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[bcr19374]: hey there
[Volt9]: hey!
[bcr19374]: did you see my game?
[Volt9]: Yes, but I couldn't join it
[bcr19374]: hmm
[bcr19374]: that's odd
[Volt9]: I tried about 6 times and got a 'connect failed' notice
[bcr19374]: well, I haven't hostd before...  Maybe I have it set up wrong.
[Volt9]: could be...I'm just playing around with this myself
[bcr19374]: how long have you been here?
[Volt9]: about 5 minutes hosting
[bcr19374]: ok, I'm glad you weren't waiting a long time
[bcr19374]: Did you try out the tutorial?
[Volt9]: are the others coming? nobody else responded to your email
[bcr19374]: Yeah, I don't know if anyone is coming.  I didn't get any responces either.
[Volt9]: no, not yet...I was looking at the character sheets to see how much we could use for fallout
[bcr19374]: I didn't plan on using the character sheets within this program
[bcr19374]: if you want to make on for yourself, though, that's fine
[bcr19374]: I have printed out the pdf character sheets and am writing all of the character's information on them to have handy for the game.
[Volt9]: yeah, just a quick glance showed a lot of the information is too different...maybe for health and ammo but thats it
[bcr19374]: I think I'm also going to make 3x5 cards to use for the sequence in battle.
[bcr19374]: You can probably design your own char sheet but I haven't looked into it.
[Volt9]: good idea...have you tried out the combat yet?
[bcr19374]: Well, I tried a trial run of a combat I had planned for the game using your character and one other.  It seemed like it might be a little time consuming
[bcr19374]: have you looked at the map?
[Volt9]: the map?
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[bcr19374]: in this program, I mean
[bcr19374]: hey
[Volt9]: hello...who goes there?
[Zephyr]: Uhhh, me
[bcr19374]: click on the blue icon on the top left and choose "half + half"
[bcr19374]: Are you part of the group or did you jsut stop by randomly?
[Volt9]: ahh...ok now I see a grid
[Zephyr]: saw the word Fallout, like computer game, wanted to see if had anything to do with it.
[bcr19374]: yeah, we're planning on doing a Fallout RPG here
[Volt9]: hi Zephyr...this is for fallout but for now we'ree just getting used to the software...games not running yet
[bcr19374]: Volt9: do you see something on the map now?
[Zephyr]: cooool.
[Volt9]: trenchcoat wiseguy
[bcr19374]: cool, it works
[Zephyr]: Fallout rules
[Volt9]: hey, he's moving :)
[bcr19374]: yeah, you move by drag and drop
[Volt9]: cool, so we can share resources.....maps, documents, etc.
[bcr19374]: Zephyr:  Check out http://RuthefordBarnes.tripod.com/fallout/ for more info on the campaign
[Zephyr]: ok.
[bcr19374]: Yeah, I was hoping to do the combat using the map
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[bcr19374]: Its not a hex map but that shouln't cause problems.  The only difference will be in range.
[Volt9]: ah...so we would have icons and we could see relative to where the opponents are and such?
[bcr19374]: right
[Volt9]: very slick
[bcr19374]: Uh oh, a spider attacks!
[Volt9]: that will help me...I have a hard time conceptualizing stuff like that
[Volt9]: I still see garet
[bcr19374]: hmm
[bcr19374]: see it now?
[Volt9]: there we go
[bcr19374]: um... hit the toobar button on the bottom of the map
[bcr19374]: the different pawns control the zoom level of the map
[Volt9]: gotcha
[bcr19374]: if you zoom out you can see further
[Volt9]: cool, I see
[bcr19374]: um, try creating an icon. 
[bcr19374]: go to the webrpg toolbox on the left and hit the plus there
[bcr19374]: then opne the minatures folder
[Volt9]: ok
[bcr19374]: open the creatures folder
[bcr19374]: and double click on humanoid
[bcr19374]: cool
[bcr19374]: Now you can move it by drag and drop
[Volt9]: hehe
[bcr19374]: where it says snap on the toolbar make sure there are two check marks
[Volt9]: ok
[bcr19374]: that will make them center in the squares when you move
[Volt9]: ah crap
[bcr19374]: heh heh
[bcr19374]: the dragon breathes
[Volt9]: /me died
[bcr19374]: spider is burnt to a crisp
[Volt9]: hey what about emotes and whatnot
[Volt9]: or whispers
[bcr19374]: try typing /he whatever
Volt9 testing 1 2 3
bcr19374 is doing well
[Volt9]: /bcr19374 testing 1 2 3
[Volt9]: doh
[Volt9]: how do you whisper to someone?
