This is a (hopefully) fresh take on the generic 'Apocalypse' RPGs.
Backstory: The human race is finshed. Already decimated by a century long 8th World War, they were ill prepared for the spread of a terrible biological weapon. Crippled, they retreated to hidden underground forts, remaining there for hundreds of years in cryostasis. Awakening, they discover the planet has been taken over by a race of mysterious angel like creatures. These faceless creatures have a single minded mission: Destroy all life...
Freerunner - Bonus 2 Speed. Great at escaping from enemies, but rather fragile. Inhuman - Bonus 2 Offence. Powerful ranged attacks, but low speed. Combat Veteran - Bonus 1 Offence and Defence. Balanced, with good health. Thief - Bonus 1 Speed and Defence. Excellent at finding food and hiding places, very low health.
**Abilities: You gain more as you level up.
Freerunner - Basic Supersprint. Enables you to move at double normal speed and jump farther for a short period of time Inhuman - Basic Psy Power. Enables you to read minds (emotions only) and lift small objects with telekinesis. Combat Veteran - Basic Survival Skills. Enables you to use the environment to your advantage. Thief - Basic Lockpick. Enables you to open locked doors with tumbler locks.
*** Weapons: You can find better ones, but these are what you start out with.
Freerunner - Kitchen Knife. + 3 Offence Inhuman - Psy Enhancer. + 1 Defence, + 2 Speed Combat Veteran - AK-47. + 7 Offence, - 4 Speed Thief - Camoflage Netting. Avoid fights. Can only be used once every day.
Anyway... You are scavenging in the Junk Wastelands when you hear a whistle. You spin around but see nobody. Do you a) Dismiss it and continue searching, or b) Go and investigate?
Whoops! I'm sorry, you should have stats equal to 20...
You live in a hidden room in an enormous building. You go out every night (when the angels aren't so active) to gather food. On such a day, you hear a rumbling noise coming from the east. Do you a) climb to the top of a building and investigate, or run and hide?
Whoops! I'm sorry, you should have points equal to 20.
You are the owner of a truck. It has 5 fuel. You ferry people across the desert to the safer caves on the other side. Your passengers are a ragtag lot: farmers, soldiers, scientists... All sorts. But one of your passengers today is a little different. A hooded girl with a quiet voice. At first, she does nothing to arouse your suspiscion...but while you stop to take on water, you see her staring intently at a rock, away from the main group. The rock rises slowly into the air, and she stops concentrating and leave. Do you a) confront her about it or b) dimiss the incedent as a mirage and keep driving?
She pulls a knife out, and attempts to stab you with it. Her hood falls off, and you see she is like no other girl you have ever seen. She is an Inhuman. She has the longer bones and yellow eyes of the offshoot species that emerged some 400 years before the War. However, you thought they were all deasd... She has a strange device attached to her head - a square of white metal with thin cables sinking into her head. Her pupils change shape to crosses, and screaming, slashes at you wildly. You dodge the strike but it cuts you along the arm. Lose 10% health. Do you a) shoot her dead, or b) smash the device on her head with the butt of you gun?
You are a member of the Hidden: a group of people who have banded together to escape the Angels. You live in a submarine in an underwater cave. You hear a hiss while you are practising with your psychic powers. Do you a) look for a leak in your cabin; or b) telapathically search for living creatures?
You smash the device, and she crumples to the ground, unconcious. The wires retract and slide into the square, which flashes brightly once. You hear a humming in the air, and suddenly an enormous shadow passes over you. You look up, and see what appears to be a massive robotic mosquito pass over head. It lands about 300m away from the truck, and three angels step out. You try nit to shudder as you see them... 8 feet tall, clad in white armour and robes, emblonazed with a black cross. They wear white masks too, with circular holes for the eyes, and a thin grey line for the mouth. They have wings, too, great grey insect like iron wings which twitch every so often. They begin to stride toward you. Several people scream, and one man leaps off the truck, running quickly. There is a flicker of movement, and seconds later one of the angels is next to him. It grasps him by the throat with a gloved hand and twin beams of red light fire from the angel's eyes into the man's. He collapses, and the angel strides away. A few seconds later, there is a terrible scream as the man's skin turns to dust, and he dies on the sand. The angels are 100m away. Do you a) open fire on one of them with the AK47, or b) try and escape with the truck?
