Nato G Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 I shall make sure to add a fail safe to discourage this from occurring. Why bother adding a failsafe? If a few players decide to band together and veto a round, let them try. That gives you as staff an opportunity to show off how powerful your staff characters are, and adds a bit of tension to the story. Quote Embers - A Bionicle Saga - Chapters/Review Class Is Out - A Farewell To Corpus Rahkshi - Chapters/Review BZPRPG Characters - Minnorak, Kain, T'harrak, Savis, Vazaria, Lash BZPRPG Mercenary Group - The Outsiders - Description - History - Base Ghosts Of Bara Magna - Ash Tribe - Precipere - Kehla, Somok, Skrall, Gayle, Avinus, Zha'ar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltex Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 I shall make sure to add a fail safe to discourage this from occurring. Why bother adding a failsafe? If a few players decide to band together and veto a round, let them try. That gives you as staff an opportunity to show off how powerful your staff characters are, and adds a bit of tension to the story. I do admit that it would be rather fun to tear a few minds into shreds... 5 Quote is this the end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvan Haven Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Power negation only works if the other person even has powers. And even then, many people who do have powers tend to use them to supplement other types of combat. Honestly it would just be easier to say that they have a bunch of robot security guards helping them run the place. Quote "I serve the weak. I serve the helpless. I am their sword and their shield. If you want to strike at them, you must go through me, and I am not so easily moved." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nato G Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Well, they apparently have an endless supply of drones to throw at people in horde battles, so robot security guards would make sense. Quote Embers - A Bionicle Saga - Chapters/Review Class Is Out - A Farewell To Corpus Rahkshi - Chapters/Review BZPRPG Characters - Minnorak, Kain, T'harrak, Savis, Vazaria, Lash BZPRPG Mercenary Group - The Outsiders - Description - History - Base Ghosts Of Bara Magna - Ash Tribe - Precipere - Kehla, Somok, Skrall, Gayle, Avinus, Zha'ar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorikSigma Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Or you could put a kill button into the contestants. You know if they misbehave, you detonate a nuclear warhead(or something) inside them. Quote BZPRPG ARC 3 / Breaking Point Profiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nato G Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Just use bomb collars with remote detonators. Simple and effective. Quote Embers - A Bionicle Saga - Chapters/Review Class Is Out - A Farewell To Corpus Rahkshi - Chapters/Review BZPRPG Characters - Minnorak, Kain, T'harrak, Savis, Vazaria, Lash BZPRPG Mercenary Group - The Outsiders - Description - History - Base Ghosts Of Bara Magna - Ash Tribe - Precipere - Kehla, Somok, Skrall, Gayle, Avinus, Zha'ar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chro Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Suicide Squad style? That would probably work. I'd think the Host would go for something a bit more tasteful... and we might have something already planned out to use in a situation like that. (I'll talk to Tex and Blade about it.) Quote save not only their lives but their spirits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nato G Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 (edited) It was the first idea that popped into my head. Implants might work better, or whatever other nefarious idea you come up with. Edited January 16, 2015 by Roman Torchwick Quote Embers - A Bionicle Saga - Chapters/Review Class Is Out - A Farewell To Corpus Rahkshi - Chapters/Review BZPRPG Characters - Minnorak, Kain, T'harrak, Savis, Vazaria, Lash BZPRPG Mercenary Group - The Outsiders - Description - History - Base Ghosts Of Bara Magna - Ash Tribe - Precipere - Kehla, Somok, Skrall, Gayle, Avinus, Zha'ar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chro Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 About the name section of the profile sheet - in previous Bionifight games, you were required (or "heavily recommended") to use your screen name as your character name, so it would be redundant to add a field for player name. We realized that that wouldn't be the case here and added the name field to remind ourselves (at least that's why I thought we did it). Quote save not only their lives but their spirits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The UltimoScorp Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 It was the first idea that popped into my head. Implants might work better, or whatever other nefarious idea you come up with.To quote a personal favorite character, "Ocular flash bangs much more efficient." 4 Quote BZPRPG Profiles The Unofficial Guide to TBRPG Combat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvan Haven Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 That would require outright replacing the eye. Quote "I serve the weak. I serve the helpless. I am their sword and their shield. If you want to strike at them, you must go through me, and I am not so easily moved." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcarusBen Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 With what, an e? *sad trumpet* In all seriousness, in my heavily biased opinion, no RPG should be solely based around an arena. Now, having an arena aspect is actually pretty neat, but having regular fights based upon a real-time clock that take all players away from whatever they're doing... no. Just... no. Quote LEGO Republic:The ValkyrieThe "Christmas Brick" My BZPRPG Profiles Now a proud member of The Kanohi Force Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltex Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 (edited) With what, an e? *sad trumpet* In all seriousness, in my heavily biased opinion, no RPG should be solely based around an arena. Now, having an arena aspect is actually pretty neat, but having regular fights based upon a real-time clock that take all players away from whatever they're doing... no. Just... no. Why is that a biased opinion? E: Unless you mean to imply that you dislike it simply because you yourself are about to submit an RPG to the judges, in which case my question is entirely pointless. Edited January 16, 2015 by Strange Festive Voltex Quote is this the end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcarusBen Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Your first sentence answered your question. I tend to have strong opinions about things and I tend to be biased towards or against things from the start. Granted, my submission of an RPG might be tainting my opinion, but