Contagion - OOC idea thread

[Gorbaz]

Alright folks, here it comes. Happy as I am with the relative success of Greymane in comparison to my other RP's, I've decided to start up a new one using the brand new ruleset of OVA RPG. I have yet to fully digest the material that I have, but it's basically a mechanic designed to give the feel of a manga or anime more that a traditional fantasy/sci-fi system.

This is the setting that I have come up with, although it is in flux at the moment:

Contagion

Z-Day: 05:00
A man sporting strange injuries staggars into a convenience store, and collapses at the back of the building. Emergency services are called, and paramedics arrive on the scene along with police to find the man attacking the clerks. The wounded man tries to attack the police, but is restrained. The medical staff treat the clerk for bite wounds.

Z-Day: 08:00
The city starts it's daily routine, people leave their houses to go to jobs, and children head off to school. Streets flood with cars and busses, cyclists weaving their way between them all. The police from the store attack are found wandering through the woods of the central forrest conservation site, each sporting wounds to their necks and arms. They immediately attack those who disturb them

Z-Day: 13:00
Lunch time in the city's secondary school and college has just ended, and everyone is getting back to class. The monotony of school life drags on until there is a disturbance at the front gate. Like all schools, it's walled and gated off, but a man repeatedly bangs against the metal railings. Teachers go out to discourage the man and send him on his way, but not before the man reaches through, takes hold of one of them, and bites them on the arm. The others pull him back and gather round to check on the wound...

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Now, as I understand the premise of character creation, it goes something like this:

Get an image
Make a background
Match advantages to your background (more on these later)
Match flaws to your background (again, more later)
GO!!

Of course, I need to read more to confirm all this. Hopefully I'll be able to say more on this tonight

[Kuragari]

I will definitely be joining this once more rule thingies I may need to know are posted up. Of course, I shall also point out we already have a zombie-themed RP going on, though I suppose a question to ask is whether these zombies would try and screw any of the characters.

[Gorbaz]

Quick question deserves a quick answer! No.

Slightly longer answer: No, they will try and eat them at every opportunity

Even longer answer: The zombies are typical fare, and are dead people. They lack the biological function to use reproductive organs, and instead will just eat anyone and anything that catches their attention. There are ways to avoid getting their attention, but those will have to be discovered by you lot!

Rooie's answer: ponies.

[Suraru]

Looks interesting, I'll join when therea's more info. Maybe.

[Gorbaz]

FIRST UPDATE!! CAPS!!

The system I'm using for character creation in this is relatively new in the world on P+P, although seems somewhat familiar here. But, here you go:

Step 1: Concept. Come up with what you want to play! I've collated a list that will both help me, and act as good fluff

Name:
Age:
Sex:
Height:
Weight:
Hair Colour
Eye Colour:
Occupation:
Hobbies:
Favourite Food:
Friends:
Enemies:
Love Interest:
Loved By:
Background:
Personality:

I would say that you don't have to do all of those, but they would be interesting to see. For example, if you don't want to have love interest info? Fine. I would say, however, that the occupation would be limited to one within the school environment, from student, to teacher, to lunch lady, to whatever

Step 2: Abilities.

When I have a full list scribed down, match up things from the list to your character and give them a ranking from 1 (competent) to 5 (godly). In most cases, 3 is peak Human capability without going into the realms of being so focussed on it to the detriment of having a life.

Step 3: Flaws

Just like abilities, but only go from 1 to 3 - 1 being a minor annoyance, and 3 being crippling

Step 4: Extra fluff:

Put anything else you want that you feel is relevant in there. Speech style, family, dirty little secrets - whatever!

[BlueLight]

Sorry, to much high school of the dead for me.

[Stickasensi]

Ill throw my hat into the ring for sake of the pure action Hopefully you pursue this because from a post i read u seem to leave Rp's unfinished xD JK im just teasing

Step 1: Concept.

Name: Angelo Forthright
Age: 17
Sex: Male
Height: 5"11
Weight: 185 lbs
Hair Colour Black
Eye Colour: Dark brown (sometimes mistaken for black)
Occupation: Intern At Engineering Facility
Hobbies: Track, Music, Tinkering, Cooking, and Fire.
Favourite Food: Beef and Rice
Friends: He is friends with almost everyone he meet because he is so friendly and charismatic
Enemies: A few people who think he is arrogant
Love Interest: He's a natural flirt so he likes many but loves no one
Loved By: He never knows who but he knows people appreciate his presence
Background: Angelo is an avid track star he has the stamina that helps him complete his races speeding past all the others.He Likes to listen to music while he trains for track meets, he prefers energetic rock music and metal.. He is Considered the jock of the school but secretly he wants to be an engineer so he tinkers with electronics seeing what thee can do to make them better and he is currently taking an internship At Semans Electrical facility. He Likes to listen to music while he trains for track meets, he prefers energetic rock music and metal.
Personality:He is very energetic but has a hard time getting in and out of sleep. He has alot of patience but a bad temper once you actually manage to anger him he seems scary even to his best of friends.

I would say that you don't have to do all of those, but they would be interesting to see. For example, if you don't want to have love interest info? Fine. I would say, however, that the occupation would be limited to one within the school environment, from student, to teacher, to lunch lady, to whatever

Step 2: Abilities.

When I have a full list scribed down, match up things from the list to your character and give them a ranking from 1 (competent) to 5 (godly). In most cases, 3 is peak Human capability without going into the realms of being so focussed on it to the detriment of having a life.

Step 3: Flaws

Just like abilities, but only go from 1 to 3 - 1 being a minor annoyance, and 3 being crippling

Step 4: Extra fluff:

He cant hold a relationship due to excessive flirting.
He Likes Fire... Alot

Spoiler (click to show/hide):

Im admittedly a bit of a pyro myself so i wanna include that

Ill Finish up the rest as you proceed.

[hunnyd3w]

I'd like to join ^_^

I've just been waiting to get into an rp already

[Stickasensi]

Hahah poor hunnyd3w ive noticed xD you can always sign up for the Horny Dead but youll be a reserve player for when one of us gets overtaken

[hunnyd3w]

Can't hurt to look I guess. What are the chances of being overtaken however? o.o

[Stickasensi]

Ill Pm you since this is off topic

[Gorbaz]

I will do my best to get the advantages / flaws up today