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JANUARY 3RD, 1999 Thunder rolled across the plains, great forks of lightning leading a charge in the sky against some unknowable foe. The hail soon followed, specks at first, but soon grew to silver dollars of white ice tumbling down into the wild grains and pinging off the old farmhouse's roof. The Krazmersky's watched the hail through the windows, debated a while, and decided they'd only resort to the cellar if conditions worsened. They preferred their records to the radio, so they didn't hear the news. They didn't call anyone, so they were oblivious to the fact that their lines had been cut. They didn't know about the incident at Penitentiary, nor the Mears' Kitchen truck full of dynamite that decided to make its delivery at 60 MPH straight into the rec yard wall. Maybe Mrs. Krazmersky saw the face in the window, but convinced herself it was just a trick of the light. Maybe Mr. Krazmersky really did hear the back door squeak open, but with that thunder rattling every pane of glass in the house, who could tell? The dog was quiet and the house felt safe, so there wasn't anything to worry about. And then a man was pointing a pistol at their heads, orange coveralls soaking wet as he calmly told them to get the gently caress up and follow his commands. "Do what we say and no one dies." The man looked over his shoulder and motioned at the figures standing near the back door. "Icepick, bring in the others." — — — Info Welcome to Jailbreak, perhaps the most famous Unknown Armies scenario this side of Fly To Heaven. The setting is 1999, and one hour ago followers of the inmate "Father Freedom" broke him out of Surrey State Medium Security Penitentiary. Seeing an opportunity for their own freedom, Four other prisoners (Morton Willits, Steve Updike, Juan Riccinto and David “Icepick” Leyner) grouped together, attacked and kidnapped Corrections Officer Jake Spundie and made their escape on foot. Reaching the highway as a hailstorm began, the convicts stopped and hijacked the vehicle of lawyer Janet Mattice and her client Donna Ngwashi, and with three hostages in tow, sought out a place to lay low. That happened to be the Krazmersky residence, an old farmhouse occupied by two more innocents to point a gun at. Five hostages, four prisoners, and plenty of secrets among them. Let's play some Jailbreak! — — — Characters All the characters for Jailbreak are pre-genned in the scenario, so all you need to do is post interest with your most and second most wanted character and we'll see who ends up with who. As I'd like to run it with no GMPCs, I'm looking ideally for nine players. If you don't have One Shots or the rulebook, contact me on the IRC room below and I'll help you out. Morton Willits—The Quiet One Steve Updike—”She Was Askin’ For It.” Juan Riccinto—”Hey, I’m Innocent!” David “Icepick” Leyner—”Can’t We Talk This Out?” Officer Jake Spundie—One Tough Screw Janet Mattice—”Listen, I’m On Your Side! I’m a Lawyer!” Donna Ngwashi—Concerned Parent Uder Krazmersky—Immigrant Inventor Ella Krazmersky—Loving Wife After you choose, all you need is a basic understanding of how to play UA and you're good. Also, despite it being in the book, I'm reposting Six Ways To Stop A Fight here as it's pretty relevant for this game. Unknown Armies posted:Somewhere out there is someone who had loving parents, watched clouds on a summer's day, fell in love, lost a friend, is kind to small animals, and knows how to say "please" and "thank you," and yet somehow the two of you are going to end up in a dirty little room with one knife between you and you are going to have to kill that human being. Also I've made an IRC room! Come join #UAjailbreak on SynIRC to livechat about sticking knives in other people's faces.
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Wulf, you're loving crazy and I love it. Let's do this. First choice is Officer Jake Spundie, second choice is Morton Willits.
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Dec 28, 2014 00:56
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I'd like to play Uder Krazmersky or, failing that, Donna Ngwashi.
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Dec 28, 2014 01:28
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I know nothing about UA. Are the rules easy to learn? If so, I'd like to play Janet Mattice. If she's not available, I'll play David “Icepick” Leyner.
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Dec 28, 2014 02:38
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Swags posted:I know nothing about UA. Are the rules easy to learn? Same question here. Also, I think I know the story. I played a mafia game somebody ran and the character names are all the same. Would that make me ineligible to play?
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Dec 28, 2014 07:09
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UA is actually pretty basic, requiring only one die roll for everything. I have no problem with newbie players, but if you want to familiarize yourself, I'd recommend reading chapters 3 through 5 in the corebook to get a feel of how to play.MildManeredManikin posted:Also, I think I know the story. I played a mafia game somebody ran and the character names are all the same. Would that make me ineligible to play? Nope, you can still join in! Just remember: OOC knowledge can't be used IC.
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Dec 28, 2014 23:01
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First choice Ella Krazmersky, second choice Morton Willits.
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Dec 29, 2014 08:43
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Uder, then Icepick
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Dec 30, 2014 01:46
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So is this cancelled? EDIT: Jesus I didn't realize it's been almost two months until I made this post. Still, would like official confirmation that it's not happening.
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Feb 10, 2015 20:54
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Woops, completely forgot to lock this thread! Yeah, I didn't reach the player minimum so it's a no go. I might do a UA game in the future though, so be on the lookout.
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Okay, thanks.
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