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| Vali's Fortress campaign; Background fluff for my campaign | |
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| mattblackgod | Nov 20 2011, 10:44 PM Post #1 |
Big boss warlord dude!
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The World Around Vali's Fortress... I am planning a campaign based around Vali's Fortress. For those that don't know Vali's Fortress is in the northern parts of the Britannia wastes. Since the Bunker City got nuked the wastes have become more dangerous. The Fortress was built a year or two after the end when the skies were still dark. Some engineer found a bull dozer and other machines. The Fortress is a stopping point for many moving across the wastes. This thread will include maps and background details. They are taken from a Wanderer from Vali's Fortress known as Sham. The maps will be updated as time goes on. Yer ol Warlord has gone nuts.   Firstly a note on Direction.... Directions:- Rise (East), Fall (West), Dark (North), Heat (South) Compasses no longer work on the world. The Nuclear assault has caused damage to the world’s magnetic fluxes. Wastelanders in different places have different names for the directions. Peoples around Vali’s Fortress use Rise for the direction the sun rises (East), Fall - for the direction the sun sets (West), Dark - The direction that the Darkness comes from in Winter (North), Heat - the warmer areas of the world lie in this direction (South). Are your ready for more? Edited by mattblackgod, Nov 20 2011, 11:01 PM.
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| mattblackgod | Nov 20 2011, 10:49 PM Post #2 |
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The first Map is 150 x 150 miles approx. and covers a large area with Vali's near the centre. This is to give some idea of the place Raiders, Traders and other trouble may come from.  For those looking for it is just North of the Once Was City Ruins. |
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| mattblackgod | Nov 20 2011, 10:53 PM Post #3 |
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Map 2 is 50 x 50 Miles approx. You can see more detail of the area around the Fortress. You may be able to pick it out... Areas of possible loot are noted in red Map 3 is 30 x 30 miles approx. and covers the Once Was City ruins.  Areas of possible loot are noted in red The final Map...Map 4. This is approx. 10 x 10 miles and covers the area around Vali's Fortress.  Areas of possible loot are noted in red Edited by mattblackgod, Nov 20 2011, 10:55 PM.
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| mattblackgod | Nov 20 2011, 11:06 PM Post #4 |
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Now for the list of places to be found on the Maps...that we know of so far! The whole thing is a fill it in as we go along project. Some may recognise similarities to certain places and groups in the real world....this is purely coincidental...honest!  Airbase (Dark): In the Darkwards side of the Once Was City ruins lies a old Military airbase. It was hit pretty hard during the attacks on the world. Most useful items have long since been looted but the area is great for scrap. Who knows digging through the rubble you may find some old world treasures or supplies. This area is haunted by wild dogs and mutant rats preventing any faction from taking control of the airbase and utilizing the airfields for crops. Almond Stead: Almond Stead is a small fortified farm roughly Heat -Risewards (SE) of Vali’s fortress. Almond Stead grows various crops. The main crop of the stead is Almonds which grow in their orchard. Analfield: Analfield is a small ramshackle village made up of shanties and shacks in the Once Was City ruins. The gang the Analfield Wasters are from here. They are also known as the Anal Field Whiners because all they do is bitch and moan. The gang are low life criminals and are ordered to be shot on sight by Vali. They are also at war with Vali’s allies - The Bluenoses of Gladys Town. The dispute is over crop fields in the area that the Bluenose’s control. Blasted Ruins: The Blasted ruins is a giant radioactive rubble pile that was a large city. The ruins are approximately 30 miles across. It lies 50miles Fallwards from the Once Was City Ruins. The Blasted ruins is home to many mutants and mutant gangs. Blighted Ruins: The Blighted ruins lie 10 miles Dark - Risewards of Vaili’s fortress and was once a small town. The place was infected with the Blight Plague in the end days. A plague that slowly rots its victims turning them into a walking corpse. The ruins are ghoul infested and few go there for fear of contracting the Blight. Colon: Colon is a small village deep in the valleys of the Keinnie mountains. Due to