armor, making critical hits more likely. I prefer the Warhawk, but if you like having Glory use a stungun or throwing knives instead, you might prefer the Trauma Kit.

Blitz: Pain Suppression: Augment Decking causes him to take 3 less damage per hit while he's jacked into the Matrix, which isn't bad, especially considering there are a couple Matrix-heavy sections coming up... The other option, Novahot Targetting, causes anyone he marks to lose 2 armor. This isn't bad, but Strip Armor spells exist, so I prefer the decking option.

Finally, everybody's back to the neighborhood now that the fighting is over. The merchants have upgraded their stock again (Maliit now stocks some S-class drones, for instance,) so be sure to have a look at their new stuff and pick up anything good. You can also talk to most people about their part in the fighting, and they haven't escaped without casualties...

[Shpadoinkle]

Part 23
APEX Rising, part 1


Pre-run

Let's visit Absinthe and Aljernon before we head out.

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Well that's... ominous.

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I told you, Dante's a good boy. You HAVE been nice to him between runs, right? RIGHT?

Notable spells:
- Blur 2 (a Conjuring spell, which Dietrich can use) increases one target's movement by 2 for one round, as well as making them harder to hit.

- Haste 4 (again, Conjuring) increases one target's AP by 2 for 3 rounds - REALLY nice. Requires Conjuring 8, so unfortunately Dietrich, having a Conjuring of only 6, can't use it.

- Slo-Mo (also Conjuring) increases the AP cost of all actions by 2 for a single target for 2 rounds. Great for locking down a particularly nasty enemy. Also unusuable by Dietrich, as it requires Conjuring 7.

- Fireball 3 is a direct upgrade from Fireball 2, doing an extra 5 damage in the initial explosion, though otherwise it's identical.

I pass on the folowing spells, however:
- Flamethrower 4, while it does more damage than Flamethrower 3, I pass on. It has a cooldown of 2, while Flamethrower 3 has a cooldown of 1. Besides that, it only does 5 more damage.

- Manaball 3, despite doing 5 more damage on the initial explosion, has a cooldown of 4, opposed to Manaball 2's 2-round cooldown. I prefer the faster cooldown myself.

Notable gear:
- Sorcerer's Robes. 6 armor, +1 to Willpower, Spellcasting, and Charisma. Not that I really need the stat bonuses, but they're nice to have nonetheless.

- Powerbolt 4: 15 damage. Only does 2 more damage per hit over Powerbolt 3, but with my default 3 AP per round, I'm probably going to be using it more,so I'll take every ounce of extra damage I can get.

I also picked up some program upgrades for Blitz from Maliit.


Apex Rising, part 1

I bring Blitz (who's necessary, since there are some mandatory decking sections,) Eiger, and Dietrich. I also lend Dietrich a couple Earth Elemental fetishes and some medkits to the rest of the team - I replace Eiger's Fichette Frag Grenade with a Premium medkit, because at this point int he game, the 12 damage the frag does just isn't that great. Glory isn't a bad choice, but I prefer Eiger, and Dante is... he'd be nice to have along if he didn't take up a team member slot, but he does, so he gets to hold down the fort at home. Dietrich comes along because, even though I'm playing a mage myself, because it's pretty hard to overload on the casters. Having another person who can case Heal Wounds is great, as well as having an AoE attack that can be used repeatedly, unlike grenades. Dietrich is going to be casting mostly buffs and debuffs and throwing out damage where he can, while Urist is going to mostly be lobbing Fireballs and Manaballs, and buffing and debuffing where he can. Don't hesitate to pull out as many stops as you want: this is the next-to-last run.

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You can blow away these guys if you want, but I'd recommend against it. If you have Etiquette: Gang and ask for a better reqrd, he'll promise you a weapon, which is stored in the basement. Anyhow, if you kill the Arbieters, then you can't collect the bounty for killing the Magnifikers, and besides which, this is a fairly long mission and you'll want to conserve your supplies. Head inside.

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Everybody wants something. Head across the hall.

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He has some basic medkits and a trauma kit, along with a few doses of Cram. Stock up on Cram if you want. Head down the hall and take the stairs up to the third floor. If you check the elevator on the way, you'll find that several key components have been torn out.


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The Magnifiker gang is made up of mages and conjurers. Fun. Move in and blow them away, but the ones named "Maginifiker Healer" should be your top priority.

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Don't forget to grab their amulets after killing them, if you made the deal with Ullrich. The game helpfully keeps track of how many you have for you. Head into this room behind where the gangers were, to get some Powerbolt 3 and Glue spells. Head to the room to the southeast.

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There's some nuyen here.

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Cultish graffiti.

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A hit of Bliss here.

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'Shark Tank' is probably a password. Next stop is the room to the southwest.

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If you ask him for compensation he'll give you 500 nuyen, but that's not much at this point in the game, so it's up to you if you want to squeeze it out of a bunch of terrified homeless people (but I recommend against it.) Back to the stairs and up to the third floor.


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Might as well start here.

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There are 5 spirits here, though right now only this one is aggroed. Don't group up too much, because it has an AoE spell that'll do acid damage over time.

There's another one in the room to the northeast, and other three are in the next room. I prefer to split up and take them in a pincer attack, but you don't have to. Remember to make use of Dietrich's Nerve Bolt spell to flush them from cover, if necessary. Check the dresser in the northwest room once they're dead for a Premium Medkit. Back to Franz.

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Well, at least someone likes us. You also get 3 karma for this... unless you asked for payment earlier, in which case you don't. Back up to floor 3 again. You can talk to Franz, but he doesn't really have anything to say besides 'Thanks.'

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More Magnifikers here, a total of five. They're kind of spread out, so take them in stages.

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There's also a Force 5 nature elemental fetish in the back, as well as a Shadow (Conjuring) spell, which creates an area that prevents anyone inside it from being targetted. Head southeast from here.

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We don't have the code for that door, so head to the open one.

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Huh. A suspiciously empty room. Let's head back to the second floor.

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There are a number of ways to bypass this door. If you (or your Decker) have Decking: 6, you can force it open. If you have Charisma: 6 you can talk your way in, and if you found the note, you can give the guy the password 'Shark Tank.' You also had the option of asking Franz for help getting in, and he'd have told you the password.

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Back to the first floor. Of course, you can always just take it, but that provokes a fight, naturally. If you can pass the Decking: 8 check, you can bypass the need for the piece directly, leaving the terminal intact without it... but I don't particularly enjoy playing Deckers, myself.

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You can pay him for it if you want, but mentioning Janet get you the part for free. I'm pretty sure you have to actually click on the picture behind him to examine it to get that dialogue option, though. Back up to the second floor.

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We're conserving supplies, remember, so we're avoiding unnecessary fights. Back to Parson.

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This post is kinda long already, so we'll tackle that in the next one.



Also, this LP is probably going on hiatus for a while. Work and life and stuff have been getting in the way, and consequently I haven't had much motivation to work on this. It should be noted that we are nearing the end of the game,however, but the last run is a pretty long one, so covering that will probably be multiple parts. Maybe three to five, as a rough estimate.