IRC: Inner Rebellion of Complex (Paranoia)

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IRC: Inner Rebellion of Complex (Paranoia)

Post by Runsaround » Thu Apr 04, 2013 4:23 am

In the far future, mankind obeys the orders of a self-important accounting AI turned master of a significant portion of humanity, or mankind gets zapped into ashes by another mankind. The Alpha Complex, under the protection of Friend Computer, is a "thriving" underground city of treacherous tech and even more treacherous people.
The maintenance and day-to-day law enforcement of this sprawling community is left to the Troubleshooters, whose general job description is to find trouble, and then shoot it. Not necessarily in that order.
'trouble' is usually defined as the actions of commie mutant traitors, which would be much easier to find if everyone wasn't in at least one of those demographics.

So catch the commies, shoot the mutants, burn the traitors! Just make sure they don't see you using your mutant powers, owning anything above your clearance, exercising your secret society connections, or being dissatisfied with your lot in life, after all, Happiness is Mandatory!

So I am running a Paranoia-setting type game, which if you didn't know is all about the betrayal and subterfuge. Everybody is basically that world's equivalent of policemen, the twist being that they are ALL traitors and mutants. So yes. Taking recruits about now.
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Re: IRC: Inner Rebellion of Complex (Paranoia)

Post by ThroughTheWell » Thu Apr 04, 2013 10:22 am

What will be your game style? Paranoia can be played a few ways. Zap happy IIRC is one.

You forgot to mention that every player has so many clones, so 1 death is no big deal. Was it 9 total clones? I forget. Wait, no, how could I forget. I've NEVER looked at the rules, honest. :lol:
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Re: IRC: Inner Rebellion of Complex (Paranoia)

Post by TBFProgrammer » Thu Apr 04, 2013 10:40 am

There is but one rule: obey Friend Computer. Anyone saying otherwise is a mutant communist traitor and must die. I happily volunteer myself for the task of eliminating them.

In other words, joining this.
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Re: IRC: Inner Rebellion of Complex (Paranoia)

Post by gamecreator » Thu Apr 04, 2013 11:37 am

ThroughTheWell wrote:You forgot to mention that every player has so many clones, so 1 death is no big deal. Was it 9 total clones? I forget.
I read wikipedia article on the game today and it stated that most wounds are fatal, so those clones can be considered as hit points. It also said there is 6 clones.

I think I win join.

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Re: IRC: Inner Rebellion of Complex (Paranoia)

Post by BadgeAddict » Thu Apr 04, 2013 1:33 pm

I am intrigued enough to try this. Withdrawn, brain is too slow.
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Re: IRC: Inner Rebellion of Complex (Paranoia)

Post by 96harothfee » Fri Apr 05, 2013 8:38 am

Im curious just enough to say I'm interested! I've never played Paranoia before so, I'm not sure about the rules. A quick google search should help answer some of those questions.

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Re: IRC: Inner Rebellion of Complex (Paranoia)

Post by CelineSSauve » Fri Apr 05, 2013 8:48 am

96harothfee wrote:A quick google search should help answer some of those questions.
Don't tell the Computer that you're looking up the Rules!? :shock:
Knowledge of the rules is treasonous! (If I remember the rules correctly :lol: )

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Re: IRC: Inner Rebellion of Complex (Paranoia)

Post by gamecreator » Fri Apr 05, 2013 8:58 am

96harothfee wrote:A quick google search should help answer some of those questions.
It has a few very vague rules. Read wikipedia article on the game to feel setting, that's enough.

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Re: IRC: Inner Rebellion of Complex (Paranoia)

Post by 96harothfee » Fri Apr 05, 2013 9:22 am

CelineSSauve wrote:
96harothfee wrote:A quick google search should help answer some of those questions.
Don't tell the Computer that you're looking up the Rules!? :shock:
Knowledge of the rules is treasonous! (If I remember the rules correctly :lol: )
I know better now. If it comes up I'll plead ignorance!

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96harothfee wrote:A quick google search should help answer some of those questions.
It has a few very vague rules. Read wikipedia article on the game to feel setting, that's enough.
Thanks, I'm doing that now. Sounds like an interesting game system! I havent' tried this one yet.

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Re: IRC: Inner Rebellion of Complex (Paranoia)

Post by Runsaround » Fri Apr 05, 2013 7:44 pm

Someone's looking to get zapped.
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Re: IRC: Inner Rebellion of Complex (Paranoia)

Post by Runsaround » Sun Apr 07, 2013 7:24 pm

Well, I think it's about time that I can ask for characters.

