Fate Accelerated Edition Finale

Bruce Campbell's condition has deteriorated in the last 24 hours. His wound he received at the data center has become infected. He needs to get to a properly staffed medical facility quickly or he'll quickly succumb to septic shock. Ashley states that they should press on to Holy Land, where she suspects Bruce can receive the care he requires.

 

During the night Bruce's wife Sheryl has become hysterical. Her husband has slowly been slipping in and out of consciousness and appears to be in great pain. She hit the bottle and in a drunken stupor contemplates the idea of a mercy killing/suicide. Luckily Leia is there to help calm her down and she devolves a contingency plan derived by Bruce before the drip began. "He told me, if anything ever happened to him that would slow me down from getting South, I was to leave him with his bottle of liquor and gun by a tree. He didn't want to be the reason we never made it to this Holy Land."

 

During this explanation, they are interrupted by noises just outside the fire light. Two mountain lions appear and begin to stalk the people outside and where ever Bruce is resting. Two more join in from the other direction....

As they approach the location of Holy Land they start to stumble into more and more dense suburbs and city scape. As they crest over another hill they can see a large white sign on a far hill that says "HO LY", remnants of the former HOLLYWOOD sign. Below it, streets and buildings filled with military tents and vehicles. A Blackhawk helicopter can be seen parked on top of what looks to be a hospital tower. A slight shimmer can be seen in the air around the area, not unlike heat waves coming off the pavement during the summer. As they approach, military barriers have been set up along the perimeter of the city. Tons of people can be seen crowding around trying to get in, but it doesn't look like anyone is being let it. Large high tech radio towers can be seen sporadically around this area behind the barriers.

Approaching the USNG troops stationed at the openings in the barriers, state that this is a restricted zone and nobody can enter the CZ. Conversation with the USNG trooper is occasionally interrupted by the sound of shots in the distance, presumably the troops dealing with someone trying to enter without authorization. A large military APC is stationed nearby to provide support if necessary. If the name "Bruce Campbell" is dropped in conversation, the USNG troops immediately send a runner out to get someone dressed in a suit to greet the company and immediately ushers them into the CZ (clean zone) and to the hospital. Once it is discovered that this Bruce Campbell isn't the "Actual" Bruce Campbell, the suited man (Ken Howard) orders the removal of them group from the compound and to "Put the old man out of his misery."

Click here for information on the foes incorporated in this session.

Gaggle of Goons (#1)

What is the Gaggle of Goons?

Gaggle of Goons is a series of posts where every week I will post a setting and six NPC foes you can run in your Fate Accelerated Edition game. With the Fate Accelerated not containing a large selection of NPCs to throw into you game, I decide it would be fun to start creating some and posting them online. Each batch of baddies will will be based on the setting posted and include Goons and $tylish Goons.

$tylish Goons

When normal baddies are too easy for your game, you can add some $tylish Goons. $tylish Goons are Goons that contain a special stunt which they can use during a scene. $tylish Goons will be denoted by having the aspect $tylish. The $tylish aspect lets the NPC use their stunt once per encounter. Examples of $tylish Goons can be found below.

Setting: Near Apocalyptic America

The Near Apocalyptic America setting is the setting which I am running my first Fate Accelerated Edition game. Information on this setting can be found here where I've previously posted a quick background for the players.

The Goons

Pack Animal (2 Animals)
I've Got Teeth and Claws, We Travel In Packs
Skilled: Biting and Clawing, Hunting You Down
Bad: Everything else
Stress: [ ] [ ] 

Raiders (4 Thugs)
Drugged Senseless, I Like To See It Bleed!
Skilled: Fighting for a Cause, Beating People to Death
Bad: Running away, Prioritizing
Stress: [ ] [ ] 

Doom's Day Cultist (4 Cultists)
Brainwashed, Passive Aggressive
Skilled: Following Orders,
Bad: Thinking for Themselves
Stress: [ ] [ ] 

US National Guard Bio-Hazard Troops (1 Troop)
$tylish, Full Kit, Ah-TEN-SHUN!
Skilled: Range Combat, Obeying Orders, Vigilance
Bad: Physical Combat, Chasing
Stress: [ ] [ ]
MEDIC!: Once per encounter, a USNG Bio-Hazard Trooper can call in a medic to heal one stress box of any NPC. 

Body Guard (2 Guards)
$tylish, Protect the Fat Cat, Lightly Armed
Skilled: Defending against an ambush, Close Quarters Combat
Bad: Offense, Tactical Movement
Stress: [ ] [ ]
Take the Hit: Once per encounter when a physical attack hits a Fat Cat NPC, and if it makes sense, a Body Guard can jump in an take the stress instead of the target.

