Steel Wardens: A PnP Monster hunting with mech adventure

[JerkChicken]

There was a great and destructive war kinda long ago, well not too long but definitely not recent like 2 weeks ago. Right so some time before this quasi-apocalyptic war that ended with life as they know it be radically changed. Governments vanished, towns became leveled, cities became towns, infrastructure got nuked 5 times over and you know the usual associated with such . Strangely enough the world did not turn into one giant sandbox or a giant ice cooler.

No instead the world is quite verdant and filled with life with some exceptions, but that's another thing to be addressed in another section. The important part is that there seems to be and abundance of fauna of the mega type and you're part of of a group of people of loosely connected with mysterious mechs with funky powers that travel the world and have their own odd outposts that are part lounge part pit stop and part lodging. Of course you can be a special snowflake and be something else but that's not part of the focus here is it.

In a nutshell: It's big green and wet.
The planet which is bigger than Earth, and slightly less diverse in biospheres that don't include some variation of forests, swamp. Sure there's the clearing made by war and the pre-established civilization along with mountains and other features like deserts but not as much as the proportion as here on Earth. Temperatures more or less the same as here.

As for landmass and continents and stuff? Bunch of land tossed around for plenty of traveling opportunities. Of note is that there a high rate of inland bodies of water and possibly vast underground connections like the cenotes of Yucatan which should lead to funky landscapes. Also there is tendency for lots interesting landscapes and features.

The great post war mess has scattered everyone's comfy living arrangements. The way people live can be best put in two categories: pre-cataclysm constructions and post or original. Fairly self-explanatory original being: Either less fancy stuff like yurts, log cabins to shantytown like villages and fortresses mad of scrap and entirely new cities and towns though those tend to be more along the lines of areas where pre-cataclysm buildings stood and got remade but with lesser amenities and features.

Pre-war is basically straight up retrofitting and salvaging among the better existing ruins with some original growth mixed in there. They tend to have better quality living because of exiting tech and stuff. But they suffer from lack of infrastructure which can produce odd results in cities like working power but no running water and stuff. As well as not every structure is stable or has been inspected for any particular problems.

Both have their own individuals problems and advantages but the constant problems they got is lack of resources, people being people, and fucking monsters crawling. Old towns and cities got more attention because existing tech and possible hidden tech being located there, as well as people feeling more comfortable building in or around them. While especially large cities hinge on things like power plants and water treatment to work smoothly. So you can end with weird stuff like people having running water but not local power grid so people are like living in tall buildings only up to a certain floor because elevators won't work and it's a bit too dangerous being that high. Meanwhile the scrap towns and whatnot treated as a bit poorer and primitive but don't suffer on being hinged on pre-existing services to function smoothly.

Economy of the land is mostly barter based with importance placed on food, natural resources, and scavenged technology. And everything in between is purely secondary, also in certain areas close to metropolitan areas they are making their currencies and there seems to be a universal trade currency that is favored by those who travel.

Jobs are well what could you pretty much imagine given the world. You got obvious stuff like farmers, builders, and merchants. Along with the more colorful stuff like the people who hunt for pre-cataclysm stuff and know what it does along with what hopefully most of you will be playing; the hunters. Hunters will get their own section but first this.

Right so arguable the most important and fun part of this sections, your giant robot! It's awesome and highly customizable, it kills things dead in various ways!. And most importantly chicks dig them machines along with dudes and well pretty much everyone including other pilots. But what are they? What are their functions? And most importantly where did the come from, how did you get one?

Well for starters your mechs are highly customizable machines of unique composition that came from the pre-cataclysm era. Too be honest not too much information is known even by the techies (curse those corrupted memory banks and broken computers!). There are also some lesser type of mecha called Walkers but they're a bit more cumbersome since they lack the supertech and are either derived from existing copies found as well as the occasional rare fancy types uncovered non-hunter affiliated people and partially reverse engineered from.

