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[IronyOwl]

Undead: Cannot heal.

I am sad. Or, did you mean it can't heal on its own?

Either one's pretty reasonable, unfortunately.

So, IronyOwl... care to elaborate on this RTD you were talking about? :3

THIS.

Yeah. Do tell. I won't mind.

Well, alright then.

Spoiler: Setting (click to show/hide)

High fantasy gone to hell. The whole world's divided up into warring provinces controlled by warlords, and there's far too much magic running around. As a result of that and continued escalation, there's entire provinces that have been turned into vampires, regions where demons openly rule, formerly-inhabited sections that are now a mass of writhing carnivorous plants, and other such madness.

This also makes character creation rather... interesting. In addition to being able to play as more unusual races or afflictions, you can play as a Tainted, which is a mortal infused (some might say infested) with demonic power. This gives you a bonus when you overshoot, but overshooting too much or more than once in a row tends to give you hideous mutations and generally move you closer to transforming completely into a slavering horror. Which I'm sure many players wouldn't mind, except then you have to make rolls to not feast on your former comrades on the spot and other such unpleasantness.

Spoiler: Melee Combat (click to show/hide)

Any time you roll a 5 or 6, you get a Skill Point in whatever you were doing. "Whatever you were doing" is rather more specific than "using a sword" or "athletics," however; "Butchering Peasants" or "Rooftop Travel" are more likely.

Skill points don't do anything on their own, but can be combined to form special moves. This is up to the player; there are no predefined "recipes." Special moves can be as simple as a +1 bonus to your attack roll or somewhat more elaborate, like tripping or stunning, but in general +/-1 is the intended power. You can combine multiple special moves to get a higher-tier special move, for a +/-2 or equivalent bonus.

Do note that since special moves are a result of your actions, it pays to describe things somewhat clearly, since it's a lot easier to get what you want if you've got well-described parts. Coming in low and then impaling someone through the throat with your spear, for instance, is likely to have a lot more potential than just stabbing someone. Hopefully this will make combat (and everything) fairly flavorful, since everyone will be describing it a little better than "Attack Spearman 2." "Gut Spearman 2" is much better.


Special moves can only be used once every so often. I'm not totally certain of the recharge rate; it might range anywhere from once every time you rest and recover to simply being available every fight.

Spoiler: Magic (click to show/hide)

Magic is a difficult and very personal art that begins with Concepts. Concepts are fashioned out of skill points in the same way special moves are, but rather than being a usable power, Concepts merely represent your personal codification of a certain, well, concept, be it Love, Chaos, Fire, or Battle.

Concepts are then combined into spells, but unlike with skill points this doesn't consume the concept (I think, still tinkering with this). This means that the more Concepts you amass, the more spells you (theoretically) know because the more combinations are possible. As with special moves, both Concepts and their resulting spells are up to the player; you want a healing spell, you figure out what makes up healing and what actions personify said components.

Note that this makes spellcasters rather eccentric, since they tend to spend most of their time lighting fires or hugging children in an attempt to better understand the underlying principles of their craft. It also means there's no clear line between arcane-ish and divine-ish casters; some manipulate fire and ice, others wield piety and virtue, and some combine fire and hate.

So yes... still have some snags and things that don't quite work like I want them to, but the basic premises are sound.

[SeriousConcentrate]

At the risk of sounding generic, it looks promising. Any idea when it'll be available, or do you want to discuss any of the aspects? (Not here of course, I don't want to derail Tarran's thread any more than necessary.) I may not have much experience with running RTDs but maybe having someone/people to bounce ideas off of might help. ^^

[Tarran]

Undead: Cannot heal.

I am sad. Or, did you mean it can't heal on its own?

Cannot be healed. You'd have to revive it a second time for it to "regain" HP, but there's a good chance for the bat to be destroyed after it's been killed again.

