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[Xantalos]

lawas you said this was gonna be good but I didn't realize it was going to be this beautiful!

I'm in like a damn ... I dunno, crab eating another crab or something. Point is, here's a character concept, coming straight out of a mixture of one of my friends, my recent viewing of Scarface, and the general brand of mentally unhinged psychos I let loose in nearly any forum game I find myself in.

Roberto 'Mister Baileys' Curio de Kumquato de Xantaloficago Al Dente Fettucine Armageddon de Cocina de la Long Huang Xing Shangsheng Leprás Burgonya Meowington Fergus

Call him Bailey, it's easier. He's been around the block, many that might not even exist. He's ingested such a vast quantity of crab drugs throughout his lifetime that he's obtained a rather notorious reputation in seemingly every occupied settlement of sapient beings on the mortal plane - if there are more than three people in a room, odds are at least one of them has met Bailey in some way, shape, or form.

The accounts of him vary - sometimes he's an amateur opera performer, sometimes he runs childcare centres, other times he sells human meat he found in a back alley to their unsuspecting relatives. One thing that remains constant with every sighting of him, however, is his ridiculous fighting prowess and tendency to go off on a whim - his temper is mercurial at best, and can be set off by something as little as a green cardigan. He studied crab karate, he claims, up in a remote mountain range somewhere he ended up in after a particularly rowdy drinking session. Ended up staying in this monastery for like ... he dunno, four hundred years? Or four hundred seconds? Too high to tell. Either way, he obtained an uncanny skill in hurting things from it. Also like totally rad martial arts shit, like the whole unnatural strength, speed, reflexes and stuff deal.

Bailey's also really good with knives. He apparently worked in a kitchen for a little while and got bored, and now he collects the damn things. Keeps them meticulously sharp, cuts random things when he gets bored, which is easily, and gets a dangerously gleeful look in his eye whenever he's holding one.

He also takes drugs constantly. His body is more than likely half drugs in mass at this point.

For skills ... I'm not quite sure how the custom skills are supposed to be arranged, but I know the three main ones would be Fight/Lift/Drive because Mr. Baileys never passed crab driving school.

Hmm. There's potential here for something interesting, yes indeedy. Just need to part the wheat from the chaff, as it were.
Hmm...

Name: Roberto 'Mister Baileys' Kumquato de Xantaloficago. All those other names exist, and plenty others, just as various nicknames he's aquired all over the globe. This essentially ensures that he's guaranteed to be known by some random silly-ass name if he's recognized, with a no-doubt equally silly backstory behind how he aquired that nickname.

Base Skills: Fight/Lift/Drive

Backstory/Description: Mr. Baileys was once an incredibly devoted crab monk. He studied Crab Fu all day, meditated on the nature of the Crab Goddess, and did a bunch of really serene mystic shit like that for the majority of his existence. Then one day a mixup happened - Roberto allowed himself but one luxury, that being a cup of tea with a good helping of sugar in it some days. One day the guy who went and got it for him accidentally gave him his stash of crab cocaine instead of the sugar. Roberto, not knowing that it wasn't sugar, ingested the whole thing. He promptly got so damn high that he achieved nirvana and saw Crab Goddess for a split second. He doesn't quite remember what he saw in that state, but he knows it was something important. Ever since then he's been wandering the wasteland doing trucker jobs, ingesting massive quantities of every drug he can possibly find in order to reachieve that sublime peak of existence. The shenanigans and occasional rampage he goes on as a result of all those drugs he accepts as collateral.

Custom Skills:

-Crab Fu! Xantaloficago is a master of the sublime art of Crab Fu, being capable of ... well, I dunno you tell me. Super kung fu shit you find in movies and stuff. It's this that makes him such an effective trucker guard, since he can fight the shit out of just about anything in the wastelands.

-Swords n Shit! Kumquato is a master of wielding swords and shit to fullest effect, namely slicing bitches who try to take the cargo up. That's ... about all there is to say about this - he's really damn good with swords, knives, scissors, and pretty much any sharp thing. Kung fu movie level good type deal.

