Wilson the Wasteland Wanderer (A Fallout 3 story)

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WolfMage

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So, today I botted up my 360, slapped FO3's disk into the tray, and made up a new character, this time making a stealthy "I'm gonna rob you blind" guy. He does nothing important or noteworthy for a while, eccept succeed (In one try, mind you.) first an 8%, then an 11% speech check, getting 500 caps from both Lucas Simms and then Mr. Burke, then killing Mr. Burke after he shot Simms. Later, about level 5, Wilson (The Guy) was standing at the unmarked camp near Smith Casey's Garage, and he found a lone Outcast soldier, fighting off Cannibal Hunters, a Slaver, a Super Mutant, and two Radscorpions. Not a good day. After wiping the floor with them using his Gattling Laser (The Outcast had the laser, not Wilson. Wilson stood there like a sack of bricks.), Wilson proceed to follow him. This is the log of their travels.

Hour 1: So I'm following this Brotherhood Outcast, named Gregory, who I nicknamed Grumpy, cause he is, well grumpy. So far we've fought of a bunch of wildlife, and he's in bad shape, so I'll give him 2 Stimpaks.

Hour 5: Well, we're now passing, uhh, another fucking hill. No news so far.

Hour 9: Get this; so we're walking on another unnamed road, I look away for one minute to repair my trusty Hunting Rifle, and what happens? Two more friggin' Outcasts show up, following Greg! They're both armed with Laser Rifles, so they should do well. They all walk single file, and the guy in the middle's name is Jimmy the Cool Guy, and the guy at the end is Johnson the Ass. Ok, that's their nicknames, "Cool Guy" and "Ass", but whatever.

Hour 15: We just forded a radiated river leading to MDPL Mass-Relay Station, and fought a bunch of Raiders that were camped on top. Piece of cake in the fucking park, what with all these lasers. But Jimmy did take a few hits, so I gave him two Stimpaks.

Hour 16: Just passed Five Axels Rest Stop, found a ton of Raiders camping inside, but the Outcasts didn't bat an eye, and walked right past. No shots fired from anyone. So I pulled out a frag, threw it inside, and hoped to either kill the Raiders, or get them into the open. They didn't budge, on kills, nothing. On we wander.

Hour 19: Holy shit! Just fought a Mister Gutsy, on my own, so the team didn't get plasma'd into goo. Damn thing took two frags, a nuclear explosion from an Army truck, and a hunting rifle shot just to bring it down, but the loot nearby was well worth it. I got enough Stimpaks to keep this group alive for another dozen tough fights. I'll update this journal as things happen.

(Sorry if this isn't the right board, and sorry about the wall of text. But please, at least read the damn thing if you're gonna comment.)
 

AkJay

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It's ok, and i have noticed that there always seems to be a fucking platoon of enemies outside of Smith Casey's Garage.
 

Octorok

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Awesome. I mean, I like Roleplaying in games, but this is still cool. I expect more updates!
 

WolfMage

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Hour 23: We're nearing Paradise Falls, and someone's coming towards us, hold on.

Hour 23.5: It's Crazy Wolfgang! I got some more Stimpaks for the group, and they're all talking. I hope this Paradise Falls place isn't too bad. The Outcasts haven't glanced upon the Slavers as a threat, and vise-versa. I gotta take a breather.

(Sorry about the short update, gotta go sleep. G'night!)
 

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Glefistus said:
Outcasts brush off civilians.

Also, I thought this when I saw the title: WILSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!
And his arch-nemesis... the psychotic dentist Doctor Spalding. great movie.
 

WolfMage

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Day Two.

Hour 44-ish: We passed a crater in the middle of nowhere, and you'll never guess what was in it! An alien, with lazer and all! I, never using lazers, gave it to my Outcast partner, Jimmy. Jimmy then proceeded to kill ten wild dogs in about four seconds. Awesome. Nothing prior to this happened, other than a dream where the ground was liquid. (The game glitched, and I kept bobbing in the damn ground, had to reload a few times.) I'll keep this up to date, if anything happens.
 

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WolfMage said:
Day Two.

