Backstory
Major knowledge of the Fallout universe isn't ENTIRELY necessary, though the lack of it may occasionally lead to complications, especially for anyone who may wish to create a Pre-War Ghoul: http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout_world
This here, is a bit more important-- it is information on the various Factions available in the RP
Brotherhood Of Steel: http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Brotherhood_of_Steel
Enclave: http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Enclave
New California Republic (NCR): http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/New_California_Republic
Brotherhood Outcasts: http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Brotherhood_Outcasts
Crimson Caravans (They aren't part of the war over the new Substance, they're simply a way of making money, and for character backstory): http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Crimson_Caravan
Followers Of The Apocalypse(Same as above, except without the money part): http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Followers_of_the_Apocalypse

Storyline
The year is 2283, 206 years after the Great War of 2077. During one of their vital "Tech-Scouts", the Brotherhood Of Steel uncovered a strange, completely unheard of Substance. This substance had the capabilities to replace all of the Brotherhood's electrical needs, and could also be used to fuel new weapons: an advantage that carried through many ears, surprisingly fast.
Other Factions, including their rivals the Enclave, sought out this Substance, however it seemed that the Brotherhood had mined it clean. With this, a war sparked, one that scattered throughout the whole of New Stone Cold-- formerly known as Texas. This caused the various Factions to increase their recruitment rates hugely, in desperate bids to gain more support from the Wasteland Legends. These Wanderers joined different Factions for various reasons, and with their help, each Faction became far stronger. However, as if out of nowhere, the Substance's Origin was unveiled-- "The Unseen Circle".

They not only produced the Substance (which was nicknamed "Crim" due to the amount of bloodshed it caused) but also had several mass depots of it in their Base hidden somewhere in the South-East of New Stone Cold. The only lead to their precise whereabouts, is a group of Criminal Contacts, who are supposedly willing to negotiate in return for their information. These men, are the targets of the Factions who are searching for the Unseen Circle, and it is the Wasteland Legends, both newly recruited and old, that are being sent. The precise location of this Contact Gang, is a town called Tandi.
The NCR, which is based in California, also set up several "Assault Posts", to prepare for assault on the Unseen Circle.
War was sparking, and it was coming from even the furthest reaches of Post-Apocalyptic America.

Combat
Combat will revolve around the classic AP (Action Points) system. With this, the actions you can perform at each turn of combat is decided on a number. This number is your current number of AP. Different weapons have different amounts of AP that are used, and some have different firing types, each of which use different amounts of AP: eg. Sub-Machine guns can either fire a single bullet for a 3 AP cost, or can Burst Fire for 5 AP. Generally, the more AP that an attack uses, the stronger or more effective it is. On top of this, there is another important number in Combat: your AR (Armour Rating). This is based on the armour you are currently wearing, and when you take damage, the damage dealt is reduced by this amount. So if you are hit by a weapon dealing 15 damage, and you're wearing armour with an AR of 5, then you take 10 damage. On top of this again, acts of God CAN occur, so if I decide that you've god-modded a few times throughout the RP, I can cause unique events to occur at any time, such as your gun exploding. These are the "Critical Failures" of the original 2 Fallouts.
Finally, Critical Hits are decided by your Luck Attribute. In the event of a Critical Hit, the damage dealt by your gun is maximised, meaning the AR (Armour Rating for any silly-billies that have forgotten) is completely ignored for that single attack.

Travelling
When Travelling between Towns and Cities or other Landmarks, you must wait a total of 5 posts before you can post again. The only exception to this is when two characters are going from and to the same locations at the same time, in which case they travel together. When together, they are allowed to break the 5 post rule, and attack one another. Towns, cities and Landmarks will be uncovered throughout the story, and there are a set of locations called "Strongholds". Strongholds are basically the Bases of the various Factions, for example one of the NCR Assault Posts or the Crimson Caravan Camping Grounds, near Tandi. Each of these require 9 posts to reach instead of 5, and I will control NPC guards to attack players of a different Faction that try to approach.

Stats, Attributes, Perks And You
The "S.P.E.C.I.A.L." system is a huge part of the Fallout Universe, as are the Skill and Perk systems, so a simpler version of each has been incorporated here: You have 20 points to invest in your "S.P.E.C.I.A.L." Stats, and get to choose 2 "TAG" Skills, and 2 Perks, so let's explain a bit about each.
S= Strength (Wanna beat an Irish drunk with your bare hands? Not without Strength you can't!)
P= Perception (Damn! I keep missing with my gun! I need some better vision!)
E= Endurance (Haha! Puny punch do no damage to me! Me have lots health!)
C= Charisma (Step right up! The ultimate bargain! I once persuaded an elephant to buy my mouse!)
I= Intelligence (Hmm..... a simple Computer to hack indeed. No problemo!)
A= Agility (Bah! I can attack WAY more times than you!)
L= Luck (Gambling is fun. Especially when you can actually win, like me!)

