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Here locket: Ryan Jones.
Tell me what you think
I didn't get into a LOT of detail with things, but I can edit if necessary.
Tell me what you think
I didn't get into a LOT of detail with things, but I can edit if necessary.
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I think he'll work nicely, but it's hard to tell unless everything's set up.
Alright. But what will the disaster do to people? Kill them so they lay littered everywhere? Make them demented? Or make them do things against their will (there's really a virus that does that to ants)?
And you have to think, if they DON'T die, but you don't want maniacs everywhere, it might have to be something other than a virus. Anything from aliens to primordial ooze to leaders and scientists messing with things they shouldn't.
Alright. But what will the disaster do to people? Kill them so they lay littered everywhere? Make them demented? Or make them do things against their will (there's really a virus that does that to ants)?
And you have to think, if they DON'T die, but you don't want maniacs everywhere, it might have to be something other than a virus. Anything from aliens to primordial ooze to leaders and scientists messing with things they shouldn't.
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I guess that'll depend on what kind of an RPG we really want. More post-apocalyptic (with only a handful of people surviving), or running-from-our-crazy-peers? Either one would work, but the second one would make it a more desperate situation for our characters as they try to find a cure.
Or we could have a stupid world leader push the Big Red Button....
Or we could have a stupid world leader push the Big Red Button....
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"That's the Big Red Button. You don't just PRESS the Big Red Button!"
I'm not sure if the end goal would be a cure at all. Survival might be the goal. Let's weigh the options.
With post-apocalyptic you have complete desolation. Empty, whistling streets with everything quickly reverting to the natural order. Wild animals would be a problem, but I can't think of any other real danger. The desolation and loneliness is very enticing, but would it keep the RPG afloat?
With mad-people, there's constant danger (unless they're nocturnal or something), but the fighting might get old after awhile.
I'm not sure if the end goal would be a cure at all. Survival might be the goal. Let's weigh the options.
With post-apocalyptic you have complete desolation. Empty, whistling streets with everything quickly reverting to the natural order. Wild animals would be a problem, but I can't think of any other real danger. The desolation and loneliness is very enticing, but would it keep the RPG afloat?
With mad-people, there's constant danger (unless they're nocturnal or something), but the fighting might get old after awhile.
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"You got the button you could press and destroy the world if you suddenly turned inexplicably evil?"
"Yep."
I like the idea of desolation, too, but maybe we could add a villain. Maybe some guy who decides to assume power after almost everyone is gone, and he starts a totalitarian regime? I dunno.....
"Yep."
I like the idea of desolation, too, but maybe we could add a villain. Maybe some guy who decides to assume power after almost everyone is gone, and he starts a totalitarian regime? I dunno.....
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But if everyone's gone he has no one to rule.
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/mg19225731.100 Have a looksie.
I read up on the movie at answers.com, and we could go about it their way-- starting the story several years after the disappearances.
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/mg19225731.100 Have a looksie.
I read up on the movie at answers.com, and we could go about it their way-- starting the story several years after the disappearances.
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What I meant was he takes over after all but a handful of people disappears.
Though that IS a funny thought: "I SHALL RULE THE COCKROACHES!!!!!!!!!" (You know, since it'd just be them after a nuclear holocaust....)
Several years after the disappearances would be good. BTW, how many people are left? A few hundred? A few thousand? A couple dozen?
Though that IS a funny thought: "I SHALL RULE THE COCKROACHES!!!!!!!!!" (You know, since it'd just be them after a nuclear holocaust....
) Several years after the disappearances would be good. BTW, how many people are left? A few hundred? A few thousand? A couple dozen?
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In this RPG? A very tiny tiny group. There may be more out in the world, but since communications will be quickly shut down from lack of care, they'd never know the difference.
The only question about being several years after the disappearance is how could it take so long for them to find each other?
The only question about being several years after the disappearance is how could it take so long for them to find each other?
