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NAME: CROWDED PLANT
FOCUS: Managing and Managing
SUBJECT MATTER: Haunted Ruins, Answers, Totalitarianism

Ooh, yes I like this one.
Uh, thanks for the link but I just see a bunch of html and a download link. How do I use?Edit: Got it working, thanks. (Answer: Click download, open with: Firefox)

Edit 2: Got a good one right off the bat.

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NAME: A FLIMSY SON

FOCUS: Suggestion Game and Story Telling

SUBJECT MATTER: Agriculture, Horror, Werewolves

A game where the protagonist is regected by his father for being weak, and not fit to run their family farm. So he must make his own farm whilst surviving the terrifying night, without being eaten by the wolves or the farm itself, with an emphasis on character growth and shaky relationships with the townfolks, who may or may not be romantically interested or werewolves out for your blood, or both, and are prone to backstab.
And some other interesting ones:

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NAME: A THREADBARE FIX

FOCUS: Player VS Player Combat and Business/Trade game

SUBJECT MATTER: Money, Middle East, Ninjas

Rather than start another open war over oil and religion and risk the US stepping in and messing everything up again, some country/government/corporate/religious leaders in the middle east have agreed to fight a shadow war instead, hiring and training and trading elite ninja-like assassins/bodyguards to take out each other silently. Instead of an outright war, the Infidels will die at night. The oil will by yours, not by a show of force, but by an agreed upon right of pseudo-inheritence. OK, sounded better as the generator put it.

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NAME: WIRY TIP

FOCUS: Business/Trade game and Business/Trade game

SUBJECT MATTER: Space station, Law, Torture

Somebody tipped off the Space-Sherrif to some dirty dealings here, and he's here to arrest one or more of YOU. Little does he know it's ALL of you've who've been laundering money and spying on the competition. I don't know what you're dealing in on this here station, and frankly as sheriff I don't care, because I found this guy who's had his tongue ripped out and I'm not gonna stand for that anymore; you're gonna have to play it straight, or face my wrath (hint: you're gonna try to get off with as much as you can).

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NAME: A TIGHT WALL

FOCUS: Treasure Hunting/Looting

SUBJECT MATTER: Claws, Cubicles, Cannibals

Anarchy reigns in the office, since the boss turned out to be a monster. Fashion yourself a good pair of claws from those office pens, a stapler, or even thumbtacks, and fend off those crazy cannibalistic co-workers as you stalk the halls, climb through and over desks hiding from the boss, make your way out of the office tower, and collect that crazy loot that the cannibals are carrying. Did I mention you've become a cannibal now too?

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NAME: QUEST FOR A TRUSTING REPUTATION

FOCUS: Business/Trade game and God Game

SUBJECT MATTER: Apocalypse, Cannibals, Forensic Investigations

This is the end. Science has wrought man into Gods and destroyed all that man sought to build. You only have enough power to rebuild some, and have to barter for more; but the deaths are becoming more frequent, even among the Godly Men, and nobody trusts you anymore. Rebuild the world (but better), restore your reputation, find out who's killing everyone!

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(Note: accidentally passed this one, reconstructed from memory)
NAME: THE DIRTY STREETS

FOCUS:  Exploration and Player VS Player Combat

SUBJECT MATTER: Videogames, Tesla Coils, Luchadors

Yeah... I've got nothing, but it sounds AWESOME.

[TCM]

Piecewise, that generator is some quality shit.

NAME: THE CLOSED SCALE

FOCUS: Player VS Player Combat

SUBJECT MATTER: Blues, Destruction, DJ-ing

NAME: TALES OF A FAR CHARACTER

FOCUS: Creation/Building and Creation/Building

SUBJECT MATTER: Jets, North Africa, Demonic Magic

NAME: TALES OF A SUBDUED BOX

FOCUS: Player VS Player Combat and Treasure Hunting/Looting

SUBJECT MATTER: Barbarians, Luchadores, Books

NAME: A FINE DARK

FOCUS: Treasure Hunting/Looting

SUBJECT MATTER: Murder, The Northwest US, Trenchcoats

[Andres]

Why are we posting generated game ideas, again? Am I missing something?

[Yoink]

Why are we posting generated game ideas, again? Am I missing something?

http://www.mediafire.com/view/mw62djb6mvqluna/Game_Idea_Generator.html

Here's something fun for you. Maybe helpful.  It generates ideas for games. I've generated a few ones I like:

NAME: QUEST FOR A WONDERFUL MEAL
FOCUS: Player VS GM/NPC Combat and Treasure Hunting/Looting
SUBJECT MATTER: Utopia, Advertisements, Genies


NAME: QUEST FOR A WELL-GROOMED DRAMA
FOCUS: Basic Survival and Story Telling
SUBJECT MATTER: Hobos, Mental Health, Costumes


NAME: CROWDED PLANT
FOCUS: Managing and Managing
SUBJECT MATTER: Haunted Ruins, Answers, Totalitarianism


NAME: THE FLAMBOYANT POET
FOCUS: Exploration
SUBJECT MATTER: Nanomachines, Steampunk, Motorcycles


NAME: THE GROWLING WINTER
FOCUS: Basic Survival and Story Telling
SUBJECT MATTER: Alternate Universe, Government, Korean War

[Andres]

I get it, that's what triggered it all. But why are we continuing to post them? Are we planning to do something with them or are we just sharing interesting ideas or maybe something else?

