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[Shoruke]

Okay, NOW I go to that barrel and pick out a sword. And then keep running (hopefully I can outrun Siquo).

[AussieGuy]

I command my wasps to lift me and go forward!!!

[Emperor_Jonathan]

Keep running. If anyone tries to pass me I slash them with my name sword!

[R1ck]

I thought that I should do something special for the twentieth turn of my humble roll to dodge. So, I present to you: A retrospective, put into spoiler tags so as to not have people complain about walls of text.

Spoiler: GM's Corner (click to show/hide)

Here's some thoughts of mine about this game so far:
From the beginning, you might have thought it possible to finish the game in 10 turns by rolling a 6 on movement all 10 times. Of course, the chances of that are very slim. But, based on what I knew about the upcoming game, I thought that it would take at least 20 turns, even with perfect movement rolls to win the game. Well, here we are at almost turn 20 now, and nobody's even halfway through the hallway. I think that this game will run for about another 30 turns or so before somebody manages to win. The road ahead is a difficult one, for all of you.

This RTD seems to have few things different compared to other RTDs around, I've noticed
-A relatively small amount of views and posts compared to the age of the RTD
-An actual concrete ending
-Nobody ever posting "Rolls!!!"
-Challenges and bonuses

Spoiler: What if? (click to show/hide)

There would be quite a few things altered if I had done things differently on a few occasions...

Remember way back in turn 2 when Katsuun jump-kicked Aussie, breaking his arm? That event caused a 14 turn long rivalry, I reckon. However, at first I forget to put it the player vs. player -1 accuracy and damage, so Katsuun actually caused a critical roll to occur against Aussie, the result of which was a 5. I can only imagine how things would have turned out differently if Aussie had been in the clinic for 2-6 turns.

Back in turn 10, when Siquo tried to run away from the big bad killbot(who was destroyed in the same turn) at first I forget to do the nerdly runner roll, and so Siquo advanced most of the way through the swamp using his 6. He might have been able to get through in 2 turns, instead of 5.

And finally, in turn 12, when the goblinbot tried to go through the swamp but caused the dwarfbot to appear instead, I really should have applied the +1 to the movement roll, and so the goblinbot should have moved forward. It probably would have saved the life of the BEE champion, but I had already typed up most of his turn when I realized my mistake, so I didn't change it.

Spoiler: Tips and ideas for players (click to show/hide)

-Use your challenges already! They would really help you out. If you're not going to use them, you might just lose them.
-Use your abilities and items when you can. Using your abilities will grant you experience if you succeed, and eventually level up bonuses, and using your items in a unique way could give GM granted liberties...
-Don't forgot your friendly NPCs! Too many robots have died already because people haven't given orders to their companions. Your Non-player friends may not be able to gain exp, but they can still function like a second action most of the time.
-Player against player combat all the time is probably not the best idea. Your chances of actually incapacitating another player for a decent amount of time are pretty slim.
-Never give up, trust your instincts! Even if a situation seems hopeless, a few good rolls or creative actions could get you out of a bind quickly.

Turn 20 will be coming up pretty quickly, I already have it mostly done.

[R1ck]

Turn 20 has arrived.

I command my wasps to lift me and go forward!!!

|You give your remaining wasps a heartwarming speech, and they feel like they can easily fly you to victory! (+2 to wasp-assisted flight this turn, +1 to wasp flight movement roll this turn, wasps will get a damage roll with -1 to it if the starting movement roll is over 4)

Okay, NOW I go to that barrel and pick out a sword. And then keep running (hopefully I can outrun Siquo).

|Just as you are about to set off to find the barrel of swords that you somehow know about a |wave of extreme depression washes over you! |You are almost helpless against the invisible attacker, and you sit down and start crying your eyes out. (It’s a depression trap which will be active this turn and next turn)

Put on armor. Wall-speedwalk forward again, and Strike Shoruke with my beamsword. If I actually get a swing in, use my +1 luck roll.

You put on your new armour, and it fits you well. You try to start wallrunning again. |You soon catch up to Shoruke by doing so, but suddenly a blast of sadness hits you in the brain! |You start weeping bitterly, and you feel like things will never get better.

Keep running. If anyone tries to pass me I slash them with my name sword!

|You continue to examine your exquisite sword as you walk forwards. You arrive at 400m, and find a wall blocking your path which is covered with multicoloured pieces of plastic. |You figure out that at the pieces could form the logo of “Who wants to be steenking rich?” if they were put together in a certain way.

I get irritated and just hijack the nearest ambulance and drive back to the race course.

|You are sleeping blissfully, and you can’t wake up. (The clinic you are in is just behind the walls of the playing hallway, there’s no need to hijack an ambulance. Besides, negotiation would work better than brute force here.)

Mini Croc:At 250m. Gets +1 to critical rolls. Very sick(Sickness roll every turn, -1 to accuracy)
|The mini-croc tries to find some sort of food. |Oh noez! The mini-croc found some poisonous vines, and ate them whole! |The mini-croc is now very sick.

