OOC- Zombie Apocalypse Chapter 2- General Discussion

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  1. Mr. Handy

    Mr. Handy Water Chip? Been There, Done That
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    Yup, just another few rounds should do it. All that remains is to finish the battle at the motel. I'm updating right now, and I'll be able to update frequently over the next four days.
     
  2. Steve-the-Zombie-Killer

    Steve-the-Zombie-Killer Look, Ma! Two Heads!

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    Apr 2, 2003
    and then once we are done with this chapter and we roll our extra experience rolls then we are finished here and we move to play at you south correct?
     
  3. Mr. Handy

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    That's correct, after the chapter concludes and you make your skill XP checks, we move to Play@Yog-Sothoth in January. It'll probably take a few weeks to set things up there before we can start.

    There are now probably only 2 or 3 major updates remaining, and I hope to finish them by Tuesday.
     
  4. SuAside

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    May 27, 2004
    i suspect the chapter will end when the USAF snipers are playing long range chess with Luke. each happily chilling on a rooftop, surrounded by a few thousand zombies below that already ate everyone else.
     
  5. Mr. Handy

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    Either that or they'll be challenging each other to shoot zombies that look like particular celebrities.

    I need to eat breakfast first, but the next update should be up in a few hours. After that there may only be one more, hopefully on Monday or Tuesday.
     
  6. SuAside

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    if they still have any ammo left ;)
     
  7. Mr. Handy

    Mr. Handy Water Chip? Been There, Done That
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    Chapter 2 is complete! I hope you had as much fun as I have, and I look forward to starting Chapter 3 over on Play@Yog-Sothoth in a few weeks. Every character who survived gets skill XP checks. I'll roll them for the NPCs later tonight, and you can roll for your PCs when you get around to it.

    The way these work, if you don't remember from Chapter 1, is that for every skill of your character's that was successfully used (which are listed in the Locations and Weapons thread), you roll 1d100 against it. If you roll less than or equal to your current score in the skill, nothing happens. If you roll higher, then you get to roll 1d10 and I'll add that to your character's skill level. The higher your skills are, the harder it is to raise them further, but low skills are unlikely to be checked in the first place.

    Here's a list of the PCs by player and the relevant skill levels:
    Fearlessfred
    Joe Barring:
    Spot Hidden (56)
    Shotgun (65)
    Dodge (28)
    Handgun (61)

    Javier Ramirez:
    Psychology (52)
    Persuade (54)
    Spot Hidden (51)
    Rifle (55)
    Handgun (63)

    Sergeant Sam Black:
    Spot Hidden (59)
    Rifle (92)

    Steve
    Alice:
    Make Maps (35)
    Bargain (20)
    Persuade (50)
    Spot Hidden (25)
    Listen (25)
    History (90)
    Rifle (50)
    Mechanical Repair (20)

    Jim Kerr:
    Psychology (34)
    Spot Hidden (56)
    Listen (58)
    Fast Talk (52)
    First Aid (30)
    Handgun (67)
    Kick (57)
    Martial Arts (57)

    Stompie
    Wallace:
    Psychology (53)
    Spot Hidden (45)
    Rifle (66)

    Duke:
    Natural History (25)
    Fast Talk (45)
    Spot Hidden (30)
    Listen (40)
    Rifle (50)
    First Aid (50)
    Biology (55)

    Airman Justin Hockey:
    Spot Hidden (55)
    Machine Gun (80)
    Rifle (65)
    Sneak (70)

    Acting Senior Airman Manuel Ortega:
    Spot Hidden (65)
    Rifle (65)

    SuAside
    Luke the Hunter:
    Spot Hidden (57)
    Rifle (80)
    Fist/Punch (50)
    Listen (65)
    Shotgun (52)

    Bob Larkin:
    Persuade (15)
    Mechanical Repair (67)
    Spot Hidden (70)
     
  8. Steve-the-Zombie-Killer

    Steve-the-Zombie-Killer Look, Ma! Two Heads!

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    hey why can i not roll skills for lewis or mccain? :twisted:

    Also will you let us know on this board when you have moved everything over to the other board. I am over there alot but will still come here as long as needed. Also when will we be able to pick characters. I know that I can only get one for now until others are finished. Would like 2 more of course but will wait for that.

