Let's not fuck about with this. 300 caps, right? You say, raising your hands. Rotface looks displeased with what you're doing, while Blitz likely already gets what you're going to do. It's practically your signature move, at this point. Ahh, the wonders of a sawed-off.
Make it 400! You got that robot, don't ya? Their leader calls out. He's already lowering his gun, at least, but he's still pointing it in your direction. Awful trigger discipline, too.
...Alright. Fine. With the caps ready, you step forward. As you expected, the leader smugly steps over to take the caps, and doesn't even pay mind to how your hand is already down. Just as he stretches out his hand, you drop the sack of caps and take his stretched out hand. You pull him forward, and knee him in the groin. (STR:16). The surprise attack causes him to fire a shit into the road, and Blitz is already firing off her pistol while Rotface is making a leap of faith to avoid any bullets. An automatic rifle starts going off close to you, and you pull the raider leader in front of you to stop any errand bullets from hitting your flesh. You find the woman firing the automatic pretty fast, considering that his aim is utterly abysmal and that she enjoys shouting as she shoots. Doesn't even aim down her sights...
Fucking amateurs.
Suddenly, the man you're holding jerks his head back against your face, causing you to recoil away from him. He still has to cock the hammer on his revolver, however, so you win the quickdraw duel that follows with a quick blast from your shotgun. He goes flying back, screaming in pain as his arm just about explodes. He's still screaming as you blast the screaming woman away, though you're distracted when one of the melee goons closes in on you. Wielding a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire, he goes in for a swing. You noticed just in time, but if he had an ever so slightly faster weapon than a slow to swing baseball bat, you would have been in deep trouble. As it stands, however, your only problem is that you don't have any shells remaining in your sawedoff. You're about to try and grab the bat, rather than dropping your defences to draw a gun. You try to wait out the swing, to try and catch it, but your opponent is quicker than that! She jabs you with the tip of her bat, knocking the air out of you and sending you back. Just as she's about to club your head in, you hear some more gunshots. Three shots from the side, and baseball bat is down for the count.
Shit! You swear as you come to your senses again. Apart from a bloody nose, you came out of this unscathed. All thanks to Blitz.
You can see that the other goon with the melee weapon (a golf club, of all things) lying dead in front of Rotface. There's not much left of the head, clearly riddled with bullets.
Those were my last rounds. Damn it all...You have some more back at camp, right?Sure. As long as you smoothskins don't need more help from me, we'll be fucking peachy. Watch the fucking swears, asshole, we have a kid with us.Blitz giggles at your comment. You give the best shit-eating smirk you can muster, but Rotface doesn't seem to be in the mood for jokes. Yeah, he's still a bit nettled, alright.
The raiders didn't have anything interesting on them. Hell, the guy with the .357 didn't even have extra ammo on him. Three rounds, and that's it. The one with the automatic had one more magazine on her, though, and it fits Rotface's gun. They didn't have two caps to rub together, though considering they were robbing people on the road with no ammo and two makeshift clubs, that shouldn't be a surprise. You do steal their clothing, though. None of them had armor worth a damn, but you were in need of an intact shirt. The leader had one in your size, even!
The fabric isn't very comfy, but it's better than bandages and the ruined remains of a shirt. (+1 DT)
At any rate, the encounter didn't mean much. You recollect your caps off the ground, and reach the quarry just a little while later. The hole in the ground looms in the distance, and you can tell your group has been making some adjustments. For starters, they started planting pikes in the ground, and they're sharp on two ends. That isn't very special by itself, if it wasn't for the fact that on a few of those pikes one can also see a head. Several of the formely white(ish) rocks have been painted red. You doubt that it's paint, but most of what it says seems to be a tad mean-spirited. Nobody seems to be around, at first, but you can't take more than two steps inside the shade of the quarry before you hear a thump from behind you.
A masked man, wielding knuckles and looking really big and really mean.
Sup, Shaky. You say, giving a nod to the disguised man. The shape is taken aback for a moment, before he tears off his mask. Yep, that's Shaky alright.
