[OOC] 14 Years and Counting // Walking Dead

[Dnafein]

Does this mean I taste Like Chicken?

@RumikoOhara

With the right seasoning anything can taste like chicken.

Without seasoning, people are more bacony though.

[Kuro]

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With the right seasoning anything can taste like chicken.

Without seasoning, people are more bacony though.

@Dnafein

Frogs taste like chicken without seasoning.

[DeadDrop]

Have ur own kids not someone elses.

[Dnafein]

Better yet, make the choices that you want to make. Or in other words, as you were, carry on, etc.

[Kuro]

@RumikoOhara@Polaris North@Dnafein@Joker892@FortunesFaded@DeadDrop@Wick@NarcissisticPotato@ReusableSword
I was wondering what Maisy's name meant, so I decided to search for the meaning of everyone's names. Some names have different meanings and some weren't as clear (like the ones that are just surname), so I went off the common meanings I found.

Jain Roe - Triumphant Clearing
James Blaise - Supplanter Lisp (or) Studder
Raphael Harrington - Healing God Surname
Hector Miles - Steadfast Destroyer
Maisy Palmer - Pearl Pilgrim
Amir Jones - Populous John's Son
Amy Walker - Beloved Cloth Washer (or) Fuller
April Hayes - To Open Hedged Area
Lyra Scott - Lyre Scotsman
Trevor Stevens - Prudent Rewards

[DeadDrop]

Amy is quite FULL.

[Kuro]

Amy is quite FULL.

@DeadDrop

"A walker, or one who "walked" on raw, damp cloth in order to thicken it."

[DeadDrop]

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"A walker, or one who "walked" on raw, damp cloth in order to thicken it."

@Poi

Amy? Thick?!

[Dnafein]

@RumikoOhara@Polaris North@Dnafein@Joker892@FortunesFaded@DeadDrop@Wick@NarcissisticPotato@ReusableSword
I was wondering what Maisy's name meant, so I decided to search for the meaning of everyone's names. Some names have different meanings and some weren't as clear (like the ones that are just surname), so I went off the common meanings I found.

Jain Roe - Triumphant Clearing
James Blaise - Supplanter Lisp (or) Studder
Raphael Harrington - Healing God Surname
Hector Miles - Steadfast Destroyer
Maisy Palmer - Pearl Pilgrim
Amir Jones - Populous John's Son
Amy Walker - Beloved Cloth Washer (or) Fuller
April Hayes - To Open Hedged Area
Lyra Scott - Lyre Scotsman
Trevor Stevens - Prudent Rewards

@Poi

Raphael is also one of the seven Archangels. Though in this case neither meaning of the name first or last had anything to do with his creation or viceVersace. This time I picked names from a book series...

[Kuro]

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Raphael is also one of the seven Archangels. Though in this case neither meaning of the name first or last had anything to do with his creation or viceVersace. This time I picked names from a book series...

@Dnafein

"It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Raphael is "healing God". The name of an archangel in the Apocryphal book of Tobit, possibly the one who stirred the waters at the pool of Bethesda to give it healing powers."

Most said Healing God or God has healed, so that's what I copied down.

[Dnafein]

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"It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Raphael is "healing God". The name of an archangel in the Apocryphal book of Tobit, possibly the one who stirred the waters at the pool of Bethesda to give it healing powers."

Most said Healing God or God has healed, so that's what I copied down.

@Poi

Yeah, I only remember the angel thing because of Supernatural (mostly).

[Asher890]

I have the new version of Cassiopeia done! Hopefully it's better received, lol.

Cassiopeia Hovhannisyan

Name: Cassiopeia 'Cassia' Hovhannisyan

Race: Middle Eastern

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jew and Turkish

Religion: Muslim

Alignment: Chaotic Good

Age: Twenty-six

Personality: Cassiopeia is highly intelligent but she has a hard time expressing her feelings. She has become blasé about the dangers of the apocalypse. She likes her independence from others, and worries about getting to close. Cassia is confident in her abilities and sometimes gets a little cocky. She's very naturally sarcastic and quick to snap at stupid questions. Her vulgarity is off putting to some. Cassia is a sweet soul once you melt the ice around her heart. Her loyalty is one of her best qualities about her, another is her dependability.

