Fallout: Remember the Alamo OOC

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Name: Alexander "Broker" Turner

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Alex is a small one. He's just a bit smaller than your average wastelander. He usually keeps a hood over his head that covers his short black hair and dark skin. He has a rather square jaw, and he also lacks the ruggedness of most wastelanders. He never really got into many fights or seen the worst the wasteland had to offer, so he's not really toned or hardened. Still, years of running and hiding had kept this young man in shape.

He ususally wears his black jacket with a red stripe. It was one of the pre-war clothing that stood out from the rest, so he kept it. His shirt underneath was a dark blue button-up shirt.

Alexander was a thief by profession. Unofficially, he was a sort of information broker. Out in the wastes, he was forced to use dirty and underhanded tactics if he were to survive, especially since his parents were somewhere in the wastes, probably dead. He was raised in a relatively intact house by a kind wanderer who had picked him up from his nesting place in a cliff face.

At the age of 15 he was no stranger to the dangers of the waste. No longer wanting to be restrained to his house, he set out to make his name in the wastes. He found that he could not hold down an "honest" job within any of the settlements he's been in, he was forced to steal to just get by.

He eventually had to do more with what he "earned". Some of it was useless to him so he'd always go and sell odd bits and pieces to caravans and wastelanders. After some time he realized that some things were worth more than anything, such as information. He then began to set roots as an information broker, setting up a wide network of contacts.

Unfortunately, the last time he went into the field, he got caught and by the wrong person. It was a group of slavers that decided that instead of killing him, they took him to a slave camp. They couldn't be bought off, bargained or reasoned with.

S.P.E.C.I.A.L.:
S- 2
P- 6
E- 3
C- 6
I- 7
A- 7
L- 8

Tag skills:
-Speech- Dealing with people are easy. All he had to do was pretend to agree with them and let them have their moment to shine. Little do they know they've fallen in his own little intricate web

-Sneak- One thing every thief needs. It would be hard in his line of work if he hadn't had discretion or guile. He's had plenty of experience getting in and out of place unnoticed.

-Security- Another tool of the thieves' belt. He wouldn't make a good thief if he hadn't been able to get in and out of locked buildings now would he?

-First Aid
- During his first attempts at breaking and entering he'd been caught, which lead to some very angry people opening fire on him. He learned to patch himself up such as simple bullet wounds or cuts.

"Sometimes it takes skill, and sometimes it takes luck. In my line of work, it's both"
 
Don't hesitate to tell me if anything needs changing or improving.

Name: Robert Michaels a.k.a. Bubba

Appearance: Average size of about 5'9" and around 170 lbs. He has black hair that he keeps short to near baldness and a full thick beard to cover his face. His eyes are a dark brown and he is missing a few teeth. His hands and arms are scarred from years of mechanic work but his muscles are toned and big due to carrying heavy engine parts and large melee weapons.

Race: Human

Backstory: Bubba was born into a small individual group of raiders wandering the Texas wasteland. His father was the chief mechanic of the group and his mother was just some poor victim of a midnight raid, kept to "pleasure" and cook for the small band of roving miscreants. As a young boy, Bubba was always tinkering with anything he could find, from pre-war tech to the group's raid truck. This had gotten him in trouble quite a few times but as long as his father could fix whatever Bubba meddled, he was seen as only a nuisance. At the age of 10, Bubba killed a man with a Robertson screwdriver on a raid. It was then that he spurned the firearms that his comrades carried and chose to do his fighting up close.
As soon as Bubba was old enough, his father began to teach him how to be a proper mechanic and not just a silly tinkerer. Before long, members of the raider party were coming to Bubba for fixes and not his father. As the years went by, Bubba's party moved closer and closer to San Antonio in hopes to find bigger and better raiding prospects.
One night while the his crew were asleep, a band of Carbon Raider slavers descended upon the camp. In the ensuing chaos, Bubba's father as well as the older members of the group, were killed. Bubba ran to the garage and fired up the raid truck, now a roaring example of redneck aggression and badassery, and tore out of the camp in a cloud of dust and exhaust fumes. Although not before running over a few Carbon Raiders on the way out. Unsure of where he was going, Bubba didn't make it very far out of the camp before crashing the raid truck into a large boulder. Unconcious and bruised, Bubba made an easy pick for the slavers and was captured and hauled off to a slave pen in San Antonio.


