Okay, guys, I warned you: If no one got an island game off the ground, I would. Well, here it is.
The idea was initially pitched in
this thread. I've used bits and pieces of both Creamcorn's and Solifuge's incarnations of this proposed game to make my own. I thank the both of you for saving me (potentially) hours and hours of legwork.
Welcome to Island Forum Game: Take 3! Admittedly, I need a better title, but I don't think that's of utmost importance right now.
The rules:
Rule 1: Don't be a jerk. That's pretty much a given.
Rule 2: No conch shells.
Rule 3: During character creation, do your best to make yourself. You're not playing a catgirl, robot, zombie, super soldier, or serial killer (hopefully). You're playing you. I realize that you're a multi-dimensional being, and assigning numbers to your individual skills and abilities is difficult, but do your best.
Rule 4: Sign ups will be open until they are closed. I'm looking for 10-15ish players (more would be okay.) If need be, there will be a waiting list, after signups are closed.
Rule 5: Have fun. It's mandatory.
How the game will work:
There will be 4 action phases per day: Morning, Afternoon, Evening, and Night. Each person will get one action per action phase. If we wind up waiting for someone to make a move for a long time (pretty much long enough to make everyone impatient), we will carry out that action phase without them, and they will do nothing that turn (or sleep, if they haven't for the day.)
Each player must use no less than 1 action phase per day to eat, drink, sleep, and generally recuperate. Hunger, Thirst, Health, Stamina (Physical), and Fatigue (Mental) will be tracked. Not eating decent food, drinking clean water, sleeping, and generally resting will be detrimental to your health. Hunger, Thirst and Health will all be based on your (rough) body size. Smaller folks have less Health, but require less food and water. These changes will not be overly drastic, so don't fret about it too much.
Character Sheet:
Island Game: Take 3! Character Sheet
Name (or Screen name): Height/Weight:
Build: (Thin, Wiry, Average, Stocky, Bulky, etc.) Age:
Health: Hunger: Thirst: Stamina: Fatigue:
Attributes:
Body Mind Personality
Strength: Intellect: Charm:
Agility: Attentiveness: Leadership:
Toughness: Drive: Cunning:
Skills
Food related
Hunting:
Fishing:
Animal Cleaning:
Foraging:
Cooking:
Gardening:
Animal Care:
Combat
Unarmed:
Blade:
Axe/Hammer:
Staff/Spear:
Throwing:
Bow:
Pistol:
Rifle:
Explosives:
Other:
Crafting
Art:
Bonework (Shell, Horn, etc):
Construction:
Electronics:
Leatherwork (Skins, furs, sinew, etc.):
Mechanics:
Metalwork:
Shipbuilding:
Stonework:
Weaving:
Woodwork:
Other:
Knowledge
Astronomy:
Boating:
Botany:
Cartography:
Engineering:
Geology:
Medicine:
Music:
Piloting:
Wilderness Survival:
Zoology:
Extra Languages:
Other Academics (Mathematics, Architecture, etc.):
Individual Bonus:
Individual Handicap:
Inventory:
Charsheet stuff:
Name (or Screen name): Your name. Or your screen name. Whichever.
Height/Weight: Helps determine your extrapolated information (Health, etc.)
Build: (Thin, Wiry, Average, Stocky, Bulky, etc.): Same for Height/Weight.
Age: Same for Height/Weight.
Health: This is your bodily health. If it drops to 0, you die.
Hunger: This is how hungry you are. If it drops to 0, you begin to lose Health, until you die.
Thirst: This is how thirsty you are. See above.
Stamina: This is how much physical energy you have. If it drops to 0, you must recuperate until it refills totally.
Fatigue: This is how much mental energy you have. See Stamina.
Attributes:
Body
Strength: How strong you are.
Agility: How quick and nimble you are.
Toughness: How much damage or pain you can absorb.
Mind:
Intellect: How efficiently your mind works.
Attentiveness: How well you spot the details.
Drive: How determined you are to finish any given task.
Personality:
Charm: How well you can get others to like you.
Leadership: How well you can get others to follow you.
Cunning: How easily you deceive others.
Skills
Food related
Hunting: Killing and trapping animals.
Fishing: Catching fish.
Animal Cleaning: Obtaining food from fallen animals.
Foraging: Obtaining food and supplies from plants.
Cooking: Obtaining edible food from raw food.
Gardening: Growing plants.
Animal Care: Caring for animals.
Combat
Unarmed: Fighting with no weapons.
Blade: Fighting with knives, swords, etc.
Axe/Hammer: Fighting with heavy impact weapons.
Staff/Spear: Fighting with long weapons.
Throwing: Throwing weapons of any kind.
Bow: Shooting a Bow and arrow.
Pistol: Shooting small guns.
Rifle: Shooting larger guns (Rifles, shotguns, etc.)
Explosives: Rigging up things to blow up.
Other: Other, please explain.
Crafting
Art: Making images. Drawing, painting, carving, etc.
Bonework (Shell, Horn, etc): Working with bone materials.
Construction: Building stuff.
Electronics: Working with electronics. Chips, boards, wires, transistors, capacitors, etc.
Leatherwork (Skins, furs, sinew, etc.): Working with animal bits.
Mechanics: Working with mechanical pieces. Gears, chains, nuts and bolts, etc.
Metalwork: Working ore and metal.
Shipbuilding: Building and fixing boats of all kinds.
Stonework: Working with stone materials.
Weaving: Working with tall grasses, yarn, thread and things of that nature. Also, making stuff from those things.
Woodwork: Working with wooden materials.
Other: Other, please explain.
Knowledge
Astronomy: Knowledge of the stars.
Boating: Knowledge of how boats work.
Botany: Knowledge of plants.
Cartography: Knowledge of mapmaking.
Engineering: Knowledge of how stuff works in general.
Geology: Knowledge of the Earth, stones, metals, and how everything underground works.
Medicine: Knowledge of the human body, and how to cure what ails it.
Music: Knowledge of music.
Piloting: Knowledge of how planes work.
Wilderness Survival: Knowledge of how to keep yourself alive in the wild.
Zoology: Knowledge of animals.
Extra Languages: Extra languages you may speak.
Other Academics (Mathematics, Architecture, etc.): Other, please explain.
Individual Bonus: This is a bonus tailored specifically for you. It must balance out with your individual handicap.
Individual Handicap: This is a handicap specifically tailored for you. It must balance with your bonus.
Inventory: Stuff on your person. Up to: one thing per hand, three small things per pocket. Starts empty.
Filling out your character sheet:
Everyone gets 15 ranks to spend in Attributes, with each Attribute capped at 5. You can make up to a total of 5 ranks worth of Attributes negative, to spend those points elsewhere.
Everyone gets 20 points in skills, with each skill capped at 5. As with Attributes, you can make up to a total of 5 ranks worth negative, to spend those points elsewhere.
Bonus/Handicap have to be cleared with me, please. PM me or post them here and I'll tweak.
Players thus far:
1) Barbarossa
2) adwarf
3) Sheb*
4) Scriver
5) Diakron
6) AntiAntiMatter
7) Nevyn
8} Tack
9) Strife26
10) Aqizzar
11) sonerohi
12) Kitsunin**
13) lordnincompoop
14) Japa
Wait List 1: MrNuke
Signups for the first islanders are officially closed, but the waiting list is open!
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