Description: Cassia is 6'0" and 166 pounds, she has a muscular build which is naturally strong. Cassiopeia's right shoulder has damage from a fight. Her body is a natural hourglass. She has pale green eyes except for the partial heterochromia in her left eye which causes a sliver of golden brown. Cassia is very beautiful but she 'suffers' from resting bitch face. Cassia has full lips with a prominent cupid's bow. Her eyebrows are thick but not unruly. She has a scar across her lower right jaw which was from a knife fight with a bandit. Cassia has many other scars, but the two more unique ones are a bullet mark in her shoulder blades and the slash across her ribs, both from a transaction gone wrong. Her thick hair is a pitch black that is naturally wavy... that is when she has hair. On impulse she'll cut it off. When her hair is down it is to her hips but she keeps it back in a braid most of the times. Cassia's complexion is a deeper olive (Type V) from her father's middle eastern origins. She has a tree tattoo on her full back which she got after winning a lucky game of Texas Hold'em with her friend. She plans on getting another if she can but that is unlikely.

History: Cassia's parents were found by patrols, they had fled their home after walkers broke through. They were taken in and became members of Lasthope. Her dad's work in the medical field came in handy and he became a doctor. Her mother, an avid gardener, helped with the farming. Despite spending her adolescence in Lasthope, she had always felt as though she didn't belong. She loved her apprenticeship Natural curiosity caused to figure out lock picking, which she used to sate her curious nature. As Cassia grew up, she tried to be helpful in the settlement but never find quite found her place among them. When she turned eighteen, she told everyone goodbye and took off to find her own fortune. While on the road she met Parker, the leader of a (now dead) merc group. She joined the mercenaries in their travels, where she proved to be a formidable force. The group (nicknamed the Myrmidons) would often be paid to track people down or retrieve stolen goods. For the eight years Cassia made decent pay off of the group. Not to mention the useful skills she had picked up like: using weapons better and intimidation. A interested party made a sweet offer to stop attacks on a small settlement in Lebanon, Oregon. The group spent weeks traveling till they found tracks of the killers. While the pay off was big enough (an Ak47 for their group), she was nervous about how it'd turn out. They had underestimated the strength of the bandits, which ultimately led to the slaughter of almost all of their group. Cassia barely made it out alive after taking a bullet to the abdomen. Her teammate, Parker, managed to drag her out of the fight before she fell. To stop her from bleeding out, Parker sewed her up with surgical thread from a first aid kit he found while scavenging. From the lack of sanitary conditions, her wounds became infected. Parker had to travel to every medical center in the vicinity to try to find antibiotics. Parker managed to save her in the nick of time. It took nearly a month before Cassia could move around again. While Parker made his way towards their home base, Cassia decided to go against it. Cassiopeia had thought a lot while bedbound, about herself and about the future. She had her years of excitement... but now all she wants is some peace and quiet. What will happen when Cassiopeia finally makes it home?

Profession: Scout.

Skills:
Hand-to-Hand: Cassia had been trained as an scout apprentice and she favored the tomahawk over the bow. Her training and mercenary experience will definitely come in handy.
Intimidation: Cassia has had to learn the art of intimidation to learn new information or the location of things.
Lock picking: A skill that she picked up in her youth from pure curiosity, and a little bit of help from her older peers.

Weapons: Tomahawk and a bowie knife. Cassiopeia traded for these in a friendly settlement.

Health conditions: Cassiopeia has a damaged shoulder, but she is able to fight well.

[Dnafein]

@Asher890 The big issue I see t at wasn't addressed was the amount of firearms that are mentioned. The rp takes place 14 years after the initial outbreak; Most ammunition in enclaves is probably hoarded by the defenders of said enclave (unless they have a manufacturing process in place.) And given the state of the world, and the area in general, a mission to kill a few raiders might be worth one functioning assault rifle; not ten.

Also when it comes to equipment Case has a (presumably) functioning shotgun and a knife. I say presumably because it didn't save the previous owner. Thing is theres no midrange weapon, either she shoots her opponent (if she has the ammo) or its close enough to grab her. And as it was just mentioned, you don't have a listing for ammo, or the type. Does she have any shells? Are they slugs or shot? If shot is it buck or bird?

I know that previously I mentioned the ability to make ammo using casings and gun powder; While accurate its not something that can be done on the road. It requires a number of heavy tools. Unlike, the more common, arrows which require little more then a knife and stick to produce. May I recommend moving away from firearms?

