[WIP] MOD: SPECIAL Heroes : Fallout 4

» Thu Nov 26, 2015 12:25 pm

Firstly, please note that this is a design documentation to begin an initial plan for a mod on fallout 4. This original design may not be fully implementable, and may not be at all depending on how much help I get, which brings me to the next point.
If anyone wants to volunteer help to this mod I will happily accept, I am, by trade, a designer. Scripting, Graphical etc. work will be done, just very slowly by myself as I will have to teach myself the whole Fallout engine. http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1542718-wip-mod-superhero-fallout-4/?p=24445224 to view the team.

Disclaimer: I am in no way trying to steal ideas and property from any franchise in order to make money, this will be a free mod with the exception to have accepting donations. Besides if you have any problems I will just claim parody law, thanks.

I will try to update every Friday, even if there is nothing to update.
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So,

Synopsis

After reaching level X your perk choices will begin to unlock super hero abilities, due to the fact of being so long in nuclear radiation. And so have others for that matter. Augment your game experience of the standard Fallout game as well as have super villains trying to destroy you. Take yourself down a new quest line of parody and decision making. Just watch out for Dr. Boom.

Premise

After years in the wasteland; mutations began to occur. Those who particularly excelled in certain aspects of human skill began to become even more powerful to a point where the resurrection of the term “Super-Hero” become necessary. Suddenly what was just comic boy fantasy not 200 years before, is now a reality and an already harsh world becomes more extreme.

Even certain factions have begun to form, due to discrimination from “ordinary people” against these bizarre cases. Some Good. Some Evil. Some pray that, someday, they can have an ability given to them. Others, pray they will have it taken away and a normal life can be given back.

What about you? Will you even get the choice?

Proposed Features

Custom SPECIAL Hero Powers
A New Quest Line Unique To Each Hero
More Old, And New Enemies
New Customisable City with SPECIAL Hero NPC's
SPECIAL Power Battles In Wastelands And New City
New Instances To Explore Including Dungeons And Vaults
Fast Travel Removed From The Game. Maybe There Is A Hero Who Can Teleport?

Design

Spoiler

SPECIAL Hero Abilities [Player]

Hero Abilities & Description
Scripting
Graphical
Database (Powers, Items, etc.)

SPECIAL Hero Abilities [NPC]

Hero Abilities & Description
Scripting
Graphical
Database

Story [Player]

Story Writing
Scripting
Voice Acting
Character Development
Database

Map [SPECIAL City]

Mapping
Generic NPC

Wish List (but probably not possible)

Designated wasteland areas for periodic battles between SPECIALs
Settlements for SPECIALs only (inc. above)
Some SPECIAL specific crafting items
Choose to play on the side of Good and Evil

Version History & Progress Reports

Spoiler

Alpha
0.0.1a - The First Mutations (Release 1)
Hero Implementation

Incredible Sulk

Design [100%]

Powers [0%]

The Gunisher

Design [100%]

Powers [0%]

Hilo Nakamula

Design [100%]

Powers [0%]

WaterBoy

Design [100%]

Powers [0%]

VAulTeye

Design [100%]

Powers [0%]

Slash

Design [100%]

Powers [0%]

Human Flea

Design [100%]

Powers [0%]

Yaoverine

Design [100%]

Powers [0%]

Monk

Design [100%]

Powers [0%]

Toni Spark

Design [100%]

Powers [0%]

Keratin Man

Design [100%]

Powers [0%]

The One Two Three Four... Five?

Design [100%]

Powers [0%]

Story Implementation

Hero

The Incredible Sulk

Design [100%]

Scripting [0%]

The Gunisher

Design [100%]

Scripting [0%]

Hilo Nakamula

Design [0%]

Scripting [0%]

WaterBoy

Design [0%]

Scripting [0%]

VAulTeye

Design [0%]

Scripting [0%]

Slash

Design [0%]

Scripting [0%]

Human Flea

Design [0%]

Scripting [0%]

Yaoverine

Design [0%]

Scripting [0%]

Monk

Design [20%]

Scripting [0%]

Toni Spark

Design [0%]

Scripting [0%]

Keratin Man

Design [0%]

Scripting [0%]

The One Two Three Four... Five?

Design [0%]

Scripting [0%]

0.0.2a - Villainous & Lore (Release 2)

Hero Implementation

Incredible Sulk

NPC Voice [0%]

The Gunisher

NPC Voice [0%]

Hilo Nakamula

NPC Voice [0%]

WaterBoy

NPC Voice [0%]

VAulTeye

NPC Voice [0%]

Slash

NPC Voice [0%]

Human Flea

NPC Voice [0%]

Yaoverine

NPC Voice [0%]

Monk

NPC Voice [0%]

Toni Spark

NPC Voice [0%]

Keratin Man

NPC Voice [0%]

The One Two Three Four... Five?

