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Scenarios are selected prior to determining a character's stats and modify the game in various ways. In addition to restricting the available [[professions]] or starting locations, they can add additional unique challenges.
Scenarios are selected during character creation prior to determining a character's stats and modify the game in various ways. In addition to restricting the available [[professions]] or starting locations, they can add additional unique challenges or interesting variables that determine how the beginning of the game plays.


The default scenario is "Evacuee", which gives access to all the normal professions and start locations.
The default scenario is "Evacuee", which gives access to all the normal professions and starts you off in an [[Evac shelter]].


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== List of scenarios ==
== List of scenarios ==
Expand to see the list of scenarios<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
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! style="border: 1px solid #aaa; border-left-color: white" | Name
! style="border: 1px solid #aaa" | <abbr title="Points cost">Pts</abbr>
! class="unsortable" style="border: 1px solid #aaa" | <abbr title="Available professions">Professions</abbr>
! class="unsortable" style="border: 1px solid #aaa" | <abbr title="Available starting locations.">Locations</abbr>
! class="unsortable" style="border: 1px solid #aaa" | <abbr title="Special conditions added to the situation.">Special</abbr>
! class="unsortable" style="border: 1px solid #aaa; border-right-color: white" | Description


{{row/{{PAGENAME}}|Evacuee|0
{{header/scenario}}
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{{:Evacuee}}
* All normal professions
{{:Challenge-Fungal Infection}}
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{{:Challenge-Really Bad Day (scenario)}}
* [[Evac_shelter|Evac shelter]]
{{:Challenge-Medieval Peasant}}
* [[House]]
{{:Challenge-Lab Patient}}
* [[Grocery_store|Grocery store]]
{{:Challenge-Lab Staff}}
* [[Gun_store|Gun store]]
{{:Challenge-Abandoned}}
* [[Garage]]
[[Challenge-Mi-Go Camp]]
* [[Pawn_shop|Pawn shop]]
{{:Challenge-Portal Dependent}}
* [[Mil._surplus|Mil. surplus]]
{{:Challenge-Trans-Coast Logistics Concourse}}
* [[furniture_store|Furniture store]]
{{:Challenge-Island Prison}}
* [[Library]]
{{:Helicopter Crash}}
* [[Cabin]]
{{:Infected (scenario)}}
* [[LMOE_shelter|LMOE shelter]]
{{:Prison (scenario)}}
||"You have survived the initial wave of panic, and have achieved (relative) safety in one of the many government evac shelters."}}
{{:Stronger Portal Storms}}
{{:Frequent Portal Storms}}
{{:Ambush}}
{{:Sheltered}}
{{:Large Building}}
{{:Surrounded}}
{{:Challenge-Hunted}}
{{:Burning Building}}
{{:(un)living History}}
{{:Challenge-Bordered}}
{{:Crazy Party}}
{{:Car Crash}}
{{:Squatter}}
{{:Mansion Escape}}
{{:Missed}}
{{:The Next Summer}}
{{:The Mascot Rises}}
{{:Wilderness (scenario)}}
{{:Safe Place}}
{{:Bottom of a Mine}}
{{:Experiment}}
{{:The Last Delivery}}
{{:Last Flight}}
{{:High Tech, Low Life}}
{{:Overrun}}
</table>
The following scenarios are obsolete, merged with other scenarios, changed to professions, or changed to locations:
{{header/scenario}}
{{:Assault on Precinct Z}}
{{:At the Zoo}}
{{:Camping}}
{{:Fled the Riots}}
{{:The Last Firefighter}}
{{:Mall Cop}}
{{:Out Golfing}}
{{:Refugee}}
{{:School}}
</table>


