Shorticus

A pre-interest Check: Battletech (it even rhymes ^.^)

I'd be more available to do stuff, but I've got essays to write and Finals to study for until the end of next week.

I probably would've jumped in tonight if not for that.

If I Woke Up Beside of You ~Game~

Liking music you used to hate and music you used to like (but don't anymore)?

I used to love Celtic Music. That was before I realized the vast majority of Celtic music artists on YouTube are just some nerds shoving nature noises and badpipes into a sound synthesizer and calling whatever the program craps out "Celtic."

I still like actual Celtic music, but I find it much safer to look up traditional Scandinavian music, even though there are pitfalls to that idea as well, such as white supremacist comment sections.

(No, seriously. You don't get much more racist than a comment section for a Viking song on Youtube.)

Also, I stopped liking Rap when I was 13, then started liking it again when I turned 18. I now like some Rap, much like I like some of pretty much all popular music genres.

States of Evolution

On that note, @neogreggory, concerning the different types of battles:

What I wrote up for single combat would apply well to group combat if we wanted to briefly consider what a group would be like. Rather than define an entire group for group battles, however, I'd instead make a write up for the leader and the team itself. A bit of clever rewriting to the rules could create a setup where <X> number of members are injured, or <Y> number are slain.

The paired contests could use two characters instead of one. Simple as that.

Archery contests would just be a straight-up roll made once. Same for beast mastery contests, though beast mastery would also involve wounds. (Beast mastery = slaying a bunch of animals.)

States of Evolution

Did one last, brief edit to the system, clarifying something:

2 minor wounds ONLY confer their -1 penalty to wound rolls, not to combat rolls. (I originally wrote it differently like a dork, but that wasn't my intention.) Only major wounds and permanent wounds apply their penalty to both wound rolls and combat rolls.

States of Evolution

Okay, so class ended early. I have an opportunity to go over my idea for a dice system. It'll be similar to the system ZB and I used in some of the Zaqir-Ashkar wars.

This is going to be a rough system used solely for determining the results of the Almurzani.

Almurzani Dice

The Dice Involved

2d6 for each opposing party's "success" roll. 1d6 for wound rolls.

Modifiers

+1 per major advantage; +1 per two minor advantages. Major disadvantages count as a -1; two minor disadvantages count as a -1.

Major wounds and permanent wounds reduce the character's roll by -1.

Note: one character's disadvantage CANNOT be the same as the other's advantage. I.E. if I put "size advantage" for my saurian as a major advantage, I can't put "size disadvantage" for the kobold she's fighting as a major disadvantage. The saurian gets ONE major advantage from this, not two.

If an advantage is considered "extreme," it may be allowed to confer a +2 bonus rather than a +1.

Calculating Results

A difference of 0-2 = a tie, requiring an extension of the match (or the surrender of one side to the other, or both sides agreeing to cease fighting). Both characters roll for wounds after each tie.

A difference of 3-5 = a victory for the side with the higher number. Each participant rolls for wounds. Modify wound roll as necessary. The winner may not die; reroll in the event of "death" for the winner.

A difference of 6+ = a major victory for the side with the higher number. The winning side may decide the fate of the losing party (I.E. whether they suffer wounds, are slain, spared, etc). The winner suffers no wounds.

Wounds

There are four categories of wounds: minor, major, permanent, and death.

• A minor wound has no impact on combat rolls, but two of them confer a -1 penalty to future Wound rolls. Minor wounds take whatever form the player wants (so long as it isn't crippling or permanent) and disappear as necessary. Still, the number of minor wounds should be kept track of. Minor wounds disappear 2 battles after they're gained. (So, if someone gained two minor wounds in their first bout, both of those minor wounds would disappear in the third bout.)
• A major wound has a more crippling effect, but can be healed. It will confer a disadvantage in future rounds.
• A permanent wound will stay with the fighter after the battle. It is a permanent disadvantage and should have an impact on the story.
• Death is death. There's no coming back.

The following numbers are a result for wounds:
1 or less = no wound.
2-4 = a minor wound.
5-6 = a major wound.
7-8 = a permanent wound.
9+ = death.

