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	=Background=		==Background==

	Stripped Gears is a work-in-progress homebrew roleplaying game based on the [[One Roll Engine]]. It is set in a near-future where the players are participants in an illegal subculture built up around modifying domestic robots into pit fighters.		Stripped Gears is a work-in-progress homebrew roleplaying game based on the [[One Roll Engine]]. It is set in a near-future where the players are participants in an illegal subculture built up around modifying domestic robots into pit fighters.

	=Story=		==Story==

	The year is 20XX, and robots have become indispensable in society. Powerful positronic brains combined with several breakthroughs in rechargeable batteries and animatronics meant that it had finally become feasible to build humaniform robots that could fill a wide variety of roles. At the low-end, these brains aren't good for much more than housekeeping. At the high end, these robots fill a wide variety of roles. Lawbots are dedicated public defenders, medibots are the perfect general practitioners, and law enforcement and the military have obedient "man"power that don't collect pensions.		The year is 20XX, and robots have become indispensable in society. Powerful positronic brains combined with several breakthroughs in rechargeable batteries and animatronics meant that it had finally become feasible to build humaniform robots that could fill a wide variety of roles. At the low-end, these brains aren't good for much more than housekeeping. At the high end, these robots fill a wide variety of roles. Lawbots are dedicated public defenders, medibots are the perfect general practitioners, and law enforcement and the military have obedient "man"power that don't collect pensions.

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	Public opinion on the matter remains rather split. Some feel that as long as the robots are hardwired into Three Laws compliance then it doesn't matter if they know how to hack apart another robot with a chainsaw. Others feel that there's too much risk of a robot going rogue after a [[Stripped Gears Combat\|fight]] and killing people. The media, for its part, seems to make a point of preserving the outlaw status of these rings because the issue makes great ratings. Either way, the problem isn't going anywhere any time soon, and truth be told, most of the Johns couldn't care less.		Public opinion on the matter remains rather split. Some feel that as long as the robots are hardwired into Three Laws compliance then it doesn't matter if they know how to hack apart another robot with a chainsaw. Others feel that there's too much risk of a robot going rogue after a [[Stripped Gears Combat\|fight]] and killing people. The media, for its part, seems to make a point of preserving the outlaw status of these rings because the issue makes great ratings. Either way, the problem isn't going anywhere any time soon, and truth be told, most of the Johns couldn't care less.

	==Further Reading==		===Further Reading===
	Stripped Gears is meant to be relatively open, with no fixed setting or plot, but /tg/ has written a great deal of [[Stripped Gears Writefaggotry\|additional material]] that might provide a jumping off point.		Stripped Gears is meant to be relatively open, with no fixed setting or plot, but /tg/ has written a great deal of [[Stripped Gears Writefaggotry\|additional material]] that might provide a jumping off point.

	=One Roll Engine=		==One Roll Engine==

	Stripped Gears runs off of the [[One Roll Engine]]. It uses d10 die pools, and you want to roll pairs or better of dice showing the same value. The "width" of a matched set is how many dice match, and it's used for the speed and power of an action. The "height" of a matched set is the value the dice are showing, generally determines the quality of an action. A roll of 2, 2, 2, 3, 5, 5, 8 has two sets: one with a width of 3 and height of 2 (3x2) and one with a width of 2 and height of 5 (2x5). A dice pool can have one master die, which you can set to any value before you roll the rest of the dice.		Stripped Gears runs off of the [[One Roll Engine]]. It uses d10 die pools, and you want to roll pairs or better of dice showing the same value. The "width" of a matched set is how many dice match, and it's used for the speed and power of an action. The "height" of a matched set is the value the dice are showing, generally determines the quality of an action. A roll of 2, 2, 2, 3, 5, 5, 8 has two sets: one with a width of 3 and height of 2 (3x2) and one with a width of 2 and height of 5 (2x5). A dice pool can have one master die, which you can set to any value before you roll the rest of the dice.

	Stripped Gears also uses something like the aspects feature of [[FATE System]], renamed to "drives." On character creation, humans may be assigned up to five drives for free. Drives are motivations for the character. They are almost always what polite society would refer to as flaws. If the player acts out a character's drive in a way that causes a setback, the GM should award a drive point to the player. Drive points can be spent later on advanced maneuvers in combat.		Stripped Gears also uses something like the aspects feature of [[FATE System]], renamed to "drives." On character creation, humans may be assigned up to five drives for free. Drives are motivations for the character. They are almost always what polite society would refer to as flaws. If the player acts out a character's drive in a way that causes a setback, the GM should award a drive point to the player. Drive points can be spent later on advanced maneuvers in combat.

	=Character Creation=		==Character Creation==

	Stripped Gears uses a point buy system to [[Stripped Gears Character Creation\|create characters]] . The standard [[Stripped Gears Character Creation\|character creation]] process involves each player creating one human character, and then a robot that uses that character's in-game resources and skills.		Stripped Gears uses a point buy system to [[Stripped Gears Character Creation\|create characters]] . The standard [[Stripped Gears Character Creation\|character creation]] process involves each player creating one human character, and then a robot that uses that character's in-game resources and skills.

