By the Unwritten Book:
Laws are made to be edited.
Concrete rules are overrated, so heres a game where they nearly dont exist. This will be a simple Arena RTD, until, that is, every single player gets his chance to mess with it! multiple times! Thats right, as the game continues the rules themselves will be changed by the players, I will roll to see what sort of thing the player can change, and then I will do my best to implement their choice into the game while keeping the game fun. This is extremely experimental and possibly unbalanced, so the rules are open to change. Oh wait, Thats the point!
the few, necessary unchangeable rules:
There will be 8 active players at any given time.
When a person gets the chance to change rules they will roll on the following chart:
first roll: power (examples are of invetory changes which could be made)
1 Sorry, nothing ([redundant]nothing[/redundant])
2 Very little (everyone gets a paper clip (dont underestimate (actually, do underestimate, if you can.)))
3 Slight changes (everyone gets 20 ft. of Rope, YAY!)
4 Actual changes (everyone gets a shotgun, free of charge!)
5 Extreme changes (everyone gets a LAZER!)
6 Game changers (everyone gets a lack of gravity!)
2nd roll: category
For power of 2-5: (max changes are scaled to power)
1 - Inventory
2 - Magic powers
3 - Anatomy (humanity is for losers!)
4 - Scenery
5 NPCs
6 Weather/Nature (ranging from things like wind direction to things like volcanic eruptions.)
For a power roll of 6:
1 Stats (Create, change, or delete a stat.)
2 Battle Mechanics (you decide how combat works, be it dueling or dancing)
3 Any other major game mechanic (make one if you want, or just edit one already there.)
4 - You are able to partially edit or undue any rule there is.
5 Setting (you decide where the battle is going down)
6 Reality (the laws of physics are in your hands, do with them what you will.)
The stat range is -5 to + 5, because that way not specializing in a stat does not mean you will instantly win or lose.
Which rules cannot be changed cannot be changed.
From this point on, everything is up for grabs!
Health is Chunky Salsa (no Hit points)
The original 8 players get a chance to make changes (all power rolls of 1 will be rerolled)
Anybody who kills someone else gets a chance to change the game.
You can use any item or magic power you create on the turn you create it, everyone else must wait a turn.
Character Creation:
Name:
Appearance:
Stats: must be balanced
Strength
Dexterity
Endurance
Intelligence (used for any magic, might also become useful if battling becomes math based, or some such nonsense.)
Optional: your biography, interests, beliefs, favorite color, anything, but it wont affect gameplay.
Battling will be done similarly to just about every other RTD: roll + stat modifier vs. roll + stat modifier
The arena is a large circular room with concrete floor, walls, and ceiling, about 200 ft. across and 25ft high, all surfaces are smooth.
GreatWyrmGold
Name: MinMaximus
Appearance: This tense gentleman has beady black eyes that are like two onyxes. His luxurious, straight, very short hair is the color of obsidian, and is worn in an uncomplicated style. He has an athletic build. His skin is deeply-tanned. He has hollow cheeks. His wardrobe is mysterious and unconventional, with a mostly gray and black color scheme.
Strength +2
Dexterity +4
Endurance -1
Intelligence -5
Persus13
Name: John Maynard Keynes
Appearance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0nERTFo-Sk
Stats:
Strength: -
Dexterity: -
Endurance: -
Intelligence: +++
Optional: ECONOMICS!
Superblast
Name: Rand
Appearance: Black hoodie with red eyes.
Stats:
Strength -5
Dexterity 0
Endurance 0
Intelligence +5
Optional: He's evil. 'Nuff said.
Borno
Name: Easter Bunny
Appearance: He's a guy in a bunny suit who actually thinks he's a bunny.
Stats:
Strength +++++
Dexterity ----
Endurance +++++
Intelligence -----
Optional: His flight to the arena was delayed, so he's a bit late, but he's here to give easter eggs and death to other contestants.
Person
Name: That One Guy
Appearance: Generic
Stats:
Strength 0
Dexterity 0
Endurance 0
Intelligence 0
Xantlaos
Name: Blob
Appearance: A blob of flesh on the ground. It appears to be bubbling.
Stats:
STR: -5
END: +5
DEX: -5
INT: +5
Scapheap
Name:Ash Dust
Appearance:Half(right side) robotic woman with red hair and a green eye(robotic half's is red)
Stats: must be balanced
Strength +2
Dexterity 5
Endurance +2
Intelligence +1
Harry Baldman
Name: Burt
Appearance: Wears a large, bulky, goofy-looking, fuzzy bulldog costume. Underneath it lies only ancient, sweaty darkness that should never be seen by human eyes.
