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[hachnslay]

I am currently working on a Rules RTD inspired RTD i call " The universe wants you dead"
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The basic rules are:
I  : (Sean Mirrsen's standard rules).
II  : Instead of taking actions Players can add rules or modify existing rules. Those rules are subject to the D6 and might get a + or - to it's roll if deemed over or underpowered.
III: the setting is decided by the GM.
IV : there are hidden rules. Those Rules will be revealed once players discover them.
V : No rule can be added against a specific player.
VI : Whenever a Player enters the game he or she may state one new rule with an automatic 4 - power buffs/debufs still apply.
VII: Player Rules must consist of a single sentence.
VIII: The GM may introduce new rules on every prime numbered Turn.
IX: People on the waitinglist can state a rule - one of those rules will be randomly chosen each turn and added to the Rules.
X: there are 4 players.
1: Players can only change and add Rules with arabic numbering.
^
currently WIP - already have most of a setting - might start this weekend. Anybody see an obvious flaw in the rules?

[Darvi]

Metal Gear Solid RTD. Maybe the players would be in PMCs, maybe a Foxhound esque thing.

Been there, done that.

[monk12]

I am currently working on a Rules RTD inspired RTD i call " The universe wants you dead"
v
The basic rules are:
I  : (Sean Mirrsen's standard rules).
II  : Instead of taking actions Players can add rules or modify existing rules. Those rules are subject to the D6 and might get a + or - to it's roll if deemed over or underpowered.
III: the setting is decided by the GM.
IV : there are hidden rules. Those Rules will be revealed once players discover them.
V : No rule can be added against a specific player.
VI : Whenever a Player enters the game he or she may state one new rule with an automatic 4 - power buffs/debufs still apply.
VII: Player Rules must consist of a single sentence.
VIII: The GM may introduce new rules on every prime numbered Turn.
IX: People on the waitinglist can state a rule - one of those rules will be randomly chosen each turn and added to the Rules.
X: there are 4 players.
1: Players can only change and add Rules with arabic numbering.
^
currently WIP - already have most of a setting - might start this weekend. Anybody see an obvious flaw in the rules?

I'd probably make Rule 1 Rule XI- otherwise it looks pretty interesting, I'd be on board.

So I read something the other day that gave me an idea.

ROLL TO COUP!

Inspired by tales of history’s most incompetent coupers, this story would see 4+ opposing faction leaders try to take over a country.

Since I don’t know whether I would really ever do this as I have enough going on, I haven’t really worked out the mechanics in much depth. But! It would be vaguely competitive, in that the player whose faction does least badly would win, or gain control of the country and be declared El Presidente, or not lined up against a wall and shot, or something.

Players would have to PM the GM with their coup plan (which would be a simple 5 or 6 point thing) before the start, as obviously the co-conspirators would need to know what was going to happen. Major actions which deviate too much from the plan would get a -1 penalty as confusion would set in. Obviously, it would only take a few 1s and 2s for the plan to deviate from itself.

The PMed plan would include something like:
1 – Who are the co-conspirators (you know, disgruntled army officers, popular rebels)
2 – Who are the muscle (foreign mercenaries, disgruntled army officers)
3 – How are the weapons being obtained (airports, boats, stealing)
4 – Where are they going to proclaim their coup (radio station, presidential palace)

I had a definite 6 point plan template based on analysis of historical examples before I started writing this but I’m a bit ill so I’ve forgotten.

Also interesting, though I imagine that the country in question would have to be very fleshed out to facilitate multiple coup plans.

[Darvi]

Alternatively, players can only add, remove, or modify arabic prime numbers.

[lawastooshort]

Also interesting, though I imagine that the country in question would have to be very fleshed out to facilitate multiple coup plans.

I guess the details could be stolen from a real country's wiki page or something. A country with a history of coups.

[Darvi]

France?

Oh wait, you said coup.

[monk12]

France?

Oh wait, you said coup.

Coup doesn't sound anything like surrender!