their remote location it is difficult for outsiders to make contact with the tribals that live there. Comms Mast: A surviving comms mast (non operational) on the Darkwards edge of the Skrap Lands. The Transmitters gang have a camp at the base of the mast. Copper Head: High in the Keiennie mountains lies a underground system of tunnels and bunkers. This is the base for the Copper Head Squats (Dwarfism is a common mutation). Here they can live safe from the rest of the world. The Squats make weapons, armour and tools which they trade with the outside world. Damned Wood: Damned wood lies on the Darkward edge of the Once Was City ruins. It was a woodlands and it survived the firestorm. In it lies many mutants and crazy gangers. It is rumoured that Sham has a safehouse in these woods. Dead Fields: The dead fields was once a public park in the city. It is a field of dead ground were little grows. Depressing Ruins: The Derpessing Ruins lie Fallwards of the Skrap Lands and Dark wards of Vali’s Fortress. The place is dead. Nothing lives there and nothing grows. Here Fast Eddie'sFast Crew are based as a outpost of the Skrap Lands forces. Dozy Pool A pool in the stream system that people fall asleep in. Many drown. Rumor is a mutant called Ol Gregg lives here. Forest of the Mutant Monster: Another haunted forest that lies to the Heatwards of RuntKorn. The forest is said to have a terrifying mutant monster living in it. Fortress City Ruins: This city was a massive fortress before the fire fell from the skies. Now it is just rubble and ash. Gladys Fields: Gladys fields was a park that is owned by Gladys Town. It is worked for crops. Gladys Town: Gladys town was a sports stadium before the end. A gang called Gladys's Toffees control it. The Toffee’s rarely leave the town. The towns other gang - the Blue Noses go outside. They do most of the farming and fighting. Blue Noses are marked by having their noses tattooed blue. Both factions are allies of Valli’s and enemies of Analfield, Trashford and Mutiechester. Gilmorts Cave: A cave that is used as a safehouse by a ganger from the Skrap Lands known as Gilmort. Grok Field: Grok Field was a public park and is home to a tribe of Smoggers. The Smoggers are bitter enemies of the Noggsie Mutie Men. Hardon: Hardon lies on the Nukadona coast line. It is come to Dik Kream and his band of pirates. They build speicalised vehicles and boats which they use for raiding along the coast lands. Industrial Ruins: The Industrial ruins lie on the Heatwards side of the Squeena River. It was a massive complex of factories and pipelines. The place is in ruins and is home to ghouls, rats and rouge robots. Iron Tower: Iron Tower is a large tower of metal pointing upwards from the ruins like a accusing finger to the sky. The tower was a engine from the doomed freighter the Typhon's Frown. It is home to the Iron Tower Scavengers, a part of the Skav Lands gangs. This gang happily trades slaves. Iron Tower Ruins: The Ruins of a town the engine from the Typhon’s Frown crashed into. Judges Fields: Judges fields is another park within the Once Was City ruins. It is overgrown with mutant plants. No faction uses it. Kaliks Safehouse: A abandoned house is the place that Kalik and Mad Lou use as a Safehouse when caught out in the Wastes. Keinnie Mountains: A large high mountain Range running along the Fallwards edge of the map. Lank Three small villages in a high elevated valley in the Keinnie Mountains. It is pretty cut off from the rest of the Wastelands. Locals trade with the Copperhead Squats. Lost Ruins: The Lost Ruins was a pre-end town. It is haunted by Ghouls, wild dogs and mutant rats. Mouldy: Small village on the foot of the Nukadona mountains. Mutant Bottom: A small village of mutants that live at the bottom of a large crater. Mutant Forest: The Mutant Forest lies directly Fallwards of the Once Was City Ruins. It was a massive park and farmlands. The forest quickly took over. The place is filled with mutant plants, mutant beasts and other strange things. Mutant Ruins: The Mutant Ruins lie on the opposite side of the Sequeena river from the Once Was Ruins. They are filled with wild dogs, mutant beasts, ghouls, wild dogs and more horrors. Mutiechester: Mutiechester is a village in the Blasted Ruins with a large mutant population. They raid Risewards into the lands of Sequeena, Skrap and Vali. Mutiewood: Mutiewood lies to the Dark Fallwards of Vali’s Fortress. It is a small woodland filled with all manner of interesting beasties. Noggsie: Noggsie is a village that spawned the mutants that have been terrorizing the wastes...the Noggsie Mutie Men. They are enemies of everyone. Northport During the war the Town of Northport was hit by the Blight Plague which rots it victims slowly. Nukes from orbit managed to wipe out most of the plague but the ruins still host some rotters or zombies. Nowhere Road: A road that runs into the Once Was City and suddenly stops. Nukadonia Mountains: Large mountain range in the area of Nukadonia. Nutsac: Nutsac is a small village. Old Airbase (North): A old Airbase lies approx. 