{{row/{{PAGENAME}}|[[Challenge-Really Bad Day]]|-10
== See Also ==
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*[[Beginner Character Build Tips|The 'Beginner Character Build Tips' guide]] - slightly outdated for {{inlineVer|0.D}}, but still contains some good tips.
* Shower Victim
* Tweaker
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* [[House]]
* [[Grocery_store|Grocery store]]
* [[Gun_store|Gun store]]
* [[Garage]]
* [[Pawn_shop|Pawn shop]]
* [[Mil._surplus|Mil. surplus]]
* [[furniture_store|Furniture store]]
* [[Library]]
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* Start off infected, ill, stupidly drunk, and missing your default outfit.
* Starting building starts off on fire.
|"You start drunk to the point of incapacitation, depressed, infected, surrounded by fire, naked, and sick with the flu. This day went downhill really fast."}}


{{row/{{PAGENAME}}|[[Guide:_Lab_Challenge|Challenge-Lab]]|-8
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* Survivor
* Unwilling mutant
* Volunteer mutant
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* [[Science_lab|Science lab]]
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* Stuck deep inside the lab.
* Various [[mutations]] available for selection as [[traits]].
|"You've been locked in a lab with no way out! Survive as long as you can! Brag about it on the forums! (Pics or it didn't happen)"}}
 
{{row/{{PAGENAME}}|Challenge-Abandoned|-8
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* Survivor
* Patient
* Bionic patient
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* [[Hospital]]
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* Not allowed to take the Tough or Disease Resistant [[traits]].
* Forced to take the Frail trait.
|"Sickly and frail, you have spent most of your life in the patient's ward of the hospital. When yours was evacuated, you were left behind because you were a lost cause. You awaken to the sound of movement around the hospital."}}
 
{{row/{{PAGENAME}}|Infected|-4
|
* Most normal professions
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* [[House]]
* [[Grocery_store|Grocery store]]
* [[Gun_store|Gun store]]
* [[Garage]]
* [[Pawn_shop|Pawn shop]]
* [[Mil._surplus|Mil. surplus]]
* [[furniture_store|Furniture store]]
* [[Library]]
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* Start off with an infected wound.
|"In the chaos and panic of evacuation, you got bitten by something! You didn't get proper medical care, and now the wound has started turning green."}}
 
{{row/{{PAGENAME}}|Sheltered|-3
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* Survivor
* Sheltered Survivor
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* [[Evac_shelter|Evac shelter]]
* [[LMOE_shelter|LMOE shelter]]
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* Start off in winter instead of normal starting season.
|"When the apocalypse broke out, you were funnelled into a nearby shelter. Here you have lived, never leaving, lest the unknowns of the outside world hurt you. Supplies are running low, and for the first time since the cataclysm, you will be forced to face the outside world."}}
 
{{row/{{PAGENAME}}|Burning Building|-2
|
* Most normal professions
|
* [[House]]
* [[Grocery_store|Grocery store]]
* [[Gun_store|Gun store]]
* [[Garage]]
* [[Pawn_shop|Pawn shop]]
* [[Mil._surplus|Mil. surplus]]
* [[furniture_store|Furniture store]]
* [[Library]]
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* Starting building starts off on fire.
|"The building you had chosen to reside in has suddenly caught fire! You might want to leave."}}
 
{{row/{{PAGENAME}}|Mall Cop|-2
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* Mall Security
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* Mall loading area
* Mall food court
||"You've survived for as long as you could inside of the mall you worked at as a security guard. Find a way out and try your best to survive."}}
 
{{row/{{PAGENAME}}|Ambush|0
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* Survivor
* Winter Survivor
* Winter Survivor
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* [[Cabin]]
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* Start off in winter instead of normal starting season.
* Start off surrounded by hostiles.
|"It is the winter after zero hour, cold and weary you ducked into a small cabin for the night. The next morning, you awoke to the sound of lots of movement in the woods."}}
 
{{row/{{PAGENAME}}|The Last Firefighter|0
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* Firefighter
* Bionic firefighter
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* Fire station
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* Start off surrounded by hostiles.
|"Against all odds, you managed to make it back to the station house in one piece.  Now the reanimated husks of your former comrades want to make sure you never leave it again."}}
 