Stats:
Strength: 0
Dexterity: -1
Endurance: +1
Intelligence: 0
Backstory: once an ordinary (if somewhat awkward) high school student, Burt's life was changed forever one day in the school's science lab. Covered in odd, shimmering residue from an experiment gone wrong, he was about to take a shower, but alas, school pride came a-callin' and he didn't have time! After all, if he didn't participate in the pep rally, what kind of mascot would he be? However, misfortune struck, as the residue was an extremely powerful glue! Reacting with the sweat from all the running around and generally being a good mascot he did, it bonded poor Burt to the suit something fierce. So strong was the bond that the suit essentially became a second skin for him, and it wasn't possible to remove it without removing all of his skin as well. So they left Burt as he was, destined to never be taken seriously by society despite the fact that he was still essentially the same person.
Chink
Name:Jayf
Appearance: Short, and quite fat.
Stats: must be balanced
Strength -2
Dexterity +3
Endurance -3
Intelligence +2
kj1225
Name: Kyle
Appearance: A tall man wearing only assless chaps, boxers, a cowboy hat, a condom, and two holstered daggers.
Stats: must be balanced
Strength -2
Dexterity +2
Endurance -5
Intelligence +5
Optional: He works as a stripper to pay through college.
- Everyone's skin is purple.
- Everybody has a rod of wonder which produces random effects on either the user or the target.
- Everyone has the ability to shoot flaming bacon grease.
- Everyone will have a live R.A.B.I.D. St. Bernard© grenade flying at them when they spawn.
MinMaximus:
[power:5; category: 1]
As you mysteriously appear in this mysterious room, you realize that your mysterious attire, appearance and personality (so mysterious that truly nothing is known about it. You also realize that you are faced with a mysterious decision, but at least it's clearly explained:
You may chose any item, of any kind, and each player will receive that item. It need not be real or logical.
John Maynard Keynes:
[power: 3; category: 3]
Seeing that there is no economy or unemployment to be fixed, you feel rather useless, but then you realize that if you create an economy (and some unemployment for fun) you'll have something to do. Clearly, the first step is to become king of this room, and your well on your way when the future of it is at least partially handed over to you:
You may moderately change human anatomy, basically anything short of adding a new appendage or major body part (changing one is fine.)
Hobo Joe:
[power: 5; catergory: 2]
you're not sure where you are, but it isn't that much better than where you were before, though it is definitely weirder, judging from the people around you.Somehow, though, you realize that you can make it even wierder, and the power brings a dirty, wide grin to your face.
You can create any magical power you want, and all players will be able to use it, at least those with any intelligence.
Joe Bridger:
[power: 3; category: 4]
You are torn away from your tower and find yourself in a large room, you instantly try to use one of your old spells, but find that it is impossible, frustrated and confused, you wait for the coming onslaught... that isn't coming that quickly. You do sense, however, that an outside force is giving you some help, even if it is odd:
You can add any piece of scenery, anywhere you want so long as it can fit in a 10 ft wide cube.
Rand:
[power: 2; category: 4]
You find yourself in a large concrete room with a severe lack of suffering and blood, you decide that this is a serious problem and you should fix it as soon as possible. You do have a bit of help in your horrifying journey, but not much. In fact, you feel instinctively outdone.
You can add any piece of scenery, anywhere you want so long as it can fit in a 2 ft wide cube.
Easter Bunny: ((odd first name, if you ask me.))
[power: 5; category: 5]
Finding yourself in the middle of a dull, sad room you feel very out of place. You also see many odd people and... things around you, and while you want to give them all eggs filled with candy, not all of them look like they would, or could, enjoy it. You do realize the chance to make a "friend" to help you in your travels, though.
you can make an NPC, any NPC, anywhere, but it won't automatically be your friend.
That One Guy:
[power: 3; category: 1]
Your reaction to suddenly being ripped out of your universe is extremely average: utter terror. Your power to change the game is pretty average too:
You can add any tool not designed to be a weapon to the inventory, cannot be a vehicle or armor of any kind, each player will receive it.
Blob:
[power: 4; category: 1]
You plop into the universe with a resounding squish, that is just about it. Oh, and there's this thing you can do, not that it will help you much:
You can choose any conventional item, (something from reality that isn't obscure) all players will receive it.
((you can use any item or magic power the turn you create it, everyone else has to wait a turn, I will add that to the OP. post your turn with your decision.))
