WW1 Zombie RPG

Set in the 1920s after World War One, a cult summoned Satan, promising their lives in exchange for for world dominance. So far, the infection has been contained in Europe, however Cultists and Infected still pose a threat.

France, Great Britain, The United States of America, Germany, Canada, Australia, Belgium, and Austro-Hungary formed the Protectorate, a union of those nations dedicated to keeping the infected and cultists in the Containment Zone, and neutralizing any who attempt to leave it.

French soldiers wear Horizon Blue colored thick and trousers made from wool, a greatcoat, puttees, and Adrian helmets. They use the Lebel and Berthier rifles.

British soldiers wear khaki wool service dress tunics and the four pockets, matching trousers, wool puttees wrapped around the lower legs, and hi nailed ammunition boots, with a steel Brodie helmet, and P08 webbing. They use Webley revolvers, SMLE Mk III rifles, Pattern 1914 rifles, and Lewis Machine Guns.

American soldiers wear Olive Drab wool service coats, matching breeches, puttees, and heavy trench boots, with a M1917 steel helmet. They use M1903 Springfield rifles, M1911 pistols, Browning Automatic Rifles, Browning 1917 machine guns, Lewis Machine Guns, Chauchat machine guns. However, due to storages, newer troops to the lines use M1917 Enfield rifles and Colt 1917 revolvers. Uniquely, some carry the Winchester Model 1912, a shotgun that can use a bayonet.

German soldiers wear field-grey wool tunics, matching trousers, ankle boots, puttees, and Stalhelm helmets. They use MP18 submachine guns, MG-08 machine guns, Gewehr 98 rifles, P08 pistols, and C96 pistols.

Canadian soldiers wear standard khaki Service Dress tunic (often 7-button, stand-up collar, four pockets, wool for warmth), paired with matching trousers, puttees, and Brodie helmet, but distinguished by unique "CANADA" shoulder titles and maple leaf collar badges. They use SMLE Mk III rifles, as well as the Ross Rifle, the Lewis Gun, and Huot-Ross Automatic Rifles.

Australian soldiers wear khaki Service Dress, featuring a wool tunic with "Australia" shoulder titles and Rising Sun badges, worn with cord breeches, tan ankle boots, and wool puttees, topped by the iconic slouch hat or a service cap, with variations like colour patches and rank insignia indicating unit and status, evolving for durability and comfort in harsh conditions. They use SMLE Mk III rifles, and Lewis Machine guns.

Belgian soldiers wear khaki colored thick and trousers made from wool, a greatcoat, puttees, and Adrian helmets. They use the Mauser M1889 rifle, Lebel rifle, and Lewis machine gun.

Austro-Hungarian soldiers wear field gray tunics, trousers, black Berndorf helmets, brown leather webbings, haversacks, and ammunition pouches. They use Mannlicher M1895 rifles, Schwarzlose machine guns, Steyr-Hahn 1912 machine pistols, and Standschütze Hellriegel M1915 submachine guns.

The infected, also referred to as Cannibals, Vampires, Devourers, and Possessed are corpses inhabited by demons who roam the quarantined zone, taking the appearance of Peasants, police, and soldiers. They also have different variants.

Shamblers are normal infected, can only walk, grapple, and eat. They make up the majority of the hordes.

Skitters are infected who don’t have legs, and therefore skitter across the ground at rapid paces. They’re hard to spot, but easy to kill.

Bombers infected soldiers who rush to the Protectorate trenches and throw bombs into them, then act as Shamblers afterwards.

Raiders are infected soldiers who use knives, bayonets, makeshift clubs, maces, axes, and shovels. They run towards trenches and attack the soldiers, however instead of eating them they beat them to death and move on.

Starved are infected who can run, and have orange eyes.

Cultists are humans who willingly serve Satan and his possessed horde, therefore can walk amongst the infected without being harmed. They wear red robes with their hoods up to cover their faces , and black trousers and tunics underneath, and usually any kind of helmet that has been painted Red. They use any weapons they can get their hands on.

The infected originate from Russia, where in the mist of the civil war, Satanists summoned Satan, who stopped the civil war and united Russia under the satanist banner, and began their assault on the west.

The Protectorate are very Christian, and Jewish. They prey to god daily in hopes of protection. If deemed worthy enough, he sends down his angels to help defend the trenches, at least for a little bit.

The Angels, also called Saviors, wear white trench coats and pants, with black boots. They also wear white steel masks with golden crosses drawn in the middle, and white stalhelms. They use rifles from every nation, however their bullets are blessed, and kill infected instantly. They also use great swords.

The Protectorate use a class system, classed into Riflemen, Assaulters, Engineers, Snipers, Machine Gunners, and Officers.

Riflemen use rifles, grenades, and are the common soldiers.

Assaulters use lighter weapons, for the Americans this is the Winchester Model 12, M1911, and Colt 1917 revolver. For Germans it’s the C96, Luger P08, and the Kar98AZ. For French it’s the Berthier rifle. For British it’s the SMLE. For the Belgians it’s the Berthier rifle. For the Austro-Hungarians it’s the Steyr-Hahn automatic pistol and the Standschütze Hellriegel M1915 submachine gun.

Officers use revolvers, but at the same time can call in artillery to assist in clearing our hordes.

Engineers use the same infantry weapons, but are in charge of fortifying trenches.

Snipers use scoped rifles.

Machine gunners use machine guns to support riflemen, this includes the Browning Automatic Rifle, Lewis Machine Gun, Schwarzlose, Huot-Ross Automatic Rifle, and various other machine guns.