[Draignean]

I get it, that's what triggered it all. But why are we continuing to post them? Are we planning to do something with them or are we just sharing interesting ideas or maybe something else?

Well, the purpose of Roller's Block is to post interesting ideas. In all honesty, this is the most on-topic we've been in a long time.

[darkpaladin109]

NAME: TALES OF A USED SOCK

FOCUS: Creation/Building

SUBJECT MATTER: Dungeon Building, Drag Queens, Hitchhiking

NAME: FITTING CANCER

FOCUS: God Game

SUBJECT MATTER: Luchadores, Owls, Art

NAME: TALES OF A DISASTROUS VILLAGE

FOCUS: Managing

SUBJECT MATTER: Happiness, Repossession, Apocalypse

Not like I'm gonna run anything anytime soon, since I've proven to myself I just can't. Well, maybe something very minimalistic, I have one idea for a revision of my old minimalistic game that I could try out..

[Draignean]

So, my most recent work on a skills system. Something small enough to be manageable, but large enough to not feel completely claustrophobic. Ended up with my typically three trees system. One tree covers combat skills, one tree covers utility skills, and the final tree covers magic skills. Total number of skills: 32. Each skill is subdivided into three specialties, one of which is selected when the character is bought. Number of specialties: 96. Each specialty can be picked only once, with the partial exception of the weapon proficiency tree. Total number of ability/specialty combinations for a max level character: Well in excess of 1x10¹⁵.
Skills increase in cost incrementally as they get farther from the basic abilities. Tier 1 skills cost one skill point, tier 2 skills cost 2 skill points, and so on. Abilities are included within the cost of their parent skill. Some abilities are primarily for use in combat, others are entirely for use outside of combat.

The idea is that skill+specialty choice will define a character as much as their backstory. May not work, but it feels cool.

Anyway, the preliminary trees are below. Skills in bold, specialties in italics. Beware the deadly formatting.

Spoiler: Combat Tree (click to show/hide)

• Cadet Training: Increase weapon proficiency multiplier from 0 to 0.1 for one weapon.
  Inner Calm: (10 Foc. Dealing damage restores up to 5 points of focus per hit for 3 rounds)
  Inner Void: (10 Foc. Dealing damage increases your ACC up to +25% for 3 rounds)
  Inner Rage: (10 Foc. Dealing damage increases your CRC by up to +15% for 3 rounds)
  
  • Weapon Aptitude: Increase weapon proficiency multiplier from 0.1 to 0.4 for one weapon.
    Shifting Strike:  10 Foc. Roll to hit against two adjacent opponents within range. Attack follows through on the higher of the two attack rolls.
    Execution: 15 Foc, Expend. Increase CRC by focus spent, increase CRD by 3*focus spent. If the target is below 50% health, double the bonuses.
    Rush: 10 Foc. Gain two additional actions. Additional actions cannot be used for abilities.
    
  • Weapon Proficiency: Increase weapon proficiency multiplier from 0.4 to 0.8
    Dread Focus: 15 Foc. Incoming damage generates focus instead of depleting it for 3 rounds.
    Infinite Strike: 20 Foc. Ignore enemy defense action, increase DMG by 50%, knockback.
    Adrenal Rush: 15 Foc, Expend. Attack up to four targets in range. Each attack has an accuracy bonus equal to the Focus spent beyond 15.
    
  • Weapon Expertise: Increase weapon proficiency multiplier from 0.8 to 1.2
    Blurring Attack: 15 foc. Move and attack simultaneously. Defender does not get to defend or counter.
    Blazing Soul: 15 foc. Killing a target generates a free attack against a nearby target and extends duration of all current abilities (Except Red Haze) by 1. Lasts one round.
    Frozen Heart: 15 foc. Killing a target generates a free defend and counter action for the attacker, and extends the duration of all current abilities (Except Red Haze) by 1. Lasts one round.
    
  • Weapon Mastery: Increase weapon proficiency multiplier from 0.8 to 1.2
    Sheath the Sword:  0Foc, Expend. You cannot be downed until the end of the next enemy phase. Allows target to hit you on the next round. Target will hit and crit automatically. Counterstrike is automatic, and will also crit automatically, with a CRD bonus equal to 10*Focus Spent.
    Furious Angel: 20 Foc, expend. For every 10% increment of health you’re missing, gain +10% ACC,+ 5% CRC, +20% CRD, and make 1 additional attacks against in-range targets.
    Shadow Soul: 20 Foc, expend. For every unit within three tiles, gain +5% ACC, +10% EVA (up to +75%), and one free counter. Every unit that attacks you has a 50% chance to attack a friendly unit instead. You still counter as if you were attacked, and the attacked units will counter if they assigned an action.
    
• Battle Sense: +5 Acc, +5 Evade, -5 to enemy crit
  Focused Defense: 0Foc, expend. Gain EVA and CRR equal to focus expended.
  Tandem:  15 Focus. Choose on adjacent Ally. You gain 15% ACC, ally gains 15% EVA, or vice versa.
  Opportune Timing:  15 Focus, expend. Gain +10% Crit chance, +50% crit damage. If you kill a target this round, regain 5 RP.
  