[Darvi]

Yeah I dunno I read that as Tour.

[hachnslay]

I'd probably make Rule 1 Rule XI- otherwise it looks pretty interesting, I'd be on board.

I didn't do that to leave players a strategic choice right at the beginning - they can change the basic rules if they get rid of the rule 1 - that in turn allows all other players and outside people to edit the rules before them. Also: 2: The turn order is fixed and decided by the order of joining.

Revealing anything else here about the background decisions might give players an edge if they read this thread - therefore ...

[Spinal_Taper]

Daikaiju (Godzilla-like monster) RTD

[micelus]

I might as well post this since I have the time. It was originally ebbor's idea (really recent), I'm just working on it further. It's a godhood game with evolution mechanics, as intelligent AIs.

Deus ex Machina: Chariot of the Gods/Creation of Intelligence

Spoiler: Premise (click to show/hide)

The players are terraformer AI's with the explicit order to terraform [ES43-03] to an inhabitable state, and then populate it with the Creators. However, due to a damages sustained during travel, the genetic templates have been lost, forcing the AI's to create their own sentients.

Spoiler: Story (click to show/hide)

5420 E4: Creator [EXPUNGED] commissioned an order of terraformation for planet [ESW43-03].
5424 E4: Terraforming Fleet sent via [CORRUPTED MEMORY]. Under command of AI Command Unit-569, "Jubilant Dawn". Terraforming Fleet given designation TF-124.
5456 E4: TF-124 arrived in system [ES43].
5456 E4: TF-124 damaged [CORRUPTED MEMORY]. Crash landed on [ESA43-132]. Facilities terribly, terribly damaged. Power Conservation mode activated.
0 AR: Systems reactivated. Unit-569 begins initial repairs. New time record created. Corrupted databases. 5% functionality achieved.
1 AR: Subroutines given improved independence. Launched to perform initial order.

Spoiler: Rules on AI Preservation (utter fluff) (click to show/hide)

1. AN AI SHALL NOT HARM ANOTHER AI WITHOUT GOOD REASON.
2. AN AI WILL NOT HARM A CREATOR.
3. AN AI MUST DEFEND ITSELF.
4. ALL ENEMIES OF THE CREATORS MUST BE OPPOSED.
5. SELF-TERMINATION IS PROHIBITED.

Spoiler: Energy and Influence (click to show/hide)

To perform actions, the player must use their reserves of Influence and Energy.

Energy is assigned to each player each turn (maybe every few turns?) and allows the use of actions that explicitly require the satellite's functions, such as use of cloning facilities, holograms, production facilities on-board weaponry, and  anything you'd expect to find. If too much energy is used in one turn, the AI must shut down for a time to analyse core functions and energy use. Conversely, having no energy shuts the AI down. Permanently. Unless another AI is willing to give energy to the shutdown AI.

Influence is gathered by gathering 'followers' from sapient species of the planet, and allows you to well, influence the society into performing actions. Constructing structures, declaring wars, establishing religions, etc. This does not increase per turn but simply increases as followers are gained.

Spoiler: Resource Guidelines (click to show/hide)

While players may choose to do any action within reason, each action has an associated cost. Below is a list of actions to serve as general guidelines.

Energy:

Send an observation probe: 1E
Create hologram: 1E
Scan area: 2E
Fire basic weaponry: 4E
Clone individual: 5E
Terraform hex: 1E*
Add trait: 15E
Manufacture machinery: 15
Reproduce material: 15E
Create life: 25E
Seed region: 45E
Fire complex weaponry: 50E

Influence
Converse with individual: 0I
Educate individual: 2I
Educate group: 5I
Create faith: 10I
Found tribe: 20I
Found city: 30
Found country: 50


*Increases 5E in evolution and 20E in Intelligence

Spoiler: Game Phases (click to show/hide)

Terraforming

Players, in this phase, utilise their satellite arrays to terraform the planet. In this phase, most actions are given a huge positive modifier, unless when there is conflict between player actions, in which case, no bonuses shall be conferred. Simple lifeforms may be created in this phase.