Spoiler: Setting (click to show/hide)

High fantasy gone to hell. The whole world's divided up into warring provinces controlled by warlords, and there's far too much magic running around. As a result of that and continued escalation, there's entire provinces that have been turned into vampires, regions where demons openly rule, formerly-inhabited sections that are now a mass of writhing carnivorous plants, and other such madness.

This also makes character creation rather... interesting. In addition to being able to play as more unusual races or afflictions, you can play as a Tainted, which is a mortal infused (some might say infested) with demonic power. This gives you a bonus when you overshoot, but overshooting too much or more than once in a row tends to give you hideous mutations and generally move you closer to transforming completely into a slavering horror. Which I'm sure many players wouldn't mind, except then you have to make rolls to not feast on your former comrades on the spot and other such unpleasantness.

Spoiler: Melee Combat (click to show/hide)

Any time you roll a 5 or 6, you get a Skill Point in whatever you were doing. "Whatever you were doing" is rather more specific than "using a sword" or "athletics," however; "Butchering Peasants" or "Rooftop Travel" are more likely.

Skill points don't do anything on their own, but can be combined to form special moves. This is up to the player; there are no predefined "recipes." Special moves can be as simple as a +1 bonus to your attack roll or somewhat more elaborate, like tripping or stunning, but in general +/-1 is the intended power. You can combine multiple special moves to get a higher-tier special move, for a +/-2 or equivalent bonus.

Do note that since special moves are a result of your actions, it pays to describe things somewhat clearly, since it's a lot easier to get what you want if you've got well-described parts. Coming in low and then impaling someone through the throat with your spear, for instance, is likely to have a lot more potential than just stabbing someone. Hopefully this will make combat (and everything) fairly flavorful, since everyone will be describing it a little better than "Attack Spearman 2." "Gut Spearman 2" is much better.


Special moves can only be used once every so often. I'm not totally certain of the recharge rate; it might range anywhere from once every time you rest and recover to simply being available every fight.

Spoiler: Magic (click to show/hide)

Magic is a difficult and very personal art that begins with Concepts. Concepts are fashioned out of skill points in the same way special moves are, but rather than being a usable power, Concepts merely represent your personal codification of a certain, well, concept, be it Love, Chaos, Fire, or Battle.

Concepts are then combined into spells, but unlike with skill points this doesn't consume the concept (I think, still tinkering with this). This means that the more Concepts you amass, the more spells you (theoretically) know because the more combinations are possible. As with special moves, both Concepts and their resulting spells are up to the player; you want a healing spell, you figure out what makes up healing and what actions personify said components.

Note that this makes spellcasters rather eccentric, since they tend to spend most of their time lighting fires or hugging children in an attempt to better understand the underlying principles of their craft. It also means there's no clear line between arcane-ish and divine-ish casters; some manipulate fire and ice, others wield piety and virtue, and some combine fire and hate.

So yes... still have some snags and things that don't quite work like I want them to, but the basic premises are sound.

The Concepts system is a little bit confusing. You might want to either make it easier to understand or simplify it. I'd recommend the former as this sounds interesting as-is.

Another problem with the Concepts system is that I see the beginning being extremely slow and limiting for spellcasters.

Anyway, I'll be sure to play a Tainted for the lulz.

[Darvi]

'nuff said.

[wolfchild]

specifics - blocks 10 points of chaos, up to 2 a turn

[Tarran]

Uh, I meant:
What level* of spell is it?
Is it mobile or immobile?
Is it Placed or Maintained?

Spoiler: * (click to show/hide)

There are six levels of spells, of varying difficulty:
Trivial is Trivial to cast (+1), Minor is Easy to cast (+0), Normal is hard to cast (-1), Major is Difficult to cast (-2), High Major is Very Difficult to cast (-3), Omega is Extremely Difficult to cast (-4), and Epic is Impossible to cast (-5).

[TolyK]

'nuff said.

[wolfchild]

well i said place and whatever dificulty does that, or the -1 to the roll one

[Draignean]

Arzhog belches in confusion.


