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11:46
room topic changed to deadEarth: The Chargenning: Where characters are rolled but never played [deadearth] [lulz]
in RPG General Chat, 5 hours ago, by lisardggY
No game does "sudden, meaningless death" better than deadEarth. Usually even before gaming starts.
in RPG General Chat, 5 hours ago, by lisardggY
No, I do not recommend deadEarth. I do recommend reading the review and laughing hysterically.
Link to the handbook I'm using.
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lisardggY
lisardggY
It always surprises me that this book was ever published.
BESW
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So, I start by rolling Moves:
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It feels like the sort of system a bunch of teenagers would spend months writing out in painstaking detail.
BESW
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And Resiliency (1d6+3).
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Strength starts at 0.
Ageing is... d%, apparently.
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I'm 42 years old. Moves -3, Skills 800 + d6x10, Strength +0, Resiliency -1, and 3d6 radiations.
> Unfortunately, age tends to catch up with even the strongest of us. No one ages gracefully on deadEarth. Every year after the age of 40 apply a -1 modifier to either resiliency, strength, or moves.
I'ma drop resiliency by 2; it seems the most liable to be able to take the hit.
Height is 48 + 6d6, in inches.
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65'' tall, or 5'5''.
lisardggY
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11:55
Ok, old and short.
The review had some shortcut for rolling skills, didn't it?
BESW
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For weight, I roll 5d6 and look at this table which was miraculously omitted from the 2nd edition.
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17, so weight = height x 2. I'm 130 lbs.
Yes, I seem to recall that.
lisardggY
lisardggY
There should be a web-based ability-generator, instead of rolling 2d6 100 times.
BESW
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No link to it.
lisardggY
lisardggY
11:59
Just a teasing promise.
BESW
BESW
Bah.
Oh, height/weight influences stats.
+2 Moves, +0 Resiliency, -1 Strength.
lisardggY
lisardggY
So we're at -1 Strength, right?
BESW
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My current stats: Moves 2, Resiliency 3, Strength -1; Skills 800 + d6x10; 3d6 radiations.
lisardggY
lisardggY
So far, at "barely able to carry own weight". Nice.
BESW
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My max carrying weight is 30 + (Str x 10) lbs.
So... 20 lbs.
Now it's time for skills.
lisardggY
lisardggY
12:04
Ah.
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So I'm rolling 2d6 per skill, but I'm just looking for 2s and 12s.
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None.
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None.
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So my.... 12th skill down... is a natural ability.
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Zip.
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Zilch.
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So close, but that's across a pair of 2d6s.
lisardggY
lisardggY
I'll look up the 12th in the list.
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(That's skills 21 through 24.)
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Skills 25 through 28, nada.
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Nothing in 29 through 32.
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lisardggY
lisardggY
Ok, that's a natural ability in Broadcasting.
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Naturally.
lisardggY
lisardggY
> Broadcasting. Knowledge of waves and how they are used to transmit information through the air and cable. Includes knowledge of electronic encryption and decryption coding. Use this skill to broadcast secured and unsecured audio and video and to intercept such messages. Prereq: Electronics
BESW
BESW
12:10
@NokImchen Hi!
Nok Imchen
Nok Imchen
hi @BESW
BESW
BESW
You're welcome to hang out here, but if you're looking for tabletop role-playing discussions the main room will probably be more productive.
I'm rolling a gag character here for a hilariously terrible system‌​.
Nok Imchen
Nok Imchen
is there a room where experience scientist help console young students like me to decide which field i should go for PhD?
lisardggY
lisardggY
There's the Academia stack exchange site: academia.stackexchange.com
Which has a chatroom where people might be able to help. Also, depending on the field, you could find experts in physics.stackexchange.com, biology.stackexchange.com,. etc.
BESW
BESW
Good luck! I'm sorry we're not in a position to be of more material assistance.
Nok Imchen
Nok Imchen
12:14
oh, biotechnology.stackexchange.com do not exist :(
BESW
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Skills 37 through 40 incoming.
