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Alright this Rp is going to set in the Fallout 3 universe in the year 2277, 200 years after the great nuclear war between the USA and China that devastates the whole world. every city is a shelled wasteland and people live in the wastes in small settlements or towns across the world where they gather for protection from whatever dangers lurk in the wastes, from mutated humans that look like zombies called Ghouls, to raiders and nuclear rain storms. the Rp will take place in Washington DC but travel to other places.

the Rp will start off with all of you being caught by a group of raiders and waking up in a fenced off area almost naked and stripped of whatever you had. how did they catch you? why do you think they came after you? below are the different factions within the fallout universe to help you out beginning with types of weapons;

Small Guns: any type of rifle, assault rifles, hand guns
Energy Weapons: Plasma Rifle, Laser Rifle, Plasma Pistol, Laser Pistol, Gatling Laser
Big Guns: Gatling Gun, Rocket Launcher, Flamethrower, and Fat Man which shoots mini-nukes (Uber rocket launcher)
Close Combat Weapons: Power Fist, Ripper (tiny tiny chainsword type), brass knuckles, knives, pipes, swords both ceremonial or found in military bases.

Brotherhood of Steel-group of warriors that travel the remains of the USA searching for lost technology. they are highly skilled and trained fighters and are always equipped with power armor and laser rifles and are predominantly based out of Southern California. for the sake of the Rp if you choose this you can be from whatever area and forward base if you want, the only difference being that Brotherhood members not from the DC ruins are indifferent towards wastelanders and look down upon them.

Brotherhood of Steel Outcasts-These are the same as above except they are breakaways from the DC branch of the Brotherhood because of that branch's change of heart toward wastelanders. the DC branch had switched its primary objective to aid the wastelanders any way they could and made the pursuit of valuable tech a secondary objective. they hate the members of the DC branch with a passion for thier desertion of their primary objective.

Enclave-These are the remnants of the United States Government and have the best weaponry and armor. They are based out of the northernmost states in the US and its members view everyone that is not one of them as lesser beings. While they have recently been on thier back foot due to the DC branch of the Brotherhood's attacks on them they are still highly skilled and trained soldiers. Their aim is to unite what they can of the American people, and those that they do not want they will kill (which is mostly everyone). This is the last group that uses power armor and any type of energy weapons from plasma rifles to laser rifles, the other two being the ones above so anyone not from these three backrounds must get training to use power armor or be given an energy weapon.

Raiders-Otherwise known as slavers these are hunting parties of cruel and malicious individuals who go out and of course raid towns and settlements and take prisoners to sell into slavery or to torture. Very straightforward here, not kind people at all, let's just say you would rather run into the Enclave then these guys. usually have some sort of leather armor or combat armor with spikes all over it along with tatoos and whatnot and somewhat decent weapons.

Ghouls-People who have been exposed to horrific amounts of radiation and lived through it. Unlike thier cousins of the same name that are mindless Zombies these are people like anyone else despite their falking skin and zombie like appearance. Ghouls, while they do not hate normal people, they have a dislike for those who make fun of them and treat them like gak which is most people. They are not injured at all by radiation and are in fact healed by it and have more strength and resiliance then normal humans despite their ugly appearance.

Wastelanders-This is what most of you will be besides Ghouls. These are your everyday people that live in the wastes, they live in towns or settlements and have all kinds of backrounds, most of them know how to shoot a gun if need be for protection but other then that have not. You can also be a wanderer which means that you wander the wastes for adventure, money what have you. These are the wastelanders with better survival experience then most for they usually have to protect themselves from whatever the wastes throw at them. Or you could be part of a trading caravan if you wanted to be.

Mercenaries-These are just what they sound like, guns for hire. You could be from a group of mercenaries or be your own gun for hire. They usually have a heart for wastelanders because they come from that backround and help when they can unless of course they are heartless bastards. very good shots but not as good training as the Brotherhood or Enclave and definately not as good weapons and armor but the second best by a long shot. they are usually equipped with assault rifles and other standard weapons and combat armor.

