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[Greenstarfanatic]

Okay, so I'm creating this because I'm a very forgetful person and I prefer to not go trudging through the Roller's Block thread to recover any RTD ideas I've had in the past. So...

If anyone has ideas they want to keep, then post them here. Try to keep it to one post per person, spoilered if possible.


SO YES, this is a thread dedicated to RTD ideas that is much more concise than the Roller's Block, and is more for storing than discussing. If you wish, you could ask someone if you want to run their ideas, but generally keep the chatter to a minimum, if possible!

Spoiler: Future Ideas (click to show/hide)

Hm. I have a few basic ideas, nothing fleshed out yet.

First of all, I'd like to bring up my idea for a TF2 RTD.

The TF2 one would involve me having to communicate separately with the two separate teams. Maybe getting a top-down view of the map, and having that to keep track of where everyone is. Classes would get bonuses, can select their loadouts, and, as the game progresses, people can A) Buy weapons, B) Trade weapons with another player, even from the other team, or C) Just wait until they FIND weapons. I'll show each player what hats they have on, what loadouts they have, and any effects they have. This information would be shown to everyone but the other team. Once the round starts, I'll give the RED team a turn or two to get into their positions and BLU just goes for it. Points are earned for kills, objectives, and overall winning. These points will replace real money in the purchasing of Hats, Accessories, and Weapons.

I feel that it could work with a little effort, this could come to life quite well. Source Filmmaker can be used to create any class loadout, which can help add to the game feel, and overhead maps are easily found here.

As for other ideas...

1. An RTD based off the concepts of Soul Eater, players can choose to be a Meister or Weapon, each wither their own perks. Meisters can choose whether they want a player to be their weapon, or an NPC, and a select few Weapons can choose to not have to have a Meister. The ultimate goal of the game is to go on missions and gain Souls, ultimately gaining enough for the weapon of the team to become a 'Death Scythe', an incredible powerful weapon used by Death himself. It could either have an Off-Duty thread, similar to ER's, or just have a policy that players must be on missions at all times, unless doing something important otherwise.

2. An RTD where players play aspiring surgeons, bumbling their way through medical school and ultimately stumbling into a job at a hospital. Taking cues from Surgeon Simulator, but focusing more on the 'Dear god why are you so inept' reasoning than the 'Whoops, just slit the patient's jugular, I'm SO clumsy sometimes!'. Rolling would be mostly towards how much you fucked it up, ranging from 'Wow, he's actually done it!' to 'Well, he's dead. NEXT!'. Real-life surgery situations will be faced, blood will be shed, goofy grins will be formed, and hilarity shall ensue.

3. Assassins! There are three ways you could take this. The first one, taking on a more Brotherhood-esque feel than any of the others, would feature players as Trainee Assassins, taking on assignments as they work their way up the ranks to take on incredibly important assassinations! Secondly, Having a more 'Hitman' kind of vibe, but still following the same principals.
Finally, there's an idea of time-travelling assassins, sent out to prevent or cause some of history's most famous assassinations. And of a few of the not-so famous ones. And, following the 'Hitman' logic, nothing will be as easy as it sounds. If you need to prevent Lincoln's assassination, you need to make your way inside the theatre with or without your weapons of choice, you need to find your target, John Wilkes Booth, and you need to dispose of him without anyone knowing. Or, at the very least, without anyone knowing that it was an assassination. Once that's done with, you need to make it back to your designated zone of pickup.
Some missions will require multiple people and teamwork, but when those aren't happening, people will be spread out across time and space doing their own things.

Would anyone be interested in hearing more about any of those?

Okay, so I recently went back to the TvTropes forums, just to check out what's happened while I was gone, and I noticed a game I had a lot of fun in had been rebooted.

That game was 'Enter the Arena as your Avatar'. And to be honest, it was a pretty fun thing to be a part of. SO, I was thinking I could bring it over here. But I wasn't sure if it would fit better as an RTD adapted to fit the style, or as a general Forum Game, as the original was. If it were to stay a general Forum Game, it would end up being play-by-post, with no dice rolling done, and it being more of an RP, really. Someone tries to attack, the other person says whether it hits or not.

But if it were an RTD, it would end up being a bit different. It could go one of two way: It could be an Arena-Style game, or a game more related to mall fight, in which a group of people keep respawning indefinitely, and it's more of an adventure/RP, but with dice rolls.

In either case, a character sheet would basically just detail the character your avatar is, like so:


Name: Monokuma/Monobear
Occupation: Headmaster of Hope's Peak Academy(?)
Stats:
Agility: 5
Strength: 2
Intelligence: 8
Moxie: 6
Toughness: 4


Special Skills:
Post-Mortem Bombing Mechanism: Upon death, Monokuma will explode, possibly doing damage to the one who killed him.
Self-Destruct: Monokuma can explode in a firey ball of death at any time, killing himself, but doing damage to anyone around him. However, if the explosion manages to kill someone, his own death does not count. (3 Turn Cooldown)

Description: (I dun wanna go into detail here because this is a goddamn example)


For the Stats, players get 25 points to distribute through the different ones.

0 in any stat mean a -2 to all rolls with it.
1 means a 50% chance of -2 and 100% chance of -1
2 is a -1.
3 is a 50% chance of -1
4 is no bonus or negative.
5 is a 50% chance of +1
6 is a +1
7 is a +1 with 50% chance of +2
8 is +2
And so on.

These stats aren't what decide everything, though. Like, if someone were to try and Follow someone else, or open a door, a normal roll without bonuses would be done. However, if one were to try to climb a rope, Strength would be a factor, or if they needed to make a sarcastic comment or persuade someone to do something, then they'd use Moxie to alter it.

