Zombie Apocalypse CYOA

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Zombie Apocalypse CYOA
Backpack with Survival Kit.
Waking
Welcome to the end of the world, or perhaps the beginning of
a new one.
You wake up in strange surroundings, detritus of swift
evacuation all around. To your horror and confusion you read
the headline of a discarded newspaper, dated two weeks after
the last date you remember. In the last month the world was
swept away in a tide of living dead. They appeared
everywhere, somehow overwhelming even the militaries of
the world. More than 98% of the world's population has
succumbed, and now they hunger for the remainder. You
need supplies, and weapons. Perhaps you find friends and
allies. Perhaps you have changed, or found something Rope, matches, fishing line and hook, water purification
strange within yourself. Whatever it is, you'll need it to survive tablets, tent, sleeping bag survival blanket, first aid kit, a
in this brutal world. few days worth of granola and power bars, and a few
miscellaneous items.
By default the zombies are Walking Dead style. A bite will
transfer the infection, and swift amputation seems to be the -50 Points
only way to stop it. Mere blood or scratches are fortunately
not sufficient to infect. The zombies can only be killed by
massive brain trauma. They don't need to eat, and can keep
going with ridiculous amounts of damage. On good terrain
they can shuffle at the rate of a light jog, and never tire. Ten Shipping Containers Filled With
Canned Food.
Sadly humans can be a worse threat than the undead. Expect
the apocalypse to bring out the best, and mostly the worst in
your fellow man.
To improve your fortunes you are granted:
Points: 800
Favor: 2
Food
Hope you have a can opener
Note:
Good for 50 people for ten years. Awfully heavy.
You could go on an empty stomach and trust to your
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scavenging abilities, but it might be harder than you'd
think.
Magical Pouch. Seeds.
Rebuild civilization one sprout at a time.
-25 Points
Shelter
Note:
You could try to find your own way, but the dead are
almost everywhere, and some places are burned. The
best places may well have survivors who don't want to
You can somehow always squeeze out a little bit more
share holed up in them.
tasteless gruel.
Provides 4000 calories per day. You'll need to
supplement this eventually to get necessary vitamins
and other nutrients. Tropical Island Paradise.
-1 Favor, -50 Points
Automated Kitchen and Supplies.
This beautiful island was a nature preserve. It's about a
mile off the coast, and it's completely lacking in
amenities, but the dead aren't getting here anytime
soon. Hurricane season isn't pretty.
Comes with a tiny canoe that could reach the mainland
with a lot of sweat. Coconuts and fish are plentiful.
Must be installed in large vehicle or shelter. Serves It's well known, and near a big city, so let's hope the
three gourmet meals a day for ten people. Must be living don't want a slice of paradise for themselves.
supplied with organic matter and power. Just wood or
-275 Points
grass will do in a pinch.
-250 Points
Top Floor Skyscraper. Nuclear Bunker.
You are mentally stable, right?
A billionaire turned the entire top floor of this skyscraper
into a luxury suite. Now you've barricaded yourself in.
This was abandoned in the chaos, but appears fully
There's a rooftop garden, and a generator with some
functional, even the Minuteman III and it's trio of 500kt
fuel, but the floors below are crawling with the dead.
MIRVs. You find the door wedged open with a rock.
-75 Points There's no keys or codes, but enough documents that
you can figure out the military bases and offices that
might have them. They aren't close, though. Has room
for twenty five soldiers, but it would be cramped. Has
diesel supplies for a month of electricity, and 6 months
Cabin in the Woods.
of food for 25. It's pretty much impenetrable, as long as
you remember to close the door.
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The Room.
Off the beaten path, but still just a few dozen miles from
the city. Some deer, a stream, and great mountain
views. The cabin is small and homey. A few dead
wander out here, but it's nothing like the cities.
