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Deadland Wasteland: The Beginning

@CandiBarr Listen hun, creativity isn't something you're always born with, I especially was not. Fortunately for myself I've been roleplaying for nearly ten years, and I'm an avid reader. But the point being, we were all inexperienced once, and intimidated by those who seem much better than where we stand. "Good" is just a word. I would be more than glad to have you aboard, I understand where you're coming from. I was in casual for a short time, always limiting myself and feeling intimidated, or like I wasn't good enough to be with the advanced players. If you're willing to improve you capabilities then I would love to have you aboard. From what I've seen, you are up to par, but nobody ever wants to be "just good enough."

Get me a CS and we'll go over it, but I'm sure you'll do just fine here. I'm not the elitist I try to pretend I am. If you'd like, rather than just roleplaying, I'd be willing to go over your posts with you and provide you the tips and tricks that I use (Privately, over PM.), and we can even collab if you'd like.

But please, please, don't ever feel like you're not good enough here. The main focus is not how much you post, but rather development and plot movement. I'd rather know what your character is thinking, constantly rethinking, or even the dreams she is having, than what the bug on the flower outside the window is doing.

PM me if you'd like me to mentor you, otherwise, you seem capable enough. I look forward to your CS.

[Edit: Also, do note in case you missed it, we go day-by-day here. Post as much as you need, as infrequently, or as frequently as you need to. Time skip if you want, not every day has to be action packed and full of drama. If there is a week where you're not feeling up to it, just do what you can and as long as we can all move forward together, we're good.]

Deadland Wasteland: The Beginning

@ChaoticFox Not at all. Get up a cs whenever you can. I'm gonna go to bed, I will be back tonight.

@Yunagi I will pm you more details then.

Deadland Wasteland: The Beginning

@Yunagi Not to worry miss Yunagi, tis but a small thing.

Deadland Wasteland: The Beginning

• Blackwater Plot Timeline updated.

• Orange represents public information.
  Green represents hidden or classified information that has been discovered.
  Gray represents information concerning "Project: Blackwater".

• Infection Map added to first post

Deadland Wasteland: The Beginning

I'm here. I will look over it momentarily =)

@Yunagi Looks good. Post her in the CS. I will be PMing you some things.

(Nitpick: It's not specified under physical disabilities why her right arm is impaired, probably just a missing word here or there. No biggy.)

Deadland Wasteland: The Beginning

I will be around doing information and possibly my character's bio.

• Updated "A brief overview of technological advancements"
• FAQ updated.
• Plot Timeline Updated: (Infection map coming soon)

[CAS]Deadland Wasteland: The Beginning [Non-linear Zombie-esque Apocalypse][18+][Suggestiveness and Violence][Nation//Adventure]

Thank you for posting your interest everybody.

Head over to the OOC/IC and make your presence known, and draft up a CS.

For those concerned about super powers:

For the rest of you excited about superpowers:

I said at some point. It's a plot device, I will introduce them eventually and then they will be a permanent part of the game. But not yet, there's a story you must go down to get them.

How you ask? If your character pursue the right goals I will sneak in here and there, then it will unfold around you like a terrifying carnivorous moth. For now though, we are normal, with perhaps cybernetic/genetic enhancements. Don't go too crazy on those.

@Aeonumbra

For those concerned with cybernetics, there is information in the library available. You may "stretch" the limitations and guidelines that I have created to include say.. a sword, or a gun, or a shuriken star launcher, w/e. If it's too "big" I may decline the stretch.

As we go along we will develop, stronger modifications, cybernetic changes, etc. I'm not starting "gung-ho" into everything.

Deadland Wasteland: The Beginning

Nah, @iDunbanFan, congratulations on being the smartest so far and being the first to come to the OOC/IC.

I welcome you aboard and I am eager to see what character you'd bring to this world.

For the rest of you excited about superpowers:

I said at some point. It's a plot device, I will introduce them eventually and then they will be a permanent part of the game. But not yet, there's a story you must go down to get them.

How you ask? If your character pursue the right goals I will sneak in here and there, then it will unfold around you like a terrifying carnivorous moth. For now though, we are normal, with perhaps cybernetic/genetic enhancements. Don't go too crazy on those.

[CAS]Deadland Wasteland: The Beginning [Non-linear Zombie-esque Apocalypse][18+][Suggestiveness and Violence][Nation//Adventure]

The OOC/IC

“Only after disaster can we be resurrected.
It's only after you've lost everything...
that you're free to do anything.
Nothing is static, everything is evolving...
everything is falling apart.”

Note: I am opening this to be Casual & Advanced, despite it being hosted in the advanced forums. I have no rule for a minimum required post, just do you best and put in effort. If I feel you are needlessly lacking in effort or interest, I may PM you.

