Fallout: Prelude: Radioactive Dysentery on the Oregon Trail

[Halna LeGavilk]

"More innocent then they are now." Nick laughed, short and bitter. "At leas then they had clean food and water. They may have had the threat of armaggedon hanging over them, but they didn't have to sweat the little stuff." Nick sighed and walked over to a seat. He sat down, and slumped over. "Something to drink, Doohan?"

[paladin_carvin]

"Did you hear the news over the wire? The techies over at Wrightville should have been all over it. DC just got a huge water purifier installed. Apparently it's hooked right into the damn river- believe that? I don't really expect much of that water to ever reach here... I mean, it took 4 weeks for the message to get here, I don't want to know how long something on Brahman back would take."Doohan placed a cold, perspiring nuka-cola on the bar. "Your regular, aye? 15 caps."

[Halna LeGavilk]

Nick put the caps on the counter, took a swig of the Nuka-Cola, and immediately brightened up. "So maybe we'll get some semblance of civilization in these lands. Do you know who got it up and running?"

[paladin_carvin]

"Well, I know the Brotherhood was involved it seems that wasn't the full story. Something about a 'Lone Wanderer'. Sounds like another Wasteland myth to me. I do know they used some kinda huge robot. That's pretty exciting in my book."

[Frosty]

ooc - I still don't quite get exactly how this part works

Feature:Slave- Forced Profession
Years of slavery means years of doing something, like it or not. Pick one skill that isn't part of your job. You gain a Lore bonus worth of skills in it and an emphasis.

but I'm going to rp that as she's at least somewhat competent in a skill not relating to being a female slave. For now let's say she was also taught the basics of computer usage and hacking.

Miyuki's ears perk up some more at the mention of actual clean water...in the actual here and now! Well...in the Now anyways...since the water is in DC and not here. She jumps up and down, excited, causing her terry-cloth robe to partially fall off, showing exactly how badly she needs clothes. "Nick, you gotta make a trip up there and take me with you! Maybe like, we can learn the techni-thingamajigs like plans and stuff so we could build our own puree-fyger for this place."

[paladin_carvin]

"Whoa whoa whoa there Lassy. That be a three week trip at best! That information might come this way though. But Ah hear that the Brotherhood here don't get along too well with the one in DC, so I dunno how long that'll be."

[Halna LeGavilk]

Nick shrugged. "I dunno. The Brotherhood up there is supposed to be pretty friendly to Wastelanders and Travelers, right? She may have a point. At the very least, it'd be good for my business."

[paladin_carvin]

"Getting fresh water, that's one thing lad; learning how to get it is another. They had to fight them 'phantoms'... the uh, Enclave. Or so they say. I still haven't ever seen any of these boys. It would be mighty suspicious if you just showed up an' started askin' questions, though." He rubbed his grizzled chin. "Aye, but if you were awful keen you might still get the information..."

[Halna LeGavilk]

Nick smiled. "I'm an awfully keen boy, ain't I? I bet I could do it."

[paladin_carvin]

"Aye, that you are. Alright, but you either need to try and talk with tha Brotherhood here or find a way to get there. That, of course, probably means gettin' hold of some air transportation. Ya should take that Dalin fellow with you, either way. He's pretty useful if not a bit... ah, crazy."

[Halna LeGavilk]

Nick cocked his head to the side. "Dalin?"

[DMBlackhart]

Dalin


Waltzing through the door once more is the middle aged man garb in lab robes. Unlike when he first entered, there are now blood stains on his robes, and he is holding his shotgun across his shoulder.

Argh... Where the hell...

The man seems to be mumbling to himself. Something about losing something. (Possibly his mind)

Within seconds he finds a small metal cylinder under the counter where he first came in. Aha! damned thing. Dalin then pockets this little bit of scrap metal.

Dalin then makes for the door once more, but quickly turns on his heels.

*Turning to Dohan the bartender*
Oh, before I forget, you might want to break out the good foods and drinks. Sounds like there is a small army worth of customers comming this way. *Tilting his head to one side*

Think they might be wealthy too. I heard their copters about a mile back.

Dalin then walks out of the building.

[Halna LeGavilk]

Nick raised an eyebrow. "Dalin?"

[paladin_carvin]

"Ach, I'm afraid so. Not one for manners I'm afraid. But his warning is important. No one travels by 'copter 'cause they are rich. It's probably Huey. I'd get your guns ready, we're probably about to be raided."

[Halna LeGavilk]

Nick sighed. "Fantastic." He unslung his shotgun, cocked it, and waited.

[paladin_carvin]

You start to hear the helicopter yourself. It's loud and powerful; more than your usual copter.

Everyone roll detect[hearing] vs 30

((This is done as such: First, if you want to declare any tricks for greater info, do so now. Then, roll 10d10. Then, pick out x dice and add them together (x=your perception) and add your ranks in detect (if you have 27 points in detect, add 2). You succeed if you can get a number above 30. If you can get 30 or within 2 of it, you hit the BE and get free tricks. If you guys succeed, I'll tell you the next part.))

[Halna LeGavilk]

[roll]1d10[/roll]
[roll]1d10[/roll]
[roll]1d10[/roll]
[roll]1d10[/roll]
[roll]1d10[/roll]
[roll]1d10[/roll]
[roll]1d10[/roll]
[roll]1d10[/roll]
[roll]1d10[/roll]
[roll]1d10[/roll]
Let's see.

[Halna LeGavilk]

(1d10)[8]
(1d10)[1]
(1d10)[7]
(1d10)[4]
(1d10)[10]
(1d10)[1]
(1d10)[1]
(1d10)[9]
(1d10)[6]
(1d10)[8]

Alright. Now lets try it.

[Frosty]

Miyuki doesn't actually have her gun with her at the moment. All she has a small, almost invisible piano wire. She looks a bit scared.

-ooc- I'm still doing my stats. My default skills gave no ranks in detect so I'd just roll 10 keep 2 right? Does me having luck 3 affect anything?

(10d10)[8][10][7][2][4][2][7][1][4][9](54)

Keeping the two highest dice gives me a 19.

btw, how is Lore calculated? Is it 10 + Int*3? And then a flat +3 if you have the Educated Perk? The way you wrote it before is very confusing.

[DMBlackhart]

14 on the bottom. (6+7+1) (Also I haven't updated my sheet for XP expenditure, but I am sure I dident have any tricks that supported perception. So I will finish updating it today (hopfully) )

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* post roll count doesn't match database

[DMBlackhart]

[ As for the above. I rolled a 100d10s by mistake. (10d10x10.) And apparently editing it screws up the rolls. ]

(1d10)[1]

(1d10)[5]

(1d10)[1]

(1d10)[6]

(1d10)[7]

(1d10)[3]

(1d10)[2]

(1d10)[1]

(1d10)[2]

(1d10)[5]

[DMBlackhart]

We waiting on some(one/thing) ?(question mark)