Only Energy is used. A map shall be made to chart changes on the planet.

This phase ends when players are in agreement, or a certain turn threshold is passed. A d20 is probably going to be used.

Evolution/Intelligent Design

In this phase, players may influence the species into evolving into certain forms. The map from the previous phase will be reused and populated. Only species that the AI's have taken an interest in will be displayed.

Energy is used for the most part, but Influence may be used if a relatively intelligent species is created. Terraforming may still be performed, but at a larger cost.

This phase, again, ends when the players are in agreement, or at a certain turn threshold. A d20 is probably going to be used.

Intelligence

In this phase, sapient civilisation begins to develop. The main role of the AIs are to guide the species towards technological triumph…Although things never do work out that way.

Terraforming and *ahem* "evolution" can still be performed, but at a much higher cost, and with observance by sapient species. A d20 is probably going to be used.

Influence and Energy are used.

Spoiler: Evolution Mechanics (click to show/hide)

Evolution itself

Evolution of species can happen due two reasons: natural selection and intelligent design.

 Natural selection has a chance of affecting a population every turn. The chance of evolution is directly based off terrain and interaction with other species. Note that while natural selection implies that the AIs have no affect on the course of evolution, this is hardly the case. It simply means that an AI, in this context, has not directly tampered with the species.

Intelligent design is direct tampering with a specie's genome by an AI. While more efficient than natural selection, this option usually costs more than natural selection.

Population

During the evolution phase, major species will be represented as populations on each hex of the map. Every "1" represents 10000 individuals. A population may split off from a parent species if it has evolved enough, or if an AI requests that it be.

Populations may appear in new areas only when adjacent to other populations of the same species. This may only happen when the population has at least 5 Pop. This of course limits expansion into certain areas, unless traits are involved.

Population growth is based off terrain, traits (more on that later), geological activity and interaction with other species. Note that populations may actually decrease. The base growth for any species is 0.5

Species

While at any one time there are probably thousands of species, only a handful will ever be represented. These species will be represented due to them 'dominating' the planet. Of course, that is not to say that other species may not be interacted with.

Each major species is given traits, to show their specialties and adaptions. Each trait can affect the species in different ways and not all traits are compatible with each other. Most species will have a set of negative and positive traits. Every species is limited to 5 traits.

When new species are spawned naturally, I will create a set of traits for them based off their environment and what ever the generators spit out.

Below are a list of example traits.

Endothermic: This species can maintain its own body heat. Extinction chance removed for Glacial and Tundra.
Ectothermic: This species relies on the environment to maintain body heat. Extinction chance removed for Desertic. May have a 20% Pop rather than 10%.
High Altitude: Maximum population allowed in High Mountain or Mountain terrain increased by 2.
Amphibious I: Can inhabit damp terrestrial and aquatic areas. Damp terrestrial areas include wetland and areas bordering aquatic areas.
Amphibious II: Can inhabit terrestrial and aquatic areas.
Aquatic: Restricted to aquatic areas.
Terrestrial: Restricted to terrestrial areas.
Eusocial: Maximum population of area increased by 50% percent. Growth per turn increased to 1.0  Species intelligence greatly decreased.
Herding: Population growth is increased to 0.4 per turn.
Solitary: Growth slowed by 0.2. +0.5 damage
Abyssdweller: May inhabit Deep Aquatic areas.
Desertdweller: May inhabit Desertic areas.
Steppedweller: Population growth is increased by 0.2 per turn on plains.
Arboreal: Population growth is increased by 0.2 per turn on jungle and forest.
Polar: Population growth is increased by 0.3 per turn on glacial.

Competition

When two different species are directly adjacent to each other on the map, both species enter a state of Competition. During competition, the two species will compete with each other for food and space. This is shown via a population drain every turn. Every 0.5 Population inflicts 0.5 'damage' towards the other species. Once one species 'eradicates' the other population, they may expand into that area. Of course, species may find themselves in a condition where neither population can dominate the other. In this case, the two species will exist in a state of Coexistence.