{{row/{{PAGENAME}}|Missed|0
|
* All normal professions
|
* [[House]]
* [[Grocery_store|Grocery store]]
* [[Gun_store|Gun store]]
* [[Garage]]
* [[Pawn_shop|Pawn shop]]
* [[Mil._surplus|Mil. surplus]]
* [[furniture_store|Furniture store]]
* [[Library]]
* [[House|Boarded-up house]]
||"Whether due to stubbornness, ignorance, or just plain bad luck, you missed the evacuation, and are stuck in a city full of the risen dead."}}
 
{{row/{{PAGENAME}}|Assault on Precinct Z|0
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* Cop
* Bionic cop
* Detective
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* [[Police_station|Police station]]
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* Start off surrounded by hostiles.
|"You knew the day was going to be bad when it started with your partner getting eaten by a perp before you even had coffee. The scene back at the station house looks bad, real bad.  This is going to be an all-nighter."}}
 
{{row/{{PAGENAME}}|Wilderness|0
|
* Survivor
* Survivalist
* Naturalist
* Bow hunter
* Lumberjack
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* [[Forest]]
||"You find yourself amongst trees. The screaming and the moaning is fainter this far from civilization, but you'd better know what you're doing out here."}}
 
{{row/{{PAGENAME}}|Experiment|2
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* Survivor
* Unwilling mutant
* Volunteer mutant
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* [[Forest]]
|
* Various [[mutations]] available for selection as [[traits]].
|"Since birth, your sole purpose in life has been the advancement of genetic science, willingly or not. Once the cataclysm struck, you left the lab, and wandered aimlessly, ending up in a forest."}}
 
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Latest revision as of 10:38, 15 April 2022

Scenarios are selected during character creation prior to determining a character's stats and modify the game in various ways. In addition to restricting the available professions or starting locations, they can add additional unique challenges or interesting variables that determine how the beginning of the game plays.

The default scenario is "Evacuee", which gives access to all the normal professions and starts you off in an Evac shelter.

List of scenarios


Challenge-Mi-Go Camp Challenge-Portal Dependent Challenge-Trans-Coast Logistics Concourse Challenge-Island Prison


Large Building Surrounded Challenge-Hunted

(un)living History Challenge-Bordered Crazy Party Car Crash Squatter Mansion Escape

