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Each player will get their own unique character which will generally be superior to the other members of the species. Player Avatars are always 100% loyal to the player controlling them. All Player Avatars can perform research in addition to performing a regular action. Player Avatars count as adults.

Food is the number one most essential resource for your survival. Each turn 1 food is eaten for every member of your species which remains under your control.(Abilities may change amount consumed.) You will ALWAYS want to have food available. Without food people will starve and eventually die.

If there is not enough food at the start of a turn, an amount of civilians equal to the food deficiency will take damage. Civilians may voluntarily choose not to eat; otherwise the GM will decide who eats and who does not. Consecutive turns without food will cause more damage to be taken.

Most of the map will start off being unknown. You may spend turns exploring a tile that is adjacent to a known tile to learn about it, or you may attempt to discover previously unknown aspects of land you already own. Scouting is potentially dangerous and can cause injury or death to your civilians. (Player Avatars will always survive this if they are uninjured).

The more presence your species has in a tile, the more effective exploration of that tile and adjacent tiles will be. When you attempt to explore a tile you will often discover keywords which give hints about what exists on the tile before you actually unlock the location on the map. You can attempt to travel into unknown lands and try to forage, but this is an extremely risky thing to do.

Each turn you may attempt to research something to grant your species a new ability, such as allowing you to harvest specific resources, build stuff etc. Research is done on a per player basis so multiple things can be researched at a time. Non Player Avatar members of your species can also partake in research.

Several members of your species can collaborate on research if they are in the same tile. Collaborating will reduce the amount of time it will take to complete a research. Note that if multiple civilians work on the same kind of research as individuals, you will unlock multiple similar techs.

You can try to research anything you want. Note that some technologies will probably be hard to get without first getting some prerequisite stuff. If a technology is going to take an unreasonably long amount of time to get such as Time Travel or Immortality or something, you will be notified about this so you can stop wasting turns on it.

You can get an estimate on how long it will take to finish researching something by the amount of question marks there are in the tech screen. One question mark means it will only take a few turns, Two question marks means it is either a difficult tech or you are missing prerequisites and it will take a fair bit longer. No more than five question marks will be displayed, but the scale goes beyond that. If a tech would have more than five question marks it will display as if it had five question marks, but can potentially require thousands of research points to complete or even be literally impossible to do. You will not be told if something is completely impossible or not.

Attempting to Research a prerequisite for a tech without specifying a proper tech name such as "Green Thumb Prerequisite", the research will only result in you getting a hint on what said prerequisite is.

Two adult civilians of opposite genders on the same tile can spend a turn to create eggs which will hatch into new civilians. The eggs may take several turns to hatch, during this time they will be especially vulnerable.

After hatching you will have some new civilians, but they will start in an adolescent state. These children will have low stats and are not especially intelligent. If they survive for a few more turns they will become adults which are generally quite useful.

Any player may tell civilians to do things. Civilians have a will of their own, but will generally take your suggestions seriously.

If a member of your species is problematic for whatever reason, you may disown them. A disowned civilian will not take from your food stockpile, but they will still exist. They may exhibit problematic behaviors, and you may also have diplomatic issues with other players if you didn't have a good reason to do that.

Non player controlled civilians will have a personality which will greatly affect the actions that they take.

Most civilians will have at least one ability which will grant them specific advantages. Note that genetics will be a major factor in determining this. Abilities will also affect how a civilian will generally behave.

If an item is not in a specific place, it will be in what is known as a Communal Inventory. This means any member of your civilization can access it, but it also means it can be stolen from any of your people or from any of your occupied tiles.

Tools and weapons in the Communal Inventory can only be used by one civilian each turn. If you used the tool on the previous turn you will generally be able to use it again in the current turn.

Some items are too heavy to be in the Communal Inventory. Such items will linger at a specific tile unless they are moved by a civilian. A civilian's encumbrance stat will determine how much they can carry in a single turn. Picking things up and dropping them is a free action.

Some items need special measures to contain. These items may wind up in a temporary inventory. A temporary inventory is the worst place to store an item; it will generally be lost when the next turn comes around.

If you want to add your own information to the inventory such as possible locations to find it or possible applications, simply post that you want to add this information in your action post. Note that any information not added by the GM will not necessarily be accurate. Notes cannot be added to items that do not exist.

When creatures and items are first discovered, they will start out being unnamed. Any member of your civilization may choose to give them a name. Your own species name may also be decided on.

If you want to rename an item, you will need at least one other player to agree upon the new name.