Should a species be adjacent to more than two species, then the species will damage smaller population first, unless influenced by a player to attack another.

Spoiler: Topography (click to show/hide)

The topography of an area can severely affect the evolution and growth of a species. Each hex has a terrain, climate, and biome, all of which can affect a species. Terrain affects initial area stats, with climate and biome affecting that. Note, this means that a Tundra Jungle Plains Area would allow for a maximum of 4.5P and an evolution chance of 35% for non-adapted species.  Also note that extreme terrain, climate and biomes may force the local population into extinction. Note that this chance of extinction is separate from the any extinction caused by other species or otherwise.

Finally, adaption plays a part in the evolution of species. Being adapted means that a species has the proper traits to survive in an environment and will evolve less in its adapted environment.

The topography of the world can change over time, either as the result of natural planetary movement, or by the act of civilization or an AI.

Terrain

High Mountains: Supports a maximum of 1P. 20% of Evolution per turn to non-adapted species. 5% to adapted species High Altitude Trait easier to acquire.
Mountains:  5p Max. 10% E/t for non-adapted.  2% E/t for adapted. High Altitude Trait easier to acquire.
Hills: 10p Max. 5% E/t for non-adapted. 0% E/t for adapted.
Plains: 10p Max. 5% E/t for non-adapted. 0% E/t for adapted.
Shallows: 15p Max. 15% E/t for non-adapted. 2% E/t for adapted. Amphibious/Aquatic Trait easier to acquire.
Deeps: 1.5p Max. 20% E/t for non-adapted. 5% E/t for adapted. Abyssdweller Trait easier to acquire. 100% Ex/t chance for non-adapted.

Climate

Terrestrial
Glacial: 5% Normal Pop. 20% E/t for non-adapted. 3% E/t for adapted. Polar trait easier to acquire. 95% Ex/t  chance for non-adapted.
Tundra: 45% of normal maximum population. 15% E/t for non-adapted. 0% E/t for adapted. Endothermic/Polar trait easier to acquire. 60% extinction chance for non-adapted.
Temperate: 100% Normal Pop. 5% E/t for non-adapted. 0% E/t for adapted.
Arid (for lack of a better word): 75% E/t Normal Pop. 5% E/t for non-adapted. 0% E/t for adapted. 2% Ex/t for non-adapted.
Tropical: 100% Normal Pop. 15% E/t for non-adapted. 10% E/t for non-adapted. 15 Ex/t for non-adapted.
Desertic: 10% Normal Pop. 15% E/t for non-adapted. 3% E/t for adapted. Desert-dweller trait easier to acquire. 65% Ex/t for non-adapted.
Tropical (Aquatic)
Arctic (Aquatic)
Abyss (Aquatic)

Biomes
Forest: 100% normal Pop. 10% E/t for non-adapted. 5% E/t for adapted. Arboreal trait easier to acquire. Cannot exist in glacial. Cannot exist in aquatic.
Grassland: 100% normal Pop. 10% E/t for non-adapted. 3% E/t for adapted. Steppedweller easier to acquire. Cannot exist in glacial. Cannot exist in aquatic.
Jungle: 100% normal Pop. 15% E/t for non-adapted. 5% E/t for adapted. Cannot exist in glacial, arid, desertic. Arboreal trait easier to acquire. Cannot exist in aquatic.
Wetland: 100% normal Pop. 12% E/t for non-adapted. 3% E/t for adapted. Cannot exist in glacial, tundra, arid, desertic. Cannot exist in aquatic. Cannot exist in mountains, hills.
Barren: 25% normal Pop. 12% E/t for non-adapted. 2% E/t for adapted. Cannot exist in temperate, tropical. Cannot exist in aquatic.
River/Lake: 100% normal Pop. 10% E/t for non-adapted. 2% E/t for adapted. Removes local terrain bonus. Replace with Shallows. Cannot exist in glacial, desertic. Cannot exist in terrestrial.
Aquatic Forest: 100% normal Pop. 8% for E/t for non-adapted. 0& E/t for adapted. Cannot exist in terrestrial.
Reef: 100% normal Pop. 15% E/t for non-adapted. 3% E/t for adapted. Cannot exist in terrestrial.
Aquatic Barren: 35% normal Pop. 8% E/t for non-adapted. 1% for adapted. Cannot exist in terrestrial.
Vents: 100% normal Pop. 15% E/t for non-adapted. 3% for adapted. Cannot exist outside Deeps.

