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[Ozarck]

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Grunts

Second wave

War. It's what we do. We were bred for it. Grown for it. Trained for it. We fight and die for it. For the Empire. For Mankind.

Spoiler: Character Sheet (click to show/hide)

Platoon: Most battles will have the Grunts in separate platoons with separate objectives, so I can easily keep track of everyone.
Designation: use a portion of your forum username, followed by a numeric designation. the numeric designation should be the number of your clone. that is, your first clone should be 001. when that one dies, the next is 002. example: Ozarck is on clone number four. his designation would be Oz004.
Class: what kind of soldier are you?
Status: First, your health (healthy, minor wound, serious wound, maimed) second, any status effects such as bleeding, dizzy, poisoned, energized, etc.
inventory: grunts start with helmet, laser carbine, backpack, and Imitation Artificial Chewing Resin Substitute. other classes will have additional inventory, and inventory may be acquired during gameplay.
Kill Tally: Record normal kills by your grunts if you so desire. additionally, there will be categories for minor kills and major kills, explained below.

Spoiler: Dice rolls (click to show/hide)

Each round, you get an A)ction roll, and a D)eath roll.
1: A)backfire or damage to equipment, D)death
2: A)miss or simple failure, D)Maiming
3: A)minor success, you cause your enemy to miss a turn, D)Serious Wound
4: A)standard success, wound an enemy, achieve a goal. D)Minor Wound
5: A)perfect success, kill an enemy.  D) no damage taken
6: A)overshoot or perfect success with complications Kill an enemy, but attract attention or have to reload. D)no damage taken. sometimes complications may arise.

Spoiler: Damage types and mechanics (click to show/hide)

typical injuries are tracked on a simple scale: minor, serious, maiming, and death. You may have up to one of each of these kinds of injuries.
Two minor injuries become a serious injury. Two serious injuries become a maiming. two maimings cause you to die.
additionally, there are various status effects that are tracked separately from wounds. Examples include suffocating/drowning, poisoned, confused, bleeding.
These status effects usually get a counter, such as 0/3 or 0/5
Most of these counters will automatically advance each round. However, sometimes, teh counter will only advance on a failed die roll (though this type is less likely due to being too much work for the GM to track). Other counters may advance or recede on given triggers. For example, if the group is fighting a swarm of poisonous bees, each successful sting may increment a poison counter. Or, flashbangs may increment a disorientation counter.

Spoiler: miscellaneous game mechanics (click to show/hide)

Kill Count. Most kills will be considered standard, so if you want to keep a kill tally, each enemy counts as 1
Minor Kills. Certain Creatures (like the giant bugs from the last game) are not enough of a threat to count as a normal kill. as such, should you wish to track them, count them under a separate heading. often, these kills will happen in groups, so you might rack up a dozen Minor Kills in one round. These do not convert to standard kills
Major Kills. some creatures (or certain other things) will be considered Major kills, due ot the difficulty of bringing them down. usually, more than one Grunt will have to participate in taking one down. In this case, the kill will count as an objective. But if a single Grunt is solely responsible for the takedown, I may award it as a Major kill.

Spoiler: the Pantheon of the Empire (click to show/hide)

Space Jesus, raptor Jesus, Space Raptor Jesus, The Empire. Grunts may pray to The Officers, Who Are Like Unto God to You. Lizard Christ is considered heresy, and RNGesus is a metacharacter. As such, Grunts are unaware of his existence, but players may appeal to him all they want. It is typically accepted that prayers to RNGesus fall on deaf ears, as RNGesus don't give a fuck.

[Ozarck]

Character classes in Grunts: Second Wave

Grunt: your basic cannon fodder. This is the base of the class tree. no special abilities, low survivability rate.

tier one: reached on 5 deaths as a grunt, or on successful accomplishment of a Mission. One class is unlocked per mission or per 5 deaths. One can unlock a second class on 5 deaths within this tier, or on successful completion of a Mission as a tier-1. So, if one were a Soldier, and wanted to unlock shooter, one would either die 5 times as a soldier, or would succeed in a Mission as Shooter.
Soldier: gains one level of armor
Brute: wields a melee weapon in addition to the standard laser. capable of great feats of strength.
Grenadier: carries three fragmentation grenades, one EMP grenade, and one smoke grenade.
shooter: gains a bonus to aimed fire. One must be stationary, and in a stable stance, to gain the bonus. USes Class Action Take Aim, which grants the bonus for as long as the shooter remains stationary.
Assault Gunner:wields a more powerful, slug throwing weapon. capable of multiple shots per round.
driver:can drive standard ground vehicles: jeeps, hoverboats, APCs, tanks
technician:operates machinery, such as radios, electronic doors and surveillance systems
Medic:can stabilize wounded Grunts. Can reduce wounds by one level, except maimings.
chaplain:Grants bonuses to morale and possibly to actions as well through prayer and their Holy Presence on the battlefield. May counteract mental status effects such as disorientation or drunkenness

tier two: Unlocked on 5 deaths as a tier-1 unit. Each tier-2 unit is unlocked after 5 deaths of the corresponding tier-1 unit, or on successful completion of a Mission as the respective tier - 1 unit. thus, to unlock berserker, you either die 5 times as heavy, or you succeed in a mission as a Heavy.
NCO: advancement of the soldier class
Berserker:advancement of the Brute Class
Demolitions:advancement of the grenadier class
Marksman:advancement of shooter class
Heavy Weapons Gunner:advancement of the assault gunner class. Wields a gatling laser or heavy machine gun.
Pilot:advancement of Driver class
Operator:advancement of technician class
Field surgeon:advancement of medic class
Priest:advancement of chaplain class

prestige classes:unique successes or exemplary roleplay as a tier 2 class (or in special cases, as a tier 1) will unlock a prestige class within that branch of the tree. examples of prestige classes (as seen in the original Grunts game) are: kung fu priest, eel rider, wyvern rider, shocktrooper, and cyborg. other prestige classes exist, or will exist.

