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[MonkeyHead]

Intro

On the 6th of June 1944 at 6.30 AM the liberation of Europe began. Around 160000 soldiers from allied nations stormed France, and for many it would be the last thing they ever did. This is your chance to be one of them.

This game is semi-inspired by Monk12's Roll to Pierce the Heavens, which can be found here. Like that game, I anticipate a high rate of character death.

Setting

Gentlemen, your target is the seaside village of Les Moulins, which lies in the centre of Omaha beach at the border between Dog Red and Easy Green sectors.

Spoiler: Map (click to show/hide)

Yea, thats right. I drew a sort of historically accurate map of a section of Omaha beach in paint. Each "sort of square" is around 5m to a side.

Your mission is complete if enough soldiers survive to reach and hold the 9 tiles around (CC, 9), or if you eliminate a signifigant portion of the German defenders. This might prove difficult.

Spoiler: Terrain (click to show/hide)

Terrain

Water: Reduces movement speed by one, and you can drown in it.

Stump Posts: Large logs with AT mines on the top to discourge thier knocking over. +1 to cover rolls, can be blown up with ease.

Tank Trap: Steel structures. +2 to cover rolls, can be blown up.

Belgian Gates: Large stel tank traps. +2 to cover rolls, hard to blow up.

Incline Log: A-frame made from logs with AT mines attached. Designed to trap and blow up tanks. +1 to cover rolls, can be blown up with ease.

Shingle line: A bank of pebbles and suchlike marking the high tide line. High enough to take cover behind. +3 to cover rolls.

Barbed Wire: Can only be passed over at the start of your movement - attempting to cross midway through movement phase will stop you.

Mines: AP minefields. Dont go stepping in these.

AT Trench: Wide and deep trench. Can be jumped, can be used as cover (+3)

Cliffs: Steep rocky slopes, very tricky to pass.

MG Nest: Sandbag structure with MG42 and operators.

Bunker: Concrete structures holding a variety of suprises.

Who Are You?

3 distinct groups of soldiers stormed Omaha beach. First up is the 29th Infantry Division, a green bunch of recruits just out of training. Electing to play as one of the 29th will net you only a very minor bonus depending on bio, but no penalty malus, as you have seen no combat yet. Secondly you could be one of the 1st Infantry Division, a veteran body of men already battle hardened from action in north Africa and Italy. Electing to play as one of the 1st will earn you both a more signifigant bonus and malus than one of the 29th, and also a +1 to cover rolls. Last but not least are the US Rangers, sent for thier skills in taking out hard to reach enemy emplacements. Playing as one of these nets you a bonus and malus (thanks to time served in north Africa and Italy), and a +1 to your rate of movement.

You are free to create your own character, providing it fits the situation and time period. First sign up for each division gets Capt., next gets Sgt., the rest get Pvt. All 3 groups had the usual mix of riflemen, heavy gunners, medics and suchlike, so be creative!

Spoiler: Character Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: Private Ryan?
Age: Old enough to sign up.
Division: Take your pick.
Gear: Standard M-1943 uniform, plus weapons of your choice, within reason. Pick a sidearm, some grenades, a pistol, a melee weapon, or something more dangerous if you wish. Dont forget ammo. If you are going for something non-standard (seeing as there was a British commando who used a longbow in combat...), justifiy it to me in your bio.
Short Bio: For me to assign your advantages and disadvantages.

Who are you up against?

The 352nd Infantry Division stands between you and your objective. They are mainly raw teenage recruits, but count amongst thier number a core of veterans from the eastern front. They are well armed - you have been warned. The enemy has 4 distinct bunkers, each will get one "move" per turn, though what they have in store for you will remain a suprise for now.

The Rolls

Turns represent time in the order of magnitude of around 180 seconds or so. You are allowed a base movement of 5 actions (any combination of move, fire, take cover, reload or other action) per turn. Specifiy the target tile for your movement and it will be rolled for - each tile will cost one action to move into. You may attack as many times per turn with whatever weapon you have at your disposal. The outcome of your attack will be rolled for. You may attack first then move, move first then attack, or attack on the move, but the outcome will be weapon, character, and situation dependant. Taking cover will cost an action, and this will be rolled for. Attack rolls are compared to cover rolls to determine if a shot hits or not. If you are hit, most damage rolls will lead to your death. Sorry!

I will be using this roller.

All rolls will be carried out on a standard d6, with the usual 6 = good to 1 = very ungood scale, with my interpretations being used to flesh out the narrative. Specific bonuses and maluses will be applied for the user of the weapon and the situation it is being used in. For example, you dont want to be using a Bazooka in CQ.

So, have it it - feel free to sign up below. I hope to start in 24 to 48 hours, depending on interest level.