For the Special Skills, Green skills are passive, and Blue Skills are ones you need to activate. You can choose either 2 Passives, 2 Actives, or 1 Active and 1 Passive. You make the skills yourself, just try to make them similar to ones the character would have.


There would be various pop-culture-centric bosses, after which, the arena will change, if one goes for the Free Roam w/ Respawn game type.

Would anyone be interested in this? Or should it go to the General Forum Games and Roleplaying section?

So, I've been thinking of a few more ideas for RTDs.

First of all, is a Deadliest Warrior RTD. It would play out in an arena-style match, or matches, with several going on at once. Players could choose from different warriors from history, each having weaknesses and strengths specific to their weaponry, strategics, and abilities. There are two choice for how the matches would tend out. It could be a set of 1 Vs 1 matches, Tournament Style, or it could be a Multi-Man All-In style match. It all depends on what the players want. As the games go on, more and more warriors will be unlocked!

Secondly, a RTD based off of Okami and Okamiden. Each player takes on the form of a Brush God, that can use their AND ONLY THEIR brush techniques, but these techniques can be levelled up many times to become more powerful and have more uses. HOWEVER, one may choose to start off as Amaterasu, and only have the Sunrise Technique, but the ability to gain all of the techniques throughout the journey. These would be un-level-able. Their quest is to stop Evil from taking over Nippon once more!

Finally, we have a RTD based off of The Cave.
Each player can take one of the characters, The Knight, The Hilbilly, The Scientist, The Time-Traveller, The Adventurer, The Twins, or The Monk, each with their own special abilities, and must navigate the cave once more, as they must rescue their fellow adventurers who have become trapped at the bottom of the Cave! That, or they could goof off and kill a few people instead. Either way, they're going back in!

Anyone think they'd be interested in the concepts?

First off, a Borderlands/Borderlands 2 RTD, but in a more Turn-Based RPG format. The choices being going through the game(s) as normal, or making an entirely new plot, planet, etc. People could wander around and do whatever the hell they want, until encountering an enemy, upon which anyone in a certain area around the encounter gets a choice of helping out or just going about their business. If you're too close, then you don't have a choice, you just have to fight. A d20 could end up being a bit more useful here, but only for combat. Everything else would fit better with d6.

If one went for the canon plot, then it would be fairly linear, with sidequests, main quests, etc., and completely normal enemies. Maps would be easy to get ahold of, along with enemy portraits. Characters wouldn't be customizable, but players could choose between any of the characters from either game, and take their level-ups and junk as they wish. It would be a fairly straight-forward game to run.

If the other route, completely new, would be taken, it would immediately become fairly complicated. Maps would have to be made, characters might have to be created/drawn, but enemies and quests could be customized, and could make for a bit more fun play for both players and the GM.

[flabort]

It's like a second extended signature, but for RtD ideas, rather than quotes.
Reserving this post for future ideas.

Spoiler: idea 1: Username based character generation (click to show/hide)

Alright, so the basic premise of how my name based generator would work:

I'll use the made up name of OneMoreMan, and my own name flabort, for the examples.

1) Convert the name from the Hexatridecimal system to a decimal (Base 36: A=10, B=11, C=12... Y=34, Z=35). This is variable A. (OneMoreMan=2503470972642143; flabort=33938866217)
2) Replace all lower case letters in the name with the number 0, then convert from Hexatridecimal. This is variable B. (OneMoreMan->O00M000M00=2437486849281888; flabort->0000000=0000000)

3) Compare Variable A with Variable B. Line up the right most digits. Highlight any digits that match (Known as Set Y). In a different color, highlight any that are 1 away from each other (1 and 2, 4 and 5, 9 and 0, etc., known as Set X). The blank space to the left of Variable B (If there's a space, it will be from B) is filled with zeroes.
(OneMoreMan:
2503470972642143
2437486849281888

flabort:
33938866217
00000000000)

4) Any singular number from either Set Y or Set X becomes an Uncommon Trait. Roll a d20, and multiply by the highlighted digit's value plus one. Digits from Set Y are only counted once. Use both digits if they are from Set X.
(OneMoreMan: 9 8 2 1
[1d20:6]*(9+1)=60: Albino
[1d20:20]*(8+1)=180: +2 to working with technology, -2 to working with or resisting magic
[1d20:8]*(2+1)=24: Complete heterochromia iridum (Two eye colors)
[1d20:1]*(1+1)=2: +1 to music related rolls

flabort: 9 0 1 0
[1d20:2]*(9+1)=20: Over 6'6"
[1d20:8]*(0+1)=8: +1 to brawny rolls, -1 to brainy rolls
[1d20:12]*(1+1)=24: Complete heterochromia iridum
[1d20:1]*(0+1)=1: +1 to actions involving fire)

Uncommon traits usually have little or no effect, or have equal drawbacks.

5) Any pair of numbers from the same set next to each other become Inherited Supernatural Traits. Roll a d6 and multiply by the digits' value. If the pair is from Set X, only use the set from Variable B.
(No such pairs in either example)

Inherited Supernatural Traits are things that you have because of being born that way (though they may not manifest until puberty or later; or they may show up right at birth). Most have major drawbacks related to them, such as Super Strength turning into Super Weakness in the presence of certain rocks.

