Roma Mortis: An Alternate History Horror RPG

[Nobodyman123]

Bipontium
Rhine Valley, Lesser Germania

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Legionnaire Densus has been stationed Bipontium for the past 8 years, but he could never get passed the cold winter nights. His shift on the wall was usually at midnight, so he would know better than anyone in the fort. The only thing worse than the cold is the incredible boredom. Germania was full of crazed barbarians, dark magic and evil beasts from Pluto's domain itself. And yet he had never seen one thing out of the ordinary or even anything of note in 8 years of being a glorified vigil. This night, more than most other nights was boring and cold. The snows had begun to fall, so Densus field of view went from poor to non existent.
Densus started to drift off at his post when he heard the moaning. Immediately his soldier training kicked in and he started to scan the road outside the fort. At first, he could see nothing but snow. Then he spotted a shape from up the road. It was a man, or something close to it. Densus called out to him. "In the name of the Emperor! Stand to and state your intentions!" The only response was a mournful moan. As he got closer, Densus could see that he was bleeding and shambling like as though injured. His stare was blank and vapid. Densus almost didn't notice the others behind him. First a few, then a dozen, then hundreds all started to emerge from the German forest. Within the hour, the Fort was overwhelmed and Densus was dead. Many hundreds more continued past, into Roman territory.

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ROMA MORTIS
The living dead have arrived in Rome. Can a small group of survivors make it out of the empire alive?

This is going to be a 5 person RPG. I'm keeping the character creation pretty lax. All they have to do is fit the period and have a reason for being in Rome.

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Name: (I'd appreciate everyone using a character with a proper name.)
Age:
Nationality:
Social Status: (Whether your character is a Noble, commoner, slave or whatever)
Occupation:
Weapon:
History: (Whatever backstory you want)

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You can add to this as long as you clear it with me first.

Here's an NPC

Name: Quintus Lutatius Catulus
Age: 23
Nationality: Roman
Social Status: Patrician
Occupation: Military Tribune
Weapon: Gladius, Roman officer breastplate
History: A young nobleman whose military career is put on hold by the arrival of the living dead.

39 AD

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Have fun, I'll start when I get at least 2 more. Anyone else can join after we start.

[thorgili]

this is just basicly a place holder and i will fill in the details later
Name: Finnbhar Wolfe
Age: 32
Nationality: Irish
Social Status: slave (escaped)
Occupation: Celtic raider (basicly celtic vikings)
Weapon:
War axe

bobigny Sheild
Armor


History: Once a leader of a band of celtic raiders who commonly sailed and sacked roman towns. He was captured during one of these raids and was sold as a slave in rome luckily just in time for the Dead to rise as the undead ate his captors he was able to break free from hsi bonds and retake his weapons.

[Nobodyman123]

Sweet, thank you. I cant wait to hear more.

[Nobodyman123]

Here's one more important NPC

Name: Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (AKA Caligula)
Age: 26
Nationality: Roman
Social Status: Patrician
Occupation: Emperor
Weapon: N/a (He's the emperor. Other people do his fighting for him.)
History: The Roman emperor, Caligula was mad before the zombie invasion. Now he's barely holding on to his sanity. Unfortunately for Catulus, he's honor bound and under orders to protect him with his life.

[Manic Q]

Name: Ingbarta "The Little Ax"
Age: 28
Nationality: Nordic
Social Status: Slave
Occupation: Gladiator
Weapon: Short Handled War-Axe, Spiked Shield
History: Enslaved at a young age, Ingbarta was forced to fight other children to entertain roman soldiers on their way back to the empire and his success would lead him to the cold life of a gladiator. Ingbarta was called a new name easily remembered by the roman people once he reached the capital where he gained their favor as The Little Ax. Ingbarta was not a flawless gladiator but found most victories through dominating his opponents in fast close combat assault. (More changes to come)

[Nobodyman123]

Great. SO we got 2 slaves. One more person and we can start.

[Rtron]

Name: Vedius Longus

Age: 39

Nationality: Roman

Social Status: Guard to the Emperor.

Occupation: Praefectus Praetorio (Basically the guy who is in charge of the Praetorian guard.)

Weapon: Gladius, Pugio(Roman dagger), Roman shield.

History: Vedius crawled his way from the lowly ranks of a Roman infantry man to the ranks of a Praetorian. From there, he crawled his way from the bottom to the top, for various reasons. Stopped assassinations, unwavering loyalty, etc. Now, he's the commander of the Praetorians. Whom have been scattered. They are all either dead or wandering, trying to survive. Vedius is the only one still protecting the Emperor, mad as he is.

[Nobodyman123]

Name: Vedius Longus

Age: 39

Nationality: Roman

Social Status: Guard to the Emperor.

Occupation: Praefectus Praetorio (Basically the guy who is in charge of the Praetorian guard.)

Weapon: Gladius, Pugio(Roman dagger), Roman shield.

History: Vedius crawled his way from the lowly ranks of a Roman infantry man to the ranks of a Praetorian. From there, he crawled his way from the bottom to the top, for various reasons. Stopped assassinations, unwavering loyalty, etc. Now, he's the commander of the Praetorians. Whom have been scattered. They are all either dead or wandering, trying to survive. Vedius is the only one still protecting the Emperor, mad as he is.

First off, you automatically get brownie points for being a Dark Souls fan.

So being from the ranks of the Legionaires to the head of the praetorians is quite an accomplishment. Is he still a plebian, or does his position grant him a social upgrade to Equites or something like that?

[Rtron]

First off, you automatically get brownie points for being a Dark Souls fan.

As for social status, yes he has been upgraded from Plebian. Equites level.

[Nobodyman123]

Fantastic. I will leave it open to a few more people later on, but I will get the first post started.