    Also I saw that chapter 2 is now locked. I just wanted to make it known that Jim has loaded two extra bullets into his pistol as he waits for the lock to be picked. This will fully load his pistol.
     
  9. Steve-the-Zombie-Killer

    Steve-the-Zombie-Killer Look, Ma! Two Heads!

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    Skill XP Rolls:

    Alice:
    Make Maps: managed to make it Increase by 6

    Bargain: made that increase. Increase by 2

    Persuade: made that increase. Increase by 3

    spot hidden: Just got the increase. I needed rolls like this earlier on McCain and Lewis! Increase by 2

    Listen: Currently at 25. Again I managed to get an increase! Increased by 2 again.

    History: Currently at 90 so it will take a very good roll to increase this! and did not get it.

    Rifle: Currently at 50. Worth a shot, pardon the pun! did not get it once again. Here are the die rolls I remember!

    Mechanical Repair: currently at 20 so you figure that I would get it. but of course I did not!


    Jim Kerr:

    Psychology: Currently at 34. So lets see if I can increase this. nope.

    Spot Hidden: at 56 I might be able to increase. I spot an increase and it is by 6!

    Listen: Currently stands at 58. Let us see if we can hear the dice getting me a better skill point! nope!

    Fast Talk: 52 currently. Let me see if I can talk the dice into an increase. They appear to have heard and have given me an increase of 2

    First Aid: Currently at 30. usually with a roll like this I killed the patient. But it only appears that I increased my skill by 9

    Handgun: Currently at 50. Let us see if we can shoot a higher score! did it. Increased by 7

    Kick: Currently at 57. kicked my way to a higher skill point! increase by 2

    Martial Arts: Currently at 57. where it will stay for now.
     
  10. Mr. Handy

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    Yes, I'll post on this board when we're ready to move to the new one. In the meantime, we can continue to discuss the game in this thread. It will remain open until the move is complete, though I did lock the IC thread once the chapter concluded. Jim Kerr had plenty of time to reload his .44 Magnum, but he can only put one more bullet in there since it's a revolver and not an automatic. His Handgun skill was 67, not 50, but your roll was good enough to still get an increase and it rises to 74. The .44 Magnum has a -5 penalty built in, so your chance to hit with that becomes a still respectable 69.

    New characters will probably be a couple of weeks. Since the motel did not fall after all (you guys were lucky; if Mikhalin had died and Gary's head hadn't been destroyed then the people in the comm room and balcony might all have died), there will be three batches of new characters. One batch is almost ready, one has some preliminary work done, and another I haven't done more than think about. I intend to post all of them at the same time on the new forum when they're ready. There will be enough that everyone can have 3 or 4 characters, but we'll let the new players each choose at least one character from the new groups first.
     
  11. Fearlessfred

    Fearlessfred First time out of the vault

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    Apr 2, 2003
    Joe Barring:
    Spot Hidden- Fail
    Shotgun- Fail
    Dodge- Pass increase by 7
    Handgun-Fail

    Javier Ramirez:
    Psychology-Fail
    Persuade-Pass increase by 9
    Spot Hidden-Pass increase by 10
    Rifle-Pass increase by 3
    Handgun-Fail

    Sergeant Sam Black:
    Spot Hidden-Fail
    Rifle-Fail
     
  12. Mr. Handy

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    Steve's and Fearlessfred's character sheets have been updated with the new skill levels. When SuAside and Stompie post their rolls, I'll update theirs too. If Stompie doesn't check in within a week or so, I'll roll for his characters myself.

