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ajwilli1
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Dammit. I don't know how to intro people into The Highway... let me see... I got it!
Note: The RP is ever expanding. I'm currently writing a pantheon of (Totally not SCP/Lovecraftian inspired) Alien Gods. Also expanding more on the lore.
Note2: I wrote this early in the morning, expect grammatical(spelling) errors.
The Highway
The Highway is what you get when you have when you mix traditional tabletop with RP, along with healthy doses of sarcasm; "pop-culture" references; hamfisted attempts at satire; and Lovecraftian Elements. You get a dice rolling good time with one man at the helm (ME). (Call this the DUH! Section)You can do anything you want, go where you want, find what you want (if I allow you). This is the RP I (hate) love to run due to what players can do in this world I set before them.
THERE ARE NO RULES IN THE HIGHWAY, ONLY CONSEQUENCES!
Simple. You cause an action, expect a reaction.
It plays like a text-adventure game. You input a command (while RP'ing mind you), and I spit out what happens.
Example:
I could hear my heart beating in my chest... this man. One we trusted for ages has now turned his gun on us. I knew what I had to do. I had to punch him in the nuts.
This is what I'd update with:
Quickly you hop from the ground, breathing heavily. You dive towards McGonrads gonads. You swing with all your might and smack his "weak spot" for MASSIVE DAMAGE!
>You hear a sickening splatter followed by screams of agony. McGonrads slowly collapses to the ground holding his crotch!
Combat is something to be avoided. I do it Dwarf Fortress mixed with Fallout, so chunky, gory, brutal combat will be the norm. If you get injured, prepare to RP that shit out (say you get shot in the chest, it'll heal over time if treated properly. And a scar will be added to the appearance section of the Character sheet.). You can also die, but deaths won't be that common if you play smart.
Finally the thing that matters. The World you'll be playing in.
The Lore:
The Storm
The World:
East/West Coasts
Both Coasts have been "completely" swallowed by the oceans. This was due to the military bombings which were so intense it caused massive parts of the land to collapse into the sea, most notably New York and Los Angeles. The East Coast is also plagued with severe storms that are being caused by the portals.
Center
he whole middle of America was heavily altered by the portals, with a large canyon running through the states of Minnesota, Iowa, the borders of Kansas and Missouri, the most eastern part of Oklahoma, and east Texas with Dallas and Houston being swallowed by the canyon. The desert is teaming with giant insects, mutants, and Alien Abominations.
The North West
Is a large frozen wasteland, not much else is known about this location.
The South West
The south west is teaming with wild-life both familiar and alien. Starting from the deserts in Western Texas, is a large stream that divides the arid deserts from the humid jungles.
OUR ZOMBIES ARE DIFFERENT!
The Zombies in The Highway get stronger the longer they are "feasted on" by the Parasite.
Appearance: Their appearance is determinant by how long they've been hosting the "parasite". And what they were before their transformation.
Known Details so far: The 1-9 days of infection: The zombie is pale and has pure ebony black eyes, they move rather fast but weak.
10-29 days of infection: The zombie has mostly been decayed/absorbed by the parasite, they are slower but are more stronger then when they were first infected.
30-40 days of infection: The zombie begins to bloat and spew a grey acidic sludge, their (inflamed and eroded)intestines are usually exposed and appear to be filled with the grey sludge.
Diet: They eat what ever they can get their hands on.
Character Sign-Ups
Okay. There's one more thing that I need to explain.
You can be a android or "mutant" (more like a anthro, but what'evs), since I have the game partially cyber-punkish I will allow these things to exist. As for weapons... there's not really any "proper laser guns", they're more like... railguns that shoot electricity.
So here's the sheet, and feel free to leave questions in the sheet.
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Note: The RP is ever expanding. I'm currently writing a pantheon of (Totally not SCP/Lovecraftian inspired) Alien Gods. Also expanding more on the lore.
Note2: I wrote this early in the morning, expect grammatical(spelling) errors.
The Highway
The Highway is what you get when you have when you mix traditional tabletop with RP, along with healthy doses of sarcasm; "pop-culture" references; hamfisted attempts at satire; and Lovecraftian Elements. You get a dice rolling good time with one man at the helm (ME). (Call this the DUH! Section)You can do anything you want, go where you want, find what you want (if I allow you). This is the RP I (hate) love to run due to what players can do in this world I set before them.
THERE ARE NO RULES IN THE HIGHWAY, ONLY CONSEQUENCES!
Simple. You cause an action, expect a reaction.
It plays like a text-adventure game. You input a command (while RP'ing mind you), and I spit out what happens.
