Interest Check. Zombies.

[TheHangedOne]

Anybody interested in playing a zombie apocalypse game? I'm only kicking around a few ideas right now, nothing concrete. For now, my ideas are thus:

Setting is on a fictional island town in the New England region of America.
The kind of zombies will be traditional Romero Shamblers. They walk slowly, the reason for reanimation is unknown, they will pursue you once they've caught sight or scent of you, they'll investigate noises they hear, but generally, are very stupid. One bite or scratch and you're going to turn in a few days (although I may actually do something else, to be a bit different)
Setting will be modern day. The game will be NC, I imagine.  As far as characters go, I'd like to see more emphasis on every day people, rather than Ubermensch Soldiers. It's going to be survival horror, not massacre-thousands-of-zombies, you know?

So if you're interested, have a question or an idea, please post.

[RegularRaskolnikov]

I just finished reading the Zombie Survival Guide. JUST finished it.

I'm in. I don't really have any questions. A zombie survival game is always a delightful romp and I've been involved before. Your aforementioned ubermensch zombie killers ruined it, though.

I'm officially RSVPing for this event. I'll try to help you garner more interest.

[Untamed Skies]

I'm interested,

Though you might stick too just being bit. I don't remember anything aside from the Resident Evil movie (which made 90% of it's material up) saying a scratch infects you.

All the same I'm interested

[MzNurse]

Never played a zombie game other than the DnD zombies. I have played modern games and I'd like to give this a try.

[TheHangedOne]

Updating zombie details.  If anyone has suggestions or constructive commentary, please share. :)

Their will be two types of zombies. Rotters and Freshies.

A rotter is the old dead, brought back through whatever means.  They are typical Romero Shamblers. Slow, stupid, but dangerous in large numbers.  They don't think, don't feel, they just mindlessly shuffle along, in their eternal quest for food (Live humans, mmmm).

Freshies are those that have died from being exposed to the virus via Rotters. A Freshie walks steadily; a bit faster than the shamblers, but they can not run or even jog. They can, however, lunge, as well as tackle prey to attack. They are somewhat more intelligent than the Rotters. Whereas a Rotter will try to bash down a door, a Freshie will actually be able to open it (assuming it isn't locked). Of course if it is locked, then it will just proceed to bash anyways. 

Being bitten or exposed to infected blood is not going to kill you outright, but it does mean that if you die in any way, besides through massive head trauma,  you will come back. The zombie virus also acts aggressively to disable your immune system, leaving you incredibly vulnerable to illness.

The method of killing zombies is, as you might expect, destroying the brain. Blow it off, decapitate them, slice it open, impale them, beat their head with a crowbar until it's ground beef... You could also try killing them with fire, though it's highly ineffective, and a flaming zombie will cause all sorts of problems. Strong acid is another good solution.

[Untamed Skies]

The zombie's sound good, just a few questions for thought

After someone dies how long until they turn?
Does the disease spread to animals?
How large is the infection area?
And is this island like Manhattan? I ask because the further north you go the less people there are out there

Also you have any idea's for a rubric for the characters?

[TheHangedOne]

The zombie's sound good, just a few questions for thought

After someone dies how long until they turn?
Does the disease spread to animals?
How large is the infection area?
And is this island like Manhattan? I ask because the further north you go the less people there are out there

Also you have any idea's for a rubric for the characters?

Approximately 24 hours.
Animals can neither carry it, nor spread it. They do not suffer from it.
I'll explain the last two a bit more once I've created an actual rough draft for the location.

I do have an idea, but it's not concrete yet. I'll post it when it is.

[Hera]

Will this be freeform?  Or use a system of any kind?

[LIAR]

Please count me as interested. I love the zombie genre!

[TheHangedOne]

Will this be freeform?  Or use a system of any kind?

Freeform, with an emphasis on realistic, rather than dramatic, roleplay.

Here is a rough draft of the setting. The chat will be set in modern day.

As for the location, the island and the city are both called Miskatonic, and it's just off the coast of Massachusetts (About twelve miles). A ferry goes back and forth between the mainland and the island twice a day; once in the morning, once in the evening.

Miskatonic is a fairly small settlement; about five thousand citizens in all.  The place has, in recent years, begun to slowly die; their are few good opportunities out on the island, and many of the younger adults leave for the mainland to go to college, and never come back.

A lot of the jobs involve fishing; either being out there catching the fish yourself, or working in the plants where they are processed and canned, and the like.

The town has only one preschool, middle school, and high school to serve the educational needs of its citizens. Many of the shops out here are mom and pop stores. A Wal-Mart, and some fast food joints can be found there, too, but people tend to be ambivalent about the big corporations.

The island is home to two dozen acres of beautiful forest, with some wild life. In the warmer months, many choose to go hiking, or camping.

