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The good thing about PnP:
I need to get it first, but I mean I also don't mind.
I think I've said it before, but I think it would be best to keep things simple in a PnP system. One of the nice things about having a RPG video game is that the computer can do all of the dice rolling for you in real time. Players on tabletop do not have that luxury. If you don't keep the turn short, then everyone is going to get bored. I have mostly given up on adding anything to the PnP because I am lazy and add nothing to the creative pool anyway, but I would love to see a Fallout PnP that any Fallout fan can pick up and enjoy with friends. I am still very interested in playing once it is completed, but I don't think I could stick with it if combat turns take 20 minutes due to excessive dice rolling and rules reading. The Fallout titles are games that you can play at your own pace, especially the classics, but PnP games are the opposite. It is important to keep it brief so that the players stay engaged. I don't have too much experience with tabletops, but I am currently playing a custom system and pacing is usually a problem. Every time we play we have to be reminded of certain rules because the system is clunky. That's just how I feel anyway.Yeah I also thought it was pretty condensed. But I think that is the point, fast and easy gameplay.
I am quite curious about this kind of gameplay, I never played a fast paced P&P game and would love to try it out and see if I like it. Unfortunately all of my P&P buddies are on the other side of the globe and I can't play P&P anymore.
But I have a not so good thing about how backgrounds can be from where you come from or your race... So we can't be a Raider Super Mutant or a Ghoul Vault Dweller. I always liked race and background to be separate. But that is me nitpicking.
What's the problem with the combat? It's fast and simple.
Although I said I prefer things quick, it looks over-simplified to me. If I'm reading this right, weapon damage and armor DT/DR is based on the item class. I would much prefer items to have individual values.
Ahh... to me that's a stroke of un-original genius. Frankly, what slows down combat in my games is flicking through the rulebook looking for weapon damage and gear rules. But honestly, this kind of combat can be done in several minutes. It's supposed to be fast and something about guns only really differentiating by name and appearance... I don't why but I like that... though I understand why others wouldn't.
You would prefer to play a Fallout RPG where your loadout means next to nothing?
A computer RPG, no, because the computer automates a lot of it. But pen and paper... yes, because fun is more important then having minor gun differences.
Wouldn't that mean that most of the progression would be character/plot progression? I feel like that would take too much away from the combat.
It really doesn't. You can get perks and traits that affect combat, making you better at some combat roles then others.
That is what I meant by it being a bit simplified. I like weapons and armor to work like the ones you described. I also like when races are separated from professions/backgrounds/classes (for example I can't be a Ghoul Follower of the Apocalypse, or a Super Mutant Raider). I would have liked if there was DR and/or DT, but there is only AC.
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. And that is why I would love to try this and see if I like the fast paced shorter sessions this system allows.
Umm... Super Mutants are a form of raiders by default and yes, you can indeed be a Ghoul Follower of the Apocalypse. Just get a Follower trait when you level up. As long as you have more ghoul traits then other background traits you're fine. One of the reasons I love the combat is that's it's simpler, faster yet MORE tactical then DnD. Guns are good because they shoot pretty early (and can shoot outside their enviornment), and roll two critical dice but have a pretty limited environment in which they get a bonus. Try to escape? Well you can get shot first. Unarmed and melee are later and need to be in the same environment, but their environment is a lot more common and unarmed can make the opponent have a negative modifier. Doing trait abilities and impeding is great, however you're left vulnerable and can be targeted by others. Karma also adds another level of tactics.
That's what I feel as well... In my opinion PnP systems have to be really simple with only the most essential rules, like Fate, and focus on storytelling or they have to be fleshed out and focus on detail. Nothing in between... There is no good compromise between the two I think.I have played P&P RPGs which are not simple at all but the combat still flows fast because all the info needed for it is right there condensed on the players character sheets. All in one place. After a couple of combat turns the player already knows all there is to know about his attack and damage and just needs to roll the dice. The thing that takes longer is when there is a player that is very indecisive and doesn't know if it should attack or do something else...
Another way of making the combat faster is to roll all the dice at once. In D&D you roll the d20 to hit and then the weapon damage dice for damage. If you roll the d20 and the damage dice all at once you save some time, in a big battle that shaves off several precious minutes