    Here are the skill XP rolls for the NPCs:
    Original characters (from Chapter 1)
    Rosie:
    Psychology ( 50 ) increased by 2 to 52
    Listen ( 60 ) increased by 7 to 67

    Lynne:
    Spot Hidden ( 67 ) increased by 1 to 68
    Locksmith ( 48 ) increased by 3 to 51
    Fast Talk ( 62 ) increased by 6 to 68

    Max:
    Scent Something Interesting ( 96 ) did not increase
    Bite ( 50 ) did not increase
    Listen ( 80 ) increased by 2 to 82
    Spot Hidden ( 25 ) increased by 8 to 33

    Mrs. Foo had no skills checked

    Mr. Foo:
    Persuade ( 66 ) did not increase
    Hypnosis ( 41 ) did not increase
    Psychoanalysis ( 1 ) increased by 2 to 3
    Locksmith ( 51 ) increased by 7 to 58
    Electrical Repair ( 70 ) did not increase
    Listen ( 58 ) did not increase
    Spot Hidden ( 76 ) did not increase
    Fast Talk ( 65 ) increased by 10 to 75
    Submachine Gun ( 63 ) did not increase
    First Aid ( 64 ) did not increase

    Ellen Cody:
    Listen ( 44 ) increased by 7 to 51

    Sally:
    Pharmacy ( 18 ) increased by 6 to 24
    Spot Hidden ( 25 ) increased by 3 to 28
    Medicine ( 57 ) did not increase
    Handgun ( 49 ) increased by 3 to 52
    First Aid ( 65 ) did not increase
    Listen ( 25 ) increased by 8 to 33

    Bo Richards:
    Listen ( 47 ) increased by 1 to 48

    Baldwin:
    Drive Truck ( 58 ) did not increase
    Fast Talk ( 72 ) did not increase
    Spot Hidden ( 77 ) did not increase
    Rifle ( 45 ) increased by 5 to 50
    Handgun ( 64 ) increased by 6 to 70
    Law ( 32 ) increased by 4 to 36
    Psychology ( 52 ) did not increase

    Randall:
    Psychology ( 65 ) did not increase
    Spot Hidden ( 25 ) did not increase
    Rifle ( 55 ) increased by 9 to 64

    David:
    Handgun ( 64 ) did not increase
    Mechanical Repair ( 36 ) did not increase
    Drive Truck ( 55 ) did not increase
    Fast Talk ( 31 ) increased by 8 to 39

    Willie:
    Rifle ( 45 ) increased by 9 to 54
    Spot Hidden ( 43 ) increased by 2 to 45
    Dodge ( 49 ) did not increase
    Fast Talk ( 56 ) increased by 1 to 57

    Jenny Cooper:
    Spot Hidden ( 36 ) did not increase
    Rifle ( 40 ) did not increase
    Psychology ( 45 ) increased by 7 to 52
    Persuade ( 40 ) increased by 6 to 46

    Kimberly:
    First Aid ( 45 ) did not increase
    Spot Hidden ( 52 ) did not increase
    Fast Talk ( 52 ) did not increase
    Pharmacy ( 90 ) did not increase
    Shotgun ( 60 ) did not increase
    Listen ( 57 ) increased by 7 to 64

    Michael Walters:
    Spot Hidden ( 65 ) increased by 3 to 68
    Psychology ( 65 ) did not increase
    Psychoanalysis ( 85 ) did not increase
    Handgun ( 65 ) did not increase
    Climb ( 40 ) increased by 1 to 41

    Erica Spears:
    Spot Hidden ( 76 ) did not increase
    Pilot Helicopter ( 77 ) did not increase
    Handgun ( 73 ) did not increase
    Rifle ( 30 ) increased by 2 to 32

    Dr. Brigetta Hausmann:
    Medicine ( 77 ) increased by 9 to 86
    Spot Hidden ( 35 ) did not increase

    Stephanie Bridges:
    Persuade ( 44 ) increased by 8 to 52
    Computer Use ( 63 ) did not increase
    Spot Hidden ( 66 ) did not increase
    Biology ( 77 ) did not increase
    Chemistry ( 63 ) increased by 9 to 72

    Beth:
    Spot Hidden ( 50 ) increased by 2 to 52
    Rifle ( 50 ) did not increase
    Fast Talk ( 56 ) did not increase

    Robert:
    Spot Hidden ( 54 ) did not increase
    Psychology ( 65 ) did not increase

    Kerry Pierce:
    Spot Hidden ( 50 ) increased by 3 to 53
    Shotgun ( 30 ) increased by 10 to 40