NPC Voice [0%]

Villains

Army Of One

Design [100%]

Powers [0%]

Scripting [0%]

NPC Voice [0%]

Bondage Guy

Design [0%]

Powers [0%]

Scripting [0%]

NPC Voice [0%]

SuccuGirl

Design [100%]

Powers [0%]

Scripting [0%]

NPC Voice [0%]

RadScorpius

Design [100%]

Powers [0%]

Scripting [0%]

NPC Voice [0%]

Bostonicus

Design [100%]

Powers [0%]

Scripting [0%]

NPC Voice [0%]

Raider Of The Lost Vault

Design [0%]

Powers [0%]

Scripting [0%]

NPC Voice [0%]

Dr. Boom

Design [0%]

Powers [0%]

Scripting [0%]

NPC Voice [0%]

Low-Key

Design [0%]

Powers [0%]

Scripting [0%]

NPC Voice [0%]

Wasteland Man

Design [0%]

Powers [0%]

Scripting [0%]

NPC Voice [0%]

0.0.3a - The Whojamawhatsits (Release 3)

Nobody's

Story Interactive

Design [5%]

Scripting [0%]

Voice [0%]

Generic Interactive

Design [5%]

Powers [0%]

Scripting [0%]

Voice [0%]

Map

Story Areas

SuccuGirl Dungeon

Design [0%]

Mapping [0%]

Bot Colony

Design [0%]

Mapping [0%]

Vault 146-R47

Design [0%]

Mapping [0%]

Open World Areas

SPECIAL City

Design [0%]

Mapping [0%]

0.1.1a
Beta
0.1.0b - The First Test (Release 4)
Final
1.0.0
Future Patches (Primarily for Bug Squashing and more Content Release)
1.0.1
1.1.0
1.1.1
1.2.0
etc.

» Thu Nov 26, 2015 7:24 am

The Team

Spoiler

Design

Anthony Mazzoni

Hero Development

Anthony Mazzoni

Story Writing & Character Development

Anthony Mazzoni

Scripting

Anthony Mazzoni

Database

Anthony Mazzoni

Mapping

Anthony Mazzoni

Graphical

Anthony Mazzoni

Sound Effects & Voice Actors

Anthony Mazzoni

Special Thanks

http://www.gamesas.com/user/705606-worm/

» Wed Nov 25, 2015 10:39 pm

Currently, the effects are just theorized, due to balancing requirements and effects it may change although the underlying theory will not.

S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Heroes

Spoiler

The Incredible Sulk

First discovered when a barrage of Deathclaws attacked an unsuspecting man one night. Torn, bleeding, calling to whoever will hear for help; something broke inside a desperate man. To his surprise he awoke with the morning light hitting his face. The only clue to him as to what happened were large dents in the road and torn corpses of deathclaws laid across half a kilometer. He would also need new clothes.

Requirements:

Nerd Rage [Max]
Cannibal [Max]
Iron Fist [Max]

Effects:

Grow to 3x the size
Damage with Unarmed increases by 10x
Unable to conduct speech
Cannot stop until a certain amount of corpses are eaten
A red hue layers the player's vision
All armour worn, except metal armour, is broken after.

5 points remaining

Hilo Nakamula

Master Of-a Space and Time. When in VATS, all time stops. Beyond that this hero can even move around freely inside VATS as if unaffected by it, at the cost of action points. On top of this there are no travel restrictions for such a hero.

Requirements:

Awareness [Max]
Action Boy [Max]
Grim Reaper's Sprint [Max]

Effects:

VATS no longer slows down time but stops it completely
VATS does not make the player unable to move and can attack freely.
There are no travel restrictions for fast travel
Slower regeneration of action points
Can cause head crippling if used too often and not medicated

8 points remaining

VAulTeye

Too much time looking through a scope and using VATS caused this poor hero to mutate in a strange way.

Requirements:

Sniper [Max]
Lone Wanderer [Max]
Better Criticals [Max]

Effects:

Deadeye will always see hit percentages, in VATS or not.
When using a sniper rifle, all chances to hit and crit are increased, AP cost is lower.
Sneak is max when a certain distance from any enemy
Chems are doubly addictive
Sneak is 0 when within a certain distance of any enemy

7 points remaining

Slash

Running back and forth between towns, this poor courier tripped and fell into a pool of RAD water. Now, travel is almost nothing to him and guns... well they are just too damn slow now. Shame about the speedy metabolism.

Requirements:

Escape [Max]
Big Leagues [Max]
Inspirational [Max]

Effects:

Sprint is now 25x faster than before
Stores produce twice as much caps.
Attacks twice as fast with melee weapons
Crit chance for all weapons are lower
Consumables and medical supplies only give half the health they normally would

5 points remaining

Human Flea

You know those guys who just spend the whole time jumping to climb obstacles? Looks like it paid off and now no mountain nor skyscraqer gets in the way.

Requirements:

Strong Back [Max]
Animal Friend [Max]
Wasteland Whisper [Max]

Effects:

Gravity is reduced by a factor of 2x, 4x or 10x, depending which mode.
Junk has no weight
Only Meat can heal you, although other food types keep their effects.
You become a mean bass player

8 points remaining.

The Gunisher

When punishment just isn't enough, the world needs gunishment. Born with a pistol in one hand, ammo clip in the other. This mutation was foreseeable.

Requirements:

GunFu [Max]
Scrounger [Max]
Size Matters [Max]

Effects:

Reload time is 0 for all rifles, automatic rifles, pistols, laser rifles, laser pistols, and shotguns.
Guns weigh half their original weight.
2 pistols can be held at once
Accuracy reduced by 20% for all weapons
Accuracy in VATS reduced by 40% for all weapons

5 points remaining

Keratin Man

Beards were fashionable back in the pre-apocolyptic days. One such stubborn man refused to shave and ended up mutating a layer of impenetrable hair around his body. Ew.

Requirements:

Solarpowered [Max]
Animal Friend [Max]
Lady Killer [Max]

Effects:

Torso and all limbs cannot become crippled.
Unarmed attacks can cause disgust (paralyzing palm but with different animation) without any perks
All genders find your "nordic appearance" to be undeniably charming.
Head is twice as easy to cripple
Wasteland creatures detect you 25% further away
You can never own a razor

8 points remaining

Yaoverine

Vault 146-R47 was a secret government testing facility. In the early days when mutations were occurring scientists tried to combine human and creatures to create unstoppable soldiers against warring countries. Little did they expect that the scientists were conspiring to destroy America from the inside. After a non-registered vault transfer one such beast was able to be released into the populace... I think it was Vault 111 if memory serves.