NOTE ABOUT NAMES:
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There are eight attributes:
Strength: Well duh.
Agility: Also duh.
Dexterity: Also duh.
Endurance: Also duh.
Moxie: Intelligence and figuring stuff out.
Chutzpah: Charisma, basically.
Mechanical Aptitude: Working with the notoriously-treacherous machinery of the Alpha Complex.
Power: Manipulating your Mutant Power.

You have 60 points to allocate throughout these.

You may choose between several Service Groups, which represent the group you serve in when not troubleshooting.

Internal Security: Shortened as Intsec, this is basically the police. You may choose to reveal your status as an agent or pose as a member of another group.

Power Services: You manage the power supplies in the complex.

Central Processing: Bureaucracy.

Armed Forces: The 'army'.

Tech Services: The engineers of the complex.

Research And Development: The madmen who create and design the insane mechanisms that run the complex.

Production, Logistics, and Commisary: They make stuff and fill orders.

Housing Preservation and Development, Mind Control: Keeping the place clean, and often assisting Intsec with their third function.

Service groups give you randomly generated skills based on whatever group you choose.

Mutant Powers
Randomly generated.

Secret Societies
Randomly generated.


Skills: OH THIS IS GONNA HURT:
AGILITY SKILLS
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CHUTZPAH SKILLS
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DEXTERITY SKILLS
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MECHANICAL SKILLS
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MOXIE SKILLS
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Phew. Anyway, you get five points to put in these skills, and you can't just save them for later.
I think that's about it.
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Re: IRC: Inner Rebellion of Complex (Paranoia)

Post by TBFProgrammer » Sun Apr 07, 2013 8:37 pm

ANTON-R-PIROS

STR - 10
AGI - 8
DEX - 7
END - 8
MOX - 10
CZP - 5
MCH - 9
POW - 3

Tech Services

Skills:
Dodge (AGI) - 1
Habitat Engineering (MCH) - 2
Jury Rigging (MCH) - 2
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Re: IRC: Inner Rebellion of Complex (Paranoia)

Post by Runsaround » Tue Apr 09, 2013 9:29 pm

Bump because you guys are slow.
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Re: IRC: Inner Rebellion of Complex (Paranoia)

Post by gamecreator » Wed Apr 10, 2013 4:14 am

Ryan-R-ABC

Strength: 7
Agility: 8
Dexterity: 7
Endurance: 7
Moxie: 10
Chutzpah: 6
Mechanical Aptitude: 8
Power: 7

R&D

What about skills? Are they one-level (i.e. 1 point per skill maximum)? Do we pick them in addition to generated skills or instead?

Edit: added skills.
Dodge 2
Habitat engineering 1
Chemistry 2
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Re: IRC: Inner Rebellion of Complex (Paranoia)

Post by Runsaround » Wed Apr 10, 2013 7:01 am

In addition.
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Re: IRC: Inner Rebellion of Complex (Paranoia)

Post by TBFProgrammer » Wed Apr 10, 2013 8:53 am

Added skills to attributes post.
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Re: IRC: Inner Rebellion of Complex (Paranoia)

Post by gamecreator » Wed Apr 10, 2013 9:00 am

So I guess they are not one-level then.

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Re: IRC: Inner Rebellion of Complex (Paranoia)

Post by Davecom3 » Thu Apr 11, 2013 8:08 am

How is anyone supposed to join this game? All the text is above my security clearance.

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Re: IRC: Inner Rebellion of Complex (Paranoia)

Post by Runsaround » Fri Apr 12, 2013 6:47 am

Hmmm. Question time.

Do you think the people who posted and then disappeared mysteriously have dropped out, or have they just not noticed?
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Re: IRC: Inner Rebellion of Complex (Paranoia)

Post by TBFProgrammer » Fri Apr 12, 2013 7:02 am

People that explicitly stated they wanted to join included:

TBFProgrammer - character submitted
gamecreator - character submitted
BadgeAddict - withdrawn
96harothfree - twelve posts, one of them (in a recruitment thread for a DnD game):
96harothfee wrote:To be quite honest, I was having trouble trying to concentrate on my PC creation what with reallife coming down around me. And I havent made very many PCs before too, so that's working against me, haha
I'm not sure that anyone else was actually looking to play.
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Re: IRC: Inner Rebellion of Complex (Paranoia)

Post by Runsaround » Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:19 am

Sorry, periodic un-logging in claimed my post. :(
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