• Combat Expertise: +5 evade, +2% crit chance, +1 focus regen
  Bulwark: 20 foc. Armor doubles in effectiveness for 3 rounds, CRR increased by 25%.
  Shieldmate: 15 Foc. Choose any adjacent ally. Any attacks made against that ally are redirected to you, but you gain a +15% bonus to EVA.
  Steelshock: 20 Foc. Must take a full move action. Can move through any enemy tile, colliding with the targets and pushing them with you in the process. Will provoke counters, and incoming counterattacks deal +25% damage. Can push up to two enemies. First attack after SteelShock deals +75% damage at -20% ACC.
  
• War Forged: +5% to CRR, +5 HP, +2 RP
  Last Stand: 0 Foc, expend. If you would take fatal damage this round, ignore it and gain half of your RP back. Your next attack crits automatically. This ability can be activated any number of times, but it can take effect only once per encounter.
  Finest Hour: 0 foc, expend.  Full round Action. Target any adjacent unit downed last round. That unit returns to combat with half HP and 5RP. This can only be done once per unit, per encounter.
  Red Haze: 0 Foc, expend. Gain +5% CRC rate and +25% CRD. For every kill you make, extend this effect by one round, and gain an additional +5% CRC and +25% CRD.  Effect caps at +50% CRC and +250% CRD. Lasts 3 rounds. When this effect ends, lose 5% EVA and ACC for every round the effect was active, capping at -50%.
  

Spoiler: Utility Tree (click to show/hide)

• Scholar: Possessed of a knowledge of science, an appreciation of the arts, and a flirtatious relationship with magic, Lychnaea's scholars are powerful in a way far removed from the blades and bullets of war.
  Natural Philosophy:  A firm background in the sciences, Mathematics, biology, chemistry, physics, etc. Enables understanding, or at least tentative theories, on any number of complex situations.
  Knowledge of the Land: You can spend a round studying any animalistic creature (crystalline or biological), sufficiently ‘normal’ plant to gain a brief description of its abilities and behavior.
  Applied History: You can spend time, perhaps a few minutes, perhaps a few hours, to wrack your brain about a particular location or group. Oftentimes you can come up with some tidbit that wouldn’t be visible to most.
  
  • Lore Master: A mind unfilled is a mind wasted, an Lore Masters dedicate themselves to ensuring that their minds are never wasted.
    Disciple of the Old Ways: You’re much more likely to be able to correctly identify relics, decipher old texts, and manipulate the objects left in the cold ruins.
    Practical Expertise: You’re no substitute for a Physician or an Artificer, but you’re quite familiar with the theory behind most modern technology. You might not be able to get something to work perfectly, but you’ll know what it is and what it’s for most of the time.
    Lumographer: You may or may not be an illuminator, but you understand the theory behind the manipulation of light, both by Lumomancy and Avernomancy, on a level that very few, practitioners included, can rival.
    
    • Disciple of Time: You are a witness to the great events of history. Until now, you've witnessed from afar, but each day is new chance to experience a revelation in the flesh.
      Ancient Lore: You know things that have only been hinted at, revelations so powerful that they burn your dreams at night and prevent you from putting them to paper out of a mixture of compulsive fear and hopeful doubt.
      Ark of the Ten:  You collect the knowledge of the ten races, holding on to what others would forget, and chasing down the last rumors from the lips of the dying. No secret is beneath your interest, and all knowledge is sacred. You are a living ark for the minds of those that came before.
      Specialist: Choose a sub-field to know about. Within this sub field, if you don’t know about it, it’s probably not worth knowing.
      
• Artificer: The science of creation is your calling, your passion. Your mind whirls like clockwork, and your fingers itch at the prospect of your next project.
  Tinker: You’ve dabbled in art of improving existing technology, adding your own gadgets and inventions to the masterpieces created by other artificers. Sometimes this turns out well, sometimes… Well, we don’t talk about those other things.
  Combat Operator: Unlike most artificers, you have a considerable amount of experience performing your craft while people are actively trying to kill you. Your muddy boots training may not have given you the broadest technical skills, but you can work under almost any conditions.   
  Repair Tech:  You might not be skilled enough to make an ablation rifle, but you can fix one up well enough. Repairing an object isn’t any less of an act of creativity than building a new one- particularly when you aren’t sure how something was made in the first place.
  
  • Mechanist: Where others dabble, you plunge in without reservation. You are not a grandmaster, but you're not unthinkably far below.
    Craft: The great art of the Artificer, you can craft objects of greater technology, at least when provided with the raw materials necessary to do so.
    Wet Work: You may have trained there, but you don’t perform the bulk of your art on the sterile benches and darkened shaping halls of a true lab. Your best art is done in the field, where a well-shaped rock and a dagger may be the only possible substitute for a trinary fork.
    Deconstruct: A somewhat darker art than crafting, you’re skilled at taking things apart. Perhaps in a calm and controlled manner, perhaps in a series of dramatic explosions.
    
    • Steel Shaper: You are more than a scientist, more than an engineer, you are a creator of art. Perhaps your art brings life, perhaps it brings death, but it is always beautiful art.
      Invent: More than crafting, invention is the ability to create something completely new from basic materials. Good inventors are worth their weight in gold, and they’ve shaped the fabric of society.
      Bond of the Mechanical: You get along very well with Technology, almost oddly so. Technological objects just seem to work better when you’re holding them.
      Steel Sabotage: A mental invalid can destroy something when given a blunt object and half-decent directions, but a true act of sabotage requires a master’s touch.
      
