City of Random (In Progress, Entry Is Closed)

[Dettadeus]

Decided to make a role playing game, since I don't feel like starting my "What Time Is It" thread back up.
Btw, this is a game that I made up and I originally created it on the completely unused forums of my webcomic, so I just copy-pasted from there. There might be some stuff still in there from when I was talking as the admin of my forum, so keep that in mind.

Hello! First, a warning:
This RPG (Random Playing Game) does not have many rules, is made up largely on the spot, is greatly altered by individual actions, and is pretty much made by the players for the players.
I, incidentally, will be the GM/DM for this game. If enough people join, I might "promote" people to be Assistant GMs to help me out when I'm not free, or to change the course of the game. It's a lot of fun to have three GMs who all roleplay in completely different ways and who alternate command of the sessions.

I will have to limit the number of players in this game to 10. If you're not one of the first ten to get in, then go ahead and join another thread, or if there aren't any to join, go ahead and be the DM of your own thread! Not a bad deal, eh?

So, the list of rules:
1: STATS
~I make the stats. I so conveniently found a dice-rolling application, so here's where the rolls will be made:
www.wizards.com/dnd/dice/dice.htm
~Stats are final. If you're a swordsman and you get a horrible attacking stat, sucks for you. Might wanna consider a class change later on.
~Stats increase upon leveling up. There will be a set amount that your stats increase upon said level up, which is yet again determined with a dice role, along with character-specific modifiers (such as a swordsman getting a +1 modifier to his attack stat level increase, but a -1 modifier to his magic stat level increase).
~FSP (Free Stat Points) are awarded after leveling up or by completing certain quests. These can be used to increase stats (duh). So if you're a swordsman and you get a horrible attacking stat but don't want to go through the trouble of a class change, DUMP ALL YOUR FSP INTO ATTACK.

2: CHARACTER CREATION AND CUSTOMIZATION
~As I said, this game is 1. Random, and 2. made by the players, for the players. You can be almost whatever the heck you want (within reason). You describe the base weapon you would start with (again, within reason), the abilities you should start with and their effectiveness (yet again, stay within reason), and pretty much everything else about your character except your stats. You can even give him/her a backstory. In general, characters are entirely customizable. Make sure to invent a really cool name for your character, because if you don't, either I'll make one up or I'll use your username.
~If you are artistic, draw your character out, upload it to photobucket (or somewhere else), then post it here. It makes it much easier for me to visualize what characters are doing if I know what to visualize. If you are not artistic, just give a REALLY good description of your character. Eh, the artistic people might want to do that too.
~As time goes on and you level up and stuff like that, stuff happens. You gain EXP, your stats increase, and more powerful weapons, armors and abilities become available to you.

3: GENERAL GAME MECHANICS
~The success of any attack, defend, dodge, ability, and so-forth is determined by dice roll. 2 d10s (essentially a d100) will be rolled for battle-specific actions, and pretty much everything else is dependent on what you're trying to do. Something like a 1-hit kill skill would require, for example, a roll that is above 91 on a 100 sided die.
~Remember, this game is random. I could create monsters you've never heard of, that do things you've never imagined, guarding treasures you could never believe to be true. I could do this and that and so forth. You could go to different planets, galaxies, universes, times, spaces. You could find an item that brings back the dead, you could find an item that looks exactly like the aforementioned item and does absolutely nothing, or even worse, kills the user. The only limits to this game are your imagination and my attention span.
~Money is a system of Copper, Bronze, Silver, and Gold. 100 Copper make up 1 Bronze, 100 Bronze make up 1 Silver, 100 Silver make up 1 Gold. Abbreviations are as follows: Cu = Copper, Bz = Bronze, Ag = Silver, Au = Gold.

4: Newly Added: THE STORY
So, the world is in turmoil! An evil entity known as Boredom is threatening to take over the entire planet and throw the balance of everything known out of whack!
The ten (or less) players are journeying across the single continent of this planet in an attempt to save the world from Boredom. At first, all characters start at their own parts of the continent, known as Ranterra, but all will have the opportunity to journey around and meet with other players and form parties and such. The capital -and largest- city of this massive city/state/country/continent/landmass is known as the City of Random, and Boredom is attempting to attack it through various means. Your goal is to defeat Boredom's army that is spread across Ranterra, venture through unknown lands, and finally arrive in the City of Random, where an enormous battle will take place between the players and Boredom itself.
New aspect of the story revealed!
The shadows and the shady/mysterious men are actually from different groups. The shadows are from the Empire of Darkness, seeking to conquer Ranterra from within the shadows, trying to keep itself shrouded in mystery, ridding all who discover its secrets. The humans are from Boredom, who is trying to take over Ranterra using more... direct means. The job of the players is now to defeat both evil organizations, one way or another. This could mean splitting up the party and sending half to battle each organization, taking out one at a time, or even pitting them against each other. It doesn't matter how, just get rid of the both of them to finish the game. I'll probably have a sequel planned out by the time this happens so we can move right along.