-Flame of Divine Drug-Fuelled Fervor! Roberto Mister Baileys Kumquato De Xantaloficago is normally a subdued individual, doing typical monk shit and talking in wierd proverbs. However, when he ingests drugs, he becomes a completely different individual - wild, spewing profanity, talking in seemingly random accents, doing off-the-wall shit in short. What's more noticeable is his unnerving tendency to light on fire while in a drug-fuelled craze. He doesn't really seem to notice this, but it must be that his shell is so infused with various powders that the heat of his anger ignites them and surrounds him in an inferno that doesn't harm him but burns everything else! It even spreads to weapons he wields for some reason. Maybe it's a blessing from the Crab Goddess. Point is, he can sometimes transform from a crazy crab monk to a crazy crab monk ON FIRE!

How's that sound for a character concept?

[Infinityforce]

Great stuff! Excellent Crab Trucker dude

I like that you developed everything well and made lots of opportunities for everyone to RP with.
Well thought out with lots of juicy detail It's looking tasty bro! (ur a dude, rite? r u all dudes?)
The more a person "knows" a crab, the better they can describe their actions.
This goes for your team-mates and I too, as we might describe him in our scenes.
Another possiblity is for a person to write their own crabs response, but insert it in another persons narrative such as:

"George is driving the truck and tries to shake enemies from the roof and swerves sharply. Roberto is fighting them on the roof, surprised and thrown from the truck. He uses his kung fu to stay on-board and not fall off"
Then this might be inserted in either George's, Roberto's or GM's narrative as appropriate

In these cases, talk with each other to see how/what you feel about having your crabs portrayed by another person:
you may have intimate feelings about seeing/hearing them do stuff, and might want to describe it yourself, and let that person insert it into their post.

NOTE: THE RP WON'T BE WRITTEN LIKE THIS BUT OOC WILL.. IC WILL BE HELD UP TO A MUCH HIGHER STANDARD OF DRAMA AND DETAIL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND PATIENCE

[Infinityforce]

Now there are 5 players, we can make 1 delivery.
It will probably be about 10 scenes long. 3 will be driving, 3 will be fighting, and 3 will be locations. Check the info post to see what kind of stuff you can come across in the world. There are both snow capped mountains and volcanoes. Swamps, forests, ruined cities and more litter the landscape.
There are 2 notable cities: Dark Sweden, and Evil Mexico. You won't be going there, on this delivery.
It's just a basics-of-the-game thing, and we'll build up to abandoned bases, cities and monster lairs later on in the game.
For now, the first mission is a simple one, mostly straight driving, as they say.
I think Both Fighter Crabs are also good at lifting. This makes them dynamos as long as they know how to position themselves in a scene.


Maegil, choose your crabs name from these. I think "stream" or "wave" is a good name
If you already chose a name for your crab, this can be his codename or handle or something. Every crab can have a handle.
        Surname            Etymology    
1    Korhonen    korho "deaf" or "proud"
2    Virtanen            virta "stream"
3    Mäkinen            mäki "hill"    
4    Nieminen    niemi "cape"    
5    Mäkelä            mäki "hill"    
6    Hämäläinen    Häme "Tavastia"    
7    Laine            laine "wave"
8    Heikkinen    Heikki < Henrik
9    Koskinen            koski "rapids"
10    Järvinen        järvi "lake"

EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW THESE NAMES, THEY WILL BECOME IMPORTANT.
THE CRAB GODDESS IS THE SEA AND YOU (THE CRABS) ARE WAVES AND RIVERS AND LAKES AND RAPIDS.

[Maegil]

As I PMd, I had chosen a name before reading this. The one I like most of that list is "Laine" (Wave), it goes well with a crab who had an amphibious truck called "Wet Cunt"... until the US Coast Guard mistook it for a smuggler and sunk it.

Markko "Erinomainen" Härkönen

The closest word generally known to English-speakers to translate his nickname might be "Ausgezeichnet", and that's German; if you're really picky on language, you may call him "Superlatively Excellent" or some other ungainly construct, though that doesn't fully cover the meaning.

