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[Digital Hellhound]

I think you'll find you'll have even less motivation for shitty settings. You should totally do Setting Supremacy, though, however that would work.

[Yoink]

Maybe players could be like, in-training Dimension Bending students?
To attain their Dimension Bending Degree they must face off against their classmates to warp the fabric of the school campus into something only their twisted, sick minds could concoct, and then survive and escape their own creation whilst simultaneously showing callous disregard for the lives and safety of their fellow students?
(Especially the first years. Immolating a few (dozen) of those little brats is seen as an acceptable show of school spirit)

Thoughts?! Comments? Cantankerisms?!!

Throw your spare settings at me, people! Throw them at me like so much lint-covered spare change! Raaah!

[Digital Hellhound]

I would play that. Further cantakerisms may come later.

[Yoink]

As excellent as that sounds, I just remembered an idea I had earlier...

[Tsuchigumo550]

I've wanted to do a sort of Vs game where there's one map and two teams up at any given time:

There are six military factions each trying to gain control of the something.

The map contains a main building and an expansive outside area, your job is to hold the building for as long as possible.

Each person gets a squad of 4 units, each with their own loadout. Loadouts are:
Armor:
Heavy, which grants 15 HP and 2 tile move
Medium, which is 12 HP and 3 tile move
Light, which gives 9 HP and 4 tile move

Then, you choose a weapon:
Assault Rifle:
Varies depending on model:
Range: 3-4 tiles
Fire: 1, 3-4 rounds
Damage: 4, 1-2 HP
Hit: 90%

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SMG
Varies depending on model:
Range: 2-3 tiles
Fire: 3-6 rounds
Damage: 1 HP
Hit: 85%

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LMG
Range: 3-5 tiles
Fire: 3-6 rounds
Damage: 1-2 HP
Hit: 70%

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Launcher
Range: 2-5 tiles
Fire: 1 round
Damage: 4-8 HP
Hit: 95%
Note: Only has one shot.

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Shotgun
Range: 1-2 tiles
Fire: 1-2 rounds
Damage: 3-5 HP
Hit: 90%

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Every soldier also gets a choice of secondary weapon:

Pistol
Range: 2-3 tiles
Fire: 1-3 rounds
Damage: 1-2 HP
Hit: 85%

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PDW
Range: 3-4 tiles
Fire: 2-5 rounds
Damage: 1-2 HP
Hit: 75%

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The defending team's general location is always known (as they will start around and in the building) but attackers may spawn anywhere.

So, as an example, my team would look like this:
Mary (Medium/AR/Pistol)
>Gets the "RM-AWPR 03" AR(3 tile range/3 rounds/2HP/90%)
>Gets the "Storm Surge" Revolver(3 tiles/1 round/2HP/85%)
Tavor (Heavy/LMG/PDW)
>Gets the "Vanguard" LMG(4 tiles/5 rounds/1HP/70%)
>Gets the "NSD-E04" PDW(3 tiles/2 rounds/2HP/75%)
Greg (Light/SMG/Pistol)
>Gets the "P900" SMG (2 tiles/6 rounds/1HP/85%)
>Gets the "Leon" Pistol(2 tiles/3 rounds/1HP/85%)
Finn (Light/Launcher/PDW)
>Gets the "Roaring Thunder" Launcher (3 tiles/1 round/6HP/95%)
>Gets the "Bohr-96" PDW (3 tiles/3 rounds/1 HP/75%)

Those results are indeed randomized, as for what guns are given out.
Reloading is considered automatic, only launchers have an ammo limit
Weapon switching is also considered automatic.

A unit's visible range is either it's highest gun range or it's movement range, whichever is higher.
Two enemy units adjacent to each other may go into a melee sequence, where best 2/3 rolls determines who comes out of that, and total roll amount determines damage. For instance:
12,16,4 VS 3,9,18 (32 VS 30)
"Soldier A charges at Soldier B, knocking B over and taking the upper hand! Soldier B sweeps at Soldier A but fails to knock him over, managing to dodge a bullet from Soldier A's pistol! Soldier A follows up with another shot to Soldier B's leg! -3HP

Melee combat will be very lethal. A lead of 2-3 will do great damage, a lead of 4-5 will be lethal in many situations, and a lead of 6 or more will be enough to get the kill.