The Mascot Rises

Name C AP RP Location Description Flags
Evacuee 0 Evac shelterYou have survived the initial wave of panic, and have achieved (relative) safety in one of the many government evac shelters.
Challenge-Fungal Infection -8 Almost all Bionic Patient House (92 variants), Grocery store (2), Garage (6), Furniture Store, Library (3), Bookstore (3), School, Church (4), Cemetery (3), Zoo (Giftshop and Cages), Golf Course (mid course and clubhouse)You feel spores crawling beneath your skin. It's only a matter of time. FUNGAL_INFECTION, CHALLENGE, LONE_START
Challenge-Really Bad Day (scenario) -10 svictim, tweaker House, Grocery store, Gun store, Garage, Pawn shop, Bank, Military surplus, Furniture store, Library, Book storeYou start drunk to the point of incapacitation, depressed, infected, surrounded by fire, naked, and sick with the flu. This day went downhill really fast. FIRE_START, INFECTED, BAD_DAY, CHALLENGE
Challenge-Medieval Peasant -5 churl ForestSom nigromancie hath brought yow hidder! Ye have only the hoose on youre legges and the knyf at youre syde and youre prayeres to Marie moder of God. CHALLENGE
Challenge-Lab Patient -8 unemployed, mutant_patient, mutant_volunteer, broken_cyborg lab_stairs, lab_finale, ice_lab_stairs, ice_lab_finaleYou've been locked in a lab with no (obvious) way out! Find a way to escape or starve to death. CHALLENGE
Challenge-Abandoned -8 unemployed, bionic_patient, patient, broken_cyborg HospitalSickly and frail, you have spent most of your life in the patient's ward of the hospital. When yours was evacuated, you were left behind because you were a lost cause. You awaken to the sound of movement around the hospital. CHALLENGE
Helicopter Crash -2 soldier, national_guard, specops, bio_soldier, bio_sniper Helicopter crash siteYou've crashed your precious helicopter, it'll never fly again. Monsters don't bother you, life without your Loach is worthless anyway. HELI_CRASH
Infected -4 sheltered_survivor, sheltered_militia, churl, basketball_player, medic, detective, swat, swat_heavy, sniper_police, riot_police, patient, mutant_patient, mutant_volunteer, broken_cyborg, bio_sniper, preacher, paperboy, national_guard, winter_survivor, winter_scavenger, winter_army, mall_cop, naturalist, fisher, reenactor, reenactor2, drone_op, jr_survivalist, miner, parkour_practitioner House, Grocery store, Gun store, Garage, Pawn shop, Bank, Military surplus, Furniture store, Library, Book storeIn the chaos and panic of evacuation, you got bitten by something! You didn't get proper medical care, and now the wound has started turning green. INFECTED
Prison -4 convict, death_row_convict, convict_embezzler, convict_drugs, convict_political, convict_ratman, k9_cop, cop prison"When the Cataclysm happened, you were convicted or working in a prison. Now the prisoners have turned into mindless horrors and the security bots are shooting on sight… you might need to expedite your escape plans. CITY_START, LONE_START
Stronger Portal Storms -4 Evac shelterYou've managed to get to a shelter, but reality has grown weaker than normal and portal storms will be quite strong. CHALLENGE, LONE_START
Frequent Portal Storms -4 Evac shelterYou've managed to get to a shelter, but reality has grown weaker than normal, portal storms will be more frequent. CHALLENGE, LONE_START
Ambush 0 winter_survivor, winter_scavenger, winter_army, unemployed cabinIt is the winter after zero hour, cold and weary you ducked into a small cabin for the night. The next morning, you awoke to the sound of lots of movement in the woods. SUR_START, WIN_START
Sheltered -3 LMOE shelter, Evac shelterWhen the apocalypse broke out, you were funneled into a nearby shelter. Here you have lived, never leaving, lest the unknowns of the outside world hurt you. Supplies are running low, and for the first time since the cataclysm, you will be forced to face the outside world. WIN_START
Burning Building -2 sheltered_survivor, sheltered_militia, churl, basketball_player, medic, detective, swat, swat_heavy, sniper_police, riot_police, patient, mutant_patient, mutant_volunteer, broken_cyborg, bio_sniper, preacher, paperboy, national_guard, winter_survivor, winter_scavenger, winter_army, mall_cop, naturalist, fisher, reenactor, reenactor2, drone_op, miner, parkour_practitioner House, Grocery store, Gun store, Garage, Pawn shop, Bank, Military surplus, Furniture store, Library, Book storeThe building you had chosen to reside in has suddenly caught fire! You might want to leave. FIRE_START
Missed 0 House, Grocery store, Gun store, Garage, Pawn shop, Bank, Military surplus, Furniture store, Library, Book store, Boarded-up houseWhether due to stubbornness, ignorance, or just plain bad luck, you missed the evacuation, and are stuck in a city full of the risen dead.
The Next Summer 0 naturalist, road_warrior, player_bandit, winter_scavenger, winter_army, waste_ranger, unemployed Forest, Field (map tile), CabinA little over a year has passed since the apocalypse started, and you're about to face your second summer in Hell. SUM_ADV_START, LONE_START
Wilderness (scenario) 0 unemployed, survivalist, trapper, bionic_prepper, guru, backpacker, naturalist, bow_hunter, crossbow_hunter, lumberjack, jr_survivalist, fisher ForestYou find yourself amongst trees. The screaming and the moaning is fainter this far from civilization, but you'd better know what you're doing out here.
Out of Town 1 Swamp shack, Survivalist farm, CabinYou were outside of civilization when the bombs fell; you didn't even know the end had come, or that everyone was (un)dead. Will this ignorance save you from the fate of the rest? LONE_START
Bottom of a Mine 1 miner MineYou were mining along when you found...something. You're not sure what, but it sure is dark down here.
Experiment 2 unemployed, mutant_patient, mutant_volunteer, broken_cyborg ForestSince birth, your sole purpose in life has been the advancement of genetic science, willingly or not. Once the cataclysm struck, you left the lab, and wandered aimlessly, ending up in a forest.
The Last Delivery 2 true_foodperson, unemployed Gas StationWhile the world was falling apart someone called to order some of Foodplace's delicious food™ and they sent you to do the delivery. You're not sure about much, but one thing is certain: that delicious food™ is going to get delivered even if that's the last thing you do! LONE_START
Last Flight 2 heli_pilot BridgeOnce it became clear that the world was ending you took to the skies, hoping that your flying skills could lead you to safety. You found no standing safe zones, and when your fuel ran out, were forced to land over an empty bridge. LONE_START
High Tech, Low Life 2 Cyberjunkie, Faulty_Bionic, Cykotic, Razorgirl, Bionic_Installer BasementBefore the world ended, bionics were reserved for the rich and the famous. You might not have been either, but you wanted in. Hidden offices sequestered away in basements, anesthetic smuggled out of hospitals, and desperate people with little to lose got you what you wanted. If you went too deep, however, your augmentation may have come at a price... CITY_START, LONE_START
Overrun 3 unemployed, recruit, rifleman, specops, labtech, medic, mili_pilot, mili_medic, mili_burner, hazmat_unit, major-general, nco, combat-mechanic, combat-engineer Military BaseDespite all the soldiers, guns and minefields, the base you were on got overrun by the dead. Everyone was ordered to fall back to the armory, but during all the chaos you got lost and you are now stuck in the warehouse all alone. You are not sure if anyone made it to the armory, or if you are the last man alive.