In your action post, you must specify the tile that you want to work in. Your action will most likely fail if you do not, even if the tile should be very obvious.

Name:
Gender:
Character Ability 1:
Character Ability 2:
Character Ability 3:
Character Ability 4:
Character Ability 5:
Species Ability:

Catlike Reflexes: Lower startle chance. Increased defense by 1.
Desert-dewlling:Reduced penalties for thirst. Decreased dry penalties for farming. Decreased heat penalties to labor. 
Forager: Increased edible gathering yield. Increased gathering yield.(general.)
Magical:Increases Science when researching Magical Spells, Tech, and Theory. Also increases spell power.
Psionic: Allows telepathic communication and combat. All telepathic actions must be proceeded by #// and if it is communication be surrounded by quotes. May be used on non-intelligent beings but it may or may not be useful.
Researcher: Easier to find prerequisites. Increased speed when researching prerequisites to a previously attempted tech. 

Alchemist:May experiment on gathered items to discover some of their properties. Experimentation can discover more if a process is described or you specify a tool or technology to assist you in your alchemy. Can combine non-edible items to produce alchemical solutions with different properties. Increased speed of reaserch for materials. Increased Science for chemical and science equipment tech. 
Also Slightly Evil: Warps NPC opnions, makes certain creatures less hostile. Which NPCS are effected must be discovered through play. 
Boss: Immune to instant kill effects.
Calm: Increases Focus. Decreases penalties for stressfull situtations, makes miscasts of spells less likely, decreases resistances to certain status effects.   
Catperson: You posses Cat whiskers, ears, a thin layer of fur, and a long tail. You can keep your balence easier which situationally may provide bonuses to defense. You also have reduced penalties from darkness. less susceptible to food poisoning from meat.
Causes Fear: Witnessing this character causes creatures to flee. This ability also grants immunity to fear and resistance to Terror. Does not negatively affect allies.Riding this character gives the rider the same fear and terror protection.
Cold Lover: Cold related status, weather, and tile effects are less harmful to the Cold Lover. The Cold Lover also has reduced food consumption in certain unrevealed conditions.
Cook:Capable of combining edible items together to make food which can increase resistances to some eviromental hazards May also be able to process some items with better tools.
Durable: Increases Defense and HP, gives resistance or nullifies some low threat damage sources.     
Evil:Reduces sprite reproduction. Increases strength by 1. Warps NPC opinions, makes certain creatures less hostile. Which NPCS are effected must be discovered through play.
Excitable: May choose to increase either your Labor, or Movement Limit by 1.  It also reduces  Focus. This makes it harder to use magic in stressful situations or unfamiliar territory.
Fast: Increases movement range by 1.
Fertile: May spend a turn with another creature of the same species to create eggs. This consumes both characters turns and cannot be used several turns in a row.
Free Research: Research is a free action for this unit, and does not need to relate to the task they are performing. Attempting to do an action you cannot do grants 1 free research point.
Fully Cybernetic: Incapable of reproduction. Increases Defense by 3. Massively Increased Health. Health does not regenerate. Health may not be healed by normal medicine. May be repaired. Has some items hidden in Your arms. Includes a flashlight of low quality light. Note: Flashlight  may be maintained for no more than five turns in a row.   
Genius: Increased Science for all research.
Guardian: Increased defense by 2. May buff another players in the same tiles defense who has less defense than you on any turn. May sacrifice your turn to increase your defense by 2 and take on any damage that up to two other characters might recieve on the next turn.(
Hunter: Bonus to Strength when hunting. Bonus to defense in partially explored areas.
Large:Increases Food consumption by 1, Improves outcome on wrestling attempts. Increases Defense, Capacity, Labor, and Strength by 1. Increases Health(HP)
Living Weapon: Strength increased by 3. Decreased capacity, and labor by 2. Farming is less effective. 
Manakete: Can glide. Provides immunity to lava and fire damage. Increased defense by 1. 
Pathfinder: Decreased penalties for unfamiliar territory. May guide another player to reduce their penalties in an area the possessor has visited at least once.
Petite: Decreases food consumption. only has to eat every other turn. Increases effect for cooked meals. Decreases labor, capacity, strength, and defense by 1.
Revolutionary:Increases strength by 2. Situationally Increases persuasion. Decreases Labor by 1
Scavenger: Massively Increases most non-edible gathering yeild actively(must be mentioned to come in to use) for reduced edible yeilds. Passively(even if not mentioned) increases non-edible yeilds of gather/forage actions without decreasing edible yeilds. Increases all yeilds from giant animal corpses and from Secret 1, Secret 2, and Secret 3.(automatic for secrets, otherwise the ability must be mentioned).
Shamanistic: Grants Spirit Sight. Spirit Sight allows the user to see the spirits in a tile when they gather, harvest, or travel through. Allows easier communication with sprites, and spirits.  This ability increases the bonus to magic from favorable spirits. Increases penalties for unfamiliar territory. Increases bonus for familiar territory. Reduces prerequisites for relevent Individual-Tech. Increased Science when researching any relevenant Tech. Increased diplomacy with spirits, certain NPCs, Secret 2, and Secret 4. ere. The Spirit Sight may be exchanged for the more powerfull "Shaministic Spirit Dependance" Ability which increases the the drawbacks but massively multiplies the benefits.
Smart: May obtain information about objects and locations by investigating them as an action.
Stealthy:Decreases the chance of enemies spoting you. Increased Strength and defense in certain situations and tiles.
Strong: Increases Damage and carrying capacity.
Strong Opinions: This characters opinions cannot forcibly be altered, and has 100% loyalty to a specific player stated in the character list.
Smart: May obtain information about objects and locations by investigating them as an action. Also, the Research ability will not prevent threat detection for this character, and can be used in collaboration efforts.
Sky Jump: Negates most falling damage. allow the player to overcome some obstacles which reduce movement speed without slowing down.
Very Large: Increases Food Consumption by 2. Affects NPC opinions. Makes stealth very diffucult. Increases Defense, Capacity, Labor, and Strength by 2. Increases Equipment and move by 1. Animals nearly always flee. Stacks with Large.     
Youthful: Makes interaction with NPCS that are not children or old easier. Also increases damage and carrying capacity slightly.

