Howdy to all "Data-Spherians" potentially interested in a "Low-Tech" Play-By-Post with the Rules of Modiphius' R.P.G. !!
Here in My country (Italy...) I have a sizable R.W. Group with 2 persons that subscribed to more or less ALL the Modiphius Kickstarter's Pledge (and so are eagerly awaiting their first deliveries) and all the rest (Me comprised) that have AT LEAST downloaded the free Quickstart Rules / Miniadventure; we have done it while awaiting to see how the Material will be done before considering a future acquisition of some Manuals (especially "Quality Printable" ones, as many are Old School Gamers)...
Just to test the provided Rules (weighting them with "Wild Ideas" and "Crazed Options" !!) my R.W. Players have tasked Me to create a "Freeform Campaign" expanding and customizing the Material so kindly provided by Modiphius' Staff through Drivethru; I have also considered that, due to many Work-related issues, many of us could convene to Play at a Table at most 1 Evening every 1-2 Weeks...
In the spirit of "Playtesting / Free Sharing" I now ask if someone else of the Forumites is interested in knowing more of the "Customized Stuff" that I'm preparing and, IF there is EVENTUALLY a very favourable Feedback, perhaps join a Play-By-Post Game that I will create, direct and maintain in this Sub-Forum...
Essentially the "Game Background" will be of a mixed Group of Mercenary Styled "Low-Tech Troubleshooters Band" (made by veteran security officers, paramilitary militias, ex-convicts and indentured civilians) roaming all available groundside territory of Dawn, the Planet's Orbit and the few Haqqislamite-rented / Nomads-built kind of "System Colonies" like Zero-G Teseum-Ore Mining / Control Satellites / Extraplanetary Bases; Technology Level of Weapons and Wargear will be of a relatively low technological level…
If someone is aware of the 6 provided “Ready Made Characters” of Modiphius Downloadable Free Adventure these will be used as “Basic Templates” on which build / expand / customize / rework a participant desired P.C. (if desired…) rather than going trough the relatively long and complex “Full Character Creation Process”…
Also (at least at the start…) it will be a “Security Police Black-Op” kind of a Game, not a full-fledged “Frontline Warzone” and the typical allowed gear will be Blades of all kind (Teseum Alloys and/or Monomolecular Edges aplenty), Handguns (Silenced Sidearms, Automatic Machinepistols and “Big Revolver” Heavy Pistols) and reasonably “Paramilitary S.W.A.T. Longarms” (materials more on line with Civilian Police rather than Army Soldiers) like Suppressed S.M.G., Non-Combi Assault Rifles, "Mini-Barrett" Heavy Sniperguns , Chainrifles and Boarding Shotguns capable of employing widely versatile Ammunition (Non-Lethal Stun / Explosive / Teseum Shard Flechettes / "Dragonsbreath" Incendiary or other kind of "Chamical Payload")…
Absolutely NO "Heavy Weapons" like Mines, Grenades, Autocannons, Panzerfaust R.P.G.'s and Machineguns heavier than a modified Assault Rifle with a Belt-Feed Ammo Box (so essentially an Ariadnan Version of the "FN-Minimi Para", practically an Ultralight Ammo Spitfire); at the start some enterprising "Dedicated Riot Squad Police Character" could potentially manage to secure a "Drum Grenade Launcher" when facing unruly mobs, but the allowed Warhead Payload will be typically "Strictly Non-Lethal" (Tear Gas Smokers / Rubber Stunner / Tazer Rounds / Adhesive Gluers)...
On the defensive "Starting Gear" rather than a "Hydraulic Servo-Assisted Powersuit" some character could have access to some more encumbering and heavy "Non-Hackerable Heavy Infantry Armour" that their Character is fully accustomed to wear; it could be Veteran Kazak / Tankhunters / Caledonian Mormaer / Police Riot Squad "Teseum Full Plate Suit" or something more "Tech Exotic" for Non-Ariadnan Characters; this specific rare and dedicated Wargear will be fully-sealed against vacuum with a Oxygen Mask, for when is needed operating in Void / Zero-G (the other Characters would have Light Spacesuits, actual contemporary N.A.S.A. Top-Tier, good for their peculiar Phisiology, easily wearable over their eventual Armour)...
Obvioulsy IF all the Character would gladly go to "Frontline Maximum Risk Hot-Spots" they will be propbably be provided with "Heavier Ordnance" (and also the Opposition will be NOT pulling punches too...!!) but this is not the "Initial Idea" of the game concept
Other more detailed stuff and the basic gist of the allowed "Characters' Idea Concept" will be on subsequent postings…