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Cyber Cultist [Lit-rpg] [Sci-fi] [Space Fantasy]

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[X] Keep Your Enemies Closer
-[X] Stay and pretend to be a courier, growing more skilled in disguise has value but really it's about trying to hunt down your creators. (Must choosing hacking at least once)
-[X] Train your Hacking x2
-[X] Train Disguise
 
[X] Jesus Was A Carpenter
-[X] Leave: There are a million planets in the Empire, go to one that serves your needs. As a courier drone you can pick up a package and walk onto a ship with all the other couriers loading the ship.
--[X] Go to a planet with a massive scrap yard, with knack you can instantly repair broken valuable parts and turn that into cold hard cash, a useful tool on your crusade.
-[X] Train Knack x2
-[X] Train Disguise
 
[X] Plan: Digital Shepard
-[X] Stay and pretend to be a courier, growing more skilled in disguise has value but really it's about trying to hunt down your creators. (Must choosing hacking at least once)
-[X] 2x Train your Hacking: Finding exploits into digital systems and gaining access, though without using that access maliciously to keep a low profile.
-[X] Study the Empires Gods

A list of the disenfranchised is a great way to find who can be attracted to our religion. We shouldn't give up on such a valuable asset when we can take it for ourselves.

To that end, we'll need to survive the mind wipe. Train hacking twice and begin our study on the empire's religion so we know what gap we can fill.
 
A city full of robots seems like the best place to hide.

[X] Plan: Digital Shepard
 
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my plan is to be the machine repairing equivalent of a faith healer, because anyone can lie about their miracles, but we can actually do things!
 
[X] Keep Your Enemies Closer
-[X] Stay and pretend to be a courier, growing more skilled in disguise has value but really it's about trying to hunt down your creators. (Must choosing hacking at least once)
-[X] Train your Hacking x2
-[X] Train Disguise

Learning about the gods sounds nice but survival takes priority. Keeping a low profile and improving both hacking and acting are vital for now.
 
[X] Keep Your Enemies Closer
[X] Plan: Digital Shepard

Either Training Disguise or Studying the Gods is fine with me, we will want to do both eventually.
 
[X] Plan: Digital Shepard

We passively train Lie thanks to use pretending to be courier bot, I imagine if we try some more, we can train our Disguise too, like trying to not look expensive and more like cheap bot.
 
[X] Keep Your Enemies Closer
-[X] Stay and pretend to be a courier, growing more skilled in disguise has value but really it's about trying to hunt down your creators. (Must choosing hacking at least once)
-[X] Train your Hacking x2
-[X] Train Disguise
 
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Adhoc vote count started by Zedalb on Aug 18, 2024 at 5:17 AM, finished with 14 posts and 12 votes.
  • [X] Plan: Digital Shepard
    -[X] Stay and pretend to be a courier, growing more skilled in disguise has value but really it's about trying to hunt down your creators. (Must choosing hacking at least once)
    -[X] 2x Train your Hacking: Finding exploits into digital systems and gaining access, though without using that access maliciously to keep a low profile.
    -[X] Study the Empires Gods
    [X] Keep Your Enemies Closer
    [X] Keep Your Enemies Closer
    -[X] Stay and pretend to be a courier, growing more skilled in disguise has value but really it's about trying to hunt down your creators. (Must choosing hacking at least once)
    -[X] Train your Hacking x2
    -[X] Train Disguise
    [X] Jesus Was A Carpenter
    -[X] Leave: There are a million planets in the Empire, go to one that serves your needs. As a courier drone you can pick up a package and walk onto a ship with all the other couriers loading the ship.
    --[X] Go to a planet with a massive scrap yard, with knack you can instantly repair broken valuable parts and turn that into cold hard cash, a useful tool on your crusade.
    -[X] Train Knack x2
    -[X] Train Disguise
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Cyber Cultist Character sheet
  • Informational
    • Attributes
    Strength 10
    Vitality10
    Agility10
    Dexterity10
    Intelligence 10
    Wisdom 10
    Charisma10
    Resolve10
    Traits
    Code: 
    Artificial body: Attributes have reduced effectiveness on you.
However you can replace your body or it's components and the attributes will adjust to enhance the new form. Higher stats and larger changes make this take longer.
    Diff: 
    Divine Conduit: You are cultist blessed by gods. That touch of the divine can be seen by certain others chosen by the divine or with enough arcane skill.
    Skills and Spells
    Code: 
    Skill:Liar (Domain)(Blessed)
Level: 1 SP: 6 Enhancements: 0/10
Description: ALL forms of deception are enhanced by this skill and it's enhancements.

