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[Squeegy]

Let's just go ahead and make a new thread. Also crib from Cthulhu a lot.

AFMBE is a P&P RPG like Dungeons and Dragons, Dark Heresy, Pathfinder, you get the idea.  It's very freeform, and can be easily modified to fit almost any setting.  The one prevailing theme, however, is ZOMBIES.

You will be playing as citizens of the town of Greenford (Apparently the town is called Telluride, that's a weird name), somewhere in the Midwest.

You will be playing as office workers or visitors in the recently constructed skyscraper. You wake up as usual, drive there, do your work, and then drive home and sleep. There won't be any zombies because they don't exist what a silly idea!

I'm planning on allowing 4 or 5 players at a time, but there can be a waiting list.  If someone dies or is otherwise eliminated from the group (such as being left for dead), it can be arranged so whoever's next is found by the survivors and added to the group.

Now for the heavy stuff.

Spoiler: Character Creation (click to show/hide)

Step 1:  Character Type

There are three character types in AFMBE:

Norm:  This is your average Joe, good for a horror-themed campaign.  Norms get 14 Attribute Points, 5 Quality Points, a Drawback Cap of 10, and 30 Skill Points. I request that you have at least as many drawback points as quality points. We will only be using this!

Survivor:  These are your Francises and Bills.  An all-survivor group is good for an action-themed campaign, and one survivor makes a great leader for a group of Norms.  Survivors get 20 Attribute Points, 15 Quality Points, a Drawback Cap of 10, and 35 Skill Points.

Inspired:  These people have special powers, like controlling the zombies, healing people, and calling down fire and lightning from the sky.  We will not be using Inspired.  This isn't Dungeons and Douchebags.  There are no wizards, only suffering and desperation.
!!NO GO AWAY MAKE A NORM!!

Step 2: Uniforge!

Rather than going through all the boring crap, just use the UniForge to quickly make a character! Then, go up to File, Export, Convert To: Text, and copy-paste it into pastebin and send it to me.

I'll detail the rules a bit.  The game system is very simple and elegant.  Unless the outcome of something is important for the storyline, most things are abstracted out.  Assuming you have plenty of time to do so, you won't need to roll to do most simple things, like breaking a door down or setting up a simple barricade.  If time is a factor, or the task is more complex, you will need to roll.

Let's say Jim Halpert is being chased by zombie Pam, and needs to break down a door to get away.  He must make an attribute test to force the door open.  He rolls 1d10.  Since it's an easy task, the door isn't very sturdy, he adds twice his strength score to the roll.  A difficult task would only add his strength score.  His strength is 2, so he'll add 4 to the roll.  He rolls a 5, adds 4, and gets a 9.  This is just enough to break down the door, and he escapes zombie Pam.

Inside the room is a chainsaw and a .22 pistol.  He grabs the pistol and shoots at Pam.  Shooting is a skill test.  He has 3 dexterity and 2 Gun(Pistol) skill.  He rolls 1d10 and adds his dexterity and gun skill to the roll (You do NOT double your attribute for a skill test).  A faster enemy would be able to dive to the floor and attempt to dodge the attack, but Pam is a zombie.  She just shambles forward.  Jim rolls a 2, and adds his bonuses for a 7!  The shot misses.

Jim drops the gun and grabs the chainsaw.  A melee attack is just like a ranged attack, but uses the hand weapon skill instead of the gun skill.  Jim doesn't have any Hand Weapon(Sword) skill, so he gets a -2 penalty on the roll.  He rolls a 9, and gets a 10 after his bonuses and penalties.  It hits!  A chainsaw deals 1d10*The character's strength.  His strength is 2, so he does 1d10*2.  He rolls an 8 and does 16 damage.  First Pam's armor is subtracted from his damage.  Since she has no armor, she takes the full brunt of the attack.  Since it's a slashing weapon, all damage that penetrates her armor is doubled.  She takes a whopping 32 points of damage!