-50 Points Rose petals included
You gain a key that opens any door with a lock. Inside
you will find a simple hotel room. Contains a bathroom,
two beds, and a closet. There's electricity and hotwater
Medieval Castle. when the door is closed. The window shows a prairie
waving in the wind, but you find the outside of the room
completely inaccessible. The TV shows reruns of classic
shows, but with subtle changes. Opens out to the same
location the door closed on, regardless of whether the
door is present or not. Without the key it can't be
accessed, and you'll have bigger problems if you close
the door with the key in the lock. Resets completely
when the door is closed with the key outside. Stuff
inside is gone permanently. You must leave the room for
at least a 20 minute period every 48 hours of use to let
the room rest. If you don't, you'll get kicked out, and the
Just as good against Zombies as against knights. Good room won't reopen for 20 minutes.
thing, since it's surrounded by undead tourists. Kinda
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drafty and no modern amenities.
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Transportation
Mall.
Note:
All come with full fuel.
Yacht.
The symbol of suburbia. Now a fortress against the
undead. Poetic, isn't it? It's not? Well, never mind. Tons
of shops with a huge amount of useful stuff. Okay, it's
mostly clothing shops, but still, you are guaranteed a
great time looting. Surrounded by hundreds of poor
souls trying to get in for one last Cinnabon. Or maybe
your brains.
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45 ft, 30 million dollar luxury yacht. Life after the
apocalypse ain't so bad. The previous owners have
gnawed on the genuine walnut trim a little, but it's in top
Undercity.
shape otherwise.
-250 Points
Container Ship.
This once great city still bustles in the caverns below. A
maze of sewers, catacombs, subways, natural caves,
and who knows what else. Almost completely shut off
from the surface, there are tens of thousands of people
living and plying their trade here. The undead are kept
at bay, and hunted when they grow too bold. Even uses
the isolated port and underground train system to trade
with other remnants of civilization. Quarantine is treated
with deadly seriousness. An incredibly diverse group of Kinda impractical, but it's really cool. You can't actually
individuals and cultures thrive here. From modern run it without a crew, but it's currently anchored in a
templar, to mafia, to zombie cultists (rather excluded), to major port. The containers are mostly empty, but if you
merchants. Anarchy and tribalism still reign here, but for dig deep you might find a few with useful stuff. Who
now the compact signatories keep the peace in a wild doesn't want 50000 diapers?
west fashion. You are still going to need to watch your
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back (and valuables) all the time, or find someone
trustworthy to do it for you. It would be really hard to find
something this advanced on your own. You get a
coveted entrance voucher, and even a chance to prove
your worth and maybe sign onto the compact.
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Foldable Mountain Bike. Tank.
Okay, I lied. This is a tank. How could anyone in a tank
lose to zombies? No, seriously. What was the military
Offroads easily. Doesn't need fuel, but you do. Can fold doing? Gets about half a mile to the gallon. No shells by
and be strapped to a backpack, but it's still bulky and default.
heavy.
-200 Points
-25 Points
-50 Points for 25 mixed sabot and HEAT shells.
Ammo and Ammo 2 apply to this.
Vespa.
Motorhome.
Stylish, European, fuel efficient. What's not to love?
-25 Points It's pretty comfy.
-75 Points
Hummer v2.
Bush Plane.
Burns three oil covered ducks a mile.
It's a tank, it can go off road, and it has plenty of space Used to reach secluded outposts in the wilderness. Not
for gear and companions. hard to fly, but it would help to have some experience.
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Rocket Belt. Dog.
Weighs only 35 pounds, but can lift up to 400. Fuel lasts
100 seconds for a 200 lb load. Recharges over the Age: 2
course of 2 hours without doing anything, but just pour
Smart, playful dog. Can fetch and guard. Very fuzzy.
in some water and plug it in, and it will take twenty
minutes to recharge. It has a learner's mode, limiting -25 Points
maneuverability and speed, which is a good thing.
-1 Favor, -200 Points
Camel.
Companions
Note:
Companions are by default friendly, though their
definition of that differs.
Crow.
Age: 13
Female, named Scheherazade. Likes kicking zombies.
Inured to gunfire now. Good for long trips without food or
water.
-25 Points
Squad Four.
