[Other] Fllout 4 rise of the Minute Men

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Game Name Fllout 4 rise of the Minute Men

Game System Other Roleplaying Games

Theme post apocalypse survival

Flavour sci fi, post apocalypse, exploration, building a community

Plot Summary War...War never changes. The Romans waged war to gather slaves and wealth. Spain built an empire from its lust for gold and territory. Hitler shaped a battered Germany into an economic superpower. But war never changes. In the 21st century, war was still waged over the resources that could be acquired. Only this time, the spoils of war were also its weapons: Petroleum and Uranium. For these resources, China would invade Alaska, the US would annex Canada, and the European Commonwealth would dissolve into quarreling, bickering nation-states, bent on controlling the last remaining resources on Earth. In 2077, the storm of world war had come again. In two brief hours, most of the planet was reduced to cinders. And from the ashes of nuclear devastation, a new civilization would struggle to arise. over 200 years have passed, but America is still rebuilding, still struggling to survive. Super mutants, mutated animals, malfunctioning robots, feral ghouls, and vicious raiders make life a daily challenge. A group of settlers dreamed of a better future, and they banded together to defend themselves and their neighbors. They called themselves the commonwealth minutemen. For many years they protected the people, but after losing their leader, they began falling apart. Then, the town of Quincy called for help. A dangerous mercenary group called the gunners were planning to attack the town. You were one of the minutemen who came to offer aid, but sadly you failed. Quincy fell to the enemy, most of its inhabitants killed or enslaved, and what was left fled northwest, led by your superior officer, Preston Garvey. For weeks you have struggled to find a new place to call home, to be safe, where you could lick your wounds and gather your strength, but it’s been one disaster after another, witling down your numbers. Diamond city closed its doors to you, Bunker Hill turned you away. Now you have come to Concord, hoping to find refuge. What you found were raiders. They have pushed you back into the history museum of freedom. Now you have barricaded yourselves in a room on the third floor. You are tired, and low on ammo, and the raiders are pounding at the door. In one last act of desperation, you plan to counterattack. You will either survive or go down fighting. This will be your finest hour. Welcome to fallout 4 Rise the Minutemen. I am looking for 6 to 8 players to brave the nuclear wasteland of Boston and try to rebuild the minutemen. Fight raiders, super mutants, and irradiated monsters, establish diplomatic relations with settlements, scavenge for supplies, and become the heroes of the commonwealth. We will be playing the 2d20 modipheus core rule book. If you have never played fallout 4, or the fallout rpg before or don’t have a copy of the core rules, don’t worry, I am more than happy to explain them as we progress. The game allows for a staggering amount of customization of character, weapons, and armor, but we’ll take it one step at a time. You will be starting at level one. I intend for this to be a long game which does have a main story broken up by multiple side quests, but even after completing the main story the game does not have to end if we don’t want it to. Feel free to ask any questions Character creation You have seven attributes which all start at 5. You have 5 points to spend to raise any that you like. You can lower any attributes to 4 to raise another attribute by one, but attributes can’t go below 4 or higher than 10. Strength Perception Endurance Charisma Intelligence Agility luck You also have 17 skills which each start at ranks 0. You can tag 3 of them, increasing them by 2. You also get 9 points plus your intelligence score to spend on increasing any skills you want. Each skill is associated with an attribute. When you make a skill check, you add your rank in the skill with the attribute to determine what you have to roll under in order to succeed. They can be raised to a maximum of 3 at level one. Each time you level up you get one skill point to increase a skill to a max of 6. Athletics STR Lifting, pushing, pulling, jumping, running, and swimming Barter CHA Buying and selling Big Guns END Using heavy weapons such as miniguns, Fat Mans, and gatling lasers Energy Weapons PER Using energy weapons such as laser guns, and plasma guns Explosives PER Blowing things up, or stopping them from doing that Lockpick PER Opening locks without the key Medicine INT Healing people and stabilizing the dying Melee Weapons STR Fighting people with bats, clubs, knives, boards, wrenches, and sledges Pilot PER Flying and driving Repair INT Fixing stuff, crafting things, and building machines Science INT Hacking, programming, and brewing chems Small Guns AGI Shooting people with pistols, rifles, and shotguns Sneak AGI Moving quietly and staying hidden Speech CHA Making friends, influencing people, and lying to them if you have to Survival END Foraging, hunting, cooking, and enduring the wastes Throwing AGI Launching weapons from your hands, like spears or knives Unarmed STR Fighting without a weapon by making unarmed attacks As well as your S.P.E.C.I.A.L. attributes and skills, you also have a number of derived statistics. These derived statistics are passive elements of your character. Carry weight measures how much gear you can carry. You can carry a base of 150 pounds of equipment, plus your Strength attribute multiplied by 10. You can carry more by using perks, increasing your Strength attribute, and using equipment with extra carrying space. Initiative determines how quickly you act in combat. It is equal to your PER + AGI (minus any penalties for being over-encumbered). This is a static number which determines your place in the turn order during a combat encounter—it isn’t a target number for a skill test. It can be modified by perks and the effects of encumbrance. Defense statistic is the basic difficulty of any attacks made against you. It is based on your Agility attribute: AGI 1-8: your Defense is 1. AGI 9+: your Defense is 2. Damage resistance to different types of damage is determined by your equipment and your perks. Damage Resistance (DR) is subtracted from damage inflicted of the same type before it reduces your health—physical Damage Resistance reduces physical damage, radiation Damage Resistance reduces radiation damage, etc. Physical Damage Resistance is how much physical damage you can shrug off from an attack. Clothing and armor are the main sources of physical DR, depending on how they’re made, but mutations can also provide some natural resistance to incoming attacks. Physical DR normally varies by hit location, depending on clothing or armor. Energy Damage Resistance is how resistant you are to energy damage, and it normally comes from clothing or armor that has been made in a particular way. Energy Damage Resistance normally varies by hit location, depending on the clothing or armor worn Poison Damage Resistance is how much poison damage you ignore from toxins. perks and mutations provide poison DR, as can certain chems and consumables. You have a single poison DR value for your entire body—it doesn’t vary by location Radiation Damage Resistance is rare but often vital, as it reduces how much radiation damage you receive from attacks and hazards, and it normally comes from protective clothing or armor, from chems like Rad-X, or from other consumables. Some creatures, like super mutants and ghouls, are entirely immune to radiation damage, as are machines such as robots. Radiation DR normally varies by hit location, depending on the clothing or armor you wear. health points (HP) are determined by adding together your Endurance and your Luck scores. Your health points deplete as you suffer damage, and generally show how far you are from death. Your melee damage statistic lists any bonus damage you do with melee weapons or unarmed attacks, due to having a high Strength attribute. You add the number of bonus Combat Dice listed to your melee damage rolls. STRENGTH ATTRIBUTE ADDITIONAL COMBAT DICE 7–8 +1CD 9–10 +2CD 11+ +3CD Starting equipment. You get a default set of gear based on your origin. You also get additional equipment from your tagged skills. Tagged Skill Bonus Equipment Athletics Casual clothing x1 Buffout Barter 2d20 additional caps Big Guns x4 +2CD shots of flamer fuel Energy Weapons Fusion cell containing x6 +3CD shots Explosives x2 Molotov cocktails or x2 baseball grenades Lockpick x4 +2CD bobby pins Medicine x1 first aid kit x1 stimpak Melee Weapons Machete or baseball bat Pilot Broken car parts* Repair Multi-tool Science Labcoat x1 Mentats Small Guns x6 +3CD additional shots of ammunition of a type already possessed Sneak x1 Calmex Speech Formal hat Formal clothing Survival x2 purified water x1 iguana on a stick Throwing x4 +2CD throwing knives or x2 +1CD tomahawks Unarmed Brass knuckles Perks are special bonuses that you can obtain to boost your character’s S.P.E.C.I.A.L. attributes, skills, give them a unique edge, or even a brand new ability. Perks are often tied to S.P.E.C.I.A.L. attributes or skills, enhancing them, or providing you with a totally new ability in a specific circumstance. Some perks can be chosen more than once—the number of ranks each perk has determines how many times you can take it. Each rank increases the effect of the perk, whether that’s providing the same bonus again, or increasing the effect of the ability the perk gives you. You start with 1 perk and can pick a new perk for your character whenever you gain a new level. Each time you level up, your maximum health points increase by +1. You choose one skill to increase by 1 rank, up to a maximum of 6. You gain a single perk. Origins BROTHERHOOD INITIATE   Born from the terrible revelations of the Mariposa Rebellion, Roger Maxson formed the Brotherhood of Steel so that his people—and eventually the rest of the survivors in this new world—would have something to believe in. With its own mythology, creed, and hierarchy, the Brotherhood of Steel’s primary goal is the recovery and preservation of the technology of the pre-war world. With the Great War disrupting humanity’s access to technology, the Brotherhood’s knights and scribes do all they can to secure the technology of the past, for the needs of future generations. You may be a descendant of a knight or paladin, born into the Brotherhood and a firm believer of their doctrine, or you may be a new recruit, pledging yourself to their cause and looking to rise through their ranks. Although the Brotherhood share a common goal, their chapters across the wasteland can have different beliefs and protocols, and they aren’t as unified as they seem from the outside. While the West Coast Brotherhood of Steel warred with the New California Republic over reclamation of technology and the NCR’s expansion efforts, the East Coast chapter was effectively isolated when it prioritized charity over the exchange of technology and the preservation of pre-war equipment. Elder Lyons’ mission became humanitarian, and while that earned them isolation at first, Arthur Maxson led their expansion of influence from Washington D.C. to the entire Eastern Seaboard, refocusing their efforts on technological recovery and development. Trait: The Chain that Binds You gain one additional Tag skill, which must be one of Energy Weapons, Science, or Repair. As a member of the Brotherhood of Steel, you are bound by the chain of command: The Chain that Binds. You must carry out the orders of your immediate superiors, and you are responsible for