6) Any pair of numbers from different sets next to each other become Gained Supernatural Traits. Roll a d6 and multiply by the digits' values. Only use the set from Variable A.
(OneMoreMan: 25 47
[1d6:4]*25=100: Magic Sword (Next trait determines sword's ability), requires souls or it turns on owner
[1d6:5]*47=235: Powered Armor, Energy shield variant (Halo), sometimes has a will of it's own
So OneMoreMan starts with a magic sword that produces an indestructible field of energy around anyone who wields it, as if they were wearing a suit of armor. If he doesn't kill people with it, it will kill him, and sometimes (while it's armoring him), it will move for him, taking control of his movements.

flabort: No such pairs)

Gained Supernatural Traits are things that you have because they happened to you (Super Soldier Serum, spider bite, frozen in ice cream), or you had them given to you, or you made them. They also have drawbacks, to balance them out. Many of them say something about the next trait; this turns the next trait (either another GST, a Divine Trait, or a Mundane Trait) into a modifier for the first.

7) Any run of three or more highlighted numbers regardless of set is a Divine Trait. Just read the number off the table to get the trait.

(No example)

Divine traits are ridiculously powerful, you must be the child of a god. That said, you have powers that fit that theme, but several weaknesses, too. Generally more weaknesses then benefits.

Remove any highlighted numbers from both variables. Add them together to get Variable C. Divide the number into sets of 3, the first number in each set is the second in the previous one. Take each 3 digit number and it becomes a Mundane Trait.

(OneMoreMan: 0307264143+3764928888= 4072193031
407 072 721 219 193 930 303 031
too lazy to come up with 8 mundane traits at the moment
flabort: 333886627 + 000000000 = 333886627
333 338 388 886 866 662 627
seven more traits. See how this works, though?)

Mundane traits basically just describe appearance, with the occasional rare modifier to certain specialty rolls. +1 to using a sniper rifle, for example. Or +2 to styling hair. Usually they'll be like hair color, size, a favored piece of clothing, jewelery (or lack of), facial or body hair, etc.
They are far, far more likely not to do anything than uncommon traits.

9) Compile the list of traits, hide any rolls or numbers, give to player. Let them fill in any blanks if it doesn't affect any rolls.

Players with longer names will probably get more traits. But more traits generally means more drawbacks, with the exception of mundane traits. And those are mostly appearance or life story stuff.

OneMoreMan wound up being cursed with a vampire blade, for example, while flabort (that's me!) didn't get any bad stuff like that; I'm pretty dumb and will be banging my head on doors all the time, but I'm big and strong.

Err... not so basic. And I haven't filled out any tables yet, either. However, the player just has to "in", and they become anyone from a hairdresser to a demigod in mechanized tights. Most characters should be relatively balanced to each other, though, even if you're a mundane playing alongside superheroes, due to drawbacks getting stronger as traits get stronger.

Spoiler: Some extra info (click to show/hide)

Oh, FYI Hexatridecimal system is not the same as converting each number to it's assosiated digit... you then have to multiply it by a number of 36s based on it's digit. For example, "to": O is the 15th letter, so it's value is 24. We multiply it by 36⁰, or 1. T is the 20th, so it's value is 29. We multiply it by 36¹, or 36. (24*1)+(29*36)=1068. "Too" is more complex, we multiply the second O by 36 instead of the T, and T is multiplied by 36², or 1292. (29*1292)+(24*36)+(24*1)=37584+864+24=38472....

Every word or username converts to a specific number, and each number converts to a specific word or string of characters, because technically it's THE SAME NUMBER, expressed in another base. It's just that, in addition to 0-9, base 36 also includes every letter of the alphabet.

Let's take 38472. Add 1. Convert it back to base 36. We get "top", and since "p" comes after "o", that makes sense. Add 36, the "base" of the system, and we get tpp now... it's like adding 10 in base 10 (decimal system). Let's add 36² (equivalent 10², we're adding one to the third digit from the right), and we get "upp" now. So you see, it's just like working in any other base, even when you have a base 10 mindset.

[mastahcheese]

I've been sticking my ideas in my derail thread, might as well put them here, as well.

Cool idea.

Spoiler: Ideas, yo (click to show/hide)

Ok, so I've got an idea for a game.

Wizard's Chest

The way the game works is that it's like playing a board game, only instead of playing a board game, you play as wizards playing a board game, or rather, a series of board games.

The main idea behind it is that everybody has a deck of cards, say, 30 or so, that they use in these games. (The cards would work sort of like Magic: The Gathering, in that you have cards that summon monsters, cards that cast spells, and so on, but the actual game mechanics would be different.)
You don't start with a deck, rather, in the first game, a magical box called the Wizard's Chest is placed in the center of the table, and everybody draws from it, giving a random card each time. So one person might get a large amount of monsters, one might get a large amount of spells, or one might get some other type of card, like cards that let you build catapults and other static objects.

The object of the game changes with each round. In one game, you might have a linear path to a finish line, and the first person to summon a monster at the start and move it to the finish wins the round. In another, you might place all of your monsters down at the start and have a battle along a large game board, or other ideas entirely.

Each monster would give different bonuses, goblins might have higher speeds, dwarves higher defense, elves can move through forest without penalty, and so on.
There would be different terrain types that would help, hinder, or harm whoever lands on it.

After this first round, the cards you drew would form your deck that you use in the rest of the games. Naturally you could get more cards and trade with other players to customize it to your liking.

The actual Wizard you play as would also get their own powers that would work beyond the scope of the cards, since you're supposed to be actually sitting at a table with your wizard hat on, and likely cards up your sleeve.

I'm still thinking of ideas for this, because right now it sounds better in my head than written down.

Overseer: A competitive board game idea where the goal isn't to defeat the enemy, but to be the last one standing of your allies. Involves copious amounts of dwarves, alcohol, and treachery.

The Second Story: A game that will have an actual story line to it. I've already wrote up a cast of over 20 characters.

The Dojo: The eventually successor to Battle Arena.

E.V.O: A secret project of mine.

