Smoker Nix wakes up and realizes he has to drive across the Wasted West forever... in a Pinto!  Noooo!!!!

In reply to Dakota Jack Cardinal (msg #75):

Don,

Ooops! I drew the "poker hands" card for Dakota Jack. He has no penis. So sorry!

Tony

Time for a trip to Junkyard for a replacement. Anyone seen Space Truckers?

On a side note, I've changed my picture.

In reply to Ian Roadkill Colby (msg #77):

Overkill,

Hey, is that you? Nice! Always wanted to do that.

As a side note, Arthur's Squire has posted her description. Have a look if you want to see what I'm looking for in a bio. This should give you an idea. Not just physical details, but personality and a few thoughts on life.

Tony
This message was last edited by the GM at 11:46, Wed 23 June 2010.

Hello all! I am new and looking forward to rp'ing with all of you:)

Welcome!

Welcome to the gang, Rowan :)

As for Character Creation, I have some questions about the use of the templates and all that.  Are we basically just using the templates in the book straight up, or what?  How much do we get to customize our characters?

Welcome Rowan.



I have certainly tweaked the Scavenger template quite heavily for Nix.  I have then submitted it to Tony for his approval however and have taken his suggestions on board as I'm sure that will result in a group of characters who make sense to be together and therefore don't have any major conflicts between them.

In reply to Arthur Dayne (msg #81):

Greetings to Julene/Rowan! Fantastic to have you on board.

Wax,

At this point, I want to get going so you have to use the templates. You can tweak a few points in Aptitudes and Edges/Hindrances. The less I have to double-check, the better.

Posse:

I've been in contact with COL Schaeffer's player, and he's got a few things to work out at the moment. He still really wants to play (and we want him to, of course) but I understand if that's going to be a problem. For the mean time he'll be NPCd, hopefully for only a very short time (days, hours, minutes, who knows?). I've done a short placeholder description for him in the mean time.

I'm glad to see most people are getting done. The sooner you do, the sooner we get going. If you're not done, you'll have to use the basic templates as-is. And you don't want that, do you?  =)

Updated Roundup:

Arthur Dayne (Templar) - No character sheet or description.
Michaela Fukushima (Squire) - Character complete.
Brother Edgar (Doomsayer) - Character done, more detailed description would be nice and is in the works.
Dakota Jack (Gunslinger) - Character complete. Yay!
COL Schaeffer (SOF commando) - NPC Archetype and placeholder description.

Roadkill (Trucker) - Character sheet done, no nightmare or description.
Smoker Nix (Mechanic/Scavenger) - Character Sheet done, missing Worst Nightmare, could have more history in description.
Rowan Dawson (Medic/Storyteller) - Basically done. More elaborate description is in the works.
Peter Firecrow (Chase Car Driver/Ravenite) - Mostly done, a few details remaining.
Jane Guin (Gunner/Renegae Black Hat) - Missing character sheet and description, but I don't think this was going to get done until Wed anyways.


Tony

Description elaborated upon in sermon form!  Praise be the Bomb!

Sorry, its hard not to get into the faith.  Heh.

Trollsmith/Cory

You're a sick sick man!



BWAHAHAHA

I haven't seen the movie but I like where this is going!  Roboweenie to the rescue!



Hahaha Oh I hope he uses that phrase very lightly IC...  But it'll be more fun if he doesn't.

Okay, sorry... Humanity made me drop off the face of the earth for a bit. I'm looking around and I can't find my HoE book that has the renegade black hat template, so... Unless the GM wants to PM it to me for modifications, I'll have to keep searching before I can do anything significant. My apologies. Stupid 'real life'! *shakes fist*

In reply to Jane Guin (msg #86):

Ivan,

Not a problem, template on the way, check your PM. At this point, we're gunning to go so you pretty much need to use the template as-is with some minor changes. I think the Black Hat Defector suits your character conception, so that shouldn't be an issue.

