D - Day : Lost World

[Carlyle]

D - D A Y : L O S T W O R L D
D - D A Y : L O S T W O R L D

[ ❇ ] W H A T I S D - D A Y ? D-Day: Lost World is an apocalyptic modern day roleplay centered around a classified military experiment gone wrong—Project JX-04132, an American attempt at weaponizing teleportation. Funded by the Department of Defense, the project was designed for the US military which had been interested in acquiring the power to transport entire armies and fleets within a blink of an eye. Although initial prototype tests proved successful, in the process of doing so they had unknowingly ripped the fabric of time and space. Present day suddenly entangled itself with the past, and multiple timelines merged together into a singular universe branch. The world was lit ablaze with waypoints, acting as makeshift gates to ancient versions of Earth, which in turn allowed dinosaurs and other extinct, prehistoric fauna to funnel out from these portals in droves. The creatures that emerged from these portals would run amok across the globe and devastate population centers no matter the country or continent. For all intents and purposes, D-Day had fallen upon humanity. As of that day, despite all the technological advances they had made, humanity was no longer on the top of the food chain. [ ❇ ] W H A T A B O U T O U R C H A R A C T E R S ? Good news! You don't have to worry about the pseudo-military science at all; it's just there to give background fluff to the setting. Instead, we will be focusing on the survival aspect of it. After all, who doesn't enjoy a good dinosaur chase scene? Your character is a current denizen of the fictional town of Orrick, Indiana, which is painfully midwestern as it gets. In the interest of supporting Orrick's local high school, you have decided to go to a fundraiser being held at the nearby drive-in movie theater to watch the original Jurassic Park. Yet as the movie progresses, something feels off. The ground seems to shake. Nearby trees sway in the distance. Something big is coming, and it's hungry. But you're just imagining that, right? Got too into the movie, that's all... right? [ ❇ ] C H A R A C T E R S H E E T T E M P L A T E Character Sheet (View RAW for Code) C H A R A C T E R N A M E C H A R A C T E R N A M E "Character quote. Real life FCs only. Replace all mentions of silver with color of choice." Name Your character's name. Age Your character's age. Personality Traits What makes you different? What makes you special? What is a flaw you have? Short Background A quick 1-2 paragraphs about your character's history up to now. Other Info Anything that doesn't have a place in any of the other sections.

[Big McLargehuge]

I'm in. Extra points for featuring Rexy in the opening post. I'm a little curious about the dinosaurs. Will they be more paleontologically accurate, or will we be looking at dinosaurs more akin to Jurassic Park's? I'm fine with either, but I am curious. I think this is a good comparison.

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[Carlyle]

@Big McLargehuge The latter. I do not intend to be strict on accuracy. Whilst certain elements may be taken from the actual animal, I would rather err in the name of creative freedom instead of requiring everyone to have wikipedia or some other site open 24/7 when writing for this RP just to ensure accuracy.

[Prizrak]

What an interesting catalyst for an apocalypse, I'm definitely interested! Will begin working on my character sheet shortly.

[Carlyle]

Bumping.

[Martian]

I’m actually in the process of re-watching the Jurassic Park franchise and as such am in a big dinosaur mood. I would love to participate in this.

[Carlyle]

Weekend bump.

[Aisling]

I will make a normal character for this! Sounds like it will be interesting.

[Aisling]

Does the character have to be in RAW (whatever that is...)? I can do Google Docs and copy/paste.

[Carlyle]

Does the character have to be in RAW (whatever that is...)? I can do Google Docs and copy/paste.

@Aisling

Do you see at the top right of the initial post where it says "Raw"? Click that. It'll lead you to the raw page where it shows the post's code and everything else. The only thing you'd need to copy, however, is the code that is listed in the hider section.

[Carlyle]

I'm going to wait until Wednesday to see if we drum up a few more people before addressing OOC/sheet matters.

[Martian]

So I've been thinking of some character ideas. One is a film nerd who runs the high school film club, and dreams of moving to LA to be a director. Or maybe a local mechanic who had served in the military in the middle east, in case we need someone with gun knowledge. Does anyone else have a character concept?

[Big McLargehuge]

@Martian I'd like to be something of the dino expert. You know, that one guy who has a very niche hobby and everyone made fun of them for it, but without them the group would probably die in a week.

[Carlyle]

Some things came up, so I'll get this thread up today once I'm done with dinner.

@Martian Prizrak already DM'd me a military-based sheet, which also kind of covers the mechanic role too. Personally, I would go for another archetype/role myself. I'd rather not this RP become a full cast of military (or similar roles, like police) characters and turn this into the Monster Hunter film or something.

@Big McLargehuge Honestly, part of me feels hesitant in accepting an idea like that. Sure, people like that exist. But the idea also seems very much tailor-made for this RP in particular and could be easily be abused.

Maybe I'm just being weird about it, though.

[Carlyle]

roleplayerguild.com/topics/190831-d-d… Thread is up.