Play By Boards game - Epilogue

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"War. War never changes. The Romans waged war to gather slaves and wealth. Spain built an empire from its lust for gold and territory. Hitler shaped a battered Germany into an economic superpower...But war never changes." - Unknown

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What Once was
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What Little we know of the events that have transpired come from fragments found in the wastelands or have been passed down in story from generation to generation. The storm of world war had come again. only this time the spoils of war were also its weapons. Petroleum and uranium. For these precious resources, Neighbouring nations attacked one another, Ancient allies dissolved into quarreling, bickering nation-states, bent on controlling the last remaining resources on the planet. In two brief hours, a catastrophe of biblical proportions took place that reduced all we know to cinders. From the ashes of total devastation mankind struggled to survive facing impossible circumstances. Mutated human savages, Deadly pockets of Radiation and an ever changing wasteland fraught with peril, but Miraculously survive we did in small groups at first. Days turned to weeks, Weeks to Months, months to Years. Time slowly moved forward and as it did mankind started all over again. How many years have passed since then is unknown some say eighty or ninety others says two to three hundred no on really knows. To this day mankind is still trying to desperately rebuild our once proud civilization. In the Shattered ruins of what we now call the wastelands there is still hope. The first human settlement was built and has stood for a generation fending off attacks from wild beasts, Mutants, raiders and other crazed abominations of the wastelands.

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PRESENT DAY
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You were born into this hellish nightmare. Since your birth 20 years ago all you have ever know is the wall and the wasteland. The Wasteland is never ending it stretches in all directions a desolate land of death and madness. Those who have ventured deep into the wastelands have never returned you have been taught to fear and respect the wasteland a momentary lapse in concentration while your out there could get you killed. The Wall on the other hand is something different entirely. You have been taught to be cautious of yet it is a thing to be wondered at. It is just as the description implies an impossibly tall wall built of solid smooth concrete just outside of town it stretches east to west in a straight line as far as the eye can see. People have walked the wall in both directions for days at a time, but each time they have been stopped by either deadly radiation zones or collapsed building and sheer cliff faces blocking their path. No one knows where the wall goes and no one knows what lies on the other side. Some say it is to keep you out others say it is to protect you from what ever lies on the other side no one truly knows. One thing is certain it was built by those who came before the world moved on, in a time of ancient wonders. The wall is flawless. Completely smooth unlike the contrasting wasteland that surround it. Everything in the wasteland is crumbling to dust, the wall is in immaculate condition and hasn't changed a day since the settlement of hope springs was built all those years ago. Technology and equipment still exist today however it is in short supply and in a degraded condition, items, equipment and weapons can be found in the ruins of once mighty cities and can be scavenged for use or traded by those brave enough to venture deep enough to find them though more often that not these adventures are extremely dangerous and are not for the faint of heart. Weapons unfortunately seem to have survived from various wars that have long since been silenced. Ammunition is scarce for most firearms and must be used sparingly. People are sent on daily scavenger missions to look for supplies, fresh water and weapons and ammunition but improvised weapons and melee weapons seem to be in plentiful supply.

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Factions
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Hope Springs - This is where you all live in the settlement of hope springs built by Markus and the ruling council of hope springs 40 years ago with protection in mind. The Settlements leader Markus Cradle guides and protects the settlers of hope springs. The last bastion of human civilization since the great sundering of the world. Settlers have come from all over the wastelands to try and make a life here there are over 500 settlers here all of whom work together to make hope springs a safer place to live. Crime is not tolerated here and a zero tolerance policy is in effect that ensures either life long exile or death penalty for those who dare cause trouble.

Deadites - Are a Quasi- Religious group some describe them as fanatical zealots. their base of operations is at the foot of the wall just north of hope springs. They believe that the promised land lies on the other side of the wall that eternal life waits for those who are brave enough to scale it. Their leader kaw declared that god himself came in a vision to say he is waiting for all those who cross over the other side of the wall he is waiting to take them to a life everlasting. There is a loose agreement in place between the deadites and hope springs that either faction will come to each others aid if there is trouble and for the moment it is holding though deep down Markus distrusts them deeply.

Raiders - Are for the most part a rag tag gang of Mutants, Thugs and criminals who roam the wasteland. Some are Cannibals, Most are Insane and all of them would gladly see hope springs burn to the ground given the chance. The Raiders are divided into 4 clans who spend as much time fighting between themselves as they do the residents in hope springs. They roam the wastelands scavenging on what ever they can find always looking for their next victim. They are a force to be reckoned with and should be approached with extreme caution.

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Questions??

I'll be PM'ing Character sheets to players over the next few days.

Shiminay

Would weapons training be common for all Hope Springs residents in case of attack?

Do the Deadites feel that everyone should follow their word; would they actively try to encourage people to join their cause?

Is there any basic knowledge of where the 4 Raider clans have a base of operations or are they nomadic?

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Kharn wrote: »

Would weapons training be common for all Hope Springs residents in case of attack?

Yes all residents are trained at the very least in basic close quarters and melee combat in case of attack. Depending on your role in the settlement you will have more or less training in various weapons.

Kharn wrote: »

Do the Deadites feel that everyone should follow their word; would they actively try to encourage people to join their cause?

actually they do, they spread their teachings to anyone who will listen, they are quite insistent about it but not forceful currently the trade/treaty that exists between the deadites and Hope Springs forbids them to enter town to do anything other than trade. They welcome anyone to their camps to listen to their teachings.

Kharn wrote: »

Is there any basic knowledge of where the 4 Raider clans have a base of operations or are they nomadic?

A map will be provided at the start of the game with all known points of interest in the general vicinity of hope springs. You know where 1 of the Raider Clans are as they have a strategic base of operations in something called a 'Silo' Your character has no idea what this 'Silo' is but everyone in town has been warned to stay away. The other 3 Raider clans are nomadic i will post last sightings of the various clans in the map but they keep on the move to avoid detection.

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Originally i had planned having no firearms at all made it more realistic however i ran this previously and the first raider encounter the last group ran into were butchered mercilessly so i re-wrote the game added basic firearms and made people scrounge for ammo.