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[Fniff]

@Owl: Idea. GM is a physical position within the story, in this case a king with the players as courtiers. King decides what happens in the realm completely. GM starts out as the first King, then eventually gets deposed by his vassals. Though being a loyal sycophant has benefits like landed titles and such. CK2 RTD!

Monk: Now that you mention it, titles are a very important part indeed. Titles can be pigeonholed into certain genres. "Roll to X" RTDs imply basic mechanics, for instance. Generally I try to make my RTDs soundd like the title of a book in the genre of the roleplay. I'm particularly fond of one RTD name that was suggested by my brother: The Coil. Didn't mean much within the RP, yet it just worked for me in a strange way.

[aattss]

Leveling Mechanism Idea

Players start out with d4's. When the player rolls a crit (i.e. rolls a dx and gets an x), the player levels up. If necessary, the player would roll another dice to see whether or not he levels up or just makes progress. This represents progression (i.e. normal person becoming a hero, or a legendary warrior becoming a god). Players who defeat more powerful players may also become stronger, although this would need the GM to prevent kill-stealing. Other attempts to become stronger may add perks or bonuses.

Another idea I had was a simplistic health system where the health represents the number of "wounds" you can recieve and can be equated to the difference in dice rolls in combat.

What do you guys think?

[Digital Hellhound]

If we're on the subject of titles, I usually try to have a two-part title; the name itself, and then a few words explaining the concept. Ala 'Nowhere to Run - a futuristic bounty hunter RTD'. Just a short title will need to very interesting/striking to actually catch people's interest - unless the author is already someone they like. That's how my RTD-clicking process works, anyway.

[Dorsidwarf]

If you feel the desire for a titleimage, PM me and I will whirl something up for you when I get a chance.

[adwarf]

So this is a combat system I've been working on that was originally going to be for an Assassin's Creed RTD I was planning until I settled on just making this system instead.

Spoiler: Combat (click to show/hide)

Basic Combat Rules
Combat in this is fairly complex as it adds in a lot of factors to make fighting a fluid, and flowing system. Opposing sides will go through a fight attacking, parrying, countering, dodging, and if skilled enough even use advanced displays of acrobatics to distance themselves from opponents or avoid attacks. Whenever combat is started initiative is rolled for all participating parties in the form of a 1d100, the higher result the faster one will act in combat.

From there the actual combat will proceed as accuracy for attacks is rolled, dodges are made, etc.

Accuracy:
Accuracy is whether or not the attack connects to its target and is rolled with 1d20 with the result deciding whether its a miss, partial hit, direct hit, or a critical hit.

     Chart:
1-6: Miss
7-10: Glancing Hit
11-17: Direct Hit
18-20: Critical Hit [Roll for Critical]

Criticals:
Criticals are attacks resulting from critical hits, they are rolled using a 1d20 to find the result on the critical chart and see what effects that adds to the attack which will vary depending on the location the attack lands on.

     Chart:
1-11: Body (No extra damage or special effects)
12-14: Arms (2x damage, if the damage done is half or more of the character's health then an arm becomes disabled, the character hit with this begins to lose 1 hp a round till the wound is tended to.)
15-17: Legs (2x damage, if the damage done is half or more of the character's health then an arm becomes disabled, the character hit with this begins to lose 1 hp a round till the wound is tended to.)
18-19: Vital Organs (3x damage, the character begins to bleed out and if the wound is not tended to the character will die within 4 round and if it does not receive good medical attention soon after they'll certainly die, to act while bleeding out the character must roll a 1d6 and get higher then a 4)
20: Head (4x Damage, the character begins to bleed out and will die within two rounds if they don't receive medical attention, to act the character must roll a 1d6 and get a 6)



Parries and Counters: (Melee Only)
A central part of combat, parries and counters start at a base amount of 1 each for a character and two factors modify that. The first factor that modifies the amount of parries and counters a character has is the skills they have, this modification is generally for the better but rarely skills can decrease the amount of parries and counters to where the character has none at all. The second factor that modifies parries and counters is the weapon a character is using, some of them may half the amount, some may add to it, and a few might even remove them entirely.

