[SFD] Some players have all the luck

Quick post - but its amazing what you find when you actually zoom in enough in google maps to actually see business names pop up. The campaign may shift radically if the players arent brain dead.... What are the odds?

Because Im insane like that

Hmmm - this could be a way to force myself to post more about Bridgeport or Bryn Mawr and nail down some tropes and ideas that I want to come through no matter what.

Another quick ponderings post

Interesting read over at Playing DnD with Porn Stars (NSFW in general) about setting books and how little most people read them, which I totally agree with with the exception of Battletech in my case. So Im figuring that each player probably has one setting they will read any and all setting books for, while the rest just get skimmed at best. So if I want to craft my Ideas for Bridgeport (using LoFP) or Bryn Mawr (generic OSR) I need to balance my urge for detail with enough interesting material, predominately gaming material and brief vignettes, to get people to want the material I produce.

So by this logic I need to write down what is almost my GM prep style, minimal info and some game stats - just enough to get the GMs imagination going in new directions.

I think I can do that.

[SFD] Recap of 3/12

As we joined our "heroes" again for the first full session they were bedded down in old ruins, the remains of a pre-war tavern. During the downtime David Davidson, the Vault security guard sent out by Sal began to convulse and even the medical ministrations of Josef and his Vault training could not save him from the ravages of radiation, succumbing to it puzzlingly fast. After finding a picture that made them realize that copper was used in major amounts in the brewery industry before the Fall.

A major commotion in the streets brought everyone to look as an elderly figure ran down the streets, followed by a horde of degenerate humans, chasing after him with various blades and clubs. The young scruffy girl climbed up ontop of Fluffy for protection, just in time for Fluffy to charge into the fray, presumably to "play". The battle was extremely lopsided as the players had ranged weapons and the cannibals only had a leader with a sawed off single barrel shotgun. Jeeves entered a bizarre and vengeful state, while Fluffy playfully crushed all who came into reach, as the cannibals frantically flailed at him with no success. No one knew what exactly to do when the newcomer pulled out a strange firearm and blasted at the cannibals with searing light. The cannibals broke and ran after the dirty young girl vaulted off Fluffy to land behind the cannibal leader and neutered him with her straight razor (greatly assisted by a massive critical hit from Jane Doe's hunting rifle).

After the battle, and a bloody Jeeves returned from chasing cannibals, introductions were made, energy weapons were drooled over and plans were made. Newcomer Jeremiah led the party to a weird walled off street, inhabited by a community of black ghouls who apparently had worked at the nearby Glow before the fall. Trading on the canned goods found in ruins in the February session, the party was able to gain the recipe of pickles, food and some ammo along with some additional information for the surrounding area. After much debate it was decided to clear out the nest of cannibals at their source, as no one would complain about taking valuables from dead cannibals, and hopefully some work later on. The plan to destroy the cannibals revolved around using the dirty girl as bait and lead the degenerates into the blast radius of a bomb cobbled from car power-plants. A believable plan, good dice rolls and an obsession with using rat bodies as some sort of distraction for the cannibals managed to lead to a massive, earth shaking explosion only a few blocks from the nest of cannibals, a pre-Fall bus depot.

Who will notice the explosion? What will be found in the depot? Can the players survive their plans?

Good weather and a finished project

Not a long post due to being busy on some other projects.

The weather finally has warmed up enough to allow for priming and sealing, so the last of my matte sealer went to coating my 15mm Spetsnatz.

Up on the build table I finally have the last bits to finish building of the Halo Flood inspired corrupted powered suit, converting/sculpting an alternative female FCC Boomer for my Mercs force, rebuilding the upper arms of my Domanei Seraph for a more realistic shape, 15mm hunter/bounty killers and working on terrain for 15mm modern and 28mm near future.

Now for my Guinness for St. Patrick's Day

[SFD] Recap of the game 2/12

Here is a short recap of the first session.

Edison, leading his motley band of scavengers, had bought a scavenging permit for the remains of Grosse Point. Using some secret records he had recovered, Edison was hoping to find the remains of a hereto unknown Vault that he could recover tech from. At the same time, S.A.L. was preparing to sen "her" group into the Wastes on their "Shopping Run". As Fluffy pounded on the massive door sealing the Vault, opening procedures began. An awkward introduction followed, vastly facilitated by the "movies" that Jeeves managed to project, especially enjoyed by Fluffy. Making the decision that working together would allow both groups to have a better chance of success, the new band set out. Almost immediately a man ran by, chased by dogs. Jane Doe decided to randomly shoot one dog as Fluffy tripped the running man. Following after the dogs were handlers and a man on horse. When the one handler saw his now dead dog he had a fit, before being shot by the rider. After determining the party had a valid scavenging permit the newcomers simply dragged the fallen man off.

After rooting through some ruins the party stumbled on to a small personal fallout shelter, filled with canned goods. Chasing after a possible lead on pickles the party began to head west.

The travel west was assisted by the cobbling of a Supermutant powered wagon. Strange sights were noticed coming from the city center, including a sight of some weird light in the sky leaving the center of town.

The session wrapped up after a close encounter with the radiation of the Glow. The party pulled off the highway and bedded down for the day.

[SFD] Some gear and Edges

I've added two additional resources to the Savage Fallout booklets, Savage Darwin's World and Savage Gamma World. The single biggest benefit will be additional tech, pre-written for me to use. I find this wonderful as it means more time to spend on trying to figure out how something like a Stealthboy will actually work. As one of the players wants a Stealthboy as an integral part of his character. Since the piece of tech is that important I think its time to create an edge, however not every piece of tech costs an edge. Regular gear is still available, but it can be stolen, broken or worn out.

