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It happened 5 years ago... They came. Landed in our cities, on our crops... they landed on OUR planet. And said that we belonged to them. Well we said 'Up yours'. Now, we're being pushed back. The safest settlements get raided every day, most people just hide. We're losing this war... but we can turn it around. Them Grays, they have good tech... but we have the adaptability, we have the power, to use that tech against them. It's up to you... to stop this all. Earth has gone to shit. But it can still be retrieved! You don't have much in the way of gear... who cares. You have Humanity's pride, their hopes and dreams behind you! You may die, but you will die for the sake of our entire race... You will die with honor, a death befitting that of any Human who wants to fight these bastard Gray's untill they get the HELL off our planet, and leave us alone! This is our land... and we're taking it back.

Basically, I'm going to try something different. Taking inspiration from here and there, I'm going to write up a 'Shop' List. You will each get a small amount of $$ to buy things with... the rest you have to find. I suggest you take different roles for each of you. Because of limited resources, it won't be possible to get a everything you'll need. You may be able to get basic supplies like food rations for yourself, and a weapon, but more advanced things like armor, tools, other consumables (Such as ammo, med kits etc) will cost too much.

Weapons
Melee
-> Hammer (Basic Two-handed Sledgehammer. 1d8 damage) $100
-> Hunting Knife (Long enough to be a shortsword. 1d6 damage) $80
-> Combat Knife (A short, serrated knife used for combat. 1d4 damage. Special: Quick - Has a 1/2 chance to deal an extra 1.5x damage) $90
-> Shovel (It's a Shovel. Wait, a Shovel? 1d6 damage) $50
-> Fire Axe (It's a heavy axe used for chopping down doors and stuff. 1d8 damage.) $60

Ranged
-> 9mm Pistol (It's a 9mm pistol, what do you expect? 1d6 damage) $150
-> Single Shot Rifle (A rifle with a single shot, saves bullets. 1d8 damage) $200
-> Old Assault Rifle (An old assault rifle. Probably doesn't work as well as it shoot. 3d6 damage) $220
-> Throwing Knives (Wait, what is this, the dark ages? 1d6 damage. Special: Heavy Handles - Causes a bleed effect for 1d4 turns causing 1 extra damage per turn.) $120

Armor
-> Old Kevlar Vest (An old Military-grade vest. Sweet, huh? Blocks 1d4 piercing damage (bullets, knives etc)) $270
-> Hardened Leather Jacket (This jacket is too stiff! What use is this anyways...? Blocks 1d4 blunt damage) $270

Supplies
-> Ammunition (Basic ammo for guns. It's MAGIC ammo, works for any gun. Neato, huh?) $100
-> Food Rations (Enough food to last a week.) $50
-> First Aid Kit (Your basic first aid kit. Heals 2d6 health, 5 charges.) $100
-> Tool Kit (A basic tool kit, essential for any technician, engineer, mechanic, or any craftsman.) $100

Name:
Age:
Gender:
Personality:
Description:
Personal Skills: (Will give a minor bonus to some actions. Only 1 allowed.)
Money: $350
Items:

Name: Matthew, no family name given
Age: 24
Gender:Male
Personality:Matthew is an odd creature, on one hand he loves all things scientific, technology the most but all things scientific, he will spend hours just reading up new studies or takeing something apart and putting it back together, improved if possible. On the other hand he is a cold and brutal person. He doesn't care about other people, he doesn't care about takeing lives, he is just cold and selfish, under the excuse that he is a 'person who removed their mask and showed what they really are' he honestly beleives all humans are like him, they just hide it fearing it. Though he don't care about takeing lives he won't do it unless it's nessicery, when the gain is larger than the effort spent. But this does not apply to aliens, he beleives it is humanities destiny to rule the galaxy, and more, not these greys, and that for even daring to think they are above humans they should be destroyed, down to the last child.
Description: A thin and sickly appearance, shorter than average, his forest green eyes stand out against his shoulder length black hair.
Personal Skills:Skilled at takeing any tech and deconstructing it to find out exactly how it works then reconstructing it and being able to make more on his own.
Money: $70
Items:Tool Kit,Hunting Knife, two sets of Food Rations

