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[Mesa]

The war in the post-apocalyptic wasteland has reached its peak. In the bid for their supremacy, the warring sides send their forces to the largest remaining cache of technology and weaponry left in the ruins of North America...
San Francisco.

Do you have the guts to face the dangers of the wasteland to lay your irradiated, mutated hands on the loot of The City by the Bay?

It was a normal day in the [X₁]. A relatively normal day, that is - an avian skyship crashing down from the sky in the distance, a band of human bandits riding through the rough wastes on their motorcycles and faint sounds of explosions far away.
Your group didn't pay much attention to them, though. You are almost ready to journey out to the Mecca of Guns - San Francisco. The city that has recently reached an almost-mythical status, with countless tales of unseen pieces of pre-war technology and really big guns still existing there. You just cannot miss out on such an opportunity.

Most people think that putting frogs, humans and birds in one place would only leave only one of them alive. But to you, the differences between you don't matter. You've known each other for a very long time now, and the only thing that really matters now is getting to San Francisco.

However, you aren't going to get there on foot. The wastelands are a dangerous place, and most of the mutants you will see are inevitably going to try to attack at least one of you.

After wandering for a long time on the side of the road, you notice [X₂] in the distance. A perfect target to aid you in your odyssey, provided you can fight it back from its current owners.


But before you jump the gun, you have a few questions to answer.

[X₁]

• North - northern wastelands are cold, frozen completely and blizzards are commonplace. Birds make up a bigger portion of this region than other mutants.
• South - the south is a single giant, hot desert, full of giant worms and occasional sandstorms. Frogs are more common than other sentient mutants here.

[X₂]

• A bird skyship - a fully-functional, autonomous flying fortress, capable of staying in the sky for a very long period of time, safe from the dangers of below.
• A frog mobile fortress - those enormous, tracked metal monstrosities can move through almost any terrain, gunning down everything standing in their path. They're also really slow and so are susceptible to bandit raids and other attacks.
• A human convoy - a group of various, armed and armored vehicles, convoys can move relatively quickly through the wastelands, and the existance of multiple vehicles allows the convoy members to split up in case of an attack.

Most importantly though, who are you and what weapons do you have (pick one primary, one melee and one explosive weapon)?

Spoiler: Races (click to show/hide)

Humans

The few remaining homo sapiens that haven't killed themselves during or after the war that turned Earth into the world it is now, the humans dwell on the surface of the ravaged Earth, scavenging what they can to survive and have been seen to ally with the frogs and birds alike or fighting on their own. Humans usually live in heavily-defended city states, made on the ruins of the biggest pre-war cities.

Humans are average in both health and speed, lacking the durability of the frogs or the swiftness of the birds, but they also have no particular weaknesses. Their special boots allow them to double jump, giving them an edge in terms of mobility.

Frogs

Frogs were the first new race to emerge during the war. Being very cautious to not get their thick, protective skin dry they mostly avoid the surface and instead live in vaults and fortresses deep underground, away from their nemesis, the birds. When they do emerge on the surfaces, they travel around in humongous mobile fortresses, which can potentially wipe out entire towns with their superior firepower.

Frogs are slower than humans and storks, but are also smaller (therefore harder to hit) and more durable. Their jump is a single high jump, letting them get to most places easily.

Birds

Originating from the white storks, the post-apocalyptic race of birds believe that the nature will recover from the cataclysm, and are hellbent on driving the industrial frogs into extinction. Birds live high up in the sky on giant airships, flying above the human city-states and frog fortresses.

Birds are considerably faster than both humans and frogs and possess the ability to fly, giving them an edge in combat with other races. However, they are more fragile than humans, much less the frogs, forcing them to rely on their speed and agility to take out the opposition.

Spoiler: Weapons (click to show/hide)

Now, onto some weapon stuff!
Do note that there is an ammo system, and each weapon uses a seperate ammo type (bullets for SMGs, shells for the shotgun, sniper rounds for the sniper rifle).