[bcr19374]: hit esc
(Volt9 whispered to bcr19374): test
[Volt9]: ah cool
(bcr19374 whispered to Volt9): wokring
[Volt9]: aye
[Volt9]: well the software seems pretty good. How does it work for the cthulhu campaign?
[bcr19374]: you can also multiple select people for whispers
[Volt9]: just highlight them all at once?
[bcr19374]: yeah
[bcr19374]: with ctrl-click
DICE for Volt9: (1d100) :  1d100=27  = [ 27 ]
DICE for Volt9: (1d4) :  1d4=4  = [ 4 ]
DICE for Volt9: (1d10) :  1d10=8  = [ 8 ]
[bcr19374]: oh, you can type dice, too.  like 3d4+9
DICE for bcr19374: (3d4+9) : 3d4=4,1,2  = [ 16 ]
[Volt9]: 4d6
[bcr19374]: type in the window next to the buttons and hit enter
[Volt9]: /roll 4d6
DICE for Volt9: (4d6) : 4d6=4,2,6,3  = [ 15 ]
[Volt9]: ah
DICE for Volt9: (90d100) : 90d100=76,5,2,59,23,26,22,84,39,98,7,87,44,65,28,82,81,18,94,70,19,34,58,64,13,76,71,34,100,97,27,84,44,70,42,76,39,58,52,29,11,53,32,24,29,16,34,39,49,14,30,31,80,97,69,36,31,99,83,61,60,92,82,23,98,55,31,73,56,99,24,79,66,73,56,18,14,49,76,67,55,52,65,95,76,62,55,34,8,17  = [ 4725 ]
[Volt9]: heh
[bcr19374]: you can change your text color by double clicking on your name to theleft and chooisng a color in the specturm
DICE for bcr19374: (1000d2) : 1000d2=2,2,2,1,2,2,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,2,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,2,1,1,1,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,1,2,2,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,2,2,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,1,2,1,1,2,2,1,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,2,2,2,1,1,1,2,1,2,2,2,1,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,1,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,1,1,1,2,1,2,2,2,2,1,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,1,1,2,2,1,1,2,1,2,1,2,2,2,2,1,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,1,2,1,1,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,2,1,2,1,1,1,2,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,2,1,1,1,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,1,2,2,1,2,1,1,1,2,2,1,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,1,2,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,2,2,1,1,1,2,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,2,1,2,2,1,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,1,2,1,1,1,2,2,1,2,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,2,2,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,2,2,2,1,2,2,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,2,2,1,2,2,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,1,2,1,1,1,2,1,2,1,2,2,1,2,1,2,2,2,1,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,2,1,2,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,1,1,1,2,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,1,2,2,1,2,2,1,2,1,2,2,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,1,2,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,2,1,2,2,1,2,2,2,2,1,2,1,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,2,2,1,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,1,1,2,1,2,1,2,2,1,1,1,2,2,1,2,1,2,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,2,2,1,1,1,1,2,2,1,2,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,1,2,1,1,1,2,2,1,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,2,2,1,2,2,1,2,2,2,2,1,2,1,1,1,1,2,2,1,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,2,1,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,1,2,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,2  = [ 1522 ]
[bcr19374]: heh
[Volt9]: my name... where is my name
[Overseer]: Under connected users
[Overseer]: hold on...
[Volt9]: test
[Volt9]: test
[Volt9]: ok
[Volt9]: green
[Volt9]: green
[Volt9]: cool
[Volt9]: so about the campaign...lesse, the nuclear war happened in 2077?
[Volt9]: I played the origional fallout years ago and since have been playing fallout 2 cause I actually own that one. So my timeline is going to be a little off for this campaign setting
[Overseer]: my cd player just died
[Volt9]: doh
[Overseer]: its a 6 dics and it won't actually load any dics... it just cycles through them endlessly
[Grampy bone]: test
[Overseer]: anyways, about the campagin...
[Overseer]: heh
[Grampy bone]: we and I listening
[Overseer]: I am setting it right after the end of the first game.
[Volt9]: ok...so when did the war happen?
[Overseer]: um.
