CthulhuTech FSB Investigations (NC/EX)

[PixelatedPixie]

I would like to play around with the CthulhuTech (1E, is 2E even out yet?) system and setting.  I am aware both have some issues, and maybe we can homerule things as we go, but it is a system I am interested in that I’ve never really gotten to use.

I’ll admit I would prefer to be player, but will GM unless anyone else wanted to step forward.  As I am GMing it will be more restrictive than it would be otherwise due to my own on/offs. 

The story I have in mind to run is focused on two FSB (Federal Security Bureau) agents, probably of the SCD (Sectarian Crimes Division).  A fancy way of saying that I want to focus on a pair of cops dealing with cults. 

I would want, due to my own on/offs, both characters to be women (I don't care what the player is).  I would also want both players to be interested in non-consensual exotic smut involving predominately male villains.  I am open to discussion on specific details, but that is somewhat the baseline of what I would like to include.  Finally I would like players who can and will post, on average, twice a week.

  PLOT
The game will be based in the Seattle Arcology, though the characters may be assigned elsewhere for investigations.  It will be focused on the two characters and their investigations.  My intent is for the to be partners (law enforcement, not romantic unless that was something that the players wanted to hash out). 

An initial plot/smut that has come to mind, and that I would like prospective players to comment on, would be the characters trying to go undercover to investigate the Dionysus Club.  The plot would have some element of corruption to it.  As they go deeper they are also dragged deeper.  Maybe a character has a secret kink and her loyalty test involves being raped, or a character despises certain types of criminals and her loyalty test involves killing a (helpless) criminal.  That sort of thing.  All of this would of course depend on the characters and what the player wants, but I thought it might be an interesting plot.

A less smut-focused plot might just be a more traditional investigation, which I am open to as well.  There are certainly plenty of options, both with a somewhat smutty focus or a less smutty focus.  An investigation into the Church of All, the Congregation of the Earth Mother, the Empty, or tracking down someone thought to be building a X'an-tuum Violator. 

  SMUT
The smut will be non-consensual exotic potentially pushing towards extreme.  A few examples of what I have in mind are:
A character being captured and interrogated.
A character going undercover in a cult that involves sex work.
A character forced to have sex with a Deep One. 
All of these might come with other forms of smut, depending on player interest.  The interrogation would probably involve bondage, could involve pain, etc.  Going undercover could involve drugs or strange magic.  Having sex with a Deep One could result in pregnancy. 

I am largely open as to the smut that is included, as long as the players are interested in non-consensual of some form or other. 

  APPLICATION
I don't know how common/popular this system is, and I don't know how much interest I will raise due to my past track record as GM (which is bad) and the restrictions on characters/content.  That said I will not be going first come first served, and if the thread is unlocked it is still open to applications.  I hate saying no to anyone, but I do want the right group, not the first group.

As stated above I will only go with 2 (maybe 3) characters who are women (players can be anything).  So please be comfortable with a small group.

If interested I don't need a full character sheet.  Instead just a paragraph or two about the character you want to play, as well as a bit about what sort of plot, and what sort of smut, you'd like to include and/or focus on.

[Marie Reynolds]

I could be interested in this.
As for the  smut stuff  what  i would  be comfortable with  is  the following:
Capture and Interrogation.( Especially if  there  is  opportunities to escape are included)
going undercover in a cult that involves sex work.

[Arcanist]

Have not tried Cthulhu tech, but sounds very interesting.
Non-concensual, capture and interrogation to slow corruption and possible mind break always an on.
Will look at the Cthulhu Tech book for ideas.
Balance between smut and story would be good. Maybe 50/50 or 60/40 (geared to smut) but I am open to the rest.

Looking at possibly a intelligence/techie girl who is a hacker. Keeps the team alive with surveillance, communications, security and computer equipment. Will freshen it out after I read more of the rules.

[PixelatedPixie]

I could be interested in this.
As for the  smut stuff  what  i would  be comfortable with  is  the following:
Capture and Interrogation.( Especially if  there  is  opportunities to escape are included)
going undercover in a cult that involves sex work.

I am happy to tailor the smut as best I can within the non-con umbrella.  Certainly sex with a deep one isn't a requirement.
There would be chances to escape if captured, I wouldn't want to go into a permanent enslavement story (though short term may be a sub-plot), and am not big on killing characters.
Your on/off page mentions rape play as an off, what would be the boundary on that?  Is it anything non-con (such as when captured/interrogated) or something more specific that I am missing?