Posse,

Generally speaking, I was allowing changes to the templates for those that wanted to do so when there was time. Now that we're down to zero-hour it's time to shit or get off the pot! For those working on their characters who've told me about everything cool they wanna do, time to put up or shut up!  =)

Also, have a look at Michaela's description to see what I'm looking for with these things. A physical description is a good start, but only a start.

Tony

That does help a lot, actually.  (Brother Edgar's too.)
This message was last edited by the player at 23:04, Wed 23 June 2010.

In reply to Dakota Jack Cardinal (msg #88):

My pleasure!

Edit Added: I know how and where Arthur, Brother Edgar, Dakota and Schaeffer met up, and how they met with the crew traveling with Roadkill's rig.

How and where did Roadkill, Smoker, Rowan, Jane and Peter meet?

1) Figure this out between yourselves. PM or in this thread, let's get this done.

2) Remember to post some kind of character history in your description, including how you met the other PCs (as applicable).

Does everyone know how to add images to their posts?

1) Find the URL of the image. Make sure it's not too big an image!

2) Copy and paste to your post with the following command:

img src=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Where "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" is the full image URL string, like http://i104.photobucket.com/al.../LuckyStrikeBack.jpg

Add angle brackets to enclose everything, like <img src=>

3) Add the tags <center></center> around the whole thing to centre the image in your post.

Et la voila! Not all images will work, especially copyrighted ones.

Finally, should anyone want to contact me off-RPOL, my personal email is helbent4@gmail.com

Tony
This message was last edited by the GM at 04:17, Thu 24 June 2010.

Okay, gang.

Peter perhaps ran into Jane (not literally) when she was first on the run or leaving of her own free fast will from the Black Hats? Gave her a ride and finally let her fire the mounted gun in the back when some Black Hats came to "retrieve her"?

Perhaps one or more of the other members not hooked up yet arrived at that time?

Peter hired the mechanic to help him fix up his truck after the grueling fight with the Black Hats, since it had gotten shot up quite a bit. Perhaps he was savvy enough to be the one who helped put the extra armor on the pickup?

In reply to Peter Firecrow (msg #90):

My deep thanks for working this all out.

You'll notice when you read Michaela's description that she does say where and when she met Arthur. This is because it was important to her, and presumably meeting the other PCs is important to your character, too.

I would like to start tomorrow. Please finish up your characters.

Tony
This message was last edited by the GM at 09:48, Thu 24 June 2010.

Roadkill lives a nomadic life as a trucker. He wouldn't be too picky about who rides with him since there is safety in numbers. Anybody who wanted to work with him as a truck guard or was willing to pay for transportation when they needed a ride would be an easy connection. Smoker would have been a useful person to know for making repairs and upgrades.

I'm just about ready, though I haven't written my physical description and I can't decide how much I want to invest in my truck. Part of me want to put a bunch of points towards pimping it out but then the other part of me is hesitant to put so much into what is effectively going to just be something that sits parked while we're doing the real "adventuring."

Guys, my internet connection at home is down. i am posting from work, so I have to be brief. I don#t know when I'll be back in possession of a working internet connection (or phone or tv) so please don't think i bailed out on you.
I'll be back.

In reply to Ian Roadkill Colby (msg #92):

Overkill,

That is a good point, although you can't always assume that the adventures are going to take place at the end points of the travel! Further, once detached from the trailer the cab has definite tactical possibilities.

My suggestion: go with the basic armour upgrades, don't spring for the Ma-Deuce (M2HB cal-fifty). This will leave enough cash for the shotgun and some ammo, and enough spook juice to make it to Last Chance, NM (it can't be more than 50 miles to Last Chance from Pantano Station or else the mutants won't be able to make it on foot in the desert).

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Here's how we could run the meeting between Peter, Roadkill, Smoker and Jane.