Kung Fu Priest: (upgrade from chaplain/priest class) gains bonuses to unarmed melee, acrobatics. +1 vs. individual close combat death rolls.
shocktrooper: (upgrade from Brute class) carries Electroshock Melee weapon. +1 to disable struck enemies.
cyborg: varies. upgrades class of Grunt cyborgized.
riders: upgrades driver/cavalry. bonuses based on mount.

Equipment
standard grunt equipment includes: weapon(varies by class), backpack(contains most other equipment) helmet, artrificial imitation chewing resin substitute (or variation thereof), Combat knife, standard rations, clothing, blanket, spare socks, small sewing kit, small cup and bowl, spork, and spoon. (other standard equipment TBD.)

[Ozarck]

equipment:

defensive:
Helmet: must be worn at all times. Lose this, and sufer a -1 to all defense rolls. Chaplains and Priests gain Presence bonuses for going unhelmeted on the battlefield
armor: each layer of armor can absorb one unit of damage,reducing or negating the effects of such damage by one level. Minor wounds are completely negated by one layer of armor. Other wounds are reduced, and the armor layer is expended in the process.

offensive:
Laser carbine: the standard arm of the grunt class. somewhat innacurate and prone to malfunction. don't leave home without it
Laser rifle: a longbarrel version of the carbine - not technically a rifle. More accurate and with better range.
Slug thrower: basic weapon for the heavy weapons guy. Two modes: more powerful slugs, or automatic fire.
grenades: you throw them, they explode.

utility:
backpack: standard military containment and carryall unit. contains the basic military items such as lunch, extra socks, and the Empire's Military Handbook
Special Ration: Grants +1 to action or death rolls for three rounds. Which applies must be declared at teh time of the action.
Field medkit: Medic item. Has 5 charges. Can fix minor wounds as an action with no cost. Serious wounds take a charge to heal. the Serious Wound is then tagged as (healed) rather than removed from the sheet. Maimings can be averted, if the medic can address them within one round. A maiming thus treated becomes a Stitched Maim.

[Sarrak]

Lets roll!

Platoon: 1
Designation: Rak001
Class: Grunt
Status: Healthy, -
Inventory: Helmet, Laser carbine, Backpack and Imitation Artificial Chewing Resin Substitute

[Egan_BW]

Platoon:
Designation: OcE007
Class: Grunt
Status: Healthy!
Inventory: helmet, las carbine, backpack, cherry flavored sawdust resin

[milo christiansen]

Sure, why not?

Platoon: ?
Designation: MC001
Class: Grunt
Status: Healthy, -
Inventory: Helmet, Laser Carbine, Backpack, Imitation Artificial Chewing Resin Substitute

[LordPorkins]

Platoon: 1
Designation: Pork001
Class: Grunt
Status: READY TO ROCK
Inventor: Helmet, Carbine, Backpack, Artificial Gum-Like Substance. Ham Sandwhich is in Grunt-Class Lunchbox

[spazyak]

Platoon: 1
Designation: FKD001
Class: Grunt
Status: I'm not dead yet
Inventory: helmet, laser carbine, backpack, strawberry flavored ham scraping composite

[Blood_Librarian]

Platoon: 1
Designation: BLD001
Class: Grunt
Status: Aching for the Reunion Round.
Inventory: helmet, laser carbine, backpack, Imitation Artificial Chewing Resin Substitute, and a picture of mama vat.

[ziizo]

Platoon: 2
Designation: Zii001
Class: Grunt
Status: Healthy.
Inventory: Helmet, Laser Carbine, Backpack (lunch (Egg Sandwich), extra socks and the Empire's Military Handbook), Imitation Artificial Chewing Resin Substitute.

[PaPaj]

Platoon: 2
Designation: Pzf001
Class: Grunt
Status: Healthy
inventory: helmet, laser carbine, backpack, Imitation Artificial Chewing Resin Substitute

[NRDL]

Platoon 2:
Designation: NL001
Class: Grunt
Status: Healthy
Inventory: Helmet, laser carbine, backpack, Imitation Artificial Chewing Resin Substitute

[killerhellhound]

Platoon 2:
Designation: KH001
Class: Grunt
Status: Healthy
Inventory: Helmet, laser carbine, backpack, Imitation Artificial Chewing Resin Substitute

[Felissan]

Platoon : ?
Designation: Fel001
Class: Grunt
Status: Healthy
Inventory: Helmet, laser carbine, backpack, Imitation Artificial Chewing Resin Substitute

[Zormod]

Platoon:
Designation: Zr001
Class: Grunt
Status: Healthy
inventory: Helmet, laser carbine, backpack, and Imitation Artificial Chewing Resin Substitute