I will set up character sheets in this post when there are character sheets to be made.


Example Character Sheet:

Dettadeus
-Character: A two-foot tall anthropomorphic bunny (peppy hare is a good comparison), white fur with brown spots.
-Ability(ies): Ability to fire lightning bolts and general control over electricity. Low range, somewhat lethal, can stun.
-Weapon: Small pikes (used as projectiles and lightning rods).
-Level: 1
-EXP: 0/100 to level up to level 2.
Stats:
-Attack: 9. Level up raise (determined by a single d4 and character-based modifiers): 1 (minimum, modifiers cannot lower past this)
-Defense: 15. level up: 4 -2 modifier for being a bunny
-Sp. Attack: 12. level up: 2 +1 modifier for lightning based attacks.
-Sp. Defense: 20. level up: 1
-Speed: 12. level up: 2 +2 modifier for being a bunny
-Hit Points (determined by a d50): 8. level up: 4. (wow, not gonna take hits well with these stats, good thing I'm a mid range special user)
(image if there was one)
-Inventory: Unlimited/replenishing supply of pikes.
-Money: 0

Empty Character Sheet (for me to use, just ignore this if you aren't me, which many people aren't)

-Character:
-Ability(ies):
-Weapon:
-Level:
-EXP:
Stats:
-Attack: . Level up:
-Defense: . Level up:
-Sp. Attack: . Level up:
-Sp. Defense: . Level up:
-Speed: . Level up:
-Hit Points: . Level up:
-Inventory:
-Money:

Actual Character Sheets:

Detta (GM) (this is here in case I need to intervene in something, or just want to screw around with people.)
-Character: A two-foot tall anthropomorphic bunny (peppy hare is a good comparison), white fur with brown spots.
-Ability(ies): Ability to fire lightning bolts and general control over electricity. Low range, somewhat lethal, can stun.
-Weapon: Small pikes (used as projectiles and lightning rods).
-Level: ??
-EXP: ??/?? to level up to level ??
Stats:
-Attack: 187. Level up: 2 -1 modifier for being a bunny
-Defense: 133. Level up: 3 -1 modifier for being a bunny
-Sp. Attack: 349. Level up: 3 +1 modifier for lightning based attacks.
-Sp. Defense: 145. Level up: 1
-Speed: 392. Level up: 3 +2 for being a bunny
-Hit Points: 207. Level up: 1
-Inventory: ??
-Money: ??
Image drawn by myself.


Arata Ken
-Character: A small gecko, similar in size and shape to Marvin the Geico Gecko. Has a robin hood hat and matching boots.
-Ability(ies): Extremely stealthy (given the fact that it's a 6-inch tall gecko), very fast. Can go into a temporary state of super-accelerated movement for a short amount of time, gives increase in movement speed and reaction time.
-Weapon: Special grappling-hook-like object, good for tethering, trapping and the like.
-Level: 1
-EXP: 0/100 to level up to level 2.
Stats:
-Attack: 16. Level up raise: 2 +1 modifier for physical attacks.
-Defense: 14. level up: 3 -1 modifier for being a gecko
-Sp. Attack: 5. level up: 3
-Sp. Defense: 19. level up: 4 -1 modifier for being a gecko.
-Speed: 18. level up: 2 +3 modifier for being a gecko
-Hit Points 30. level up: 4
-Inventory: Grappling hook, hat, feather, boots.
-Money: 0
Image by PhantomHP.


El Maiz
-Character: Super hero.
-Ability(ies): Enhanced physical ability
-Weapon: Quarterstaff
-Level: 1
-EXP: 60/100 to level up to level 2
Stats:
-Attack: 19. Level up: 3 +1 modifier for being a super hero
-Defense: 5. Level up: 4
-Sp. Attack: 3. Level up: 3
-Sp. Defense: 10. Level up: 3
-Speed: 17. Level up: 4 +2 modifier for being a super hero
-Hit Points: 47. Level up: 4
-Inventory: Corn. LOTS of corn.
-Money: 0