[Infinityforce]

Scenes are made out of vignettes

A vignette should be an insightful description, that conveys meaning, information, quality about what is happening/will happen/has happened.
It moves the Scene along by giving context to all players
The players decide the direction.
I, GM will try to make things interesting for you.
I can't give you details of your own character, that's your job. I only describe what happens or what is reasonable for your character to do.
You have to make the scene move forward, to progress as a journeyman, on a quest to deliver your Crab team-mates and the Godess' Cargo safely
If players are not moving towards this, the game won't move forward. The players must narrate explicitly what is reasonable.
The way they phrase this is as "intent":
First they should ask what is a reasonable action to do.
For example, a player might phrase an attempt at fighting like so:

EXAMPLE OF A FIGHT SCENE

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

GM
"3 switch-blade punk sickos start throwing bottles at you"
Dangerbeard Thunderclaw
IC:"I draw up to these 3 sick fuckos and get ready to beat them down."
GM
OOC: "Fine. This uses Fight and they seem pitiful, so the challenge is 4. You use 3*d2 instead of a d6 because there's no chance of critical failure.
3*d2 is because you've Fight3.
Roll = 4. You could have got 5 or 6, but you didn't score that high, so you meet the challenge, but it wasn't exceptional.
4/6 = 2/3, so let's say you kill 2 of them.
You bust 2 of them in the head and pulverise them both. The remaining one flees or tries to. Feel free to narrate that how you like"
Dangerbeard Thunderclaw
IC"I'm a whirling mess of Smashing Crab Fist. I smash their heads open in a blink with my pincers. The other guy shits himself and fucks off."

