Walking Dead WIP

[RumikoOhara]

A couple of times I have seen people try to start a post zombie apocalypse RP and regrettably they like many RP fade away

Well with this little offering I am hoping to explore what the world is like for people who barely remember the former world because they were 6 to 10 years old when it all went to hell.

Working cars and trucks are rare and ammo so hard to find few resort to spray and pray anymore. Humans have been reduced to a preindustrial culture most places or worse with a few pockets of tech still operating. (Hydroelectric, Solar, or Wind). The primary source of transportation is Horse or some form of animal; there are rumors of Elephants being used further south.

Did I hint on the RP’s location? Well it’s Mount Hood or more accurately on The Bullrun Reservoir and Dam which has a working hydroelectric plant.

This RP is about the society the people of the town of Lasthope and how they are coping with the new world.

There are no Green Berets, Rangers, SAS, Navy Seals; just the kids they’ve trained who are called Troopers or Scouts in the Cavalry traditions.

You don’t have to play a Trooper or Scout. You can be an Engineer (Construction or Mechanical), a Doctor (People or Animals) or heck even a Farmer if you like

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I am still working through the kinks and trying to fill any gaps and Love Input so speak up ask questions

Opps! Forgot Lasthope has a Steam Train

[Riddle Me This]

Sounds like it could be fun!

[RumikoOhara]

@Riddle Me This

I’m working on it at present, meaning that I haven’t gotten a degree of detail in my head that I like.

I see a Modern Sparta without the tossing of babies or the ubiquitous male on male action

Did you know there are an estimated 20,000 wild horses in Idaho, Washington, and Oregon

[Skwint]

Hydroelectric damn and horses? I'm getting some The Last of Us vibes.

[RumikoOhara]

@Skwint

Never played the game though I have heard of it

I was looking for a Northwest setting that had a large river and came across the Bullrun river and reservoir, the horses are a logical deduction

[Carlyle]

@RumikoOhara I'll bite. What level of roleplay will it be? Casual? Advanced? Additionally, how focused on The Walking Dead would it be? Will it be directly like the series (slow moving zombies that walk aimlessly around until they find their meal) or something entirely different?

[RumikoOhara]

@RumikoOhara I'll bite. What level of roleplay will it be? Casual? Advanced? Additionally, how focused on The Walking Dead would it be? Will it be directly like the series (slow moving zombies that walk aimlessly around until they find their meal) or something entirely different?

@Poi

Level will be Casual

Walking Dead type

I Love Questions, thanks Poi

[Carlyle]

@RumikoOhara Roger that. I already have an idea for a character. If you have any ideas or questions that you'd want to ask us, just do so. I'll try to give you my best opinion.

[Skwint]

@Poi

"I'll bite"

And it's a zombie rp.

I see what you did there.

[Carlyle]

@Poi

"I'll bite"

And it's a zombie rp.

I see what you did there.

@Skwint

To be honest, I didn't even realize the connection until after I posted.

[RumikoOhara]

@Poi@Skwint

Well, that's the thing that will be different about this one. The Zombies are not the scary threats they were 10 years ago.

In Lasthope every home has 8 ft. forked polearms and 4-foot long baseball bats and they practice trapping walkers with three to four polearms and dispatching them with the long bats.

The walkers are a known danger in these people's lives so they don't usually panic.

I want the range of age for the characters to reflect that Characters were 6 to 12 years old when the world went to hell.

[Dnafein]

I'm curious

[Carlyle]

@RumikoOhara Why not cavalry sabers? Baseball bats would be more available, but if you're already having customized weapons such as 8ft pitchforks, I'm sure whoever is making them can make sabers--maybe melting down scrap metal that would be easily scavenged (compared to more valuable items). It'd work with the cavalry aesthetic you've been playing around with too.

[RumikoOhara]

Actually, the polearms are made of a hardened wood shaft turned at the local lumber mill then add what looks like a Wooden bow without a string made of steamed ash peg mounted then bound with sinew to the shaft. They are used in groups of two or three with a batsman and the reason for the use of wood is that it is an abundant local resource.

The tactic is easy and adjustable, one traps the walker at the waist, the other traps a leg usually against a building or they trip the walker then pin it to the ground, once pinned the Bat is swung it's length giving it extra force as well as keeping the attacker at a safe distance to deliver the ending blow

These weapons can be scaled up to be used from horseback

Cavalry Sabers are as yet uncommon but I can see at least 100 being found in the course of 14 years and worn by only those that prove themselves as leaders and capable of using the weapon. The Primary weapons of Troopers are Lance, Bow, Lariat, and issued firearms under a special provision. Scouts are more likely to Carry Firearms but their main weapons are the Bow or Tomahawk which they are experts in the use of.

The reason there is no production of sabers is because Lasthope is currently working on making revolvers and lever action rifles, they have a Black powder mill that is picking up production enough that at least the town can allow weapons practice with new black powder stuff

Oh forgot to add that they are also working on nitrocellulose-based but the production pace and quality need work

[Carlyle]

@RumikoOhara Fair enough, but I imagine the pitchforks would need to be replaced often. Even if they're meant to trap zombies, we can look at historical examples of medieval lances breaking on the first charge because of the force of impaling someone. And black powder weapons are cool and loud, provided if they hit their target or don't explode in your own hands.

[RumikoOhara]

@Poi

Got to work within our capabilities and off of what is locally available

Don't worry though Lasthope is sending out long-range patrols to map out resources and machinery especially electrical manufacturing stuff, wiring, motors, tools, educational books, and anything else the patrol commander thinks of as an asset to Lasthope. They will also be looking for skilled craftsmen which they will try and recruit.

One group is going to the Warmsprings Indian reservation on a horse and cattle roundup.

I like swords myself but in practicality fighting walkers that respond best to massive blunt force to the skull a large bat is better and doesn't get stuck in the target most of the time.

Mount Hood has a huge logging and lumber industry around it and like the Russians, the people of Lasthope carted all sorts of industrial material and equipment to the site of their town. Then there is the Concrete industry that mined the Potash and Limestone which is considered a priority industry equal to the lumber industry

[Dnafein]

With black powder if you have the casino gas you can manufacture actual bullets. If there's a source of scrap metal, such could be used for the bullets themselves.

[RumikoOhara]

@Dnafein

Still trying to understand what you mean by casino gas

[Dnafein]

Casings sorry. Using a touch screen to type and sometimes it puts spaces in odd places as it registers both if gets at same time.

[DeletedUser9Gh7]

Sounds good to me!