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[Dead Cruiser]

Once upon a time, there was a place of carved, stone faces. A man with a lantern lay sleeping a dreamless sleep. The man knew nothing.

One day, the man woke up, he rubbed the dried ink caked over his eyes and opened them. Around him, he saw a horizon of unbroken darkness.

Suddenly, a monster emerged from the darkness.

K I N G D O M D E A T H

A nightmare of endless darkness, cloaking an infinite Plain of Faces. This is the world known as Kingdom Death. Humanity occupies a low rung on Kingdom Death's many strange ecosystems, as they are hunted as prey, or herded and domesticated as draft animals. Occasionally some nightmarish trauma will awaken them from their delusions of safety, and tears the veil from their eyes. Though they may be driven by vengeance, grief, insanity, or curiosity, what they all share in common is their desperate desire to survive despite the horror of their reality.

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This is a RP based on the underground-hit boardgame Kingdom Death: Monster, by Adam Poots. Described as "boutique nightmare horror," Kingdom Death is a game of survival against all odds in a world where humanity grapples with despair, madness, and the constant threat of extinction.

In my personal opinion, the setting of the game hits a sweet-spot of lore and backstory that gives you just enough to work with, and doesn't require a weeks-long wiki binge to understand. I also greatly enjoy its mood of grim survival against hopeless odds. As such, I'd like to run a game in this setting. I do have a plot planned, but the majority of the game would indeed be the players banding together to create a settlement and survive in Kingdom Death. We'd be going through the approximate layout of a 25-year campaign, with liberal time skips in between. As such, the majority of the game's lore will be revealed to the players as it is revealed to their characters. Meaning that there is no understanding of the game's lore needed to play, but I am shooting for a smaller group (six at an absolute maximum).

Essentially this will be a game of survival-horror and nightmare-fantasy. I'll be taking inspiration from similar sources as the original game, such as Berserk, Dark Souls, and Bloodborne. Please let me know if you have comments, interest, questions, or suggestions. Thanks for reading, and I hope to play with you soon!

[El Noche]

I am interested.

[kou]

@Starboy This looks really damn intriguing.

[Starboy]

@Starboy This looks really damn intriguing.

@kou

Indeed it does. I'm interested. :)

[Dead Cruiser]

Now that there's a little interest, I can probably start elaborating in the character creation process.

Essentially your character will be built as the RP goes along. At the start they will have no skills, no memories, not even a name. However, you can establush ewrly on what sort of archetype you'd like your character to fall under (tank, ranger, support, etc), and they can gradually develop along that avenue.

[El Noche]

Now that there's a little interest, I can probably start elaborating in the character creation process.

Essentially your character will be built as the RP goes along. At the start they will have no skills, no memories, not even a name. However, you can establush ewrly on what sort of archetype you'd like your character to fall under (tank, ranger, support, etc), and they can gradually develop along that avenue.

@Dead Cruiser

Hmm, I'm assuming this boardgame has a class system of some such? I suppose I'll do some research to get a better feel for things.

[Dead Cruiser]

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Hmm, I'm assuming this boardgame has a class system of some such? I suppose I'll do some research to get a better feel for things.

@El Noche

Not exactly; characters gain improvements and attributes in a semi-random fashion, which then progress into natural synergies with certain equipment and playstyles.

[kou]

This actually sounds quite nice as I have a certain taste for characters that can be further developed without all the details being mandatory at the start. Adds a sort of mystery.

Or perhaps I'm just lazy.

[Dead Cruiser]

I'd like just one more player before I put the OOC up.

What resources or information would help you guys in working on your character concepts? You'll be starting with blank slates, more or less, but I can provide inspiration for paths your characters can take.

[Brink]

I'm not saying I'll join, but I'm awaiting to see the OOC. If that makes a difference.

[Dead Cruiser]

I'm not saying I'll join, but I'm awaiting to see the OOC. If that makes a difference.

@Brink

I'll keep waiting; I'd like a definite party of four at a minimum.

What information would help hold your interest?

[Brink]

@Dead Cruiser I mostly want to see who joins and the characters.

I guess I have a few questions though. You mention everyone is a blank slate? so does that mean the CS will be as simple as appearance and personality?

And you say we gain traits etc randomly so we sort of randomly get put in roles? so we might end up with...for example two healers and no tank?

Also, and perhaps most importantly, you say you have a plot ready but it will mostly be down to the players. Does that mean it will, in effect, be a sandbox? and you'll throw random events etc at us and the settlement we make?

[Dead Cruiser]

@Brink

Great questions.

1. Essentially, yes. We'll be working with a "living CS" that will be updated as the story progresses. Thus the necessity of a small group to keep the bookkeeping managable.

2. Random perhaps only from the perspective of your characters. As I said, feel free to express to me what sort of character you would like to develop, and we'll work together on getting them there.

3. More or less. Basically the trials that your characters and settlement will endure are predetermined, and the choices you make will affect the outcome of these events.

[Dead Cruiser]

I think I'll have the OOC up sometime tonight or tomorrow.

For now, here are some examples of "character classes" that your characters can develop into. Far from exclusive, mind you, these are just inspirations to set the tone and expectations.

SAVIOR

S A V I O R

Saviors are undaunted heroes, single minded and suicidally reckless in their quest to make a change in mankind's horrible existence. This meteoric existence ensures their lifespan will be short but bright.

TWILIGHT KNIGHT

T W I L I G H T K N I G H T

Clad in dark bronze armor and robed in a deep hooded cloak. They stand on the edge of the known world, a life devoted to battling foul creatures and horrifying abominations to shield the weaker from such peril.

FORSAKER

F O R S A K E R

The Forsakers lose or give up their grasp on sanity in trade for unbridled power and stamina. They see nothing but suffering and pitiful struggle around them, incapable of compassion, they channel their despair into unchecked furious berserk state that makes the Forsaker dangerous to friend and foe alike.

WHITE SPEAKER

W H I T E S P E A K E R

Tall, strong women whose ferocity is only matched by their deep mystery. Through sadistic rituals and dangerous story telling traditions they balance the twisted nature of Kingdom Death and can manipulate the "other" through unique blood techniques.

[Taka]

I saw the words Berserk and Dark Souls, and Bloodbourne. Ohhhhhhhhh I'm interested HEAVILY

[Lord of Evil]

Also interested...

[Bishop]

If someone doesn't show up, gimme a ping.

[Brink]

@Dead Cruiser How unstable would a Forsaker be? Would they need to be caged until needed levels of insane or would they only really let loose in combat?

[Dead Cruiser]

Sorry for the delay, got rather tied up by the end of the week at work.
Here's the OOC.

@Bishop@Lord of Evil@Kal-El@kou@El Noche@Starboy

@Brink A Forsaker would be a broken, pitiful creature outside of combat, weighed down by its mental traumas and disorders.