Survival Instincts - No undead post-apocalyptic RP (Always Recruiting)

Started by Cynadea, October 23, 2013, 01:55:40 PM

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Cynadea

OOC Thread


I had this game on a stand alone forum a while ago, but I've decided to use this forum here to give it a second life.

2012


       
  • Report of a meteor on a collision course with Earth leaks into the media. If it keeps its course and speed, it should be visible in eighteen months.
2013


       
  • The speed of the object is varying, and so is its course. It appears to be moved by some kind of intelligence. Theories about Aliens are becoming more and more popular.
2014


       
  • Impact to happen in June. A shield surrounding the object makes it impossible for the planet's scientist to tell the nature of the unidentified object.
  • Chosen ones are escorted into bunkers. Martial law is declared to avoid looting and chaos.
  • Unidentified object has slowed and is into orbit, where it stays for a day without any signs of life or threat. The military ends its preparation for an invasion, everyone is poised.
  • A large EMP hits the planet, disables all electrical systems.
  • A second blast, different, hits the planet. All human beings are rendered unconscious on the spot or died.
  • A message is heard throughout the world, directly in the mind of those still alive:
We created you.
You have been activated.
Only Survival instincts will save you.
The fittest will be rewarded.

  • A small minority who wakes up immediately after, and finds most other humans to be either comatose or dead.
  • Some of the awakened people feel different, augmented, while others feel perfectly normal.
  • Half a day later, the rest of the survivors awaken in a feral and enraged state, attacking everything they can put their hands on. They are called feeders.

Think you might be interested? I've set up a wiki that is more in-dept than this. You can find it Here

This game would be put under the EXTREME board, but the header tag would require a warning should something N/C or Extreme be happening in a post. As a GM, I don't mind if it happens, I just don't want to read it.

The Rp would be split in multiple threads, mostly 5 oro 6 to cover the main common areas of the settlement's grounds, one for outside the fenced-in area, and private threads for each homes. For this to work, I would need 5-6 players so that I remain within the rules with the number of threads.

So let me know if you are interested. If you are sure you want to join, you can fill a character sheet and send it to me through PM.



Image must be 150x200, as it will be the format required by the header. If you find a picture you like but you can't resize, put it in. When I accept the app and put it in the wiki, I'll resize the image and give you a link to it. The image must be of a real person. NO drawing, NO anime, NO computer-generated image. There are plenty of actors, models, band members, athletes, etc. There must be someone who fits the idea you have for your character.


Full name: may include nicknames too
Age:
Occupation: what will be their occupation once/since they are in the settlement. There's a list on the wiki page, but the roles are not limited to it.
Ability: There's a list of approved abilities on the wiki page. If you want something that isn't there, explain it well.
Height:
Build:
Hair color:
Eye color:
Orientation: All are welcome

Personality: A full paragraph (5-6 complete sentences minimum)

History: 2-3 paragraphs that explains what they were before the blast hit, how they react to the blast and its immediate aftermath and what they did since (it's been three weeks. The game will start at day 21)

Note to the GM: That is for my eyes only. If you want to be put in the same house as another character or do not want to be, a plot you'd like to play, basically anything you feel that I, as a GM, should know to make the game better for you.


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[b]Full name:[/b]
[b]Age:[/b]
[b]Occupation:[/b]
[b]Ability:[/b]
[b]Height[/b]:
[b]Build:[/b]
[b]Hair color:[/b]
[b]Eye color:[/b]
[b]Orientation:[/b]

[b]Personality:[/b]

[b]History:[/b]

[b]Note to the GM:[/b]

Currently MIA, not available for  RP

Ons and Offs ~ Idea thread

Orange Marmalade

I like the idea of this... pondering some concepts.  Probably a hunter for a town.

Regarding the abilities and stuff they might have - what are the power levels? If someone is strong, is that twice as strong as a normal person? Or car throwing strong?

Also, how long has it been since impact?

Cynadea

It could be strong enough to lift a car enough to make it easier to move, but definitely not Hulk-strong where he can throw cars.

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Orange Marmalade

Edited in another question while you were replying I think :)

How long has it been since the attack hit?

Cynadea


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Orange Marmalade


Cynadea


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Chreestafer

so wait, our "Powers and Abilities" do we have them prior to the events or do the only appear after the blast?
“The Doctor: This is bad, I don't like this. [kicks console and yells in pain] Never use force, you just embarrass yourself. Unless you're cross, in which case... always use force!
Amy: Shall I run and get the manual?
The Doctor: I threw it in a supernova.
Amy: You threw the manual in a supernova? Why?
The Doctor: Because I disagreed with it! Now stop talking to me when I'm cross!”
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Hazel


Cynadea

Thumbs up to Charles. It's the second blast that forces the survivors to turn into feeders and triggered the next evolutionary step in the other survivor.