_{Covert bump, what can I say, my RTD is being slow.}

[Tarran]

I am going to update... sometime soon. It's just that a few of the actions this turn are unappealing for me to write at the moment, and I'm too bored to finish them right now. I finished all the others though.

Just to tease you guys: We got two luck 2 rolls and one luck 1 roll along with a 2 normal roll. So we've got plenty of failing this turn.

[IronyOwl]

Can't you just skim over them?

"[1+1][Luck 2], you fail. Moving on to the interesting people."

Also damn you all, because at least one of those was probably someone healing me.

[Tarran]

Can't you just skim over them?

"[1+1][Luck 2], you fail. Moving on to the interesting people."

You'd wish. Most of the ones I'm procrastinating on are the ones that have a load of work behind them. And I don't want to do that anyway, it's not nice.

Also damn you all, because at least one of those was probably someone healing me.

Don't forget that you were also trying to heal yourself.

[TolyK]

oh sh**

[Tarran]

I noticed I forgot to roll Ze's sword's monster spawning last turn, so I'll run it this one.

Make another one a cart-like thing that is fairly sturdy, out of earth.

follow Ze Spy

[4+2+1-1][Luck: 1]: Showing your lack of luck, you create a very heavy cart. On top of yourself. It hurts, and pins you down. You can't move.

Damage roll from cart: 1d10. Roll:1.

However, you manage to avoid smashing the important parts of your body with the cart, and only take 1 damage.

+2 Earth magic skill.
New Spell: Earth Shaping: Hard (-1 to casting). Allows you to shape a medium amount of dirt.
+Status: Pinned by cart: Cannot move.
-1 HP.
+1 chaos.

Agree to the increased price, make sure the man knows that he gets nothing if I can't make it back out alive after I get in. Travel!

You offer the man the money, he agrees to take you half way to the other side of the swamp.

...After a long journey, [Luck: 1] you do the smart thing and trip onto a Izzci, which [Poison roll: 6] is VERY POISONOUS. [Luck: 1] You smash your entire body against it. Oh for crying out loud...

[Poison resist roll: 3]: You just barely keep from falling unconscious instantly. The man rushes over to you "You're a idiot. Drink this." The man gives you an anti-poison vial which [Anti-poison: 4] helps a lot. You still nearly die though. "You'd better give me ten gold now, since that's how much this vial cost."

-28 HP.
Location change: Some Izzci swamp.

O.o was Kirion's expression as he observed Darin practically dying to reanimate the dead bat. "For Isaia's sake..." he muttered. "Here, I'll patch you up as best as I can, but all of us gotta be moving on, OK? I can practically feel the chaos irradiating the area."

Cast Major Healing on Darin and GTFO of the area.

[4+1][Luck: 2]: You cast a powerful healing spell at Darin... You just missed by about one person. You can also see him trying to heal himself, and fail.

Also, you notice your spellbook shifting a little.

+2 Healing magic.
Now Adept at healing magic.
Level up to level 1! Pick 2 attribute points.
+1 chaos.

Attempt to heal self. Lead group to far right passage.

[5][Luck: 2]: You attempt to heal yourself, and you do cast the spell, but you have no idea where you casted it at. Then it hits you: You casted it at the floor you were looking at. Bah.

+3 Healing magic skill.
New spell: Minor Healing: Easy to cast (no modifiers). Heals 2-5 HP.
+1 chaos.

place a  chaos shield on myself

[3+1+1][Luck: 5]: Showing remarkable knowledge of chaos shields, you place down a shield stronger than you were working for.

Unfortunately, that won't help against ANGRY DOG MEN WIELDING WEAPONS.

+1 Shield magic skill.
New spell: Major Chaos shield: Difficult to cast (-2 to casting). Immobile. Blocks 3 points of chaos radiation per turn. Blocks up to 15 points of Chaos if Placed.
+Status: Protected by Major Chaos Shield: Immobile. Blocks 3 points of chaos radiation per turn. Blocks up to 15 points of Chaos (1/15 absorbed).
+Status: Placed shield: Cannot place any shields for 5 turns.