[Mr.Zero]

That looks more of a game for "Forum games and Roleplaying", not for a rtd. But other than that looks good!

[Tsuchigumo550]

Yeah, it's got a lot less rolling involved than a regular RtD. I was going to include a few roll features (such as stealth, taking cover, weather) but decided it would be much too complicated.

[lawastooshort]

So in the absence of actions to update Magnificent Timelord with I worked a bit on Roll to Yoga's Yogic Warfare System, which I present here out of a combination of mild rtd-itch and boredom. As you can see it is my most realistic and complex rtd yet.

Spoiler: Character Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: This is your name, either your real name or your Yogic name.
School: You choose one of the three schools.
Attack: Depending on your school of Yoga, this represents either your precision, strength, or deadly speed. You start with -1. You may expend one Yogic Level Point to increase it by 1.
Defence: Depending on your school of Yoga, this represents either your ability to avoid blows or your ability to take them like a man. You start with -1. You may expend one Yogic Level Point to increase it by 1.
Initiative This represents how quick you are and starts at 0. Initiative in combat is rolled using a d6, so +1 is quite a boost, and since Yoga is extremely deadly going first is a considerable advantage. You may expend one Yogic Level Point to increase it by 1.
Yogic Mana: This represents the Yogic Force within you, and is required to perform Yoga moves. You start with 5, modified according to your school of Yoga. You may expend one Yogic Level Point to increase it by 1. It also increases by 1 each time you acquire a new belt.
Health: 25/25HP You may expend one Yogic Level Point to increase it by 5. If it falls below 0 you die. If it reaches 0 you pass out from the pain and can do nothing until all enemies are vanquished.
Feats: You only start with one: Puny Sixth Grader. This grants you a -1 penalty to both Attack and Defence. You get to pick a starting feat though, from either your school of Yoga or from general Yoga Moves.

You start with TWO Yogic Level Points to distribute amongst your attributes.

Spoiler: Yogic Mana (click to show/hide)

A Yogeka has an inner source of Yogic Mana. He – or she – uses this inner power to perform Yoga moves and maybe even impress girls – or boys. Some schools have ways of regenerating Yogic Mana Points (or YMP), but sometimes you just totally need to sleep, meditate, or have a nice snack and some soda.

Spoiler: Yogic Belts (levelling) (click to show/hide)

The Yogic Belts are Red, Yellow, Pink, Green, Purple, Orange, Blue, and then the various Dans of Black. The Belt of the Master is the Eighth Dan Rainbow Super Belt.

At each level of Yoga, new moves are learnt: you get to pick one from any level of your school up to your level, or General Yoga Moves, or you can pick one from another school, but only up to two levels below yours.

You also get a Yogic Level Point to add to your attributes.

[Greenstarfanatic]

So in the absence of actions to update Magnificent Timelord with I worked a bit on Roll to Yoga's Yogic Warfare System, which I present here out of a combination of mild rtd-itch and boredom. As you can see it is my most realistic and complex rtd yet.

Spoiler: Character Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: This is your name, either your real name or your Yogic name.
School: You choose one of the three schools.
Attack: Depending on your school of Yoga, this represents either your precision, strength, or deadly speed. You start with -1. You may expend one Yogic Level Point to increase it by 1.
Defence: Depending on your school of Yoga, this represents either your ability to avoid blows or your ability to take them like a man. You start with -1. You may expend one Yogic Level Point to increase it by 1.
Initiative This represents how quick you are and starts at 0. Initiative in combat is rolled using a d6, so +1 is quite a boost, and since Yoga is extremely deadly going first is a considerable advantage. You may expend one Yogic Level Point to increase it by 1.
Yogic Mana: This represents the Yogic Force within you, and is required to perform Yoga moves. You start with 5, modified according to your school of Yoga. You may expend one Yogic Level Point to increase it by 1. It also increases by 1 each time you acquire a new belt.
Health: 25/25HP You may expend one Yogic Level Point to increase it by 5. If it falls below 0 you die. If it reaches 0 you pass out from the pain and can do nothing until all enemies are vanquished.
Feats: You only start with one: Puny Sixth Grader. This grants you a -1 penalty to both Attack and Defence. You get to pick a starting feat though, from either your school of Yoga or from general Yoga Moves.