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	In addition to stats and skills, humans can buy advantages and robots can buy add-ons, which are roughly equivalent and represent extra equipment. These features give their owners extra situational advantages not covered by skills and stats.		In addition to stats and skills, humans can buy advantages and robots can buy add-ons, which are roughly equivalent and represent extra equipment. These features give their owners extra situational advantages not covered by skills and stats.

	=Combat=		==Combat==

	[[Stripped Gears Combat\|Combat]] in Stripped Gears is almost exclusively robot against robot, due to the limits on available robot brains. The fights take many forms, with many different possible special rules and outcomes.		[[Stripped Gears Combat\|Combat]] in Stripped Gears is almost exclusively robot against robot, due to the limits on available robot brains. The fights take many forms, with many different possible special rules and outcomes.

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	When the fight is over, the winning team receives prize money or reputation, depending on how impressive of a fight they put on.		When the fight is over, the winning team receives prize money or reputation, depending on how impressive of a fight they put on.

			[[Category:Homebrew Settings]]
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1d4chan>Bob Asshat: /* Story */

2011-03-01T18:40:34Z

Story

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	=Story=		=Story=

	The year is 20XX, and robots have become indispensable in society. Powerful positronic brains combined with several breakthroughs in rechargeable batteries and animatronics meant that it had finally become feasible to build humaniform robots that could fill a wide variety of ~~rolls~~. At the low-end, these brains aren't good for much more than housekeeping. At the high end, these robots fill a wide variety of roles. Lawbots are dedicated public defenders, medibots are the perfect general practitioners, and law enforcement and the military have obedient "man"power that don't collect pensions.		The year is 20XX, and robots have become indispensable in society. Powerful positronic brains combined with several breakthroughs in rechargeable batteries and animatronics meant that it had finally become feasible to build humaniform robots that could fill a wide variety of roles. At the low-end, these brains aren't good for much more than housekeeping. At the high end, these robots fill a wide variety of roles. Lawbots are dedicated public defenders, medibots are the perfect general practitioners, and law enforcement and the military have obedient "man"power that don't collect pensions.

	Naturally, not everyone was perfectly happy about the rise of robots, and it wasn't long after the first models entered the consumer end of the market before anti-robot activists successfully campaigned to heavily regulate them. Civilian robots always had to be "Three Laws Compliant" - that is, compliant with Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics - but that wasn't enough. Thanks to a few easily-scared killjoys swayed by a couple horror movies about haywire robots going on killing sprees, robots had to be further inhibited. Under the principle that a robot cannot do anything it has not been programmed to do, [[Stripped Gears Combat\|combat]] skill packages were banned and access to all but the most "simple" of brains had been heavily restricted.		Naturally, not everyone was perfectly happy about the rise of robots, and it wasn't long after the first models entered the consumer end of the market before anti-robot activists successfully campaigned to heavily regulate them. Civilian robots always had to be "Three Laws Compliant" - that is, compliant with Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics - but that wasn't enough. Thanks to a few easily-scared killjoys swayed by a couple horror movies about haywire robots going on killing sprees, robots had to be further inhibited. Under the principle that a robot cannot do anything it has not been programmed to do, [[Stripped Gears Combat\|combat]] skill packages were banned and access to all but the most "simple" of brains had been heavily restricted.

1d4chan>NotBrandX: /* One Roll Engine */

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One Roll Engine

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	=One Roll Engine=		=One Roll Engine=

	Stripped Gears runs off of the One Roll Engine. It uses d10 die pools and ~~looks for matched sets~~ of dice. The ~~Width~~ of a set ~~generally determines~~ the speed of an action~~, and~~ the ~~Height of~~ the ~~set~~ generally determines the quality of an action. A roll of 2, 3, 5, 5, 5, ~~8 could be said~~ to ~~be three wide, five high, or 3x5~~.		Stripped Gears runs off of the [[One Roll Engine]]. It uses d10 die pools, and you want to roll pairs or better of dice showing the same value. The "width" of a matched set is how many dice match, and it's used for the speed and power of an action. The "height" of a matched set is the value the dice are showing, generally determines the quality of an action. A roll of 2, 2, 2, 3, 5, 5, 8 has two sets: one with a width of 3 and height of 2 (3x2) and one with a width of 2 and height of 5 (2x5). A dice pool can have one master die, which you can set to any value before you roll the rest of the dice.

	~~In the One Roll Engine, master dice refer to dice that the player can set down with a chosen number up before a roll.~~		Stripped Gears also uses something like the aspects feature of [[FATE System]], renamed to "drives." On character creation, humans may be assigned up to five drives for free. Drives are motivations for the character. They are almost always what polite society would refer to as flaws. If the player acts out a character's drive in a way that causes a setback, the GM should award a drive point to the player. Drive points can be spent later on advanced maneuvers in combat.

	Stripped Gears also uses the ~~aspect system~~, renamed to drives. On character creation, humans may be assigned up to five drives for free. Drives are motivations for the character. They are almost always what polite society would refer to as flaws. If the player acts out a character's drive in a way that causes a setback, the GM should award a drive point to the player. Drive points can be spent on advanced maneuvers in combat.

