Bounty Hunters: Apocalypse discussion

Sorry I haven't posted. Had a competition over the weekend, spent it in a school with no wireless or on a bus.

Oh yeah, since I'm gonna try*

to remember to mention stuff like work ahead of time when I can, I should mention: I've got work again tomorrow, and on Wednesday too.

edited 4th Mar '12 10:10:48 PM by FirockFinion

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Re: Falkon's post: I believe that's called a technical or effective decapitation, so it should be fine.

"Your mission is not to nuke the squid god." —Faramir

Okay, good.

I return from work later than usual 'cause I walked home today. I plan on trying to post somewhat soon. But first, after seeing Falkon's post and the slight confusion he might've had, I think it's perhaps time for me to explain a bit more about how this setting I've made so far works/give you guys some more info that your characters would also possibly know.

Specifically, methinks it's time to elaborate on the difference between walker zombies and runner zombies. Generally they are identified by the speed at which they move, (Hence the names.) but if you wanna get technical about it...

(Again, this is information you can pick and choose what your character does and doesn't know. However, most of them should know the gist of it, except maybe Alearth depending on how much those scientists told her.)

• "Walker" is associated with zombies that were dead, then raised by some kind of magic. Walkers come in many flavors depending on the exact nature of the revival method and how long the person had been dead. (Meaning that some are almost indistinguishable from runners.) The most common heavily resemble the old George Romero style zombies, since the various dark powers that be find that long-dead corpses come in great supply; especially at graveyards. They move slowly not through a lack of trying, but out of a literal incapability of moving fast because of rotted legs. (Which again is why, for example, a walker that died only five minutes before revive would seem a lot like a runner.)
  • Although some can be killed through other means, the only guaranteed way to stop a walker is to heavily damage or destroy the brain. And even then, the body may keep moving for a bit. So although walkers are slower, they can take more punishment than runners. Until the brain is dead, a walker will likely keep moving; some can even continue to control body parts that were severed off entirely, so long as the brain is still in-tact.

• "Runner" would be referring to zombies that were living people infected by either an infectious walker or another runner. Unlike walkers, runners only come in one flavor; basically think the new "infected" style zombies ala 28 days later, Left 4 Dead, etc..
  • Also unlike walkers, runners can be killed through any means that would kill a regular person, minus those that rely on pain or putting the person into shock, since they don't do either of those. (So for example, blood loss would kill a runner, but it'd take longer to incapacitate one with it than a normal person, because it wouldn't care that it was losing blood.)

So, because the one Blight was targeting was a runner, cutting the spinal cord would work for paralyzing it.

edited 5th Mar '12 10:22:41 PM by FirockFinion

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Well, most of the thread's I'm watching have been pretty quiet today while I was at work. I wonder if something's going on.

Anyway, now that I'm back from work and am not scheduled to work for the rest of the week, I should have some more free time to GM this thing. That is, if anyone's still interested in playing.

If you're not, I'd like to know so I can plan accordingly. I'd also like to know why if possible, so that if it's because of something I did I might learn from that and become a better GM.

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I'm interested, just wasn't sure what to do.

edited 7th Mar '12 9:17:29 PM by Falkon

... Ah.

Well, I feel just a tad embarrassed now. Dunno why it didn't occur to me that that could be the reason why nobody was posting.

Ahem. Now I do believe it is time for me to attempt to remedy this situation.

TO THE POSTING SCREEN!

EDIT: And there we go. Hope that works. (The crossed out bit didn't actually happen. )

edited 7th Mar '12 10:11:10 PM by FirockFinion

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okay so Im in ecuador right now for....family reasons, and right now Im in an internet cafe. Im still interested but as you can see Im limited internet-wise which is why i havent been around for the past few days. however i will be back in 3- 4 perhaps.

In the meantime just assume that Deans survives and kills a lot of zombies

Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing- Wernher von Braun Until proven otherwise, Everything is Relevant

Ecuador for family reasons? Interesting, but if you don't want to talk about it then I won't ask.

Thanks for letting us know though.

EDIT: By the way, I've got work tomorrow guys. So I may not be posting until late. For now, I've gotta get going for tonight.

Ciao.

Another EDIT: Quiet 'round here.

edited 14th Mar '12 4:27:32 AM by FirockFinion

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Alright, sorry about the delay gentlemen. I was partially waiting to see if anyone else would post but I also got a lot of distractions from real life. (Admittedly, some were less important than others...)

Anyway, I'm guessing some of you just aren't sure what to do now, so I will attempt to remedy that shortly; probably with a little skipping ahead.

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K

Well frick, forgot to mention ahead of time again that I've got work today. Don't expect a post from me until way later. Sorry.

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I will not mix up my RPG characters.

I will not mix up my RPG characters.

I will not mix up my RPG characters.

I will not mix up my RPG characters.

(Sentence is repeated over and over, with no signs of stopping.)

edited 18th Mar '12 9:46:23 PM by Falkon

Well, nobody's perfect. Anyway, I've got work tomorrow again so I probably won't be posting until later then. I have the rest of the week off after that though on account of my parents going out of town and me having to watch the house.

How much of that time will get scooped up by my friends taking advantage of the fact that I'll have more free time, we'll just have to see.

For now, I'm going for tonight. Ciao people.

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It's easier if you use the same character for everything.

"Your mission is not to nuke the squid god." —Faramir

Well, that's one way to do it. But what if I start introducing NPCs named Alex, Lita, and Warren?

Anyway, distractions hit me after work but I see there's a bit of a lack of posts anyway. So I'll ask: Are you guys once again just unsure what to post/how to respond? 'Cause I can edit the post to try and get us unstuck if needed.

I'm gonna be heading to bed soon, so I'll check in for an answer and plan accordingly once I get on tomorrow.

edited 20th Mar '12 4:44:53 AM by FirockFinion

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I was, but I figured something out.

Alright, felt like another slight time skip was in order. Hope that's okay with you guys.

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Alearth. What a little demon, isn't she?

I'm still laughing at her suggestion of the Kamasutra.

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Was tempted to have Clark give her a light dope slap.

"Your mission is not to nuke the squid god." —Faramir

Because I can.

But should you?

I honestly have no idea what to say.

"Your mission is not to nuke the squid god." —Faramir