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Ons and Offs ~ Idea thread

Chreestafer

“The Doctor: This is bad, I don't like this. [kicks console and yells in pain] Never use force, you just embarrass yourself. Unless you're cross, in which case... always use force!
Amy: Shall I run and get the manual?
The Doctor: I threw it in a supernova.
Amy: You threw the manual in a supernova? Why?
The Doctor: Because I disagreed with it! Now stop talking to me when I'm cross!”
Ons and Offs
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zenpai

Thinking about Element manipulation. Can a person create energy and if so, how much can they hold?  Does Element manipulation get stronger the more you use it? Are people who use an immune to being hurt by it?
I heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Life seems harsh, and cruel. Says he feels all alone in threatening world. Doctor says: "Treatment is simple. The great clown - Pagliacci - is in town. Go see him. That should pick you up." Man bursts into tears. "But doctor..." he says "I am Pagliacci." Good joke. Everybody laugh. Roll on snare drum. Curtains.



Rorschach's Journal. October 12th, 1985: Dog carcass in alley this morning, tire tread on burst stomach. This city is afraid of me. I have seen its true face. The streets are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood and when the drains finally scab over, all the vermin will drown. The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout "Save us!"... and I'll whisper "no."

Cynadea

Chreestafer: Your character is in, feel free to start to RP or plot with someone.

Zenpai: Whether they create or use something that is already there is up to the player. Just like my healer uses her own energy to heal people, someone might be able to do it without consequences to themselves. They would be immune, but not their clothes ;) and as for strength, I'd say you get better as you use it, gain a better control, but the power itself should be stable.

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Ons and Offs ~ Idea thread

Julles

Color me intersted. When I get off work I will read further into it. :)

Chreestafer

“The Doctor: This is bad, I don't like this. [kicks console and yells in pain] Never use force, you just embarrass yourself. Unless you're cross, in which case... always use force!
Amy: Shall I run and get the manual?
The Doctor: I threw it in a supernova.
Amy: You threw the manual in a supernova? Why?
The Doctor: Because I disagreed with it! Now stop talking to me when I'm cross!”
Ons and Offs
F-List

zenpai

I'm not thing of someone as powerful as a nuclear power plant.  but more or less enough power to run a small factory for a few hours. or a large house for a day. just want to know the limits
I heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Life seems harsh, and cruel. Says he feels all alone in threatening world. Doctor says: "Treatment is simple. The great clown - Pagliacci - is in town. Go see him. That should pick you up." Man bursts into tears. "But doctor..." he says "I am Pagliacci." Good joke. Everybody laugh. Roll on snare drum. Curtains.



Rorschach's Journal. October 12th, 1985: Dog carcass in alley this morning, tire tread on burst stomach. This city is afraid of me. I have seen its true face. The streets are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood and when the drains finally scab over, all the vermin will drown. The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout "Save us!"... and I'll whisper "no."

Julles


Cynadea

Quote from: zenpai on October 24, 2013, 10:52:08 PM
I'm not thing of someone as powerful as a nuclear power plant.  but more or less enough power to run a small factory for a few hours. or a large house for a day. just want to know the limits
No, definitely not that strength. Shock some people to death in small bursts sure, restart a heart or something of the like. Power up a house or a factory that's way too much.

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Toggle

Okay... this has my interest extremely piqued.  I'm gonna see if I can't get out of my creative slump for it!

Rocklobster


arkhos

Wheels within wheels in a spiral array, a pattern so grand and complex; Time after time we lose sight of the way, our causes can't see their effects.

Ember Star

Ping me interested. Reminds me a little of a group I had once.
"One thing you who had secure or happy childhoods should understand about those of us who did not, we who control our feelings, who avoid conflicts at all costs or seem to seek them, who are hypersensitive, self-critical, compulsive, workaholic, and above all survivors, we're not that way from perversity. And we cannot just relax and let it go. We've learned to cope in ways you never had to." ~Author, Piers Anthony

RainyHigh

Rainy's Ons and Offs
Currently not open for solo stories

Cynadea


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TheHangedOne

I'm interested. I'll spend some time more thoroughly checking over things tomorrow, and hopefully have a CS to you then, too.
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