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[Bdthemag]

Well, I was planning on using the actual mechanics for Server Crash but it's way to much of a mess to actually use it without more effort on my part to make a working system (Which I definitely cannot do.). So yeah, Server Crash RTD soon.

[Dermonster]

> Somewhat hesitant about BD running it
> Will try it anyway
> Doesn't know why suddenly doing >

[Bdthemag]

>Understands your reluctance, will try my best not to have everything fall apart.
>Appreciative that you're willing to try it anyways.
>Likes to use >

[monk12]

>Hey guys know what would be neat?
>RTD Mad Libs
>The Players are [occupation] who must [work together/compete/work together while competing] to [verb] the [adjective] [noun] in [setting]!
>Example: The Players are Wizards who must work together to destroy the Evil Lawn Gnome in 1800's England!
>
>Alternately, an RTD where the plot is prewritten, but player rolls fill in the blanks Mad Lib style
>Example: The Ogre swings his [weapon] at Player! Player suggests Candy Warhammer. Roll of 4 makes that happen, 1 might be Lead Warhammer instead, 6 would be a warhammer made of caramel that sticks Player to the ground or something.

[IronyOwl]

>Hey guys know what would be neat?
>RTD Mad Libs
>The Players are [occupation] who must [work together/compete/work together while competing] to [verb] the [adjective] [noun] in [setting]!
>Example: The Players are Wizards who must work together to destroy the Evil Lawn Gnome in 1800's England!
>
>Alternately, an RTD where the plot is prewritten, but player rolls fill in the blanks Mad Lib style
>Example: The Ogre swings his [weapon] at Player! Player suggests Candy Warhammer. Roll of 4 makes that happen, 1 might be Lead Warhammer instead, 6 would be a warhammer made of caramel that sticks Player to the ground or something.

>Interesting indeed
>Really shouldn't contribute to this thing
>But someone with a good idea's doing it!

Still, it'd probably end up too silly to last long.

[Aklyon]

>Add post
You guys are making me think we're doing some kind of Text Adventure: The RTD idea.

[monk12]

Yeah, I don't doubt it wouldn't be a long runner, but I've always figured if it was amusing for its lifespan then it was worth it.

If I was smart, I would have just asked for a a bunch of words and THEN revealed the Mad Lib setup.

[Bdthemag]

Server Crash is up!

[IronyOwl]

((Eh, he was gonna die sooner rather than later. No big deal. Also, villains for the story ROCK. I'm totally making one if I die!))

((So...just to clarify, Feleris and Ochita are in the grassy plains, hoping to head off Halbarad and his group? And what if someone from the waitlist takes over Tin-cans?  ))

I was gonna say "Stop making me want to make Roll to be a Faceless Mook" but it was already too late. If I wasn't behind schedule on my current RTDs and plotting a third as we speak, I'd probably be making it right now.

Anyway, players start off as the incredibly weak, fragile minions of a totally unreasonable dark lord who will not hesitate to kill them for the slightest reason, "He receives bad news when you're in the room" included. Players are capable of gaining experience/levels/etc, but the ridiculous fatality level prevents them from getting very far most of the time.

Thus, they spend most of their time scrambling desperately to avoid dying horribly, trying to amass enough power/favor/whatever to rise above the default status of "Can and will die instantly for no reason." And failing miserably the vast majority of the time, obviously.


So. Can't run, or at least can't run right now, but what does everyone think?

[Tarran]

That seems really, really cruel.

A few things that would be important for it to survive in my opinion:

No cap on players. So the recently-dead won't have to wait and thus won't lose interest. This is important as the RTD community is somewhat small.
Potential instant rejoin. Same reason as above.
Small sign-in sheet. So losing a character isn't so upsetting.

[Gatleos]

But what if a player does survive the initial weakling period? If the goal is to survive, all the players are put in the same situation, and they get stronger over time, then the rate of player fatality will ultimately decelerate to almost nothing as an elite few lucky players survive to become ultra-powerful.

I suggest that the players should start out as GODS, and lose their powers over time. Thus, players who have been in the game longer are more likely to die horribly.

[fergus]

I think it's a good idea.

[Dermonster]

But what is the end all goal? whats the end game? At what point do you 'win'?

[Darvi]

At what point do you 'win'?

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Gatleos]

But what is the end all goal? whats the end game? At what point do you 'win'?

You could "win" when your character devolves into nothing. It could be called Roll to Devolve.

That's my version, at least.