Fat Cat
$tylish, I've Got the Money, Silver Tongue
Skilled: Negotiation, Having the Upper hand
Bad: Facing the Music,
Stress: [ ] [ ] [ ]
Face Reader: Once per encounter a Fat Cat can automatically determine if a PC is trying to use sneaky to construct a lie.

The Meek

In the deserts of Nevada there is a man trapped on top of a telephone pole calling for help. This man is Geoffry. After helping Geoffry off the pole, he offers them water and leads them to a large building in the middle of the desert.

The building is a data center covered in solar panels. It is quickly learned that Geoffry is part of a duo of Geoffry and Michael, a pair of IT specialists who are keeping the internet up and running. They've also discovered an aquifer beneath the data center, which has become the only source of clean water for the surrounding area.

Geoffry and Michael have become nerdy computer guys turned king pins. As money has become useless they've started trading the water for women and girls. Collecting them and trading their "services" for food and such.

One of the women captured is Ashley, captured by raiders. The raiders, who will raid nearby settlements and kidnap the women, traded her for water. The raiders will also trade their services in the form of protection of Geoffry and Michael.

The nerds would keep the raiders at bay by holding the aquifer hostage. Geoffry and Michael managed to obtain a heap of bodies who have died of the Rad Pox. They've suspended these bodies above the aquifer and have set up a remote switch that would drop the bodies into the water, effectively ruining it. By holding the only clean water supply in the surrounding 60 miles, Geoffry and Michael have become rulers of the area, and typically get what they want.

Geoffry and Michael
IT Specialists, Apocalyptic King Pins
Skilled: Manipulating the People, Tinkering, Good Cop/Bad Cop
Bad: Fighting, Being Humble
Stress: [ ] [ ] (each)

Desert Raiders (two dirt bags)I like to see it bleed, Drugged Senseless
Skilled: Fighting for a Cause, Beating People to Death
Bad: Running away, Prioritizing
Stress: [ ] [ ] (one each)

Welled Prophet

Welled Prophet - Fate Accelerated Scene

The City of Phil is populated with a bunch of people who are disciples of a religious figure known as Father Phil. 

Father Phil is located in the bottom of a well. He has become mutated and bits of him have started to "melt" and liquify. He gives sermons from the well and claims that he continues to live because God wants him to spread his message. He makes his disciples drink from the well, which consist of pink slimy fluid (The body and blood of Phil). This has caused the disciples to start showing signs or radiation sickness and slight mutations.

The disciples are starving while they take all their good food and give it to the Welled Prophet. They spend a lot of their time writing the words of Phil out. These disciples are very fanatic to their devotion to Phil. Father Phil is very jumpy to protect his congregation.

Father Phil
Leader of the City of Phil, Mutant Monster
Skilled: Preaching to the People
Bad: Fighting, 
Stress: [ ] [ ]

Phil's Disciples (x2)
Drones of Phil, Judgmental
Skilled: Following Orders
Bad: Fighting without a leader, thinking for themselves
Stress: [ ] [ ]

Minecraft World: AMALEX

This is the first multiplayer Minecraft server that I hosted. My fiance and I created the Village of AMALEX and some of my other friends created a distant city. This is where I'm archiving this Minecraft world so if I or anyone ever wants to revisit it then they can download it here.

Download the zip file here.

An Alternate History

Date: October 31, 2014

The Cold War never ended. At least, it hadn't 4 months ago....

On August 3, the world went to Hell in a hand basket. In an incredible effort, a Chechen terrorist group was able to seize control of the Rostov Nuclear Power Plant in the Southern USSR. There, under the guise of nuclear power, the USSR had been able to covertly add to their nuclear weapon stock piles and silos. On the next day, the Chechen leader issued an internet video ordering the USSR to release the 308 prisoners that have been associated with the terrorist group or their nuclear weapons would be turned against them. On August 9, the six secret silos attached to Rostov launched.

With no time to act, the first missile to reach its target hit Moscow. Another war head hit Rome. A third lands in the outskirts of Paris. A Fourth is destroyed above Israel. A Fifth was aimed at DC, but was diverted off course by the US Star Wars project. This war head landed in Frederick, the location of the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID).

The following volley of WMDs between different countries lasted for the next 48 hours. Tehran, Seattle, London, Kyiv, Tokyo, Beijing, these are just some of the cities that have become stories. It's argued though, that ensuing massive panic caused more damage across the world than the 26 nuclear war heads. But that was only during the first week after August 9, known as Rostov Day. 

