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[darkpaladin109]

Sburb RTD

Zan's already running one. Well, to be more accurate, he made a minimalist thing to test some new rolling system, and at some point, a player got a Sburb disc through a good enough roll, as did everyone else. And then it went on for a month or so, before being abandoned. Now, he's basically gonna run a "in-beetwen" phase, where the players are going to play their previous selves as the guardians of their next PC's. Or something like that, I'm not very good at explanations.

Kirby RTD

All up for that. The only thing I'd really say about the sheet is that since they're all prety much the same anyway, why not just make the players choose a color?
For the damage system, you could have each attack do a set amount of damage, but be less accurate the more powerful it is.

[BlitzDungeoneer]

Appearance to me also implies clothes an' stuff. So you'd write whether or not you wear a cool hat. And your one sounds vaguely more like what I had in mind. I'll try to post this up in a couple of hours.

[Tarran]

So, I just came up with a minimalish concept with minimalish rules. I, a person who hates minimalistic RTDs. I figure I don't have much to lose anyway since I'm not currently running any RTDs and aren't close to running any anytime soon, so the only question is: Is it interesting? Or has it been overdone to death because I haven't been keeping too close track?

*Potentially insert something here*

Spoiler: Introduction (click to show/hide)

Ah, Vanaard Corp. Great pay, interesting jobs for (almost) everyone, and bleeding-edge science. When they offered you a job, you had no second thoughts about joining. Finally, your extensive knowledge of DNA, biology, and other such stuff had earned you a job that will most certainly give you a lifetime of luxury, and would be a fun job: You had been hired as a Bio-scientist! A job to experiment with DNA, unique organisms, and generally everything holy to god. It's something nobody else was and still is offering. And best of all, it was TOP SECRET! You always wanted to work on something top secret!

Yeah, it was great. Really great. Great for 3 months. Then... uh, it went pear-shaped. See, when you deal with top secret things, they're generally not things that are safe. Most of what you messed with was okay: From viruses, to genetically modifying various creatures (even, sometimes, humans), but... two days ago, a meteorite hit Earth in a secluded location, and apparently Vanaard Corp found something interesting there. Something living. So, they shipped it to your section, without even telling you much besides to treat the meteorite as a contaminated object, and telling you to breed whatever you found on it. And that's what you and your other Bio-scientists did. Oh boy, was it exciting--breeding alien life. Surely nothing could go wrong?

Well, uhh... see, when you were breeding the alien life--which you now know are microbes--they began multiplying explosively. They created literal goo of microbes, which you had to put in barrels as your employers didn't exactly specify how much to breed. Not wanting to disappoint, you all decided that breeding as fast as possible was the right choice. So, as I said, you and your fellow employees bred the alien microbes, and put them in barrels. Well, eventually you all needed some help, as there were so many barrels. It was perhaps not a surprise that eventually a spill happened. A barrel was knocked over. Which then lead to more knocking over, and more and... eventually, you and your fellow employees were laying down in pools of this stuff. Despite your protective suits, the barrels had knocked you around a bunch and surely ripped or bashed a few holes into the suits. Oh, and two security guards and one janitor also got splashed with the stuff. It was nearly immediate when the quarantine alarm went off. You and your fellow Bio-scientists were carried off into quarantine rooms, but before you could get put into one...

You hear a scream. A scientist runs by. Then another. Then a security guard firing his pistol wildly. Then the janitor--oh god what the hell, why does he have claws and wings and holy crap the infected security guards look like something out of a sci-fi movie. The guards taking you to quarantine, obviously freaked out about this, push you all away and shoot wildly at you all before they run down a corridor.

Oh this is turning out to be a great day. You all feel your skin tingling, the entire facility is now in quarantine while there's horrific nightmare infected about, and in all likelyhood in the next hour the US military will be locking down the building with everything from machineguns to tanks to bombers... What now? And can it possibly get any worse?