Suffice to say they were as previously mentioned machines manufactured by and SCIENCE! They are part mechanical and biological which means they got special features such as self repair and regenerating ammo and other nifty stuff. They also have a mysterious connection to the monsters in that if the biological parts are in contact with monster parts which is due to and of course more science!

And that's were the customization comes in since you're not only just limited to finding spare parts and scrap but you can also hunt down the deadly critters and slap on part and get nifty stuff. See that giant floating electric centipede? Kill it and slap on the bioelectrical generators and yourself a new battery source, weapon, or shield! There is one caveat and that is the fact that not all of you might be technically inclined or have the tools which is why you have the handy stations scattered around.

The hunters are a very disparate and loosely organized group of people from various walks of life. They're part mercenary guild and part secret organization, people may not always trust you but guys are what they got against more nastier critters and also you all have robots.

As for your clubhouse, you got scattered across the world various stations staffed by other people. They tend to vary by location in outwards appearance and a bit on the inside too. But they're more or less identifiable by certain symbols and the activity that comes around it. They're best described as part tavern/lounge and part garage. Inside you can have a chat and drink or so and maybe catch up on the news, take missions, and or rest. And obviously have your machine taken care of too.

As for the question of who's staffing these things? Well it's a bit weird but basically they're originally remnants of the people staffing them during the events before total disaster their descendants took over as time passed and so on and so forth and so might have brought in other people and so on and so forth. Now it's a mixed bag some may have been strangers with good knowledge recruited into the services while others may be ex-pilots; which in fact is how most people got their mechs barring those who found them shiny and new in some warehouse or whatever and those . While there is no real overarching leadership to the organization as a whole there are local higher ups that act as the authority within their area as well supply communication to other areas.

Generally they are also a good source of pre-cataclysm information but they aren't always reliable or complete as things break over time and sometimes it takes a while for those broken things to get repaired and if they do it might be too forgone. However they do tend to payout quite well for anyone able to bring things in to be repaired for the memory banks and whatnot so everything isn't competently lost, just hard to find.

Outside of the group there are other pilots as well either piloting the Walkers or a found mech. They tend to be employed as either military forces or as guards for Towns and various organizations within the world. The advanced mechs are of a higher upkeep mostly because of the unique requirements and difficulty recreating the resources for them. They tend to be used with mook mechs and other vehicles around them since despite their hardiness repairing high damaged is a pain.

To be filled

Some final notes:

• It'll be freeform for most thing with the exception of the fights and anything that could be spiced up with a roll. So for the most part don't worry about need to roll a lot. As for when you do roll just like integrate the results with your narrative and that's pretty much it.
• Rolz.org will be used as the roller for this game so place the results in your post at the top in a hider
• Also to go with your roll will be like a summery in game terms of what you're doing

For character sheets it goes like this, your usual stuff of name, age, sex, inventory, etc. Followed by your archetype, attributes and plot armor, skills with specializations if applicable, traits, genre power(s) and finally themes.

Equipment will be free if it's minor things and if it's not then consult me with the proposed item and we'll negotiate. Secondly when listing traits and powers give me the effect and speed.

Mech sheet is pretty similar in that you list appearance and name and other misc details, then followed by your stats and stuff. There will specific conditions and stuff everyone will start off with that will be discussed further once we start getting set up.

Also feel free to refluff some of the stuff to fit your mechs and pilots better

Also for everyone looking at this, here's the latest rulebook:
http://www.mediafire.com/?end6ca4zf2tcray

If you're wanting to play all you need to read are chapters: 2,3, &4 feel free to ask for help with making your mech and character.

[Zombehs]

Hey man, remake of Chrome Hunters? Mind if I reuse my player sheet? (For the most part, cause it really got changed up over the last few GGG editions)

Nevermind, it's basically completely different now .

[JerkChicken]

Oh sure you can join up.

Also yes it's very different now the rules, but at least you can properly build your weapons in this version, also more freedom with the genre powers which is nice

[Zombehs]

I take it this is going to be on the forum instead of an IRC?

[JerkChicken]

yup

[yellowreaver]

ALright, I'm in; if there are still people here that is.