Age: 7
Trained pretty well. Will fly above and caw to warn you
of zombies or humans.
-50 Points
Age: 19-37
Eight men from Dog platoon. They got separated during University Professor.
the chaos, and now are trying to survive or get back in
contact with command. They are losing hope of
contacting them though. Some want to find a nice place
away from the cities and settle down, some want to
search for their families (unfortunately several thousand
miles away), some think they can still find a cure. One is
just having a great time killing zombies and looting
anything he wants. They don't mind having you along,
and if you have a vision and good cause, or just
something to take their minds off things, you can
probably convince them to follow you. They are well
For some reason you can't find any Orwell in the
armed and trained, though boisterous, and they go
library
through ammo at a worrying rate.
-200 Points Age: 54
Armand Spring, PhD. Professor of Philosophy.
Disconcertingly enthusiastic about the end of the world.
Japanese Twins.
"Despite life being nasty brutish and short, from
adversity the Manichean ubermensch will yet arise to
lead the world into the next dialectic." Or something like
that, you were paying attention to the zombies, not the
speech. Is already well on his way to implementing a
feudal system at his university. He would like for you
and your companions to serve as his lieutenants and
knights. He'll grant you a small plot of land, and an art
major to till it. Further advancement will be rewarded
with more land, servants and honor.
-125 Points
Grizzled Veteran.
Might actually be Korean
Age: 18
Expert martial artists, Alice wields a set of genuine
Japanese swords, and Sakura a self forged spear. They
are hot, but surprisingly don't seem to realize it. They do
everything together, often taking turns as the 'talker.'
They are bi and rather adventurous. Once you get to
know them you'll realize that their personalities aren't
actually identical. They are blacksmiths, and Ren-Faire Your liver won't thank you
enthusiasts. Maybe their knowledge of medieval
Age: 61?
technology and customs will come in handy. Their family
is on the other side of the world, and they are resigned Calls himself Grigoriy, won't provide any other name.
to taking a long time to find them. Claims to have 'done stuff' for the NKVD. Full of
censored war stories. He has a conspiracy theory for
-225 Points
everything. You would laugh, but who knows what's true
anymore?
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Companion AI. Okay, maybe she's just crazy. You are pretty sure her
accent is made up, and she has a barcode tattoo on the
back of her neck that she refuses to acknowledge. On
the other hand she does drink blood, sizzle in sunlight,
and bend rebar with her bare hands, so does it make a
difference if she's real? She might be able to
mesmerize, but it's hard to distinguish from being very
good at hypnosis. Her combat skills would be explained
If you date and break up it will be super awkward by hundreds of years of practice. She wears armor, and
wields every medieval weapon. She'll insist on feeding
Age: .2 from you directly, an ecstatically pleasurable experience
if she's favorably inclined towards you at the moment,
A cutting edge digital assistant prototype. Runs on a
and a painful and humiliating one if not. You'll get
solar paneled, cellphone sized box. Comes with VR
anemic if you are the only one she's feeding from. She
sunglasses that will insert her avatar into your view.
kills the 'abominations' with a cold fury. She can't be
Unfortunately that's all they can do - no movies or
infected, but they threaten her food source. That's the
HUD's, unless you buy the minimap HUD. She's pretty
only reason, she insists. She might turn you, but it's
smart, though her mental abilities have some strange
obviously going to take a very strong connection before
holes, and occasionally alien thought process. You may
she'll even consider doing so, and that's assuming she's
provide her a name, if you so choose.
even capable of it. Calls herself Shindol, but tells you to
-250 Points call her mistress.
-1 Favor, -450 Points
Ancient Vampire. Pet Zombie.
Air out regularly to diminish odor
Try not to introduce her to Twilight
Age: 35
Age: ???
An unusual zombie, he didn't seem all that interested in
biting you in the first place. With some red meat, and a
switch you managed to train him. He's strong, and
untiring, but can only follow simple orders like a dog. He
doesn't actually need food, but he'll give you puppy eyes
if you are eating meat. He can pass as human with
some makeup and concealing clothes, as long as he
doesn't need to speak.
