Sunday 26 November 2017

GURPS Waterworld Session 2: The North Philippine Harshlands

Axe - Mutant Hulk
Cap'n Chang - Lucky Nomad
"Lieutenant" Vaolt - Mutant Trooper

Player Absent:
Ai - Experienced Tech

Day 3:
The party woke up on the rock (except for the Cap'n, who slept on the Golden Hare, a trend which would continue), scavenged the rifle, two harpoons, and some clothes from the Anti-Mutant League's corpses, and set sail under solar power.  The trip was uneventful, and the next night was spent on a slightly more comfortable island.  Vaolt smelled something during the night, but nothing attacked or presented itself, so it was ignored.

Day 4:
Around noon, the Axe spotted some unmoving ships off to port, but he also saw that there were people aboard, so the party continued on their way.  The night was spent at a small inhabited island.  The natives made their living repairing boats, and offered to trade with the party, but they had nothing of worth.  Cap'n Chang, ever the socialite, heard some rumours about the Rainbow Warriors mobilizing for battle now that the Anti-Mutant League's leader was dead.

Day 5:
During the day, a pair of ski-doos appeared and started to follow the Golden Hare.  Axe threw a harpoon as a "warning shot", and they sped off.  That night, the party arrived at "Portland", a raider outpost, and they had to trade the harpoons for a place to sleep.  The raiders were gathered around a small ring watching bloodsports, which Axe was disappointed to learn were not to the death.

Cap'n Chang found out that the Rainbow Warriors were definitely going to attack the AML soon, while Vaolt took some sort of blood/drug/paint thinner mix alternately called Absinthe and Ambrosia by the raiders, and found himself super stimulated and unable to sleep.

Thursday 9 November 2017

GURPS Waterworld Session 1: New Hong Kong

Ai - Experienced Tech
Axe - Mutant Hulk
Cap'n Chang - Lucky Nomad
"Lieutenant" Vaolt - Mutant Trooper

Characters:
Ai grew up on New Hong Kong, and despite being only 15 years old, was one of the few skilled enough to work on the Takahashi Machine.  She doesn't believe that they'll find a way to repair it in Japan, but wants to explore the world, and hopefully score some sweet pre-war ultra-tech along the way.

Axe is from the North Philippine "Harshlands", where he grew up fighting monsters and raiders.  An 8' tall, ill-tempered mutant with stone-like skin and natural regeneration, he's in it for whatever the reward will be.

Cap'n Chang hails from New Shanghai, New Hong Kong's raider-infested sister-ark in the East China Sea to north; he claims to be the best captain in the world, and just might have the skills to back it up.  A Chinese nationalist, he's happy to be on the mission simply because the Communist Party asked him to be.

Vaolt is an enigma.  He speaks with a heavy Russian accent, is quick with a gun, and has smooth skin and webbed feet, enabling him to swim almost as fast as boats.