Red: MinMaximus
Pink: Keynes, healthy
Purple: Hobo Joe, healthy
Cyan: Archmage Joe, healthy
Orange: Rand, healthy
Green: Easter Bunny, healthy
Yellow: Guy, healthy
Blue: Blob, healthy
(http://i.imgur.com/zykAYR1.png)
Everyone gets one object with powers similar to a rod (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic-items/rods/rod-of-wonder) or shield (http://www.goblinscomic.com/02122006/) of wonder, which causes all sorts of random effects.
Done. Also made my own chart for the random effect, and I set it up so that it can affect the target with a bonus or a penalty, but it has an equal chance to do that to the user.
Everybody can now shot torrents of hot flaming bacon grease out of their hands.
Done.
Place an armed and fueled and fueled Blackhawk gunship (A small one) near my location.
Done. :-\
There is a two foot wide metal pad with a glowing top in the middle of the room. When stepped on it make the person into a 24 ft giant along with everything that have in their inventory.
Done. extra :-\
Experimentally change Hobo Joe's skin color to Purple.
GWG, alliance?
EVERYBODY'S SKIN IS NOW PURPLE!
Everyone gets a crowbar.
Done.
I create the "Minibunny", a bunny-human thing who creates easter eggs out of thin air and throws them at people.
Done, and as you could have created Godzilla with your power roll, I made the mini-bunny a bit... overpowered.
Each player will have a rabid St. Bernard at eye level moving towards them at a quick velocity.
Going to take some liberties with this one: as NPC's can only be made with NPC rules, every player gets a live R.A.B.I.D. St. Bernard©, which is basically a powerful grenade with a short fuse, flying at them at eye level. As of now, no more inventory items can be made with a preset velocity.
Use my said item at the guy across the arena from me (Rand "Archmage" Joe)
[INT roll: 3-5] ((INT rolls dealing with the Rod of wonder only deal with the duration of effects.))
[deflection roll: 1]
Your Rod shimmers for a moment, and suddenly the magic turns back and hits you, and you feel... slightly different. After you recover from the shock of this action, you notice a live grenade heading straight for your face, but before you can even think to dodge, it stops in mid air, and then flies toward the ceiling. the grenade detonates a bit too close for your liking, but it still does you no harm. Sadly, though, you can feel the enchantment fade away.
I shoot a torrent of hot flaming bacon grease at Rand the rabid Saint Bernard that happens to be flying at my face, and propose an alliance to Archmage Joe. After that, man the Blackhawk's turret.
Get in it. And accept the alliance, he can operate the turret.
[Arch INT:2+5]
[Arch DEX:1+2-1]
[Hobo END: 2+3]
[Arch END: 4-2]
Hobo Joe, prepared for the coming of the saint bernards, suddenly finds himself face to face with a live grenade. Deciding his greasy powers would not be helpful in this situation, he instead runs to the chopper. Both he and the other Joe make it to the chopper in one piece., but then things start to go wrong. Arch-Joe leaps into the cockpit and... realizes he doesn't have a clue what he's doing! He looks over the controls and then operates them amazingly... for a guy who's never seen the controls for a helicopter before. He manages to get it to take off, but that's about it. He instantly hit the ceiling with the rudders, causing them to rip apart and the chopper to spin crazily. The flight lasts about 3 seconds, and it comes down rather unceremoniously. Hobo Joe, who is built pretty sturdily, gets hit with a good deal of force, but is fine afterwards. Arch Joe, on the other hand, gets one of his legs caught badly in the collapsing cockpit, shattering the bone.
Use charisma to make dog friends .
[Dex: 3-5]
[End: 3+5]
Realizing that the St. Bernard is actually a St. Bernard©, you try to get out of the way. Being nothing but a blob of flesh, however, makes this impossible, and the grenade hits you squarely in the... flesh? Anyway, it doesn't hurt at all, but you should... roll, slip, or lurch (whatever you do) as far away as possible, quickly.
"These insects.... they will become as tiny as insects comared to me! MUHAHAHA!"
Rush toward the giant making pad that i created and become giant. When that is done, stomp on it so no one else can use it.
[STR:4-5+3]
You make it to your growth pad, and it works perfectly! Despite no being 20 ft tall, your still pretty scrawny, and you barely put a dent in the pad.
I ask the Minibunny for eggs then start throwing them at everyone myself. Shout
"HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!"
while doing so.