Above is the Attribute associated with each letter of the "S.P.E.C.I.A.L." system, as well as an...... odd explanation for each.
Now for the Skills. In this RP, the Skills available are listed below, as well as wha you can do with each if you set them as one of your "TAGS":

Small Guns= Damage dealt with Pistols, SMGs, Rifles, Shotguns, and other conventional Guns.
Big Guns= Damage dealt with Mini-Guns, Bazookas, the Flamer, and other big badass weaponry.
Energy Guns= Damage dealt with Laser Pistols, Rifles, and all other Laser and Plasma-based Weapons.
Unarmed= Punch punch punch, this is damage dealt with hand-to-hand combat.
Mellee= Damage dealt with Bats, Crowbars, Pipes and other torturer favourites.
Science= Hacking is fun, but only if you're sciency enough to actually do it.
Medical= Heal yourself, you selfish bastard, you! This decides how much you heal yourself by.
Doctor= This decides how much you heal other people by. Aww.... you're nice inside, ain't ya'?
Explosive= BANG!! BANG!! Me like Explosives!! This helps with setting explosives, and stops them from detonating prematurely.
Steal= This helps you Pickpocket objects from people, without being seen. Not that you'd do that.... right?
Lockpick= Money in a safe? Granny locked in the bathroom? No problemo! I can get in there!

And finally, here is a list of the Perks you can choose from at the beginning. Others can also be obtained IC.
Iron Fist: You are the Master of the way of the Eastern Fist! With this, you can attack with your hands for 1 less AP
Cowboy: You are, of course, the fastest gunner in the West! With this Perk, Pistols and similar 1-handed weapons all require 1 less AP to attack
Assault Nut: Who needs speed or Strategy, when you can run in with a big fat Machine Gun! Rifles and other 2-handed weapons require 1 less AP to attack
Nerd Rage!: You've been pushed around long enough! If your Intelligence is above 8, then your strength is increased to 8!
Intense Training: With this, you gain an extra Point to invest in one of your "S.P.E.C.I.A.L." Attributes!
Action Boy: The greatest Hero of them all! With this, you gain an extra 3 AP for combat!
Dr. Evil: Your Intelligence is raised to 10, but only if you have 2 of either Doctor, Medical, or Science as your 2 "TAG" Skills.




Lulwut?
Well the purpose of this RP is.... well I dunno. I was playing Fallout 1 and 2 recently, and am REALLY looking forward to NV, so I decided y'know what? I feel like Roleplaying in some random fan-fic location set in the Fallout Universe. So here it is.
It's a little bit structured and complex, but with a system like Fallout's, I can't imagine the chaos that would stir if it weren't so...... hopefully I can get some participants, and get this baby rolling. I'm fully aware that there are a few RPs on already, however this isn't necessarily meant to be joined immediately, it's just something that I would EVENTUALLY like to see kicking off, like Italia was kicked off the World Cup >:-)
My character is more or less thought out, though I won't be choosing TAG Skills, Perks, S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Attributes or a Faction until I see what other people are choosingand joining. We don't want everyone to be a Lockpicking Brotherhood Knight after all.

Completionesaboocwua. Yeah.
Fancy, made up foreign language ftw...........?
Anyway, it means Complete...

Please try not to double post in future.


We had a Fallout roleplay a little while ago, unfortunatly, it didnt do well.
Lets hope that this one gets some interest.
Good luck.

Saying it didn't do to well would be a compliment. It didn't even barely get any reply. This got me interested for using the actual Fallout system though. Question, could i be an ex-vault dweller who joined the Follower of the Apocalypse?

@Nicsp, Absolutely, you could. And yeah, I saw your Fallout RP.....
harsh...

@Darkblade, I don't really see how it's double posting since the posts were a day apart, and also I didn't get to finish this Sign-Up yesterday, so that's why I wanted to add a bump for completion, but I apologise nonetheless. It won't happen again.... maybe.