WaspSwarm: At 190m. Loyal to Aussie. Intelligent(+1 to thinking what to do rolls). There's only a few wasps left in the swarm.
|The wasps easily pick up Aussie, and they start flying forward! |The wasps carried Aussie to 190m before they got too tired and had to let him to the ground. Aussie thanks them for their stupendous effort.

TV Clinic Staff: In the Clinic.
Katsuun is fully healed now, so the staff are focusing on the injured from such shows as; “The most lovable prostitute in America”, and “Dogs, man’s best fiend”. 

Spoiler: Statuses after turn (click to show/hide)

Emperor Dengue, Farmer
Health and Location:At 400m, No animals around(-1 to some rolls) Wounded side(1/2 chance of intensifying every second turn), missing a piece of ear, cut up right arm(no penalties though).
Equipment: Pitchfork: +2 to damage, -1 accuracy when used to attack
                Fireworks: One time item. Briefly lights 100m area, -2 to all accuracy rolls within 50m
                Wooden Shield: It has a ½ chance of negating the damage bonus from good accuracy
                The Water of Demons: A whip vine rope. Its a rope 20m long. Because it's a rope, it's useful for many things. If you tie someone up with it, they get -1 to freeing themselves. It can be used as a long-range whip. 
                The Player Killer: Negates the damage and accuracy penalties normally received when you attack other players. Also grants +1 to critical rolls against other players.
Skills:        Hardy: Takes -1 damage on hardiness rolls of 3 or 4, -2 damage on hardiness rolls of 5 or 6
               Animal Maniac: -1 to some rolls if not within 50m of an animal, or animal look-alike
               Pitchforkman(lvl2): Knows how to best use a pitchfork in combat situations. Gets +1 accuracy to pitchfork attack rolls.3/7Exp to next level.
               Plantcrafter(lvl1): Can somehow turn plants into useful items, sort of like a botanical Macguyver.2/4exp to next level.
               Rope Swinger(lvl1):You can use a rope to latch on to stationary objects in order to propel yourself forward.1/4exp to next level.
Katsuun Pertussis, Musician
Health and Location:In the medical clinic.
Equipment: Guitar: Grants +1 to music rolls. Can be used to give +1 damage  when used to attack. 1/6 chance of breaking if used to attack.
                Mysterious Needle: Affects movement rolls in a positive or negative way when used. Empty.
                Brown Shoes: A ordinary pair of brown shoes. They're a little water damaged.
                Delicious mushrooms: In the brown shoes. They're so delicious, they're almost addictive...
                Horrible Mushroom Rope: It's able to take a full 2 newtons of pulling before it breaks!
                1 time +1 movement bonus
Skills:        Jigglypuffian Voice: Can use turn to sing, causing any player within 50m to fall asleep for 0, 1, or 2 turns.
                Frail: Enemies get +1 damage when attacking
                Jump-Kicker(lvl1):You look a bit stylish while jump-kicking, but you need more experience to get actual gains. 1/4 exp to next level.
                Singer Gal(lvl1):You are pretty good at singing, and your music can cause various effects in others. 3/4exp to next level.
                Wall Jumper(lvl1): You have the mad ninja skills to jump from wall to wall. 3/4exp to next level.
                Kick C-C-Combo(lvl1): You can smoothly transition from ninja kicking to jump kicking.1/4exp to next level.
Aussie Jaundice, Firefighter
Health and Location:At 190m, R. Arm(-1 to rolls involving that arm)
Equipment: Fire Suit: +2 to fire-resistance rolls
                Fireman’s Helmet: -1 damage to enemy's rolls with accuracy rolls of 5 or 6.
               The Bee Blowgun: Can fire twice a turn, but with -1 accuracy to the second attack. Fires up to 20m away with no penalty, and 20-40m with a -1 accuracy penalty. Causes +1 critical rolls as well. Currently has 20 pieces of ammunition.
               Thermos: Contains a yellow orb floating in what looks like coffee. The coffee is steaming hot.
               The wasp swarm is under his control.
Skills:        Fire Training: +2 towards fire intelligence rolls, grants +1 to fire-intelligence rolls to any player within 50m
                Nyctophobia: -3 to most rolls when in darkness
                Boxer(lvl1): You know how to throw a punch decently.1/4 exp to next level.
                Mentalist(lvl2):You have discovered that you have hidden psychic abilities!2/7exp to next level. +1 to mind control rolls half the time.
                Mechanical Crafter(lvl1): You can craft objects out of old metal parts with skill. 2/4exp to next level.
                Orator(lvl2): Knows how to give rousing speeches, sort of like Hitler.+1 to speeches advocating peace.3/7exp to next level.
Shoruke Pica, Robot Factory Security Guard
Health and Location:At 330m, Sad(-1 to becoming unsad next turn)
Equipment: Flashlight: Provides light in dark places. Has 15 battery power, and uses 1 per turn when lighted. Can be used to attack, giving +1 damage but with a 1/3 chance of using 1 battery power
                Billyclub: Gives +2 accuracy if used to attack  
                Awesome Plant Shoes:Negates the movement penalty from the swamp. Also adds +10m to the distance moved in the swamp.
               1 Time use challenge bonuses: +2 to puzzle figuring out rolls, or what something does, +1 to sudden event roll, one challenge bonus steal
Skills:        Robot Familarity: +1 to robot shutdown, robot reprogramming rolls
               Unlucky: Gets -1 to sudden event rolls
               Power Downer(lvl1): You can figure out where the power switch is on almost anything.2/4exp to next level.
               Coder Dude(lvl1):You can write efficient code in a decent frame of time.3/4 exp to next level.
               Billyclubber(lvl1): You can do a bit more than just swing it while whistling at the same time.1/4exp to next level.
               Plant-crafter(lvl1):See plantcrafter above. 2/4exp to next level.
Siquo Pogosta, Engineer
Health and Location:At 330m, Very sad(-2 to becoming unsad next turn)
Equipment:  Briefcase: -1 accuracy to enemies’ attacks
                 Ultra Pen: +1 to accuracy when used to attack. 1/6 chance of breaking per attack
                 Beam Sword: Grants +2 to damage when used to attack.
                 Rat Bag: A small brown bag containing a mechanical rat. The bag is tied tightly shut(-1 to opening bag)
                 Wearing light body armour(Grants -1 to damage, critical rolls against you)
                 1 time challenge bonuses: 1 call to a producer of the show, +1 to a luck roll
Skills:          Speedwalker: +10m to movement rolls of 2,3,4.
                 Nerdly Runner: -10m to movement rolls of 5 or 6. 1/6 chance of 0m gain on movement roll of 6.
                 Laser Swordsman(lvl1): You can handle a sword made out of lasers decently.3/4exp to next level.
                 Wall-Runner(lvl1): You can get up to high enough speeds that you can run on walls.3/4exp to next level.