your subordinate siblings. If you do not carry out your duty, you are expelled from the Brotherhood and your technology will be reclaimed—by any means necessary BROTHERHOOD OF STEEL INITIATE You are a new recruit to the Brotherhood of Steel training to fight the Brotherhood’s battles. You aspire to become a Knight of the Brotherhood, to be entrusted with mighty Power Armor, weapons, and other advanced technology to preserve human knowledge and civilization. You receive the following equipment: ƒ Brotherhood fatigues and Brotherhood hood ƒ Combat knife ƒ Laser pistol and a fusion cell containing 10 +5 CD shots, or a 10mm pistol with 10+5 CD rounds of 10mm pistol ammunition ƒ Brotherhood holotags containing identifying information BROTHERHOOD OF STEEL SCRIBE One of the Brotherhood’s best and brightest, your life is dedicated to researching science and technology in order to preserve that knowledge, keeping records to ensure history is not forgotten, and to maintaining and improving the weapons, armor, and vehicles of the Brotherhood. While not as combat-ready as others in the Brotherhood, sometimes your duties require venturing into the field. You receive the following equipment: ƒ Brotherhood Field Scribe’s armor and Brotherhood Scribe’s hat ƒ Combat knife ƒ Laser pistol and a fusion cell containing 6 +3 CD shots or a 10mm pistol with 6+3 CD rounds of 10mm pistol ammunition. ƒ Brotherhood holotags containing identifying information GHOUL   Prolonged exposure to the effects of background gamma radiation—part of the fallout of the Great War—can spontaneously mutate humans. You are one of those mutants. Either slowly, or strangely spontaneously, your body changed into that of a rotting, living corpse. You no longer age the same way, and appear unaffected by radiation. Your skin peels from your flesh but seems to be sustained by your mutated metabolism. You are a “ghoul”—a necrotic post-human—one of many rag-tag survivors who weren’t lucky enough to get into a Vault-Tec facility. You may have been born after the war, and over time developed the necrotic mutation. You may have come from Vault 12 in Bakersfield, California, whose vault door did not close, exposing the population to the radiation from outside. You may have taken refuge in a ghoul settlement, like Underworld in the Capital Wasteland, and have ventured out recently to explore, scavenge, and survive. Civilized ghouls, such as yourself, also fear a possible degeneration into a frenzied, feral nature. Feral ghouls are necrotic mutants like yourself who have lost higher brain functions, and reverted to a primal, violent state. They attack non-ghouls indiscriminately to defend their territory or feed. Whether this loss of reason is due to acute levels of radiation or the inevitable outcome of the mutation, you’re not sure, and that makes it all the more terrifying. Trait: Necrotic Post-Human You are immune to radiation damage. In fact, you’re healed by it—you regain 1 HP for every 3 points of radiation damage inflicted upon you, and if you rest in an irradiated location, you may re-roll your dice pool when checking if your injuries heal. In addition, Survival becomes a Tag skill, increasing it by 2 ranks. You age at a much-decreased rate, and you’re probably older than your unmutated companions—you may even have survived the Great War of 2077—but you’re sterile: “the first generation of ghouls is the last” as the saying goes. You may face discrimination from “smoothskins” (humans who aren’t ghouls), increasing the difficulty or complication range of Charisma tests depending on your opponent’s beliefs. MERCENARY You travel the wasteland as a hired gun, fighting or defending who pays. Sometimes the job is honest, sometimes it’s messy, but when times are good you can afford to live by a code and only take the upstanding jobs. Times aren’t always good. You receive the following equipment: ƒ Tough clothing ƒ A leather armor chest piece, or a leather armor arm and a leather armor leg (your choice as to which arm and leg) ƒ One melee weapon from the following: machete, baseball bat, tire iron ƒ One ranged weapon from the following: 10mm automatic pistol, .44 pistol, hunting rifle, bolt-action pipe gun ƒ 10 +5CD rounds of ammunition for the chosen ranged weapon ƒ A note advertising a job in a nearby settlement that offers to pay 50 caps ƒ 15 caps RAIDER Might makes right in the wasteland. You take what you need from others and defend yourself from anyone trying to do the same. Occasionally, you might band together with a few other like-minded folks to take something none of you could’ve raided on your own, but mostly it’s everyone for themselves. You receive the following equipment: ƒ Harness ƒ Raider armor chest piece and raider armor for one of your arms (your choice) ƒ One melee weapon from the following list: lead pipe, pool cue, tire iron ƒ A pipe gun, with 10 +5CD rounds of .38 caliber ammunition ƒ 1 dose of Jet or RadAway ƒ One Molotov cocktail or one stimpak ƒ 15 caps SETTLER It’s not the easiest life in the wasteland, but given a bit of hard work, and help from a few neighbors, it’s possible to carve out something like home. Maybe you’re a fighter and others rely on you for defense, maybe you grow the food others rely on to survive, or maybe you’re good at fixing things, or have a knack for getting people to cooperate. You receive the following equipment: ƒ Tough clothing ƒ One melee weapon from the following: switchblade, pipe wrench, rolling pin, knuckles ƒ A pipe gun, with 6 +3CD rounds of .38 caliber ammunition ƒ 2 rolls on the random food table (see p.202) ƒ One personal trinket ƒ 45 caps TRADER You travel from settlement to settlement, a caravan of brahmin laden with supplies seeking to trade with settlers and drifters alike. You’re ready for trouble—you can’t let yourself be too easy a target for raiders—and often hire folks to help protect you and your wares. You receive the following equipment: ƒ Tough clothing ƒ A leather armor chest piece, or a leather armor arm and a leather armor leg (your choice as to which arm and leg) ƒ A pipe gun, with 8 +4 CD rounds of .38 caliber ammunition ƒ One personal trinket ƒ Wares: Roll 3 times each on the Random Ammunition table (p.200), Random Chem table (p.204), and Random Oddities and Valuables table (p.207) ƒ A pack brahmin (see Brahmin, p.341) ƒ 50 caps WANDERER You travel from settlement to settlement, scavenging from the ruins of the old world and either using what you find or selling it on for something more useful. You’ll take on odd jobs and day work where you need to, but you’re not one to settle down. You receive the following equipment: ƒ Drifter outfit ƒ One melee weapon from the following: switchblade, pipe wrench, rolling pin, knuckles ƒ A pipe gun, with 8 +4CD rounds of .38 caliber ammunition ƒ 1 dose of Jet or RadAway ƒ One personal trinket ƒ 30 caps SUPER MUTANT   You are a brutal, mutated human, forced to evolve from thoughtless experiments by the twisted science of the pre- and post-war world. Infected with the Forced Evolutionary Virus (F.E.V.), your body has mutated into a tall, muscular killing machine, filled with a rage. You could have originated from the Master’s army at the Mariposa military base, California, created as he experimented on unwilling human victims, splitting into one of the factions upon his death to attack or rebuild the wasteland with its survivors. Your origins could be rooted in the Evolutionary Experimentation Program of Vault 87, whose super mutant groups terrorize the Capital Wasteland. You could have been abducted from the Commonwealth and exposed to the F.E.V. by the Institute and disposed of back into the wasteland to fend for yourself in small bands of raiders. Or finally, you could have been a resident of Huntersville, Appalachia, whose water supply was contaminated with the virus and the mutations went unchecked. Although these super mutants share the same qualities, the groups formed from the three strains haven’t mixed, and there is little evidence they have met one another. While some groups have migrated or moved in their lifetime, none have travelled far enough to encounter one another, so where your quests take place will likely dictate your origin. Trait: Forced Evolution Your initial Strength and Endurance attributes are increased by +2 each, and your maximum Strength and Endurance are increased to 12, but your maximum Intelligence and Charisma are both reduced to 6. You may not have more than 4 ranks in any skill. You are completely immune to radiation and poison damage. You stand over seven feet tall, and your body is bulky and muscular. Your skin is green, yellow, or grey, regardless of what color it was when you were human. You do not seem to age, but you are sterile. You can only wear armor which has been made to fit a super mutant BRUTE You’re big, tough, and more than capable of surviving in the wasteland with little more than brute force and determination. You receive the following equipment: ƒ Raider armor torso, plus raider armor for one leg, or one arm ƒ A pipe rifle, and 6 +3CD rounds of .38 ammunition ƒ A baseball bat or machete ƒ A personal trinket ƒ 5 caps SKIRMISHER You’re bigger and tougher than most of your fellow mutants, but only because you know the secret of getting better punchier gear. You receive the following equipment: ƒ Raider armor torso, plus raider armor for one leg, or one arm ƒ Pipe rifle (pipe gun with long barrel and full stock mods), and 8 +4CD rounds of .308 ammunition ƒ A board ƒ A personal trinket ƒ 5 caps MISTER HANDY   The General Atomics International robot “Mister Handy” exploded onto the robotic market as a reliable construction robot, known for its durability and ease of maintenance, but its real breakthrough came in a collaboration with RobCo to produce a domestic model. You are one of these domestic automatons, produced some time between 2037 and 2077, seeking to provide every household in America with butler-like servitude. Equipped with state-of-the-art programming, you have initiative and can adapt your own coding to learn more from your environment. This capacity for self-determination is what has enabled your survival beyond the Great War; where other robots may have broken down, you have managed to shake loose from the shackles of your programming and find a life for yourself. Many models exist, and you could come from any of the Mister Handy, Mister Gutsy, Miss Nanny, or Mister Orderly series. You are powered by a nuclear core, can replace your own fuel, and repair yourself or other Mister Handy units. Your model has three mechanical arms and three mechanical eyes on stalks, and your jet propulsion keeps you hovering above the ground, providing you have all the fuel you need. With this rugged design, you have survived so far Trait: Mister Handy Robot You have 360° vision and improved sensory systems that can detect smells, chemicals, and radiation, reducing the difficulty of Perception tests that rely on sight and smell by 1. You are also immune to radiation and poison damage, but you cannot use chems, nor can you benefit from food, drink, or rest. You move by jet propulsion, hovering above the ground, unaffected by difficult terrain or obstacles. Your carry weight is 150 lbs., and it cannot be increased by your Strength or perks, but it can be increased by modified armor. You cannot recover from your own injuries or heal health points without receiving repairs (see Healing Robots, p.34). You cannot manipulate the physical world like humans do, instead you have three of the arm attachments in the Arm Attachments table, determined by your choice of equipment pack. If you select an arm that features a weapon, you also gain 20 shots of ammo for that weapon MISS NANNY You were built and programmed to be a caretaker, performing