Electro Adam
-Character: Super hero, wears a purple jumpsuit with some other stuff on it.
-Ability(ies): Ability to shoot electroness (essentially half of the Kamehameha beam, the two sides being to different beams, but they entertwine and have white electricity surrounding them.), Electroness Shield (Basically Rosalina's bubble shield, but with white electricity surrounding it. It reflects projectiles.), Eye Flash (paralyzes opponent)
-Weapon: Electromagnetic Sword: Basically a lightsaber, but it has electromagnetic waves surrounding it, doing the damage.
-Level: 2
-EXP: 25/150 to level up to level 3
Stats:
-Attack: 23. Level up: 4
-Defense: 9. Level up: 3
-Sp. Attack: 15. Level up: 4 +2 modifier for electricity-based attacks
-Sp. Defense: 22. Level up: 2
-Speed: 15. Level up: 3
-Hit Points: 39. Level up: 2
-Inventory: Jet Shoes
-Money: 0
Image by PhantomHP.


Red
-Character: Super hero, wears an akatsuki cloak
-Ability(ies): Mind Crush
-Weapon: Bombs, Twin Daggers
-Level: 2
-EXP: 5/150 to level up to level 3
Stats:
-Attack: 19. Level up: 4 +2 modifier for dagger-wielding
-Defense: 18. Level up: 4
-Sp. Attack: 12. Level up: 4
-Sp. Defense: 3. Level up: 2
-Speed: 16. Level up: 1 +2 modifier for being based off a ninja/being ninja-like
-Hit Points: 47. Level up: 3
-Inventory: Smoke bombs, actual bombs.
-Money: 0
Image from some random Naruto episode. Might be Shippuuden.


Sumikaptain Falcon
-Character: Captain Falcon
-Ability(ies): Able to channel flames through his attacks.
-Weapon: Falcon Punch, Knee of Justice, awesomeness.
-Level: 1
-EXP: 15/100 to level up to level 2
Stats:
-Attack: 16. Level up: 1 +3 modifier for being Captain Falcon.
-Defense: 4. Level up: 4
-Sp. Attack: 17. Level up: 2
-Sp. Defense: 18. Level up: 4
-Speed: 10. Level up: 1 +3 modifier for being Captain Falcon.
-Hit Points: 36. Level up: 1
-Inventory: Manliness
-Money: 0

Phantom
-Character: Humanoid wrapped in bandages from head to toe, wears a brown jacket, black/grey pants and brown boots.
-Ability(ies): Regeneration of limbs, able to transform into a "Dark Side" that give him increased strength and speed.
-Weapon: Sword resembling Cloud's Buster Sword from FFVII, backside is saw-toothed.
-Level: 1
-EXP: 75/100 to level up to level 2
Stats:
-Attack: 15. Level up: 2 +3 modifier for physical attacks and a massive sword
-Defense: 17. Level up: 2
-Sp. Attack: 11. Level up: 3
-Sp. Defense: 11. Level up: 2
-Speed: 14. Level up: 3 -1 modifier for having a massive sword
-Hit Points: 43. Level up: 4
-Inventory: Darkness (sword), King Neptune (trident), Guenevere (spear adorned with angel feathers).
-Money: 0
Image by PhantomHP.


Sucho
-Character: Hybrid of a crocodile and a man. Sucho was the result of a genetic experiment that went surprisingly well. He joined the secret agencies 3 years ago.
-Ability(ies):Good martial artist, very strong physically. Adept swimmer, very good eyesight and sense of smell. Does not hear very well. His jaws are extremely powerful. Unable of speech, but can understand it perfectly fine as well as read. He communicates by growls or by writing on a notebook he carries. His skin is quite hard.
-Weapon: Small knife, hand to hand.
-Level: 1
-EXP: 15/100 to level up to level 2
Stats:
-Attack: 19. Level up: 3 +2 modifier for being part crocodile.
-Defense: 17. Level up: 1
-Sp. Attack: 19. Level up: 1
-Sp. Defense: 6. Level up: 1
-Speed: 13. Level up: 2
-Hit Points: 40. Level up: 4
-Inventory: Wallet, mobile phone, secret agencies badge, notebook.
-Money: 0.



Character Movements:
Electro Adam: Wattedom, just east of Wattedom, Rangardtan, a shop on the outskirts of town.
El Maiz: Srakdom, a F.A.R.M. house, the Randomountains, a road.
Arata Ken: Randoka, a forest, a pond in the forest, a very dark area, Randoka.
Red: Ranterra City, The Randomountains, a road.
Sumikaptain Falcon: Trandroma, Corandora, a road.
Phantom: A dark room, Domratak, Rainedom, outskirts of Rainedom, a hostel.
Sucho: Garandin, a river southwest of Garandin.