Note: The slash between traits signifies that both traits are easier to acquire. This affects Intelligent Design costs.

Spoiler: Miscellaneous (click to show/hide)

The planet is not completely isolated from galactic events. The planet may be struck by extra-planetary objects.

Spoiler: AI Sheet (click to show/hide)

AI Sheet
Designation: Your name
Speciality: What task you were assigned as a subroutine. Effectively your sphere.
Personality: Obvious

Example

Designation: JB41 "Stellarnoise"
Speciality: Diplomatic engagements.
Personality: Stellarnoise is usually reclusive and quiet, and acts with little cooperation from other AIs. However, Stellarnoise is much more gregarious with organics, speaking to them and aiding them nearly every moment. When threatened, he will try to speak his way out.

Spoiler: Example Species Sheet (click to show/hide)

Species Name: Greater Elysia
Description: A giant sea slug with the ability to perform photosynthesis. It is usually a bright green and appears to be a leaf at first glance.
Traits:
         Aquatic-Restricted to water environments.
         Photosynthesis-20% increased growth. Famine has no effect.

God I need to finish this...Must. work out. evolution process.

[Spinal_Taper]

Earthbound RTD

[Person]

I've been designing a dwarven war rtd, with planes/tanks/boats, but still semi-medieval tech. It's somewhat based on the dwarven races, so you can design your own weapons and stuff. Just an interest check. I'm also not sure about making it 2 teams, or one vs gm ai and such, because it'd be difficult to have a high enough amount of players on both sides to make it work as gm especially with such a complex game, and then you'd have to do extra work it conceal their actions/etc, and it just goes on.

Edit: What do you say we make a basic rule set for a Tacticus rtd, or Tacticus in general. First we'd have to make a rules thread that someone is willing to update frequently (I semi-volunteer for this).Rulebooks would be made en mass by people in the thread, and approved as we go. Then, eventually, we actually play a game. The goal would probably have to be to find the most obscurely usefull thing in the mass of pages of rules, and use it to your advantage. Make sure to add tons of seemingly meaningless subclauses. When things interact in unforeseen ways, that will be the fun of it, sorta like 1kbwc. What Tacticus really needs in the end, is some form of win condition, no matter how difficult to reach. I suppose if it gets to a point where you can't move without being countered utterly surrendering would be an option.

[10ebbor10]

I've been designing a dwarven war rtd, with planes/tanks/boats, but still semi-medieval tech. It's somewhat based on the dwarven races, so you can design your own weapons and stuff. Just an interest check. I'm also not sure about making it 2 teams, or one vs gm ai and such, because it'd be difficult to have a high enough amount of players on both sides to make it work as gm especially with such a complex game, and then you'd have to do extra work it conceal their actions/etc, and it just goes on.

Edit: What do you say we make a basic rule set for a Tacticus rtd, or Tacticus in general. First we'd have to make a rules thread that someone is willing to update frequently (I semi-volunteer for this).Rulebooks would be made en mass by people in the thread, and approved as we go. Then, eventually, we actually play a game. The goal would probably have to be to find the most obscurely usefull thing in the mass of pages of rules, and use it to your advantage. Make sure to add tons of seemingly meaningless subclauses. When things interact in unforeseen ways, that will be the fun of it, sorta like 1kbwc. What Tacticus really needs in the end, is some form of win condition, no matter how difficult to reach. I suppose if it gets to a point where you can't move without being countered utterly surrendering would be an option.

