Dry Hot Umerican Summer [ EDIT ]

This game has been retired! That means it's no longer being run.

Long ago, the world was a beautiful place where everyone was good looking and things always worked out for the best. At least, that is what the historical videos recovered from the archives in the former land of Hollywood tell us. Then, the Great Cataclysm happened. What was it and when did it happen? No one knows for sure. Most folks don’t really care what it was. The world is what it is now, and that is all there is to it.

Welcome to Umerica! At first glance, it's the post-apocalyptic remains of North and South America. But look closer and you'll find more than just the ruins of society. Magic. Aliens. Future tech that seems to have come from... the future. Barren and dusty wastes exist side-by-side with oases of mysterious, wild greenery. The world didn't just end. It tore open, and other things have come through the holes.

What does this have to do with you? Well, this is where you live. If it can be called living. You're a collection of desperate wastelanders hoping that luck will help you see another day. But you're going to need a lot of luck, because the violent gang that rules your community is sending you on a expedition to find desperately needed supplies. The normal sources have run dry, so you'll be descending into a sunken structure long rumored to contain only death. You don't really expect to come back alive, but you'll definitely be killed if you don't go.

So whether you like it or not, it's time to go to the Mall.

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Character Generation Info

We'll be starting this game with a funnel. Everyone will use the Purple Sorcerer 0-level party generator to spit out four losers. Then you'll have to make a few dice rolls to add the final bit of "Umerica" to your party. Details are in the game forum.

For those that survive, there will be plenty of options for advancing to first level. In addition to Umerica's core rules, I have Umerica Unnatural (with beastkin, shifters, and psychics) as well as the Umerican Road Atlas (with holy rollers, hunters, and road hawgs).