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[Mallos]

You're not sure where you are. What you are sure of, is that it is dark. And cold. Very, very cold.
After feeling around a bit and finding nothing but the ground below you, a loud clicking noise is heard from above that reverberates as though you are in an enormous chamber full of nothing.
Moments later, you find everything is well lit. You seem to be in some sort of urbanized city, except two things are very off. Firstly, although you can not identify the source of illumination, there is very clearly no star or clouds in what appears to be a blue sky above you. Second, there's nobody else here. No cars, no animals, nothing.
It is chillingly quiet for what appears to be meant as a settlement.

Welcome... to the Labyrinth.

Spoiler: Premise and Basics (click to show/hide)

I have a lot of experience as a player in RTDs, but not much as a GM. This is my first real RTD, so bear with me and don't expect a masterpiece. Basically, this all revolves around you and a few other people(?) attempting to find your way out of a series of different worlds separated by magic Gates, all arranged in a maze-like succession that will (hopefully) one day end up at an exit to the real world. These trials will not be fair, and the pocket-worlds you explore will be varied in many ways such as gravity, dangerous creatures (AKA 'Guardians' or 'Minotaurs'- but not necessarily bull-men.) and different laws of reality. I hope this will be enjoyable for all of us, but updates may be somewhat irregular as I tend to randomly lose energy and motivation this time of year.

Rolls are standard RTD. (1 - Major Failure, 2 - Failure, 3 - Failure leaning towards success, 4 - Success leaning towards failure, 5 - Perfect Success, 6 - Overshot)
Stats kinda don't exist, everything is handled with things like Talents and Traits instead.
Wounds are 'Chunky Salsa', meaning just about anything can be damaged by an attack and there is no static threshold for when you succumb to your injuries.

Spoiler: Character Creation Guidelines (click to show/hide)

Name: Anything within reason. If you make a silly name, at least be clever.
Species/Race: Preferably some sort of humanoid, we can work out the pros and cons once you lay out some info.
Talents: What makes you valuable to the party? You get two Talent points to start with, distribute them into skills like 'Sword Usage', 'Marksmanship' or 'Diplomacy'. Each level makes you another step above 'average' for that category and thus makes you more likely to succeed.
Trait: Something particularly special about your character, like being able to perform miracles or having an especially acute sense. Everyone gets one, but your species may add additional traits depending on what you are exactly e.g. if you're a rock-man, being nearly invulnerable to slashing weapons.
Inventory: No particular rules here, as long as it's relevant to your talent/trait/race, you can have it (within reason).
Bio: Background on your character. I ask that everyone fills this out, but it doesn't have to be a wordwall.

There will also be a Discord server for general discussion on the game and inquiries about mechanics.
https://discord.gg/ASz8vPb

Spoiler: DRD Mechanics (click to show/hide)

The DRD (Dimensional Reading Device) is an odd piece of technology that manifests only when the user wills it to exist. It resembles a floating metal ball with some sort of interface on the front and what appears to be an inlaid camera on the back. It is, however, immaterial, and thus can not be grabbed or destroyed by any means. It scans whenever the user wills it to, and succeeds based on the roll of a six sided die. Depending on result, information may be displayed on the current dimension in order to make sense of things- the information being the differences between it and the 'Hub' dimension. A player may only attempt to scan a dimension twice before they may never attempt to scan the same dimension again. 1s and 2s will fail, 3s and 4s provide semi-reliable information on some differences, 5s provide reliable information on some differences, and a roll of 6 will detail every single difference- and possibly more. As a secondary function, it can scan items to get a better sense of their origin and usage. This operates the same way the main function does, rolls-wise.

Spoiler: Archminotaurs (click to show/hide)

Archminotaurs are the minotaurs that hold domain over each dimension. Killing them allows you to improve your character, and they usually carry magical artifacts and riches. Once an archminotaur is neutralized, the dimension it owns is effectively 'beaten' and is thus neutralized and becomes Hub-like(minotaurs are very rare to see in them, and the dimensional attributes are dulled to near nonexistance)

Also, this is going to be a (relatively) fast-paced sort of thing, as far as RTDs go. 32 hours to post an action before we skip your turn and possibly stasis/waitlist swap you.

