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[Elephant Parade]

I, too, would like to join this game.

[FallacyofUrist]

I'm also thinking it would take some inspiration from E.R. A bunch of people, across universes, come together to prevent stop dangerous anomalies from occurring, probably on some sort of spaceship headed by an A.I. Gameplay would mainly consist of going on missions to stop said anomalies, which, while there will be plenty of combat, it would be far from the only way of accomplishing things. Missions would range from all sorts of things, like 'fixing' a world where the Mongols have taken over medieval Europe, to stopping a full-blown war between the mole-people and ant-people in another world, to investigating bio-planets and such. Like in E.R., even in cooperative teams, there is competition in that the people who contribute the most to the mission get more rewards.

So... Special People, but with a d10.

I'm still down for it.

[spümpkin]

If I can be Sans, I'm up for just about anything. IF I was not about to go on holiday. See you all in a few days.

[piratejoe]

Similar to what digital said, if i can be Kyoko I'll join. Also it would be funny if everyone kept there memory's of the carnage fiesta if they where in it.

[Dustan Hache]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Omar "White Hat" Wahdan.
Gender: Male
Age: 49
Appearance: A slim, brown haired and brown eyed man with a relaxed demeanor. His hair has a slightly white tinge at the edges, a side effect of being exposed to large amounts of psionic energy.

Abilities:
1. Soulfire: A basic psionic attack. It harms organic targets and causes a burning sensation, leaving them with less energy to fight. Enemies that are harmed too many times with psionics will go into a coma or suffer cardiac arrest (A heart attack). This attack ignores armor.
2. Insanity:  A basic psionic attack that messes with the mind of the target. It can disorient a victim, cause them to temporarily lose all motor function, or even temporarily force them to fight for the user. It has a three turn cooldown, and ignores armor.
3. Stasis: A powerful psionic ability that distorts space, freezing the target in place but making them temporarily invulnerable to harm. It has a five turn cooldown.
4. Sustain: The user reflexively uses Stasis on themselves, Preventing them from dying if an attack would have otherwise been fatal. It however has a massive 10 turn cooldown, shares it's cooldown with stasis, and leaves the user with dire need for medical attention. Suitably powerful attacks may kill the user immediately after it wears off, despite being otherwise negated.
5. Null lance: A powerful psionic ability, focusing psi energy into a lethal beam. It completely destroys the nervous system in the areas that it impacts, causing loss of motor function with little or no pain in the affected area. A direct hit to the chest or head will cause victims to go into a coma or suffer cardiac arrest respectively. It can pierce multiple targets, and ignores armor and terrain. 7 turn cooldown.

Equipment:
1. Psionic amplifier: A tool that assists in focusing psionic potential, Reducing psionic ability cooldowns by 2 turns. It is required to perform Null Lance, and does not reduce it's cooldown.
2.Spider suit: A lightweight set of alloy armor with a grappling hook built into the frame. It favors mobility over protection, but provides decent amounts of both.
3. Gauss pistol: When encountering robots or other psionically resistant enemies, he will use this to deal with them. It's clips are filled with "Bluescreen" EMP rounds, making it decently good at destroying robotics, provided he lands the hit.

[TCM]

Now I'm trying to think of how to incorporate that competitive reward system, in that what the rewards actually are.

I'm also thinking of ideas, plot-wise, for the premise. I'm thinking that if we think about the Multiverse as a single entity, anomalies are the cancer cells, and the job of the players would be to prevent the spread of this cancer before it spreads and takes everything over. (To those of you that play Trespassers, this is quite similar.)
Also thinking about whether I'd want Permadeath or not. In games where people play as their favorite character, or a close expy, I've noticed that there tends to be some pushback against Permadeath.

If I can be Sans, I'm up for just about anything. IF I was not about to go on holiday. See you all in a few days.

Have a good trip!

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Omar "White Hat" Wahdan.
Gender: Male
Age: 49
Appearance: A slim, brown haired and brown eyed man with a relaxed demeanor. His hair has a slightly white tinge at the edges, a side effect of being exposed to large amounts of psionic energy.

Abilities:
1. Soulfire: A basic psionic attack. It harms organic targets and causes a burning sensation, leaving them with less energy to fight. Enemies that are harmed too many times with psionics will go into a coma or suffer cardiac arrest (A heart attack). This attack ignores armor.
2. Insanity:  A basic psionic attack that messes with the mind of the target. It can disorient a victim, cause them to temporarily lose all motor function, or even temporarily force them to fight for the user. It has a three turn cooldown, and ignores armor.
3. Stasis: A powerful psionic ability that distorts space, freezing the target in place but making them temporarily invulnerable to harm. It has a five turn cooldown.
4. Sustain: The user reflexively uses Stasis on themselves, Preventing them from dying if an attack would have otherwise been fatal. It however has a massive 10 turn cooldown, shares it's cooldown with stasis, and leaves the user with dire need for medical attention. Suitably powerful attacks may kill the user immediately after it wears off, despite being otherwise negated.
5. Null lance: A powerful psionic ability, focusing psi energy into a lethal beam. It completely destroys the nervous system in the areas that it impacts, causing loss of motor function with little or no pain in the affected area. A direct hit to the chest or head will cause victims to go into a coma or suffer cardiac arrest respectively. It can pierce multiple targets, and ignores armor and terrain. 7 turn cooldown.

