We'll do chargen and setup here. Have some cool content to inspire you.

Hello everyone! I'm hoping to play a Sorcerer.

For most of the city folk she tries to downplay her nature and runs a caravanserai called the Sand Bar. Its drinks are nothing special, but when grain is available she makes good grain wraps and bread slabs.

Hello, fellow heroes!

Arska is a Barbarian, a reputed huntress amongst her people. Although she's at home in the wilderness, she periodically goes to the city to trade pigmen skins for supplies.

But lately she's getting restless and bored with such a simple life, and exploring further and further afield. Although she likes nothing better than a good fight, curiosity is getting the best of her - she wants to know more about the lands and people beyond her usual hunting grounds.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:30, Mon 01 Mar 2021.

I'll be playing a diplomatic robot, ROAN (row-ann), which stands for Rational Operation Android, Number...and she refuses to state her number.  Prodding her about her number will turn her eyes a different color, if you know what I mean.

Hello all!

I shall be playing Mad Maggs, wasteland warrior and slightly feral nomad!



This message was last edited by the player at 20:28, Sun 28 Feb 2021.

I am Rhy Ghor the Nok.

About 10' tall, beast-man with feline features (Liger)

https://drive.google.com/file/...rj0/view?usp=sharing

Closest I can get without drawing it myself, he IS striped.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:52, Sun 28 Feb 2021.

Hey everbody! Nice to be here!

I was thinking about playing a barbarian, but if we need the group filled out a bit more, I could try something else.
This message was last edited by the player at 22:10, Sun 28 Feb 2021.

In reply to drfeck (msg # 7):

Welcome! If you want ideas, a Vek would be cool. Smart raptors. Enough said :)

I'm also flexible on what I play if you want the sorcerer. Since this thread is about discussion ^^

In reply to Maharet (msg # 9):

No it's cool. I can easily play the smart lizard of the team. Gives me a speciality and I can help our robot PC.

A small children's toy waddles up to you, torn and stained fabric revealing plastic and wiring; it tugs at your sleeve and looks up at you with one cracked marble. "My name is Buddy Bear and I'm your friend!"

I am a modified Diplomatic model Robot.
This message was last edited by the player at 02:20, Mon 01 Mar 2021.

In reply to Ziven Of Nine (msg # 1):

Excellent. Waiting to hear from Emmeline, she has a bit of a full RL plate right now.

Feel free to post writeups here, I am not sure yet how RPOL handles sheets.

Rhy Ghor the Nok

The Nok are nomadic hunters known for their great strength and toughness. They tend to travel a lot so pick up different languages, often trade tongues of various areas, or even from old books (when literate).

Rhy Ghor is an atypically large member of his species, as a teen, he was forced to fight a giant Swampviper, which he slew and harvested food for his tribe for days.

Over time even the viper's remains were spent and his tribe moved on. Due to his food requirements, with much regret, he chose to leave his family (parents, and sisters) and tribe, so he wasn't taking extra portions from the hunt when times became leaner.

 As he left, his father gave him the tooth of the serpent inscribed with his deed in Nok, and his right to carry it as an honored-adult. Though he is still a few years from the true-right of passage, no Nok will argue it who sees the fangstaff.
This message was last edited by the player at 07:41, Mon 01 Mar 2021.

Arska is a Barbarian of the Flaming Lioness tribe. The Flaming Lionesses hail from the area around the Ravaging Dunes of Time, a hard, unforgiving desert - so they have to be harder and even more unforgiving.

Like all other Flaming Lionesses, Arska had to prove her worth from an early age. Athletic, brave and determined, at sixteen Arska had become the best huntress of the tribe. That earned her the highest of honors - the tribe Matriarch herself presented Arska with her ceremonial warrioress attire, the traditional leather thong and bra made from the skin of a giant lizard.