• Physician: Stitch the flesh and mend the soul. You are a healer, but no less dangerous because of that fact.
  Back on Your Feet: 10 Foc. In combat, can take a full round action to heal 50% of the HP lost so far by the target. This can be used multiple times per encounter, but only effects the amount of health lost since the last healing.
  Preventative Care: 10 Foc. In combat, can take a full round action to restore 15 RP to a character. Can only be used once per character, per encounter.
  Bad Medicine: 5 Foc, expend. Standard attack. If the blow hits, the target loses one point of health on every Move/Attack/Ability Action they take. After the damage is equal to the extra focus expended, the attack ends. The target can end the effect early by passing a round.
  
  • Surgeon: For all the wonders that magic is capable of, the healing of damaged flesh remains an illusive miracle. Healing with steel is an old art, but the methods you use are among the most advanced.
    Triage:  20 Foc. In combat, can take a full round action to revive a downed character to 25% of their max health and RP. Usable once per character, per encounter.
    Surgery: Friendly characters downed in combat have a 50% chance of not gaining a mortal wound at the end of the combat. Provides significant bonuses to treating long term injuries.
    Malision: 20 Foc, expend. Standard attack. If the blow hits, the target has a chance to gain a status effect equal to the focus spent.
    
    • Healer: What you do is not magic, not entirely, but it could easily be mistaken for an Arbiter's miracle.
      Angel of Mercy: All ‘once per encounter’ healing abilities gain one additional use. All repeatable abilities increase in efficacy by 50%.
      Augment: You can, outside of combat, use a mixture of magic and science to change an individual, augment their abilities, or perhaps even shape new life.
      Iatrogenesis : All healing for biological enemies within four tiles of your location is quartered. Comes with a mastery of poisons.
      
• Speaker: Being personable is something innate, but being charismatic to a crowd... That's a skill, as trained and well honed as any.
  Voice of Command: You’re particularly good at getting people to take action. You can cut through meaningless complaints and trivial concerns to get to the questions that’s at the heart of every problem: can you, or can you not?
  Voice of Doubt: You’re particularly good at getting people to question their own ideas and motives. You might not be able to construct a better argument, but you can find the flaws in anything.
  Listener: A moment of silence can gain more than a week of words. You listen to people on a hundred levels, their words, their tone, their movements, the tension in their joints, the shivers across their skin… Why speak yourself when you can get all you need by listening?
  
  • Voice: People respect and fear psions for their ability to command the minds of others, but so few realize that the very same talent lies, quite literally, on the tip of their tongues.
    Riot: People are irrational, regardless of race or the trappings of civilization. You’re very good at twisting people’s emotions, playing on their fears, and breaking down the illusion of nobility to reveal the atavism inside with nothing but a whisper.
    Soothe: People are rational, regardless of the crimes committed by nations or the savagery of passion. A person has a soul that yearns for order, for balance, and you’re very good at bringing forth that nobler soul with a few words at the right moment.
    Misdirect: People are stupid, regardless of their great achievements or education. A person has an innate desire to hear what they want to hear and see what they want to see. One good lie, a few artful truths, and you can make anyone believe anything.
    
    • First Among Equals: It takes nothing more than a glance to realize that there is something about you that is... more than most individuals. You lead others by reflex, and they follow almost by instinct.
      Presence: People stop when you enter a room. They don’t cower, they don’t faun, but they stop and take notice. When you speak, others listen. They may not agree, they may hate you for saying it, but they will listen. People can’t turn away from you easily, an effect that you can maintain in nothing but rags.
      Domination: Your force of will is overpoweringly strong. Your words are soldiers, your ideas weapons, and every speech you give is an assault. Disagreement withers before the strength of your conviction, and it’s a rare being that can meet your eyes. Your commands may not be righteous or just, but they will be done.
      Manipulation: You’re not the loudest voice, not the most obvious threat, but you can manipulate those around you like so many dolls on strings. Your hands can run red with blood without ever touching a blade. Your name can be sung as savior while your body rests imprisoned. You may not be able to shake the pillars of heaven, but you can control those that can.
      

Spoiler: Magic Tree (click to show/hide)

• Lumomantic Principles: Unlocks T1 Lumomancy Spells
  Blaze: 10 Foc. Next Spell has +20 chance to lose containment, but has +50% to spell efficacy.
  Power Draw: 0 Foc, expend. If there is available light, gain light equal to the amount of focus lost. Usable once per encounter.
  Ifraim Contingency: 0 Foc, expend. You take 50% less damage from spell containment failure. Lasts for 3 rounds.
  
  • True Lumomancy: Unlocks T2 Lumomancy Spells
    Energy Spike: 20 Foc, spend Light. Targets a Lumomancer or a specific piece of greater technology. +(20+X)% chance for the next spell or item usage to malfunction, where X is the amount of light spent.
    Echo of Light: 10 Foc. Cast any spell, you will automatically use an action to cast the spell again, with the same target, at 50% effectiveness, with no focus or light cost. 
    Extended Safeties: 20 Foc. Turns any spell into a full round action. The spell requires a quarter the normal amount of light, and cannot lose containment.
    
