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Sort of based on another one of my attempts at RP under a similar name, this however is different. Instead of it being a Game of Thrones-like NRP, I'm looking for a much smaller scale, more tightly run roleplay akin to what you might find in D&D. This takes heavily from the Crusader Kings mod "After the End" although things might not be exactly 1 to 1.

The premise is straightforward: You an a bunch of other random psychopaths adventurers and explorers from all across a post-event America have gathered to go into an old world ruin for gold, glory and god/s fighting off raiders, bandits, wild animals, monster and whatever else comes out of the darkness of antiquity.

Filling in some more background, despite it being several hundred years or more after an apocalypses, things are still very much feudal-ish and medieval. Guns don't exist as actual weapons but are still known to the nobility and more educated, often used in part of house sigils or as metaphors for power. However things aren't like Fallout New Vegas Legion football armor, society has redeveloped and has moved away from only scrap metal armor and car bumper swords. There is actual armor and weapons made by professional smiths but they still do take inspiration from old world stuff with things like:

- Baseball bat warclubs
- Plate armor that looks like football gear
- Metal helmets that have face grills
- Polearms shaped like hockey sticks
- Patted cloth armor that resembles bomber or leather jackets
- Rounded shields with WW2 US white stars on them




If you're from the US (or even Canada/Mexico) I encourage you to rep some hometown pride and make a character from that area (pretty common thing to do in the aforementioned mod). If you're curious about what's actually in each part of the country I encourage you to look at the wiki and mod itself, but I'll list some example character ideas based on the mod.

- A honorable Southron Knight from the Holy Columbian Confederacy (An HRE stand-in, the "Knights of the South" is a big thing)
- A slightly unhinged Appalachian Mountain Man (Snake charmers gone wild!)
- A spooky cultist warrior from New England (They have a very Lovecraftian/Eldritch religion)
- A stalwart Continental Guard from Virginia/Maryland (They worship the Founding Fathers and American Mythos as a religion)
- An independent Texan ranger (Also originally part of the religion mentioned above, they're getting a new "Exceptionalism" religion)
- An educated sage from California (A sort of Byzantium/China stand-in with a bureaucratic government and strong education system)
- A sturdy war smith from the Great Lakes (Who follow a "rust cult" and take industrialism as a religion and love old world salvage.)
- An adventurous Neo-Norseman from the Great Lakes (Marvel and Skyrim references included)
- A Caribbean Machetiro or Cajun War Dancer (Swift and Stylish!)
- A very lost Canadian Mountie Knight or Mexican Neo-Aztec Eagle Warrior

There's honestly a lot more from the mod itself, if you're interested in whats going on in your part of the woods I can boot up the game and take a look. BUT DON'T SEE THIS AS A REQUIREMENT! You can make whatever you want, especially if your character is from your own area and you want to take things in a different direction. I'm not to concerned about the wider lore of the Americas at this point since again, I'm planning for a pretty limited scope RP with a clear start and end.

If you're interested throw down what you'd like to play below! If there's enough interest I'll work on a proper CS and OOC later. Not aiming for too big of a party though since I am planning on taking a purely GM role where I don't have a singular GMPC like traditional D&D or TRPGs.

@Byrd Man @DX3214 @Fetzen Thanks for liking the post! Should I mark that down as proper interest?

Regardless, here is some character creation stuff in general. I don't have any strict skeleton to follow (but have included a pre-made fancier format for those interested), I only have requirements for what must be on your CS. Characters should be more grounded than full on parody. If you have any more questions let me know!

Yes I'd definitely be interested! One question though: I am not from anywhere on the American continent, but European. Would that be an issue?

@Fetzen Yeah you don't have to be American to make a character for this! There are some European reference (and non-American in general) from the OG mod but we can also make stuff up, got any initial ideas?

I'd have a tendency for the Neo-Norsemen, but maybe if these exist there are reincarnations of other, more southern European cultures as well like, for example, Cherusci, Vandals or other tribes that were around roughly the same time the Romans were.

