[OOC] Dehumanized

[Penguin]

(Thanks Rookery!)

In 2015, the entire world was pulled into nuclear warfare as World War 3 began. One country bombed another and that's all it took for others to retaliate, creating a back and forth nuclear war that managed to destroy most of humanity. It never officially ended due to the massive loss of life.

Twenty years later, the world is a completely different story. It is rare we see the sun anymore. The sky is usually overcast by clouds as dark as charcoal. Temperatures are cooler than they used to be and it's often a struggle to keep warm. It doesn't rain nor snow as much as it used to either. Growing crops is harder than ever with increased UV radiation due to the thinning of the ozone layer and a frost-free growing season for crops shortened by 10 to 40 days, depending on the region. Skin cancer ran rapid during these years. The population of the Earth has dropped to the thousands. Those who didn't die in the bombings died from disease, starvation or perhaps they were killed by each other.

It is a fight for survival. Laws and morals have been long forgotten. Many have resorted to becoming bandits, killing others for everything they own. These bandits sometimes group together and live nomadically, constantly killing anyone else they can find. Those of us who cling on to some idea of morals, we try to stay away from them as much as we can and fend for ourselves. Those that live sedentary lifestyles either live in random, abandoned places or in small, forted communities that often kill those who try to enter on sight usually due to fear of disease or of spies looking to expose their location. Other people aren't the only ones we have to worry about...

Animals have been mutating faster than the world has ever seen before. The exposure to extreme radiation and chemicals has caused for change in their DNA. They are bigger, faster, and definitely more hungry. There have been cases of flying snakes, eight-foot wolves, and even three-foot wasps. Humans have been mutating too, with cases of men with large eyes with the ability to accomplish night vision and of people with teeth as sharp as razors. People are evolving regressively to be less like humans and more like beasts.

In this new, dehumanized world, we face danger at every corner. Can you survive?

THEME POINTERS

RULES:
- All normal RPG guidelines apply, meaning mature themes are allowed but if there comes a time where romantically-involved persons are getting too hot and heavy, take it to the PM.
- This is a High-Casual roleplay. Please try to keep your posts to at least a 2-3 paragraph minimum. More is encouraged.
- The RPG takes place in the US. Try to keep the characters all there.
- No Mary-Sues. You're not just going to walk down the street, defeating everything in sight like it's nothing. It's a difficult world to live in and chances are you probably don't know the first thing about living in it.
- No godmodding
- No speedposting
- Have fun!

CHARACTER FORM

Name:
Age:
Gender:
Nomadic or sedentary:
Weapons (Don't go crazy):
Skills:
Any unusual traits? Does it show physically?:
Appearance:
Brief Personality (Try to show most of your character's personality IC instead of giving it all away):
Background(Please reveal your current location):
Alone or with someone?:
Other:

[Penguin]

Apocalypse
2014: Global Political Tension, initial deceleration of war and deployment of troops.
2015: Complete and Official deceleration of war of all sovereign nations. Official Start of World War III.
2016: Mass Casualties; Human Rights Violation; Mass Declining Moral, everybody wanting the war to finally end.
2017: Governments Fall but Peace Negotiations are going nowhere.
2018: The first Nuclear Missiles are lunched; Anarchy through out the world.

Post-Apocalypse
2020: Nuclear Winter and Fallout; First Signs of Mutations. Possible Pseudo-Governments are establish.
2030: Stabilization of the weather and mutations, decreasing Fallout. Total disappearance of Pseudo-Governments.
2039: Present Day....

@Rookery

[Rae Zer]

Placed Maria in the Character Tab after acceptance back in the interest check. I will occasionally pop in here but I'm working on a Guide right now so I may or may not just sit here and refresh the page.

[Kindos]

I will try to have a CS up as soon as I can but I've been rather busy lately. If I end up taking a while to get one up, I urge you not to wait up for me as I will simply jump in when I can. :)

[TheIrishJJ]

Hey, this looks quite cool! I'll make a character sheet or two!

