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-----Warning-----

This game is pretty darn complicated. Use detailed posts for better story. Also try to keep your grammar clean and use punctuation. Everyone makes typos, but when u type liek dis its frustrating. Thanks.

-----The Game-----

You live in a small settlement in the middle of a desert, in this strange setting of a universe where there live strange creatures that are part machine and part monster. You must survive with your allies, gathering resources and fortifying your home when it's light, and defending it from endless waves of creatures when night falls. You will need food, water, weapons, and whatever you can get to survive.
Firearms are rarer than melee weapons.

-----Info-----

-This is multiplayer, and you must work together.
-No player limit decided yet, but probably no more than 10
-You have needs. The obvious ones are food, water and rest, but you will for example need to keep yourself from going insane by doing some activities and stuff.
-Turning against other players is.. well, it's a possibility you can take, but it's rarely a pleasant one.
-If your sanity goes too low, the story will be different for you than the others. For example, you might get "Bob calls you an idiot." while the player of Bob actually said you fought well. Worse than that is you partially lose control of your character, but this is only if you're really insane.
-The creatures get stronger the longer the game goes on. You will want to be prepared.
-Some items don't have weight. Bolts and ammo, for example.
-The art is all done by me

-----The Map-----



This is where you live. About 4 Square kilometers of desert, a river going trough it, with forests and mountains around it. And you live in the middle. Next to the river.
You can see a red danger-zone marked on the map around the desert, this is where the creatures are. Staying away from the danger-zones is recommended, but unfortunately the forests are pretty close to them so getting wood and other resources can be risky.
Even if you don't go near the danger-zones at all, the night will make the creatures run wild, and that's when they will attack your home, despite your actions.

The whole area around your home can be used for constructing more buildings and defenses. It's all in your use, and it's very much advisable to do something with it. For building, you will need materials like wood, metal, fences, bolts, anything you can scavenge from abandoned houses and such (not marked on the map). The forest is also a main resource gathering area.

-----Fighting-----

Fighting is very much final fantasy like. You decide what you use and who do you use it on, and it does certain things. Usually damage. You can miss too, this mostly only happens with ranged weapons.
Fighting outside your home without the shelter is way more dangerous - only do it if absolutely necessary.

-----P.I.G-----

You are all equipped with a PIG. I mean the Portable Information Gadget. This device is like no other, all you need to do is ask about something you want more information about and you get it. Be it creatures or how long a human can hold their bladder. It's like the pokédex of tomorrow.

-----Diseases-----

Some of the creatures may carry diseases. Look out for signs of infections, or you might be in for a bad trip with a case of lungburst. You don't want to get that one, believe me.

-----Storage-----

You have a limited amount of storage space, and so does your inventory. This means you have to build more storage space if you run out. (The amount of space in the storage and your inventory is shown right after their names in [ ].

-----Skills-----

There are a LOT of skills in this game. But don't let this overwhelm you, those skills get better as you use them. Basically you don't have to worry about your skills until you notice something isn't working, then you need to start practicing on that skill. It's simple, really.

-----Settlement Sheet-----

Only the host (me) posts this. I will post it at the end of every round (By round I mean a bunch of actions by players).

Settlement:
Health: 100%
Storage[8/15]: Lead pipe, Bolts(5), Wrench, First-Aid Kit, Baked beans(2), Bottle of Water(3)
Buildings: Wooden House (small)
Residents: Unknown

With more buildings you get more storage space and your settlement has more health.

-----Character Sheet-----

Name: First and last
Gender: Male or Female, duh
Age: 16+
Traits: (Make one good and one bad trait, these add and take points from some of your skills. Accurate, bad swimmer, anything like that.)
Description: (What you are like, how you look... just something to remember you better.)
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Health: 100%
Sanity: 100%
Status: Fine (Look here often, things like "hungry" and "tired" appear here.)
Weapon: Fists
Inventory[3/10]: P.I.G, Map, Binoculars
Kills: 0
Rank: Survivor
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Skills:
Running: 10 (How fast you run)
Swimming: 10 (How good you swim)
Strength: 10 (How much you can carry, how strong your melee is)
Accuracy: 10 (How good of a shot you are with ranged weapons)
Hunting: 10 (How good you are at tracking animals, etc)
Charisma: 10 (How much effect you have on others)
Stealth: 10 (How silent you can be, how well you hide, etc)
Construction: 10 (How well you can build stuff)
Technology: 10 (How good you can tinker with technical stuff. Robots, computers and such.)

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I believe that's everything. I realize it's complicated, but we'll see how it goes. Post your character sheet first, then I will start your game. Any questions, ideas, anything, I will be glad to answer.