Strength: 7

Perception: 6

Endurance: 6

Charisma: 5

Intelligence: 5

Agility: 4

Luck: 7

Tag Skills:
Melee: Bubba was never really one for guns. He could fix any gun that was brought to him but he preferred to do his killing up close and personal. Before he was captured, Bubba always carried an 12 lb pipe wrench appropriately named "Big Red."
Security: Raised with a nack for tinkering, it wasn't long before Bubba was picking locks and cracking safes and lockboxes that people brought to him. For a fee of course.
Repair: Being the son of a skilled raider mechanic, Bubba specializes in weapon repair andsalvage as well as vehicular repair and augmentation.
Pilot: As well as being able to repair many types of vehicles, Bubba has always dreamed of going faster, louder, and harder than anyone else.



[SIZE=+1]"Ya gotta stay calm man. Relax. Deep breathin' and soothin' music and... Hey! *boom* Touch my tools one more time and we'll be callin you Lefty you yellow-bellied, ghoul-lovin, son of a whore!"
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Name: Bernadet "Burns" van Ghelmer

Appearance: A younger woman of about 25 with pale skin, tanned only from casino lamps and hands only calloused from card dealing. It's relatively easy to tell she wasn't meaning to travel alone. She had nowhere to keep a gun, except maybe a snub nose in her hat. Her fiery hair tends to get in the way when she needs it not to. Her provocative clothing is more of a niche for her than anything, but right beneath her very high skirt was a card keeper so she could cheat, and a stiletto most people won't find. She keeps a satchel with a full deck of playing cards, and some others for a game of Caravan. Her stockings are fastened to a garter beneath her skirt, along with pink underwear that's not very hard to see most of the time.

Race: Human

Backstory: Bernadet was born outside of any vault. She knew the outside world and just how to get around without any trouble. She grew up a thief, though her father was the mayor of the town. After a few years, she decided his time was up and killed him, skittering off with every cap he had. Nobody suspected a damn thing. She was 17 at the time, and she figured she'd end up in some arranged marriage or something later on anyway. Aristocrats and rich people are like that.

So she head straight to New Vegas. She cleaned out the Tops and was kicked out for cheating, so she went to Gommorha. Bad move on her part, because when she cleaned them out, they cleaned her clock. She was enslaved as a prostitute and constantly encouraged to use drugs like Jet. A couple of times, it was forced on her, and it was astonishing she didn't form an addiction. Another breath of luck was that she always managed to get out of any deals and punishments. She eventually started working the blackjack tables instead of whoring, so she wore a different outfit. When Gomorrha made a killing off of her, she left and kept the outfit. She even managed to acquire a stiletto to keep in her skirt, and she loved having that cheating rig on her thigh.

Everyone's luck runs out, though, no matter who you are. Burns had garnered the ire of every family in New Vegas, and hired a mercenary band so she could skip town. Eventually, the merc leader tried to take his payment by force, so she killed him and left camp in the middle of the night.

Eventually, she found her way to San Antonio. There were a few small casinos in the area. Maybe she'd bankrupt them and skip town again. Well, again, everyone's luck runs out. She won a couple thousand in caps in a few games of Caravan, and the other gamblers set upon her like a mad storm. When she came to, she was bound and tied with some other people she took to calling "bozos". Some of them didn't like that very much, but she honestly meant it as a term of endearing fraternity. She swears.

S: 2
P: 7
E: 2
C: 7
I: 7
A: 5
L: 10

Tag skills:

Gambling - Burns wouldn't live up to her name if she wasn't a good gambler. Exceptionally good at cheating, counting, and charming her way to the pot and out of the casino. Travels across the wastes because of how often she gets banned from the tables. Especially after the incident with Gomorrha.

Speech - Bat a few eyelashes, lay a few choice kisses, say a few key words, every man fell to his knees. Burns was known as Burns for more than one reason, and it's not just because of that new hole in your pocket. She has a habit of turning men down. She practically lives on this skill.

Sneak - Let's just say that Bernadet has had to get out of a few sticky situations unnoticed. Sometimes, she swaps people's cards while they're not looking, sometimes, she just brandishes a stiletto into that one arsehole's spine. Generally, she isn't really very trustable, but that didn't stop many a man from helping her out.

Barter - Would you put your life on the line escorting her to the next casino? If she made the right promise, you would. In a world of hedonism, she could get away with a lot just by promising something when the job is over, and then not paying up when she got to her destination.

