STORY
They say the train sometimes pulls into the station, just after midnight. It'll be empty— or maybe there'll be one or two passengers, cloaked in the shadows.
Don't make eye contact. And never get on.
CHARACTER CREATION
You don't quite remember how you boarded this train. And you're not really sure how you're getting off of it.
RULES
SCHEDULE
The ghost train
You're in the station, all by yourself.
The train you usually take has already departed; you've missed that one by hours. But as you're thinking hard about what to do, another train pulls in.
It's not quite what you're used to. It looks a little... rustic. A little worse for wear, like it's seen better days. But it's got the same number as your train, and you can't afford to be picky, so as soon as the doors open, you step onboard.
It only takes a few moments for the compartment doors to close, and then the train is in motion again. You stare out the window, watching as your surroundings blur.
It's only hours later, as the train speeds through the countryside showing no signs of stopping, that you begin to wonder if there's something wrong.
Death Tracks is a casual, quasi-horror roleplay group inspired by the urban legends of ghost trains. The train picks up passengers as it traverses the spaces between realms, and only ever lingers in areas of great paranormal intrigue.
Your character is one such passenger.
PASSENGERS
The ghost train carries living passengers as well as dead ones, and your character may be of either variety.
Live passengers are people who have unwittingly boarded the train when it pulls into their station. They don't quite belong in this realm between life and death, and the longer they stay aboard, the greater the physical, mental, and spiritual toll.
The train's true purpose is to carry deceased passengers to the afterlife... but not all of them choose to disembark. Ghosts that remain on the train may find themselves developing supernatural powers, but beware... overusing these abilities can set them on the path of no return.
RULES
1. This group is rated 18+ for potentially mature and/or harrowing content.
2. You are expected to treat one another with respect. No hate speech will be tolerated.
3. Godmodding, powerplaying, metagaming, and other related behaviors are not allowed.
4. Death Tracks is a casual group, and there will be no activity checks. Participation will be encouraged via in-character rewards, but you are never obliged to give us your time.
5. All artwork is expected to be your own.
6. Death Tracks has a three-strikes rule. You will not be removed before your third strike.
SCHEDULE
Please keep in mind that we are working off of a PST timezone.
PRE-SERVER OPENS: Oct 18
RESERVATION: Oct 18 - Nov 15
APP CHECKS: Open indefinitely
JOIN REQUESTS: Nov 13 - Nov 18
Discord server coming soon!
GHOSTS
Faded remnants of those who have died, ghosts linger in the sphere of the living until the ghost train arrives to pick them up. Most choose to disembark at the afterlife, but a few choose to remain in this limbo indefinitely.
As a ghost, your character can be a passenger waiting to arrive at their destination, or someone who has been on board for a very long time.
When making a ghost character, please include the following information in your app.
Name:
Age: (at time of death, must be 18+)
Real Age: (optional)
Pronouns: (can be any)
Height:
Weight:
Cause of Death: (go wild)
Power: (telekinesis, cryokinesis, possession, etc. can be anything, really.)
Corruption Level: (this indicates how much your character has already used their ghostly powers, going up by 2 for every single usage. you can start anywhere between 0 and 10; when this reaches 100, your character becomes damned, losing their sanity.)
Personality: (minimum of three negative and three positive traits)
History: (can be as long or as short as you like, but must be coherent. you can even do bullet points if you wish.)
HUMANS
Humans often wander where they shouldn't. The ghost train is one such place. It might be a matter of bad luck, with your character inadvertently getting on a strange train that pulled into the local station.
However, for some other humans, it's not a matter of luck at all. Thrill hunters, paranormal investigators, and skeptics—all these and more have occasionally been able to seek out and board the ghost train.
When making a human character, please include the following information in your app.
Name:
Age: (must be 18+)
Pronouns: (can be any)
Height:
Weight:
Method of Boarding: (go wild)
Special Skills: (Human characters can have one special skill, including things such as flexibility, peak fitness, charisma, etc.)
Health: (every human character starts between 130 and 150. this stat indicates how much being onboard has affected your character. it goes down by 1 for every day they stay onboard the train. when this reaches 0, your character dies and becomes a ghost.)
Personality: (minimum of three negative and three positive traits)
History: (can be as long or as short as you like, but must be coherent. you can even do bullet points if you wish.)
The train is atemporal, and therefore, your character can come from any time period that you wish.
Please keep track of corruption and health levels yourself (or at least until we figure how to automate it). Note that corruption and health levels will not change for inactive characters.
It will be possible to reduce corruption and to restore health.