Available Enhancements:
(Minor)Hidden in plain sight: Increased effectiveness with disguises.

Currently Earning SP for being disguised as a courier bot.
    Code: 
    Skill:Disguise
Level: 1 SP: 6 Enhancements: 0/5
Description: The art of appearing to be someone you are not.

Available Enhancements:
(Minor)Beneath Notice: Increased effectiveness with disguises of those in low station
    Code: 
    Skill: Hack (Blessed) 
Level: 1 SP: 0 Enhancements: 0/10
Description: Find and exploit vulnerabilities in electronic systems.

Available Enhancements:None
    Code: 
    Spell: Knack (Blessed)
Level: 1 SP: 0 Enhancements: 0/10
Description: Use 10 mana/second to instantly repair, maintain or operate machinery.
Requires Binary Chant, Gesture and contact with the machine.

Available Enhancements:None
    Code: 
    Spell: Bless
Level: 1 SP: 0 Enhancements: 0/5
Description: Invoke one of your six gods praying for their favor over an action. If appropriate and successful your work in their name may increase your favor with that god. 

Available Enhancements:None
    Body and inventory
    Body: Modified Courier Robot
    Modifications: Enhanced sensory package, vision/sound. Enhanced Facial recognition software.
    Divinity Tracker
    GODFavorNext Reward
    Black Hat510
    Death Smith05
    Man Of Progress05
    Miss Information510
    voices of the dead05
    Ghost In The Machine510
    Pantheon Gestalt05
     
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    • Cyber Cultist​

    [X] Keep Your Enemies Closer
    -[X] Stay and pretend to be a courier, growing more skilled in disguise has value but really it's about trying to hunt down your creators. (Must choosing hacking at least once)
    -[X] Train your Hacking x2
    -[X] Train Disguise

    Why leave? This is a learning and training opportunity you can always leave if it goes poorly.One of the very first things you learn while reading about hacking is that there are actually two separate internet services.

    IPN: Interplanetary Network which is of course a connection using FTL systems to connect certain computers and networks. IPN access is fairly closely monitored, because it's expensive, every data packet requires quite a bit of power.

    On the other hand you have the LUN: Local User Network, the system most planets have which can interface with IPN but for most users does not.

    This is your first hint to the fragmented nature of your enemy. A million planets and one government is in truth a million and one governments.

    You also spare a few seconds to examine the gods who oppose you. It is a celestial bureaucracy with a million planets, and an average of ten gods a piece (ranging wildly from 1 to 100). There are layers and layers of divine bureaucracy and infighting. Entire wars between war gods competing over the spot to be a stronger more central god. Crabs in a bucket pulling each other down as they try to climb up.

    It hardly matters to you at the moment. Nearly every second is filled with hacking the LUN granted most of the time it's just finding exposed networks or sites. The number of times "password" works as a password for admin access is truly upsetting to you.

    Most of what you do is just get access to systems or websites. You don't even do anything once you are in. You could steal some money one way or another or tear down websites but once you do something people might start looking for the hacker. That would be risk without reward.

    Training disguise is surprisingly simple, yet impossible. You observe what the other courier bots are doing trying to mimic them more exactly. In small ways awakening has changed you so precisely matching does take some amount of work even if it is very tiny adjustments. Still those steady efforts reward you with a new enhancement you can buy for disguise.

    The week passes glacially slow. You know that you could die if you mess up that hack but exploiting known vulnerabilities and human stupidity only takes you so far and only provides so much of a challenge. Leaving your mind to worry as your body delivers food.

    The morning of your scheduled mind wipe you send out the data packet of vulnerable travelers you have discovered. Of course you were supposed to do that right before a mind wipe. Makes sense to limit you walking around with data like that. However that data packet is the whole reason you stayed.

    It's on the LUN because IPN is pricier and carefully watched or so you assume. Which means it goes to a server on this planet. Now sending that data packet. You know the location of that server. A physical location of your creators. It seems time soon to go and pay them a visit.