Equipment:
1. Psionic amplifier: A tool that assists in focusing psionic potential, Reducing psionic ability cooldowns by 2 turns. It is required to perform Null Lance, and does not reduce it's cooldown.
2.Spider suit: A lightweight set of alloy armor with a grappling hook built into the frame. It favors mobility over protection, but provides decent amounts of both.
3. Gauss pistol: When encountering robots or other psionically resistant enemies, he will use this to deal with them. It's clips are filled with "Bluescreen" EMP rounds, making it decently good at destroying robotics, provided he lands the hit.

I must apologize, I thought you were speaking of the future game idea I've been discussing. As I've been saying, this game is likely coming to a close, it did fill an important role as for experimentation purposes.

[Dustan Hache]

aww. Well, hang on to that for the next one then please.

[Failbird105]

Also thinking about whether I'd want Permadeath or not. In games where people play as their favorite character, or a close expy, I've noticed that there tends to be some pushback against Permadeath.

That tends to be because if you give a person the option to play as a character they love, they're not going to want to keep playing if they lose them. You can at least expect a few people WILL drop out of the game on their first death if you add Permadeath. That's why most forum games impose such strict limits on characters, it prevents you from playing a character that you would actually care about losing if they died quickly.
 It becomes much harder to motivate yourself to keep playing if you lose a character you care about permanently. I suggest mission kills(if you die you stay dead for the rest of the mission, but come back afterwards), that way there's an actual consequence to death, but it's not enough to make anybody quit the game entirely when they die.

[TheBiggerFish]

Also thinking about whether I'd want Permadeath or not. In games where people play as their favorite character, or a close expy, I've noticed that there tends to be some pushback against Permadeath.

That tends to be because if you give a person the option to play as a character they love, they're not going to want to keep playing if they lose them. You can at least expect a few people WILL drop out of the game on their first death if you add Permadeath. That's why most forum games impose such strict limits on characters, it prevents you from playing a character that you would actually care about losing if they died quickly.
 It becomes much harder to motivate yourself to keep playing if you lose a character you care about permanently. I suggest mission kills(if you die you stay dead for the rest of the mission, but come back afterwards), that way there's an actual consequence to death, but it's not enough to make anybody quit the game entirely when they die.

Ach, yeah.

[Elephant Parade]

Dying should have some kind of permanent effect, even if it's entirely superficial. A scar, maybe?

Heck, maybe even a death-related special ability that replaces any benefits you would normally have gained from the mission? For example, dying by fire might give you this:

Increased Body Temperature: +2 to defensive rolls vs. fire; -1 to defensive rolls vs. ice and cold. Character is slightly uncomfortable at room temperature.

Personally, I really like the idea of dying giving you trade-off skills, though I'm obviously biased towards it.

[Twinwolf]

I would probably would keep the Huntress. Probably give her an actual name.

[TCM]

Dying should have some kind of permanent effect, even if it's entirely superficial. A scar, maybe?

Heck, maybe even a death-related special ability that replaces any benefits you would normally have gained from the mission? For example, dying by fire might give you this:

Increased Body Temperature: +2 to defensive rolls vs. fire; -1 to defensive rolls vs. ice and cold. Character is slightly uncomfortable at room temperature.

Personally, I really like the idea of dying giving you trade-off skills, though I'm obviously biased towards it.

I was thinking along the lines of dying just means you won't get any rewards, which would be an incentive to stay alive. And like E.R., failing missions could have long-term ramifications down the road, so it would for example make a future mission harder.

[Greatness942]

I actually do like the idea of Permadeath. It gives incentive to play defensively, and means you won't just charge in. I know for a fact that I won't leave if any of my favorite character die. However, that's just me. I have no problem with the people who don't want Permadeath, I can completely understand. I'm just saying that, personally, I don't mind Permadeath mechanics.

[TCM]

Rather than Permadeath, I am now thinking of a sort of middle ground, in extreme cases where revival isn't possible or a character needs to be forcefully ejected from the team. Right now I'll refer to it as Wormhole Exile, where instead of dying, the character would be removed from the team and sent back to the home, never to return. They'll continue their lives, just back home where they started.

I am also thinking that this game will likely have a stat system similar to Trespassers of the Multiverse and other games, where each characters general skillset is determined by Constitution, Strength, Charisma, and so on, in addition to abilities.
As for Mission Death penalties, I am entertaining both the idea of stat reduction, or as previously suggested, "Scars" that take the form of permanent negative abilities.

Could we still use teams of multiple people?

On-ship, probably not, but I would allow a character to lead mooks/minions into battle behind them during missions.

[Greatness942]

Well, from that syntax, maybe we can do this: if they get ejected from the team, or leave the team, then they live and enjoy their life. If they can get revived after death, they come back. If they can't, they die. They don't go back, they die. That way, we can have both a Permadeath and a Wormhole Exile, and both the majority and I can have a cool little system for death. I am not saying your idea is bad, and if you want to keep your idea, then that's fine, that's the GM's choice. In fact, the Wormhole Exile is good for both death and leaving, so that the character could come back anyway, and I really do like your idea. I just felt like giving my idea to the fledgling game.