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[tomas1297]

 Since this isn't a thread for the game itself, I think this belongs here. I'm gonna use a 1d12:2 roll with modifiers applied to the roll itself, but not the end result. That's the way I roll (get it? Roll!).
 Anyway I'm accepting originality, but don't stray away too far from the main concept. Since I'm making the game I may also veto some things.

 Things I decided:
1: 1d12:2
2:Serious.
3:Focus on having a limited amount of skills, the rules of which are pretty loose, thus making the skills have as much potential for improvisation as skills made by the players. (not sure about this one)
4:Lots of focus on unifying backstory and gameplay. So if theres a monster which lives only underground, you can damage it with an illuminating spell or something, if a predatory creature has much improved hearing, you can hurt it with loud sounds.
5: Unit stacks. Instead of tracking individual units, they will be unified into a stack if there is a lot of them.
 Things I decided with your help:
6:Urban Fantasy.
7:PVP and teamwork is RP enforced.
8:Flexibility over depth.
9:Character power is higher than average, but not godlike.
10:Creativity rewarded.
11:No railroading.

 To keep things orderly, this is what we should decide right now:
-Setting. Be specific: Cyberpunk, High Fantasy, Space Opera, Gothic Fantasy...
-Character power: From lowly peasants-turned-adventurers to demigods capable of killing armies by themselves.
-Flexibility or depth.
-Rewarding creativity and logic (the aforementioned use of backstory) or strategical skill and cunning (more rules requiring thinking).

[Digital Hellhound]

Well, for the first two - Urban Fantasy (ie, modern setting with magic and such) and below demigod level of character power, but above your average hero.

[Darvi]

Allow flexibility (I mean, Railroads? seriously). Reward creativity.

[Angel Of Death]

A limb system. You know, 300 damage severs that limb, 125 that one.

[tomas1297]

Well, for the first two - Urban Fantasy (ie, modern setting with magic and such)

Aye, a comparatively rare, but great genre. You might want to specify tho. It can be used to describe those Japanese-ish settings with <insert name here> living between humans, the dark cultist stuff with demons, horror mystery with ghosts...

Allow flexibility (I mean, Railroads? seriously). Reward creativity.

 Railroads? That's the game with over 100 different trains that do basically the same, but have different stats, right? Or did I somehow type a reference I don't even understand? 0_o

Edit: @Angel Of Death: Actually, I was thinking of a HP system, but with limb damage and bleeding as debuffs.

Edit: Also, I'm not accepting suggestions right now, so you can keep giving me suggestions on the things you already talked about. I'll accept what most people/I like when there are more suggestions.

[Darvi]

Railroading means that the GM forces the players into one predetermined route that he has decided on. From readin DM of the Rings and Darths and Droids I've learned that a good GM doesn't bring the players to the plot, he brings the plot to the players.

[Vector]

Railroading is when a game master has a particular plot in mind and forces the player characters onto it, whether they like it or not.  It's like the difference between interactive storytelling with a human, and "interactive" "storytelling" with a computer in the usual RPG-style game.

... Ninja'd.

[Darvi]

Doing what I'm good at B)

Of course the players shouldn't actively try to derail the plot, but that's a given I guess.

[tomas1297]

Railroading means that the GM forces the players into one predetermined route that he has decided on. From readin DM of the Rings and Darths and Droids I've learned that a good GM doesn't bring the players to the plot, he brings the plot to the players.

 Oh. Alright, I'll keep that in mind. Tho if everyone acts like they want, that brings us to another topic: PVP, and teams. Will there be PVP? Will the players be on one team?

 I'd like more suggestions about the setting, since that determines pretty much everything except mechanics.

 Also, Vector on an RTD thread? 0_o

[Taricus]

Reward creativity when it happens, usually it helps define a PC.

[Darvi]

PVP... I dislike PVP 'cause I suck at it. I don't mind conflict in an RPG, but it should be solved quickly enough through diplomacy as to not kill of a player prematurely.

Ya know, when two players get in a fight, then another player (or, if not possible, the GM) should step in and stop them. With non-lethal force if necessary.

[tomas1297]

PVP... I dislike PVP 'cause I suck at it. I don't mind conflict in an RPG, but it should be solved quickly enough through diplomacy as to not kill of a player prematurely.

Bwahahaha, I'm a fan of hard as hell games, including RTDs. :3

[Vector]

Also, Vector on an RTD thread? 0_o

Yeeeah, yeah, I know >_>

It was in GD, I've had only 3 hours of sleep, and I occasionally consider joining an RtD ever since a mafia game incorporated one in its flavortext.

[Darvi]

PVP... I dislike PVP 'cause I suck at it. I don't mind conflict in an RPG, but it should be solved quickly enough through diplomacy as to not kill of a player prematurely.

Bwahahaha, I'm a fan of hard as hell games, including RTDs. :3

I noticed. Still, PVE's where the main difficulty should come from.

[Digital Hellhound]

Oh. Alright, I'll keep that in mind. Tho if everyone acts like they want, that brings us to another topic: PVP, and teams. Will there be PVP? Will the players be on one team?

 I'd like more suggestions about the setting, since that determines pretty much everything except mechanics.

 Also, Vector on an RTD thread? 0_o

Let players kill eachother if they want to. As long as you have enough players on the waiting list, it won't be a problem. Then again, I've never experienced PvP as a player (outside arena combat RTD's), so maybe you shouldn't listen to me.