Vault Dweller-This is the last group of people and the least is known about them. They come from huge underground towns called Vaults that were built before the war to save the American people from the nuclear fallout and bombs. They know nothing of the wastes because of their sheltered lives in the Vaults, they have either come into the wastes by their own choice or because their specific Overseer decided to have everyone move out and re-build the human race. They are the most ill-equipped to handle themselves in the wastes but are usually the most intelligent and resourceful people out there due to there schooling in the Vaults and there natural sense of adventure.

ok so that is the lowdown on the factions for those of you who want to join but are unfamiliar with the Fallout universe. i want the character sheet to go like this;

Name:
Age:
Sex:
Ghoul or Human:
Appearance:
Backround: (put how you got caught in here)
Any faction you used to be connected to: I want only one of each from the Enclave, Brotherhood of Steel and Brotherhood of Steel Outcasts.
Weapons and Armor: If you had any weapons when you were attacked and what they were, who knows the Raiders might still have your stuff.

also on a side note a lot of the weapons above are hard to come across so unless you are from one of the first three factions chances are you have a pistol or something like a hunting rifle and at the most an assault rifle like an Ak-47. I will have another post showing the different types of power armor and combat armor.

anywho i hope you guys will have fun in this and i plan for it to be very dangerous so you might get killed if you do something stupid so keep your wits about you.

Copyright issues: This is not my idea I took it from another forum but I thought I would try it out here and see how it went. If you have any ideas for me just post or pm me, if not we'll just figure this out as it goes along.

Here is mine.....

Name: Karek

Age: 18

Sex: Male

Ghoul or Human: Human

Appearance: Average Height 5'10 (is that average?), Black hair, Athletic build

Backround: His family was killed by a group of raiders when he was little and only left him and his dog alive so he could agonize over a slow death or the dog would eat him. The dog is a German Shepard named Trigger who is fiercely loyal to Karek. He has lived by rading houses and merchants for food, clothes, weapons and ammo. Yet he is still good at heart and helps others when they're in need. He just does what he has to do to survive. He and Trigger are just trying to make a living in this dark world. Was caught trying to steal food from a Raiders camp like usual.

Any faction you used to be connected to: none

Weapons and Armor: Talon Combat Armor (whom he took off a mercenary who tried to eat his dog). He also had his trusty Desert Eagle and his sniper rifle (Barret 82A1) (whom he stole from a Talon Company outpost at night), which he has become and excellet shot with both.

Name: Blackmore
Age: 21
Sex: Male
Ghoul or Human: Human
Appearance: 6"1, slim, raven-hair, clean-shaved
Background: I was set up by a spy in the BOS camp, everyone else escaped the ambush by raiders, who knocked me unconcious before I could react
Any faction you used to be connected to: Brotherhood of Steel
Weapons and Armor: Ceremonial Sword (1 handed), Pistol with Silencer, Gatling Laser, Gatling Gun (Portable and Lightweight), Telsa Power Armour (found while with BoS). No Laser Rifle, that was destroyed a while ago in a collapsing cave. Doesn't wear the power armour though, but incredibly skilled with the weapons, agile

Telsa Power Armor- gives a boost to plasma weapons and increased radiation resistance


Brotherhood of Steel Power Armor


Brotherhood of Steel Outcast Power Armor

The Enclave Power Armor


Enclave Hellfire Armor (best defence of enclave types and has increased fire resistance)


ok and now the combat armor that mercenaries and higher ups would get;


and raider armor and this varies because they use anything for armor;


Vault dweller jumpsuit and average wastelander outfit;



and this is what Ghouls look like some look mre human.

Arheiner wrote:Name: Blackmore
Age: 21
Sex: Male
Ghoul or Human: Human
Appearance: 6"1, slim, raven-hair, clean-shaved
Background: I was set up by a spy in the BOS camp, everyone else escaped the ambush by raiders, who knocked me unconcious before I could react
Any faction you used to be connected to: Brotherhood of Steel
Weapons and Armor: Ceremonial Sword (1 handed), Pistol with Silencer, Gatling Laser, Gatling Gun (Portable and Lightweight), Power Armour. No Laser Rifle, that was destroyed a while ago in a collapsing cave. Doesn't wear the power armour though, but incredibly skilled with the weapons, agile

Nice, lets see if more people will join. If you have any tips to make this better just let me know, criticism is well recieved.

Weapons Weapon Weapons!

