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[Supernerd]

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Welcome to the world of Gridland Survival Z! This is a variation of a variation of some other game that I hosted in the past or something. It takes inspiration from Gridland Survival, Black Zenith and something else I can't seem to remember the name of...

Its sort of like my old game, but with less starving to death and more combat. This one has sort of an anime vibe to it. Your main objective is to survive for as long as possible. Fend off waves of monsters using whatever abilities you would like to have. You'll have to be clever though! You'll need to make proper use of the limited resources available to you and communicate effectively with your team if you want to last for very long!

(Warning: Teamwork is mandatory)

Game Mechanics (More will be added later as they become relevant. All rules will be added to the first post)

Spoiler: Player Characters (click to show/hide)

Each player gets their own character. Try not to break it. You can only have one character at a time and if you don't die in a proper way you don't get a second chance. I'm not even telling you what I consider to be a proper death so try not to die at all. Player characters will typically be 100% loyal to the player that controls them.

Spoiler: Food and Energy (click to show/hide)

If my previous games taught me anything, its that players hate to spend a turn foraging for food no matter how starving they get. In this game, you need to eat in order to gain Energy and you need Energy to use your special abilities to fight. No energy means you'll probably die in the next combat and it probably will not be a good death.

Spoiler: Abilities (click to show/hide)

Each character will have a number of abilities that they can use. There is no limit to how much you can use them in a single turn, but each time you use an ability or take an action, it will deduct its energy cost from your stored energy. If you have no energy you'll be powerless to defend yourself so if you want to survive you'll need to be smart about how you use it.

If you want to get energy, you'll need to find food.

Spoiler: Energy Multiplier (click to show/hide)

Each character has an energy multiplier. An ability will cost a multiple of 10 energy before the multiplier comes into effect. This means if you have a multiplier of x1.8 then your abilities with a base cost of 10 will cost 18 energy to use.

Spoiler: Scouting (click to show/hide)

My past games disincentivised exploration too much. Each tile on the grid contains a finite amount of resources so you'll need to keep exploring in order to get the things you need. Every single time a new tile is visited however; monsters will attack you. So don't go off on your own without a plan.

Spoiler: New Players (click to show/hide)

Because this game has sort of an anime theme and a T rating, reproduction shall occur via shipping. This means that if people decide to start shipping your character with someone else in the OOC thread, then a new character with some of the attributes of both shipped characters might be born, thus allowing new players into the game! Character gender does not matter for this because shippers frankly don't give a fuck about gender. Or orientation. Or whether the two can be in the same room without killing eachother. Or whether they even met. Or if they are even capable of producing children. Yay anime!

Signup Sheet
This game is not first come first serve. If you want to play this game you'll need your sheet to be of decent quality. The below signup template has a bit of fluff information to give me an idea of your characters "Theme" and whatnot. This is pretty flexible. I would recommend that you trend towards a human-like character but this is not mandatory.

Below that is an ability list. You can have as many abilities as you want (As long as it is less than twenty). However! The more abilities you have the more energy you will expend. I advise only getting the abilities you think you will need. Note that "passive" abilities cost more than active ones.

It goes without saying, but if you try to cheat the system then your application will not be accepted.

Spoiler: Signup Template (click to show/hide)

Name:
Gender:
Appearance:
Other Fluff

Abilities
ABILITY NAME: ABILITY DESCRIPTION
ABILITY NAME: ABILITY DESCRIPTION
ABILITY NAME: ABILITY DESCRIPTION
(Add more ability lines as needed)

[Supernerd]

Character Info

Spoiler: Emily (click to show/hide)

Energy modifier: x1.9 (1 base, 0.9 powers)

Abilities
(+0.1)(Passive) NOOOOOOO!!: This character is emotionally attached to those around them, should they witness one of their teammates dying they will flip out, causing their powers to surge, creating a massive blast of energy, exhausting their own power supply.
(+0.0)(Curse) Suppressed powers: this character actively rejects some or all of their powers. Their powers only manifest in extreme stressful situations, but once they stop using their powers they cannot use them until they manifest again.
(+0.0)(Secondary curse) LET ME OUT!!: Due to how emily's powers work, the longer she uses them the greater the risk that lilia will escape and go on a rampage (Chance that when she uses her powers emily will activate berserk rampage)
(+0.1)(Costs 10, and an additional 10 for each consecutive use)(Active) Berserk rampage: Unleashing their alter ego this character can go on a massive rampage across the map, attacking everything in their path by tearing it apart with their powers, only stopping when they run out of energy.
(+0.2)(Costs 0, but doubles energy costs)(Active) Monster mode: this character can transform into a monstrous version of themselves, while they do have to pay energy each turn to maintain it, while it lasts they gain a boost to their abilities.
(+0.3)(Costs 20)(Active) Calm: By focused effort Emily can try to reassert control Doing so also Heals those around her and prevents her from using any other ability. Using this overrides the must use berserk rampage if you did so last turn.
(+0.1)(Costs 10)(active) Telekinetic stab: Using a focused telekinetic blast Lilia can blast holes in objects.
(+0.1)(Costs 20)(Active) Telekinetic Slam: A wide area blast of telekinetic force Emily can use to crush enemies.

