The cry brought a smile to the old man’s lined face as he rose from his chair and strode to meet his visitors. As he turned into his entryway he was immediately rushed by two small children, their forms distorted by the puffy snowsuits they’d neglected to remove after coming in. He leaned down to embrace them as the tall shadow of their father arrived in the entryway.
”Thanks for doing this Pops,” the man said, brushing some lingering snow from the shoulder of his overcoat, “sorry about such short notice.”
”Pfft, I’ve told you before John, it’s absolutely no trouble.” The old man stood up and grinned at the two children that were still huddled about his legs. ”Especially when it’s just taking care of these old farts.”
”We’re not ooold!” the first child whined. ”Yeeah, you’re the old one Grampa!” the second added.
The old man playfully tussled the children’s hair before they ran off after each other into the other room. Cries of ”You’re it!” and heavy stomping could be heard, and the younger man winced at the sound of a loud thump.
”You sure you’ll be alright with them Pops? Storm’s blowing pretty fierce out there, could lose power soon.”
”For the last time John, I’m not enfeebled for god’s sake.” the old man replied with a grin. ”Now you get, or you’ll be late.”
The younger man returned the grin, called out his goodbyes to the boys still tussling about in the back and stepped out into the storm. The old man watched him from the frosted window until he was obscured by the snow. Seconds later, the sound of an engine reached his ears, and he could hear the children in the other room clambering to a window to wave goodbye to their father. As the sound of the car heading out faded away, he walked down to the hall closet, removing a long box from its spot on a high shelf. As he entered the back room, the two boys stop their play wrestling and looked up at him expectantly.
”Alright now boys,” he said, removing the lid from the box, ”who’s ready to play Fantasticopoly!?”
The game lasted long into the night, and eventually one of the children eked out a victory. Amidst bowls of celebratory ice cream, the old man caught a glimpse of the clock, it was already half past ten.
”Alright boys,” the old man said as he gathered the quickly emptied bowls up and placed them in the sink, ”I think it’s just about time the pair of you were going to bed. You’re already a good hour past your bedtime…”
”Nuh uh Grampa!” the first child objected. ”I won Fantasticopoly and that means you have to tell us a story!”
”Mmhmm!” the second child added emphatically, his mouth still full of ice cream.
”Oh, is that what it means now?” the old man asked, raising his brow as the children nodded vigorously. ”Well I suppose I could tell you the story about the time your father and I went and bought that old truck of his. Now it was –“
”You told us that one last time Grampa!” the first child interrupted.
”Did I now?” the old man grinned, ”Well…how about one about scary dungeons and fearsome dragons?”
”Nah, sounds boring!” the second child muttered ”You should tell us a story no one around here’s ever heard of before!”
”YEAH!”, the first child blurted, ”Something unlike anything anyone’s ever known, something inspired by every video game, comic book, action movie or particularly drunken adventure you’ve ever played, read, seen or had!”
The old man paused a moment before replying. ”I think I have just the thing…”
He stepped out of the room a moment, reappearing with a large hand bound book a couple inches thick.
”Now this,” he ran his hand over the rough cover, ”is a little something I’ve been working on a long time…and I’ve never shown it to anybody ever before. Before I start, you’re going to have to promise you won’t mention a word of this to your father…I don’t think he’d like to know what you’d been listening to. Do you promise?”
The children agreed fervently, they’d already gathered around the old man as he sat on the couch, leaning in close so they could see the book, though neither of them could read well enough to possibly follow along. The old man smiled, opening the cover to reveal a bare page save one small line typed across the centre.
”Tales of City Fantastico"
What’s City Fantastico Grampa? the first kid asked eagerly, before the old man hushed him.
”You’ll see sonny, you’ll see. Now…let me begin.” The old man cleared his throat. ”Not so long ago, not far from here, the beginnings of something awesome occurred…”
Posted on 2011-02-15 at 17:02:53.
Edited on 2011-05-01 at 14:05:12 by Grugg
Topic: Recruitment is Closed Subject: asdf
Fantastic, added up to the Q&A. Please use that thread for all your cheese and game related everything, and remember Grugg loves you.
Born into a broken down household in inner-city Detroit in the early 90's, Darius Garnet grew up knowing nothing other than street gangs and violence. From a young age, his restless nature and natural charisma attracted disaffected youths from the area, and his “crew” already had arrest warrants with their names on it before his 16th birthday. After a brutal bank robbery left him facing multiple murder charges and most of his friends dead, the then 20 year old Darius fled the city, eventually arriving in Manhattan around 2012.
After Fantastico's purchase and subsequent isolation of the island, Darius initially attempted to return to his gangland roots. Fantastico's private security forces proved more effective than the beaten down police force of Detroit however, and Darius's first attempt a big score (the robbery of one of Fantastico's many banking institutions) left him in a violent shootout before being dragged into incarceration.
Video of the shootout quickly went viral, and the public became somewhat enamoured with Darius, who had demonstrated considerable athleticism and talent during his attempt to escape the shootout, including breaking a three man tackle before finally spear tackling a security team leader. Never one to let an opportunity pass him by, Mr. Fantasti IV approached Darius before he set to be exiled from the city and offered him a choice. Renounce his criminal life and become the centrepiece for Fantasti's personal football team in the City Fantastico Football League. Lured by the promise of lucrative contracts, Darius quickly accepted.
Brought into the Fantastico Westside Supa-Flys as a fast rushing quarterback, Darius established himself as a star in the steroid-fueled, no holds barred enviroment. A three time MVP and league champion, Darius was rolling in cash, most of which he re-invested in Fantastico's science division, who used their increased funding to develop new more powerful steroids. After winning the 2020 league championship (by an astounding 218 – 6) and signing a multiple album deal following his multi-platinum gangster rap debut the world seemed to be Garnet's oyster.
