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simonw
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« Thread Started on Jul 13, 2012, 3:01am » | |
This will be my post-apoc variant. Anything anyone thinks I should include?
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« Reply #1 on Jul 13, 2012, 4:55am » | |
I can certainly suggest something NOT to include. Please not another post-apoc setting in America. If there is to be any setting material in the rules, please make it vague enough to be anywhere. The US has been done to death and some of us (the minority I know) are not from there and so just don't relate all that well.
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« Reply #2 on Jul 13, 2012, 1:19pm » | |
Jul 13, 2012, 4:55am, austrodavicus wrote:| I can certainly suggest something NOT to include. Please not another post-apoc setting in America. If there is to be any setting material in the rules, please make it vague enough to be anywhere. The US has been done to death and some of us (the minority I know) are not from there and so just don't relate all that well. |
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Don't worry - it will be vague
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« Reply #3 on Jul 13, 2012, 4:25pm » | |
LET THE PLAYERS HAVE GUNS, PLEASE!!!! I'm so sick of post apoc settings not letting starting characters have firearms! And I don't mean flintlocks, I mean assault rifles! Make ammo a REAL treasure!
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« Reply #4 on Jul 14, 2012, 4:52am » | |
Jul 13, 2012, 4:25pm, thorswulf wrote:| LET THE PLAYERS HAVE GUNS, PLEASE!!!! I'm so sick of post apoc settings not letting starting characters have firearms! And I don't mean flintlocks, I mean assault rifles! Make ammo a REAL treasure! |
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Maybe...depends on the Referee and the type of apocalypse in mind.
There will be three classes (initially) - the Warrior, the Skulk and the Lorekeeper. There will be three basic archetypes too - Human, Mutated Human and Mutated Animal.
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« Reply #5 on Jul 15, 2012, 9:29am » | |
Variant of?
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simonw
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« Reply #6 on Jul 15, 2012, 1:43pm » | |
Swords & Wizardry
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« Reply #7 on Jul 15, 2012, 6:00pm » | |
Lots of room for a level based PA game. Mental powers based on level could be cool. Plan on a oneshot or a couple setting follow ups like the woodland books got?
Almost every subgenre opens itself to booklet. Teenage Mutant Cavemen, 50's Atomic Zombies, Hippy New agers vs robo fascists, an unedning war and more of course.
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« Reply #8 on Jul 16, 2012, 5:02am » | |
Mental powers, for sure. Personally, I would prefer a more John Wyndham or Tripods feel than Mad Max or gonzo.
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« Reply #9 on Jul 16, 2012, 11:21am » | |
Jul 16, 2012, 5:02am, wulfgar22 wrote:| Mental powers, for sure. Personally, I would prefer a more John Wyndham or Tripods feel than Mad Max or gonzo. |
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Hmmm, there's a challenge...
I suppose you are right; gonzo has been done a bit to death and setting it in the UK would meet one of the above suggestions too. I think I'll need to tinker with what I've done so far but it might work...
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« Reply #10 on Jul 16, 2012, 2:44pm » | |
No Autarchs, just Primarks - now there's a title for a wastelands robber baron.
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« Reply #11 on Jul 16, 2012, 7:21pm » | |
Jul 16, 2012, 11:21am, simonw wrote:
Jul 16, 2012, 5:02am, wulfgar22 wrote:| Mental powers, for sure. Personally, I would prefer a more John Wyndham or Tripods feel than Mad Max or gonzo. |
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Hmmm, there's a challenge...
I suppose you are right; gonzo has been done a bit to death and setting it in the UK would meet one of the above suggestions too. I think I'll need to tinker with what I've done so far but it might work... |
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I agree, gonzo PA has really lost its shine for me. I was talking with a friend last night who asked me if I could make a movie, what genre would it be. I said PA because there is a sad lack of decent PA movies out there (as a look through the list by decade on Wikipedia clearly shows). I then went on to say that probably my all time favourite is the British TV series of Day of the Triffids from the 80s. Just nice to see something that isn't full of mohawks and motorbikes, or mutants and laser pistols, or dripping with Religion. Give me gritty and "realistic" PA any day. And that goes for an RPG too.
Still, you can't please everyone, so good luck Simon. 
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« Reply #12 on Jul 16, 2012, 7:43pm » | |
Personally, I like settings similar to David Brin's The Postman, mostly because I grew up in rural Oregon and know the area well. The Dies the Fire series is a very interesting spin on a feudal world post disaster as well. For a not so apocalyptic future you might try The Last Centurion by John Ringo as well. These all have military themes but are good reads, and excellent source material.
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« Reply #13 on Jul 16, 2012, 11:47pm » | |
Other good sources for a more UK post-apoc be the 70's BBC serial Survivors, J G Ballard's The Drowned World.
Whereas most PA settings are best soundtracked by US heavy metal, I'd rather play a PA setting that was more post-punk, like Joy Division in feel.
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« Reply #14 on Jul 18, 2012, 6:16am » | |
What are tye scavengers finding in the wastelands? Old manufactured goods, highttech gear, gas?
I had one campagin years back where civilization was making a come back and the most sought after scrap was the reinforcement bars inside concrete construction. Players soon realized real wealth came from supplying and protecting other "miners" and not doing it themselves.
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