Polish Resistance: Character Creation

As I mentioned, I'm going to make a number of posts about the Cyberpunk 2020 house-rules I'm using for the All Zombies game.

Character creation is basically a simplified version of the Cyberpunk character creation. I did have to stat-up some WWII equipment, which was fun:

Character Creation:

1. Set movement=8 for simplicity
2. No attractiveness(generally a dump stat)
3. Money (1d6+1d10)x100 Zlote(1 Reichmark=2 Zlote)
4. Divide 40 ability points among 7 remaining stats 2-10(or roll d10's, re-rolling any 1's)
5. Run=Move*3, Leap=Run/4, Lift=40xBody, Save=Body,
6. BTM based on Body stat 2=>0, 3-4=>-1, 5-7=>-2, 8-9=>-3, 10=>-4
7. Lift=40xBody KG
8. 40+Int+Ref skill points(You already are at Yiddish level 8)
9. Write backstory

Here's a sample character sheet:

Starting Equipment:

Weapons(ROF=RPM/18.75)
Name	Type	Conceal	Dmg	Magazine	ROF	Range	Price(Z)
Melee
Club	Mel	L	1d6				Free
Light Knife	Mel	P	1d6/2				10
Heavy Knife	Mel	P	1d6				25
Bayonet	Mel	P	1d6(+2 attached)				30
Axe	Mel	J	2d6+3				35
Brass Knuckles	Mel	L	1d6+2				10
Sledgehammer	Mel	N	4d6				20
Szabla	Mel	N	2d6+2				50
Exotics
Crossbow	Ex	N	3d6	12	1	150m	120
Longbow	Ex	N	2d6+1	12	1	50m	150
Pistols
Nagant M1895	P	P	1d6+2(7.62x38R)	7	1	50m	100
TT-30	P	P	1d6+2(7.62x25T)	8	2	50m	150
Vis Pistol	P	P	2d6+1(9mm)	8	2	50m	300
Shotguns
Winchester 1912	SHT	N	4d6(12Gg)	5	1	50m	450
Rifles
Karabin wz.98a	Rif	N	6d6+1(7.92x57mmM)	5	1	400m	450
Mosin/Nagant	Rif	N	6d6(7.62x54mmR)	5	1	400m	500
Lee-Enfield	Rif	N	6d6+1(.303Mk VII)	10	1	400m	550
Browning wz.1928	Rif	N	6d6+1(7.92x57mmM)	20	20	400m	600
Anti-Tank Rifles
WZ-35	Rif	N	4d10AP(7.92x107mm)	4	1	400m	1000
SMGs
KIS	SMG	J	2d6+1(9mmLuger)	32	20	150m	350
Blyskawica	SMG	J	2d6+1(9x19Para)	32	32	150m	400
Mors	SMG	L	2d6+1(9x19Para)	24	24	150m	500
Heavy
Grenade(F)	HVY	P	4d6(40m)	1	1	Bodyx10m	30
Grenade©	HVY	P	5/7d6(15m)	1	1	Bodyx10m	30
Dynamite	HVY	J	6d6/KG	1	1		30/KG
Ammo				Amount			Price(Z)
7.62 Pistol				100			15
9mm Pistol				50			15
12 Gg				12			15
7.92/7.62/.303 Rifle				100			40
7.92x107mm				12			20
Arrows				12			24
Bolts				12			30
Armor			Covers	SP			Price(Z)
Heavy Leather Jacket			Arms, Torso	4			50
Steel Helmet			Head	14			80
Clothes
Pants							20
Top							15
Jacket							35
Shoes							25
Boots							50
Glasses							50
Jewelry							10-100
Other
Donkey							70
Mule							100
Riding Horse							200
First Aid Kit							10
Medikit							50
Rations							150/week
Rope							2/ft
Gasmask							50
Magnetic Compass							10
Binoculars							70
Lantern							10
Kerosene							5(1hour)\
Matchbook							1
Cigarette Pack							10
Camera							200
Film(8 pics)							40
Small Tool Kit							100
Lockpicks							100
Wig							50
Morphine(1 dose)							100
Syringe							30
Small Electronics Kit							150
Pack of Cards							20
2 Dice							5
Harmonica							50
Accordion							100
Sketchpad							15
Pencils							5

Polish Resistance: Rules

As I mentioned before, the All Zombie on the Eastern Front: Polish Resistance game I'm running was inspired by one of noism's posts about a game he was running. I'd like to make a few posts about the Cyberpunk 2020 house-rules I'm using for the game.

