Hmmm. As long as everything else is peaceful, I'm gonna say probably, but it'd take a roll. Probably Agile or Charming.



Pain hurts ghouls normally.

Ghouls don't really care about heat and cold unless it actually burns them or starts causing their ghoulish cells to freeze solid. Either would make them try to get away if possible.

In reply to The GM (msg # 24):

Can ghouls see in the dark? Do the ghouls that constantly emit negative energy a problem for intelligent ghouls? How long can an intelligent ghoul be exposed to a source of negative energy before going fearl?

Ghouls have good low-light vision, but not THAT much better than humans, even feral ghouls, which we know because it's still easier to sneak past them when it's dark than in bright conditions.




Yes, because staying near them (let alone fighting them) can cause intelligent ghouls to get pushed ever-closer to Stage 5 and beyond.

However, even glowing ghoul bodies that have been destroyed stop emitting (mostly. Sometimes one part, like the heart, keeps emitting).



Presuming you mean the ghoul in question is already late-stage, then it depends on how strong the source is. If the source is weak, maybe hours. If the source is strong, then maybe only a minute... Or less, if the "source" = "being attacked by a strongly-glowing ghoul."

Are there any notable distinctions (physically speaking, I guess) between Vault hyoomans and non-Vault hyoomans? I suppose there might also be a distinction between Vault-raised and pre-Vault peeps that got into a Vault.

Vault humans are a little bigger and taller.

Pre-war people would say that "Vault humans are normal-sized," but that born-and-raised Wastelanders are "just a little more likely to be on the smaller and scrawnier side." Just like 2-and-a-half inches shorter on average...



Mm, a lot less, really.

Sorry, busy time for me work-wise right now. I hope to place an ad for more players tomorrow morning...

Okay, ad placed...

Beep Bop Boop  - Reporting for duty

In reply to Xan (msg # 31):

Welcome!

You go up front, I will try to hide behind your child sized robot frame.

:P
This message was last edited by the player at 16:28, Tue 16 Nov 2021.

Beep Bop Boop - Salutes and moves up front.

OKAY TEAM SO FIRST OF ALL

We now have enough people willing to be each of the 4 playbooks.

ON THE OTHER HAND we in fact have two people willing to be Ogres (since that's the last one).

SO I WAS THINKING of having whoever wanted it more be an Ogre, and then having a 5th person (just because player attrittion due to Real Life Problems is SO common in RPol).

I was thinking of having a second human? A raised-in-the-Wasteland human, since we already have a Vault Dweller?

Do any of you three players already here have a problem with this?

Beep Bop Boop - "No Problemo."

Well that's one vote... I definitely wanna hear from Renata, too, though, since she's my Vault-Dweller...

In reply to The GM (msg # 34):

A second non vaulter human sounds good. That way Renata can still have her thing.

Another hyooman would be alright with me! I've got no complaints here. It'll probably be nice to have someone who's both knowledgeable about the Wasteland and able to be perceived as (mostly) normal.

Also, hello Xan! It seems like it'll take a bit before my autocorrect stops thinking your name is a misspelling of "can", but I'm sure it'll all work out.

Beep Bop Boop - "Well, some people think because I am Automata calling me a Can is accurate."

Well that sure doesn't seem terribly nice! We'll have to get people to stop with that.

Beep Bop Boop - Salutes, "Thanks, Renata."

Okay, who our ogre will be is decided... And we may have a raised-in-the-Wasteland human soon...

I will be your Ogre, with a twist, for this story.  While not generally subtle Big Eye tends to be at least interested in the fates of smaller creatures, sometimes even goes out of his way to help them.  For some reason one or more of you have caught his attention as someone who both needs help and might be interesting to watch.

Hey there, Big Eye! Nice to meet you. Thank you for recognizing our respective plights and offering your assistance in the days to come!

Okay, we have our 5th and final member (whose name will NOT actually be what it looks like it is), a human who was already an adult when the curses fell, who joined the Brotherhood of Steel early on (in the Scribe chapter of things), but who got tired of the BoS's rigid politics so he left the BoS a few years ago to "freelance."

SO my new question for you all is:

Do you wanna play starting like:

1. Your characters all know each other already,

or

2. You are all about to meet each other for the first time?

In reply to The GM (msg # 45):

My character can work both ways. He can have met any PCs out in the wilderness during his normal scavenging, and hired on as a scout. Or he could have met the PCs in the settlement selling his wares.  Or another NPC could have recommended him.
This message was last edited by the player at 15:31, Wed 17 Nov 2021.

So that's one vote for "I don't care, y'all decide..."

Other votes, please...?

(If no one cares, or if there's a tie, I'll decide... and I guess I'll lean toward "you're all about to meet for the first time." But I don't wanna railroad you all into it, so...

I want to know each other