	=Character Creation=		=Character Creation=

1d4chan>NotBrandX: /* Background */

2010-11-02T22:27:02Z

Background

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	=Background=		=Background=

	Stripped Gears is a work-in-progress homebrew roleplaying game based on the One Roll Engine. It is set in a near-future where the players are participants in an illegal subculture built up around modifying domestic robots into pit fighters.		Stripped Gears is a work-in-progress homebrew roleplaying game based on the [[One Roll Engine]]. It is set in a near-future where the players are participants in an illegal subculture built up around modifying domestic robots into pit fighters.

	=Story=		=Story=

70.36.134.62: /* One Roll Engine */

2010-11-02T22:20:25Z

One Roll Engine

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	Stripped Gears runs off of the One Roll Engine. It uses d10 die pools and looks for matched sets of dice. The Width of a set generally determines the speed of an action, and the Height of the set generally determines the quality of an action. A roll of 2, 3, 5, 5, 5, 8 could be said to be three wide, five high, or 3x5.		Stripped Gears runs off of the One Roll Engine. It uses d10 die pools and looks for matched sets of dice. The Width of a set generally determines the speed of an action, and the Height of the set generally determines the quality of an action. A roll of 2, 3, 5, 5, 5, 8 could be said to be three wide, five high, or 3x5.

	In the One Roll Engine, master dice refer to		In the One Roll Engine, master dice refer to dice that the player can set down with a chosen number up before a roll.

	Stripped Gears also uses the aspect system, renamed to drives. On character creation, humans may be assigned up to five drives for free. Drives are motivations for the character. They are almost always what polite society would refer to as flaws. If the player acts out a character's drive in a way that causes a setback, the GM should award a drive point to the player. Drive points can be spent on advanced maneuvers in combat.		Stripped Gears also uses the aspect system, renamed to drives. On character creation, humans may be assigned up to five drives for free. Drives are motivations for the character. They are almost always what polite society would refer to as flaws. If the player acts out a character's drive in a way that causes a setback, the GM should award a drive point to the player. Drive points can be spent on advanced maneuvers in combat.

1d4chan>Anonbutts: /* Story */

2010-11-02T17:12:59Z

Story

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	The point, as it turned out, was entertainment. Nobody's sure exactly where it all started - clubs in London, New York, Chicago, and Tokyo all have strong claims of being the first ones to do it - but a culture of underground robot pit fighting sprouted up like mushrooms after a rainstorm. People had started taking their domestic robots, wiping their programming, and loading them up with [[Stripped Gears Combat\|combat]] subroutines so that they could watch their meidobots and butlerbots and nannybots and sexbots rip each other to pieces. Naturally, these clubs became dens of all manner of vice and shutting them down became a high priority for law enforcement. Cops quickly figured out that a [[Stripped Gears Combat\|combat]] meidobot makes a shitty maid when all her housekeeping skills had to be wiped to make room for the ability to beat another robot into an unidentifiable mass of metal, and the Junk Johns (the owners of these [[Stripped Gears Combat\|combat]] robots) learned to get their hands on high-end brains that could [[Stripped Gears Combat\|fight]] AND clean. The arms race was on.		The point, as it turned out, was entertainment. Nobody's sure exactly where it all started - clubs in London, New York, Chicago, and Tokyo all have strong claims of being the first ones to do it - but a culture of underground robot pit fighting sprouted up like mushrooms after a rainstorm. People had started taking their domestic robots, wiping their programming, and loading them up with [[Stripped Gears Combat\|combat]] subroutines so that they could watch their meidobots and butlerbots and nannybots and sexbots rip each other to pieces. Naturally, these clubs became dens of all manner of vice and shutting them down became a high priority for law enforcement. Cops quickly figured out that a [[Stripped Gears Combat\|combat]] meidobot makes a shitty maid when all her housekeeping skills had to be wiped to make room for the ability to beat another robot into an unidentifiable mass of metal, and the Junk Johns (the owners of these [[Stripped Gears Combat\|combat]] robots) learned to get their hands on high-end brains that could [[Stripped Gears Combat\|fight]] AND clean. The arms race was on.

	Public opinion on the matter remains rather split. Some feel that as long as the robots are hardwired into Three Laws compliance then it doesn't matter if they know how to hack apart another robot with a chainsaw. Others feel that there's too much risk of a robot going rogue after a [[Combat\|fight]] and killing people. The media, for its part, seems to make a point of preserving the outlaw status of these rings because the issue makes great ratings. Either way, the problem isn't going anywhere any time soon, and truth be told, most of the Johns couldn't care less.		Public opinion on the matter remains rather split. Some feel that as long as the robots are hardwired into Three Laws compliance then it doesn't matter if they know how to hack apart another robot with a chainsaw. Others feel that there's too much risk of a robot going rogue after a [[Stripped Gears Combat\|fight]] and killing people. The media, for its part, seems to make a point of preserving the outlaw status of these rings because the issue makes great ratings. Either way, the problem isn't going anywhere any time soon, and truth be told, most of the Johns couldn't care less.

	==Further Reading==		==Further Reading==

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