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[Flying Dice]

Roll to Run the Gauntlet

Yes, a second RTD from me. No doubt it will be horrible. But better, because I don't have to keep track of a shit-ton of skills and bonuses for this.

W-w-weeelcome, Contestants, to The Gauntlet^tm! My thanks to all of you for signing these release forms without so much as glancing over them. Oh, forgive me. My name is Fred Frosty, host of the most popular program on the Intrasystem Net, and you? You're mine. That is, you are now all Contestants for the foreseeable future. Of course, most of you are convicts with no hope for parole, so it isn't as if you had anything better to do. But as for you volunteers, good on you, so willing to be horribly maimed for public entertainment!


The rules are simple: Each episode you will be confronted with, as you might have guessed, a Gauntlet^tm full of nasty traps, tricks, and intelligent foes, all trying to kill, cripple, or shame you. Naturally, as you've signed away your rights for the duration of your contract, refusal to participate will win you a wonderful death. On the other hand, you will be awarded with CASH MONEY depending on how far you make it. If you manage to survive to the end of an episode, either by passing the Gauntlet^tm or by hiding like a little baby until time runs out (no doubt after being horribly maimed), you will be able to use your cash to buy from the Gauntlet^tm Contestant's Shop; everything from weapons to drugs to cybernetic replacements for lost chunks of flesh. If you manage to survive through an entire season (13 episodes), your contract will run out and you will win WONDERFUL PRIZES. That, or you can renew your contract for even greater rewards.

But yes, very simple. You have health. You must make it past varied obstacles to entertain the television audience. You will gain cash for making progress and more for completing the course; if you survive, you can buy things to help you. If you have sufficient cash for a flash-clone upon your death, you will be decanted and dropped back at the start of whatever thing killed you. Twelve players maximum.

Spoiler: Rolls (click to show/hide)

[6] : Overshoot. "Ho-ly shiiit!"
[5] : Major Success. "Fuck, yes! Eat it, all you less-awesome people!"
[4] : Success. "Eh. It worked out fine."
[3] : Failure. "Oh, didn't work. Meh."
[2] : Major Failure. "Owowowowow!"
[1] : Critical Failure. "MY FACE! MY PHOTOGENIC FACE!"

Spoiler: Damage (click to show/hide)

Fairly simple:
TL0::Minor Damage: 1 HP lost
TL1::Low Damage: 1d4 HP lost
TL2::Medium Damage: 1d6 HP lost
TL3::High Damage: 2d6 HP lost
TL4::Serious Damage: 3d6 HP lost
TL5::Ludicrous Damage: 4d6 HP lost
TL6::Plaid Damage: 5d6 HP lost

Obviously threat levels will increase in later episodes, as will damage. So in Episode 1 you'll face things like a soda machine that fires cans at you, while in higher-numbered episodes you'll face... things. And yes, you will have the chance to increase your HP using your CASH MONEY.

Spoiler: Character Sheet Template (click to show/hide)

Name:
Health: 30/30
Age:
Gender:
Description:
Background:

Spoiler: Playerlist (click to show/hide)

Belili (Caerwyn)
Georgio Almana (Greenstarfanatic)
Malcolm Dunsirn (GraveHaunter92)
Trevor Higgs (Nirur Torir)
Viktor Ivanov (Dariush)
Dominic (Maxinum McDreich)
Jack Booker (Diablous)

Spoiler: Deathlist (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Waitlist (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Hall of Champions (click to show/hide)

[Maxinum McDreich]

A little surprised at the lack of immediate sign-ups. I'll put in a sheet tomorrow. Though if you get 12 sign-ups by then, tough on me

[Caerwyn]

Name: Belili
Health: 30/30
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Description: A skinny nerd. Five foot ten, one-hundred and thirty pounds, brown hair with light gray streaks and a goatee.
Background: Belili was hoping that his wizardry powers would show after he reached the age of 30, but it seems that the tale of just abstinence with women was a falsehood. Desperate to find some cash to restart his life, he'll do anything...