Imps: A game where the players are summoned imps, and have to draw heroes into your keeper's dungeon so they can be captured.

Keeper: A game where you play as the Keeper from Imps.

The Tower of Trials: Inspired by the actual Tower of Trials in my main game, it would be a very simple dungeon crawl type game with random room generation and absurd lethality.

[Cheesecake]

Reserved for ideas.

[Draignean]

Spoiler: Muses, Rough Hash out. (click to show/hide)

((Huh, I've never seen that half/whole action thing before. There should really be like an rtd basics faq or something.))

...If nobody's going to do it (after all the talk before), then I will. And we all know how bad my english and formatting is. >_> And if I will do it, then expect delays ~2 weeks from now at best.

And we all know how bad I am with schedules barring me giving an explanation of how my RL is because that's the primary hindrance to all the schedules.

I will help with this endeavor. Granted, it would have to be a very generalized FAQ, as no two GMs do it the same way. Hell, the same GM rarely does it the same way between two games.

NINJA: What Harry said. I think it would be worth making, but there is an incredible amount of variance.

However, I mainly posted here to say that I read an "eh" grade research paper (well-written, way too Pollyanna) and got an idea for an interesting RTD.

In the same vein as SC Roll To Alter Someone's Life, the players don't actually influence the world directly, rather they influence NPCs and get scored for whether the influence was positive or negative. (One side generally plays positive, one side plays negative)

The change is that there are multiple NPCs, and the players do have character sheets, after a fashion. Each character plays a sort of spirit, a muse. They have attribute scores based on the following...

Knowledge: Curiosity, Judgement, Perspective
Courage: Bravery, Persistence, Integrity
Humanity: Kindness, Love, Altruism
Justice: Citizenship, Fairness, Leadership
Temperance: Self-regulation, Prudence, Humility
Transcendence: Hope, Forgiveness, Humor

These scores determine what moods/feelings/actions a spirit can impart, and how strong they are. Importantly, they can also be negative. This is essential, because spirits are given NO POINTS at start, and have to swap points back and forth to get positive/negative values. (Max/Min of 3/-3) Negative scores do not necessarily invoke penalties, in fact (this is essential for the 'bad' players) they can actually be used as bonuses. When using an attribute inversely, like attempting to make a character wet their pants in terror (Cowardice) bonuses and penalties become flipped.

Example: A spirit has a Knowledge of 3 and a Humanity of -2. Their actions involving increasing knowledge, gaining new perspective, etc, gain +3. However, if they wanted to make a character forget everything right before an exam, they'd take a -3 check. However, if they wanted them to ruin another student's test scores out of spite (Opposite in the humanity category), they'd get a +2.

Each domain can only be used three times in one game. The game ends and the points are tallied when each spirit runs out of aspects to use. So each round will last for no more, and no less than, 20 turns. (Introduction, 18 turns of play, Conclusion)

Spoiler: Small Mercies, introduction, no mech (click to show/hide)

Small Mercies

Small: Adjective.
1: Little in size
2: Few in number or little in amount
3: Unimportant, not worth mentioning (Old World Slang)

Mercy: Noun.
1: Kind or forgiving treatment of someone who could be treated harshly
2: Kindness or help given to people who are in a very bad or desperate situation
3: A mercenary (New World Slang)

   These are brave new worlds, and no god ever shaped them for the meek. The endless run of centuries has carved and recarved history, running through the same paths and deep grooves that shaped the endless centuries before. The carvers changed, the tools changed, the audience changed, but the work runs ever on. We live, we love, we strive. We kill, we hate, we die. Small, ugly, misshapen lives, yet they seem to be all humanity has ever sought to carve. Points of beauty, framed by irredeemable flaws.
   We left the cradle of one world centuries ago, perhaps tens of centuries ago. Time has become a difficult thing to measure. We flung ourselves into the weft of the universe, relying on pathless tracks jointed by quantum leaps to make our way back home again. Not everyone made it back home, but not all of those who lost themselves to endless stars did die. The sprawl of Earth, the fabled homeworld, grew in size. Those that were once nations of one world began to spread across the heavens, growing endlessly. Growing endlessly even as cancer spread from within. War never really stopped, not when we were so large. Even on fabled Earth, there was always war, always a battle. Even when we were so few that our numbers could be measured to within an accuracy of a few million, there was never a moment undisturbed by the rage of gunfire, never a second that did not hold the scream of the dying. What did we think would happen? Did we think there would be peace when we hurled ourselves into the sky?
   If we did, we were fools.
   Time passed. Our methods of travel advanced, and we no longer relied on the quicksilver jumps and paths that once were our pinnacle. Lost empires were re-united, and our joyful embrace to see our lost brothers only served to hide the daggers in our sleeves. Nations broke, reformed, burned the skies, and broke again. The years turned, and pioneers continued the march of colonization endlessly while the empires their children wrought decayed and broke apart behind them. Time became fluid, places became fluid, names became fluid. The capital of every great empire was Earth, and every great empire had lasted since the beginning of colonization. One empire might have actually contained fabled Earth, but if they did, they wouldn't have known. We made so much history, the history of a thousand new worlds and a hundred civilizations, that the history of one world, and the meager handful of civilizations that had once inhabited it was lost. It didn't matter. Perhaps it never did. What the most powerful empire said was the truth, everything else, propaganda and deception.
   Those that live now are the children of a thousand empires, a blend of old world races and new world engineering. For the most part, they live their lives. Some live as kings, with technology and power unimaginable to the first souls that left fabled Earth, but others live less ably, primitive and backward even by the standards of the souls of old.  Humanity as a single race still lives, within accountable deviation, but the great dream of the human race as a single people... That has been shattered, lost forever. It was a very foolish dream.