Hour 44-ish: We passed a crater in the middle of nowhere, and you'll never guess what was in it! An alien, with lazer and all! I, never using lazers, gave it to my Outcast partner, Jimmy. Jimmy then proceeded to kill ten wild dogs in about four seconds. Awesome. Nothing prior to this happened, other than a dream where the ground was liquid. (The game glitched, and I kept bobbing in the damn ground, had to reload a few times.) I'll keep this up to date, if anything happens.

I believe you just gave one of the most powerful weapons in the game away.
 

SimuLord

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If you're going to write an AAR for a game, put some effort into it! Screenshots, narratives, fill-in-the-dialogue-choice gags! This stuff is way too dry to be enjoyable, it's barely a step up from pretending your character is keeping a Twitter page.
 

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SimuLord said:
If you're going to write an AAR for a game, put some effort into it! Screenshots, narratives, fill-in-the-dialogue-choice gags! This stuff is way too dry to be enjoyable, it's barely a step up from pretending your character is keeping a Twitter page.
Gotta agree with you there. Certainly interesting, but not enough to make me want to read more. Where's the pizazz?
 

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WolfMage said:
Hour 23: We're nearing Paradise Falls, and someone's coming towards us, hold on.

Hour 23.5: It's Crazy Wolfgang! I got some more Stimpaks for the group, and they're all talking. I hope this Paradise Falls place isn't too bad. The Outcasts haven't glanced upon the Slavers as a threat, and vise-versa. I gotta take a breather.

(Sorry about the short update, gotta go sleep. G'night!)
Should this like... be in the RP forum, or what?
 

WolfMage

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Crazzee said:
SimuLord said:
If you're going to write an AAR for a game, put some effort into it! Screenshots, narratives, fill-in-the-dialogue-choice gags! This stuff is way too dry to be enjoyable, it's barely a step up from pretending your character is keeping a Twitter page.
Gotta agree with you there. Certainly interesting, but not enough to make me want to read more. Where's the pizazz?
Well, what do you kind gents suggest? I can't add screenshots, it's on my 360, and no, no camera either. Narratives, isn't that what this whole thing is, or did I sleep too much in English and Lit? And what in the Sam Hell are you talking about, fill-in-the-dialogue-choice gags? Make them talk to each other or something? I'd love to hear your suggestions.
 

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Fallout was one game that was really fucking fun once you got into it. I know how nerdy I feel when I really start to roleplay but it just is so much damn fun. Thank you for that it refreshed me!

One question though is how are you giving the stimpacks to the outcasts?
 

Flying-Emu

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Make it narrative, not description. I don't care if he made an 11% speech success failure or whatever. Find a way to say that without outright saying it, if you catch my meaning.

*EDIT*

Okay, that made no sense. This is whY I need sleep.
 

x434343

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Make it more of a journal of Wilson. Like this hour 1 rewrite example!

Hour 1: Met some sort of outcast. Says he's from the Brotherhood of steel before he was kicked out for... unacceptable conduct, to put it lightly. Told me his name was Gregory. Nice name, I told him. He just grumbled and waved me off. I can see why his nickname is Grumpy. I made that up. We've just been walking along. Plenty of wildlife attacked, so I snuck a present into his pockets: A few Stimpacks will keep him going. Gonna keep following him, see if theres anything cool to note.


Oh, by the way, the Army is developing a medical system called Medix, pronounced similar to Fallout 3's pain deadener Med-X
 

tibnik

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What Flying Emu is trying to say is make more realistic. If you were writing about everyday life in the world of Fallout would you write in your journal, "Made a real hard speech check today, only had 11% chance!"

If you need some help looking for a funny and witty way of chronicling it read Living in Oblivion. It is a funny blog of the day to day life of a Player Character who is trying to live the life of an NPC. I'll post a link to one of the pages so you cna look at it.

http://livinginoblivion.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/day-17-a-quested-development/

Oh and don't take myh critism the wrong, it is actually rather humorous so far.
 

WolfMage

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Thanks everyone for the help!
I'll try and make it much better.
But first, I gotta go play the game, so I have something to write, update will come.