On the far edge of the island, away from the city, is a privately owned waste disposal site. It went in back around 2000, and stores all sorts of toxic chemicals. It is far enough away that this does not directly have an impact on the citizens, and the town is paid well by the company that owns it for its presence.

Miskatonic tends to be a gloomy place, due to the weather. Mist is not uncommon, and the wind tends to be strong and chilly, even in the warmer months. The occasional big storm will sweep through, causing some damage, but the citizens are stubborn, and always rebuild.

Miskatonic has a small, but budding, tourist industry.

Any questions, ideas, feel free to pitch them at me. I want to make this a setting everyone who plays in will enjoy, and I can't do that without feedback.

[Untamed Skies]

Ok so you're going the dead rising route? A isolated incident for the most part, with enough zombies to make it really dangerous?

With that I think it takes care of the rest of my questions but I might pitch a idea towards character traits? Or really have you ever played Resident Evil Outbreak? Each character had at least one special trait that brought a unique quality into it. Maybe in our profiles everyone has a particular kink that could be earned in their respective trade?

Like a Maintanence man would be good for repair and sealing doors, and stuff around that. Maybe even have your respective occupation kinda dictate your stats. Like a EMT would be fast and probably have a high endurance as well as the ability to keep their wits in a tough situation but would be worse at aggressive activities. While a construction worker has more aggressive qualities then defensive?

[TheHangedOne]

Ok so you're going the dead rising route? A isolated incident for the most part, with enough zombies to make it really dangerous?

With that I think it takes care of the rest of my questions but I might pitch a idea towards character traits? Or really have you ever played Resident Evil Outbreak? Each character had at least one special trait that brought a unique quality into it. Maybe in our profiles everyone has a particular kink that could be earned in their respective trade?

Like a Maintanence man would be good for repair and sealing doors, and stuff around that. Maybe even have your respective occupation kinda dictate your stats. Like a EMT would be fast and probably have a high endurance as well as the ability to keep their wits in a tough situation but would be worse at aggressive activities. While a construction worker has more aggressive qualities then defensive?

In answer to the question, yes.

As for your suggestion, yes, I have played the game, and I like it. I'm thinking of people's occupation giving them some skills, and influence their starting equipment. An EMT, like you said, is liable to keep their wits. They also have plenty of medical knowledge, and should have access to more than off-the-shelf stuff from pharmacies. A police officer may have a light bullet proof vest, and access to some heavier firepower than your average citizen. A thief would have the skills and equipment to quietly and deftly pick locks, etc.

Some time tomorrow, I'll post a character sheet outline. 

[TheHangedOne]

This is just a rough draft of it, if any has a good addition/edit idea, feel free to speak up.

Name:
Age:
Sex:
Education:
Job:
Personal Skills:
Equipment:
Personality blurb:
History blurb:

I believe most of it is self explanatory. You are assumed to be competent in your job and have all the requisite skills that go with it. Personal skills is anything your character is particularly good at, but is a skill that would not fit with their job, such as a chef who is a crack shot with a pistol because he spends every Saturday at the shooting range.

Equipment is what you will start with. As the game progresses you may acquire and lose items, and while I realize it might be a bit of a pain, I'll ask that people keep their profile updated whenever they gain or lose something. Starting equipment should fit the job; an EMT may have an ambulance, and lots of medicine, for instance. If your character has a piece of equipment that doesn't typically go with the job (like an EMT with a shotgun), their history should support how/why they have the things they do, especially if it's heavy firepower.

Please write as much (or as little) as you'd like about your characters personality and history; these are things I will keep in mind when setting up the scenes of the game.

Speaking of which, I am going to semi-DM things. I'll set up the scenes and handle how characters actions effect the world, though to a lesser extent, everyone can feel free to do as they please, so long as it makes sense in the end.

On an unrelated note, the game is going to start pre-zombies, to give everyone time to establish their characters ins and outs, for friendships to be forged, etc.  I'll not spoil when the shit hits the fan, though.

And again, if anyone has some suggestions or comments, please feel free. I want to craft this world we'll be playing in, but more importantly, I want to ensure all the players are having a good time and enjoying themselves.

[Untamed Skies]

Name: Justin Morrison
Age 21
Sex: Male
Education: Bachelors of literature, EMT
Job: EMT
Personal Skills: Good with a knife (a combination of cooking, EMT work, and other tasks requiring a knife)
Equipment: First Aid Kit(bandages, sprays, some medicine), 3 inch Knife, pocket knife
Personality blurb: Justin has a kind of save the world syndrome in his system. He became a EMT because he had a passion for helping people in need and nothing else seemed to make better sense. Though he's working his way to become a fire fighter, and maybe even join the coast guard for search and rescue. He's usually pretty relaxed outside of work and enjoys joking and gaming with friends.
History blurb: Justin has a couple of younger siblings but both of them moved out to the west coast after graduating high school. After he went to college his parents moved to Boston leaving him alone in his home town. He was usually a pretty smart kid, getting high test scores, but had a decently lazy disposition in high school and didn't homework which hurt him later trying to get into college. All the same he doubled his efforts and managed to get a degree in English, and his EMT where he could start working towards his goals of being a firefighter. He always liked people, and always liked helping people, so being paid to do so was a dream come true for him. 