In general, the move from the Cyberpunk future to the 1940's Eastern Europe involved a reduction of rules:

• I dropped the character class system since most of the classes don't make sense in this setting(anyway, the classes are mostly just extensions of the skill-system)
  
• A few skills are no longer relevant
• Cyberware is no longer relevant

I was quite pleased with the result, since it made the highly complex Cyberpunk rules much more focused and concise. I also made a few minor tweaks to simplify the rules even more, like a fixed movement rate for PCs.

I'm going to try and make a few posts in the near future with more details about the house rules.

Polish Resistance: Session 3

The latest session of All Zombies on the Eastern Front: Polish Resistance finally demonstrated the deadly nature of Cyberpunk 2020 rules(shortly after one of the players gave the "constructive criticism" that punching out "helpless" zombies was becoming passe). I had pre-generated the random encounters, but didn't really expect the players to fully-engage the first one due to the overwhelming odds against them. As such I was caught a little off-guard, having to keep track of 20 German troops and 5 Russian POW's. There weren't any major hiccups, but in the future I'll also prepare a chart in advance for tracking the status of all the characters in the pre-generated encounters.

Session Summary
After a short rest and being provided with horses and a rifleman from Jodicus Jecanty's band of resistance fighters, our heros departed for the nearby village of Lipnik. Their purpose: to catch up to the mysterious German convoy seen departing from now zombie-infested Gojcow and learn what they can about it's purposes.

This time they traveled by road, a greater risk, but they were in a hurry to reach the the village by sunset and inquire about the convoy, which must have passed through a full day before them. Riding will weapons visible, they quickly left the road when they saw a large group walking toward them in the opposite direction. Andre, Moriah, and Josafat hid a little ways into the forest, setting up a potential ambush.

A column of 20 battle-worn German troops passed them on the road, leading 5 Russian POW's, several of them barefoot. When they saw the prisoners, the party decided they must try to free them, a daring gesture given the odds. The Germans apparently saw the riders head into the forest because they were on their guard, but the column didn't stop.

At first the party's ambush went well, with Andre's heavy machine gun and Josafat's rifle inflicting heavy casualties on the rear of the column, while Moriah raced through the trees, looking for a vantage from which to throw a grenade.

The Germans split up, with several taking over watching the prisoners while some returned fire and others circled around. A German machine-gunner, followed closely by a medic, raced to the forested area on the other side of the road to set-up his weapon and return fire.

Moriah raced up to the edge of the tree-line, bravely taking the risk of being flanked, and throwing a grenade then ducking behind a tree, thus putting several German troops out of commission.

The Germans returned fire, with Moriah's tree absorbing round after round of SMG and machine gun fire, but her position kept her unharmed. The flanking Germans continued to approach Andrei and Josafat and fired several shots with their rifles but missed. Two surviving Stormtroopers charged them head-on from the road, SMG rounds scattering all around the two resistance fighters.

Andrei gunned down the two Stormtroopers with the machine gun, while Josephat repositioned to shoot at the flanking infantry, his shot hitting a tree. Moria drew her pistol as a Storm Trooper flanked her. She shot him in the arm, wounding him, but two of his shots hit her in her unprotected head, killing the Doctor instantly.

Andrei and Jodicus faced the approaching infantry, with Jodicus' grenade killing or stunning 3 of them and his rifle another, just before he too was shot fatally in the head. Andre faced the remaining two grappling with one, then punching out the other, avoiding the combat-knife of the first, then punching him out too.

Finding himself alone with a flesh wound from a lucky shot, Andrei could not see the remaining 4 Germans and their prisoners, who had repositioned themselves in the deep forest on the other side of the road. Not wanting to risk emerging from the relative safety of the wood(wisely), Andre looted an MP-40 from a dead Stormtrooper as well as a good amount of ammunition and German stick-grenades.

When he saw Moriah's body, he couldn't contain the tears, but ran howling to his horse and rode for Lipnik, intent on continuing their mission at all costs. There he successfully contacted the local resistance(Streetwise skill) where he may potentially find new recruits to help him.