Gear

Sheath Armor - the standard riot gear of America pre-fall (power armor being the exclusive province of the military) was stocked in the Vaults, for the inevitable civil disturbances in the monolithic vaults. As a result the remaining suits tend to be in the hands of vault dwellers and their descendants  or those who have found and cracked Vaults.

+3 armor, 100 credits, 10 lb weight (does not include a helmet)

Friendly Persuader - not popular with most dwellers of the Wastelands due to their lack of lethality, the Friendly Persuader was created to arm police forces of pre-fall America. Powerful but non lethal this handgun has much of the profile of the classic .38 cal revolver that was standard issue for police across America from the 1880s well through World War 2. Quite capable of subduing a suspect rather than out right killing them, only those few attempting to uphold justice in the wastes even consider using them in the current era.

Friendly Persuader - 15/30/60 - 2d8 damage - 30 shots from one micro energy cell - AP2, inflicts Fatigue instead of wounds, Semi-Auto, target is shaken if received fatigue damage, 500 credits, 4 lbs

New Edges

These edges are going to be character creation only - they are specifically intended to certain characters, unless some negotiation comes in.

Weapon of Mass Distraction (intended for SirJustinSane's character)

Requirements: Novice, Attractive, Spirits d8+

You've got some impressive "assets" and you sure know how to make the best use of them to make sure that your opponent's attention is where you want it to be.

When wearing any outfit that leaves at least 75% of your skin exposed, any attack roll made against you suffers a -2 penalty, in addition to any other modifiers that apply. This penalty rises to -4 if you are Very Attractive.

by JackAce

Gear (intended for the Swede)

Requirements: Novice, not available to Vault born origins

You got your grubby hands on a piece of pre-Fall technology. The technology of the Ancients was amazing, almost magical in its reach and power. Use the weird science rules to create an item, but replace weird science with Science as the skill roll, with a default to Smarts. This includes the rule that a 1 on the skill roll triggers a malfunction. 

example - Stealthboy
10 power points (recharges one point per hour)
mimics Invisibility spell (cost of 5 points)
Duration 3 (additional round for each extra point spent)
Character becomes invisible, -4 to notice, IF there is a reason to suspect an invisible character. With a success for notice roll, -4 to target. On a raise the penalty becomes -6

Sincerity

Req. Novice, Persuasion d8+

Some call your character a wide-eyed idealist, but there is no mistaking the fact that he believes what he says. Anytime your character is telling the literal truth (as he knows it), he gains a +2 bonus on Persuasion rolls. He loses this bonus if he exaggerates even slightly.

~Talisman

Hindrances

Flashbacks (minor)

The Hero has suffered a traumatic event in his life that has taken a portion of his sanity with it. Whenever the Hero sees or hears an object, person, sound etc. that may have been linked to a specific traumatic event in his life he must make a Spirit roll. With a failure the hero suffers a flashback and is shaken, he may begin hallucinating and acting as if he were actually in his flashback.

-1337pwnr

[SFD] An Experimental Idea

While listening to podcasts at work I came across a totally intriguing concept, having nonactive players stepping into crowd npcs and roleplaying them. I call them "crowd npcs" as these are npcs whose sole existence is to be scenery, players familiar with older Crpgs will know them as the "Sigh, times are tough" bar patrons. The whole idea of being a DM who DOESN'T have to roleplay the minor scenery npcs when the party, of course, splits up to try and pursue two goals or more at once. This is a wonderful idea for me as it allows some additional player control of the plot as they can dictate additional elements of the world, as I have no problem rolling with the changes. However there are a few rules to this idea;

• Dont be a dick - just like Phil Plait says, this should always be a golden rule
• Pick an unimportant npcs - dont pick the king, pick a servant or bodyguard
• you're playing an npc to add flavor, not to try and add to the plot
• dont do anything to harm another PC (causing trouble for your own PC is fair game)

Im quite willing to allow this with any player ive run for before, and others are welcome after they have gamed with me and gotten a taste of my style.

[SFD] Random thoughts and notes

Just a miscellaneous post with the hope to organize my thoughts some.

Overland travel in Savage Fallout: Detroit

• Walking - 4.5 mph or around 24 miles for an average days travel
• Horses - 25 miles roughly, can be pushed to around 50 miles
• Motorcycle - 40-60 miles per hour
• Cars - as fast as the engine and your nerves will handle
• Sail ships - 120 miles in a day

Scavenging permits - I think it would make sense for some of the more organized (or ruthless) power groups in the area to issue scavenging permits to various wandering scavengers. In return for a portion of all scrap or relics found the scavenger is legally allowed to hunt through ruins in the power groups area. Punishment for scavenging without a permit will be branding on first attempt and probably death on a repeat offense. Variation in the cost of the permit or what is expected to be recovered makes perfect sense, as someone digging through a pile of beams and bricks is one thing, cracking into a military storage depot is much different.

Speaking of scavenging Ive decided on a location for the Vault that starts up the campaign will be in Grosse Point and the exit to the outside world faces South.

Pirates of the Big Lakes - this idea needs expansion, wonder if there is a Gammaworld module for this...

What is the starting date of Savage Fallout: Detroit - I think I need a random day generator and work from there. 

[SFD] Character Sheet

Just a small posting - heres a link to the Character Sheet I edited. Savage Fallout: Detroit Character Sheet

Opinions and thoughts?