I'd have a tendency for the Neo-Norsemen, but maybe if these exist there are reincarnations of other, more southern European cultures as well like, for example, Cherusci, Vandals or other tribes that were around roughly the same time the Romans were.

Those reincarnations wouldn't exist, AtE works on cultures and more friendly stereotypes. The Neo Norse are a thing because they're more in the popular imagination plus their location in the mod stems from the Scandinavian immigrant population irl in the area.

count me in sure round 2 eletric boogalo lest go.

@DX3214 Awesome! Any character ideas?

@DX3214 Awesome! Any character ideas?

either a smith rust cultist or a new England Occultist that worships chuthulu.

Okay, so I'll probably go for the Norseman :)

Definitely tossing my hat into the ring on this one

@Jarl Coolgruuf Awesome! Any characters in mind?

@Fetzen Would it be an American or European Norseman since they'd have some difference between them.

As a general post, I'm probably only looking for 3 to 4 characters overall to keep things managable.

well, the idea i finaly have now just write a rust cultist tank of a man.

well, the idea i finaly have now just write a rust cultist tank of a man.

The first person that came to mind was John Henry, a steel driver said to be built like a brick house in some stories. I imagine someone as big as the Mountain from GoT in heavy armor, wearing an apron-tabbard, a helmet like one of those train plow grills and a giant sledge hammer maybe with a spike on one end. Just a random thought that might help get the inspiration wheels turning.

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The first person that came to mind was John Henry, a steel driver said to be built like a brick house in some stories. I imagine someone as big as the Mountain from GoT in heavy armor, wearing an apron-tabbard, a helmet like one of those train plow grills and a giant sledge hammer maybe with a spike on one end. Just a random thought that might help get the inspiration wheels turning.

thank you for the ideas actually what you just said sounds very good with john henry too

@ClocktowerEchos Current idea is a Caribbean warrior abandoning his crumbling empire and leaving Miami to seek glory and riches in the northern kingdoms

@ClocktowerEchos I think he'd be an European one. I'd be glad about some details since I'm afraid I don't know the mod very well :)

@ClocktowerEchos I think he'd be an European one. I'd be glad about some details since I'm afraid I don't know the mod very well :)

Basically, Norse paganism in the Americas is wildly different from European one first its all based mostly on fiction rather than writing stories or folk tales meaning you have more marvel inspiration and the USA's interpretation of things in this. How i display this well one of the major gods is the valkyrie and for evil gods, people slap Loki into it even thou if you look into things he is more a deity of the family another dumb thing in evil gods there is enchantress from marvel all you need to know is that European Norse paganism would be more akin to IRL revival paganism rather then ATE Norse paganism.

So I've been doing some more planning on the story side of things and this is what I have so far.

You guys (the PCs) have been hired by a local lord to go into an old world ruin with current ideas for the actual ruin in question include:
- A subway/metro system underground
- A Walmart in the middle of no where
- An airport
- A shopping mall

I'm planning for the actual RP to go something like:
1. The gathering (the part where everyone meets up at the tavern or something similar where you get the quest)
2. The travel (actually getting to the ruin takes time and will involve outdoorsy survival stuff, likely take two days or more)
3. The ruins (doing the fighting and searching and avoiding traps)
4. The way back and the reward (gotta haul it back to cash in your loot before going your separate ways)

As for the actual gathering reason, one could just be the simple tavern rumor leads to a crew going out for the treasure. Another slightly more complex is that all of you have actually been arrested by a local lord and told if you go find this old world artifact you'll be free of your charges. In both cases, there would be an NPC accompanying you either as a sort of local guide or as a warden to make sure you don't just run off.

Thoughts or ideas?

Sounds totally cool to me :)

Sorry for asking so many things, but I'd like to know a bit more about the skills. Could you maybe give an example or two about what kind of skills would be possible or appropriate ?