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[Zrk2]

"Are you saying that the marines are all weaklings? Don't you dare, lady. We die and lose limbs while you guys take your time. We've been at the tip of the Terran Empire's spear for years. Sure, you guys are better than us in stealth and backstabbing, but in a real fight you'd need us. Don't even try to deny it."

Lolwut? I'm you, but on steroids. Deal with it!

[Taricus]

"Are you saying that the marines are all weaklings? Don't you dare, lady. We die and lose limbs while you guys take your time. We've been at the tip of the Terran Empire's spear for years. Sure, you guys are better than us in stealth and backstabbing, but in a real fight you'd need us. Don't even try to deny it."

I smell UST _{pleasedon'thurtme}

[Tarran]

Lolwut? I'm you, but on steroids. Deal with it!

What... ...I don't understand why you're upset with that statement.

I smell UST _{pleasedon'thurtme}

...

...Hey, Norrec, how about we kick Taricus's ass when we're done with this RTD?

[_DivideByZero_]

Spoiler: Dice Mechanics, Explained (click to show/hide)

Actions will use a base d20.
1-2 is Dismal Failure
3-6 is Normal Failure
7-10 is Partial Success
11-14 is Normal Success
15-18 is Perfect Success
19-20 is Overshoot.

20's and 1's will be further exploded into a d6 roll. For high d6 rolls, overshoots will overshoot more and failures will fail less. Low d6 rolls behave vice versa.

Spoiler: Skillpoints and Miniquests, Explained (click to show/hide)

Skillpoints are a way of learning from your mistakes (i.e. bad rolls). Whenever a character rolls 10 or less, that character gains (2.2 - value rolled/5) Skillpoints. So in other words, rolling a 1 will give 2 skillpoints. Rolling a 10 will give 0.2.

Skillpoints can be put into any category in the skill table below. You can also consult me for a custom skill if you wish. Skillpoints can only, however, be put into basic skills that grant bonuses, rather than advanced traits such as "you can roll twice for X kind of action, pick the highest die" and so on. Those are acquired through miniquests.
Miniquests are a way of learning from your successes. Whenever a character rolls a 17 (the best possible case before an overshoot), that character gets a short quest such as "Slay 3 bears" or "Save the universe." Completing the miniquest will give a reward that is specified by the miniquest.

Example: (Miniquest) Ambidextrous: Slay a boss-level NPC while dual-wielding weapons (Reward: You can now roll twice for two-handed actions)

Spoiler: Combat Terms, Explained (click to show/hide)

Combat involes two rolls. The first is an attack roll (sometimes called an accuracy roll) by the one firing the shot. The second is a defense roll by the defender. A failed attack roll can involve more than just missing, such as a weapon failing or misfiring. Failing the defense roll means you take damage, taking more damage based on the difference between the weapon's power and the defense die rolled.

Combat is more than just slugging it out. Weapons have an Accuracy profile and a Power profile, ordered in increasing order of distance. There are four ranges commonly used in the game: Close, Mid, Long, and Very Long.
An example of an accuracy profile would be: (Accuracy: 18/17/16/15). This means the weapon has 18 Accuracy at close range, 17 at Mid, and so on.
Accuracy is simply the minimum roll required for the weapon to hit. +Received Accuracy Reduction (RAR) stats will decrease the enemy's accuracy, not their attack roll.
Power is the weapon's resistance to defense rolls. Succeeding a defense roll will mitigate an attack to varying degrees, while failing it will take more damage if the defense roll is lower. +Target Defense Reduction (TDR) is the stat which reduces enemy defense, allowing you to score higher differences with your hits.

A successful hit (both Attack and Defense rolls succeed) may spawn additional dice rolls to determine specific aspects of the strike. For example, A starship being hit could be [17] hit in the heavily-armored front section [3] but lose some forward turrets.
These are called criticals, since they disable some sort of functionality.
To switch ranges, a combatant must perform a mobility roll. If this roll succeeds, the combatant suffers no penalties. If it fails, the combatant may suffer penalties to accuracy and the enemy may gain increased accuracy. Additionally, defense bonuses from cover do not apply while moving, unless you are moving through a covered hall or behind an object.
You can perform multiple mobility rolls in a turn, but a mobility roll is always done in lieu of an actual attack. That means enemies will attack you twice if you try to close from Long to Close range, for instance, more if you fail.
Some melee weapons might have an entry for mid range as well as close range, such as polearms. Such mid range accuracies are low, but since it's a melee weapon it will close the gap for free, essentially, if you hit.