    • Greater Lumomancy: Unlocks T3 Lumomancy Spells
      Burning Radiance: 10 Foc. Hitting the same target with damage dealing Lumomancy increases the amount of damage done to the target by Phari weapons (including spells) by 5% per hit, up to a max of 50%.  Lasts 3 rounds. Usable once per encounter.
      Protective Radiance: 10 Foc. The duration of all of currently cast buff spells is increased by 1 whenever you cast another buff spell. Lasts 3 rounds. Usable once per encounter.
      Blinding Radiance: 10 Foc. The duration of all of currently cast debuff spells is increased by 1 whenever you cast another debuff spell. Lasts 3 rounds. Usable once per encounter.
      
      • Nova Pharia: Unlocks T4 Spells
        Conduit of Light: 10 Focus. All spells deal 10% of their base light cost to you. All spells are 50% more effective. All spells cost 50% less light and focus. Lasts 5 rounds, must cast at least one spell per round. Usable once per encounter. Cannot be ended early.
        Brightlord: 20 Focus, expend. All incoming Phari damage/effects for the round is transformed into usable light. If this would bring your light above its max, the next spell has +X cost, damage%, and failure%, where X is the amount overcharged.
        Controlled Overload: 10 Focus, expend. The next spell cast will lose containment. That spell will gain one AOE tier. Its efficacy will triple. Can be used once per encounter. 
        
• Operant Fundamentals: One word commands. No proper nouns.
  Operant Study: Passive. Can always use an extra word in an operant command.
  Operant Intent: 10 Foc. The next arbitomantic spell is much less likely to produce an unusual result.
  Operant Power: 10 Foc. Next arbitomantic spell is increased in power 50%, but has a +15% chance of inflicting a backwash effect.
  
  • Operant Lexicography: Can use a sentence no longer than five words. No internal punctuation. No proper nouns.
    Old Lexicon: 15 Foc. Any operant ability is increased in power by 50%, but has a greatly increased chance of producing an unusual result.
    High Lexicon: 15 Foc. Your next arbitomantic spell has no chance to go awry, but has 20% increased chance of inflicting a backwash effect.
    Scripter’s Lexicon: 15 Foc. You next arbitomantic spell will not inflict backwash, but its power if limited to 75% of normal, and some spells cannot be cast from the Scripter’s Lexicon.
    
    • Arbitomancy: Can make 10 word sentences with proper nouns and internal punctuation.
      Armor of Faith: 10 Foc. Counters made against you while casting an arbitomantic spell have a 50% chance not to damage your focus. Lasts for 3 rounds.
      Weapon of Zealotry: 20 Foc, expend. Offensive Arbitomancy is 25% more powerful, but 10% more likely to inflict a backwash effect. The backwash effects are delayed until this effect ends. Lasts 3 rounds.
      Shield of Will: 15 Foc. Suspend all current backwash effects, and prevent any new backwash effects from occurring. Suspended effects will resume with appropriately decremented duration when this effect ends. Lasts 3 rounds.
      
      • Ascension: Can use two ten word sentences with proper nouns and internal punctuation.
        Power of Madness: Passive. Gain one severe backwash effect permanently. All abilities are permanently increased in power by 25%.
        Power of Censure: Passive. All spells decreased in power by 15%. Dramatically decreases chance for a spell to go awry.
        Power of Balance: Passive. All spell increase in power by 10%. Slightly Decreased chance for a spell to go awry.
        
• Avernale Training: Can manifest and control a single Lampade in a round. Can hold 1
  Split: 10 foc. Can use a single Lampade in place of two. Any ability, or abilities, it’s used to power function at 75% of normal power.
  Intense Focus: 10 Foc. Next roll to summon a Lampade succeeds automatically.
  Dark Gift: 10 Foc. Next Avernale ability increases in power by 50%.
  
  • Avernomantic Discipline: Can manifest up to three lampades and control two in a round. Can hold 3.
    Dark Adept: Passive: reduces the failure chance to summon a Lampade by 10%.
    Waking Trance: 15 Foc, expend. Can hold 3 additional lampades for 5 rounds.
    Unflinching Focus: 10 Foc.  Avernomantic spells deplete 20% less focus. Lasts 5 rounds.
    
    • Advanced Lampade Manipulation: Can manifest and use up to three lampades in a round. Can hold 5
      Conserve Lampade: 15 Foc, expend. Abilities that use more than one Lampade to cast cost one less Lampade. Lasts 3 rounds.
      Dark Revelation: 15 Foc. The next summon Lampade spell has 35% chance to fail, but a successful cast will recast the spell immediately, without cost. Can generate up to three lampades.
      Avernomantic Programming: 15 Foc. Given one ‘if’, one ‘then’, and one ‘else’, you can cast a spell to be triggered on a contingency. Improves rolls to program Avernomantic crystals.
      
      • Inner Darkness: Can Manifest and use up to four lampades in a round, if you have the AP. Can hold 7
        Dark Messiah:  Passive: Decreases the focus cost of holding a Lampade to 0, decreases the focus cost of summoning a Lampade to 2.
        Outer Light: 15 Foc. Gain a fourth action to cast Avernomantic spells.
        Embrace the Taint: 15 Foc expend. All Avernale spells cast this round will split at least once, striking the target and at least one other location. The caster has no control over strikes beyond the first. All strikes have their power increased by 50%.
        