   There have, however, always been those people who sought to carve their own lives, to make their own paths. The stroke that guides the carving of humanity is not the stroke that guides the individual and, if only for a brief time, heroes have escaped the worn groove that has been cut into history. In the old world, there was little room for these people, little freedom for the different. Now... those that would have been criminals and treasonous revolutionaries, they are assets. Mercenaries, smugglers, freelancers, privateers, bootstrappers, a thousand different names for the people who resist the tie to any one empire, to any home but the one they create. They are the bastard children of the stars, and you are one of them. 

Spoiler: Small Mercies, Skills (click to show/hide)

  I was attempting to figure out a way to get around the homogenizing effect of skills (And avoid studying for exams), and I made something that is somewhere between interesting and horrifying. I've never liked how Skills like blade/blunt/ranged/Marksman/Dodge tend to homogenize characters. A good example of this is in the basic heavy melee builds. Generally speaking there will be high endurance, high strength, and whichever melee skill (or skills) the game happens to have, maxed out. There would be very little difference, skill wise, between a bandit king and Paladin lord. Sure, one of them hasn't bathed in a month and the other is literally on his high horse about it, but there is functionally little difference. A small arms skill of 60 is the same for a colonist hunter as it is for an imperial trooper. A tribal doctor may have the exact same medical score as a Capital city trained surgeon. One of them cites the will of the gods and immense herb lore as their justification, the other cites formal university training, but, except stylistically, it makes little difference. Both of them have the exact same skills in the exact same areas for optimal medical efficiency.
   So, throughout the day, I worked on replacing a point skill system (I.E: One where the efficacy of a skill is determined by numerical ranking) with one involving perk buys. Each perk buy would enhance certain skills, but it would also only enhance them in certain situations. Intrinsic to the perk buy system is a system of trees and hierarchies that allows for costs to increase the more specialized you want to get. General knowledge in nearly every field can be had with very little investment, but the bonuses are small, and afford less in the way of strengths and more in the way of diminished weaknesses.
   The most important point of a perk buy system, for me, is that it is easily integrated into a program designed to track that kind of thing for you. This greatly increases the efficiency of such a system, as it prevents the GM from paging back to the screen that tells what all perks the players have, and paging forward to the screen that tells him/her what those perks actually do. 

   The result of my experiment is a 13 page long word document, composed of an incredible 540 different skills spread across four categories. I may work on this further (filling in the details of what each skill does and such), but I figured I'd drop it off here so you all can have a look at it.

(Forgive my unclear writing. My brain is fried and I need to sleep. I may clarify tomorrow.)