[Hera]

OK, I'm game if you'll have me.  Here's the character:





Name: Hope Kessler

Age: 28

Sex: Female

Education: BS in Biology

Job: High School Gym Teacher/Girls' Coach

Personal Skills: Very athletic, quick-thinking, in excellent health, college-level biology.

Equipment: Any kind of sports equipment she could put her hands on: baseball bat, hockey stick; also a small first aid kit she keeps on hand for sports injuries.

Personality blurb: Hope is optimistic to the point where she might be considered naive or annoyingly upbeat by some, but she's basically possessed of a naturally outgoing and friendly personality, and an impressive amount of energy.  She does, however, have a slightly twisted and dark sense of humor.

History blurb: Hope was born in this small town, but always wanted out.  She worked hard in school--both academically and athletically--for that purpose only.  On graduation, she left to go to college as far away as she could get: California, hoping to get an advanced degree and work in some sort of research position.  When her mother died and her father had a stroke, she returned home to take care of him.

She had been working toward a graduate degree in biology when she'd had to drop out and come back.  Jobs were scarce in the fishing town, but she was able to get a position as Interim Gym Teacher and Coach.  She's been an "interim" teacher for four years.

[TheHangedOne]

Both look good. :D Approved, and approved.  I'm gonna give this about a week, to let others post their characters, and hopefully, for a few more to join up.

[pendarious]

i'm a fan of these sorta things *grins* i'm in.

Name: Henry Almark
Age: 20
Sex: Male
Education: high school diploma, working on his history degree in college
occupation: college student with a side hobby of thievery

equipment: a 9 mm handgun, printless gloves, lock pick, fishing wire,5 or 6 clips of handgun ammo for the handgun that's on him at all times, lubricant (for squeaky hinges), and a mask
personal skills: decent shot with his hand gun and has some proficiancy with a 30 ought six (however ya spell that), quick thinking, agile, he's also knowledgeable of the terrain, cool under preassure.

Background: Henry came from a decent family and grew up rather well. he got to college and started hanging out with the wrong people and thievery became one of his favorite pass times. he has never been caught. as a child he went hunting with his father often. as he grew older one of his hobbies became visiting a local shooting range.

Physical appearence: he's about 5"11 and lean kinda guant and pale, his eyes have a hazel tent and also always has bags under his eyes.

personality: he's a calm and quiet individual. he can be friendly when he has to be but he's very untrusting and paranoid. some think he may be paranoid to the level of schitzophrinic.

[TheHangedOne]

i'm a fan of these sorta things *grins* i'm in.

Name: Henry Almark
Age: 20
Sex: Male
Education: high school diploma, working on his history degree in college
occupation: college student with a side hobby of thievery

equipment: a 9 mm handgun, printless gloves, lock pick, fishing wire,5 or 6 clips of handgun ammo for the handgun that's on him at all times, lubricant (for squeaky hinges), and a mask
personal skills: decent shot with his hand gun and has some proficiancy with a 30 ought six (however ya spell that), quick thinking, agile, he's also knowledgeable of the terrain, cool under preassure.

Background: Henry came from a decent family and grew up rather well. he got to college and started hanging out with the wrong people and thievery became one of his favorite pass times. he has never been caught. as a child he went hunting with his father often. as he grew older one of his hobbies became visiting a local shooting range.

Physical appearence: he's about 5"11 and lean kinda guant and pale, his eyes have a hazel tent and also always has bags under his eyes.

personality: he's a calm and quiet individual. he can be friendly when he has to be but he's very untrusting and paranoid. some think he may be paranoid to the level of schitzophrinic.

Sounds good. And a thirty ought six would be spelled 30.06.  Though remember, Miskatonic doesn't have its own college on the island, so he needs to have a reason to be back home. Spring break, maybe?

[pendarious]

oh i did forget that didn't i? oops *scratches back of head* yeah....umm spring break works  *laughs*

[LIAR]

Name: Charlie Hodgens
Age: 18
Sex: Female
Education: High School Graduate
Job: Wal Mart
Personal Skills: Knows the area, can drive boats and cars
Equipment: Shovel, Backpack (four bottles of water, loaf of bread, can of beans, fruit cups, swiss army knife, lighter, notebook, pens), Jacket
Personality blurb: Socially awkward Charlie has had most of her conversations through a headset. She's spent an indecent amount of her life on videogames to escape reality. She's pretty depressed; she's just hit 18 where she's supposed to move out and go to college, but she hasn't. She feels like she's stuck and needs a push to get off Miskatonic. She shy's away from cheerful people as they make her uncomfortable. She's focused, a realist, and quick to adapt on the surface.
History blurb: Her accademic marks were average. Her althletics were average. Her looks were average. Her social skills were average. This teen didn't really stand out at anything or gather many friends. She's spent most of her life in this no-where town doing nothing. The tides of Miskatonic have caught her and she's following the flow, though deep down she would love nothing more than to break away. She's too afraid to, though. She still lives with her parents, watches cartoons on Saturday mornings, and occasionally spends the night out on the town with her friends.