But then, disaster struck. A band of raiders ambushed a Flaming Lioness hunting party, killing and wounding many of them. One of the casualties was a young woman called Vraksa, Arska's one true love. Heartbroken and furious, Arska wanted the raiders exterminated - but the Matriarch was afraid of losing more of her people in an open war, so the Flaming Lionesses retreated.

Young Arska was having none of that. Calling the Matriarch a coward, she vowed to return only after killing the leader of the raiders, or not return at all. Then she took her stuff and left the tribe. She would have her own revenge or die trying. For the last two years she lived as an exile, roaming the wildnerness looking for the gang.

Her travels brought Arska far to the south and west, to the settlement of Areasi. She has heard the raiders might be based somewhere in the zone, so she keeps patrolling the area, hunting local beasts for food and pelts. She visits Areasi regularly to barter, have a few drinks and enquire about the raiders.

Arska is a tall brunette, muscular and tanned after years of fighting under the sun of the wastelands. On her left thigh she proudly displays the traditional tattoo of the Flaming Lioness tribeswoman - a roaring lion with a mane of blue fire. She is never seen without her hunting spear, bone bow and obsidian dagger, as well as a set of collapsible cooking pots where she's prepared a few pigman casseroles.
This message was last edited by the player at 13:10, Mon 01 Mar 2021.

Ok. Changed Mad Maggs from a Barbarian to a Scavenger just to round things out...and it still fits the general idea I had for her.

Mad Maggs can't really remember her parents. Fleeting memories of a woman's smile and a man's twinkling eyes. Then they were gone. And she was alone in the Wastes. It seemed like she had always been alone. But she could look after herself. Her parents had taught her well. She knew how to hide. And how to kill. She also knew how to find stuff...even the ancient earth tech...and fix it. Mostly she knew how to survive in the Wastes. Later...she found Areasi. Good people. Not like those in the wastes. And she helped them sometimes...bringing them things they needed. But she never stayed too long. She belonged to the Wastes.
This message was last edited by the player at 14:24, Mon 01 Mar 2021.

Please can you help, I'm looking for the BlackHack character generation rules.

I got the BoTRE manual from Drivethrurpg - is BlackHack the one BoTRE takes its inspiration from?

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/p...+of+the+ruined+earth
This message was last edited by the player at 20:16, Mon 01 Mar 2021.

In reply to Arska (msg # 17):

No idea. Have the rulebook too.  but can't see any reference to BlackHack, so I checked the forum, and I'm still not sure.

In reply to Maharet (msg # 18):

So are you looking for BlackHack for some other reason, or to create your Sorcerer for this game? As far as I understand it, the BoTR book is enough for that.

In reply to Arska (msg # 19):

Ziven of Nine mentions in 'Setting and Chargen Info' that we will be using the 'Black Hack Chargen variant'. Can't find that specifically in the book but on pg.8 it mentions an optional variation for generating stats...it might be this. I messaged Ziven of Nine earlier today asking about this...but haven't heard back yet.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:46, Mon 01 Mar 2021.

Hi, just got to the computer... The optional chargen is exactly right. Apologies for lack of clarity.

In reply to Ziven Of Nine (msg # 21):

Cool. Do you want to us to roll everything up using the dice roller? Then write it all down in the 'Character Details' tab?
This message was last edited by the player at 07:45, Tue 02 Mar 2021.

Meaning we use 3d6, or the 2d6+5? I'm more confused now.

We're using the optional 2d6+5 rule.

Ah, ok, thanks for clarifying :)

Let's get rolling then, shall we? I already rolled the Trinket and Life Event for my barbarian, let's get cracking with the characteristics!

Okay. Rolled my stats. Next question...are we able to make one stat swap? Or is it rolling stats in order? No biggie...but I may have to re-think the Scavenger thing and go with my initial plan of Barbarian.

My rolls (from the Dice Roller tab) are:

13:06, Today: Mad Maggs rolled 15 using 2d6+5.