domestic cleaning duties and taking care of kids. Your line was produced with a feminine voice and persona, as that was thought to be most acceptable to customers and most fitting for your role as maid and nanny. You receive the following equipment: ƒ One pincer arm attachment, one flamer arm attachment, and one arm attachment of your choice ƒ Standard plating ƒ Behavioral analysis mod ƒ Hazard detection mod ƒ 10 caps MISTER FARMHAND You were built and programmed to assist on a farm, tending to crop fields and herds of livestock. Your line was produced with a masculine (and stereotypically rural) voice and persona and outfitted to help with farm work such as harvesting crops and killing vermin. You receive the following equipment: One pincer arm attachment, one buzz-saw arm attachment, and one laser emitter arm attachment Standard plating One bag of fertilizer (1 uncommon material) 2 mutfruits 25 caps MISTER GUTSY You were built and programmed as a military robot for a variety of combat roles. Your line was produced with a masculine voice and persona based on a stereotypical drill sergeant, and you’re more heavily armed and armored than most Mister Handy robots. You receive the following equipment: One 10mm auto pistol arm, one buzz-saw arm attachment, and one laser emitter arm attachment Mister Gutsy plating ƒ Recon sensors mod 10 caps MISTER HANDY You’re one of the domestic models of Mister Handy robots, a robotic butler programmed to assist in maintaining a household. Your line was programmed with a masculine voice and persona based on the stereotype of a British butler. You receive the following equipment: One pincer arm attachment, one flamer arm attachment, and one buzz-saw arm attachment ƒ Standard plating Robot repair kit Integral boiler mod 10 caps NURSE HANDY You’re one of the medical models of the Mister Handy line, intended to act as a medic, nurse, or orderly in a hospital, with some advanced models even serving as doctors (the Doctor Handy, MD., model). Your line was programmed with the same masculine voice and persona as the standard Mister Handy. You receive the following equipment: One pincer arm or buzz-saw arm attachment, one buzz saw arm attachment, and one attachment of your choice ƒ Standard plating ƒ Stimpak Diagnosis mod 10 caps SURVIVOR   You are the living legacy of the people who prepared for Armageddon on their own. You are only alive in the post-nuclear apocalyptic landscape because your forebears dug in, survived, and found community enough to continue humanity’s existence. You could be from any number of settlements, isolated shelters, or traveling groups that sparsely populate the wasteland from West Coast to East Coast. You could be from the New California Republic, carrying on the legacy of Vault 15 and Shady Sands. You could fight to protect others, calling a group of survivors like the Minutemen or the Regulators your home. You could also be a merciless raider or be born into one of these groups but escaped in order to rehabilitate and reform. Wherever you are from, or wherever you travel, making connections and laying down roots can be hard. Survivors are naturally wary of others, and are always on the lookout for the next conman, raiding party, or thief that will take their hard-earned resources. Travelling vast distances is difficult too, and many travelling survivors—particularly trading caravans—move between large settlements within their area of the wasteland, rather than travelling from coast to coast Traits You may choose two of the following traits, or one trait and one additional perk. Each trait has a benefit and may have an accompanying penalty. TRAIT BENEFIT PENALTY Educated You have one additional tag skill. When you fail a skill test using a skill other than a tag skill, the GM gains 1 AP. Fast Shot If you take a second major action in combat, and use it to make a ranged attack, the additional major action only costs 1 AP, rather than 2. You cannot benefit from the Aim minor action—you’re too impatient. Gifted Choose two S.P.E.C.I.A.L. attributes and increase them by +1 each. Your maximum number of Luck points is one fewer than your Luck attribute. Heavy Handed Your Melee Damage bonus increases by +1CD. Your melee and unarmed attacks suffer a complication on a 19 or 20, rather than only a 20. Small Frame You may re-roll 1d20 on all AGI tests which rely on balance or contortion. Your carry weight is 150 + (5 x STR) lbs., rather than 150 + (10 x STR) lbs. MERCENARY You travel the wasteland as a hired gun, fighting or defending who pays. Sometimes the job is honest, sometimes it’s messy, but when times are good you can afford to live by a code and only take the upstanding jobs. Times aren’t always good. You receive the following equipment: ƒ Tough clothing ƒ A leather armor chest piece, or a leather armor arm and a leather armor leg (your choice as to which arm and leg) ƒ One melee weapon from the following: machete, baseball bat, tire iron ƒ One ranged weapon from the following: 10mm automatic pistol, .44 pistol, hunting rifle, bolt-action pipe gun ƒ 10 +5CD rounds of ammunition for the chosen ranged weapon ƒ A note advertising a job in a nearby settlement that offers to pay 50 caps ƒ 15 caps RAIDER Might makes right in the wasteland. You take what you need from others and defend yourself from anyone trying to do the same. Occasionally, you might band together with a few other like-minded folks to take something none of you could’ve raided on your own, but mostly it’s everyone for themselves. You receive the following equipment: ƒ Harness ƒ Raider armor chest piece and raider armor for one of your arms (your choice) ƒ One melee weapon from the following list: lead pipe, pool cue, tire iron ƒ A pipe gun, with 10 +5CD rounds of .38 caliber ammunition ƒ 1 dose of Jet or RadAway ƒ One Molotov cocktail or one stimpak ƒ 15 caps SETTLER It’s not the easiest life in the wasteland, but given a bit of hard work, and help from a few neighbors, it’s possible to carve out something like home. Maybe you’re a fighter and others rely on you for defense, maybe you grow the food others rely on to survive, or maybe you’re good at fixing things, or have a knack for getting people to cooperate. You receive the following equipment: ƒ Tough clothing ƒ One melee weapon from the following: switchblade, pipe wrench, rolling pin, knuckles ƒ A pipe gun, with 6 +3CD rounds of .38 caliber ammunition ƒ 2 rolls on the random food table (see p.202) ƒ One personal trinket ƒ 45 caps TRADER You travel from settlement to settlement, a caravan of brahmin laden with supplies seeking to trade with settlers and drifters alike. You’re ready for trouble—you can’t let yourself be too easy a target for raiders—and often hire folks to help protect you and your wares. You receive the following equipment: ƒ Tough clothing ƒ A leather armor chest piece, or a leather armor arm and a leather armor leg (your choice as to which arm and leg) ƒ A pipe gun, with 8 +4 CD rounds of .38 caliber ammunition ƒ One personal trinket ƒ Wares: Roll 3 times each on the Random Ammunition table (p.200), Random Chem table (p.204), and Random Oddities and Valuables table (p.207) ƒ A pack brahmin (see Brahmin, p.341) ƒ 50 caps WANDERER You travel from settlement to settlement, scavenging from the ruins of the old world and either using what you find or selling it on for something more useful. You’ll take on odd jobs and day work where you need to, but you’re not one to settle down. You receive the following equipment: ƒ Drifter outfit ƒ One melee weapon from the following: switchblade, pipe wrench, rolling pin, knuckles ƒ A pipe gun, with 8 +4CD rounds of .38 caliber ammunition ƒ 1 dose of Jet or RadAway ƒ One personal trinket ƒ 30 caps VAULT DWELLER   When the bombs were falling, you or your predecessors were lucky enough to be safely secured in one of the one hundred and twenty-two Vault-Tec facilities, deep underground protected by thick blast doors and layers of rock and concrete. Your family either had enough money to buy their space or were randomly selected to enter the vault to be saved from the nuclear devastation above—perhaps only to be condemned to immoral experiments run by Vault-Tec on unwitting participants. You are free from mutation and disease. The VaultTec program has afforded you a safe home for some time, but not without some cost. The vault you came from used you as a human test subject, manipulating your understanding of the world and your behavior in order to study you. That’s left you with a profound psychological change, compared to the survivors on the surface you now know, and affects how you make your way through the wasteland. Whether through design or poor planning, many of the vaults were not well stocked or prepared for the long wait until nuclear fallout had reached safe levels outside, and many fell into disrepair or out of supplies. Due to these shortcomings, many vault dwellers sought help from the surface, and many vaults opened in order to allow supplies to reach them. By opening their vault doors, the isolated societies inside opened themselves up to mixing with the survivors above, and established a permanent connection with the surface—the most notable example being the residents of Vault 15, who split up and went on to establish the settlement Shady Sands, as well as the raiding gangs of the Jackals, Vipers, and Khans when their vault opened. Ghoul Vault Dwellers With your GM’s permission, you may choose to have your vault dweller be a ghoul. You gain the Necrotic Post-Human trait instead of the Vault Kid trait. You may choose one of the Vault Dweller equipment packs instead of one of the Wastelander ones. Trait: Vault Kid Your healthier start to life at the hands of trained doctors and sophisticated auto-docs means you reduce the difficulty of all END tests to resist the effects of disease. In addition, your carefully-planned upbringing means you have one additional tag skill of your choice. You may also work with the Gamemaster to determine what sort of experiment took place within your Vault. Once per quest, the GM may introduce a complication which reflects the nature of the experiment you unwittingly took part in, or introduce a complication related to your early life of isolation and confinement within the Vault. If the GM does this, you immediately regain one Luck Point. VAULT-TEC RESIDENT You—or one of your ancestors—chose to wait out the encroaching threat of atomic war in safety and comfort. And you did, surviving in a fortified underground bunker through the duration of the war. Of course, depending on the Vault you resided in, the experience may not have been so safe or comfortable… You receive the following equipment: ƒ Vault jumpsuit ƒ Vault-Tec branded canteen containing 1 purified water ƒ Pip-Boy ƒ Switchblade ƒ 10mm pistol with 6 +3CD rounds of 10mm pistol ammunition ƒ 2 stimpaks ƒ 10 caps VAULT-TEC SECURITY You were a Vault-Tec employee, or a Vault Dweller entrusted by the Overseer with maintaining the Vault’s safety and security. Or you got into the weapons locker before you escaped the Vault you lived in. You receive the following equipment: ƒ Vault jumpsuit ƒ Vault-Tec security armor, and Vault-Tec security helmet ƒ Vault-Tec branded canteen containing 1 Purified Water ƒ Pip-Boy ƒ Baton ƒ 10mm pistol with 8 +4CD rounds of 10mm pistol ammunition ƒ 1 stimpak Perks   ACTION BOY/GIRL Ranks: 1 Requirements: None. When you spend AP to take an additional major action, you do not suffer the increased skill test difficulty during your second action. ADAMANTIUM SKELETON Ranks: 3 Requirements: END 7, Level 1+ When you suffer damage, the amount of damage needed to inflict a critical hit on you increases by your rank in this perk. For example, if you have one rank in this perk, you suffer a critical hit from 