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It's funny, did you know that 'Apocalypse' in literal definition bears the meaning of a revelation of secrets?

So, This is no Apocalypse scenario, Tis a Cataclysm, A Massive and violent event that greatly transforms the earth's surface and life as we know it... What survives it at least.

Now I can't reveal 'all' the details of the RP as there are some choice bits that would either be important to stay unknown to our characters and maybe players, or might change drastically depending on the course of the RP, which I will need the opinions of interested individuals to decide on. I'd like everyone joining in to have a vested interest in the RP and be able to enjoy the RP for the long-run, as even after it starts much of the progression will depend on participation of my fellow RPers... I have ideas but I'm afraid I'm not up to being the sole person in total control of the RP, and I would really love it if things were setup in such a way that if I end up disappearing for whatever reason it can continue at a healthy pace in my absence.

With that in mind what I 'can' most assuredly tell you is this:

The world blew the fuck up... No, literally, you ever see those cheesy end of the world movies where someone has a choice to make based on listening to their boss or the super nerd who knows what they're talking about, and in the end they wise up and do the smart thing and end up saving the world? Well in this case that guy was kinda dead cause the boss shot him, and the boss didn't like smart guys telling him he's wrong cause it challenged his imagined authority, so he fucked up.

Basically, what 'everyone' knows no matter where they were if they survived is that the entire planet was shattered by whatever caused it. we're talking chunks dozens of miles wide blasting off into space, though some people might actually only have been able to see the 'suddenly no atmosphere' part of it. Then something green sweeps over everything and it all gets pulled back together, the Atmosphere re-asserting itself if a bit thin and in recovery, and no explanation as to why. Granted, while everything got pulled back together it was hardly seamless, many of those chunks weren't aiming 'out' when pulled back... To say that the Geography of earth changed is a bit less accurate than saying it looks like a completely different planet now.

Indeed, there are some places that managed to stay vaguely like they were before, albeit 'demolished' cities and the like, but there are countless new mountains and water formations, underground openings, so on and so forth. There is also magic in the air. Literally, the air is tinted very slightly green, and it's doing things, changing people and creatures, warping evolution in ways that would make countless scientists roll over in their figurative graves, and yet these changes all seem to relate to things people already knew about, if only fictionally, before the Cataclysm.

The period in mind for this RP?

The Early Days /or/ Rebuilding: The survivors are few, compared to 8-10 Billion at least, but a few million scattered about is still enough to rebuild if given a few centuries. The hard part is coping with their remade world, learning to survive again without losing people to the still re-stabilizing planet or the new creatures surfacing in the wake of the Cataclysm, or perhaps even more importantly is learning to cope with their own changes as the strange energy polluting the air seeps into their bodies and transforms them both slowly and quickly into something else.

The obvious Implication here is playing a group of incredibly lucky survivors who didn't get wiped out and happen to be in a location where they can find eachother fairly easily, perhaps a randomly chosen city that happened not to be put back in place upside down, yeah? They of course would have to deal with the changes being forced on them by the 'new' Atmosphere, as well various other creatures coming into being because of that very same thing, and eventually other survivors. Of course, they are still only human at heart, and while some instincts may change or be acquired alongside the physical changes, there is the very real possibility of becoming a monster on the inside, or running into such individuals.

One can expect the usual gamut of troubles, rival survivors, undead, mutants, poor souls who went mad from the changes, and other much less usual elements that I may not clearly define right off the bat.

The General starting time-frame for this one would ideally be between the first day and a week after the Cataclysm, depending on group preference and if some want to start off already changed.

For those curious, the mention of the various changes relating to creatures known about before the cataclysm is a hint to the variety of options you have for things to change, as well as currently 'classified background details' relating to the Cataclysm itself. No, it is not that the world has been infected by 'video game', bad, don't even go down that road.