13:06, Today: Mad Maggs rolled 8 using 2d6+5.

13:06, Today: Mad Maggs rolled 15 using 2d6+5.

13:06, Today: Mad Maggs rolled 10 using 2d6+5.

13:06, Today: Mad Maggs rolled 7 using 2d6+5.

13:06, Today: Mad Maggs rolled 13 using 2d6+5.

13:20, Today: Mad Maggs rolled 6 using 1d8+4

This message was last edited by the player at 13:21, Tue 02 Mar 2021.

Just so.

For this game, I am not that invested in the "gaming" aspect as much as the Shared Narrative, so let's rule that everyone can arrange their rolls to suit.

Also, procedural note before I forget: I wait for everyone to replay once before moving to the next GM post, so if you are skipping a bit, just noting that OOC is fine. Of course, social scenes betwen players will be allowed to conclude naturally.

In reply to Ziven Of Nine (msg # 28):

Cool.

Okay. So I've made my rolls and written it up in the 'Character Details' tab so you should all be able to see everything when you click on Mad Maggs in 'The Cast' tab and 'View Description'.
This message was last edited by the player at 13:42, Tue 02 Mar 2021.

In reply to Mad Maggs (msg # 30):

Maggs looks good! I will see Emme tonight or tomorrow online, and see where she stands with all this.

Cool, nice to meet you Maggs :)

Arska is ready too - an extremely broke Barbarian, fast and strong, reasonably convincing and totally illiterate. Makes sense, I guess.

Ready to rol, Ziven! :D

In reply to Arska (msg # 32):

Nice to meet you too, Arska. I  look forward to watching you protect your new tribe and tear the foul beasts of the Wastes apart!
This message was last edited by the player at 16:37, Tue 02 Mar 2021.

Only too happy to oblige, as long as we find somet time to catch those raiders, I want their leader's head on my spear.

Ok, I am playing the Vek scholar know as 'Scale of the Book'. I have my stats under my character description.

Mad Maggs, part of my background is 'You traveled with a Scavenger for a few years.
You and they discovered many interesting Ancient Earth ruins during your travels.' Is that you?
This message was last edited by the player at 19:18, Tue 02 Mar 2021.

Hmm okayish roll.
Nothing brilliant. Nothing 'bad'

Arska and Scale look good.

Cool! Yes...that could be me. I sort of have Mad Maggs down as a loner...not good with people...a mix of Hanna from the movie/tv show, Rey from Star Wars and Newt from Aliens. That said she speaks Vek and I mentioned to Ziven of Nine how this would be because she had lots of dealings with the Vek because of their shared interest in Ancient Earth tech...so yeah...perfect! Just added Scale of the Book to my background.
This message was last edited by the player at 08:14, Wed 03 Mar 2021.

In reply to Mad Maggs (msg # 38):

Sounds good! No doubt you encountered Scale in one of your expeditions into a ruined city of old. Maybe saved him when he ran into trouble. He's been following you around since then, given they both have interest in the past and tech.

Idk if this is an inadequate question, but can I ride you, Scale? Just for a minute, pretty please? I always wanted to be a raptor-riding amazon, pleeeease?

In reply to Scale of the Book (msg # 39):

Cool. Sounds good to me.

In reply to Arska (msg # 40):

Sure, sure.

But if other Vek show up, I will claim you have used your evil tech to force me to do your nefarious bidding. Otherwise I will never hear the end of it next time we are all around the watering hole.

Hehehe
This message was last edited by the player at 13:59, Wed 03 Mar 2021.

Trying to decide my last magic. Torn between Arcane and Magic Ally; and Protection and (Sand) Wall.

Personally I'd pick Magic Ally, if only because I like finding creative uses for magic and, combat aside, the ability to create a creature that can look like anything and anyone has almost infinite potential for tricks, larks and shenanigans.