Spoiler: Notes (click to show/hide)

While this RTD may seem entirely nonsense, I expect at least some sensibility--ALL CAPS will probably get you stabbed by the GM, actions way way out of scope and out of character (I.e, "Blow up the world with my mind") will almost certainly be ignored, and repeated attempts despite my protests and warnings will get you kicked. Repeated actions that blatantly do nothing but waste time (like stacking boxes in a boxfort for no reason) will probably get you kicked or attacked or something else to encourage you do actually do something worthy of merit. Generally, treat this RTD with at least some respect--it doesn't have to be even nearly that of most RTDs, but at least some--or get out.

The game will run on a 1d20. Things higher to 20 will be increasingly more successful, while towards 1 things will go apple-shaped. It will be very arbitrary on how specifically things go.

Depending on your action, the result will arbitrarily (but semi-sensibly) determined based both on the roll and the action. Jumping a short distance, for example, will generally always go good(enough) unless you hit somewhere extremely close or at a 1, while attempting to punch through a concrete wall WITHOUT superhuman strength will generally cause you damage unless you get somewhere near a 20, in which case you might avoid damage, but in no case will you actually be able to punch through the wall.

In general, this RTD will be highly arbitrary. If you cannot take what I write at face value, you might want to reconsider your attitude towards this RTD. It's a game, and one that's not necessarily meant to be won or heavily invested in.

Roleplaying is completely unenforced. It's up to the players to decide whether there is roleplaying, based on how they treat their actions. Gasp, you get to decide things! Exciting.

I am reserving the right to end the RTD any time when I actively dislike running it. That's not saying I predict to end it very shortly after I start it, I'm just saying that I'm not going to put any sense of dedication towards it like I have with my previous RTDs. I reserve the right to update when I feel like it--if I have a bad or overly boring day, I will skip this like most other things if I feel like I don't want to do it.

Spoiler: Character Sheet (click to show/hide)

I'll make this simple for you, Bob and Jane:

Name: The name for your character, please avoid using numbers. If for whatever reason you want to have a family name too, put your personal name and your family name in separate [brackets].
Gender: Male or female. This is only taking into consideration their physical body, not their mental stance. A man who decides that she's a female, while still having a male body, is a male for this consideration.
Strengths: A vague sense of your character's strengths (skills or attributes) outside of being average. Can be anything you want. It is mostly fluff, but it might just influence me to tip favor for you in cases where a roll can be interpreted multiple ways if I feel nice. The chance decreases the more specialties you have.
Weaknesses: A vague sense of your character's weaknesses (skills or attributes) outside of being average. Once again, can be anything you want. It is mostly fluff, but if you want to make your character more prone to failing some things for the entertainment of the masses whenever a roll can be interpreted multiple ways and I feel like making you fail, go ahead.
Impending Doom: What your character considers to be what will kill him/her. Doesn't directly affect the game, but it may influence what I write and, potentially, even how I kill you. If I do, of course, heh.
Description: If you want to say something important about your character and waste our time, like your character's clothes or hair or whatever, go ahead and put something here.

And... that's it? From a GM like me? Heresy.

Spoiler: Mutagenic Microbe Strains (click to show/hide)

Possibly the most complex part of this game. What, you didn't think you were breeding single types of microbes did you? Heheh.

You will be infected the moment the game is started with at least one of these. You will also initially be mutated one time at the game start. The strain type you are infected with will be random. You cannot be infected with more than one. In order to ensure that there's even spread, once one is picked, it will be removed from the types that can be picked until the entire list is used up, then the random-list will be restarted. Each one has benefits, and obviously some flaws. The microbes have to look after themselves you know. Good news though: Unlike everyone else in the facility, due to GM Influence, none of these will cause you to go insane.

Strain A: The Random.
  Purely random. It randomly mutates you. Randomly. The limit is my imagination, so the more interesting things you can make me think of before you get mutated the more random your mutation choices. Mutates every 20 turns (slow). Spreads by blood of the infected (moderate). Injures the infected when it mutates (moderate). Regenerates infected (moderate).

Strain B: The Alienifyer.
  Attempts to mutate you into some sensible, yet unique alien-like entity. Once done, it refines your alienness by changing increasingly minor things. The limit is, once again, my imagination. With restraint. Mutates every 15 turns (slightly slow). Spreads by blood of the infected (moderate). Does not injure the infected when it mutates (great). Does not regenerate infected (horrible).