EXAMPLE OF A DRIVING SCENE WITH SOME FIGHT SCENES IN IT

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

GM
OOC: Technowizard is driving the truck in the desert on a long road. 8 Giant Eagles as big as cars draw near and attack the truck with Dive Bombs.
Black Shelled Technowizard
OOC: I start driving, like evasive maneuvers I guess
GM
OOC: Okay, the Giant Eagles are pretty dumb, and the truck is pretty fast, so the challenge rating is only 3. Because you're on a plain there's little chance of critical failure, so I won't use a d4. Your driving skill is 2, so I'll roll 2*d2
The result is 4. It was a moderate success. You drive the truck into the one of the Giant Eagles and splat it. Now one of the Giant Eagles is dead. Narrate it how you like.
Black Shelled Technowizard
IC: The long desert road is stretching before me, when gnarly Giant Eagles as big as cars appear out of nowhere and start battering the truck with their wings, claws and beaks. Technowizard doesn't like that shit, so he starts swerving left to right, and he thumps one with the truck and gives it an explosive concussion. It falls to feathery pieces and falls to the road"
Dynamite McGee the next player
OOC Where they at? I want to throw my shurikens at them
GM
OOC 4 of them are flying around the back, and 4 of them are flying around the front.
Dynamite McGee
OOC "That leaves the driver vulnerable to attack through the windows.
IC"I haul ass from the rear of the truck into the cabin. I unroll my Steel Shurikens from their wrap and start hurling them at the Giant Eagles around the front of the cab"
GM
OOC: Okay, this is lift-throw and your tier is 2. However, your character is already good at throwing dynamite, so you have reasonable chance to hit.
If your lift was 3 your shurikens would tear them to shredded mangled pulps. As it is, your shurikens probably sever body parts.
You are making a dangerous action such as flinging shurikens from the cab, so I'll roll a d4. There is a chance of critical failure, such as harming the Driver, The target score is 2.
Dynamite McGee
OOC: Okay, I don't want to do that, I just throw them from my window at any eagles there. Any eagles there?
GM
You can see and hit 2 eagles. The target score is 2. You use 2*d2 so automatic success. You can roll to get higher than target, up to 4 but using a d4.
Dynamite McGee
OOC: Let's go with 2*d2, automatic success. I don't want to risk a critical failure, The eagles might attack me!
GM
OOC Automatic Success, but about half your potential. You kill only one of the eagles, probably. Narrate the whole thing how you like.
Dynamite McGee
IC I hurl the shurikens and an eagle gets cut in half. The other one squawks annoyedly.
GM
IC: While Dynamite McGee was doing that, 4 of the giant eagles land on the roof and start tearing it open.
Bobby Montoya next player
IC: I get my shotgun and fire it at the ceiling, trying to hit the birds
GM
IC:  You don't need to roll for success, seems quite simple for your Crab to do so it's an automatic success.
IC The truck's reinforced roof soaks up the blast of most of your shots. 1 of the giant eagles gets blown to pieces. The other 3 manage to open the truck roof and 1 more joins them. The 4 eagles above you are trying to get in and are attacking.
Franco Sweety next player
OOC: How many birds are left, and where? what are they doing?
GM
OOC:
1 on the right near the drivers cab
4 on the roof directly above all the crews heads
1- killed by shuriken
1- killed by shotgun
1- killed by driving
Franco Sweety
OOC: If I jump, can I punch them?
GM
OOC: It will be use Fight2 with d4. You'll probably kill 1-2 at best, and if you hit 1, critical failure, all the birds will attack at you. Seems fair?
Franco Sweety
IC: "I leap in the air and do a flying uppercut! SHORYUKEN!"
GM
OOC
Target is 2
Score = 2 you do a shoryuken and turn a giant eagle into pulp. After this, the eagles get ready to attack the crew. Narrate that how you like.
Franco Sweety
IC "I catch the bird with my pincer and it explodes in an expanding cloud of blood and gore. The other Eagles move in to attack the us!"
GM
IC: The eagle attacks you guys and pulls off Danny Badman's arm. Danny and the remaining Crab to take a turn, Princess Bubblegum, can attack the eagles now, both together if you choose.
Danny Badman
OOC Can we do a team attack?
GM
OOC Yep. What you guys want?
Danny Badman
OOC How about I throw her at them, and she uses her special power of exploding?
GM
OOC Okay, seems likely. She needs to rest after using Explodin'! and there's a chance of critical failure, you might hurt other crabs in the vicinity
Princess Bubblegum
OOC Well I don't want to do that then! Can we use scrap to fight them off? I want to use an iron fencepost.
Danny Badman
OOC Me too!
GM
OOC Okay, both of you do that using Fight! Your combined Fight is 5. You probably 2 to 4 of the birds.
Target = 6
Roll = 3*d2 + 2*d2 = 4 and 3. You pulp 2 of them.
One or both of you narrate it.
Danny Badman
OOC Bubblegum can narrate mine. She must mention that Danny growls and makes a barking sound as he does it. Okay?
Princess Bubblegum
IC "Bubblegum and Danny both pick up steel fenceposts and set about beating the ever loving tarnation out of the birds. Danny does it with his 1 remaining arm and pincer, all the while growling deeply and letting out short sharp barks of anger."
OOC Good enough Danny? Jus' tell me and I'll edit it :p
etc.

[Infinityforce]

FFFFFFFFLLLLDD
Xantalos as : Xantaloficago Zhang, Fighter Crab A psychedelic shaman warrior with knives and guts

Fucking gnarly Aztec Mystic Sword (on back)
Far Out Scorching Third Eye Mystic Body Power (can be on fire and anyone/anything close by gets burned)
Shaolin/Karate Crab-Fu Expertise (can access a repetoire of moves with given effects such as Poison Claw and such)

Eduardo? Miguel? Javier? Is Roberto your personal name? If so you should mention that as it is important information in the thread.

REMEMBER: EVERYTHING YOU WRITE IS FOR EVERYONE. SHARE AND VOLUNTEER INFORMATION AND DON'T JUST KEEP IT INSIDE YOU

Spoiler: Be nice to GM, others, the story. Play and GIT GUD (click to show/hide)

What you do doesn't affect just me, as GM, but all the other players who have to respond, react to and incorporate what you do as well.
Players have to play their crabs around what is written by others.
I have to write everything according to your characters.
Whatever you write will be accessible to all participants and must be clear and concise.
After all, we are writing a story with you. Work together by having open discussion.