[DeadDrop]

My personal opinion V2

I still think heterochromatic eyes is edgy

- My biggest Gripe. Her parents... Moved to Last Hope Oregon before the outbreak? I understand the first time if you didn't understand or read the lore. The second time isn't as excusable, it just shows you aren't reading the material or are negligent or the lore. I suggest reading the lore over again and amending the backstory, her parents coulden't of been residents of last hope unless it was after the out break.
- Suffers from minor colds, sorry this seems redundant because everyone gets the common cold.
- She meets Parker - leader of her past merc group? Did she just leave the group and meet Parker, did she lead a merc group in the past? Indicating from her bio, no. Perhaps a biography hiccup.
- Profession: Ex-Mercenary. Profession is your job in the town, not what you were before you joined up.
- Did Parker find her anti-biotics? You never resolved this so it left us guessing. Did it take him a month to find it? If it did, well...
- Intimidation and Lockpicking should be explained, I'm sure Rum will ask her knowledge of it.
- Remington 870 on a corpse? Really? I find that really cheesy, if it was freshly killed why didn't the guy who killed it loot the gun off the Rizen? I woulden't mind people having guns if there was a well written, reason as to how and why they got it. Finding the gun is a huge cop out and easy mode in my mind.
- Considering she is so fucked up, would she even be considered in the expedition or would she be a medical liability?

This is my opinion from a player perspective.

I'm not a GM/co-GM or mod.

The actual gm and co-gms opinions may differ from mine.

[Kuro]

@Asher890 I'll review it either tonight or tomorrow. I'm in the middle of writing a collab.

[DeadDrop]

@Asher890 The big issue I see t at wasn't addressed was the amount of firearms that are mentioned. The rp takes place 14 years after the initial outbreak; Most ammunition in enclaves is probably hoarded by the defenders of said enclave (unless they have a manufacturing process in place.) And given the state of the world, and the area in general, a mission to kill a few raiders might be worth one functioning assault rifle; not ten.

@Dnafein

I'm assuming asher wrote no ammo in just because it's not indicated on gear.

[RumikoOhara]

@RumikoOhara@Polaris North@Dnafein@Joker892@FortunesFaded@DeadDrop@Wick@NarcissisticPotato@ReusableSword
I was wondering what Maisy's name meant, so I decided to search for the meaning of everyone's names. Some names have different meanings and some weren't as clear (like the ones that are just surname), so I went off the common meanings I found.

Jain Roe - Triumphant Clearing
James Blaise - Supplanter Lisp (or) Studder
Raphael Harrington - Healing God Surname
Hector Miles - Steadfast Destroyer
Maisy Palmer - Pearl Pilgrim
Amir Jones - Populous John's Son
Amy Walker - Beloved Cloth Washer (or) Fuller
April Hayes - To Open Hedged Area
Lyra Scott - Lyre Scotsman
Trevor Stevens - Prudent Rewards

@Poi

Summermoon is Summer's Middle name and it is her mother's tribute to Quanah Parker and the book "Empire of the Summermoon"
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[Asher890]

Thanks for the reviews! I have gone through these, and hopefully have fixed the issues. I will continue to make edits. :)

[RumikoOhara]

Actually, I have settled on reminding that black powder was medium difficult cap and ball a little more but the Council still has tons of ammo for old world weapons it ain't getting any newer

I mentioned to Sword and Maisy that we have two NPC Marksmen types equipped with 4 matched Enfield Bolt Action 303s



They belonged to a hunt club that used them in a yearly target shoot. Being matched they can be expected to operate in almost identical fashion as their mates at ranges. with scopes balanced by Lasthope's optical department that keeps our Survey equipment top notch.

If anyone thinks they might have the mind of a Sniper and be willing only have one skill choice because Stealth, Marksman are required to handle these beauties.

To let you know I am not looking for cold killers or thrill killers but patient professionals who kill and operate in a tactical manner, Marksmen don't brag anymore than talk on target watch, many might never say an audible word and use only sign except in cases of necessity

[RumikoOhara]

I have the new version of Cassiopeia done! Hopefully it's better received, lol.

Cassiopeia Hovhannisyan

Name: Cassiopeia 'Cassia' Hovhannisyan

Race: Middle Eastern

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jew and Turkish

Religion: Muslim

Alignment: Chaotic Good

Age: Twenty-six

Personality: Cassiopeia is highly intelligent but she has a hard time expressing her feelings. She has become blasé about the dangers of the apocalypse. She likes her independence from others, and worries about getting to close. Cassia is confident in her abilities and sometimes gets a little cocky. She's very naturally sarcastic and quick to snap at stupid questions. Her vulgarity is off putting to some. Cassia is a sweet soul once you melt the ice around her heart. Her loyalty is one of her best qualities about her, another is her dependability.