Example:
I could hear my heart beating in my chest... this man. One we trusted for ages has now turned his gun on us. I knew what I had to do. I had to punch him in the nuts.
This is what I'd update with:
Quickly you hop from the ground, breathing heavily. You dive towards McGonrads gonads. You swing with all your might and smack his "weak spot" for MASSIVE DAMAGE!
>You hear a sickening splatter followed by screams of agony. McGonrads slowly collapses to the ground holding his crotch!
Combat is something to be avoided. I do it Dwarf Fortress mixed with Fallout, so chunky, gory, brutal combat will be the norm. If you get injured, prepare to RP that shit out (say you get shot in the chest, it'll heal over time if treated properly. And a scar will be added to the appearance section of the Character sheet.). You can also die, but deaths won't be that common if you play smart.
Finally the thing that matters. The World you'll be playing in.
The Lore:
The Storm
The year 2033: Experimental portal technology to bend the fabric of space and time was being worked on as a new form of cleaner, faster, and safer travel. Every test was a failure with the portal never opening up or unleashing some horrible creature on the crew.
It was the date 11/29/33 when The Storm occurred. The sky was a dark grey and it had been raining all that morning. Portals started appearing at 1:30PM with a large flash covering the sky clearing away the clouds and revealing tons of mile long portals that seemed to fade-in-and-out. Panic started to set in when the portals started appearing near the ground, they looked like uncut crystal shards that shimmered in different colors. Creatures and other worldly beings starting to pour out of these portals at 1:35PM, the death toll started its rise within seconds of this happening. Mass Hysteria started to ensue at this point, looting, running, and barricading occurred for the next few weeks, while the government was scrambling to save everyone and organize a game plan.
It had been three weeks. Refugee camps were set-up in the North-West of the USA. Clean-up crews were sent into high-risk areas to dispose of the corpses, little did they know the corpses were carrying a parasitic worm that takes over the central nervous system. With the news of this parasite spreading fast all over the East Coast, the military was dispatched to eliminate any/all infected individuals. With the parasite spreading even faster and out-numbering the uninfected humans, the US was left with one option. Bomb all infected cities. It was a semi-success; due to the constant "nuking" of the East and West Coasts a massive earthquake was triggered which in turn sunk most of the coast(s) taking (most of) the "zombies" with it.
Society has fallen at this point; all contact with the government has been lost. What's happening beyond the US is no longer known, and the military has seemingly disappeared in the now snow covered North-West. Major Earthquakes are being felt in the middle of the US, with large freak sandstorms not allowing any travelers to pass into the territory and there's rumors of a vast alien jungle growing down in the South-West that seemingly stretches into Mexico. All while the death toll skyrockets even more!
It has now been one year since The Storm. The sandstorms have settled in the Center of the US, revealing a large and vast desert that has swallowed whole cities. Further traveling has given reports that there is a large "bottomless" canyon that starts at the edge of Lake Superior and ends in Huston, Texas. Crime Families and Gangs have started forming barbaric tribes in the flooded remains of Times Square, New York, NY. They are constantly disputing and eventually break apart with the, Bleeding Warriors being the largest group to leave and move out towards the large desert of Middle America. Settlements are starting to become more common and scavengers are starting trade networks with both Raiders and Settlements. A large supply company in the flooded remains Miami, called The New Wardle Trading Company, starts to become the first faction that is mostly peaceful and benefits every side. Near the end of the first year The Parasite starts to come back infecting most major settlements, in turn "zombies" start coming back in full force.
It has now been two years since The Storm, many scavenging spots have started running dry, otherworldly creatures and zombies/mutants have started to become more numerous, and many of the farms are failing. The RP takes place in this time frame, what happens next is entirely caused by the players.
It was the date 11/29/33 when The Storm occurred. The sky was a dark grey and it had been raining all that morning. Portals started appearing at 1:30PM with a large flash covering the sky clearing away the clouds and revealing tons of mile long portals that seemed to fade-in-and-out. Panic started to set in when the portals started appearing near the ground, they looked like uncut crystal shards that shimmered in different colors. Creatures and other worldly beings starting to pour out of these portals at 1:35PM, the death toll started its rise within seconds of this happening. Mass Hysteria started to ensue at this point, looting, running, and barricading occurred for the next few weeks, while the government was scrambling to save everyone and organize a game plan.
It had been three weeks. Refugee camps were set-up in the North-West of the USA. Clean-up crews were sent into high-risk areas to dispose of the corpses, little did they know the corpses were carrying a parasitic worm that takes over the central nervous system. With the news of this parasite spreading fast all over the East Coast, the military was dispatched to eliminate any/all infected individuals. With the parasite spreading even faster and out-numbering the uninfected humans, the US was left with one option. Bomb all infected cities. It was a semi-success; due to the constant "nuking" of the East and West Coasts a massive earthquake was triggered which in turn sunk most of the coast(s) taking (most of) the "zombies" with it.
