Outbreak ~ a TEST game -- first player draft

[BadgeAddict]

no no no no no ...noo.....not Mrs. Jeb...

Her last name can be McNoodle

[thinkslogically]

Something more ridiculous than macwhirdyl would be fun - gives the ladies a reason to marry out of the name!

[nikohl]

McCracken!

[thinkslogically]

Their grandfather was named philip and was unable to be taken seriously by anyone ever. He he into a bitter old man with zero sense of humour.

[askstoomuch]

Name jack McWhirdyl
Age 19
Player made description The 19 year-old son in the family. He's been working in a bar down the road from his parent's house since he left school at 17 and so far has achieved very little else in his life. He's supposedly saving up for a deposit on a flat, but it's largely an excuse to keep his parent's from asking him for rent while he lives at home. He spends most of his time and money hanging out with his mates. Being from a nice middle-class part of the country, he has never got in any sort of fight beyond that one time he punched someone for taking his lunch money in the queue in school and made them cry. He got a 3 day suspension and never did it again.
Traits:
student: who needs sleep anyway ? ~can last long without sleep
people person: jack is a very social person 2+ on all diplomacy rolls
kid: he is however not that good at making threads -2 on intimidate rolls

gear:

ironic t-shirt
leather jacket
cheap jeans

stats
strength 2
speed 3
wits 4


Name: Jebediah ÔÇØuncle jebÔÇØ Conan McWhirdyl

Age ??

Sporting a Balding Mullet and a early onset potbelly, 38 year-old Jeb hasn't done overly much with his life. His hobbies include drinking beer, shooting various animal wildlife, and urinating in public places. Uncle Jeb has been arrested at least 3 times for public intoxication, 1 time for public urination and 2 times for public nudity. Uncle Jeb prides himself in being able to open beer bottles with various body parts and holding one of the fastest times for drinking an entire 32 oz can of beer and smashing it against his forehead. He spends a good deal of his time trying to beat his own record. Jeb Typically wears a truckers hat to hide his balding head, though his brown tangled mane he leaves out the back in all its glory.
Traits
Experience shooter: +3 on attacks with a handgun or hunting riffle
Redneck: uncle jeb is all scary looking +2 on intimidating rolls
Alcoholic: uncle jeb likes beer, uncle jeb needs beer -1 health for everyday not consuming alcohol

Gear
Stainted white wifebeater
Dirty hat (same as peter but in red)
Patched up jeans
Smelly sneakers
Hunting knife with leg holster (hidden)

Stats
Strength 3
Speed 2
Wits 2

Name: Peter McWhirdyl

Age ?

Description: Spent a lot of his youth getting into trouble with his brother Jeb. Then He met his future wife missy and straightened out. On occasion he'll get the urge to do something stupid with his brother. He occasionally gets calls from the local watering hole at 2 am asking him to pick Jeb up. He usually complies, simply because on the occasions he doesn't, he gets calls from the cops at 3 am asking them to pick him up out of their holding tank. Despite his clean record, the cops know him well. They have him on speed dial.
Traits
Builder: 3+ on all non specialised crafting skill
Terrible shot : jeb used to make fun at how bad he shoots coudnt hit a can if It came running at his bullets ÔÇô 2 on any shooting rolles
Gear
Fancy shirt
Fancy pants
Fancy shoes
Dirty hat (same hat as jeb but in blue)
Stats
Strength 3
Speed 2
Wits 2


Name: Missy McWhirdyl-McMacMick
Age: ?

Missy is Peter's long-suffering wife. But, on the flipside of that coin, Peter is Missy's long-suffering husband. No-one's quite sure how or why they got together or stayed together, but whatever they do, it seems to work. She claims that all the trouble he and his brother used to get into is a source of great shame for her, as a hard-working housewife... but she's no saint and everyone knows it. Despite never having a job, she provides for her family and never seems short of the basics - or even the nicer things. She has a larger police file than Jeb and Peter put together, but her file is full of "suspicion of" and "connected with" and "cautioned for", compared to their nights in the drunk tank and stupid pranks. She doesn't look old enough to be Jack's mom.

Traits
Prison b*tch: she know how to stand her ground and defend herself: +3 intimidation +2 unarmed attacks
Peanut allergy: missy is extremely allergic to peanuts she require the use of an epi-pen within 5 turns of getting an reaction if not = instant death


Gear
Tanktop
Jeans
Boots
One epi-pen

Traits
Strength 2
Speed 3
Wits 2

Aunt Marrie McMacMick
Some say she may be crazy, but she knows she is the most sane person around. She has witnessed people being captured by those...grey bug eye bastards. They know they are behind her daughter's disappearance. Those aliens will pay and when she sees one, it will wish it were dead! She has fashioned tinfoil hats for everybody to protect them from the aliens, along with butt plugs to prevent aliens probbin them, and safety whistles incase they come across un of em aliens. This whole thing about dead a bein alive? Aliens. Now she has proof they exist, cause there aint no other possible explaination. While she does have a house, it is a decoy for the aliens. She really hides from them in plain sight, ya hear? She dresses up like a homeless person (and smells like one too) to prevent herself bein target of em aliens.
Traits
Once took a first aid class: +1 on all medical skills
Live like the enemy: she smells just like the dead 50% the undead donÔÇÖt notice you when alone
Homeless funk : she is a bacteria pool her natural immunity is out of this world = immune to all non violence no zombie virus illnesses
Ieuw get away from me: people are always scared of what they donÔÇÖt understand -10 on all social rolls