When the city collapsed following Mr. Fantasti's disappearance, Darius's supply of steroids quickly dried up. By now long addicted to the powerful rush they provided, Darius turned to anything he could find to try to recreate it. His legion of fans from his years in the league provided him an excellent recruitment base, and soon Darius had reverted to his previous behaviours, though the method had changed. Now instead of banks, Darius's crew raided pharmacies and laboratories, getting their hands on any drug they could find in order to develop new and more powerful concoctions.
As the riots died down, Darius's gang of heavily juiced gang-bangers wasted no time in securing his power base in Westside, his old football stomping grounds. His vast stockpiles of narcotics and prescription medications lent him a lot of clout in the now lawless streets, and word spread of his gang's ability to get the hook-up for nearly anything anyone required. Seemingly being supplied from some outside source, Darius's stockpile far outstripped any of his competitors, and by 2023 Darius Garnet was the only name in narcotics in the city. From his safehouse in Westside, Darius had built a criminal empire that rivalled the power of Fantastico itself.
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Posted on 2011-02-14 at 20:40:00.
Edited on 2011-03-05 at 16:10:16 by Grugg
Virago Nelahw: Yeah, no way I'm trying to count that.
Gerald Downhouser: 0
Kathryn McDonnell: 0
"Popsicle Percy": 0
Danyael "Romeo" Greyson: 0
Derrick "D" Cypher: 0
Vitali Koralev: 0
Arsons Committed: 2
Virago Nelahw: 1
Gerald Downhouser: 0
Kathryn McDonnell: 0
"Popsicle Percy": 1
Danyael "Romeo" Greyson: 0
Derrick "D" Cypher
Vitali Koralev: 0
Cruel and Unusual Kills Performed: 6
Virago Nelahw: 3
Gerald Downhouser: 2
Kathryn McDonnell: 0
"Popsicle Percy": 1
Danyael "Romeo" Greyson: 0
Derrick "D" Cypher: 0
Vitali Koralev: 0
Doors Destroyed: 0
Virago Nelahw: 0
Gerald Downhouser: 0
Kathryn McDonnell: 0
"Popsicle Percy": 0
Danyael "Romeo" Greyson: 0
Derrick "D" Cypher: 0
Vitali Koralev: 0
Time Spent on Fire: 0secs
Virago Nelahw: 0secs
Gerald Downhouser: 0secs
Kathryn McDonnell: 0secs
"Popsicle Percy": 0secs
Danyael "Romeo" Greyson: 0secs
Derrick "D" Cypher: 0secs
Vitali Koralev: 0secs
Estimated Property Damage: $400
Virago Nelahw: $25
Gerald Downhouser: $25
Kathryn McDonnell: $250
"Popsicle Percy": $0
Danyael "Romeo" Greyson: $100
Derrick "D" Cypher: $0
Vitali Koralev: $0
Systems "Hacked": 0
Virago Nelahw: 0
Gerald Downhouser: 0
Kathryn McDonnell: 0
"Popsicle Percy": 0
Danyael "Romeo" Greyson: 0
Derrick "D" Cypher: 0
Vitali Koralev: 0
"Friendly" Fire Incidents: 0
Virago Nelahw: 0
Gerald Downhouser: 0
Kathryn McDonnell: 0
"Popsicle Percy": 0
Danyael "Romeo" Greyson: 0
Derrick "D" Cypher: 0
Vitali Koralev: 0
Posted on 2011-02-14 at 20:39:38.
Edited on 2013-12-07 at 01:01:13 by Grugg
Topic: Recruitment is Closed Subject: sadf
Q&A thread is up, feel free to post in it, ask questions and get answers. EOL, WHEN YOUR CHARACTER IS DONE PLEASE POST HIM HERE FIRST. Also, those with a good eye/the ability to read at all might notice a handful of statistics in the Q&A thread that may reveal things to come. KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED.
Posted on 2011-02-14 at 20:13:32.
Topic: City Fantastico Q&A: The Quest for Liquor and Shame Subject: Notable NPCs Met/Discovered The Storytellers The Old Man - The originator of the Tales of City Fantastico, widower and loving grandfather. John - The Old Man's son. The Kids - John's two sons, superb Fantasticopoly players and lovers of good stories.
City Fantastico Mr. Fantasti IV - The founder of Fantastico (formerly Fantasti Co.) and one of the greatest businessmen the world has ever known. Currently missing, succeeded as Fantastico CEO by his son. Mr. Fantasti V - The current CEO of Fantastico (formerly Fantasti Co.) and head of the executive board. Known for being merely a shadow of the businessman his father was. Denise - Mr. Fantasti V's emotionless secretary and former crush. Has a great rack. Roberto Stanislav - Specialist Agent and Master of the Disguisings for Fantastico Special Forces. Impeccably dressed and exceptionally poor at English. Darius Garnet - A former legendary football player, successful gangster rap artist, and head of the largest drug ring in all of City Fantastico. The team's first target in Mr. Fantasti V's plan to reclaim the city. The Canadian - A former Garnet associate, now attempting to play both sides. Called the Canadian due to the large amounts of cocaine he moved resembling snow, also because he's Canadian. Jean-Luc le Connard - Captain of the Fantastico Wildfires, and unsurprisingly, an asshole. Poor French humour abounds. Currently lost somewhere in the sky. Columbo and Mizzer Skinny - A pair of presumably Australian youths that simply cannot get into clubs. Hopefully they're dead, because they have annoying accents.
