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[Kakaluncha]

"Aye, fella. If you are reading this, then congratulations, you have been contacted by the Resistance. Yes, the organization that "President" Cupper has deemed as violent anarchists that want to tear your whole way of living into nothing.

Obviously, you are receiving this letter, because if you were to talk about Cupper in private, you would use a word that isn't President to describe him. Tyrant. Dictator.

Are you feeling the adrenaline coarsing through your veins yet? That's right, you are something more than what they have deemed you.

Don't get any funny ideas, you will now answer only to us. You are a tool, but the difference between the Government and us, is that you are a tool which will have an actual purpose. Be obedient, and you will earn our trust. Otherwise, things may get bad for you.

And one last piece of advice. Trust no one. Don't trust your coworkers. Don't trust your family. Don't trust you colleagues in the Resistance. Don't trust the Government. Don't trust yourself. Only trust in the Revolution."


And hey! I'm back in track for the foreseeable future!

I'm confused. What exactly is this game?

This is a RTD located in an Original setting, focused on a resistance cell against the oppressive government of President Cupper. The RTD will be spy-like, with individual missions assigned to the players. The ultimate objective of this game is to change the established status quo.

Kakaluncha, I still don't understand the setting...

Spoiler: If you are interested in the setting, read this! (click to show/hide)

All of you are located in the Alandrinian Directorate, under the tyrannical government of President Cupper, but with a twist! This is a Steampunk world, where steam power became the Standard power source. Technology is in some aspects similar to our world, but different in others.
 
The cities are practically identical to the Industrial Revolution, with miserable houses and factories occupying the outer sections, while the center is for the ruling aristocracy and corporate leaders.

Meanwhile, the streets are under the constant watch of peacekeeping forces, better armed, defended and trained than the average civilian. These peacekeepers were children in orphanages, indoctrinated into killing without remorse and efficiently. They are designated as Strikers.

President Cupper also has the Eyes, a terrifying secret police force that deals with more subtlety than the Strikers, but they get more results. Their torture methods are so inhumane that they can extract any truth they desire from their prisoners, even if it's fake. And usually, those that fall under the watch of the eyes disappear from all record, as well as all those that want to remember the victim.

There's a constant need for explotation (explotation of the masses, resources, environment). That's why places like the mines of Gondria, the Lumberjack Camps of Dakbar, and the Vegania Dam terrify the populace, as 30% of the new workers die in the first month.

All of you players are located in the Capital City of Alandria, Forsika, where the majority of the government facilities are located, but this is an open world game.

Regarding the nations surrounding the Alandrinian Directorate...Well, the population only knows that they are inferior and weaker states that fear Alandrinian might, so no one except the elite knows about the current geopolitics.

Okay, how does one play?

Each day will be composed of three turns, morning, afternoon and nighttime. You guys can do three actions per day turn, while two actions during night turn, while stating which stat you will be using for the action, and then I'll add a d20 plus bonuses. Depending on what you do, you'll either raise or lower Government Trust, or alternatively, raise or lower Resistance Trust.

Resistance leaders will assign you missions which you have to accomplish, with some being having more free will, while others might be more close minded. This missions will be send by PM. Once you have finished the mission, PM me in character, and a new mission will be assigned to you.

You can also request an assembly every few days, which would be an encounter with the rest of the players, where you can discuss in character anything you want.

Character Creation?

Ah, yes! Here's the first half:

Name:
Age:
Sex:
Current job (if any):
Current Relationships (if any):
Physical Description:
Backstory: [Has to match Current Job (if any), Relationships (if any), and must explain why the Resistance contacted you]

Oh, you can have any job you want, except the Alandrinian elite that governs the country, but you get the idea.

Now stats, which will be very important for actions, as they will give you bonuses. With a max of 30 points, you will have to assign as much points as you want, taking into account that every two points equals a +1!  Also, you can only have a maximum of 12 points for an individual stat!

Strength:
Intelligence:
Wisdom:
Dexterity:
Constitution:
Charisma:

One last thing before finishing up. Your actions will determine the future of Alandria, and it's people. Everything that you do, will have grander consequences, and may change the fate of this world. And remember these two things....

Trust no one ...