[Cosmos]

I like the idea, I'll try have a CS up soon(:

[TheIrishJJ]

Name:
Chris (last name unknown)

Age:
21

Gender:
Male

Nomadic or sedentary:
Nomadic

Weapons:
Thanks to Chris's strength over many enemies, and his sharp claws and teeth, he usually does not need a weapon. However, when he does, he uses a knife that he has carried around for years.

Skills:
Chris is strong, and not too bad at fighting. He is also good at surviving, such as building shelter.

Any unusual traits? Does it show physically?:
Chris can usually eat raw meat without getting ill, unless it is very bad. This cannot be seen on the outside.

Appearance:
Chris is six foot seven, with a slim, muscular body. He has pale skin, and short, black hair. His teeth are sharp, and fingernails are very sharp too.

Brief Personality:
Chris is shy at first, when speaking to people. He can get very angry, very quickly, and you do not want to get on the wrong side of him. Christ does not speak much, and when he does he won't speak for very long. He often has conversations with himself in order to pass time, as there usually aren't very many people to speak to. He does not care about other people and will not mind ripping them to shreds if it comes to it. Sometimes he even wants to kill people, for no reason.

Background:
Chris was born to a family in a settlement. However, it was attacked by bandits when he was 15 and he ran away, his family dead. When he was 16, someone began to look after him, only to betray him six months later. Thankfully, Chris got away, and has been nomadic ever since, rarely trusting anyone. He is currently in New England

Alone or with someone?:
Alone

Other:
Chris has eaten human flesh, and does not mind it.

Sorry everything's short! Tell me if you want more!

[Drake Baku]

argh, due to busy day I lacked the chance to work on the CS's -_-...

[girlonfire21]

I posted a character.... Hope it's okay.

[Apokalipse]

I will post my character sheet later (:

[Komo]

Here is my CS :D
Let me know if there is anything I need to change or something :P

Laura Miller

Name: Laura Miller
Age: 25
Gender: Female

Appearance:

Standing at 5 foot and 6 inches, and weighing around one hundred and forty-six pounds, her shoulder-length hair is a shade of honey blonde, and is usually tied up into a ponytail, Her skin is fair from the lack of sunlight, and her eyes an icy blue. She can normally be seen dressed up in military gear and outfits, items she found long ago in an abandoned vault.

Brief Personality:

Laura has a cheerful and bubbly disposition that usually brightens up the people she meets. She is hardworking and honest and always completes whatever she sets out to accomplish. Down-to-earth yet mischievous, she loves teasing people she knows. Her jokes are otherwise harmless, meant more for the fun factor than anything else. She is always seen as the joker of the group, even when nobody finds her jokes funny. A trustworthy and loyal friend, she is one to confide in and a good listener. She is prone to being over-emotional at times and that can lead to impairment of judgement when making certain decisions. A character who appreciates and understand the value of having fun, she can always be seen having fun whenever she can, making the most of what she has in her current circumstances.

Backstory:

Laura was but five when the bombs fell. Born into a world she had hardly spent much time in, she was quickly ushered into another as she was ushered into an underground vault shelter together with family. These vaults were built in limited number and can could only fit so many people in them. Only those wealthy enough to purchase spots had been allowed in. Billions of those too poor to afford them died outside of the vaults when the bombs fell. She was considered of the lucky few who had managed to escape annihilation thanks to money. Money, which hardly mattered anymore. Most of the world was now a wasteland, riddled with toxic irradiated areas. She was eighteen, when a riot broke out between two groups who had very differing views on how ruling should be done in the vault. Laura and her family belonged to the minority group, and eventually lost the battle, causing the majority group to be elected the new government. They exiled their opponents, the minority, and Laura and her family were exiled from the safety of the vault.

The group was not used to the harshness of the way had turned into, and many fell prey to the harsh weather and environments, if not the bandits prowling the wastelands. What remained of the group, grew stronger, and more hardy against the new world. In this case, the saying "What does kill you makes you stronger" describes the situation perfectly. The survivors eventually grouped up together, fighting off bandits and another wild creatures. Laura lost her parents in a massive bandit raid a few years ago, and she was stricken with grief for a period of time. The band grew smaller, but eventually lucked smiled upon them as the small group chanced upon an empty vault. Exploring the vault, they eventually came across its armoury, still in fact and stocked with weapons. The group picked their share of weapons and left, now more equipped to fight off the bandits than ever. The members of the group left, trained each other in the use of guns and other survival tactics, having surived until this point in time. Eventually, the group splintered off, all walking off in their own separate ways and Laura came to wander in the wasteland, moving from settlement to settlement, looking for something what exactly, she didn't quite know yet.

