I've been planning this for some time. This is my first RTD, but I still hope I can pull it off with a flourish. I'll be accepting those who have put the most time and effort into their applications, as well as those who have the stuff the Games Network is looking for in a Running Man.
RulesRTD Rules From Sean Mirrsen
The GM (Game Master) posts a situation you, the players, are in. You then post your actions, exactly one action per turn. Once all players have made their actions, the GM posts again, with the results of the actions and the state of the world around you. After which you post actions again, ad infinitum.
The action results are defined by a six-sided die roll:
[1]: Epic Fail. Whatever you tried to achieve, you didn't, and you made it worse.
[2]: Fail. You didn't, or couldn't do what you tried to.
[3]: Meager success: You didn't fail, but you didn't succeed either. Like trying to sit on two chairs but ending up on one.
[4]: Success: You succeeded in your plight. All consequences are now your problem.
[5]: Epic Success: You succeed in the most positive way possible. The universe will bend to your will.
[6]: Overshot: You achieved what you tried to achieve, but you made it worse by doing so in the most inhumanely overpowerful way possible. Casualties are inevitable.
In addition, if at any time something threatens you, you get a free roll to dodge it. If you end up in a very bad situation as a result of the first dodge roll, you may or may not get another free roll to narrowly escape death.
Other Rules
-Dead means dead
-This RTD applies to real-world rules
-There is a detection roll each turn, avoided if not in public
-Killing civilians raises your detection level and turns the public against you.
Detection Rolls:
1: Everyone has noticed you, and are calling in for their rewards RIGHT NOW
2: A couple of people recognized you, and are on their way to phoning the cops
3: A few people have vague notions of who you are. If you cause a disturbance and bring down the police, these people can direct the police in your direction, giving you a -1 for detection rolls next turn.
4: Nobody really noticed you.
5: A complete shadow, just another face in the crowd.
6: Nobody noticed you, and you disappear so efficiently it throws the police off your trail. +1 to detection rolls next turn.
Scoring
Running Man competitors are declared an Enemy Of The State and let loose with four thousand NewBucks, and have to evade the police and the Hunters(think the FBI gone badass). A competitor wins a hundred Newbucks for every hour he stays alive, and a hundred bucks for every member of law enforcement he manages to kill. A contestant has to survive for thirty days to win a billion dollars(very unlikely). Contestants also have to mail in a tape to the Games Building every twelve hours(which gives a -2 to detection rolls for the next two turns since the Hunters track the tapes.
In 2017, the economy has collapsed and the United States have become a police state, censoring all revolutionary activity. Free speech has been annihilated, and the government pacifies the population by running ruthless gameshows and twisting middle class perception to view the lower class as demons. The government-run shows are brutal, appealing to man's baser instincts, with hits such as Run the Crocodiles(self-explanatory) and Treadmill to Bucks(a show where people with heart or lung conditions earn money by running on a treadmill until they collapse/die). The most popular and sadistic of these shows is The Running Man.
1: serephe(Runner)
2: Shoruke
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You walk down the grimy sidewalk, looking up into the sky. The sky was a shade of yellow, meaning some company was working overtime again. You ignored the beggars and transients begging for change as you look towards your destination. The gleaming Network Building towered above the skyscrapers, dwarfing them in its shiny glory. You notice that it’s going to take you forever to walk all along South Side, so you hail an ancient looking taxi and climb in.
Ten minutes later, you stroll into the Network Building and head straight towards The Running Man Application booth. You cram yourself in with the dirty, smelly, crowd of desperate men and women that contrast with the pristine room and listen as a cheerful automatic voice speaks from a Public Announcement box mounted on the roof, the box covered by a wire cage.
“Hello, hopeful applicants! Welcome to the Network’s applications office! Right now, you are standing in the applications office for our most successful and popular game, The Running Man. As you may already be aware, the prize for winning is a literal fortune of a billion NewBucks, but the price for failure is catastrophic! Seeing as how you are applying for the game, you will have to go through vigorous physical and mental testing that will weed out those among you who are not Running Man material. Anyone who does not pass the physical and/or mental tests will be escorted from the building by Games Network security staff.
Sign-ups are limited, so take an applications form now! For those of you who are not literate, an audio version is available in the listening stalls on the right side of the room. For those of you who use the room, please clearly state your answers into the microphone after all instructions have been delivered.
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Height:
Weight:
Health/Mental Defects or Conditions:
Occupation(or former occupation if currently unemployed):
Reason for joining The Running Man:
Other/Bio:
I,_________, officially want to join The Running Man and have signed liability forms 3-B, 4-C and 5-E. Note that at the conclusion of signing these forms, you are bound to them until you have been booted from the application progress or have completed your duration on the show.
We hope to see you on the show soon!
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