A week after Rostov Day, reports flared up that in the American North East, thousands of people were becoming violently ill, and eventually succumbing to the sickness. This was soon linked to N6 which struck near USAMRIID, and was learned that some sort of super bug was released. Not only did this make you violently ill, it also presented similar symptoms to radiation sickness. The mortality rate was an astonishing 96%. The bug, nicknamed Rad Pox, spread like wild fire. 9 Days post Rostov Day, cases were reported on the American West coast. 16 days and the first confirmed case was found in Europe. Four months after Rostov Day, nearly 6.3 billion people died, including 98% of India. Quarantines and strong holds were set up to help survivors, but these were quickly over run by desperate people using desperate measures. 

Those who survived were either isolated from the rest of the world, extremely rich, or extremely lucky. 

Unfortunately, I'm only the first one.

Saturday Night Star Wars Recap

A "quick" summary of last session. The Alpha mission was left on a cliff hanger and they flash backed to the beginning of their careers with the Rebellion. The first time they worked together as a team (3 years prior).

They were sent ahead of the Nebulon B the Blackhawk (yes, the same Blackhawk from the ice planet, about 4 years in the future) to scout a mysterious debris field that was picked up by the Blackhawk's scanners.

When they arrived in their Y-wings they found an Imperial Star Destroyer completely thrashed to bits by some unknown force. From the bridge of the Star Destroyer a distress signal was being emitted and they were ordered to turn it off. They approached half of the split bridge and noticed that the life support was cut off. The team donned their space suits and with 1 hour of air (1 hour of real life time, not simulated, in-game time) entered the wrecked bridge.

Now, I would like to point out at this time the Wookie's R2 unit was damaged after a collision with some debris while entering the debris field. After repairing him, he was using the R2 to help navigate the zero G environment inside the bridge.

They split up to investigate the bridge. Loffy went through the front of the bridge, through main hallways and control rooms. Anya found herself in the back-of-house area of the bridge with security, ship systems, etc. Crystal went into a large mechanical/electrical space filled with wiring and ductwork. Anya discovered bodies in a closed room in the back of house area, figuring that what ever happened to this ship probably happened quickly. Crystal was able to follow some emergency power conduits and discover the emergency generator room. While Loffy was making his way over there, Anya proceeded to unlock the door leading to the EGR. While doing so, she managed to activate a tamper switch which deployed 6 spherical security droids in the EGR, which split up. Two down maintenance tunnels, two towards the hallway with Anya and Loffy, and two out another exit. At this point there was probably 15 minutes of air left.

During the ensueing fight, Loffy's air tank took a hit and lost 5 minutes of air, along with his R2 being caught up in the explosion of one of the droids. This too the Wookie was able to fix. Crystal had a little harder time, though only fighting a single droid. He managed to just run away, even though his glowrod was hit and left with only the heat signature of the conduit to follow. Anya was able to quickly shut down the generator and book it back to the ships.

Loffy was the first to make it back, with seconds of air left in his tank. Where he found the two droids who took a different exit waiting for them. He quickly hopped into his Y-wing and noticed that the droids had flown down and began messing with his engines. Crystal made it to where the ships were and he also hopped into his Y-wing. At this point Anya was still running down back to her ship when one of the droids from the maintenance tunnel popped out and was waiting for her by her Y-wing. The droids took a shot at her and hit some of the loose flooring underneath her and she was flung out into the debris field. Seeing her in trouble, Crystal fired up his Y-wing and took aim to capture her. Realizing his plan, Anya kicked and bounced off pieces of debris and righted herself so she practically fell into the copilots seat in the Y-wing.

The droids on the Wookie's ship were still reeking havoc on his engine (speed now reduced by 2). In a fit of wookie rage, and with a deep breath, Loffy clambered out of his ship with no air left in his tanks, and ripped the bothersome droids off his ship and hurled them into space. He managed to crawl back into the ship moments before he would have passed out. Once inside he realized something Anya and Crystal both missed. Outside of the debris field was now surrounded by Ties and another Star Destroyer.

With Anya's ship now being piloted by it's R2, the three Y-wings burst through the debris field and are engaged by two pairs of ties while they quickly have their R2s make astrogation checks. With no pilot to cloud the R2 unit in Anya's Y-wing, it quickly jumps into hyperspace after taking a few hits. Loffy is next to jump into hyperspace, but by the fur of his teeth. After taking damage from a pair of ties along with the Tie Interceptor that decided to join, his Y-wing was straining to stay together. Just before he was supposed to jump, the Interceptor takes aim and lets off a barrage. His R2 Unit, in a self sacrificing act, quickly makes some last repairs, soaking some of the damage, but in the process breaking free from the Y-wing just as it leap into hyperspace. With Anya and Crystal left, they dodge the incoming fire from the remaining ties and take off as well towards the rendezvous point indicated by the Blackhawk which had jumped near the debris field after the ambush was detected.