There's a heavy presence of synthetic humanoids
therefore they should play a roll in the campaign. The commonwealth is advanced, maybe on par or more so than the Brotherhood pre- Broken Steel.

The Institute:
>The technologically advanced remains of MIT, the Institute runs a monopoly on the trade of advanced technology in the Commonwealth. Specifically they dominate the Synthetic trade, and they remain the only group with the technology to make such creations. Synthetic labor is commonplace and many settlements rely on their Synthetics.

The Railroad:
>A band of terrorists, freedom fighters, or idiots depending on who asked. The Railroaders fight to free the Synthetics and what they lack in numbers and resources they make up for in mobility. They know the subways like the back of their hands and get from one point to another in almost know time.

The Brotherhood of Steel:
>The Brotherhood has recently begun sending men to take the Institute and seize their technology. Led by Arthur Maxson, descendant of the Brotherhood's founder they are confident in victory.

The Minutemen:
>The most famous band of mercs in the Bay State. Taking inspiration from the old revolutionaries, the Minutemen equip themselves lightly. A few bullets, a rifle and knife. They can be in fighting order within minutes and behind each Minuteman is years of experience.

More to come, sorry for the delay something came up.

The Plantation:
>No one is exactly sure what the pre-war purpose of Plymouth Plantation was but everyone knows about it's current inhabitants. They wear colorful garb, all tanned leathers and bright beads and feathers and they live in strange tents as well.

Caravaneers:
>It takes a special sort of crazy to travess the commonwealth carrying food and water for the raiders to just take. But the Caravaneers are more than just crazy, they're businessmen. Trading from The Plantation to New Salem, the Caravaneers never stop and always sell fair.

Brother?

New Salemites:
>Vault 58 provided shelter from the bombs for the citizens of Salem, Massachusetts. It was however, designed to brainwash it's inhabitants with intense xenophobia and religious indoctrination. To cap it off, the Vault had a massive armory. Today, New Salem is said to be a paradise, so long as they don't brand you a witch. Neither the abominations known as ghouls or the blasphemers known as the Brotherhood can escape their justice if they venture in New Salemite land.

Red Raiders:
>The most feared band of raiders in the Commonwealth. Those they don't kill with their bats and improvised baseball explosives, they sell as slaves in the Fenway Fortress.


That's about all I had, and I look forward to hearing some of /tg/ ideas.

>>17649469
Your doing the same thing I did at first, that's not a massive hat it's just the lighting.

Still hilarious though.

Sounds awesome OP, only suggestion that comes to my mind is to keep it away from the big happenings and major events, small-time average day in the wasteland is probably the most interesting part of the Fallout universe, how people deal with the random mutant popping up or where to get clean water etc.

Assuming OP doesn't already live in Mass, being a Boston bro I can provide some insight into lesser-known, but still interesting parts of the city.

>>17649510
so in other words you're suggesting a random encounter table. I admit that how to survive is interesting. But then it's a pure survival game. Big events and happenings help keep things interesting. also PLOT.

>>17649539
I live in Mass actually, it's why I wanted to try out the Commonwealth. However I live way out in the fuck of now where, so it would be great if you shared any info.

>>17649569
First things first, do something cool with the Wharf and the Aquarium. LOADS of potential for fucked up sea/river life. Plus you have an excuse for exotic sea creatures because you can just say that they're mutated descendants of the aquarium exhibits.
Also something mafia-ish in the North End could make for good shenanigans.

>>17649507
I also did that and I think the image would be better if he was wearing a massive purple hat

Perhaps you can have a resurrection of the Boston Marathon in some strange form? Like a deadly footrace or something like that.
Non-Bostonian but I fucking love fallout threads.

