However, over the course of the final week of December, news reports began to be releases of a new, powerful, fatal disease that began to spread throughout many third-world countries, it's mortality rate off the scale. Necrosis of living tissue, impairment of motor functions, high infection rate, complete inability for the human body to fight off the disease... it was a nightmare.
By the time the new year came around, many nations had closed their borders to prevent the disease from spreading. However, it was worse than anyone could imagine, as the dead began to walk once more. Borders were quickly compromised, and soon, no major nation remained untouched by this plague.
By the end of the first week of 2013, the zombie apocalypse had decimated the modern world and crippled society. Though, pockets of civilization still remained: cities that were fenced off from the outside world, protected by scattered military detachments. Humanity would still thrive, and continue on, in the form of about 350 million people, in cities cut off from one another by forsaken wilderness teeming with the undead.
With over 6 billion people dead, something begins to emerge. Perhaps as a byproduct of the disease, an overwhelming survival instinct, or merely an adaptive mechanism to the new environment. In a normally mundane world, people began to show signs of becoming something more than human. Using technology, science, or unlocked human potential, powers beyond human comprehension began to emerge.
This phenomenon begins to spread. By the time spring comes, everyone has heard of these emergent 'super humans'. By the summer time, every city boasts of at least one.
You are one such person. You've developed a means of survival in the form of superhuman abilities, be they mystical, scientific, technological, or supernatural in design. Your opposition exists in the form of legions of undead, terrified populaces, overstressed militaries, and powerhungry superhumans. The world is in shambles and people are struggling to rebuild. It is your duty to protect them and see that humanity has a future, an otherwise thankless task. Or, perhaps, your mere goal is to survive - in the current world, a noble task in of itself.
Mechanics: PL 5 heroes, with 75 power points. You're still new at this. Game will start during the Summer of 2013 AD, or 1 AZ (After Zombies). This gives the potential for SOME practice with your powers, if you felt so inclined. The game will take place in the fictional city of New Axelia, but you can still hail from a "real town/city" if you want to have migrated here.
I will be willing to accept up to 8 players, but I'll need a minimum of 3. One spot is reserved for Raganui Minamoto. Beyond that, I will always choose players who are not yet in any of my games over those who are already. Beyond THAT, it's first come, first serve. Players without overbearing school obligations a plus.
Character sheets can be found on the Myth-Weavers Profiler. It doesn't appear that Tangled-Web has a M&M sheet, however.
Rules Clarifications, as they come up:
- Immunity to Zombieism is a 5 rank immunity.
The highest 'natural' Ability Score you can have is 15+PL (20 to start). Anything beyond that must be Enhanced, as per the power.
Space Travel may not be taken as an alternate power, nor be used as a template for an alternate power. It costs 2 points per rank. Truthfully, I doubt this will ever come up.
Accepted Profiles
1.) Raganui Minamoto - Alex Garas
2.) Mackie the Knife Torpedo
3.) Wire_Colossus - June "Junk" Jokes
4.) Nishido_Satsunoyama - Rev
5.) Cathy Lee - Goldie
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Pending Profiles
Laertes Ursus - Rifle
Seph Baelzara - ??