Nomadic or sedentary: Nomadic

Alone or with someone: Alone

Any Unusual traits? Does it show physically?: Heightened Senses and Reflexes. It proves her with an extremely keen sense of awareness and agility. It is not seen physically unless witnessed in action.

Weapons: A machete, a Sig Sauer P226 pistol, Heckler & Koch G36 assault rifle

Skills: Survival skills, which include camping, hiking, cooking and hunting. She had learnt gun handling and marksmanship when she was still with the group to fight off bandits and dangerous wild creatures. She quickly discovered that she was a great shot with guns, aided by her heightened senses and reflexes. Her stamina is impressive, and she is also well-versed in close-quarters combat.

Other: She carries around a backpack containing her essential supplies.

[Penguin]

All characters accepted :) I forgot to mention by the way: from now on, post your character sheets here before posting in the character tab. Some of you seem to have caught on to that and the sheets that have been posted here may be moved to the character tab. However, girlonfire21, you posted in the character tab first which is my fault for not telling you to do it. Luckily, your character sheet is fine but if it's okay would you mind adding a bit more detail? Thank you everyone!

[Drake Baku]

Blade

Name: Blade (no last name)
Age: 18
Gender: male
Nomadic or sedentary: Sedentary unless someone comes into his live that makes him want to follow
Weapons (Don't go crazy): 1 katana of utmost sharpness (it's made so it sharpens itself when it cuts)
Skills: Sword skills, survival skills, simple first aid knowledge.
Any unusual traits? Does it show physically?: though he is unaware of it, he has some mutations which are currently still developing and are not very noticeable, currently known are:
-Ability to jump of rooftops unharmed
-enhanced speed and agility
-slightly enhanced healing
-increased vision

more will come as his mutation develops
Appearance: Black hair (long in a large ponytail though he also has two small points for bangs), yellow eyes, 1.80M, 80K, athletic build, large scar across his entire back.
at the start of the rp he will have a fresh blade wound across his right cheek (diagonally) that will become a new scar.

Brief Personality: Seemingly closed off and emotionless.

Background: Blade has been living in a closed off park, a area closed off to keep it as a natural preserve, for the last 2 years, he has a complete memory loss spanning from the age of 11 to age 16, in this time he has apparently learned to handle the sword and gotten the scar on his back.
Even he realizes that something in this time stuff have happened, having instinctual memory of sword skills, the scar but even realizing he has had a complete personality change.
He used to be open and friendly, positive attitude all the time, he even had a little female friend when he was young.
He knows this is weird to remember how to use the sword and have a personality change, as that he only is missing 5 years of his live but having all his memories from before that time...
Alone or with someone?: alone at this moment
Other: his mutation is still developing and very premature at this stage.

Blake

Name: Blake Tribe
Age: 25
Gender: male
Nomadic or sedentary: Nomadic
Weapons (Don't go crazy): set of katars, a long sword and a staff which contains 2 hidden blades but if often used just as a staff regardless.
Skills: trained warrior in all regards, such as hand to hand, weapon skills and such.
Any unusual traits? Does it show physically?:
Blake comes from a tribe where a mutation has happened giving people the ability to transform into animals, but even he is unique as he has two animals.
Each animal is visible on his hands, a black panther on his right hand's back, an anaconda on his left hand's back, they are born with these marks already visible.
Also his eyes have taken on the color of the animal, an blue right eye, an yellow left eye
the panther also has different eyes then normal, all the patterns of the iris, including how the iris is shaped around the pupil and inside the eye white is neon blue, and the rest, even the eye white is pure black as if its a void of nothingness.
he can change into any o the two at any given moment, though he has to change to human first before taking on the other shape.
he can also partially change, taking on specific traits of one of the two creatures instead of becoming the beast fully.
off course his clothing wont change so he has to undress first or the panther shape will tear it in pieces (though the anacona wont have that problem)
(his survival skills are based on living as Panther most of the time)
Appearance: Brown hairs (half his face in length, when he lives as a human he would use water to style it back over his head), blue right eye, yellow left eye, 1.97M, 90K, athletic build but the muscles seem to be more animistic then human in build.
His clothing is exclusive for his tribe, covered with many strange markings fitting to some kind of fantasy shaman tribe.