6 or more damage, rather than 5 or more. Each time you take this perk, the level requirement increases by 3. ADRENALIN RUSH Ranks: 1 Requirements: STR 7 When your health is below its maximum value, you count your STR score as 10 for all purposes when attempting a STR-based skill test or melee attack ANIMAL FRIEND Ranks: 2 Requirements: CHA 6, Level 1+ At rank 1, whenever a creature NPC with the Mammal, Lizard, or Insect keyword would attack you, roll 1DCD : on any result other than an Effect, the creature chooses not to attack you, although it may still attack another character it can target. At rank 2, you can attempt a CHA + Survival test with a difficulty of 2 as a major action. If you succeed, the animal treats you as friendly and will attack anyone who attacks you. Mighty and Legendary animals are unaffected by this perk. Each time you take this perk, the level requirement increases by 5. AQUABOY/AQUAGIRL Ranks: 2 Requirements: END 5, Level 1+ Water is your ally. At rank 1, you no longer take radiation damage from swimming in irradiated water, and you can hold your breath for twice as long as normal. At rank 2, enemies add +2 to the difficulty to tests to detect you while you are submerged underwater. Each time you take this perk, the level requirement increases by 3. ARMORER Ranks: 4 Requirements: STR 5, INT 6 You can modify armor with armor mods. Each rank in this perk unlocks an additional rank of mods: rank 1 unlocks rank 1 mods, rank 2 unlocks rank 2 mods, etc. Each time you take this perk, the level requirement increases by 4. AWARENESS Ranks: 1 Requirements: PER 7 When you take the Aim minor action at a target within Close range, you spot their weaknesses and can attack more efficiently. The next attack you make against that target gains the Piercing 1 damage effect, or improves the rating of any existing Piercing X damage effect by 1. BARBARIAN Ranks: 1 Requirements: STR 7, Level 4+, not a robot Your physical Damage Resistance increases on all hit locations based on your STR. You do not gain this benefit while wearing Power Armor. ƒ STR 7–8: +1 physical DR ƒ STR 9–10: +2 physical DR ƒ STR 11+: +3 physical DR BASHER Ranks: 1 Requirements: STR 6 When you make a melee attack by bashing with your gun (see p.111), your attack gains the Vicious damage effect. BETTER CRITICALS Ranks: 1 Requirements: LCK 9 When you inflict one or more points of damage to an enemy, you may spend 1 Luck Point to automatically inflict a critical hit, causing an injury BIG LEAGUES Ranks: 1 Requirements: STR 8 When you make a melee attack with a two-handed melee weapon, the weapon gains the Vicious damage effect BLACK WIDOW/LADY KILLER Ranks: 1 Requirements: CHA 6 The Black Widow perk affects men and masculine characters, while the Lady Killer perk affects women and feminine characters—they are otherwise identical. When you attempt a CHA based skill test to influence a character of the chosen gender, you may re-roll 1d20. In addition, your attacks inflict +1DCD additional damage against characters of the chosen gender. BLACKSMITH Ranks: 3 Requirements: STR 6, Level 2+ You can modify melee weapons with weapon mods. Each rank in this perk unlocks an additional rank of melee weapon mods: rank 1 unlocks rank 1 mods, rank 2 unlocks rank 2 mods, and rank 3 unlocks rank 3 mods. Each time you take this perk, the level requirement increases by 4. BLITZ Ranks: 2 Requirements: AGI 9, Level 1+ When you move into reach of an opponent and make a melee attack against them in one turn, you may re-roll one d20 on your attack. At rank 2, you also inflict +1CD damage with that attack. Each time you take this perk, the level requirement increases by 3. BLOODY MESS Ranks: 1 Requirements: LCK 6 When you inflict a critical hit, roll 1DCD ; if you roll an Effect, you inflict one additional injury to a random location CAN DO! Ranks: 1 Requirements: LCK 5 When you are scavenging a location that contains food, you gain 1 additional random food item, without spending AP. CAP COLLECTOR Ranks: 1 Requirements: CHA 5 When you buy or sell items, you may increase or decrease the price of the goods being traded by 10%. CAUTIOUS NATURE Ranks: 1 Requirements: PER 7 Whenever you attempt a skill test, and you buy one or more d20s by spending Action Points, you may re-roll 1d20 on that test. You may not purchase this perk if you have Daring Nature. CENTER MASS Ranks: 1 Requirements: AGI 7 When you make a ranged attack, you may choose to strike your target’s Torso location (or equivalent, for creatures that use a different location table) without increasing the difficulty of the attack. In addition, you may re-roll 1d20 when making the test for your attack. CHEM RESISTANT Ranks: 2 Requirements: END 7, Level 1+ At rank 1, roll one fewer CD when determining if you become addicted to chems, to a minimum of 0. At rank 2, you cannot become addicted to chems. Each time you take this perk, the level requirement increases by 4. CHEMIST Ranks: 1 Requirements: INT 7 Chems you create last twice as long as normal (see p.164). In addition, you unlock chems recipes that have this perk as a requirement COMMANDO Ranks: 2 Requirements: AGI 8, Level 2+ When you make a ranged attack with any weapon with a Fire Rate of 3 or higher (except heavy weapons), you add +1DCD per rank to the weapon’s damage. Each time you take this perk, the level requirement increases by 3. COMPREHENSION Ranks: 1 Requirements: INT 6 After you use the bonus gained from reading a magazine, roll 1CD . If you roll an Effect, you may use that bonus one additional time. CONCENTRATED FIRE Ranks: 1 Requirements: PER 8, AGI 6 When you make a ranged attack and spend ammunition to increase the damage, you may re-roll up to 3CD for your damage roll. DARING NATURE Ranks: 1 Requirements: LCK 7 Whenever you attempt a skill test, and you buy one or more d20s by giving the gamemaster Action Points, you may re-roll 1d20 on that test. You may not purchase this perk if you have Cautious Nature DEMOLITION EXPERT Ranks: 1 Requirements: PER 6, LCK 6 When you make an attack using a weapon with the Blast quality, the attack gains the Vicious damage effect. In addition, you unlock explosives recipes which have this perk as a requirement. DODGER Ranks: 2 Requirements: AGI 6, Level 4 At rank 1, when you take the Defend major action, you reduce the difficulty of the skill test by 1. At rank 2, the AP cost to further increase your Defense is reduced to 1 AP. Each time you take this perk, the level requirement increases by 6. DOGMEAT Ranks: 1 Requirements: CHA 5 You aren’t alone in the wilderness. You have a pet dog that serves as a friend and ally in dangerous times. The dog has the profile shown to the side and is treated as an allied NPC creature under your command (see p.338). If you need to forage for food and water, your dog looks after themselves. If your dog is slain, then you either find a new dog before the next adventure, or you may trade this perk for a different one after this adventure. ENTOMOLOGIST Ranks: 1 Requirements: INT 7 When you make an attack against an NPC with the Insect keyword, your attack gains the Piercing 1 damage effect, or improves the rating of any Piercing X effect the weapon has by +1. FAST METABOLISM Ranks: 3 Requirements: END 6, Level 1+, not a robot When you regain one or more HP from any source other than rest, increase the total HP regained by +1 per rank in this perk. Each time you take this perk, the level requirement increases by 3. FASTER HEALING Ranks: 1 Requirements: END 6, not a robot When you make an END + Survival test to heal your own injuries, the first additional d20 you buy is free. The normal maximum of 5d20 still applies FINESSE Ranks: 1 Requirements: AGI 9 Once per combat encounter, you may re-roll all the DCD on a single damage roll without spending any Luck points. FORTUNE FINDER Ranks: 3 Whenever you roll to determine how much money you find, you find more. At rank 1, you find +3DCD additional caps. At rank 2, you find +6DCD additional caps. At rank 3, you find +10CD additional caps. Each time you take this perk, the level requirement increases by 4. GHOST Ranks: 1 Requirements: PER 5, AGI 6 Whenever you attempt an AGI + Sneak test in shadows or darkness, the first additional d20 you buy is free. The normal maximum of 5d20 still applies GRIM REAPER’S SPRINT Ranks: 1 Requirements: LCK 8 When you make an attack which kills one or more enemies, roll 1DCD . If you roll an Effect, add 2 AP to the group’s pool. GUN FU Ranks: 3 Requirements: AGI 10, Level 1+ When you succeed at a ranged attack, you may spend 1 AP and 1 ammo to hit a second target within Close range of your initial target. The second target takes the same damage as the initial target. At rank 2, you may spend 2 AP and 2 ammo to hit two additional targets. At rank 3, you may spend 3 AP and 3 ammo to hit three additional targets. Each time you take this perk, the level requirement increases by 5 GUN NUT Ranks: 4 Requirements: INT 6, Level 2+ You can modify small guns and heavy weapons with weapon mods. Each rank in this perk unlocks an additional rank of weapon mods: rank 1 unlocks rank 1 mods, rank 2 unlocks rank 2 mods, etc. Each time you take this perk, the level requirement increases by 4. GUNSLINGER Ranks: 2 Requirements: AGI 7, Level 2+ When you make an attack with a onehanded ranged weapon with a Fire Rate of 2 or lower, you increase the weapon’s damage by +1CD per rank. In addition, you may re-roll the hit location die. Each time you take this perk, the level requirement increases by 4. HACKER Ranks: 1 Requirements: INT 8 The difficulty of skill tests to hack computers is decreased by 1, to a minimum of 0. HEALER Ranks: 3 Requirements: INT 7, Level 1+ When you heal a patient’s HP using the First Aid action, increase the amount of HP healed by +1 per rank in this perk. Each time you take this perk, the level requirement increases by 5. HEAVE HO! Ranks: 1 Requirements: STR 8 When you make a thrown weapon attack, you may spend 1 AP to increase the Range of the weapon by one step—from Close to Medium, or from Medium to Long. HUNTER Ranks: 1 Requirements: END 6 When you make an attack against an NPC with one of the Mammal, Lizard, or Insect keywords and the Mutated keyword, your attack gains the Vicious damage effect, if it did not already have that effect. INFILTRATOR Ranks: 1 Requirements: PER 8 When you attempt a Lockpick skill test to unlock a door or container, you may re-roll 1d20 INSPIRATIONAL Ranks: 1 Requirements: CHA 8 Because you lead by example, the maximum number of AP the group may save is increased by 1. INTENSE TRAINING Ranks: 10 Requirements: Level 2+ Increase any one S.P.E.C.I.A.L attribute by 1 rank. As usual, your S.P.E.C.I.A.L attributes cannot be increased beyond 10 using this method. Each time you take this perk, the level requirement increases by 2. IRON FIST Ranks: 2 Requirements: STR 6, Level 1+ At rank 1, your unarmed attacks inflict +1DCD damage. At rank 2, your unarmed attacks also gain the Vicious damage effect. Each time you take this perk, the level requirement increases by 5. JUNKTOWN JERKY VENDOR Ranks: 1 Requirements: CHA 8 The difficulty of any CHA + Barter test you attempt to buy or sell goods is reduced by 1, to a minimum of 0. JURY RIGGING Ranks: 1 Requirements: None You can repair an item without needing to expend any components. However, the repair is temporary, and the item will break again on the next complication you suffer while using it. The complication range of all skill tests to use the item increases by 1, to the roll of a 19–20. LASER COMMANDER Ranks: 2 Requirements: PER 8, Level 2+ When you make an attack with a ranged energy weapon, the damage is increased by +1DCD per rank in this perk. Each time you take this perk, the level requirement increases by 4. LEAD BELLY Ranks: 2 Requirements: END 