Yeah, I agree.
Taking care of the mesmetron sounds as good a plan as any. So, what's the story behind the mind control device?
As I recall, the only info we have is a group of Raiders in Tampa found it, and the Brotherhood found out. They don't want to commit the resources to retrieve it because it'd likely be a prolonged firefight, but they're offering a big reward for retrieving it.
...I say we pick the Van, drive towards Tampa and kick each and every possible ass while we look for the Mesmetron. After that we can consider our choices, but if we find some fat stacks I'd say we go to Dome, pimp our Van and go to Kingdom.
We can tackle the Vault when we have a nice Vertibird.
Truer words never spoken.
I agree on going for the Mesmetron. Best we take that thing out. (Personally even if we get in intact Spencer will probably make a case for breaking it ourselves and bringing the scrap back to the BoS. We don't want anyone using that.)
Oh, we are so totally destroying it. Mickey is not the least bit comfortable with anyone having mind control guns.
I also just double-checked the weight of Spencer's gear since I picked up some new stuff, and discovered that his armor and guns weigh a little more than expected, and some of the new general purpose gear I got is hefty as well. Standard procedure will now need to include dropping his pack when we get into anything hairy, so he isn't incurring encumbrance penalties.
Been looking over my character sheet, and trying to figure out what all I want to do with her, and it occured to me that her Charisma edge really makes no sense for her. Would you allow me to trade it out for something else that's a better fit?
Yep.
Sorry, about the delay. Weekend was super busy. Catching up now.
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Here we go.... Mickey got grabbed, so I think we should plan this round before we die stupidly.
First thing first, I am planning on moving to Mickey's space, opening the door and either A) Hack the ghoul so Mickey can enter the van by himself b)Try to overpower the ghoul and bring Mickey by myself.
Second, to free Mickey what should I roll? An opposed strength check?
Third, who occupies the wheel now?
I could keep driving, but I am the strongest one, so it may be wise to swap places while I bargain with the rottie about our lovely vault guard.
You should keep driving. You're way more effective behind the wheel at the moment. One of the others can step up.
Oh they weren't trying to straight-up grapple him, just pull him out of the van. Now they're gonna group-maul him, zombie style.
Problem is the van is still going...he needs to slam to a stop (successful drive check) or you all leave him behind. Otherwise momentum and whatnot being what it is, you take a while to skid stop. Even fresh tuned breaks in the apocalypse don't last very long, and you're driving fast enough to slam ghouls aside, so...you know...drama and all.
Yeah, kinda figured it'd be something like that. Hopefully, Mickey makes it. If not, well, it's been an honor, folks. :-)
I have to say this does make me curious about running a Walking Dead style game in Savage Worlds. I would try it for a one shot, but my wife hates zombies. They legit freak her out. And not in a fun way.
It's not Savage Worlds, but I'm pretty excited for Red Markets; it seems like a very novel twist on the zombie outbreak formula.
I have to say this does make me curious about running a Walking Dead style game in Savage Worlds. I would try it for a one shot, but my wife hates zombies. They legit freak her out. And not in a fun way.
There's a mini-AP called "Zombie Run" that's out. I tried to run it for friends.
HINT - DO NOT CHARGE THE HORDE.
F~&+ing idiots played it like it was D&D. My wife was the only one to live, because she played it like it was an actual zombie apocalypse.
Nice shootin', Tex.
DAMNIT remind me to never do a fight with this many badguys again. Holy crap this takes forever... so much more fun in a F2F game. I can just roll like 40 dice and not type all this crap out.
Yep. But it's only -1. Hasn't really come into play yet.
Gonna switch out Charismatic with Danger Sense. Is that alright?
That's cool
I'll be travelling home all day tomorrow and so might or might not be able to make a post (depending on the airport wifi in Cancun). Everything should be back to normal Friday.
Bit of news I find relevant for our game. In August, Bethesda is releasing a new DLC for Fallout 4 called Nuka World, which seems to he a theme park built by the Nuka Cola Corporation.
Yeah, looks like it.
I couldn't get into FO4 nearly as much as 3 or New Vegas though. It feels...soulless somehow.
