EDIT: The game has filled up now, with the folks who responded in this thread already and one or two other folks I talked to on OpenRPG.

Hello folks, I'm looking for at least 1 or 2 new players for my Zombiepocalypse game of D20 Modern on Saturdays, running from approximately 8 pm Eastern until 10 pm Eastern each week (5 to 7 pm Pacific).

I have two current players, but the third player has had problems getting OpenRPG to work lately and hasn't shown up in weeks as a result. So right now I'm running with just 2 players; their PCs are John and Bethany, a fireman and tech-specialist respectively (Strong Hero 2 and Smart Hero 2, respectively).

The game is basically D20 Modern in a near-future post-apocalyptic era, after nuclear war broke out and a zombie-plague akin to a mutation of Rabies spreading everywhere....... So as isolated pockets of civilization try to survive and cope with the changes occuring from the nuclear fallout, they also have to deal with an outbreak of ZOMBIES!!! Well, not the undead kind, but the infectious, cannibalistic, rage-and-hunger-driven diseased kind of crazy zombies. Mutations from D20 Future are allowed in this game, as is the Nuclear Nomad advanced class, but the rest of D20 Future's material is unsuited to this campaign.

The game's setting is Grand Rapids, Michigan, a rural town far enough from the nuclear devastation to still be almost-normal (at least until the fallout starts messing things up more, or the zombie plague gets in.....and the latter has already begun).

Respond here or drop by the OpenRPG Dev II server during the game or shortly beforehand if you're interested.

Sounds like fun

This sounds fun, right off the top of my head I would say I would like to be some redneck gun nut XD

Okay, sorry for not posting more details a few days ago, but here it is.

For reference, the current PCs are a firefighter, a policewoman, and a tech-support/IT character (John, Claire, and Bethany, respectively). Claire's player expects to return in a few weeks, if she has the kinks worked out of her recent Python/OpenRPG problem. John is melee-focused (Strong Hero 2) with his fireman's axe, but also uses a firehose as a weapon when he needs to. Claire (Fast Hero 2) is a beat cop aiming to become a sniper, and has some common police gear along with a sniper rifle. Bethany has a pistol for self-defense, but is focused on technical skills (Smart Hero 2). John has the Treat Injury skill at a decent rank, so he provides a little bit of first-aid capability as well. Sometimes the group has the aid of Claire's partner on the police force, Abe, a veteran cop (and NPC), but he's not always around and he tends to be inept or just beaten up a lot in the process of trying to keep the others alive (I roll terribly with him).

Character Creation:
d20 Modern ruleset, with a few things from other d20M supplements, like d20 Future.
Human characters only.
Level 2.
32-point buy for ability scores, but otherwise the same as the point-buy detailed in the d20 Modern core rulebook.
Roll for starting Wealth normally on OpenRPG before the GM.
After spending initial Wealth, you may roll Profession for any possible 2nd-level Wealth increase, and will receive a +2 bonus to Wealth for 2nd-level, as well.
Choose a starting Occupation as normal.
Mutations are allowed, using the Mutation Point rules from d20 Future.
Some feats and such from d20 Future will be allowed, but not all of them (Salvage is likely to be useful, for instance).
The Nuclear Nomad advanced class may be available at some point, for any characters exposed to enough radiation.
Some Progress Level 5 technology from d20 Future may be available.
I may allow limited psionics, explained away as a strange mutation.
I may allow a few pieces of PL 5 cybernetics and such, as well.

Here's a copy of my introduction from the first game session. The PCs have fought zombies a few times so far, and done a little bit else, reaching 2nd-level.

"Alright......We begin in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The date is June 1st, 2015. Doomsday was April 1st of 2015. Nuclear war spontaneously broke out a few months after a new pandemic began to spread across the globe, a horribly mutated form of Rabies according to the news reports. Victims of the disease began losing their minds and going berserk, even starting to cannibalize other living people and acting like total savages. You're not sure how World War III began, but you have some inkling of the aftermath. You're living it. Radioactive fallout drifts down from the clouds every so often, and all contact with the outside world beyond your own state or thereabouts has been cut off. Cell phones barely work in most places now, and television is limited to only local stations right now. Landline phones aren't doing much better, as many landlines and telephone operator systems have been damaged or destroyed. You're lucky to have been far from the nukes, but even your town hasn't escaped all harm from it.

Radiation from some of the nearest nuke-hits, though far off, has changed a few residents and animals, leading to strange mutations in some cases. Radioactive fallout has had similar effects, though folks are trying to keep the local waters clean and safe to drink. There's still plenty of food for now; your semi-rural community has plenty of fruit-trees and small farms nearby, and there are still plenty of fish in the local waters. But you're not sure how long that will last. It's been chaotic since you were cut off from the rest of the United States and the rest of the world. Some people have panicked and started riots, or begun stockpiling supplies, and crime has been on the rise.

You've only just begun to see some of the chaos and death from the apocalypse, so far......... Money is starting to lose its value as everyone believes that Washington, D.C. has probably been nuked, and the Federal Reserve is probably rubble or a solitary fortress now. There's no telling what's happened to Wall Street, Congress, the nation's gold supplies, or anything else outside Michigan itself right now. What little news has come in lately regarding other states indicates that there are other survivors out there, but you're not sure how many or in what states, beyond some fellow survivors in the neighboring states like Wisconsin and Ohio.

Local law enforcement, and the media, is expecting anarchy to break out at any time now, and the latest news indicates that the new Rabies virus was spreading out from Detroit and other major travel centers. Luckily there isn't much in the way of airports or major train stations around Grand Rapids, but there are some minor ones nearby......you fear the plague might reach your town soon, if it hasn't already arrived. Airplanes have largely stopped flying, as many were shot down in the first few months of the global World War III going on now.

Oil is no longer being shipped or flown in from the Middle East, or even just from Texas, the Gulf of Mexico, or Alaska, so gasoline supplies are starting to run dangerously low.....most folks can't even fuel up an airplane anymore if they wanted to. Things are getting worse, and you have a bad feeling about what's in store for your little town in the midst of all this.........."

Sounds good, ill do some research and will try and have a character for you by Saturday.

Maybe ill be the token black guy instead, hmm.

I am always interested in a Zombiepocalypse themed game. Could make a Soldier or a Scavenger ish character.

Are you still looking for people or have you filled up?

Heh, I haven't heard anything but I will be there!

Sorry, I was busy over the last few days, and out of the house for much of Thursday, so I didn't get in much posting.

Well, there's certainly room for the 3 of you! Work on whatever character archetype you like, and drop by on OpenRPG to show me whatcha got so far, and to roll for starting Wealth. Oh, and to roll for 2nd-level HP, I forgot to mention that in the previous post. Since this is a kind of survival-horrir campaign, the PCs will have to roll for HP each level as normal, and take their chances with whatever the virtual dice give 'em. Only 1st-level HP are maximized.

We play on the OpenRPG Dev II server. Game starts in about 2 hours from now. If you're not ready today, you can join in next week. But you can still drop by today to roll HP/Wealth and lurk during the session if you like.

Oh yeah...what server? room name password?