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New Role Play on NS?

Neo-Haudenosaunee
06-03-2005, 02:52
Hi. Perhaps it is a little obvious to you, but I'm a newb. I’ve been looking around the selection of Role-Playing that you have to offer. While I’m impressed with some of them, I still feel this dire need to create something of my own. Of course, this is just a basic idea, for now, which I’d like for you to review.


Back story


In 1953, the elected president of Iran was assassinated by the United States government and replaced with the US-backed Shah. This would be the first tipped “domino” that would eventually lead to rise of the Ayatollah, Iran-Contra scandal, the first Iraqi war and ultimately 9-11.

By 2011, most Americans view their own government as incompetent in handling the war on terror. With the recent invasion of Iran, terrorists attacks in America increase to roughly two a day. In response to the terrorists’ attacks, the Rice administration sends all conformed Muslims to imprisonment camps for questioning. Even though many were viewed as harmless, all of them were kept inside these camps. This sends the Islamic world up in arms. Backed by Saudi Arabia, terrorists detonate small scale nuclear bombs along the San Andreas Fault line in hopes that it would create enough seismic activity to send California into the ocean. Instead, it activates a super-volcano that wipes out the West coast of North America and rains nuclear ash across the surface of the Earth. By 2012, the world is plunged into chaos. Millions died in the next three years alone.

Now, it is 2035. The roving gangs and self-proclaimed city-states become agrarian-empires and in some sense, nations. The United States of America, a nation that sworn it would not parish from the Earth, is a thing of the past… as are most nations. From the ashes of these fallen nations, rise new phoenixes, all squabbling for power. Who has what it takes to become a top-dog?

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Additional information (as presented in a faux-FAQ manner):

(Q) What’s the technology level?

(A) Obviously, there are guns, though to a much lesser extent. The basic foot solider would have pistol or hunting rifle and a melee weapon (as bullets tend to run out quickly). Robots exist, but most are too still primitive to be used for warfare or to operate as citizens. Computers are obvious, but a lot of them didn’t survive. Electric is around, prevalent in the larger cities, though non existence in the country side. Cars, (in a war effort to not rely on oil) primarily runs on hydrogen. Military vehicles still use oil, which leads to conflicts in oil heavy regions or to people converting civilian cars into war machines.





(Q) What are the species?

(A) Anthropomorphized animals, with each nation having only two animals there in. Mutants could be created through radiation.

(Q) Furries?! You weirdo! Why did you have to involve those bisexual bondage bunnies into this? You’ve just made this RP lame.

(A) That’s not a question! Look, I’m kind of converting this from a pre-existing RP where there IS furries. If you don’t like it, just not join at all. If enough people don’t like it, I guess I could throw regular humans into the equation or just convert over.

(Q) So, bombs blew up along the San Andreas Fault line, eh? Does that mean I can’t take that area over? What about other usually uninhabitable places, like the Artic?

(A) Everything between Vancouver to Baja California and the West coast to great divide is uninhabitable. On a plus side, the world is warmer now! That means you can have that great Artic nation.

(Q) What about nuclear weapons? I want to blow up the world… again!!!

(A) Can it, Kim! Nuclear missiles---as well as missile warfare in general---would be a little difficult considering the world just screwed itself over not to long ago.

(Q) How long is time? Is it 1 year = one RL day?

(A) No. Because of college, I’ll extend this to about 2 RL days = 1 in game year. If a war is declared between two nations, time may slow down to encompass the war.

(Q) Can I create puppets in this RP?

(A) No. While you can have other nations in other RP’s, you cannot have two nations in this particular RP. One is just fine enough.

(Q) How is this RP set up? Free form? Dare I suggest “table top”?

(A) Right now, it is free form. However, I have somewhat of a paper system waiting in the wings.

(Q) Is this based off of anything?

(A) This is very lightly based off of the Fallout series. IE, there’s no Brotherhood of Steel, but expect to see “Death claw” as our national animal.

(Q) You sure like talking to yourself, don’t you?

(A) Umm… Shut up!

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If you’re interested in joining, just say so. If you have some additional questions you’d like to ask, just do so. I do have a lot more information in my head, but I’m holding back most of that so people can just let their creative flow without restrictions. Once I get enough Okays, maybe I could get this little RP underway.
Taldaan
06-03-2005, 12:26
Ooh, ooh, pick me, pick me! Are there suddenly no humans at all?
Frisbeeteria
06-03-2005, 21:31
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/frisbeeteria/moved.jpg
Neo-Haudenosaunee
06-03-2005, 21:48
You have my gratitude. (http://www.ilusa.com/gallery/thank_u_languages.jpg)
The Merchant Guilds
06-03-2005, 21:57
OOC:

Furries ain't new to NS... I can't remember who it was who had them but anyway... Mormanguise has laws, which means Cats have the same rights as Humans :D That produces Furries I reckon...

Whilst I admire your wanting to create new material for NS. I suggust you put forward a more general point of what you actually want from this RP...

Since I don't understand from reading that what exact starting point are we coming from? Is this a Characer RP or a general RP world your wanting to create here?

Remember there are a lot of Worlds on this forum from the Earths and Historic Earths to Starcraft and Halo Worlds... so don't be suprised if you get a low take up.

But it's your choice. Most people just RP their nations in the NS world... but change is nice I suppose.

But anyway, keep up the good work.
Neo-Haudenosaunee
06-03-2005, 22:30
OOC:

This is generally a Post-Apocalyptic world I'm trying to start with my friend. I don't know why I'm so fasniated with these 'end-of-the-world' senarios, but I am. If their is a simular world exists, perhaps I could join. For now, I'm keeping my Iroquois Nation for this realm and using Lemuriania for a 'generic modern' Earth.. Which, if you have a particular 'Earth' to recommend, I'd be glad to join it.
The Merchant Guilds
07-03-2005, 11:30
OOC:

This is generally a Post-Apocalyptic world I'm trying to start with my friend. I don't know why I'm so fasniated with these 'end-of-the-world' senarios, but I am. If their is a simular world exists, perhaps I could join. For now, I'm keeping my Iroquois Nation for this realm and using Lemuriania for a 'generic modern' Earth.. Which, if you have a particular 'Earth' to recommend, I'd be glad to join it.

Sounds fine, but there's been quite a few RP's like this.

Personally I am Earth 0 (Macabee's Earth) but my main territory (i.e. my big island) is in no-Earth and I just RP it as a landmass in the southern Pacific in the Imperial Armies chain.

I would recommend just playing across the board for a while until you get to know people and their styles...