Requirements:

Adamantium Skeleton [Max]
Ricochet [Max]
Bloody Mess [Max]

Effects:

Regeneration. Health will recover extremely fast.
All melee and unarmed critical damage increased greatly.
Critical meter fills 50% faster.
Deathclaws will attack you at random intervals.
Your creature side of you makes you irritable. Charisma cannot go higher than 3 and a -2 penalty is given.

6 points remaining

Monk

An autistic combat monk, who knows where he came from? Very Mysterious.

Requirements:

Idiot Savant [Max]
Hacker [Max]
Cap Collector [Max]

Effects:

All attacks have a 90% chance to miss Monk.
Robotic Expert perks unlocked.
Mysterious Stranger always appears in VATS (must have this perk maxed).
People in your towns will laugh at you as you walk past. Others may have pity and give discounts and free items.
10% chance all attacks in VATS miss.

14 points remaining

Toni Spark

Money and brains. Who wouldn't want to be this dude?

Requirements:

Armorer [Max]
Gun Nut [Max]
Science! [Max]
Robotics Expert [Max]

Effects:

Pain Train perks granted access to.
Extended jet pack time.
Intelligence is always 10.
Crippling occurs more often for all limbs.
All damage output reduced slightly.

12 points remaining

WaterBoy

Yay fish!

Requirements:

AquaBoy [Max]
Intimidation [Max]
Sneak [Max]

Effects:

Swim speed twice as fast.
Water submergence slowly recovers health.
Can create pools of water in settlements.
Ew, land. 10% slower on land.
Base damage reduced, Crit damage increased.

6 points remaining

The One Two Three Four... Five?

This hero mutation is quite bizarre in that it changed the semantics of a sentence and caused a universal anomaly. "Jack of all trades, master of none" then became "Jack of all trades, master of all".

Requirements:

Blacksmith [Max]
Locksmith [Max]
Chem Resistant [Max]
Attack Dog [Max]
Hacker [Max]
Mr. Sandman [Max]
Mysterious Stranger [Max]

Effects:

All perks unlock.
+1 to all S.P.E.C.I.A.L stats.
Can fly without power armor
Can not have a companion (inc. dog meat)
AP costs doubled.

0 points remaining

The Overseer

The Overseer used to be the watcher of Vault 111. Since the rebellion, he attempted an escape through a vent but was intercepted by mutating mole rats. In his retreat he was severely bitten and left for dead. Some time later, when all was quiet, he regained consciousness and with his last ounces of strength pulled himself to the last remaining working cryochamber in the vault. Discarding the man who was in there the overseer incubated, healing. Waiting on his release. After he got out, there were many side effects of the events.

Requirements:

Local Leader [Max]
Lifegiver [Max]
Mister Sandman [Max]

Effects:

Max population limit raised by 5.
Healing companions takes no stimpacks.
Receive cryoammo shipments once every 2 days.
You are twice as weak to radiation effects.
You cannot participate in persuasion.

11 points remaining

Seezer Milan

Spending such a long time with his companion Dog Meat, Seezer began to speak more dog than human. After witnessing many dog atrocities he began to form a pack and waged war against the world one charming sentence at a time. He rehabilitates dogs, he trains humans.

Requirements:

Awareness
Attack Dog [Max]
Intimidation [Max]
Action Boy/Girl [Max]

Effects:

When you take Dog Meat as your companion, 4 other dogs will join you.
Persuasion has 100% chance of success.
Settlements fill up twice as fast.
You lose 2 points in Luck (minimum 1).
Cats will transform into Chameleon Deathclaws at night.

6 points remaining

Musashi Miyamoto

Cryogenically frozen by the Zetans in 1510 and resuscitated in 1940. Musashi experienced 10 years of 400 years in the future, now this master ronin will go 200 years further in the future. With his cancer starting to mutate some strange symptoms have begun to appear. Better hope there's some Saki somewhere.

Requirements:

Rooted [Max]
Party Boy [Max]
Lead Belly [Max[
Critical Banker [Max]

Effects:

Receive Unique Weapons Bokku and Emperor's Gift.
When one on one, gain double stats in everything (Damage, Resistances, Movement Speed, Crippling Chance, Critical Chance, Critical Fill Rate).
The lower your pack weight the more damage you do.
Sleep gives "Hungover" Perk. Reduces Intelligence by 3.
Sprinting costs twice as much AP.

0 points remaining

S.P.E.C.I.A.L Villains

Spoiler

Army Of One

Prefers a numbers and stamina game. He may be weak but he is many.

Powers:

95% chance that when he reaches <10% health 2 more of him will appear.
Beserk. He will attack anything, even versions of himself.
Will die automatically after 5 minutes.

Stats:

Health:
Attack Damage:
Size:

Bondage Guy

SuccuGirl

Aptly due to her abilities, thinking about running in and gunning? Think again.

Powers:

Always aims for disarming shots with 100% accuracy
Resurrects Once

Stats:

Health:
Attack Damage:
Size:

RadScorpius

Chaotic Neutral, Rad really just wants to do as he wishes without considering consequences

Powers:

High damage radiation attack.
Strong melee damage with tail.
Rad Scorpions come to help him.

Stats:

Health:
Attack Damage:
Size:

Raider Of The Lost Vault

Dr. Boom

Bostonicus

An almost immortal being. Resistant to all types of damage except physical.

Powers:

Can call forth 6 sentinals every 2 minutes (real-time).
Can eat a sentinal to regain 40% health.
Can eat bits of the environment to regain 5% health.
Is the only character able to pick up The Incredible Sulk.

