[[Righto, so like people usually do when people stop posting in their fucking RP. I'm deciding to abandon ship and do another RP.]] Plz post, plz
Among Gods
Silence. Silence is what overtook the Earth when the initial invasion hit. Phone calls dropping, navigation systems on planes malfunctioning, electronics all shutting down; for the first time, no one was connected, everyone was isolated and confused as to what was going on. Then the first beam hit Earth, burning and disintegrating a whole continent within the span of a few minutes. Entire cities crumbled, great walls of orange and blue fire charred what was left on the surface, entire forests gone in a flash, and those that were lucky to survive the glassing faced the fallout and ash that polluted the air.
It was all so confusing to you, a moment ago you were carpooling to work, the next you were running for shelter, hearing the chaos breaking out behind you, people rioting, looting what they could before the next beam hit. You managed to find shelter in a cellar as you felt the next shockwave hit the Earth, heard its deafening roar as it swept past overhead, and then silence. You peaked out the cellar door and saw nothing but isolated fires and pale white ash clouding the air, and covering the ground like snow.
Its only been a week now after the initial event, you barely have enough to survive, your food is nearly out, and for some reason you decided to group up with some people that have as much or less, food then you do. Hopefully you can make it last.
Rules
Okay, so I'm not really rule heavy. But if this is going to be a OOC drama filled self-governed RP, we need to set some basic ground rules that WILL NEVER be broken.
1. The Invaders will never be friendly or allied with Humanity, we are basically pests or animals to them, they don't understand how we work or what we really are. However, if they ever do understand us, they will use humans like pests or animals, using them as weapons, etc....
2. The Earth's air is unbreathable, and we have no idea what happened to the outside world. So as such, if weather is going to happen, and is bound to happen. Then it needs to be as equally terrible.
3. All of Earth's electronics are wiped out, even if you make new ones they still won't work. The only thing that works, is classic oil and flame. Maybe later you can fix this.
4. Earth is a battlefield for The Invaders to fight each other in, so when there's an alien encounter. They will either be doing their own thing, or fighting each other.
5. You can't craft stuff outta nothing, or make stuff outta nothing. Don't randomly find all the parts you need in one store, and don't keep writing about how you scavenged 18 different buildings for gear and food. That's boring to read. If you need to go looting, either have it be something on the side, something to talk to other people, or have some interesting thing happen. This is more group storytelling then, "How can I make a flamethrower 8-different ways"
And the last rule is for the aliens... make them alien or horrifying. That means no anthro-furry aliens. Think more Halo's Covenant, then Mass Effects Asari. Also remember that most of the species that are fighting on Earth glassed your planet within an hour, so having some fear or hatred towards the bastards would make sense.
Also no fucking robots that you build in the attic, I made the mistake of setting this in the year 2020 once, I ain't doing it again. (The year is, Modern Day)
Also any aliens, lore, weapons, etc... you want yo add. Just include it at the bottom of your post, I don't really wanna make an OOC because those are often ignored. (Example: You just wrote a huge paragraph about how you just beheaded a alien. You decide that some lore about the store you just beheaded the alien at would be neat, so you put a spoiler and add some lore about how the store chain came to be or some such crap.)
Character Sheet
[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Age:[/b]
[b]Gender:[/b]
[b]Clothing:[/b]
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[b]Equipment:[/b] [Alright, so instead of giving you a slot limit lets do this. You had two hours to grab enough stuff from your car or wherever you were before the first blast hit. Each item has a timelimit attached to it.] [Small items like food, water, small tools like screwdrivers and such: Would take 30 mins (You're panicking and scrounging around for shit)] [Medium Items crowbars, lamps, and grocery bags: would take 45mins] [Large Items, like generators, rifles, and building supplies would take and hour] [Go crazy]
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Backstory: [Optional]
Alright, I did away with Appearance, Skills, Personality, and Traits. Why? Because they provide absolutely nothing. Let's face it, no one ever follows their sheet to a T. People change, characters evolve and change, and unless you want to constantly add new skills, personality shifts, and gaining new traits as you RP along. Then be my guest and add those in yourself.
Honestly, the people we have here can write characters, they can roleplay, and they know what pisses and doesn't piss people off. And honestly limiting them to a generic D&D, forum-roleplayer sheet might be doubting or doing them an injustice.
If you want to go around brutalizing aliens for terrorizing your homeworld that's fine, but expect people to b*tch at you or have them write about how the aliens started following you home to kill your dog.
Anyway, the rules are mainly to keep the setting of, "Aliens keeping the humans down, and everything is terrible." In check, while also having one rule about not writing about nothing but scavenging and having lesbian sex in some dead guy's house.