You start with TWO Yogic Level Points to distribute amongst your attributes.

Spoiler: Yogic Mana (click to show/hide)

A Yogeka has an inner source of Yogic Mana. He – or she – uses this inner power to perform Yoga moves and maybe even impress girls – or boys. Some schools have ways of regenerating Yogic Mana Points (or YMP), but sometimes you just totally need to sleep, meditate, or have a nice snack and some soda.

Spoiler: Yogic Belts (levelling) (click to show/hide)

The Yogic Belts are Red, Yellow, Pink, Green, Purple, Orange, Blue, and then the various Dans of Black. The Belt of the Master is the Eighth Dan Rainbow Super Belt.

At each level of Yoga, new moves are learnt: you get to pick one from any level of your school up to your level, or General Yoga Moves, or you can pick one from another school, but only up to two levels below yours.

You also get a Yogic Level Point to add to your attributes.

Looks good. Yoga seems cool. And deadly. The perfect combination.

[lawastooshort]

I should really get on with updating my lovely priests.

Spoiler: Hatha Yoga (click to show/hide)

 – The Yoga of the shinobi-sorcerer of ancient Japan, Hatha Yoga concentrates on the great force of the deep breath. It is based around performing supernatural feats using the power of Yogic Mana: some practitioners have been known to breathe so hard they can levitate.

Starting feat: Hatha School Yoga practitioners, or Hathakas, start with an additional 2 Yogic Mana Points. This represents their focus on breathing hard, pretty much to the exclusion of all else.

Red Belt Moves:
- Peacock Pose – You take up Peacock Pose, which impresses the enemy so much they suffer -1 to initiative rolls next turn. Takes one YMP.
Yellow Belt Moves:
- Lake Breath – You sit down and breath hard, making you almost impervious to enemy attack. +1 to defence and invulnerable to being impressed. Takes one YMP.
 Pink Belt Moves:
- Shoulder Pressing Pose - You adopt Shoulder Pressing Pose, sending Yogic Mana into your enemy’s groin in melee. An auto-hitting Yogic attack on the enemy’s groin. Takes two YMP.
Green Belt Moves:
- Ocean Breath – Crossing your legs, you regain three YMP through the power of your deep breath. Takes no YMP.
Purple Belt Moves:
- Big Toe Pose – By concentrating your Mana you can pass through solid objects. Takes three YMP.
Orange Belt Moves:
- Crane Pose – You adopt Crane Pose, sending an ethereal Yogic Headbutt into your enemy’s groin over considerable distance. Must be able to see the enemy. An auto-hitting Yogic range attack on the enemy’s groin. Takes two YMP.
- Yogic Mana Suck – You sit down and concentrate really hard on your enemy. Roll d6, and add your total Yogic Mana. The enemy does the same. The winner gains all the loser’s remaining YMP. Takes four YMP.
Blue Belt Moves:
- Wide Legged Forward Bend – You bend forward with such bendiness that blasts of Yogic Mana radiate out all around you. Automatic Yogic Groin hits on all within line of sight. Takes six YMP.

[Mr.Zero]

...I am speechless and confused. Sign me in.

[lawastooshort]

...I am speechless and confused.

Thanks! It's a work in progress though at the moment.

Spoiler: Iyengar Yoga (click to show/hide)

 – Traditionally known as the Yoga of the Tank, Iyengar Yoga is all about being manly. It features defensive poses and damage reduction and was a great favourite of the samurai of the Sengoku jidai. The most famous beginner’s move is Tree Pose.
 
Starting feat: Iyengar Yoga practitioners, or Iyengar Yogakas, start with -2 to the starting Yogic Mana, but they regenerate Yogic Mana at the rate of one Yogic Mana Point for every hit the enemy inflicts on them. This represents their focus on taking pain like a man.

