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The lorekeepers tell of a time many years ago: when man could freely traverse both the shattered land below and the cruel void above, without fear of the ground rending beneath them or the great black plucking them out of reality. They tell of a time when unprecedented scores of men lived in peace across hundreds of planets, plagued not by struggle and trials. They tell of a time of order and harmony; and while only a fool would dismiss the counsel of a keeper, their teachings are certainly far from gospel. Know that we are safe here: within these walls atop this mountain, we are all that are left. Be uncompromising with your trials, respect your elders, and help all those in need. We can only find our final utopia together.

The galaxy has fallen, and since began to wither. Once, man ruled the void: not one star was beyond their reach for it was their domain, justly conquered for them to rule. Then, man was faced with a grand cataclysm, fire and brimstone so great that it simply cast them out of the void. Man was never granted mercy: whatever the sins of man were, they were too dire for a just end. They were sentenced to suffer until the very end, to struggle and die midst the coals.

In the mountains of Myar, caught betwixt the cruel void and the great wastes, the remnants of man endure their punishment in relative comfort. The mountains are hospitable: the last flowing streams provide water, the soil provides food, and the walls provide security. Behind their great walls, the hermit communities of Myar lock the troubles of the galaxy outside, granting themselves their own small measure of peace. Although, it is no secret that their peace is running out: for years, those same streams have been slowly drying and those same crops have been slowly withering. All efforts to breathe life back into their homes have failed. Myar will not be so kind to them for much longer. If humanity is to survive, the void must be conquered yet again.

And so, our story turns to those who have began the Path of the Void, whether willingly or otherwise. The void is a cruel place, tenfold worse than the great wastes between the mountains, and only one of the three prior expeditions have ever returned: plagued by voices and visions, with darkness in their eyes. These voidsmen bear the burden of their people, tasked with finding a new utopia to settle, where the coals have faded and life may begin again. It is a cruel fate: to face the horrors of the void on such small odds. One can only hope that they will succeed.

Entropy is a science-fiction post-apocalyptic roleplay in a custom setting, which is more or less made up as we go along to try and keep things focused on being fun and interesting. The cast will be charged with exploring a post-apocalyptic galaxy in a salvaged ship in order to find a new home for a dying humanity. Many expect them to fail and none sane know what lies in the void waiting for them.

Inspiration for Entropy comes from titles like Fallout, Firefly, Duskers and Dark Souls, with a bit of a twist based around entropy and horror. There will definitely be mature themes, if not just for how unapologetically grim I picture the universe being.

Please feel free to drop a line if you're interested! I'm hoping to try something new and a little different with the setting, so if you're thinking about experimenting, please feel free to join me! I like to think I'm pretty relaxed and that we can all have a good time.

@Normie @Pinkie @Rougespartan181 @Deejay

Everything's pending a spelling and grammar check cause it's late and I'm lazy but here's this. I've tried to keep the character sheet simple and the lore as not-data dumpy as possible but, revisions'll fix any of that.

If anybody gets a character sheet out, feel free to put it either here in the OOC or sent to me via PM if you want to keep details secret.

You have my interest, but I have a few questions that come with it.

The planet is described in an intentionally sparse, dreary-sounding way, which I dig, but it leaves me wondering about the planet. I figure because the plot of the story is "cosmonauts from awful planet seek nice planet", the culture and nuances of Myar don't matter so much since the story is about literally any planet but Myar, but the fact that their planet is dangerous and their society is primitive leaves me wondering how they developed space-faring technology. The description of the mountain folk says that they recover and repair their ships, but I'd like a little more explanation on the subject. Are the ships just crashed alien vessels? Are they just recycling the same ships that make it home until there are none? Did they develop spaceships from planes after inventing engines like on Earth? Are voidcrafts organic beings from Myar like EVAs?

You have my interest, but I have a few questions that come with it.

The planet is described in an intentionally sparse, dreary-sounding way, which I dig, but it leaves me wondering about the planet. I figure because the plot of the story is "cosmonauts from awful planet seek nice planet", the culture and nuances of Myar don't matter so much since the story is about literally any planet but Myar, but the fact that their planet is dangerous and their society is primitive leaves me wondering how they developed space-faring technology. The description of the mountain folk says that they recover and repair their ships, but I'd like a little more explanation on the subject. Are the ships just crashed alien vessels? Are they just recycling the same ships that make it home until there are none? Did they develop spaceships from planes after inventing engines like on Earth? Are voidcrafts organic beings from Myar like EVAs?