Though the names for the ranges are the same, there is a separate class of ranges for Infantry, Ground Vehicle, Aircraft, and Starship combat, in order of increasing magnitude. 'Extreme Range', when mentioned, always refers to ranges greater than Infantry range.
To enter stealth, a player simply needs to pass a stealth roll once per NPC and is then invisible to that NPC as long as the NPC is unalerted.
If the NPC is alerted somehow, then the player must pass a roll each turn. The Observation stat reduces stealth rolls.
Failing or overshooting actions can result in a de-stealth. Players can re-attempt stealth once per turn, but NPC's cannot re-enter stealth against the player unless they leave the player's location.

Close-ranged stealth attacks on unalerted enemies follow the Rule of Best Case for both Attack and Defense rolls. A pair of dice is still rolled (so that you can gain Miniquests and skillpoints) but the die will, no matter what it is, be treated as a Perfect Success for the attacker and an Epic Failure for the defender.
Close-ranged stealth attacks on alerted enemies also follow the Rule of Best Case, but only for the Attack roll. The Defense roll acts as normal.
Turrets on weapons not operated by you don't get a bonus based on your skills usually. However, a Capstone skill will still give you a bonus, and "Turret Attack" gives bonuses to turrets under your control that auto-aim.
Missile launchers count as turrets for the purpose of the above bonus, since they are self-guiding. Dumbfire torpedoes do not unless they are in a rotating launcher.

Spoiler: Wizardry Terms, Explained (click to show/hide)

Wizards are masters of the craft of spellcasting (the term magic is rarely used in academic settings), sometimes known as thoughtcraft. Only the most talented spellcasters can be considered true wizards.
To cast a spell, one must first have an Artifact. These are items typically infused with some sort of intelligence and sapience. They can communicate telepathically with humans one-way, but humans must speak to the artifact in order to identify which move the user wishes to use.
Casting has two components on the player's side. The first is the control roll, determining how well you communicate your intent to the artifact. Failing this roll may cause the artifact to make things worse, start hating you, or otherwise not cast.
The second is the magnitude roll, which determines the power of the spell. A Perfect Success will result in roughly your intended power output, so long as it's within the limits of the move. Failures will usually fizzle.
Artifacts are characters, and they each have an opinion of you. They also have an intent, a keyword grants modifiers to certain types of spells and penalties to others. The number next to the Intent gives the modifiers to actions contradicting or supporting that intent.
For example, a Noble [3/-6] artifact will get a +3 bonus against criminals and villains, but will receive a heavy penalty (-6) when harming innocents.
Artifacts all have a core skill such as "pyrokinesis" or "ghastly manipulation" or whatever, which cannot be levelled and simply determines what the artifact is able to do.

To level up and gain bonuses to spell magnitude, an artifact requires a human to sink Skillpoints into potential actions. While an artifact can technically do anything related to its power, it cannot level every aspect of its power at once.
Instead, certain skill elements must be levelled. For example, an artifact's "Fireball" element level will affect any use of fireballs.

A complex spell, such as one that uses both fireballs and flaming swords requires two magnitude rolls, one for each element of the spell. Each element, such as fireballs or flame swords, has a "skillpoint cost," the number of skillpoints needed to get a +1 magnitude.

Skillpoints can be refunded from custom skills and spells the turn after you spend them always and at any time afterward unless you've used it after the initial turn.

You can propose new moves by telling the artifact beforehand, so you can come up with names like "Squeamish Bloody Rood" or what-have-you for combos. Slight modifications of elements like "ring-shaped fireballs" don't require a new artifact element.

Spoiler: Starting Skills Table (click to show/hide)

--->You have 20 points total
--->You can put a maximum of 10 points in one of 9 categories
--->Some skills cost more points than others (x2 cost requires 2 skillpoints, for example, for a +1)
--->Consult me if you want a custom skill
--->Capstone skills (the top skill at every group) affect every action remotely related to the capstone skill.For example, Aircraft skill gives a bonus to everything related to aircraft, including repairs and detecting other aircraft, even if those aren't in the same skill group.

