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Hypothetical encounter for a zombie apocalypse role playing game.

Started by Nexus, March 08, 2015, 11:26:00 AM

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I'd imagine any zombies in the store are either employees/attempted looters that succumbed to injuries, each other or whatever caused the initial die off or the undead tend to wander back to places they remember from life... which means the pcs might get many unwanted visitors very soon.
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Quote from: Nexus;819681I'd imagine any zombies in the store are either employees/attempted looters that succumbed to injuries, each other or whatever caused the initial die off or the undead tend to wander back to places they remember from life... which means the pcs might get many unwanted visitors very soon.

That would be one shitty post-life, wouldn't it? you fucking hated your job, but your zombie brain leads you to the place where you spent the most time and to precisely those repetitive routines that you'd trained your animal-brain to follow in life, which is what most minimum-wage work is all about.
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Its the Zombie Apocalypse. Life sucks then you die, then you get up and start eating people. :D
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Quote from: RPGPundit;819920That would be one shitty post-life, wouldn't it? you fucking hated your job, but your zombie brain leads you to the place where you spent the most time and to precisely those repetitive routines that you'd trained your animal-brain to follow in life, which is what most minimum-wage work is all about.
Well ... I kind of think I'd be more unhappy about being a mindless rotting zombie in the first place than about being a zombie haunting Wal-Mart ...
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Quote from: Ravenswing;819993Well ... I kind of think I'd be more unhappy about being a mindless rotting zombie in the first place than about being a zombie haunting Wal-Mart ...

yeah but imagine the process as you're becoming one, and some vestiges of consciousness are still there, and you know what you're doing and will be damned to do for the rest of your unlife..
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Quote from: RPGPundit;820395yeah but imagine the process as you're becoming one, and some vestiges of consciousness are still there, and you know what you're doing and will be damned to do for the rest of your unlife..

On the positive side, the lack of benefits and of job security and even of a paycheck wouldn't be a concern. And if you plan ahead with a helmet or other head protection, you can probably advance to a manager position in a reasonably short period of time.