[Tsuchigumo550]

[...] a simple system for weapons, [...]

I'm really tempted to generate like, a fuckton of weapons, put them in a huge random roller, and hand out weapons Garapon-style.

The main place to get your weapons is the Lotto, which is a bank of 100 weapons of a certain type. Of these hundred:
Twenty of the possibilities suck. You don't want these weapons, they're just below average in every way.
Fifty-five of these possibilities are average. These weapons are okay, you can use them.
Twenty of the possibilities are good. You want these weapons- they're fancy, they're rare, and they do a good job.
Five of the possibilities are Jackpots, and they're something you're going to want to keep.

Weapons will also be given a durability score, which is generally higher for better weapons... but, repair costs also get higher proportionally. Jackpot weapons cannot be restored, as they are hand-crafted.

Specific weapon subtypes will be available in Coin Machines, which only have 25 possibilities. Crude and average weapons here might be the same ones you get from the Lotto, but the rare and uniques are exclusive.
Each Coin Machine may produce any one of:
4 Crude weapons, 15 Average weapons, 5 Rare weapons, and 1 Unique weapon.

Lastly is the only method of getting things for free- Lotto Balls. Each one is a sealed container that requires a key (which means they can't be opened mid-combat, mostly), and each type only holds one of ten weapons (8 commons and 2 rares, likely not exclusive.) Gold Lotto Balls are much rarer, do require a fee to open, but are guaranteed to generate a weapon of high value- 3/5 rare, 2/5 unique.

As for classes, I intend to basically reskin and reuse what's available in Dungeon Fighter Online, except giving an option to mix two classes at the cost of a subclass.

Each class can only pull from one main type of weapon- in return, they gain skills which relate to their class (usually passives, but not always so.)

Since this is a work in progress, I'm currently not even going to bother renaming classes and weapon subtypes they can use:
Slayers are your basic sword-using class. They have access to Greatswords, Bludgeons, Short Swords, Katanas, and Lightsabers.
Fighters are your basic beat-em-ups, using more fist than weapon. They use Gauntlets, Boxing Gloves, Claws, Knuckles, and Tonfas.
Gunners like to shoot at things, not always from a distance. Their arsenal consists of Hand Cannons, Muskets, Revolvers, Bowguns, and Auto Guns.
Mages would require the addition of an MP system if they didn't handwave it away with large pools of mana in the first place. To channel this mana, they use Spears, Poles, Staves, Rods, and Brooms.
Priests are a different take on smashing things, and achieve wins with not only strength, but holy buffs and such. They utilize Battle Axes, Totems, Crosses, Scythes, and Rosaries in combat.

Every class has the option to Subclass, or Specialize. While all Gunners may be able to enchant their bullets to do a little extra damage in general, the Spitfire can actively choose different elements to imbue their shots with, for instance.

Slayers can become Blade Masters, gaining skills to increase the usefulness of their weapon and increase overall prowess, Soul Benders capable of calling forth and sealing demonic powers in their blade, Berserkers who forego the Blade Master's skills for increased brute force output, and Asuras call forth innate magic power and channel it through their swords.

Fighters can choose between becoming a Nen Master, calling forth an energy more natural than mana to perform amazing feats, a well-honed Striker with lightning-fast fists that strike with demolishing power, a Brawler capable of pulling all kinds of dirty tricks to win a fight, or a Grappler who can disarm and disable opponents without weapons and obliterate them with.

Gunners have the option of becoming a Ranger, going from a class best at range to one that can perform at a distance or up-close, a Mechanic capable of using drones to do his dirty work, a Spitfire with just the right bullet for every occasion, or a Launcher who can call down fury untold with their oversized weapons.

Mages can choose between becoming an Elementalist with a wide array of spells to choose from, a Summoner able to call familiars to fight by their side, a Battle Mage toughened up and ready for direct combat augmented with up-close-and-personal spells, or a broom-riding Witch able to cast odd magics unavailable to those without a direct knowledge of magic.

Priests can become Crusaders, focusing on the larger and deadlier weapons in their arsenal to provide the damage while their holy powers handle buffs and protection, a Monk who can forego weapons even in the face of demons, an Exorcist who hones their holy powers into a weapon to clear away any darkness, or an Avenger who steals the evil powers they are now sworn to fight, turning evil to good in many ways.

Advancing from a basic class does not restrict weapon choice, however, certain skills become stronger or gain additional effects when certain weapon subtypes are used. A Ranger using hand cannons would find it hard to use the same speedy, flashy manuvers as he would be able to pull off with a Revolver, but his damage output would skyrocket as a result.

Subclassing is an odd but useful system allowing a character to pull from two base classes. They may choose either Balanced, Unbalanced, or Side-Class, to determine how skills and weapons are picked.

Balanced subclasses pick three weapon subtypes from each of their base classes, and can learn one skill from each class's Advanced options. For the most part, they will have to rely on basic skills and their choice in weapons to survive.

Unbalanced subclasses choose four weapon subtypes and two Advanced skills from a single class (and a single Advancement), and two weapon subtypes from another class (Basic skills from either class can be learned).

Side-Classing does involve two classes, rather, it limits the options of one and introduces skills that could not be otherwise learned by any class. By restricting a base class's weapon options to just two weapon subtypes, they may Side-Class. Side-Classing does NOT prevent Advancement.

