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[falloutnpcs]

☣ Wʜᴏ ᴄᴀɴ I ᴘʟᴀʏ?
Pretty much anyone. Characters from TV shows, movies, anime, mange, comics, web comics, videogames, whatever. Giant robots-such as from Transformers-won't be sized down. A character who’s not human-things like talking animals, telepathic fish, etc-is fine too. You won’t be forced to humanize them, though you can if you’d like to. We won’t stop you.

You can also play canon AU and fanmade AU characters. Canon AUs would be like the vampire Willow from the alternate universe shown in a few Buffy episodes, or the various alternate Deadpools that make up Deadpool Corps. They would all be allowed in game at the same time. If your character has multiple different appearances or regenerations as is the Doctor's case, we do allow multiple versions. The 'timey wimey' issues that would result from them coming into contact with themselves, you know, the whole space and time continuum collapsing in on itself or whatever, would not come into play. However, characters will not ICly know this at first. They will have to discover such information on their own. Tagging for canon multiples would work as The Doctor (1), (2), and so on.

Original characters, including fandom OCs, are also accepted and welcome. Please just make sure they are well constructed and fleshed out as well as possible. No Mary/Gary Stus.

☣ Hᴏᴡ ᴍᴀɴʏ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀs ᴄᴀɴ I ᴘʟᴀʏ?
'Applications' are open all the time, so there's no need to wait for that, and there is no limit to how many characters you can play at once.

☣ Cᴀɴ I ᴘʟᴀʏ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴏɴᴇ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ sᴀᴍᴇ ᴄᴀɴᴏɴ?
Yes. The limit is two characters per player from the same canon so long as they have little to no reason to interact with each other. If you’re not sure if it’d be alright, feel free to ask a mod.

☣ Hᴏᴡ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ʜᴇᴀᴅᴄᴀɴᴏɴ ᴄᴀɴ ᴡᴇ ɪɴᴄʟᴜᴅᴇ?
Headcanon is gladly accepted so long as it is well thought out and fits the character, though for original verse, canon characters, it must not directly effect the way another player would play a character from the same canon (I.E., it should not be something like headcanoning events that didn’t happen that involve other characters) without discussing it with the other players first.

☣ Hᴏᴡ ᴅᴏ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀʀɪᴠᴇ/ʜᴏᴡ ᴅɪᴅ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴇɴᴅ ᴜᴘ ʜᴇʀᴇ?
Whatever characters were doing back home, they blacked out. They won't remember what happened or how they got there. They wake up in New York City-the location is up to the player, as the city is large and there are many possibilities. They will also wake up with a cell phone on their person so that they will be able to contact the others who are also trapped there. Though they won’t know it ICly for a while, the reason they’re being brought in is because of other experiments being done by the scientists who created the Salvation virus and are working on the cure. These other experiments are weakening the boundaries between worlds, which causes people from other worlds to be dragged in at random. It also has certain other side effects that will be discovered later through events. However, even the scientists working on the project aren’t aware people are being brought in at first, so they have no way to know and explain ICly at the start.

☣ Wʜᴀᴛ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴs ɪғ ᴍʏ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀ ɪs ɪɴғᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ?
Well, there are a few possibilities. The most common one is that of course they will die from it. (More information on what would happen after they die can be found in the character death section). The other option is that they will mutate into some form of monster. After that happens, they will of course become more ravenous and prone to attacking people with the intention of eating them. They will also be infectious themselves. Mutating does not mean that they become mindless. They will still retain most of their intelligence and some semblance of their personality.

☣ Wɪʟʟ ᴍʏ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀ sᴛɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ɪɴғᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ᴀғᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴅɪᴇ/ᴀʀᴇ ᴋɪʟʟᴇᴅ?
No. After they die they will be cleared of their infected status. At least, for the first time. If they happen to find themselves infected a second time, and die again, there will be lingering side effects for the first few hours after they’re revived, such as lack of a pulse or breath. After a third time, these side effects will grow worse, and they will find themselves retaining more and more characteristics of their previously zombified/mutated selves. Essentially, they will start to remain a monster, and will also stay infectious.

☣ Wʜᴀᴛ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴs ɪғ ᴍʏ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀ ᴅɪᴇs?
If they died from causes other than infection they will wake up in the nearest morgue a few hours after their demise. There is no OOC wait time required to bring characters back after they die. When they wake up, all of their wounds will be healed and there will be no negative side effects. Again, at least for the first and second times. After that there will be slight side effects. Over time, their wounds that they received before dying will slowly heal less and less, and take time to heal after they’ve revived. There is no death limit.

☣ Is ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴇʟᴇᴄᴛʀᴄɪᴛʏ?
Yes. There is electricity and running water in the hotels and electricity in stores. However, keep in mind that even though food will have been kept refrigerated, it will not have been replaced recently and some perishable things are likely to have spoiled anyway, such as dairy and vegetables.