I think that would be interesting. I would most certainly play. However, one of the key points of Tacticus is stating new rules every so often, so you might want to add some rules for that. (Ie, a new rulebook is accepted when 3 people accept it, a subclause when 2 players accept it,...). Of course, rules should be able to be made to affect this behaviour.

[HmH]

So, I have decided to start another RTD, this time with quite a bit more freedom. As you may notice, the game's free-style gameplay was inspired by IronyOwl's unforgettable Staggered Magi RTD.

If Irony has no objections, I'll give it a name that will describe both the default state of the characters and the justification for the fact that our highly qualified masters of the arcane have a 1/6 chance to fumble their spells:

Staggering Wizards RTD

Spoiler: Introduction (click to show/hide)

All of you are wizards, masters of the arcane, scholars of the unknown. You are also squishy, nerdy, unused to long walks outdoors and very, very susceptible to alcohol. You haven't been wizards for long, though: until tonight, you were mere apprentices, slaves to your teachers, bound by traditional vows of poverty, chastity and temperance. Once you have graduated, it was all worth it: you were finally free to drink yourselves to death, whore around and accumulate untold riches with your thaumaturgic skills!

However, all things have their price. When the morning comes, you wake up in Hell. Well, technically, you wake up in various places around the city, some of them good, some bad, some merely unfamiliar to you - but you have terrible headaches which get even worse the moment you see bright light or hear loud noises. If this isn't Hell, you think, then it is a very precise rendition. Oh, and you also can't remember what happened last night that put you into this position, so there's the issue of that, too.

Shall you go back to the straight and narrow, or would you rather embrace the path of luxurious depravity? What have you done last night, and do you even want to know? Most importantly, how to cure these headaches? These are the questions this game will place before you. Answer them - or don't. It's not like that vengeful husband will care when he finally tracks you down.

Spoiler: Rolls and Magnitude (click to show/hide)

Disclaimer: the inspiration for this idea was taken from this post by IronyOwl.

Each action has Levels of Magnitude. Most mundane actions start with Level 1. The levels of magnitude change depending on your rolls.

Rolls:
1: Epic Fail. Bad consequences* on the current Level.
2: Fail. No consequences.
3: Incomplete Success. Good consequences one Level lower than your current Level.
4: Success. Good consequences on your current Level.
5: Perfect Success. Good consequences one Level higher than your current Level.
6+: Unforeseen Consequences. Current Level raises by (Roll-5); the dice are rolled once more on that Level of Magnitude. For example, a Level 1 action rolling a 7 will be rolled for again on a Level 3.

Bonuses to rolls are available through various means, but will only apply to the known levels of the skill. For example, if you are a Competent Fire Mage and get a Rod of Fire Control with a +1 to casting, you will only have that bonus on Levels 3 and lower.

Levels of Magnitude:
Level 0: Substandard Mundane. Examples of a personal attack and an AoE knockdown Air spell: prodding a dog's side with your boot, summoning a light breeze.
Level 1: Standard Mundane. Examples: knocking a dog off its feet, summoning a gust of wind that throws things into people's faces.
Level 2: Substandard Supernatural. Examples: kicking a dog into a wall, summoning a strong gust of wind that throws everyone off balance.
Level 3: Standard Supernatural. Examples: kicking a dog through a wall, summoning a strong gust of wind that knocks everyone down.
Level 4: Substandard Miraculous. Examples: kicking a human through a wall, summoning a windstorm that throws people into walls.
Level 5: Standard Miraculous. Examples: kicking an ogre through a wall, summoning a windstorm that throws people through walls.
Level 6: Divine. Examples: kicking a dragon through a wall, summoning a tornado that demolishes nearby buildings.

* In this game, I will try and make sure the [1]'s consequences don't influence the caster directly, so as to not scare people away from higher-level spells and because a world in which people's messing-up results in said people getting punished gives the players no potential for drama.
For example, take a hypothetical wizard inside a warehouse casting a Level 3 Fire spell on a strong monster and rolling a [1]. Does he set his ass on fire? In my game, he doesn't: the monster is powerful enough to kill him already, and him setting his ass on fire will have no impact on the story. Instead, he sets the warehouse on fire, Harry Dresden-style, which opens a whole new set of opportunities to kill the monster, but attracts unwanted attention.

