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[MrVoid]

Bay12 Rumble

Rumble is a surprisingly versatile game system primarily designed with PvP in mind, that I would like to try GMing, with some augmentations to allow for some Co-op and PvE.

Rules summary:

• Players generate a pool of abilities by choosing from a list or making up their own abilities.
  
• Players secretly bid on those abilities spending Energy. Energy is an important resource during actual play; don't spend too much!
  
• Each turn, players inform the GM how they spend their current Energy total to attack, defend or use their abilities. (this does not actually consume energy)
• Actions are revealed simultaneously.
• Damage taken (attacks-defense) is subtracted from Energy.
• Players are eliminated when Energy reaches 0.

Spoiler: Character Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name:
Gender:

Two powers: selected from the lists available on the Rumble site here, here, here, here, here and here or player generated that will be subject to GM discretion.  The first link has nearly four hundred options, the rest are significantly less interesting.  Feel free to change the names of powers, especially the out of place Naruto references, so long as they make some sort of sense.  Please put this section outside of spoiler tags so that others may see them and avoid double posting a power.  I may ask you to select different powers if the ones selected are difficult to understand or visibly unbalanced.

Optionals will really depend on the setting
Appearance:
Personality: Seriously depends on the setting so holding off on that may be wise.

History (pool): Civillian, previous challenger or blank.

Spoiler: Setting (click to show/hide)

Simply put, I have a good idea where I'll be going with this, but alternate setting suggestions are welcome.

My current plan for a setting is on a human Worldship after a massive war brought about the existence of genetically and mechanically enhanced super soldiers.

The victorious party in the war chose, rather than idiotically lording their victory over their enemies, to erase all memories of the war from both sides of the general populace, the memory of the war remaining in the minds of the Planetary and Worldship rulers, known as Keepers.  This did not get rid of the existence of the super soldiers however and simply killing them was considered to be both inhumane and wasteful, so they were put to use to entertain the generally bored masses by fighting to the death.  Of course, two things quickly came to light, one, the warriors were dying too quickly, and two the people wanted to see new blood, so three pools were generated to pull from.

The first pool is the Civilians themselves, who can join in on the bloodbath to enhance their personal and political standing, one victory in a tournament grants officiator powers for the next tournament, two and they are allowed some say in public policy on their world/ship, three and they are granted Keeper status of either a Worldship or a Planet of their own, whichever is available.  The second pool is comprised of Clones of old challengers brought back to life, memories restored to a point, a victory in the tournament could give them a civilian body as well as similar privileges to Civilian victors, so that they can go and live lives.  The third pool is quite literally pulled from a pool of genetic soup, these blanks, as they are referred to derogatively by the audience, can be granted a number of things, not the least of which are memories of their own, manufactured reasons for living, and a civilian body.

Of course, it is just a big show, so there's no real reason to get into power politics and metaphysicality of it.

So, essentially, a few options
#1 Dramatic roleplay
#2 WWE style roleplay,
#3 No roleplay
#4 Combination of 1 and 2

I'm looking for a minimum of four players, but willing to accept up to eight.  Posting of actions will most likely occur after all players inform me of their actions during a combat situation, earlier if players post quickly, later if necessary.

[MrVoid]

PCs Powers and Energy

Spoiler: Angel Carlson (click to show/hide)

Powers: To The Abyss with Ye: (5), Your Ordinary Weapons Cannot Stop Me: (15) Behold My True Form: (15) Scythe: (10) Remaining Energy: 55

Spoiler: Kyle Johnson (click to show/hide)

Powers: Not Left Handed: (10), Iron Guy Suit: (25), Remaining Energy: 65

Spoiler: Ada Tezekiel (click to show/hide)

Powers: Staggering Kick: (5),  Gom Jabbar: (15), Remaining Energy: 80

Spoiler: Cullodus (click to show/hide)

Powers: Arcana: Fortune: (10), Arcana: The Fool: (10), Remaining Energy: 80

[GreatWyrmGold]

Glad to see you starting to take part in the Bay12 community outside the one game.

Spoiler: Angel Carlson (click to show/hide)

Female

Quick question: Are the powers powers that you have, or ones that someone has, like the Rumble rules suggest? This will influence my choice.

Powers:
To The Abyss with Ye!: Spend 10 Energy during the Allocation Phase. Any characters (the owner of this Power included) who have 0 Defense remaining at the end of the round are permanently dragged into the Abyss by fiery tentacles.
Emptiness: Spend 10 Energy: Exchange Emptiness for any power of any other player.

The setting sounds good. ! vote RP Option #4, with more emphasis on #1 but a good quantity of ham and such added in.

[MrVoid]

Sorry that wasn't clear, the powers that you select will be put into a pool for everyone to wager energy (hp) on.

