Who wants to play PARANOIA?

[TheSlapDoctor]

Many Troubleshooters before you have loyally served Alpha Complex and The Computer. It is now your honour to follow in their glorious
struggle—stained with blood but never treason!—in helping The Computer achieve its imminent and inevitable victory over Communism.

I've been thinking of setting up a game of the tabletop RPG Paranoia. The setting of the game feels similar to medium-RP SS13, so i think it's a good fit for the community.

I'm looking for 3-6 players to join a game, which should last somewhere between 1-3 hours. If you haven't played tabletop games before, feel free to get in touch anyway, but please do let me know that it's your first time.

The game will be held online (text based) at some point in the next two weeks, assuming I get enough players. If there's enough interest, I might run this as a fortnightly thing.

Anyway, onto the game.


PARANOIA
Here are a few basic things you need to know about the game:

• You each play a troubleshooter, an untrained soldier that obeys the every command of the paranoid and psychotic AI, Friend Computer
• You are not expected to learn the rules. In fact: Knowing the rules is against the rules!
• Your character will die. A lot. Luckily, you have a limited supply of clones to replace you.
• You kill traitors. Mutants are traitors. You are a mutant. It so happens that your comrades also kill traitors. Be careful.

If you want to know more about the game, google it.

If you're interested in playing, this pdf has all the information that you are allowed to know. You can use that information to create a character. We will be using the 40 point system (point buy) for stats, and I will assign you mutant powers and secret societies.

Here is a link to download the character sheet.

If I get more than 6 players interested, I'll be basing my decision entirely on biased and unfair reasons. Mostly on the quality of your character sheet.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ASK THEM BELOW.

Have a pleasant day, citizen.

[Varnock]

Oh god I've wanted to play this so bad, I'd love to try to do this.

Day/Time? With a timezone, preferably, so I can convert

[TheSlapDoctor]

Day/Time? With a timezone, preferably, so I can convert

No clue as to specifics about time, but it'll be after 6pm GMT, unless it's a weekend. If all the players are from the same timezone, I'll stay up late to accommodate.

[Whistle]

If it's during the week you can count me in.

[TheSlapDoctor]

If it's during the week you can count me in.

Oh god I've wanted to play this so bad, I'd love to try to do this.

Okay, great. If you're both interested, send me a character sheet. If they're valid then I'll hold a place for you.

[Shadowling1232]

'Scuse me my good man but the PDF for the info (1stlink) is really blurry, is there a summarized/nonblurry one I can get?

[Solacian72]

I'd love to try it out. Count me in, boss

[TheSlapDoctor]

'Scuse me my good man but the PDF for the info (1stlink) is really blurry, is there a summarized/nonblurry one I can get?

I'll look for an alt when I finish work, but the pdf is good quality for me. Maybe give it a little longer to load!

I'd love to try it out. Count me in, boss

Awesome, take a look at the pdf, make a character and send them on! Don't worry too much about getting it perfect first time, I'll let you know if something's off.

[coroneljones]

The jones delivers

https://mega.nz/#F!BENxXCiS!di9cVFrY20OZL0cUgVYArA

And depending on the day and time i might be up for it

[TheSlapDoctor]

The jones delivers

https://mega.nz/#F!BENxXCiS!di9cVFrY20OZL0cUgVYArA

And depending on the day and time i might be up for it

It'd be great to have you, thanks for the link!

[TheSlapDoctor]

If you're using Coronel's link, make sure to pick the Little Red Book. It's the shortened rule book for players. But if you wanna read the whole thing, be my guest.

[Shadowling1232]

Updated to reflect.

Modeled my character to follow a small thief/bandit style. Light combat, speedy, zoned out targets, some ADD. Little chemistry knowledge (for poisions.)

[TheSlapDoctor]

I made the this one, tried my best but all I could do from mobile.

That's pretty good, a couple of mistakes but nothing major. I'm gonna take this opportunity to explain the stats.

You can spend 40 points on any of the Six main Stats. None can go below 4 or above 10.
You only spend points on the six main stats:

• Management
• Stealth
• Violence
• Hardware
• Software
• Wetware

Your skills (the stats BELOW your main stats) are the same as the big stat above them unless you have a specialty or weakness in that skill.

A specialty gives you +4 to a skill.

A weakness reduces your skill to 1.

You get one FREE specialty in Energy Weapons. So that means your Energy Weapons skill is your VIOLENCE + 4.

After that, you can choose to pick UP TO 6 other specialties, but for every specialty you pick, you have to take ONE weakness in the same area.

[Shadowling1232]

Ah so for every category that I put points into, I also have to take a penalty in that category? So let's say I take a star is firearms/pea shooters I also have to put a deduction, like, pretty good rifle shot. Not a very strong person so recoil and the action of firing and aiming a gun is tiring resulting in a very few amount of shots able to get off with good accuracy. -Gonna edit the info to reflect see above in a bit.

Edit - updated, see above.

[TheSlapDoctor]

Yeah, so for example, if you took a speciality in agility your skill would be VIOLENCE + 4, but you'd have to take a weakness in a Violence skill as well.

So let's say you chose unarmed combat as a weakness, your skill in unarmed combat would be 1.

[Whistle]

Regarding time do we have an estimated day to start?

[Peachy2912]

I'd be interested in giving this a shot. I'm a bit of a newbie though, so if you're willing to tolerate stupid mistakes and silly questions i'll give it a shot

[TheSlapDoctor]

I'd be interested in giving this a shot. I'm a bit of a newbie though, so if you're willing to tolerate stupid mistakes and silly questions i'll give it a shot

Yeah of course, I'm not expecting experienced players. The game is really simple once you get a bit into it.

[TheSlapDoctor]

Regarding time do we have an estimated day to start?

It's most likely to be mid next week.

[coroneljones]

Updated to reflect.

Modeled my character to follow a small thief/bandit style. Light combat, speedy, zoned out targets, some ADD. Little chemistry knowledge (for poisions.)

Rule number one of PARANOIA survival
Trust No One

[Varnock]

I'll start crafting a sheet sometime today, I'm amazed this took off so fast

[Shadowling1232]

Rule number one of PARANOIA survival
Trust No One

Rule 2 - Knowing the rules is against the rules.

[TheSlapDoctor]

I'll start crafting a sheet sometime today, I'm amazed this took off so fast

Yeah, me too! There'll be pre-generated characters to use if someone doesn't want to bother doing the creation.

[Peachy2912]

Yeah of course, I'm not expecting experienced players. The game is really simple once you get a bit into it.

Sweet! I'll give making a sheet a go tomorrow at some point

[Varnock]

Okay so I'm looking at Service Firms and wondering how you want us to choose them, thoughts?

I'll also likely edit this if I have more questions.

EDIT

Mutant powers also. I know what I WANT to have, but I bet my idea gets shot down in a hot second.

EDIT 2: Edit Boogaloo

Also what game type are we playing? Standard?

EDIT 3: It Keeps Happening

ALSO ALSO secret societies.

EDIT 4: Edit Intensifies

I totally forgot to ask about the sector too, can we just pick any random three letters for it?

Disregard stuff crossed through, I'm dumb and missed it in the OP