Hey everybody!
So basically I am thinking about doing a rp in the same vein as a favorite book series of mine called Ex: Heroes written by Peter Clines-which I totally recommend to anyone who hasn't read it (like 10 bucks at the book store.)
The concept is a world that slightly mirrors our own, however in this world men and women with extraordinary powers began to emerge around the year 2008 at random. Although small in number it was clear that this was the advent of what the media quickly came to call real life “Super Heroes.” As fantastical as this seemed it quickly became common place and extremely sensationalized in the media-heroes becoming the new celebrities almost overnight. Likewise villains rose up, both sane and deranged alike they created an entirely new version of crime only dreamed about in comic books from the days of old-luckily for the most part heroes always seemed to be one step ahead of any major global or nationwide disaster much to the crazier villains chagrin.
Sadly at what seemed like humanities brightest moment and the beginning of a possibly new chapter in human evolution this new creative flame was abruptly snuffed out in the course of a year as yet another seemingly fictional force manifested itself in a physical way; a rampant virus sweeping across the whole global community in a way that many had assumed was impossible up until that time. It was like the bubonic plague of the modern era.
Most shocking of all was the way that this special strain of disease-as the short lived television broadcasts had called it- not only killed you but would cause one to rise back up from the dead acting like something that could only be compared to a ravenous zombie from a horror movie; even head trauma being the only way to kill these unfortunate victims.
Of course the populace turned to their would be heroes for salvation only to find that these unique individuals only made the problem much worse; every hero (and villain) that was bitten or died in the efforts to save their communities not only became one of the seemingly endless undead army but would also begin to bite and turn their own victims-victims that would turn into something akin to a super zombie; often acquiring a lessened version of the power that their attacker had possessed.
Shortly after a year of the initial outbreak both the United States and the whole of North America lay in ruins; those few lucky and skilled enough to have survived eeking out a meager day to day living within the surrounding landscapes of this decaying hell on earth. In this new world almost all super powered individuals have been killed or zombified, which is really no surprise considering they had been so small in number prior to the viral outbreak. The few rare gifted individuals left do their best to make what differences they can in the now small and scattered pockets of human survivors-that is except for those gifted individuals who prey on these same unfortunate powerless groups.
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So yeah, that's the concept of the world. Kinda a fun mash up of zombies and super heroes alongside ordinary survivors (though more serious then Marvel zombies, for those that have read that.)
More specifically the plot will focus on a small group of survivors located in a Casino turned safehouse within a large City-what City is open for debate but I'm leaning towards Kansas City because I am originally from there and think I could rp the area better for a zombie setting then some place I'd never seen. This group can consist of player characters that play both ordinary and “super” characters, although for the intent of this rp I will ask that all of our hero/ex villain characters be somewhat under powered in the terms of abilities-as if they were B or C class heroes, kinda like the guys you'd call when the other heroes are too busy.
Ideally I want to start this rp off small (maybe just a couple of people) and then open it up the deeper we get into it (which I know sounds odd, but my plan is for us to rp “building or failing this “community” from the start.) That being said the community will start with almost no people and resources, both of which will be acquired through rping; for instance if we had five rpers in the group and the safehouse was low on food two members could go out and 1x1 their whole encounter on getting the needed supplies while the other three worked on another assignment or job-this would have to be handled with good tagging and perhaps labeling posts, an example being “Current Assignment: Get Food. *rest of post underneath.*”`
So yeah, that's all I will throw up for now until I snag an interest or two. Feel free to post any questions and keep in mind there are still some details that need working out-just wanted to see if anybody was interested before I put more time into it.
So basically I am thinking about doing a rp in the same vein as a favorite book series of mine called Ex: Heroes written by Peter Clines-which I totally recommend to anyone who hasn't read it (like 10 bucks at the book store.)
The concept is a world that slightly mirrors our own, however in this world men and women with extraordinary powers began to emerge around the year 2008 at random. Although small in number it was clear that this was the advent of what the media quickly came to call real life “Super Heroes.” As fantastical as this seemed it quickly became common place and extremely sensationalized in the media-heroes becoming the new celebrities almost overnight. Likewise villains rose up, both sane and deranged alike they created an entirely new version of crime only dreamed about in comic books from the days of old-luckily for the most part heroes always seemed to be one step ahead of any major global or nationwide disaster much to the crazier villains chagrin.
Sadly at what seemed like humanities brightest moment and the beginning of a possibly new chapter in human evolution this new creative flame was abruptly snuffed out in the course of a year as yet another seemingly fictional force manifested itself in a physical way; a rampant virus sweeping across the whole global community in a way that many had assumed was impossible up until that time. It was like the bubonic plague of the modern era.
Most shocking of all was the way that this special strain of disease-as the short lived television broadcasts had called it- not only killed you but would cause one to rise back up from the dead acting like something that could only be compared to a ravenous zombie from a horror movie; even head trauma being the only way to kill these unfortunate victims.
Of course the populace turned to their would be heroes for salvation only to find that these unique individuals only made the problem much worse; every hero (and villain) that was bitten or died in the efforts to save their communities not only became one of the seemingly endless undead army but would also begin to bite and turn their own victims-victims that would turn into something akin to a super zombie; often acquiring a lessened version of the power that their attacker had possessed.
Shortly after a year of the initial outbreak both the United States and the whole of North America lay in ruins; those few lucky and skilled enough to have survived eeking out a meager day to day living within the surrounding landscapes of this decaying hell on earth. In this new world almost all super powered individuals have been killed or zombified, which is really no surprise considering they had been so small in number prior to the viral outbreak. The few rare gifted individuals left do their best to make what differences they can in the now small and scattered pockets of human survivors-that is except for those gifted individuals who prey on these same unfortunate powerless groups.
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So yeah, that's the concept of the world. Kinda a fun mash up of zombies and super heroes alongside ordinary survivors (though more serious then Marvel zombies, for those that have read that.)
More specifically the plot will focus on a small group of survivors located in a Casino turned safehouse within a large City-what City is open for debate but I'm leaning towards Kansas City because I am originally from there and think I could rp the area better for a zombie setting then some place I'd never seen. This group can consist of player characters that play both ordinary and “super” characters, although for the intent of this rp I will ask that all of our hero/ex villain characters be somewhat under powered in the terms of abilities-as if they were B or C class heroes, kinda like the guys you'd call when the other heroes are too busy.
Ideally I want to start this rp off small (maybe just a couple of people) and then open it up the deeper we get into it (which I know sounds odd, but my plan is for us to rp “building or failing this “community” from the start.) That being said the community will start with almost no people and resources, both of which will be acquired through rping; for instance if we had five rpers in the group and the safehouse was low on food two members could go out and 1x1 their whole encounter on getting the needed supplies while the other three worked on another assignment or job-this would have to be handled with good tagging and perhaps labeling posts, an example being “Current Assignment: Get Food. *rest of post underneath.*”`
So yeah, that's all I will throw up for now until I snag an interest or two. Feel free to post any questions and keep in mind there are still some details that need working out-just wanted to see if anybody was interested before I put more time into it.