Combatives
-CQC
          Melee Weapon Combat
               Parry
                     Riposte
               Light Melee Mastery
                      Rapid Attack
                     Multi-Strike
               Heavy Melee Mastery
                      Killing Force
                     Momentum
                Two Weapon Fighting (CQC)
                      Two Weapon Mastery (CQC)
          Unarmed Combat
                Disarm
                      Unarmed Parry
                     Weapon Grab
                Grapple Proficiency
                      Bonesnapper
                      Weapon Twist
               Unarmed Martialry
                     Vital Strikes
          Improvised Weapon Combat
               Butt Stroke
                      One-two Strike
               Pistol Whip
                      Gun-Fu
                True Improvised Weapon Combat
                     Environmental Awareness
                     Uncanny Improvisation
          Defensive Combat
                Feint
                Defensive Stance
                Precise Timing
                      Perfect Precision
                Improved Dodge
                      Tumble
-Ranged
          Modern Weapon Proficiency
                Exotic Weapon Proficiency
                      Relic Mastery
                      Martial Affinity
               Precision Shot
                     Combat Anatomy
                     Snipe
               Rapid Shot
                     Suppression
                Two Weapon Fighting (Ranged)
                      Two Weapon Mastery (Ranged)
               Rifle Proficiency
                      Rifle Mastery (Energy)
                     Rifle Mastery (Conventional)
                     Perfect Shot
                      Zero Point Spread
               Pistol Proficiency
                      Pistol Mastery (Energy)
                     Pistol Mastery (Conventional)
                     Improved Melee Synergy
                     Flawless Dual Wielding
               Automatic Weapon Proficiency
                      AW Mastery (Energy)
                     AW Mastery (Conventional)
                      Improved Suppression
                      Collateral Damage
          Old World Weapon Proficiency
                Strung Weapon Proficiency
                      Strung Weapon Mastery
                      Trick Shot
                     Disabling Shot
                Thrown Weapon Proficiency
                      Power Throw
                      Rapid Throw
                      Thrown Weapon Mastery
-Support
           Static Weapon Proficiency
                Turret Proficiency
                      Emplacement Weapon Mastery
                      Non-Con Targeting
                Indirect Weapon Proficiency
                     Heavy  Artillery Proficiency
                     Light Artillery Proficiency
           Heavy Weapon Proficiency
                Launcher Proficiency
                      Barrage
                      Structural Strike
                HMG Proficiency
                      Pray and Spray
                      Controlled Burst
                HEW Proficiency
                      Slash and Burn
                      Power Shot
                Exotic Heavy Weapon Proficiency
                      Master-At-Arms
           Explosives Proficiency
               Explosives Affinity
               Mine Proficiency
                      Improved Concealment
                      Improved Rigging
               Grenade Proficiency
                      Cluster Throw
                      Timed Toss
               Charge Proficiency
                      Demolitions Specialist
                      Precision Destruction
-Vehicles
           Riding
                Exotic Riding Proficiency
                Combat Riding
                      Combat Riding Mastery
          Land Vehicle Proficiency
                Vehicle Weapon Proficiency
                      Vehicle Weapon Mastery
                Light Land Vehicle Mastery
                     Defensive Driving
                     Offensive Driving
                     Stunt Driving
               Heavy Land Vehicle Mastery
                      Complex Maneuvers
                      HLV Combat affinity
                Mech Proficiency
                      Mech Mastery
                      Mech Finesse
          Atmospheric/Transatmospheric Vehicle Proficiency
                At/T-At Weapons Proficiency
                      Small Craft Weapons Mastery
                      Heavy Craft Weapons Mastery
                Small Craft Proficiency
                      Dogfighting Affinity
                      Bomber Training
                      Emergency Maneuvers Proficiency
                Heavy Craft Proficiency
                      Advanced Evasive Maneuvers
                      Fire Control Training
                      Bombardment Proficiency
          Space Vehicle Proficiency
                Space Vehicle Weapons Proficiency
                      Bound Craft Weapons Mastery
                      Interstellar Craft Weapon Mastery
                Bound Craft Proficiency
                      Strike Mastery
                      Emergency Docking Procedures
                      Interceptor Affinity
                Interstellar Craft Proficiency
                      Long Range Maneuvers
                      Zero-Gravity Flight Affinity
                      Non-Conventional Flight Affinity
Socials
-Soothing
          Crowd Control
                Mass Conciliation
                      Force of Reason
                Call to Unity
                      Mantra of Brothers
                Group Psychology (Soothing)
          Calming
                Counsel
                Empathy
                      Psychological Analysis
                Forgiveness
                     Absolution
          Manipulation
                Word Twist
                      Silent Lie
                     Finger of Suspicion
                Flatter ego
                      Misdirection
          Assess Strengths
                Discern Values
                      Discern Ambitions
                Discern Truth
                      Discern Hopes
                      Discern Passions
-Rioting
          Incitement
                Passion Play
                      Rhetoric
                Fear Twist
                      Propaganda
                Group Psychology (Rioting)
          Intimidation
                Overpower
                      Dominating Presence
               Torture Methodology
                      Strip the mind
                      Break Will
                Guilt Trip
                      Path of Damnation
          Taunt
                Ego Tear
                      Infuriating Presence
                Veiled Insult
                      Poisonous Barbs
                False Front
                      Power Bluff
           Assess Fears
                Discern Weakness
                      Fear Monger
                Discern Shame
                      Darkest Day
-Diplomacy
          Mediation
                Spirit of Compromise
                Mutual Agreement
                      Ironclad
                      Sign in Blood
                Implication
                      Intrigue
                Negotiate
          Bargaining
                Deal
                Fast Talk
                      Bribe
                Haggle
                      Silver Tongued Thief
                False Authority
                Discerning Eye
                      Razor Intuition
-Command
          Rally
                Surge
                      Desperate Assault
               Demoralize
                      Terrify
                Hold the Line
                      Finest Hour
          Voice of Command
                Force of Will
                Call to Arms
                Beacon of Courage
                      Indomitable Icon
                In the Maw of Hell
                      Total Loyalty
          Basic Tactics
                Squad Tactics
                      Surgical Methodology
                      Insurgency Tactics
                      Mixed Unit Tactics
                Space Tactics
                      Fighter Command
                      Ship Command
                      Fleet Command
                Military Tactics
                      Predictive Tactics
                      Army Command
Utility
-Adjustment
          Systems Manipulation
                System Affinity
                      System Proficiency
                Hacking
                      Slicing
                      Tear to Bits
                Program Creation
                      Program Mastery
                      Electronic Warfare
                Erasure
           Repair
                Making Do
                      Unconventional Repairs
                Structural Repairs
                      Preventative Maintenance
                      Vehicle Repairs
                Electronics Repair
                      Energy Weapon Repair
                Gunsmithing
                      Advanced Gunsmithing
                Mechanical Intuition
                      Natural Mechanics