Jim feels a momentary resistance as the chainsaw strikes her spine, but it makes short work of this obstacle, and Pam collapses, her head rolling across the floor.  Jim raises the chainsaw in the air and shouts "KILL, MAIM, BURN"


That's an example of the rules in action, and details just about all of them.  Almost everything in the game that needs rules and dice is accomplished in terms of skill and attribute tests.  Like I said, it's wonderfully simple.

Also, and this is IMPORTANT:

I'm going to give a few tips for surviving that may not be entirely apparent.  Messing up in this game will get you killed, and I don't want a TPK in the first session.  Most of it is self-explanatory, but I'll put it up here just in case.

Don't get hurt.  Damage bonuses are multipliers, not added bonuses.  That means that a good hit will do crazy amounts of damage, and it is imperative to avoid being hit.  Body armor can help a lot, and render you almost immune to bites, but quality armor is going to be hard to find and anything capable of saving you from bullets will have to be stolen from the military most likely, which will be difficult.

Don't get complacent.  It's easy to see the zombies shambling along at an almost pathetic pace, and think you have all the time in the world to plug away at them.  When you finally decide it's time to run away, more zombies have heard the shots and are closing in.  It's very easily to get yourself surrounded if you don't keep moving.

Our zombies aren't pussies! Our zombies will fuck you up! Watch your back!

Spoiler: Incomplete List of Zombies (click to show/hide)

Zombie
Str: 2
Dex: 3
Con: 2
Int: 1
Per: 3
Wil: 2
DPs: 20
EPs: n/a
Spd: 12
Essence: 6
Skills: Brawling 2
Attack: Bite D4x2(4), Claws D6x2(6)
Weak Spot: All
Getting Around: The Quick Dead, Climbing
Strength: Dead Joe Average
Senses: Like A Hawk
Sustenance: Who Needs Food?
Intelligence: Teamwork
Spreading the Love: One Bite and You're Hooked (If bitten, a human has d10x2(5) hours before they turn into a zombie, unless they pass a Difficult Constitution Test. Some humans are immune.)
Power: 38

Hunter
Str: 2
Dex: 4
Con: 2
Int: 1
Per: 7
Wil: 2
DPs: 30
EPs: n/a
Spd: 18
Essence: 6
Skills: Brawling 2
Attack: Claws D6x2(6)
Weak Spot: All
Getting Around: The Quicker Dead, Climbing, The Lunge, Leaping
Strength: Dead Joe Average
Senses: Like Nothing You've Ever Seen, Life Sense (range Perx10 in yards), Scent Tracking (Perx2 for tracking, 24 hour maximum)
Sustenance: Who Needs Food?
Intelligence: Teamwork
Spreading the Love: None
Power: 55

Boomer
Str: 2
Dex: 1
Con: 2
Int: 1
Per: 1
Wil: 2
DPs: 15
EPs: n/a
Spd: 2
Essence: 6
Skills: Brawling 2
Attack: Bite D4x2(4), Spitter (blind D4(2) hours unless rinsed, range Con/2 in yards, no damage, attracts zombies)
Weak Spot: All
Getting Around: Slow and Steady, Climbing
Strength: Dead Joe Average
Senses: Like The Dead, Life Sense (range Perx10 in yards)
Sustenance: Who Needs Food?
Intelligence: Teamwork
Spreading the Love: One Bite and You're Hooked (If bitten, a human has d10x2(5) hours before they turn into a zombie, unless they pass a Difficult Constitution Test. Some humans are immune.)
Features: Explosive Personality (D6(3) damage, fear test, Spitter properties)
Power: 25

