TWILIGHT:2000 Munchkin Page Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 18:33:36 EST From: OrrinLadd Subject: So which one are you-T2k style Are you all familiar with that RPG list Real men, Real Roleplayers, Loonies and Munchkins by Sandy Petersen and Jeff Okomoto? http://noitacy.net/munchkin/ Here's one done with a T2k flavor... Which one are you, T2k style? by Josh Baumgartner TWILIGHT:2000 Favorite Service Branch: Real Men: Marine Infantry Real Roleplayers: Intel Loonies: Space Command Munchkins: Special Forces Preferred Infantry Squad Role: Real Men: Play the Lifer Sarge Real Roleplayers: Play the Draftee Literary Arts Student Loonies: Play the Insane SAW Gunner Munchkins: Play the Green Beret Colonel Favorite Main Battle Tank: Real Men: Any will fit the bill as long as the main gun works Real Roleplayers: Prefer less conspicuous vehicles Loonies: Hum-Vee with spiked armor bolted on the front grill Munchkins: M1A2 Abrams Favorite Light Armored Vehicle: Real Men: M551 Sheridan Real Roleplayers: Any French Wheeled Armored Car Loonies: Hum-Vee with tire-shredders bolted on the hubs Munchkins: M1A2 Abrams Favorite APC/IFV: Real Men: LAV-25 (Hoo-Rah! Devil Dogs!) Real Roleplayers: M113 (hey...it's a classic, you know?) Loonies: VW Van Munchkins: M1A2 Abrams Favorite Utility/Cargo Vehicle: Real Men: Duece and a Half Real Roleplayers: FAV Loonies: U-Haul Munchkins: M1A2 Abrams Favorite Artillery Piece: Real Men: M198 155mm Real Roleplayers: Whichever one isn't shooting at them Loonies: Nuclear Mortar Munchkins: M1A2 Abrams with MLRS rack modification Preferred Personal Weapon: Real Men: M60 Machinegun Real Roleplayers: Silenced MP-5 Loonies: Pungee Sticks Munchkins: Silenced Barret 50 cal, or barring that, an M1A2. Alcohol Fuel of Choice: Real Men: Methanol Real Roleplayers: Ethanol Loonies: Jack Daniels Munchkins: JP-5 Jet Fuel When low/out of ammo: Real Men: Make their own ammo. Real Roleplayers: Scrounge for ammunition on the Krakow black market Loonies: Scrounge plutonium from a destroyed power plant. Munchkins: Find enemy Corps supply dump, overun it, steal everything and carry it out in the cargo rack on the M1A2. Fuel Resupply: Real Men: Run up to enemy vehicle, chuck grenade in, syphon fuel out after crew is killed Real Roleplayers: Barter for alcohol with local farmers Loonies: Piss in the gas tank (gotta drink enough Jack before hand for this to work properly) Munchkins: See out of ammo. How to spend the Initial Equiptment Allotment: Real Men: A good personal weapon and ammo, give the rest to the Real Roleplayer to figure out what to do with. Real Roleplayers: Doesn't have enough military terms to have enough $$$ to worry about. Loonies: Anything that's NOT on the list. Munchkins: After 8 officer terms, he can afford everything on the list -- "How much is an F-16 again?" When Fighting at Night: Real Men: Use recon by fire, and spot the muzzle flashes Real Roleplayers: Crawl in a hole and futilely plead over the radio for pickup Loonies: Nuke the enemy so they glow in the dark. Munchkins: Use the F-16 LANTIRN pod he retrofitted to his M1A2 to target the enemy, then call in a Copperhead strike. Setting Ambushes: Real Men: Charge out at the enemy column in the flank firing and whooping! Real Roleplayers: Crack the enemy brigade net and call in their own artillery on them. Loonies: Hide in the bushes and fart in the enemy's general direction. Munchkins: Approach enemy column (dodge any shots at you), demand surrender, if they don't kill them with lethal SpecForces martial arts (lethal combination of all known fighting styles). Taking Prisoners: Real Men: Strip their weapons, then send them back for the REMFs to deal with. Real Roleplayers: Question them for information, perhaps convince them to switch sides. Loonies: Insult them in a poor fake French accent. Munchkins: Never heard of the concept. On Love in T2K: Real Men: Maybe a sweetheart back home, maybe one in Poland, but that's not why they play Twilight! Real Roleplayers: Fall in love with the captured, yet captivating Polish Cavalry Lt. Loonies: Fall in love with the captured, not so captivating Polish Cavalry Lt.'s horse. Munchkins: Wouldn't know love if it bit him on the ass. Loyalty: Real Men: Unquestionable to the bitter end. Real Roleplayers: Intense, yet constantly a matter of inner searching and confrontation. Loonies: To his audience, or his next joke. Munchkins: To whoever has better tanks. How to Escape from Kalisz: Real Men: Fight their way out yard by yard, foot by foot, inch by inch. Real Roleplayers: Bluff their way past the Krakow ORMO and steal the "magic carpet." Loonies: Catch the next flight to Tahiti. Munchkins: Take your platoon of M1A2s and crush those puny Soviets and their stupid little T-80s. The Great Goal: Real Men: Victory Real Roleplayers: Rebuild civilization using their Charisma and Persuasion skill to recruit engineers, technicians and scientists to their side Loonies: Have fun while irradiating the planet Munchkins: Get more stats & equipment