And have fun!

Spoiler: TL;DR of the Mechanics (click to show/hide)

-3 turns = 1 day
  •2 turns = morning and afternoon (3 actions max each
                                                                turn)
  •1 turn = night (2 actions max during this turn)

-Resistance and Government Trust: Basically you have no way of knowing about this. Higher Resistance Trust means more important missions, but less acceptance of failure, while Higher Government Trust equals to less likelihood of getting caught.

-Every mission will be secretly assigned through a PM, but if your character knows another player character, you can talk through PM's and discuss  things IC (ex: this mission might be too amoral, the Eyes are after me, etc...)

Also, ask any questions you might have.

[Kakaluncha]

Members of the Forsika Rebel Cell

Spoiler: Burt Smith (click to show/hide)

"Burt Smith is a middle-aged man, with his most remarkable physical features being his balding hair, and his moustache. He has been homeless for several years now"
"And what marks him aside from the rest of homeless people that manage to avoid dying in the streets?"
"Apparently this one worked at a chemical plant, but was removed due to "violent verbal opposition to Alandrian cooperation"."
" Chemist. That's a useful trait. Anything that can be used against him?"
"His family is dead. We couldn't find any archives about them."

Spoiler: Sally Groves (click to show/hide)

"Sally Groves. Female. She is in her thirties. Remarkable physical features? Blonde, pale, and green eyed."
"What about her?"
"She is botanist with a small shop in Abbingten Street, 30. Despite having been open for three years, she doesn't get many clients. She's also been harrased several times by corporate funded militias, since her shop blocks possible industrial expansions."
"A botanist, huh? In Forsika? I thought they were all integrated into the Ministries of Agriculture"
"Some independent business managed to survive, and her seems to be one of those. Extremely knowledgeable about several plant uses."
" Fair enough. Anything that can be used against her?
"Our contacts in the Ministries of Demographics haven't discovered any family connections."

Spoiler: "Liza" (click to show/hide)

"'Liza' is what one would consider, ah, an old acquaintance, even though she isn't old, and only acquaintanced with a small part of this Cell."
"Remini still an asset, and we should treat her as such."
"Of course. Regarding remarkable physical features..."
"Short blonde hair, a dirty skin, small, and grey eyes. Just like her mother's."
"Like you said, Andler, she's an asset and should be treated as one. Let's restart the recording, and this time, let's be professional."

Spoiler: Burt Benedict (click to show/hide)

"So. Burt Benedict."

"Burt Benedict"

"Another victim of Respierie's system. Who, quite expectedly, decided to bite back. Sadly, he did bite more than he could ever chew."

"Until our contact found him."

"That's true, until our contact found him. I would say, despite all, he was actually quite lucky. He could have ended in a Striker camp if it hadn't been for Kiruck and his whole scandal."

"Aside from his Darculean strength, what is his most prominent strength and weaknesses?"

"He is extremely grateful to us, and wants nothing but to repay the debt. No familial ties remaining. On the other hand, him and the system have already crossed paths, and we both know Alandrian justice doesn't believe in second chances.

Spoiler: Gerardus Mercator (click to show/hide)

"Gerardus Mercator. 24 years old. His most remarkable physical features are his slightly above average height, and his pointed chin."
"Anything out of the ordinary?"
"His file doesn't seem to reveal anything remarkable. Gerardus average young worker trying to manage a living after the Directorate took away his family. His jobs usually consist of part-time labour."

"So, what you are saying is, he has no love towards the established system, has no concrete, and his family may be dead for all we care. Is that right?"

"Indeed."

"Those ones are the most useful. Everything to gain and nothing to lose.

[King Zultan]

I guess I'll be the first since no one else has posted yet.

Name: Burt Smith
Age: 38
Sex: Male
Current job (if any): Homeless
Current Relationships (if any): No friends, and family is dead
Physical Description: A balding man with a mustache
Backstory: A former chemist that was fired to do not getting along with anyone, spent the last few months homeless, when the resistance contacted him not because of his past but because they were talking to all the other homeless people, him being a chemist was a added bonus.