Brief Personality : will come in IC fully if that is alright?
Background: Blake is born inside a small tribe, for some reason he has no idea why he had 2 animals instead of one.
From a young age he started to train to become a great warrior for his tribe, but as time passed he wanted to explore the rest of the world.
with permission of the tribe elder he started this path, but with the prime rule to keep their tribe a secret no matter what, this is due to an past event where a large group of bandits wanted to use the tribe's members animal shapes to create high class animal fur and leather skin items.
The tribe survived but lost quite some members.
Currently Blake is roaming though woods in his Panther shape, his clothing wrapped around his equipment which in total is tied around his body by a rope.

Alone or with someone?: alone at the start
Other: Blake would like some company and maybe even a love interest?

patrick

Name: Patrick Campwood
Age: 22
Gender: male
Nomadic or sedentary: Nomadic
Weapons (Don't go crazy): sword sword
Skills: Quick thinking to a point similar of a computer, using his mutation he can even connect his thinking process and connect physically to a computer (see unusual traits), high intelligence, self made martial arts.
Any unusual traits? Does it show physically?: Patrick has a mutation that allows him to effect the electrical pulses his brain and body share, using this he can enhance his physical abilities such as increased speed, agility, strength and healing.
cover his body with an bio-electrical static field he can shock others by touching them and by multiple hits slowly start interrupting the targets own bio-electrical pulses for a limited time, though this will start with nothing more then making it harder to move the specific limb and ends with full class parallelization for a limited time (though this takes quite some hits with his static field first)
due to his natural thinking speed he can connect his mind to a computer, basically sending his consciousness into the computer to bypass a lot of defenses made to block computers and AI's, able to "download" files into his own brain
however this power will leave his body right open to any type of attack (as he has no means to check up on the area when he is inside a computer) and he has to keep physical contact with the computer, if he is forced to disconnect by someone knocking his physical contact away from the computer, then his mind will take a severe blow, basically making him worthless, hardly able to even speak for at least an hour (the longer he was attached to the computer the longer it takes to recover from such an forced disconnect)
it is unknown what would happen if his body is killed when his mind is in a computer
a small side use is skating across metal rails if they are connected to an electrical cable or something, like that inside a subway tunnel.

there may be more uses with his electrical enhancement but this is all he knows he can do.
Appearance: Golden hair (two points hanging next to his face, the hair on the crown and back of his head are shaped in spikes, all perfectly shaped and clinging to this shape by his own bodies static energy), green eyes, 1.79M, 75K, normal build, a small gem placed in the back of his right hand (implanted in the hands flesh for decoration value)
Brief Personality : often happy and tries to make silly jokes, tends to think stuff though to much.
Background: will work this out IC, currently dashing though some old underground subway tunnel, using the electrical cables to pretty much skate across the old tracks.
Alone or with someone?: both are possible, if someone wants to have a char joining him, please say so ^^
Other:

question:
when I read nomadic I think, he lives alone, but then you get the question of is he alone, as that I dont know the word: sedentary
so I am kinda at a loss with the nomadic or sedetary question on what it entitles

[TheIrishJJ]

question:
when I read nomadic I think, he lives alone, but then you get the question of is he alone, as that I dont know the word: sedentary
so I am kinda at a loss with the nomadic or sedetary question on what it entitles

@Drake Baku

I'd say that nomadic means that they move about a lot, not sticking in one place for long, like gypsies. But you'd have to check with the GM.

[Komo]

@Drake Baku

I'm pretty sure nomadic means moving from settlement to settlement, and sedentary, means your character settles down in one place, instead of travelling around.

