Story:
It was December 20, 3010 in the gloomy setting that is California. If one were to see how the place looked like, one would think it was the aftermath of an apocalyptic world war. And indeed was the case. All the countries in the world got pissed off with each other and went crazy.
Your name is <insert character name>. You're one of the few remaining survivors in this post apocalyptic world. Your fate lies in your hands. Mutated animals exist.
Character Sheet:
Appearance: (picture, description, or both.)
Name:
Birthdate: (We all start at Dec 20, 3010, so do some calculations if you want a specific age.)
Backstory: (At least 100 words. If you can come up with 200 or more, I'll give you a game bonus.)
Starting weapon: (Pick from the following: Dagger, Baseball bat, 9mm Pistol with 24 bullets, Nothing. If you choose nothing, I'll give you a special in-game bonus.)
Type of social skill: (What are you good at? Seduction? Bartering? Convincing people to join your cause? Pick only one of endless possibilities. There will be NPCs in the game that you'll be able to manipulate. Please note that no matter how high your social skill is, you can't influence human players.)
Type of combat skill: (Are you good at Karate? Swordfighting? Marksmanship? Choose from the endless possibilities.)
Type of craft skill: (Anything from cooking to making jewelries is fine, as long as it's useful to you and doesn't give you an unfair advantage. Also, whatever tools you need for your craft, you must salvage from wherever. It's your responsibility to find them.)
There is a level up system with your skills. And this is how it works:
Level 1 = Beginning of every level.
Level 2 = Must do a total of one post where you explicitly train or expose this skill.
Level 3 = Must do a total of 3 posts.
Level 4 = 6 posts.
Level 5 = 12 posts.
Level 6 = 24 posts.
Level 7 = 48 posts.
Level 8 = 96 posts.
Level 9 = 192 posts.
Levels 1 - 3 = Beginner
Levels 4 - 6 = Adept
Levels 7 - 9 = Expert
As far as the acquisition of items, you may salvage them or buy them from some NPC vendor.
Rules:
1. At least 100 words per post. NO EXCEPTIONS.
2. If you're having a dialogue with another player that requires more than 100 words of dialogue total for the both of you, here's what you do: PM each other and do your dialogues there. And when you've finalized it, one of you will post what you two talked about. Same goes of trialogues and quadrologues.
3. When you are roleplaying alone, I require you to write the kind of narration that would have an event lasting at least ten minutes worth of in-game time. Meaning, tell us what your character did for at least ten minutes.
4. No godmodding, metagaming, and auto-hitting.
5. Your character can die. It can also be revived.
6. I and some assigned people control all the NPCs. There's everything from giant rodents, starving children, to drug dealers.
7. Starving to death is a real possibility, so eat. Scavenge canned goods, hunt down pigeons, cannibalize. Do anything and everything to get some food in your belly.
8. You're allowed to switch a skill for every five posts. For example, your initial combat skill was daggermanship but you bought or found an AK-47 assault rifle, feel free to switch to Marksmanship.
9. Read all the posts that came before yours!
10. Keep things PG-13 except for gore. If sex is inevitable, fade to black.
Any questions?