6, Level 1+ At rank 1, you may re-roll the CD to determine if you suffer radiation damage from irradiated food or drink. At rank 2, you are immune to radiation damage from consuming irradiated food or drink. Each time you take this perk, the level requirement increases by 4. LIFE GIVER Ranks: 5 Requirements: Level 5+ Increase your maximum health points by your Endurance rank. Each time you take this perk, the level requirement increases by 5. LIGHT STEP Ranks: 1 Requirements: None When you roll to generate any complications on an Agility-based skill test, you may ignore one complication for every 1 AP spent. In addition, you may re-roll 1d20 on any AGI + Athletics test to avoid traps triggered by pressure plates or similar mechanisms. MASTER THIEF Ranks: 1 Requirements: PER 8, AGI 9 When you are attempting to pick a lock or pickpocket somebody, the difficulty of the opponent’s skill test to detect you increases by +1. MEDIC Ranks: 1 Requirements: INT 8 When you use the First Aid action to try to treat an injury, you can re-roll 1d20. MELTDOWN Ranks: 1 Requirements: PER 10 When you kill an enemy with an energy weapon, they explode. Roll a number of DCD equal to half the weapon’s damage rating (round down). For each Effect rolled, one creature within Close range of the exploding enemy (starting with the closest) suffers energy damage equal to the total rolled on the DCD . MISTER SANDMAN Ranks: 1 Requirements: AGI 9 When you make a sneak attack with a silenced or suppressed weapon, the damage is increased by +2CD . You cannot gain this benefit while in Power Armor. MOVING TARGET Ranks: 1 Requirements: AGI 6 When you take the Sprint action, your Defense increases by +1 until the start of your next turn. MYSTERIOUS STRANGER Ranks: 1 Requirements: LCK 7 From time to time, a Mysterious Stranger comes to your aid, with lethal results. At the start of a combat encounter, you may spend 1 Luck point. If you do so, then at any point during the scene, the GM may have the Mysterious Stranger appear, make a single ranged attack against an enemy you attacked, or who just attacked you, and then vanish. If you spend a Luck point and the Mysterious Stranger does not appear, the GM must refund the Luck point you spent. The stranger has an AGI of 10, a Small Guns skill of 6, and counts Small Guns as a Tag skill. They always roll 3d20 for attacks, rather than 2d20, and their attack—using a custom .44 Magnum revolver—inflicts 8CD Piercing 1, Vicious physical damage. They always appear within their weapon’s ideal range. Any attempt to find where the Stranger went after their attack fails. NERD RAGE! Ranks: 3 Requirements: INT 8, Level 2+ While your health is reduced to less than ¼ of your maximum, you add +1 to your physical DR, +1 to your energy DR, and +1CD to the damage of all your attacks. At rank 2, this increases to +2 DR, and +2CD damage. At rank 3, this increases to +3 DR and +3CD damage. Each time you take this perk, the level requirement increases by 5. NIGHT PERSON Ranks: 1 Requirements: PER 7 You reduce any difficulty increases due to darkness by 1 NINJA Ranks: 1 Requirements: AGI 8 When you make a sneak attack with a melee weapon or unarmed attack, the damage is increased by +2CD . You cannot gain this benefit while in Power Armor. NUCLEAR PHYSICIST Ranks: 1 Requirements: INT 9 Whenever you use a weapon that inflicts radiation damage, or has the Radioactive damage effect, each Effect you roll inflicts one additional point of radiation damage. In addition, fusion cores you use have 3 additional charges. PAIN TRAIN Ranks: 2 Requirements: STR 9, END 7, Level 1+ You may Charge as a major action if you are wearing Power Armor or are a super mutant. This is a movement action, and you may not Move or Sprint in the same turn. When you take this action, you move into reach of an enemy within Medium range (1 zone) and make a STR + Athletics test with a difficulty of 2. If you succeed, the enemy suffers damage equal to your normal unarmed damage, and is knocked prone. At rank 2, you add +1DCD and the Stun damage effect to the damage inflicted. At the GM’s discretion, especially large or sturdy creatures cannot be knocked prone by this action. Each time you take this perk, the level requirement increases by 5 PARALYZING PALM Ranks: 1 Requirements: STR 8 When you make an unarmed attack, and choose to strike a specific location, your attack gains the Stun damage effect. PARTY BOY/PARTY GIRL Ranks: 1 Requirements: END 6, CHA 7 You cannot become addicted to alcoholic drinks, and whenever you drink an alcoholic drink, you heal +2 HP. PATHFINDER Ranks: 1 Requirements: PER 6, END 6 When travelling over long distances through the wilderness, a successful PER + Survival test (with a difficulty determined by the GM, based on the terrain) reduces the travel time by half. PHARMA FARMA Ranks: 1 Requirements: LCK 6 When you are scavenging a location that contains medicine or chems, you find one additional item, randomly determined, without spending AP. PICKPOCKET Ranks: 3 Requirements: PER 8, AGI 8, Level 1+ At rank 1, you can ignore the first complication you roll when you make an AGI + Sneak test to steal an object from someone else’s person or to plant something on them. At rank 2, you can re-roll 1d20 in your dice pool when attempting to pick someone’s pocket. At rank 3, you reduce the difficulty of attempts to pick someone’s pocket by 1. Each time you take this perk, the level requirement increases by 3. PIERCING STRIKE Ranks: 1 Requirements: STR 7 Your attacks using unarmed attacks and bladed melee weapons gain the Piercing 1 damage effect, or add +1 to the rating of any Piercing X damage effect they already had. PYROMANIAC Ranks: 3 Requirements: END 6, Level 2+ The damage you deal using firebased weapons increases by +1CD per rank. Each time you take this perk, the level requirement increases by 4. QUICK DRAW Ranks: 1 Requirements: AGI 6 Each turn, you may draw a single weapon or item carried on your person without using a minor action. QUICK HANDS Ranks: 1 Requirements: AGI 8 You can reload firearms faster. When you make a ranged attack, you may spend 2 AP to increase the Fire Rate of your gun by +2 for that attack. RAD RESISTANCE Ranks: 2 Requirements: END 8, Level 1+ Your radiation Damage Resistance, to all hit locations, increases by +1 per rank in this perk. Each time you take this perk, the level requirement increases by 4. REFRACTOR Ranks: 2 Requirements: PER 6, LCK 7, Level 1+ Your energy Damage Resistance to all hit locations increases by +1 per rank in this perk. Each time you take this perk, the level requirement increases by 4. RICOCHET Ranks: 1 Requirements: LCK 10, Level 5+ If an enemy makes a ranged attack against you and rolls a complication, you may spend one Luck point to have their ricochet hit them. Resolve the damage roll against the attacking enemy instead. RIFLEMAN Ranks: 2 Requirements: AGI 7, Level 2+ When you make a ranged attack with any two-handed weapon with a Fire Rate of 2 or lower (except heavy weapons), you add +1 CD to the weapon’s damage per rank. At rank 2, you also add the Piercing 1 damage effect, or add +1 to the rating of any Piercing X damage effect the weapon already had. Each time you take this perk, the level requirement increases by 4. ROBOTICS EXPERT Ranks: 3 Requirements: INT 8, Level 2+ At rank 1, you can modify robot armor, weapon mounts, and modules with rank 1 mods. At rank 2 you gain access to rank 2 mods, and the difficulty of tests to repair robots is permanently reduced by 1. At rank 3 you gain access to rank 3 mods, and you can reprogram robots to fulfil a different function or alter their behavior at the discretion of the GM. Each time you take this perk, the level requirement increases by 4. SCIENCE! Ranks: 3 Requirements: INT 6, Level 2+ You can modify energy weapons with weapon mods, and you can also craft certain advanced armor mods. Each rank in this perk unlocks an additional rank of mods: rank 1 unlocks rank 1 mods, rank 2 unlocks rank 2 mods, etc. Each time you take this perk, the level requirement increases by 4. SCOUNDREL Ranks: 1 Requirements: CHA 7 When you make a CHA + Speech test to convince someone of a lie, you may ignore the first complication you roll. SCRAPPER Ranks: 2 Requirements: Level 3+ When you scrap an item, you can salvage uncommon component materials as well as common ones (see p.208). At rank 2, you can also salvage rare materials. Each time you take this perk, the level requirement increases by 5. SCROUNGER Ranks: 3 Requirements: LCK 6, Level 1+ Whenever you roll to determine how much ammunition you find, you find more. At rank 1, you find +3CD additional shots. At rank 2, you find +6CCD additional shots. At rank 3, you find +10 CD additional shots. The additional ammo you find is the same as initially found, for example, if you find 10mm ammunition, this perk increases how much 10mm ammo you find. If you find multiple types of ammunition, Scrounger applies to the ammunition with the lowest rarity (GM’s choice if there is a tie). Each time you take this perk, the level requirement increases by 5. SHOTGUN SURGEON Ranks: 1 Requirements: STR 5, AGI 7 Your ranged attacks using shotguns gain the Piercing 1 damage effect, or add +1 to any Piercing X damage effect the weapon already had. SKILLED Ranks: 10 Requirements: Level 3+ Add +1 rank to two skills or add +2 ranks to one skill. No skill may have more than 6 ranks. Each time you take this perk, the level requirement increases by 3. SIZE MATTERS Ranks: 3 Requirements: END 7, AGI 6 When you make a ranged attack with any heavy weapon, you add +1CD to the weapon’s damage, per rank. Each time you take this perk, the level requirement increases by 4 SLAYER Ranks: 1 Requirements: STR 8 When you inflict any damage with an unarmed attack or melee weapon, you may spend 1 Luck point to immediately inflict a critical hit—and therefore an injury—on the location hit. SMOOTH TALKER Ranks: 1 Requirements: CHA 6 When you make a Barter or Speech test as part of an opposed test, you may re-roll 1d20. SNAKEATER Ranks: 1 Requirements: END 7 Your poison Damage Resistance increases by +2. SNIPER Ranks: 1 Requirements: PER 8, AGI 6 When you take the Aim minor action, and then make a ranged attack with a two-handed weapon with the Accurate quality, you can specify a hit location to target without increasing the difficulty of the attack. SOLAR POWERED Ranks: 1 Requirements: END 7 For every hour you spend in direct sunlight, you heal 1 radiation damage. STEADY AIM Ranks: 1 Requirements: STR 8, AGI 7 When you take the Aim minor action, you may either re-roll 2d20 on the first attack you make this turn, or re-roll 1d20 on all attacks you make this turn. STRONG BACK Ranks: 3 Requirements: STR 5, Level 1+ Your maximum carry weight is increased by +25 lbs., per rank. Each time you take this perk, the level requirement increases by 2. TAG! Ranks: 1 Requirements: Level 5+ You may select one additional Tag skill. Increase the skill’s rank by 2, to a maximum of 6, and mark it as a Tag skill, allowing you to roll a critical success with a d20 result equal or under the skill’s rank. TERRIFYING PRESENCE Ranks: 2 Requirements: STR 6, CHA 8, Level 3+ When you make a Speech test to threaten or scare someone, you may re-roll 1d20. At rank 2, you may use a major action in combat to threaten an enemy within Medium range, using a STR + Speech test with a difficulty of 2. If you succeed, that enemy must move away from you during their next turn (though they can take any other actions they wish). Each time you take this perk, the level requirement increases by 5. , TOUGHNESS Ranks: 2 Requirements: END 6, LCK 6, Level 1+ Your physical Damage Resistance to all hit locations increases by +1 per rank in this perk. Each time you take this perk, the level requirement increases by 4.