"Right, let's go find this dragon"

You prepare to go down the middle-left path, but notice everyone killing themselves and decide that you should wait..

[SWORD ROLL]: You actually feel threatened this time. Not by much, but a little bit.

+1 chaos.

Hide and wait until Accurarwa come out. If they don't, use the whistle.

[2]: ONCE AGAIN, you fail to hide. You see two hostile Accurarwa coming out, branding copper-bronze items. They are slightly shorter than humans, and appear to be somewhat as intelligent as humans. They bark/shout for their friends. You hear several more footsteps. Get ready, this will be tough!

+1 chaos.

DANGER: Darin has 2 HP left.
WARNING: Arzhog has 3 HP left.

Spoiler: IronyOwl (click to show/hide)

Name: Darin.
Gender: Male.
HP: 2/18.
Chaos: 11/80.
Encumbrance: 45/50.
SLP: 2/4.
Level: 0.
Items:
  Human Skin-Bound Tome.
  Fingerbone-Laced Black Robe.
  Rib Shield.
  Kris.
  Satchel.
  Small Hourglass.
  Inkwell.
  Quill.
  Parchment.
  Specimen Bottles.
  1 Overreactive Black Perfect Average Soulstone.
  1 Overreactive White Great Average Soulstone.
  Overreactive Multicolored Great Average Soulstone.
  Good Iron Spear.
  Bad Copper Longsword.
Skills:
  Novice Necromancy 11/16.
  Novice Defense 8/16.
  Beginner Healing magic 7/8.
  Beginner Crafter 4/8.
  Beginner Shield magic 5/8.
  No skill Earth magic 1/4.
Attributes:
  10 Strength.
  10 Agility.
  12 Toughness.
  23 Intelligence.
  10 Charisma.
Status:
Soul in Perfect Soulstone: You have to carry the soulstone or your body will fall limp.
Location:
Deep Whispers: Bat cave.
Spells:
  Shield:
    Minor Stationary Kinetic Barrier.
    Minor Chaos shield.
  Necromancy:
    Average Soulstone creation (necromancy magic).
  Healing:
    Minor Healing.
MAIN QUEST: Dragon Hunt.
  Talk to the Captain of the Guard for details.
  Travel to the Deep Whispers.
  Find the Dragon.

Spoiler: Ze Spy (click to show/hide)

Name: Ravenium.
Gender: Female.
HP: 16/16.
Chaos: 11/80.
Encumbrance: 59/150.
SLP: 3/4.
Level: 0.
Items:
  Sword of the Void (longsword).
  Heavy Iron Shield.
  Steel Armor.
  Scroll of Scare Undead.
  Potion of Minor impact.
Skills:
  Novice Longsword 15/16.
  Novice Energy magic 10/16.
Attributes:
  30 Strength.
  15 Agility.
  10 Toughness.
  10 Intelligence.
  0 Charisma.
Status:
Normal.
Location:
Deep Whispers: Bat cave.
Spells:
  Energy:
    Energy bolt.
MAIN QUEST: Dragon Hunt.
  Talk to the Captain of the Guard for details.
  Travel to the Deep Whispers.
  Find the Dragon.

Spoiler: TolyK (click to show/hide)

Name: Nowan Ilfideme.
Gender: Male.
HP: 20/21.
Chaos: 11/80.
Encumbrance: 38/75.
SLP: 4/5.
Level: 1.
Items:
  Enchanted Aluminum Armor.
  Enchanted Aluminum Main hand Shield.
  Aluminum Offhand Shield.
  Potion of Liquidation
Skills:
  Novice Earth magic 13/16.
  Adept Polymorph magic 17/24.
  Novice Shield magic 10/16.
  Beginner Defense 4/8.
Attributes:
  10 Strength.
  11 Agility.
  16 Toughness.
  30 Intelligence.
  0 Charisma.
Status:
Angelic Wings: +1 to convincing people that you're good. -2 to intimidation. People will often confuse you as an angel. Can fly.
Pinned by cart: Cannot move.
Location:
Deep Whispers: Bat cave.
Spells:
  Earth:
    Trivial Earth Shaping.
    Earth shaping.
    Major Earth Shaping.
    Minor Earth spike.
  Shield:
    Minor magic reflection shield.
    Magic reflection shield.
    Minor Shield of holding.
MAIN QUEST: Dragon Hunt.
  Talk to the Captain of the Guard for details.
  Travel to the Deep Whispers.
  Find the Dragon.