10 miles Darkwards of Vali’s. Most of it has been destroyed however it may be a good source of scrap and parts. Old Air Base (Nukadonia): The ruins of a large air base on the edge of the Nukadonia mountains. Most of it has been destroyed however it may be a good source of scrap and parts. There is a possibility of weapons and robots at this site. Old Airport: The old Airport lies on the Darkwards side of the Once Was City ruins. It is largely destroyed however it may be a good source of luggage, scrap and parts. Old Army Camp: The Old Army Camp lies a few miles Rise Darkwards of Vali’s. It is destroyed and has been stripped by scavengers. Little of worth here. Old Ford: Old Ford is a fording place on the road to Squeena. Old Military Site: A lost military base high in the mountains. Who knows what will be found there? Oncewas city (ruins): Once Was City ruins was a city who’s name has been forgotten. It lies Darkwards of Vali’s. Apart from a few small settlements the ruins are wild and filled with fearsome mutant beasts. Runtkorn: Runtkorn is a small settlement located in a ruined town. The denziens are a mix of loonies and mutants. Generally they are thought to be harmless. Schmittville: Schmittville grew from a a industrial estate that escaped the war. The materials in the factories soon became barricades and weapons. Wagons were armored and used as tanks against the scum in the wastes. Schmitt rules the village with a iron hand. Slaves are accepted here. Sequeena: Small fishing village North of Vali’s. They are close allies with Vali. Shreiks Swamps : North of the Blighted Ruins lies Shreiks swamps. They are a nasty haunted place and home to a fierce mutant warrior known as Shreik. Skrap Lands: The Skrap Lands is the wreckage of the doomed space freighter The Typhon’s Frown. At its centre is Skrap Town which is cutting up the wreckage and trading it with various wasteland settlements. Skrap Town: Skrap Town lies within the Skrap Lands and is made from the Wreckage that lies about. The town is ruled by Mad Marco. Skrap Town uses slaves. Stoked Ruins: The Stoked Ruins was a large town before the end. It is now a pile of rubble. the Field: Another park in the Once Was City ruins that lies unused and overgrown. The Flood: The Flood is a shallow flood plane 3 to 9 feet deep. When the Sea Levels rose after the end this area was flooded. The Red Light: The Red Light is a brothel run by Mad Moxxie. The girls there are good. A word of warning. They can hold thier own against most raiders so you best behave. Under the Red Light there is some sort of abandoned bunker or vault. Moxxie runs gladiatorial combat games down there. Cameras throughout capture all the gory action. Trashford: A village in the Blasted ruins who makes a living by raiding Risewards. Vali’s Fortress: Vali’s Fortress was built by some engineers shortly after the end. The efftort was aided by construction machines found in some ruins. The walls are made from huge piles of rubble transported from the Once Was Ruins. Vali’s acts a stopping point for travelers and raiders. It has two sets of walls and a courtyard. The traders and travelers stay here. Only trusted folk are allowed into the inner fortress. Vault 99: Vault 99 lies under the Once Was Ruins. It is unopened. How long until they come to explore the world above? Wild Hills: A hilly region to the Dark-Fallwards. Wrecked Ruins: The ruins of a small city on the edge of the Nukadonia mountains. |
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| Inkwell | Nov 20 2011, 11:49 PM Post #5 |
Toenail cutter / Tin can licker
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Man o Man! I am impressed! What program did you use for those maps? Sets the campaign standard,a virtual blueprint of what I 'd like to do. 
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| Dr.Falkenhayn | Nov 21 2011, 12:02 AM Post #6 |
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Nukadonia  very nice Maps 
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| Ross | Nov 21 2011, 03:02 AM Post #7 |
Wasteland Warlord
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Analfield, Colon, Nutsac... can't say this forum hasn't affected you Dan Nice and detailed Dan, looking forward to seeing the games and outcomes!! |
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| mattblackgod | Nov 21 2011, 08:15 AM Post #8 |
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Big boss warlord dude!