Parries are used to block an opponent's counter attacks, and in exchange give you an opening to attack from. They are triggered whenever an enemy makes a successful counter (each parry reduces the amount you can perform that round by 1) that character then rolls on the parry chart to see whether or not the parry is successful, and if it is what the effect of that is
     Parry Chart:
1-6: Parry Fails
7-10: The counter is stopped but you don't get an opening to attack.
11-14: The parry is successfully and leaves a minor opening for you to attack through (an additional attack is given at a -3 accuracy malus)
15-17: The parry is successful and leaves a moderate opening for you to attack through (an additional attack is given at a -1 accuracy malus)
18-20: The parry is perfect and leaves the opponent defenseless (an additional attack is given with a +2 to accuracy)


Counters are used whenever a character attacks another character, once their attack(s) go through the defending character inititates a counter (thus reducing the counters that can be used per round by 1 each time) to strike back allowing characters to participate in fights even on the defending side of things. The character performing the counter rolls on the counter chart to see if it successful.
     Counter Chart:
1-6: Counter Fails
7-10: Counter Fails but puts the opposing character off balance (-1 to their accuracy/counter/parry rolls for a round)
11-14: Counter succeds with a minor success. (an attack is made with a -3 accuracy malus)
15-17: Counter succeeds with a moderate success. (an attack is made with a -1 accuracy malus)
18-20: Counter is extremely successful. (an attack is made with a +1 to accuracy)



Dodging and Acrobatics
Dodging and Acrobatics are used in all forms of combat (and in the case of Acrobatics in the actual game itself) not just melee combat thus they have a few more restrictions on them then the other two.

Dodging is used to simply avoid attacks that you can tell are coming, there are several situations where these are used. The first of them is the very first attack a character makes during a combat session on another allows the defending character to initiate a dodge, of course to dodge the defender has to be aware of the attacked. The second case is any time someone makes a ranged attack and the defending character is not occupied by something else (like say a guard trying to slit his throat with a nice shiny sword), in this case they are allowed to attempt a dodge though at a -2 penalty. The third situation is actually numerous, whenever the GM feels that a dodge can and should be allowed it will be allowed.
     Dodge Chart:
1-6: The dodge fails and the character is hit.
7-10: The dodge partially succeeds. (The attack is reduced by one step (Critical to Direct, Direct to Glancing) to a minimum of a glancing hit)
11-15: The dodge succeeds quite well. (The attack is reduced by one step with no minimum)
16-20: The dodge is outstanding and the attack misses completely) (The attack does not land.)


Acrobatics is used in place of counters, parries, and dodging in highly mobile combat like when two people are running across rooftops fighting each other, or dashing and weaving through crowds as they try to settle some score. Acrobatics rolls are initiated under the same circumstances as Dodging.
     Acrobatics Chart:
1-6: The character fails at avoiding the attack and stumbles (Roll opposing 1d6s to see if the opponent pulls the character into a normal fight)
7-10: The character fails at avoiding but manages to keep their stride going. (Attack still lands but no other ill effects are suffered)
11-15: Avoiding works reasonably well (The attack is reduced by one step to a minimum of a glancing hit)
16-20: The character performs a rather outstanding move and avoids the attack completely. (The attack does not land.)



Weapon Breakdown:
Attack - Attack is the damage dealt by the weapon on a direct hit, from there it is modified by whether the attack is a miss, glancing, direct, or critical hit.
Attack Speed - The number of times a character attacks with the weapon in one go, it represents the speed with which you can use the weapon compared to others, for example a sword will generally be faster then a mace.
Class - Class has four different kinds, Melee, Reach, Thrown, and Ranged. Melee is things like swords and maces which are used in close combat. Reach is spears, halberds, and such and also represents the fact that the weapon has a longer reach then a normal melee weapon. Thrown weapons are stuff like rocks, throwing knives and axes, etc. and can be used as both a melee weapon or thrown. Ranged weapons are things like slings, bows, crossbows, etc.
Qualities - These are what make different weapons unique, they are what modify a character's counter and parry count, they decide if the weapon ignores armor (or types of armor), if it does something special like set people on fire, and such.

