8-Bit Dystopia

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Elegan/tg/entleman, I have an idea for a classic gaming roleplay. A homage to the 8-bit and 16-bit era with a grimdark retelling, much like that excellent 80s pop-culture setting we had a thread on a few nights ago. For Writefaggotry, see 8-Bit_Dystopia/Writefaggotry

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Imagine, if you will, a city stretching into infinity. The endless dark nights, bright skyscrapers dominating the skyline while chemical factories spew purple sludge into the river. A city dominated by crime syndicates, ancient clans, and high-tech conglomerates. From the tops of buildings high, the heroes and villians of the city watching the ant-like masses below them.

No More Heroes

One of the predominant themes of the setting is the fact that what we call a hero is gone. The world we know, Earth was destroyed and much of humanity with it. Those that survived fled to the very edges of humanities domain. One world, a former Mining colony becomes the City. Here the black and white of good and evil is gone. In its stead is a murky concept of shades of gray. Some of the most horrible atrocities committed are done for the sake of saving what remains. The heroes of this world are often no better than the monsters they fight and in a few cases, even worse.

This is not to say there is no hope. A few pure souls still stand against the encroaching darkness. Some are familiar faces others, unexpected and at times even shocking. These are the characters whom one plays.

Stats

Characters are defined by five basic traits, each one rated from one to ten; each one starts at 1, with a default of 12 points to distribute between them. The human average is about three. They also have several derived traits, Edges, Crutches, and skills.

Basic Traits

• TOUGHNESS - Your character's physical endurance.
• BRAWN - How much you can lug around and how hard you hit.
• GRACE - Your speed and agility.
• WITS - Your character's ability to think on his feet. Not equivalent to intellect - that's more a measure of how many ranks you have in your Scholastic skill.
• MOXIE - Charisma and mental endurance.

Derived Traits

• HP: Toughness times 10. The amount of hits you can take before you crumple.
• JUMP: The average of Brawn and Grace, plus any bonuses from Edges. In 8BD, jumping is an essential skill.
• ATTACK: The average of Grace and Wits. Your skill at hitting something with another thing.
• BULK: The average of Brawn and Toughness. How large your character is. Comes in handy when grappling - less handy when you're trying to shimmy through ductwork.
• SANITY: Moxie times 5, plus 20. The mental equivalent of HP.

The Corps

The ruling powers in the City. These mega corporations bear little resemblance to ours. They rule almost every aspect of life. Setting high prices, low pay and few jobs. Of the Corps(Or Corpse as some call them) there are four major powers, each competing with the others and dealing with the constant nuisance of small timers trying to get in on the money. The Big Four are:

Egg Industries

Owned by doctor Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik. Recently the good doctor has come under fire from environmental groups for alleged breaches of environmental safeguards and unsafe working conditions, but investigations by the state have turned up no evidence of any wrong-doing. So Doctor Ivo continues to steadily dominate, even deploying automatic armies to 'safeguard his assets' in less developed nations, which sometimes results in ruthless purges of surrounding areas. Recently the doctor has met stiff resistance to his campaigners of intimidation from a group of activists led by the mysterious 'Big Blue' of which nothing is known.

Augmented/Robotic Persons

This being in the distant future of the year 2010, there have been vast advances in robotics technology. As such, individuals can be made.

Bioroids

Bioroids are people made primarily from robotic parts, but with certain key elements, primarily portions of the nervous system, remaining biological. Wily Corp makes these, growing the biological parts in a lab. Egg Industries uses donated parts.

Mechaniloids

Non-sentient robots. They are used for purposes where human endurance is insufficient, or when the ability to be mass-produced trumps the need for thought.

Reploids

Sentient robots. They are much more expensive to make than Bioroids, and as such are rare.

Get Shit Done

The following contains information to be categorized and integrated into the wiki.

External links

• archived first thread
• second thread
• third thread
• The Protomen

Summarized points

Please remove things from this list once they are integrated.

   >The Chozo are lovecraftian bird men from Zebes. Samus's suit is going to fuck her up
   >Slick from River City Ransom is dead.
   >Janken the Great from Alex Kidd in Miracle World is dead, Alex Kidd is currently one of the Princes of Aries.
   >Nobody has ever seen Sonic the Hedgehog, nevertheless, rumours of 'big blue' persist.
   >Cut Man has just been destroyed, most probably by Megaman, possibly by Sonic (unlikely)
   >The cast of Streets of Rage 3 are in jail.
   >Joe Musashi has teamed up with the Syndicate from SoR to take down Neo Zeed.
   >Ryu Hayabusa is in the house, both Wily and Robotnik have one of 'the statues'. Expect dismemberment to commence shortly.
   >Captain Commando is dead.
   >Blaster Master is an unwitting pawn of Dracula.
   >Shredder is running the assassination contest from No More Heroes, intent unknown.
   >the Lemmings - out of control L-Class construction biodroids hellbent on performing the last task assigned to them. The builder ones are the reason the city is so sprawling.
   >Vectorman is an OCD robot trying to sterilise the planet of life.
   >Wily is possibly not as evil as in other incarnations; Robotnik probably is.
   >suggestion that Mother Brain ISN'T actually a huge brain in a jar.

>Bombman and the White Bomberman had a fight >Dr. Tongue from Zombies Ate My Neighbours unleashed a bioweapon, nobody has seen him since. >Galaxy Force patrols the space above the City, self-funded, effective it's own micronation. >various alien fleets may or may not be incoming. >the Star Fox system is nearby, and has been dismantled to build Sinistar. >the Tanks from Space Invaders lie in lost warehouses, somewhere. >a shadowy resistance movement controlled by the remnants of XCOM operates within the City >there is some doubt as to whether any of the rumoured rebels are real or products of Robotnik's mindpolice. > Worms are remote control combat mutants designed for warfare - water is there one weakness > Space Invaders destroyed Earth > The Planet is protected by a space faring defence force called Galaxy Force > Galaxy Force have salvaged the Great Fox in Meteo > Falco and one other have survived > Corneria has been destroyed by the Sinistar's robots > Sinistar is 'nearly complete' > Katina was turned into a Gradius style war-planet, it has been destroyed by the Galaxy Force > Galaxy Force command thinks that their R-Types will be able to take on the Sinistar > They can't > Mario is plumber with a grudge against Robotnik and badly addicted to Toadstool, a psychotropic drug. > Kirby is an elder god > So is the Wind Fish > As is Gigyas > We are all highly worried by the amount of Lovecraftian monsters created by Nintendo.