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Woodswick, a small town forgotten by the modern world, rarely visited and commonly avoided.

First settled in the late sixteen-hundreds, this small Massachusetes countryside hamlet holds a foreboding past.
An unknown history of evil doings and dark omens.
It's people, reclusive and excluding, rarely travel outside of their town, and generally maintain a cold, uncaring disposition towards outsiders.

Through the years, strange disappearances have occurred in the region surrounding the town.
The locals have always claimed ignorance, simply stating that the woods are dangerous.

Those few that visit Woodswick always describe it as a dark, unmoving town where time never seems to pass, that Woodswick is almost it's very own world.

However, no one truly knows the secrets of Woodswick, of it's evil, sadistic past or of the dark hearts of the townsfolk.
To this very day, this sleepy little town remains a core of evil, where a single mistake from centuries past has left it as a cursed shell of its former self.



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So, as you can see, I have cooked up a concept for a survival-horror RP centered around a dark, brooding countryside town with an evil past.

Sadly, I am suffering from a short spell of writer's block, and am having a bit of trouble creating a proper plotline for the RP itself.

Basically, I'm struggling to create a story arch for a group of travelers to come to this stick-in-the-woods town.

Campers? Seems cliche.

Private investigators or detectives? Maybe.

A family who received a strange letter of inheritance from an unknown relative? Possibly.

Basically, I am I need of feedback and "voting" so that the proper and most desirable storyline for this setting can be developed.

I am intending for this to be a 3-4 player Roleplay overall, meaning myself and 2-3 others.

So, if you are truly interested then please drop in. Please note that I would prefer you to only post/comment here if you are truly interested in this idea and would like to invest your time into this. Please no drive-by's.

(More detail about Woodswick, it's shady past, as well as rules, expectations, and etcetera will be divulged in the official OP and here in discussion as well.)
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Hey there, this seems really interesting. I kinda like the investigators/detectives idea - it could be a mix of people who don't really know each other, like a PI hired by someone who went missing's family, a nosy journalist drawn to the town, a police officer who got sent there because they had a shortage or whatever who starts poking round, a paranormal investigator-type who's just up for a good mystery, or whatever else, and they could all start falling over each other. The mysterious inheritance idea is cool too, and family relationships are always interesting to explore. I guess it depends where you want to take it. I do prefer the detectives/investigators option of the two though as I feel it would allow the most freedom in terms of character creation.
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Good points @2plus2isnot5.

Perhaps a pair of detectives sent out to investigate yet another mysterious disappearance around town.

I wish to avoid "paranormal ghost hunters" though as the town has never been known for spooky happenings, just creepy townspeople and a series of known disappearances throughout the past many decades.
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I’m down. Would it be possible to have an escaped convict or criminal on the run could go toe and toe together with a detective?
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Ehhh no @Smiter19.

....Well, the only way I could see that working is maybe a close friend or loved one of his was one of the people who vanished in or around Woodswick and he insists on accompanying the detective(s).

But even then there's no reason he has to be a convict or why that would be relevant.

I'm looking for a casual, everyday cast of 2-3 characters.
Not ex Navy SEALS, former mafia bosses on the run, corporate CEO's, or Italian boxers.
Just normal everyday people.
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Most of my characters I have are either experienced or inexperienced murderers. I saw that could be a reason for an inexperienced murderer to flee and stumble into the town.

I could make a new one though to conform to your specifications, that is if I am accepted and we get a squad up.
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Well honestly @Smiter19, we still haven't even came to a "unanimous" decision.

We have 2 potential players so far, you and @2plus2isnot5, and he voted for the detective rout.
We still need one more player.

I'm assuming the detective plotline is fine with you.
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Yeah yeah, I didn’t realize that it was a group thing. Like having four detectives go in. I thought it was a group of people and the different plot lines could be one being a detective, another being a family member etc. I’m tracking now.

Detective work will be fine for me. I’ll be awaiting our fourths arrival.
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Interested. GTFO you other lurkers its full now

Edit: Idk why everyone should have the same background and same exact reasons for coming into town. Maybe the characters can have different reasons that have a common ground, lines that cross together and as long as that cross section lasts they will work together as it benefits them.

I really liked the inheritance thing so I'm going with "a relative disappeared so their nephew, next in line for the inheritance, came to claim his legacy"
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@Bishop So aggressive.
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@Bishop That’s what I thought as well. I thought those were separate plot lines that just crossed paths.
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On a side note, everyone here is a ghost haha
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I guess us ghosts have a preferred type of RP genre and mood setting.
birds of a feather Ghosts of an aether
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@Bishop That’s plausible.
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@Bishop, regarding the inheritance point, the thing is, there are no relatives to anyone from this town.

Your character will have received a very convincing forged letter from a local realtor, who claims that your character is the only legitimate claimer to a rundown mansion estate that seems to have not been lived in for decades now.

The letter your character will have received is an edited forgery several people throughout the past decades have received.

BAIT.

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You know, I think I'll edit things a bit actually.
Diversify our story a bit.

We could work this with a detective/PI, an on the run convict seeking refuge, and an oblivious fellow seeking out family property he "didn't know existed".

Yes indeed.
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LOL My guy gets one of those "Nigerian Prince" scams where they tell him to give his bank account and whatnot. Now they say that they have come to visit in Woodswick and that "time is of the essence" so he must come there and meet his long lost relative Nigerian Prince 7 times removed cousin to get his share of $50 million.
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@Bishop

.....No.

He receives a letter informing him of a mansion estate he has inherited by all rights and his prescence is required in Woodswick.

ALSO; are you lads ready for the CS? @Smiter19@2plus2isnot5
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Ready as ever.
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Same here :)
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