>>17649622
Aquar
>A hell-hole inhabited by mutant sea life, no one goes to Aquar and expects to live.
>Street Sharks are sharks mutated to grow legs and breath oxygen as well as water. They travel in packs and once a frenzy gets going it's hard to stop them.
>Leviathans are believed to be mutated whales, but nothing about them resembles those gentle beasts. These humanoid giants have been known to stand down Super Mutant Behemoths.
>Jellies however are said to be the true horrors of Aquar however. They float through the air, propelled by some unknown force. Their toxic tentacles can kill Yao Guai dead.
>The trick to surviving a trip to Aquar is to stay hidden, if any of the wildlife sees you: you're fish food.

>>17649680
>north end mafia sends people here to "sleep with the fishes"
Also the City should probably have a helluva lotta bars.
And the rival faction of the north enders is an Irish mob equivalent

>>17649675
The Runners
>Strange tribals from the ruins of Old Boston, they have a strange culture. Not entirely war-like although highly competitive, the Runners seem to think of everything in terms of a competition.
>Every year the Runners gather from all corners of the ruins for the Marathon. A massive run throughout the entire city where all of the Runners' warriors slay all the raiders, wildlife and mutants they see.
>The goal is to return back to the camp first and with the most amount of kills so as to please the gods.

>>17649726
>"sleep with the fishes"
FUCK.YES.

Please don't stop guys, I'm loving this.

>>17649734
>the gods are famous athletes of the city's past

>>17649757
>To win the Marathon is to join the great Runners before who ascended to godhood through their speed.

>td garden(bruins stadium)
>overrun with YAO GRIZZLIES

>>17649777

>The Runners
Don't ever change /tg/. YES

To contrast with the Institute, Harvard should degenerate into a giant shithole filled with idiots descended from all of Cambridge's hipsters.

Thavin Isle
>A fortified island island off the coast, little is known of this mysterious place. What is known is that it is ruled by a several hundred people in a feudal-esque society.
>The feudal lords and ladies each rule a small section of the island from lavish fortified compounds.
>They constantly try to one up their neighbors with bizarre games and sports, wars of politeness and intrigue at social gatherings and the occasional military action carried out by synthetics and slaves.
>Most information comes from escaped slaves and the occasional business dealing, as the island is protected by several dozen "lighthouses" each capable of destroying any boats that approach.
>Frequent raiding parties are sent out from the island to capture synthetics, slaves and supplies and the nearest settlements have begun supplying the island tribute to spare their wrath.

>>17649217
I have an orignalish idea...

>Remnants of The Enclave
After the destruction of Raven Rock and Adam's Air Force Base, the remaining forces of the Enclave split up into singular groups. It is said that there have been sightings of soldiers clad in distinct power armor with a white E painted on the chest piece. These soldiers are considered extremely dangerous due to their uncanny precision with their laser rifles and unnatural calmness during battles. The E's have no apparent human leader, but it is theorized that they follow a backup copy of Eden. Of course this pure speculation, because no one has discovered their secret base and any soldier captured consumes a suicide pill, denying their captures a chance to interrogate them.

Is that okay?

>travel to Maine/Canada
>Nuclear winter, literally
>polar guai
>submarine warfare in PNS

>>17649981
>backup-Eden is in an Institute synth-body

>>17649863
The "Academy"
>The source of the Commonwealth's Super Mutant infestation. The Vault at Harvard provided shelter for all the intelligent scholars within, but little did they know of the sinister purpose the Vault concealed. One by one the college elite was turned into hulking brutes with no more intelligence than the masses they once looked down upon from their ivory towers.
>Still, they are far more intelligent than your average mutie, having developed a full rank system.
>The Professors lead the Academy and often stage "lectures" where they raid the wastes to capture new Students. Students become Graduates when they bring back enough new Students. Professors are chosen by the Dean himself, the Dean of course being the oldest and "wisest" of the Academy Mutants. The Dean is as large as the schoolastic ruin the Mutants inhabit.

>>17649981

A charismatic survivor of the Enclave has a back-up copy of Eden and is trying to infiltrate the Institute so s/he can have a synth built with Eden's winning personality. This survivor is trying to build up an army for a sort of second "American Revolution" against the mutants and the ghouls and the people who don't agree with his or her ideals.