[Mallos]

Spoiler: The Known Chambers (click to show/hide)

'The Hub'(0)
N. Hub Gate(3)
E. Hub Gate(4)
S. Hub Gate(Plane of Agony, Neutralized)
W. Hub Gate(Glass Realm, Neutralized)
Agony Plane Gate(6)
Glass Realm Gate(10)

Players/Character Sheets:

Spoiler: Crimson/Crimson (click to show/hide)

Name: Crimson
Species/Race: Human (Magician)
Talents:
Magic User (Tainted Fire) I
Agonism I
Crafting I
Trait:
Chantless Magic: Capable of casting magic without chanting.
Magic Perception: Capable of perceiving mana in the air and in objects.
Inventory:
Coat w/ Fire Resistance
Work Phone
Silver Watch
Ornate Masterwork Trident
Stone heart(embedded inside chest)
Summons(1): Fire Elemental
Injuries: Shattered right shoulder(well treated), Cracked left femur(well treated), fractured left arm, fractured right arm, shattered ribs
Status: Pain-buzz
Bio: Crimson is a mage who works for a mage organization that is responsible for enforcing peace and making sure that magic is not misused by those who utilize it. Due to his work, he has been involved in things ranging from dealing with normal rowdy people to raids on bases that conduct illegal operations.

Spoiler: MidnightJaguar/Trier (click to show/hide)

Name: Trier Kirguian
Species/Race: crystal monster
Talents: Crystal Control I, Healing I
Trait: Crystal growth- Shapes and grows crystals into various forms.
Inventory: Crystal Kite Shield, Full set of crystalline armor(completely sundered), Crystal Longsword(Vorpal, damaged), Crystal greatsword
Injuries: Severely cracked left and right arm
Bio: In a different universe, Trier was a man infected with a crystal from a long dead race of crystal monster, seizing upon this opportunity he did what any sane man would do and revived them becoming a leader. But then a group ended up destroying his crystal empire before he could actually expand beyond one world. But the fact that all the space magic ended up sending a small group of crystal monsters into various dimensions. While their initial leader and the founder sadly perished by smashing to pieces, Kirugian ended up in this dimension

Spoiler: Goggles/Ringer (click to show/hide)

Name: Ringer
Species/Race: Human
Talents:
Nature Magic I
Nature Communication I
Trait: Sometimes the plants and rocks talk back!
Druidic Companion(s): None
Status: Protected(Aegis of Light)
Inventory:
Telescope
A carbon-fiber shovel
A backpack with nothing but hopes and dreams
Bio: Ringer is an oddball of sorts, who is convinced he can talk to plants and all of nature (including rocks).

Spoiler: OceanSoul/Arcodo (click to show/hide)

Name:Arcodo
Species/Race: Literi, a group of servants created from the writings of books, scrolls, and, occasionally, runic circle or two. Able to access knowledge stored or used in creating them, even Runes, which essentially act like prepared spells. Used mainly for mental roles, though some have served physical roles rather well. They have no blood, so wounds bleed ink, both black and colored.
Talents: Quick Thinking(1), Runic Wind Magic(1), Runic Cryomancy(1)
Trait: Logical reasoning (this is partially due to the great store of knowledge, both mundane and magical, that he contains in the very fiber of his being)
Inventory: A Runic Introduction to Wind (a spell book on how to manipulate winds borrowed from his college's library, currently stored within him, and only one that magic can be cast with), Inksphere [3 uses left](solid sphere of ink, used by Literi for nourishment and emergency repairs on their injuries), improvised left foot prosthesis, bronze coin
Injuries: Missing left ankle(Corrected with superior prosthesis)
Bio: A Literi born of mystery novels and reference books, he had originally been created by a college professor of magical studies to help keep his schedule and notes organized. Back then, he was only 3 feet tall, though as he worked, the professor began to realize his true potential and let him work for the college's renowned library most of the time, where he grew with his source material to almost 6 feet. Over the years, he has helped many students study for all sorts of knowledge, and has occasionally taught a class when faculty was low. His intellect has been high for human standards, and he prefers to expand on it in his free time by manually reading books and maybe attending a lecture or two.

Spoiler: Doubloon-Seven/Y4R-M8 (click to show/hide)

Name: Y4R-M8

Species: Robot

Talents:
*Sword Usage- 1
*Technology Usage- 1

Trait:
*Advanced Synthmuscle- Thanks to the strong carbon-weave muscles that move your limbs, your strikes and slashes have a bit more 'kick'.