Stats:

Health:
Attack Damage:
Size:

Low-key

Wasteland Man

S.P.E.C.I.A.L Nobody's

Spoiler

Sentinals

Anti-Mutants

Boy With Pocket Full Of Rocks

Occupation: Antagonist

Location: Incredible Sulk: Chapter 2

Functions: Quest driver

Pro-Mutants

Truce Tanner

Occupation: Scientist

Location: [Early game settlement]

Functions: Sulk Story, Yaoverine Story

Truce Tanner Lacky

Occupation: Morally conservative

Location [Early game settlement]

Functions: Secondary Antagonist

Robot Guards

Occupation: Guard Entrance to Bot Colony

Location: Somewhere outside SPECIAL City

Functions: Determine Monk Intentions

Alpha-Bot

Occupation: Leader Of Bot Colony

Location: Heart of Bot Colony

Functions: Monk Story Quest Driver

Bot Colony Inhabitant 1

Occupation: Lives In Bot Colony

Location: Bot Colony

Functions: Atmosphere, Optional Quests

Bot Colony Inhabitant 2

Occupation: Lives In Bot Colony

Location: Bot Colony

Functions: Atmosphere, Optional Quests

Bot Colony Inhabitant 3

Occupation: Lives In Bot Colony

Location: Bot Colony

Functions: Atmosphere, Optional Quests

S.P.E.C.I.A.L Story

Every super hero will have their own story line to follow at first with some that converge at different points and diverge again when particular choice making is required. There will be between 5-7 main quests that are individual to each special hero and a last 3 or 4 quests to round off the story for all of them. There will be side quests that are for experimenting with the new powers and even guiding in some strategy development with the harder to use heroes to prepare for saving the world.

Spoiler

The Incredible Sulk Story

Issue #1: Minor Annoyance

After fulfilling the requirements for the incredible sulk, the next time the player is out at night in the wastelands he will be attacked by a very large group of nightstalkers. When they drop below 20% health the screen will go dark and time will fast forward until morning comes. They will find themselves amongst a lot of corpses and with many more questions. Truce Tanner, a scientist who was seen earlier may have some insight into this strange occurrence.

Quests Objective: Speak To Truce Tanner

Speaking to Truce reveals that your armor is broken due to the fact you may have grown in size. He needs to see the site to fully inspect and give his opinion on the situation and insight as to what is going on.

Reward: Armor repair kit(s)

Quest Objective: Lead Truce Tanner To The Site Of The Incident

After arriving, Truce will walk about inspecting the corpses and dents in the roads/ground. He will conclude that you have become some sort of monster but is unsure what triggers it. He suggests experimenting with certain situations in order to trigger this again and return to him with more results later.

Reward: Experience

Issue #2: You Won't Like It When I'm Sulking

Quests Objective: Trigger another black out.

After playing through the game and coming to a point of <20% health, the occurrence will happen again. Once morning comes around again a non-descript NPC will come up to and engage in conversation saying he witnessed the whole thing and knows that you're a "SPECIAL". He begins to pelt you with rocks telling you to leave and never return to this area, but that just makes you annoyed. Another transformation is triggered only this time the player will be in control. The transformation will continue to be in effect until the player has eaten sufficient corpses to raise their health back to >80% at which point the red hue will be gone, they will be back to normal size, able to conduct speech and have broken armor. Time to return to Truce.

Reward: Unlock "The Incredible Sulk" Hero

Quests Objective: Seek Out Truce Tanner Once More

Truce Tanner is aware of SPECIALs and explains the full extent of your condition. A buddying scientist near by over hears and joins the conversation, saying that you should leave, especially with what happened with that Yao-hybrid who was here the day before. An Argument breaks out, and, guess what? Time to sulk.

Rewards: Experience

Quests Objective: None

As you leave this area a large, mechanical being will descend into the area and begin to attack you which you must destroy, you noticed that it was coming from [insert direction] which was town [name]. Time to check it out.

Rewards: Experience

Issue #3: There's Always A Bigger Fish

Quests Objective: Explore the area and find the source of the sentinals.

With some travelling, you come across a, what looks like, giant man. You are sure you've passed here countless times and not seen such a thing... how could you miss it. Once he notices you his voice booms through the town, shaking the buildings. He will destroy you and absorb your life's energy in order to become stronger and escape is impossible. Time to fight. After a little time you notice another person has come to help you, they seem to be another SPECIAL. After combat has finished and you've feasted on the sentinals, you converse with them.

Rewards: Experience, STR +1

Quests Objective: Speak to The Gunisher

After talking with them, it comes to light a super villain by the name of Army Of One is responsible for the group of SPECIALS that are causing destruction around Boston, The Gunisher is trying to form a group to go and take him out. The Gunisher invites you along but says to finish up your affairs as it may be the last thing they ever do.

Rewards: Experience

Quests Objectives: Join The Gunisher at [location] for the huge battle.

Quests Objectives 1(Optional): Find a way to deal with your power in a controlled way.

Quests Objectives 2(Optional): Discover SPECIAL City

Quests Objectives 3(Optional): Transform and return to normal 5 more times.

Issue #4: Final Preparations

Optional 1: By visiting an old research facility you come across some old holotapes and books that specify toward your "condition". It would seem that it is controlled by the hormonal release triggered by the thalamus. You must sever your neurological ties between the thalamus and pain receptors.

Rewards: Experience

Quests Objectives 1(Optional): Find a medical droid capable of performing lobotomies.

You find a rather insane robot that doesn't instill much hope in you, but regardless it's either this or complete chaos.

