"Undocumented Features: The Dark Earth".(Pregame Setup)

[Lord_Zack]

"Undocumented Features: The Dark Earth".

The world's gone nuts. In the space of 29 hours, EVERYTHING'S changed.
First, it was the Infection-the world-wide appearance of a computer virus. It was so sophisticated, it baffled a lot of people-like its name, they were "CLULESS" about its origin, or ends.

Then came the Opening-several key cities around the world were covered with out-of-season nimbus clouds, and communications became harder. Some strange sightings were reported everywhere.

And them came the Vanishing. All over the world-about 90% of its population-just...disappeared. The only people who saved themselves were chosen at random- some were asleep, other were away from computers, others were close to heavy electromagnetics.

For 23 hours, it was pure Madness-technology, locations and people we believed to be fictional had appeared, and in their living of their "normal" lives, the countryside has done nothing more than suffer. The remaining people armed themselves, ready to fight for their own.
The 23 hours passed, and the people came back. But the Fictions-who we believed to be once-had refused to leave. Furthermore, the people who came back had been changed greatly-adapting to the madness around them as if it was the most normal thing.

It is now anywhere from a week to a year after the Vanishing, and life goes as "normal", Fictions and Reals going on and living together. The world as it was befor the Vanishing is nothing more than an urban legend, something you tell your children to scare them, as they hug their living Ranma dolls and self-aware miniature Gundam units, or listen with their magically-enhanced hearing. Others don't even believe it.

You are one of the few that KNOW that the changes are real... and one of the few that can change it back.

The PCs are acting in one of several fronts:
-The Survivors: Supermarket employees, students, prisoners, "innocent bystanders" of the Infection, that are now only equipped with their wits and whatever they could scavenge.
-The Mercenaries: Soldiers, Techies, Pilots, Specialists. Well equipped and armed and trained, they work for the almighty dollar, or nuyen, or credit... whatever.
-The Specialists: Spec-Ops operatives, government agents, cops. Well equipped and trained, but more often than not ill-prepared for what they may face.
-The Fictions: Mages, Pet Monster Trainers, martial artists. They have access to powers and resources, but chances are they're more trouble that they're worth.

(quoted from Marcoasalazarm from the Wotc boards)

This is a Besm d20 campaign. Any (resonable) character concept is allowed and infact encouraged. Go to the Guardians of Order website for an Anime d20 "System Reference Document"). We will discuss how to build you're character on this thread, as I may have something for it. We will be at 1st level.

[ May 09, 2005, 03:47 PM: Message edited by: prince zack ]