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questions can I sell my starting gear to buy something different? Yes, you can sell your starting gear for full price to purchase anything you like If you have the wanderers or settlements books you can use the origins and perks from them Can i use an origin from the wanderers or settlements books? if you have them, then yes, you can use origins and perks from those books if i sell gear can i buy and install a mod for a weapon? yes, if you can afford a mod, i'll let you start with it installed on your weapon.

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Posting interest! I'm literally playing this on the Xbox right now lol. Need to read your primer above and our find the rulebook somewhere. Do you think drive through rpg sells it? I will look. (To the best of my knowledge that site is legal and you can buy pdf's or actual printed books. Got an AD&D 1e players guide from them last year.) But anyway, yeah will have an app tomorrow or Sunday!

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Maxim Name Maxim Origin Survivor: Mercenary Gender Male Age 24 Personality Maxim is a hard man to get to know, not because he does not want to engage with others and make friends, but because he does not fully understand how to, on top of the fact that trust is hard to come by in the wasteland. Having spent most of his formative years in isolation, his conversational skills are somewhat lacking, and though he had to interact with others to survive, those interactions were limited and brief, focused solely around the task at hand. Awkward - Common courtesies are mostly lost on Maxim. He will often forgo introductions or greetings in favor of jumping right into the point at hand, which, if pointed out, will make him fumble over his preplanned script. Compliments and small talk are a nightmare for the wastelander, and they make him visibly uncomfortable as he tries to sort through how to respond. His awkward standoffishness can come across as rude, which frustrates him endlessly, as he is a very well-meaning individual. Curious - Though not with all aspects of life, there are some things that draw Maxim in and hold his attention. Though not incredibly intelligent, he does like to see and figure out how things work, which is partially why he became such a talented marksman in the first place. There are no devices more prolific in the wasteland than guns, so learning how to strip, clean, and maintain them was simply something he did for fun instead of speaking with people. Focused - Once a task is at hand, it must be completed. Sidequests and distractions greatly trouble the young marksman, as getting off track prevents him from keeping his thoughts structured and in order. Sometimes, he will even get lost in the simplest of tasks, fulfilling the original goal to a degree far higher than intended just because the engagement was enlightening. When he is able to achieve his goals, he is quite a happy man. Structured - There are checklists in his mind that cannot be skipped in order for him to maintain a harmony within himself. If these checklists are incomplete or done out of order, he can become quite agitated. Though it was much worse in his youth, as it became a personal goal for him to overcome that, there are still tell-tale signs that plans have gone awry and the anxiety is beginning to creep in. His acting skills are not good enough to disguise two decades of structure. Kind-Hearted - Maxim always wants to do what is best, even putting himself in harms way to fulfill that desire. Though he may not always be able to communicate his willingness to put himself out there, he will help in little ways to signal his support until an understanding can be come to. While the wasteland makes it a difficult task to be a good person, the urge to see the best in people is just simply something that cannot be removed from his checklist. Appearance At first glance, you see a wastelander, with dirty hair, nails and clothes, nothing interesting about his tired brown eyes, his ruffled chestnut hair, or well worn apparel. Like many others, Maxim is another child of the waste just doing their best day in and day out. His clothing is practical, simply layered, to keep him warm in the cold nights of Boston, and to keep him safe by providing at least some small amount of armor. If there is one thing that separates him from the rest of the wasters, it is the cleanliness of his weapons. Having a predilection for maintaining guns as a comforting habit benefits him by keeping them from breaking down. Skinny - Food is scarce in the wastes, even during a successful hunt, one needs to be aware of the dangers of some of the meat in the wastes, meaning a lot of it goes to waste. Maxim is cautious but open to all sorts of food, but out of respect for his lifelong sidekick Dogmeat, prefers to shy away from dog meat, the one food that is actually moderately common and completely edible in his experience. Though he is lean, his skills with hunting have provided him with just enough resources to maintain a fairly well scheduled and busy lifestyle, especially considering he has more than one mouth to feed. Well-armed - There is Maxim, Dogmeat and Cамосёк, a deadly trio that cross the wasteland in silence, always watching and waiting. Cамосёк is a heavily customized hunting rifle that has served as the primary weapon for the mercenary since the beginning. With each successful job, a new piece was added. Constantly cleaning, maintaining and repairing, Maxim would be hard pressed to decide whether or not his dog or his gun would be his closest companion. The rifle is slung over his shoulder on a well maintained leather strap when not in use, but is comfortably handled while on the move. The weapon does not leave his side at any cost. Unkempt - His appearance is the last thing on his list to be double checked. This means the moment that there is something even more important, and there often is, he will attend to that task instead. Because it is so far down his list, the stress gained from not attending to it is negligible, though it does exist. When all is peaceful and the task can be attended to, he cleans up remarkably well, but unfortunately the time between cleaning is longer than it should be. His clothing is in stark contrast to his weapons, still stained with blood and dirt, with holes and tears from the constant travels about the wasteland. Fidgety - Maxim has spent his life on the move. Moving from job to job, never knowing a place to call home. Restlessness is ever chasing him. If there is no target or goal at hand, then he defaults to weapon maintenance, canine training, or hunting for food. His mind is constantly racing, as is his body, with small movements such as clenching and unclenching his fists, bouncing his leg, or fidgeting with bullet casings or other small objects absentmindedly. The longer he is at rest, the more urgent the desire to get back on the move becomes. History Like his father before him, Maxim has taken up arms as a wanderer in the wasteland, just as his father had done before him. The trauma of tough men passed down along the line. He knows his mother only in vague memories, faceless, dark haired, filled with warmth. He knows his father only through their isolation, strict lessons in the harsh wilds, and the unmarked grave in the shadow of the Kingsport Lighthouse on the east coast of Boston. At 14, he was on his own, possessing only his fathers hunting rifle, named Cамосёк, named after a magic sword from an old Russian fairy tale, and living alone in a shack just off of the coast where he spent most of his time hunting mirelurks for food. Occasionally he would head over to salem, where he would sell the harvested meat and cleaned shells for ammo and luxury goods like Nuka-Cola. The young boy resisted any attempts at befriending any of the locals, and went out of his way to disguise his tracks to prevent anyone from following him back to his home. His fathers lessons were ingrained within him, and he felt as though he could never trust anyone, which made all of his forays into society incredibly anxiety inducing experiences. Though he did not enjoy it, once a week he found himself in town, with his sled full of goods. He would compartmentalize his feelings, and treat it as just another stage of the hunt, and just like that, it became just another item on the itinerary. Without a goal or someone to give him a task, he remained in standby mode, performing the same actions over and over for six years. Hunting. Cleaning. Harvesting. Selling. The repetition was comforting, especially when he still had not processed his grief from the death of his father. At twenty years old, there was a glitch in his programming when the path he had worn into the dirt was blocked by the visceral remains of a dog and radscorpion. The dog must have been attacked while she was trying to transport her puppies to a safer location, and she sacrificed herself to save the six puppies now crowding sadly around her still body. They were old enough to move around, but not be independent. Dropping some of the mirelurk meat on the ground to distract them, he buried her corpse and decorated it with pieces of the radscorpion carapace in respect to her sacrifice. With the dogs now following him, he brought them with him to Salem, where he was forced to change the schedule he had been prepared to fulfil. Not knowing where to go, he went off script with the woman at the market who he usually sold the mirelurk meat to. More than anything, she was surprised he could say anything other than the standard sales pitch. Thankfully she accepted the puppies, but asked if he wanted to keep one of them for company, noting that she understood he lived alone. If he had not looked the puppy that she held aloft before her in the eyes, he might still be alone today. The soft, orange eyes were filled with trust, and before he could analyze the situation, he held it within his arms, turned, and marched his path back home. It was not until he had gotten back to his home, that he realized he had forgotten his sled, and had not accepted any money for the meat. Things had gone so far out of his comfort zone, that he decided he could not go back, and would have to relocate with his new friend. For days after, the people of Salem expected to see the awkward hunter who had been an odd, but comfortingly consistent part of their lives, would not be coming back. Traveling further inland, he set up camp north of the river, still with access to mirelurks for easy hunting, but close enough to Bunker hill that he could sell the harvest. Now he had two mouths to feed, but the prey was consistent, selecting only the most choice cuts for himself and his new companion, they set about into creating a new routine. A year after arriving, after having managed to form a consistent schedule, there was yet another interruption. This time it wore armor and offered him a job that would allow him to truly use his skills. It was merely a blip, it was refused and he returned to his home, but the man would not be deterred. For the first time in memory, there was a knock on the door of the shack while he was preparing the evening meal for himself and Dogmeat. Freezing. He waited. Hoping that whomever was on the other side of the door decided that there was no one home. Another knock. Then a third. On the fourth, Dogmeat began to growl. When a voice told him to open up, he picked up his rifle and moved to the door. The same man had brought friends. All well armed, but no one pointing their weapons at least. The job was offered to him once more. The Gunners, as they called themselves, did not take kindly to being told no. With no choice other than to accept, Maxim would enter their employment as a marksman. They offered some compromise in respect to his skills, allowing him to select which jobs he would take. He preferred targets with violent histories that would not be missed. The Gunners were not known for their morals, but he did not find himself aligning with their business practices. After three years of running with the mercenary group, they had begun to trust him well enough that his freedom was noticeable, which allowed him the opportunity to gather his belongings and flee to Quincy, where he believed he could be under the protection of the Minutemen, only as long as it took for his going AWOL to be forgotten. With him, he brought news, though he doubted he would be the only one who knew the Gunners were planning to attack. Even with their preparations and fortifications, they were unable to hold the town. Though he could have escaped on his own, he felt responsible for his failure, and took up arms, following Preston Garvey, holding up the rear as they escaped the town. Another home had been taken from him. Though they had escaped, their pursuers did not stop, and the guilt seized Maxim, who could not help but think his presence could be fueling their chase. Even if he left, he did not believe the mercenaries would stop, it would not matter if they did not know where he was, the Gunners would just kill them. Their flight across the wasteland only garnered them more enemies seeking to finish them off. Everywhere they turned, they lost more and more of their companions, and though Maxim could not say that they were friends, the responsibility he felt to keep them alive weighed on him. For so long he had so little to care about, and now he was part of an ever shrinking group of people he could not help but have some hope in his heart that they would eventually make it to safety. Concord was a tiny corner of the commonwealth, and somehow even here they could not escape the danger. Fighting their way through the town against what seemed like endless waves of Raiders, they holed themselves away in the museum, the largest and most easily defensible building in the town. The wooden floors of the building creak loudly as the Raiders walk the halls, banging on the walls and doors, jeering and threatening them. S - 4 P - 8 E - 5 C - 5 I - 6 A - 10 L - 4 Athletics | (STR-4) + 0 = 4 Barter | (CHA-5) + 0 = 5 Big Guns | (END-5) + 0 = 5 Energy Weapons | (PER-8) + 3 = 11 Explosives | (PER-8) + 3 = 11 Lockpick | (PER-8) + 0 = 8 Medicine | (INT-6) + 2 = 8 Melee | (STR-5) + 0 = 5 Pilot | (PER-8) + 0 = 8 Repair | (INT-6) + 3 = 9 Science | (INT-6) + 0 = 6 Small Guns | (AGI-10) + 3 = 13 Sneak | (AGI-10) + 3 = 13 Speech | (CHA-5) + 0 = 5 Survival | (END-5) + 3 = 8 Throwing | (STR-4) + 0 = 4 Unarmed | (STR-4) + 0 = 4 Traits & Perks Gifted[Trait] Sniper [Perk] Dogmeat Perk] Equipment Tough Clothing Leather Armor Chest Piece [Sold 25 Caps] Leather Armor Right Leg [Sold 10 Caps] Baseball Bat [Sold 25 Caps] 45 CapsSuppressed 30 Caps.50cal Receiver 3 CapsRecoil Compensating 36 CapsVented Hunting Rifle + 29 CapsLong Scope [143 Caps] | Small Guns Damage: 8 Damage Effects: Piercing 1, Vicious Damage Type: Physical Fire Rate: 2 Range: Extreme Qualities: Two-handed, Reliable, Accurate, Suppressed Weight: 20Lbs Cost: 198 Caps Rarity: 2Cамосёк 19 .50 Ammo [76 Caps] 10+5 [5] .308 Ammo [Sold 45 caps] Job Note 1 Caps [Used 39] Multi-Tool Calmex [Sold 100 caps] 6+3 [3] .308 Ammo [Sold 27 caps] Dog Helmet [7 Caps] Heavy Dog Armor [20 Caps]

