Chapter 1 - It Begins

"Babcia and Dziadziuś" = Grandma and Grandpa

All Polish courtesy of Google Translate, I have enough trouble with English at times…. LoL

Quick Check-in

It looks like the group is leaning towards sleeping for the night. Setting up a camp takes a whole shift and is typically done in the evening. Since it's already nighttime now, you can instead choose to sleep on the Bare Ground (or in the Humvee). Everyone sleeping would make a SURVIVAL roll to find a good spot to sleep. Failure means that your character doesn't sleep and risks becoming sleep deprived.

Sheepdog says that he'll keep watch this shift. He'll need to make a RECON roll to see if he spots anything (if there is anything to spot). He'll need to find a different shift to sleep. Luckily, he can sleep in a moving Humvee.

@Knighthawke there is a 13-year-old boy in your group who only speaks polish. I imagine that at some point he'll interact with Kowalski. I'll need a short descriptor of how Kowalski would handle this. (i.e. gruff, friendly, friendly but bad with kids, disinterested etc...)

Also, typically all characters can sleep in the moving Humvee. I'm ruling that since the Humvee can't comfortably sit six, the person that has the kid on their lap can't do anything that shift of driving (i.e. sleep or keep watch)

@ForeverDED
There isn’t anyone to check in with. Since the last known nuke was dropped, Cunningham has come to believe that HQ abandoned him and all other NATO troops in Poland. Theories as to why that’s happened range from the Soviet forces gaining full control of Poland to rumors that the governments in all allied nations have collapsed.

He can still use the radio to try and contact someone or he can try to find a frequency to listen to.

@saevikas
You can push the roll if you want.

What sort of penalties come with not passing a sleep roll?

If you don’t sleep for a full shift in 24 hours you will become sleep deprived:

- You cannot heal stress.
- You take 1 point of stress each day.
- If incapacitated by stress, you collapse and sleep for at least one shift, and are impossible to wake up during that time.


You still have the morning, day, and evening shifts before that happens.

That's correct. You would have had -2 modifier because you're watching in moonlight and a maximum distance of 15 hexes.

Also, the NVG use a battery. It has 4 shifts worth of uses, and it can be fully charged by plugging it into a running vehicle or generator for 1 shift. 

What is the plan for this shift?

If you plan on driving I need this information…I'm temporarily, taking over for the basic actions of Kowalski.
**Edit: The hex you’re currently in has a road which allows you to drive faster and not get lost. (No SURVIVAL roll as long as you follow the road), it does however increase the chance of running into patrols and other groups.

Agility B, Driving, D.

However, he would only need to roll if he’s driving in a stressful situation or doing something that requires skill. Everyone automatically succeeds with basic travel driving.