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Well, they wouldn't all HAVE to be strangers to each other. Some of them could already be friends, and there could already be one or two, maybe three groups formed that find each other.
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True. And if we did the rabid danger scenario, they would have been kept separate by extreme caution.
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True. Or they could all live in separate parts of the same country--like have one group in North Dakota, one in Montana, one in Texas--and heard about each other through rumors or something. Since mass communication was down, it would have taken them some time to hear word of other survivors.
So if we go with the rabid danger scenario, what will that rabid danger be, exactly? Why will everyone else be insane? Why did that select group of people escape whatever (literally or figuratively speaking) turned everyone they loved into zombies?
So if we go with the rabid danger scenario, what will that rabid danger be, exactly? Why will everyone else be insane? Why did that select group of people escape whatever (literally or figuratively speaking) turned everyone they loved into zombies?
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Not sure. It could be a simple fluke-- each of these people did something at a precise time that somehow prevented the rabid thing from touching them.
For instance, say it was aliens. If each character was in a body of water (swimming pool, ocean, shower, etc.) at the moment the aliens beamed everyone up, then we would say that since humans are made of so much water, the aliens missed them. It's far-fetched, but you get the basic idea.
For instance, say it was aliens. If each character was in a body of water (swimming pool, ocean, shower, etc.) at the moment the aliens beamed everyone up, then we would say that since humans are made of so much water, the aliens missed them. It's far-fetched, but you get the basic idea.
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I honestly liked your vampire theory the best, but I'm sure anything would be good
Lol, just throwing my opinion out there.
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The more I think about this idea of starting a few years after the start the more I like it. I think, if no one objects, that that will be the first detail officially set in stone.
The main troubles with vampires are as follows: a) we have to be careful not to make it offensive, b) it might be relying TOO heavily on the movie, c) 6 billion or so vampires against one itty-bitty group of New Yorkers?
Here are two other ideas I was pondering: First, a sickness based off of those ant spores. Basically, a parasitic fungus invades the brains of the ants, forcing the confused and delusional creature to climb the highest thing it can find. Eventually, it dies and the parasitic fungus sprouts from its heads into a pretty flower. Then, one day, the flower bursts, spreading more spores onto every ant within its radius. Now, if we had a spore thing like that, our people would be part of the group who wasn't breathing at the moment the spores were released (breath-holding contest, swimming underwater, under anesthesia, whatever).
Idea #2: I don't know what started it or what sort of sickness it would cause. But what I picture are clocks. Anyone near any sort of time-telling device-- sun dials, hourglasses, cell phones, watches, grandfather clocks, ANYTHING-- would have all heard at one specific time a creepy voice whispering, "Time's up." And then the mass chaos would ensue from there. But anyone NOT near any sort of time reference would have heard nothing.
The main troubles with vampires are as follows: a) we have to be careful not to make it offensive, b) it might be relying TOO heavily on the movie, c) 6 billion or so vampires against one itty-bitty group of New Yorkers?
Here are two other ideas I was pondering: First, a sickness based off of those ant spores. Basically, a parasitic fungus invades the brains of the ants, forcing the confused and delusional creature to climb the highest thing it can find. Eventually, it dies and the parasitic fungus sprouts from its heads into a pretty flower. Then, one day, the flower bursts, spreading more spores onto every ant within its radius. Now, if we had a spore thing like that, our people would be part of the group who wasn't breathing at the moment the spores were released (breath-holding contest, swimming underwater, under anesthesia, whatever).
Idea #2: I don't know what started it or what sort of sickness it would cause. But what I picture are clocks. Anyone near any sort of time-telling device-- sun dials, hourglasses, cell phones, watches, grandfather clocks, ANYTHING-- would have all heard at one specific time a creepy voice whispering, "Time's up." And then the mass chaos would ensue from there. But anyone NOT near any sort of time reference would have heard nothing.
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Oh and everyone please remember that your characters don't have to be macho wonderpeople. After several years of scratching your way out for survival, you naturally become tough.
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