Have you ever wondered what would happen if society ended in a global scale, but wasn't irradiated? What new life forms would arise, and how would humanity deal with this?
The Luxurious Wasteland takes place in a post-apocalyptic American Eastern Coast 14,000 years after a large meteor impact caused society to collapse, but not even robots from that time know this. But it's not all a dry hellhole as you may think. The Southern coast as lush forests and gorgeous beaches, while the North is covered in snowy forests and conifers. But, as luxurious as the environment may be, it has its downsides. The forests are abundant with giant insects, terrestrial crocodiles, and mammals are almost non-existent. Strangely enough, there are also a wide variety of evolved crayfish. From simple swimmers to complex gliders, you can't go 2 steps without spotting one.
But there's intelligent life, too. Human settlements are abundant are in New England, simply called the North, while some smaller ones dot the South, even though these are under constant attack by the wildlife. The Luxurious Wasteland follows a group of Southern survivors looking to band together and make the perilous journey to the North. They will come across many small factions, and discover horrible truths about their world while evading mysterious forces and blatantly dangerous threats. It will start out in the ruins of an old junkyard next to the ruins of an old town in South Carolina.
Current plot location and action: Our characters are at a ruined church, trying to survive an impending attack by a Therimu
OOC: https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?ns=1&f=31&t=408671&p=31491629#p31491629
Rules:
1) As the creator I always have the final say, I can choose to deny any application for any reason.
2) No god-modding or controlling another's character without their consent.
3) Normal players may only RP as a human, robot, or bipedal crayfish.
4) Your character may not start out with a gun or similar weapon, any guns created before the apocalypse have been decayed. Guns will be earned as the RP goes on.
5) There is no limit to characters, but I expect you to be reasonable.
6) No flaming or being rude to other players.
7) Keep it PG-14, gore is allowed but don't go overboard.
8 ) If you have any questions, feel free to ask me, I love answering them, and you are not being a bother.
9) No magic allowed, period.
10) No one-liners allowed, but don't go overboard, either. Try to have at least a paragraph.
11) When making a robotic character, try to avoid making them too advanced. Advanced tech will be added soon, and robot characters can be upgraded.
12) It's been 14,000 years since the apocalypse, act like it! No original clothes would be in a usable condition, and even basic modern day knowledge would be unknown unless your character specializes as a historian or if they're a robot. Same goes for terminologies, names, etc.
13) If you want to make some lore that would be significant for the universe, like an organization or anything pre-apocalypse, ask me first.
14) Mammals larger than a cat are essentially non-existent in the South, but still rare up North as well. Remember this.
Active Roster
Tyler C. Boyler - Boejoe
MAAP, TR-0JAN 211, Virgil 543 - The Imperial Regions of Commerce
Orion-5 - The Imperium Empires
Anna Dobringo - Hothnia
Hrothkiir Builds-The-Pyre - The Holy Empire of Steel
Scrappy - The Palmetto
Theresa - Prusselanden
Nurk "Boot" Samson - Zeclil
Was your application accepted, but your character not placed on the roster? I wait until a person has sent their first reply in, then I add their character(s).
The lore of TLW is surprisingly deep and complex, as I've been working on it for almost two years. So don't be deceived by the vague introduction.
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