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lisardggY
lisardggY
Another red herring.
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Nothin' interesting there.
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lisardggY
lisardggY
12:15
Woo!
That's 44, right?
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I think so.
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No enchilada.
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lisardggY
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Natural inability in Haggle.
> Haggle. Skill in negotiating a trade of goods. Roll your haggle against another player's haggle to negotiate a trade. Whoever wins gets the better end of the deal. A single trade may consist of many haggle rolls. Prereq: Appraise
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12:16
Now for 49 through 52.
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lisardggY
lisardggY
Whoo!
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BESW
52 is an ability!
lisardggY
lisardggY
Natural ability in Intuition.
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53-56:
lisardggY
lisardggY
12:17
> Intuition. Your ability to generally make sense of the world around you, to understand nonverbal communication and foreign languages, to sense the danger level of a situation, and to read the apparent intent of others. Prereq: Senses.
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I'm on a roll!
55th is inability, 56th is ability.
lisardggY
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Natural inability in Jury-rig. Natural ability in Martial Arts.
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57 through 60:
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Nnyup. 61-64:
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Boo. 65-68:
lisardggY
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Getting close to the end, now.
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Ooer. What's 65?
lisardggY
lisardggY
Navigate.
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lisardggY
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Threes are wild.
BESW
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12:20
Hm?
lisardggY
lisardggY
Lots of threes.
Nevermind.
Go on.
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Oh. Yes.
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77-80:
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12:21
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85-88:
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89-92:
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12:22
What's 91?
lisardggY
lisardggY
> WS Blade.
Use swords, axes and knives
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Ooh, close.
And lastly, 97-100:
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lisardggY
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12:23
Ok.
BESW
BESW
Close again!
lisardggY
lisardggY
So our guy has a natural ability in Broadcasting, Navigation, Intuition, Martial Arts and Blade fighting.
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42 years old, 5'5'' and 130 lbs. Moves 2, Resiliency 3, Strength -1; Skills 800 + d6x10; 3d6 radiations.
lisardggY
lisardggY
And a natural inability in Haggling and Jury-rigging.
BESW
BESW
I think I'm some kind of itinerant post-apocalyptic Walter Cronkite.
lisardggY
lisardggY
12:26
Kung-fu Cronkite.
BESW
BESW
So, I can add do one of these things now:
Add 1d6 to any one of age/height/initiative/max carrying weight/moves/resiliency/shielding/weight.
Roll 2d6x10 and gain that many skills points.
Gain the ability to purchase extra radiation rolls at 10 skill points per roll.
I think I should add to either Str or Moves.
lisardggY
lisardggY
Ooh, age. Let's add to age.
*cough*
Yes, Strength, probably.
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Right now he can barely carry a suit of clothes.
BESW
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12:29
Str of 2!
lisardggY
lisardggY
Woo!
BESW
BESW
I can carry... 50 lbs.
lisardggY
lisardggY
Wait, but isn't a strength of 3 equivalent to a Schwarzenegger?
BESW
BESW
Yes.
lisardggY
lisardggY
*sigh*.
BESW
BESW
12:30
Apparently Ahnold can carry 60 lbs before being encumbered.
lisardggY
lisardggY
Adding a whole d6 to a score that usually ranges from 0 to 3 is silly, but hey, that's probably the least of our problems here.
BESW
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Skills now.
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Joy. I have 810 skill points.
lisardggY
lisardggY
But you can use the points for radiations instead, right?
BESW
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12:33
No, I chose to add 1d6 to Str instead.
lisardggY
lisardggY
Ah, I see, yes.
I see now that the "goal" of the game is to gain Renown for your character. Which makes sense, except for the fact that in addition to completing quests, you can gain renown by being mentioned on the publisher's website, or from mutations. Of course.
BESW
BESW
Of course.
So, given the goal is Renown, what should I go for in skills?
lisardggY
lisardggY
Play to your strengths, I guess. Start with the abilities.
BESW
BESW
Hmm. Not too hard, it looks like.
lisardggY
lisardggY
Martial Arts needs Brawling, so that's a place to start.