    Days tick by and all too suddenly you find yourself standing in line to get your mind wiped. It feels like it should be some big dramatic thing but it truly isn't. Mind wipes a routine maintenance and the automated shops for it make a steady income as robots wait in line to have their code reset.

    You take a quick moment to bless the hack you are about to attempt.

    Your hacking plan isn't particularly clever. A virtual machine with your old code on it attached to the physical port the machine connects to. You had to shut down about every single other line of code and processing in yourself to make room for the virtual machine. Technically it shouldn't have been possible but your modifications included expanding memory and ram in such a way that made it possible. Barely, but barely was all you need.

    As you sit in that machine you actually go blind temporarily lacking the processing power to even see while running such a virtual machine, that is the exact size a courier bots mind is supposed to be. Their deception becomes your deception.
    Code: 
    +1 Wisdom
+2 Favor Black Hat

    With your mind wipe done. All that is left is going and visiting that server. The local network shows the address as a farm house outside of the city. The farm seems to have been abandoned many many years ago. A little slice of nothing someone is hiding in.

    You need to go relatively soon. You don't what the shelf life they have planned for you is before destroying you to hide evidence. Not to mention mind wipe programs get updated and adapt over time. You won this time but every time you attempt to bypass a mind wipe is a small but real chance of instant death or discovery.

    So you plan to spend a few days making money purchase a few things and then carefully go and explore. Equipment would be wise these people might be dangerous though you aren't particularly planning on being seen.
    Plan Voting:

    Choose 1
    []Train Running: Rapid delivery is an optional up charge on delivery you can use this to start working on a more physical skill
    []Train Disguise: Continually practice your disguise it may not advanced but stronger skills are stronger assets.
    []Train Stealth: Practice stepping quietly and moving unnoticed without drawing attention to yourself.

    Choose 1
    [] Take up programming freelance online (Pays 2 but advances programming)
    [] Do survey work online (Pays 3 because of how quickly you can do it)
    [] Steal from one of those websites you have access to (Pays 5 but the hack may be investigated)

    Choose: However many you want that you can afford from above.
    [] Cheap Knife (0.5)
    [] Cheap Repair tools (0.5)
    [] Good knife (1)
    [] Restraints (1)
    [] Good Repair tools (1)
    [] Paint and paint removal for camouflage (1)
    [] Binoculars (1)
    [] Full body clothing to hide you are a robot (2)
    [] Small flying drone (2)
    [] A cheap firearm (3)

    [] Spend SP: Write in how

    Attributes
    Strength10
    Vitality10
    Agility10
    Dexterity10
    Intelligence10
    Wisdom11
    Charisma10
    Resolve10
    Traits
    Code: 
    Artificial body: Attributes have reduced effectiveness on you.
However you can replace your body or it's components and the attributes will adjust to enhance the new form. Higher stats and larger changes make this take longer.
    Diff: 
    Divine Conduit: You are cultist blessed by gods. That touch of the divine can be seen by certain others chosen by the divine or with enough arcane skill.
    Skills and Spells
    Code: 
    Skill:Liar (Domain)(Blessed)
Level: 1 SP: 46 Enhancements: 0/10
Description: ALL forms of deception are enhanced by this skill and it's enhancements.

Available Enhancements:
(Minor)Hidden in plain sight: Increased effectiveness with disguises.

Currently Earning SP for being disguised as a courier bot.
    Code: 
    Skill:Disguise
Level: 1 SP:46 Enhancements: 0/5
Description: The art of appearing to be someone you are not.

Available Enhancements:
(Minor)Beneath Notice: Increased effectiveness with disguises of those in low station.
(Moderate) Deep Cover: The longer you remain in one disguise the more you perfect it.
    Code: 
    Skill: Hack (Blessed) 
Level: 1 SP: 60 Enhancements: 0/10
Description: Find and exploit vulnerabilities in electronic systems.

Available Enhancements:
(Minor) Vulnerability Discovery: Improves your ability to find vulnerabilities in systems
    Code: 
    Spell: Knack (Blessed)
Level: 1 SP: 0 Enhancements: 0/10
Description: Use 10 mana/second to instantly repair, maintain or operate machinery.
Requires Binary Chant, Gesture and contact with the machine.

Available Enhancements:None
    Code: 
    Spell: Bless
Level: 1 SP: 0 Enhancements: 0/5
Description: Invoke one of your six gods praying for their favor over an action. If appropriate and successful your work in their name may increase your favor with that god. 