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Or is it me effecting the forum?? I used a Mac but I have done a similar thing with a Windows machine. The process of the maps started by going onto Google Maps. Find a map of an area you want to use. Then print it to PDF (you may need a PDF printing program there are loads free out there). Now you have a nice PDF document. Cut the map out and paste it into paint. I altered the waterlines, deleted the map details I wasn't interested in and used Paint to add new details. I have found that Photoshop or similar can help in putting other details on such a map icons. I haven't gotten to this yet. I ran out of patience.
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| Fantasy Fixtures | Nov 22 2011, 03:25 PM Post #9 |
Super Mutant
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This is the kind of thing you open up and have multiple groups across the world game in and add history to. |
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| tinker | Nov 22 2011, 04:52 PM Post #10 |
CEO of "Rat-on-a-Stick" Industries
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I'm surprised that none mentioned the Mighty Pirate Captain "Dik Kream" and his ship full of seamen! The beauty lies in the details Danny! Considering too that you live in the Pre-PA area you get the opportunity to look at a structure, or a building and add it to your grand designs. |
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| Ross | Nov 22 2011, 08:52 PM Post #11 |
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Wasteland Warlord
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I reckon you're onto something there... |
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| tinker | Nov 23 2011, 07:05 AM Post #12 |
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Danny, What general sizes are the populations for the various groups? Are you leaving that element open for gaming purposes? The reason I ask is after reading this topic it sparked a honing of my own Saint Milla and surrounding enclaves, tribes and bands. St. Milla will have one Warlord with three Gang leaders loyal to him. All four have Gangs loyal to them extensively. Each having a influence on different commodities. All responsible for the upkeep and protection of the residents of St. Milla, and the residents pay a tax for that protection. I figure maybe around 50 gangers providing services to about a 1000 individuals broken down to 400 families and the odd sort. Not all these folk live in St. Milla but close enough during raiding season or war they can seek shelter of St. Milla. These are not figures written in stone, but a general idea. I guesstimate the nearest settlement to be twenty miles away. The other communities are ran by different groups and each having their own methods of rules. Which of course causes conflicts between them and with St. Milla. In drought season there are raids, food shortages there are raids. They also have little festivals, games of some sort. At times they gather together for mutual protection to fight off bigger threats from up the road be it renegades, mutants, nomads, cannibals, or a hoard of Zombie Vaccuum Salesmen. In all this mix I really only have an interest in the Tinker's Damned Gang. All else is window dressing, a dog and pony show. The timeline is flexible for telling of the PC's adventures in the Wastelands. My games are about the Tinker PC who can be just starting out as a Lone Trader selling wares to different groups trying to make a profit, or as a Gang leader in trouble with the Warlord over a pair of dirty Lucky Socks. All played solo, all with I hope a reasonable story to tell. Edited by tinker, Nov 23 2011, 07:15 AM.