Description: Cassia is 6'0" and 166 pounds, she has a muscular build which is naturally strong. Cassiopeia's right shoulder has damage from a fight. Her body is a natural hourglass. She has pale green eyes except for the partial heterochromia in her left eye which causes a sliver of golden brown. Cassia is very beautiful but she 'suffers' from resting bitch face. Cassia has full lips with a prominent cupid's bow. Her eyebrows are thick but not unruly. She has a scar across her lower right jaw which was from a knife fight with a bandit. Cassia has many other scars, but the two more unique ones are a bullet mark in her shoulder blades and the slash across her ribs, both from a transaction gone wrong. Her thick hair is a pitch black that is naturally wavy... that is when she has hair. On impulse she'll cut it off. When her hair is down it is to her hips but she keeps it back in a braid most of the times. Cassia's complexion is a deeper olive (Type V) from her father's middle eastern origins. She has a tree tattoo on her full back which she got after winning a lucky game of Texas Hold'em with her friend. She plans on getting another if she can but that is unlikely.

History: Cassia's mother and father died in the battle that ultimately brought Lasthope to existence. She grew up in Lasthope like most of the others her age did, as an orphan. Growing up without a secure parental figure, she didn't understand who she was or what she had come from. Natural curiosity caused to figure out lock picking, which she used to sate her curious nature. As Cassia grew up, she tried to be helpful in the settlement but never find quite found her place among them. When she turned eighteen, she told everyone goodbye and took off to find her own fortune. While on the road she met Parker, the leader of a (now dead) merc group. She joined the mercenaries in their travels, where she proved to be a formidable force. The group (nicknamed the Myrmidons) would often be paid to track people down or retrieve stolen goods. For the eight years Cassia made decent pay off of the group. Not to mention the useful skills she had picked up like: using weapons better and intimidation. A interested party made a sweet offer to stop attacks on a small settlement in Lebanon, Oregon. The group spent weeks traveling till they found tracks of the killers. While the pay off was big enough (an Ak47 for their group), she was nervous about how it'd turn out. They had underestimated the strength of the bandits, which ultimately led to the slaughter of almost all of their group. Cassia barely made it out alive after taking a bullet to the abdomen. Her teammate, Parker, managed to drag her out of the fight before she fell. To stop her from bleeding out, Parker sewed her up with surgical thread from a first aid kit he found while scavenging. From the lack of sanitary conditions, her wounds became infected. Parker had to travel to every medical center in the vicinity to try to find antibiotics. Parker managed to save her in the nick of time. It took nearly a month before Cassia could move around again. While Parker made his way towards their home base, Cassia decided to go against it. Cassiopeia had thought a lot while bedbound, about herself and about the future. She had her years of excitement... but now all she wants is some peace and quiet. What will happen when Cassiopeia finally makes it home?

Profession: Scout.

Skills: Guns, intimidation and lockpicking.

Weapons: Crowbar and a bowie knife. Cassiopeia traded for these in a friendly settlement.

Health conditions: Cassiopeia has a damaged shoulder, but she is able to fight well.

@Asher890

Love the Enthusiasm and the story of her history but its out of line with Lasthope

Her lockpicking skill would have been developed and fostered, it ain't a pretty world and locks guard treasure of some sort and Lasthope is stripping every useful tool or device and at least storing them for future use from the country surrounding them if none have a claim on it.

At 18 Cassiopeia would have been civic guard basically training in her skill set as a Trooper intrusion specialist (Thief) every unit needs one, what if we find a big safe? Gun Safe? a Locksmith trained Lockpick an asset

Intimidation is kind of a bully and the adults and Ms Candy didn't allow them in the creche but you could replace it with Taunt which is basiclly the ability to piss someone off in a fight so they act stupidly while you keep your cool.

And while we all have practiced with Black Powder and Paper cartridge weapons we go for silent

Want a Badass skill you'd get to practice more Pick Hand to Hand, Melee, Archery (Two Amazons in the expedition) or take Thrown which means tommahawks, knives big and really big nails; really of how heavy and how far

Guns attract the Risen and we don't do that till we are ready to call them so practice limited by more than supplies