STATS
Strength: 4
Intelligence: 8
Wisdom: 7
Dexterity: 4
Constitution: 3
Charisma: 4

[Naturegirl1999]

Name: Sally Groves
Age: 30
Sex: Female
Current job (if any): Botanist
Current Relationships (if any):
Physical Description: Long blonde hair, pale, green eyes
Backstory: I work as a botanist, been doing so for 3 years. The resistance contacted me because they need someone who knows which plants are edible, which are toxic, etc. I think they picked me since I didn’t talk with anyone, and therefore since no one knows me, no one would notice any changes that might occur

Strength: 2 (4 points)
Intelligence: 3 (6 points)
Wisdom: 3 (6 points)
Dexterity: 2 (4 points)
Constitution: 3 (6 points)
Charisma: 2 (4 points)

[TricMagic]

Name: Liza(Remini va le Steam)
Age: 15
Sex: Female
Current job (if any): Thief/Engineer
Current Relationships (if any): Theodore va le Steam(Father, Deceased), Elizabeth va le Steam(Mother, Deceased), Valt va le Steam(Elder Brother, Deceased), Vale Steamworks Inc.(Outcast, Rightful Owner, Currently owned by Duke Mon Aesir.)
Physical Description: A young girl with dirty if fair skin, short cut blonde-ish golden hair, and a lithe body, being 5'2 with gray eyes.
Backstory: Remini va le Steam was born to an aristocratic family who were the founders of a Steam Company that revolutionized the world back in the day. However, while politically they were powerful, there were those who disliked having such a powerful company under the control of one who did not kowtow to the the President's every whim. Come one day, the President's Eyes, staged an assassination, a robbery gone wrong performed by commoners is how it was portrayed. Control of Vale Steamworks Inc. passed to the Duke who had orchestrated the event with whispered words of the Va le Steam family funding a Resistance. On that day, her family was murdered, Remini va le Steam barely escaping through secret tunnels.

Now a low-paid engineer who fixes things, and at times steals from the government, the genius of the Steam family only has her left to it. The Resistance have long since gifted her with the knowledge and connections to survive, and she occasionally performs work for them on the latest technologies the Directorate happens to make. Of course, the Directorate does know of her survival, if not where she is, so she needs to be vigilant in her actions in the hopes of avenging her family one day. And avoiding the orphanages..


Strength: 2[+1 to roll]
Intelligence: 12[+6 to roll]
Wisdom: 6[+3 to roll]
Dexterity: 4[+2 to roll]
Constitution: 2[+1 to roll]
Charisma: 6[+3 to roll]

[Naturegirl1999]

Do we PM our actions?

[Kakaluncha]

Do we PM our actions?

No need to, Naturegirl, I was just waiting for TripMagic backstory. Once I have sent him his secret mission, we will begin.

[Kakaluncha]

After hours of darkness, where intrigue has reigned, the city of Forsika slowly gains life. As soon as the first beams of light start to shine, Strikers start their maritime patrols, while workers leave their beds and travel to their respective factories, or workplaces, and in some casea, if they are lucky, their own individual stores. The unlucky ones will have to spend 16 hours working non-stop in miserable conditions, to win miserable salaries and return to their miserable lives once they finish.

And it's with these first beams of light that individuals with a new purpose in their lives raise from their beds, ready to face any challenge.

(One last piece of advice. You don't have to solve a mission in a day, unless it's necessary. Sometimes, planning will give you better results, and less likelihood of failure.

The game begins... NOW!

[Naturegirl1999]

Check where the nearest greenhouse is to my shop
Stat used: Wisdom

[TricMagic]

Prepare my plan and the disguise needed. Wig, glasses, platform shoes for a bit of height
Stat: Intelligence

Courier. I'll need to forge some papers, reroute a package, and then successfully find the blueprints and memorize them.

Other than that, time to see what people need to have fixed today. Things are always breaking down.

[King Zultan]

Search abandoned factories for chemicals that could be used in the creation of explosives and items that could aid in process in the creation of said explosives.
Stat: Intelligence

[Kakaluncha]

DAY 1:

Morning

Sally Groves
((Maybe intelligence applies better, but the concept still works, since Wisdom can be used for perception))

Finding a Greenhouse: 8 +3 (Wisdom), Location: 2

Sally spends the entire morning researching about the location of the nearest greenhouse, and luckily, she doesn't get any clients, so she is free to study. It takes time, since the location of Greenhouse isn't something known to the public, solely relegated to workers and functionaries if that sector.