Name: leroy jenkins
Age: 23
Sex: male
Ghoul or Human: human
Appearance: 5"9, medium build, jarhead style (shaven with a small amount of hair on my head) , clean-shaved
Backround: i was sent as part of a three man squad to investigate a factory which was rumored to have some explosives in it, being a demo expert i was the most vaual member of the team.
but got ambused, i was the only one left alive, i still dont know if thats a good thing or a bad thing. and most people reconise me because of a battle cry i shout everytime i go into combat
Any faction you used to be connected to: mercenaries
Weapons and Armor: SPAS-12, two barreta 93R's, 5 throwing knifes and combat armor (i doubt i will find all this though)

Name: Greg Bowman
Age: 25
Sex: M
Ghoul or Human: Human
Appearance: Approximately 5'11", Light Brown Hair, Average build, no facial hair, fairly pale for a wastelander
Backround:
Greg does not know who his parents were or why they left him in Rivet City. He grew up their, sleeping in the common area and doing odd jobs to survive. One day, one of the techs in the Sience Lab showed him how to use computers and from then on he was hooked. By the time he was 18, Greg was an expert on the manipulation of old computer systems. By hacking, repairing, and reprogramming old computers, Greg was able to afford a small apartment of his own.
Upon reaching the age of 24, Greg decided that he wanted to see what the rest of the DC Area looked like. Selling his apartment and most of his possessions, he purchased some basic leather armor, a rifle, and a stylish hat with a wide brim. For most of two years, Greg has visited settlements in the greater DC area, trading his computer skills for supplies. He had been lucky with raiders for the most part, only ever finding small groups of them he could overwhelm with careful planning and maybe the help of a mine or two. One night, his luck ran out, a large group of raiders sneaking up on him. He woke an indeterminant amountof time later, stripped of his gear and lying in a dusty enclosure.
Any faction you used to be connected to: Science Team at Rivet City; Wastelander
Weapons and Armor: FN-FAL, Computer Repair Kit (a basic kit for repairing computer; holds several tiny screwdrivers, flashlight, etc.), Stormchaser's Hat, Frag Mine

Name: George
Age: more than 20
Sex: Male
Ghoul or Human: Ghoul
Appearance: Scraps of dark hair left on his diseased scalp, an odd gait as one leg seems slightly shorter than the other

Background: George has been around for a very long time and has no idea what his name was when he was born. He is fairly sure he was born after the great war, but has no real memories before a couple of decades before 2277. He has been working as a trader and collecter for the past few years, having a passable shot with a hunting rifle he has mostly avoided trouble, though being a ghoul makes him suspect in many towns and has had him driven out of others. He was investigating an old house, scavenging drugs and gun parts when he was taken.

Any faction you used to be connected to: Very few like ghouls. He's had passing aquaintance with the Slavers to trade, but has never been in with any other faction

Weapons and Armor: A well maintained trader outfit (George can sew very well, he sometimes has to reattach fingers) with armoured sections custom fitted to his scrawny form, a hunting rifle and various tools of the scavengers trade. He keeps several bobby pins secreted under flaps of decaying skin, "just in case".

Wheres the love of ghouls???

Name: Partridge
Age: 230 (check out the storyline ghouls live a loooong time)
Sex: M
Ghoul or Human: Ghoul
Appearance: 6'2, pale skin, bits of flesh hanging of, red eyes, crooked brown teeth. Emaciated frame deceiving - he's ALOT stronger than he looks ( glowing ones anyone?)
Backround: Originally coming from the swampey bayou's of Point lookout, Partridge left on the ferry to explore the DC wasteland, and discover the source of supermutants. Being a ghoul, supermutents tend to leave him alone unless provoked. Whilst exploring the wastes, he heard rumours of Underworld, and vowed to find it one day, and live amongst his people. Partridge still remmebers the glorious days before the war.

Good thing I said no to wearing power armour, I don't want to look like as Star Wars Clone, some of the others look way better.

ghosty wrote:Wheres the love of ghouls???

The ghoul love came thick and fast there

ghosty wrote:Age: 230 (check out the storyline ghouls live a loooong time)

So you were thirty when the Great War happened, you must have a lot to tell. You and Carol (owner of Carol's Place in Underworld) would get on well I bet!

[OOC: hmmm, me thinks i have to get into character now]

A sentient ghoul...

Ok we have six people (including me), that sounds good. I'm wondering if I should withdraw my character so I could act as a better NPC so I don't devolve the story to my liking . What do yall (yes, I'm from Texas) think?