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Weeaboo Neckbeard. 1.Firestarter. Around her things burn. When she
grows angry or scared the room heats up. If she
doesn't calm down, or if she chooses to let it go,
the fire comes. It's like a tiny crack opens to the
center of the sun. She has little control over the
white flames erupting from the crack, but can gain
more with practice. Everytime she lets it off the
leash the crack is a little wider, and the fire burns
a little hotter. Is her power growing, or is the
barrier between this world and the fire eroding?
Don't take him with the twins 2.Telepathic. The mind is her realm. Lying to her is
difficult but not impossible, once you learn the
Age: 17
tricks. Her dreams will leak into yours while you
Overweight and he runs with his arms held out behind are close. She has many nightmares. At first she
him. Decent programmer, though his 'hacking' skills are can just read garbled surface thoughts from a few
limited to sql injection and that anon op where he ran feet away. She can't turn off reading surface
LOIC for ten minutes before getting nervous and thoughts, so crowds overwhelm her. It takes time
shutting it off. He escaped from his apartment using his and practice, but her control and power will
well practiced zombie escape route. He's quite continue to grow, and she will learn new abilities.
prepared, and has already figured out the many of the If she puts in the time and effort she will be able
details of the infection's behavior. Is currently heading to drive someone insane, or heal their emotional
towards his secondary likely zombie holdout location, wounds. She will be able to dig into a person's
and is happy to have you along, especially if you have deepest secret, or hollow them out into a loving
girls in your group. puppet.
3.Telekinetic. She moves things with her mind. To
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begin with she can hover an apple for a few
seconds. In a few months of hard practice she'll
throw a zombie against a wall, or lift five small
objects at once. Her growth will slow some after
Psychic Little Girl.
that, but who knows where she will end up.
4.Reality warper. The world is clay, she the
sculptor. It starts small. A specific card drawn
when desperately wanted, an annoying fly eaten
by a frog that shouldn't survive in this climate, a
sudden coughing fit striking you when disciplining
her. This is a difficult power to practice, as she
seems to have no conscious control over the
manifestations, at least at first. Indeed sometimes
it seems that if she thinks of it as an ability
instead of just the way things are it weakens her
You're lucky. It could have been Samara.
ability. Still, the potential power and versatility is
incredible.
Age: 9
-1 Favor, -300 Points
Her family went crazy, and then was eaten by zombies,
and then incinerated, or so she informs you. You are a Buy twice for twins (roll separately, no repeat for
bit suspicious. She avoids people now, but for you she's each). -2 Favor, -450 Points
made an exception. If you manage to get through her
trauma and other issues, she would probably be very
loyal.
Roll a d4 to select her power.
Regular Little Girl. Ditzy Nurse.
Daww
Age: 25
Age: 11
Matilda is really nice, very well endowed, and quite good
Jaina is just a regular eleven year old girl - cute, but not at her job. She is a devout Catholic, but fairly open
particularly useful. She's not good at anything except minded about other people's beliefs. She's happy to do
crawling into tiny spaces and hiding. Still, that's kept her housework, but she'll burn food or forget to take out the
alive so far. If you can get her out of her trauma induced trash pretty regularly. Letting someone else take charge
shell she's adorable and a fast learner. She'll be very is a relief for her. She kinda panics under pressure.
attached once you show that you won't just die like
-75 Points
everyone else.
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Enlightened Hippy.
Big Bertha.
No accounting for taste
Age: 21
Age: 32
Dawn is very spiritual, but what exactly she believes is
An ardent Tumblr feminist, but only when she
kinda vague. She'll bitch about animal products, and
remembers she's supposed to be one. She's physically
inorganic food. She believes it's immoral to kill zombies,
incapable of running, and will eat three times what
and hates guns. She's very tough to budge on her pet
anyone else does. On the positive side she's a great
issues, but doesn't really care about the other stuff.
chef, and bafflingly good at fighting with a baseball bat.
She's stubborn and opinionated, but not hard to -25 Points
manipulate.
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