Nothing is set in stone, and if you guys want to think of new or more classes or features, go ahead.
We can probably do a practice journey soon. As for more players, I am not opposed to a few more,
Still I need a little time to set everything up, so a little practice here and there is not bad.
That's how your attitude to writing should be : a little practice here and there is not bad. It adds up and you get better as you practice.
Don't worry if you're not perfect in the beginning. Writing the story good and satisfying is the endpoint. Everything in between is the game and we make it good or bad for example by being minmaxing troll or uncooperative dickheads. Be reasonable and try to contribute some good ideas,


What I really want is for you to throw ideas around and get used to situations where there are lots of possiblities for actions.
My aim with the game is to make it tactical, defending each other, the truck and cargo, moving targets and wave after wave of enemy rationed out by a good recovery phase.
Difficulty can increase rapidly, but let's start off slow and establish our capabilities.
Maybe we can all write scenarios we'd like in the game and I will try to adapt it and insert it.
This is a good way to make sure the game is fun for everyone, and everyone can influence the GMing, plot direction and game mechanics/function
Giant Eagles don't usually attack on their own, and aren't so weak/slow/stupid as in the example.
If enemies get near to you, they attack you pretty much after you finish your turn. It varies.

[Infinityforce]

In a "Frenzy"

When lot of crabs and enemies are doing battle close by, everyone gets their turn at once by declaring intentions.
I roll all participants actions and rank them by score: The people with higher scores dish out damage, and the lower scores receive damage.

EX

Spoiler: Crabs in a frenzy with eagles (click to show/hide)

3 Eagles
4 Crabs
Eagles are Fight2 each = 2*d2 (for 3 eagles = 6-12 rating)
Crabs are 3*d2, 2*d2, 2*d2, 1*d2 rating 8-16 collecitvely
I think the Crabs can wipe out all the eagles if their score hits 16.
Rolls
Eagles = 1, 3, 4 (
Crabs = 3, 4, 2, 2 ( 11 )
Crabs dominate the frenzy. 2 of the crabs had a little trouble compared to the eagles, but 1 eagle gets pulped anyway.
you guys then narrate this as you please, determining who was the likely/appropriate killer (maybe the crab that scored a 4)
As well as team attacks
(maybe the crab 3 and crab 4 were matched against the eagle 3 and eagle 4. crab 2 and the other crab 2 teamed up and pulped the eagle 1)
(maybe crabs 3, 2 and 2 were fighting eagle 3 and eagle 4. Crab 4 pulped eagle 1 in a split second.)

[Infinityforce]

A STRUGGLE WHEN FORCES COLLIDE AND LIFT HAPPENS

Spoiler: theoretical scene (click to show/hide)

3 Rhino Men (2 big, 1 small)
3 Crabs

The rhinomen are lift 3, 3 and 2 and try pushing the crabs off a cliff
The crabs are lift 3, 2 and 1 and don't stand much chance.
Fight can interrupt Lift.
Players might stake their fight! against the oncoming lift!-push but might incur counterattacks from the rhinomen.
It might look like this:

Spoiler: Crabs and Rhinomen BOTH push with LIFT (click to show/hide)

STRATEGY: LIFT
Players decide to lift
Rhinomen = 3*d2, 3*d2, 2*d2
Crabs = 3*d2, 2*d2, 1*d2
Scores
Rhinomen 3 6 2 = 11
Crabs = 3 2 2 = 7
The rhinomen push the crabs back and/or out of the way, the rhinoman with a 6 pushes one of the crabs hard and hurts him/her and/or causes that crab to fall (probably injuring the crab badly, in some way or other, since 6 is like a critical success.

Spoiler: a fighter distracts a big enemy to upset the balance of the struggle away from LIFT (click to show/hide)

ALTERNATE STRATEGY
Players divide their group
2 Lifters, L3 and L2 vs 2 Rhinomen L3 and L2
1 Fighter F3 vs 1 rhinoman (big) F3
Fighting goes before lifting.
F3 Crab = 3
F3 Rhinoman = 3
They're evenly matched and nothing happens. The fighter keeps one of the large rhinomen off the group.
The other 2 crabs push against the remaining rhinoman (big) and rhinoman (small)
Crabs L3 and L2 = 6 and 2 = 8
Rhinomen L3 and L2 = 4 and 4 = 8
Looks like they're evenly matched too. The Crab 6 probably did some good pushing and knocked one back a little/staggered/stunned/threw him
The Crab 2 was overwhelmed by a rhinoman 4 and the same probably happened to him too.