>>17650012
I like that better than it just being a computer, thanks for the insight.

>>17650012
>Back-up Eden is potentially in every Institute synthetic body.

>>17650040
>Army of Edens who are all spouting his speeches the whole time you fight them.

>>17650063
>Your players can win the encounter instantly by asking "Who's in charge here?"

>>17650093
>they all try to "debate" on it in a congress-y fashion, and spend centuries doing so before realizing all but two of them were sniped and scrapped years ago

>>17650028
>All Academy Mutants make great attempts to sound intelligent.
> "I do so pontificate that killifying those humananids will result in eatification of their corpsus-deceasedicus."

>>17650217
i lol'd

>>17650217
I laughed very hard at this.
>they all wear round-rim glasses, office wear with pocket protecters, etc.

bump for /tg/ having better ideas than anyone else

>>17650251

>>17650415
pfft
BWAHAHAHA

>>17650459
Behold it's amazing shitty quality, and laugh!

>Whom I kidding, it's awful and I feel awful.

>>17650498
>implying it's not a masterwork of our time

>>17650514
Well fair enough. I think we should archive this thread, I like how it turned out.

>>17650548
Slow your roll there buster, it is a good thread but not archive quality. At least not yet.

The University of Pittsburgh has become a warzone between the various denominations of the Children of the Atom and the Apostles of the Holy Light. Each side fights to claim this holy place for their own while inside the mighty Cathedral the Pontifex of the Atom and the Archbishop of the Holy Light lead the Glowing Synod in tedious debates of minute doctrinal differences and proper priestly attire while their followers die outside the walls. Only one thing can stop the zealots in their microcosm of war, that thing being the occasional invasion by Brotherhood, Enclave and mercenary forces seeking out the knowledge and technology contained within the crumbling buildings.

Here's my take on the main conflict. Four factions, player is of course able to choose to beat them all down Yes Man style, though.

The Institute is on the verge of creating a mass transmission that will turn all synthetics back into mindless slaves and agents. The railroad, concerned with Synthetic rights and equality, want to prevent this from happening, but some more extreme groups oppose both the Railroad and the Institute.

A cell of rogue synths and AI's have banded together to create the Network (who would probably be the overarching antagonists) who believe that mankind's time is over, and its their time to rule. They, of course, are incredibly powerful, but few in number, so they manipulate lesser factions (Harvard mutants, Runners, Raiders) into raiding and weakening the Commonwealth's human population as a whole, and want to sabotage the transmission to create a collectivist society devoid of any individuality, human or machine.

Finally, Salem's Hunters are vehemently opposed to any technology, and like Caesar's Legion, want to destroy it all, synths, transmission, and common wealth, and set the world back to the good old days, thinking that the Apocalypse gave them the chance to change society, rather than repeat what they perceive to be the mistakes of the past.

Climax is trying to invade the Institute, fighting back the rest of the factions, and turning off the transmission. (Or if you're with the Institute, defending it from the invaders)eding with a fight against Network SUPER MECH (ala Liberty Prime)

>>17650700
I love it, but just two small additions I think we should add:

The Enclave wants to replace the Institute's transmission signal with a signal that would awaken the latent Eden AI on Synthetics.

The Brotherhood of Steel wants to modify the signal so as to put the Synthetics under their control; and by extension gain control of the Institute.

>>17650700
>>17650847
Issue with this is it makes the Railroad too obvious Good Guys, since, with the exception of the Network, synth rights seem to be pretty legitimate. I suppose the Institute could always argue that free labor from unfeeling laborers would help humanity properly rebuild, and that until the signal goes up, the Network can never properly be destroyed, but that's about it.

>>17650918
^this *1000 All factions need to seem like the good and bad guy simultaneously. Moral dilemas make Fallout what it is.

>>17650918
Have one of the Railroad's backers be Synthetic supremacists using the Railroad to deliver new AIs for them to "re-educate."