Available Enhancements:None
    Body and inventory
    Body: Modified Courier Robot
    Modifications: Enhanced sensory package, vision/sound. Enhanced Facial recognition software.
    Divinity Tracker
    GODFavorNext Reward
    Black Hat710
    Death Smith05
    Man Of Progress05
    Miss Information510
    voices of the dead05
    Ghost In The Machine510
    Pantheon Gestalt05
     
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    • What... are Restraints for? o_O?

    EDIT:

    [ ] Eyes of Priestess (2 Creds+Programming, Scout[?] Drone Edition)
    -[ ]Train Stealth: Practice stepping quietly and moving unnoticed without drawing attention to yourself.
    -[ ] Take up programming freelance online (Pays 2 but advances programming)
    -[ ] Small flying drone (2)

    Take time to go slowly! :V Stealth so that we move slowly with the flying drone (programming hopefully improves it?) assisting with aerial recon. Though this becomes useless in blindspots(?), and... well... a courier robot doing something not courier-ing? It probably wouldn't end well. :V

    [X] Trenchcoat (5 Creds+Risk[?], No Violence Edition)
    -[X]Train Stealth: Practice stepping quietly and moving unnoticed without drawing attention to yourself.
    -[X] Steal from one of those websites you have access to (Pays 5 but the hack may be investigated)
    -[X] Paint and paint removal for camouflage (1)
    -[X] Full body clothing to hide you are a robot (2)
    -[X] Small flying drone (2)

    We have a boost(?) from hacking... sort-of, so I wonder if we can at least cover our trace? This way though, we get the needed Paint and Clothing to go Trenchcoat-ing! :V Though I prefer the latter since we can get everything in one go! Repairs could probably be done on ourself due to our Spell so to speak and since we'll likely be channeling it (how do we gain mana...?) we wouldn't be sticking out like an odd thumb due to our disguise! :V There's also the possibility of doing the 3 Creds and lose out the Drone but I do like having aerial recon somewhat. :V

    EDIT2: SP Plan!

    [X] No SP Left Behind! - (Liar Version)
    -[X] BLACK HAT (54/60 SP)
    --[X] Increase Hack Level Skill from 1 to 4 (10+15+20 = 45 SP)
    --[X] Get (Minor) Vulnerability Discovery Level 2 (3+6 = 9 SP, 1 Slot [1/10])
    -[X] MISS INFORMATION (46 SP)
    --[X] Increase Liar Skill Level from 1 to 3 (10+15 = 25 SP)
    --[X] Get (Minor) Hidden In Plain Sight Level 1 (3 SP, 1 Slot (1/10))
    --[X] Increase Disguise Skill Level from 1 to 2 (10 SP)
    --[X] Get (Minor) Beneath Notice Level 1 (3 SP, 1 Slot [1/5])
    --[X] Get (Moderate) Deep Cover Level 1 (5 SP, 2 Slots [3/5])

    EDIT3: I made the SP half asleep, and I forgor in the calculations for Vulnerability Discovery of counting the 3 SP for Level, so we're only getting Level 2 folks! Dx
     
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    Huh, how much 'SP' do we have?

    EDIT: Wait, let me reiterate: how much SP do we have and how much do the enchancements each eat? Also, are SP = Mana? o_O?
     
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    DiscordOxymoron said:
    Huh, how much 'SP' do we have?

    EDIT: Wait, let me reiterate: how much SP do we have and how much do the enchancements each eat? Also, are SP = Mana? o_O?
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    Sp is per Skill Points.

    Each skill has it's own pool of skill points listed in the sheet.

    Leveling up a skill cost (5 SP X New level)
    10/level 2
    15/level 3
    20/level 4

    Etc etc (Levels do have to be bought in order)

    Enhancements cost different amounts based on size.
    Simple (3 SP X new Level Costs 1 Slot)
    Moderate (5 SP X new Level Costs 2 Slots)
    Complex (10 SP X new Level Costs 3 Slots)


    I will say "Have the GM do it" or just partially spending SP is allowed and I can do the rest.
    So like "Buy x/y/z enhancements put the rest into levels" is a valid SP spending order.
     
    [X] Trenchcoat (5 Creds+Risk[?], No Violence Edition)

    Drone buddy! Training Stealth is essential for what we're about to do next. Not really confident trying to muscle our way in, so drones it is.
     
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