Inventory:
*Monomolecular Scimitar- Like a regular sword, but really damn sharp.
*Snazzy Pirate hat.
*Plasma Carbine

Bio: Y4R-M8 was originally built as a guard robot for some rich starmerchant's mining company, though he did not work under that designation. Later, while Y4R-M8 (then Unit-B7), was recharging, pirates raided the mining colony Y4R-M8 was stationed on, and ended up stealing him/it/whatever, before reprogramming it as an entertainment/raiding bot, mounting a small matter reactor, and acting like a pirate of the Carribean days.

Spoiler: Beirus/Tobias (click to show/hide)

Name: Tobias
Species/Race: Human
Talents: Summoning magic 2, Demonology 1
Trait: Powerful Friends- Tobias has an uncanny knack for summoning items and creatures that are notably more powerful than the normal items or creatures others would summom
Inventory: Simple Robe, Staff of Summoning, Amulet of Greater Protection, Greater Ring of Binding(Prismata), Tiger's Eye Gemstone(Implanted as left eye)
Summoned Creatures(max2): Mecha Chimera(Integrated, Demon Inhabitant), Mecha Hawk(Integrated)
Injuries: Replaced Left Eye(Gem Eye Prosthetic- Sees perfectly in dark)
Maintained Bindings(max1): Unnamed? demon
Status: Aegis of Light(Maintained by Prismata), Protected(Aegis of Light)
Bio: Tobias acted as a mercenary of sorts, hiring out his summoned creatures to the highest bidder. His knack for summoning powerful creatures allowed his career to be quite lucrative before he entered the Labyrinth.

Spoiler: FallacyOfUrist/Ed'naros (click to show/hide)

Name: Ed'naros
Species/Race: Enos
-Enos are blue-skinned winged humanoids.
-Their wings allow them to fly, but they can't fly as well in an earthlike atmosphere.
-Enos have a natural teleporting ability that can only be used 7 times in their life, that sends them either to the Sky Lord they last left using the teleport, or if they are on a Sky Lord, to the Titanium Spire, a massive spike of titanium. Sadly, this being has been displaced from its home universe, and as such the effect of using this ability may not be desirable. (roll luck)
-After using 4 of their 7 teleports, a given Enos will gain a magical boon of these four: Boon of Physique(makes the Enos less flimsy and makes their flying greatly improved), Boon of Grace(makes the Enos more intelligent and artistic), Boon of Life(makes the Enos heal faster and gives them a longer lifespan), and Boon of Magic(makes the Enos better at magic). The Enos are flimsier than average outside a gas giant's atmosphere. And again, using the Enos Teleport might not be a good idea in this world.
-This particular Enos has, thus far, used the Teleport twice.
Talents:
-Psyche-Influencing Music-(2): Ed'naros is a Bard, and is not strictly speaking a mage, though what he does may seem like magic to the uneducated. Ed'naros' music is more a form of involuntary hypnosis than actual magic. If combined with magic, however, Bardic playing can ascend to incredible heights.
Traits:
-Dimensional Traveler: Ed'naros is from another universe. The residual magic energy that lingers on him as a result of his travel here may have interesting interactions with Gates and other transportation magic. To other dimensional travelers, this condition is fairly obvious.
Inventory:
-Clothing, fitted for an Enos.
-Dimensionally-Warped Lute. Something about this lute was warped when Ed'naros traveled here. It is audible to beings in every plane of existence both above and below this one, from the Ethereal to the Nether.

Bio:
Ed'naros was a traveling Bard in his home universe, at least until he was abducted and forced to use one of his Teleport charges in an experiment involving a certain chant and a fragment of the Titanium Enos. Whether this was the intended result is yet unknown.

Spoiler: crazyabe/Larry (click to show/hide)

Name: Larry Oscar Ottoman Stephan Elisha Robatus the third
Species/Race: Goblin
Talents:
Shaminism I
Necromancy II
Trait: Speaking with the dead
Racial: (dark vision, Small size, Immunity: Aging)
Inventory:
A Skull mask
A Human bone wand
A Bag of Powdered... You probably don't want to know from the smell
Injuries: Mild sanity loss
Minions: Two shades(maddened, inflict sanity damage), Beetle wight(anathema to life), zombified fleshsculpter
Bio: Larry, or Loser as he prefers to be called, was born in the pits of Nigashklinhab around 3000 years ago, Sadly about three months ago he was kicked out by the resident demon for not paying for his magic licence. Deciding to go on an adventure he Ran towards the Nearest Dwarven Fortress to find a tavern to start at just to fall into a portal to the labyrinth...

