Monday, September 28, 2009

Seems I need to tackle weather...

The Morrow Project game is off and running.

I was in evil GM mode to start with, this team was placed in an unfinished bolt-hole (located SW of Colorado Springs) to start with due to the world falling apart around them. Their transport crashed short of their planned location, so they had to make do with a bolt-hole with nothing but their assigned personal (i.e. carried) gear. No vehicles, no extras.

Upon waking, they decided to head to the nearest town and get more information on why upon waking they don't have any radio sat contact, and how they have full growth trees around their location when the plan was for a 5 year 'sleep'. Upon finding ruins, they turned south east and headed for their 'planned' location in the hopes of getting both more equipment (vehicles they cry!) and perhaps more information.

About a week of cross-country hiking though wilderness.

So I got to hit them with mutant rats and lizards, many outdoor survival experiences (great fun), and the run away weather as they enter something of a wild zone (that I like calling Damnation Alley, stolen from the movie of course).

By pure luck, one of the eight PCs took all the significant 'hits'. He was grabbed by the man-eating plant. He had to live with common if painful insect stings, He was hit not once, but twice by the random post-apoc Lightning storm that is common in the Alley.

Oh, and he was stabbed in the backside by a flying piece of lumber blown by the wind storm in the same Alley after their failed 'find/make Shelter' roll left him in the open.

One other character got sunburn...

Such is the roll of the dice.

Oh, about the title of this post. I used the weather charts from the original Morrow Project rule book. But I was hoping to find something with a bit more detail broken down by various weather 'zones'.

Anyone have any suggestions that I can find online? I want something in table/chart format and not a generator program.

5 comments:

Lior said...

What about the weather system from the WSG?

Gleichman said...

WSG?

Lior said...
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Lior said...

WSG = "Wilderness Survival Guide", one of the first supplements for AD&D.

Gleichman said...

AD&D, so out of print then. Looks like I can pick it up used.

My experience with D&D doesn't inspire me. How detailed are the rules? More than just roll d20 for current weather I hope.