Here is what we have so far.

SideEffect46
Name:Karek
Age: 18
Sex: Male
Ghoul or Human: Human
Appearance: Average Height 5'10 (is that average?), Black hair, Athletic build
Backround: His family was killed by a group of raiders when he was little and only left him and his dog alive so he could agonize over a slow death or the dog would eat him. The dog is a German Shepard named Trigger who is fiercely loyal to Karek. He has lived by rading houses and merchants for food, clothes, weapons and ammo. Yet he is still good at heart and helps others when they're in need. He just does what he has to do to survive. He and Trigger are just trying to make a living in this dark world. Was caught trying to steal food from a Raiders camp like usual.
Any faction you used to be connected to: none
Weapons and Armor: Talon Combat Armor (whom he took off a mercenary who tried to eat his dog). He also had his trusty Desert Eagle and his sniper rifle (Barret 82A1) (whom he stole from a Talon Company outpost at night), which he has become and excellet shot with both.

Arheiner
Name: Blackmore
Age: 21
Sex: Male
Ghoul or Human: Human
Appearance: 6"1, slim, raven-hair, clean-shaved
Background: I was set up by a spy in the BOS camp, everyone else escaped the ambush by raiders, who knocked me unconcious before I could react
Any faction you used to be connected to: Brotherhood of Steel
Weapons and Armor: Ceremonial Sword (1 handed), Pistol with Silencer, Gatling Laser, Gatling Gun (Portable and Lightweight), Telsa Power Armour (found while with BoS). No Laser Rifle, that was destroyed a while ago in a collapsing cave. Doesn't wear the power armour though, but incredibly skilled with the weapons, agile

shas'o vera
Name: leroy jenkins
Age: 23
Sex: male
Ghoul or Human: human
Appearance: 5"9, medium build, jarhead style (shaven with a small amount of hair on my head) , clean-shaved
Backround: i was sent as part of a three man squad to investigate a factory which was rumored to have some explosives in it, being a demo expert i was the most vaual member of the team.
but got ambused, i was the only one left alive, i still dont know if thats a good thing or a bad thing. and most people reconise me because of a battle cry i shout everytime i go into combat
Any faction you used to be connected to: mercenaries
Weapons and Armor: SPAS-12, two barreta 93R's, 5 throwing knifes and combat armor (i doubt i will find all this though)

Rusty Knight
Name: Greg Bowman
Age: 25
Sex: M
Ghoul or Human: Human
Appearance: Approximately 5'11", Light Brown Hair, Average build, no facial hair, fairly pale for a wastelander
Backround:
Greg does not know who his parents were or why they left him in Rivet City. He grew up their, sleeping in the common area and doing odd jobs to survive. One day, one of the techs in the Sience Lab showed him how to use computers and from then on he was hooked. By the time he was 18, Greg was an expert on the manipulation of old computer systems. By hacking, repairing, and reprogramming old computers, Greg was able to afford a small apartment of his own.
Upon reaching the age of 24, Greg decided that he wanted to see what the rest of the DC Area looked like. Selling his apartment and most of his possessions, he purchased some basic leather armor, a rifle, and a stylish hat with a wide brim. For most of two years, Greg has visited settlements in the greater DC area, trading his computer skills for supplies. He had been lucky with raiders for the most part, only ever finding small groups of them he could overwhelm with careful planning and maybe the help of a mine or two. One night, his luck ran out, a large group of raiders sneaking up on him. He woke an indeterminant amountof time later, stripped of his gear and lying in a dusty enclosure.
Any faction you used to be connected to: Science Team at Rivet City; Wastelander
Weapons and Armor: FN-FAL, Computer Repair Kit (a basic kit for repairing computer; holds several tiny screwdrivers, flashlight, etc.), Stormchaser's Hat, Frag Mine

BishopGore
Name: George
Age: more than 20
Sex: Male
Ghoul or Human: Ghoul
Appearance: Scraps of dark hair left on his diseased scalp, an odd gait as one leg seems slightly shorter than the other

Background: George has been around for a very long time and has no idea what his name was when he was born. He is fairly sure he was born after the great war, but has no real memories before a couple of decades before 2277. He has been working as a trader and collecter for the past few years, having a passable shot with a hunting rifle he has mostly avoided trouble, though being a ghoul makes him suspect in many towns and has had him driven out of others. He was investigating an old house, scavenging drugs and gun parts when he was taken.

