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[10ebbor10]

Well, if you want a legal set up were intimidation, faking evidence and one-liners are encouraged, why don't you make the entire thing take place in ancient rome?

[Rolepgeek]

Oh, as for the setup, it just looks like it's Anthony, to be honest. Or, maybe, Tanya, since she could have died and cut her hair.

[Nerjin]

Your reasoning for that?

[Rolepgeek]

They were father and son; you don't think the son could have been at his dad's and cooked or something? If the killer stabbed the doctor, the blood would have splashed onto the top of his shoes, not the bottom; the people who arrived afterwards, however, may have stepped in the blood. Narcotics and long red hair both point to McRiley. If he used his hand with two fingers, that's a lot less fingers to leave prints. I don't know if the Leather Wallet means anything, since it's presumably the identification for the victim. No struggle barely means anything, since I don't know the relations between them all; maybe they were one big circle of friends, maybe they all hated everyone else.

[10ebbor10]

Here's a partial framework for some alt history strategy game thingy. It's nowhere near complete, but maybe you'll find parts interesting. Feel free to scavenge. I doubt I'm going to run it.

Spoiler: A short introduction (click to show/hide)

Several players, each controlling a citystate, try to survive in a fairly hostile world, and prosper. Both magic and technology work, as well as many alternate turns history could have taken.

Spoiler: Resources (click to show/hide)

Divided in 2 parts. The abstracted resources, and the strategic resources.

Abstracted resources are :
Food
Construction materials
Gold
Science points

Strategic resources are usually required as maintenance for some technologies, and can be converted into abstracted resources as well as traded.

Spoiler: A city (click to show/hide)

A city has a population size, defenses, and a location on the map. Much of it's other aspects are however defined by "towns" that belong to it. Towns require a certain amount of population to sustain, but in exchange provide the city with resources, goods, or means of production. Many different types of town exist, and as the game progresses more could be created.

Example:
   -Athens [Pop:5, Defenses: Walls]
        -Harbour town [2 Population, Allows trade, Allows Ship production. +2 Wealth, +4 Food]
        -Silver Mining Town [2 Population. +6 Wealth. Silver]
        -Acropolis [1 Population, +3 Science]

Spoiler: Research (click to show/hide)

Research takes place by the means of unlocking tokens. There 're twelve different categories of tokens, divided broadly into magic and science:
Science: Infrastructure, Organization, Economy , Weaponry, Military Organisation, Schools of Technology
Magic: Infrastructure, organization, Economy, Weaponry Military Organisations, Schools of Wizardy

Each new token in the same category gets progressively harder to get. However, tokens also have levels. Levels affect the progress and benefit from the technology (0= Nothing, 1= Primitive, 2= Better, ....), and are gained automatically as players play tokens that the first token is dependent upon.

A player can also develop his own technologies, which he does by combining several tokens. This can happen between the magic and technology branches. For example, a combination of Enchantements and flight can give you enchanted flying carpets, and a combination between flight, cavalery doctrine and magical livestock dragon cavalery (Provided that you have dragons, that is).

Spoiler: Example tokens (click to show/hide)

Infrastructure:
    -Flight (Starts at 0, Depedent on Chemistry (min 2), Engineering (Min 1), ...)
    -Roads
    -Railway's
Organisation:
    -Distribution of Labor
    -Scientific Management
    -Slavery
    -Messenger Service
Economy:
    -Mining
    -Industrial Agriculture
    -Livestock
Schools of Technology
    -Biology
    -Chemistry
    -Engineering
 

[Fniff]

Was thinking of running an image suggestion game based off Papers Please. Need advice for the story and the mechanics.

See that bottom guy in the fetching ushanka? That's the PC. He lives in the glorious nation of Tejekov, one of the last few remaining communist nations in Europe. He works at a gun factory as a low-grade worker and is struggling to feed his kids. The game would be mostly rendered in the style above: primarily black and white with splashes of color here and there (Here it denotes the factions: black is civilian, red hoodie is a rebel, blue is a guard).

Here's how it would go. There would be a strict schedule. After [number] turns of daylight, the sun sets and it becomes night, meaning curfew happens, and if you're caught after curfew you get arrested. You also have to work for a few turns or else you don't get paid. You need to feed and heat your family with this money, and if you don't they will die one by one. However, as time goes on the country is growing more unstable. Rebel groups are forming, and an armed uprising is growing more and more likely. What scarce freedoms there were originally are repealed to stop the rebels, leaving you in the lurch. Your situation is getting desperate. What will you do?

So, what mechanics and plot points do you think would be good for this kinda thing? I was thinking of having a "quicksave" mechanic where any death/arrest that was triggered by an obvious trolly suggestion (Like "kick the guard in the balls") is reloaded from prior to the death/arrest. Also, what do you guys think of the artwork itself? Think it could carry a suggestion game?

