Post Apocalyptic stuff

[MorganaLeFay]

Hey, I'm about to do a post-apoc Rp, and I've only done a few before, and those didn't turn out so well. My partner and I are basing it off of Fallout, which I have only ever heard of, and know very little about. So I'm a little bit of a loss here.


What kind of character should I make? I usually have only done more mellow, peaceful characters, and I feel that having that kind of disposition in this setting is a sure way to get killed. But is there some sort of balance I can reach? I really don't want a trigger happy person who is super violent.


Besides that I think I should be okay, but any kind of advice that you can give me will be greatly appreciated.

 

[Beckoncall]

One of the things about Fallout (almost universally) is that it allows for characters (for example with high speech rating) that can talk their way out of, past, and through fights. The original Fallout games could be played fully without physically harming a single being. So you could try being a doctor or a charismatic fast-talker and either get people to fight for you, or use words to turn things around to your way of thinking...

 

[MorganaLeFay]

Wow. That's interesting actually. Thank you.

 

[Beckoncall]

There are also guys called ghouls which live for really long times and look essentially like zombies... you could play a particularly clever one of those guys that when they can't avoid a struggle can always just lay down and play dead amidst all the other corpses in the wasteland... xD


You could also play a super-mutant that is just too tough to easily be hurt, so you can take non-aggressive solutions because damage resistance and other factors make it difficult to harm you. It's not a bad franchise for such things!

 

[MorganaLeFay]

That's sounds really cool. I might do a little bit of research myself on the subject, but thank you for your help!