Spoiler: crabs force an engagement (fighting) instead of a struggle (pushing) (click to show/hide)

TRYING TO FIGHT STRATEGY
Crabs are F3 F2 and F2
Rhinomen are F3 F3 and F1
Crabs score = 3, 4, 2 = 9
Rhinomen score = 3, 6, 2 = 11
2 of the pairs were matched, one rhinoman hurt a crab with a critical. No one was pushed or could do any pushing.

[Infinityforce]

Spoiler: DRIVE IS AN IMPORTANT SKILL ALSO CALLED INTEGRATION (click to show/hide)

Note that sometimes enemies don't have a Drive skill.
Rather it would be called Integration, which can be thought of as how well a creature processes and reacts to information.
This would be used to fire guns (maybe for crabs too)
Still, no matter what it would be called Drive, because it also means

determination and ambition to achieve something.
and an organized effort by a number of people to achieve a purpose.

which also works well to describe what the Drive skill really does = it means level headed, thoughtful and determination

Actually, if Guns were fired by Drive, it would round out the gameplay plan REALLY well, but drivers might become OP

Integration prevents flinching, for example works like this.

Spoiler: DRIVE VS FLINCH (click to show/hide)

DRIVE RESISTS FLINCHING
A driver attacked by a vicious giant eagle whilst driving fast on a plain
Driver D3 so 3*d2 the vicious eagle is F3 so 3*d2
Scores
Driver = 3
Eagle = 4
The eagle hurts the driver. The driver needs to roll again to see how his driving is:
Driver = 4 compared to the eagles 4, so he quickly stabilises the truck
I think the result is the vicious eagle hurt the driver bad, maybe took his eye or arm. I roll the Driver's fight2 so d2*2
Drivers' fight = 2 compared to eagles 4 so he is hurt, so he fared badly against the eagle.
The total result is Probably injury of some kind.

Spoiler: DRIVE MAKES LIFT MORE HELPFUL (click to show/hide)

LIFT NEEDS DRIVE TO BE STABLE
Lets try another example
Lifter 3, with D1 carrying a nuclear reactor.
A rhinoman F3 L3 attacks him so 3*d2
The Lifter has to pass a drive check if he doesn't want to drop the nuclear reactor (this makes drive important for lifters too)
Scores
Lifter scored 2 with his drive.
The rhinoman scored 4 with his attack.
Lifter drops the nuclear reactor and everything explodes/evaporates. It was inevitable (don't let your friends go vulnerable, go and fight the rhinoman so the lifter doesn't drop delicate cargo for example, or so the truck doesn't fall on his head when he's trying to flip it.
A notable example is a team trying to flip a truck. If they get attacked, the truck falls on all their heads.
At that point some of them can try to fight! off the attackers, but whoever is left holding the truck will suffer. It is best if you all work together.

Spoiler: DRIVE STOPS INTERRUPTS (click to show/hide)

DRIVE STOPS BAD STUFF LIKE RUDE INTERRUPTIONS
Let's see another example
Fighter with D2 L1 is getting ready to lift something heavy but delicate like a nuclear reactor
She can do it, despite having only L1, but it takes her a long time and makes her tired very quickly.
She starts heaving it, but midway she is attacked.
Drive2 = d2*2 versus the enemies d3*2
She gets 4 and the enemy also gets 4
In this case, I think she would struggle to complete her action, but she doesn't have to let go either.
She can use whatever she's holding to Fight! and attacker as well, but if her Lift! is low and the object is heavy, you might as well put it down.