Sprites coming soon.

--PRIMARY--

Dual SMGs
High fire rate, large magazine, easy to reload. What could possibly make a submachine gun better?
That's right, another submachine gun!

Fires a double stream of mostly inaccurate bullets that deal low damage per hit. Reloads using a magazine system. Designed for mid-range combat.

Pump-Action Shotgun
Packs a punch mightier than the bombs that have been going off during the war! Sounds good? It should!

Fires a spread of pellets that deal large amounts of up-close damage, but are very weak on higher ranges. Reloads using a shell system. Designed for close-range combat.

Sniper Rifle
Look into the pretty light...BOOM! Headshot!

Fires a very accurate, single, fast-travelling bullet after a short delay, delaying huge damage. Has a very low fire rate and a laser sight. Uses a bolt action, loading single bullets. Designed for long-range combat. (no actual headshots are involved)

--MELEE--

Combat Knife
Stab, stab, stab, chop chop chop!

Has the shortest range of all melee weapons, but is also the fastest, dealing moderate damage. Attacks cause the target to bleed, dealing extra damage over time.

Shovel
Useful both for smashing people's heads in as well as digging yourself a hole. Hole-digging not included.

Slowest melee weapon, with medium range and high damage. Can reflect bullets if timed correctly and knocks the target back (if it doesn't outright kill them).

Spear
Normal people would ask you why are you running around with a blade attached to a long stick. Except that normal people don't exist anymore, and now everyone is running away from you in cower instead.

Faster than the shovel but slower than the knife, long (but still melee) range and average damage. Can be thrown and picked up again.

--EXPLOSIVE--

Hand Grenade
Chuck Norris threw a grenade and killed 50 people, then the grenade exploded. - Chuck Norris fact #425

A grenade that flies in an arc and explodes after a short delay, dealing heavy area of effect damage.

Cherry Bombs
Ha! CHERRY bombs? What are you gonna do, place them on my cake?! - A stork bandit before being blown to pieces

3 small grenades that explodes on impact, dealing low damage per grenade (overall damage total would be higher than a hand grenade, though).

Anti-Personnel Mine
What's that beeping sound? - human soldiers before the destruction of their fortress

Places a mine on the ground which arms itself after a short delay that has to be manually detonated, dealing the highest damage of all explosives.

Spoiler: OOC (click to show/hide)

If you've been to the Creative Projects sections lately, you probably know that I have this thread set up, and this game is set in the exact same universe (although this one has almost no mechanics like most of my games), so expect to see stuff mentioned in that thread and possibly vice versa.

Since I am not limiting myself to this single game with GF, hopefully it won't die out after a week like most of my games do...DEAL WITH IT.

[Elfeater]

North
Frog Fortress

Human

[Mesa]

North
Frog Fortress

Human

And your weapons?

[Elfeater]

Ah sorry, wast sue if we were supposed to have any yet.
Shovel and a Sniper Rifle

[Mesa]

Ah sorry, wast sue if we were supposed to have any yet.
Shovel and a Sniper Rifle

You also forgot about the explosive one.
(though I guess explosives are double-edged swords here so...)

[Elfeater]

Ah, the mines then

[Parsely]

This is a TSG right? If so +1 to everything he said.

[kj1225]

Is this a SG or a game with multiple players?

[GreatWyrmGold]

The war in the post-apocalyptic wasteland has reached its peak. In the bid for their supremacy, the warring sides send their forces to the largest remaining cache of technology and weaponry left in the ruins of North America...
San Francisco.

Interesting choice.

[X₁]

• North - northern wastelands are cold, frozen completely and blizzards are commonplace. Birds make up a bigger portion of this region than other mutants.
• South - the south is a single giant, hot desert, full of giant worms and occasional sandstorms. Frogs are more common than other sentient mutants here.

