The Hollow Plague (Medeival zombie survival rp)

[Buio DiAngelo]

OOC


This is something that i have personally never seen done, either in RP or in any other media, so i thought i would see what the folks down here at RPG thought.

The basic idea is a classic zombie survival roleplay, but set in an era before guns and cars. The setting would be a 'sword and sorcery' type medieval kingdom, but with a much heavier emphasis on the 'swords' aspect than the 'sorcery'. While magic will exist in this world, it will only be usable by a select few very gifted individuals, who will have to study its science and practice for years before mastering even the simplest spell, and even master magicians will never be capable of casting anything in the likes of a Final-Fantasy style 'meteor'. And of course, magic will take time to cast, so no spamming 'fire1' on undead hordes.

What I'm looking for is to recreate that feeling of "oh shit, this is a zombie apocalypse, there is way more of them than i have bullets, i need to avoid them if possible, always have an escape plan, ration supplies, and find a place where i can hopefully wait this all out securely" that traditional zombie survival fiction captures with their typically modern settings.

I am looking for a very small group of people to play this with so 3-4 other players max. I will also create character classes that you all will pick from and will expect you to play to those classes faithfully, so, for example, if one of the classes is 'thief' and the class description portrays the thief as a "petty street rat who values trickery and deceit to brute strength. Has learned the hard way that the only way to survive in life is to look out for oneself above all others and has become rather selfish and greedy, if outwardly charismatic and silver-tongued, because of it." I don't want you turning around and crating a 'thief' who is basically a ninja and can perform incredible acrobatic feats, and wield seventy different weapons at once, or conversely a 'noble thief' who only steals from the rich and selflessly give to all the poor little orphans. there will be leeway of course, you can pick your character's name, age, gender (in some cases), weapon of choice, and flesh out their history and personality however you see fit, but it is all under the condition that you stay within the established boundaries of the class you chose. We are not gonna be a group of stalwart heroes who bravely set out to save the world from that great forces of evil, we're all just people, with varying, perhaps even conflicting, personalities and beliefs, forced together because of drastic circumstances with the goal of surviving through an undead hell.


The plot will begin within a small fortress town where all our characters will be assembled for varying reasons that is preparing for the undead horde (commonly referred to as the Hollow Plague) and intends to stop it in its tracks. Needless to say the RP wouldn't be very interesting if this succeeded, so it doesn't. Our characters will be the only survivors and we will make our way out of the ruins of the town so as to make our way across the countryside in order to beat the horde to the Capital city of our country so as to seek refuge in the easily defensible city and warn the king of the Plague's true strength so that the capital doesn't risk falling as well (in which case there would be nowhere left to run save maybe to a neighboring kingdom, and the chances of surviving that kind of journey would be slim at best even compared to our party's current situation). On the way to the capital our party will encounter many different events and how we react to those events will have an impact on future events in the story. Fair warning, it is entirely possible that we will all die during this adventure, and even if we survive, our choices can still earn us a 'bad' ending.

So, anyone up for a gritty, dark, (mostly) realistic medieval zombie survival game?

[Valerium Therme]

Oi you know I'm always down for dark, gritty, and zombies.

[Moxxi]

looks interesting, has a bit of a dark souls feel to it, im looking forward to this.

[Buio DiAngelo]

you know I was actually thinking that as well moxi, but I tried not to mention it in case it turned some people off lol.

[Buio DiAngelo]

bump

[MalTheAwesome]

This does sound interesting. I kind of like the idea of playing a utility mage in this. You know, going by the idea of how you say magic isn't really a practical, powerful combat thing, I'd instead be the guy that knows herbalism and shit and has a few spells for, I dunno, purifying water or something.

[Norwegian Wood]

Dark is how I like my fantasy. Very interested.

[Buio DiAngelo]

good to see there is interest, here is a preview of 8 out of 10 classes that will be available to you.