The following scenarios are obsolete, merged with other scenarios, changed to professions, or changed to locations:







Name C AP RP Location Description Flags
Assault on Precinct Z 0 cop, sniper_police, riot_police, bionic_cop, detective, swat, swat_heavy Police stationYou knew the day was going to be bad when it started with your partner getting eaten by a perp before you even had coffee. The scene back at the station house looks bad, real bad. This is going to be an all-nighter. SUR_START
At the Zoo 0 Zoo Keeper ZooIt was a slow day at the zoo, until you heard people screaming outside the walls. The animals seem to be getting agitated. CITY_START, LONE_START
Camping 0 Camper Campsite, CampgroundYou and your friends decided to get away for the week and enjoy the outdoors via sleeping in a tent under the stars.
Fled the Riots -3 Book store, Grocery store, Police station, Garage, Library, Hospital, Mall, Church, CemeteryYou were present at the last of the real riots; one of the last to flee when the rioters stopped breathing but kept moving. SUR_START, CITY_START
The Last Firefighter 0 firefighter, bionic_firefighter Fire stationAgainst all odds, you managed to make it back to the station house in one piece. Now the reanimated husks of your former comrades want to make sure you never leave it again. SUR_START
Mall Cop -2 mall_cop Mall Food Court, Mall Loading AreaYou've survived for as long as you could inside of the mall you worked at as a security guard. Find a way out and try your best to survive.
Out Golfing 0 Golfer Golf CourseYou decided to spend your day off doing what you love, golfing! CITY_START, LONE_START
Refugee 1 Refugee centerYou made it to one of the refugee centers, but they've refused to let you join the others underground. Looks like you're on your own...
School -1 student, elementary_student, skaterkid, jdelinquent, prep_student, jr_survivalist, bionic_student, poor_student, dodgeball_player, science_club_mem, av_club_mem, janitor, teacher, gym_teacher Regional schoolYou were at school when the principal shambled in and ate one of the students, and before you knew it the entire campus was overrun by monsters. Guess school's out forever.

See Also