Hah! I t-thought you d-died! He says, sounding rather happy to see you. Especially Blitz. Of course, his expression quickly turns to confusion.
Hold up... Where's Crackle?He... didn't make it. Flamethrower blew up. You say. Tactically leaving out the exact way he died. Blitz is looking ashamed as you mention it, and you hope she doesn't say it. Of course, she's not the main risk, here.
...Yeah. Surrounded by a bunch of mutant savages. They got all of us pretty good, but there was a doctor.Ahh, shit. Sorry, man. I knew you were close to him. What's this I hear about casualties!? You hear Ellis' voice from the side, behind a rock.
Well, hi Ellis. Save it. Where the fuck is Crackle?He's dead, boss. Flamethrower malfunction. We barely made it out alive.Ellis scowls at you in disgust.
Of course you did. Is this how you lead your men, Diaz? You all look like shit, and what did you even fucking get out of it!? Don't tell me that fucking robot was the prize!?You dump your sack of caps on the floor, causing it to spill. And then, you remove the backpack and gingerly place it on the ground, showing off the egg.
I also got us allies; a free spot to work at, which is where i fixed up the robot; and a store with weapons that have re-usable ammo. You stare him right in the eyes as you go through it. He doesn't seem affected.
Was it worth Crackle?It was worth the risk. Like a bolt from the blue, another voice comes forward. Tenderloin is strolling in, from even farther back. Behind her, you can see Whisper and... some guy? He's new, but you recognize him from somewhere.
HEY! WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU FAGGOTS TALKING ABOUT!? She screams.
Mh. Don't mind her, she found some psycho a little while ago. Shaky carefully says.
Mind your tone, you junkie.Mind your FACE, "Boss". Ohhh, shit! Chief! Where the fuck have you been?Around. Got some good loot. Looks like you're up and running again.Breathing still hurts like a MOTHERFUCKER. But fuck it, I'm not gonna lie down with a thumb up my ass all day.How much psycho did you take?Fuck you. Nice, good talk.Tenderloin swaggers over, and kneels down next to Blitz.
Heyyy, how's my favorite little ragamuffin? Killed anything cool?Mutants. Fuckin' A! Give 'er here! She raises up her fist, and Blitz was with it enough to make the bump.
Well, that's a nice reunion. What do you do next? You could talk strategy, meet up with everybody more extensively, hear if there's any problems. Maybe you could check around the quarry, see what else is new?
Statistics and inventory.
Combat Stats
HP: 150/215
Limb health: Perfect
Weapons: .357 revolver (Four shots) (requires 0.3 second to fire, 0.7 to cock the hammer for the next shot) (reloading takes 0.7 seconds per bullet) (Can be "aimed" for a bonus to hit and allowing you to hit specific parts of the body) (Loses accuracy beyond 10 meters, by 5 percent per meter) (60 percent chance to hit, not modified for range) (does 36 damage)
Sawed-off 12gauge (2 shots) (requires 0.2 seconds to fire) (Reloading takes 2,5 seconds) (Cannot be aimed with precision, but you can still get a bonus to hit if you take care to aim) (Loses DAMAGE, not chance to hit, beyond three meters. 10 dmg per meter) (Does 70 damage) (70 percent chance to hit
9mm pistol (kind of alright) (12 bullets remaining) Requires 0.2 seconds to fire. (Reloading takes 1.5 seconds) (Can be aimed to a specific body part) (Loses accuracy beyond 12 meters) (70 percent chance to hit, not modified for range) (15 DMG)
Varmint Rifle (5 shots) (Requires 0,3 second to fire) (Reloading takes 3 seconds) (Can be aimed with extreme precision) (Effective range is 60 meters, Loses accuracy at 1 percent per meter beyond that) (Does 28 damage per shot) (80 percent chance to hit)
Grenades
Ammo:
1612-gauge shotgun shells
4 20-gauge shotgun shells
60 9mm bullets
11 .22 rounds
Inventory
Box.
