As for background, the first adventure is going to begin in Doc's,
a farm and Brahmin ranch. Doc's is run by James "Doc" Gibbon
and his wife Shiela. They get workers for the ranch by acting as an
orphanage. There are people of all ages at the ranch, some small children and
some adults who have chosen to stay.
Doc's is about twenty miles away from the nearest city, Brownstone.
Brownstone sends a trader twice a month to Doc's to trade city
goods for meat and other foods.
No player races other than human will be allowed. This campaign will be set around the time of Fallout 1, and this is well before the time when ghouls and mutant have any chance of walking among humans.
You can make your character have any kind of personality or skills you like. You don't get any skill points to allocate at the beginning, just the ability to tag skills which reflects natural aptitude more than intensive training. So if you want to tag Energy Weapons, that's fine. Just remember, you may not get a chance to use that skill anytime soon.
Your character’s background should involve a description of
their personality, physical description, age, and sex. Your back-story can be
as detailed or vague as you like, as long as it somehow incorporates how they
came to be at the ranch. I'd prefer that most of the players have a history
that indicates they grew up at the ranch, but one or two can be from outside if
they prefer.
Each character begins the game with 1000 bottle caps
(money). You also have the essentials
of living: basic clothing, a bag or backpack, and enough food for a week free
of charge. Feel free to equip your
character with anything in the manual they can afford, but I must approve all
purchases before the game begins. Also
remember that you must buy ammo for any weapons you purchase if you want to be
able to use them. For instance, you can
afford a cattle prod at 600 caps, but not its small energy cell ammo at 2000
caps.
When you’ve completed your character as specified in the
manual or if you have a question about how these or any of the official rules
work, please drop me an email at bcr19374@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu.