It all started with a dream. A dream that showed him - proved to him - that God was real and that he was chosen to do something greater than any man. A dream that screamed a story of agony and death, of painful destruction, of the world ending around him. He was to be a modern Noah. He was to usher the people of this world into a new age, just as the dream said. There wasn’t a part of it he didn’t believe.
That was five years ago.
Never before had Father McCarthy had such a dream. He saw Heaven and Hell both, the doors closing as the amount of souls trickling in came to an overwhelming number. God and Lucifer themselves said no more, and shut out the world the Father and his flock inhabited completely. Such action would not go unnoticed.
It was at this moment that the dead would be dead no longer. The moment they would pass, their souls would slam back into their bodies, but something would change. They would cry tears of blood, their veins would blacken as their skin turned white. They would rise, hungry for blood and flesh. Attacking everyone they came into contact with, they would spread like fire as they killed, until there was nothing left of the human population. They would destroy everything in a matter of months.
Father McCarthy knew what he needed to do.
Taking it upon himself to save those that lived around him, the man had five years to do all that he needed to do to save the people of Chicago. He would do whatever he needed to in the time he had to save them. To save you. Hello and welcome to my zombie survival roleplay. Getting over my fear of Zombies has made me completely and utterly obsessed with them, with me consuming any and all zombie media (although I’m still too afraid to play Resident Evil), and ultimately leading me to want to host a zombie RP! I’m thinking that this RP will be more designed to be user run, with almost all events and story progression happening by user and character made ideas.
If that sounds interesting to you, please let me know!
There will eventually be a discord made for OOC chatter, so plots, ideas, and character progression can be discussed.
Post limit is probably going to be once every two weeks or once a month. While I’d like to keep the ball rolling, I know that people have lives, and even I struggle with posting often.
RPG site rules trump these ones.
This is going to be a gorey and violent RP. Please be aware of that when coming into it. Since this is also more of an adult situation, cursing is going to happen. Rating this PG-13.
Keep IC drama to IC, and resolve OOC drama before it becomes a problem.
If you need to take a leave of absence, or feel like you’re not interested in this RP anymore, that’s ok! Let me know, we can do something with your character as you see fit.
I'm not planning on limiting the amount of players, but we'll see if it gets to be too much.
Any ideas goes for the plot and drama, as long as it falls into the aspect of the modern world. So no vampires/werewolves or fantasy elements, to start off with. (Who knows if things will change later we'll see).
Be kind!!
Below is a list of things to pick from to create our zombies. Feel free to throw this in your interested post, so we can get some votes started!
As I’m trying to make this a user-run RP, I want there to be a consensus on what the zombies are like. There are a whole bunch of different pieces of media we can select from, or combine pieces from things to make our own. We also don’t need to just contain each zombie to one type. There can be mutations, so zombies could change over time, or could have different traits among them. The one thing that i’m going to stick with is that the only way to kill them is to completely remove the head from the body, burn the body, or shoot the brain.
Pace Runners - Fast and deadly. One zombie can be a lot to handle, and it’s easy to be overwhelmed if there’s more than one. Walkers - Slow and easily avoided. One zombie can be easily handled, but hordes are a problem.
Infection Everyone is infected with this plague, so no matter when they die, they’ll turn. We need to decide what the zombie can do to kill them faster. This is subject to change. If people don’t want everyone to be infected, then we won’t do that. Let me know. Transmission type Bite only - Only being bitten will cause you to become infected. Scratch and Bite - Any type of wound created by one of the infected can infect another person. Bodily Fluids - Swallowing blood from a zombie could infect a person.
Quickness of Infection - How fast someone that is infected turns Death - Can only turn when an infected person dies. Usually happens within minutes. Within Minutes - A person bitten will turn in a batter of minutes after being bitten. Unknown - It doesn’t matter when you’ve died, you will eventually come back ranging from minutes to hours as long as your brain is still intact.
Senses All sense dulled - Sense of smell, hearing and sight are low. Easy to hide from. Dulled Sight and/or hearing - easier to hide from. Dulled Sight, heightened hearing - Shh gotta be quiet. Dulled Hearing, heightened Sight - Stay out of sight. Heightened Everything - We’re all doomed.
Weaknesses Fire - I’m probably going to make this one happen anyways. Maybe we can mutate some zombies to be resistant to fire though. Darkness - Would probably go along with Dulled Sight, but these zombies have a hard time seeing at night. Bright lights will still draw them though. Light - The opposite of zombies affected by Darkness, these zombies are blinded by bright lights. Generally hidden during the day, but swarm at night.
Do you want to see mutated zombies? - Yes or No
If you feel I’ve forgotten anything that might be worth adding into the zombie choices, let me know!
I will post a character sheet in the OOC, if this gets enough traction. Thanks for reading! Have a swell day.
interested! i've been wanting to do some survival for a while now.
the notes you have for the zombies are all good! i think we should have a variety of all types of zombies. the quicker ones with good eyesight and hearing could be freshly turned zombies while the slower ones with dull sense could be older ones. it would make sense since the more they walk around the more they decay unless decaying isn't something that happens to these zombies. the weakness of these zombies would also go into play if decay is a thing or not.
as for mutated zombies, hell yeah! i would love to see those huge mutated zombies. would make a good challenge to face off against.
as for the infection, it would make sense if it was bodily fluid; blood, sweat, saliva.
I love this. As for zombies, I think having a mix of all types will be best! Even mutated ones. I do have discord so if you have it there, please, let me know asap. lol. And if the zombies decay is there ever a point when they just die? Or would be eating the flesh of living things help stop the decaying process? I prefer the dulled sight zombies, but maybe having different types comes with different weaknesses. I would love to discuss this further and hear everyone's thoughts.
Awesome! I'll probably wait for a few more people before I make the OOC or a discord.
I'm loving the idea of mixing up the types though. I'd think that if they do decay, they wouldn't die. They could lose limbs as they go, from decay, but they can only die if the brain gets damaged somehow. I do really really like the idea that the zombies degrade overtime, though. The roleplay will start out at the very beginning of everything, so at first we'll be experiencing fast, I think. If people agree with that. Mutated zombies should probably also progress overtime, so they won't be at the start, I'm thinking.
This looks really interesting. Big fan of the walking dead series (the first few seasons at least).
In terms of input, I agree with Rodiak on the idea of having zombies' senses become more dulled as they age/decay. I always hated how on TWD the freshly turned zombies were somehow instantly slow-moving and sluggish. Maybe after people turn they have an initial period where they still maintain all motor function? Having a party-member die, turn, then start sprinting after you sounds awesomely scary. I like the idea of having everyone already infected through some Corona-esque disease. It adds the suspense of "anyone at any time". Maybe the superbacteria from a zombie bite helps kill the victim, similar to a snake venom type deal.
Hi! I'll admit that I'm a little rusty on the RP-regular front, but I'm hoping to see where this might go. I think I have an idea for a character, even...
For the most part, I think the zombies should be the good ol' slow-paced shamblers, BUT in the case of the recently-deceased, they should be able to move fairly quickly. Rigor mortis sets in over time. And I'm on board with the mutant zombles, though it'd have to happen later rather than sooner.
I'm not sure how I feel about the everyone is infected premise, but that's just my preference. As for how it spreads - I reckon bites should be a snake-venom type deal, yeah. Bodily fluids might also be effective, though I'd say just blood-to-blood, and if a zombie has bloody hands, I see no reason that a scratch wouldn't infect someone. Otherwise, I think a scratch is just a scratch. I'd say that maybe people could survive for maybe a couple of hours at most, or something, after being infected by a zombie, but it shouldn't be something that can happen in the first few minutes.
When it comes to senses... I mean, I agree with the others. Freshly turned zombies have heightened/human-like senses, more decayed zombies might have poorer eyesight (I like the idea that they rely on sound). As for weaknesses... well, I'm conflicted on the light/dark front, but fire, 100% a weakness, regardless of what actually causes the infection. Increased heat means faster decay - and if it's a virus or bacteria, it'll kill the infection; if it's some sort of holy retribution, well, fire is just as effective there, no?
I'm so happy with everyone's input! I'll go through and kinda tally up what everyone's for, and we can discuss it further in the discord!. I work today and tomorrow, so the OOC will for sure be up within the next few days, and probably before Christmas.
@Rodiak@NaturalTendency@Juicebox@CollectorOfMyst Got the character sheet made so you guys can start working on your character before I post the OOC, if you want. Also the discord link is in the post above this.
[color=???]Appearance[/color] [indent ]appearance block a. You can write as little or as much as you want.[/indent] [indent ]appearance block b. If you need a block c, just indent[/indent] [color=???]Personality[/color] [indent ]personality block a[/indent] [indent ]personality block b[/indent] [color=???]Biography[/color] [indent ]bio block a[/indent] [indent ]bio block b[/indent] [color=???]Other[/color] [indent ]mainly noteable skills. Put other languages here[/indent] FC | faceclaim here / Color code | hex code here Anything else you'd like us to know? [list ][*]This character is/is not disposable. [*]List anything else here [/list]
My work in progress ^^; Please feel free to look it over, but it's kind of empty right now.
Malachi
Name
Malachi Blackthorn
Mal, Kai
age
Early 20s
gender
Male (he/him)
Sexuality
Flexible (aka player hasn't decided yet)
Occupation
College Student (Senior)
Appearance
appearance block a. You can write as little or as much as you want.
appearance block b. If you need a block c, just indent
Personality
personality block a
personality block b
Biography
bio block a
bio block b
Other
mainly notable skills. Put other languages here
FC | I have no idea / Color code | 20B2AA/LightSeaGreen Anything else you'd like us to know?