Eight empty water bottles
Awkward backpack
Two doses of Jet
Seven leather arm scraps
1 Med-X
3 stimpaks
70 energy cells (relative charge, there's five actual cells)
30 microfusion cells (only one cell remaining)
70 caps
Emergency Shank (unequipped, takes 0.3 seconds to take out. 0.5 seconds to stab something)
Sack of legion gold.
924 caps
Viable deathclaw egg (plus backpack)
Super tool kit
Crowbar
S.P.E.C.I.A.L.
STRENGTH 7
PERCEPTION 5
ENDURANCE 6
CHARISMA 7
INTELLIGENCE 4
AGILITY 5
LUCK 6
Barter: 40
Energy Weapons: 15
Explosives: 15
Guns:45
Lockpick: 31
Medicine:20
Melee weapons: 19
Repair: 35
Science: 13
Sneak:35
Speech:30
Survival: 30
Unarmed: 19
PerksLevel-up perks
Iron Stomach: Your extended life as an outcast left you with a strong stomach. Radiation and general filth does not affect you nearly as much
Weird Wasteland: Maybe it's that blow to the head, but things seem a little more loopy and funny. Some things seem to happen that shouldn't. Well, it's nothing bad, at least.
Cold as Ice: You're not exactly the pinnacle of romance, and why would you be? You easily see through people trying to manipulate you, but you suffer a -15 to all convincing checks.
Big Dog: Stature doesn't matter when you can bark like a true master. Whenever you need to incentivise a collection of people towards violence, you gain +15 to it (note: this is both a convincing check and a BUFF check. People love some motivation!). Also, you have some new dialogue to reflect this big dog 'tude.
On the move!:You suffer much less for moving and shooting at the same time. Accuracy loss is reduced by 75%.
Hand loader: You figured out how to make hand loads, meaning you are able to make your own bullets and have them be better than normal bullets. Also gives a boost to gun maintenance (+5)
Tanooki Perks
Furious Loyalty: Whenever somebody you value is in trouble, you gain +10 to all rolls related to saving them
Party membersTenderloin: Wields two machetes.
Heavy Machetes: Onehanded. Takes 0.2 seconds to swing from a readied position, almost a full second to swing again. Does 25 damage on a successful strike. Dual-wielding allows for attacks to be twice as fast, although the basic swing will not speed up.
10mm submachine gun. (0 shots, empty magazine!) (fully automatic, fires at 15 rounds per second.)(reloading takes 4 seconds (Insufficient Guns skill!)) (can be aimed with precision) (burst causes 5 rolls to be done for damage, with an accuracy debuff of 2 percent per shot) (Effective range is 14 meters, loses acc by 5 percent per meter beyond that) (15 dmg per shot) (70 percent base chance to hit.)
Status: Healthy.
Blitz:
Plasma defender. "Magazine" is 15 shots (15 shots max) (30 energy cell charge per 15 shots) (reloading takes 3 seconds) (effective range is 30 meters, 10 percent less acc per meter beyond that) (does 45 damage per shot) (60 percent chance to hit)
9mm pistol. Magazine is 12 bullets. 13 with the chambered round. (empty)
Silenced 10mm pistol (0 shots, 13 max with the chambered round) (requires 0.2 seconds to fire, ) (reload time is 3 seconds) (effective range is 40 meters, loses accuracy at 5 percent per meter beyond that) (Does 22 damage per shot) (70 percent chance to hit)
Varmint Rifle (5 shots) (Requires 1 second to fire) (Reloading takes 7 seconds) (Can be aimed with extreme precision) (Effective range is 60 meters, Loses accuracy at 1 percent per meter beyond that) (Does 28 damage per shot) (80 percent chance to hit) (Blitz' chance is 70 percent)
Status: Healthy.
Dog
Teeth: Shiny white things in its mouth.
Status: Healthy
Cheese Pizza
Protectron (holds most of your stuff)
Weapon: NaN, no combot protocol.
Quest log
Revenge!
1 Gather a posse.
2 Bleed the town
Addiction status: You're shaking pretty bad. This will affect you.