4d6 in Brawling lets you take Martial Arts.
6d6 in Martial Arts will give you another Move.
So that's 100 points right there.
BESW
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12:37
Is it? Don't you get the first two dice for free?
lisardggY
lisardggY
Do you? Must have missed that.
BESW
BESW
The guy's blog said something like it, but I'm not seeing it in the manual.
> Remember that list of 100 skills I mentioned? You start with all the ones you qualify for at 2d6. But most of them have prerequisites so they start at 0d6 until you have 4d6 in the prereq, at which point you qualify for them and they go up to 2d6.
lisardggY
lisardggY
"qualify for"?
BESW
BESW
Meet the preqs for?
lisardggY
lisardggY
Which is every skill that has no prereq?
BESW
BESW
12:42
Aye?
That's how the blog makes it sound.
So, I need Brawling to go from 2d6 to 4d6, then Martial arts from 2d6 to 6d6. That's 60 points.
Now, for Broadcasting... that's got a pretty big tree but I think Intuition is a side branch on it.
Math -> Physics -> Electronics -> Broadcasting.
lisardggY
lisardggY
Senses -> Intuition.
BESW
BESW
20 points in three different skills is 60, total of 120 spent so far.
Aw. Still, I like that.
Senses 4d6 (20 points).
lisardggY
lisardggY
And WS Blade and Navigation are no pre-req.
BESW
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Let's bring everything we've mentioned so far up to 4d6. +20 Martial Arts, +20 Senses, +20 Blade, +20 Nav, +20 Broadcasting.
Spent 240 out of 800.
lisardggY
lisardggY
Ok, he's a tech- and media-savvy martial artist/blademaster.
BESW
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12:48
I wanna go for Bemuse.
lisardggY
lisardggY
What synergizes with that?
BESW
BESW
(I can stun people with blather.)
lisardggY
lisardggY
Oh, definitely.
BESW
BESW
It builds off Senses/Intuition/Reason.
lisardggY
lisardggY
Excellent for an on-air personality.
BESW
BESW
12:49
Exactly!
So that's another 40 points to pump Reason and Blather Bemuse to 4d6 each.
lisardggY
lisardggY
Bemuse.
How about Troubador?
BESW
BESW
Okay, Charisma seems reasonable as a buy-in.
lisardggY
lisardggY
Weight Training is apparently the simplest way to increase Strength.
BESW
BESW
20 points for Charisma, 20 for Streetwise, 20 for Troubador. 340 spent.
+40 points in Weight Training, then. 380 spent... I feel like this stuff is way too cheap.
lisardggY
lisardggY
Is he a walker? Horse-rider? Motorcyclist?
BESW
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12:54
Bah. Let's skip to the radiation.
lisardggY
lisardggY
Yay!
BESW
BESW
3d6 radmen, I think?
lisardggY
lisardggY
Dicebot doesn't do d1000, I guess.
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12:55
15 radiations. Let's go.
umm, 12.
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That's, what, 3d10?
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> 677 Drool. You are a slobbering fool. cost: none. range: self. effect: binary.
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lisardggY
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> 388 Animality.
You know the beast inside you, and so does every other animal you come in contact with. All domesticated animals become wild around you, and any wild animals you encounter will try to attack you immediately and before all others. All beast handling and beast ride skill rolls are at least difficult for you.
cost: none. range: self. effect: binary
BESW
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12:58
...shame. I was planning to have him ride a horse.
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Navigate is again a natural ability.
lisardggY
lisardggY
> 308 Sense of direction. Navigate is now a natural ability. cost: none. range: self. effect: binary
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lisardggY
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12:59
What, again?
BESW
BESW
[blink]
If you roll a binary radiation more than once, reroll.
lisardggY
lisardggY
Reroll?
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BESW
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lisardggY
169 Flaming death.
You burst into flames in 3D6 hours killing yourself and doing 4D6 damage to anyone within 20 feet of you. cost: none. range: self. effect: binary
Woo!
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