Spitter
Str: 2
Dex: 2
Con: 2
Int: 1
Per: 2
Wil: 2
DPs: 20
EPs: n/a
Spd: 8
Essence: 6
Skills: Brawling 2
Attack: Claws D6x2(6), Spitter (Halves perception for D4(2) hours unless rinsed, range Con/2 in yards, D10(5) damage per turn)
Weak Spot: All
Getting Around: Life-Like, Climbing
Strength: Dead Joe Average
Senses: Like The Living, Life Sense (range Perx10 in yards)
Sustenance: Who Needs Food?
Intelligence: Teamwork
Spreading the Love: None
Power: 24

Charger
Str: 4
Dex: 2
Con: 2
Int: 1
Per: 2
Wil: 2
DPs: 75
EPs: n/a
Spd: 4
Essence: 6
Skills: Brawling 2
Attack: Claws D4x4(, Bash D6x4(12), Pound D8x4(16) (This attack can only be used when charged. The charger will grab the survivor, slam him into a wall for a difficult constitution test, which if failed will deal D10X2 damage, then begin to pound him into the ground)
Weak Spot: All
Getting Around: Charger (Normal speed 4, when a survivor comes into view, can speed up to 20), The Lunge
Strength: Strong Like Bull, Iron Grip, Damage Resistant (all weapons except fire and chemicals half damage)
Senses: Like The Living, Life Sense (range Perx10 in yards)
Sustenance: Who Needs Food?
Intelligence: Teamwork
Spreading the Love: None
Features: Regeneration (1 DP per minute)
Power: 32

Tank
Str: 7
Dex: 3
Con: 2
Int: -2
Per: 1
Wil: 2
DPs: 200
EPs: n/a
Spd: 12
Essence: 6
Skills: Brawling 2
Attack: Smash D4x7 (14), Rock Throw D6x7(21) (Strength and Constitution test, if failed survivor is knocked to the ground)
Weak Spot: All
Getting Around: The Quick Dead, Climbing
Strength: Monstrous Strength, Iron Grip, Damage Resistant (all weapons except fire and chemicals half damage), Flame Resistant (half damage from fire)
Senses: Like The Dead, Life Sense (range Perx10 in yards)
Sustenance: Who Needs Food?
Intelligence: Dumb as Dead Wood, Teamwork
Spreading the Love: None
Features: Regeneration (1 DP per turn)
Power: 69

That's about everything you need to know.  Any takers?

If that OP was too confusing, here is the basic version:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

All Flesh Must Be Eaten is a zombie survival RPG. I will be running a game, and we will be taking 4 players at a time.

To make a character, download the UniForge, use the AFMBE.xml/txt in the data folder. Select Mundane, then Norm. You have 49 points. 14 attribute points, 5 quality points (and 10 drawback points. Please use at least as many drawback points as quality points), and 30 skill points. Then, go to File, Export, Convert To: Text, copy-paste it into pastebin, and send it to me along with when you will be available.

CURRENT PLAYERS:

• Milton Bradley (Varbles)
• Reece Riely (tehstefan)
• Norman Smith (sonerohi)
• Carney Balhoun (Archangel)

WAITING LIST:

• Alexander Kyrby (ExKirby)

Spoiler: Availability (click to show/hide)

Cheddarius: 10 AM to 8 PM PST
Archangel: 3 PM to 7 PM PST

The game will be hosted on irc.rizon.net, channel #allflesh with a dicebot. You can go in there and watch.

[Phantom]

Tip: Do not take the elevator ever. ESPECIALLY to the 4th floor.

[Cheddarius]

Hey, I'm in.

[ExKirby]

Zombeh killing? HELL YES. Please wait while UniForge unzips.

[Cheddarius]

Someone get high perception.

[Squeegy]

We'll probably start some time this weekend.

[Paranatural]

5 quality points (and 10 drawback points. Please use at least as many drawback points as quality points)

I'm confused. Does this mean you have 5 Quality points you can use, after which they have to be offset by Drawback points? Or is it 0/0 and for every Quality Point you also need a Drawback point?

Oh, and can I be a firefighter who is there doing an inspection?

This weekend would be good for me, during the day at least. Nights, not so much.