"I was a prostitute once. Helluva job, but it pays. Well, it pays someone. Funny thing is, though, nobody really gave a fuck. I mean, not a single fuck. Literally. I must've been lucky. Kept the look. Ain't gone back since, ain't planning to."






I was looking to go for a girl who lives off things most people find a burden. Her manner of dress is meant to look unimposing, but she keeps a stiletto in her skirt. Her hair might get in her way, but it's a great talking point. She's a liar, a cheat, and a damnably lucky broad. I'll probably throw in some luck puns or something like that for laughs.

Disclaimer: She does NOT keep a snub nose in her hat.
 
Name: Fae Tran

Appearance: View attachment 18838

Race: Human

Back story: Born into a cult in the middle of nowhere that worshiped the machines from days past, Fae was brought up with the knowledge to read and write and to possess curiosity about the machines around them. Her days in the church were happy until raiders came and looted the place killing her family and friends when she was only fifteen it was only luck that protected her that day and it was her skills she learned along the way that protected her. She eventually turned to the brotherhood for guidance and refuge. Accepted with open arms because of her adept knowledge on past machinery, she was introduced into the brotherhood as an apprentice. She eventually fell in love with one of the recruits who was unfortunately leaving soon for Capitol City. She left the brotherhood in the middle of the night armed with nothing but basic armor (never trained for power armor) and a plasma rifle with as many batteries she could carry in her pocket (which wasn't much). He luck ended when she was roped like a brahmin and dragged back to the slavers camp leaving her with minor flesh wounds that could become infected if not cleaned soon...

Strength: 5
Perception: 6
Endurance: 6
Charisma: 3
Intelligence: 7
Agility: 6
Luck: 7

Tag skills:
Security
Science
Energy Weapons
Repair

"Everybody has a reason for doing what they are doing, what happens to the person is just pure luck"
 
I'm kidding
 
A cast of wastelanders, lunatics and raiders assembles.

Yup. Looks like a Fallout RP.
 
Took a little longer than expected but first IC is up!

http://www.iwakuroleplay.com/showthread.php?t=19460&p=509411#post509411

Everyone's character looks okay although if you have only a picture in your appearance, put up a small blurb in paragraph form giving a description that can be referenced by players. The picture is good, the blurb is more important though. (looking at you ex and super)

Start your post however you'd like, but keep it to your introduction to the camp. You could have been just tossed into the tanks from the new batch of livestock, or have been there for a long stretch of time. First post should provide a semblance of mood to the enviornment. While you're being checked in, you can hear everything that's going on in the stadium outside the tanks and off a ways. Some questioning of other NPC prisoners should shed some basic light on the man who runs the place named the Warden (but nothing really about him), the stadium that folks are carried off to to never return and all manners of here say statements that aren't per se held within the realm of fact. If you make something up that's too bogus, it's kewl. Rumors are a funny thing, they go pretty crazy when left unchecked.

The tanks where the prisoners are kept are like giant empty swimming pools surrounded by walls and fencing with patrolling guards.

Thanks for the interest folks. Jump in and get your feet wet.

And do try to stay alive.
 
I'm definitely interested in this and I'll be making a character either tonight or tomorrow.
 
Actually, there's a lot of nice ghouls, but some are damn bitter. Both are to be expected. There's submissive and passive. This one seems more of a passive sort.
 
Argyle counted.

Argyle had nothing on Wooz though.

Wooz's personality just screamed "Hug me"
 
Wooze was no race traitor.

Wooze was a freekin bartender in Gecko back in fallout 2. An all ghoul community centered around a leaking Nuke plant. He had a personality similar to if you mixed Gilbert Godfry with Sam Jackson. Was, hilarious.
 
Necro dude, I know I didn't mention it in the rules, but if you could try to do a little more than one line responses.

We're in a stage of the story that initial introductions of characters and setting are being set, so description is important.

Muchly appreciate it. :)
 
I know I know, I'm trying to expand and elaborate as much as I can. I'm sorry, I'm still roughly new to rping.
 
It's cool dude, I'm not jumping down your throat :P

If you want though, I'm a part of the RP academy on the site and I have openings for mentoring folks. I'd be happy to give you some tips and show you some tools available to give a more dynamic feel to your responses if you want.

But no worries either way, it's a skill learned by doing it. You'll get better, don't beat yourself up. :)
 
I'm always open for advice, and I'd more than welcome some help.. Lulz. >...<