[Overseer]: I dunno
[Overseer]: I'm not big on dates
[Volt9]: I thought it was 2077 but Im not positive
[Volt9]: thats what the intro says...when they guy starts the 'war...war never changes' spiel
[Overseer]: that could be it.  Apparently Vault 15 was finished in 2069
[Overseer]: ok
[Volt9]: sounds right
[Volt9]: what year are we playing in?
[Overseer]: Well, the year isn't going to be too important to the game play, unless you're an astrologist or something
[Overseer]: it will be the year at the end of Fallout 1.  I'll have to find that out.
[Volt9]: ok...I'm just trying to get my head around the setting, what I would know...I mean are ghouls and supermutants and deathclaws commen knowledge?
[Overseer]: No, not where you live.
[Volt9]: the ranch is kind of isolated, right? most news would come from the caravan guys from brownstone I take it...
[Overseer]: right.  
[Volt9]: where is the ranch relative to the world map? Like is it near a city I'd recognize from the game?
[Overseer]: oh, btw I got two emails today from people who want to play, so assuming everyone who has expressed an interest actually plays, we will have plenty of people
[Volt9]: ah cool, who else?
[Overseer]: Two guys from outside the GG forum, I think.  I wasn;t getting enough responces there so I advertised elsewhere
[Volt9]: right on
[Volt9]: so nappy couldn't committ?
[Overseer]: its pretty far to the East of Fallout's setting.  Probably in the mid west somewhere
[Overseer]: He hasn't said positively either way, yet.
[Volt9]: hmm..the map in the game is weird...is vault city in California? I think it was
[Overseer]: This week I'm going to write up a bunch of background info for the campaing
[Overseer]: yeah, in california
[Volt9]: cool...so was the pnp made by one of the game designers or was it a fan project?
[Overseer]: fan project
[Overseer]: you've probably noticed its a bit rough around the edges
[Overseer]: that's why I had to write so many custom rules
[Volt9]: yeah, I look at us as beta testers
[Overseer]: hey, can you move the dragon and other peices I created?
[Volt9]: yup
[Volt9]: I probably can because I'm hosting and have gm status or whatever
[Volt9]: hmm...there's plugins for other games. Maybe fallout will show up eventually
[Overseer]: oh, well I can move yours so it seems like it shouldn't be a problem
[Overseer]: its only a couple of weeks old now...  not too many people know about it
[Volt9]: yeah
[Overseer]: do you want to try a simple combat and see how it works?
[Volt9]: sure
[Overseer]: oh, I want to try something else as wel...
[Volt9]: argh...I dont have the stats for my weapon, will take me a sec to find it
[Overseer]: tell me if you see this
[Volt9]: wolf
[Overseer]: I have all your stats
[Overseer]: cool
[Volt9]: oh ok
[Overseer]: did you download the minature addon?
[Overseer]: because this is from that
[Volt9]: nope...just the software and java runtime stuff
[Overseer]: cool, then everyone won't have to download it.
[Volt9]: I wonder if its possible to custom design images and import them
[Volt9]: outnumbered...this is looking grim, folks
[Overseer]: It probably is.  If you want to make a custom icon for your character that would be cool.
[Overseer]: oops one wolf died of an ulcer right now...
[Volt9]: is there anything I should be looking at reference wise now, or do you have the necessary informatioin?
[Volt9]: lol
[Overseer]: if you want you can follow along in the combat section of the manual.
[Volt9]: ok, getting docs
[Overseer]: but I think I'll talk out all the steps so we both get a good grasp of it.
[Overseer]: oh, btw, because of the square grid, range is max(x distance, y distance)
[Volt9]: how do target shots work...do we just declare intent for one "aiming for it's eyes"?
[Overseer]: so both wolves are now at a distance of six squares from you
[Volt9]: okey doke
[Overseer]: yeah, targetting works just like that
[Overseer]: there may be times when I say you can't target a certina portion because its covers
[Volt9]: um...I have 7 aps so...
[Volt9]: have to see aps for the .357, hold on 1 sec
[Overseer]: 4 normal, 4 target
[Volt9]: is that a rock?
[Overseer]: yeah
[Volt9]: 1 hex movement is 1 ap?
[Overseer]: all  the terrain I just put down is impassible
[Overseer]: right
[Volt9]: ok
[Overseer]: you are first in the round
[Volt9]: so should I assume the wolf in front of me is behind cover?
[Overseer]: yes
[Volt9]: ok.