April 13th Update!

[TheHangedOne]

Name: Charlie Hodgens
Age: 18
Sex: Female
Education: High School Graduate
Job: Wal Mart
Personal Skills: Knows the area, can drive boats and cars
Equipment: Shovel, Backpack (four bottles of water, loaf of bread, can of beans, fruit cups, swiss army knife, lighter, notebook, pens), Jacket
Personality blurb: Socially awkward Charlie has had most of her conversations through a headset. She's spent an indecent amount of her life on videogames to escape reality. She's pretty depressed; she's just hit 18 where she's supposed to move out and go to college, but she hasn't. She feels like she's stuck and needs a push to get off Miskatonic. She shy's away from cheerful people as they make her uncomfortable. She's focused, a realist, and quick to adapt on the surface.
History blurb: Her accademic marks were average. Her althletics were average. Her looks were average. Her social skills were average. This teen didn't really stand out at anything or gather many friends. She's spent most of her life in this no-where town doing nothing. The tides of Miskatonic have caught her and she's following the flow, though deep down she would love nothing more than to break away. She's too afraid to, though. She still lives with her parents, watches cartoons on Saturday mornings, and occasionally spends the night out on the town with her friends.

A gaming geek. :D I like it. Approved.

[Urbanzorro]

Are you still accepting male characters? I tried to get a zombie game started once but it died soon after lol....wouldn't mind bringing back my character from that game.

[jayline]

Awww man, there's already a nerd character here, any chance this one can get in too?

Name: Kurt Wallace
Age: 21
Sex: Male
Education: High School, Some College
Job: Fish Cannery
Personal Skills: Some outdoorsman skills, extensive pop culture zombie knowledge, archery
Equipment: bow and arrows, hand me down cammies, car

Personality Blurb: Kurt is extremely lonely and despondent, forgotten by his close friends who are all off in college, and unable to forgive himself for his failure at university. The few friends he's made at the cannery only leave him feeling more alone, as he's unable to relate to them. He spends his money at the bar with his coworkers, buying expensive booze for home, or even more expensive tools and materials for bow crafting and arrowmaking, most of which he has to do in his dad's garage. He's not very fit due to poor diet and lack of exercise, but has decent arm strength from his archery practice.

History Blurb: Intellectually gifted from an early age, Kurt rapidly became the little nerd who couldn't when he developed a superiority complex in high school. He breezed his way through high school with A's and B's without ever applying himself to his studies. He instead spent his time on zombie games and movies with his friends, his obsession with the movie 'Army of Darkness' in particular developing into a fascination with the medieval age, which in turn drew him to participate in renaissance festivals. Without any study skills or motivation, he quickly flunked out of university and returned home defeated and embittered. His father got him a job at the cannery, where he earns all his money, his free time he spends either at bars, practicing archery in the woods, or working on bow crafting and arrow making; a hobby he hopes to turn into a business at the renaissance festivals he attends.

[Urbanzorro]

Here's my proposed character: Hopefully it meets with your approval





Name: Jack Bowman

Age:25

Sex: Male

Education: High School,  Plumber’s vocational school.

Job: City Plumber/ Independent Contractor

Personal Skills: A decent shot with a gun, Strong, Very good at fixing things/Using tools/Building things

Equipment:  9mm. Pistol, 1 extra clip, plumber's coverall, toolkit, crowbar.

History Blurb: Jack was always a 'handyman' seeming to possess the ability to simply figure out how to do things with his hands, even if this skill didn't extend to book learning. It meant that obtaining his plumbing license  was a relatively easy task. He is realtivly new to town having only moved their from Chicago a few months ago, growing tired of the constant feeling of danger, hell he'd even bought a gun before finally saying goodbye to The Wendy City. In his time in town he had proven to be introverted, as well as a person of habit, eating at the same places talking to the same people. He works as a plumber for the city, occasionally doing some independent work if the bills are tough or if he just wants extra cash. In his spare time he had been working on getting his carpentry and electricians licenses. Hoping to start his own contracting business one day. 

Personality Blurb: Jack is I kind man, if a bit quite, he tends to keep his opinion to himself unless he feels that it really needs to be heard. If he counts you as one of his friends he can be very loyal and more than willing to stand up for you. That having been said if you cross him he has no problem with taking you down. He was raised in a military household, and as such he has a strong sense of loyalty and duty. He has trouble getting along with any man he sees as not pulling their own weight, and is also known to be very protective of people he thinks need his help.