LEADERS

Guard Captain

Gender: M

Alignment: Neutral

Skills: Extensive Weapon's Training, Tactical Training,

Equipment: Sword, Shield, Crossbow, Light armor

Pros: Short and long range, Can command/inspire units in battle, harder to infect

Cons: few useful skills outside of combat

Class Description:


Adventurer

Gender: M/F

Alignment: Neutral

Skills: Basic Weapon's training, Charisma, Journeyman's knowledge, Basic food preparation/preservation.

Equipment: Sword, Map&Compass, Provisions, spyglass

Pros: Can get along well and inspire loyalty from anyone, Knows the roads and terrain of the kingdom well

Cons: not as useful in combat or intimidating to highwaymen as the Guard Captain

Class Description:


CASTERS

Magus Scholar

Gender: M/F

Alignment: Dark

Skills: Magic, Great intellect

Equipment: Staff, Magical crystals, Magic Tome,

Pros: Fastest cast time, Versatile through knowledge of several spells, Knowledgeable on several diverse subjects

Cons: Weak physique, Impatient with others (especially the slow of wit), Rude

Class Description:


Sister of Peace

Gender: F

Alignment: Lawful Light

Skills: Can cast miracles, advanced medical training, advanced food preparation

Equipment: Holy Rosary

Pros: Can heal and treat wounds better than anyone(includes healing fatigue), can boost morale and mood by performing blessings on party members (neutral and light characters only) and cooking good food

Cons: Essentially useless in combat outside of support role (poor physique and refuses to harm or kill anyone), can irritate chaotic or dark allies through preaching

Class Description:


ROGUES

Huntress of the Wilds

Gender: F

Alignment: Chaos

Skills: Advanced Archery, Tracking, Advanced food preservation, expert wilderness navigation, Flora and Fauna Knowledge, Trapping

Equipment: Bow and Arrows, skinning knife, Snares

Pros: can hunt game and identify edible plants in the wild, can navigate party through densely forested areas, can pick off targets silently and accurately at the longest distance, can skin pelts for trade and clothing

Cons: Does not get along well with men or enjoy human interaction, hates being in urban areas for an extended period of time

Class Description:


Thief

Gender: M/F

Alignment: Chaotic Dark

Skills: Lock-picking, Stealth, pickpocketing, expert urban exploration, persuasion

Equipment: Pair of steel daggers

Pros: Can move quietly and without drawing attention to himself, Can gather information through the merchant's guild quickly, Can acquire funds through thievery easily, can navigate secret passages and sewers in urban locales, Silver tongued: can get his way through smooth talking, trickery, and negotiation most of the time

Cons: Selfish and disloyal, Misogynistic, Not very useful in direct combat (relies primarily on stealth and getting the first strike in)

Class Description:


WARRIORS

Executioner

Gender: M

Alignment: Lawful Dark

Skills: Smithing, Heavy Weapons Training

Equipment: Battle axe, Smith's kit

Pros: Can wield the heaviest weapons, Can carry more equipment than anyone else, Can repair and maintain the party's equipment with his smith's tools, Can create new items in towns with a forge

Cons: Stern and unsociable, Unintelligent, doesn't have the skill or training to wield lighter weapons or pole-arms efficiently, very lightly armored despite ability to deal great damage.

Class Description:


Imperial Knight

Gender: M

Alignment: Law

Skills: Advanced weapons training, Equestrian training, Extensive tactical training

Equipment: Plate-mail armor, longsword, Kite shield, Spear, Imperial Seal

Pros: can wield every kind of melee weapon proficiently, can use polearms, can fight on horseback better than anyone, more heavily armored than anyone else, The imperial seal he carries commands the authority of the king

Cons: has little to no patience for any acts that go against the laws of the king regardless of circumstance, expects to be served and waited on as is befitting of a knight of his stature, does not take well to having his authority or request rejected.

Class Description:

[Valerium Therme]

I'm definitely calling the Thief for this one.

[Norwegian Wood]

If picking characters beforehand is indeed allowed; Dibs on Executioner.