[Overseer]: the one to the right is
[Overseer]: you can see the other
[Volt9]: whats the range for my gun?
[Overseer]: 19
[Overseer]: both are well within range
[Volt9]: ok
[Volt9]: Im firing at the one diagonal to me, that I have clear line of sight to
[Overseer]: I might end up halving the ranges of the weapons just because the map gets small awfully quick.
[Overseer]: ok
[Volt9]: d100?
[Overseer]: your small guns is 62, and the wolf has an AC of 5
[Overseer]: so you need a 62 - 5 = 57 to hit
[Overseer]: right, roll a d100
[Volt9]: gotcha
DICE for Volt9: (1d100) :  1d100=90  = [ 90 ]
[Volt9]: doh
[Overseer]: a miss
[Volt9]: ok, moving back 3 squares too
[Overseer]: you've still got 3 APs left.  you could back off
[Overseer]: or whatever you want to do
[Overseer]: done?
[Volt9]: yep
[Overseer]: hmm
[Volt9]: I cornered myself :)
[Overseer]: lets say that when we're doing our moves, whenever a turn is finished whoever is moving says "done," and then I tell the next person to move
[Volt9]: ok
[Volt9]: done
[Overseer]: this will be more important when we have five people playing all at once
[Overseer]: okay, wolf 1 is next
[Overseer]: he's got six APs
[Overseer]: he's done
[Volt9]: k
[Overseer]: okay, he's done too
[Overseer]: your turn
[Volt9]: ok, firing 1 shot at wolf 1
DICE for Volt9: (1d100) :  1d100=45  = [ 45 ]
[Overseer]: haha
[Volt9]: awww yeah
[Overseer]: a hit
[Overseer]: okay, your base damage is 1d6+8
[Overseer]: so roll that
DICE for Volt9: (1d6 +8) : = [ 0 ]
[Overseer]: hmm
[Volt9]: ??
[Overseer]: try with no spaces
DICE for Volt9: (1d6+8) : 1d6=1  = [ 9 ]
[Overseer]: okay, not bad
[Volt9]: ok, then moving 3 squares
[Volt9]: heh
[Overseer]: you only moved two
[Volt9]: I was here, right?
[Overseer]: its okay if that's what you want to do
[Overseer]: yeah
[Volt9]: diagonals dont count?
[Overseer]: that's two.  
[Volt9]: oh ok
[Overseer]: 1
[Overseer]: 2
[Volt9]: duh...so here then
[Overseer]: ok
[Overseer]: 
[Overseer]: wolf1 claws you
[Overseer]: he's got a 70 claw skill and your ac is 7 so he needs a 63
[Volt9]: I have leather jacket btw
DICE for Overseer: (1d100) :  1d100=12  = [ 12 ]
[Overseer]: oh...
[Overseer]: whats the AC on the leather?
[Overseer]: (I think he still made it, though.)
[Volt9]: 8 I think
[Volt9]: yeah
[Overseer]: any DR/DT?
[Volt9]: um...dont have that handy atm...lets say no while I look it up
[Volt9]: will take me a minute to find it, you can continue if you want
[Overseer]: I got it
[Overseer]: it says you have a 20% dr for normal attacks
[Overseer]: oh, so the wolf's attack is 2d4
[Volt9]: cool
DICE for Overseer: (2d4) : 2d4=3,4  = [ 7 ]
[Overseer]: ha
[Volt9]: ok 23 hp left
[Overseer]: .2 * 7 = 1.4
[Overseer]: so 6 hps taken off
[Volt9]: ah...so 24
[Overseer]: and he's done
[Overseer]: wolf2 takes a swing
DICE for Overseer: (1d100) :  1d100=61  = [ 61 ]
Volt9 whimpers
[Overseer]: that's a miss with your ac
[Overseer]: he's done
[Volt9]: ok, firing at wolf 1
DICE for Volt9: (1d100) :  1d100=76  = [ 76 ]
[Volt9]: doh
[Overseer]: you can also take a swing uif you want
[Overseer]: or run a bit
[Volt9]: what the hell, I'll kick at it too :)
DICE for Volt9: (1d100) :  1d100=57  = [ 57 ]
[Volt9]: darn
[Overseer]: unarmed 46 -5ac = 41 target number
[Overseer]: sorry
[Overseer]: wolf1 tries to get you
DICE for Overseer: (1d100) :  1d100=41  = [ 41 ]
DICE for Overseer: (2d4) : 2d4=3,2  = [ 5 ]
[Overseer]: .2 * 5 = 1
[Overseer]: 5-1 = 4 hp damage
[Volt9]: ok 20 hp
[Overseer]: another claw from wolf1
DICE for Overseer: (1d100) :  1d100=86  = [ 86 ]
[Overseer]: miss
[Overseer]: wolf2 growls and attacks!