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Social		Experience		Intellectual
Personality (x3 Cost) ---Persuader: Bonus to persuasion checks. ---Charisma: Helps improve opinions. ---Appearance: +First impressions Conduct (x3 Cost) ---Intimidation: +Surrender chance ---Politeness: Avoids offending people. ---Elegance: Improves starting opinions. Coordination (x3 Cost) ---Mediator: +Conflict resolution ---Inspiration: +NPC non-combat tasks ---Cooperation: +Helping other players		Commerce/Inventory (x4 Cost) ---Bartering: +Haggling ---Business: +Finding jobs/deals ---Trader: +Finding profitable routes Culture (x3 Cost) ---Multilingual: +Interactions with foreigners ---Contacts: +Finding criminal zones ---Politics: +Political campaigning Space (x3 Cost) ---Navigation: +Navigation/orbits ---Observation: +Using telescopes ---Classification: +Identifying ships/worlds		Mind (x3 Cost) ---Constitution: +Chance to resist debuffs ---Willpower: +Resistance to mind control ---Intellect: +Solving mathematical problems Science (x3 Cost) ---Electromagnetics: +Science rolls ---Materials Science: +Science rolls ---Power Systems: +Science rolls
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Biology		Engineering		Electronics
Medical (x3 Cost) ---First Aid: +Debuff/bleed removal ---Surgery: +Healing long-term damage ---Augmentation: +Implant integration/maintenance ---Physician: +Medicines/poisons/antidotes Scientific (x3 Cost) ---Genetics: +Genemodding/genecrafting ---Exobiology: +Studying/interacting with aliens ---Horticulture: +Interacting with plants ---Pantropy: +Modifying alien organisms		Engineering Repairs (x4 Cost) ---Structural: +Repairing hulls, armor, etc ---Weaponry: +Repairing weapons and mechanics ---Power: +Repairing reactors, batteries ---Drones: +Drone repairs Construction/Modification (x3 Cost) ---Structural: +Constructing hulls, armor, etc ---Weaponry: +Constructing weaponry ---Power: +Constructing reactors, batteries ---Drones: +Drone construction/operation		Electronic Repairs (x4 Cost) ---Electrical: +Repairing electronics ---Computers: +Repairing computer systems/data ---Antivirus: +Removing viruses ---Cybersecurity: +Countering hacking Computers (x4 Cost) ---Programming: +Making normal programs ---Hacking: +Finding security weaknesses ---Invisibility: +Stealth rolls against security ---Malware: +Creating harmful programs

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Tactics & Strategy		Personal Traits		Vehicle Combat
Strategist (x4 Cost) ---Fortifications Expert: +Cover design ---Leadership: +NPC attack rolls ---Maneuver: +NPC mobility ---Ambush: +NPC stealth Combat Systems (x4 Cost) ---Tracking: +Conventional Range Turret Attack ---Ballistics: +Extreme-Range Ballistic Attack ---Weapon Physics: +Extreme-Range laser attack ---Missile Swarm: +Extreme-Range missile attack ---Explosives: +Attack rolls, +Target Defense ---Crit: +Target Defense Reduction vs Vehicles Stealth Skills (x4 Cost) ---Predator: +Stealth rolls ---Tracker: +Tracking/hunting rolls ---Camoflague: +Hiding things, removing tracks ---Silent Killer: +Aware Target Defense Reduction		Infantry Combat (x4 Cost) ---Skirmisher: +>=Long range attack ---Close-Quarters-Combat: +<=Mid range attack ---Cover: +Defense wshile in cover ---Crit: +Target Defense Reduction Weaponry (x5 Cost) ---Automatic Weapons: +Attack rolls ---Non-Automatic Weapons: +Attack rolls ---Recoilless Weapons: +Attack rolls ---Thrown Weapons: +Attack rolls ---Bladed: +Attack rolls, +Mobility ---Blunt: +Attack, +Target Defense Reduction ---Polearm: +Attack, +1 Melee Received Accuracy ---Dexterity: +Melee Received Accuracy Reduction Strength (x2 cost): +Melee Attack, utility Agility: +Mobility rolls Observation: +Reduced Enemy Stealth		Ground Vehicles (x4 Cost) ---Ambush: +Stealth rolls ---Protection: +Defense rolls ---Driving: +Mobility rolls ---Weaponry: +Attack rolls Aircraft (x4 Cost) ---Night Strike: +Stealth rolls ---Evasion: +Received accuracy reduction ---Maneuvers: +Mobility rolls ---Targeting: +Attack rolls for fixed weapons Starships (x4 Cost) ---Running Dark: +Camoflague ---Evasion: +Received accuracy reduction ---Maneuvers: +Mobility rolls ---Targeting: +Attack rolls for fixed weapons Positioning (x2 Cost): +Defense on criticals

If you have any questions about an individual skill, just ask. If you don't want to ask, consider a Capstone skill instead.

[wolfchild]

What is going in between, wolfchild?

