Post Apoc Game

Jeff Jones	Posted Mar 15, 2011 7:23 PM Link to this discussion
user 4194056 Metamora, IL Post #: 161	The purpose of this thread is to flesh out the details of our gaming world. Feel free to post and ask questions.
Anthony Eppard	Posted Mar 16, 2011 7:34 PM Link to this reply
Rpg.Madness Decatur, IL Post #: 281	Where is my ray gun? (Pew Pew)
Jeff Jones	Posted Mar 16, 2011 9:48 PM Link to this reply
user 4194056 Metamora, IL Post #: 162	Something I didn't think about was how in the time frame of the campaign....the whole region would likely have reverted back to its pre-columbian state. It is quite plausible that some people may have taken up a nomadic lifestyle like the indians of yesteryear. Thoughts?
Anthony Eppard	Posted Mar 17, 2011 4:37 PM Link to this reply
Rpg.Madness Decatur, IL Post #: 282	Jacob Fawer has a character like that I think, a hunter tribesman. I was thinking of making a timeline for us to tweak starting in the year 2012 to 2112 the year of the cataclysm. No Evan I won't have lasers as a viable personal weapon in that timeline, but..............
Jeff Jones	Posted Mar 18, 2011 5:49 PM Link to this reply
user 4194056 Metamora, IL Post #: 163	Just to make sure everybody is clear....foing as far as we are in the future will pretty much guarantee that scavaging will not produce much usable goods items. Digging may yield better results, but again over two hundred years worth of deteriation.
Evan Curry	Posted Mar 18, 2011 6:08 PM Link to this reply
user 12766523 Decatur, IL Post #: 62	the larger citys will almost defingly have digs to unearth old tech
Jeff Jones	Posted Mar 18, 2011 7:35 PM Link to this reply
user 4194056 Metamora, IL Post #: 164	So, what would survive that long? Not much in a recognizable form. Rubber rots. Most metals oxidize...especially in CENTURIES of exposure to oxygen and moisture. Even plastic will decay.
Josh Chestnut	Posted Mar 18, 2011 7:40 PM Link to this reply
kensai13 Decatur, IL Post #: 261	I highly suggest you guys check out the miniseries "life after people" if you haven't yet.
Anthony Eppard	Posted Mar 18, 2011 11:08 PM Link to this reply
Rpg.Madness Decatur, IL Post #: 283	Yeah good series. Well most firearms are packed in oil and or grease (cosmoline). I would guess anything that was vacuum packed and or sealed against moisture, uv light and oxygen would be safe. Sealed organics would probably spoil but be preserved.
Jeff Jones	Posted Mar 19, 2011 8:19 AM Link to this reply
user 4194056 Metamora, IL Post #: 165	But is cosmoline rated for two hundred years plus.....and, in many cases being buried subject to moisture? My experience with rust preventatives is the are still subject to gravity and will, albeit slowly, make the change in potential energy given enough time Remember almost every singlel builiding would have lost the roof before falling in..which means extreme exposure to the elements for years. In choosing 250 years, there is almost no discernible evidence of buildings except small mound and divots. While I am not saying nothing is salvageable...it will be with great effort with little prospect of finding anything useful. Even vacuum packed doesn't meant the material will survive centuries before breaking down...and even if it doesn't ... I doubt that most foodstuffs would stay good that long. Really at this point I see the world as a combination of the wild west (also in regards to technology in certain areas) and Europe Dark ages in terms of power struggles. As the slider moves along the timeline, it will produce different results. Do you guys want to put the game closer to the disaster?

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