Red Belt Moves:
-  Tree Pose – Striking a mighty Tree Pose, you gain +1 to defence but -1 to attack. Takes one YMP.
Yellow Belt Moves:
- Yogic Parry – If you roll a 6 as your defensive melee roll or your opponent rolls a 1 as their attacking roll you get a free counter attack. Needs one YMP available.
Pink Belt Moves:
- King Pigeon Pose – In this Pose all except your groin becomes invulnerable (all hits hit your groin). Take it like a man. Cannot attack. Takes two YMP.
- Camel Pose – Taking on Camel Pose adds +1 to your defence and means your head cannot be hit (head wounds are randomly relocated). Takes two YMP.
Green Belt Moves:
- Cow Pose – The essential anti-charge Pose. You go down into Cow Pose when an enemy charges at you. +1 to your defence, plus they fall over you, automatically injuring their head. Takes two YMP.
 Purple Belt Moves:
- Upward Bow Pose: The Yoga of self-sacrifice. You throw yourself and your groin in the way of the enemy’s attacks, thereby protecting a fellow Yogaka or even an innocent. All hits that would otherwise attack your target instead hit your groin. Takes three YMP.
Orange Belt Moves:
- Yogic Defence Mastery – So powerful are you at avoiding blows, you regain Mana for every attempted hit on you.
Blue Belt Moves:
- Yogic Groinal Impunity – The apogee of Iyengar Yoga: groin attacks no longer have an effect on you as long as you have Mana available. Takes one YMP per hit absorbed.

[Tsuchigumo550]

Because ideas man they stalk me in the night

The yoga has me really intrigued. I totally want in, but, err, here:

Spoiler: Kyura Yoga (click to show/hide)

 - Well known as the Yoga of the Snake, Kyura Yoga focuses on quick strikes and great flexibility. It's strong suits are it's offensive nature and fluid mobility, and was used by the royal guard of the Eringar province (The royal guard also doubled as dancers in the royal court.) It's most well known move is Reflexive Pose.

Starting feat: Kyura Yoga practitioners, Kyura Yogakas, start off with +1 to all initiative rolls.

Red Belt Moves
-Reflexive Pose - Preparing one's body to move like water, any attackers are counterattacked for minor return damage. 1YMP.
Yellow Belt Moves
-Cobra Strike - A flowing move that drops low before striking upwards. The force disrupts the flow of Yogic mana in your opponent (-1 YMP)
Costs 1 YMP.
Pink Belt Moves
-Waterfall Pose - Readies the body in a strong defensive position. Any attack that gets a roll of 5 or below is dodged and countered. 2YMP.
-Lover Pose - Readies the body to endure hits. Any attack against the Kyura Yogaka is guaranteed to hit, but every hit gives +1 to attack rolls next turn. 2 YMP.
Green Belt Moves
-Phantom Step - By focusing on a location, the Kyura Yogaka can appear in a location they aren't and use their senses as if they were there- like sending their spirit to scout an area. 3YMP.
Purple Belt Moves
-World Tree Pose - Takes a strong, natural pose, taking in energy to replenish YMP and heal wounds a little.
Orange Belt Moves
-World Serpent Palm - A very strong yogic attack that focuses a mass of yogic mana into a single palm and launches it at the enemy in the form of a giant spiritual snake. Damages according to a d6. 4YMP.
Blue Belt Moves
-Thousand Man Suffering Stance - Guaranteed to move last. If the Kyura Yogaka would be defeated by an attack this turn, deals damage to the attacker equal to the max HP of the Kyura Yogaka and leaves the Yogaka with 1HP. 6YMP.

I didn't specify regions- feel free to edit this however. The general idea is "quick, reflexive power" style yoga.

[lawastooshort]

Spoiler: quote from Tsuchigumo550 (click to show/hide)

Because ideas man they stalk me in the night

The yoga has me really intrigued. I totally want in, but, err, here:

Kyura Yoga
 - Well known as the Yoga of the Snake, Kyura Yoga focuses on quick strikes and great flexibility. It's strong suits are it's offensive nature and fluid mobility, and was used by the royal guard of the Eringar province (The royal guard also doubled as dancers in the royal court.) It's most well known move is Reflexive Pose.

Starting feat: Kyura Yoga practitioners, Kyura Yogakas, start off with +1 to all initiative rolls.