Posted on 2011-02-14 at 19:48:09.
Edited on 2013-12-12 at 05:26:10 by Grugg
Specialisations:
Combat (Ranged) – Big Guns!!
Combat (Ranged) – People (that’s right, he’s good at throwing people at anything he desires)
Advantages:
Hand of Stone
-Unarmed attacks do lethal damage
Throw Anyone
-He could throw fatso the clown, an elephant or even himself, at no penalty
Git Dow-ehn!!
-Extreme capability to jump out of harm's way. Cars, buildings or explosions; as long as it’s big, he’ll dodge.
Disadvantages:
Gullible means I can eat a lot? Then I’m definitely gullible.
-Explanation… you don’t need an explanation. Ok, I don’t need an explanation.
Items and Equipment:
Big gun 1 (he doesn’t know what it is called, but it’s big, and it’s got loads of bullets)
Big gun 2 (he doesn’t know what it is called, but it can make stuff explode AND has loads of bullets)
Handgun (his finger hardly fits in it, but hey… )
Hunting knife
Leather jacket
Spare leather jacket
FantasiConsole Portable with Braintrainer game
Ear-piece (from bodyguard experience). Doesn’t need it anymore, but it grew onto his ear.
Heavy boots
Cellphone
Fantasicornflakebars (more steroid than actual food)
Cigars (for chewing mostly)
Physical Description/Personality Description
Gerald is a huge man, with an unnaturally big torso. He’s the equivalent of a minotaur with a human head, or… Arnold Schwarzenegger in his Commando days, not much difference there. He is muscle incarnate. But what he has in physical strength, he lacks in intelligence. Brains are for zombies; he just bashes anything he thinks is bad.
He usually goes clad in jeans and a leather jacket over a white T-shirt, with a crew cut and dark glasses. Yes, even at night.
Gerald once was a supercop. He fought bad guys, and he won. He was awesome. When he got a bit older, he became a personal bodyguard. It is whispered that he was in the service of Mr Fantasi IV himself, but he can hardly remember. With the reign of Mr Fantasti V, and growing crime, Gerald returned to the police force and is ready to throw some more criminals around.
Specialisations:
Combat – Shotgun
Combat – Handgun
Combat – Submachine guns
Driving – hotwire that car!
Driving - Vans, and other large manuals like moving trucks (see U-Haul)
Sabotage - explosives
Advantages:
MacGyver it.
Can make bombs out of chewing gum, and other implements of destruction made out of ridiculously simple materials.
Collateral Damage Specialist
- Triple damage to objects
Double or Nothing (Advantage and Disadvantage)
Once an encounter, bet against the odds. For better or worse.
Pack of playing cards
Lucky Dice
Sacajawea Dollar
Leatherman
Book of matches
Mediocre cell phone
Sawed Off Double Barrel Shotgun with 20 slugs
2 Desert Eagle .44 Magnums – six magazines (8 rounds each)
Fitted Thigh Length Pea Coat
Hotwiring kit
Leather wallet with some cash
Keys to apartment
Katie is 5’7”, with flowing red hair and green eyes. She has a rather curvy frame, but stays fit due to her deep-seated childhood training. She dresses in a practical yet classy manner that usually includes plunging necklines.
Katie McDonnell grew up in Boston, under a roof of IRA sympathizers. At an early age, Katie’s parents put her through extensive training in handling firearms, making creative bombs, smuggling, torture methods and extortion. She picked up weapons with ease, and her parents encouraged her to hone her skills. Katie also got particular enjoyment out of blowing up mopeds.
In an effort to lead a more normal life, Katie picked up gambling. Cards were her game, although anything that she could bet on she enjoyed. She lavishly spent her money betting on horse races, hockey games, and illegal fighting matches. “Double or nothing,” was phrase often uttered out of her lips while out doing what she loved best. When she won, she won big. When her luck ran out, well, that was a problem. After a few run-ins with a couple of strong arms, Katie began repaying some of her debt by working freelance for Boston’s Finest: The Irish Mob. There she began to perfect her skills at destroying rival gangs in new and exciting ways. Plus, the pay was good.
Katie didn’t have the same zeal for her parents’ homeland. Wanting to get away from ‘misplaced patriotism’ speeches from her family, and seeking a place to gamble without legal recourse, she packed up and moved to Fantastico in 2019. She spent one year in complete betting bliss before Mr. Fantasti IV disappear. The little paradise she had found quickly degraded. At least the casinos are still open…
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Specializations:
Medicine - Surgery
Medicine - Anesthesia
Stealth - Stalking
Sabotage - Poison
Thievery – pick locks
Stealth - disguise
Sabotage - Demolitions
Medicine - Anatomy
Advantages:
Off the Grid
-“Popsicle Percy”? Who?
Crazy Prepared
-You don’t get to be a notorious serial killer by NOT having backup plan after backup plan on ice, now, do you?
Kung Shui Sundae
-Percy is exceptionally adept at finding ways to torture, maim, and/or kill folks using only those items that might be found on an ice cream truck… with sprinkles
Disadvantages:
Oh... that just ain't right!
- Preternaturally weird and creepy... Works all right for the serial killer in him but not so much when it comes to dealing with normal folks... Even kids who buy ice cream off his truck get ooged out when they really look at the banana splits he makes and can't help but notice that they look like cadavers on autopsy tables... looking like the bastard lovechild of Steve Buscemi and Christopher Walken doesn't help, either...