Name: Daniel Willfrin
Faction: Recently joined the Followers of the Apocalypse
Age: 20
Height: 5'9
Weight: 140 lbs.
Appearance:

Biography:
He used to live in a Vault, Vault 147, the vault was, actually, just another experiment by the Vault-Tec. The Vault was working perfectly fine until, exactly one month before the start of this RP, the Vault's experiment started. It was discovered that in each of the rooms in the vault there was a hidden gun. Upon the start of the project, a message played on everyone's pip-boys, saying that in thirty days, the whole vault would explode. The vault doors were locked and the weapons revealed and the only way the exit could be opened was if there was only one living being in the whole vault. That human was Daniel, after killing everyone else in the Vault, he ran away from it just in time to escape the explosion.
Personality:
Cold and calculating, he trusts no one and neither can be trusted. After being locked up in deathmatch vault, he learned how to fool and deceive people to get what he wants.
Additional info: He uses a 10MM pistol that he got from the vault and still uses the vault 147 suit, altough with all that has occured down in the vault, the suit is banged up and is very damaged.

S.P.E.C.I.A.L.:
Strength: 2
Perception: 4
Endurance: 2
Charisma: 3
Intelligence: 4
Agility: 3
Luck: 1
Total= 20

TAG Skills: Small guns and Medical
Chosen Perks: Cowboy and Action boy

If you don't mind, I am going to try and narrow down the info for a character.

Deviance Argon (Dev to friends)
22
Male
Brotherhood Scholar

At a small age, his family was brutally killed by super mutants. Originally from the Capital Wasteland, their small trible-like city was suffering little losses. Housing around 800, only eight died from the abnormally large attack, before the Brotherhood, housed in the area, took down the super mutants with minimal losses. Following the Brotherhood, they all went to the Citadel. After being let in by the elder, Dev was named Deviance as a super mutant followed them into the Citadel, and almost killed him as a child, but deviance, out of anger for the death of his family, struck the mutant several times before finally killing him, with a crimson katana laying on the ground. He was trained as firstly a soldier, then a scholar, a rare achievement of the brotherhood. He never wears the power armour, only the pads on a specially designed overcoat.
At the age of sixteen, Elder Lyon finally decided it was time to send news to the other elders of the brotherhood of the simulation data, weapon caches and the super mutants. Deviance volunteered and, with a band of twenty warriors and four scholars, they made their way to Texas, to visit the head of the brotherhood, all the while visiting the settlements on the way.
Along the journey, attacked by deathclaws, super mutants, raiders and slavers, their numbers whittled. Their leader, when in western california, had unfortunately died due to extreme wounds from a super mutant brawl meeting slavers. After a skirmish with a super mutant master, he recieved a terminal wound. He managed to kill another two super mutants and the last remaining slaver before finally bestowing a gift of leadership to Dev. His last words were to always go left.
Upon entering a city in Arkansas though, they found the third ever formed brotherhood of steel, which took over the area. Although down to three men at that point, the Elder at the city instantly recognised the man in brotherhood power armour and the other in brotherhood scolar clothes, even though after weeks of travelling, they have been worn down. The Elder gave Dev his blessing, and gave him the seal of leadership among the brotherhood, as well as fourteen soldiers. They had a large surplus of recruits, since they controlled most of the area in eastern arkansas.
On arrival into texas, they ran into a streak of bad luck. Around fourty raiders with a super human behemoth arrived from one end of the horizon, as they were fighting a clan of maybe ten deathclaws. After the horriffic ordeal was in full flow, the two deathclaws were remaining standing, fighting back the ten brotherhood members recruited, as Dev and the remaining scholars and soldiers held back the super human behemoth. The 'help' from the arkansas area seemed poor at this point, as the two deathclaws managed to kill off eight of the ten originally standing brotherhood paladins. As Dev killed the remaining super mutants, the last two paladins died, while a deathclaw remained.
Frank, a paladin from the Brotherhood in Capital D.C turned, and, weilding a more dangerous form of a laser rifle, shot down the deathclaw almost instantly, with a shot to the head. At the same time, dev climbed behind the behemoth, in a fit of extreme anger, and stabbed the brute in the back, near the top of its spine. The last paladin alive, other than frank and deviance, shot maniacally at the behemoth, and it tumbled. Onto the paladin. A merciless world was a thought that Deviance remembered.
Mercifully, the recieved no other serious attacks, and were recieved at the citadel of Texas, with the new information, data, and, unfortunately, a mission.

DEVIENCE
Special (in order)
STR : 1
Per ; 1
End :4
Cha : 6
Int : 1
Agi :4
Luck : 3

Tag : Science + Doctor
Skills : Dr Evil, Nerd Rage!

FRANK
Str : 2
Per : 4
End : 3
Cha : 1
Int : 2
Agi : 4
Lck : 3

Tag : Steal, Energy Guns
Skills : Assault Nut, Action boy



Finally, you should get rid of the post limiter thing. Works well when you got twenty chosen ones as a group or two, not in a game with 5-6 people. I would get extremely annoyed because of the fact you have to wait. Read the one about Havens and zombies, that worked well, or it looks like it did. Hope it does kick off too, but a bit more like france XD.