Yessssss, that's a CHA critical success if I ever had one :D

In reply to Arska (msg # 45):

*Other Vek show up.*

Scale-"Ummm...um...um...She has used her witchcraft to use me as a mount!"

*Vek raise eyebrows they don't really have, clearly not believing him.*

Lead Vek-"You know we are resistant to mind control, right?"

Scale-"Ummm...um...um...She is blackmailing me into using me as a mount?"

Lead Vek-"With what precisely? You are a Vek. We have not developed our own criminal courts and social media yet."

Scale, mumbles-"She said pretty please and made me feel guilty."

*All other Vek roll their eyes and leave, snickering.*
This message was last edited by the player at 20:33, Wed 03 Mar 2021.

Except in her case, it would be *obviously* made out of sand ><

In reply to Scale of the Book (msg # 46):

*cut back to Arska*
*looks at camera, shrugs*

"I never had this problem asking humans if I could ride them?"

*drumroll, rimshot*

In reply to Arska (msg # 48):

Ahahaha!

Mmmm, that might give away the trick...

I'm putting transformation on the back burner for now. I think I should have a goal and transforming into a humanoid figure of sand seems something for her powers to grow into.

So, who are we missing? When do we start?

00:10, Today: Buddy Bear rolled 14 using 2d6+5.

00:10, Today: Buddy Bear rolled 11 using 2d6+5.

00:10, Today: Buddy Bear rolled 9 using 2d6+5.

00:10, Today: Buddy Bear rolled 16 using 2d6+5.

00:10, Today: Buddy Bear rolled 12 using 2d6+5.

00:10, Today: Buddy Bear rolled 13 using 2d6+5.

STR  9
DEX 14
CON 11
INT 12
WIS 13
CHA 16

hp 8

Trinket 6 (i am the trinket)
Life Event 6

Kinda lost at this point. What else do I need to do?

50 moneys

Okay, so I start with my bow and arrows (replaces laser pistol), six torches, and a robot repair kit. Going to buy a nice little knife, some preserved rations, a waterskin, and a 50' rope. Wish I rolled better so I could afford a net.
This message was last edited by the player at 07:58, Thu 04 Mar 2021.

In reply to Buddy Bear (msg # 53):

Good rolls! Money is 1d10x10. That's it for the rolls, I think.

In reply to Buddy Bear (msg # 53):

Just need to write up all the details in the 'Character Details' tab.

We can buy stuff before we begin?

Gotta see what I can afford with my 10 coins...

In reply to Arska (msg # 56):

Don't worry about stuff too much. It's a cartoon game. We'll manage :D

In reply to Rhy Gor (msg # 57):

I guess I'm too much of a materialist. When I should be worrying about killing raiders instead! Battle! Glory! Having a sundae over the dead bodies of my enemies!

I'm gettin a rope. There's always uses for a rope.

BuddyBear, I'm loving your backstory. Arska sure wishes she had a BestFriend growing up. Just what does a robot need food and water for?

I'm currently between friends. Most of my friends aren't in great shape when I find them, and I have to take care of them for awhile before I can leave them to go hunting.

Aaah, very thoughtful of yours. Now I'm imagining you as some sort of robotic St Bernard, with that little barrel of booze for rescued children.

It's the Ruined Earth, we can give children alcohol, right?

Won't lie, I thought about it. Decided my programming probably wouldn't allow it.

What we're missing here is a hacker.

So, who are we missing? Rhy Gor ready? Who's "Emme"?

Scavengers and Vek are pretty handy with Ancient Earth tech...so Mad Maggs and Scale of the Book might be able to tinker with Buddy Bear's programming...they'll certainly fancy having a go, anyway!

Seconding this it's awesome. Mine feels so boring.

Just let Arska know when's the happy hour at the Sand Bar and I'll make your life interesting, in destructive but fun ways.
This message was last edited by the player at 22:53, Thu 04 Mar 2021.