Now that we have all that ready... COMMENCE WITH THE ROLEPLAYING.

[Dettadeus]

Lol. Didn't quite read through all the rules, did you?
"I make the stats" is rule numbah one.
Did you use the dice roller? The base stats and modifiers use the dice roller.

[El Maiz]

I missed the "I". I thought that it said to "Make the stats" with the dice thing, which I did.
Sorry.

But still...

HO I'M HERE.

[Dettadeus]

K, I'll make the stats when I get home. I'm doing this from my iPod again.

[plasmis]

Finally, someone creates a role playing game! I love rpgs! I think I'll name my character, Arata Ken. I'll let you decide who and what my character should be. I am forever in your hands, great creator!

[Dettadeus]

Ooh, gonna have fun with that... *looks through archive of role playing characters I've made over the years*
I'm thinking... A gecko. I'll figure the rest out when im not doing this from my iPod with my cousin bugging me to play jelly car.

EDIT: Alright, "Arata Ken", lets see what we've got here...

Arata Ken
-Character: A small gecko, similar in size and shape to Marvin the Geico Gecko. Has a robin hood hat and matching boots.
-Ability(ies): Extremely stealthy (given the fact that it's a 6-inch tall gecko), very fast. Can go into a temporary state of super-accelerated movement for a short amount of time, gives increase in movement speed and reaction time.
-Weapon: Special grappling-hook-like object, good for tethering, trapping and the like.
-Level: 1
-EXP: 0/100 to level up to level 2.
Stats:
-Attack: 16. Level up raise: 2 +1 modifier for physical attacks.
-Defense: 14. level up: 3 -1 modifier for being a gecko
-Sp. Attack: 5. level up: 3
-Sp. Defense: 19. level up: 4 -1 modifier for being a gecko.
-Speed: 18. level up: 2 +3 modifier for being a gecko
-Hit Points 30. level up: 4
-Inventory: Grappling hook, hat, feather, boots.
-Money: 0


El Maiz, I'll do yours next.
EDIT AGAIN: what was your character going to be again? Looks like you deleted the post.

EDIT AGAIN AGAIN: Check out the story I just added to the OP. It's now number 4 in the "List of Rules" section. Now you at least have something to go off of.

[plasmis]

Thanks! That exactly fits the profile of my character. After all, Arata ken does mean Blade in Japanese.

[El Maiz]

Oh yeah, I'm El Maiz.
He's a superhero.

[Dettadeus]

Ok... powers and stuff like that?
Wait, lemme guess... You can turn into corn XD
JK.

Alright, I'll go ahead and roll up some stats.

El Maiz
-Character: Super hero.
-Ability(ies): Super heroness? Power to turn into corn (subject to debate)
-Weapon: Fists?
-Level: 1
-EXP: 0/100 to level up to level 2
Stats:
-Attack: 19. Level up: 3 +1 modifier for being a super hero?
-Defense: 5. Level up: 4
-Sp. Attack: 3. Level up: 3 +1 modifier for being a super hero?
-Sp. Defense: 10. Level up: 3
-Speed: 17. Level up: 4 +1 modifier for being a super hero?
-Hit Points: 47. Level up: 4
-Inventory: Corn. LOTS of corn.
-Money: 0

You might have to elaborate on your definition of "super hero". I inferred that your power had something to do with corn.

You can change stuff like the inventory, weapon and description if you want. That's just what I made up based on what you gave me.

[DGN]

I didn't really read all the rules.
Character; Electro Adam
Profile: Superhero
Outfit: Purple jumpsuit with an upside down triangle with a black outline, inside it has a white background and a purple "E".
Weapon of Choice: Electromagnetic Sword: Basically a lightsaber, but it has electromagnetic waves surrounding it, doing the damage.
Abilities: Ability to shoot electroness (let me explain: half of the Kamehameha beam, the two sides being to different beams, but they entertwine and have white electricity surrounding them.), Electroness Shield (Basically Rosalina's bubble shield, but with white electricity surrounding it. It reflects projectiles.), Eye Flash (paralyzes opponent)
Inventory: Max Potion, Max MP Restore, Jet Shoes (UNLIMITED)(this allows him to fly in the air, and go far distances)
Money: He doesn't need money. Instead, he uses his MP to buy things.
So depending on how much things cost, his MP might need to be raised.
Also, why not name the landmass Pangaea?

