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[_DivideByZero_]

This is an experimental RTD where I intend to have most of the information be hidden to the player at the beginning. We'll see how it goes.

Spoiler: Mechanics (click to show/hide)

The closer your roll is to 0, the more of a failure your action is. The higher it is, the better. You can go negative or over the largest dice amount-there is no clamping)

Normal actions use a d6.
Combat actions use a d20.
Skill-intensive actions (operating a foreign computer system, repairing complex devices, medical treatment, etc) use a d20.

Things like traps, enemies noticing you, and people seeing through your lies are rolled for but hidden. (because "You failed to notice the trap at your feet. Do you walk forward?" isn't ideal). They are usually d6's for the sake of simplicity, but NPCs also sometimes have bonuses to certain actions.

To sign up, simply state:

Name (just first is okay)
What you were holding in your hand before the RTD began (a gun, a laser weapon, a wrench, an electronic device, etc)
A positive personality trait (humble, just, brilliant, etc)
A negative personality trait (wrath, greed, or something else)

Everyone will have amnesia, so bios are unnecessary.

The limit is 6 people, but there will be a waitlist. It may or may not be used.

Current players:
Krath
Oglaf
Lenglon
Persus13
Harry Baldman
BFEL (?)
Dewboy

Waitlist:
Tiruin
Xantalos
GreatWyrmGold

[Krath]

Name: Neil
What you were holding in your hand before the RTD began: A datapad.
A positive personality trait: Innovative
A negative personality trait: Clumsy

[Oglaf]

Name: Abram
Holding: Wrench, or a multitool
Positive trait: Observant
Negative trait: Amnesia  Wrath.

[Lenglon]

Name: Maryne
Holding: a uncleanly severed head still dripping with blood, its face frozen in an expression of utter terror.
Positive trait: Loyal friend
Negative trait: Psychopath
Gender: Female (including this line because people can't seem to accurately get genders out of my character names)

[Persus13]

Name: Tiberias
Object: A dagger
A positive personality trait: Concerned
A negative personality trait: Arrogent

[Harry Baldman]

Name: Toom
Object: a spray can of machine lubricant.
Positive trait: mentally unshakable.
Negative trait: obsessive.

[BFEL]

Name: Guy Guyson
Holding: a portrait of Harriet Tubman in the buff.
Positive: Very Upbeat personality.
Negative: Very Upbeat personality.

[dewboy]

Name: Rosse (just call me Ross)
What you were holding in your hand before the RTD began: magical pixie dust (thats really just sand that I bought of some back alley blackmarket dealer)
A positive personality trait: Intelligence
A negative personality trait: Drugged up

[_DivideByZero_]

Turn 0
Tower Alarm: Inactive

It was pitch black. A faint rumble could be heard from beneath the ground, but for the most part the hall was silent, its few living occupants still recovering from the virulent blue gas that killed mostly everyone else.

Neil was the first to awaken. He didn't realize he had come to at first, thinking himself to be dead. But when he moved his body, he felt a sudden pain all over his skin, especially where his suit did not cover his body. When he opened his mouth he felt a bitter, acidic taste on his lips.
He wasn't sure if his vision was still intact as he saw nothing when he tried to open his eyes. But he realized that he was wearing goggles, and so whatever he was tasting couldn't have gotten into his eyes. And so, he concluded, it had to be dark, wherever he was.

Abram found himself somehow standing up. Unlike Neil, his face mask and gloves protected his skin, and so all he was left wondering was what the thing in his hand was, and what had just happened. It felt unbelievably light although it was hard to swing around. He grasped it with both hands and felt around for buttons, accidentally pressing something and causing a dim blue LED to light up on the side.

Maryn woke up on the ground, but her arm was extended upward and her fingers were wrapped around something fibrous. Her skin felt like it had been scraped repeatedly with coarse sandpaper.
She sat up, her feet somehow clinging to the floor. She ran into something gelatinous overhead, which got in her mouth and on her goggles, although she didn't see it yet as everything was dark.
The stuff that got into her mouth tasted familiar somehow. She remembered what it was.

Blood.

Tiberias awoke sitting against a wall, his head hunched over and hands clasped over his face. Spots on his face burned in pain, and his throat was filled with some slimy, acidic substance which also burned his throat. He got an urge to cough it out, but there was a blue light bobbing up and down in the distance. He didn't know what it was, so he stayed quiet.

Guy woke up clutching a rectangular object in his hands. The edges dug into his fingers, which were stinging in pain, but he remembered that the object in his hands had some sort of importance, he just didn't know what. He saw a moving light in the distance, illuminating the floor slightly, but his vision was too poor to identify it completely.

Toom was the only one who remembered what he was doing before this happened, although he also witnessed his memories fade away one by one. He was cleaning his goggles, when something happened. He heard a loud noise and before he could react, something had gotten into his eyes and everyone started screaming. He felt some kind of gas burning away his skin, so he dived onto the ground to protect what was left of his face. Now, the lights had gone out and everything was silent, but he was sure he was still alive and wondered where all of his squadmates had gone...

Spoiler: Player Statuses (click to show/hide)

Krath AKA Neil
Status: Bloody Face (90%)
Traits: Innovative, Clumsy
Inventory:
 - Aeon Datapad

Oglaf AKA Abram
Status: Healthy (100%)
Traits: Observant, Wrathful
Inventory:
 - Omniwrench

Lenglon AKA Maryn
Status: Healthy (100%)
Traits: Loyal Friend, Psychopath
Inventory:
 - Severed Head

Persus13 AKA Tiberias
Status: Bloody Throat (80%)
Traits: Concerned, Arrogant
Inventory:
 - Carbon Dagger

Harry Baldman AKA Toom
Status: Blinded (100%)
Traits: Iron-Willed, Obsessive
Inventory:
 - Red Spray Can

BFEL AKA Guy
Status: Healthy (100%)
Traits: "Upbeat Personality"
Inventory:
 - Harriet Tubman Portrait

[Tiruin]

((...Waitlist.))

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Kyri
What you were holding in your hand before the RTD began: A coil of 30' rope.
A positive personality trait: Astute
A negative personality trait: Optimistic to a fault

[BFEL]

"OOO a light! HI MR. LIGHT!"
Talk to Mr. Light, then walk to Mr. Light.

[Krath]

Neil didn't dare try to move much, for several reasons. Instead, he sat up slowly and felt around until he located the datapad, and tried to turn it on.

[Xantalos]

WAITLIST DIS ME IN IT
Name: X
What I was holding in my hand: a staff of flame
Positive Trait: psychopath
Negative Trait: pyromaniac

[Oglaf]

Turn off the light, so as to not attract potential crazies. Listen for other noises.

[Persus13]

Tiberias holds is dagger at the ready in case the thing comes nearer.