POLL - The New Dawn Problem

[Rupert Willies]

Originally Posted by General Pain

I recall the most joyeus times involve PC vrs PC over the years......the only thing that really have changed is that back in the days the PCs tried to snuff eachother all by them self nowadays it seems there's allways a NPC whispering in someones ear.......hmmmm

One of my most precious moments was when you where ALL MY BIATCHES, after I saved your sorry hides, and had to bandage you, strip you naked, and hold you in separate pens to prevent you from killing each other. Aaaahhh those were the days...

[General Pain]

Originally Posted by Rupert Willies

One of my most precious moments was when you where ALL MY BIATCHES, after I saved your sorry hides, and had to bandage you, strip you naked, and hold you in separate pens to prevent you from killing each other. Aaaahhh those were the days...

LOL...

...and I was just defending my self.....

[headquarters]

the" naked ,seriously wounded and kept in seperate babmboo pens "scene was very disturbing .

that whole mission was disturbing .

Funny as f*** though

The answer to the riddle is as always ultimately :" the troubles heaped on the characters by the GM, were incentives to overcome personal differences and start working together as a team rather than fuel bitter infighting and feuds that stretch over years "

But you guys are really roleplaying "the ruthless warlord killer with substance abuse problems types" very well imho.

Cant wait to present you with more incentives next time around.

[General Pain]

Originally Posted by headquarters

that whole mission was disturbing .

not as disturbing when FMDeCorba choose to "DIG" his derringer ;carefully hidden where the sun don't shine...in melee.....priceless....

...best part was prolly when the rest of the party said....:you're digging it out ?????

[headquarters]

Originally Posted by General Pain

not as disturbing when FMDeCorba choose to "DIG" his derringer ;carefully hidden where the sun don't shine...in melee.....priceless....

...best part was prolly when the rest of the party said....:you're digging it out ?????

The severe lack of time/distance perception in that situation still baffles me till this day .

How could anyone possibly take that road as opposed to all the other things possible ..?

Well- I believe the whole derringer ass gun thing was just a phase you guys were going through..Not that I judge or anything..

But some of you did try to push the envelope so to speak by insisting that you had 2 derringers ,20 spare rounds etc etc .

I am as fond of "combat phase cavity searches with bullets flying and baddies trying to make mayhem on all sides" as much as the next GM . But this I felt was over the top in a way.

[General Pain]

Originally Posted by headquarters

The severe lack of time/distance perception in that situation still baffles me till this day .

How could anyone possibly take that road as opposed to all the other things possible ..?

Well- I believe the whole derringer ass gun thing was just a phase you guys were going through..Not that I judge or anything..

But some of you did try to push the envelope so to speak by insisting that you had 2 derringers ,20 spare rounds etc etc .

I am as fond of "combat phase cavity searches with bullets flying and baddies trying to make mayhem on all sides" as much as the next GM . But this I felt was over the top in a way.

Well my Characters usually never insert anything up there.

[headquarters]

Your characters will have had a few days to get used to the shock of returning home and settle into the new situation .After a little while , reports and observations trickle in ( see your base portfolio sheet if you wonder why your resources are so low that you cant access all this info just by snapping fingers as you used too)

As the days go by you establish radio contact and a slow report of encrypted messages buzz back and forth . The information gleaned is this :

Anyways -NDP- it ran local,regional and national administration over several years and was firmly embedded in all levels of services and agencies.

It controlled the allocation of resources and employment and thus it had the power to move valuable stuff and personell to areas under its control.

Having used WillisCo as one of its transportation contractors ,FMDeCorba as its development minister and General Pain as its armaments minister it is safe to say that we are talking an unstable organization to say the least. Much of its activities must have been done by shadow agencies to keep you in the dark , and the accounting errors or missing data purposly done to throw snooks of the trail.

On the other hand ,there are records and manifests that are still in some of your offices that show where some of the produce and merchandice have been - if not were it is now.

Further more - the army was composed of soldiers from many of the older factions , and many who sided with other political groups as well before it started crumbling.This means that after a careful draining of a bottle of prewar whiskey during a staff conference you hold on the radio - you can deduce that the NDP is nowhere near its 2018 strength level .

It may or may not have as few as 2500 men under arms all told + an additional 10 000 workforce .(If only the most loyal and fanatical followers are left ) .On the other hand these people wont change their minds and cant change the subject- in other words hard liners.

A more realistic estimate includes a number of symphatizers in the NDP main body that could be as many as 50 000 all told in addition to the before mentioned cadres. These people will be more of the convenience NDPers ,being clothed ,sheltered and fed etc by the NDP is their main reason for loyalty.

As of now there have been little contact with the NDP ,and patrols report that there are few if any areas that still have NDP personell present .

This raises another question - if they still are a cohesive faction - where are they ?And what do they actually have is terms of resources ..

Only highly risky patrols led by PCs will give the answer!!!!!

[headquarters]

Originally Posted by Rupert Willies

One of my most precious moments was when you where ALL MY BIATCHES, after I saved your sorry hides, and had to bandage you, strip you naked, and hold you in separate pens to prevent you from killing each other. Aaaahhh those were the days...

I often wonder why you didnt let them kill eachother -clearly they were massive liabilities at the time as you were being hunted etc

[General Pain]

Originally Posted by headquarters

I often wonder why you didnt let them kill eachother -clearly they were massive liabilities at the time as you were being hunted etc

Prolly b-cause a live General Pain is much better than a dead General Pain dedicating his undeath to haunt his killer...neither Heaven or Hell would accept General Pain and since he himself is his own God/church/religion so he probably would have to travel across Limbo for ertenity anoying and terrorizing anyone around.....