[DEX:4-5]
[DEX:6-5]
the mini-bunny see's that your trying to spread the easter spirit, so he tosses you a few eggs with extreme grace, which you completely fail to catch. When they hit the ground, however, they burst into piles of m&m's and fun-sized candy bars. Happy Easter!
You do manage do jump out of the way of a grenade, though.
((You can all now use your rods of wonder, bacon grease powers, and crowbars. Everyone not mentioned got out of the way of the grenades.))
Red: MinMaximus
Pink: Keynes, healthy
Purple: Hobo Joe, healthy
Cyan: Archmage Joe, Broken right leg
Orange: Rand, 20 ft tall
Green: Easter Bunny, healthy
Yellow: Guy, healthy
Blue: Blob, healthy, very close to grenade
Light green: mini-bunny, healthy.
(http://i.imgur.com/nRNqBBI.png)
"We may be down, but we still have guns!"
Get in the machine gun turret. Give Rand a nice hot lead shower. Preferably actually hot, using bacon grease coated bullets.
"Muhahaha! I am now a giant Bacon Mage! FEAR ME!"
Stand on my pad so no one else can use it except for my two teammates, Persus and GWG. Use my magic bacon grease powers on the guy that intends to kill me.
Charge at Joe and smack him experimentally with my Rod of Wonder!
[Archmage Dex: 1+2]
[Rand Dex: 2]
[Minmax Dex: 3+4]
[MinMax Dex vs. Archmage Dex: 6+4 vs. 5+2] ((I flipped a coin for the target))
[MinMax Int: 3-5] [backfire, positive]
[MinMax Strength: 1+2-5]
[Archmage End: 5-2]
[Archmage End: 2-2]
[Rand Dex vs. Archmage Dex: 3 vs. 1-2-2] ((being on the ground and in pain doesn't help with dodging.))
[MinMax Dex: 5+4]
[Rand Int: 6+5]
[Archmage End: 3-2]
Minmaximus is the first to act, trying to get in a hit on Archmage Joe before he can get to the gunner's seat. He manages to connect, but right before the swing, the rod of wonder activates, once more affecting its owner, and Minmaximus feels himself weaken. In fact, he weakens to the point where Archmage Joe doesn't even feel the rod hit him. He does, however, still feel the broken leg, quite acutely, in fact. He falls in pain and writhes on the ground. Rand takes this chance to unleash a beam of bacon death, which hits Archmage Joe square in the everything, causing him to turn to ashes instantly. Min maximus, on the other hand, finds that his ability to move has not been hindered, and manages to get out of the way of the attack.
Archmage Joe has died, burnt to a crisp.
[power roll: 5; Category: 4] ((WHY DICE WHY?!?!?!?!?!))
Archmage JoeRand can now make any piece of scenery he wants. it can be mechanic, magical, randomized, etc. or those in any combination. It only has to fit these parameters: it cannot be a vehichle, it cannot cut off any player from any other players, it may not replace a player, and it must be usable by anyone, not just someone with your name, favorite color, background, etc, though its effectiveness can be based off skill.
Grab the crowbar with my left hand. Shoot bacon grease from my right hand at the choppa. Charge at it.
Whack the giant with my rod while greasing him up.
[Keynes Dex: 1-1]
[Hobo Dex: 3-4]
[Keynes Int:3+3]
[Hobo Dex: 3-4]
[Hobo End: 1+3]
As Hobo is trying to get out of the chopper, keynes runs up and unleases a blast of burning grease. Hobo franticly tries to get out of the way, but only gets stuck in the gunners seat. He sits thers, for the last second of his life, pondering death, and eventually decides: "well, at least it smells nice."
Hobo joe has joined the other Joe in their aromatic grave.
[power roll: 1]
Keynes doesn't seem to be getting any choices.
Mind if I join the alliance? If I can join, Get closer to my teammates. If not, I'll just Stay on the defensive and wait for things to happen.
Grab some of the chocolate and use my hands to shove it down their throats. Eat some myself after.
[Guy Dex: 5]
[Bunny Dex: 2-5]
[Guy Dex vs. Bunny Dex: 3 vs. 5-5]
That One Guy moves in closer towards Minmaximus, and notices that quite a lot of things are happening. He also notices a man in a bunny costume with a fistful of chocolate candy and a murderous glint in his eye, shouting "HAPPY EASTER!"
Needless to say, this display of insanity rather disturbs you, and you decide the most attractive form of action is to run away, which you manage successfully.
Use Rod of Wonder to shoot the grenade away from me. Failing that, roll away.