I haven't quite decided on what exactly I'll do with Side-Classing's choices yet, but in general, their skills are some degree of useful and/or meta. One may allow skills specifically mentioning one weapon subtype to choose a different subtype, among other such effects. Another may reduce all costs and increase gold obtained at any time, depending on how this is run...

I think I'd never actually run it, but building the engine up would be fun. Maybe I'd be able to do a Lite version, without so many complexities...

EDIT:

Huh, looking at that skill system actually gives me an idea, I could change "can't use weapon" to either 0 or negative proficiency. That would give each class 0.1 in all but one, which gets 0.4, player choice... and Advancing pushes that higher, maybe? I'll need to toy around with it.

[Tsuchigumo550]

Now would be a good time to go in-depth about what one can expect from each weapon subtype. These are generalizations.

Spoiler: Slayer Weapons (click to show/hide)

Greatsword
Emphasizes Strength heavily, Speed is mostly unimportant. Whatever Strength doesn't fill, Grace usually does. 1-per round.
Bludgeon
Emphasizes Strength and Speed. Crit chance and damage increase are usually diminished in favor of higher overall damage.
Shortsword
Emphasizes Grace and Speed. Widely-ranging outside of this regard, though they trend to lower damage with severe crits.
Katana
Emphasizes Grace alone. Speed and Strength are roughly equal, though this changes based on individual katana. Usually 1-per.
Lightsaber
Emphasizes Speed alone. Grace and Strength are near each other in importance. Almost never just 1-per-round.

Spoiler: Fighter Weapons (click to show/hide)

Gauntlets
Strength is highly important, followed by Grace for accuracy reasons. Speed is usually somewhat negligible, as Gauntlets are slower weapons.
Boxing Gloves
Boxing Gloves focus mainly on Speed and Grace, though sometimes Finesse will come into play on crits. Lowered damage output for fast, numerous strikes.
Claws
Claws differ in important stats and amount of attacks largely based on size. Slower ones tend to Strength while faster ones go for Speed, Grace is moderately important for either.
Knuckles
Strength and Speed are all you need.
Tonfas
Tonfas are usually quite balanced, though Strength is somewhat more important than other stats are. They are more likely to use stats such as Brilliance or Finesse.

Spoiler: Gunner Weapons (click to show/hide)

Hand Cannons
These use Strength to a high degree for accuracy calculations, carry a high base damage, and carry Brilliance over Finesse
Muskets
Strength still plays a role in accuracy, but Finesse matters more than Brilliance. They usually excel at range.
Revolvers
Finesse and Brilliance are the main forces behind the simple yet powerful Revolver.
Bowgun
Finesse and Grace matter most for the Bowgun, known for lower damage output but higher number of attacks.
Auto Gun
Grace and Brilliance are important here- multiple attacks can be made with these weapons.

And... it's getting quite late, and I'm not sure how closely I'll stick to this. Mage weapons are the bastard children of ranged and melee arms, using stats from all over the place (Brilliance and Strength for their spears, probably), and Priests... hmm.

[Draignean]

Now would be a good time to go in-depth about what one can expect from each weapon subtype. These are generalizations.

Spoiler: Slayer Weapons (click to show/hide)

Greatsword
Emphasizes Strength heavily, Speed is mostly unimportant. Whatever Strength doesn't fill, Grace usually does. 1-per round.
Bludgeon
Emphasizes Strength and Speed. Crit chance and damage increase are usually diminished in favor of higher overall damage.
Shortsword
Emphasizes Grace and Speed. Widely-ranging outside of this regard, though they trend to lower damage with severe crits.
Katana
Emphasizes Grace alone. Speed and Strength are roughly equal, though this changes based on individual katana. Usually 1-per.
Lightsaber
Emphasizes Speed alone. Grace and Strength are near each other in importance. Almost never just 1-per-round.

Spoiler: Fighter Weapons (click to show/hide)

Gauntlets
Strength is highly important, followed by Grace for accuracy reasons. Speed is usually somewhat negligible, as Gauntlets are slower weapons.
Boxing Gloves
Boxing Gloves focus mainly on Speed and Grace, though sometimes Finesse will come into play on crits. Lowered damage output for fast, numerous strikes.
Claws
Claws differ in important stats and amount of attacks largely based on size. Slower ones tend to Strength while faster ones go for Speed, Grace is moderately important for either.
Knuckles
Strength and Speed are all you need.
Tonfas
Tonfas are usually quite balanced, though Strength is somewhat more important than other stats are. They are more likely to use stats such as Brilliance or Finesse.

Spoiler: Gunner Weapons (click to show/hide)

Hand Cannons
These use Strength to a high degree for accuracy calculations, carry a high base damage, and carry Brilliance over Finesse
Muskets
Strength still plays a role in accuracy, but Finesse matters more than Brilliance. They usually excel at range.
Revolvers
Finesse and Brilliance are the main forces behind the simple yet powerful Revolver.
Bowgun
Finesse and Grace matter most for the Bowgun, known for lower damage output but higher number of attacks.
Auto Gun
Grace and Brilliance are important here- multiple attacks can be made with these weapons.

