Utterly Mad

Foods scarce, it's the apocalypse after all. Aside from that we've got religious nut jobs and cannibals. Your only real goal is to survive, so you'll need to find food and water, and keep safe. To do that you'll need to manage time between searching, maintaining any weapons and gear you have, moving along the road, and sleep. Bandits, cannibals, and nut jobs are going to try and kill you if they find you, so you will need to be prepared.
Whether you've got a knife or a sword, you will need something to defend yourself from them. You might find something, but you are going to need to maintain whatever you've got.
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Rules
1. don't be a dick
2. Respect both the other players and the GM(me)
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CS
Name:
Gender:
Appearance: (optional)
Skills (Put a checkmark next to a skill that your character has, you can have 3 skills checked at start, in depth explanation will be in the next section: NO FIRE ARMS SKILL)
Mechanic : :
Melee : :
Thrown : :
Fire Arms : :
Searching : :
Guard : :
Background: (Character background, you can either post it with the sheet or PM it to me if you wish to reveal it through roleplay)
Gear: (1 melee weapon, 2 throwing weapon types, then stuff like grappling hooks or other such things)
Backpack: (Any weapons/gear not in use, as well as any food and water your character is carrying)
((Please keep the sheet at the bottom of your posts and update it))
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Skills
Skill levels are behind the table for now. If I feel I need to go ahead and reveal them I will and I'll make a post explaining what you need to edit into your sheets. Skills will level through use, and I will inform you when you've gotten experienced in a skill, after which add a checkmark to that skill. For reference though a checked skill has five levels.
What the skills do
Mechanic
You can create and maintain various things, and maintain them at a better level.
Melee
You are more proficient with melee weapons and can perform more complicated fighting moves
Thrown
You can use throwing weapons more proficiently and do can even throw more then one at a time
Fire Arms
You can use fire arms more proficiently and can load them faster
Searching
You have a tendency to find more and better things while searching
Gaurd
When on Guard duty you have a higher tendency to notice approaching enemies. Increases health and defense.
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WEAPON RULES
You can have one new weapon, but nothing OP.
No Fire Arms
You can have a total of three weapons, two of which should be makeshift weapons.

Do I HAVE to have a throwing weapon? or naw?

Name: Aaron Vance
Appearence: A 6'3 middle aged Caucasian male with brown messy hair, a scruff beard and pale blue eyes. He is clothed with a jean-blue down jacket, a tan button up shirt, a faded red bandana which he wears over his mouth, a makeshift sheath for his machete, a faded blue beanie, a white under-shirt, a pair of grey cargo pants, a pair of worn hiking boots, and an olive green backpack.
Gender: Male
Skills:
Mechanic : :
Melee :X:
Thrown :X:
Fire Arms : :
Searching :X:
Guard : :
Background: He was 19 when The End happened, he was working as a Librarian because he loved to read. He hid out in his apartment until he was raided while he was sleeping, they took EVERYTHING. now he has a deep hatred for bandits or raiders. But he is alone mostly...
Gear: A machete made from an old hedge trimmer, he has two small knives with 6 inch blades for throwing weapons.
Backpack: A can pf potted meat, a can of potatoes, a can of pickled beets, a zip-lock bag with mess-ware like forks and spoons, a multi-tool with a can-opener, a screwdriver, a teeny tiny blade, and a set of pliers, a match-book, a milk-jug that hands from his pack that's half-filled with water, a small zip-lock bag with assorted paper-scraps, some red-solo cups, and a copy of a book containing assorted H.P. Lovecraft stories.

Uh, From the book the child is I'm guessing about 9 or 10, and he was just born during the beginning apocalypse... So about 10 years.

YEAH MAAATH.

yeh okay, its not required but it's a good idea to have them...

Yes, also, guys, quick mechanic question since this could go either way: Should I put bows under throwing or fire arms?

Firearms. It would only be throwing if you were literally throwing the arrows straight from your hand.

I think an NPC would do fine...

Also this song would be good for the intro



Fits the mood well.