Items and Equipment:
-Ice Cream (I scream?) Truck
-Razor edged ice cream scoop(s)
-Set of surgical/autopsy tools (scalpels, bone saws, etc)
- Xtreme Cream Ice Cream Dispenser
- "Good Humor" outfit
- Multi-tool
- simple watch
Physical Description/Personality Description
“Popsicle Percy” wasn’t too prolific a name in City Fantastico until Mr Fantasti IV disappeared… He was around, of course, trolling the city for his preferred victims (pedophiles, rapists, wife/child-beaters, people who talk in theaters, those that don’t clean up after their pets… that sort of thing ) and/or customers (somebody’s got to buy this ice cream or else there won’t be any room in the freezers for the bodies, after all)… Sure, a “Slaughter Sundae” would show up from time to time (seemingly at random) but, up until Fantasti IV went missing and Fantasti V took over, City Fantastico wasn’t quite crime-ridden enough for Percy to really build up the “clientele” he needed to get up there on the list with folks like “Zodiac” or Charlie Manson or “The Sundae of Sam” (not that Percy ever compared himself to losers like that). That lack of notoriety served him pretty well, though – kept him off the radar, so to speak, and gave him the time he needed to really perfect his craft (and his banana splits) – and, by the time things “went south” for City Fantastico as a whole and crime made a roaring comeback, Percy was more than ready to jump into the murky limelight and it wasn’t long until Percy’s body count started climbing and the name “Bomb Pop” took on a more literal designation ...
Musical Interlude
Dedicate one to the sinners...
Now summertime's here bub, need somethin' to get you killed
Ah, now summertime's here bub, need somethin' to get you killed
Better look out now though, Percy’s got somethin' for you
Tell ya what it is
I'm your ice cream man, fear me when I'm passin' by
Oh my, my, I'm your ice cream man, fear me when I'm passin' by
See now all my flavors are guaranteed to make you die
Hold on a second baby
I got bim bam banana pops, dixie cups
All flavors and pushups too
I'm your ice cream man, sinner, stop me when I'm passin' by
See now all my flavors are guaranteed to make you die
Hold on, one more
Well I'm usually passin' by just about eleven o'clock
Uh huh, I never stop
I'm usually passin' by just around eleven o'clock
And if ya' let me kill you one time, you'll become a pudding pop!
All right boys!
I got bim bam banana pops, dixie cups
All flavors and pushups too
I'm your ice cream man, fear me when I'm passin' by
See now all my flavors are guaranteed to make you die, yes
I'm your ice cream man, fear me when I'm passin' by
I'm your ice cream man, fear me when I'm passin' by
They say all my flavors are guaranteed to make you die
Ah one time
(Guitar Solo)
I'm your ice cream man, fear me when I'm passin' by
I'm your ice cream man, fear me when I'm passin' by
They say all my flavors are guaranteed to make you die
One time boys!
I'm your ice cream man
I'm your ice cream man
B-B-B-B-B-B-B-Baby!
Ah my my my
All my flavors are guaranteed......to make-uh-you-die
Ow!
Stealth
Specialization- lost in plain sight: bonuses to being unobtrusive in a public setting. He does not draw attention when remaining stationary.
Specialization- I’m right behind you: Bonus to tailing or following directly behind someone either on foot or in a vehicle.
Speech Craft
Specialization-Gather Info: Bonuses to quickly collecting data pertinent to a specific topic or query of interest.
Specialization-Gift of Gab: Bonuses to carrying on a conversation with anyone regardless of background.
Knowledge
Specializations –Local: Bonuses to knowledge about City Fantastico, it’s denizens and the surrounding area
Specialization- Sensitive: Bonuses to knowledge regarding City Fantastico’s dirtylittle secrets.
Awareness
Specialization-Sight: Bonuses to seeing stuff coming!
Specialization-Sound: Bonuses to hearing stuff coming!
Advantages
Precognitive Senses
- Automatic check to detect trouble before it presents itself, rolling awareness before you could even be aware.
“I’d keep off the sidewalk till the masons finish working on the roof. Oncoming traffic can make twice the number of navigational decisions a falling brick can”.
Double Tap
- Semi-Auto weapons can fire two shots for every one
“I fired the first bullet on principle. The second was purely for peace of mind”.
Instantaneous Analysis
- Can determine vital statistics of someone just met within a minute
“The suspect is obviously a diabetic pedophile who suffers from narcolepsy and has a white pomeranian named sprinkles.”
Disadvantages:
All dames are trouble
-All interactions with females take a severe penalty. ALL interactions, whether physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, or social. Always!
“I’m a misogynists’ misogynist”.
Items & Equipment
Charcoal Del Monico Fedora
White Stanford shirt with a frayed collar & cuffs
Rumpled charcoal seersucker suit
Scuffed Brown Rockport wingtips (size 10.5”)
Gold Timex Wrist Watch with brown leather wrist band
Masonic Gold Ring - Apprentice Freemason
Brown Leather belt with zipper compartment in back (concealing spare cuff key and lock pick)
Khaki London Fog Trench Coat
Brown Leather Safari Pistol Holster Shoulder Rig
(Inside of which is)
1911 Colt .45 ACP Semi Automatic Pistol
3 ammunition clips loaded with .45 caliber hollow points- Seven rounds per clip (2 clips on rig & one loaded in pistol)
Hand cuffs & Key
Brown Leather bi-fold wallet
(Inside of which is)
Private Detective Badge
$20 Bill
Silver Dollar
Sewing needle
Expired American Express Card
Expired Wells Fargo Visa Debit Card
Expired US Bank Debit Card
Expired Navy Federal Credit Union Card
Expired D.o.D. ID Card (clearance TS/SAP)
Expired Drivers License
Expired All-State vehicle Issuance card for a Gold ‘64 Chevrolet Impala
Expired Private Detectives License
Expired Concealed Handgun Permit
Expired Gold’s Gym membership card
Expired Trojan Condom
Tickets stubs from “Tivoli Movie-Plex” for matinee showing of “The Devil Wears Prada”
7 receipts from “Olde Towne Spirit Shope” for amounts ranging from $15 to $25 (totaling $112.03) all purchased within a week.
