[About this Fic]
This is some fanfiction slightly embellishing about 10 minutes of gameplay in STALKER: Clear Sky. The game comes out of the Ukraine, and the term "Stalker" here is used in the sense of a hunter. The game is incredibly immersive, and the below should give you a taste. Comment/PM me if you want to hear me fan rant.


I'm scrambling up the muddy ( Read more... )

Bob hits the back of Smythe's truck at a dead run, his speed and not-insignificant bulk nudging the idling vehicle forward slightly. The screams and moans almost drown out Smythe's backwoods accented voice--if Bob weren't desperate for some kind of guidance in this situation he wouldn't consciously realize she had spoken ( Read more... )

Threat tokens are a short-term system of morale in T2k13/Reflex system. Unsurprisingly, they revolve around the Coolness Under Fire (CUF) attribute. It's like if Cyberpunk's Cool attribute got fleshed out some more ( Read more... )

As the sun slips under the falling western terrain the two travelers slow down to better spot a place to rest for the night. No-one has maintained these roads for a year--who would waste the petrol on mowers or asphalt?--and so the grasses and underbrush to either side have grown tall despite the nuclear-enhanced winters ( Read more... )

From sunup to evening the two picked their way along the looted pile-up, the pantomime of normalcy along this highway intersection. The two travelers even managed to catch a surprise meal when Bob got spooked by a couple of equally frightened rabbits in the underpass.

Bob asks if he should tick off a shotshell from his ammo counter. The GM says ( Read more... )

Bob and Smythe, his newfound companion (it's fated she agrees, else there's little campaign :P), are immediately facing a problem in the desolate landscape: Parts. Bob's hybrid SUV has 3 points of Wear, meaning it's not in bad shape bit is undeniably due for some maintenance and refitting ( Read more... )

So it's time to start the campaign! This will actually not be just a single person thing, as my buddy flinkie has joined the action! First things first is to give the setting. In brief...

The year is 2013. Two years ago, though no-one realized it at the time, World War III broke out. The one Einstein spoke of when he said, "I know not with what weapons ( Read more... )

So by now you're wondering if this isn't "Pedantic: The Roleplaying Game!" No, that's just me. This will be a good project for me, since I get a bit carried away when I write (as you can tell). Also consider that little of this would seem like "talking a lot," especially since much of it is summarizing hypothetical conversation. Still, I'll get ( Read more... )

One of the problems with Twilight: 2013 was the organization. While logical on its own, it was not set up for play or character creation in many reviewers' view. For example, I can't tell whether to round up or down (eg for determining initial CUF/OODA, or for derived values) despite several searches. I know I've found that detail before, but I'm ( Read more... )

Here's how much time we're going to waste on derived values: I'm just going to do them. Height is random, the rest is selectable. Height and Build have an effect on weight, weight (and the Athletic build) affect carrying capacity and nutritional requirements. Age affects starvation time and survival points (more on them later ( Read more... )