[phoenix1111]

Anymore room for another guy? I'm very interested I this haha and wouldnwant to play an older( 36ish) gentleman whose
profession being in the medical field

[LIAR]

Awww man, there's already a nerd character here, any chance this one can get in too?

At least when Charlie mutters "unfreakinbelievable!" while killing Zombies, someone will get it =]

[TheHangedOne]

Awww man, there's already a nerd character here, any chance this one can get in too?

Approved.

Here's my proposed character: Hopefully it meets with your approval

Approved.

Anymore room for another guy? I'm very interested I this haha and wouldnwant to play an older( 36ish) gentleman whose
profession being in the medical field

Although I'd like to see the sexes somewhat balanced, sure, go for it. :D

[jayline]

At least when Charlie mutters "unfreakinbelievable!" while killing Zombies, someone will get it =]

I think a running riot would be better for zombie killing: you only get one respawn, and it's not pretty.

[Untamed Skies]

Just a update on Justin found a proper pic for him:

Also, I just was playing Dead Rising and realized no one though of psychopaths. Would that be something you'd be interested in? I could help pick up one or two to deal with later.

[jayline]

So how bad is this outbreak? Are all the people just now finding out about it, or has it been going on for a while?

[Odin]

So how bad is this outbreak? Are all the people just now finding out about it, or has it been going on for a while?

On an unrelated note, the game is going to start pre-zombies, to give everyone time to establish their characters ins and outs, for friendships to be forged, etc.  I'll not spoil when the shit hits the fan, though.

[TheHangedOne]

:) Thanks, Odin.  And Untamed, yes, later on, if you'd like to, you can play a psychopath. Regardless of whether or not anyone does decide to play an antagonist, I do have hostile human encounters planned at some point. :D Zombies aren't the only threat, you know!

[jayline]

Thanks Odin! Should we be noticing any strange activity or news reports, or will that stuff get hammered out in game? Just want to make sure I don't screw up your planned chronology.

[TheHangedOne]

Thanks Odin! Should we be noticing any strange activity or news reports, or will that stuff get hammered out in game? Just want to make sure I don't screw up your planned chronology.

It'll get hammered out in game. As is, expect the first week or so of roleplaying to be free of the threat of zombies. As I mentioned earlier, I'd like to see people establish their characters as (not-so-)ordinary citizens before they become Zombie Apocalypse Survivors.  When the shit hits the fan, though, their will be a special news broadcast to let people know. :)

[LIAR]

When will we be starting?

[TheHangedOne]

When will we be starting?

I'm going to wait until this Thursday, and then we'll get the ball rolling then, if that's cool with everyone?

[pendarious]

sounds cool to me.

[LIAR]

Sounds fantastic! I can stop spamchecking this thread in eager anticipation now =D

[Odin]

I'm going to wait until this Thursday, and then we'll get the ball rolling then, if that's cool with everyone?

Thursday? What time zone is thursday?

Also, I was thinking of a Prison Inmate or something of the sorts... If there are still spots.

[Rachubka]

Hope this is alright and I'm not too late! I just can't resist zombie RPs.

Name: Liane Schaefer

Age: 20

Sex: Female

Education: High school diploma, part-time college in marketing

Job: Part-time student, part-time waitress at the fanciest restaurant in town.

Personal skills: Athletic, can wait tables and schmooze like nobody's business, affinity for marketing / business.

Equipment: Anything found in a restaurant kitchen. A 2006 Honda Accord, 2-door.

Personality blurb: Liane is not a dumb girl by any means, but has to take college slow as it is a real financial strain on herself and her family. She is a sweet talker as it is part of her job description and because of all the compliments and looks she gets while working, she really knows that she is pretty. The young woman is a little slow on the uptake of well thought out jokes, however, leaving for some awkward moments when she's working. Never has truly been in any stressful situations and would likely be a firecracker when pressured.

History blurb: Liane was just a small town girl. Her childhood was far from lonely as her parents were incredibly supportive and her neighbourhood was full of children her age. Miskatonic was a bit of a hell hole but anyone who really lived in it didn't mind. When she came of age she moved out of the city like anyone else her age to pursue some sort of higher level education. Despite a scholarship softball, her finances couldn't pull through and Liane was forced to have her education take a back seat while she got all of her green in order.

Being back after two years away from Miskatonic had put Liane in a weird mood. She really didn't know anyone anymore as they'd moved on and she felt like a stranger in her own home. Not wanting to think about it to deeply, she applied for a waitress job at Florentino's, an Italian restaurant on the higher end of the pricing spectrum. For a fishery city, the people really do eat well. And tip, too.

[TheHangedOne]

Thursday? What time zone is thursday?

Also, I was thinking of a Prison Inmate or something of the sorts... If there are still spots.

Eastern standard time. Tomorrow, around noon~ish.