Spoiler: Waitlist (click to show/hide)

ATHATH as (Unknown?)

[crazyabe]

PTW, Will Probably make a sheet tomorrow.

[Crimson]

Sounds interesting. Planning to join.

Let me just make my character.

Done.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Crimson
Species/Race: Human (Magician)
Talents:

• Magic User (Fire) I
• Crafting I

Trait: 

• Chantless Magic: Capable of casting magic without chanting.
• Magic Perception: Capable of perceiving mana in the air and in objects.

Inventory:

• Coat w/ Fire Resistance
• Work Phone
• Silver Watch

Bio: Crimson is a mage who works for a mage organization that is responsible for enforcing peace and making sure that magic is not misused by those who utilize it. Due to his work, he has been involved in things ranging from dealing with normal rowdy people to raids on bases that conduct illegal operations.

[MidnightJaguar]

Interesting I'll put up a sheet soon.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Trier Kirguian
Species/Race: crystal monster
Talents: controlling crystals fixing people
Trait: Crystal growth
Inventory: No particular rules here, as long as it's relevant to your talent/trait/race, you can have it (within reason).
Bio: In a different universe, Trier was a man infected with a crystal from a long dead race of crystal monster, seizing upon this opportunity he did what any sane man would do and revived them becoming a leader. But then a group ended up destroying his crystal empire before he could actually expand beyond one world. But the fact that all the space magic ended up sending a small group of crystal monsters into various dimensions. While their initial leader and the founder sadly perished by smashing to pieces, Kirugian ended up in this dimension

[Sialia]

Spoiler: Menuridae (click to show/hide)

Name: Menuridae
Species/Race: Siren
Talents: Manipulation 1, Performance 1 (singing + playing lyre)
Trait: Soothing song, making any who hear it calmer, more amicable to the singer's requests.
Inventory: Lyre, portable microphone/amp, small knife.
Bio: Menuridae has grown up on the coastline always, she has made many close friends amongst the mermaids surrounding her homelands, and often assisted them in luring sailors to their deaths. As time went on the ships became larger and the shipping lanes moved away from her homeland. She decided to leave and see the world. Blending well into society, Menuridae has utilized a small amount of modern technology to amplify her race's naturally entrancing song, however she still continues to wear the plain white robes dating back to her time.

[OceanSoul]

Reserve me.
WIP

Name:Arcodo
Species/Race: Literi, a group of servants created from the writings of books, scrolls, and, occasionally, runic circle or two. Able to access knowledge stored or used in creating them, even Runes, which essentially act like prepared spells. Used mainly for mental roles, though some have served physical roles rather well. They have no blood, so wounds bleed ink, both black and colored.
Talents: Quick Thinking(1), Runic Magic(1).
Trait: Logical reasoning (this is partially due to the great store of knowledge, both mundane and magical, that he contains in the very fiber of his being)
Inventory: A Runic Introduction to Wind (a spell book on how to manipulate winds borrowed from his college's library, currently stored within him, and only one that magic can be cast with), Inksphere (solid sphere of ink, used by Literi for nourishment and emergency repairs on their injuries)
Bio: A Literi born of mystery novels and reference books, he had originally been created by a college professor of magical studies to help keep his schedule and notes organized. Back then, he was only 3 feet tall, though as he worked, the professor began to realize his true potential and let him work for the college's renowned library most of the time, where he grew with his source material to almost 6 feet. Over the years, he has helped many students study for all sorts of knowledge, and has occasionally taught a class when faculty was low. His intellect has been high for human standards, and he prefers to expand on it in his free time by manually reading books and maybe attending a lecture or two.

Long story short, he'll be a puzzle solver/walking database. Points to anyone who figures out the origin of the name.

[Doubloon-Seven]

Spoiler: Charsheet (click to show/hide)

Name: Y4R-M8

Species: Robot

Talents:
*Sword Usage- 1
*Technology Usage- 1

Trait:
*Advanced Synthmuscle- Thanks to the strong carbon-weave muscles that move your limbs, your strikes and slashes have a bit more 'kick'.

Inventory:
*Monomolecular Scimitar- Like a regular sword, but really damn sharp.
*Snazzy Pirate hat.

Bio: Y4R-M8 was originally built as a guard robot for some rich starmerchant's mining company, though he did not work under that designation. Later, while Y4R-M8 (then Unit-B7), was recharging, pirates raided the mining colony Y4R-M8 was stationed on, and ended up stealing him/it/whatever, before reprogramming it as an entertainment/raiding bot, mounting a small matter reactor, and acting like a pirate of the Carribean days.