The variety is quite broad even within the limits of OPness. Werewolves and vampires, Ponies or changelings, Elves and Dwarves, Griffons and Dragons [lets keep starting sizes moderately low please], Demons and monsters, Trolls [yes 'those' trolls], Anthros, Freaking pokemon, perhaps even just partial conversions, just to name a handful of broad possibilities. Use your imagination and common sense and ye shall see countless options.

as a note, This is not a multiverse RP, you cannot 'be' a specific character, you might physically resemble some, such as Lucian from Underworld, Twilight 'OCD gon blow shit up' Sparkle, or hey if you wanna get freaky, maybe the Patriarch from Killing floor, or Parodies like 'Edmund Dashie'. However, It would be a purely physical change with no accompanying 'magical knowledge that lets you be a master of your new abilities'. For example, you could be Samus physically, but that doesn't come with a power suit, acrobatics knowledge, or years of experience fighting monsters.
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Interested, let me ask, how "green" is this world, as in, how is the wildlife going? Did it went full desolated land with the explosion? Will we be seeing the aging buildings slowly being covered in plants and wildlife?
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Interested, let me ask, how "green" is this world, as in, how is the wildlife going? Did it went full desolated land with the explosion? Will we be seeing the aging buildings slowly being covered in plants and wildlife?


a good question!

Starting off, the 'green' aside from the slight tint in the air would be situational. Considering that a good number of chunks basically got pulled back in a different position, there's bound to be tree's and other greenery buried 'under-ground' now, but there's still be some above ground if a somewhere managed to not get flipped over. Think of it like a 3-D jig-saw puzzle, but all the pieces were kinda forced into place and some of them are just kind not how they were originally intended to fit into it, some places will most definitely appear quite desolate and life-less due to it just being the 'stone side' of a chunk, while other's may still show off forest bits that will be spreading quickly.

The Explosion essentially 'shattered' the earth and scattered the chunks, it wasn't firey or anything, mostly scientific... well, things that I won't go into detail on until they become Relevant IC, but I do have sufficient information planned to explain that kind of stuff. Of course there will be new volcanoes in some places too.

Over-time though.

We can expect the new atmosphere to be healthy, and occasionally 'dangerously healthy' for plants as well, and expect them to start popping up in size-able numbers and growing fairly fast, as well as some plants adapting to new conditions. Setting up a long-term settlement is going to be a royal bitch until everyone figures out how things work, unless we get lucky and end up finding a spot that just 'works' really well.

I do actually intend to use a bit of chance for some things I'll define once I have enough people to justify the effort of filling out the full details of an OOC, such as our specific starting location and the types of sections that surround it in whichever direction, who knows! Maybe we'll end up with what's left of L.A. Next sitting next to New York with Moscow thrown into the middle of it, unlikely, but maybe. Perhaps chance will set us up with a choice location to move to once we've managed to not die long enough to find eachother, or combine groups, or... who knows what? A lot is going to depend on who joins in and what plans/ideas they have for themselves!

Man, it'll be amazing if this goes on long enough to re-design the world as a whole :D
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I would be insanely MAD if I don't admit and sound my utter interest in this concept. I really haven't been this interested in an RP pitch since an advanced RP called Soup Factory something.

COUNT ME IN.

Though there is one little thing I didn't really like, the mention of other fandoms, I mean you got a pretty great-possibly immersive- world here. Populating it with pokemons, Marios and Clouds will take away the awesome Ultra Fantasy-Scifi feel. I am sensing Planet of the apes (original classic ones not the Mark Walberhg or Franco rubbish, sorry) , Bulletstorm, The Last of Us and oddly Star Wars.

My suggestion: big no to cheesy and famous fandom characters.
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I would be insanely MAD if I don't admit and sound my utter interest in this concept. I really haven't been this interested in an RP pitch since an advanced RP called Soup Factory something.

COUNT ME IN.

Though there is one little thing I didn't really like, the mention of other fandoms, I mean you got a pretty great-possibly immersive- world here. Populating it with pokemons, Marios and Clouds will take away the awesome Ultra Fantasy-Scifi feel. I am sensing Planet of the apes (original classic ones not the Mark Walberhg or Franco rubbish, sorry) , Bulletstorm, The Last of Us and oddly Star Wars.

My suggestion: big no to cheesy and famous fandom characters.


Well, I was mostly using them as examples of the variety. In the reality of the RP they wouldn't literally 'be' a cartoon/game thing come to life, so much as a more real-world like rendition of it. Like if for 'some' reason someone did turn into cloud, that would only amount to being a really fit blonde dude with spiky hair.

Also, I feel like I would be a bit insulted if someone went and tried to be mario, though the changing atmosphere doesn't really typically do human things. Granted, I probably do need to refine things a bit more, I just wanted to get this out here and see who'd show interest before I dragged out the starting process too long and risked burning myself out before even starting.