DICE for Overseer: (1d100) :  1d100=8  = [ 8 ]
[Overseer]: that's a git..
DICE for Overseer: (2d4) : 2d4=4,3  = [ 7 ]
[Overseer]: 6 hp damage
DICE for Overseer: (1d100) :  1d100=13  = [ 13 ]
[Overseer]: another hit (damn lucky wolves)
DICE for Overseer: (2d4) : 2d4=4,2  = [ 6 ]
[Volt9]: holy moley
[Overseer]: 5 hp
[Volt9]: 9 hp  left
[Overseer]: hmm
[Volt9]: I'm gathering up my intestines
[Overseer]: well, wolf1 is almost dead if you can get another hit in
[Overseer]: you don't have any stimpacks?
[Overseer]: your turn btw?
[Volt9]: nope...I didn't even see those in the manual
[Overseer]: er, no ? there...
[Volt9]: ok, firing at wolf 1
DICE for Volt9: (1d100) :  1d100=55  = [ 55 ]
[Overseer]: yeah, they're there.  under che,s
[Overseer]: oh, that's a hit
DICE for Volt9: (1d8+6) : 1d8=1  = [ 7 ]
[Overseer]: roll for damage
[Overseer]: no, its 1dd+8
[Overseer]: 1d6+8
DICE for Volt9: (1d6+8) : 1d6=2  = [ 10 ]
[Volt9]: ok
[Overseer]: and the wolf explodes like a blood sausage!
[Volt9]: yay
[Overseer]: you've still got three APS left
[Volt9]: moving away
[Overseer]: if you move, it will onyl be able to attack once
[Volt9]: done
[Overseer]: cool
[Overseer]: the wolf, sorrowful after the death of ifs lifelong mate, bites at you visciously!
DICE for Overseer: (1d100) :  1d100=61  = [ 61 ]
[Overseer]: a miss
[Volt9]: whew
[Overseer]: your turn
[Volt9]: 
[Volt9]: ok, firing at wolf 2
DICE for Volt9: (1d100) :  1d100=10  = [ 10 ]
[Overseer]: nice shot
[Volt9]: whee
DICE for Volt9: (1d6+8) : 1d6=2  = [ 10 ]
[Overseer]: not quite a critical, though
[Overseer]: good damage
[Overseer]: 3 aps left
[Volt9]: ok moving away
[Volt9]: done
[Overseer]: ok, wolf2 goes
[Overseer]: and a bite!
DICE for Overseer: (1d100) :  1d100=82  = [ 82 ]
[Overseer]: an a miss
[Overseer]: wolf2 done
[Volt9]: another for the wolf
DICE for Volt9: (1d100) :  1d100=24  = [ 24 ]
[Volt9]: werd up
[Overseer]: bam! roll damage
DICE for Volt9: (1d6+8) : 1d6=3  = [ 11 ]
[Volt9]: muh ha ha
[Overseer]: woohoo and you are victorius!
[Volt9]: whose your daddy?
[Overseer]: um, well his name is Ken and he lives in Texas...
Volt9 does his victory dance
[Volt9]: 
[Volt9]: lol
[Overseer]: so, how'd you like that?  fun, boring?
[Volt9]: so how much were the stimpacks?
Volt9 bleeds
[Overseer]: lemme check
[Volt9]: I thought that was fun
[Overseer]: stimpack is 150 caps and heasl 1d10 + 10 instantly
[Volt9]: a bigger fight with 5 players might be different, but I liked it
[Volt9]: doh, I need to do some creative financing
[Overseer]: cool.  good bit of tension there with you being low on HPs
[Volt9]: do enemies have moral checks? I dont recall reading about that
[Volt9]: err morale
[Overseer]: since we haven't begunplaying yet yuo can still trade in eq and uy differently
[Volt9]: yeah, i should probably get one at least
[Overseer]: no morale checks, but I will play them intelligently
[Overseer]: A couple of starving wolves wll probably fight to the death
[Overseer]: but if you're facing bandits they will run if they feel they're losing
[Volt9]: cool...so what kind of character is khomatsu? did you see his stats yet?