Strain C: Mysterious Identity.
  Attempts to make you look human on the surface, but it will change your appearance randomly. Across genders. Underneath the surface also can change. Mutates every 10 turns (moderate). Spreads by blood of the infected (moderate). Does not injure the infected when it mutates (great). Does not regenerate infected (horrible).

Strain D: Eldrich Horror.
  Changes you into varying types of dangerous tentacle monsters. Mutates every 15 turns (slightly slow). Spreads by goo of infected (infectious). Greatly injures the infected when it mutates (bad). Highly regenerates infected (good).

Strain E: The Infector.
  Mutates you to make you as infectious as possible. Mutates every 15 turns (slightly slow). Spreads by various means (varies). Greatly injures the infected when it mutates (bad). Highly regenerates infected (good).

Strain F: The Mass.
  Mutates you basically randomly, but you absorb the material of any dead creature you touch. In doing so, once you eventually hit a critical mass, you split in half, leaving a mass of infected body behind (which hurts A LOT). Mutates every 10 turns (moderate). Spreads by touch (very infectious). Slightly injures the infected when it mutates (good). Regenerates infected extremely quickly (great).

Strain G: The Goo.
  Mutates away you until you are but an increasingly simplified mass of (highly controllable, human intelligence) goo. Once that's finished, your body will reform and the process will restart. Mutates every 8 turns (slightly fast). Spreads by touch (very infectious). Does not injure the infected when it mutates (great). Highly regenerates infected (good).

Strain H: The Mutant.
  Mutates you to have superpowers or superweaknesses yet attempts to keep you looking vaguely human. Can moderately defy reality in mutations. Mutates every 10 turns (moderate). Spreads by blood-blood contact with the infected (barely infectious).  Injures the infected when it mutates (moderate). Does not regenerate infected (horrible).

Strain I: The Monster.
  Mutates you into some sort of alien monster very quickly, before mutating you into another, and another... Mutates every 5 turns (fast). Spreads by blood-blood contact with the infected (barely infectious). Does not injure the infected when it mutates (great). Does not regenerate infected (horrible).

Strain J: The Critic Strain.
  Mutates you depending on how you preform on actions--you do very well, it impairs you, you do very poorly, it helps you. It will use any time of mutation to achieve its goals to criticize you for no reason. Mutates every 5 turns (fast). Spreads by blood of the infected (moderate). Does not injure the infected when it mutates (great). Does not regenerate infected (horrible).

Strain K: The Holy/Unholy.
  Mutates you in an angelic/demonic theme. Alternates every mutation, unless you preform a good or evil action. If I ran out of ideas for one side, I will do the other. Mutates every 10 turns (moderate). Spreads by touch (very infectious). Does not injure the infected when it mutates (great). Slightly regenerates infected (bad).

*Insert more types before I start the game if I do*

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[LordSlowpoke]

i'm going to stick out a limb and say that's not minimalistic at all

but then that's to be expected

the settings sooooorta reminds me of genecorp, but you should be plenty fine on that aspect. it's also quite interesting, i'll certainly ptw it when it appears

[BlitzDungeoneer]

I've decide on how damage is gonna be dealt out. I've decide on a hybrid of both suggestions, in that first one rolls to determine whether or not it hits, and then one leaves it up to the RNG for damage. However, instead of d8, d12 etc. I've decided on damage being like 3-5. So, that attack can do between 3 to 5 damage. I've also decided to implement the speed stat, and the strength stat. Here's a rough approximation of what they should do;
Speed: Determines who goes when during combat
Strength: Amount of weight that can be lifted; determines how much damage you do with an ordinary punch, kick you get the idea. Anything else I should add?
Here is the semi-final draft

