OVER: The helicopter group, and the new characters at an airfield in central Nebraska
UNDER: The characters trapped underground in the facility beneath the T-Bone
THROUGH: The characters on the surface in and around the motel, and new characters about to be added in that area
You may choose existing characters from the first two chapters at any time, provided you have read the relevant chapter(s). Characters introduced in Chapter 2 may be chosen if you have read that chapter. Characters introduced in Chapter 1 may be chosen if you have read both of the first two chapters.
There will be around 30 characters added for Chapter 3, and no prior reading is required to play them. New players get first choice of the new characters, since they are unlikely to have read the earlier chapters and thus would be unable to play existing characters. Though the character limit is four, you may only choose three initially so that other new players have a wider selection. Once every new player has chosen their three characters, the remaining characters are available for all to select. This means existing players may fill their slots with new characters, and new players are also free to choose a fourth character from those still available. This also means that the last new player to pick characters gets to choose up to four at once.
Characters are given out on a first come, first served basis. You pick them by replying to this thread and telling me which ones you want, and then I'll send you their secrets by PM. Once you've received their secrets, your decision is final.
There are three batches of new characters being introduced, one in the OVER group and two in the THROUGH group. Due to the situation, there are only existing characters in the UNDER group, but new ones may be introduced later in the chapter.
The following restrictions apply to choosing starting characters:
- You may have no more than four characters in all
- You may have a maxmium of two characters in any one group. If you do choose two characters from the same group, you should take them from different subgroups. I'll explain what the subgroups are when I post the character sheets. For instance, the OVER group consists of the existing characters on the helicopter, National Guard characters at the airfield, Nebraska State Police characters at the airfield, and civilian characters at the airfield.
- The only exception to the above restriction is that you may have three characters in the THROUGH group if they are not all in the same batch and you already have one character in either the OVER or UNDER group. This is because the OVER group has the smallest number of characters and may run out if every new player takes two of them.