This character is currently not disposable.
(this will be subject to GM approval) Malachi is the effective guardian of a little girl. What his exact relationship to this girl is, I haven't decided, nor if he became her effective guardian before or after the infection started spreading. Also, she calls him Malkai.
If it comes to our characters getting guns, Malachi would be using a hunting rifle.
Standing at just over six feet, Jun-seo is a man of simplicity. From his simple hair cut to his bland fashion taste, Jun-seo is a simple man. Brown eyes sport dark under eyes, and the slight slouch he had developed indicates the amount he has spent away from bed and over his desk grading papers. Over his lip, Jun-seo wears a mustache he's been too lazy to shave off or maintain. It's clear to anyone that lays their eyes on him that he cares very little about his appearance, and yet he manages to not look too bad.
As for his fashion taste, his simplicity extends to the way he dresses. Jun-seo's closet consists of black, white, and everything in between. He considers practicability over fashion any day of the year. It's easy to match his clothes, especially when everything is a shade of black or white. There have been a few special occasions when he wears the color blue, but those are rare.
Jun-seo is a stoic man that keeps to himself most of the time. While there have been instances where his students have seen the more gentle and kind side of him he tries to put up a front. There are very few rare moments where he will approach a person and strike a conversation as he tends to be critical of others. There's something in Jun-seo that makes him push others away, perhaps is his non-caring attitude towards things or the stoic tone his voice has.
While his outward attitude is toned down to almost no emotions, Jun-seo shows his emotions with actions. He likes to buy his students candies and offer them after tests or writes down a happy face on the student's papers he personally liked. There are little things that Jun-seo does to show his appreciation towards those he likes. It's easy to miss.
Jun-seo grew up in Los Angeles, to be more specified, in Koreatown. His parents owned a little resturant off of Wilshire. He, along with his older sister, helped run the place. The family's restuarant wasn't that much of a hit for the locals, but it kept a roff over their heads and allowed his parents to set some money aside for the kid's college fund.
Growing up, Jun-seo was a hardworking student. He had to be. His parents were strict about school and rarely had any free time to hang out with his friends outside school. While he didn't mind his situation, he had always wished he had more time for the very few friends he had made throughout high school.
Jun-seo graduated from high school with honors, unfortunately, his mother had had an accident just a year prior to that. While his sister was already in university, his college fund had gone to help with his mother's medical bills. The whole bill almost crippled them into closing the store. Jun-seo had to take a year break between high school and college to help around the restaurant while his mother recovered.
After that, he was finally able to enroll in community college while he worked two jobs. He never resented his parents or the situation he was in. Jun0seo knew that was life. All he could do was work hard and try to give back to his parents.
Simple. That was Jun-seo's life.
He graduated from UCLA with a Ph.D. in Psychology. He began working a few weeks after in the UCLA Psychology department. He recently took a class to teach in the university and has been trying to save up money along with his sister to buy their parents a new home in El Segundo.
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Kim Nam Gil | #495855
Knows how to speak Spanish.
He cooks a bowl of mean kimchi rice.
Recenty took up running, as he's trying to loose a few extra pound he has gained.
_______________________________________________ | 30 | cis Male | Bisexual | | Professor / Psychologist | _______________________________________________
APPEARANCE With the tempting color of an unpicked ripe red apple her hair is usually pulled back by a mere clip unless relaxing or tired then it is left wild. Her light clear jade eyes peek through her red lashes giving her a surreal look within the galaxy of red freckles that flow over her face and spread over her chunky hourglass body. Standing at 5'7" at 162lbs she is rarely, if ever, caught without a confident stance and indifferent face. On her forearm and usually hidden is her tattoos, her favourite being a scalpel wrapped in lavender flower. Her ears hold three diamond studs ranging from biggest to smallest going up her ear with a matching short diamond necklace. Her casual attires depends on her mood as her work attire usually are long sleeved undershirt with scrubs. No matter what she wears she has converses on her feet that are either black or red.
EXTRAS Her skills consist of medical knowledge, psychology, singing, crafts, cooking, butterfly knife tricks, and patience. The weapon she always keep with her safe is a butterfly knife, and a folding knife. In her purse she carries her charger, her cellphone, pens, a notepad, a small pink bouncy ball (about the size of a tennis ball or slightly smaller), sewing kit, wipies, a paperback book and in her back pack is two sets of casual attire, a brush, a travel kit (tooshbrush, toothpaste, shampoo, conditioner, soap, deodorant, and floss), water bottle, water bottle full of vodka, pain medication, feminine products, nail polish, light amount of make up, pack of smokes and lighter
JOB BEFORE OUTBREAK Psychistric Nurse
Ah... I can't figure out how to put a picture here. I can do it in discord. haha. If there is anything wrong or if you'd like me to change stuff, just let me know. Or if there is more you need.