[Greenstarfanatic]

I'm in.

Name: Georgio Almana
Health: 30/30
Age: 32
Gender: Male.
Description: An average-sized Italian musician, who enjoys breaking his guitars. That's why he has 2,431 of them. He has green eyes, brown hair, and surprisingly large feet.
Background: After losing his fame at that one unfortunate concert in Berlin, Georgio fell into a slump, barely being able to break a string. He feels that this will redeem his status as a totally Radical Dude, and he'll make some of his fans' dreams come true. That is, the ones wanting him to come out of the slump. Not the ones wanting him to die a cruel and horrible death. Fuck those ones. He has a few secrets about that concert, though, that he doesn't want getting out. He also happens to keep a detailed Diary.

[GraveHaunter92]

Name: Malcolm Dunsirn
Health: 30/30
Age: 30
Gender: male
Description: A burly red-bearded Scotsman in a kilt.
Background:  For years Malcolm worked as a shepherd on the outskirts of Glasgow, until a drunken scuffle involving an Englishman, a stolen horse, and a claymore landed him some jail-time in the Tower of London.  Now he's hoping this Gauntlet crap can get him out of jail just in time for shearing season.

[Caerwyn]

Age: 31/32/30

Sex: Male/Male/Male

...Why? Seriously, guys. Why? You copied me! Hiss! Grr! Your names both start with a G, too!

fft fft rowr.

[Greenstarfanatic]

Actually, I was going to do 42, my favorite number, but that seemed a bit too old.

[GraveHaunter92]

I went with 30 because it was hard for me to imagine a big angry Scotsman being any younger.
I suppose I could play a burly angry Scotswoman instead...

[Nirur Torir]

Name: Trevor Higgs
Health: 30/30
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Description: HE IS A REALLY HANDSOME MOVIE STAR GUY!
Background: Trevor was born to rich parents somewhere in the USA. He has never known hardship. He got into acting early in life, becoming a childhood sensation. As he aged, he began to star in action films with lots of explosions (He does none of his own stunts). He is currently competing in the Gauntlet^tm because his manager gave him an ultimatum of participating here or in a charity auction for sick orphans. Believing everything to be staged, he signed and sent in the paperwork (shortly thereafter, his manager was found to have been murdered by a desk smashing itself into his head repeatedly). Being one of the blunter spoons in the drawer, Trevor still believes everything here to be staged.

[Flying Dice]

I'm going to be on the road pretty much all of today, so I'll go ahead and start with whoever we have tomorrowish.

[Dariush]

Name: Viktor Ivanov
Health: 30/30
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Description: A Russian with a long-ass brown moustache, long-ass brown beard, moderately long-ass hair and bushy-ass eyebrows. Doesn't conform to stereotypes.
Background: He was born in a large Russian city. Due to a lack of expected bears with balalaikas, he became disillusioned with life and crossed the ocean to seek thrills elsewhere. That's... it, really.

[Caerwyn]

This has turned into an orgy of middle-aged males. We need women in here! Hurry!

Game looks very promising, however. Have fun flying, Dice!

Heh. Heheheh.

[Flying Dice]

Go go hotel internet powers!


And yeah, it's a total sausagefest in here. 

That aside, early 30s = middle-aged? Luna, I feel depressed now.

[Caerwyn]

Yeah. With the often deaths of children/teenagers in third world countries, and the unhealthiness of places like America (All that cheeseburger grease really takes off years), the average life-span is probably somewhere between 50 and 60.

Also, who the heck is Luna?

Shit. Hope that doesn't sound offensive. I'm just a racist vegetarian Canadian. If I offended you with this post, sorry about that. No, really; - I know that America is a great country. Since you guys protect little ol' Canada, we can put more money into health and other industries, instead of military.

Go America! And Canada! Yay.




Please don't ban me, toady.

[Greenstarfanatic]

HECK YEAH, CANADIA!

America can...be America!

Seriously, though, I don't mind Americans. Then again, you hardly see any Canadians on 1000 ways to die, do you?