RPG Rules (A Rough Guide) - Updated 29/10/03

[Minion]

Hi,
I appreciate many of you are already RPG versed but for those who dont know as well as a refresher for those who do here are some rough guides, i dont want to sound as though im preaching, im just trying to knock problems on the head before they even start so bear with me.
REMEMBER thse are a basic guide line not exact blow by blow rules, you are expected to use common sense (god help us) when playing for yours and everyone elses enjoyment. So please do not take liberties and be a smart ass:

1. Have fun! First and foremost! Remember we're all here for a good time, there is enough stress and misery in day to day life so lets have a bit of escapism.

2. The GMs (GameMaster) ruling is final. They can tell you Cybertron is pink if they want and you have to take it as green (if that makes any sense lol). Please dont spoil an RPG by arguing over whether you could have done something the GM has not let you do.

3. If you are running an RPG please start all new threads with the title of that RPG to distinguish it from other ones currently running.

4. If you want to GM an RPG please make sure you have the commitment to do it. There is nothing more upsetting to posters to get involve in an RPG only to have the GM becoem irregular. I appreciate normal life has its complications, so if this arises please ask someone else to temporarily take the RPG over for you.

5. This also appiles to players, dont participate in an RPG if you cannoit commit to at least one post a week, preferably two. It slows the game down and gets everyone antsy and bored.

6. Any characters created here are the property of that board member. if when running an rpg, referencing in a tech spec or whatever to a character you MUST have permission from that board member to use them. Failure to do this will result in exclusion from rpg events.
Please respect your fellow players and be sensible.

OKay, now the boring bits out of the way here are some more tedious rules regarding the actual playing of the game.

[Minion]

Playing:

1. Every player control only his own characters. Playing as someone else is not allowed (even if you think that you were in-character), unless you have a permission from the other player.

2. Your character is generated using a Tech Spec, the specifics of which will depend on the GM.

3. When attempting an action use your description as attempts as opposed to actual completeion of that action. For example say "Tigror aimed at Starscream and fired" as opposed to "Tigror shot Starscream out of the sky and finished him off for good". I know that is an exaggeration but the principle is there. Let the GM decide the outcome of your actions, believe me it IS more fun that way.
This rule applies whether you are inflicting damage or not, every blow must be an attempt.

4. If someone is attempting to hit you, you decide the amount of damage inflicted and what happens, use your tech spec as a reference. Be sensible in what you can do!

5. No invincible characters please ie. never being hit and never taking any serious damage, it just makes it boring. Even Prime got a beating innthe Movie, but that made his victory all the more cool didn't it?!

6. No power trips. Dont abuse your powers or abilities. Mirage never went invisible permanently and shot Megs in the back of the head did he? As Spidey says 'with great power come great responsibility'!

7. NPCs (Non Player Characters) are people who have no player to control them, they are usually controlled by the GM, unless they have said otherwise.

8. If you are posting something out of character please mark it at the beginning as 'OOC:' as to avoid confusion in posts. For example if you are posting about being away for a week or so put 'OOC: Im away for a fortnight now so wont be posting much', this will allow the gM to wriyte your character out temporarily and keep the game flowing. Also no smilies please (as fun as they are).

9. As said before RPGs are fun, have a little humour but dont get silly, it spoils the atmosphere and ruins it for other players.

10. If there is any reason for you to break any rules please ask the GM first.

11. A GM can kill your character in a rpg if they decide it is necessary for whatever reason.

Thank you for persevering with me on all of this!

Always feel free to contact myself, Steel or any GM running a game if you have any questions or need support. New and veteran players are all welcome.

Lets get playing!

[Omega_Supreme]

Just one more thing to add which my co-mod left out...
Feel more than free to even invent a whole new story ark with creating new characters if you want, hell you can even get as mashed up as merging a bunch of series together to get more characters in ie to bring Beast Wars/Machines characters in with your G1 characters, i mean the whole thing is basically just set in a timeline so a bit of time travel is always welcome, i mean it was great in Beast Wars when you got to see Prime and Megs original forms. Just be sure to keep the games relatively understandable and not too far out that you're being asked loads of questions about whats going on.
So go on, enjoy yourself, have fun and lets get playing

[Moonbug]

Steve here.

I've cleaned this thread up so its just the rules so it looks better.

I'd like to add 1 more rule in.

No RPG should be more than a month and a half in length unless you get the nod form us that this is okay.

This is purely to keep things fresh and going along and give other people a chance to GM one and join.

People will be made temp Mods on the forum whilst their RPG is up so they edit posts and keep things going as they want, PLEASE DO NOT ABUSE THIS FEATURE. Once the RPG ends the modship will go. However the general RPG mods that we have added will stay as mods all the time. And of course Admin and Global can also edit and modify but they should not modify things without the GMS approval.

[Steelimus Prime]

Right I’m doing this to make sure that everyone knows what stats are about. This is NOT negotiable.

Strength: Ok so this is pretty obvious. It’s how strong you are in robot mode.

Speed: How fast you are. Applies to BOTH modes. Although it is relative so say you have a 6 for speed and turn into a jet. Another guy has 8 and turns into a car. The Jet is actually faster as it is a faster vehicle type. Although in robot mode the Car Robot is way faster. Agility also comes under this but its joint with skill so you cant have a High-speed stat and a low Skill stat and expect to be an acrobat or anything.

Intelligence: Another simple one. Does what it says on the tin. If your brain came in a tin.

Endurance: How tough your armour is… and also your Stamina. Basically how long you can remain effective.

Rank: Ok this is one that people over look to get higher stats so I’m voiding this so no one can do that. Your Rank will be assigned by the Mod.

Courage: another easy one… but also a misused stat as most people forget about it and just act in a way only some one with a high courage rating would do.

Weapon power: Changed the name so there is no confusion. This apples to the offensive capabilities of your weapons. In other words what damage it inflicts on its own. Applies from daggers to missile launchers.

Skill: How skilful you are. This will depend on what your function is. Like a Warriors skill his fighting ability but a medic is his ability to heal. In general it’s your, gracefulness, balance, dexterity and the likes.