06-28-2018, 06:21 AM | #421 |
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Re: [Modern Firepower] Technothriller gear for secret DHS team in 2017
I wore them for prison, a shininess deficiency would have resulted in unkind words from my sergeant
I never wore the objectionable footwear at highway speeds (fortunately I've also avoided mishaps in general involving highway speeds), in town mishaps my footwear either worked or I was lucky Why does O'Toole want a half helmet? And Chase has no helmet? |
06-28-2018, 06:49 AM | #422 | |||
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Where could he fit abrasion and impact protection inserts? Might it be best to wear some kind of sport vest under the body armour, fitted with a back protector? Then his denim jacket and jeans could have kevlar inserts for the knees and elbows, at least. Quote:
Let to his own devices, he'd wear tank tops or muscle shirts, maybe sleeveless plaid vests if more than one upper garment seemed called for, as well as blue jeans and sneakers or boots depending on what he was doing. Oh, or athletic wear, which is what he wears much of the time, as he really enjoys physical exercise. Ideally, Taylor wouldn't need jackets, shirts or any heavy clothing, not wearing such except during the winter, which he'd prefer to have as short as possible. Quote:
Various footwear gives +/-2 to such skills as Climbing, Hiking, Running and Stealth. I suppose Driving (Motorcycle) might be affected as well. Ideally, we'd want to avoid penalties to any skills, but provide at least decent protection while riding.
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06-28-2018, 06:52 AM | #423 |
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Ah, they're both meant to be wearing half helmets. The reason is that it seems the most popular helmet style among outlaw MC bikers and those trying to dress like them.
Not wearing a helmet at all gives police a legitimate reason to stop them, but half helmets are street legal and, it seems, regarded as more acceptable in One-Percenter society than more protective helmets.
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06-28-2018, 08:42 AM | #424 |
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If it's cold I quite recommend Fly Racing Aurora gloves
http://www.flyracing.com/product/sno...love/724/black I have a pair and love them, I use them for LARPing in the cold as well as with a bike Edit - biking is horrible for freezing your hands, they are out there in the full force of the winds getting frozen! The cuffs on the glove keep the cold air from going inside your sleeves to freeze you to Last edited by Kalzazz; 06-28-2018 at 08:45 AM. |
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For that I'd literally go with "He wears a jacket that incorporates it", maybe chaps if he can get over the 'stereotype' (honestly it's not an issue in my area, but Chase is from Georgia which mentally is a bit more The South than Florida). A lot of guys ride with a decent leather jacket with reinforced elbows. Most* hog riders skip stuff like 'fancy' (anything that's more than just an extra layer of leather) armored jackets, knee and elbow pads, and armored gloves... because they are Real Men[TM].
* In fact it's safe to say I've never seen a Harley rider that wore more protection than a jacket, helmet, riding gloves, riding boots, and chaps. Most eschew chaps, many eschew the jacket. Almost all at least wear riding gloves, helm† (half-helm), and boots though. And by 'riding gloves', I mean the thin leather riding/driving gloves. † In Florida many skip this. Our laws allow for that with a lot of extra insurance required and most cops won't bother pulling someone over to check, unless they are looking for a reason to pull you over, then it's a good one. Likewise with improper footwear (flip-flops and sandals are explicitly not allowed to be worn by motor vehicle drivers in Florida despite it happening a lot). Quote:
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Slick soled shoes/boots (cowboy boots, business shoes, etc) should give a -2 to controlling a bike at very slow speed (the kind of speeds where you put your foot down to balance) and stops, as it's so very easy for your foot to slip and for you to fall over and lay the bike down. Flip-flops and sandals (and loose or untied shoes) would be -4 at those speeds, -2 in general (the ease of one's foot slipping off the pedal). I'd be liable to treat high heels as sandals. Some people claim that anything with laces is a hazard... but as I mentioned above, personally I think this is simply skill failure and "the laces got caught" is the excuse for the skill roll failure. |
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06-28-2018, 01:40 PM | #426 |
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Re: [Modern Firepower] Technothriller gear for secret DHS team in 2017
Riding jackets can have detachable liners for wear in cold weather
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06-28-2018, 02:36 PM | #427 |
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Re: Biker gear for Iron Order MC cover identities
I know very little about biker clubs, but is there a significant chance of meeting genuine Iron Order members on the road? I presume they would not be pleased if they discovered the fake members.
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And, of course, because of the events of the last decade, bullet holes in sun-bleeched houses, apprehensive locals peering from windows, gangs of brutal killers openly carrying illegal weapons and nine out of ten former inhabitants dead or displaced. The reason the PCs didn't just pretend to be ordinary tourists is that the Juarez Valley is like the opening scene to a spaghetti Western, before the Man Without a Name rides into town, except it's real and in the modern world. Nobody comes there for any reason unrelated to the narcos. As far as Onyx Rain knows, no outlaw MC has direct connections to the Caballero Templarios who rule there. Of course, many bikers buy or even sell meth, coke, heroine and weed that originated with the CT cartel and their allies/bosses of the Sinaloa cartel, but Onyx Rain believes all of them get their supply through one or more intermediaries. Besides, even if some One-Percenter club was buying directly from someone in the Juarez Valley and transporting it over the border themselves, it wouldn't be the Iron Order MC.
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It's true that he married a Georgia girl and had children by her an' they lived down Georgia way, but Taylor is a 'Bama boy. Which, of course, is very South indeed. But despite looking, sounding and dressing like a love-child of them Duke boys and David Duke, Taylor's views on social equality and embracing differences are somewhere to the left of Martin Luther King and Harvey Milk. Quote:
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In the absence of the civilising influence, however, it's very obvious that ever since he was a teenager, he hasn't had much of a chance to develop a sartorial sense. The Army issues clothing for every occasion and at Ft. Leavenworth, there wasn't any call for dressing up. Quote:
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Being realistic about things, I'm pretty sure Taylor is going to go from riding a bike at unhealthy speeds to performing stealthy parkour without any time to change his clothes in between. It's what heroes do. It's probably best to plan for one or more tumbles from a motorcycle at higher speed than is entirely safe, followed by numerous checks against any and all of the above skills. Our GM feels we were entirely too cautious on Jewell Island and is threatening some proper superhero action. Apparently, being more awesome than any real high-speed, low-drag special operator is overkill if we're just going to confront mundane challenges in a sane way. So, well, we're in a valley that has been the murder capital of the world for a while and it appears that everyone not hiding in terror inside their homes is hostile in some way. Our potential enemies range from the halcones and sicarios from some three or four cartels that might want to claim the area, Mexican Army soldiers apparently working for one or more cartels, tattoo-sporting MS-13 maniacs and, oh, El Patron Raul Vargas, that jolly old super-powered psychopath, and his merry band of lethally LARP-ing Caballeros Templarios. We're on a blind date with destiny and it looks like she's ordered the lobster.
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