[Remuthra]

Story Ideas:

-The main character discovers a plot to infiltrate the country and its government. Unable to persuade the authorities to help, the main character must form a counter-resistance to stop the insurgents from weakening the country so it can be invaded.

-The main character is recruited into an aggressive space program as part of an international space race. Politically charged space exploration ensues.

-The main character's family is taken hostage by an underground organization demanding a high ransom. How will a standard worker scrape together the ransom money in a society where no one has any wealth?

-The main character becomes a smuggler, and must evade the customs officers.

[sjm9876]

Have an idea for a simple grid based RPG where the players are all undead.
Despite the appropriate timing, this would have to wait until after November due to NaNo.
Notes below, may need further clarification:

Spoiler: Notes (click to show/hide)

d20 rolled for most actions, modifiers.

Stats:
Flesh = Muscle and sinew, good for hitting things and being hit
Blood = Fluid and smooth, good for sneaking and charming
Spirit = Invisible and magical, good for abilities
Start with 8? points

Null stat:
The dead are lacking something. One stat must always = 0.
No spirit = -ve HP. Dies if HP == 0
No blood = Only takes damage from crits. low HP
No flesh = Can’t interact physically, or be interacted with
Alternative abilities may be proposed, but will be subject to GM editing.

HP = 10+Flesh*2 (or a flat -10 if no spirit) - Heals @ 1 per ½ hour out of combat
SP = 5 + Spirit (Regens @ Spirit/3 ^ per turn, min 1)
AP = 5 + Blood
NOTE: There is also Physical damage. this is completely separate from HP, and non-fatal, but still has an effect. For example, a spiritless zombie taking an RPG to the face won’t die, but will be reduced to a useless pulp.

AP costs:
Movement = 1AP/ square
Attack = 2AP
Ability = 2AP unless otherwise stated
Reloading = variable for weapon
Other actions = variable. Generally 1AP for things like drawing weapons etc.

Background: Who you were in life. Abilities should be derived from this.
Abilities: Propose 5 starting abilities. After modification for balance, can choose 3 to start.

Souls: Souls can be both found and looted from enemies. Each soul has an XP value based on the strength of it’s original owner.
Level: Gained from souls. = Highest XP soul absorbed (capped at number absorbed)/20
Level up: Gain 1 stat point, and propose 3 abilities. Edited, then choose 1.

[Remuthra]

Sounds interesting to me.

[sjm9876]

Another idea:
A text RPG where the players are members of the Order - a secret society in a world with both steampunk technology and magic, tasked with defending our plane of existence against invasions from others. the players would have elemental and magic/technological affinities and weaknesses, but their physical strength has little effect on combat - their equipment and planning is their only advantage. After all, punching a dragon won't work regardless of how strong you are.

[Rolepgeek]

Another idea:
A text RPG where the players are members of the Order - a secret society in a world with both steampunk technology and magic, tasked with defending our plane of existence against invasions from others. the players would have elemental and magic/technological affinities and weaknesses, but their physical strength has little effect on combat - their equipment and planning is their only advantage. After all, punching a dragon won't work regardless of how strong you are.

Uh...I don't know about that last part. Have you seen the unarmed builds in DnD?

[sjm9876]

Another idea:
A text RPG where the players are members of the Order - a secret society in a world with both steampunk technology and magic, tasked with defending our plane of existence against invasions from others. the players would have elemental and magic/technological affinities and weaknesses, but their physical strength has little effect on combat - their equipment and planning is their only advantage. After all, punching a dragon won't work regardless of how strong you are.

Uh...I don't know about that last part. Have you seen the unarmed builds in DnD?

In this world, there are no monks Although you could hypothetically build an exoskeleton toi let you punch that hard, but that comes under equipment.

[Remuthra]

Another idea:
A text RPG where the players are members of the Order - a secret society in a world with both steampunk technology and magic, tasked with defending our plane of existence against invasions from others. the players would have elemental and magic/technological affinities and weaknesses, but their physical strength has little effect on combat - their equipment and planning is their only advantage. After all, punching a dragon won't work regardless of how strong you are.

Uh...I don't know about that last part. Have you seen the unarmed builds in DnD?

In this world, there are no monks Although you could hypothetically build an exoskeleton toi let you punch that hard, but that comes under equipment.

Duly noted.

[sjm9876]

And because of course all my ideas come during NaNo month......
Possibly something based upon THIS.
Admittedly that's as far as the idea's come.

[Parsely]

The greatest crossover suggestion/RTD roleplay thread ever: Super Dimensional Mobile Earth Defense Force: Enemy Known (in Star Ocean)

Players join one of the many "forces" of the Earth Republic Military Force, a force dedicated to forcing all alien forces out of the universe.