Take your time, it's got to be fun for you too.
Updated the loot log with what we found in the store.
I should be able to update regularly for this group today. I did a little writing for this game. I had hit a brick wall but I think I'm good now.
To K's OOC comment in the main thread:
Thanks! I put a lot of thought into the story of the Horde about a year ago. If you haven't figured it out by the context clues, they're a merger of enclave with legion, with a few twists. I even wrote a backstory of how it happened. :-)
Since the idea of new characters was mentioned, I should let you know that any of you who die/wish to retire at this point will not be limited with your new characters to humans. Ghouls and Super Mutants are going to be available. Further, I've been sort of tinkering with some robot rules as well, though those are experimental and subject to change. The other group has a ghoul in it, for example.
I'm not saying anyone should change as this team has a good chemistry flowing, but I'm just letting you know that's the case.
I'm actually interested in playing as a ghoul, as that is the ONE feature they've never implemented in any of the Fallout games that I've wanted. Ah well, maybe in a future update for Fallout 4.
That said, I'm really loving this character, as well as this game, and I don't plan on retiring her any time soon.
On purpose, of course. Her life is left to the dice, after all.
Well...you can always hang out near a lot of radiation and save your Bennie for the inevitable roll.
See the radiation rules in my posted document for how to (very riskily) become a ghoul.
I'm always struggling with the D&D mindset of having to kill everything. We can run this like a smash and grab, just get in there and get out. And since they don't seem to have a back exit (that we know of) our friends with the rocket launcher upstairs should be able to deter pursuit.
We got this guys! Until I get one-shot by a mutant. Then we're in trouble.
I added the preliminary robot rules under races in the shared document; it's...still buggy. SW is a system of minimalism, but it seemed impossible to be minimalist with robots. Construct alone is a huge bonus and needed some serious balance. I think I did okay.
GM, I bought the Scifi companion and it has some rules for playing as a robot. Take a gander.
It also has rules for power armor that are very easily fit into a Fallout campaign.
I don't know if that will fit. 1. Robots in Fallout clearly have no "don't harm humans" circuits unless programmed purposefully like the one in Fallout 3 in the ghoul town. 2. They run pretty much indefinitely off an internal fusion core. Look at the butler in Fallout 4!
Meh, you can ignore the Aasimov circuit thing. I planned on doing that. However if you don't ignore it then you can assume that after 200 years some of their Aasimov circuits are fried. As for power...that seems to be a thing in Fallout that is...fluid.
In some instances power sources are limitless (Robots) but in others they were limitless (Power Armor) but are now not limitless.
And weaponry...rippers and power fists used to require power cells but now don't.
There will be no updates for a while in any of my games. I have a major emergency.
Hooe the emergency isn't too bad, GTG!
In related news, I have an interview for a second job, and if I get it, my hours to post will he lowered.
Thank you all for your understanding. On Friday I lost my job and had a family emergency on the same day. It's bee rough.
Oh that sucks man. My condolences!
That is garbage, so sorry that happened to you.
Family emergency handled. Job hunt continues. Weekend sucked, but my wife is amazing, so this week has started well. I'm giving you folks an update and will try to continue to do so when I can.
If you can, look for a Costco near where you live. Minimum wage for them is $13. Hope you get things settled down soon, as I'm quite familiar with being jobless.
Darn it sorry guys I forgot to tell you also I got a new job that's better pay potential than the last, but more time consuming. I'll keep posting but not as often. That's just how it's gonna be, sorry if that's a problem.
Just glad things are looking up for you. Post when you can, we understand.
Congratulations on the new job!
Now is a good time to mention that April will be particularly brutal for me at work, so posting may be spotty sometimes. If I hold things up, feel free to NPC me or have another player step in.
Hey guys, I'm sorry but life has gotten to the point where I cannot consistently post, and I don't have time for my online games anymore. This includes both as a player and as a GM. I've enjoyed playing with most of you for almost a year now, but I just can't go on. I'm sorry. I hope you understand. I have no qualms with someone else taking over.
Damn, that sucks, but I hope you get your life back together. This was one of my favorite games, and I hope that you can come back.
It was a lot of fun while it lasted, thanks for running it and thank you all for playing and making the game so enjoyable.
Hey guys - I...
Well, I haven't had a job for a while. I have free time. It's a long story I can tell later, but it doesn't look like it's going to change for a while.
I feel like I want to play again, but I think you all deserve me as a GM more than I deserve to find a spot as a player. I want to get back to the game, if you all still want to. If you don't, I understand. It's been over a month. But if you're up for it, I can get right back on the rails...er...in the sandbox...with you where we were.
I know what it's like to not have a job for an extended period of time, so you have my sympathies. As for jumping back into the game, I'd love to play again, as I love the game and the characters, but only if you really feel up to it.
Unfortunately I already put Kris in another game :( I'd have to make a new alias
-Posted with Wayfinder
But I have a Rippers game going that you could join if you want
-Posted with Wayfinder
I'm actually not familiar with Rippers at all...
Rippers is a Victorian Horror Plot point campaign set in 1892 England. Players are "Rippers" devoted to destroying evil creatures and stopping a Cult known as the Cabal.
Think 19th century X-Files.
Or Cult of Cthulhu that doesnt always end in you dying no matter how hard you try?
Seriously, that game is the Dark Souls of tabletop.
Yeah, there's some Mythos stuff in it...
Lots of Dracula, Van Helsing, Frankenstein's Monster, Island of Dr. Moreau, Invisible Man etc.
Right now the Rippers are investigating a series of corpse disappearances in Aylesbury England, a suburb of London.
Eventually they will go globetrotting to various exotic locales (Egypt, Shangri-La, Tibet, Hong Kong, Chichen Itza...)
Niles, I'm going to take a look over your game's info, but I really don't like that I left things hanging here mid-combat especially.
If some people can't continue, I'll find a way to write them out without death so they can come back if they want. In the meantime the other group has had about half say they'd want to continue, and if worse comes to worse I can thread-merge. They found their first suit of power armor, and they might hear Mac's radio signal back to the brotherhood and come looking for you guys. They were at a natural break when I stopped so it's a fine plot hook for them, and those that replied like the idea.
I'm gonna give it a bit to wait on other replies before deciding.
I'm still down to play if you want to pick it up again.
Like I said, I'm in for getting the game back up and running, but only if you're really into the game.
It may take me a bit to get all my ducks in a row. I doubt we still have the map we had, and while I still have the bookmarks for the game info, I have to reread a bit. It would be a bit of dramatic loosy-goosey rules to resolve the scenario you guys are in. I want to wrap my head around it again. I disconnected cognitively from it for so long I haven't been in the zone - but I think I can put something to get us back on track.
I think for my own peace of mind I do want to end up merging the games if the plot allows...even though it's potentially just as many players to cover (although two in the other group haven't responded, so it likely wouldn't be), a single plot will be easier for me to focus on. Fortunately I've dropped enough scraps about the two groups to one another to be able to make that happen without a pointless major plot overhaul.
I def wanna play, I just need to make a new alias since I put Kris in a new game.
No problem. If you can't remember the exact stats, etc, just kinda...fudge him based on the experience the others have.
Won't be weird to you to have two guys named Kristophe with potentially different personalities? That would be weird to me if I were a player, and I'd keep mixing them up.
Anyway, I think with the fact that both groups have similar goals for their teams in the long run, the merge up will have few hiccups....hopefully.
Err, well I was actually planning on just making a new character whole cloth.
That's fine - I'll have to figure a write out for Kristophe, but since he was planning on going out with a bang anyway...