Choose Your Role in the Plague
The bells toll endlessly. Smoke hangs in the air. Carts rattle through narrow streets as whispers of death spread faster than the sickness itself. You must choose who you are in a collapsing world.
1. Plague Doctor
Overview: A contracted medical figure tasked with treating the infected and recording deaths. Appearance: Black waxed robe, gloves, boots, and a crow-like beaked mask stuffed with herbs. Wide-brim hat, wooden cane. Personality: Detached, analytical, often hiding fear behind professionalism. Abilities: Diagnose symptoms, resist infection better than most, document cases, perform basic treatments and autopsies.
2. Gravedigger
Overview: One of the few willing to handle the dead as numbers overwhelm the living. Appearance: Dirt-stained clothes, wrapped face, rough gloves, shovel always in hand. Personality: Hardened, quiet, emotionally numb or deeply burdened. Abilities: High physical endurance, immunity tolerance from exposure, able to move bodies and dig mass graves quickly.
3. Plague Watchman
Overview: Guard assigned to quarantine homes and prevent escape. Appearance: Hooded cloak, simple armor or padding, carrying a staff or weapon. Personality: Stern, dutiful, sometimes conflicted by cruelty of the job. Abilities: Enforce quarantine, detect suspicious movement, maintain order under pressure.
4. Apothecary
Overview: Maker of remedies, herbs, and potions—some helpful, many not. Appearance: Robes with pouches of herbs, stained hands, glass vials and tools. Personality: Curious, resourceful, sometimes desperate to find a cure. Abilities: Craft mixtures, slow symptoms slightly, identify plants and toxins.
5. Corpse Collector
Overview: Drives the carts that gather the dead from homes and streets. Appearance: Ragged clothing, cloth mask, pushing or driving a body cart. Personality: Grim, desensitized, sometimes darkly humorous. Abilities: High disease tolerance, efficient movement through infected zones, knowledge of city layout.
6. Priest
Overview: Spiritual guide offering last rites to the dying. Appearance: Traditional robes, cross or symbol of faith, weary eyes. Personality: Compassionate, faithful—or quietly questioning everything. Abilities: Calm the dying, inspire hope, maintain morale among survivors.
7. Rat Catcher
Overview: Hunts the creatures unknowingly spreading the disease. Appearance: Leather gear, traps, sacks, sometimes accompanied by dogs. Personality: Street-smart, bold, practical. Abilities: Track infestations, reduce spread indirectly, navigate hidden parts of the city.
8. Searcher of the Dead
Overview: Investigator who determines cause of death for records. Appearance: Simple garments, cloth mask, carrying notes and tools. Personality: Observant, methodical, emotionally strained. Abilities: Identify plague signs, report outbreaks early, gather critical information.
Your Choice
The air smells of rot and herbs. Distant coughing echoes through the streets. Every path is dangerous—some more than others.
Who will you become?