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[Bdthemag]

I had a problem with Railroading to, with my Roll to Escape the Internet RTD. I was so bad, when they were getting weapons from the armory for to long I literally told them to "Get out of there already!".

[SeriousConcentrate]

Not knowing anything about either the RTD or Geneforge, all I can say is that the creation system looks kind of complicated. It might have been better to knock it down to basing creations on a 1 through 10 system. I mean it's nice to plan for every eventuality, but I probably would have had something like: You're a level one shaper, so you can make these kinds of beasts. Using a generic skeleton as an example, I would have given it stats like 1/2/1/2 as a base, and then allow the mage to put in extra points based on his level so he can individualize his creations. Like dermonster might make his skeleton 2/2/1/2 and Irony could make his 1/2/1/3, that kind of thing. Just my opinion though, and as I said I have no familiarity with the source materials. ^^;

[Aklyon]

With the source material, <2 Int was not controllable by you.
That could work in a way, though. I'll poke around with it. Definately easier to use than what I had,though.

[freeformschooler]

HERE IT IS

Spoiler: Setting (click to show/hide)

Once upon a time, in another world, another dimension, there existed a land called the Mushroom Kingdom. Many whimsical tales were spun about it from both outsiders and its inhabitants, but the reality was much different. Mushroom Kingdom was a kingdom at war.

The kingdom was at war with the Koopa Kingdom, ruled by a ruthless and cruel dragon Koopa called Bowser. Bowser's feud with the Mushroom Kingdom started out based on an even pettier feud over its war-princess, Princess Peach. In his previous life as a human of the Mushroom Kingdom, Bowser (no one remembers his human name), made several uncalled-for advances on the princess, all of which were unrequited. Eventually, human Bowser kidnapped the princess, and took her to an abandoned lair outside the Kingdom.

It didn't take long for the Kingdom's royalty to notice she was missing, and find out where she was. The Kingdom's top sorcerers followed Bowser to his lair, and as due punishment, turned him into a horrific monster turtle (a King Koopa). The princess was brought back to Mushroom Castle, but Bowser, still intelligent and hateful as ever, swore revenge.

The King of the Mushroom Kingdom anticipated bowser's repeated attempts to capture the princess, so they enlisted two peasants as soldiers: Mario and Luigi. Many tales were spun about how the Mario brothers quickly became war heroes. However, there was always something flawed about the siblings... notably, their refusal to kill their enemies.

This hard-headedness is what lead to the situation today. Now, Mario, Luigi and the Princess have been taken captive by Bowser. Bowser plans to use their combined inherent magical abilities, and his inherent Dark Magic, to fuel an army of evil, transformed, fire-powered super-soldiers. The Kingdom has enlisted you -- top-ranked soldiers of all varieties and races -- to save the capture heroes and Princess, and intercept Bowser's master plan. Can you come together and do it?

Spoiler: Races (click to show/hide)

--Races of the Kingdom--

These people are native inhabitants of the mushroom kingdom. They're not particularly attune to magic, but are very good with weaponry.

Human: Notably normal, but slightly more in tune to magic. Very tall and gangly compared to other races, on average. +1 to base values of all active weapon-based skills and spells. Gains the active abilities Fireball I and Power Strike.

Toad: Short, and squat. Highly trained soldiers of the Mushroom Kingdom Army. +1 to all weapon type attributes (Slashing, Piercing, Crushing). Gains the passive abilities Thick skin and Uncanny strength.

--Renegade races--

These are people who have been transformed into intelligent monsters by Bowser's magic or other ways, but now fight for the Kingdom out of their own volition. All races start out with 5 MP as opposed to the 0 of the Kingdom-native races.

Goomba: A magic user with no arms. +1 to base values of all active skills, spells and abilities. Starts with the active spell Crush I, and the passive ability Backstep. Can't use weapons or actions requiring arms.