Dragon and rider dissapear, they spend about 3 seconds in a n airless andvoid with no seses whatsoever, then if the dragon imaged the co-ordinates correctly, they come out, theres more uses then that but since u haven't read the books we can leave it at that or if thats not happpening in your universe

Use Salth's Remaining Phosphane Gass to wuperheat some air and go the other diretion, hoping that the missile is heatseeking

[V-Norrec]

(You mean you don't want to totally bang my character, I'm hurt   Nah, I'm not into killing people if it's not my mission.  My character lives for the mission, no matter what it is, she will do anything to accomplish it.  People mean nothing to her other than how they might be able to help her reach her objective.)

[Tarran]

(You mean you don't want to totally bang my character, I'm hurt )

Nah, not my type.

I'm sure the stubbornness is attractive to someone else in this RTD, though.

[KaguroDraven]

Anyone attracted to a walking talking lizard blender?

[Taricus]

Dibs on thea

[Zrk2]

Lolwut? I'm you, but on steroids. Deal with it!

What... ...I don't understand why you're upset with that statement.

I forgot [sarcasm]  [/sarcasm] tags, my bad.

[_DivideByZero_]

Dibs on thea

"You'll regret. EVER .Saying that after this is over."

[Tarran]

Dibs on thea

"You'll regret. EVER .Saying that after this is over."

She sounds exciting.

Enjoy dating her, Taricus.

[Zrk2]

Can we lay off the dating until after we kill the aliens.

[_DivideByZero_]

Spoiler: Character Sheets (click to show/hide)

For Wounds:
Brown = Bruising
Orange = Flesh wound
Green = Poisoned/infected
Red = Loss of function, non-permanent
Teal = Permanent loss of function
Crimson = Artery damage
Black = Permanently disabled
White = Missing

Sareesa Tavis, The Only Smart One
Currently: Slitting biped throats.
Stats: Unconventional Combat | Hacker | Weak
Weapon: Force Blade
Armor: Hostile-Environment Suit
Inventory: Backpack

'Zrk,' Faceless Space Soldier
Stats: Battle Hardened | Plot Protection | Weapon Specialist
Weapon: Handheld MAC Cannon | 90%
Armor: Ceramic-Metallic Armored Suit | Force Shields | Charge: 100%/100%
Inventory:
Plastic Spork

Gordon Adams, Space Amish, has the aspect of one fey!
Currently: Choppin' wood.
Stats: Naturalist| Space Amish | I call it Vera | Nearsighted
Abilities: Macgyvering
Weapons: Shirley | HHH
Philbert | 0/1
Armor: Marine Woodland Uniform
Inventory: Bandoleer
*purplewood crossbow bolt*
Glasses
Claymore
Severed Crawler Arm
Status: Left Leg

Kir'zhan, Herbivore
Currently: Staring at the biped.
Stats: Blazing Speed | Made for Combat | Intensive Training
Weapon: None
Armor: Titanium Chest-plate
Inventory:

Taric, Explosives Expert
Currently: Blowing stuff up.
Stats: When in Doubt, C4 | Practical Combatant | Trigger-Finger
Abilities: Everything Explodes
Weapon: AICW III | Empty
Grenade Launcher | 4/5
Flamethrower | 500/500
Armor: Power Armor | Charge: 100%
Inventory: Power Suit Internal Storage

Tarran, Combat Expert
Currently: Ready for ambush.
Stats: Optimist | Strong Arm | Conservationist
Weapon: AR-33 | Full
Reaper 18 | Loaded
Saber
Armor: Titanium Alloy Armor
Inventory: Magazine Belt
Grenade Belt
3 army food and water rations
Med-kit

Rayn, Dragon Rider
Currently: Hovering over the base.
Stats: Animal Trainer | Hand-to-Hand | Empathetic
Weapon: Belt Knife
Armor: Leather Suit
Inventory: A Dragon, Bag of Firestone

Spoiler: Encountered Enemies (click to show/hide)

Crawler: Crawlers are the most common Xer'Gi, literally mass produced from the Xer'gi lairs. To speed up their growth, their claws and limbs are grown independently then attached to larvae to complete growth.
They are lightning-fast yet expendable, making them perfect for wasting enemy ammunition or ambushing unsuspecting targets expecting larger foes.

Biped: The bipeds are among the smartest of the generic strains of Xer'gi, with a visible brain that emits light through their translucent head. They have impeccable aim, quickly regenerating arm spikes, as well as blood vessels reinforced with a strange purple material that contrasts their green exterior. They wear armor over their chest and legs, leaving their arms free to operate weaponry and machinery.
Despite having a pair of sharp mandibles for a jaw, they can speak quite articulately but lack strong biting abilities. They are normally herbivores.