[Rae Zer]

question:
when I read nomadic I think, he lives alone, but then you get the question of is he alone, as that I dont know the word: sedentary
so I am kinda at a loss with the nomadic or sedetary question on what it entitles

@Drake Baku

To answer your question, nomadic means that they move around from place to place. Sedentary means to live in one area and not move out of that singular area. The question is asking if your character moves around(nomadic) or if they have set up a base(sedentary). An easy way to remember their meanings would be to thing of the hunter-gatherer society types where they move from place to place staying only long enough to harvest what they can before moving on. An agricultural society, on the other hand, would be sedentary and rely on what they can hunt in the area around them and what they can harvest from their crops.

[SepticGentleman]

Yeh.

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Name: Bozak

Age: 43

Gender: Male

Nomadic or Sedentary: Nomadic

Weapons: Bozak loads himself down with quite a few offensive tools. He keeps with him a 12-gauge hunting shotgun, which is his primary death-dealer, and a .44 magnum revolver at his side. Besides those two guns are his rather large hunting knife, his fire axe, and his pair of weathered brass knuckles. Traveling light is not a familiar concept with him.

Skills: From past experiences that took place both before and after the war, Bozak has accrued all the necessary survival skills to live amidst the dangers of the US wasteland. Setting up camps, starting fires, hunting critters, all the good stuff. More so, over two decades of harsh traveling and violent encounters have given the man plenty of experience in hunting down mutants, both human and otherwise. He considers that his most valuable skill of all.

Any Unusual Traits? Does it Show Physically?: As far as anyone can tell from looking, Bozak’s a normal human being. Maybe not normal personality-wise but that’s beside the point.

Appearance: Bozak stands rather tall at a little over six feet, though his equipment definitely adds a bit to his height. His gut may look weighty but there’s definitely some bulk around his upper torso to offset that. He wears a gas mask over his face pretty much at all times, refusing to take it off when he’s around other folks. All that’s visible is his short, messy, dark brown hair, shaved along the back and sides. He wears an olive green tank top underneath a mess of bandoliers and pockets, exposing his tanned arms riddled with marks of the past. A pair of fingerless gloves, dark gray combat trousers, black boots, and a few more belts and pockets complete his getup.

Brief Personality: Bozak, at first, is a bit difficult to figure out. All the talking he does makes him out to be something of a hunter-survivor-philosopher combination, though the last bit can definitely be substituted with other names (psycho, thug, etcetera). He doesn’t display any direct hostility at folks he passes by but he’s definitely not a Good Samaritan right off the bat either. He leans more towards letting everyone else do their thing while he does his. If someone wants to talk to him, he’s likely to humor them for a good bit to pass the time. Although there’s some topics he’ll inadvertently render uncomfortable for whoever’s in his company. All in all, a decent man, but maybe not companion material.

Background: This is actually one topic Bozak will steer in a bunch of directions. Where he’s from, where he’s going, why he calls himself Bozak instead of his real name (which he keeps a secret), everything. In truth, Bozak likes to say that most everything before now just isn’t important enough to talk about. But he will definitely regale his past combat experiences and hunting accomplishments, taking great pride in the mutants he’s killed at the behest (and hiring) of communities he’s passed through. In fact he’ll claim he has something of a reputation around the southeast US, but surely nothing substantial enough to carry his name past him as he travels up north, towards New York City.

Alone or with Someone?: Bozak walks alone.

Other: Bozak refers to himself in the third person. This gets on peoples’ nerves sometimes.

[Drake Baku]

@Rae Zerah thank you
guess this would mainly be for yhe back ground if its a char that has a basr at yhe start but may change depending
unless the char is meant to stay at a place XD

[Apokalipse]

Name:

Joy Carter

Age:

20

Gender:

Female

Nomadic or sedentary:

Nomadic

Weapons:

The Ruger 10-22 (a pistol), Cold Steel SRK (a knife)

Skills:

Lying, sneaking, shooting

Any unusual traits? Does it show physically?:

Her vocal chords have been altered by the radioactivity, giving her more vocal range. Because of this mutation, Joy is able to mimic almost any human or animal noise. It shows as a small lump on her throat, almost like an adam's apple.