Yes, that's right. Another RTD. What the hell were you expecting. Even with 2, I still have too much time during the day, so I'm starting another one.
Rules:
1. This is not minimalist. You may only do that which is within the limits of your skills, ability, or things that an ordinary person should be able to do without much, if any training.
2. My word is final. I will try to be fair, though.
3. This is semi-serious. Try not to do ridiculous things during combat.
4. There is no revives. If you're gone, you're gone.
Combat
Speed determines who goes when during combat. While attacking, I will first roll a die to determine whether or not it hits and then roll for damage. Damage is more similar to traditional RPGs, in that attacks will do damage in the vein of 3-10, 1-3 and so on. The higher the minimum and maximum damage, the less of a chance of it hitting. AP negates damage equal to it. Therefore, 3 AP can negate 3 damage. The rest is dealt to the player.

Char Sheet
Name:
Age:
HP: This will be detemined by me
Ability/Gadget: A name and short description of your special ability or special item that you use.
Goal: What is your in-game goal; what do you want to achieve? This is partially for RP purposes and partially for plot.
Bio: A short history of your character.
Appearance: What does your character look like. Colour, clothes, scars etc. This is exclusively for RP.
SPD: Determines turn order in-combat.
STR: Determines how much you can lift at any 1 time, and damage with purely physical blows ie. punches, kicks.

You get 3 stat points.
Your staring position will be determined by a roll.
You may get one or more DEM points if your starting situation is bad enough.

Is there anything else I need to add here?

[Tarran]

i'm going to stick out a limb and say that's not minimalistic at all

If you look closely you'll notice I didn't use the term minimalistic. I used the term minimalish. Super important big difference. Compared to what I usually do, the things I've set up are utterly bare-bones.

the settings sooooorta reminds me of genecorp, but you should be plenty fine on that aspect. it's also quite interesting, i'll certainly ptw it when it appears

Good news: I don't recall reading it. So the rip-offs should be fairly few if any.

[Mr.Zero]

I have a certain RTD, which I'm unsure whether i should continue working on due to the complexity of it or to be exact. How complex it is going to be. Now for the question: Do people in this subforum like complex RTD's?

[Digital Hellhound]

The people like RTDs, in all shapes and forms. Some prefer minimalism (peasants), some complexity, some the middle ground, etc, so I don't think you'll have any trouble finding an audience for a complex game. The burden of a complex system is always heavier on the GM, so what's really important is if you can manage it - if it's more effort than fun, don't bother.

[Harry Baldman]

I have a certain RTD, which I'm unsure whether i should continue working on due to the complexity of it or to be exact. How complex it is going to be. Now for the question: Do people in this subforum like complex RTD's?

Complexity is second in importance to the writing, as is everything else. If it sounds good, you'll get players.

But to answer your question properly, I myself prefer very middling complexity, and very little bookkeeping responsibility placed on players, but that's the ideal case for me. I'd say it heavily depends on what the complexity adds rather than its mere presence.

[Mr.Zero]

Snip

Lol peasants. I don't really worry about the effort since both things please me in a soothing way.

Anyhow, il lay down what i have for now. I've got 2 idea's for 2 different RTD's. The second will come a bit later since it;s a wee more complicated to type out.

RTD 1: A type of mech suit RTD

Storyline? I'm not sure yet, but i prefer to let the players have freedom so most probably there will be factions. Each faction will have some unique speciality and own storyline and motif for whatever the hell they are doing. Or instead of factions... Mercenaries, you are bound to your contract giver for as long as they are paying, but aside from that you're free!!

Combat? Will be resolved trough a D10, because i consider the D6 too generic. Standard human body system with the addition of a mech suit which will have it;s own rolling set. To kill the human you have to get trough the suit first unless you penetrate the suit and hit the user in his heart,brain,etc.

Idea? A module based system. I like creativity and people like being creative.
Basically you get a suit/armor with the utmost basic system required for it to function. There will be a different armors each with a different purpose in mind.

Each armor has a set amount of hardware points which enable you to install additional modules.
Like:
- Additional Armor Plating
- Targeting System
- Jet thrusters
- etc.

Within the installed hardware are software points.
-The additional plating hardware module has one software point A (Armor Software)
-The regenerative armor hardware module has also one software point A
Since they both have software points and both of them are A, you can link them with software modules. Software modules like hardware modules give bonuses or unlock special capabilities within hardware.