Oh, silly me, I totally forgot to include the minute possibility that someone might just not be transformed.
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Bump!
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This seems /extremely/ interesting!
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This seems /extremely/ interesting!


hurrah! A third. We can probably start with a small group, if everyone wants to get right on to it, or wait more.
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I'm interested in a preacher/priest-like character that may or may not be slowly turning into a Nephilim.
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I'm interested in a preacher/priest-like character that may or may not be slowly turning into a Nephilim.


That 'is' certainly a possibility for someone to be and some of them are liable to have survived as well, though we all know how dangerous religious types can get around Cataclysms! in-fact, a religious type being around would be prime real-estate for stirring up trouble.

Though you may have to define your interpretation of Nephilim. like, as a species with certain very clear traits/abilities differentiating them from normal humans? or are you implying it like some form of holy creature with 'powers from god'? XD
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I remember you too, Shoryu xD It's been like thirty thousand years, man!
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That 'is' certainly a possibility for someone to be and some of them are liable to have survived as well, though we all know how dangerous religious types can get around Cataclysms! in-fact, a religious type being around would be prime real-estate for stirring up trouble.

Though you may have to define your interpretation of Nephilim. like, as a species with certain very clear traits/abilities differentiating them from normal humans? or are you implying it like some form of holy creature with 'powers from god'? XD


Well, you've commented about their being demons and such, yes? I was thinking that my character may be affected by the magic in the air, in such a way that it attempted to warp him into a demon, but, at the same time, it wanted to warp him into what his beliefs had warranted him - as such, an angel. Due to this, he'll be a hybrid of the two. I'm thinking that the things that makes it obvious would be one black wing and one pure white wing, and horns, maybe. Otherwise, he'd be a regular-looking human, albeit maybe his eyes would be a different color.

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As for powers, I'm still thinking, but my current thought process is leaning towards Holy/Demonic magic, with him having to balance the two so that he doesn't become an imbalanced, mindless fiend.
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I remember you too, Shoryu xD It's been like thirty thousand years, man!


or something like that XD all it took was a cataclysm to put us in the same thread again!

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Well, you've commented about their being demons and such, yes? I was thinking that my character may be affected by the magic in the air, in such a way that it attempted to warp him into a demon, but, at the same time, it wanted to warp him into what his beliefs had warranted him - as such, an angel. Due to this, he'll be a hybrid of the two. I'm thinking that the things that makes it obvious would be one black wing and one pure white wing, and horns, maybe. Otherwise, he'd be a regular-looking human, albeit maybe his eyes would be a different color.

Picture.

As for powers, I'm still thinking, but my current thought process is leaning towards Holy/Demonic magic, with him having to balance the two so that he doesn't become an imbalanced, mindless fiend.


hmmm, well, the majority of changes will be thoroughly non-human, but just like there will be a rare few who somehow manage to not be affected, there can be those who were affected and ended up with much more human-like results.

On that note, it makes for an interesting concept as long as the standard ideas of avoiding OPness keep functioning, though everyone essentially starting from scratch for their various 'new abilities' renders pretty much all of them un-OP XD

It'd be interesting if further changes happened, or perhaps un-happened, leaning in one direction or the other, depending on how much he uses, or doesn't use, or balances those magics, or maybe depending on how aggressive/defensive/supportive he acts with them.

On that note, I think there's plenty of people to get things kicked off! Tommorrow I'll work on refining the OC's information, I'm a bit busy today, and it may take another day or 2, interuptions can happen.

In the mean-time, if anyone has opinions I'd like to hear them.

Mostly in the vein of whether or not you'd like to start on 'the first day' when everyone'd still be human and only the most quickly changing would start to show signs already, and likely be starting relatively alone or maybe luckily near eachother. Or the end of the first week, where the quickest ones will probably be done and others will be showing signs, and there will have been time for everyone to stumble across the other players, group up, and try to find a good place to hole up for a while.

I'd also love to hear suggestions for a 'city chunk' we could start in, or near. If not i'll just pick one at random and hunt down a google map of it to tinker with.
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I'm fly with most anything that goes, really. I'm up for the Day One idea, as it'd be interesting to see the characters' reactions to the transformations as well as how they cope with the cataclysm.

Though if we are in a city chunk and survived, wouldn't that mean pretty much the rest of the people on that city chunk survived as well? We could be facing a group of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of people if we choose to appear on an actual "city". Why not a National Park of sorts?
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I'm fly with most anything that goes, really. I'm up for the Day One idea, as it'd be interesting to see the characters' reactions to the transformations as well as how they cope with the cataclysm.


Ditto, this sounds awesome.
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or something like that XD all it took was a cataclysm to put us in the same thread again!