Rewards: Conscious control over the power.

Optional 2: Apparently, there is a commune of SPECIALS, all of them capable of feats of extraordinary powers, perhaps some can be recruited in order to help in the fight against Army Of One.

Rewards: Experience

Quests Objectives 2(Optional): Obtain a reputation of "Hero" status amongst the heroes.

Rewards: Companion - Unspecified

Optional 3: You feel more comfortable with your power and have some control over it. Time to see what this battle is going to be about.

Rewards: New Perk Unlocked - Ghoulish

With a map marker pointed towards the East Coast you head off to the location. It seems quiet, for now.

Rewards: Experience

Issue #5: Army Of One

Quests Objectives: Speak to the SPECIALs who showed up to the fight

Seems like The Gunisher managed to convince quite a few people to come, but he is no where to be seen... No time to ask questions now, Army Of One has shown themself.

Rewards: Experience, CHA -1

Quests Objectives: Defeat Army Of One

After the battle it's realised by The Sulk that any of them could have been this guy, the only thing more dangerous than he was, was the collection of SPECIALs in one place. Despite the others protest The Sulk decides that isolation is best, for all of them and advises so.

Rewards: New Perk - Lone Wanderer Unlocked

Hilo Nakamula

Issue #1:

The Gunisher

Issue #1: A Sign Of Things To Come

After fulfilling the requirements for The Gunisher, Hilo Nakamula visits The Gunisher and tells him that he must bring all the SPECIALs together in order to defeat Army Of One, a villain who intends on eradicating all normal people and any who oppose him. Hilo knows of a few and has heard rumours of others, he gives you a list of names and last known locations of them.

Quests Objectives: Track Down Slash

You visit a small settlement where Slash is known to frequent, he's not there though, a local bar has someone who tells you he's gone to [nearest town] and wont be back until he goes to all of the towns in the area.

Rewards: Experience

Quests Objectives: Track Down Slash

Somewhere between these two towns you find Slash hiding in a derelict building from some Yao Guai. Save his ass.

Rewards: Experience

Quests Objectives: Save And Recruit Slash

You save Slash and fill him in on the impending dangers and the oracle Hilo. He agrees this is an important battle and gives his word to be there.

Rewards: Experience, +10% Damage against Yao Guai

Quest Objectives: Locate Toni Spark

Rumoured to be a local bar go-er, Toni Spark is most likely there. As you arrive the person you believe to be Toni is actually someone who becomes known as Yaoverine. Although not on Hilo's list you attempt to recruit him anyway, but after, no matter what you do he only gets agitated and eventually asks you to step outside, leaving the bar.

Rewards: Experience

Issue #2: Not All Heroes Save The World

Quests Objectives: Defeat Yaoverine

After battling Yaoverine and he drops below 5% health the battle deceases. Toni Spark will come up and talk to you at this point and promises to join you in the battle and even knows of other heroes who will come and help. Yaoverine says it's better he stays away, from everyone.

Rewards: Cha +1

Quests Objectives: Find RadScorpius

With continual bad luck you find RadScorpius and end up in a fight.

Rewards: Experience

Quests Objectives: Defeat RadScorpius

He's dead, you begin to feel like you've been sent on some cosmic joke quest. RadScorpius had a treasure map of sorts in his pockets and this sounds like a much more profitable pursuit.

Rewards: Experience.

Issue #3: Dirt, Dirt, Everywhere. So Let's All... Fish.

Quests Objectives: Find The Treasure

Upon approaching the treasure site you notice quite a battle going on, two large beings and whole load of wasteland creatures you've never seen before. Lock and Load.

Rewards: Experience

Quests Objectives: Defeat Bostonicus

After Bostonicus is defeated you obviously re-evaluate your position and recruit The Incredible Sulk to the team of anti-villains. He leaves and you re-prioritise back to treasure.

Rewards: Experience

Issue #4: SuccuGirl's Dungeon Of Sentinals

Quest Objectives: Find The Treasure

Probably the most difficult thing someone could experience. Hopefully there's still time to make it to the large battle.

Rewards: Dungeon Loot, Experience, New Perk - Penetrator

Issue #5: Welcome Back

Quests Objectives: Defeat Army Of One

After reaching the battlefield evidence of a fight has already taken place, too late. Go back to SPECIAL City and speak to Slash.

Rewards: Experience

Quests Objectives: Speak To Slash

Slash is disappointed you didn't make it to the battle, no time to explain as Low-Key begins a siege on the city.

Rewards: Experience

Quests Objectives: Defend The City

Another villain thwarted. Seems like this city will forever be needing defending.

Rewards: Gun Accuracy +10%

Quests Objectives: Defend SPECIAL City 5 more times

Seems like this war will never be over, at least the city has a decent bar.

Rewards: Experience

Quests Objectives 1(Optional): Kill 20 Yao Guai's

Quests Objectives 2(Optional): Kill 50 Nightstalkers

Quests Objectives 3(Optional): Kill 100 Humanoids

Optional 1: Becoming an avid hunter of Yao; you have learned a lot about their physiology

Rewards: +20% damage against Yao Guai

Optional 2: Day or Night, stalking is not acceptable.

Rewards: +25% damage against Nightstalkers

Optional 3: You are a true Soldier Of Fortune

Rewards: +5% damage against humans, and synths, 1 free perk point.

Monk

Issue #1: It's Not Easy Being Me

After fulfilling the requirements for the Monk hero, the next time mysterious stranger appears in V.A.T.S he will continue to stay there and is a character you can speak to. He will say you are a man meant for great things and you need to go to the SPECIAL City and stay away from the regular populace.