Spoiler: Summary:Drive will end up handling guns. It stops flinch for lifters (click to show/hide)

Now let's try gunplay... in a bit.
If guns are fired through drive, doing driving and shooting would impose a large penalty on one or the other, or both. I'll think about this and get back to you x
So Integration (Drive!) handles gunplay, driving and stopping interrupts (can be useful when trying to get the truck on the road) but in enemies as well as crabs, it affects how well they handle large groups in melee, for example. I'll expand on this when I get there in my head
For example, if a group of enemies attacked the truck or crew, integration determines how efficiently they go about this.
Integration(DRIVE!) makes creatures focused or driven and they will be difficult to deter, for example, as well as resist flinching and interrupts

Spoiler:  Enemies will be different (stronger) than in examples :) (click to show/hide)

Rhinomen are quite foolish, so I imagine they'd have D1, maybe they get +1 or +2 to not being interrupted through a trait like TOUGH!, like Crabs
Giant Eagles are quite determined so I think they'd have D2 instead. They might even get -1 to being interrupted, because they get confused easily.
Enemies will be expanded later.
Rhinomen, for example, are intended to be very dangerous enemies who can charge short distances quickly and are very threatening.
Giant Eagles are more of an annoyance, but can still be threatening, especially on top of another encounter... such as rhinomen :p
Rhinomen can also wield weapons, such as girders. They might become more organised, like another gang, militia, mafia or military.
They will probably want your stuff and beat you up. Protect the truck anyway and try to get to the destination in one piece.

Dropping stuff probably damages it in some way, be it junk, scrap, truck, cargo or crab etc.

[snow dwarf]

Woah this is a lot of Reading.

[Infinityforce]

That's combat for ya
I'll handle the rolls. Just know the skills affect each other.

Fight = can interrupt/counter
Drive = stops interruption/ranged
Lift = can crowd control/manipulate

Remember all the options available to your character.
It looks like Drivers will be shooters too, so I hope you all like that.
Also, item skills such as tinkering with scrap and junk will come from DRIVE.
Using scrap and junk probably will come from DRIVE unless you use it in close fighting (then it will be FIGHT) (and if you do any force actions it will use LIFT!)
Everyone can change their classes around a bit, as well as their names, and come up with crabs from scratch if they desire.
Just put your heart behind it so there's no need to change anything,
Everything is perfect as it is When you put your heart into it

[Infinityforce]

Woah this is a lot of Reading.

sorry for the wall of text. probably a PITFA to go through, for you guys and newcomers.
I know this isn't what you signed up for, but bear with me. I got more stuff than this planned, but I gotta think how to make it !FUN!

[Xantalos]

When're we looking to start? I think we've got ... 5 players right now?

[snow dwarf]

Woah this is a lot of Reading.

sorry for the wall of text. probably a PITFA to go through, for you guys and newcomers.
I know this isn't what you signed up for, but bear with me. I got more stuff than this planned, but I gotta think how to make it !FUN!

More text ???

[Infinityforce]

When're we looking to start? I think we've got ... 5 players right now?

It's not exactly ready, but I'm pondering the first mission.
The whole game revolves around Crab-kin, Goddess and Sacred Crab Mountain.
For me, it's an allegory for armageddon and the apocalypse.
Crabs are wrathful angels to restore goodness, peace and order, but can't do it without Goddess.

Spoiler: what this thread is not: (click to show/hide)

IT IS NOT ABOUT FIGHTING
IT IS NOT ABOUT A CRAB
It is about being a team, and that's more than a story, because that's literally what it is: A TEAM GAME.
Selfish crabs will not be permitted if I have my way and EVERYONE MUST PULL THEIR SHARE
This means adding inspiration, spark, joy and care into this collective tale. Please try your best and I know we'll do great.
Bear in mind, we're supposed to be working together IRL as well as IC and OOC.

I'm working on making it !FUN! until then, read over stuff, especially the links to the other playthroughs (look in the info post to see what other people did in their playthoughs. reflect on what makes it interesting and what you want to improve.)
For me the biggest thing I want to improve at the moment is  team-work.
Crab Truckers ONLY work in a team, and are co-ordinated and helpful to crab-kin and to Goddess.
How this comes across depends how players feel.

If you only see a crab, and not your team-mate, your forget about the person who writes that character=  a real human being we should treat with respect.
Don't shit words everywhere.. Make your shit.... beautiful.... like fertiliser on flowers
Share the smell of the flowers you grow, not the shit you use to grow em
Flowers are a gift, shit is a necessity.
Don't put shit on others unless you're sure flowers can bloom.
Don't give flowers to someone till you learn how to take their shit.