☣ Aʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴍᴏᴅᴇs ᴏғ ᴛʀᴀɴsᴘᴏʀᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ʙᴇsɪᴅᴇs ᴡᴀʟᴋɪɴɢ?
Absolutely. There are bicycles, cars, motorcycles, all sorts of vehicles, just left on the roads. Some of them even have the keys in them still. The ones that don’t can be hot-wired if a character knows how to do that. Characters are free to take any of the abandoned vehicles, as they’re definitely faster and safer than walking, and can carry supplies as well. When they run out of gas, more gas can be siphoned from vehicles that aren’t being used or from gas stations, which can be found in every town.

☣ Mʏ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀ ᴄᴀɴ ғʟʏ/ɪs ᴀ ᴛᴇʟᴇᴘᴀᴛʜ/sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴇʟsᴇ, ʜᴏᴡ ᴅᴏᴇs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴏʀᴋ?
Flying is fine, just keep in mind that straying from the group of survivors means that there will be nothing around but infected. If your character is a telepath or something else that affects other characters, be sure to put up a permissions post for those powers. Powers such as immortality, and  healing factors for characters like Deadpool or Wolverine would be left intact.

For vampires, blood can only be safely taken from uninfected survivors and uninfected animals. The infected carry the virus and would of course infect someone else if their blood was consumed. The same goes for their flesh. Zombies lack a true life force though higher level mutations are more alive. Basic zombies also do not have a mind to read or control.

☣ Wʜᴀᴛ ɪғ I ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴄᴀɴᴏɴ ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ?
You most certainly can. Just go on over to here, fill out a form to let us know what's going on, and you can go ahead and update. You might want to give an OOC heads up too. There is no IC or OOC waiting time required. Canon updating takes effect the next time your character goes to sleep. When they wake up, they will have their new memories and whatever other changes.

☣ Wʜᴀᴛ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴs ᴛᴏ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴏɴ ᴀʀʀɪᴠᴀʟ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀs?
Characters who are dead on arrival will be revived and healed up as good as new.

☣ Wʜᴀᴛ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀs ᴡɪᴛʜ ɪɴᴊᴜʀɪᴇs ᴜᴘᴏɴ ᴀʀʀɪᴠɪɴɢ?
All injuries will either be healed when a character arrives in game, or left as is. It's up to player discretion.

☣ Dᴏ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀs ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴘᴏssᴇssɪᴏɴs/ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴏ ᴛʜᴇʏ ɢᴇᴛ ᴛᴏ ʙʀɪɴɢ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇᴍ?
Characters can bring whatever was on their person or close to them at the time they’re brought in game. If they need something to survive, they are of course allowed to bring it with them whether they had it on their person/were close to it or not.

☣ Wʜᴀᴛ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ sᴜᴍᴍᴏɴᴇᴅ ɪᴛᴇᴍs, ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴋᴇʏʙʟᴀᴅᴇs?
Characters are allowed to keep summoned items or weapons.

☣ Mʏ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀ ʜᴀs ᴀ ᴘᴇᴛ/ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴀɴɪᴏɴ, ᴄᴀɴ ᴛʜᴇʏ ʙʀɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴀʟᴏɴɢ?
Absolutely! This includes Pokemon if your character has any. Pets brought from home that are killed/infected and then killed will be revived good as new. Pets acquired in game will stay dead permanently if killed.

☣ Wʜᴀᴛ’s ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏsᴛɪɴɢ ғᴏʀᴍᴀᴛ/ʜᴏᴡ ᴅᴏᴇs ᴛᴀɢɢɪɴɢ ᴘᴏsᴛs ᴡᴏʀᴋ?
For network posts, they will be in either video, audio, or text format and will be tagged with the name of the character posting, in firstname lastname format, such as Sora.  This is the same for all logs posted. AU characters should be tagged in au!firstname lastname format.

☣ Wʜᴀᴛ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴs ᴛᴏ ᴅʀᴏᴘᴘᴇᴅ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀs/ᴡʜᴀᴛ’s ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇss ғᴏʀ ʙʀɪɴɢɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ʙᴀᴄᴋ?
Dropped characters will simply vanish, or if you like, will join the zombie hordes.  Whether or not someone else has played the character you dropped in the time you were gone, you can just simply reclaim them. If someone else has played them, they will simply start with a blank slate again when picked back up.

☣ Aʀᴇ ᴍᴜʟᴛɪᴘʟᴇ ᴠᴇʀsɪᴏɴs ᴏғ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀs ᴀʟʟᴏᴡᴇᴅ ɪɴ ɢᴀᴍᴇ?
Yes! This includes canon AUs, fanmade AUs, and CRAUs (characters with previous game history).

☣ Cᴀɴ ᴡᴇ ᴜsᴇ ᴅɪғғᴇʀᴇɴᴛ ᴊᴏᴜʀɴᴀʟs ғᴏʀ ᴀ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀ/sᴡɪᴛᴄʜ ᴊᴏᴜʀɴᴀʟs?
Absolutely! Just inform a mod and join the comm with the new/alt journal.

☣ Aɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴇʟsᴇ?
Something not covered here that you still have a question about? Feel free to ask!

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