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Let the nightmares begin . . .

Started by Black Vulmea, March 04, 2014, 09:10:57 PM

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Bill

#15
March 06, 2014, 09:03:29 AM
Quote from: Sacrosanct;734820No.  Save or die ;)



1E viruses are deadly. Kill you dead in one round, probably with a 75% chance to kill you outright.

4E viruses don't really kill you; just do a few hp a round, with a 55% chance to be virus free each round.

Warlord Kro

#16
March 06, 2014, 11:08:02 AM
Quote from: yabaziou;734819Does the Ur-virus drain a level before killing your PC ?

The prismatic virus:

The red shell does 10d6 fever damage, then the orange shell causes confusion, the yellow causes fear, the green affects you with a deadly poison (save at -2 or die), the blue causes paralysis, the indigo drains a level, and the violet vitrifies you (save vs. petrification).

Riordan

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March 06, 2014, 12:04:43 PM
Quote from: dragoner;734790

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Abides

;)
Hey, thanks! How come I never heard of that book or even its author? I'm a fan of John Wyndham's Day of the Triffids, so that sounds right up my alley. You could base a fascinating RPG on it, actually. Sort of a twist/merger of post-apocalyptic and neolithic/bronze age settings. Less Mad Max, more poking around in the recently lost and forgotten ruins of our own civilization...
Hmm....

As to the macro-virus: when it grows up it wants to be a Shoggoth.

jeff37923

#18
March 06, 2014, 01:00:01 PM
Quote from: The Butcher;734936It's actually Cryptococcus neoformans. Usually harmless but may cause severe disease such as meningitis in people with a severely compromised immune system, such as advanced AIDS patients, people on more toxic chemo such as the one used for bone marrow transplants, or people who have their bone marrow smoked away by the rare radiation accident with very high, acute doses of ionizing radiation.

I haven't thought about that stuff for decades, and now I have an adventure scenario to write. Thank you! :D

(Reading up on it, it is believed to be able to use beta radiation (!) to survive. It's the Andromeda Strain!)
"Meh."

dragoner

#19
March 06, 2014, 01:21:09 PM
Quote from: Riordan;734984Hey, thanks! How come I never heard of that book or even its author? I'm a fan of John Wyndham's Day of the Triffids, so that sounds right up my alley. You could base a fascinating RPG on it, actually. Sort of a twist/merger of post-apocalyptic and neolithic/bronze age settings. Less Mad Max, more poking around in the recently lost and forgotten ruins of our own civilization...
Hmm....

As to the macro-virus: when it grows up it wants to be a Shoggoth.


I lived in Northern California where it is set, so it was cool reading it and spotting places from the setting. IMO, it is one of the better post-apocalypse novels, old though: 1949, and it lacks the usual Hollywood glitz, which could explain its lack of exposure maybe.
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