Business card “A1 Gun & Pawn” (Smitty written on back)
Business card “Gentlemen’s Tailor” (Alfonzo written on back)
Business card “Rick’s Fish & Pets” (Owes Me one written on back)
Business card “Madame Kim’s Professional Massage” (Sunny written on back)
Business card “Dr. Leroy Jenkins PhD, Chief Physician Pathology Department Sacred Heart Hospital”
Business card “Dr. Doug Murphy PhD, Asst. City Corner, City Fantastico, Fantasitco County, CoF” (Loves bearclaws/cinnamon rolls)
Business card “Dewey, Chetham & Howe General Practice Law Firm” (Richard D. Cell # written on back)
Business card “Dr. Niles Crane DPsy; specializing in personal & group counseling (Maris cell # written on back)
Business card “Merry Maids, Francine Dresher; Mngr” (Cell # written on back)
Business card “Det. Sgt Joe Friday LAPD” (Home # and Cell # written on back)
Business card “Det. Lt. James Gordon GCPD (Barbara Cell # written on back)
Business Card “Det. Sgt. William T. Sherman, CFPD (Bill Cell # written on back)
Business card “Casa Pizza”(Miguel still in business written on back)
Business card “Monster Joe Truck & Tow”(Emergency Cell# number written on back)
5 Business cards “Det. Derrick Cypher; Private Investigator”
Library Card
One stick of big red chewing gum
Creased photo of long lost flame- The dame that got away (written on the back Florence)
Lockpick kit
(Inside trench coat)
Brass Zippo Lighter
Soft pack of Camel Filters cigarettes
16oz Stainless steel Whiskey Flask filled with Jim Beam
Mini-Mag flashlight
Steno pocket notepad
Black bound leather pocket sized day timer/address book
Yellow #2 Pencil (half used eraser almost gone)
Blue Pilot retractable ball point pen & Laser pointer
Paper clip
Rubber band
$0.78 Cents in change
Silk handkerchief
Magnifying glass (handle missing)
Used Toothpick
Half used book of Matches from a Chinese Restaurant called the Hungry Tiger with Phone # written on it
Old round peppermint still in wrapper
Black rubber comb
Swiss Army “Climber” pocket knife
Bushnell 8x21 Pocket Binoculars
Sony Mini- tape recorder
Scuffed Motorola Razor Flip cell phone
Physical Description/Personality Description
Cliché hard boiled film noir detective
Drinker, smoker, womanizer, misogynist, brooding, Clever, superficially slick and glib but fundamentally antisocial.
Used to working on a hunch. Lives paycheck to paycheck.
Skills:
Awareness
Combat (Ranged)
Knowledge (Survival)
Medicine
Specializations:
Awareness – Spatial
Combat – Rifles
Combat – Handguns
Medicine – First Aid
Medicine – Sterilization
Medicine – Stabilization
Knowledge – Sustainability
Knowledge – Security
Advantages:
Batten-Down
-Regardless of what is on hand, a defensive position can be established. And a damn good one, at that.
Got Your Back
-You excel at covering fire and supporting others. Bonuses to hit and damage when an ally is in danger.
Station Wagon
-One of the most underestimated animals in the urban jungle, the mighty station wagon can pack and carry an ungodly amount of gear. Through time, patience, and sheer determination, you have mastered its ways.
Disadvantage:
You Go Ahead, I'll Be Fine
-When you hurt, it shows. When reduced to fifty percent of health, movement speed gets reduced to 50% as well.
Gear:
Army Pack w/ External webs and harnesses
K Rations x20
1L Water Bottle
Water Purification Tablets
Zip Ties
Zippo
Box of Storm Matches
Pack of Benson & Hedges
Pliers
Sidecutters
Vicegrips
Hacksaw
Hammer
Crescent Wrench
Duct Tape x2 Rolls
Medpack w/ Varied Disinfectants (15 uses)
Wallet w/ cash
Keys to apartment
Flask of Vodka
iPhone (Heavily updated GPS and news apps)
Raincoat
10x10 Blue Tarp
Large Garbage Bags x5
Snare Line 15ft
Tactical Wristwatch
Goalie Stick
Outfit:
Black sneakers
Black cargo fatigues
5.11 Blue tactical shirt
Goggles
Green floppy-brimmed sniper hat
Weapons:
.308 Winchester Bolt-Action Rifle w/ Scope
.44 Magnum Smith and Wesson 6-shot
Hunting Knife
Physical Description:
Vitali stands a lean 6'0”, at 170lbs. He has an athletic build from a relatively active lifestyle, although he possesses no great strength. Preparation for the fall of society has left him very fit, determined that he WILL survive it. His Ukrainian heritage gifted him with a roguish handsomeness, and he wears his dark hair mid-length, swept back behind his ears. He has made it a habit to carry his survival gear on him at all times, and practice has allowed him to bear a phenomenal amount of it at once. He dresses for practicality more than fashion, and carries many of his items on-hand via a number of harnesses, holsters, and belts.