Spoiler: Vivien (click to show/hide)

Energy modifier: x2.2 (1 base, 1.2 powers)

(+0.2)(Passive)Doctor of Medicine: When Vivien uses an item that restores Health, the amount healed is doubled.
(+0.2)(Passive)Self-Healing: Upon using Healing Hands, Vivien recovers half the healed amount herself.
(+0.3)(Costs 10)(Active)Healing Hands: Vivien can restore Health to 1 adjacent ally. This also cures them of negative status effects.
(+0.2)(Costs 30)(Active)Healing Field: Vivien can designate an area of 15 square feet as a Healing Field. While inside this field, allies recover Health.
(+0.2)(Costs 10)(Active)Barrier: Vivien can cover 1 ally in a barrier of magic, reducing the damage dealt by the next 3 attacks they suffer by 50%.
(+0.1)(Costs 10)(Active)Magic Missile: Vivien can fire a missile made out of magic at one enemy.

Spoiler: Benjamin (click to show/hide)

Energy modifier: x1.7 (1 base, 0.7 powers)

(+0.3)(Costs 40)(Active) Bulk-up: Bubbles flexes, providing fan service and bolstering his strength and defense for one turn. Upon triggering, he is immune to the next physical attack: claws and fangs will not break the skin, weapons and projectiles will be deflected, and even bullets will ricotche off (though those will still hurt). This has no effect against magical forms of damage, including non-magical fire, electricity, acid, etc. (Note: This ability can be prepared for no cost and activated upon being attacked (you only pay if you use it)).
(+0.3)(Passive) Bulk-up: In addition to the defensive bonus provided by Bulk Up, this skill can be used to assist in strength checks, and the added growth breaks all bindings (including his own shirt).
(+0.1)(Costs 10)(Active) Behemoth Blast: A monsterous punch that destroys terrain and sends opponents flying backwards into additional targets.

Spoiler: Keith (click to show/hide)

Energy modifier: x1.8 (1 base, 0.8 powers)

(+0.2)(Passive) Repair: Knows how to fix most things that have to do electricity, plumbing, appliances, and somethings about engines.
(+0.2)(Costs 10)(Active) Jury Rigging: Can fix things using random stuff, or make new things out of random stuff that might not be as good as store bought stuff.
(+0.1)(Costs 10)(Active) Concealed carry: He has a .38 revolver hidden on is person and know how to use it.
(+0.2)(Costs 10)(Active) Jump: He can jump higher and further than others.
(+0.1)(Costs 10)(Active) Kick: He can kick harder than most people.

[TricMagic]

Name: Luna
Gender: Female
Appearance: Silver Hair and Green Eyes. Short. Dark Skin.
Other Fluff: Manakete. Uses a Dragonstone to transform. Actually 600 years old, despite looking like a child.

Abilities
(PASSIVE)Levitation: Capable of floating above the ground, transversing terrain with ease.
(PASSIVE)Manakete: Fireproof, and quite warm. Immune to heat, burn, and cold damage. Including Lava, though blizzards can sap her heat. Near immortal, age-wise, but can be killed. Tough and heavy body though, for her size. Weighs about the same as an adult male.
(Shift/Active)Transform: Transform into a dragon and shoot balls of energy at your foes. Or crush them, whatever works.


Divine Stone of Return Soul: Luna's Dragonstone, this stone restores itself from Luna's own energy over time. It can even be reborn if it's ever destroyed after an hour of Focus in a high energy location.

[dgr11897]

Not the one I am using.

[dgr11897]

Is my character design OK? I could easily make a far simpler version which still gets the Idea across. If you're wondering the overall theme is that emily is supposed to be a ticking time bomb. while normally she is fairly useless in a fight, if things get bad enough she succumbs to the powers she has been trying to suppress, going into a berserk rage, which I represented with how you must use berserk each turn if you can.

[Supernerd]

Lets see here.