Spoiler: wolfchild (click to show/hide)

Name: Nat.
Gender: Female.
HP: 19/21.
Chaos: 2/80.
Encumbrance: 23/25.
SLP: 2/4.
Level: 0.
Items:
  Glyph of Recovery.
  Ebony Crossbow.
  20 Obsidian Bolts
  Obsidian Bolt of Drying.
  Bronze Dagger.
  Light Bronze Armour.
Skills:
  Novice Water magic 11/16.
  Beginner crossbows 4/8.
  Beginner Dagger 4/16.
  Novice Shield magic 14/16.
Attributes:
  5 Strength.
  15 Agility.
  15 Toughness.
  20 Intelligence.
  10 Charisma.
Status:
Protected by Major Chaos Shield: Immobile. Blocks 3 points of chaos radiation per turn. Blocks up to 15 points of Chaos (1/15 absorbed).
Placed shield: Cannot place any shields for 5 turns.
Location:
Chaos Hollows entrance.
Spells:
  Shield:
    Minor Chaos shield.
    Major Chaos shield.
    Major Air-blocking shield.
  Water:
    Dehydration.
SECONDARY QUEST: Save the brother.
  Go to cut Izzci.
  Go north to The Chaos Hollows.
  Find the brother.

Spoiler: Serious Concentrate (click to show/hide)

Name: Kirion D'Aubrani.
Gender: Male.
HP: 16/16.
Chaos: 11/80.
Encumbrance: 30/50.
SLP: 4/5.
Level: 1.
Items:
  Bronze Shortsword.
  Bronze Shield.
  Leather Armor.
Skills:
  Beginner Shortswords 4/8.
  Adept Healing magic 16/24.
  Novice Defense 8/16.
  Beginner Conversation 4/8.
Attributes:
  10 Strength.
  10 Agility.
  10 Toughness.
  20 Intelligence.
  15 Charisma.
Status:
Normal.
Location:
Deep Whispers: Bat cave.
Spells:
  Healing:
    Trivial Healing.
    Healing.
MAIN QUEST: Dragon Hunt.
  Talk to the Captain of the Guard for details.
  Travel to the Deep Whispers.
  Find the Dragon.

Spoiler: HmH (click to show/hide)

Name: Nathan.
Gender: Male.
HP: 16/16.
Chaos: 3/80.
Encumbrance: 65/75.
SLP: 2/4.
Level: 0.
Items:
  Pine Crossbow.
  8 Vampiric Steel-tipped Bolts.
  Waterskin.
  Light Robes.
  Dog whistle.
Skills:
  Novice Crafter 9/16.
  Novice Crossbows 8/16.
  Beginner Polymorph magic 4/8.
  Beginner Necromancy magic 6/8.
  No skill Water magic 1/4.
Attributes:
  10 Strength.
  15 Agility.
  10 Toughness.
  30 Intelligence.
  0 Charisma.
Status:
Normal.
Location:
Chaos Hollows entrance.
Spells:
  Water:
    Minor water purify.
  Necromancy:
    Harvest.
SECONDARY QUEST: Save the brother.
  Go to cut Izzci.
  Go north to The Chaos Hollows.
  Find the brother.