[Cheddarius]

You can have, at maximum, 10 drawback points spent. You can have, at maximum, 5 quality points spent. But, in addition to the cap of 5, for each quality point you have, you also need a drawback point.

[Squeegy]

Firefighters don't do inspections. Inspectors do that.

[Kashyyk]

Like L4D2, huh Squeegy? 

edit: Yeh, could you clarify what you mean by drawbacks and qualites? Do you mean we have 5 qualities to start with and then each subsequent quality needs a drawback to compensate it?

[tehstefan]

I made a character for this once. I think I'll make one again! Hrrm. Maybe I can find my old one in the other thread...

EDIT yet again

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Reece Riely
Player: Tehstefan

Character type: Norm

Description
Gender: Male | Age: 20 | Height: 5'9 | Weight:  180
Race: Caucasian | Hair:brown  | Eyes:  blue
   
Strength: 2 Dexterity: 3 Constitution: 2
Intelligence: 4 Perception: 3 Willpower: 3
Life Points: 32
Endurance: 26
Speed: 10
Essence: 17

Qualities and Drawbacks: Level (Cost/XPs)
Hard to Kill: 2 (2/0), Fast Reaction Time : 1 (2/0), Showoff: 1 (-2/0), Honorable: 2 (-2/0), Clown: 1 (-1/0), Reckless: 1 (-2/0), Charisma Quality: 1 (1/0),

Skills: Level (Cost/XPs)
Dodge: 3 (3/0), First Aid: 3 (3/0), Running (Dash): 2 (2/0), Running (Marathon): 1 (1/0), Engineer (Mechanical): 3 (3/0), Engineer (Construction): 2 (2/0), Swimming(): 2 (2/0), Stealth(): 3 (3/0), Hand Weapon (Sword): 3 (3/0), Singing(): 2 (2/0), Guns (Rifle/Shotgun): 3 (3/0), Guns (Handgun): 3 (3/0)

Occupation: Mechanical engineer, he also works on construction from time to time, depending on if he needs work, which is rather rare. Its more of a hobby for him, designing buildings.

Background: Reece always been knocked around, even as a kid. He has a few problems, those being he's prone to leaping into situations without really thinking, and he likes to show off. As such, its been a rather interesting life. He's gotten into his fair share of fights, normally one sided against him. He's just recently moved here, fresh out of college, and working. As a kid, he was obsessed with swords, and finally managed to get a class. For a while, he considered being a doctor, but after getting deeper into it, he decided it just wasn't for him. It was about halfway though college when he started to hunt, and loved it, learning his way around firearms and the woods quite well.

Personality: Reece has two bad tendencies about him. He tends to be reckless, and jump into situations before he's ready, and two, he likes to show off. Those both had tended to get him the ire of people easily ticked off. Still, he does have a reason to show off at times, he's quite a smart guy. He knows his way around things he sets his mind too, and he doesn't show off if he's not good at it. It doesn't mean he isn't insufferable though. Also tends to not take things too seriously, perfers to mess around rather than be serious. Still, he's a good guy, and wouldn't shy away from helping people in need. He has a way of knowing whats around him, probably from charging into so many situations recklessly. As well, don't expect him to hurt people, that's the last thing on his list.

I plugged it into the gen, hopefully that's about right. Save on attributes, seemingly I'm off there.

[Squeegy]

You have 5 quality points, and each quality is worth a certain amount of points. Same with drawbacks. 

[Cthulhu]

Remember that you can also spend drawback points on Attributes and Skills, although the costs are higher.

[Squeegy]

N... no you can't?

[Archangel]

May I join with my Survivor character That I'm just about to PM you? The main reason I want a Survivor is that he's a Moron Maroon Marine.

These times are in my time, which is GMT +10.
Except for unforeseen situations like our creek flooding or my mother not feeling like driving anywhere, I'm usually available Sunday to Friday ~5/6PM 'til 9 and Saturday from 9 AM onwards.