Fandom Fallout: Rockies (OOC)

[ApocalypseJumper]

I've been stuck between two concepts, both of which I feel fit the setting [in different ways]:

• A quiet mechanic raised in the Valleys who was deeply impacted by the appearance of Caesar's Legion in Boulder. She is somewhere between inspired by their sincere brutality, or vengeful towards them for what they did to her community; regardless of which, she remembers them through trauma. Whether the Legion returns makes no difference to her - she is becoming more drawn to living dangerously.
• A Peaks heiress who has been trying to elope from her duties in order to pursue her passions - private eye work and freelancing, favoring an adventurous lifestyle over humdrum bureaucracy; much to the chagrin of the rest of her family.

I love the idea that a citizen was awakened to the reality of the wasteland by the attack. Her mind opened to the possibilities of how she herself may take what she wants.

Also, the bored heiress spending her days looking down at the town below from the bridges, wondering what adventures there are below. Sometimes sneaking into the lower levels for a closer look.

They do both indeed fit the setting perfectly.

 

[GotDatDAWGInMe]

If you're fine with it I'd love to play a Psyker

I still need to come up with a name but he's a character concept I shelved a long time ago because I had no outlet for him.

An armed researcher hailing from the West, near a place called 'San Fransisco'
He is an outcast of the Shi, never being around as a child due to his condition, and feared and mocked by those that should be his pupils for his cursed ability to hear the dead speak.
Having grown up as a hermit, and living a recluse lifestyle, he was a good candidate to send out east in search of lost technologies, in search of wonders that could be used to advance the Shi's standing within the ever-growing New California Republic.

Tl;dr He's a Shi Psyker that got bullied
Due to his focus on survival over the sciences, I'd be perfectly fine to pair up with someone that's also from the West (Including Followers. Followers are my Dawgs)

 

[ApocalypseJumper]

I'm thinking a former minutemen member turned lone wanderer due to a double cross by the NCR. Went from morally secure to morally grey and mostly in it for the caps a la reverse RJ MacCready

The only thing I'm concerned about is how the NCR came in contact with the minutemen. Was this Minuteman squad traveling out west for some reason, or was there an NCR ranger squad in the east?

I feel the ladder is more likely

 

[ApocalypseJumper]

If you're fine with it I'd love to play a Psyker

I still need to come up with a name but he's a character concept I shelved a long time ago because I had no outlet for him.

An armed researcher hailing from the West, near a place called 'San Fransisco'
He is an outcast of the Shi, never being around as a child due to his condition, and feared and mocked by those that should be his pupils for his cursed ability to hear the dead speak.
Having grown up as a hermit, and living a recluse lifestyle, he was a good candidate to send out east in search of lost technologies, in search of wonders that could be used to advance the Shi's standing within the ever-growing New California Republic.

Tl;dr He's a Shi Psyker that got bullied
Due to his focus on survival over the sciences, I'd be perfectly fine to pair up with someone that's also from the West (Including Followers. Followers are my Dawgs)

Hmmmmmm I am hesitant to allow a psyker character into the fold. Mind you, I am aware of (and interested in) the supernatural side of fallout. It has to be JUST a pinch to make sure the science fiction isn't overshadowed. I cannot deny I was going to include one or two elements of the weird in the story, so I can't call your character out of place entirely.

Do me a favor. If I allow it, it has to be to the point that other characters are never sure if you're crazy, lying, or being for real. That is, until several chapters into the story when your abilities really do seem to work. (Ie: a ghost leads you out of a dangerous situation, or gives you information you might not otherwise have access to)

Sound good?

 

[GotDatDAWGInMe]

Hmmmmmm I am hesitant to allow a psyker character into the fold. Mind you, I am aware of (and interested in) the supernatural side of fallout. It has to be JUST a pinch to make sure the science fiction isn't overshadowed. I cannot deny I was going to include one or two elements of the weird in the story, so I can't call your character out of place entirely.

Do me a favor. If I allow it, it has to be to the point that other characters are never sure if you're crazy, lying, or being for real. That is, until several chapters into the story when your abilities really do seem to work. (Ie: a ghost leads you out of a dangerous situation, or gives you information you might not otherwise have access to)

Sound good?

Sounds completely fine to me
I'm not too worried if the ability is ever useful or not; I see being a Psyker as a massive drawback that has benefits so niche or minimal that it just isn't worth the pain you go through for it.
God help him if he ever loses his helmet in a City xD

 

[ReddyBear]

The only thing I'm concerned about is how the NCR came in contact with the minutemen. Was this Minuteman squad traveling out west for some reason, or was there an NCR ranger squad in the east?

I feel the ladder is

Wwhichever one makes more sense for the story, I'm flexible as to what you're thinking will work best with the world building

 

[ApocalypseJumper]

Wwhichever one makes more sense for the story, I'm flexible as to what you're thinking will work best with the world building

Cool. In that case, maybe through some misunderstanding the two groups exchanged fire. It would be the NCR squad traveling east, maybe to see if there are other civilizations they could ally with. Leaving your character with an NCR shaped chip on their shoulder.

 

[ApocalypseJumper]

Sounds completely fine to me
I'm not too worried if the ability is ever useful or not; I see being a Psyker as a massive drawback that has benefits so niche or minimal that it just isn't worth the pain you go through for it.
God help him if he ever loses his helmet in a City xD

Yeah I mean Boulder is going to be crawling with ghosts after that legion attack so that's the one spot he shouldn't (and probably will) lose his mind

 

[ApocalypseJumper]

And just so everyone is aware, it is WINTERTIME in the Colorado wasteland. There's snow on the ground, everywhere you go.