In the not too disyant (or far distant) future death and aging has been cured.  It travels as a retro virus and the entire population of the earth has been infected with eternal youth.  

We've managed to deal with the problems of over population.  Through a combination of vastly reduced reproductive rates, improved efficiency of resource use, and an advanced form of Handwavium.

However the world is completely stagnant.  Quadaffi and Winestine are both still healthy strong and physicly imposing.  So so one dares to oppose them.  They both dominate their respective kingdoms and victimize their subjects with no end in sight.  

Science doesn't advance, politics don't change.  Society is frozen.

Enter the player charcters.  They are a member of a fringe group who believe the world needs random death.  They plan missions to kill random people.  The player charctets get assigned the flashy ones.  And normally the hardened targets.  Rich people, people of means, people with private security.  Its not fair that only the poor can die.  

When seed falls in the forest it can wait a long time, but eventually if it never gets a chance, dies.  We knock down a few forest giants and let light into the seedlings.  

The motto is: progress one funeral at a time.  

This is roleplaying.  But feel free to move it to pungency if the premise is too much.

Sounds like the backstory of Cashern: Sins.

After a while I'd volunteer to be a target.  Living forever in this physical shell would be a punishment, never to be allowed to meet my Lord and my God.

"Thou shalt not murder."  Alas, that includes self-murder.

I have some shit I want to do first, but after a few centuries I think I'd be ready to check out.

Sounds a bit like Altered Carbon.

Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;1028028After a while I'd volunteer to be a target.  Living forever in this physical shell would be a punishment, never to be allowed to meet my Lord and my God.

"Thou shalt not murder."  Alas, that includes self-murder.

I have some shit I want to do first, but after a few centuries I think I'd be ready to check out.

Well, if I can go with options from the aforementioned Altered Carbon AND I have the means to clone a wonderful 25 year old disease and genetic-flaw free version of myself, I'm in it for the long haul.

If I have to keep this piece of crap, past the warranty, no refunds bearded oompa-loompa bottom-shelf shell? I'm with ya.

Didn't Torchwood do a mediocre season about this?

Quote from: RPGPundit;1028406Didn't Torchwood do a mediocre season about this?

That was exactly how I was going to respond. Yes they did.

It was the season that killed the franchise.

Never saw it.

It's a pretty old idea, it goes back to a lot of "lost race" stories.  Only in your case, applying to the whole world.

Seems to me that if aging were cured, you'd probably see the opposite of a stagnant society.

Firstly, interstellar travel now becomes feasible without FTL.  Secondly, scientists and inventors would not die or go senile, they would keep on creating/theorizing.

Progress happens one funeral at a time.  

Einstine never accepted uncertainty.  So I've heard I never met the guy.