Found a better picture for my character, I need to draw my own.


https://drive.google.com/file/...mN8/view?usp=sharing

I've some coins if anything is desperately needed, but I'll not worry about it too much (and the exchange rate may hurt.)

Emmeline Summersong, finishing her character hopefully tomorrow. I saw her in another place last night, she is just about ready.

Cool (and cool name)! Looking forward to some adventures together! :D

Emme and I just finished her Chargen, so SOOOOOOOOON™.

Emmeline Summersong – The Mistress of Metal
TRACK SPINNER
Human Female

HP 10/10

Stats
STR 9
DEX 11
CON 10
INT 11
WIS 15
CHR 13


Levelling Up
Roll all Attributes to see if they increase, roll twice for DEX or CHR

Features
Slide The Tracks
Can do instead of moving on turn.
1x/day +1 per even level (max 6)
Select effect:
Armor: +2RP against next attack
Attack: +1 damage on 2x attacks (does not stack)
Pulsing Rhythm: 1d8 damage on target, Roll luck, if successful, stun target for 1 round
Energy: Heal 1d4 HP

Live Mix
Advantage on DEX when performing movements that require finesse, and on any tests against mind-altering effects

Taking Requests
Roll LUCK. If successful, blast another beat

Blast the Beat
1x/day +1 per odd level (max 6)
Roll LUCK. If successful, perform The Drop
Additional effects apply - will post soon
Deaf creatures immune


Funds - 38 white ceramic coins

Wearing
Black tubetop over sheer long tee, knee length punk skirt, platform heels (1 RP)

Weapons
Metal dagger, laser pistol

Items
Laser ammo, rations (d6), waterskin (d6), bedroll, 6x torches (d6), healing salve (1 HD of HP restored)

Interesting Trinket
A mobile device capable of accessing a pre-calamity library known back then as Spotify, and retrofitted with a set of powerful speakers for maximum impact.


Story
Emmeline is a DJ at a roving event known as “The Family Circle”, where she takes the decks every couple of weeks, sharing with her equally talented sisters. Born and raised in Areasi, she loves it when she gets to play in her home area. A metalhead since birth, her music tends to gravitate towards the various subgenres of Metal, but she will occasionally break genre for requests, or because something has taken her fancy.
Her music is mainly inspired by her one true lover, who has mysteriously gone missing from their home. She suspects an age old feud has kicked back off after she singlehandedly resolved a generations-old conflict years ago, and that one of the aggressors has taken it out on her by taking the one thing that she loves more than her music.
Unsurprisingly, this hasn’t gone down well. She stormed into the neighboring village, blasting an extremely aggressive Death Metal track with the intention of causing a ruckus, and bringing people out into her line of fire. Leaving none alive, she searched the entire village, finding nothing but a trace of where her lover was being held. Returning to her home village, she joined up with another band of barbarians, in the hope that she might find more clues, and hopefully reunite with her one true love.

Appearance
Emmeline is a Human female with medium length hair which she has been dyeing black for who knows how long. She is taller than most, at 6ft tall, a fact she accentuates with her platform heeled boots boosting her to 6’6’’. She also has a tattoo in a private place bearing the name of her lover, whom she hopes to rescue.

Welcome to the team, Emme! Very cool character indeed :D

I'll set up the IC thread sometime in the next few hours.

Onboarding: Remember to please go with what the "Animator" does to the scene... Last time I ran a game with this structure, it was derailed by days of arguing details and well, we would have.. we could have.. my character would never... instead of just taking the scene as set. The problem? I posted it was the next day, not letting them do effectively nothing for days of posting the night before.. after complaining the plot was not moving.

We'll open with the setup scene... and then you can post how you got to where it takes place if you like (or just indicate that you will post after everyone else does their setup).

Yay! Let's get started! :D

Prologue thread is up. Game on!

Question: are we waiting for something in particular? As far as I can tell, we're all there, we have our mission, shall we get on with it?

