The Walking Dead

Game Master DEWN MOU'TAIN

You wake up, staring at the rafters of the attic from your makeshift bed. Your back hurts, your joints stiff, your mouth dry. A grumble and groan announces your new."friends" are awake as well. Shaking your head, your thoughs lead you back to the night before, where you watched the town go from normal to insane flesh craving undead.

You manage to duck into an inn for shelter, and at first you were safe. But then they pushed through the baricades on the front door and windows. You rush upstairs and hold them off, but they keep coming. A bellow from above, a hand to grasp, and suddenly you are pulled up into the attic. The things, once friends, now flesh eaters, groan and moan, awaiting your flesh to fall to them.

So I spent four days sitting in a tree stand hoping to bag a deer. During that time, I let my mind wander. And it has lead me to an adaptation of "the walking dead" .

Simple pc creation rules
25pt buy
1st level
Max hps
Any class
Any race from pathinder.
Starting equipment: you may purchase, but it is on the first floor of the inn. You have to go get it.
More equipment can be found throughout the town.

The goal: survive

Dotting for interest.

How long do you think the game would go? Because I have a Dwarf Fighter/Barbarian I'd love to play, but if he never gets to level 2, it'd probably be better for me to pick something else.

How do you intend to deal with Clerics and the like being able to turn the undead?

Dotting for interest, but I'm curious about Kastarr's question as well.

dotting for interest

Love it. Turning Undead is a feat, maybe something is wrong and it doesn't work.

Also it eventually runs out. Undead might not.

How would you feel about a Dhampir Gunslinger? ^^

Thought about kastarrs' question.

Using the channel energy will be like a gun shot in the walking dead. While it will still damage and destory the undead, the release of positive energy will be like a beacon to them, drawing the undead to the clerics position.

Right... Loud noise brings them the way blood brings mosquitoes... or sharks.

That's fair enough. I'm still going to put forward a Cleric but it won't be optimised for killing the Undead. Given the intro, I'm thinking a Cleric of Cayden Cailean.

Is this in Golarion? Like, some kind of "Geb Gone Wild" thing? Also, dotting for interest.

It is in golarion.

Sounds very promising..will dot for interest and look over options....

any alignment restriction?

Very interested. Thinking about some type of summoner.

Im glad u asked, raizen.

No chaotic evil. A CE pc wouldnt work well in a party setting where everyone needs each other for survival. A CE pc would enjoy bringing down the group and delight in the misery of death...up to their own moment of death .

Any other alignment will work because even LE & NE pcs know they need people to help them survive

Would you be ok with a character that manipulates and uses the undead?

I was thinking about making a Gravewalker Witch. Basic idea would be that (s)he'd been attracted to the area because of all the zombies but ended up with more than he/she had bargained for.

By the way, it wouldn't be a backstabber or something, just a different approach and goal. Where most want to destroy the undead he/she wants to take control.

As for length of campaign... That is up to the players. The storyline in my head can take the.group from beyond its current location and beyond.

I see the campaign as a three part act.
Act 1: survive
Act 2: find safe haven
Act 3: identify cause and solution

I would like to submit Marcus for this. Sounds cool. I like killing zombies

Cuan, the story line starts off the next morning when the populace is suddenly turned undead. a tweak to your story would have to be done

remind me to get expeditious retreat ready for this game LOL

are you looking for us to wright up a backstory? I will just created Marcus. Let me know thanks.

Lets keep backstory a little loose, just a reason why you came to town.
As we progress in the game, ill allow pcs to add to their backstory.

Very much interested!

Creating a Rogue (Roof Runner) for the game now. Max gold for class or roll for it? And I'm assuming by going without starting equipment, it means we only have our clothes/outfit upstairs and armor/weapons are downstairs?

lets have everyone roll for starting gold. As i said, there is more equipment available throughout town, you just have to locate it.

Same thing with food. You have to find it.

I'm building my Dhampir Gunslinger right now.
As you can see, I've swapped out Manipulative and Light sensitivity, sacrificing the Dhampir's Spell-like ability for the new traits of Dayborn and Vampiric Empathy.

What about traits? Can we have them, and if so, how many?

Starting gold: 5d6 ⇒ (3, 3, 4, 5, 4) = 19 x 10.

I want to introduce Teodor Skov, a Dwarf Ranger (Guide), I need to modify him given the new character creation guidelines (25 PB), but I think he can do well.