As I understand it, they've been maintaining the ships that brought them there for occasions like in the rp.

@DeadbeatWalking

Yeah man, of course.
So the idea I'm planning to go with is that all the ships they use are found crashed out in the great wastes, which rangers would drag as close to the mountains as they could. The ships would be from when intergalactic civilization was a thing. While most of the hermits probably couldn't tell you what a cylinder head looks like, there is a specific path that studies space ships, and people on this path would go salvage from some ships and put them all into one until it maybe works one day or they give up. Definitely not by flying the corpses of their mothers given vehicular form. Naturally, it won't be the most spaceworthy vessel, more or less like driving a pre-95 car held together by duct tape except in space, so it might be a goal for the party to find an actual ship and/or engineer somewhere.

The first ship they sent out may have very well been one they were holding onto, but that one never came back.

Well, I just stumbled upon this and can confirm that I'm very, very much interested. Will be creating a character soon. See you lads in the chilling spaces beyond Myar!

Alrighty, posted my char. Hope the submission looks good.

@Normie
Seems pretty good my dude. Plenty for me to work with between survivors guilt and sort-of PTSD.

Be aware that an outsider being let into the hermit communities would be a pretty big deal, so that may have some contribution on your characters routine and socual status. You may have even helped the ranging party that recovered the ship, which would make you privy to a thing or two early. To that end, would you be able to expand on why your character was put forward for the Path of the Void? A few ideas might be: their prowess in hostile enviorments and loyalty to kin may have made them an easy pick for the hand of his community, or maybe the hand wanted to just get rid of an "outsider".

I didn't plan for the first RPG on this site that I try to join to be an advanced one, but this thing just drew me in. I think I have an idea for a character I can flesh out, so when I do write it, I'll PM you the CS @vFear, and possibly any questions that I have before that.

Hey, this looks pretty interesting.

if you still have room im thinking of a pilot or doctor.

@SilverPaw
Don't let the advanced tag intimidate you or anything, a few paragraphs and the rest if it trend to come pretty easily. I like to think I'm pretty chilled anyways.

@Sophrus
Glad to have your interest! I know we definitely need a doctor but will get back to you on pilot. I promise I'm not up to no good.

@DeadbeatWalking
Really like the looks of it so far, looking forward to how it'll turn out.

Doctor or medic type it is.

Now, from what I understand from the description. We are looking for a new homeworld. And it seems prudent that any doctor type would be well versed in lots of science. Ex: toxicology, xeno-biology, biochemistry, etc...

My first thought for the character is an older biochemist who has been working (and failing) to fix the crops problem and treats villagers with basic medical care, such as drug treatments and low level emergency medicine.

This sound like a good base line for the character.

@Sophrus
Sounds great to me. I'll think up a thing or two your character would be privy to, having been working in the effort to stop the crops from degrading. Plenty for me to give you and work with on your adventures as well.

@vFear Figured I should ping you now that Corc's done.

@Normie
Seems pretty good my dude. Plenty for me to work with between survivors guilt and sort-of PTSD.

Be aware that an outsider being let into the hermit communities would be a pretty big deal, so that may have some contribution on your characters routine and socual status. You may have even helped the ranging party that recovered the ship, which would make you privy to a thing or two early. To that end, would you be able to expand on why your character was put forward for the Path of the Void? A few ideas might be: their prowess in hostile enviorments and loyalty to kin may have made them an easy pick for the hand of his community, or maybe the hand wanted to just get rid of an "outsider".

I imagine he still feels like an outsider to an extent which informs his tendency for social isolation. This would in turn be part of his motivation to volunteer for the mission, he doesn't have a family or any close relations that he is parting with, and he knows there are some who would be happy to see him gone. Plus there is part of him that would legitimately rather go into space, where he might find something better, than to go into the wastes again.

@DeadbeatWalking
Looks brilliant. Feel free to throw it into the characters tab. Really dig the fluff about the caves and the scratchers.

@Normie
Alright, no worries. If you could just edit in his reasoning for volunteering as you said into his biography then that'll be all sweet and good to go.

Done!

Ayyyyyyyy, that's pretty good.
Yeah I'm in cahoots with the beauty that is Fear, so I'll be playing but my CS will be hidden until a later date.

Character name: Beyer of the Mind (Formerly: of the Menders)


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