[Overseer]: then you can shoot them in the back
[Volt9]: Im wondering how we're going to complement eachother
[Overseer]: yes, I have his stats.  I planned on only posting backgrounds on the page
[Overseer]: he's planning on being a pugilist
[Volt9]: ah cool
[Overseer]: he should be pretty powerful
[Overseer]: he took the finesse trait so has a crit chance of 16
[Volt9]: so unarmed high str and end...
[Volt9]: that lowers damage though, right?
[Overseer]: well, he took high agility, unfortunately the single most important stat in the game because it decides APs.
[Overseer]: yeah, lowers damage by 30%
[Overseer]: but allows more cripplings and damage bonuses through crits
[Volt9]: yeah, agi is extremely important...my initial char had 8...but then I read on your site about there being less combat
[Overseer]: with a targeted shot he'll have a 46% crit chance
[Volt9]: so seven should be decent
[Volt9]: damn
[Overseer]: yes, I am going to try to keep combat down so the other stats will be important
[Volt9]: I'm still on the fence about the specialization...I could make a good sniper if I chose that, but all I can afford at this point is a handgun
[Overseer]: I'm trying to put bonuses into the adventures for people with high stats of all kinds.  An intelligent person will notice something in convo that another won't, a perceptive one will find things lying under rocks, a charismatic person will find it really easy to get their way
[Volt9]: is experience going to be mostly determined from combat?
[Overseer]: well, I wanted to start everyone off small.  
[Overseer]: no, not at all
[Overseer]: combat xp will probably be a 1/3 or less
[Overseer]: of the total, I mean
[Volt9]: right
[Overseer]: solving problems will be the most important thing, and I like to reward good roleplaying, like doing something dangerous because your character would even though the player knows its a bad idea
[Volt9]: another one that is tempting is gifted..in the computer game I usually choose it
[Overseer]: yeah, khomotso took that also
[Volt9]: err...or whatever the one is that boosts all stats by one but lowers percentages
[Overseer]: you've got the right one
[Volt9]: I primarily made this char for the roleplaying aspects...he's an anti-hero
[Overseer]: hopefully we'll get at least one guy who is not...
[Volt9]: will probably get in a lot of fight due to his poor impulse control
[Overseer]: one of the guys who emailed me today said that he likes to have his characters manipulate others into doing his bidding.
[Volt9]: heh
[Volt9]: say, what happens if we die?
[Overseer]: um, you're dead
[Volt9]: so spectator mode, no secondary chars?
[Overseer]: maybe later on there will be cloning or something.  I plan on doing some sort of death's door rule, though.  need to put that in the house rules
[Volt9]: heh...I think death will come in abundance
[Overseer]: things would be too crowded with secondary chars.  We'll see how it comes out.  I'm going to try to make combat be more story based than lethal
[Volt9]: sounds good
[Overseer]: most of the time when someone dies it will be an npc and that event will be scripted beforehand anyway
[Overseer]: however, if you do something stupid you may die.  Like trash talking a guy with power armor and a chain gun
[Volt9]: hehe
[Volt9]: I'll try and restrain myself
[Overseer]: beware the orange triangle
[Volt9]: though it will be hard not aping how he walks behind him like a mime
[Overseer]: hm?
[Volt9]: eghh...danger will robinson...
[Overseer]: that's kind of creey.
[Volt9]: my radiation resistance isn't very high
Volt9 glows
[Overseer]: I wouldn't want a triangle following me around like that
[Volt9]: yeah, it's making me paranoid
[Overseer]: its too bad no one else showed up.  I think this session has been pretty useful
[Volt9]: I know, strange no one else responded
[Volt9]: I think webrpg is pretty nice as far as the interface and all.
[Overseer]: maybe they're all off partying for the weekend... its the last one before school starts here
[Volt9]: can you make maps beforhand and just drop our character into it?
[Overseer]: yeah, I like it.  we don't use the map in the Cthulhu game, but it seems like it will work well for Fallout
[Overseer]: I think you can.  I haven't tried yet.
[Overseer]: I'd like to do that for a few encounters I have planned.
[Volt9]: I was reading one of the logs joel was using and he just showed the map in the shared documents, right?
