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A fantasy based game inspired by Einsteinian Roulette. set your stats and prepare for shenanigans, missions, political intrigue, and GMs pulling out their hair at your antics.

Name of Character:
Race:

Stats:
Strength:
Constitution:
Speed:
Dexterity:
Intelligence:
Memory:
Will:
Charisma:

Skills:
Unarmed combat:
Blunt weapons:
Sharp weapons:
Ranged weapons:
Magic:
Medicine:
General knowledge:
Skill Mastery/specialization:

Description:
How did you become part of the Omega Legion?
Background:

Approved races are: human, elf, dwarf, munchkin (halfling), Awakened Animal, pixie, sprite, dryad, naiad, goblin, orc, troll, lizardman, gnome, zombie, construct (Golem or the like) and a few I don't remember. Additional races must be approved by the gm. Some players have already claimed additional races, but unless it's on this list, you must get permission to play them.

At character generation, determine your pluses and minuses acording to this little formula:
((I'm officially simplifying the chargen rule just a little.))

add up all the positives._Add up all the negatives.
If the positives are_____the negatives should be
0..................................0
1..................................1
2..................................2
3..................................4
4..................................7
No stat can start above +2 or below -2.

Speed is movement speed. 0 is average speed for your race, which may be different than another race.
Intelligence is how fast you learn or how well you reason through problems.
Memory is how much info you can store and recall, and how well you can do so. important for some magics, and for reading and generally knowing where the trouble spots are and whether or not to step into that bubbling ooze.
Will is personal strength of mind and "presence" and charisma is likeability and ability to get others to do your thing.

Skills operate the same way, mechanics wise. you can only draw points for skills from other skills and for stats from other stats. Unarmed combat includes use of natural weapons. Magic is how well you operate your chosen magic school. Skill mastery is how many skillsspecializations you are proficient in. if you have a +1 to sharp weapons, and take Long Sword as a skillspecialization, you will be able to apply that +1 to long swords. Without the skill mastery, the +1 simply gives you beginner's talent, so you will probably not stab yourself. A 0 in skill mastery gives you three skillspecialization slots. +1 is 4, +2 is 5, -1 is 2 slots, and -2 is no slots. this is fine if you are a big dumb brute, as hitting things with your big dumb fists is certainly a way to play!

//This line is overridden by the simplification I made above. For calculating skills and stats: "Use the official ER stats and skills calculator for figuring out what spread of penalties and bonuses you can get." - thanks syvarris

A description is helpful, especially if you have an unusual race.
How you joined: For crimes against the Kingdom, Sold into slavery, to escape a troubled life, or "I'm weird. I chose this willingly." List known crimes, who sold you, what troubles you fled from, or why you chose this life.
a background is optional.

there are different magic schools.
Spellcasting: books, memory, and fiddly finger wagging and chants
Sorcery: innate power, drawn from one's personal reserves. a few memorized effects and the potential to do unique things
innate magic: Magic inherent in your race. will be specific to the place of origin (fey, forest, swamp, city, etc)
Alchemy: manipulating the fundamental forces of nature through chemistry, comsology, and explosions.
Farseeing: gain information over a distance, develop spider senses, get glimpses of possible futures, see the distant past:
Sympathetic magic: Like control's like. uses objects to symbolize other objects, and a piece of the whole affects the whole.
Demon summoning: Interplanar creatures. summon various imps and the like to do your bidding. generally harmless, but you must supply them with their needs and wants according to the contract or they won't work properly.
Demon Summoning: infernal. For the Faustian set and other suicidal fools.
Other?

You will be awarded points for level up after missions. I may direct you to allocate some points to specific stats or skills, depending on circumstances. generally though, you will get 5 points for stats and 5 points for skills. How this works it, you need a certain number of points to level a stat or skill as follows:
-2 to -1: 10 points
-1 to 0: 5 points
0 to 1: 5 points
1 to 2: 10 points
2 to 3: 15 points
3 to 4 (the maximum) 20 points

you can spread your level up points out however you chose, but only when the number of points hits the needed number will the stat change. So if you have a +1 and spend 5 points in that stat, you will still have a +1 until you add another 5 points.

each turn, please only make one post which contains an action.
Place your character name and team at the top of your action post. This helps me identify who is doing what. Sometimes, doing this in RP will help other players follow along as well, but it isn't always necessary there.

Bold your Actions. I won't use it otherwise.

