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[Package Deal] Scouting (Boy Scouts)


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Greetings Herophiles, I have a idea for radioCHAOS's Post-Apocalyptic Champions Campaign and wanted to know if anyone has ever created such a Package Deal.

 

Scouting - Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_Scouts

 

Boy Scouts of America

http://www.scouting.org/

 

Girl Scouts of the USA

http://www.girlscouts.org/

 

Scouts Canada

http://www.scouts.ca/default.asp?cmPageID=81

 

Boy Scout Commando Corps - Car Wars/GURPS Autoduel

???

 

Merit Badge Requirements

http://www.meritbadge.com/mb/

 

 

 

More later

 

QM

 

P.S.: He is going to be a Eagle (Queen's) Scout (Canadian yah know)

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I'd like to see this as well - how do Merit Badges translate into Hero skills, what are the requirements for each rank, etc. This could have a lot of use for any 20th-21st Century setting (or beyond, if you postulate the Boy Scouts or a decendant thereof continuing to exist in the future). Besides, what better background for a four-color super than Eagle Scout?

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As an IRL Eagle, Order of the Arrow, and currently ScoutMaster, I would posit that any given merit badge would translate into a Familiarity skill level. So for instance Horsmanship would equal Fam: KS Horses 8- and possibly Fam: Riding 8-, another example would be Camping which would equal Fam: Survival 8-. Most ranks would be window dressing but at the Eagle Rank I could see it as a 1 point perk, as being an Eagle has opened several doors for me as an adult.

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I'd like to see this as well - how do Merit Badges translate into Hero skills' date=' what are the requirements for each rank, etc. This could have a lot of use for any 20th-21st Century setting (or beyond, if you postulate the Boy Scouts or a decendant thereof continuing to exist in the future). Besides, what better background for a four-color super than Eagle Scout?[/quote']

 

Merit Badge requirements: http://www.meritbadge.com/ (we use this site a lot).

 

This link takes you right to the list (http://www.meritbadge.com/mb/). Badges in bold are Eagle requirements. Click on a badge name to get the requirements for the badge.

 

From a realistic standpoint, I'd call having earned any merit badge the equivalent of an 8 or less skill roll. For a more idealized (and more "game playable" version) call each one the basis for an 11 or less skill roll.

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Merit Badge requirements: http://www.meritbadge.com/ (we use this site a lot).

 

This link takes you right to the list (http://www.meritbadge.com/mb/). Badges in bold are Eagle requirements. Click on a badge name to get the requirements for the badge.

 

From a realistic standpoint, I'd call having earned any merit badge the equivalent of an 8 or less skill roll. For a more idealized (and more "game playable" version) call each one the basis for an 11 or less skill roll.

 

Well, that's reassuring - I was thinking the same thing, 8- familiarity for realism, 11- (or CHAR-based) for cinematic.

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Psych Lim: Scout’s Code

 

Everyman Background Skills (Teenager)

 

Queen’s (Eagle) Scout Package Deal

 

Animal Handling (K9s)

Breakfall, 11-

Climbing, 11-

Computer Programming (2pts)

Concealment, 11-

Combat Riding (Mountain Biking???)

Leadership, 11-

Navigation (Land), 11-

Oratory, 11-

Paramedic, 11-

KS (Area): Local Hiking Trails & Camp Grounds, 11-

KS: Emergency Response: First Responder

http:// http://www.tc.gc.ca/canutec/en/guide/guide.htm

http:// http://www.pep.bc.ca/

KS: Knot Tying, 11-

KS: Scouts, 12-

KS: Athletic Sports, 8-

PS: Scout Leader, 12-

Stealth, 11-

Survival (2pts to 4pts)

Tracking, 11-

WF: Clubs, Bows, Small Arms

TF: Canoes, Kayaks, Boats, Sail, Bikes, etc... Gliders

 

+6pts to 12 pts of Various other skills.

 

 

 

Cheers

 

QM

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Wow.. by that write up, being an Eagle Scout is 60+ points worth of skills... pretty impressive in a system that says most 'normals' have only an 11- PS and an 11- KS in their own profession, even if they've been at it for 20 or 30 years.

 

I'd tend more towards the "PS : Boyscout" with maybe up to 5 points of other stuff added for things he was really, really into.

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As an Eagle Scout myself, I also want to point out that one should also have an Urban variant for big-city Boy Scouts. Oh, they do get to go camping and stuff, but their skillset would be shifted towards community involvement and other urban stuff.

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