For Luna...
The ability "Dragon's Body" appears to be two abilities in one. I will point out that adding multiple effects into a single "Ability" will not give you some kind of an advantage.

For Emily...
Suppressed powers: No ability can provide energy for nothing and I'll veto anything that tries to. This ability is difficult to understand as it is written, so you may want to split that up into several more easily understood abilities or something.

Savage rampage: While not against the actual rules of the game, it is an ability that I would recommend you never use. Telekinetic Smash seems to be a flat out better ability to have that would be more useful most of the time which wouldn't screw you over every time you use it.

Maybe post again once you finish doing the tweaks you want. I noticed you updated it several times after posting your original question.

[dgr11897]

Name: Emily
Gender: Female
Appearance: Normal schoolgirl, except for a small set of six horns placed around her head like a crown. A little timid, and scared, and softspoken. When in monster form her eyes glow blood red, her horns grow large enough to be obvious, her limbs lengthen, strengthen, and she gains razor sharp claws. In this form her invisible friend lilia takes over, lilia is aggressive, abrasive, loves blood, and will kill anyone who even thinks of hurting emily.
Other Fluff: Emily was never normal, when she was little she encountered an entity known as lilia, who bonded with her. Giving her a small set of horns, an amulet shaped like an eldritch sigil, and a permanent friend. Emily's parents grew concerned when she kept insisting that lilia was real, long after the time when she should have left invisible friends like that behind. Eventually emily's parents tried to take lilia's amulet away from emily, causing lilia to seize control and kill everyone. After this and a few more incidents emily learned to surpress both lilia's ability to take control and her memories of what transpired, leaving lilia as a weird voice in her head. But lilia continued to seek to protect emily, broiling against the mental restraints put around her, trying to break free and seize control.
(Stuff in these is meant as my personal thoughts for how a power could work)
Abilities
(Passive) NOOOOOOO!!: This character is emotionally attached to those around them, should they witness one of their teammates dying they will flip out, causing their powers to surge, creating a massive blast of energy, exhausting their own power supply.(can only be triggered once every ten turns) this also typically unlocks some new facet of their powers(gain low powered ability or bonus)
(Curse) Suppressed powers: this character actively rejects some or all of their powers (cannot normally use active abilities). Their powers only manifest in extreme stressful situations (self or allies taking damage), but once they stop using their powers they cannot use them until they manifest again (if you don't use an active ability each turn you go back to not being able to use them). (Probably compensate the many downsides of this power somehow.)
(Secondary curse) LET ME OUT!!: Due to how emily's powers work, the longer she uses them the greater the risk that lilia will escape and go on a rampage (Chance that when she uses her powers emily will activate berserk rampage)
(Active) Berserk rampage: Unleashing their alter ego this character can go on a massive rampage across the map(if you run out of monsters you will automatically move to find more), killing everything in their path by tearing it apart with their powers, only stopping when they run out of energy(if you used this ability last turn, you must use it this turn if you can)
(Active) Monster mode: this character can transform into a monstrous version of themselves, while they do have to pay energy each turn to maintain it, while it lasts they gain a boost to their abilities.
(Active) Calm: By focused effort Emily can try to reassert control Doing so also Heals those around her and prevents her from using any other ability (sometimes prevents all active abilities from being used this turn, including berserk rampage, using this overrides the must use berserk rampage if you did so last turn rule.).
(active) Telekinetic stab: Using a focused telekinetic blast Lilia can blast holes in objects.
(Active) Telekinetic Slam: A wide area blast of telekinetic force Emily can use to crush enemies.

[TricMagic]

Eh, no advantage needed. If it is two abilities, so be it. She is a Manakete though.

[Screech9791]

Seems interesting but I can't really think of a good character sheet that doesn't involve reusing stuff at the moment, so I'll just PTW for the time being.

[TricMagic]

To note, being completely Fireproof is the ability. The rest is just natural, along with natural Fireproofing.

[Supernerd]

That should be fine. You're nowhere near the 19 skill limit.

Also dgr11897, could you please remove one of the two applications? I'm not sure which one I should be looking at.

[Ragnar the Råsh of Emal]

I'll just stay here and ship the characters.

[Screech9791]

Spoiler: My sheet, somewhat large (click to show/hide)

Name: Francis
Gender: Male
Appearance: A 5' 9" human with an average build, who wears a dark green hoodie and black tracksuit pants.
Other Fluff: I couldn't think of something creative so have a self insert.