-The software Nanite Armor intensifiers is software made for the Regenerative armor module.
If you add it, it will boost the intensity and thus the strength of the armor. You can also add to the Regenerative armor without having the armor plating module, though there will be no effect as there is no armor to strengthen.

And this is what i have atm.

[10ebbor10]

Not planning on running it at the moment, but I have some minor drafts for an RTD based around the original War of the Worlds books.

For those who never read them. Victorian England invaded by martians from outer space.

Whatever happens, we have got: The Maxim gun, and they have not stops working when your enemy has a heat ray and poison gas.

[Radio Controlled]

Has there ever been an rtd based on kids next door? Seems like it would be rather easy to create a system for, and kinda hilarious. Mission based perhaps, fighting the tyranny of adults and kicking snooty teenager butt. And 2x4 technology, of course!

[TamerVirus]

Has there ever been an rtd based on kids next door? Seems like it would be rather easy to create a system for, and kinda hilarious. Mission based perhaps, fighting the tyranny of adults and kicking snooty teenager butt. And 2x4 technology, of course!

OH GOD MY CHILDHOOD

[darkpaladin109]

Has there ever been an rtd based on kids next door? Seems like it would be rather easy to create a system for, and kinda hilarious. Mission based perhaps, fighting the tyranny of adults and kicking snooty teenager butt. And 2x4 technology, of course!

Hasn't been, BUT THERE TOTTALY SHOULD BE ONE

[Person]

Got an idea for a sort of minimalist game.

Roll to Space Team

Based on the game of the same name.

Players are all important crew on a space ship. Officers or whatever. They each have a console in front of them, with 4 panels.
These panels start empty. They can be filled by commands that will be sent to your generic, less important crew, and they will carry out the commands.
Assume panels work like some sort of touch screen tablet system, or whatever.
Filling a panel or panels with a command(using multiple panels on a command increases its effectiveness.) takes a turn, with these general results.

ex: "Refuel main engine!"

1: While writing on the panel, your fingers slip and you submit early. Let's hope the crew doesn't misinterpret the command "Refuel" as "Get some snacks or something."
2: Before you write on the panel, the ship rocks with the force of an explosion. You couldn't get anything down because you dropped your pen.
3: You get your command down, but its kind of messy. "Refuuu mane engne" shouldn't be too confusing right? -1 to effectiveness of panel.
4: You get your command down in its proper form.
5: You get your command down with extreme efficiency! +1 to effectiveness of panel.
6: You get your command down properly, but the panel bugs and activates early! (Alternatively, make something else fail if they would want to do that)

Obviously the act of the crew doing the command is a separate roll as well, but I don't need to tell you the general results of that do I?

But what do I do when out of panels, you ask?
Well, you can empty all the panels at once, but it takes two turns. Also it does all the panels always. So think wisely.

What can I actually put on a panel?
Almost anything, within reason. If you decide to activate a piece of equipment that hasn't been defined, I'll just roll to see if the ship has it. If not, I guess you wasted two turns and a panel.
That balances the fact that new equipment for the ship can buff its stats and such.
Generic panels like the command "Repair" by itself, will probably be less effective. More techno-babble is ideal honestly.

Surely this game has a goal?
Lets just say your ship is shipping something from point a to point b. You're traders or something. That's why the ship stops at planets every now and then to repair/refuel.

What are we up against?
Any random horrible events the gm can think of really.

So how many players can this hypothetical game actually have?
Probably a reasonable amount like 4 or 5. Its kind of a balance problem. Too many players mean that obviously the answers will always be present, reducing the chaos greatly. Other than losing when the ship inevitably explodes, perhaps make it possible for players to get killed inside the ship if things get bad enough. That would be one way to manage the wait list anyway. That can be justified as the generic crew members taking up the console by line of rank or something like that. Or maybe someone just ends up yelling "SOMEONE MAN THAT CONSOLE YOU FOOLS", and everyone scrambles to take the helm.