Spoiler: Draignean (click to show/hide)

Name: Arzhog the Mad Drunk.
Gender: Male.
HP: 3/31.
Chaos: 0/80.
Encumbrance: 8/100.
SLP: 4/5.
Level: 0.
Items:
  Smelly Rags.
  Cursed everfull wine bottle.
  filthy food.
  Map of near-Toi areas with an X on the map.
Skills:
  Adept Misc Object user 16/24.
  Novice Defender 8/16.
  Beginner conversation 6/8.
Attributes:
  20 Strength.
  20 Agility.
  25 Toughness.
  0 Intelligence.
  0 Charisma.
Status:
Accepted in Toi: +1 to talking to people from Toi.
Location:
Some Izzci swamp
SECONDARY QUEST: Kill Darteran.
  Go to the X on the map.

Spoiler: Darvi (click to show/hide)

Name: Joseph Alan Taylor.
Gender: Male.
HP: 16/16.
Chaos: 11/80.
Encumbrance: 25/25.
SLP: 1/4.
Level: 0.
Items:
  Bronze Shortsword.
  Pine Crossbow.
  Fancy Leather Armor.
  Pimp Hat.
  Lute Lyre.
  3 gold coins.
Skills:
  Basic Shortsword 4/8.
  Basic Crossbow 4/8.
  Basic Conversation 6/8.
  Novice Air magic 8/16.
  Basic Chaos magic 5/8.
  No-skill crafting 1/4.
Attributes:
  5 Strength.
  15 Agility.
  10 Toughness.
  15 Intelligence.
  20 Charisma.
Status:
Normal.
Location:
Deep Whispers: Bat cave.
MAIN QUEST: Dragon Hunt.
  Talk to the Captain of the Guard for details.
  Travel to the Deep Whispers.
  Find the Dragon.

Allies:

Spoiler: Dostricht (click to show/hide)

Name: Dostricht Allacestace.
Role: Captain of the Guard.
Age: 38.
HP: 40/40.
Chaos: 10/80.
Level: 10.
Items:
  Unknown Longsword.
  Tungsten armor.
  Steel Shield.
  Glowing ring.
Skills:
  Grand Master Longswords.
  Master Defense.
  Adept Wrestling.
Attributes:
30 Strength.
30 Agility.
34 Toughness.
21 Intelligence.
15 Charisma.
Status:
Bladed tail.
Dragon Wings.
Carapace.
Location:
Deep Whispers: Bat cave.

Spoiler: Darin's Undead Giant Bat (click to show/hide)

16 HP
Under control of: Darin.[/color]
Vulnerabilities:
Resistances:
-100% damage: Cold.
-20% damage: Heat.
-75% damage: Air.
Specials:
Innate hunter: +3 to attack roll.
Claws: -1 to damage.
Undead: Cannot heal.
Location:
Deep Whispers: Bat Cave.

Enemies:

Chaos Hollows:

Spoiler: Accurarwa 1 (click to show/hide)

12/12 HP
Items:
Fine Bronze Spear: +1 to damage.
Poor Bronze Shield: 8 AHP. 1/2 chance to take all damage.
Leather armor: 20 AHP. Takes 1/3 of damage dealt to user.
Vulnerabilities:
None.
Resistances:
None.
Specials:
Various misc skill bonuses: +1 to wrestling. 1/2 chance for +1 to spear. 1/2 chance for +1 to defense. -1 to casting.
Poor spellcaster: -2 to casting.
Pack animal: +1 to attack rolls if nearby ally has <3 HP.
Location:
Chaos Hollows entrance.

Spoiler: Accurarwa 2 (click to show/hide)

10/10 HP
Items:
Good Iron dagger: +2 to damage.
Vulnerabilities:
None.
Resistances:
None.
Specials:
Various misc bonuses: +1 to dagger. +2 to defense. -1 to casting.
Poor spellcaster: -2 to casting.
Pack animal: +1 to attack rolls if nearby ally has <3 HP.
Location:
Chaos Hollows entrance.

...Wow, you guys are having a really bad day.

[SeriousConcentrate]

Kirion blinked. "Let me try that again."

Continue attempting to heal Darin with a Minor Healing spell, 1 point to endurance and 1 to intelligence.