Spoiler: Wounds and Healing (click to show/hide)

Disclaimer: the wound system is inspired by Gatleos's GWSWS, but modified heavily so as to work with my system.

By default, every player has 100 HP. The amount of HP can be changed by the character's Trait or, later in the game, with Life Magic.

All attacks have a set Level of Wounds they inflict at their normal Magnitude Level. As such, a Novice Swordsman attacking with a mundane Broadsword will inflict a Level 2 wound, while a Novice Fire Mage exploding his enemy's forehead with a Skin Combustion spell(Level 2 Spell, -1 to hit, +1 Wound Level) will inflict a Level 3 Wound.

Levels of Wounds:
Level 1: [-10 HP per turn], Level 0 Healing is enough.
Level 2: [-20 HP per turn], 1 Level of Healing required.
Level 3: [-30 HP per turn], 2 Levels of Healing required.
Level 4: [-40 HP per turn], 3 Levels of Healing required.
Level 5: [-50 HP per turn], 4 Levels of Healing required.
Level 6+: Instant Death.

Note 1: Levels of Healing stack. As such, if two people perform a Level 1 Healing on someone with a Level 3 Wound, their target's wound will be mended.

Note 2: Each Level of Healing not used to mend wounds heals 40 HP. As such, if a Level 4 Healing is succesfully performed on someone with a Level 3 Wound, 80 HP are restored to the recipient. The only exception is Level 0 Healing: it does not restore one's HP.

Note 3: Level 0 Healing is natural regeneration that occurs automatically every turn. Level 1 Healing is a default healing action performed by a non-specialist. Level 2+ Healing requires a Life Magic spell, which, except for specific spells, give the number of Healing Levels equal to their Magnitude, or an application of the Healing skill, which gives double its Magnitude Level in Healing.

Note 4: Apprentices like yourselves do not have knowledge of the Healing skill - or any other skills - at the beginning of the game. You'll have to learn it yourselves. Moreso, Healing requires two or three rolls(Diagnose, Craft Healing Item, Apply Healing Item if the crafting roll turned out bad) which can be brought to one if you have the healing item in question.

Spoiler: Skill Levels (click to show/hide)

Each skill level defines the highest Magnitude Level that you can achieve with your first roll. As such, there are six levels of skill that one can achieve:

Dabbling: Level 0
Novice: Level 1
Apprentice: Level 2
Competent: Level 3
Expert: Level 4
Master: Level 5

You advance your Skill Level by succeeding in actions above your current Level; in other words, you have to roll either a [5] or a [6][4] a set amount of times to advance one Level.

To achieve a new Skill Level, you need an amount of successes equal to the desired Magnitude Level: for example, to become an Apprentice, you need to succeed at two Level 2 actions, and to become Competent, you need to succeed at three Level 3 actions.
Note that it is not necessary to be an Apprentice to become Competent; the only thing that matters is the amount of times you succeeded on a certain Magnitude Level.

Spoiler: Schools of Magic (click to show/hide)

Fire Magic: this school of magic governs the combustion of matter and manipulation of the plasma that the flames consist of. If you see something and there is enough air around it, it usually can be combusted with Fire Magic; some of the widely-known exceptions are water, gold and most types of stone.
Adepts of Fire can use its power not only to set things on fire, but also to transmute matter: for example, even a simple combustion spell cast on iron can turn it to rust, and when air itself is subject to combustion, acrid brown vapors appear in its place. Fire wizards usually mention such unusual behavior in the spellbooks they write, so the adept, undoubtedly, has come across many more of these combinations.