Red Belt Moves
-Reflexive Pose - Preparing one's body to move like water, any attackers are counterattacked for minor return damage. 1YMP.
Yellow Belt Moves
-Cobra Strike - A flowing move that drops low before striking upwards. The force disrupts the flow of Yogic mana in your opponent (-1 YMP)
Costs 1 YMP.
Pink Belt Moves
-Waterfall Pose - Readies the body in a strong defensive position. Any attack that gets a roll of 5 or below is dodged and countered. 2YMP.
-Lover Pose - Readies the body to endure hits. Any attack against the Kyura Yogaka is guaranteed to hit, but every hit gives +1 to attack rolls next turn. 2 YMP.
Green Belt Moves
-Phantom Step - By focusing on a location, the Kyura Yogaka can appear in a location they aren't and use their senses as if they were there- like sending their spirit to scout an area. 3YMP.
Purple Belt Moves
-World Tree Pose - Takes a strong, natural pose, taking in energy to replenish YMP and heal wounds a little.
Orange Belt Moves
-World Serpent Palm - A very strong yogic attack that focuses a mass of yogic mana into a single palm and launches it at the enemy in the form of a giant spiritual snake. Damages according to a d6. 4YMP.
Blue Belt Moves
-Thousand Man Suffering Stance - Guaranteed to move last. If the Kyura Yogaka would be defeated by an attack this turn, deals damage to the attacker equal to the max HP of the Kyura Yogaka and leaves the Yogaka with 1HP. 6YMP.

I didn't specify regions- feel free to edit this however. The general idea is "quick, reflexive power" style yoga.

That's quite interesting, I like it (and thanks!) - I was going to post next (but didn't get time) the Yoga of the Assassin, which is similar in end-product, very slightly (incidentally, it appears to me that this isn't actually a real Yoga, which is slightly disappointing ).

I like the variety of moves (although I presume they aren't based on real Yoga moves?), any editing I'd do would be to do with first making sure they don't duplicate any of the other Yoga school moves, and second making sure they aren't too powerful: part of the concept of the game is that low-level Yoga is quite weak (ideally to the point of uselessness, but I haven't really managed to implement that particularly well). Very interestingly though, my first draft of the Yoga of the Assassin had +2 initiative as the starting feat (and was more focused on speed than power).

If you don't mind I might well keep the above as the starting concept for a mysterious new FOURTH School of Yoga.

Spoiler: Ashtanga Yoga (click to show/hide)

 – The Yoga of the Assassin, Ashtanga Yoga is also known as Power Yoga, which pretty much speaks for itself. Its focus is on the immediate destruction of the enemy and its iconic beginner’s move is the splits.

Starting feat: Ashtanga Yoga practitioners, or Ashtangakas, regain one Yogic Mana for stunning or defeating an enemy (rendering them incapable of fighting, making them surrender, or killing them). This represents their focus on slaughter and blood-rage.

Red Belt Moves:
- The Splits – You can melee attack two opponents at once. Takes two YMP.
Yellow Belt Moves:
- Yogic Critical – An attacking roll of 6 or a defender’s roll of 1 when you melee gives double the wounds. Needs one YMP available.
Pink Belt Moves:
- Yogic Cleave – If you defeat one enemy in melee, you get another attack on another adjacent enemy. Takes two YMP, only one use per turn.
 Green Belt Moves:
- Horse Rider’s Pose – You lunge forward with lightning speed. An auto-hitting Yogic attack on the enemy’s groin. Takes two YMP.
Purple Belt Moves:
- Feathered Peacock Pose – Standing almost entirely on your head, you deliver an auto-hitting Yogic attack to the enemy’s head. Takes three YMP.
Orange Belt Moves:
- Spinning Splits – You spin round on your groin, delivering a melee attack to every enemy in range. Takes three YMP.
- Yogic Regain – Harnessing your inner blood-rage, you regain twice the mana from defeating your enemy.
Blue Belt Moves:
- Extended Side Angle Pose (Yogic Mega Punch) – Filling your fists with Yogic Power, you can add x YMP to your melee attack to receive a bonus of +x to hit.

As regards your wanting in, please just be aware that this is a work in progress and I can't even find the time yet to update my current two rtds as often as I'd like. I am working on a GENUINE EPIC STORY involving Yoga, self-discovery, and betrayal though.

[Tsuchigumo550]

There was like one that was based on an actual move- and if you want useless, plank pose or happy baby/dead bug pose.