Looking at possibly a intelligence/techie girl who is a hacker. Keeps the team alive with surveillance, communications, security and computer equipment. Will freshen it out after I read more of the rules.

She sounds fun!  Let me know. 

[Marie Reynolds]

Specifically rape play and rape obviously. But interrogation and rape are not the same. So I would be okay with interrogation.

[Arcanist]

PerpetuallyAnnoyedCleric, What are your thoughts on para-psychics?

Depending on what it is, my main character concept is still a “reformed” hacker and “social hacker” whom the Federal Security decides to enlist because of her skills. Will add more flesh to this depending on your thoughts on para-psychics.

[schnookums]

Honestly, this sounds right up my alley, especially the "Sex with a deep one" part

[Callie Del Noire]

I’d love to play a white parapsychic.  Maybe apprenticed/indentured to the team?

[PixelatedPixie]

Specifically rape play and rape obviously. But interrogation and rape are not the same. So I would be okay with interrogation.

I would consider any intercourse at the non-consensual level as rape, and as my intent is to include at least some content at that level even if it may skew towards dub-con (which I would still consider rape) I am not sure we are on the same page as to content.  Thank you for your interest though.

PerpetuallyAnnoyedCleric, What are your thoughts on para-psychics?

Depending on what it is, my main character concept is still a “reformed” hacker and “social hacker” whom the Federal Security decides to enlist because of her skills. Will add more flesh to this depending on your thoughts on para-psychics.

A para-psychic might not be my first choice, but I am not opposed to the idea depending on how it is framed.  The undercover work clashes with the idea of always being identified, but that could be hand-waved with a law enforcement exception.

Honestly, this sounds right up my alley, especially the "Sex with a deep one" part

Were you interested and did you have a character in mind?

I’d love to play a white parapsychic.  Maybe apprenticed/indentured to the team?

My main concern would be a white doing undercover work (if the story went that route).  Though a team of para-psychics would be amusing.  Did you have any other thoughts as to the character?

[Marie Reynolds]

Okay what do you consideration interrogation then?

[Arcanist]

Christina Carter, hacked into the Federal Security Bureau’s mainframe at aged 16. By luck or by skill, is still under much investigation. Regardless, she was arrested within hours. With Christina having  previous history of hacking into various organisations, exposing their “corruptions” and “irresponsibilities” to the world, the judge handed down a guilty sentence. The Federal Security Bureau however gave Christina a choice, jail or work for the FSB. Christina choose the FSB.

Upon graduation at aged 18 into the ranks of the FSB, Christina began With the Sectarian Crimes Division in communications and technology support. Often accompanying other Federal Security Agents, she would support them with surveillance and systems hacking. Despite, being loyal so far, Christina is still being watched by her FSB superiors.

Ideas:
Most of the time I see Christina as security, surveillance and communications support in the team. Unless of course if it is a raid, then she would be going in once everything is secure to access cult computers for information and secrets. She could have possibly been kidnapped or captured due to a number of reasons.
1. Support for agent going undercover, she gets captured after the agent she was supporting ‘betrayed’ her.
2. Cult set a trap for FSB
3. Cult captured agents after a failed action against the cult.
4. Kidnapped for the information or important spell she had gained/stolen.
5. Kidnapped and used to keep the other agent in check?

See my character being interrogated, possibly tortured in different ways, including sexually. Used in different ‘experimentations’ including with deep ones. Have few limits, so mostly everything goes. Interrogation reason anything for the information she found, to betraying her partner to even just because the cultist can and needs breeding subjects.

[schnookums]

Definitely interested, I've never played Cthulutech before and I only have a very vague idea of the world (I know a few things.) I'd probably lean towards a more combative type, although still with investigative skills of course. But I understand if that might not quite fit.

[PixelatedPixie]

Okay what do you consideration interrogation then?

Anything from light to extreme depending on what is included in the scene?  I am not sure what answer you are looking for here.  I want to include some level of non-con, you confirmed that your offs included rape which to me is the same thing.

Christina Carter..

Looks good!

Definitely interested, I've never played Cthulutech before and I only have a very vague idea of the world (I know a few things.) I'd probably lean towards a more combative type, although still with investigative skills of course. But I understand if that might not quite fit.

A combative type is fine if you want to write up a brief concept.  You can keep it vague on the world-specific stuff if you'd like. 