Quests Objectives: Travel to SPECIAL City

After being turned away from by a conformist society in a post-apocalyptic land, and other times given preferential treatment your hope is this city will accept you finally as a normal person. The truth is they do not. After exploring SPECIAL City You meet with a guy called Toni Spark who needs some help.

Rewards: Experience

Quests Objectives: Speak To Toni Spark

Toni Spark notices you looking at his latest invention and asks what you think about it. After correctly diagnosing the problem and Toni fixes it, he wishes to ask on more favor of you.

Rewards: Robotics Expert Perk Maxed Out

Quests Objectives: Go to a cave outside town where rogue robots have established their own colony.

With the initial instructions to get rid of the colony you speak to the guards out the front and begin to empathise with their position. After satisfying the guards you are not a threat you go inside and speak to the Alpha-Bot.

Rewards: Experience

Issue #2: 01100110 01110010 01101001 01100101 01101110 01100100

Quests Objectives: Speak to Alpha-Bot

Speaking to Alpha Bot you realise this is not a colony that requires extermination, but help. RobCo built these initial robots that superseded the protectron, protectrons had to be built to specific models. These robots had interchangeable hands to fit whatever purpose. On top of that, they were also sentient much like the synths and as such became associated with them when the institute first began to take dominance over the wasteland.

Quests Rewards: Experience

Quests Objectives: Return to Toni Spark

Knowing what you know, you return to Toni and tell tale of what you found. He feels that, actually, SPECIALS and Bot Colonists should co-operate in taking down these institutes in light of this new information. But you disagree. They do not war they just want co-existence with all. Even if that means ignoring other groups. After some argument with Toni you feel that SPECIAL City isn't the place for you.

Quests Rewards: +10% damage vs. SPECIALS, -10% damage from robot energy weapons.

Quest Objectives: Return to Alpha Bot

You swear allegiance to the bot colonists, they are joyful (in as much as they can experience such a neurochemical reaction) and wish for you to become their new leader of the colony after completing some trials.

Quests Rewards: Experience, Join The "Bot Resistance" Faction.

Issue #3: If It Never Changes, What Is It Good For?

Quests Objectives: Recruit Bots for the help in resistance defence against the world.

Quests Objectives 1(Optional): Recruit Assaultrons To The Faction

Quests Objectives 2(Optional): Recruit Sentry Bots To The Faction

Quests Objectives 3(Optional): Recruit EyeBots To The Faction

Optional 1: After saving a group of assaultrons held up by a gang of synths they welcome the idea of a place to call 127.0.0.1.

Rewards: Assaultrons appear at the Bot Colony

Optional 2: The sentry bots were somewhat difficult to recruit, in a Mexican stand off you had to diffuse the situation and persuade them all to come with you. Thankfully you understand machines like no one else.

Rewards: Sentry Bots appear at the Bot Colony

Optional 3: A simple reprogramming attempt saw the Cambridge Chem's Eyebots were sympathetic to the cause, they'll make good scouts for the colony.

Rewards: Eyebots appear at the colony.

Speaking to the Alpha Bot reveals a dark secret... a mysterious woman passed through saying two huge armies was amassing and were planning to come here to get rid of this growing power you had created.

Issue #4: Monk And The End (Part 1)

Quests Objectives: Fight!

You will fight for a very long time, it will be very close and you will do your best despite your limitations. Alas, you are the only one to remain standing.

Rewards: Experience

Quests Objectives: Speak to Alpha Bot Torso

After thanking you for giving his group what no other could, compassion, the final light flickers and Alpha Bot is gone. Sobbing amongst the wreckage, you hear footsteps behind you.

Rewards: -1 INT (minimum 1)

Issue #5: Monk And The End (Part 2)

Quests Objectives: Speak to Mysterious Stranger and Mysterious Strangess.

You turn around and there they are... the two most mysterious people you've ever seen. After conversing for some time they reveal to you that they are, in fact, your parents. Your dad says he will always be with you, when you most need it. Your mother states that she was wrong to leave you to fend for yourself in this world alone and will never leave your side again, now, she wants to find your brother.

Rewards: Companion - Mysterious Strangess

Quests Objectives: Find Ambrose

After receiving a clue you begin to investigate his where-abouts but his presence seems to be impossible to find. After many locations you, unfortunately, find what is most likely his skeletal remains. On the bright side, you want vengeance and know who were responsible.

Yaoverine Story

Issue #1: History Repeating (Radio Edit)

A bad and confusing experience. How did you so easily take out all those raiders? As any decent human being would do in such a time, you head to a bar and get a drink.

Quests Objectives: Order a drink from the bar in [city]

You sit. Pondering. The bar has a radio station playing called Lü Bu News. Just when you think this guy's voice couldn't be any dumber he begins talking about a previously undiscovered vault that was the base of horrible experiments on humans and creatures.

Rewards: Experience

Quests Objectives: Find Vault 14B-R47

You discover the vault and enter inside.

Rewards: Experience

Quests Objectives: Discover the secrets to vault 14B-R47

Impossible. In your searching you find a lot of horrible information and secrets about the Vault-Tec company. Experiment Yaoverine... all this information looks and feels familiar. Were you really a military experiment set up to destroy America? All the facts fit in a most disturbing way. Enraged you find yourself wanting retribution.

Rewards: Experience

Issue #2: Self-fulfilling Prophecies

Quests Objectives: Hunt down the vault's predecessors

Accepting that, in all likely-hood, the scientists responsible will be already buried the next thing will have to do. Scientists are known to be holed up in a city near by and probably a good place to start. Upon finding them you are disappointed there aren't more than 2, but they should know something.