[mastahcheese]

That looks really cool.

[Tiruin]

I like that system.

[Tsuchigumo550]

I'm wanting to thrash out a combat system. Something involving dice-pools, and successes vs failures.

Like, a player decides to wrestle a chicken. The chicken is fast, and requires 2 successes to properly be wrestled. The player, a simple farmer at this point, has a Strength of 1, a Finesse of 1, and an Agility of 1. The chicken is safe- Strength determines maximum size of die, Finesse determines how many, and Agility is for dodging enemy attack. The chicken has roughly the same stats, except has higher agility than the player.

The player, currently, has 1d4. All rolls fit on this table, with certain exceptions:
1: Critical failure. -2 successes.
2: Failure. -1 success.
3: Failure. -1 success.
4: No Effect
5: No Effect
6: Success (1)
7: Success (1)
8: Great Success (2)
9: Great Success (2)
10: Perfect (3)
Dice are considered exploding, so rolling a 4 on a 1d4 means another roll. Dice gained in this manner will not detract from successes.
The highest possible roll on a die is always considered a Success or higher. A die must have at least one "No Effect", and if it is lacking, the number before highest possible roll will be considered this.

Meaning: d4s are extra special and have Crit Fail/Fail/No Effect/Success, d6s and on are normal, there is an exploding die element.

The farmer attempts to wrestle the chicken into submission and rolls a 4, then a 1 (explode). The farmer gets one success out of two, and the chicken escapes.

The farmer starts training, and raises Finesse. He now rolls 2d4 to attack, and attempts again the next day.
The farmer again fails, with a 3,2. -1 successes- ouch. He goes home, trains again, and now raises Strength.

The chicken is angry, and also attempts to attack. The chicken's agility is higher, and thus, goes first.
(3) The farmer is unhurt.

The farmer attempts once more, this time with (4)(6,3). It's not enough.

The farmer is spotted by a local Hero, who attempts to show the Farmer how it's done. The Hero has two Strength and three Finesse.
(5)(1)(6,6,3) The Hero makes a great approach, but trips and falls. He was so close!
...

Hmmm. Could probably use work, or I could try and more directly use something like Battle for Wesnoth's system of damage x attacks at x accuracy...

[Tsuchigumo550]

So this is a combat system I've been working on that was originally going to be for an Assassin's Creed RTD I was planning until I settled on just making this system instead.

Spoiler: Combat (click to show/hide)

Basic Combat Rules
Combat in this is fairly complex as it adds in a lot of factors to make fighting a fluid, and flowing system. Opposing sides will go through a fight attacking, parrying, countering, dodging, and if skilled enough even use advanced displays of acrobatics to distance themselves from opponents or avoid attacks. Whenever combat is started initiative is rolled for all participating parties in the form of a 1d100, the higher result the faster one will act in combat.

From there the actual combat will proceed as accuracy for attacks is rolled, dodges are made, etc.

Accuracy:
Accuracy is whether or not the attack connects to its target and is rolled with 1d20 with the result deciding whether its a miss, partial hit, direct hit, or a critical hit.

     Chart:
1-6: Miss
7-10: Glancing Hit
11-17: Direct Hit
18-20: Critical Hit [Roll for Critical]

Criticals:
Criticals are attacks resulting from critical hits, they are rolled using a 1d20 to find the result on the critical chart and see what effects that adds to the attack which will vary depending on the location the attack lands on.

     Chart:
1-11: Body (No extra damage or special effects)
12-14: Arms (2x damage, if the damage done is half or more of the character's health then an arm becomes disabled, the character hit with this begins to lose 1 hp a round till the wound is tended to.)
15-17: Legs (2x damage, if the damage done is half or more of the character's health then an arm becomes disabled, the character hit with this begins to lose 1 hp a round till the wound is tended to.)
18-19: Vital Organs (3x damage, the character begins to bleed out and if the wound is not tended to the character will die within 4 round and if it does not receive good medical attention soon after they'll certainly die, to act while bleeding out the character must roll a 1d6 and get higher then a 4)
20: Head (4x Damage, the character begins to bleed out and will die within two rounds if they don't receive medical attention, to act the character must roll a 1d6 and get a 6)



Parries and Counters: (Melee Only)
A central part of combat, parries and counters start at a base amount of 1 each for a character and two factors modify that. The first factor that modifies the amount of parries and counters a character has is the skills they have, this modification is generally for the better but rarely skills can decrease the amount of parries and counters to where the character has none at all. The second factor that modifies parries and counters is the weapon a character is using, some of them may half the amount, some may add to it, and a few might even remove them entirely.

