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[Strider03]

If I can level up, get better at stealth and accept the mission.

Hmm. Will leveling up actually be a thing in this game?

[milo christiansen]

Count me in!

Spoiler: Smith, lean mean healing machine. (click to show/hide)

Name:
Description:
Physical: 0
Mental: 0
Life: +1
Stats: Speed(3), Will(1), Dexterity(1)
Skills: Medical Training(3), First Aid(2), Submachine Gun(2), Pistol(1), Mechanic(1), Car(1)

Inventory:
Helmet (+1 Life bonus, Single Use)
First Aid Pouch (Allows First Aid)
Entrenching Tool (A folding shovel)
Ration (Restores up to -2 on physical dice)
Medic’s Bag (restores up to -3 on life dice)
M1910 pistol (9 shot, risk 2)
2 pistol magazines

Smith came to the 888th because he wanted more carnage to fix. Normal units are simply too boring. Smith won't tell anyone if "Smith" is his first or last name, and his officers don't care enough to look it up in his records. As far as appearance goes Smith is remarkably ordinary. So ordinary that in any group he practically disappears.

Is me taking First Aid and Medical Training together redundant? If so I want to switch First Aid to something else.

Also, if someone has a looted SMG, I would be willing to do just about anything for it (and I will want to swap my pistol and SMG skills if I can make a trade)

EDIT: You know what? I'll just swap pistol and SMG anyway and count on looting my own. I would still like to trade for one if possible.

[Tiruin]

Is me taking First Aid and Medical Training together redundant? If so I want to switch First Aid to something else.

We should get a FAQ for these
Ok so, reference my character (Joan); she has Med Training and First Aid. First Aid is a kit given to relatively everyone every mission--it heals around +1 to Life, and has relatively 2-3 uses or such. (Unsure on 4 uses)
Medical Training uses BETTER equipment such as Medic Bags which restore more health, but are rarer. This also includes situations wherein there is medical equipment nearby, which I presume can be IMPROVISED equipment. Although that may also apply to first aid kits, since these did happen in the field at times (but with lesser effect varying on the situation). <_<

I'm wondering if I can re-spec myself that way too

piecewise, is it possible to respec our characters' skills in between missions?

[milo christiansen]

It makes a certain amount after sense that if I can use the good stuff I should be able to use the crappy stuff too without another skill, but in that case there is no reason for First Aid to exist... I think that First Aid is completely redundant, medical kits being limited to the medic load out is already restriction enough.

Can first aid be removed from the skill list and existing users allowed to replace it with something else?

[Tiruin]

It makes a certain amount after sense that if I can use the good stuff I should be able to use the crappy stuff too without another skill, but in that case there is no reason for First Aid to exist... I think that First Aid is completely redundant, medical kits being limited to the medic load out is already restriction enough.

Can first aid be removed from the skill list and existing users allowed to replace it with something else?

I'd...disagree
Think of First Aid as 'that one skill you can use when your character is in between 'acting' and 'not acting'; they can patch themselves up and restore a teensy bit of stuff, and 'teensy bits' are the border between status effects and states of action (like you being bleeding out? That can be patched up with first aid, inasfar as I recall ol' WWII kits, and first-aid may also cover several differing situations wherein a kit isn't required, like someone's choking or otherwise)

[milo christiansen]

It still seems redundant to me, but honestly there really aren't that many other skills for a medic to choose, so I'll withdraw my request.

EDIT: First Aid makes perfect sense as a prerequisite for Medical Training... I'll just think of it that way.

[Twinwolf]

Winston signing on for the mission. Have some training in flying planes, but not extensive.

Spoiler: Winston Atzili (click to show/hide)

Name: Winston Atzili
Description: A tall and lanky dude with short black hair and brown eyes. Probably Jewish going off the name.
Physical: +0
Mental: +0
Life: +1 (helmet)
Stats:
Strength: +1
Will: +1
Knowledge: +1
Senses: +2

Skills:
Heavy Rifle: +3
Camouflage: +2
Demolitions: +2
Planes:+1
Traps: +1
Exotic Melee: +1 (Does this apply if we use the entrenching shovel as a weapon?)
Inventory:
Helmet (+1 Life bonus, Single Use)
First Aid Pouch (Allows First Aid)
Entrenching Tool (A folding shovel)
Ration (Restores up to -2 on physical dice)

M18 Recoilless Rifle (Risk 6, single shot, slow reload)
3 HEAT rounds
3 HE rounds
3 WP rounds
Satchel Charge (Risk 7)

[piecewise]

First, do we level up?

