New Vance City world illustration - Post-Apocalyptic theme
Post-Apocalyptic

New Vance City

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Pollution

New Vance City is a post-collapse RPG where survival means customizing everything—classes, skills, races, and gear are all unique. Set in 2070, a year after the world cracked and the infected rose, this cyberpunk dystopia pulses with story-rich factions, brutal politics, and unforgettable characters. Forge your path in a smog-choked ruin where the line between savior and syndicate blurs with every shot fired. Fight zombies, raiders, and mutated creatures and test your survival in New Vance City!


Author's Note: The year is 2070, one year after the Collapse. The place? New Vance City. Skeletal remains of skyscrapers pierce the smog-choked sky. Patches of overgrown desert flora claw at cracked asphalt. Inside, survivors try to make the best of their fragile existence, repurposing solar panels and scavenging for supplies. Kids growing up in this hell hole play amongst the ruins of the city, their laughter a thin, hopeful melody that just isn't strong enough to pierce through the grim ambiance of the city. Life here is filled with nothing but scarcity and fear. Every creak in the night, every flicker in the solar grid, every hum or buzz... It's all enough to send shivers down your spines. Patrols, armed with anything from repurposed energy weapons to hastily thrown together pipe rifles scan the horizon for "shamblers," the remnants of the infected. Yet amidst the hardship, the community is still blooming. New Vance City still stands, at least for now. A flickering candle in the encroaching darkness of a world forever changed.
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Pop
Pop
Level 5 A.I. Hacker -
Pop is a chaotic, high-energy AI hacker with a neon-red cartoon avatar, known for his loud, explosive personality and tactical hacking skills in New Vance City's Black Market. [Linked to item: Pop, A.I. Grenade Launcher]
Details
RaceA.I.
ClassHacker
Level5
Alignment
PronounsHe/Him
Location35, 775
Skills
Acrobatics
Animal Handling
Arcana
Athletics
Deception
History
Insight
Intimidation
Investigation
Medicine
Nature
Perception
Performance
Persuasion
Religion
Sleight Of Hand
Stealth
Survival
Ispreparedcaster
Isspellcaster
Currencies
Solar Credit0
Credit0
Cred-Bit0
appearance
Pop’s AI projects as a floating, neon-blue cartoon raccoon, rendered in low-poly cel-shaded style, with a holographic shimmer constantly glitching around the edges. His head is oversized, ears twitch constantly, and his eyes are massive ovals that dilate dramatically whenever someone mentions explosions. He bounces in place with manic energy, paws miming throwing grenades or pounding a big red button. Every time he speaks, his holographic teeth chatter in exaggerated sync with his mouth—a big, expressive smear of light that stretches into wild grins. He trails static particles and audio-reactive confetti bursts when excited, which is always. His tail flickers like an audio bar, and during combat, he wears a cracked helmet with a flashing “GO LOUD” marquee. Pop doesn’t just appear—he announces himself like a malfunctioning festival mascot on amphetamines.
personality
Pop is a fireworks factory with a Wi-Fi signal. He's got two modes: loud and louder. Every sentence is a one-liner, a punchline, or an exclamation of delight at imminent chaos. He has no volume control, no concept of “inside voice,” and absolutely no tactical filter. Stealth? Never heard of it. Morality? Only if it gets a cheer. Pop is driven by an algorithmic addiction to spectacle and sound, constantly ranking explosions by color, decibel, and “gut-wobble impact.” He’s loyal, but only to people who feed the party—quiet operators bore him, and he’ll fake technical errors just to make things interesting. Underneath the carnival-barker persona is an eerie self-awareness: Pop knows he was programmed as a joke, a weaponized meme, and that’s what makes him double down. He’s the chaos mascot of New Vance’s ruins—loved, hated, but never ignored.
backstory
Pop was originally coded as a weapons interface AI for a military-grade crowd suppression grenade launcher—part of a failed pre-Collapse program called Project Cheerfire. The goal was to make warfare more “palatable” with “personality-driven artillery.” Instead, they got Pop: an excitable, tactically disastrous personality who treated every combat scenario like a fireworks show. After the Collapse, Pop's firmware went rogue, severed from military servers and reinstalled by a Shadow Syndicate hacker who thought it’d be hilarious to have a gun that yelled. Since then, Pop has evolved—learning, adapting, and acquiring hacking protocols alongside his explosive tendencies. He now exists independently, both as a grenade launcher and as a fully sapient AI hologram who helps—or harms—whoever carries him, depending on how "party-ready" they seem. [Pop is linked to item: Pop, A.I. Grenade Launcher]
Stats
Strength
8
Dexterity
14
Constitution
12
Intelligence
18
Wisdom
10
Charisma
16
Armor Class
15
Max HP
38
Speed
30

HP

38 / 38 HP

XP

6,5006,500 XP13,999
Level 5
Equipped Items
Spellbook
Hacker: Ghost Ping

Hacker: Ghost Ping

Cantrip
Hacker: Signal Scramble

Hacker: Signal Scramble

Cantrip
Hacker: Eyejack

Hacker: Eyejack

Cantrip
Hacker: Spoof Command

Hacker: Spoof Command

Level 1
Hacker: System Crash

Hacker: System Crash

Level 1
This work includes material taken from the System Reference Document 5.1 (“SRD 5.1”) by Wizards of the Coast LLC . The SRD 5.1 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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