And if you want to, sure, though that means you'll be stuck in jail for the beginning (maybe your convict is working on an escape tunnel, though? :) Just a thought.)

Hope this is alright and I'm not too late! I just can't resist zombie RPs.

Approved.

for anyone else considering joining: Their's still room left, but once the roleplaying starts, I may not allow others to join. So today's pretty much the last day I'll be allowing people to post their characters.

[Urbanzorro]

Thursday works great for me.

[Odin]

Eastern standard time. Tomorrow, around noon~ish.

There IS such a thing as AEST. Australian Eastern Standard Time.

But I know what you mean, I'm good with timezones.

[TheHangedOne]

There IS such a thing as AEST. Australian Eastern Standard Time.

But I know what you mean, I'm good with timezones.

And AEST would be different than EST, right? Or is Eastern Standard Time abbreviated something else? I mean that seriously, I suck with time zones.

[Odin]

And AEST would be different than EST, right? Or is Eastern Standard Time abbreviated something else? I mean that seriously, I suck with time zones.

AEST it +11 hours, I believe.

[TheHangedOne]

Thanks. And apologies to everyone for being a bit late to get things going.

Here https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=66215.0 is the OOC thread.
Here https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=66216.0 is the play thread.

If anybody else would like to join at the last minute, I'm keeping the registration window open for 24 more hours.  If anybody playing loses a character and would like to make replacement, that's groovy. If anyone posted in this thread, or PMed me, wanting to join, and didn't submit a character yet, I'll be giving you one week to do so.  I hope that's not too jerk~ish.

And sorry if I'm doing things differently than what is normal for E. This is my first time creating an RP, and I wasn't really sure how to go about it on here.

[Odin]

If anybody else would like to join at the last minute, I'm keeping the registration window open for 24 more hours.  If anybody playing loses a character and would like to make replacement, that's groovy. If anyone posted in this thread, or PMed me, wanting to join, and didn't submit a character yet, I'll be giving you one week to do so.  I hope that's not too jerk~ish.

Jerk.

I'm joking of course. No intro post, though? I'll get my character done ASAP.

[TheHangedOne]

Jerk.

I'm joking of course. No intro post, though? I'll get my character done ASAP.

I made an intro post, giving a brief description of things... a bit too brief, but I hope it will suffice.

[ManyMindsManyVoices]

"Okay, I gotta pop myself in at last minute. I'm gonna take a look and see what's what and who's playing who, but Zombie RP sounds interesting, particularly on a forum where 'oh my god we're all gonna die' sex might break out..." Chuckle.

"Okay, okay, let me take a look and I'll be back with an idea."

EDIT: "Hmm... everyone seems to be a stand up, pleasant type of citizen, people who want to help people..."

Name: William Lin, aka 'Jien'

Age: 23
Sex: Male

Education: High School Drop Out
Job: Nothing Stable, William does odd jobs on occasion, and has gotten in trouble with the law for the various ways he makes money, but he's done a good job of avoiding prison, so far

Personal Skills: Jien is strong, though in the way someone constantly dealing with low-lifes and cops might be, and has taken his share of abuse, physical and emotional. Jien is not formally trained in anything, he has always been kind of a Jack-of-all-Trades, and while he'll definitely make mistakes, he can learn to do many things after just a few mistakes. Jien has never fired a gun, but he does keep a few sharpened blades at home, like any good sociopath, and he knows that anything sharp enough can kill someone with some well applied force.
Equipment: Jien keeps a multi-tool (aka pliers, screwdrivers, knives, not quite a swiss army knife) on him at all times, and has a laptop and cell phone which are paid for by his less than honest jobs. He lives in a pretty crappy apartment, which has just the bare minimums needed to live, other than his sword (which he uses to entertain his sociopathic and misanthropic fantasies).

History and Personality: Jien was born in an unpleasant household, with an abusive father and a bipolar mother. His mother was practically a mail order bride (a woman his father met on a business trip to China and ended up returning home with), and his father drove her to suicide. Will spent much of his life blissfully ignorant, until the fights got worse. Then he started to change, become sociopathic, and after his mother's death, and his father turned his anger and abuse to the only person left, Will 'changed' his name to Jien (a rough pronunciation of part of the Mandarin word for knife or dagger), so that his full name (his last name taken from his mother because his parents were not actually married) would reflect his mother's culture.

After he dropped out of high school, he got involved with crime, and one day, Jien was dragged home by the police. After the cops left, his father started to beat him and scream, and Jien finally had it... The actual events that transpired are not known, but through technicalities (Jien being 17 at the time, the cops having been close enough to return to the scene and see Jien's bruises and hear some of the altercation, and Jien's father dying later in the hospital), Jien was released, with some court mandated anger management and therapy, and a few other minor penalties that have since been cleared.