Gear
Smelly tanktop
tinfoil hat
Stinky army vest
Please donÔÇÖt smell me boots
More patches then pants pants

Stats
Strength 2
Speed 2
Wits 3

first draft of the stats what do you guys think
(stats work on a scale of 5 )
(2 is normal)
(5 is superhuman)
(strength is how good you are at killing, how much you can carry....)
(speed how good you are at evading the undead, running that kinda stuff)
(wits , how good you are at creating thing solving complex problems)

[Arch Lich Burns]

You forgot my tinfoil hat.


....also i don't understand your description of homeless funk

[askstoomuch]

yeah I had a hard time wording that one

in different terms due to her dirty lifestyle and extreme exposure to bacteria her immune system is crazy good making her immune to all diseases other then the zombie one (medical speaking this doesnt make sense and all but yeah she cant get sick

whoops forgot bout the hat

[nikohl]

Only main query from me would be why do some people have a higher stat total than others? It would seem fairer to have e.g. 7 or 8 points spread across 3 for everyone rather than sorta random - right now some people have 7 and some have 9. Same with the traits, some seem to have more overall negative than positive (like Chuck for example...his guy kinda sucks?)

[askstoomuch]

cause life is unfair ?

first draft need to figure some of this stuff out

but yeah most things were at random once i get some more feedback things will be more even out

[thinkslogically]

Actually I don't think Peter's screwed. He's got a pretty cool skill in the crafting bonus, and Jeb has the sharpshooter skill which might well balance us out. Jack has higher stats, but virtually no useful skills compared to the rest of the group. Missy is a goddamn baddass and Marrie can hide from zombies.

Given that this is a test game, I'm happy to run with it and just see what happens. If it turns out to be horribly unbalanced and we all die or it one of us ends up a virtual superhero, then c'est la vie and asks gets info for his next game.

[askstoomuch]

well my general thought on the matter is that one this is a team trying to represent real people.
in a "real" life situation people aren't that equal at all but have certain things they are good at everybody has his thing together those thing make you a team help each other out
the stats are mostly flavoring


this game is to try out my idea of the rules balance them out, have some with the McWhirdyl family
then write out a better scenario and try it out big scale (every single member of the forum trapped in a quarantined city see who survives the longest ^^ )

[ChuckDaRighteous]

I can still use other weapons, just firearms are out. I guess I'm going to the guy who builds himself a staff with a chainsaw on the end.

I agree it seems some have more of an advantage than others but depending on how the system works I'm not sure how significant it will be. Also, I refuse to be scared of you wifey! I'm not your b*tch!

[askstoomuch]

if you want you can pick your own trait to compensate chuck ?

[nikohl]

I'm happy to go with it whatever happens, I was just offering feedback. Like I don't see +2 unarmed being helpful in the slightest against a zombie, because only a moron punches a zombie in the chops, but it's still a sweet skill overall for Missy against non-undead and her allergy means she's gotta be careful. Same as Jeb, his skills are both good and his alcoholism balances it out. Jack getting good stats to make up for only blah skills makes sense too, although its not great, and Marrie has lots of unusual bonuses that will help her survive - I still think Peter's got the short straw with a +3/-2 and nothing special making up for it.

Overall I think Jeb and Missy are equal and stronger than Marrie who is stronger than Jack who is stronger than Peter, balance-wise, but it doesn't matter as far as test games go really

[thinkslogically]

Could well be, I guess it just depends on how things turn out and whether we can pick up new skills on the way or not. Like I say though, I'm happy to go with this and just see what happens

[askstoomuch]

you can get new skills , i'll look into the stats tweek them a lil bit

when the stats are cool for everybody we can start

also nikohl be afraid of penuts, they'll be everywere !

[nikohl]

Oh I bet they will be! I'm expecting it. I hope Jeb has to go to great lengths to get his booze fix too, haha.

I'm looking forward to this, it should be fun.

[Arch Lich Burns]

I like marrie's bonuses. I like how they are really odd and suits her. Only thing i will have a problem with is people, but it's not like i will be interacting with any human being. The pcs are obviously not human.

[askstoomuch]

the family doesnt count to that bonus of cource

just all the other screaming and dying folk

if I get a thumbs up from badge and chuck the game can begin

[ChuckDaRighteous]

I'm good to go. Start it.

[askstoomuch]

if badge posts we might be able to have a first post tonightish

[BadgeAddict]

My absence of posting was my acceptance.

[Nerre]

is it still possible to join in? totally missed this thread being published.

[askstoomuch]

sorry nerre the family is full you areof course mroe then welcome to join in the second non test version this game works out

super busy with school first turn later this week

[Nerre]

Thanks for the info. Then I wish you a good test game.