[Overseer]: yes, he did that once.  but not since.  the way he runs things it would be too much work
[Volt9]: It's a shame I didn't respond to his game earlier, I love lovecraftian stuff
[Overseer]: yeah its been quite a bit of fun
[Overseer]: have you heard of Charles Fort?
[Volt9]: although in the fallout universe you never know what you're going to find :)
[Volt9]: charles fort? doesn't ring a bell
[Overseer]: ever seen the Fortean Times magazine?
[Volt9]: squid+radiation=cthulhu
[Volt9]: yes, I've seen it
[Overseer]: it gets its name from Charles Fort
[Overseer]: he was an investigator of the weird in the early 20th
[Volt9]: ah
[Overseer]: he showed up in Joel's adventure yesterday
[Volt9]: cool
[Overseer]: it was very cool.  Joel suggested that my character and his have a rivalry so we had a nice name calling session
[Volt9]: you know Sandy Peterson the creator of the game worked at ID software on doom and quake
[Volt9]: what character were you in the game?
[Overseer]: no, I hadn't heard that.  Seems like a waste
[Volt9]: thats why quake had Cthon and Shub-Niggurath in it I suppose
[Overseer]: my cahracter is called Roland Windemeer.  He's an egyptologist who also investigates the occult
[Volt9]: you joined in later, right?
[Overseer]: yeah, this is only my second week
[Volt9]: I read some of the earlier logs but haven't been up to the trans-atlantic voyage yet
[Overseer]: last weeks was really good.  This weeks was basically just typing up loose ends but it was fun too
[Overseer]: its probably worth reading.  I think these adventures would make a good book
[Volt9]: is this a long campaign or are you about half-way through?
[Overseer]: Joel's?  I don't really know.  He hasn't said.  I know we've got at least three to more more sessions, though, since he mentioned stuff that far.
[Volt9]: yeah, I'll read them next week at work. I have lots of free time, but I just forgot to check back for the updates
[Overseer]: yeah, I read them all at work too.  one of these days I'm actually going to have to accomplish something there
[Volt9]: lol...I try to avoid that
[Overseer]: I always tell myself I will get a lot of work done, but then I end up reading usenet and the time flies by
[Volt9]: yeah, forums are the killer for me...between gg and ttlg.com and something awful its a rare day I get something constructive done
[Overseer]: I don't like web forums as a rule.  too many morons out there and too much wasted space.  forums are really killing the gaming newsgroups, too, because a lot of game specific discussion goes there instead of the newsgroups.
[Overseer]: GG is an exception, though.  A lot of smart and mature people there
[Volt9]: oh I remember something I was going to ask about my character...do you think repair is a worthile choice for a skill? I thinking maybe outdoorsman or science might me more practical.
[Overseer]: repair will be a very useful skill
[Overseer]: I mean, I'm not saying you have to take it, but if you do it will get you at least as much benefit as science or outdoorsman
[Volt9]: gg is just strange, frankly. It totally flies in the face of convention as far as online behavior is concerned.
[Volt9]: ok, I'll think on it some more
[Overseer]: you don't have to tag it, of cours.e  you can always just spend points on it
[Volt9]: true
[Overseer]: I think you get 21 points per level
[Volt9]: yeah, one of the reasons I didn't choose gifted...want those skill points
[Volt9]: by second level I should actually be a decent shot
[Overseer]: yeah
[Overseer]: well, you didn't do too badly this time
[Overseer]: very people are going to have 100% or even close marksmanship.  You're already above average
[Volt9]: heh, now if those wolves were packing heat...
[Volt9]: well, first level I'll probably get guns up into the low 90's then leave it...concentrate on my other skills
[Overseer]: well, that could work, too
[Overseer]: of course, you'll need to see what's going on.  You may want to put some points into something else because you need it in the campaign
[Volt9]: I think my character will have a bizarre fixation with targeted groin shots
[Overseer]: heh
[Overseer]: that could be fun
[Volt9]: true...it also depends on the skills the other players have..I may need to pick up something so we're not completely lacking in an area
[Overseer]: well, I already have potentially four people who haven't sent me characters, so there's still a lot of leeway
[Volt9]: beef genie hasn't created a char yet?
[Overseer]: nope
[Volt9]: hmm...
[Overseer]: he seemed enthusiastic enough
[Overseer]: I have been saying there's no time pressure, though
[Volt9]: so we're pretty much decided on sunday then?