BehemotH: Behemoths are massive, lumbering, and extremely stupid beasts capable of leveling buildings in a fit of rage. They have four legs each reinforced with ribs of green crystal and are tipped with red crystal claws. The head has massive green crystal plates as armor concealing a huge maw straight from the mind of Lovecraft. Two massive tentacles breach through the armor at the base of its neck and bear razor-sharp blades as well as menacing tusks on each end to draw in their helpless prey.
Its back is riddled with jagged spikes and thick green armor plates.
Behemoths have the unique ability to adapt following life-threatening circumstances. For example, if one survives an explosion, it will almost certainly have thicker armor plates next time it fights.
BrUte: The brutes are a unique strain of Xer'gi, known not only for their strength and size, but their complete inability to process morality codes.
They have blueish plates over their crystalline skin, as well as large blades on their arms. Other than that and a difference in proportion, they look very much like a large biped with more armor.

Spoiler: Current Enemies (click to show/hide)

Incoming

Present
1x Brute
4x Crawler
4x Behemoth

Spoiler: Kills (click to show/hide)

Zrk:
1x Crawler
2x Biped
1x Behemoth
Gordon:
1x Crawler
Taric:
1x Behemoth
1x Biped
Tarran:
11x Biped
6x Crawler
Sareesa:
4x Biped

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---Players---

Sareesa-1-"And that's why I work alone, most people don't want to be that close to the death."
Handing the biped's severed head to Tarran, Sareesa notices the grenade in her hand, sighs, and facepalms.
This is what he calls stealth...

Gordon-3-Continuing to chop wood, Gordon fails his observation roll as the explosion shakes the entire forest and drops a branch right behind him.
"Choppin' down trees, choppin' down trees..."

25/50 trees left.

Taric-6-Opening fire with the flamethrower, Begins to let out a maniacal laugh before a huge explosion knocks him to the ground.

Tarran-6+1-(Opportunity attack!)
"How's my throwing arm?!" Tarran shouts.
Tarran unhooks a grenade from his belt, steadies his arm, and then throws it. Being a master of throwing objects, Tarran easily lands the grenade precisely next to the pile of missiles. Tarran slowly counts the seconds before the fuse ends.
One...
Two...
Everything goes silent, and the entire place bursts into flame.

When the silence ends, countless aliens are on the ground, burnt, torn apart, or simply vaporized. The biped squad was completely destroyed, being rather close to the explosives in the core of the base. The crawlers are mostly on the front line, but the blast was still powerful enough to tear a few limb-from-limb. The behemoths were too far away and too resilient to take any damage.
The alien leader, though, is on the ground. he struggles to stand up, his own body literally flaking off from the wear. Severely weakened, he dashes behind the building where his gun landed.

Zrk-3-Zrk, pleased with the current state of affairs, pulls the trigger and watches the carnage as his power suit does most of the aiming for him. Stray bullets go everywhere, (2) but the sheer volume of fire forces the aliens to duck behind buildings and cover. However, at precisely the right moment, a small flare flies from behind a building, into a pile of explosives.
The result simply doesn't need describing, and Zrk doesn't bother, either, as he mows down the remaining crawlers. [5]

He then sees the behemoths emerging from the flames, unscathed, and shifts his aim.
"You want some more?!" shouts Zrk.

Kir'Zhan-2-Impaling the biped with his head and severing it, (5+1) Kir'Zhan chuckles to himself.
"There are times I love being a walking talking blender"
While heading further ahead along the road, Kir'Zhan hears a huge explosion. Just in time to watch the show, Kir'Zhan sees the ball of flame engulf one of the SAM towers, with the battered alien squad vainly making a last stand.

"Aww, I was late to the party."

Rayn-3-Using the last of her flame breath, Saith spews a cloud of fire and smoke in one direction, before flying in the other. The missile follows the cloud, goes through, and does a 180 back down towards the tower (5) hitting it and causing it to collapse in on itself. (4)

----Hostiles----

Nero-91-1-The brute desperately looks for his gun in the debris, but fails to catch a mere glimpse.

[Tarran]

You forgot to lower my Firecracker grenade count in my belt to 1. You also forgot Taricus's turn.

Anyway,

YEEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHH!

"They're hurting! Let's finish them off guys!"

Grab my grenade from Sareesa and follow the leader.