Normally, a character cannot receive a permanent wound or death, as they roll a 1d6 for wounds. However, there are several factors which influence their wounds:

Every 2 minor wounds adds +1 to the roll.
Every major wound adds +1 to the roll.
Every permanent wound adds +1 to the roll.
Natural abilities or high quality defensive equipment may reduce the roll by 1. (Note: you may only have a total of -2 due to this: -1 due to abilities and -1 due to equipment.)

Example Fight

Let's go with an extreme example and assume that Zorai the Massive and Rize the Kobold are pitted against each other in the Almurzani. This is their first round against each other, and each of them has suffered a major wound already.

We start by listing their advantages and disadvantages in this particular match-up.

Zorai
Major Wound: -1
Massive Size Advantage: +2
Extreme Experience Advantage (she's a war veteran that's fought in two Almurzanis!): +2
Superior Equipment: +1
Strength Advantage: +1
Defensive Fighting Style: +1

Total: +6

Rize
Major Wound: -1
Agility Advantage: +1
Unorthodox Fighting Style: +1

Total: +1

This means that in order for Rize to win in a fight, assuming Zorai rolled a 1, Rize has to roll a 9 out of 12 possible points from a dice roll. That would give Zorai a total of 7 vs. Rize's 10.

In the first round of their battle, Zorai and Rize roll off. Zorai gets 3+6=9, and Rize gets 9+1=10. They tie, so they each roll on the wound table. Zorai takes another major wound (with a result of 5), and Rize takes a minor wound (with a result of 4). Zorai's roll is reduced by 1 because she suffered another major wound. Rize only has one minor wound, and so is not yet affected by it.

In the second round, Zorai gets a 15 (10+5) and Rize gets a 9 (8+1). This time Zorai has an overwhelming victory, controlling this part of the battle from its beginning. She decides to let Rize live with a single minor injury, but leaves him disarmed and defeated.

Should Rize continue to fight in the Almurzani, he'll probably get a different set of modifiers. He might have an equipment advantage over someone, or have a youth advantage over a particularly old fighter (such as Bloodaxe).

Does this make sense to everyone?

It's meant to be lethal, but unless a fight goes on for a while or you get utterly trounced, you won't suffer death or permanent wounds in the first battle.

If I Woke Up Beside of You ~Game~

OPEN THE DOOR

GET ON THE FLOOR

EVERYONE WALK THE DINOSAUR!

Masters of the Hidden Valley

@Shorticus
I want my character to heal up this turn

@Jangel13

You can take another action instead of just healing. Healing will happen over time, or instantly if you use the blessing from the Children of Mercy.

States of Evolution

<Snipped quote by Shorticus>

That'd be fine, but the last time I tried to create a combat-orientated dice system for the guild, I got run out of town by a mob of super angry nerds.

So if you want to put your neck on the line, and risk being cannibalised by a cross-community lynch mob, then be my guest!

@Frengo

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!

Here We Go

Howdy, Seravee! Glad to see your message.

Since you mentioned both fantasy and cyberpunk, I'd love to suggest that you look up Shadowrun. It's a pretty neat setting, and it's got a lot of variety in content, and there's megacorporations ruling the world, and there's dragons, and there's crazy gangs that dress up like it's Halloween... It's good stuff, and there'd be no world building necessary. If that interests you, we could try that.

Or we could try cyberpunk played straight. It doesn't take a huge stretch of the imagination to say "It's the year 2066, and the world is way different than it was fifty years ago." Or 2100. Or... name a year. I wouldn't mind doing the heavy lifting in world building.

I also wouldn't mind doing the heavy lifting in fantasy world building. I've got a flash drive that's all maps and flags I've drawn up. Just... Yeah.

Anyway, I'd be very interested in knowing what sort of plot you'd want to pursue. Feel free to narrow your choices on setting, too. I'd rather you pick than me when it comes to setting.

As for writing samples: I'll trust you'll be enjoyable to write with once we get started.

Finally, I'd like to note that I'll be fairly busy until the end of next week (my last Final is Thursday). I can do a lot of in-depth discussion this weekend, though, in preparation for RP.

EDIT: Also, folks, I'm probably going to be hopping off of the Guild for the day. I should be back later tonight, but I've got to get back to studying and writing some short papers. Hopefully this isn't bad timing for anyone. And I'll be around Friday for sure, but probably not this Thursday. (It's tabletop game night tomorrow.)