Background:
Born in Kherson, Ukraine, Vitali grew up in a large lower-class family. His older brothers were both members of the militia, and at an early age taught him to accurately fire a rifle. Growing up, he spent much time outside, and enjoyed crafting things with his hands, primarily forts and the like. Civil situations were on the decline, and when he was thirteen, a series of suicide bombings destroyed much of his block. Remarkably, the snow fort he had constructed survived with little harm, while his house was annihilated. Much of his family died in the blast, and with his two surviving sisters, he moved to America to flee the social problems in his home.
The next ten years were spent in the gutter of Hartford, himself and his sisters working hard to try to pull together something of a normal life. Claiming refugee status allowed Vitali to attend school, where he excelled mentally. As the years went on, he found a particular obsession in zombie movies, literature, and video games, to the point where he began preparing himself for such an apocalypse. Dedicating himself to the cause became all-consuming, and rapidly put him out of work. Seeking a better life for his remaining family, the three used their savings to move to Fantastico in 2017, where they were able to secure a decent apartment and establish something of a home.
When Mr. Fantasti IV vanished and all went to hell, Vitali discovered his place in life. Using his improvised engineering talents to turn their apartment into a bomb shelter, Vitali, now 24, lives a life that is almost what he envisioned it would be. Gritty, tough, survival of the fittest in an urban wasteland. Minus the zombies. For now. But even without them, the city did need heroes. People needed saving, because every survivor would count in the long run when the dead finally DO rise up and swarm the earth.
Posted on 2011-02-14 at 19:03:05.
Edited on 2013-12-07 at 00:53:59 by Grugg
Posted on 2011-02-14 at 18:57:52.
Edited on 2013-12-07 at 00:40:24 by Grugg
Topic: Valentine's Present Subject: asdf
I uh...forgot it was a valentine's day and have spent the last few hours trying to find a reservation for the gf tonight.
I am the best man ever.
Posted on 2011-02-14 at 15:46:32.
Topic: Recruitment is Closed Subject: sadf
With that in mind, Q&A thread will be up this afternoon, and game thread by tomorrow night.
Good times all around.
Posted on 2011-02-14 at 15:42:55.
Topic: Recruitment is Closed Subject: Message subject can be blank
"Ear-piece (from bodyguard experience). Doesn’t need it anymore, but it grew onto his ear."
I literally cannot stop laughing.
This is easily the best party...of all time.
As soon as Eol's character is in, this thing is rolling.
That said, that was one of my favourite free-form games ever, and if you did something similiar (or slightly similiar, or...similiar) I'm sure it would be well recieved.
Also, bears.
Posted on 2011-02-12 at 15:32:29.
Topic: Recruitment is Closed Subject: If possible
I would like for this game to begin at the start of next week, and seeing how we have 3 characters done, 1 half done and one with at least a strong concept doesn't seem farfetched to ask for them to be finished by the end of the weekend.
I am extremely excited to get this going, and if anyone has any questions/changes/confessions now would be a good time to drop them because I'll be around all weekend because apparently I am too broke to drink.
Posted on 2011-02-11 at 23:55:22.
Topic: HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHIEF!! Subject: asdf
Dedicated a beer or two tonight to you. YAY!
BIRTHDAYS ARE GREAT
Posted on 2011-02-11 at 22:04:42.
Topic: Recruitment is Closed Subject: asdf
Because I forgot to mention this earlier. The only way to refuel Awesome Points is to do something "awesome" without them. I just felt I should mention that, because I didn't.
Also, excellent character. I mean...goddamn.
Posted on 2011-02-10 at 21:14:48.
Topic: Recruitment is Closed Subject: adsf
I don't know if it's the fact that I am midway through sobering up or just really enjoying having this game start but I am tittering about like a hummingbird on some powerful stimulants.
If somehow someone missed it, character creation is on the bottom of page 2 of this thread.
As soon as all characters are in intro posts will start going up, and Q&A threads and whatnot.
Posted on 2011-02-10 at 17:24:46.
Topic: Great news... Subject: sdf
Toronto...next year...just might be doable.
Open bar?
All joking aside, congratulations.
And by all joking aside, I do not mean the open bar part.
Posted on 2011-02-10 at 16:35:06.
Topic: Recruitment is Closed Subject: asdf
Both excellent, and with just the right amount of crazy awesome.
Admiral: Genius bruiser that never uses guns works wonderfully, and the disadvantage works well to your advantages for all cases. Yes. Also, I see what you did there.
Steelight: Fantastic suave spy, but I have PM'd you a note regarding the disadvantage.
I am so, so, sooooooo looking forward to the rest of the characters if this is how it's going.
Posted on 2011-02-10 at 16:32:24.
Topic: Recruitment is Closed Subject: Sample Character Sheet
This is not a format you have to use, Im just trying to make that last post seem simpler.
Skills:
Skill1, Skill2, Skill3, Skill4, Skill5 (only as many skills as Mental Attribute)
Specialisations:
Spec1, Spec2, Spec3, Spec4, Spec5, Spec6, Spec7, Spec8, Spec9, Spec10 (only as many specs as 2x Mental Attribute)
Advantages:
Advantage Name
-Description
Advantage Name
-Description
Advantage Name
-Description
Disadvantages:
Disadvantage Name
-Description
Items and Equipment:
Items and Equipment
Physical Description/Personality Description
Et voila
Posted on 2011-02-10 at 04:03:27.
Topic: Recruitment is Closed Subject: Character Creation Rules
Alright, here are the rules for making characters for this game. As this game is action-narrative driven, I’ve tried to keep it as simple as possible while giving me all the information I need to make the characters work. While the character sheet itself is simple, the amount of words Ive posted here is not. DO NOT BE FOOLED, THIS IS EASY.