    

Spoiler: Points of Interest (click to show/hide)

140m:There is a heavily damaged wasp nest lying here.
190m:Aussie, as well as his swarm of wasps are here.
200m:The start of the swamp. The steel door is open, because the orc bot's corpse is sitting on the pressure plate here.
200m-300m:A smelly swamp. All movement rolls that involve actually wading through the swamp receive a -2 movement roll.
250m: The mini croc is here.
330m: Shoruke as Siquo are here. There is a depression trap which will continue to operate next turn.
350m: A barrel full of swords is here.
400m: Emperor is here. There is a wall blocking the way which is covered in plastic pieces which could form the "Who wants to be steenking rich?" logo.
Medical Clinic:Katsuun is here.

Another pictorial challenge! So:
Create a picture somehow of your character as of turn 20, and post it in this thread.
The bonus which everyone can get is +1 to a movement roll, but it is only usable if there are at least 2 players in front of you.

[Shoruke]

Sadness and agaony are powerful emotions! Screaming and wailing like a baby, I run forward! And next time I get a sudden event, I'm using my challenge bonus on it.

[Siquo]

Depressed as I am, I want to end it all. I will not end myself before I ended everyone else though. Finding strength in this purpose, I pursue and attack Shoruke.


On the game itself, it's taking a lot longer than I expected as well, but not to worry. The low number of pageviews is probably because we all update pretty often (Yay, an active DM! *cheer*), and we probably update often as players because it's actually a quite an interesting story we've developed. Noone is "first" and stays in that place for too long, you actually have a feel of being in a race. Even Aussie and Katsuun can, with lucky rolls, catch up pretty quickly.

[Katsuun]

But I WANT an ambulance so I can cruse through the race course! I try to awaken and when I do, I try to convince them to lend me an AMBULANCE.

[Emperor_Jonathan]

Run forward.

[R1ck]

Thanks for the compliments Siquo. Also thanks to Shoruke for choosing to use one of his many bonuses. Speaking of which, isn't anyone going to get the challenge bonus from the last turn, or from the turn two turns ago?

Anyways, we're missing Aussie here, but since there was two turns yesterday, I'm not going to invoke the action posting rule. (Not yet anyways )

[Shoruke]

Okay hopefully paint, tinypic.com, and bay12 are all compatible enough that we can all see this decently.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

-Crying
-Has Billyclub
-Has flashlight
-Has swamp shoes

EDIT: actually making the picture show up. And apparently it works decently, hza.

[Siquo]

Here we go:

Ultra pen, Briefcase with burnmarks, beam sword, light armor, very sad, dirty, clothes that have been dried with a laser, and #*&$^!# shoeless. Oh, and a bag with a rat in it. Really, why did I join this show? I had a good career going, you know, engineering... stuff. What am I doing here?

[R1ck]

That's an awesome picture Siquo! Why does it look like he's wearing kneepads though? I also like Shoruke's picture, especially how his tear ducts are powerful enough to fire tears upwards in an arc. You guys both get the bonus.

I hope we can get another turn in today, Aussieguy has posted at this time of day before, so it's a possibility.

[Siquo]

Light armor I envisioned as shoulderpads and kneepads.

Edit: and thanks, I'm quite pleased with the result myself   

[Shoruke]

Your picture totally pwnt mine... but whatever, the challenge said that everybody would be able to get the bonus if they posted a picture of themselves at all (is how I interpreted it), and I am not complaining about the +1 movement roll. I'm going to use it to escape the murderous Siquo.