Parries are used to block an opponent's counter attacks, and in exchange give you an opening to attack from. They are triggered whenever an enemy makes a successful counter (each parry reduces the amount you can perform that round by 1) that character then rolls on the parry chart to see whether or not the parry is successful, and if it is what the effect of that is
     Parry Chart:
1-6: Parry Fails
7-10: The counter is stopped but you don't get an opening to attack.
11-14: The parry is successfully and leaves a minor opening for you to attack through (an additional attack is given at a -3 accuracy malus)
15-17: The parry is successful and leaves a moderate opening for you to attack through (an additional attack is given at a -1 accuracy malus)
18-20: The parry is perfect and leaves the opponent defenseless (an additional attack is given with a +2 to accuracy)


Counters are used whenever a character attacks another character, once their attack(s) go through the defending character inititates a counter (thus reducing the counters that can be used per round by 1 each time) to strike back allowing characters to participate in fights even on the defending side of things. The character performing the counter rolls on the counter chart to see if it successful.
     Counter Chart:
1-6: Counter Fails
7-10: Counter Fails but puts the opposing character off balance (-1 to their accuracy/counter/parry rolls for a round)
11-14: Counter succeds with a minor success. (an attack is made with a -3 accuracy malus)
15-17: Counter succeeds with a moderate success. (an attack is made with a -1 accuracy malus)
18-20: Counter is extremely successful. (an attack is made with a +1 to accuracy)



Dodging and Acrobatics
Dodging and Acrobatics are used in all forms of combat (and in the case of Acrobatics in the actual game itself) not just melee combat thus they have a few more restrictions on them then the other two.

Dodging is used to simply avoid attacks that you can tell are coming, there are several situations where these are used. The first of them is the very first attack a character makes during a combat session on another allows the defending character to initiate a dodge, of course to dodge the defender has to be aware of the attacked. The second case is any time someone makes a ranged attack and the defending character is not occupied by something else (like say a guard trying to slit his throat with a nice shiny sword), in this case they are allowed to attempt a dodge though at a -2 penalty. The third situation is actually numerous, whenever the GM feels that a dodge can and should be allowed it will be allowed.
     Dodge Chart:
1-6: The dodge fails and the character is hit.
7-10: The dodge partially succeeds. (The attack is reduced by one step (Critical to Direct, Direct to Glancing) to a minimum of a glancing hit)
11-15: The dodge succeeds quite well. (The attack is reduced by one step with no minimum)
16-20: The dodge is outstanding and the attack misses completely) (The attack does not land.)


Acrobatics is used in place of counters, parries, and dodging in highly mobile combat like when two people are running across rooftops fighting each other, or dashing and weaving through crowds as they try to settle some score. Acrobatics rolls are initiated under the same circumstances as Dodging.
     Acrobatics Chart:
1-6: The character fails at avoiding the attack and stumbles (Roll opposing 1d6s to see if the opponent pulls the character into a normal fight)
7-10: The character fails at avoiding but manages to keep their stride going. (Attack still lands but no other ill effects are suffered)
11-15: Avoiding works reasonably well (The attack is reduced by one step to a minimum of a glancing hit)
16-20: The character performs a rather outstanding move and avoids the attack completely. (The attack does not land.)



