New Raider Faction Ideas?

PaxVenire

PaxVenire

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In an apocalyptic world such as Fallout, raider gangs and similar factions are pretty much inevitable, so let's see some ideas you have for raider gangs/factions. Some that aren't simply just called "Raiders" like in FO3/4.​
 
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In my Fallout PnP Texas setting I've been kicking around the idea of the Dune-Riders. Basically a warrior tribe that believe they have "Warrior Spirits" that are a sort of internal tally of the soul guaranteeing your entry and your status/rank in the afterlife. Killing worthy enemies in open combat is the most pure method of strengthening your "Warrior Spirit". They believe their leader (their "Shogun") is deserving of his position because his lineage is of the greatest warriors, and the greatest spirit lives on in each first child directly.

They also believe a warrior spirit should be shared amongst comrades upon death, so they eat their fellow Dune Rider warriors who die in battle, believing the flesh passes on the power in fractional portions. They only eat their own kind who have fallen in battle, and occasionally particularly worthy opponents.

They're strictly patriarchal and believe men are superior, but their views on gender are untraditional. They believe "Man" is simply the state of being a useful warrior, unrelated to your biological sex. Anyone born a woman can be a man if they're capable warriors, and similarly any biological men who don't want to be murder-machines are deemed women, and treated as inferior. The presentation of gender tends to blur a lot.

Finally, they are unique in that they're one of the few factions in the region with access to vehicles, terrorising the entire state with their exclusive access to motorbikes and dune buggies.

Most recently they've had their morale broken by a theological faction who burnt their Shogun at the stake, making it so that his corpse could never be eaten and his lineage dead.
 
I am thinking less about ideology, but considering there are «sequels» in 1st person, i would like some enemies using vehicles, like boats, bicycles or dog powered sledges.
 
I have a very generic and under developed idea for a faction of “raiders” that pretty much operate as the Regulators of Adytum do but on a larger scale. They would essentially be a protection racket, offering their “protection services” in exchange for a free license to take pretty much whatever they want from the town and to be able to order around the townspeople as they see fit. Living under their rule would be like living under military occupation, with all the suffering and exploitation that generally comes with that. As harsh as their rule is, some towns may see them as a lesser evil compared to your typical raider gang that will rob you blind and probably kill you. Of course, if a town refuses protection, then they might soon find themselves under attack by some suspiciously familiar looking raiders...

Lower ranking members and recruits would probably be like your average sadistic asshole that most post apocalyptic gangs seem to be made up of, but the higher ranking members and leaders might see themselves as providing a valuable service to the weak and infirm in the most pragmatic way possible.

Having thought more about this, the group would essentially be a cross between the Regulators and the mercenaries harassing Vault City. Not very original, I know.
 
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Iprovidelittlepianos said:
I have a very generic and under developed idea for a faction of “raiders” that pretty much operate as the Regulators of Adytum do but on a larger scale. They would essentially be a protection racket, offering their “protection services” in exchange for a free license to take pretty much whatever they want from the town and to be able to order around the townspeople as they see fit. Living under their rule would be like living under military occupation, with all the suffering and exploitation that generally comes with that. As harsh as their rule is, some towns may see them as a lesser evil compared to your typical raider gang that will rob you blind and probably kill you. Of course, if a town refuses protection, then they might soon find themselves under attack by some suspiciously familiar looking raiders...

Lower ranking members and recruits would probably be like your average sadistic asshole that most post apocalyptic gangs seem to be made up of, but the higher ranking members and leaders might see themselves as providing a valuable service to the weak and infirm in the most pragmatic way possible.

Having thought more about this, the group would essentially be a cross between the Regulators and the mercenaries harassing Vault City. Not very original, I know.
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When I tried to reimagine Gunners (mercenaries from Fallout 4) I thought it would have been more realistic to have them offering protection to Quincy, but also having other kinds of business going on in the wasteland like Caravan protection and controlling drugs distribution. Branching out is always better. It gives depth.
 
Anything like the warboys, having their own vehicle and shaped charge-tipped javeline would be awesome. I was basically thinking of something to add to the Great Plains wasteland, post downfall of Midwest Brotherhood.
 
Something involving bowling. Like, I can imagine a scene where some people are being tortured and the torturer is cleaning his bowling ball very thoroughly and you can hear the click-clack of his bowling shoes while he limbers up to do a little bowling. Maybe some homemade bowling shirts would be the uniform and they just expand whenever they find a new bowling alley. The line of authority can be determined by how well you play and the time devoted to the club.

 
If there was ever a Fallout game set in Hawaii (or a similar archipelago environment) I'd definitely love to see a Waterworld-style raider gang on jet skis and speedboats! Even if post-apoc society hasnt fully developed maritime trade networks yet, and there aren't many ships to attack, they could still be raiding Viking-style between islands: arriving on fast boats, hopping off on the beach and pillaging coastal settlements, and then speeding away back to sea with their loot.
 
From my Fallout RP set in Germany:

Gruppe Neun - Like BoS in many ways, but less pseudo chivalry and more technocracy, with a real imbedded function to actually HELP people- within their ideals of rather extreme anti-mutant exclusionism. And rather than the BoS proclivity of hoarding tech, G9 want tech they find and restore to be brought back to the world and reinvigorate it. Well equipped and centrally organised, but operate as separated cadres each of which is tasked to a primary ideal purpose that supports the others (e.g. one cadre operates a vast amount of their logistic concerns). Bureaucratic to a point of hindrance.

Der Licht Der Glauben - a holdover of pre-War Abrahamic faiths, but now focussed on the idea that nuclear power and the devastation it caused is the true 'face' of god. Part of their role is actively trying to cleanse radioactive-hotspots, seeing them to be religiously significant zones. Because of this they have a tendency to have quite a lot of implanted cybernetics which unlike normal fleshy human bits doesn't 'fail' under the 'light of god', or actively seek to include ghouls and other radiation resistant mutations as they are 'purified' and reborn (Think a little like the Mechanicus of Warhammer, but just a little more religio-sycophant)
 
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