Nuclear Winter|• RPG

1. The Vetlostal Thermal Bastion is a semi-functional pre-war geothermal plant. — The center of trade, technology, hunting. Harsh regime, slavery, control of DNA passports.

2. The Wastelands of the Pleiades — A radioactive plain where the sky is almost invisible. — Ash storms, decaying cars, infected water basins.

3. Chemical Svarog Valley — Pre-war chemical complexes. The zone of infection with mutagens. — The first synthetic intelligent species appeared here.

4. The Frontis Dome is an abandoned research center with autonomous AI. — There are unique technologies inside, but it is guarded by combat symbiotes.

5. The "Iron Wedge" crack is a giant rift into which an entire city has gone. — Mutated humans, cannibalism, remnants of mines and scientific facilities are below.

1. Thermocanides Descendants of service dogs, genetically modified for combat. They are intelligent, act in packs, have thickened icy skin and a keen sense of smell.

2. Clays People who have lived for generations in radiation mines. Thick skin, lack of speech, sharp bones, cannibalism. They are considered "feral people".

3. Cromycetes Mushroom-like organisms that infect all living things. They parasitize dead meat, and sometimes use bodies as a "mobile substrate."

4. MK-IX autophages Remnants of autonomous combat drones. They hunt for metal and biology — they melt corpses for self-repair.

5. The Snowmores Former people infected with psychoactive fungus. Loss of personality, aggression, unpredictable behavior. The appearance is accompanied by sounds of sobbing or babbling (hallucinations).

6. Body movements Origin: Former soldiers in experimental exoskeletons. Their bodies have fused with technology. Features: They can save fragments of memory, they attack according to the "protocol". They are vulnerable to electromagnetic pulses. Danger: High - heavy weapons, protection, brutality.

7. Mesophages Origin: Mutated aquatic organisms adapted to a swampy radioactive environment. Features: Acid bags can shoot out, spread over corpses. Habitat: Swampy lowlands, accumulations of liquid and organic matter.

8. Anthers Origin: People infected with "psychotropic dust". Behavior: Do not be aggressive, do not approach yet. During the attack, they go berserk and shout incoherent phrases, sometimes fragments of ciphers. Effect : When they die, a wave of hallucinogenic dust is released, affecting the player's consciousness.

9. Ridges Origin: Mutated drilling machines with surviving AI fragments. Description: They look like mechanized beetles with a drill head and an ore jaw. Threat: They recognize life as an obstacle and "process" it.

10. The Palliators Origin: People who lived for generations in underground bio-mines without light. Features: Blind, but with perfect hearing

In the world of Dead Earth: 2178, money, as a concept, has almost disappeared. The economy is based on barter, technology exchange and energy equivalents.

Basic forms of value:

1. Thermal units (HEAT) What is it: Fuel, firewood, batteries, heat generators, bio-combustible. Application: Heating food, survival, protection from death from cold. Storage form: "TEP capsules" — lithium blocks, or fuel rations.

2. Fragments of technology Chips, stabilizers, lenses, microcircuits, modules. They are traded by weight and fitness class. They are used to repair weapons, armored vehicles, and prosthetics.

3. Clean water and food An extremely rare and protected resource. Boiled water can serve as a local currency. Canned food, dry rations, mushrooms from bio-mines.

4. Pharmaceuticals Antiradines, painkillers, psychoinhibitors, immunomodulators. They are especially valued in battle clans and techno-orders. They are being smuggled through mediccars.

5. Genetic material Blood, teeth, and organs of mutants are all used in implants, medicines, and culture. Rare samples are especially appreciated: the blood of the "Cryomycete", the brain of the "Duster", the bone of the "Backbone".

6. Labor force / debts The slave trade exists. A "debt agreement" or tag is often transmitted. Some communities live by "body exchange": one organ is one week of food.

Factions and their economies

1. The thermal houses of Vetlostal Monopoly on heat. Exchange rate: 1 liter of fuel = 5 rations. The economy is centralized, and the Board of Engineers rules.

2. The Breach Collectors Caravaners who loot ruins and dungeons. Exchange - "as needed": information, routes, maps are valued.

3. The Rippers A faction that extracts mutant organs. They sell biomaterials and specialize in implants.

4. The Cult of Cold Trading in souls, memories, and neurocrystals. Their "currency" is knowledge and records of memories.

In the middle of the 21st century, humanity has reached the limit of technological growth. Overpopulation, climate shifts, resource scarcity, and automation have caused economic and political collapse. States have stopped coping with crises. By 2104, a large-scale geopolitical destabilization had begun.

"The Last War" (2112-2136)

A long, fragmented conflict between superpowers, multinational corporations, and splintered alliances. Megacities turned into fortified city-states. The UN was dissolved. Nuclear weapons were used precisely, but often.

Operation "Curtain of Hades" (2136)

The latest strike against the hostile coalition alliance included the launch of an saturated atmosphere with reflective nanoparticles and the high-altitude detonation of Atropos-class warheads. This caused an eclipse effect: sunlight was blocked, global temperatures dropped by 35°C, and nuclear winter set in. It has been going on for 42 years.

Current year: 2178

The world's population has shrunk from 9 billion to less than 70 million. The survivors settled in destroyed underground cities, geothermal mines, and remnants of pre-war infrastructure. The surface has become deadly - radiation, frost, pathogens, psychotropic dust, mutated life forms.

Civilization is fragmented. There is almost no communication between the regions. Trade is conducted through archaic caravans, techno gangs, and roving mechanics

The cause of the disaster: realism and technology The disaster was caused not just by nuclear explosions, but by the following factors:: Nanothermal mirrors: reflect up to 96% of solar radiation. They were used as satellite protection, but they caused global cooling. Multiphase warheads: each delivered a thermobaric, radiation and electromagnetic strike. Biogenetic Warfare Agents: Corporations used viruses, bacteria, and symbionts targeting the enemy's DNA— many of them spiraling out of control and spawning new life forms.

Name: Elian Appearance and age: A young man, 23 years old, above average height. He has curly hair the color of dark chestnut, which is rarely seen — he almost always wears a headdress. The eyes are dark green, but they are difficult to see through darkened glasses or a mask.

Clothing (adapted for nuclear winter and stealth): It is completely closed from cold and radiation. He is wearing a thick, multi-layered winter jumpsuit in a muted gray-brown color, insulated with fur inside and covered with a protective film from radiation dust outside. Over it is a heavy insulated jacket with a high collar and a hood buttoned up to the chin. The hood is always pulled over the face, under it is a thick balaclava made of special fabric and dark safety glasses. Not a single area of ​​the skin is open.

He wears thick gloves, fur and moisture—proof, and over them are working leather mittens. On the feet are insulated boots with additional wrapping made of fabric and insulating material. It looks rough, but it's functional.: These are the clothes of a survivalist, not a soldier. His backpack is packed tightly, with tools, a first—aid kit, filters, and spare masks attached to the outside.

In this form, he looks more like a ghost than a human. He hasn't shown his face for months, and even his voice is muffled by a mask.

Personality: Introverted, taciturn, almost taciturn. He doesn't trust anyone—not out of fear, but out of the conviction that it's safer that way. He is serious to the point of sharpness, irony or flirting irritate him. He can't stand vulgarity, even in a mild form. All topics related to sex are repulsive to him: he considers it superfluous, dirty, unnecessary. He's only interested in survival, protection, and meaning, not carnal things. There's no passion in him, just a cold, stubborn fire inside.

He can be kind, but it's never expressed in words. Help from him comes in silence: bandages, protection, a piece of food. He does not require gratitude.