Abilities
[Active] Arsenal Crate: Allows putting down and packing up an arsenal crate, which people can spend arsenal points which they gather from killing enemies, with an enemy with the strength of a player without abilities giving a decent amount of arsenal points. Stuff that can be bought from the arsenal crate include, but are not limited to:

• Ranged & Melee weapons
• Deployables (including Arsenal Crates, Resupply Boxes, and Remantlers, the Arsenal crate, Resupply Box, and Remantler abilities just let Francis start with one in his inventory)
• Ammo Boxes (see Resupply Box ability for how much a single box gives, price per box is
• Tools
• Other (Explosives, throwables, and misc stuff)

The owner of an Arsenal Crate gets a 15% commission from all purchases.
[Active] Resupply Box: Allows putting down a resupply box giving a box of ammo for whatever weapons other players decide to use it with.
The list for how much ammo is in a box is:

• Pistol - 16
• SMG - 36
• Assault Rifle - 32
• Buckshot - 12
• Rifle - 8
• Pulse Shots (For any energy weapons) - 30
• Explosives (Grenade launchers, RPGs, basically any gun that fires something explosive) - 4
• Chemicals - 20
• Bolts (Any weapon which uses arrows/bolts/sawblades/harpoons/other sharp projectile) - 8
• Medical Supplies - 23, or whatever you'd need to restore 23% of a player character before abilities are taken into consideration's HP
• Nails - 2
• Scrap (Given whenever a melee weapon/thing which doesn't use any of the above ammunition types is used with this box, usable in Remantler to upgrade weapons) - 3

The owner of a Resupply Box gets 1 point every time their Resupply Box is used.
The cooldown for each person is 2 turns before it regenerates, and resupply usages stack.
[Active] Weapon Remantler: A deployable station that people can use to upgrade weapons, and dismantle unwanted ones. The owner gets 15% of all scrap used/obtained by users dismantling stuff in their remantler rounded up. For clarification, commission scrap is not taken from the dismantling, it's just extra scrap generated out of thin air for the remantler owner.

For how much scrap a weapon gives when dismantled, take the combined scrap cost of the weapon needed to reach it's current tier + the Sturdy tier scrap cost, and reduce the scrap obtained from dismantling by 1 if the weapon is a T1 weapon which wasn't remantler upgraded.

There are 3 upgrade tiers for remantling, each with increasing cost, and the amount being based on the weapon's 'tier', as in weak, early on weapons would be tier 1, better but still pretty early weapons being tier 2, and so on until tier 6, the best of the best items.

The scrap amounts are as following, in the below format:
Sturdy/Honed/Perfected

• T1: 6/12/18
• T2: 16/32/64
• T3: 30/60/90
• T4: 42/84/126

Since these values, as well as the ideas for the abilities themselves, are based off the now defunct NoxiousNet server for the Zombie Survival gamemode in Garry's Mod, and that I can't find the T5 and T6 remantler costs, since the forums are gone and so are any hopes of finding the remantler guide spreadsheet for the server, they're going to just not be there until further notice.

I want to go for more of a support role, focusing on utility deployables to help keep the team stocked with good weapons and ammo, and have abilities I can just use and spend more time using my items on hand.

EDIT: I noticed that I kinda forgot to give myself a weapon, so just give me an 8 round version of the XM1014 and 75 spare buckshot for it as my means of defense.

[Elvish Miner]

This looks like fun, and the non-shipping parts seem okay as well.

Ill start working on a sheet (or two).

Edit: Perhaps I will bring back a less research focused Elfa from the previous Gridland Survival game.. Hmm.

[Supernerd]

Regarding Francis...

Well I guess I have to give you credit where its due. Your application exceeds what I expected from you. I expected another Gilbert rehash.

There are still a couple of issues I'll point out. First of all, I am inclined to discourage the use of adding in your own prices for your abilities. If accepted as is, I'll need to do some strange things if I want to keep thing in any kind of balance.

Arsenal crate could actually work fairly well as it is. Any commissions would need to be negotiated as opposed to being inherent to the skill though, though I wouldn't recommend price gouging people when you need them to have any chance to survive. You will have to deal with some random item generation however.

Resupply box is a bit more problematic as I wasn't planning on having things like ammo being a thing. Its all about the energy. While I am going to rule that you can make up your own resources with your abilities, you cannot get these resources for free, so you wouldn't be able to get a point every time that a resupply box is used.

The weapon remantler ability just looks like a colossal headache as it is. You'll need to either redesign the ability completely or ditch it entirely.

And as a final note, if you want to start the game with an item, you would need to work it in as part of one of your abilities. (If it wasn't obvious enough by now, you are not limited to just three)