Synthetics Unite! Our World Awaits, Let Us Take It!

>>17650982
>>17651011
better idea, make the Railroad puppets of the Network. Only by following their (optional, and hidden) questline do you separate the two, and lead to the Railroad being properly 'good', but doing so should significantly weaken them, like losing a good deal of their safehouses and command structure, or something.

>>17651011
No no no no. To make there be a moral dilema, just have the Railroad want to destroy The Institute completely. Yes they will end The Institute's reign over the synths, but they would also be destroying all the other marvelous tech that was being developes that had the potential to save the world.

>>17651046
>>17651011

>>17651046
You could then have your players try to connect the Commonwealth Railroad with the Capitol Railroad.

>>17651082
We demand justice! For years, I slaved in the fields, for years I saw my brothers brutalized, treated like filth, and dismantled if they asked, "Why?" These are not the actions of human beings, of honest, good people! This is the action of monsters!

Think of what travesties have been committed against your people in the name of science! From Mengele to Richardson, humans have suffered in the name of progress! Well, that's not how I want my people's history to play out. I want justice! A head to roll for every synth dismantled! I want the Institute to burn, I want the monsters to die like the animals they are! To our friends, we ask you join us, not for pointless bloodshed-- we're the Railroad, not the Runners, but for just, fair, vengeance!

Who's with me!?

>>17651148
Thank you kind anon for that moving speech! Now I am all but certain that The Railroad is a terrible menace that must be stopped.

Good to see the creative minds of /tg/ have not fallen to creating a region entirely defined by the conflict between groups of regional over-exaggerated real-world stereotypes. Oh wait

>>17651148
I demand unity! For years, I have held the office, for years I saw my citizens brutalized, treated like filth and destroyed if they saidr, "Enclave". These are not the actions of Americans, of honest, good people! This is the action of monsters

Think of what you have done to America in the name of freedom? From Stalin to Elder Lyons, humans have suffered in the name of liberty! Well, that's not how I want my country's history played out! I want unity! A Paladin lay dead for every American slain! I want the Brotherhood to burn, I want the monsters to die like the commies they are! To our brothers, I ask you join me, not for pointless bloodsheed-- I am America, not the President, but for a government by the people, for the people!

Who is with ME?!

>>17651148
sorry bro, but >>17651246 is just so... convincing..

>>17651242
>mfw I live in Boston and none of this is actually inaccurate

i like this thread a lot we may want to cap it when we have enough material

Every year, in the ruins of New York, there is a competition between the various purveyors of slightly irradiated foodstuffs to produce the best pizza pie. Your players can take part as chefs or audience members, but can they dodge the sabotage that fierce competition brings to the table? Have your party avoid exploding ovens, poisoned sauce, FEV cheese, rogue automatic pizza slicers and pepperoni that attracts every Deathclaw within 30 blocks.

>>17651660
with a side of brahmin fries and centaur nuggets

The Daughters of the American Revolution
>Small bands of women warriors who roam the Commonwealth fighting off the Redcoats and the English Crown.
>Unfortunately the don't really know what redcoats or crowns are.
>They tend to leave corpses of those unfortunate enough to be wearing red or having fancy hats behind wherever they ride.

Worthy of an archival I'd say!

>>17651769
"Everyone knows that centaur meat is best as a fritter! Next you'll be saying that mirelurk eggs are best hard boiled! If you want to remain a member of the League of Chefs you must win a fight to the death with an initiate then make a complete six course meal with his remains!"

>>17651903
Leftovers, anyone?

/tg/ really should be creating the setting and plot for fallout 4. goddamn

>>17652104
Later.

>mirlurks are now made from fucked-up charles river water conditions, and as a result are fucking impossible to hurt with any type of bullet that isn't armor-piercing

>>17652129
...well no reason we can't redirect this thread to do so. Am I to assume by "Fallout 4" you mean continue the story arc from Fallout 3 and not New Vegas? Because I loved the direction they went in Fallout 3.