Brief Personality:

Joy is the very definition of rough. Her scratchy voice paired with her crass, sarcastic words and general dislike for everybody makes her easily the bitch. However, when someone first meets her that’s not what they expect. She usually changes her voice to sound honeyed and sweet, is polite, and acts bubbly until she feels like revealing that she is anything but. Joy gets a kick out of tricking people into thinking things about her and can take on multiple personas. Her moral code is low and she is not afraid to kill others without a single thought or prostitute herself to a man in exchange for a gun or food. She uses people, even though she knows she shouldn’t, to get what she wants and never feels guilty. She doesn’t care about anyone else but herself. One time, she even made a man fall in love with her so she could take his gun in his sleep! However, she is not without her merits. Joy is extremely intelligent and prefers to use logic over emotion, making her someone to rely on in a pinch – or not, if she decided to sacrifice you to live. She is patient, her patience seeming unending and hardly ever gets mad.

Background:

Joy Carter had never known the world before its fall. She was born into a cold, moral less world and, as such, came out cold and moral less herself. She was born to a young couple, but that is all she remembers due to the fact they abandoned her in woods, now not having to worry about what people think of them. She almost died from the cold until she was found by another survivor that went by the name of Trey. Trey raised her to survive in the big bad world, keeping Joy at a distance, never allowing herself to become emotionally attached to the young Joy. As such, Joy didn't value intimacy as much as the people in the previous age had. She taught Joy to use others and to never regret it, to abandon guilt, and to manipulate.

Joy didn't know much about Trey; she didn't know her age, where she came from, what her real name was, who she was before. For awhile, Joy would ask about her life, but when she did, Trey would slap her hard on the wrist and Joy learned not to ask questions. Around the age of nine, Trey began to leave Joy for an hour or two and, by the age of ten, Trey started leaving for days. One day, Trey never came back. Joy knew this was going to happen eventually and didn't dwell on it. She immediately left with all the supplies she could find and begun to search for someone she could use.

When Joy was sixteen, she was a part of a band of bandits and helped them steal right out from others noses. She stayed with them until she was nineteen, until one day, they decided to cut their losses in order to keep the supplies to themselves - they tried to kill her. Joy barely escaped with a bullet in her arm and stumbled around, trying to keep the wound from festering, when she came to a survivor at least twenty years her senior. His name was Steven and Joy entered into a sexual relationship with him; he eventually fell in love with her. Joy found his affection for her disgusting, but she allowed him to love her, using him to get what she wants.

When she came across Maria, a woman willing to mentor her and help her survive, Joy was quick to dump Steven and leave...in the middle of the night...with some of his things.

Alone or with someone?:

With Someone

[Connormon99w]

Name: Graham Hunter
Age: 10
Gender: Male

Nomadic or sedentary: Almost always on the run
Weapons: Scoped AR-14, and an old BUCK pocketknife
Skills: Running, hiding, and burning things.
Any unusual traits?: He has a heart disease, but that doesn't stop him.

Appearance: Graham has messy, neck length brown hair, light skin and brown eyes. He always wears a worn, once-red jacket over his camo shirt. His jeans are worn and ripped in many places. Oh, and he never goes anywhere without his backpack and can always be seen holding his assault rifle.
Brief Personality : Graham doesn't care much for people, but if you gain his trust he will be loyal and helpful. He always has his heart in the right place, and always wants to help his few friends. He also enjoys fire and shooting things, so don't double cross him.
Background: He travels from refuge to refuge, but invariably stays back in the overgrown woods and forests, where he is now. His parents were killed two years ago, murdered by the gunfire of a bandit gang. Graham ran. If he ever had the chance, he would shoot them, but he isn't looking for revenge. He always means to stay in a town, but they tend to burn to the ground. If anyone asks, totally not his fault. Actually it is, don't double cross him.
Alone or with someone?: Alone, for many of the reasons above.
Moral of the story: Don't double cross Graham Hunter, unless you want to end up burnt to a crisp or with 20 bullets in your head.