Koopa: A standard recruit of Bowser's army. They're turtle-type people who stand like a humanoid. They start with the active ability Shell Cover, and the passive ability Thick Shell I. Additionally, the Koopa comes in four colors, which are picked from the start:
-Green: +1 to Crushing damage.
-Red: +1 to Slashing damage.
-Yellow: +1 to Piercing damage.
-Blue: A rare, nearly extinct color. Gains the active ability Blue Blast.

Bob-omb: An exploding, intelligent bomb. Has no arms. Can't use weapons. +2 to regular AV, because of being made entirely of metal. +1 to the base values of active and passive Fire element skills and spells. Gains the active ability Explosion and the passive ability Nevermelt Iron.

Boo: An extremely shy ghost. Can't use large weapons, but can use small ones. No regular attribute bonuses. Gains the active spell Darkness I, and gains the passive abilities Flying and Chronic Shyness.

Spoiler: Roll table (click to show/hide)

1: Overfailure, you suffer the worst possible effects.
2: Failure, you suffer negative effects and fail what you were trying to do
3: Barely success, you mostly do what you were trying to do, but usually without any positive effects at all
4: Success, you definitely succeed in you action, but without any greatly positive effects
5: Major success, you succeed in what you were doing to a full extent
6+: Oversuccess, you succeed in what you were doing to beyond its fullest extent, usually with additional positive effects

Spoiler: Combat and stats (click to show/hide)

Each character has six stats. The first two, HP and MP, start out at 5 and 0, respectively, for most characters. The rest are calculated in a series of pluses and minuses:
Armor value (aka "Dodge"/"AV"): Starts at +0. When an enemy makes a roll to attack you, your Armor Value bonus is subtracted from their roll. Can be increased in various ways.
Pierce/Slash/Crush: Each start at +0. These are your "attack bonuses"; for instance, when you use a piercing weapon, your piercing bonus is applied to your attack roll.

Any unarmed attack is a Crushing for the sake of resistances. HOWEVER, unarmed attacks are not subject to any bonuses to crushing attacks. Those only come into play when wielding a Crushing weapon.

As for combat:

When attacking with or without a weapon, a character or enemy rolls 1d6. On a success (3+), the rate of your success is subtracted by 2 (thus making a 3 be, by default, 1 damage). The target's armor value is additionally subtracted from this roll, and your relevant damage type bonus is added, given you're using a weapon that uses said damage type. The final value is the amount of damage done to the target.

Example:

The target enemy has 1 AV. You're using a broadsword which gives you +1 to slashing damage. You roll a 4, which, when subtracted by the base 2, leaves 2 damage total. This would be subtracted by the target's AV (1), but that is canceled out by your broadsword's slashing bonus (1). So, you do 2 damage total.

It should be noted that on an Overfailure with an attack, expect something bad to happen but not always. On an Overfailure with a spell or other active ability expect something HORRIBLE to happen if you're not prepared.

Spoiler: Skills and spells (click to show/hide)

Skills and spells are learned in tiers: I/II/III. A tier one skill/spell takes two related 6+ rolls to increase to tier 2. A tier two skill/spell takes three such rolls to increase. The base values of the skill are multiplied by two for each tier.

A note on plusses and minuses: when a bonus says it gives +1 or something to a skill or ability or so on, that means it gives +1 when rolling to use that ability. When it says it gives +1 to the base value/values of such an ability or skill, it means that it gives a bonus to the "damage" (the hard point value of how effective the ability is) of the ability, but not the roll. For example, let's say you have a piece of armor that gives a +1 to the base values of Fire-element active abilities, and you have Fireball I. The fireball would instead do 1(+1), or 2, AV-ignoring damage to any target, and 2 passive damage each turn when the target is alight. Cooldown, rolls and self-damage are not affected, only the base values.