[Overseer]: I'm going to try to get all the characters in by Friday so I can prepare
[Overseer]: yeah, that looks like its the only time everyone can make it
[Volt9]: great. works for me
[Overseer]: my gf is a little POed that I will be role playing both sat and sun afternoons, but at least doing fallout every two weeks will help that a little.
[Volt9]: lol...that's a lot of rpg...plus the time you play computer games :)
[Overseer]: gah... I'm sleepy.  I didn't get to sleep untila fter 4am last night.  Stayed up late playing Shadow Watch
[Overseer]: yeah...  it does seem like a lot.  I guess I will have to act extra affectionate to make up for it
[Volt9]: hey how is that? I was looking for it in a store the other day, but it was still $35
[Overseer]: I love it
[Volt9]: I just got heretic II and jedi knight
[Overseer]: I know EB was selling it for $20 recently.
[Volt9]: I know you're a huge jagged alliance junkie like me...does it measure up?
[Overseer]: you can probably get it from dragon.ca for just shipping right now, too.  they are havnig a rebate deal
[Overseer]: well, the thing to remember about SW is that it isn't at all like Jagged Alliance or X-Com.
[Volt9]: I'll look for it in earnest now...dying for a good turn based strat game
[Volt9]: really? 
[Overseer]: its a totally different design of game.  Rather than going for extreme realism, it goes for tactical elegance.  A lot of people don't like it because it isn't like JA because you can't pick up guns and only one guys uses grenades.  Its really a lot more like tactical chess than most squad games
[Volt9]: hmm
[Volt9]: but you like it despite the differences
[Overseer]: It also has a somewhat steep learning curve.  When you start playing it its not so fun because it seems very hard.  You need to unlearn a lot of tactics from JA and other games to really survive in SW.  The combat is a lot more lethal so you can't run into a room guns blasing.
[Volt9]: I heard the campaign was short,but there's a random mission generator?
[Overseer]: I think its great.  Its much more rewarding to me than JA or X-Com, because I feel like I've accomplished something when I figure out the right tactics for a misson.  In those other games, you can basiclly play all the missions about the same.
[Overseer]: Well, the campaign consists of three cities, and each city contains five or six missions
[Overseer]: however, each city has three seperate plot lines, and each time you play the campaign you get a different plotline for each city.  Plus, the order can change
[Volt9]: is there an editor?
[Overseer]: so if you go to Rio first in one game it will be totally different if you go there last because your agent's skills will be different. 
[Overseer]: There's no editor, unfortunately.
[Overseer]: I've played through the campaign 4 times now and am on the 3rd city of my fifth.  I would have done more but I'm playing on Hard mode which really is hard
[Volt9]: too bad. JA 2 would have been so cool with an editor...it's a shame
[Overseer]: that's why I like JADG
[Overseer]: I make lots of missions for that game.
[Volt9]: I still play that occasionally
[Overseer]: Ever watch the TV show The Prisoner?
[Volt9]: yep, years ago
[Overseer]: I made a JADG campaign based on that.  Its a lot of fun
[Volt9]: heh. thats an interesting concept
[Overseer]: I also made a scifi time travelling one, and I've been collaborating on a WWII one with some other guys on my JADG list.
[Volt9]: so there's still a community for it?
[Overseer]: not a whole lot, but there are some still out there.  I can at least get the satisfaction of playing my own missions.
[Volt9]: I just want unfinished business. It's diving me nuts that it's finished and I can't get my sweaty little palms on it
[Overseer]: yeah...  I liked JA2 a lot initally, but I've never felt like I wanted to play it again since I uninstalled it.  I don't think its as much of a classic as JA1 and DG.  Those are games I can always play over.
[Volt9]: sales in america must have been abyssmal...but it did great in Europe
[Overseer]: yeah, the europeans love tactical games whereas us is more twitch oriented
[Volt9]: I love the whole series. They took the concept of x-com and added so much character to it
[Overseer]: JA2 is definitely a good game.  I even wrote a FAQ on it, although I never update it.  I just don't feel like playing it again...
[Overseer]: well, I think I'm going to get going
[Overseer]: I doubt anyone else is going to show up
[Volt9]: well, I'm going to take off, I need to go run some errands this afternoon. This was fun though, and I think the game will be enjoyable
[Volt9]: heh
[Overseer]: okay.  I'll see ya
[Volt9]: so let me know what's up via email, okay?
[Overseer]: ok
[Volt9]: take care