Rolls Origin Ammo Dice Roll: 5d6 1, 3, 2, 5, 6 Total = 17 Skill Ammo Dice Roll: 3d6 1, 6, 5 Total = 12

Here I come again Togot!

[AximusLokar]

@Drinkslotsa: Fast Shot and Sniper are mutually exclusive. Fast Shot means you can't Aim, Sniper requires you to Aim. For what you seem to be going for (shoot from the hip marksman) I recommend either Action Boy (that second attack you gain from Fast Shot doesn't take a penalty) or Center Mass (auto-target torso, reroll a d20 when doing so which means an overall accuracy bonus). Or you could keep Sniper and swap the Fast Shot trait.

[AximusLokar]

If you don't mind me reusing my old fallout character, I'd love to give this system a try.

Name: Deacon Kairos
Origin: Vault-Descendant
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Personality: Deacon is observant and empathetic, often catching more than he let's on. Growing up with one foot in the Railroad never allowed any ideas of prejudice against synthetic beings to take root, and while neither of his parents extend their empathy quite so easily to ghouls and supermutants he doesn't see a difference. People are people (for good or ill) whether their flesh is steel, green, or irradiated.

He enjoys being around people, and is good at connecting, but will eventually feel the need to distance himself to mentally recharge. He doesn't consider himself a leader by nature but recognizes the need to step up when no one else will or can, and won't always wait to be asked when he sees that need. Given the option though he's much more comfortable fading in and out of the background of a settlement, interactions kept largely either casual or practical.

Regardless of the actual seriousness of the situation Deacon often behaves in a way that doesn't convey 'serious'. He enjoys joking as a means of lightening the atmosphere, or of taunting his foes, even if he's the only one that quite grasps what the joke is. Some of this is the result of his mother's retelling of folklore, or the children's shows she grew up with in the Ten no Hinansho. Unlike the american vault system the 'Celestial Refuge' maintained limited contact between satellites, resulting in limited continued cultural productions. Deacon has written up programs to allow for reproductions of his favorite stories, modified drones taking the place of actors, to put on performances for children.

Physical description: At 6'1, with room to grow a bit more, Deacon stands out a bit (literally) in most crowds. Icy-blue eyes and red-orange hair only makes him that much more memorable. In spite of his size, or perhaps slightly because of it, Deacon is a bit of a beanpole. He tends to distract from his scrawny frame with a loose-fitting leather flight jacket and wraparound scrap-cloth scarf.

For those that remember the nation his facial features are recognizably japanese, others assuming chinese, though many people have trouble noticing them at first glance behind the hair. His father claims their ancestry on his side is largely british, backed up by their lingering accent, but admits that tracking such things hasn't been a priority. Between that and his pale skin many assume he is irish rather than mixed japanese.

Backstory:

 

America was far from the only nation to foresee the worst case scenario in the midst of war. But while VaultTec looked underground, and planned their various little experiments with each one, in Japan the Asunoasa Corporation (translated: 'Tomorrow Morning') looked to the heavens. For obvious reasons a system of satellites were both far more expensive than their underground equivalents, and far more difficult to develop in secret, resulting in a far smaller number being completed in time. Compared to the over one hundred VaultTec Vaults of the fifty Asunoasa Ten no Hinansho ('Celestial Refuge') only thirty saw completion, and only twenty-four successfully launched when the time came with an average of one-hundred occupants per satellite.

Another difference between the Vaults and the Refuges is that while total communication still wasn't available, some interconnection was. Refuge leaders, as well as the leads on projects deemed worth the resources, were able to communicate with their peers when refuge orbits passed closely enough to allow for it. While in the early years this was almost entirely restricted to mission critical projects over time some aspects of cultural exchange became the norm as well, and in particular entertainment exchange became a significant aspect of these exchanges. There was also a degree of personnel exchange, as genetic studies revealed the potential for long-term health hazards in small populations, and by the third generation one or two people a year could migrate from one refuge to another with approval from both overseers.

The Refuges have been largely successful, but even they are not without their own failures. Refuge 7 was the first to encounter catastrophic failure fifteen years into operation from unknown mechanical problems and exploded. Refuge 42 began rejecting all in-bound communication around Year 50 and the few to attempt to reach them physically never returned. Despite this they continue to broadcast their own project updates whenever another Refuge comes within range, and several vital technological discoveries can be almost entirely lain at the feet of the Rogue Refuge. In Year 112 Refuge 4 accidentally developed a lethal pathogen which had spread to Refuge 19 and 23 before it was discovered. All three are still in operation but have become a genetic closed circuit, the pathogen remaining in the environment but the surviving population having become immune.

Technology aboard the Refuges has continued to advance albeit at an erratic pace, the majority of the initial crew being research scientists and their families. Immediately vital technologies have exploded, especially those that could ensure the continued operation of the Refuge themselves. Artificial gravity, environmental sealing, solar energy, and propulsion systems easily made the top of that list in the early years, and amateur historians among the Refuge population theorize that the entire project would have gone the way of Refuge 7 before Year 100 without the frequent upgrades they've undergone.

 

Deacon's mother, Denui Londalt, was a mechanical engineer on board Refuge 41. As one of the most frequent to cross paths with the Rogue Refuge they often benefited from a number of advancements while they were still making their way through the Refuge Exchange, and in the Year 200 it was one of the most controversial in decades that may very well be the reason she survived what came next.

Space junks wasn't too uncommon an occurrence for a Refuge, and what clouds couldn't be withstood by their plating were blasted away until they could be. That, of course, requires that sensors pick them up. A catastrophic coincidence of routine maintenance and a failing backup system meant they only realized too late they were on a collision course for a cloud of Refuge 7 debris. Last second drones were scrambled, trying to protect critical systems, but by the time the cloud passed both structural integrity and engines had been compromised. They were less than twenty four hours from explosive decompression, and lacked the landing gear to set down safely. With what time they had escape pods were fortified for drop distances they were never expected to survive, and they began their desperate descent.

They were barely past the exosphere when primary structural integrity was lost. Denui, in her escape pod with her younger brother Raios and their mother Nui, immediately jettisoned. Her last view of her former home was of it coming apart at the seems, unable to tell if the shadows flying off of it were other pods or burning shrapnel. Of course, she barely had time to focus on that with the impending rough re-entry. Only the artificial gravity generator at the center of the pod gave them their slim hope of survival, and anything less than a water landing wouldn't give them even that chance. And unfortunately for her chances, with a planet more covered by water than not, she seemed to be staring at wide stretches of half-burnt forests and hills. At the last moment a glimmer of water, a hard bank towards a depressingly small lake, and turbulence enough to knock her head back against her seat hard enough to knock her out.

Coming to briefly she saw her family, both still strapped into their own restraints across from her. And a thin, shimmering trail of black steel leading from both of them towards her own torn jumpsuit. Even through the minor concussion she knew what it meant. Refuge 42's final breakthrough, still in the early stages of production and distribution, medical nanites. They'd deemed her family beyond repair, and were regrouping inside of her despite those few feet of distance meaning the loss of upwards of 80% of the nanites. Unconsciousness came a second time as a blessing.

Discovered in a mostly destroyed capsule in a flash-fried former lake by the Railroad agent 'Deacon', her wounds still stitching themselves together even as she slept, Denui was initially taken for an advanced Synth model. The unexpected language barrier, initially confused for a programming error, meant that she was taken into their care before the truth could be conveyed. Fortunately while she couldn't speak english the written form was known to her, and eventually a line of communication was opened. Her technical expertise proved to be a boon to the organization and she stayed on to repay the people that had rescued her and made her comfortable in the days after losing everything she'd ever known. In time she fell in love with another technician, and a year later their son was born, named Deacon in honor of the man who had pulled her out of the crashed capsule.

When Deacon was five he, and his parents, were shocked to find that Denui's medical nanites had been passed down to her son albeit with reduced function. Attempts to propagate them through blood transfusions had always failed as the nanite's uncontrolled self-replication prohibitions prevented them from spreading to a host body that didn't already possess them, which had seemingly been bypassed through nine months of internal proximity and a shared genetic marker (possibly a result of the mixed nanite load from her own family). While he lacks the critical mass of nanites to effect rapid self-healing like his mother could, the baseline function of scrubbing his blood and cells of excess radiation has resulted in a level of health and adolescent growth abnormal for the nutrient-deprived surface.

Beyond his unnatural gift, Deacon showed a natural one for the technical. While a far cry from what she'd had access to before Denui still proved to be one of the top engineers in the wasteland, and she had Deacon pulling apart and reassembling Eyebots before his thirteenth birthday. He learned the ins and outs of the Hardest Science, the creation, maintenance, and use of firearms, from his father, Calon Kairos. And if nothing else had happened Deacon may very well have followed in either of his parent's footsteps, supplying technical expertise to the railroad.

Unfortunately at the age of sixteen the outpost he was living in was discovered by an overzealous Brotherhood of Steel inquisitor squad. While fleeing the truck they were in was hit with ordinance and buried under rubble. Deacon narrowly survived. His parents in the truck's cab, as he discovered after dismantling the door to get in, did not. Grabbing what supplies he could he dug his way free and limped away, where he was eventually found by a Minutemen patrol and given medical treatment.