[scapheap]

Name: Captain Jack Blues
Age: 31
Division: 1st Infantry Division.
Gear: Standard M-1943 uniform, M1 Garand(scoped), Smith & Wesson Model 10 plus .30-06 Springfield rifles cartridges and .38 Long Colt cartridges.
Short Bio: Former farm boy, the air headed Jake joined the 1st Infantry Division for action and did not regret it one bit. His squad do wonder how his lack of awareness has not killed him yet.

[Freshmaniscoolman]

Name: Sergeant Johnson Ryan
Age: Old enough to sign up.
Division: 1st Infantry Divison?
Gear: Standard M-1943 uniform, Arisaka Type 99, Pistolet wz.35 Vis and a sword he acquired from his father.
Short bio: Sergeant Johnson Ryan (or Sergeant Ryan in short) uses his sword to kill nearby enemies, on the sword the name of his father is written, and on the handle of the sword lies a dried bit of his father's blood, who was shot to death, Private Ryan now seeks revenge. Sergeant Ryan has 6 fingers due to a birth defect.

[MonkeyHead]

Scapheap: You can claim the rank of Captain if you so wish.

Freshmaniscoolman: 1) How would an American GI get thier hands on an AK-47 before D-Day? 2) Revenge against who exactly?

[Freshmaniscoolman]

Scapheap: You can claim the rank of Captain if you so wish.

Freshmaniscoolman: 1) How would an American GI get thier hands on an AK-47 before D-Day? 2) Revenge against who exactly?

I modified it. Well, revenge against the you know, the people who killed him.

[scapheap]

Scapheap: You can claim the rank of Captain if you so wish.

Done and edited bio to reflex that

[penguinofhonor]

Name: Jackson Gristle
Age: 21
Division: 29th Infantry Division
Gear: Standard M-1943 uniform, Winchester Model 1897 plus appropriate amount of ammo, grenades, trench knife
Medium Bio: Jackson Gristle was once a World War 1 reenactor in the 22nd century, spending all his days dreaming about the glory of war. On his 20th birthday, he volunteered to test out a time machine and got sent back to the year 1943. It was a one-way trip. Since then, he has enlisted and is prepared to face one of the most grueling and famous battles of the war. His only goal is to die and leave a big enough mark on history that people in the 22nd century will know their machine worked. He has no plans to use his knowledge from the future to do anything crazy - he loves the war too much to change it. To those around him, he just appears to be a good soldier, if a little difficult to surprise.

Forgive me for not knowing about the amount of shit to carry, I'm not a big war person. And if that bio isn't allowed, I'll begrudgingly change it.

[MonkeyHead]

I suppose its ok, as long as there is no immersion breaking

[penguinofhonor]

Huzzah! I'll make sure not to do anything too time travelly

[miauw62]

Hm, now I really want an RTD that has the players drop out of a plane, MoH: Vanguard style. Because good memories.

This is too good to pass up tough.

Spoiler: I fail at tags (click to show/hide)

Name: Antoine Dupré
Age: 35
Division: 1st Infantry Division
Gear: Standard M-1943 uniform, M1 Garand and appropriate amount of ammo, Colt with apropriate amount of ammo, old, sharpened baguette.
Short Bio: Antoine was a baker who lived in Paris, until he was recruited for the army barely a few years after starting his job. He came to enjoy the army, and (for some reason) enjoyed being in British company. This is the reason he did his best to use his talent for marksmanship to get to it. Strangely, he succeeded, and wants to smite the Germans for what they did to his village, Paris.

[TCM]

Name: Private Hirisho Tsutome
Age: 24
Division: 1st Infantry Division
Gear: Standard M-1943 uniform, MP-40, Luger, 2 Model 39 Hand Grenades (All looted off of dead/POW German soldiers), Tanto Samurai Knife (Family Antique)
Short Bio: Hirisho Tsutome was leading a fairly normal life as an American born, Japanese bank accountant. However, in the midst of WWII, Hirisho and his entire family were forcibly placed in an interment camp due to their heritage. Hirisho hated the time he and his family had to endure, until he learned off a draft that allowed young men to enter, as well as promising to let their families leave the camps. Seeing an opportunity to not only free his family, but also to get out of the camp and uphold his familial honor, Hirisho quickly joined the draft. As of D-Day, Hirisho has already fought in several battles in Italy.

[Burnt Pies]

Name: Steven Cooper
Age: 19
Division: 1st Infantry
Gear: Standard M-1943 uniform, BAR M1918A2, Sharpened Shovel, Colt M1911, Spare ammo, extra pair of socks.
Short Bio: Moved to America from England with his parents in 1930. When the manufacturing company Steven's father worked for went under in '36, his parents used their savings to set up a small auto-repair shop, which Steven was expected to help with. As soon as he hit 18, however, Steven signed up for the army, feeling it was high time he did something Important with his life. His competence with machinery was soon noted by his superiors, and he was chosen to carry one of his squads' BARs, as it was felt he was most likely able to deal with any problems that may occur with the occasionally finicky weapon.