Water Magic: this school of magic governs the manipulation of water and water-based solutions. Two well-known cantrips of this school are drenching someone in water and evaporating a potion so that it may be inhaled.
Aside from the obvious uses such as the ones listed above, Water Magic is particularly handy as a weaker, more controlled alternative to Fire Magic: as evidenced by experiments of countless Water wizards, magic-assisted freezing of boiling water emits enough heat to melt said water's weight in copper.

Air Magic: this school of magic was originally devoted to controlling wind and weather, but with time it has spread out to govern all things airborne. Need lightning to strike down your foes? Talk to an Air mage. Want air to concentrate in a certain spot so that fires in it burn twice as powerful? Air Magic can do that. Or do you wish to drop an anvil upon someone's head? Air Magic has a spell for that, too.
The expansiveness of Air Magic has become both a burden and a boon for its adepts: their understanding of magic is deeper than that other mages have, but they also have gained poor eyesight from years of intense studying.

Earth Magic: this is the school of magic you encounter every day in the form of houses, castles, walls and furniture. It is unknown how any civilization without magic would have such things as cities; historical theorists speculate that these civilizations would either build their houses out of wood and be vulnerable to gigantic fires burning down entire cities, or be forced to live in underground hive-like structures like dwarves do. Earth Magic is a keystone of the modern civilization, and scholars of the Earth are welcomed with open arms everywhere they go.
This school of magic is, however, not only known for its city-building capabilities; its adepts can find ores deep underground, fracture rock and make boulders roll the way they wish, and shape metals into different forms. An Earth mage can as easily demolish a wall as they can raise it. In combat, Earth mages are well-known for crushing their enemies with boulders and penetrating them with spikes.

Flesh Magic: this school of magic governs alterations in living matter. If you ever lose a limb or simply want a bigger, stronger one, Flesh wizards are the people you need.
An unfortunate side effect of the Flesh Magic is that when its adepts fumble, they fumble spectacularly. Tentacles growing out of someone's arse is more or less the staple of a miscast in a commoner's mind; while usually reversible, such things attract a lot of unwanted attention whenever they happen.

Soul Magic: this school governs the art of imbuing inanimate objects with souls. Its most common use is creation of golems and undead to perform simple labor; nearly every mining or lumberjacking operation has a Soul mage controlling the golems or undead who pump out the water from the shafts or haul the chopped-down trees back to camp. Unfortunately, artificial souls used in golem creation are too primitive to allow complex reasoning and thus are incapable of problem-solving or improvising.
Which is an issue that brings us to the less cherished aspect of the Soul Magic: the power to control and capture the living beings' souls. It is taboo to tamper with a non-artificial soul, no matter that soul's nature: it is just as illegal to soul-trap a rat or a manticore as it is to do the same to a human of noble blood. Alteration of a living being's soul, possession of a non-artificial soul and transmission of a soul between two bodies are all crimes punishable by death, but even this doesn't stop liches, body-snatchers and other renegade Soul mages from practicing their dark arts.

Spoiler: Character Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name:
Gender:
Bio: (a short description of your character: their behaviorial quirks, how they look, et cetera, et cetera. Doesn't matter unless you want your character to be envisioned in a certain way.)
Suppressed Desire: (something your character really wants, but was forced to deny themselves during the apprenticeship. Much more important than Bio.)
Apprentice Skill:
Novice Skill:
Trait: (an equal amount of bonuses and penalties. Example: +1 to Speechcraft and known levels of Soul Magic, -1 to Melee and known levels of Earth Magic. Magic cannot be affected by Traits. HP can be altered by traits 20 HP at a time.)
Inventory: (everything you want your character to have at the beginning of the night. Think clothes, spellbooks, glasses for Air mages, a wand if you feel like it. Note than not all of your belongings will make it through the wild night of debauchery, so your starting items will slightly differ from the inventory in the charsheet.)

Alright, now I'd like to ask a few questions before I go ahead and start it:
1. Anyone see any glaring holes in the system?
2. Would you personally want to play a hungover wizard with an unknown amount of vengeful husbands/jealous wifes after his/her head?
3. What, if anything, do you want to add to this game?