To start off there are the 5 Attributes. These are your characters general abilities. They range from 1-5 for each score, 1 being below average ability and 5 being the just slightly beyond the pinnacle of human ability (hells yeah paradoxical ability values). They are as follows.
Physical - This determines just about every physical attribute of your character. This is your strength, hardiness and general fitness level. This affects your character's melee skills, Health Points and gives bonuses to physical actions (duh?). D&D Terms: Strength + Constitution.
Mental - This determines your character'ss mental abilities. This is intellect, wisdom, common sense, and controls your ability to process information. This affects the number of skills/specialisations you have, and gives bonuses to knowledge, awareness and any skill which favours preparation and study, ie Medicine or Programming. D&D Terms: Intelligence + Wisdom
Social - This determines your character's (say it with me people) social abilities. This your charm, manipulative qualities and general ability to relate to people. This gives bonuses in all social interactions. D&D Terms: Charisma, and the slightest bit of Intelligence.
Skill - This determines your character's general dexterity, hand-eye coordination, and ability to perform complex actions. This gives bonuses to ranged combat, skills such as driving and lock picking, as well as determining just how hard you are to hit. D&D Terms: Dexterity + some intelligence.
Awesome - Yes, this is an attribute. This determines just how awesome you are. All of you are awesome, understand this. And in this attribute, 1 is not below average but just slightly above normal human awesome. Non-special NPCs lack this attribute, as they're not awesome enough, but you are. Awesome is described in detail just below. D&D terms: Action Points + DM's Favourite + Lucky Rolling + I AM ON FIRE.
You have 16 points to distribute amongst these 5 attributes. Points go 1 for 1 attribute point. Each attribute requires a minimum of 1 point, and has a maximum of 5.
Awesome Points
If you've ever played a game with an action point system, this is similiar, but more awesome. You have awesome points, which are limited my your awesome stat. At any given time you may have as many awesome points as you have points in your awesome stat. I know that sentence says awesome and points a lot but I assure you it makes sense.
You spend awesome points any time you want to do one of two things. First, you can add an awesome dice to any one roll. And Awesome Dice varies, based on your awesome score. If you have 1 point in your awesome attribute, you add a d6. 2 points a d8, 3 a d10, 4 a d12 and 5 a d20. These are added directly to the roll, as if you rolled a single giant dice. Does your weapon critical on a natural 20? You just rolled a natural 28, that's higher than 20...that's a critical. Fun times.
The other use of Awesome Points is essentially, to cheat. Want to jumping out a circular window 1 foot in diameter? Spend an action point and give me a good reason why (My character is so drunk, he forgets he has limbs, and forgets so powerfully that for a brief moment, the universe forgets too!) and voila, I will make it possible. Be creative. Be awesome.
Next up are Skills/Specialisations. These are easy, so hopefully I don’t end up writing another page and half explaining them. There are 15 Skills and you can choose as many as you have points in your Mental Attribute to be proficient in (hell yeah, Skill attribute does not help skill selection…suckas!). These are things you’re great at, and you get large bonuses to them. Your attributes also affect your skills, each skill is affected by a single attribute. Skills are as follows.
Combat (Ranged) (Sk) – Affects all ranged attacks
Combat (Melee) (P) – Affects all close combat attacks with objects
Combat (Hand to Hand) (P) – Affects all close combat attacks with your body (headbutt ftw)
Computer Use (M) – Anything to do with computers, this is the skill.
Medicine (M) – Patching wounds, setting bones, performing crude surgeries with jars of jam. Yes.
Driving (Sk) – Choose a particular class of vehicle (boat, plane, helicopter, car, bus, unicycle) and this allows you do things with it normal people could not.
Stealth (Sk) – Hiding and sneaking, also the ability to conceal items “on your person”
Thievery (Sk) – Sleight of Hand, Picking Locks, Forgeries, etc. Anything really underhanded.
Athletics (P) – Climbing, Jumping, Rolling, Swimming, Handstands (sure?) all that and more!
Sabotage (Sk) – Setting traps, disabling security/devices, rerouting power,
Speechcraft (So) – Gives bonuses to anything involving you bluffing, discussing, convincing, etc
Performance (So) – Can you play the guitar. Yes. Yes you can. Also dancing…and maybe the zither.
Knowledge (M) – Requires a general area of specialisation (ie geography, architecture, history, weaponry, cars) and gives you information based off this.
Awareness (M) – Sight, Hearing, Scent, Subtle Vibration detection, allows you better detect all these and more!
Impersonation (So) – Disguise, Voice Mimicry, habit recreating, allows you pretend to be someone you’re not.
P = Phyiscal Attribute, Sk = Skill Attribute, So = Social Attribute, M = Mental Attribute
Awesomeness attribute minimally affects all skills.
Specialisations are based off your proficient skills, but are far more specific. For example, say you have medicine as a proficient skill, you picked specialisations based on that. You could have Surgery as a specialisation, or maybe first aid, or maybe circumcisions this one is entirely up to you. When you use that skill for this purpose, you get large bonuses to it.
You get twice as many specialisations as skills, so 2x your Mental Attribute. You do not need to pick 2 specs for each skill, you could have 10 for one skill if you wanted, entirely up to you.
This is the last part I swear. Advantages and Disadvantages are kind of like feats from D&D, but cranked up a notch. These are things your character can that not many other people can. I have a list of generic advantages, but this is another area I would appreciate you being creative and giving me suggestions. If you want your character to be able to do something not listed here, let me know, and Ill try to whip something up.
If you want a custom disadvantage, we can work on that too, but keep in mind I want disadvantages to be slightly worse than advantages are good. So yep.