Second, before we leave, can I have someone attach a scope to my Gewehr?  Preferably an NPC who won't screw up.  I'm willing to trade my other german guns, or maybe some of my other equipment.  Edit: Egan said he's willing to put a scope on my Gewehr in return for my mauser, but pointed out that I don't have a spare scope.  Is that something I can requisition, or obtain by trading in my MG 15?

((That offer goes for any PCs with a relevant skill too, though I'm not paying if you break my gun.))

Spoiler: Simon Smith, Definitely Lucky Sniper (click to show/hide)

Name: Simon Smith
Description: A short and somewhat stocky man with a thick beard.  His looks are deceptive, as he's actually quite agile.
Physical: +0
Mental: +0
Life: +1
Stats:
Strength: +1
Dexterity:+2
Sense:+2
Skills:
Heavy Rifle:+3
Melee:+2
Camouflage:+2
First Aid:+1
Traps:+1
Demolitions:+1
Inventory:

• Helmet (+1 Life bonus, Single Use)
• First Aid Pouch (Allows First Aid)
• Entrenching Tool (A folding shovel)
• Ration (Restores up to -2 on physical dice)
• Scoped Springfield M1903 A4 [5/5] (5 shot, risk 5 at long range, risk 3 at medium, risk 2 at close)
• 2 springfield "magazines"
• Binoculars
• MG 15 [37/75]
• Gewehr 43 [10/10] (Risk 3)
• 2 Gewehr Magazines
• Mauser C96 [10/10

IF YOU SURVIVED, YOU GET +1 TO PUT ON ANY STAT OR SKILL. YOU ALSO GET 1 REQUISITION ORDER.

Req orders are used to get items that, like your starting gear, are refilled or replaced after every mission. You can get basically anything, but some things will cost more than one order. Time period appropriate items only, no iPhones. Items not part of your starting gear or not req'd will NOT replenish after missions. Ie anything you found. Req'd scopes or components like that will be attached for free. 

"I'm no pilot, but count me into the next mission. So are we gonna save the children, figure out the reason for the kidnappings, or kill Rosenberg? Or all the above?"

Bob signs up for the mission, and asks some folks on the Yellow Jacket if they can identify his medals and medallions, or at least read the German written on them.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Robert McKinley
Description: McKinley was about ten years old when WWI ended, and his brother returned with innumerable stories of gore and glory. Robert desired to fight for his country in the same way. There was, however, no immediate war in which he could partake. He considered himself to be one of the few to hate the Roaring Twenties. They were a time when the people wallowed in extravagance and purposely forgot the horrors, but also the sacrifices and heroism of the great war. And then came the depression. He found himself liking the depression, though of course, he didn't admit that. Mainly because it seemed like fitting retribution for the excess of the previous years. it might have also had to do with the fact that he managed to retain his job and keep up a standard of living. In any case, 1939 was a year almost of rejoicing, and after he had settled his affairs, he signed up for the battle which he had lusted for.
He's a tall, blondish man who fancies himself to have a certain rakish look. His eyes are deep set under a heavy brow, but full of disturbing light. Call him Bob.
Physical: 0
Mental:0
Life: +1
 
Stats:
Strength: +1
Dexterity: +1
Will: +1
Senses: +2
 
Skills:
Exotic Melee: +1
Machinegun +3
Pistol: +1
Car: +2
Camouflage:+1
Language: +2 (Fluent in french, small amount of Italian)
 
Inventory:
Helmet
First Aid Pouch (Allows First Aid)
Entrenching Tool (A folding shovel)
2 Rations (Restores up to -2 on physical dice)
MP-34
1x 34 round ammo box
Browning Auto Rifle (20 shot, risk 3, +1 risk for every 3 shots fired in a burst)
3 BAR magazines
M1910 pistol (9 shot, risk 2)
2 pistol magazines
1 first aid kit
1 trench knife
1 radio (Broken)
3 german medals
1 strange medallion.