    Warren AFB characters (Chapter 2)
    Airman Alexandria Mikhalin:
    Electronics ( 73 ) did not increase
    Psychology ( 5 ) increased by 10 to 15
    Handgun ( 50 ) increased by 3 to 53

    Lt. Angela Blanco:
    Biology ( 92 ) did not increase
    French ( 41 ) increased by 7 to 48
    Persuade ( 38 ) increased by 2 to 40
    Pharmacy ( 49 ) did not increase
    Medicine ( 65 ) increased by 3 to 68
    First Aid ( 66 ) increased by 6 to 72
    Handgun ( 55 ) did not increase

    Zorie Spooner:
    Psychology ( 5 ) increased by 1 to 6
    Spot Hidden ( 45 ) increased by 5 to 50
    Medicine ( 55 ) did not increase
    First Aid ( 59 ) did not increase

    Airman Bobby Sheen:
    Spot Hidden ( 47 ) did not increase
    Rifle ( 82 ) did not increase

    Airman Steve Phillips:
    Spot Hidden ( 40 ) did not increase
    Rifle ( 60 ) increased by 7 to 67
    First Aid ( 50 ) did not increase
    Medicine ( 45 ) increased by 6 to 51

    Airman Igor Malanowski:
    Psychology ( 34 ) did not increase
    Dodge ( 36 ) increased by 4 to 40
    Grapple ( 72 ) increased by 4 to 76
    Spot Hidden ( 25 ) increased by 4 to 29
    Rifle ( 71 ) did not increase

    Acting Senior Airman Carlos Duran:
    Spot Hidden ( 62 ) increased by 5 to 67
    Rifle ( 71 ) did not increase
    Military Science ( 45 ) increased by 10 to 55
     
  13. SuAside

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    Luke the Hunter:
    Spot Hidden (57): nope
    Rifle (80): nope
    Fist/Punch (50): nope
    Listen (65): nope
    Shotgun (52): yes, +4

    Bob Larkin:
    Persuade (15): yes, +1
    Mechanical Repair (67): yes, +10 (!)
    Spot Hidden (70): nope
     
  14. Steve-the-Zombie-Killer

    Steve-the-Zombie-Killer Look, Ma! Two Heads!

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    Apr 2, 2003
    Mr. Handy,
    So you said that we will be able to be told now the mistakes we made in game. I was thinking about them. I think Lewis should have stayed in the communication room as he may have either been able to blow Lereux away or difused the situation. McCain should have dropped his weapon and put his hands up. He may not have been considered a threat then. Do you think so also?
    -steve
     
  15. Mr. Handy

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    If Lewis had stayed in the comm room he'd have had a better chance for survival, but he had no way of knowing what would happen if he left. You're absolutely right about how McCain could have survived. If he had dropped his weapon and surrendered, the civilians would not have kept shooting at him.

    The basic problem that the PCs involved had is that they were trying to have things both ways. They wanted the civilians to be protected, but they also wanted to support Malone instead of Lereux. It takes two sides to have a standoff. Malone had been close to surrender, and if Ramirez hadn't turned on Lereux and supported her things might have played out very differently, especially if McCain and Lewis had backed down too when faced with superior firepower. The civilians didn't want to kill anyone, and even Lereux didn't want anyone but Malone dead. He needed everyone he could get to defend the motel. While he would have busted McCain down to Airman (he did tell him he'd have his stripes for this) and given him the most dangerous assignments, he would not have executed him unless he resisted the coup with force. Almost everything was going in Lereux's favor except for the PCs and a few NPCs. Had you guys not shifted the balance of power to be more even, Malone would not have been able to get enough support to put up a fight. Instead there was a real battle, and the motel nearly fell as a result. If a couple more people had died and gone zombie, there would have been a critical mass of zombies and any humans on the balcony or in the comm room would have been lucky to escape with their lives.

    Basically, what you needed to do to live was to either support Lereux or at least not stand in his way. Failing that, surrender was a viable option. It takes two sides to have a battle too.
     
  16. Fearlessfred

    Fearlessfred First time out of the vault

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    Apr 2, 2003
    My bad then.
     
  17. Steve-the-Zombie-Killer

    Steve-the-Zombie-Killer Look, Ma! Two Heads!