I will possibly miss colored actions. draw attention to them, but don't be obnoxious about it

Your action post can be edited before next round goes up. In order to edit, do not delete previous actions! Instead, strikethrough your previous action, and
place your new action on a separate line

Actions can sometimes be vague, complex, silly, or downright out of character. Some actions affect the actions of other players, and affect the way the world reacts, affecting still more actions. this is an RTD, so most actions of importance wil rely on a prtty capricious god - our beloved RNGeesus. But, as with the proclamations of all deities, RNGeesus expects his prophets(in this case, the almighty Ozarck) to interpret his will accordingly to the situation. Here, then, is a brief explanation of the factors I use to determine the effect a given roll has on an action, and the effect an action has on the game:

a) The character build and nature
b) the specific situation in which the character is acting
c) recent events and the state of mind, body, and soul of the character
d) complexity of action
e) specificity of action
f) my own personal whim
g) overall fun

explanations/examples of the above:
a) If your character is, say, a low charisma brute who likes to hit things, and your action is "I charm the wizard into helping us," expect failure. Hilarious, bloody failure. If, on the other hand, the same character is to "bludgeon this stone door until it is powder," expect a chance of success
b) are you standning quietly in a sunlit field, well rested, alert, and with no sixty foot behemoths bearing down on you? You will be able to devote more energy and focus to whatever task you attempt. Falling out of the sky, arm ruined and head made unnaturally fish shaped, while arrows fall around you? probably a bit more of a challenge to even remember your own name.
c) been running? Fighting? drowning? Sleeping? Spent tons of magical energy recently? had your head knocked in one too many times? Gonna be a tougher roll.
d) "I open the simple wooden door" -I am not even going to roll that. "Here is a sixteen point (with subpoints) action, spanning dozens of situations and filled with questions and conditionals" - I am not even going to roll that. "I am going to walk across the tightrope, stabbing the harpies with my rapier, while trying to drink that health potion." oh yes, I'll roll that.
e) "do stuff" "try to think of a plan" "try to complete the mission" - these are too vague. "I aim my bowshot at the largest goblin - the one with the eyepatch that looks like it is in control, and fire as often as I can until either it is dead or they get to the doorway." Much more specific, and I can be specific in my response.
f) I might be tired from work, sleepy, thinking poorly, happy, amused at a cat video, or just come up with the funniest thing that might happen to your character. I will try not to ruin anyone's fun with this, but sometimes my responses might be limited or shortsighted - what can I say? RNGeesus chooses its prophets with a die roll, and i am, at best, a three.
g) gonna try to make it interesting, engaging, amusing and worth playing.

Get as detailed as you like, but be aware that death is likely. You can reuse your start stats and description and so forth for new characters though

name:
race:
description of race:
Skills:
Bonuses and maluses: start with no more than +2 in any skill. Each +1 must be offset by a -1 elsewhere, and each +2 must be offset by a -2. you cannot offset a +2 with two -1s.
Stats:30 49 points. Minimum of 1 in each stat. (0 strength makes you immobile, 0 will makes you a vegetable)
strength:
speed:
dexterity:
intelligence:
knowledge:
will:

resistances:9 points to spend here. Numbers can be negative.
blunt:
crush:
pierce:
cut:
cold:
heat:
other: (specify, can have more than one other. each is a separate resistance))

It's an RTD, standard format
1: critical failure, leaving you exposed, injured, with a broken weapon, misleading information, or the like
2: simple failure: a missed swing, failed leap, unknown fact, unstitched clothing or unread poem
3: marginal success: the swing hit a glancing blow, you make the leap, but are winded and dangling by your fingertips, the thrown rock distracts the guard - for a second, Yo uuse Iambic Pentameter when trying to recite a lymerick
4: Success: a decent solid hit, buttons pressed in the right order, you did your sums correctly, you dialed the right number and got hte phone sex hotline as intended.
5: Special success: struck at a critical point (joint, eye, etc), made the leap and got a running start to somersault over the surprised deathtoad, your enemies comically fall into your pit trap, one ater another, each reaching for the one behind to save them.
6: Overshoot and side effects: You made the leap, and ran right on past your goal, only to haveto survive a leap of the other side,  You lodged your weapon in something, Your fireball spell killed the enemy, but burnt out your casting for a turn. The chainmail you made is super protective, but hard to move in.

how bonuses work:
a +1 gives you a second die roll. this second roll will boost your first roll by one place on a roll of 5. It also allows you to succeed against a foe that you wouldn't have won against before (i.e. one that requires a 5 +1 to hit)
a -1 works the same, and increases the chance of failure instead of success.

+2 allows the second roll to succeed on 4 and 5, +3 on 4-6, +4 on 3-6. +4 is the max.

you can add additional die rolls as well, and increase them likewise. The third die changes the number on the second die, the fourht changes the third ... etc.

cost for increasing die rolls: -2 to -1, 2 points. -1 to 0, 1 point. 0 to +1, 1 point, +1 t o+2 2 points. +2 to +3, 3 points. +3 to +4, 4 points.
you add a die by increasing the second die to a +1 bonus for the same cost. (so a person who has a +2 on a skill, and wants to add a die roll, would make that skill a +2, +1)

Name:
Brief description / bio:Human only, please.
Affliction: in what way is your mind broken?
Passion: What/Who is it you care for?