So yes as Rumble rules suggest.  They will not automatically be your powers.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Alright, understood. Adding two powers.

[kj1225]

Name:  Kyle Johnson
Gender:  Male

Two powers:
(I found this on accident but it is really funny if you have seen another game I'm in)
Iron Guy Suit: Armor:  Ignore all Damage from any individual source that totals less than the Power Strength of Iron Guy Suit: Armor. You may ignore multiple sources of Damage that meet this requirement. If you possess other Iron Guy Suit Powers, the Power Strength of Iron Guy Suit: Armor is equal to the total Power Strength of all Iron Guy Suit Powers you possess.

Not Left Handed:  When you are reduced to 1/2 your starting Energy, say "There is something you should know- I am not left handed!" From now on you may spend 20 extra Points each round on regular Attack and Defense. These Points do not get added to your Energy, whether you spend them all or not.

I vote for setting four.
Origin:  Blank
Appearance:  A tall 16 year old looking individual with brown eyes as well as purple hair who also wears glasses. His skin looks shiny, black, and somewhat chitinous. Seems to always do things with his left hand if possible.
Personality: Lacks much of a personality but has been taught to show off as much as possible.

[Kansa]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Ada Tezekiel
Gender:Female

Two powers:
Armageddon Clock: At the end of ten rounds, the Hero with the most Energy is the only survivor. Any Hero may Burn 2 to extend the Clock by 2 rounds.

Gom Jabbar: Spend 10 + Gom Jabbar's Power Strength and target one Hero. If that Hero did not spend 10 Energy specifically to block Gom Jabbar, reduce their Energy to 1.

Appearence:
Ada has bright red hair which hangs down at around shoulder length, her eyes are emerald green. She is short and slim, across her face she has a long slim scar stretching from her left cheek to just below her right eye.

Personality:

I vote for setting 4 as well

This seems like it will be fun

[MrVoid]

Welcome kj and Kansa. I suppose that, for ease of further character creation, I'll lock the setting in allowing for the optionals to be filled.  Please include which pool you are from as well.

Also, noting a lot of timed or pseudo-instakill powers. I might be changing the rules for some of them if they don't work properly or are underpowered. I also might be adding additional powers to be bargained for.

[kj1225]

I didn't realize that the Ovipostor was an insta kill. That's to boring. I am going to change that.

[Remuthra]

Okay.

Spoiler: The Illustrious One Returns! (click to show/hide)

Name:The Illustrious Joe Bridger
Gender: Male

Two powers:
Boy, I'm Getting Mighty Tired of Your Antics: Bridger pulls a loaded gun out of thin air. The exact weapon and ammunition loaded are random.
Your Ordinary Weapons Cannot Stop the Illustrious Joe Bridger: The first attack each round to successfully hit Joe Bridger does nothing.

Appearance: I'll wait on these.
Personality:

May be horribly over- or underbalanced.

Setting 4.

[IamanElfCollaborator]

Name: Cullodus
Gender:

Spoiler: Two Powers: (click to show/hide)

Arcana: The Fool: The wielder can use a random power from the movepool of currently participating characters. Energy costs cannot exceed the amount of energy she/he has put into Arcana: The Fool, and the following skills are exempt from choosing:

• Your Ordinary Weapons Cannot Stop the Illustrious Joe Bridger
• Armageddon Clock
• Emptiness
• Arcana: The Fool
• Arcana: Fortune and any associated results

((Will add abilities to this list.))
Arcana: Fortune: A d6 is rolled, and the wielder uses different effects depending on what s/he rolls:

• 1 (Fool): The wielder simply uses Arcana: The Fool as usual. However, the attack is doubled in power.
• 2 (Magician): The wielder uses Arcana: The Magician; Enemies are enveloped in magical flames, leaving a cursed burn that will hurt for two turns.
• 3 (Priestess): The wielder uses Arcana: The Priestess: Enemies lose 10 energy; the wielder gains 10.
• 4 (Empress): The wielder uses Arcana: The Empress: the wielder is healed for 15.
• 5 (Hierophant): The wielder uses Arcana: The Hierophant: the wielder gains one of the enemy's skills for the duration of the battle. It cannot be any skill that is banned by Arcana: The Fool.
• 6 (Lovers): The wielder uses Arcana: The Lovers: Enemies are now unable to attack him without performing a roll; 5 or above allows the attack to proceed, 4 or below forces them to skip offensive actions.This effect lasts for 4 turns.

I vote for setting 4. Deliberately stopped him from using certain skills; otherwise that would be hideously ridiculous.

[GreatWyrmGold]

...the following skills are exempt from choosing:

• Arcana: The Fool

Why?