Deacon didn't know the locations or identities of any other Railroad cells so he chose to make a living in trade with his skills with the people that had rescued him. Since linking up with various Minutemen outposts Deacon's made himself useful, repairing Eyebots and Guardiantrons for overwhelmed defenders and plunging deep into contested territories to provide initial relief to besieged settlements looking to join the collective defenders. He's had more than a few clashes with Brotherhood patrols, his propensity for energy small arms and flights of eyebots marking him as a 'dangerous individual with technology beyond his rights'. Of course, the time he had a few dozen Eyebots carrying an array of sheetmetal and cloth to impersonate the Prydwen, unintentionally prompting a few months of skirmishes between them and a now-defunct gang of wasteland raiders, may also have something to do with the animosity.


S 4
P 7
E 7
C 4
I 10
A 4
L 4

Tag: Energy, Repair, Science, Survival

Repair^ 5, Survival^ 5
Science^ 4, Energy^ 4, Barter 4
Lockpick 2
Athletics 1, Medicine 1, Pilot 1

Trait: Vault Kid (-1 Diff to resist disease, +1 Tag)

• Vault Experiment: Medical Nantes (will be the explanation of certain perks I pick up, such as his starting perk of Solar Powered)

Perk: Solar Powered (-1 Rad Dmg per hour in sunlight)

Starting Gear:

  Vault Jumpsuit w/Treated Lining (Red/White Celestial Refuge variant)
  Utility Coveralls (Leather Flight Jacket)
  Synth R.Arm Armor w/Stabilized Mod and Resin Material
  Welder's Visor
  Pip-Boy (PersoCom Celestial Refuge variant)

  Laser Gun w/Photon Agitator and Recon Scope
  Fusion Cell (17+3CD shots) (plus converted 10mm ammo)
  Multi-tool

  Vault-Tech Canteen (Dirty Water)
  Dirty Water
  Gum Drops x4 (20)
  Mole Rat Meat x2 (10)
  Diluted Stimpack x2
  Bobby Pin x4
  0 caps
 Trinket: The Adventures of Kirbot! (Manga Holotape)

 

   Sold [+353]: 
10mm Pistol (50)
Mentat (50)
Lab Coat (50)
Switchblade (10)
Pure Water x3 (60)
Stimpack x2 (100)
Iguana on a Stick (33)

   Bought [-363]: 
Laser Gun (69)
 w/ Photon Agitator (35)
 w/ Recon Scope (59)
Treated Lining for Vault Suit (20)
Dirty Water x2 (10)
Welder's Visor (20)
Bobby Pin x4 (4)
Synth R.Arm Armor (30)
 w/Stabilized Mod (1)
 w/Resin Material (10)
Utility Coveralls (12)
Diluted Stimpack x1 (30)
Gum Drops x4 (20)
Mole Rat Meat x2 (10)
Fusion Cell x11 (33)


(If I'm reading correctly I roll for the starting ammo, which isn't a solid number until I roll it, so just noting a conversion for when I roll it later)
   Ammo Conversion: 
10mm Ammo > Fusion Cell (costs 50% more so 3 bullets converts to 2 shots)

With your permission I'd like to request a few aesthetic alterations to my starting gear to reflect his foreign vault origin. The Vault Suit is white with red highlights, with a red circle on the back with the number '41' in kanji ( 四十一 ). The Pip-Boy (PersoCom) has a sleeker design than the american models and it's display is in japanese. Also, question, is it possible to have done some trading before starting? Deacon's an energy weapon user and has no use for a 10mm pistol. I'd like to trade that in (plus some other stuff if necessary) to start with a basic Laser Musket or Laser Gun (1 rarity higher but only 7 and 19 caps more expensive respectively).

[Drinkslotsa]

You're right thank you, for now it was simply a placeholder for a quick post before bed, but I appreciate it

[Togot]

AximusLokar, yes you change the flavor of your gear and yes you can sell your gear for full price to purchase anything you like

[Kepheren]

A quick question then about the campaign. How close is this going to run to the normal start of Fallout 4? If the Minutemen are able to fight their way out of Concord do you intend for them to try to regroup in Sanctuary? And can we assume there is no Sole Survivor coming out of Vault 111 to help? I'm interested but just trying to get a feel for how you envision this going.

[leftyyy88]

I had some questions about the dice and rolls and found that the official site has a free quickstart PDF that includes some portions of the core rulebook. Might be helpful. It also has some pre-generated char sheets for reference. And you don't have to enter any payment info to get the free PDF.

Quickstart Guide - FREE.

[leftyyy88]

Lefty's App Name: Gus Gravelhead Origin: Super Mutant - Brute: Gus is from the town of Huntersville in Appalachia. When the water became infected with the Forced Evolutionary Virus (F.E.V.), Gus fled the town. He had always been a timid guy and lived by himself at the edge of town. The other townfolk were grumpy at best trying to scrape by in the wateland, but when the virus infected everybody things got ugly fast. Gus up and left, looking for a more peaceful, or solitary, home. Trait: Forced Evolution Your initial Strength and Endurance attributes are increased by +2 each, and your maximum Strength and Endurance are increased to 12, but your maximum Intelligence and Charisma are both reduced to 6. You may not have more than 4 ranks in any skill. You are completely immune to radiation and poison damage. You stand over seven feet tall, and your body is bulky and muscular. Your skin is green, yellow, or grey, regardless of what color it was when you were human. You do not seem to age, but you are sterile. You can only wear armor which has been made to fit a super mutant Gender: Male Age: Can't remember. Personality: Gus started out as a quiet guy, kept to himself, didn't bother nobody. Oh, he helped out around town trying to survive with the others in the wasteland, but he never stuck around to talk afterwards and had few, if any, friends. But he never caused any trouble, so the others generally left him alone. That was all before the virus, though. Now he tries to control the rage brought about by the virus with physical conditioning. It's a common sight to see his face flush a deeper shade of green as his anger boils over, then watch as he falls forward and starts doing hundreds of pushups. Rage jumping jacks. Fury situps. And don't even get me started on the hatred squats. Physical Description: Gus big. Real big. Not many people have seen him standing next to another super mutant, but his workout routines keep his muscles bulging and his belly trim. He doesn't smile often, and tries not to frown, but frowns inevitably creep up onto his face. He's too afraid of letting emotions get the best of him like the other super mutants, so he tries to school his face into impassive nothingness most of the time. His skin is a dark mossy green. He rarely wears shirts, just pants. All that extra cloth needed to cover his huge frame usually just gets in the way, so most days it's just the armor he picked up somewhere along the way. Backstory: When that disease mutated the town, Gus left and wandered the wastelands for a time. By chance, he fell in with the Minutemen: some spark of mercy stayed the trigger finger of a Minuteman sniper and he started talking to Gus. When Gus showed that he meant no harm, the Minuteman invited the super mutant to join the Minutemen. Gus accepted. Life was good for a while, but then the call came from Quincy. Gus answered with a few others and now he's holed up in the museum wondering just how he got into this mess. He just wanted to be left alone. Perk: IRON FIST: your unarmed attacks inflict +1DCD damage Stat Total Base Adder S.trength 10 7 3 P.erception 4 5 -1 E.ndurance 8 7 1 C.harisma 4 5 -1 I.ntelligence 4 5 -1 A.gility 7 5 2 L.uck 7 5 2 Name Tot Add Abil SPECIAL Athletics (tag) 13 3 10 Strength Barter 4 0 4 Charisma Big Guns 8 0 8 Endurance Energy Weapons 4 0 4 Perception Explosives 4 0 4 Perception Lockpick 4 0 4 Perception Medicine 6 2 4 Intelligence Melee Weapons 13 3 10 Strength Pilot 4 0 4 Perception Repair 6 2 4 Intelligence Science 4 0 4 Intelligence Small Guns 7 0 7 Agility Sneak 7 0 7 Agility Speech 4 0 4 Charisma Survival (tag) 11 3 8 Endurance Throwing 10 3 7 Agility Unarmed (tag) 13 3 10 Strength Starting equipment: NOTE: all prices below are taken from Fallout 4 video game (well, from the wiki I found), not sure if the values translate to the ttrpg, will edit as needed. Casual clothing - sold for 10 caps x1 Buffout x2 purified water x1 iguana on a stick Brass knuckles Raider chest - sold for 18 caps Raider left leg - sold for 3 caps Pipe rifle - sold for 30 caps 6 +3CD rounds of .38 ammo - sold for 9 caps total, 1 each (assuming the CD was 1 each so 9 rounds total) machete personal trinket: A teddy bear Caps: 5 starting + 10 + 18 + 3 + 30 + 9 = 75 from selling stuff Buying: Bladed super mutant helmet - 8 caps Super mutant light body armor - 15 caps Super mutant chains - 30 caps Super mutant heavy gauntlets - 5 caps Super mutant leg guards - 10 caps New caps total: 75 - 8 - 15 - 30 - 5 - 10 = 7 caps

[Togot]

Originally Posted by Kepheren

A quick question then about the campaign. How close is this going to run to the normal start of Fallout 4? If the Minutemen are able to fight their way out of Concord do you intend for them to try to regroup in Sanctuary? And can we assume there is no Sole Survivor coming out of Vault 111 to help? I'm interested but just trying to get a feel for how you envision this going.

this game asks the question what if the sole survivor never left vault 111. it will follow you as the minutemen who strive to regrow their orginization and make the comonwealth safe for settlers. the institute is not the primary antagonist, though i won't spoil who is.

[AximusLokar]

[AlphaZ]

Lemme see if I can throw something together. Haven't played this system since the beta, but I had a lot of fun with it.

EDIT: rethinking

 

Name: Johnny Dare
Origin: Survivor [fast shot, bonus perk] - Mercenary
Gender: Male
Age: 44
Personality: Quiet, casual, nonchalant; Johnny believes things will just work out, and when they don't, he shoots them.

-S-	-P-	-E-	-C-	-I-	-A-	-L-
5	4	5	4	4	10	8

Skills:
Barter +3 = 7
Lockpick* +3 = 13
Melee Weapons +3 = 8
Small Guns* +3 = 13
Sneak +3 = 13
Speech +1 = 5
Survival* +3 = 8

Perks:
Action Boy
Center Mass

Physical description: A strong moustache on an aging face are the most remarkable features of this otherwise unremarkable man; he's a bit shy of average height, perhaps a few pounds soft around the middle, and not especially handsome. He has salt-and-pepper hair, brown eyes, bushy brows, a scruffy neck, and dirt-mottled skin. His smile is marked by a missing tooth.

Backstory: WIP (former raider, turned settler, turned restless gun for hire)

[Acathala]

I’m fairly certain the ghoul origins are missing.

[Togot]

right you are. the ghoul can use any of the origins as the survivor. thank you for pointing that out