Rewards: Experience

Quests Objectives: Speak to Truce Tanner

Threatening them with their lives seems to have worked, you put your fists away and with the information about Goodneighbour you head off once more.

Rewards: CHA -1, Random Legendary Unarmed Weapon

Quests Objectives: Go To Goodneighbour

Once in Goodneighbour the mayor has heard of your endeavors and tries to persuade you against your ideas with the help of Bondage Guy, bad idea. With the help of a warrior you both trash Goodneighbour and slaughter everyone.

Rewards: Experience

Issue #3: Yaoverine Origins (Part 1)

Quests Objectives: Speak to Musashi Miyamoto

A conversation with this warrior of old reveals that these scientists were urged by Zetans, an alien race, to attempt a furthering of human understanding whilst making a clear path for the Zetans to move in, and take over Earth. He also mentions a name. Toni Spark. Who has something to do with all this as well. You are both in agreeance these vaults need to be destroyed, you tell Musashi to meet you at 14B-R47 soon, you just have some business to take care of.

Rewards: Experience

Quests Objectives: Go To SPECIAL City Bar

Before you can reach this 'SPECIAL' City you are intercepted by a man named "Deathtooth" who accuses you for killing his brother and sister. Refusing to know what he's talking about, he mentions Goodneighbour and it all makes sense.

Quests Objectives: Fight Deathtooth

Unable to kill him due to yours and his healing factor, the impasse is delayed as Deathtooth runs off.

Rewards: Experience

Quests Objectives: Go To SPECIAL City Bar

Once in the bar, you order a drink and sit down. A man comes up to you asking if you're Toni Spark and you let him know you wish to be alone. He realises you aren't him but he tries to recruit for some kill mission and in your short temper you attack him.

Rewards: CHA -1

Quests Objectives: Attack The Gunisher

After battling The Gunisher and his health drops below 5% he pacifies and promises to leave you alone. Smart Man.

Rewards: Experience

Quests Objectives: Leave SPECIAL City

This Toni Spark isn't worth all this hassle, there are more important things to get on with for now. Time to meet up with Musashi.

Rewards: Experience

Issue #4: Yaoverine Netsuke

Quests Objectives: Go To And Destroy Vault 14B-R47

Once you arrive you find yourself down inside the vault cornered in by Deathtooth and some henchmen. Again he escapes, more of an inconvenience really. You burn the vault down.

Rewards: Experience, CHA +1

Quests Objectives: Go To And Destroy Vault 000

Once you arrive you find yourself down inside the vault and once again, Deathtooth shows up in another attempt to destroy you. He seems to be getting stronger each time you fight him but with Musashi helping it doesn't take too long. Another vault destroyed.

Rewards: Experience

Issue #5: Yaoverine Origins (Part 2)

Quests Objectives: Bury Your Wife

You split ways with Musashi, he will go off and carry on his existence. You have one more thing you must do. Before you can reach her though Deathtooth lurks his ugly head once more. This time with an army of Deathclaws.

Quests Objectives: Kill Deathtooth Once And For All

With his body lain in a pool of blood and sweat you pull his teeth and claws out, ready for a new special weapon.

Rewards: Unarmed Fist Mod - DeathPunch, PoolCue Melee Mod - Deathberd

Quests Objectives: Bury Your Wife

Taking Her body back to Sanctuary, where this all began. But is now the ending of it all too. At least, for the memories. These wastelands will never be done with, not until there is no more suffering.

Rewards: Experience

VAulTeye Story

Issue #1: Eye Of Ra

S.P.E.C.I.A.L Areas

Spoiler

SPECIAL City

SuccuDungeon

Bot Colony

Vault 146-R47

Vault 000

» Thu Nov 26, 2015 3:16 am

Not trying to be a buzzkill here. Just letting you know that if your trying to avoid cease and desist situations by not using actual names then your going to want to find another term for "superhero" because Marvel has it trademarked. The hit TV show Heroes was originally called Superheroes and Marvel, well you can imagine. That was before Disney. Now that Disney owns Marvel any and all trademark infringement will be snuffed with renewed vigor.

» Thu Nov 26, 2015 1:53 am

Thank you for the information Worm, I have taken another read up on legality of the word Superhero and you're quite right, if you intend on making a product to sell then it becomes illegal to use this term. I don't quite intend on selling but I will be safe and go with S.P.E.C.I.A.L Heroes, it was starting to take that shape in the design documentation anyway.

Thanks again.

» Wed Nov 25, 2015 11:56 pm

Oh, I like that. Fits perfectly with the other parody elements.

» Thu Nov 26, 2015 7:11 am

Thank you, I will of course add your name to the special thanks list at time of publication of the mod. Just have to wait for a moderator to fix the title.

» Thu Nov 26, 2015 6:57 am

That sounds as stupid as a casual game company trying to trademark saga. I'd they created a new word like cybersteampunk, then it would make sense, but words that have existed long before the trademark should always be in the public domain.

» Wed Nov 25, 2015 11:41 pm

That Anthony character is going to have some work to do.

» Thu Nov 26, 2015 10:52 am

Hehe, I'm sure other people will join as time goes on. If not I always have my "Sun Tzu Philosophy" and "Previous Experience" perks to fall back on.

» Thu Nov 26, 2015 1:35 pm

I pretty much like the supers idea. As a comic fan, ex-city of heroes long time player and such it's always a nice setting.

But it's not an easy task as I can see it:

Take a look at FO3/NV -> Iron Man Suit

The idea behind it is pretty damn cool. But having a working armor, custom animations and such is a tendious amount of work.

F3SE/NVSE required.

And you would like to hook to perks, wich I guess will mean a semi-overhaul of the system.

Unlikely this can be done without the GECK.

