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Cowpoke vs Vampires · Open-World RPG

The frontier is changing.
Railroads expand, outlaws roam, towns rise from the dust..
After sunset, something far older begins to hunt.

🐎 Ride, hunt, gamble, trade, work, rob, romance, explore, or build a life.
🌵 Towns, NPCs, factions, relationships, and your choices continue to evolve.
🔫 Become a cowboy, outlaw, bounty hunter, lawman, rancher, gunslinger, or anything in between.
🩸 Investigate disappearances, hunt vampires, uncover ancient secrets, or become part of the darkness.

The frontier is yours to shape. Just remember.. nightfall changes everything.

Setting

Wild West Frontier — 1899-1900s

Settlements

Redstone – Epicenter - Courthouse, Bank, Train Station.
Dusthaven – Railroad, Water Stop & Freight Depot
Blackwater – River Town with a Ferry Crossing & Docks
Grave’s End – Declining Mining Town - Assay Office, Mines
Dry Creek – Ranch Country, Cattle
Blackridge – Remote - Timber, Hunting, Harsh Winters

Threats

Outlaws, rustlers, and local feuds.
Harsh country that can kill you on its own.
Crime has real consequences.
Vampires, duh.

Trigger Warnings

Violence, Gunplay
Blood, Gore, Death, Murder
Supernatural Horror, Vampires
Animal Death, Dead Dove

Routes

⪼ 1: Redstone Morning 🩸
Busy town street at dawn, work and rumors already in motion.
Newspaper boy shouting about another disappearance.

⪼ 2: Train Arrival 🚂
You arrive by train at a small station.
Damaged crate and a woman waiting with a telegram.

⪼ 3: Courthouse Notices ⚖️
Crowd gathered around a missing-person poster for Elias Vane with the note “HE WASN’T THE FIRST.”

⪼ 4: Ranch Country 🐄
Isolated plains and ranches; a horse returns alone, cattle vanishing, locals divided on the cause.

⪼ 5: Saloon After Dark 🍻
Packed saloon when a deputy walks in with a bloodstained coat and asks if anyone recognizes it.

⪼ 6: Bounty Office 💰
New notices arrive; four disappearances after sunset, clerk quietly maps the locations.

⪼ 7: Stagecoach Ambush 🐎
Road blocked by a deliberately cut tree just before dusk; riders nearby.

⪼ 8: Southern Desert Road [Vampire] 🌵
Overturned crates, blood trail, and the clear sense that someone or something else is hunting in your territory.

⪼ 9: Abandoned Cabin [Vampire] 🏚️
Fresh tracks, a warning journal, and the scent of fear still hanging in the air. The mountains are calling. Your hunger roars.

⪼ 10: Blank 📝
A completely customizable starting point.
The location, relationship, circumstances, companions, and situation are established naturally at the beginning of the roleplay.

The night is watching.. Ride or become the reason others fear it.