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Kaiser

How should the story be set in the DoomRPG?

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I want to make something that everybody can agree on and like.

So, how would you concider the opening story? How would you all think should start?

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Recently, you have begun to find yourself unfulfilled and distant in your daily occupation. Strange dreams of prospecting, stealing, crusading, and combat have haunted you in your sleep for many months, but you aren't sure of the reason. You wonder whether you have in fact been having those dreams all your life, and somehow managed to forget about them until now. Some nights you awaken suddenly and cry out, terrified at the vivid recollection of the strange and powerful creatures that seem to be lurking behind every corner of the dungeon in your dream. Could these details haunting your dreams be real? As each night passes, you feel the desire to enter the mysterious ruins of the Phobos UAC base grow stronger. Each morning, however, you quickly put the idea out of your head as you recall the tales of those who entered the base before you and did not return. Eventually you can resist the yearning to seek out the fantastic place in your dreams no longer. After all, when other adventurers came back this way after spending time in the caverns, they usually seemed better off than when they passed through the first time. And who was to say that all of those who did not return had not just kept going?

Asking around, you hear about a bauble, called the Soulsphere by some, which, if you can find it, will bring you great wealth. One legend you were told even mentioned that the one who finds the amulet will be granted immortality by the gods. The amulet is rumored to be somewhere beyond the Inferno, deep within the Mazes of Doom. Upon hearing the legends, you immediately realize that there is some profound and undiscovered reason that you are to descend into the caverns and seek out that amulet of which they spoke. Even if the rumors of the amulet's powers are untrue, you decide that you should at least be promoted, especially if you encounter any of the terrifying and magical creatures of your dreams along the way. You spend one last night fortifying yourself at the local gun shop, becoming more and more depressed as you watch the odds of your success being posted on the walls getting lower and lower.

In the morning you awake, collect your belongings, and set your spaceship off for the Phobos Base. After several days of uneventful travel, you see the ancient ruins that mark the entrance to the Mazes of Doom. It is late at night, so you make camp at the entrance and spend the night sleeping under the open skies. In the morning, you gather your gear, eat what may be your last meal outside, and enter the dungeon...

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The imp hits! The imp hits. -more-
The cacodemon spits at you! The cacodemon misses. -more-
The demon misses. The cut'n'paste monster hits! -more-
The demon bites! -more-
You die... -more-
Die? (n) y
Do you want your possessions identified? (y)

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