I am a huge fan of the walking dead, and I am really looking forward to this game!

As for starting gold: 5d6 ⇒ (6, 6, 1, 1, 4) = 18

OOH! Interesting!!!

I"m thinking I want to go with a basic sort of everyman, who has been tossed into this... and he ain't happy! Either that or a crossbow-user. Probably going the everyman route though... Feat-wise, is anything non-3rd party from the PFSRD available? Also, traits...?

is this a chance to play a CG goblin barbarian :D
i just love the idea of this game, very excited

Starting gold: 3d6 ⇒ (6, 5, 6) = 170.

El Baron, checking in with character. Wanderer monk, from the Advanced Race Guide (on PRD.) Getting him into the story should be easy as pie; he's a wanderer. He wandered there. Now there's zombos.

1d6 ⇒ 10 gp

2 traits

Also, what's the starting region? I need to pick a language for my 1st-level ability. :D

Yeah, I'm gonna go with my Dwarf Fighter/Barbarian then. Let's give this a whirl.

Fighter starting gold: 5d6 ⇒ (5, 6, 5, 5, 2) = 23 x 10 = 230g. Wow, that's a good start.

Do we start off with anything at all, or just the gold and clothes on our backs?

O-kay! Crunch and fluff completed! Please let me know what you think. ^^ I hope to keep this guy alive long enough to multiclass into Master of Many Styles, by the way.

@ jarred: its a stretch, since most of the world despises goblins...

the list so far:
zavran shellos: el baron a monk
Jarred H: a CG goblin barbarian.
teodor Skov: dwarf ranger
gareth strike: dhampir gunslinger
rashly5: rogue type
marcus: something...
cuan: gravewalker witch
kastarr: cleric

Starting point:

The city you are all in, and the start of this campaign is Magnimar.

I wish to take part in this. What classes and races do we have so far?

Since im getting alot of interest in this, and have 8 people asking for a spot, ill put forth my criteria for choosing PCs.

criteria
while i said im not looking for a backstory, i would like to know what brought your PC to town. Are you there to look for work? were you guarding a caravan? Perhaps to do some trade? Just there because you live there?

also, the PC design. I will pick the PC's that look like they were pulled from a daily routine and thrown into a "ah, end of the world, how will i survive" situation. While i understand you may have that kick ass pc that can destroy undead, i may choose that druid who was in town to visit family because the druid fits in to the "oh crap the end of the world" scenario.

Okay, added my traits: Reactionary and Skeptic.

Hmmmmm. May have to alter the background a bit, then.

I've gotta go to class, though, so it'll be a few hours before I can get everything set up right.

Right, i believe Teodor fits that bill, he' doesnt even have favored enemy, since he has the Guide Archetype.

He is there because he brought some people to town, assuming the town is in a somewhat isolated location. If the town is easily accessible, then Teodor stopped here to rest after guiding some folks to some other remote location in the vicinity.

I have adjusted him to a 25pb build.

Thanks!

PS, I need to repurchase gear, using the starting gold i rolled

I have Josef an Aasimar Paladin of Yaheine who was on a pilgrimage and stopped in town to pray at the local church.

or

I have Shallowsoul, a young elven Wizard who has an infatuation with undead. He is from this town and liked to frequent the cemetery at night.

That latter trait might make you a wee bit suspicious once people have enough time to draw a breath and ask who's responsible for the zombie apocalypse. :p

That latter trait might make you a wee bit suspicious once people have enough time to draw a breath and ask who's responsible for the zombie apocalypse. :p

I think it would be cool though.

I just realized we're in is the City of Magnimar, which is huge, so we'll go with option B, I just came back to Magnimar from a job to Windsong Abbey. And even though Teodor is familiar with the city, I spent most of my time taking people out of Magnimar and doesn't have a permanent residence there.

I submit Kjell for your consideration. Male, Two-handed Fighter from the rugged north.

Background done, and tweaks finished. Here's a copy of the backstory, but it'll also be in my profile if needed.

That’s fine; I can prep something else if you like.

This goblin was found as a baby by a gnome. Said gnome was struck with the question "are goblins born hating us or is that taught to them?" He was in town to celebrate his father’s birthday and in true goblin spirit can’t remember what happens after that.

Gareth Shrike wrote:

That latter trait might make you a wee bit suspicious once people have enough time to draw a breath and ask who's responsible for the zombie apocalypse. :p

I think it would be cool though.

You may well be right. ^^