Additionally, cooldown. Cooldown means that the ability is unusable for a number of turns, usually instead of costing MP. However, the turn it is used is counted as part of the cooldown time. For instance, an ability with a 3 turn cooldown would only be unusable again the turn it's used (this potentially will be important if a late-game character attains the ability to double-cast), the next turn, and the next turn after that. Starting the turn following those turns, it will be usable again.

Gaining skills and spells usually requires rolling an 6+ on an action, but there are other ways.

Spoiler: Example character sheet (click to show/hide)

Here's an example of what your character might look like quite a good few turns in.

Name: Rumin Roli
Race: Koopa (Blue).
HP: 5/5
MP: 5/5
Other stats:
Armor Value +1
Slashing +0
Piercing +0
Crushing +0
Active skills/spells:
Blue Blast | Shell Cover
Passive skills/spells:
Thick Shell I
Equipment:
Twisted Shortsword | Koopa-plate Armor

Spoiler: Elements and element rules (click to show/hide)

Any active ability, weapon or passive ability maybe be based on an element. If they are, they'll say so in their pop-up description. Usually the element only matters for resistances or bonuses, but in some cases, a character or enemy themselves may have their own element. In that case, any targeted attacks or abilities attuned to their opposing element (as listed below) get a +1 on their base value. Here's the list:

Fire <> Ice
Lightning <> Earth
Dark <> Light

Okay so what do you guys think so far? If you mostly like it, I'll get started on the sign-up sheet for when my forum is up.

[Bdthemag]

I never thought i'd see a serious Mario RTD, you sir have made my day.

[Taricus]

I like it

[freeformschooler]

Alright, updated the post with slightly better grammar and additional notes in the Skills & Spells section. Note that most of the starting abilities are not strictly "spells" -- they are rather more innate, but most of them are considered all the same (non-weapon-based for the purpose of weapon-based active ability bonuses). However, any ability or spell that is used at the same time as, in conjunction with or in addition to a regular melee attack is considered "weapon-based" for the purposes of these bonuses.

Anything that is actually a genuine "spell" is not innate, and almost always gained from items, such as a Spellbook.

I can't believe I came up with all these rules myself (except a few, such as I believe the Active/Passive ability seperation was stolen from Sean's even more truly incredible RTD )

[Sean Mirrsen]

I believe Multiworld Madness used the active/passive split first, but whatever. A curious RTD you've got there. I don't suppose jumping on the enemy's head will be the M.O. for players?

[Darvi]

I don't suppose jumping on the enemy's head will be the M.O. for players?

Onl th e humans. And only if we don't have hammersuits.

[freeformschooler]

I believe Multiworld Madness used the active/passive split first, but whatever. A curious RTD you've got there. I don't suppose jumping on the enemy's head will be the M.O. for players?

Sorry Sean. I hadn't kept track of Multiworld Madness! You are now officially given credit for the wonderful idea of the split. Shame on me.

Anyway, as far jumping on heads... it's the same as an unarmed attack. Remember the goomba partners from Paper Mario? In fact, for Bob-ombs and Goombas, other than tackling enemies it's the only melee attack they have!

Oh, unarmed attacks are by default crushing damage. I should put that in. Thanks for catching that.

[Darvi]

SPIKY SHOOOOOOEEES.

[Taricus]

Green koopa + throwing hammers = HAMMERTOSS OF DOOM! AKA Hammerbro.

[Darvi]

I shall get a football helmet, and then the story about the Charlie who wanted to be a Bob can begin!

It doesn't end well.

[freeformschooler]

SPIKY SHOOOOOOEEES.

Yeah, I'm... I'm gonna have to give all enemies like Spinies a passive ability that negates damage and causes 1 or 2 damage when successfully targeted by an unarmed attack.

Green koopa + throwing hammers = HAMMERTOSS OF DOOM! AKA Hammerbro.

Or just Hammersuit!

COME ON FORUM. My host is currently moving all servers to a new version of MySQL and PHP. It's gonna take a while.

[Taricus]

2 damage, and they take none from the attack.