Jane was running from the Combine south from Colorado to New Mexico. She ran into Peter in a survivor community in New Albuquerque NM. He picked her up as a gunner for the Ma-Deuce in the bed of his technical. Around the same time, the Convoy rolled through on I-40, heading east. Roadkill was asked to make a side trip down to Las Cruces, NM, to take some supplies. Peter and Jane are hired to run as a chase vehicle, for $20/day plus expenses. The plan is to eventually RV with the Convoy in St. Louis in a month.

Meanwhile, Smoker and Dakota are breaking out of jail in Truth or Consequences, which is on the way from Albuquerque to Las Cruces. Needing a ride, and fast, Smoker hooks up with Peter, Roadkill and Jane when they blow town. It's a natural fit, due to his mechanical skills. Dakota leaves town, too, but north with a female trucker.

Dakota and Smoker tentatively planned to meet up in Las Cruces in a week, but neither would wait if the other wasn't there.

At this time, Brother Edgar and his flock are traveling by foot from Tucson to Chance City, a trip of about a week.

Peter, Roadkill, Jane and Smoker spend a week in the Las Cruces area, fighting a Mexican motorcycle gang, Los Diablos. Rowan meets them there, but has run into most of them at some point previously. She joins them as a medic and backup gunner on Roadkill's rig. Dakota drifts the other way, up through Albuquerque and west through Arizona down to Tucson. He drifts east until he makes Pantano Station.

The others spend their money foolishly in Las Cruces, and as a favour to the town (and so that bar and hotel bills they can't pay are waived) travel west down I-10 in search of what might be causing travellers to go missing. Thus, they enter Pantano Station from the other direction than Dakota, at around roughly the same time, at around the same time the muties get there.

Dakota may have run into Brother Edgar earlier in Tucson, but it's unlikely. He may have heard of the mutie migration from there as it happened about a week earlier.

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COL Schaeffer's NPC'd (which is fine), Arthur and Jane are getting their act together but are probably going to be close to template, I think we're about ready to kick this pig over!


Tony
This message was last edited by the GM at 22:35, Thu 24 June 2010.

My character sheet is done, except for equipment.

My character description for the cast list has been updated with physical description and personality.

Also, I'm working on a good background story for him.  I have not done that yet, but I figure that can kind of wait.  It's hard to flesh out his story before I have played him for a bit and given him some legs.

In reply to Arthur Dayne (msg #95):

Bueno! That's fine.

As mentioned, there's some information in Michaela's write-up you can use. I want to be clear, if you have another idea, I'll change her's to match. She's just an NPC, after all...

Additional Notes:

I'm not going to bother making a distinction between Throwing Balanced or Unbalanced. It's a distinction without a difference.

Is everyone cool with the suggested shared history? If so, please incorporate at least a little of it into your personal histories.

Game start is happening.... now. (Working on it).


Tony
This message was last edited by the GM at 20:30, Thu 24 June 2010.

In reply to The Marshall (msg #94):

That sounds great to me.

My thought process was that Nix shared a cell a while ago with Dakota Jack in the town of Truth or Consequences and that he managed to pick the lock to get them out.  If this needs to be more recent then that works as well.

I would also suggest that Nix has done various bits of repair work for Roadkill at points in the past and so when he needed to get out of town he hooked up with Roadkill and therefore met Peter and Jane.

Lastly didn't you want some of us to link up with Rowan as well?  If Rowan is a storyteller then Nix would certainly be interested in listening to her stories!

In reply to Smoker Nix (msg #97):

I'm okay with their being in a cell in T-or-C (named after a TV game show) in the recent past to make a neater narrative.

It makes sense that Smoker could have worked for Peter and Roadkill in the past. While it may seem like a coincidence, but with so few people left alive if you travel in the same circles you're bound to know or have run into a good percentage of them at some point.

Rowan certainly could have entertained everyone with her story-telling at some point!

Tony

I feel compelled to point out that anyone could make their character a mutant and have an instant hook with the mutant refugees.  Join the Chosen!  Be evolution in action!

Trollsmith/Cory