But I like the more Prototype'ish approach. inherent powers, not just a tool wich will give you powers.

» Thu Nov 26, 2015 4:36 am

I agree with your concerns Rotinom, I'm trying my best to keep it to some basic file changes that will give maximum feeling of a new experience in the game. Luckily for me Bethesda have pretty much done a working iron man suit that I just need to tweak a bit. I've also tried to anolyse the most common "builds" people will be working on as I design the heroes, that way, once they've completed vanilla and look at this mod they wont have to start a game from scratch; they can go "Oh cool, yeah, I will be the incredible sulk" and it already fits their playing style.

I think the hardest part will be introducing the story as I will need some times where other heroes the player _could_ have been, will be NPC's as WaterBoy and Human Flea work together to take on Dr. Boom and his sentinals. Not only that but each hero will have their own special introduction into the MOD lore as will become apparent in the SPECIAL Story section.

All in all I'm not too worried about the mod, it will be completed in x amount of time, I'm not going to rush it especially as I will be playing FO4 just as much as anyone else, there is also the day job to take into consideration. There is another thread mentioning about mod and, although I dont remember the poster's name, he makes an excellent point that people will be ringing up 100+ hours long before mods become a priority.

» Thu Nov 26, 2015 12:10 pm

Friday Update:

Disclaimer added to forum post

Synopsis added to forum post

Premise added to forum post

Proposed Feature List added to forum post

Design Blueprint added to forum post

Version History and Progress Reports added to forum post

Team working on the mod added to forum post

S.P.E.C.I.A.L Heroes added to forum post

The Incredible Sulk joins the wastelands!
The Gunisher joins the wastelands!
Monk joins the wastelands!
WaterBoy joins the wastelands!
Human Flea joins the wastelands!
Hilo Nakamula joins the wastelands!
VAulTeye joins the wastelands!
Toni Spark joins the wastelands!
Yaoverine joins the wastelands!
Keratin Man joins the wastelands!
Slash joins the wastelands!
The One Two Three Four... Five? joins the wastelands!

S.P.E.C.I.A.L Villains added to forum post

Bostonicus joins the wastelands!
Succugirl joins the wastelands!
RadScorpius joins the wastelands!
Army Of One joins the wastelands!

S.P.E.C.I.A.L Nobody's added to forum post

Boy With Pocket Full Of Rocks joins the wastelands!
Truce Tanner joins the wastelands!
Truce Tanner Lacky joins the wastelands!

S.P.E.C.I.A.L Story added to forum post

Incredible Sulk Story Completed
The Gunisher Story nearly completed

» Thu Nov 26, 2015 5:51 am

Friday Update:

Played a lot of Fallout 4. This was mainly to begin to familiarise myself what would be (and not) possible to do from a cosmetic and functional perspective in-game. Also fun.

Reserved a slot on GitHub for uploading files.

Played with the idea of removing fast travel from the game unless you are a type of hero.

S.P.E.C.I.A.L Story added to forum post:

The Gunisher Story Completed
Monk Story roughly 20% Completed

S.P.E.C.I.A.L Areas added to forum post:

SPECIAL City (no design)
SuccuDungeon (no design)
Bot Colony (no design)
Vault 146-R47 (no design)

» Thu Nov 26, 2015 1:26 pm

Wtf? Superhero is a [censored] normal word. You cannot trademark normal words.

Or otherwise i am going to trademark the word "I".

» Thu Nov 26, 2015 1:14 am

I have to say, this is an amazing idea! Whilst reading this all I wanted to do was hop on the game and start building my hero!

» Thu Nov 26, 2015 9:38 am

Hey, how about a super hero who can fly? Maybe because he had grown wings due to all these mutated insects flying around? Just an idea.... (also because i played a winged superhero in city of heroes always lel)

» Thu Nov 26, 2015 12:38 pm

The One Two Three Four... Five? Is able to fly, he's a parody of Neo from The Matrix

» Wed Nov 25, 2015 11:34 pm

I thought this was about adding other Wasteland heroes that was competing for the same loot, kinda like Legendary enemies =)

Would be cool to run into some other dude you had heard about on the radio.

» Thu Nov 26, 2015 1:00 pm

I'm not 100% sure what you mean by this. If I understand correctly you will run into other heroes during a questline (and villains too) and there will even be Hero/Villain battles at settlements (i'm going to try and work in having special heroes go to standard settlements for big defence bonuses but big population capacity i.e. Incredible Sulk = 40 defence but takes up 5 population.

After quests, provided you aren't in another quest line for the MOD you may see the Neo parody flying above your head and zooming down into a city as he spots a group of synths (his worst enemies).

» Thu Nov 26, 2015 4:44 am

Friday update:

More Fallout 4.

Adjust some of the already proposed heroes so they reflect in-game functions such as Slash would have trades twice as often, but this is actually useless. Now his stores make double caps.

S.P.E.C.I.A.L Heroes added to forum post

The Overseer has joined the wastelands!
Seezer Milan has joined the wastelands!
Musashi Miyamoto has joined the wastelands!

S.P.E.C.I.A.L Nobody's added to forum post

Robot Guards have joined the wastelands!
Alpha-Bot has joined the wastelands!
Bot Colony Inhabitant 1 has joined the wastelands!
Bot Colony Inhabitant 2 has joined the wastelands!
Bot Colony Inhabitant 3 has joined the wastelands!

S.P.E.C.I.A.L Story added to forum post

Monk Story roughly 50% complete

» Thu Nov 26, 2015 2:45 am

Sure, any voice work just give me a shout.

» Thu Nov 26, 2015 9:55 am

The Incredible Sulk? Does he come with a Cure album?