Society has fallen at this point; all contact with the government has been lost. What's happening beyond the US is no longer known, and the military has seemingly disappeared in the now snow covered North-West. Major Earthquakes are being felt in the middle of the US, with large freak sandstorms not allowing any travelers to pass into the territory and there's rumors of a vast alien jungle growing down in the South-West that seemingly stretches into Mexico. All while the death toll skyrockets even more!
It has now been one year since The Storm. The sandstorms have settled in the Center of the US, revealing a large and vast desert that has swallowed whole cities. Further traveling has given reports that there is a large "bottomless" canyon that starts at the edge of Lake Superior and ends in Huston, Texas. Crime Families and Gangs have started forming barbaric tribes in the flooded remains of Times Square, New York, NY. They are constantly disputing and eventually break apart with the, Bleeding Warriors being the largest group to leave and move out towards the large desert of Middle America. Settlements are starting to become more common and scavengers are starting trade networks with both Raiders and Settlements. A large supply company in the flooded remains Miami, called The New Wardle Trading Company, starts to become the first faction that is mostly peaceful and benefits every side. Near the end of the first year The Parasite starts to come back infecting most major settlements, in turn "zombies" start coming back in full force.
It has now been two years since The Storm, many scavenging spots have started running dry, otherworldly creatures and zombies/mutants have started to become more numerous, and many of the farms are failing. The RP takes place in this time frame, what happens next is entirely caused by the players.
The World:
East/West Coasts
Both Coasts have been "completely" swallowed by the oceans. This was due to the military bombings which were so intense it caused massive parts of the land to collapse into the sea, most notably New York and Los Angeles. The East Coast is also plagued with severe storms that are being caused by the portals.
Center
he whole middle of America was heavily altered by the portals, with a large canyon running through the states of Minnesota, Iowa, the borders of Kansas and Missouri, the most eastern part of Oklahoma, and east Texas with Dallas and Houston being swallowed by the canyon. The desert is teaming with giant insects, mutants, and Alien Abominations.
Post-Storm Indiana is a much different place than what it was before. From large fields of corn to giant sand-dunes, much of the land is foreign to even born citizens of the state. The capital, Indianapolis, was hit especially hard by both portals and nuclear weapons, forcing its surviving citizens to take shelter underground. The Largest Subcity dubbed New Indianapolis was founded out of the bunker under a news station. Its original leader had left for unknown reasons and was headed by a priest named Father Micheal. Old Indianapolis has since fallen to an old corpse that is slowly rotting. Not much is known about any other subcities that are known to harbor in the subway systems.
The North West
Is a large frozen wasteland, not much else is known about this location.
The South West
The south west is teaming with wild-life both familiar and alien. Starting from the deserts in Western Texas, is a large stream that divides the arid deserts from the humid jungles.
OUR ZOMBIES ARE DIFFERENT!
The Zombies in The Highway get stronger the longer they are "feasted on" by the Parasite.
Appearance: Their appearance is determinant by how long they've been hosting the "parasite". And what they were before their transformation.
Known Details so far: The 1-9 days of infection: The zombie is pale and has pure ebony black eyes, they move rather fast but weak.
10-29 days of infection: The zombie has mostly been decayed/absorbed by the parasite, they are slower but are more stronger then when they were first infected.
30-40 days of infection: The zombie begins to bloat and spew a grey acidic sludge, their (inflamed and eroded)intestines are usually exposed and appear to be filled with the grey sludge.
Diet: They eat what ever they can get their hands on.
Character Sign-Ups
Okay. There's one more thing that I need to explain.
You can be a android or "mutant" (more like a anthro, but what'evs), since I have the game partially cyber-punkish I will allow these things to exist. As for weapons... there's not really any "proper laser guns", they're more like... railguns that shoot electricity.
So here's the sheet, and feel free to leave questions in the sheet.
Code:
Name:
Gender:
Age:
Race: [Human/Android/"Mutant"/Other(dog, cat, etc)]
Appearance: [You can include articles of clothing here as well]
[hr]
Inventory:
Armor:
[hr]
Skills: [Things your character is good at. Example: Drinking, Shooting, Driving, Spam Eating]
Traits: [Things your character "is". Have some good, have some bad. Example: Heavy Drinker, Optimist, etc..]
Backstory: [OPTIONAL]
Questions: [Feel Free to ask, I have all the answers/solutions]