          First Aid
                Combat Medicine
                      Field Surgery
                Trauma Care
                      Advanced Surgery
                      Advanced Medical Treatment
                Pathogen Control
                      Anti-Bio Training
                      Anti-Synth Training
                Long Term Care
                Medical Affinity
                      Medical Proficiency
          Read Design
                Interpret Blueprint
                      Comprehend Schematics
                Assess Design
                      Identify Weaknesses
                      Identify Strengths
                Reconstruction
                      Reverse Engineering
                      Modify Design
                Ruin Design
                      Sabotage Design
-Creation
          Fabrication
                Warcrafting
                      Advanced Armor Construction
                      Advanced Weapon Construction
                      Advanced Component Construction
                Utility Construction
                Applied Chemistry
                      Synthesize Chemical
                Vehicle Construction
                      Advanced Vehicle Construction
                Applied Biology
                      Grow Organic
                Fabrication Affinity
                      Fabrication Mastery
          Basic Design
                Complex Design
                      Design Mastery
                Structural Design
                      Draft Building
                      Draft land Vehicle
                      Draft At/T-At Vehicle
                      Draft Bound/Interstellar Vehicle
                Design Fake
                Bio-Design
                      Cybernetics
                      Nano-Design
                Design Affinity
                      Design Mastery
                Encrypt Design
          Engineering
                Design Integration
                      Heavy Construction
                Field Engineering
                      Mechanic Bypass
+=> Combat Engineering
                Fortify
                      Entrench
                Counter Engineering
                      Demolitions
                      Sabotage Structure
-Knowledge
          Basic Political Knowledge
                Ear for Rumors
                      Intrigue Lore
                Territory Stresses
                      Alliances and Tensions
                Power Networks
                      Hidden Power Networks
          Basic Medical Knowledge
                Basic Physiology
                      Biology
                      Advanced Physiology
                Pathogen Lore
                      Deep Pathogen Lore
                      Deep Synth-Path Lore
                Herb lore
                      Deep Natural Medicine Lore
                Therapeutics
                      Physical Retraining
          Basic Historical Knowledge
                The Worlds that Were
                      Relic World Lore
                      Ghost World Lore
                Assess Validity
                      Fact From Fiction
                      Mythcraft
                World Fables
                      Forgotten Legends
          Basic Astrological Knowledge
                Star Mapping
                      Advanced Star Mapping
                Hazard Maps
                      Raider Fleet Patterns
                Trade paths
                      Smuggler’s Lanes
                      Efficient Bore Paths
                Anomaly Lore
-Science
          Physics
                Dynamics and Materials
                      Objects in Advanced space
                Electro-Physics and Field Theory
                      Bore theory
                      Quantum Mechanics
                Research Methodology (Phys)
                      Advanced Research Techniques (Phys)
          Biology
                Macro-Biology
                      Medical Sciences
                      Augmentation
                Micro-Biology
                      Pathogen Manipulation
                      Genomics
                Research Methodology (Bio)
                      Advanced Research Techniques (Bio)
           Chemistry
                Advanced Chemistry
                      Destructive Chemistry
                      Utility Chemistry
                Chemical Analysis
                      Chemometrics
                Research Methodology (Chem)
                      Advanced Research Techniques (Chem)
          Astronomy
                Bore Pathing
                      Advanced Bore Dynamics
                      Bore Tracing
                Astrogation
                      Advanced R4 pathing
                Research Methodology (Astro)
                      Advanced Research Techniques (Astro)
Augs
- Mindhack
          Thought Echo
                Signal Resonance
                      Trace Harmonics
                Disentangle
                      Counter Resonance
                      Weaveshock
                Mirror Hack
                Stabilize Weave
                      Resonance Control
           Control Jack
                Manipulate mind
                      Seize System
                Suggestion
                      Implant Command
                      Erode Defenses
                Complementary Jack
                      Symbiotic Resonance
           Visualize Weave
                Fieldsight
                      EM Bloodhound
                Detect Field Instability
                      Detect Mindhack
                      Detect Hidden Device
                Blind Weave
                      Blindsight
          Grid Stability
                Stabilize Field
                      Dampen Grid
                Careful Weaving
                      Directed Weaveshock
                Destabilize Grid
                      Detonating Field
                      Salt the Earth
- Ironweaver
          Basic Nano-Construction
                Improved Control Programs
                      Advanced Nano-Construction
                Stich Wounds
                      Nano-Surgery
                Nano-Welding
                Temporary Components
                      Construction Longevity
          Basic Nano-Destruction
                Devouring Protocol
                      Goo Bomb
                High-Energy Attacks
                      Pyrotechnics
                      EM manipulation
                Infective Algorithms
                     Infiltration Subroutine
          Reclamation
                Molecular Breakdown
                      Efficiency Boosters
                Advanced Capacitors
                      Integrated Bio-Batteries
                Biological Salvage
                      Improved In-Vivo Charging
                      Improved Regeneration
          Energy Conservation
                Nano-Dormancy
                      Long-Term Tissue Storage
                Improved Safety Protocols
                      Relaxed Propagation Limits
                Photosynthetic nanite coating
                Ambient Field Leaching
- Bore Jumper
           Jump Shift
                Long-Range Jumps
                      Chain Jump
                Unpredictable Jump
                      Momentum Sinking
                Dimensional Porpoising
                Bore Flash
                      Bore Detonation
           Phase
                High-Density Phase
                      Flicker Phase
                Combat Phase
                      Phase Dodge
                      Phase Strike
                Phase Light
                      Phase Fire
           Backtrace
                Follow Bore
                      Re-open Bore
                Hidden Bore
                      False Bore
                      Collapsing Bore
                Improve Bore Awareness
          Hitchhike
               Shanghai
                      Bore Throw
                      Mass Bore
                Destabilize Bore
                      Collapse Bore
                Ditch Rider
                      Strand Rider
- Incubator
          Produce Contagion
                Hypergrowth
                      Virulence
                Multi-Strain Production
                      Hybrid strain
                Clone Contagion
                      Produce Antigen
          Produce limited bio-copy
                Produce bio-copy
                      Produce advanced bio-copy
                Produce Stimulant/Anesthetic
                Clone Tissue
                      Stimulate Clone Graft
                      Create Facsimile
          Bacterial Control
                Preset Commands
                      Evolving Orders
                Hormone Recall
                      Remote Deactivation
                      Remote Activation
                Detect Pathogen
                      Detect Incubator
           Limited Tailoring
                Pathogen Tailoring
                      Advanced Pathogen Tailoring
                Symptom Control
                      LD-50 Control
                Propagation De-limiting
                      Plague Creation
                Mutate Pathogen