And... it's getting quite late, and I'm not sure how closely I'll stick to this. Mage weapons are the bastard children of ranged and melee arms, using stats from all over the place (Brilliance and Strength for their spears, probably), and Priests... hmm.

If you're going to run with the 6 part stat system I made, it's a good idea to remember that Wisdom was completely unused as a primary attribute for physical weapons. Using it as a primary attribute for your magical weapons makes a lot of sense.

I'd also like to point out that I've made great strides in reducing complexity, a fact which Tsuch' has made quite clear by showing what my system could have been like if I didn't keep the weapon archetypes abstract. SEE! I'M MAKING PROGRESS, YOU DON'T NEED TO SEND ME TO HARMONY HUT AGAIN! _{Please...Please...Please...Please...Not again...}

[blazing glory]

The main place to get your weapons is the Lotto, which is a bank of 100 weapons of a certain type. Of these hundred:
Twenty of the possibilities suck. You don't want these weapons, they're just below average in every way.
Fifty-five of these possibilities are average. These weapons are okay, you can use them.
Twenty of the possibilities are good. You want these weapons- they're fancy, they're rare, and they do a good job.
Five of the possibilities are Jackpots, and they're something you're going to want to keep.

Would you mind if I used something like this for an RtD I'm rolling up?

[Andres]

Now would be a good time to go in-depth about what one can expect from each weapon subtype. These are generalizations.

Spoiler: Slayer Weapons (click to show/hide)

Greatsword
Emphasizes Strength heavily, Speed is mostly unimportant. Whatever Strength doesn't fill, Grace usually does. 1-per round.
Bludgeon
Emphasizes Strength and Speed. Crit chance and damage increase are usually diminished in favor of higher overall damage.
Shortsword
Emphasizes Grace and Speed. Widely-ranging outside of this regard, though they trend to lower damage with severe crits.
Katana
Emphasizes Grace alone. Speed and Strength are roughly equal, though this changes based on individual katana. Usually 1-per.
Lightsaber
Emphasizes Speed alone. Grace and Strength are near each other in importance. Almost never just 1-per-round.

Spoiler: Fighter Weapons (click to show/hide)

Gauntlets
Strength is highly important, followed by Grace for accuracy reasons. Speed is usually somewhat negligible, as Gauntlets are slower weapons.
Boxing Gloves
Boxing Gloves focus mainly on Speed and Grace, though sometimes Finesse will come into play on crits. Lowered damage output for fast, numerous strikes.
Claws
Claws differ in important stats and amount of attacks largely based on size. Slower ones tend to Strength while faster ones go for Speed, Grace is moderately important for either.
Knuckles
Strength and Speed are all you need.
Tonfas
Tonfas are usually quite balanced, though Strength is somewhat more important than other stats are. They are more likely to use stats such as Brilliance or Finesse.

Spoiler: Gunner Weapons (click to show/hide)

Hand Cannons
These use Strength to a high degree for accuracy calculations, carry a high base damage, and carry Brilliance over Finesse
Muskets
Strength still plays a role in accuracy, but Finesse matters more than Brilliance. They usually excel at range.
Revolvers
Finesse and Brilliance are the main forces behind the simple yet powerful Revolver.
Bowgun
Finesse and Grace matter most for the Bowgun, known for lower damage output but higher number of attacks.
Auto Gun
Grace and Brilliance are important here- multiple attacks can be made with these weapons.

And... it's getting quite late, and I'm not sure how closely I'll stick to this. Mage weapons are the bastard children of ranged and melee arms, using stats from all over the place (Brilliance and Strength for their spears, probably), and Priests... hmm.

If you're going to run with the 6 part stat system I made, it's a good idea to remember that Wisdom was completely unused as a primary attribute for physical weapons. Using it as a primary attribute for your magical weapons makes a lot of sense.

I'd also like to point out that I've made great strides in reducing complexity, a fact which Tsuch' has made quite clear by showing what my system could have been like if I didn't keep the weapon archetypes abstract. SEE! I'M MAKING PROGRESS, YOU DON'T NEED TO SEND ME TO HARMONY HUT AGAIN! _{Please...Please...Please...Please...Not again...}

Now I want to know what Harmony Hut is.

[Digital Hellhound]

It's where we send you if we wanna beeee with you, makebelieeeve with you, and live in harmony harmony oh loooove.

As you can imagine, the amount of blood - just dreadful.

[Tsuchigumo550]

The main place to get your weapons is the Lotto, which is a bank of 100 weapons of a certain type. Of these hundred:
Twenty of the possibilities suck. You don't want these weapons, they're just below average in every way.
Fifty-five of these possibilities are average. These weapons are okay, you can use them.
Twenty of the possibilities are good. You want these weapons- they're fancy, they're rare, and they do a good job.
Five of the possibilities are Jackpots, and they're something you're going to want to keep.

Would you mind if I used something like this for an RtD I'm rolling up?

Not at all, feel free. Chance-based "quarter machines" in MMOs eat up so much of my money, I figured I'd make an RtD element on in.

And yeah, I'm going to probably redo some of the weapon balances. Each one is either going to focus on one stat and two others as minor elements, focus on two stats with two minors, balance between three stats, balance between four stats, or share equally between two and have 1-2 minors... I'm not 100% sure yet. Some weapons might use lots of different stats in different areas, such as Hand Cannons requiring strength to be accurate but not using it in other calculations.