[Mallos]

Spoiler: Menuridae (click to show/hide)

Name: Menuridae
Species/Race: Siren
Talents: Manipulation 1, Performance 1 (singing + playing lyre)
Trait: Soothing song, making any who hear it calmer, more amicable to the singer's requests.
Inventory: Lyre, portable microphone/amp, small knife.
Bio: Menuridae has grown up on the coastline always, she has made many close friends amongst the mermaids surrounding her homelands, and often assisted them in luring sailors to their deaths. As time went on the ships became larger and the shipping lanes moved away from her homeland. She decided to leave and see the world. Blending well into society, Menuridae has utilized a small amount of modern technology to amplify her race's naturally entrancing song, however she still continues to wear the plain white robes dating back to her time.

Accepted.

Interesting I'll put up a sheet soon.

PTW, Will Probably make a sheet tomorrow.

Sounds interesting. Planning to join.

Let me just make my character.

Reserve me.

Spoiler: Charsheet (click to show/hide)

Name: Y4R-M8

Species: Robot

Talents:
*Sword Usage- 1
*Technology Usage- 1

Trait:
*Advanced Synthmuscle- Thanks to the strong carbon-weave muscles that move your limbs, your strikes and slashes have a bit more 'kick'.

Inventory:
*Monomolecular Scimitar- Like a regular sword, but really damn sharp.
*Snazzy Pirate hat.

Bio: Y4R-M8 was originally built as a guard robot for some rich starmerchant's mining company, though he did not work under that designation. Later, while Y4R-M8 (then Unit-B7), was recharging, pirates raided the mining colony Y4R-M8 was stationed on, and ended up stealing him/it/whatever, before reprogramming it as an entertainment/raiding bot, mounting a small matter reactor, and acting like a pirate of the Carribean days.

You're all reserved, and Doubloon-Seven is accepted. OceanSoul, so far you're good but talents should be formatted as "Quick Thinking 1, Magical Application 1" for simplicity's sake.

Also, if you have a Discord or feel like making one I highly urge you to join using the link in the OP, as it will make this easier logistically.

[Beirus]

Spoiler: Character Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: Tobias
Species/Race: Human
Talents: Summoning magic 2
Trait: Powerful Friends- Tobias has an uncanny knack for summoning items and creatures that are notably more powerful than the normal items or creatures others would summom
Inventory: Simple Robe, Staff of Summoning
Bio: Tobias acted as a mercenary of sorts, hiring out his summoned creatures to the highest bidder. His knack for summoning powerful creatures allowed his career to be quite lucrative before he entered the Labyrinth.

[OceanSoul]

Sunmoving magic? So you can change the time of day? Since the sun is identical to most other stars, it would even allow you to change astral arrangements, constellations, and horoscopes!

[Mallos]

Sunmoving magic? So you can change the time of day? Since the sun is identical to most other stars, it would even allow you to change astral arrangements, constellations, and horoscopes!

I believe he meant "summoning magic".
At least, I hope so, as there aren't guaranteed to be any stars in the Labyrinth.

[Beirus]

It was supposed to be summoning. My autocorrect is being unhelpful.

[piecewise]

Name: Mr. Bones

Species: Skeleton

Talents:
Probability Distortion- 1
Magical Item Production- 1

Trait:
Hard to actually kill, being a skeleton, but easy to scatter into pieces.

Inventory:
A whiteboard and several dry erase markers.
A bag of dice
An icepick
A box of small and precise tools
A 10 foot pole
Boombox

Bio: Mr. Bones likes watching adventurers die. He cannot speak, so he writes things on the whiteboard or plays music on his boombox. Mr. Bones Enjoys a wild ride and this place looks like it will provide one. Mr. Bones is a skeleton that originally worked at an amusement park. His life ambition is to be locked in a room with several other people and to remind them that they're here forever. It might be some sort of weird sexual thing, more maybe he's just a weird skeleton.

[Goggles]

Wew.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Ringer
Species/Race: Human
Talents:

• Nature Magic I
• Nature Communication I

Trait: Sometimes the plants and rocks talk back!

Inventory:

• Telescope
• A carbon-fiber shovel
• A backpack with nothing but hopes and dreams

Bio: Ringer is an oddball of sorts, who is convinced he can talk to plants and all of nature (including rocks).

And yes, I stole the formatting from Crimson.