Death Road Radio

**Death Road Radio** is a common driving event in Death Road to Canada.

## Event Text

*The group finds a radio station. The broadcasting equipment is hooked up to a gas generator with a small amount of fuel left. There's enough power to get out one message to anyone that may hear it.*

*Who should send the message?*

* Siphon generator
* [Character]

## Results

### **Siphon generator**

*The group siphons the gas out of the generator. There wasn't much left, but every little bit helps. The radio station's power shuts down.*

```
+20-30 gas

```

### **[Character]**

#### **Dog**

*[Character] says something along the lines of BARK! or maybe BORK?*

*Here's hoping it confused a lot of people listening to their radios.*

```
[Character] +1 Morale

```

#### **Non-dog animal**

*[Character] attacks the microphone. The microphone is destroyed! [Character] is very pleased about getting rid of this threat.*

```
[Character] Strength and Fitness revealed
[Character] +2 Morale

```

#### **Oblivious (low Wits, high Attitude)**

*[Character] turns the microphone on by accident, then blurts out a lot of embarrassing personal facts. This includes some useful information to bandits, such as location and current amount of supplies.*

```
[Character] Wits and Attitude revealed
[Rest of party] -2 Morale

```

#### **Grating (low Wits and Attitude)**

*[Character] repeatedly shrieks COOL IT! into the microphone.*

*After eleven of these shrieks, the radio equipment shorts out and the generator lights on fire.*

```
[Character] Wits and Attitude revealed
[Character] +1 Morale
[Rest of party] -2 Morale
Cool It! level maxed

```

#### **Paranoid (high Wits, low Attitude)**

*[Character] broadcasts a long, breathless rant about how the zombie apocalypse was created by the government.*

*The project was codenamed PROJECT: DINGUS and the intended goal was to serve as a smokescreen for making jorts\* illegal.*
*FINALLY, the truth has been revealed!*

```
[Character] Wits and Attitude revealed
[Character] +3 Morale
[Rest of party] -1 Morale

```

*\*Note: Jorts means 'jean shorts'.*

#### **Bandit (low Loyalty and Composure)**

*[Character] broadcasts a helpful message:*

*CIVILIZATION HAS ENDED!*

*LIE, CHEAT, STEAL GAS FROM TOILETS!*

*HOMEWORK SUCKS!!!*

*The last line of this tirade is yelled so loud that the microphone emits feedback.*

```
[Character] +2 Morale
[Character] Loyalty and Composure revealed
[Rest of party] -1 Morale
[Rest of party] -1 Loyalty

```

#### **Low Loyalty, but not Composure**

    *[Character] broadcasts a helpful message:*

*EVERYONE BUT ME...*

*IS A NERD!*

```
[Character] +1 Morale
[Character] Loyalty Revealed
[Rest of party] -1 Morale

```

#### **High Medical**

*[Character] knows that [his/her] message can save lives, and desperately rattles off as much practical medical knowledge as [he/she] can in a short time.*

*Maybe this can help someone.*

```
[Character] Medical revealed
[Character] +1 Morale
[Party] +1 Medical

```

#### **High Mechanical**

*[Character] broadcasts a short impromptu talk show that is a crash course in car repair. It's informative and entertaining.*

*Maybe this can help someone.*

```
[Character] Mechanical revealed
[Character] +1 Morale
[Party] +1 Mechanical

```

#### **High Fitness**

*[Character] creates an intense radio calisthenics show. Whoever is listening joins in with the exercises.*

*The total combined sweat from this could fill up a bathtub.*

```
[Character] Fitness revealed
[Character] +2 Morale
[Party] +1 Fitness

```

#### **High Shooting**

*[Character] broadcasts some very effective tips and theories on zombie shooting.*

*During the show, [he/she] even comes up with some new trick shots.*

```
[Character] Shooting revealed
[Character] +1 Morale
[Party] +1 Shooting

```

#### **High Strength**

*[Character] reads a poem that [he/she] wrote about how much [he/she] loves being strong.*

*The Four Spirits of Swoleness hear this sweet poem, and they confer their blessing!*

```
[Character] Strength revealed
[Character] +1 Morale
[Party] +1 Strength

```

#### **Low Medical**

*[Character] proudly spouts as much medical knowledge as [he/she] can in a short time.*

*It's all really bad advice that makes anyone that hears it actually worse off.*

```
[Character] Medical revealed
[Character] +2 Morale
[Rest of party] -1 Medical

```

#### **Low Mechanical**

*[Character] rambles on about repairing sweet cars and 'crafting level 3 lighting-flame-chainsaws' until the power runs out.*

*Anyone that hears this actually gets worse at repairing things.*

```
[Character] Mechanical revealed
[Character] +2 Morale
[Rest of party] -1 Mechanical

```

#### **Charming (high Wits and Attitude)**

*[Character] can't come up with anything else, so [he/she] sings a song. It's a great performance, sure to become a new post-zombocalyptic hit single!*

```
[Character] Wits and Attitude revealed
[Party] +2 Morale

```

#### **Does not meet any of the above criteria**

*[Character] can't think of anything to say, and stays silent even as the power runs out.*

```
[Character] -1 Morale

```

## Trivia

* The Bard has a special outcome during this event (as long as she doesn't have one of the above criteria).