New: Shattered Earth 3506 (free, open-ended, email, human, fantasy, vampire, space, modern, rpg, abstract)

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Date: Fri, 05 May 2006 07:13:01 +0000

Name:		Shattered Earth 3506
Costs:		Free
Frequency:		Daily or every 2 days
Email:		sharlene79 zat mindspring.com
URL:		http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/shattered_earth3506/
Type:		Post Holocaust, Cross genre, PBeM
Last-Update:		2006May03
Keywords: free, open-ended, email, human, fantasy, vampire, space, modern,
rpg, abstract

Description:

Shattered Earth is a post holocaust campaign that has its conceptual
origins in ICE�s Shadow World, the world of Kulthea.  But it is set on
Earth of the future.  For those who have loved the old Thundar the
Barbarian cartoon, Ark II, Genesis II, and games like Morrow Project,
Gamma World, Vampire: The Masquerade, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, MERP and
ICE�s Kulthea, you will recognize where I have pulled my ideas from.  For
some basic game mechanics I will use GURPS 3rd edition, but that will be
mostly for technology and mixing genres.

This will be a GM driven campaign � a series of adventures � not merely
creative writing.  Role-play and creative writing are a must.  But so will
be proactive investigation.  Don�t expect me to lead you by the nose.  But
don�t expect me to hand you answers on a silver platter.  There will be
ongoing plots.	Time will march on with events unfolding as it progresses.

The Shattered Earth is literally Hell on Earth.  Demons, Unlife, and
Dragons rule the planet.  Technology is forbidden.  And magic in the hands
of humans is cause for blood hunts, unless of course those humans have
pledged their very souls to darker forces.  English is a dead language �
like Latin is today.

Players should be designed in a Gamma World type fashion � as survivors of
a holocaust war in which Earth lost.  Or rather Earth failed to drive the
invasion out.  There are lands where humans still dominate.  NO Vampires
or Were-creatures.  No power-armored characters from Rifts, etc.  I do
want all players to be able to communicate with each other effectively.
So the first players will set the tone of the group.

This will still be Earth, but it is over a thousand years after the
invasion.  Old nations no longer exist in any recognizable form as far as
players know.  Yes, you may discover enclaves.	But that will be a matter
of exploration.  The game will begin in the Western Hemisphere.  There
will be a few new pantheons to work with.  There are Gaia worshippers,
worshippers of Kulthean gods (both good and evil), servants of the Iron
Wind, Nephandic priests, Hermetic mages, Cthulu/Agathu cults and even more
exotic cults.

Technology of the world is very mixed.	Mostly it will fall in the Civil
War era stuff.	But this will very widely from region to region.  Silver
is practically non-existent.  So is gold.  Both are worth a fortune to the
right people.  Artifacts of ancient technology are also worth a fortune to
the right people.  There is a small percentage that is perfectly preserved
and is about as advanced as mankind ever got.  Trade is usually by barter
or gems.  Some more organized provinces mint coinage.  The Demons use
their own coinage � and so widely that it has often replaced human
denominations.	Dragons greedily trade in all sorts of wealth.	The Unlife
uses whatever is prevalent.  They really don�t care.

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