What is this?

This is a zombie roleplay, but not your average run of the mill zombie roleplay. Additionally this is a reboot of a roleplay I started about a year ago, but fell through. I plan to do things a bit differently this time. I tire of roleplays that deal with struggling to survive the world. The efforts to rebuild. I want to start in the middle of it. I want the world to rain down fire around our characters before we can even establish their importance to this world. I want to watch the world end through many eyes. My roleplays tend not to be happy, or even comical. I tend to write darker themes, tragedy, trauma. Trigger Warning: The Suggestiveness bracket means there will be the implication of mature themes. It is possible I will write something implying things you don't like, actually it's probably guaranteed at some point. I do not water down the cruel realities of the world because I might offend somebody. These themes are definitely likely to include Violence, Drugs, and Religion. Darker taboo things may be implied. If you cannot handle any of this then leave, you have had your fair warning.

Ugh, Zombies. Really?

I said Zombie-esque. I will likely be referring to them as ghouls. In the world they may be called a variety of things; including the Children of Lazarus, The pales ones, and another other name I please. They may follow elements that you may recognize from other places, I can't help it if they do. They will be active at night, giving the characters free roam during the day. At night the ghouls will actively seek you, they will tear you out of every crevice, crack, and corner. They will come in hordes. They will run, sprint, climb, crawl, and do anything to get at you sweet, sweet flesh. These ghouls only walk when they're not hunting, and really that's a nice way of saying the absently stumble around. The ghouls operate off of sound, not sight or smell. They can see, but when idle they will usually be found with their head turned towards the sky. If in doors they will just stumble around blankly, walk into walls, etc. The only real danger during the day since the ghouls seek refuge from the sun, are other people. Oh, and crazy mutant creatures, but we'll get to those later.

So, you said Nation? Adventure?

I did. Somebody has to try to rebuild the world. But that's not saying you have to. You can do whatever you want. Play one character, play two characters, play eleven characters. Play a group of ghoul hunters, play an evangelical church, play an officer Rick, play a Carl, try to rebuild society, fight for territory, exist solely to amuse, whatever. I reiterate, whatever. Now to contradict what I said, you may not control any substantial military force, any scientist associated with the "Blackwater" Project. I want things to be interesting, this isn't an anime where every high school student secretly takes martial arts and kendo classes. This isn't a movie where Bruce Willis does an impossible jump in a car that shouldn't of even started and destroys <insert bad thing here>. Skills take time to develop, resources don't magically appear. You are not, I repeat, ARE NOT going to defeat anybody holding an automatic weapon with <insert random phallic debris here>. Think twice about what wounds you character sustains. Infection is real.

What does Non-linear mean?

I do not do a turn-by-turn system here. I do a day-by-day. You can post as much, or as little as needed, to your heart's desire, whatever. I do expect a post every two weeks are bare minimum, and even then, if that's a constant then I will have to break up with you. I will begin each posting cycle, at 6:00 a.m roleplay time. Each cycle will end once a person has nothing left to post for the day, or when they reach 6:00 a.m. It's not a hard system to follow. Additionally, my world revolves around player action and decision. I constantly keep notes of little, seemingly unimportant things, and throw them back at you later. A word here, a word there, a choice here. Everything can cataclysm into a larger event or problem down the road. This doesn't mean play it safe, play however you want. No matter what you post I will find things to use against your later plot wise, so just have fun.

Once I have enough interest I will open the IC/OOC and we will pick a location to base our story around. I'm thinking maybe a hundred years from now, just to kind of give us a little leeway with technology. (IE: Better artificial limbs, so you can actually run away from my monster) This doesn't mean transformers style hand-to-chain-gun technology. I will also reveal lore as needed, but I will write what your characters would know. Also, once I release character sheet formats, they will PM'd to me. Unless you are collaborating with someone else, there's not reason to know more than what your character would.

[Edit]: It should be noted that I plan to have advancements in human genetics and cybernetics (if you really want to play the dude with wolf ears and tail, then go for it.)

Additionally, there will be Super-mutant like monsters because of these advancements, called Millennium Subjects. These are my monsters to play with, and mine only :)

[Nother Edit]: I will expand upon what blackwater is when we get to it, but what your characters would know is that it accelerates the growth of plants, and has healing properties. It was dubbed "The miracle germ" etc. This will effect the roleplay in various ways, that will be revealed to you when we get there.

What you should note is that smaller plants will grow much faster, and vine overgrowth can happen over night.

This will include paranormal (super?)powers at some point

Deadland Wasteland: The Beginning

Just a heads up this will include paranormal (super?)powers at some point.