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Message: <blockquote data-quote="zero skill LPB" data-source="post: 1138647" data-attributes="member: 9941">Since we're all waiting for the Book 'til early November I've resorted to playdoughing my ideas just a bit. I've had my group make some pre-Fall d20 Modern characters circa 2013. They're starting out at UCSC amid massive protests regarding controversial scientific studies being conducted there. Beyond that I'm keeping them mostly in the dark regarding my nefarious plans.Overall, I think this'll work out better because:(a) It'll be better grounded. The players' mindsets will more closely match those of the characters [i.e., instead of pretending to be Muties-From-The-Far-Future in Future-Land-For-Which-They-Have-Little-Context they're pretending to be Norms-From-The-Near-Future thrust into Future-Land-For-Which-They-Have-Little-Context, ya dig?](b) It'll be more fantastical (Contradictions abound!). I think post-apoc gaming with near-Modern PCs will (I hope!) create a sense of wonder and discovery that straight up mutie-on-mutie action would fail to achieve.So, yeah. The California coast is in for so Big Changes come the Fall. The PCs at present:(1) Nanotech grad student, looking at three solid months of writer's block on his post-doc(2) Pre-med student (fully certified in China, but he's still in the naturalization process)(3) Venture Capitalist, the man responsible for getting private industries involved at UCSC(4) HVAC technician, working on the AC(5) Tae Kwon Do Olympic hopeful, riding out an athletic scholarship(6) Tough-as-nails Hell's Angel, brother of the would-be Olympian</blockquote>

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