[kj1225]

Name: Cullodus
Gender:

Spoiler: Two Powers: (click to show/hide)

Arcana: The Fool: Cullodus can use a random power from the movepool of currently participating characters. Energy costs cannot exceed the amount of energy he has put into Arcana: The Fool, and the following skills are exempt from choosing:

• Your Ordinary Weapons Cannot Stop the Illustrious Joe Bridger
• Armageddon Clock
• Emptiness
• Arcana: The Fool
• Arcana: Fortune and any associated results

((Will add abilities to this list.))
Arcana: Fortune: A d6 is rolled, and Cullodus uses different effects depending on what he rolls:

• 1 (Fool): Cullodus simply uses Arcana: The Fool as usual. However, the attack is doubled in power.
• 2 (Magician): Cullodus uses Arcana: The Magician; Enemies are enveloped in magical flames, leaving a cursed burn that will hurt for two turns.
• 3 (Priestess): Cullodus uses Arcana: The Priestess: Enemies lose 10 energy; Cullodus gains 10.
• 4 (Empress): Cullodus uses Arcana: The Empress: Cullodus is healed for 15.
• 5 (Hierophant): Cullodus uses Arcana: The Hierophant: Cullodus gains one of the enemy's skills for the duration of the battle. It cannot be any skill that is banned by Arcana: The Fool.
• 6 (Lovers): Cullodus uses Arcana: The Lovers: Enemies are now unable to attack him without performing a roll; 5 or above allows the attack to proceed, 4 or below forces them to retry. This effect lasts for 4 turns.

I vote for setting 4. Deliberately stopped him from using certain skills; otherwise that would be hideously ridiculous.

Lovers is hideously underpowered and more an annoyance since you just have to retry, unless you mean it doesn't work in which I think it's over powered since you have a very low chance to be hit. Maybe you can't attack without a roll as well?

[IamanElfCollaborator]

...the following skills are exempt from choosing:

• Arcana: The Fool

Why?

Endless chains of Arcana: The Fool can result. That and no point in drawing the exact same skill I just used. Same reason I banned Arcana: Fortune from being used.

Name: Cullodus
Gender:

Spoiler: Two Powers: (click to show/hide)

Arcana: The Fool: Cullodus can use a random power from the movepool of currently participating characters. Energy costs cannot exceed the amount of energy he has put into Arcana: The Fool, and the following skills are exempt from choosing:

• Your Ordinary Weapons Cannot Stop the Illustrious Joe Bridger
• Armageddon Clock
• Emptiness
• Arcana: The Fool
• Arcana: Fortune and any associated results

((Will add abilities to this list.))
Arcana: Fortune: A d6 is rolled, and Cullodus uses different effects depending on what he rolls:

• 1 (Fool): Cullodus simply uses Arcana: The Fool as usual. However, the attack is doubled in power.
• 2 (Magician): Cullodus uses Arcana: The Magician; Enemies are enveloped in magical flames, leaving a cursed burn that will hurt for two turns.
• 3 (Priestess): Cullodus uses Arcana: The Priestess: Enemies lose 10 energy; Cullodus gains 10.
• 4 (Empress): Cullodus uses Arcana: The Empress: Cullodus is healed for 15.
• 5 (Hierophant): Cullodus uses Arcana: The Hierophant: Cullodus gains one of the enemy's skills for the duration of the battle. It cannot be any skill that is banned by Arcana: The Fool.
• 6 (Lovers): Cullodus uses Arcana: The Lovers: Enemies are now unable to attack him without performing a roll; 5 or above allows the attack to proceed, 4 or below forces them to retry. This effect lasts for 4 turns.

I vote for setting 4. Deliberately stopped him from using certain skills; otherwise that would be hideously ridiculous.

Lovers is hideously underpowered and more an annoyance since you just have to retry, unless you mean it doesn't work in which I think it's over powered since you have a very low chance to be hit. Maybe you can't attack without a roll as well?

Well, it IS a 6 and the RNG is fickle as hell. And it doesn't work. I'm considering what to change the effects to.

[MrVoid]

Couple of things Remuthra and Collaborator, the powers are not yours immediately, they are going to be bid upon using your energy (hp stat). Secondly, this is going to have a very strong pvp/pve element, with rules defined in the first hyperlink in the OP.
Given the requested powers, I'd balance remuthras like so

Boy, I'm Getting Mighty Tired of Your Antics: Pull a loaded gun out of thin air and fire. The exact weapon and ammunition loaded are random.  Spend (not burn, there is a difference) 20 energy for a 1/4 chance to third, half, double, or triple your attack against one opponent this round.

Your Ordinary Weapons Cannot Stop Me: The negate all damage done up to the power strength (the amount of energy you spent bidding) of this power.