Luckily, she eventually makes a breakthrough, and by the time the sun is high, she has discovered one of the houses that provide food to Forsika. But by no means it's an easy travel.

First, she would have to take a train towards Garnerfield, a three hour travel. After that, she would walk around Mount Hesperis, which would take several hours as well, and then, and only then, she would finally be in the vicinity of the greenhouse. That's without taking into account any Strikers, Guards or Corporate Militias that she may find on the way.

On the other hand, Sally sees that she can go the other way around Mount Hesperis, and cross the River Blackburn, a river where Garnerfield factories and houses throw all their trash, toxic residues, and defecations. It would be faster, but certainly riskier.

Liza

Preparing the Plan: 11 +6 (Intelligence) Disguise: 19

Remini spends the morning brainstorming ideas for a successful plan. It doesn't take long before Remini picks the one that's the likeliest to succeed.

And then comes the disguise, and holy Anthony, when she looks at her own cracked reflection, she nearly doesn't recognize herself. She gives the impression to be in her early twenties, and gives the absolute impression of the average secretary of a Ministry. Remini even tried the accent that those in the rich zones have, but after all these years, she has lost the smooth highs for some rough ones. Unless someone were to be extremely sensible linguistically, she's likely to be ignored.

The plan is to infiltrate the building as if she were to have an appointment, and the moment she's isn't looked upon, escape vigilance, and change her attire and wig for different ones. Once that is done, Remini plans on acting like she's a secretary from the Ministry itself, and find the blueprints and leave through the front door, leaving a lot of bureocrats very confused.

How many and how important are the repairs: s6=1, d4=4, d20=10, 12

Surprisingly, this morning is a lazy one, and only four local clients come by, requesting help with things like malfunctioning heaters, pipes, and a few cuckoo clocks. Nothing Liza can't fix.

Burt Smith

Finding abandoned factories:: 5 +4(Intelligence), Finding chemicals: 5, Finding Items: 13

Poor Burt spends the entire morning looking for a single abandoned chemical factory, and somehow, he either can't find them, or they are too well guarded for sneaking inside. Eventually, Burt manages to infiltrate an old chemical factory that is being remodeled into a textile one.

Sadly, it seems that the new owners have already removed all chemicals, but what catches Burt's eyes is the amount of trash that could be used to create the explosives. Bottle, cans, hammer, ripped clothes...

To the average Alandrian citizen, this may seem as nothing but waste that should be used to fuel heaters, but any experienced Alandrian homeless knows that even the smallest amounts of trash may be enough to survive the night. In this case, all that trash might be enough to fulfill the ordered job.

Detection Rolls:

•Sally Groves: 31 -80 (Low Government Suspicion) -15(Inside her shop) = Undetected by Strikers or Corporate Militias.

•Remini va le Steam: 1 -80 (Low Government Suspicion) -20 (Expert in Hiding) = Undetected by Strikers

•Burt Smith: 56 -70 (Low Government Suspicion) -5 (Homeless) = Undetected by Strikers or Guards

Spoiler: Some thoughts about the mechanics (click to show/hide)

 You can choose which stat you want to apply the action, but it won't always be necessary to use them. Maybe it's better to only use one stat for turn?

[King Zultan]

Since the factories were a crap shoot Burt decided to instead to try searching the garbage filled alleyways of the city for any chemical that could be used in explosives or accelerants for fire bombs, and also materials that could be used as fuses.
Stat: Inelegance

[TricMagic]

Spend some time plotting my entry and potential exit paths to throw off any watchers for after the plan.
Stat: INT

Other than that and my repair jobs, nothing urgent is left to do today. I'll practice my Memorization skills before bed, then get a nice long rest for the day tommorow.

[Naturegirl1999]

Try figuring out the schedule for the Garnerfield train(Intelligence)

If the train leaves for Garnerfield this afternoon, get on it without drawing suspicion(Charisma)

Make sure I’m not followed by the guards/strikers as I head for the train(Dexterity?)