"The Syndicate is by far the greatest threat to this township."
-Press statement of Taylor Barnes, Head Commissioner of Licheville's CO19 Police Special Firearms Unit Divison, 2012
The Syndicate was a gangster coalition, originally nothing more than a few downtrodden blokes sitting around a pub table in Licheville, which would later become one of the most dominant gangs in all of England with hundreds of members in each city. Licheville was originally occupied by Hell Riders, Cobardi Mafioso, Vice Lords and Hawks, but each of them were eventually wiped out by the Syndicate's combined efforts. Even the police's special forces, the heavily armed CO19, could not fight back the power dynamic of the Syndicate, and simply gave up. In the end, the two sides made a deal: The police declared that they had won, winning the support of the locals and making themselves looked good, while they secretly allowed the Syndicate to exist in peace, without hassle. It worked out for both parties.
The Syndicate expanded, setting up bases in Manchester, Liverpool, London and Dublin. Money and power rolled in over time. Yet, despite the magnitude of the islands, there was only so much the Syndicate could do before their rise began to stagnate. The UK and Ireland were not providing enough to meet the expenses and investments that the Syndicate put out. It was time to move on. Leaving their home in the hands of capable underlings, the original heads of the Syndicate set out for a new land, a place of new opportunity. This opportunity was a new exotic city, vastly different from anything they had seen.
It was the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Welcome to the Wild West.
Gameplay:This is the sequel to the original Modern English Gangster RTD, <Syndicate>. The players take the role of Kings, the leaders of the Syndicate gang as they guide their organization to victory. This means everything from territorial/economic expansion, trading, fighting, diplomacy, recruitment, working against/with the law, establishing a relationship with other gangs and the public, among other conflicts that will arise over the game.
While the gang will start out small in this new city as it originally did, it will grow over time; that is, if it can survive in this harsh, unforgiving but rewarding new desert landscape.
Dice:The roll system I use will be farily close to the traditional D6 results used in RTD. For an example of an action with each corresponding die number, I will use the opening of a locked door.
0 -
Wat: You run into the door, full force, smashing your face into the wooden surface. You fall backwards, dazed.
1 -
Abysmal: You jostle the doorknob for a good few minutes, tiring your hand out and no doubt getting the attention of everyone on the other side. Still, it does not open.
2 -
Failure: You turn the doorknob. Nope.
3 -
Fair: You turn the knob and realize that it's locked.
4 -
Good: Turning the doorknob, you realize you're dealing with a locked door. Sacrificing a bobby pin, you manage to open it up and step into the next room.
5 -
Great: As you realize the door before you is locked, you take a nearby pen and manage to unlock the door without a sound.
6 -
Overshoot: You kick the door, bypassing the lock with sheer muscle and slamming it open.
7 -
Woah.: You unlock the door using only your hands and ears, nice.
8+ -
...I don't even: You manage to
alter the door lock so that it locks everyone on the other side inside of it.Experience:The experience system in this game is simple. You do a specific type of task or action enough times, you gain a level in that skill. Each level you gain, you get an additional 1/5 of a chance of gaining a +1 to your next roll involving that skill. So at level 1 you have a 20% bonus chance, at level 2 you have a 40% chance, and at level 5 you are guaranteed to get a +1 every-time you utilize that skill.
The experience system is dynamic, so getting to level 1 won't take you that long, but for each additional level, it will take exponentially longer and require more training/more skillful utilization of that skill.
Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.:The biggest change in the sequel is the brand new city. Located thousands of miles away, Albuquerque is anything but Licheville. Gone are wet, foggy mornings in squat downtown buildings, now the Syndicate is in a dry arid metropolis with towering mountains and rising buildings and developments many times larger than the town back home. More territory to cover, more gangs and cops to deal with, more money to made, more shipments, more excitement, more danger, more opportunity, more everything.
Guns were a precious commodity in the original Syndicate, carried in secret by a few gangsters, even a handgun was only used in times of emergency or to carry out specific murder. In the states, even a lowly street gang has access to sub-machine guns and assault rifles. Additionally, you won't find a single police officer without at least a nine-millimeter handgun and taser. They're armed to deal with the hardcore perpetual violence that just wasn't present in Licheville.
The culture of the city is it's own tale as well. A western desert state transformed into a bustling hotspot for business and populace. Albuquerque has a huge Hispanic population, with nearly half of its citizens identifying as such. Plan to hear about 30000% more Spanish in Albuquerque on a daily basis than you would in Licheville.
Albuquerque features everything from middle-class suburbs and upper-class mansions to lower-class ghettos. Commerce and business run alongside education and sprawl. As time passes, the Syndicate will learn more and more about their new city.
A word of advice, try and mask that English accent a bit if you're trying to fit in.
Character Sheet:Name:
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Initial Major Skill: One Level 4 Skill
Initial Minor Skills: Two Level 1 Skills
Inventory: Nothing ridiculous, mainly stuff you're character would carry around.
Suggested Gang Symbol(s): Last time, I let the players decide Black was the Syndicate's de facto color. Now you can decide which symbol(s) will identify the Syndicate in Albuquerque. The symbols with the most votes shall be used.
Player-List:1. Spinal_Taper (Eloni Montera)
2. Doomblade187 (Dave Green)
3. Greenstarfanatic (Aaron Bradley)
4. anailater (Mason Johnstone)
5. GraveHaunter92 (Trent McGrath)
6. Playergamer (Thomas Marshall)
7. Persus13 (Thomas Freedom)
8. Patrick Hunt (Preston Duellos)
Graveyard: (Pour a 40 out for these homies.)Empty for now...
Waitlist:1. Garreth Gray - (darkpaladin109)
2. Daina Swanson - (Fr0stByt3)
3.Manuel "Manny" Sandoval (Nidilap)
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