Male: Cannot produce eggs with other Males
Female: Cannot produce eggs with other Females
Alpha: 20 Health, 3 Attack, 2 Defense, 2 Move, 5 Science, 3 Labor, 8 Capacity, 3 Equipment. Strong Opinions, Free Research, Boss, Causes Fear, Fertile
Cybernetic:Removes fertile ability. Affects Npc interaction. Has a secret element.

Health: How much harm a character can take before dying. Current health will be tracked on the character list. A character dies if this drops to zero. A character may rest for a turn by not doing any work to restore 1 lost health per turn.
Attack: Damage dealt by this character is *Multiplied* by its attack stat.
Defense: Reduces damage taken from all sources by this amount.
Move: How many tiles a character can move in a turn. A character may act then move, OR move then act.
Science: How good a character is at research. This is how much research they contribute before modifiers.
Labor: How much labor a character can perform per turn. Used for actions such as building and foraging.
Capacity: How much a character can carry at a given time. A character can only move this many objects at once in a personal inventory.
Equipment: How much equipment a character can use at a given time.

Star(TricMagic): Female Alpha. Manakete, Excitable, Smart, Youthful, Petite
Jaynie Morgan(0cra_tr0per):Female Alpha. Cold lover, Catperson, Strong, Calm, Scavenger
Bernard(Supernerd): Male Alpha. Large, Very Large, Guardian, Strong, Durable
Dr. Diablito(Zazmio): Male Alpha. Evil, Genius, Stealthy, Fast, Cook
Texcoco(Maximum Spin): Male Alpha. Alchemist, Also Slightly Evil, Shamanistic, Hunter, Revolutionary
Caelum(dgr11897): Male/Cybernetic Alpha. Skyjump, Pathfinder, Fully cybernetic, living weapon, Fast

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Name:
Health: 4/5   Mood: 4/5   Hunger: 4/5
Skills
Body: 1
Mind: 1
Other: 1

Traits
Perks:
Flaws:

Inventory:

Your character is to be an approximation of yourself, as close as you are willing to get. You should have your skills, your biggest accomplishments and perks, and even your flaws. The game itself is very simple. You will be on an island with a handful of other B12ers, and the objective is to survive. What you do from the outset of the game, and how you decide to play, is entirely up to you.

The game mechanics are as follows: You state an action, and I roll 1D10 to determine the outcome. I then post the outcome. A 1 on the die is a spectacular failure. A 10 on the die means that I roll again and add the total of the next roll to the 10 prior.
Each day will have four phases: Morning, Afternoon, Evening, and Night. Weather and temperature may play a role in each day, so be vigilant.
 