Begin shooting bacon grease flames out of my everything.
[Blob Int: 1+5]((lasts for three turns))
[Blob Int: 5+5]
You point the rod at the grenade with one of your "arms" and the magic hits you instead! You immediately try to roll away, but are surprised to find that you are instead flying away. Feeling immensely more powerful, you start using your spells, turning you into a giant ball of bacony immolation! the explosion from the grenade merely gets absorbed into your shield.
Ash and Burt arrive in the arena!... with grenades coming at them!
Red: MinMaximus, incredibly weak.
Pink: Keynes, healthy
Purple: Burt, healthy
Cyan: Ash, healthy
Orange: Rand, 20 ft tall
Green: Easter Bunny, healthy
Yellow: Guy, healthy
Blue: Blob, flying, surrounded with burning bacon grease.
Light green: mini-bunny, healthy.
(http://i.imgur.com/50R5N2G.png)
Name:Jayf
Appearance: Short, and quite fat.
Stats: must be balanced
Strength -2
Dexterity +3
Endurance -3
Intelligence +2
Optional: your biography, interests, beliefs, favorite color, anything, but it wont affect gameplay.
Crawl south a bit, point the Rod of Wonder at myself.
[INT:1-5] (lasts for 5 turns)
You point the rod at yourself, and you feel it beginning to work, making you harder, more durable, you feel it turning your skin to solid stone! And then you realize something, it's turning all of you to stone, completely solidifying you in place... well that could have gone better!
Gather up my bacony fireball and hurl it at a random player. Fly to the south of the arena, away from any players.
Use bacon grease powers on the hole thing.
Bat the grenades with my metal arm
[Ash STR: 3+2]
[Blob DEX vs. Ash DEX: 2-5 vs. 1-5]
[Ash END: 5+2]
As Ash shoves away the grenade with her metal limb, he notices something that doesn't look deflectable: A giant sphere of fire.She tries to leap out of the way, but did not realize that the thrower had completely missed, and Ash only succeeded in throwing herself partly into the giant sphere of flame. Thankfully, only her robotic half went in, and she didn't feel a thing, though she does smell different.
Blob, trying to fly away, realizes he's practically surrounded by weird, insane people. Then again he is a blob of flying flesh, so he can't really judge.
Use my bacon grease powers on the hole to get diamond skin!
Murder anyone who attacks me or my friends with bacon grease. If none attack, use SuperBlast's machine.
Examine the area. Look for something constructive to do. If that fails, point Rod of Wonder at someone and use it.
[Rand INT:4+5]
[Keynes: 2+3]
[Burt INT: 4](lasts 2 turns)
As Burt is wandering around, finding it difficult to be constructive with nothing to construct and a giant suit on you, when suddenly two jets of bacon grease (one clearly superior) go rushing just over his head. These jets of pure bacon give Rand diamond skin, and seem to make Keynes feel weaker. This all takes Burt by surprise and he decides it would be most constructive to shoot at them with her newly found staff. The spell backfires, however, and she feels a surge of enlightenment; everything is clear to her now.
...including just how insane her predicament is.
Easter Bunny looks over his shoulder and commands Mini-bunny to begin pelting people with eggs before putting someone in a headlock and shove chocolate into their oesophagus using my STRENGTH!
[Mini DEX vs. Guy DEX: 5+7 vs. 1] heh...
[Bunny STR:5+5]
[Guy END: 1]
The mini bunny heads up to your rival, and after a brilliant display of bouncing, throwing, and garbing, has him in one of the most incredible headlocks imaginable, with Guy still thinking frantically about how to counter the Bunnies first move. You then proceed to stuff chocolate down his throat, through his skull... details, details. You also feel a surge of power.
That One Guy died a chocolaty, disgusting death!
You can make it so that any weather effect you want is happening inside this room (it doesn't matter you're inside), it just needs to be something relatively normal (rain, snow, frost), nothing instantly damaging like hail.
Jayf spawns just east of the helicopter wreck
((You know, there's an equal chance for the rod of wonder to effect its target or its user, it's just that its always been the user, and it's kind of getting on my nerves now.))
Red: MinMaximus, turned to stone
Pink: Keynes, flimsy
Purple: Burt, super-genius
Cyan: Ash, delicious smelling
Orange: Rand, 20 ft tall, diamond skin
Green: Easter Bunny, healthy
Yellow: Jayf, healthy
Blue: Blob, flying.
Light green: mini-bunny, healthy.
Will upload map soon...ish