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Im in! Sounds cool!!!! I like it! Could you have some kind of zombie race? That would be fun!

No zombie races... Just no sorry this aint horror, this is post apoc . And Horus, since you'll be running the city gang, you can come up with an outline for your city if you like . Ya know, different areas/districts and such, etc. But if you'd like I can come up with it .

I might be able to work on it. Maybe I can just give you a general idea of the layout.

I'll think on it.

Sounds good! I'll give it a go. I'm happy to RP as whoever. Just tell me which gang you need a character for.

hey you seem to be forgetting about me......just kidding...ive been busy and the such so this is the first time ive been able to check on the growing ideas, and hey horus and axle if you want I can right a story for the rp...im good...i think...at creating storylines and the such...and your welcome about the sun idea...

anyways seems to be coming along really good hope we can get it going strong...

Could I be admin for the technological things?

I'm rather (very) good at those things. To make things logical, but still cool.

Do you have to be a member of one of the gangs? Or can I be like a loner or mecenary or something like that?

I've thought about it and the only thing I really particularly want in the city is a sort of make-shift fortress that my gang built itself. Everything else is up you guys.

Horus, that's fine Maybe a fortified super market, or a building of some kind? Whatever you wanna make man, is fine. After all it is a base protected by many gang members .

Gilan I'd like to see everyone in a gang. 'Loners' don't survive very well in this world, it's very harsh and hostile, there's strength and safety in numbers, along with other perks like it's easier to get good equipment, food and water, etc.

Ayaliss, what exactly do you mean man?

Man, this is gonna be fun! I already got an idea for my interduction post. When do you plan on starting this Axle?

I'd like to be the one that makes up all the weapons, machines, all that stuff, how they work, why they work like they do, etc. etc.

What I tried to say is that I can make all the technology look cool but still be logical, functional.

And that's me, Ayaliss, not my character .

Fortified super-market, not a bad idea. I'd like to have a complex around it, like a few rings of scrap metal and wood walls. Some tower-like structures too... I'd like it reminiscent of a castle, but have it still look like it could've been built by people that had no large machines, just time and hard labor.

I have yet another question... even though you said I can't be a loner or anything can I be like a mercenary, not like a loner but like a Special Forces type guy? That gets hired to fight, etc, etc?

id imagine that would be ok because of course there are going to be mercenaries in a world with no governments and the such...right Axle

I disagree, for the same reasons as Axle. In a world full of zombies and warring gangs, where disease is rampant and famine likely is too, you need someone watching your back. I would think simply going out alone for a walk would spell swift death for the unfortunate victim.

Essentially, join up or die.

Horus, thats not what i mean, not a loner. A Special Forces type person, highly trained for war.

But do you have a group, or are you alone? Cause if your not commited to a group, then your not part of one. Which means your alone, and therefore a loner. No matter how much training you have.

If you're Special Forces, who trained you? There are no governments and hence, no militaries. I doubt that the cataclysm is so recent that there are still military remnants.

Also, I'm somewhat opposed to there being anything other than the gangs. It just seems kind of out of place. Special Forces mercenaries in the middle of an anarchic world of disease and struggling for survival? I don't buy it.

Besides, how would they pay you and your group? No governments and hence, no currency. What would you spend it on anyway? No shops.

I also sincerely doubt that any gang that has a money system has money that any other gang will accept. So, if you want to spend your hard-earned pay, you have to spend it on things the gang is selling (If at all. As I said, there are probably no shops...). If you're going to have to stick with the gang to spend it anyway, why not just join the gang and have the added security and sense of belonging, as well as the roof over your head?

Ok Horus. I see you really don't like my idea. I mean I would be in a gang. Maybe I could be part of a smaller group within the gang. A group of fighters. And yeah, there probably wont be any shops, just traders. We would get paid in, i dont know.... bullets.

OR

The group could be like a personal bodyguard type thing for one of the gang leaders. That would work too. In fact I like that idea.

What say you?

Ok. Let's get a few things clear;

First, there are no real governments. The closest thing you'll find to that is a gang like Horus's, where they run a city. They're strong enough to control it, and anyone living there will have to answer to them. Hence the citizens must pay some kind of 'tax' or tribute, and in exchange they can live in relative security in a city, with protection from outside forces from Horus's gangsters. So you could be a seasoned fighter, which all of the PCs will be, and perhaps be specializing in one or two weapons, but other than that there aint really such a thing as 'special forces' or what not. Exactly what would qualify and classify you to be 'special forces' rather than just another seasoned gang member, who knows how to stay alive and kill much better than the average joe?

Secondly, on the matter of currency and stuff; it's mostly a barter system everywhere, but a few universally accepted forms of currency would be: metal bottle caps, copper coins, silver coins, and the very rare gold coin. Obviously the rank in value is from caps up to gold. Caps are basically used to buy bullets, basic food stuffs, and other minor things. Coppers will get you things like clothes, knives, minor 'cool' items (such as fairly inexpensive jewelry, accessories like sun glasses and all that random shit ), and they're a pretty suitable payment for low ranking gang members, unskilled laborers, etc. Silver will get you things like guns, armor, and all those fairly big purchases, and with enough silvers you can get things like vehicles and what not. But it takes A BIG OL' BAG of silvers to buy somethin like that . Now gold, is very Very VERY RARE. A gold coin or two will easily buy you a motor bike, four or five gold will buy you a car/truck/van/bus type vehicle. You can kinda see where I'm goin with all this, so I'll leave that alone for now .

Now, Gilan, I must say I don't really understand why you're so quite frankly obsessed sounding with being a mercenary or what not. Honestly in this world, freelancers don't survive long. It's one thing to say "I'm a merc, I've been in several gangs, but that's only because they've dissipated, died out, or they quit paying me and a bunch of others so we ALL left together." But just saying, "I'm a merc. I work for the highest payer. If you don't pay me enough or I feel like leaving I leave." That just don't fit in, especially into this world. The others understand already what kind of environment this'll be. Like I and others have said, strength and safety in numbers. If you want your character to not have been with whatever gang you pick for very long, maybe only a couple months up to a year that's fine, but you have to fit into the environment and story, see what we're sayin?

And another thing I'm thinkin . My character, being the leader of a mobile, nomadic type gang, he's going to be a very good mechanic. He's going to have a high knowledge of vehicles, engines, etc. to keep his gang's vehicles moving and in fighting shape. Why? Because it makes sense! It won't make sense for my char's 'profession' of sorts, besides fighting, to be something like weapon smithing or something else. However, on Horus's end, it WOULD make sense for him to be good at something like manufacturing weapons, or drugs, or alcohol, or something along those lines. To either keep his gang well equipped to keep the citizens in line and to protect themselves from intruders, and on the other professions to make profit from traders, travellers, and to his own citizens to BUY weapons and stuff that they need.

Anyways I should have the char sheet up here in a few days at the most, life's just busy wit my job at the moment . So yeah, anything ya'll have to say go ahead and feel free to FIRE AWAAAYAYAYAYAAAA! *me wishes he was playing that song on guitar hero*