The medals are a Narvik shield and a Wound badge. The medallion is something that no one on the ship has ever seen before. Its made of steel with some silver plating and looks like a wreath of some kind with a central symbol. It lacks the standard nazi swastika and instead has some sort of flowing, vaguely pinwheel and cephalopodan design.

"I'll come to that in a minute."

Is me taking First Aid and Medical Training together redundant? If so I want to switch First Aid to something else.

We should get a FAQ for these
Ok so, reference my character (Joan); she has Med Training and First Aid. First Aid is a kit given to relatively everyone every mission--it heals around +1 to Life, and has relatively 2-3 uses or such. (Unsure on 4 uses)
Medical Training uses BETTER equipment such as Medic Bags which restore more health, but are rarer. This also includes situations wherein there is medical equipment nearby, which I presume can be IMPROVISED equipment. Although that may also apply to first aid kits, since these did happen in the field at times (but with lesser effect varying on the situation). <_<

I'm wondering if I can re-spec myself that way too

piecewise, is it possible to respec our characters' skills in between missions?

Nope, not if you've already been on a mission. Start leveling the skills you want now.





Hmm. Alice will do I think.

Now, here's the deal, nice and simple. That order was sent here.



This is an airbase in Poland, in a small river valley near several towns. There are dirt roads in and out but the main way in is by plane. As you can see, its surrounded on both sides by hills. These are important. The base is too deep in enemy territory for us to get in by any method but flying, and it has several anti aircraft batteries which make trying to drop you straight onto it akin to suicide. It also has far too many soldiers to make assaulting it directly a valid strategy. It might be posssible, mind you, but it would be a slaughter even if you did manage it. And we can't just bomb the place to kingdom come because we need any information we can and bombs have a habit of destroying papers and informed soldiers. So, now we have to get creative.

The plan is this. We've got a flight of 4 bombers and a junker troop carrier we've fitted to look as much like a bomber as possible, and rigged to explode. You lot are going to be on the troop carrier, with Alice flying. We're going to make it look like a bombing raid, come in low over the hills, drop incindiary bombs around but not directly on the base. And the base is, no doubt, gonna fire back. Now, you're gonna bring the carrier round from the north east here, as part of the bombing squad.



At this point you will do two things: First, set the explosives to detonate as the plane files over the base, while Alice also aims the plane downward so that, even if the explosives fail, it will crash near by. Second, everyone will parachute out. The plan is to land yourselves here, where your descent and approach to the base will be hidden by the hills.

The plane will hit the opposite hill which, combined with the incindiary bombs, should set the entire south west area on fire. The bombers will also drop decoy chutes with fake bodies to draw even more attention in that direction. With any luck this will draw the majority of the base's forces and fire fighting crew towards that opposite hill and enable you all to get in quickly and quietly.



Once in you have three major goals.

1. Obtain any and all info you can relating to this kidnapping operation. Steal papers, abduct officers, whatever it takes.
2. Rescue any kidnapped children. We do not know if there will be any present, but we cannot rule that possiblity out.
3. We will be supplying you with 10 satchel charges, all with time fuses. Place them strategically, in areas where they will do the most damage. Armories, munitions dumps, hangers, etc. Rig them to blow soon after you leave; don't give the soldiers time to discover them.

Once you've completed your goals, get out. There's a hanger with planes, there's a road out if you can find vehicles, and if all else fails you can scurry out back into the hills and we'll get you later. Oh, but if I were you, I'd try to actually keep a radio this time. Would make picking you up a lot easier.


Questions?

[milo christiansen]

Does a traditional "How do I get out of this chicken-shit outfit?" count as a question, Sir? More importantly, how soon can we get some wounded for me to fix?

[Egan_BW]

"Uh, who actually has the radio this time?"

[Madman198237]

Well...why not.