[Digital Hellhound]

I wish I could go digging through Roller's Block for all my past ideas. This seems useful, anyway.

[Fniff]

Spoiler: Liberty Federation (click to show/hide)

Welcome to the Liberty Federation.You live in an incredibly paranoid, very twisted version of post 9/11 America. Except it's not really America, but the Liberty Federation. However, you are not the psychotic enforcers of the insane law, nor do you play as the fascistic stormtroopers of this nation. Instead, you are a paper pusher working for the Department of Supply & Information. Your job is to handle the requests for supply/information  and obey the various objectives given by your superiors (Such as "Deny all requests for information on trains" or "Requesting assault rifles is now against the law, give the illegal stamp to all requests for them"). However, making things more complicated is two factors. One, your fellow workers are probably terrorists. In fact, you probably are as well, you dirty terrorist. Two, the system is so bloated and inefficient it's an uphill battle doing pretty much anything. This is going to be difficult.

As the game continues on, you will get contacted by various groups against the government. This is in a PM, so other players don't know about it. They will issue you an objective like "approve this request" or "steal this item". You can ignore it if you wish. However, if you accept it, then you get a free item on the black market. These items will actually make your job much easier. The objectives are dangerous and the mere act of acceptance treasonous, but the rewards are great.

Spoiler: Taxman (click to show/hide)

Players are tax collectors after the apocalypse. Basically, they go after tax dodgers (AKA basically anyone since no-one pays taxes after the apocalypse) and first ask them politely to give the money over to them. If they refuse, they shoot them down and take the money off them or at least loot the amount of money required. Players get paid for each mission, which they can spend on feeding their family or extra upgrades. Should be mission-based, with free-roamy in-between bits.

[Person]

Reserved on the off chance I ever get a substantial idea.

[Greenstarfanatic]

Friendly reminder bump that this is a thing.

[darkpaladin109]

This is certainly neat.

Spoiler: 8 days a survivor (click to show/hide)

Blackwell manor, 1999

After the sudden and mysterious death of it's owner, Sir Wallace Blackwell the Fifth, the manor has been abandoned. As a result, many people became more interested in the place, some more than others. You have recently arrived here with 8 other peopleof various proffesions. Your job is to survive 8 days in the house, at the end of which, rescue will arrive.

Essentially based off of 5 days a stranger, the first game in the Chzo Mythos series. Nothing really special about the idea, I guess. I did come up with a mechanic of sorts that could make the game more interesting. The mechanic in question is: Some of the items in the house are haunted. Whenever a player touches such an item, they become possesed by the spirit haunting the house, and unable to control their actions. Players could roll to try and resist the spirit, but failing it would mean that the spirit would have various consequences, from simple short-term memory loss, to serious pain, or worse. The spirit would leave the possesed player after some turns, but would cause the possesed player to not remember what they had done while they were possesed. Of course, the items would all have something in common. In this case, they would all somehow be related to the death of the vengeful spirit, or the misery he or she suffered before his or her death. That's about all there is to it.

Spoiler: Hungry Cyclops Pack (click to show/hide)

Exactly what it says on the tin. Players control a pack of Cyclopses as they kidnap people from villages and whatnot and bring them back to their lair to eat. Simple as that.

I don't plan on running this anytime soon, since I'm still trying to get some experience GM'ing, but anyone else is free to take the idea if they think they can handle it.

[WhitiusOpus]

Spoiler: 3rd World Survival (click to show/hide)

In Africa, thousands die daily due to lack of medicine, tribal warlords, lack if food, exposure, and feral animals. This game will put your survival skills to the test, as well as bring forward a very unlocked at and dangerous part of the world.

This will be a RP game, where the players will try and run a small village in a 3rd world country. Many dangers come into play, and death besets every fact of life. In one lucky instance, your village may receive aid in the form of UN or Red Cross food drops or supply trucks, but equally as likely you are to be raided by a local warlord, who takes the young of your tribe to fight in the constant wars of the region. Almost every decision with come with a cost, and the lucky few will help your village survive another year.

Turns will take place each month, so twelve per year. Between each season a random event will take place, which can either be helpful or destructive. The effects of this choice (since the event will most likely present a choice to the players) may not affect the village immediately. It may be a few seasons or even years before it comes to fruition, causing future damage. For example: Recently, harvests have been going well, but raids by a local warlord have left very little for your families, and you don't think they can all survive until next harvest. A local freedom fighting group known as the AAFF has offered protection, and in return want to use your village as a base. Do you accept? The protection is needed, but what if the regional military (the Askajin Governmental Forces) finds out? Can you risk accepting? What will the Freedom Fighters do if you refuse?

The chance of failure is high, and the chance of success slim, but the feeling of satisfaction that you get from bringing in a new harvest (successfully) will be well worth it.

Spoiler: Red Sons (click to show/hide)

The Soviet Union has recently invaded the nation of Afghanistan. Thousands of soldiers, tanks, and equipment pour into their country, seeking control. They find nothing but resistance and death. For years, thousands of soldiers fight in the name of a government they don't believe in, against nationalists that are protecting their way of life. Tens of hundreds die, for no gain, as the Soviets pull out, the war lost in the face of their enemy's tenacity.

The players take the role of either Soviet Soldiers trying to obey suicidal orders, from generals sitting in comfy chairs back in the Motherland, or from fanatical KGB leaders, who would just as likely shoot you as the enemy. Or, they fight in the shoes of the Taliban, a militant group trying to defend their home and way of life from a numerically superior, technologically superior, and relentless foe, who will attempt to hunt down every last one of you.

There are no stats, but there are skills, or perks, for each player, that will be forthcoming. The game is open world, but takes place solely in Afghanistan, with realistic times/distances (hopefully). Players may encounter each other, but unless they started in the same unit or area, it is unlikely. Who knows, you may find yourself in the gunsights of another player, whether friendly, or not.

[DarkArtemisFowl]

Reserved.

[Yoink]

[Why the hell not, reserve.]

[Comrade P.]

Well, reserve. I think I'll stick to my horrible interracial nayzee abomination for now, but I have occasional ideas to share.

Idea of early/WWI/interwar aviation-RTD is partially ninja'd by Avis-Mergulus.

I have an idea of panzer-fighting RTD, but I want to create a roll system for it as complicated as my puny brains allow me to do, so, it is going to be here.