There's nothing like the joy of when your sandbox setting starts to take shape and show a life of it's own. I've had "Surfers of the Apocalypse" on the back-burner for a while now and I'm starting to think about fleshing it out. I started brainstorming who might be the major powerful factions the players could encounter. There's definitely a fair share of "Out of the Dark" mixed in here...
| Goals | Location | |
| Aliens | Shock and Awe attacks on Earth to subdue it's population quickly. Hopes to use subjugated humanity as a pawn in intergalactic politics. | Flying around in ships. HQ in West LA Federal Building, as well as other strategic locations. |
| Survivalists | Live out in bunkers/caves in the woods. Whatever it takes to survive, including preying on anyone who enters their territory. Eventually mount Guerrilla attacks on Invaders | Santa Monica Mountains |
| Army | Major bases have been nuked. Survivors still intent on fighting an insurgency against the invaders. | All over |
| Black Dragons Gang | Triad. Experts in criminal enteprise/extortion. Can get anyone anything for the right price. | Fled Nuked East LA to the Valley |
| Latin Kings | Gang with drug dealing focus. The invasion is bad for business, so now they're looking to branch out. | Based in the Valley |
| Devil's Diciples | Motorcycle Gang taking full advantage of their ability to navigate the gridlock on the roads. Charge to get people places. | PCH and other Major Highways |
| Scientologists | Surprisingly, their mysticism works against alien troops. They're gathering an all-star team and looking for a way to launch them to the Aliens' mothership. | Hollywood HQ |
| Freemasons | Trying to summon the Great Old Ones in defense of Earth. Need a relic from the Scientologist HQ | Hollywood Masonic Lodge |