Your character can have up to 3 advantages, and must have at least 1 disadvantage.
Some generic advantages, along with a small sentence containing sentence fragments slightly explaining it.
Hand of Stone
- Unarmed Attacks do lethal damage
Off the Grid
- Don’t appear in any database, ever
Ozzy-munity
- Doubles resistance to drugs, poisons, alcohol
Pre-Cognitive Senses
- Automatic check to detect trouble before it presents itself, rolling awareness before you could even be aware.
Internal GPS
- Always know longitude, latitude, directional facing, time of day, etc.
Extraordinarily Awesome
- Awesome dice increase by one step, ie d20 awesome die on a attribute of 4, no affect on Awesome attribute of 5.
Throw Anything
- Throw melee/improvised weapons at no penalty
Implacable Man
- Cannot be moved/knocked down unwillingly
Kung Shui
- No penalty for using improvised weapons
Crazy Prepared
- Free action to ready against specific trigger, always have a sort of contingency action readied.
Double Tap
- Semi-Auto weapons can fire two shots for every one
Collateral Damage Specialist
- Triple damage to objects
Unnaturally Buoyant
- Double hangtime length in any case, whether falling, jumping or ramping a car to the moon
Offensive Reload
- Can reload as part of a melee attack
Hollywood Hacker
- Can “hack” anything on a “network” to get desired results (hilarity ensues!)
Stunt Driver
- Can do impossible vehicle stunts (one-wheeled turn, etc)
When It’s Good It’s Great
- Extra success on critical success (my god that bullet just killed two people?)
Polyglot
- Speaks all languages and “accents”
Olde Schoole
- Combat bonuses for using non-modern weapons
Instantaneous Analysis
- Can determine vital statistics of someone just met within a minute
And a few generic disadvantages, with more broken sentence explaining.
Delayed Damage
- all damage is dealt one turn after it should be to enemies
When It’s Bad It’s Worse
- Extra failure on some failures. Not only did you fail to hit that guard with your rifle, but your bullet somehow hit an alarm panel and keyed in the 5 digit alarm code…awesome.
Not A Dog/Cat Person
- Dogs/Cats irrationally hate character. Choose one or the other. You can have both, but Im not giving you anything to make up for it.
Exceptionally Flammable
- Completely combust when exposed to flames
Bullet Magnet
- Increased priority for being target of just about everyone. For some reason, no one likes your face.
Well, those are all the examples I had “prepared”. Like I said, for advantages/disadvantages I’d like you to give input and try to design your own to fit your character. This is supposed to be fun.
As of the start of the game, weapons, equipment and items are determined by what your character would have on hand/immediately available. If you have something you really want you wouldn't have on hand, let me know and I'll try to work something out, but at the very beginning you're travelling light.
Sample character sheet in next post.
Sweet jesus this post is long.
Any questions, please ask.
Posted on 2011-02-10 at 04:00:01.
Edited on 2011-02-10 at 04:04:29 by Grugg
Topic: Corrupt a wish Subject: adsf
You're killed by a train. Yes, that's how that works.
I wish I hadn't gone out last night.
Posted on 2011-02-10 at 02:54:51.
Topic: Recruitment is Closed Subject: asdf
Got any revisions on that? I have no vacuum closet.
Posted on 2011-02-10 at 01:18:36.
Topic: Recruitment is Closed Subject: sdf
Gah, character creation rules coming slightly later tonight, distracted by guests. I apologise.
Posted on 2011-02-10 at 01:00:58.
Topic: The Black Hand - viewer discretion advised Subject: Oh god Im on metaphorical fire
Telnin had not enjoyed his journey to Clearwater, in fact he rarely enjoyed being on the sea at all. There was something that felt inherently unsafe about the whole situation. Surrounded on all sides by endless water, trapped within a large wooden coffin with no room to yourself. When he realised the necessity of sea travel, Telnin had very nearly cast the whole endevour aside, but his compulsion for helping those in need won out in the end. Mothers' should not be losing their children, and Telnin rationalised the travel arrangements as a simple sacrifice for the greater good. After all, he'd hardly accept such an excuse were position reversed.
The ship was well enough, though perhaps not designed for someone so attached to their equipment as Telnin. Telnin's training partners had jokingly quipped that the only way his Guissarme was leaving his sight would be if you blinded him, and they were probably right. It presented unique challenges when navigating doorways and drew a collection of odd looks, but no one tended to aggravate him when they caught sight of it. A good trade, Telnin thought.
Much as his armaments denoted his profession, some others on board had little problem displaying that they too, were of the transient sort. There was a dwarf he'd come across the ship hold more than once, far from home and showing it as well as a talkative fellow and a largely stoic woman who looked more likely to break his jaw than cook a meal. Weirdest of all was the harlequin, who for all his tricks and talents Telnin was having trouble identifying whether he was passing through himself or was paid to entertain the passengers and crew. He'd imagined he wouldn't be the only person who'd seen the notice for help, and he suspected he'd end up seeing at least one of these passengers again.
The arrival at Clearwater was unceremonious and welcome, and Telnin took no time abandoning the ship for the safety of dry land. The other notables from the ship disembarked soon after, and he paused for a moment to watch them as they went. Though the majority dispersed quickly, the clown took a moment to put on a colourful display of dexterity for the crowd of commoners. Telnin stayed only a moment to watch before heading further in land.
He had a contacts name, and that was it. So far he regretted a fair bit about this journey. Sea travel. Scarce information. A stubbed toe he'd recieved on the ship. Things were not yet looking up. He suspected that was soon to change however, in went in search of a smuggler to get him to his destination.
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