I figured we were waiting for Buddy Bear and Maharet to post their response to the latest scene...though it seems Maharet hasn't logged in for the last week.

Sorry, I just haven't had anything to say... I took Buddy's cooperation as a given, and forgot that nobody else would. And I've been obsessively focused on some other things the last few days.

I'm game to move on, unless everyone wants me to say that of course I'll be following them.

I'm happy to get on with it, just RPing a bit just for fun, if people are up for it.

Reply 101!

So if I'm getting this right, Arska and Emme found the cave, and Scale and Madds found that gas station? I don't know if Arska is in a position to see both places, but if she could, she'd propose camping at the gas station, looks easier to expore and secure, right?

I think the cave was at the earlier outcrop Maggs suggested as a camp...but it wasn't particularly safe so we carried on and came across this (hopefully deserted) gas station.

OK, and I take it from Ziven's reply that we aren't hunting anything tonight, so I'll head to the gas station too.

Actually...reading it again, I think you're right. The hunters found the cave and decided the area wasn't the best for camping in so we moved on until we came to the gas station.

Sorry all...didn't intend to hold everyone up but stealth is Maggs thing and using her skills to scout ahead seemed the smart thing to do.

DM...waiting for the results of Maggs' successful rolls to scout out the area...before the rest of the party decide to kill Maggs for taking so long!

In reply to Mad Maggs (msg # 85):

Well, I could join you-but I don't have natural advantage for stealth. Keep the good scouts for scouting...

I'm afraid I'm going to bow out. Happy gaming to you all.

Ziven of Nine...if you could remove me from the game, please. Thanks.

I dunno what is going on with RPOL... But this thread had not had any replies for me since I posted on the 8th.. Until I checked just now.

Sorry about losing Maggs. I want to give Maharet another few days to settle her RL before seeing if we need to let her be written out as well.

Sorry to see you leave, Madds, wishing you the best :)

Yeah, RPOL seems a bit slow these days, no idea why.

thetasonic will be joining us shortly. I am discussing an intro with them and deciding what to do about Maggs in the narrative.

Yah! Congratz!

Culturally acceptable greetings to all! Sorry it took me a little longer than anticipated, but I've got starting rolls here for us.


22:47, Today: thetasonic rolled 10 using 1d6+4.  starting hp.

22:34, Today: thetasonic rolled 6 using 1d8.  Life event.

22:34, Today: thetasonic rolled 2 using 1d6.  Interesting trinket.

22:33, Today: thetasonic rolled 9,14,9,9,12,13 using 2d6+5,2d6+5,2d6+5,2d6+5,2d6+5,2d6+5.  Base statistic rolls.

I anticipate having a complete Death Priest available shortly.

Welcome to our little merry tribe! :D

In other news, I'm not quite sure what we're rolling/doing right now? Just waiting outside the gas station until something happens?

Update: 1st COVID shot tonight. I had a reaction. Instant flush, sweated soaked through my clothes, blind from brilliant blue and white marbled patterns, dizzy, nauseous, unable to remain awake.
2 Naproxen and 4 hour nap, all better.

Sending PMs to people who need their Ms P'd, or something. I got this. :D

Woah, talk about trippy side effects! :O Glad to had the jab and things are going better, Ziven.

In reply to Ziven Of Nine (msg # 95):

Just 3 weeks until real immunity!

:D!

So, we take on those guys or what?

We seem to have some AWOLs.

I will poke people tonight once my damn Windows finishes updating.

My computer is broken, and I'm trying to get its replacement up and running-- I'm not flaking, but I'm going to be awhile before I'm back up to speed.

I'm here, just waiting for some development.

My methodology is to make sure between official GM posts, everyone gets to chime in at least once.

If no no one else responds by this time tomorrow, I will assume they are all waiting to see what the new arrivals have to say and skip the remaining 3 players.

Oh my goclrugksywpgmbndjgffff

In reply to Arska (msg # 104):

*Rimshot*