The Complex

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The Complex Introduction

Welcome to THE COMPLEX campaign wiki. This wiki site is a resource for a play-by-chat tabletop GURPS role-playing game to run my own campaign, labeled THE COMPLEX, which takes place a few years after World War III. THE COMPLEX is run using the 4th edition GURPS system. The goal of this wiki site is to form a repository of information about the game that is easily accessible and editable to the entire game group. This material is not official and is not endorsed by Steve Jackson Games.

Basic Campaign Data

The campaign The Complex is designed for 3 to 5 characters. It is essentially a Treasure Hunting game taking place in a Post World War III California. For ease of character creation, some templates are provided as well as a campaign summarization sheet. Important NPCs, locations, and some maps will also be provided.

Characters start with 50 character points, may take up to -30 points in disadvantage, and may take further -5 in quirks. Quirks do not count towards disadvantage total.

Characters may not take any magical abilities, but are allowed to buy very minor mutations. Psychic powers are possible, but not powerful and usually not reliable. The Gadgeteer 1 advantage is allowed, but no further levels.

The Complex Background

The Complex is set in the near future on an alternate Earth. In the year 2008, great advances in science unlike any in our Earth had been made, especially in the fields of bioengineering, weaponry, and armor. However, things being what they were and for various reasons, all the nations of the earth fell into a total collapse after a nuclear holocaust. The reasons why are unknown amongst the average survivor; all they know is, they must survive in the aftermath. Humanity in the year 2015 is now scattered throughout the Earth, in either enclaves like Machine City, under the rule of a tyrant, or like the Californian Tribes, various primitives that have forgotten (and sometimes disdain) the advanced technology of their forebears.

Life is eked out into a matter of survival, but also the dream of success. Bartering and wealth creates a market for prized commodities, and the goal of any survivor worth his salt is to one day strike gold; to rise up and no longer worry about such petty things as continuous survival. However, in order to accomplish this dream, the wasteland survivor must survive through harrowing ordeals and experiences, until eventually they either overcome or fall.