As the storyteller/GM/what-have-you, it is my duty to be consistent, fair, and timely when running this game, and I will make every attempt to do so. I realize that to do this, I must keep a small player base, and if needed I will actualize a waiting list. I will also make every attempt to keep the game flowing smoothly, and keep the players having fun. Lastly, I promise to not re-use the laser-wielding Best Korean scenario.

As the player, it is your duty to post consistently and intelligibly, preferably marking your actions for the phase in BOLD. Another of your duties is to keep the game going in a sane direction, without too many tangents (although I am aware that they are all but inevitable.) Last but not least, have fun, play nice, and be yourself. That last part is the whole point of the game.

Explanation of the character sheet:
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Name: This is your screen name. I’m not going to make you give me a real/fake name.
Health, Mood, and Hunger: These are numerical measures of (approximately) how you are faring on the island. The scores are detailed below. All scores will probably fluctuate wildly throughout the game. All have a soft cap of 5, but Health and Mood can be taken higher. Any raise in Health or Mood while the score is at 5 or above is made at ¼ its normal effect. Hunger’s cap is impassible. There may be special events that take your scores up or down throughout the game. Health, Mood and Hunger all start at 4.

Health: This is a measure of your physical well-being. A high Health score means that you are in good condition physically, suffering no ill effects. Being damaged from combat, falling out of a tree, an accident with a sharp object, diseases, severe infections, etc, will take down your Health, or hamper its recovery. Receiving medical care and resting are ways to raise your Health score.
Scores are as follows:

5+: You are feeling extremely well! +1D10 to all Body skill rolls.
4-4.9: You are in good condition. No effect.
3-3.9: Not feeling so well. -1D10/2 to all Body skill rolls.
2-2.9: Hurting pretty badly.  -1D10 to all Body skill rolls.
1-1.9: Severe injury. -2D10 to all Body skill rolls.
0.1-0.9: Totally incapacitated. Unable to make any actions until Health is above 1.
0: Upon reaching 0 Health, this player dies.

Mood: This is your mental well-being. A high Mood score means that you are happy, calm, and at peace with the world. You are also full of energy and vigor. Working overly hard, failing tasks, getting in arguments, failing to sleep well, being grumpy in general, not having adequate supplies, bad weather, etc, are ways to lose Mood scores, or hamper your attempts to raise it. Rest, playing, relaxation, good sleep, a good meal, a good drink and good weather are ways to raise your morale.
Scores are as follows:

5+: You are carefree, and ready to take on the world! +1D10 to all Mind skill rolls.
4-4.9: You are in good condition. No effect.
3-3.9: You are somewhat stressed. -1D10/2 to all Mind skill rolls.
2-2.9: Depression and apathy has set in.  -1D10 to all Mind skill rolls.
1-1.9: You are feeling bitter and angry about life on the island. -2D10 to all Mind skill rolls.
0.1-0.9: Life on the island has taken its toll on your psyche. You refuse to do  any work until your Mood is above 1.
0: Upon reaching 0 Mood, this player begins the process of having a psychotic episode. They hallucinate wildly, babble incoherently refuse to sleep or eat by themselves, and repeatedly harm themselves bodily. Others must provide any boosts to their mood. For each day phase that the player is in the psychotic episode, they inflict (1D10)/10 [so .1D10] Health damage upon themselves. Other players may spend time helping improve their mood, but may not take any action otherwise while doing so. This may also impact the helping player’s mood score. Upon reaching a Mood score of 1 or above, the psychotic episode breaks, returning the player to normal.

Hunger: This is a measure of your stomach’s well-being. Hunger encompasses both hunger and thirst, for the sake of simplicity. Having a high hunger score means that you can withstand longer periods without adequate supplies. However, over-saturating your stomach means taking a penalty, so it may be wise to only overeat when absolutely necessary. Unlike Health and Mood, Hunger’s optimal score is actually (approximately) 4/5. Hunger is depleted when you have no food supplies during a phase that you are resting in. Hunger is replenished by having food supplies during a phase that you are resting in. (It is assumed that a  “rest” phase means “take care of personal needs”.) Finally, Hunger can only be increased by (2D10)/10 [so .2D10] per phase.
Scores are as follows:

4.6-5: You are extremely full and are unable to eat any more for the time being. -1D10/2 to all skill rolls.
3.5-4.5: You are satiated. No effect.
2.5-3.4: Your stomach is growling, and your mouth is parched. -1D10/2 to all skill rolls.
1.5-2.4: Your stomach hurts from hunger. You are fighting off light-headedness.  -1D10 to all skill rolls.
0.5-1.4: You are sick to your stomach from hunger. It feels as if your body is attempting to consume itself. -2D10 to all skill rolls.
0-0.4: You are suffering starvation. You are unable to make any actions until Hunger is above 1. Furthermore, you will suffer (1D10)/10 [so .1D10] Health damage for each phase that your Hunger stays below 1.