Weapon Breakdown:
Attack - Attack is the damage dealt by the weapon on a direct hit, from there it is modified by whether the attack is a miss, glancing, direct, or critical hit.
Attack Speed - The number of times a character attacks with the weapon in one go, it represents the speed with which you can use the weapon compared to others, for example a sword will generally be faster then a mace.
Class - Class has four different kinds, Melee, Reach, Thrown, and Ranged. Melee is things like swords and maces which are used in close combat. Reach is spears, halberds, and such and also represents the fact that the weapon has a longer reach then a normal melee weapon. Thrown weapons are stuff like rocks, throwing knives and axes, etc. and can be used as both a melee weapon or thrown. Ranged weapons are things like slings, bows, crossbows, etc.
Qualities - These are what make different weapons unique, they are what modify a character's counter and parry count, they decide if the weapon ignores armor (or types of armor), if it does something special like set people on fire, and such.

I like this, especially since it's rather adaptable. It might be fun to run a sort of arena where players fight beasts, but their items are chosen by "packs." For instance, one player is offered a "Fang" pack, a "Fire and Steel" pack, and an "Assassin" pack. the players don't know what's in each pack- most contain at least two types of weapon and some kind of armor.

The Fang might contain a dagger shaped like a fang, which does low damage on anything but direct hits/crits, with very high attacking speed, lacks the ability to parry though can counter, and has no real special ability, a Thrown weapon that's four fang-like sharpened bones, like a shuriken, which does low damage on anything but crits, has insane speed, cannot parry or counter, but ignores armor. Armor would be leather/fur.

Fire and Steel might have a flintlock that causes fires, throwable greek fire, and light steel armor.

Assassins might have a poisoned dagger and a spear made to look like a laundry pole, as well as concealable armor/robes.

[Tsuchigumo550]

Aboard the ISS Icarus, not all is as it seems. So many people, supposedly working on a single agenda, each having their own plans...

Every character will be randomly assigned an End Goal, a Job, and a Body.

End Goals determine what side you're on- you may want to destroy the station, or keep it intact- maybe you just want off of it, or are hunting for someone...

A Job is the task you'll have to do while on the station, and not doing it for consecutive days causes worse and worse things to happen. Each job is under a Cluster which is under a Type, and this determines what each sign means:
For instance, Engineer>Power>Solar Array Manager. Not doing their job for three days results in:
1. The first sign is something that appears whenever all engineers do not put in the required hours to keep the station running: minor breakdowns, such as empty vending machines and a few broken lights.
2. The next stage is whenever a Power job is left undone when Engineers are lacking their hours. Random outages occur and the station's reserves are tapped into.
3. If Stage2 persists, the Solar Array will fail critically and be inoperable for the rest of the game (shift).

A Body type determines side goals, special abilities, and partial backstory. A Drone may be posing as a human, with a side goal of being undiscovered as a Drone, the ability to repair electronics and resist shocks, and link them with other players related (other Drones, the AI, etc.)

Mafia SS13, kinda.

[Fniff]

Sign me right the hell up!

[mastahcheese]

Sign me right the hell up!

[Elephant Parade]

Sign me right the hell up!

QUOTE TOWER G-wait, I just wrecked it.

[Tsuchigumo550]

It needs some work still.

Meanwhile, the idea of drone combat arena appeared.

It's like future RoboWars, but with advanced human-ish drones. Or not. You don't have to be humanoid.

You first choose your Chassis, which determines build. Lightweights move fast and aren't easy to hit, but lack armor and weight tolerance, heavyweights are easy to target but can withstand many blows (and deal them) and Midweights are a good compromise.

Then you choose Armor Type. Ranging from Carbon Fiber to Quantic Titanium, these have different effects and weights. Carbon Fiber is the lightest and provides heavy bonuses towards lightweights, Quantic Titanium is a very heavy metal that gives off a natural barrier of energy, meaning it's great for withstanding attacks but rather poor at not weighing a lot.

Next is Build. Most players opt for "Humanoid", "Feminine", or "Masculine", being very close to a human layout while using knowledge of how the human body is built to capitalize on a drone's abilities (slight mods), but some very unique builds exist (Centipede, for instance).

After that is Weapon Selection. Ten weapons are randomly generated for you, and you get to take whatever you can carry.

[Dorsidwarf]

Less rtdcrafting, more SS13 2000!