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| mattblackgod | Nov 23 2011, 09:07 AM Post #13 |
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Sounds a good background Tinker and set up. FF this is purely for my own setting but if it inspires I would like to see what you have (fnnurrrk!). I am open to ideas on this setting as I do have a area of 150 x 150 miles to game in. I plan to add bits as Vail's Crew go on missions and explore the area more. Vali's Fortress has a handful of characters, around 30 Mercenaries and around 70 assorted bods who provide services and other jobs. In all the total population is around 120 to 130. Vali's is more of a trading stop and safe house. As such traders going to get fish from Sequeena or crops from Gladys town often stop there. I will be using Vali's as the centre of the campaign. Sequeena is a fishing Village with a population of around 100. Many of them may be at sea so the population can drop as low as 30. Dik Kreem has two loyal pirate crews. I am surprised that no one noticed that he is based in a town called Hardon. Schmittville is ruled by Tobais Schimtt. He keeps around 8 gangs not including his force of inquisitors and his own gang. One of these gangs is a gang of Engineers who keep the place ticking over. All are loyal only because he has anyone who disagrees with him horribly executed. Schmittville has a population of around 400. They like using slaves here. Noggsie - population unknown but is thought that the mutie men breed at high rates than norms. Glayds town has two loyal gangs - The Toffees and Blue noses. The general population is around 100. They farm and trade what they can. Analfield has only one gang that is like a extended family. No real numbers on its population but for now its thought to be around 100. Skrap Wastes/Town has 8 gangs all loyal to Marco. As they are spread out across the Skrap Lands (Skrap Town, Rads tower (to be added), Comms Mast, Depressing Ruins and Iron Tower) the actual population is unknown. Each is a small base. The population of the Skrap Lands is around 500. There may be more souls surviving in the Iron Tower ruins. Almond Stead is a small farm of about 15 folks. Colon - no numbers. No one goes there as folks there are a$$holes! Copperhead and Grok field are both unknown as those buggers liver underground. Vault 99 - think FO style vault. Approx 160 souls in there. Its getting cramped. Lank has 3 villages and a population of approx. 400 in total. The Valleys they live in makes them self sufficient. Runkorn is a small village of about 50 souls. The Red Light - not more than 30 although numbers can swell (no pun intended) from "visitors". No figures on Moudly, Mutant Bottom, Trashford, Mutiechester or Nutsac yet. We just know folks come from there but we dont know anything about them. |
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| tinker | Nov 23 2011, 10:33 AM Post #14 |
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Have you discussed any of these town names with your missus just for reaction sake? I have a difficult time with deciding on population numbers because if they're too high it appears like a recovery has taken hold. I really want to keep the numbers fairly lean... Oh well, there is always War, Famine, Pestilence, and Disease to help balance things back nicely to the brink again. And if those four guys can't get the job done I can always count on manual override switch, or an eraser! |
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| mattblackgod | Nov 23 2011, 10:44 AM Post #15 |
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That works too. I see many places attracting wastelanders with offers of work for food/shelter. But add to that those leaving due to not liking the place/work, falling foul of the authorities (you can be inventive with the laws), getting into fights with locals (are you looking at my Bird?), industrial accidents, industrial diseases, certain social diseases, the murder and theft civilisation attracts its easy to restrict numbers. Add to that mix mutated Flu and common cold strains, mutant beasts, ghouls and cannibals to keep things low. Oh and don't forget the most valuable asset to background creation...the Raiders. The missus knows about Colon and Nutsac. She laughed her head off! Hardon is actually a place in Flintshire, or thats how it is pronounced locally, or thats what the locals told me when I worked there. It is spelt Hawarden.
Edited by mattblackgod, Nov 23 2011, 10:48 AM.
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| tinker | Nov 23 2011, 11:45 AM Post #16 |
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Doesn't mean jack how it's spelled... you are English, near that Gaelic tongued Welsh country where constants are dime a dozen and vowels are used only because some outsider needed one for a pronunciation key!! I speak barely monoglot American Colloquial English! Writing, I can slap a sentence or two together until the boredom of talking in my head occurs. Father-In-Law was born In Saltville Virginia... that is pronounced Saw-vool (like wool with a "v") Edited by tinker, Nov 23 2011, 11:55 AM.
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| v_lazy_dragon | Nov 24 2011, 10:28 AM Post #17 |
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An awesome ammount of background Danny - some day, I hope to do the same for my Brit apoc stuff. I shall watch with interest  (although, it has crossed my mind that with the current 'after you've survived the nuke' discussion, and the seemingly ever increasing number of new rioter/PA suitable figures, if a 2000's apocalypse isn't perhaps the wya to go instead of my cold war era one...) |
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| mattblackgod | Nov 26 2011, 12:27 AM Post #18 |
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Ta. Kreig's fluff made me realise that I need a Chinese gang for the ruins China town area....or where it used to be. I have a extra set of ruins to add now - Partsold. There is a new river up Darkwards to add too. Edited by mattblackgod, Nov 26 2011, 12:30 AM.
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| tinker | Nov 26 2011, 07:23 AM Post #19 |
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If ya add a Chinese gang prepare a scenario using all them cat's you got!! |
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| Golan2072 | Nov 27 2011, 12:23 PM Post #20 |
Cannie!
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I love this background - and it actually inspires me to return to my Stalingrad 2072 setting! |
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