Skills: There are three skill types in this game. They are classified as Body, Mind and Other. Skills that are mostly physical, such as Close Quarters Combat or Swimming, go under the Body category. Skills that are mostly mental, such as Academics and Meditation, go under the Mind category. Skills that are a combination of the two, can go either way, or are really neither physical nor mental go under the Other category. Each skill can have Specializations. For example, a skill tree may look like this:
Body: 1
Close Quarters Combat: 1
        Martial Arts: 1
      Knife Fighting: 1
Mind: 1
   Academics: 1
      Astronomy: 1
     
Body, Mind and Other all start at 1, as do all starting skills and specializations. For each 2 levels earned by specializations under a skill, that skill gains a level. (In the example above, if this character earned  2 levels in Martial Arts [taking their Martial Arts score to 3], their CQC score would increase a level.) For each 10 levels earned in the respective category, the category itself gains a level. (In the example above, if this character earned 4 levels in Martial Arts and 3 levels in Knife Fighting, their Body score would go up by 1, because CQC would also have gained 3 levels, pushing the total gain to 11.) [Note: if this is confusing, please let me know and I will attempt to reword it.]

For a skill or specialization that is currently at 0 levels, 3 successes or 1 great success in that skill or specialization will provide a level gain. For every level thereafter, it requires two more successes than the previous level to gain proficiency. Example: a Lv1 skill with no proficiencies requires 5 successes to upgrade. From there, you may either choose a proficiency under that skill, or upgrade the skill itself. Keep in mind, though, that each point in the category and skill used is only worth 1D10/2 toward any skill check thereof. However, specializations are worth a full 1D10. Example: Character with (Mind 1=>Shooting 2) attempts to shoot a target with a bow and arrow. That character gets (1D10/2 [from Mind])+(1D10 [from Shooting]) toward the difficulty check, for a maximum of 15. That same character with (Mind 1=> Shooting 1=> Bow and Arrow 1) would get (1D10/2 [from Mind])+(1D10/2 [from Shooting])+(1D10 [from Bow and Arrow]) toward the difficulty of the action, which has a maximum of 20. The drawback to this, of course, is that levels in Bow and Arrow do not affect shooting ability with a shotgun, pistol, or assault rifle.

Each player starts with 5 points to spend in Skills. Lv1 of Body, Mind and Other are free, but cannot be upgraded. If a player is unsure as to the nature of a skill (body, mind or other), a vote amongst the players shall be had. If there is a tie between two or all three categories, it is up to me, the GM to choose.

Traits
Traits are what really make you unique from other people. They are your best and worst qualities. Each player is allowed three levels of Perks. They can all be put into one perk, or spread out amongst up to three. However, each player must take three levels of Flaws, as well. Like Perks, they can be placed into one Flaw, or spread out.

Examples:

Perk: Fighting Spirit
Lv1: +1D10/2 to all Martial Arts rolls.
Lv2: +1D10/2 to all CQC rolls.
Lv3: +1D10 to all CQC rolls.

Flaw: Big Eater
Lv1: Requires 1.5x normal food.
Lv2: Requires 1.5x normal food, and disregard all Hunger gains under 0.5.
Lv3:Requires 2x normal food, and disregard all Hunger gains under 0.5.

If the player does not know what kind of Perk/s to pick, they may send me, the GM, their favorite accomplishment. If they are at a loss for Flaws, they can send me, the GM, their greatest fear, worst nightmare, etc. Either way, I’m willing to help you out.

Inventory
This is where you keep all of your stuff. The average person has 2 usable pockets and 2 hands. This allows you to carry up to 2 medium items and 2 small items (size and necessary details will be given upon making or finding said item.) If there is a cache kept somewhere by the players, it is up to both me, the GM, and the player to keep track of what exactly is in said cache.

A starting player begins with nothing more than a suit of clothes they would wear casually

 i will use standard rtd rules
Every player will start with 2-4 powers from the superpowers wiki (randomly chosen , amount dependent utility and versatility of powers) 
powers allow usually impossible actions or provide bonuses to you or penalize  to your enemy.
bonuses/penalty will be distributed at the gm discretion
no omni-powers