He has often been seen looking at British Bren Guns with jealousy, but has not yet been able to acquire one.

[MonkeyHead]

Players so far:

Spoiler: Captain Jack Blues (scapheap) (click to show/hide)

Name: Captain Jack Blues
Age: 31
Division: 1st Infantry Division (+1 to cover rolls).
Weapons:

• M1 Garand(scoped) (8 rounds (4 clips)): +1 attack rolls of range up to 15 tiles. No bonus for less than 4 tiles or over 15. (Accurate, decent RoF, Scope)
• Smith & Wesson Model 10 (6 rounds (12 rounds)): +1 to attack rolls of 4 tiles or less, -1 for above 4 tiles. reloading takes whole turn (powerful revolver)

Traits: Reckless Risk Taker - +1 to attack rolls when firing from in cover, at the cost of -2 to cover score.

Spoiler:  Sgt. Johnston Ryan (Fresh) (click to show/hide)

Name: Sergeant Johnson Ryan
Age: Old enough to sign up.
Division: 1st Infantry Divison (+1 to cover rolls)
Weapons:

• Arisaka Type 99 (5 rounds (4 clips)): -1 to attacks of 4 tiles or less, +1 to attacks from 4 to 8 tiles, -1 to attacks over 12 tiles. Non standard ammo means no scavenging for clips (Accurate, cumbersome, average RoF)
• Pistolet wz.35 Vis (9 rounds, 2 clips): +2 to attacks of less than 4 tiles, -1 for over 4 tiles (Awesome pistol).
• Cavalry sword: +3 to melee attacks

Traits: Vengeful (melee attacks do not cost a moveent point), Extra finger (reloading any weapon takes 2 movement points instead of usual one).

Spoiler:  Capt. Jackson Gristle (PoH) (click to show/hide)

Name: Jackson Gristle
Age: 21
Division: 29th Infantry Division (Rookie)
Weapons:

• Winchester Model 1897 shotgun (5 rounds (10 rounds)): +3 for attacks 4 tiles or less, -1 for attacks 4 to 8 tiles, -3 over 8 tiles. Reloading takes 2 movement actions (Bigass shotgun! Devastating CQ, not so useful at range)
• x4 Mk2 grenades: +3 to attack rolls if used succesfully. Can only be thrown a maximum of 8 tiles.
• Mk1 Trench knife: +2 to melee attack, can be used as a tool for +1 bonus to relevant actions

Traits: "Knows his way around": +1 to cover rolls.

Spoiler: Pvt. Antoine Dupré (Miauw) (click to show/hide)

Name: Antoine Dupré
Age: 35
Division: 1st Infantry Division (+1 to cover rolls)
Weapons:

• M1 Garand (8 rounds (4 clips)): +1 to attacks from 4 to 8 tiles in range. -1 for over 8 tiles (Accurate, decent RoF)
• Colt Revolver (6 rounds (18 rounds)): +1 to attack rolls of 4 tiles or less, -1 for above 4 tiles. reloading takes whole turn (powerful revolver)
• Old, sharpened baguette: +1 to melee rolls, can only be used once before breaking.

Traits: Skilled marksman: +1 to all rifle rolls. Too many cakes: -1 movement penalty.

Spoiler: RESERVED BY TCM (click to show/hide)

Nothing to see here yet.

Spoiler: Pvt. Steven Cooper (Pies) (click to show/hide)

Name: Steven Cooper
Age: 19
Division: 1st Infantry (+1 to cover rolls)
Weapons:

• BAR M1918A2 (20 rounds (3 mags)): +2 to all attacks up to 6 tiles. -2 to all attacks over 8 tiles (High RoF LMG)
• Sharpened Shovel: +1 to melee attacks, as well as obvious use as a tool giving +1 to relevant actions.
• Colt M1911 (7 rounds (2 clips)): +2 to attacks of 3 tiles or less, -2 to attacks of over 5 tiles (decent RoF, powerful pistol)
• x1 pair of socks. Good for keeping feet warm.

Traits: Mechanically minded: Weapon failures will not be catastrophic. Gun envy: Will drop BAR for any "upgrade" at first opportunity.

Spoiler: Pvt Kalam Merkhandar (Mesor) (click to show/hide)

Name : Private Kalam Merkhandar.
Age : 23
Division : US Ranger (+1 actions)

Weapons:

• Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk 3 (5 rounds (9 clips)): +1 to attacks over 5 tiles up to 8 tiles (decent rifle)
• x2 Browning FN-Inglis (9 rounds (10 clips)): +2 to attacks 3 tiles or under, -2 to attacks 5 tiles or over (decent little pistols)
• x2 Tsurugi: +3 to melee rolls (nasty lil blades)
• Ghillie suit

Traits: Hurt me more: +1 to rolls agaist wounds. Blood lust: Will rush to melee combat when within one tile of enemy.