Any faction you used to be connected to: Very few like ghouls. He's had passing aquaintance with the Slavers to trade, but has never been in with any other faction

Weapons and Armor: A well maintained trader outfit (George can sew very well, he sometimes has to reattach fingers) with armoured sections custom fitted to his scrawny form, a hunting rifle and various tools of the scavengers trade. He keeps several bobby pins secreted under flaps of decaying skin, "just in case".

ghosty
Name: Partridge
Age: 230 (check out the storyline ghouls live a loooong time)
Sex: M
Ghoul or Human: Ghoul
Appearance: 6'2, pale skin, bits of flesh hanging of, red eyes, crooked brown teeth. Emaciated frame deceiving - he's ALOT stronger than he looks ( glowing ones anyone?)
Backround: Originally coming from the swampey bayou's of Point lookout, Partridge left on the ferry to explore the DC wasteland, and discover the source of supermutants. Being a ghoul, supermutents tend to leave him alone unless provoked. Whilst exploring the wastes, he heard rumours of Underworld, and vowed to find it one day, and live amongst his people. Partridge still remmebers the glorious days before the war.



Remember that you have been captured and all your equipment has been taken and sold or traded. Some of your stuff may be being used by the raiders, so you might have a chance to take your stuff back....... if they don't sell you to the next bidder or kill you for the fun of it.

I guess this will be the last day for recruitment no more than 8 please, I don't want this to get too confusing.

IC: hmmm, ok then, let us begin

Wait for a few more to sign up, 2 days isn't enough of a wait tbh.

ah oops ok we'll wait a couple more days I guess. But while were waiting, what do you want this to invovle (to help me get an idea)

well, i was thinking of us being tasked by the raiders to find another omega prime style machine, they will let us go if we show them where it is

Ok stuff like that I had an Idea that the Brotherhood of Steel outcasts rescue you and set you off to find an Enclave base hidden deep in the mountains. You would start near valut 87....

Why would BoS Outcasts rescue us? The reason they were Outcast was for their contempt for helping Wastelanders.

Why would raiders just release us? That's just silly.

We have plenty of options for how to start; a few days of us all sitting in the cage would be good for allowing us to get to know one another. Then, we'll need some sort of escape; either George manages to pick the lock with his clips or the camp gets attacked by regular BoS/Justice peeps (whoever it is that pays you for fingers)/etc.

Well they do occasionaly help Wastelanders, they just don't go out of their way to help them. They would pass by and their would be a struggle between them and the Raiders and boom explosions break open the gate or something.

I however like your idea of getting to know each other first, so we can get a feel of our chracters and how each one of us writes.

yeah, i agree with you, that would be interesting to see how my team mates write.

Adversity often shows the style of an RPer best, so I'm all up for some sitting in a cage and wondering how we'll die. At least we weren't dragged off by Super Mutants... Escape from Vault 87 would have been pretty close to impossible for us.

I'm assuming we're around level 3 or 4 in game terms at the beginning? Since Raiders managed to catch us?

excelent, i as long as i can charge into the enemy shouting my battlecry i'll be fine LLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEERRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOYYYYYYYYY JJJJJJJEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNKKKKKKKKKKIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNSSSSS

BishopGore wrote:Adversity often shows the style of an RPer best, so I'm all up for some sitting in a cage and wondering how we'll die. At least we weren't dragged off by Super Mutants... Escape from Vault 87 would have been pretty close to impossible for us.

I'm assuming we're around level 3 or 4 in game terms at the beginning? Since Raiders managed to catch us?

We can do that and then when it is time to escape, we'll see what happens. Yeah, around that. Cannabilistic Raiders, oooh joy.

shas'o vera wrote:excelent, i as long as i can charge into the enemy shouting my battlecry i'll be fine LLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEERRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOYYYYYYYYY JJJJJJJEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNKKKKKKKKKKIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNSSSSS

that's fine by me, unless the raiders cut out your tounge.........



Ok so I think we've waited long enough, who is ready to start?

i am, and i dont want my toungue cut out

haha I was only kidding, that would ruin the whole point of the game if you couldn't talk.

thank god, i was worried for a second there

Action thread going up............ now!

oh people who aren't in yet, you start out knocked out so when you come in you're just waking up.