[schnookums]

Okay, got busy with my job searching but I'll whip up something later today (Wednesday). Was thinking someone who grew up in rough circumstances and managed to claw her way up and was recognized based on her talent/experience. Someone focused and disciplined because that's what allowed her to survive and excel.

[schnookums]

Sorry for the delay, came up with something basic:

Samantha "Sam" Alexandria grew up in desperate poverty and some of the worst that society could throw at a young girl growing up. Many would have folded under the intense pressure, and few could blame them, but Sam was a fighter. She did everything in her power to excel, to show her parents that she could escape the circumstances that they all lived in. She learned both physical and mental discipline, realizing early on that she would have to fight every step of the way to get anything in life. Still, like all things in life a healthy amount of luck was involved as well. She was able to sign up for the military as soon as she was of age, and did well there, although the experience did show her that merit wasn't always enough to get ahead. Still, her skills and dedication did get her recognized for more...unusual missions, and she was recruited to fight more esoteric foes. Her lifetime of dealing with mundane horrors would hopefully be enough to steel herself against the true horrors out there.

(I can of course adjust where it doesn't fit with the lore, I will be reading up more about the world when I can)

[ShadowFox89]

 Oh man, it's been like a decade since I've played Cthulhutech.

Experience: 30 (0 spent, 30 unspent)

Primary Attributes:
Agility: 7, Intelligence: 6, Perception: 7, Presence: 6, Strength: 5, Tenacity: 6

Secondary Attributes:
Actions: 7 (2), Movement: 7 (32/8ypt), Orgone: 11, Reflex: 8, Vitality: 10, Drama Points: 10

Assets: Ambidextrous, Authority (3), Fast, Nightvision
Drawbacks: Duty (Federal Agent 2), Duty (Security Guard 1), Foe (3), Impetuous, Shadow Walker, Short Fuse

Skills: (* denotes free skills)
Armed Combat: Novice (2)
Artist: Student (1)
Computers: Student (1)
Dodge: Adept (3)
Language*: (english and nazzadi) Novice (2)
Law Enforcement: Novice (2)
Literacy: Novice (2)
Marksmanship: Adept (3) (specialties: handgun gunplay, handguns)
Observation: Adept (3)
Occult: Novice (2)
Persuade: Novice (2)
Pilot: Novice (2) (A-Pod, Mecha)
Regional Knowledge*: Novice (2)
Security: Novice (2)
Stealth: Novice (2)
Streetwise: Novice (2)
Surveillance:: Novice (2)
Trivia: Student (1)

Equipment: A suit of concealed armor (Sentrytech Mk-V), x2 CS-40 Defender, surveillance gear, a good portable computer, x8 10mm ammo clips, x2 carry conceal holsters, sound suppressor, composite katana, composite combat knife x2

Armor:
Sentrytech Mk-V Armor | Type: Hvy Concealable armored vest | Protection +1/+1

Health:
Unhurt 0 | Flesh Wounds 1 to 10 | Light Wounds 11 to 20 | Moderate Wounds 21 to 30 |         Serious Wound 31 to 40 | Death’s Door 41 to 50 | Dead 51+


Age: 20; Height: 6’1; Weight: 190lbs
Personality: Scorpio (10.23 to 11.21) – “I Desire,” Water. Imaginative, passionate and emotional, subtle, persistent, intense, but often obstinate and unyielding. They often have a sense of purpose and destiny and find truest happiness dispensing their life force to others. However, they are competitive, often with vicious tempers. Key trait: Idealism.

Physical and Mental Description: Tsurai stands at roughly 6’1 and weighs about 190lbs with a slim build. Her long white hair tends to be tied back into a ponytail, while a large number of geometric tattoos trace across her skin. Her attire varies based on her duties. Her off-duty clothing tends to be no-nonsense and little frills, a black tank top and blue jeans while on duty she wears her concealed armor under a black shirt, a conceal holster with her pistols on either side, an FSB jacket over, and her katana slung across her back.Tsurai tends to be a by the books operative, following protocol unless absolutely needed to deviate or if the safety of her team or a noncombatant becomes apparent. This restraint tends to go out the window when she lets her temper get the better of her, the normal by the book attitude being dropped for the expedient removal of whatever is currently in the way.
   
Background: Tsurai found herself at a young age in an FSB back orphanage, being more or less raised in the Bureau her whole life. While she gained praise for her no-nonsense and by the books attitude, her temper combined with several training incidents meant she was more or less locked out of any sort of promotion beyond field officer.