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    Apr 2, 2003
    Mr. Handy,
    Do you have any of the characters designed up yet so we could think about choosing a third one for those of us who need to choose?
     
  18. Mr. Handy

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    I finished the airfield characters on Tuesday, but I already listed those earlier in this thread on page 37. You also have the existing characters from the first two chapters available, and new players will be unlikely to choose them since they'd need to read the story so far. There are two more groups of characters I need to complete. I hadn't had time to work on them during the last few days and probably won't during the week, but on weekends I should be able to. I'm hoping they'll be done in two weeks, maybe three.
     
  19. welsh

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    Apr 5, 2003
    I would also think that a mistake of Chapter 2 was also found in Chapter 1- lack of organization. Chap 2 was more complex as you had two different armed groups. Had these groups united, things might have worked out differently, but to be fair the commanders of the USAF operation were resistant to cooperation.

    This game emphasizes divisions among people, secrets, and individual ambitions. But survival requires cooperation.

    Overall, I thought you guys did fairly well. More rifles on the roofs, defense in depth, and you might have better defended the diner. Oh well.

    Handy- can you give a run down on who is wounded, infected and who is ok. YOu can pm me.
     
  20. Mr. Handy

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    I'll just post it here, along with current Sanity levels, since it isn't secret information and could help anyone thinking of choosing an existing character. Those listed as Contaminated (in orange) took damage from the thing in the lab. Those listed as Bitten (in red) were bitten by zombies. Current HP are in red if at 3 or less, orange if half or less of maximum, yellow if more than half but below maximum, and normal if at full.

    Rosie: 10/10, San 52
    Lynne: 8/11, San 45, broken leg
    Max: 11/11, San 35
    Mrs. Foo: 11/11, San 65
    Mr. Foo: 11/11, San 93, Contaminated
    Ellen Cody: 11/11, San 72
    Sally: 11/11, San 92
    Wallace Red Crow (Stompie): 13/14, San 53, Bitten
    Bo Richards: 15/16, San 55
    Baldwin: 5/15, San 32, indefinitely insane
    Randall: 15/15, San 68, Bitten
    David: 11/11, San 44
    Willie: 5/13, San 40, unconscious
    Alice (Steve): 2/12, San 47, Contaminated
    Luke the Hunter (SuAside): 11/11, San 99
    Jenny Cooper: 12/12, San 73, Contaminated
    Kimberly: 4/12, San 67, Bitten (but apparently immune)
    Michael: 14/14, San 44
    Duke (Stompie): 15/16, San 66, Contaminated
    Erica Spears: 12/12, San 80
    Dr. Brigetta Hausmann, M.D.: 7/12, San 51, broken arm
    Stephanie Bridges: 12/12, San 99
    Jim Kerr (Steve): 13/14, San 83, Contaminated
    Bob Larkin (SuAside): 13/16, San 72
    Joe Barring (Fearlessfred): 16/16, San 56
    Kerry Pierce: 12/12, San 39

    Javier Ramirez (Fearlessfred): 14/14, San 67
    Airman Alexandria Mikhalin: 8/12, San 73
    Lt. Angela Blanco: 13/13, San 76
    Zorie Spooner: 12/12, San 68
    Sgt. Sam Black (Fearlessfred): 16/16, San 52
    Airman Bobby Sheen: 17/17, San 64
    Airman Steve Phillips: 11/17, San 25, indefinitely insane, Bitten
    Airman Igor Malanowski: 16/16, San 65
    Airman Justin Hockey (Stompie): 11/13, San 55
    Acting Senior Airman Carlos Duran: 8/16, San 56, Bitten
    Acting Senior Airman Manuel Ortega (Stompie): 16/16, San 65

    Lack of cooperation and organization was definitely a problem, but you didn't do too badly and losses could have been far worse. You did manage to hold onto the motel - for now - though the diner was lost. However, the motel's defenses have been weakened. The barricades are still fully intact, but the gunplay upstairs meant that the zombies were "in your base, killing your d00dz" anyway, and you now have to defend it with less. Now that the USAF forces are under new leadership, cooperation becomes far more likely. There are reinforcements on the way, but they bring with them their own complications that you'll have to deal with.
     
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