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hmmm, well, the majority of changes will be thoroughly non-human, but just like there will be a rare few who somehow manage to not be affected, there can be those who were affected and ended up with much more human-like results.

On that note, it makes for an interesting concept as long as the standard ideas of avoiding OPness keep functioning, though everyone essentially starting from scratch for their various 'new abilities' renders pretty much all of them un-OP XD

It'd be interesting if further changes happened, or perhaps un-happened, leaning in one direction or the other, depending on how much he uses, or doesn't use, or balances those magics, or maybe depending on how aggressive/defensive/supportive he acts with them.

On that note, I think there's plenty of people to get things kicked off! Tommorrow I'll work on refining the OC's information, I'm a bit busy today, and it may take another day or 2, interuptions can happen.

In the mean-time, if anyone has opinions I'd like to hear them.

Mostly in the vein of whether or not you'd like to start on 'the first day' when everyone'd still be human and only the most quickly changing would start to show signs already, and likely be starting relatively alone or maybe luckily near eachother. Or the end of the first week, where the quickest ones will probably be done and others will be showing signs, and there will have been time for everyone to stumble across the other players, group up, and try to find a good place to hole up for a while.

I'd also love to hear suggestions for a 'city chunk' we could start in, or near. If not i'll just pick one at random and hunt down a google map of it to tinker with.


Yeah, I'm still thinking on it. Over-all, he'll try to be peaceful and stay in place, but his demonic side and angelic side will constantly be warring, and he'll definitely go through different transformations and developments as the RP continues on. A lot of mental/inner conflicts, as well. Alistaire, the priest, is generally a very calm, level-headed, and almost somber person, with a quiet voice that enraptures those he preaches to, so it'd be cool to see him freak out as he turns into a demon, and then into an angel, and then a warped mutant of the two, and generally be torn between the two sides, lol.

Day one sounds good.
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I'm fly with most anything that goes, really. I'm up for the Day One idea, as it'd be interesting to see the characters' reactions to the transformations as well as how they cope with the cataclysm.

Though if we are in a city chunk and survived, wouldn't that mean pretty much the rest of the people on that city chunk survived as well? We could be facing a group of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of people if we choose to appear on an actual "city". Why not a National Park of sorts?


Mostly because a fat load of em would be getting squished, hence the mention of 'extremely lucky survivors'. Just because the chunk didn't split into dozens more and demolish doesn't mean everything 'on it' stayed safely intact, not to mention dying from injuries shortly after, or from someone else 'snapping' in the face of the world ending, or maybe getting stuck 'between chunks'.

Though you do raise a good point there! I might compile a list of a few each of cities, national parks, or other interesting places, and see which one chance chooses for us... Each one has their exciting potential for things we'll have to cope with, some more than others perhaps. Further suggestions for other places to add to the list will be appreciated as well.

Aside from that, with this many endorsements I'd say it's definitely going to be starting on Day one!

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Yeah, I'm still thinking on it. Over-all, he'll try to be peaceful and stay in place, but his demonic side and angelic side will constantly be warring, and he'll definitely go through different transformations and developments as the RP continues on. A lot of mental/inner conflicts, as well. Alistaire, the priest, is generally a very calm, level-headed, and almost somber person, with a quiet voice that enraptures those he preaches to, so it'd be cool to see him freak out as he turns into a demon, and then into an angel, and then a warped mutant of the two, and generally be torn between the two sides, lol.

Day one sounds good.


I'm sure he'll be an entertaining addition to the group!

Personally, I'm already excited to see the kinda of ideas people might come up. I've never been picky about the required content of CSes, and in an RP like this Vague CSes can have their own charms, as long as they get updated as relevant. The earliest obstacle I fore-see is devising the reason they are at whichever place the RP starts off in, but that can be solved in the OC!

With that in mind I say, Feel free to create CSes to your own preferences with any information you feel should be relevant, as long as the basic info is included, as well as some things that may be immediately apparent upon meeting the Character. Name, Appearance, things like that. A hint to what changes they might be facing could be nice, though ultimately optional, but if you feel like your idea might be a bit risky feel free to PM me about it and I'll take a look.

And lastly before I head off to bed for the night, Multiple characters are acceptable, though I recommend setting it up as having one primary group character, and any others being secondary/background characters. You can also design NPCs yourselves just fine! Particularly since some may be lasting Antagonist's in the right conditions, it'll be good to keep track of them.
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