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
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.
Wily Corp
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
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