Spoiler:  Capt. Carl Cooper (GWG) (click to show/hide)

Age: 25
Division: US Ranger (+1 action per turn)
Wepons:

• Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless (8 rounds (2 clips)): +1 to attacks of 3 tiles or less. -1 to attacks of 4 tiles or more (small pistol).
• M1 Carbine (15 rounds (4 clips)) (+1 to all attacks up to 6 tiles, -2 if over 12 tiles: decent light rifle with semi auto fire) with M1942 Bayonet (+2 to Melee when using rifle)
• Mark I Trench Knife: +2 to melee attack, can be used as a tool for +1 bonus to relevant actions
• KA-BAR: +2 to melee attack, can be used as a tool for +1 bonus to relevant actions

Traits: Leads from the front (+2 while attacking from cover at a cost of -1 to cover rolls)

Spoiler:  Pvt. John Willard (ggamer) (click to show/hide)

Name: Pvt. Johnothan Wayne Willard
Age: 22
Division: 1st division (+1 to cover rolls)

Weapons:

• x3 3 RGD-33 Frag Grenades: +2 to attacks if used succesfully, thrown range of 7 tiles maximum (unreliable grenade)
• Browning M2(200 rounds): +4 to all attacks up to 10 tiles in range. Takes 2 actions to deploy and pack up, can not be used on the move (bigass .50 cal!)
• Ithica 37 (8 rounds (8 rounds)): +3 to attacks up to 3 tiles, -2 to attacks 4 tiles or over (small but powerful shotgun)

Traits: Thousand yard stare: +1 to all MG rolls. Jumpy: -1 to all rolls when under fire.

Spoiler: Sgt. Jack Stevens (Persus) (click to show/hide)

Name: Sergeant Jack Stevens
Age: 30
Division: US Rangers (+1 actions)

Weapons:

• Thompson submachine gun (30 rounds (4 clips)): +2 to all attacks up to 4 tiles away, -1 to all attacks from 6 to 8 tiles, -3 to anything over 8 tiles (classic WW2 smg)
• A flare gun  (2 flares, launches flares...)
• x4 Mk2 frag grenades: +3 to attack rolls if used succesfully. Can only be thrown a maximum of 8 tiles.
• x2 bangalore torpedos: +4 attack roll to adjacent square

Traits: Demolition man: +1 to all explosive rolls. Not a swimmer: -2 to movement in water.

Turn 0 will be posted in around 12 hours.[/list]

[mesor]

I'm in, I'll sort a character now.

Name : Kalam Merkhandar.
Age : 23
Division : US Ranger.
Gear : Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk 3 ( Enfield modified as a sniper rifle. ), 2x Browning FN-Inglis, 2x Tsurugi ( Small straight edged japanese swords ) 10 Magazines for rifle, 12 Magazines for Brownings. Ghillie suit.
Bio : Kalam is a career soldiers, since the opening of hostilities in ww2 he has seen battle multiple times working along side marines against Japanese forces and in the process acquired 2 Tsurugi blades from officers he had defeated himself.
He has never failed to complete an assignment though taking numberous minor and major wounds in the process.
His latest deployment to join the Normandy landing comes days after being released from hospital after his squad was caught in an ambush, Kalam was the sole survivor of the fight that followed and evaded capture for 4 days with multiple wounds through the skills he was taught as a sniper and managed to kill the officer who commanded the force that killed his entire squad from a significant distance using a standard rifle, before being found barely alive by a team of British commandos on the wrong side of the frontline and being carried back to friendly territory.
Upon hearing his story one of those commandos offered Kalam his personal rifle and Ghillie suit to replace the ones he had lost and Kalam accepted as a sign of respect to the soldiers who had saved him.
Kalam also has the words Iunctus stamus, United cadamus. Fratres ad finem engraved onto every one of his weapons.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Spoiler: Capt. Carl Cooper (click to show/hide)

Age: 25
Division: US Ranger
Gear: Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless, M1 Carbine with M1942 Bayonet, Mark I Trench Knife, KA-BAR
Short Bio: Captain Cooper's father was in the Great War; Cooper was born a bit less than a year after it ended. Hence, he also wanted to be a soldier when he grew up. Once he reached 18, he enlisted in the US Rangers. Since then, he's shown a great appreciation of the "poor infantry" like his father was--he knows each of them is someone's son, probably someone's brother, perhaps someone's father. He treats his men well and follows the doctrine that the soldiers come first--they are the ones who win the battles. Captain Cooper does not have his men do anything he won't, and gives himself no luxury he denies them. When possible, he is the first to enter the battlefield and the last to leave. (More will be coming once I think of it.)