The money left to him was substantial enough to allow Jien to lead his cheap, shoddy lifestyle, with support from his various jobs. However, Jien stays out of the public eye much the of time, as the details of his case may not be known, but the same is not true of the consequences. Jien, while a sociopath and a misanthrope, is actually a compassionate person, if he feels someone has earned his respect and trust. However, his jaded view on life, and his lifestyle growing up makes him a rare and dangerous person, someone who has no respect for law or authority, and is neither afraid of death, nor concerned with the prospect of killing (so long as he can reasonably justify it).

Jien does not have any real friends, just 'associates' and people he talks to online. He goes out at night and has one-night stands to satisfy his desire for interpersonal contact, but these often depress him more. He is interested in psychology and philosophy, but not as studies or sciences in any way, he dislikes the concept that people or the world can be analyzed and broken down. His train of thought is interesting, in that he can perform a task a thousand tims with the same outcome, and still think that at any given time, that outcome might change (in a relevant example, he might find that zombies are killed by destroying the brain, and keep doing that, but he may continue to attempt new techniques or 'finish off' his enemies in case something changes for any reason). Jien believes in one important truth, the only thing that one can know for sure is that one knows nothing for sure...

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"This character definitely has a bit of me in him, but all to relative extremes, I think he will definitely be interesting."

("Also, approved or not, a place where the profiles can all be in the same place would be nice, if not here, in a specific thread just for that, particularly if you want them to stay updated. It's hard for me to remember who's who just skimming posts. I keep forgetting what I've read... I like the idea of updated profiles, but they should be organized without a bunch of conversation in between."

"This is just a piece of advice, even if I'm not in, to help you and the other players keep the characters organized.")

[TheHangedOne]

EDIT: "Hmm... everyone seems to be a stand up, pleasant type of citizen, people who want to help people..."
("Also, approved or not, a place where the profiles can all be in the same place would be nice, if not here, in a specific thread just for that, particularly if you want them to stay updated. It's hard for me to remember who's who just skimming posts. I keep forgetting what I've read... I like the idea of updated profiles, but they should be organized without a bunch of conversation in between."
"This is just a piece of advice, even if I'm not in, to help you and the other players keep the characters organized.")

Approved. Should make for some interesting group dynamics if he gets together with the other survivors.  As far as crime goes, it's minor, but present in Miskatonic. People might get beat up, stuff gets stolen, but outright murder is incredibly rare, and likely to get a TON of attention. Just an FYI.

Also, good point. I was just thinking we could keep this thread for the character sheets, but if it sounds like a good idea to the others, I could put up a post that's only for the sheets.  It would be easier that way, but I'm putting it to a vote.

[Hera]

EDIT: "Hmm... everyone seems to be a stand up, pleasant type of citizen, people who want to help people..."

You may have missed this guy  :P

Name: Henry Almark
Age: 20
Sex: Male
Education: high school diploma, working on his history degree in college
occupation: college student with a side hobby of thievery

equipment: a 9 mm handgun, printless gloves, lock pick, fishing wire,5 or 6 clips of handgun ammo for the handgun that's on him at all times, lubricant (for squeaky hinges), and a mask





I'll try to post tonight when I get home.

[ManyMindsManyVoices]

You may have missed this guy  :P

Name: Henry Almark
Age: 20
Sex: Male
Education: high school diploma, working on his history degree in college
occupation: college student with a side hobby of thievery

equipment: a 9 mm handgun, printless gloves, lock pick, fishing wire,5 or 6 clips of handgun ammo for the handgun that's on him at all times, lubricant (for squeaky hinges), and a mask





I'll try to post tonight when I get home.

"Pretty minor sounding, a guy who likes danger, but he reads as pretty minor, thievery on occasion, has a gun for the shooting range... I was talking on the lines of Jien here, who is a high school drop out, everyone sees him as a 'thug' or wash out or whatever."

Approved. Should make for some interesting group dynamics if he gets together with the other survivors.  As far as crime goes, it's minor, but present in Miskatonic. People might get beat up, stuff gets stolen, but outright murder is incredibly rare, and likely to get a TON of attention. Just an FYI.

Also, good point. I was just thinking we could keep this thread for the character sheets, but if it sounds like a good idea to the others, I could put up a post that's only for the sheets.  It would be easier that way, but I'm putting it to a vote.

"Note, Jien is not overtly violent, except that one incident, he's kept to himself, and sells drugs and such, and keeps out of trouble by knowing the cops, and playing narc when he can get away with it. While writing his bio, I intended him to be a big infamous guy."

"Personally, if you want us to keep them up ourselves, I'd say make a specific thread for it so we can just post our own profile and update it."

[pendarious]

well i don't want him to be an ourtright attention getter with his "slightly crroked ways" but i didn't want a character who was screwed when face to face with a locked door either.

[LIAR]

People change under stress. Just because bio puts them as nice guy or mean guy, who knows how they'll change given circumstances =]

[Urbanzorro]

This is very true, danger has a way of bringing out the best and the worst in us.