I haven't played since before the other DLC came out, despite having bought the Season Pass.
I like the game, a bit more than New Vegas and about on par with FO3. Not a big fan of the new conversation system, as sometimes an NPC will just walk away mid conversation. Am a big fan of how you can join the BBEG if you want, wish you could have done that in FO3. Still working through the Far Harbor DLC, but so far I really enjoy it. And I love creating robots.
Also, a fatman launcher that shoots bowling balls. YES PLEASE.
That sounds awesome. The Rock-It Launcher was my favorite weapon in FO3 due to the fact you could shoot ANYTHING you find lying around.
FO4 has the Junk Jet that does that.
The only problem being that junk has an actual value now. The economy for FO4 is hilarious. I once lost my mind in joy because I found 2 pencils in a locker.
"I can finally upgrade my vault suit!" :-)
I have literally dumped weapons so I could carry alarm clocks.
I know what you mean. Though with the Far Harbor DLC there is a third rank to the Scavenger perk that almost doubles what you get from breaking down weapons and armor.
Just figure I'd share with you guys, when you get to Kingdom, there's a Followers outpost there, with full medical access. All implants will be available, and you can get Cray converted to a "Cyberbird" as well, for a fee.
Pretty much the Island of Nations (the shanty town outside Kingdom itself) has anything you want to buy if you look hard enough. The city is based very heavily off Vault City in Fallout 2, with the shanty-town outside MUCH BIGGER...probably 2/3 of the population lives there rather than in the city proper, if not more.
I have to know, what was your reaction to Chip and Dale with the Rescue Rangers theme song coming to help? My live group was dying in laughter. They didn't have quite the same introduction, but it was still the ruins of Orlando, so....
And, yes, everyone working for Kingdom has a Disney character name.
Which makes me wonder, if anyone is going to bat an eye at "Mickey".
I dug the reference personally. But I wonder how far you'll take it. Will there in fact be a "Goof Troop". A bunch of badass commandoes wearing tourist Goofy hats.
Rather than "Ooh-rah" they could say "Ahyuk!".
I hadn't thought of that. Nah, the major names, Donald, Goofy, Minnie, etc, are heads of various city branches. I do like the idea that Goofy is the head of the military, though. They're more like titles than actual names, but the people have to get their names legally changed for the jobs. Ha...goof troop...that's getting written down...
Anyway, you'll see how they react to the name Mickey...*grin*
Goofy IS head of the Royal Guard...
As for my reaction to the Chip and Dale theme? I was initially disappointed this wasn't the music barreling at us.
I love that idea for the various branches of the Kingdom. Especially the Goofy being in charge of the military.
As for the cyber bird idea, if I was playing literally any other character, I'd be all up on that like white on rice.
Well, it's pretty much just an armor upgrade, for the most part. You can always in character use it as an excuse to save his life, as he got torn pretty bad by the ghouls.
Spent all three of his bennies to reduce it to 1 wound, so it isn't as bad as it could have been. Gonna spend time using the Healing skill to help Cray and anybody else that wants it. However, I will keep that in mind for the future if that happens again.
Oh, next month Bethesda is releasing a small DLC allowing you to create your own vault, and the ability to conduct tests on your vault dwellers.
It's not just you. I'm about to have a tumbleweed uncharacteristically blow through the Island.
Busy weekend. Catching up now. I should have a post up for my lunch break, which is in a couple hours.
You can leave. I just had the attack and escape because that's one of those things for the area.
Sandbox, remember?
Thanks for the patch up, Aeryicka. Back to full health.
I was thinking that we could see if we hear about a job offer in the local "bar". Something besides caravan work that we could potentially handle quickly. If not, we get a hot meal, soend the night, and continue on in the morning.
Well...I think you just found out one reason why. Or three, technically.
I'm a bastard. I was planning this ever since Mickey mentioned it in his interlude. It's too great not to throw that moral quandary at you - this isn't the waste. You're in a town, with guards, legit guards, and they have no idea who this guy is, but you're strangers who just showed up and are now threatening a random stranger. You take him out right now, and you just pissed off an entire city, but you let him go...tsk, tsk, tsk.