Name: Nico Fortunari
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Personality: A man always looking for a quick buck and a fast way out
Description:A stout man leaning on the fatter side of the spectrum with well groomed dark hair and grasping fingers
Personal Skills: SOMETHING GOOD OVER THERE (+1 to getting over to something exciting?)
Money: $50
Items:2x Food Rations, Medical Kit, Hammer

Name: Sami Taiya
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Personality: Very willful, Disciplined.
Description: Image. A former counter UFO operative, Sami was on leave when the greys took down that agency. Now on the run from the greys for purposes unknown. She was a lieutenant-colonel of this organization.
Personal Skills: Leadership
Money: $30
Items: Old Assault Rifle, Ammo

Name: Tarran Dirkwood.
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Personality: Brave, somewhat silent, has moderate control over his emotions.
Description: Tarran Dirkwood is one of the few remaining soldiers of the US army. The only reason he has survived is because he is a sniper, and picks off enemies at a distance. Tarran has lost both parents, and sister, to the aliens, and hungers for revenge in the form of a bullet to their heads.
Personal Skills: Sniping, or more broadly if you prefer it that way, just plain shooting.
Money: $0
Items: Single Shot Rifle, Ammunition, Food Rations.

Name: Marmot Gallows
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Personality: Bitter, resentful, hateful, spiteful. There's not enough negative words to describe his personality. He's a bad apple, a rotten egg. Despite his malign personality, he does have his good points. He's brilliant, for one, and an excellent scientist and craftsman. Just don't ask him to fight. He's not a coward as much as he is above such vulgar things as violence.
Description: A young genius, Marmot looks like a geek. His short hair is black and messy, although whether the color is natural or the result of chemicals constantly blowing up and covering him in soot is up for interpretation. He's tall but doesn't look like it because he's very thin. His eyes are brown and generally narrowed because he hates everything except machinery, and he has a goatee in an attempt to make himself look older. As for clothing, he wears a dark gray, nearly black jumpsuit with a harness over it that has pouches for carrying various objects, whether they be tools or weapons. It's usually unbuttoned to the waist, revealing the black tanktop under it.
Personal Skills: Inventor (+1 to crafting)
Money: $0
Items: Toolkit, First Aid Kit, Rations x2, Shovel

Name: Richard
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Personality: Aggresive, short fuse, loyal
Description: Unshaved, black hair, 1.8 meters tall
Personal skill: Knifeman (+1 to rolls when using knives)
Money: $40
Items: Throwing knives, Combat Knife, 2 sets of rations

Name: Akira
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Personality: Calm, and Relaxed
Description: Blonde Hair, Golden Eyes, 5 Ft 5 In, 100 Lbs
Personal Skills: Crackshot ( +1 to damage when using ranged weapons )
Money: $20
Items: 2 set of throwing knives, and Combat Knife

Name: William Shatner
Age: Middle Aged
Gender: Male
Personality: Has a small habit... of talking. WITH LOTS OF... PAUSES!
Description: Middle aged guy who starred in a popular show. Is only on the team for comedic effect.
Personal Skills: Trope Saviness
Money: $150
Items: 2 Food Rations (A man's gotta eat!) 1 Medical Kit

Name: Strife
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Personality: Distant, with rage at the alien invasion. Very skilled.
Description: Yeah. It's my normal RPy character. Haven't gotten to do anything with him that's lasted lately.
Personal Skills: Nonspecific Fighting
Money: 0$
Items: Shortened 9mm Pistol, Ammunition, Food Rations, Entrenching Tool (shovel)

Name: Aaron sanders
Age: 28
Gender: male
Personality: distansed quiet young man, prone to daydreaming of his family that was burned in their house.
Description: tall, dark haired, slim.
Personal Skills: +1 to hiding.
Money: $0
Items:
food rations x2 100
hammer 200
1st aid kit 300
shovel? (diggy diggy hole)

Wolfchild