Been lurking and watching for a while, and I'd like to shoot things and make poorly informed decisions too!

Spoiler: Robert "Bob" Davidson, Hard Case Sniper (click to show/hide)

Name: Robert Davidson ("Bob")
Description:  Small and wiry, bald-headed, with a few scars, including some fresh wounds, visible across his body. He's a coldhearted man without concern for his enemies, who regularly trains his marksmanship with anything that shoots one bullet at a time. He was transferred to the 888th after a suspected incident in which he may have abandoned his squad in order to complete the objective. However, nobody was willing to court-martial him while he was within reach of a firearm, so they transferred him.

Physical: +0

Mental: +0

Life: +1 (Helmet)

Stats:
Senses +2
Will +2
Dexterity +1

Skills:
Heavy Rifle +3
Rifle +2
Camouflage +2
Pistol +1
Language +1 (German, mostly. He learned as part of a basic course on taking prisoners.)
Interrogation +1 (Same as above)

Inventory:
Universal Equipment:
Helmet (+1 Life bonus, Single Use)
First Aid Pouch (Allows First Aid)
Entrenching Tool (A folding shovel)
Ration (Restores up to -2 on physical dice)
Scoped Springfield M1903 A4 (5 shot, risk 5 at long range, risk 3 at medium, risk 2 at close)
2 springfield magazines
Binoculars

[PaPaj]

"Don't look at me,i didn't bring one"

Spoiler: Joe Polnik (click to show/hide)

Name: Joe Polnik
Description: A American-Polish man who is around 24,fair skin,brown eyes,short brown hair

Physical 0
Mental 0
Life 0

Stats:
Speed +3
Dexterity +2

Skills:
Shotgun +3
Melee +2

Inventory:
Helmet (+1 Life bonus, Single Use)
First Aid Pouch (Allows First Aid)
Entrenching Tool (A folding shovel)
Ration (Restores up to -2 on physical dice)

Winchester model 12 Shotgun (6 shot, 6 risk at close range, 2 at longer range)
18 shotgun shells
Trench Knife (risk 3)

[milo christiansen]

Radio? I don't need a radio, I just need somebody to hurry up and get shot. I was told this outfit needed a medic, but I haven't had a thing to do since I arrived.

Spoiler: Smith, lean mean healing machine. (click to show/hide)

Name:
Description:
Physical: 0
Mental: 0
Life: +1
Stats: Speed(3), Will(1), Dexterity(1)
Skills: Medical Training(3), First Aid(2), Submachine Gun(2), Pistol(1), Mechanic(1), Car(1)

Inventory:
Helmet (+1 Life bonus, Single Use)
First Aid Pouch (Allows First Aid)
Entrenching Tool (A folding shovel)
Ration (Restores up to -2 on physical dice)
Medic’s Bag (restores up to -3 on life dice)
M1910 pistol (9 shot, risk 2)
2 pistol magazines

Smith came to the 888th because he wanted more carnage to fix. Normal units are simply too boring. Smith won't tell anyone if "Smith" is his first or last name, and his officers don't care enough to look it up in his records. As far as appearance goes Smith is remarkably ordinary. So ordinary that in any group he practically disappears.

[PaPaj]

"I probebly will get shot, maybe, i am fifty percent sure that i might get shot"

[NRDL]

"This should be fun."

Spoiler: Joe Nix (click to show/hide)

Name: Joe Nix
Description: A tall, almost ape-like man with a completely shaved head, Nix has always been something of an oddball. Always cheerful when with company he finds pleasant, when its time to get serious, it's as if a monster enters his visage, and he develops a rather disturbing tunnel vision when it comes to finishing the mission.
Physical: None
Mental: None
Life:
Stats: Strength +2, Will +2, Knowledge +1
Skills:
- Flamethrower +3
- Hand to hand +3
- First Aid +2
- Interrogation +1
- Melee +1
- Traps +1

Inventory:

Helmet (+1 Life bonus, Single Use)
Entrenching Tool (A folding shovel)
Flamethrower (Risk 8, expands to fill rooms)
Flamethrower Tank (5 shots)

Added +1 to hand to hand skill.