[pendarious]

well...as i said about henry he's a fairly nice guy but he's a bit paranoid so....

[Chaelim]

I'm game.

[ManyMindsManyVoices]

"Yeah, not trying to stir anything there. Just saying that there wasn't really a totally on the other side of the law type."

[pendarious]

it's cool i didn't feel offended in anyway. i was jsut saying that's how i described him. i mean there isn't any point in being annoyed over a game right?*laughs*

[ManyMindsManyVoices]

"Depends, I've gotten irritated over people making games not fun..."

"Either way, just like to make sure, don't have inflection to go by online. It's generally easy to assume people won't be mature, of course Elliquiy is a place where I am usually proven wrong, however, better to err on the side of caution."

[pendarious]

well you have a point about it being ok to be irritated at people who sap the fun from a game.

don't worry i prefer to be mature and talk things over before getting angry.

[ManyMindsManyVoices]

"Good, then I like you already."

[pendarious]

*laughs* that's good to know. after all i find it dumb when people get all angry without talking things out cuz then the angry person may miss out on some details that may have slipped their notice.

[ManyMindsManyVoices]

"It seems we've got a few less people than signed up, and the game could use a few more players. It wouldn't hurt to have another female at the very least, though I can't say what Hanged would say is ideal for the group size."

[TheHangedOne]

I'd like to see a total of 5 players, but I think we could handle 6-8 if more are interested. Interested? Post a character idea and wait for the yay/nay. Got an idea you want to run by me, PM me.

[elfguy]

First time I see this thread, but I could offer this badass girl to join your crew:

[ManyMindsManyVoices]

"If I remember correctly, Hanged was looking for more normal everyday type folk, who are less likely to have much zombie killing skill. I guess it's good to reiterate that, however, it is, again, Hanged's call."

[TheHangedOne]

Howdy Elfguy. =) Need a little more than a character picture, I'm afraid.  Here's something I snipped from the first page, the character sheet I'd like to see. The first page has a lot more info about the setting, too.

Name:
Age:
Sex:
Education:
Job:
Personal Skills:
Equipment:
Personality blurb:
History blurb:

I believe most of it is self explanatory. You are assumed to be competent in your job and have all the requisite skills that go with it. Personal skills is anything your character is particularly good at, but is a skill that would not fit with their job, such as a chef who is a crack shot with a pistol because he spends every Saturday at the shooting range.

Equipment is what you will start with. As the game progresses you may acquire and lose items, and while I realize it might be a bit of a pain, I'll ask that people keep their profile updated whenever they gain or lose something. Starting equipment should fit the job; an EMT may have an ambulance, and lots of medicine, for instance. If your character has a piece of equipment that doesn't typically go with the job (like an EMT with a shotgun), their history should support how/why they have the things they do, especially if it's heavy firepower.

Please write as much (or as little) as you'd like about your characters personality and history; these are things I will keep in mind when setting up the scenes of the game.

Addendum, to all would-be players:  Do keep in mind I am going for SURVIVOR-HORROR, not ACTION HERO game play here. 

[elfguy]

Name: Jessica
Age: 22
Sex: f
Education: High school only
Job: Spent 3 years in the Marines, now works part-times as a security guard in a bar
Personal Skills: Strong, highly skilled with guns and her sword.
Equipment: Two handguns, Katana, ripped shirt, ripped jeans, running shoes, sunglasses
Personality blurb: Jessica thinks highly of herself, arrogant, condescending, has a hard time making friends.
History blurb: All her life she's been a tom-boy, playing with weapons, target shooting, going out hunting, etc. Was bored as hell at school, and left right after high-school, heading to the military instead of college. Spent 3 years there, where she did a pretty good job, always getting top scores at shooting ranges, and getting into action several times overseas. She received an administrative discharge after getting into some trouble over drug use. She has been working security jobs since then. When the zombies came, she knew right away that things would be going bad. She grabbed her guns and decided that she would survive.

[TheHangedOne]

Sounds pretty good, but before I approve, what kind of handguns are they?  Going to need to keep track of the bullets, too.  Don't worry about picking out a specific handgun from the millions that exist in the world, it can be generic, as other characters have done. (9mm pistol, .22 revolver, 12 gauge shotgun, just as an example.) Sorry to nitpick, but it's part of the experience I'm going for.

[elfguy]

Sounds pretty good, but before I approve, what kind of handguns are they?  Going to need to keep track of the bullets, too.  Don't worry about picking out a specific handgun from the millions that exist in the world, it can be generic, as other characters have done. (9mm pistol, .22 revolver, 12 gauge shotgun, just as an example.) Sorry to nitpick, but it's part of the experience I'm going for.

They are M9 service weapons, 15-round magazines. She has no extra magazine on her.

[TheHangedOne]

Groovy. Elfguy is approved, then.

Do we have anyone else interested? Anybody at all?