...Pretty strong border. Or is this "North/South of the nation in general"?
North

[X₂]

• A bird skyship - a fully-functional, autonomous flying fortress, capable of staying in the sky for a very long period of time, safe from the dangers of below.
• A frog mobile fortress - those enormous, tracked metal monstrosities can move through almost any terrain, gunning down everything standing in their path. They're also really slow and so are susceptible to bandit raids and other attacks.
• A human convoy - a group of various, armed and armored vehicles, convoys can move relatively quickly through the wastelands, and the existance of multiple vehicles allows the convoy members to split up in case of an attack.

Are those three the only species, or are there other muties?
Bird Skyship

Most importantly though, who are you and what weapons do you have (pick one primary, one melee and one explosive weapon)?

Hm.
Assuming no other races...Byrd, Sniper Rifle, Knife, Anti-Personnel Mine
Should we have a name or something, too? If so, what kinds of names are common among the mutant races?

[SealyStar]

South, A Human Convoy

Bird, Sniper Rifle, Spear, Cherry Bombs

[zacen299]

North, Human, Human Convoy

Sniper Rifle, Knife, Anti Personnel Mine

[Mesa]

Is this a SG or a game with multiple players?

The original plan was a multiplayer game, but then I realized my GM skills drop down per every player in the game, so I decided that this'll be a singleplayer game. Sorry!

The war in the post-apocalyptic wasteland has reached its peak. In the bid for their supremacy, the warring sides send their forces to the largest remaining cache of technology and weaponry left in the ruins of North America...
San Francisco.

Interesting choice.

[X₁]

• North - northern wastelands are cold, frozen completely and blizzards are commonplace. Birds make up a bigger portion of this region than other mutants.
• South - the south is a single giant, hot desert, full of giant worms and occasional sandstorms. Frogs are more common than other sentient mutants here.

...Pretty strong border. Or is this "North/South of the nation in general"?
North/South of the nation in general.
North

[X₂]

• A bird skyship - a fully-functional, autonomous flying fortress, capable of staying in the sky for a very long period of time, safe from the dangers of below.
• A frog mobile fortress - those enormous, tracked metal monstrosities can move through almost any terrain, gunning down everything standing in their path. They're also really slow and so are susceptible to bandit raids and other attacks.
• A human convoy - a group of various, armed and armored vehicles, convoys can move relatively quickly through the wastelands, and the existance of multiple vehicles allows the convoy members to split up in case of an attack.

Are those three the only species, or are there other muties?
There are others, but those are kinda like the humans/dwarves/elves (you still got your "kobolds" and "goblins" out there, as well as some others)
Bird Skyship

Most importantly though, who are you and what weapons do you have (pick one primary, one melee and one explosive weapon)?

Hm.
Assuming no other races...Byrd, Sniper Rifle, Knife, Anti-Personnel Mine
Should we have a name or something, too? If so, what kinds of names are common among the mutant races?
Of course I knew I forgot about something...Yes, you get to pick your name, and naming conventions haven't changed much since nowadays (keep in mind this takes place somewhere in 2020s, but nobody keeps track of the time anymore that way)

(responses in bolded green)

The choices so far:
North - 4
South - 1

Human convoy - 2
Bird skyship - 1
Frog fortress - 2

Tiebreaker, go!

Human - 3
Bird - 2
Frog - 1

Sniper Rifle - 5
Dual SMGs - 0
Shotgun - 0

Oh, wow...

Knife - 2
Spear - 1
Shovel - 2

Tiebreaker #2, go!

Anti-Personnel Mine - 4
Cherry Bombs - 1
Grenade - 0

To be honest I kind of expected that the rifle and mines would be a popular pick...(Therefore I had to think of some preemptive balance even at this conceptual stage.)



Choose your name, the target (convoy/fortress) and the melee weapon (knife/shovel).

[scapheap]

Larry
convoy
shovel

[darkpaladin109]

Grgle
Convoy
Shovel

[zacen299]

..... Why did that not occur to it seems everyone that a name might be necessary? Either way I say we should be Adam.