[member 777]

character: red
profile: superhero
outfit; dark cloak [like the akasia from naruto]
weapon: bombs and twin draggers
abilities: mind crush only

[DGN]

OH YES JUST LIKE IN RED STORY.
You've gotta continue that.
Are we allowed to make sub-characters?

[El Maiz]

Jan 15, 2011 20:00:28 GMT -5 Dettadeus said:

El Maiz
-Character: Super hero.
-Ability(ies): Enhanced physical ability
-Weapon: Quarterstaff
-Level: 1
-EXP: 0/100 to level up to level 2
Stats:
-Attack: 19. Level up: 3 +1 modifier for being a super hero?
-Defense: 5. Level up: 4
-Sp. Attack: 3. Level up: 3
-Sp. Defense: 10. Level up: 3
-Speed: 17. Level up: 4 +2 modifier for being a super hero?
-Hit Points: 47. Level up: 4
-Inventory: Corn. LOTS of corn.
-Money: 0

Thar ye go.

[DGN]

I think you should name your character Jankin, but say his stage name is El Maiz...because I believe you said that was like him.

[Dettadeus]

Alright, lets see what we've got here...

Electro Adam
-Character: Super hero, wears a purple jumpsuit with some other stuff on it.
-Ability(ies): Ability to shoot electroness (essentially half of the Kamehameha beam, the two sides being to different beams, but they entertwine and have white electricity surrounding them.), Electroness Shield (Basically Rosalina's bubble shield, but with white electricity surrounding it. It reflects projectiles.), Eye Flash (paralyzes opponent)
-Weapon: Electromagnetic Sword: Basically a lightsaber, but it has electromagnetic waves surrounding it, doing the damage.
-Level: 1
-EXP: 0/100 to level up to level 2
Stats:
-Attack: 19. Level up: 4
-Defense: 6. Level up: 3
-Sp. Attack: 9. Level up: 4 +2 modifier for electricity-based attacks
-Sp. Defense: 20. Level up: 2
-Speed: 12. Level up: 3
-Hit Points: 35. Level up: 2
-Inventory: Jet Shoes (had to remove the restoration items, they're buy-able things)
-Money: 0 (Don't really have MP, it's more just how many times you can use stuff in rapid succession)

El Maiz (Updated Version)
-Character: Super hero.
-Ability(ies): Enhanced physical ability
-Weapon: Quarterstaff
-Level: 1
-EXP: 0/100 to level up to level 2
Stats:
-Attack: 19. Level up: 3 +1 modifier for being a super hero
-Defense: 5. Level up: 4
-Sp. Attack: 3. Level up: 3
-Sp. Defense: 10. Level up: 3
-Speed: 17. Level up: 4 +2 modifier for being a super hero
-Hit Points: 47. Level up: 4
-Inventory: Corn. LOTS of corn.
-Money: 0

Red
-Character: Super hero, wears an akatsuki cloak
-Ability(ies): Mind Crush
-Weapon: Bombs, Twin Daggers
-Level: 1
-EXP: 0/100 to level up to level 2
Stats:
-Attack: 13. Level up: 4 +2 modifier for dagger-wielding
-Defense: 14. Level up: 4
-Sp. Attack: 8. Level up: 4
-Sp. Defense: 1. Level up: 2
-Speed: 13. Level up: 1 +2 modifier for being based off a ninja/being ninja-like
-Hit Points: 44. Level up: 3
-Inventory: Smoke bombs, actual bombs.
-Money: 0

These three will be in the OP within a few moments.

[DGN]

What does the Plus 2 Mean?

[El Maiz]

OOOH
Abilities as in what they can do in battle.
El Maiz has the Half Moon Blitz, which he just pummels you for a lot of damage.

[Dettadeus]

The first number in a stat is the base that you are given. The second one, after the words "level up" is the number that is given by a d4 and it is the amount that the stat goes up by upon leveling up. The modifier is a customized addition or subtraction to the level up bonus, determined by the character it affects. Such as a -1 modifier to defense for being a gecko, as geckos cannot defend very well, or a +3 modifier to speed for being a bunny, as bunnies are very swift.

Modifiers can also be given depending on the form of attack you use, such as getting a bonus in special attack for using lightning based attacks, or a bonus in attack for using physical attacks.

[DGN]

Ah.
So, for expample, if I leveled up, it would give me +4 defense, but since I am a superhero, it would give me too more points?
KEWL.

[Dettadeus]

Yep. Although your only modifier is a +2 to special attack from using lightning based attacks. So when you level up, your attack will go up by 4, defense by 3, sp. attack by 6, sp. defense by 2, speed by 3, and HP by 2.