even if I wasn't submitting one, I probably still wouldn't support this. It's just not my cup of tea. Because I'm biased against this type of RPG, my opinion of Bionifight is biased. Quote LEGO Republic:The ValkyrieThe "Christmas Brick" My BZPRPG Profiles Now a proud member of The Kanohi Force Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltex Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 (edited) Your first sentence answered your question. I tend to have strong opinions about things and I tend to be biased towards or against things from the start. Granted, my submission of an RPG might be tainting my opinion, but even if I wasn't submitting one, I probably still wouldn't support this. It's just not my cup of tea. Because I'm biased against this type of RPG, my opinion of Bionifight is biased. That's niceI appreciate your honesty, if not your opinion of it =P Edited January 16, 2015 by Strange Festive Voltex 2 Quote is this the end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcarusBen Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 You're welcome? Quote LEGO Republic:The ValkyrieThe "Christmas Brick" My BZPRPG Profiles Now a proud member of The Kanohi Force Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xaeraz Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 That would require outright replacing the eye.The franchise being referenced does have characters witch ocular flashbangs installed, but they're hardly recognizable as human afterwards anyway, due to unethical enhancements. You wanna control a population like this? Poison them all, and administer an antidote that keeps them from feeling the effects through their food. Quote All are not the same But three shall be as one Freedom in the flame The end has just begun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timageness Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 It would have to be a metalic-based poison, though; can't have those pesky Bo-Toa rendering it inert, now... Quote Epics: Hero Factory: ContagionRPG Characters:BZPRPG CharactersRPG History:The Asylum, Bionifight Infinite, Year 60,000, Matoran und Panzer, HF RPG 2.0, Wasteland, Corpus Rahkshi, SkyriseGM Résumé:Matoran und Panzer (Formerly Appointed Co-GM), Corpus Rahkshi (Former Substitute Co-GM) Feel free to shoot a PM my way if you're waiting for me to respond to something and I've been taking a while to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xaeraz Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Or harvested from an animal. Ain't no element of underdone fugu to my knowledge, after all. 1 Quote All are not the same But three shall be as one Freedom in the flame The end has just begun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvan Haven Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 I imagine that a mask of healing would do a fair job of dealing with that. Quote "I serve the weak. I serve the helpless. I am their sword and their shield. If you want to strike at them, you must go through me, and I am not so easily moved." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xaeraz Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 And would probably give you an advantage in combat too that would make you a serious pain to fight against. In any case, there's not really a lot you can do to keep in a sufficiently determined player who builds a character to circumvent limits, short of dropping a no on the proposed character. Quote All are not the same But three shall be as one Freedom in the flame The end has just begun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Quite Dead Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 The mask of healing doesn't work on the user. And (big imho here) part of the fun of TBRPG fights is all the crazy combos people can use and figuring out ways to beat them. Or least lose in an interesting manner. Quote ...but close to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nato G Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 The mask of healing doesn't work on the user. It'd be useful for team fights, though. Especially if you had two or more people with that mask who decided to work together. Quote Embers - A Bionicle Saga - Chapters/Review Class Is Out - A Farewell To Corpus Rahkshi - Chapters/Review BZPRPG Characters - Minnorak, Kain, T'harrak, Savis, Vazaria, Lash BZPRPG Mercenary Group - The Outsiders - Description - History - Base Ghosts Of Bara Magna - Ash Tribe - Precipere - Kehla, Somok, Skrall, Gayle, Avinus, Zha'ar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvan Haven Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 I was mostly just pointing out that it would make more sense to come up with a less gimmicky reason to explain why this thing has been going on for several thousand years. Quote "I serve the weak. I serve the helpless. I am their sword and their shield. If you want to strike at them, you must go through me, and I am not so easily moved." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltex Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 I was mostly just pointing out that it would make more sense to come up with a less gimmicky reason to explain why this thing has been going on for several thousand years. We're currently working on this issue (the whole "what if there's an uprising" thing).Aside from that and the infinity gems needing to be expanded upon, I don't believe there were any other issues other than the lack of a map, so we might have a new version of the RPG with the changes tonight. Quote is this the end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowhawk Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Just a random thought concerning Bionifight Infinite...Once upon a time, back before I joined BZPower, I was involved in a BIONICLE-based fight-to-the-death RPG. And the gimmick that was used to prevent the combatants from escaping the combat zone, was a thick black substance called 'Shadowdermis'. It wasn't really metal-based or plant-based or anything-based, really; it was just a sort of exotic black evil gunk that couldn't be manipulated by any known elemental beings or mask powers or whatever else.A dose of this substance was injected into each combatant's bloodstream upon arriving at the arena. It didn't have any directly harmful or even noticeable effects; it simply worked its way into the body tissues and remained there. Permanent and untouchable, but dormant and completely benign.Unless it was 'activated' by the arena's overseers via some sort of signal (might have been of the 'psychic pulse' type; I don't remember for sure), in which event it basically turned into Shadow-enhanced black plasma and burned the combatant to death from the inside out in a matter of a few extremely painful and gory seconds.It was the ultimate overpowered Gamemaster's fail-safe device And it was pretty awesome. 2 Quote BZPRPG profiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timageness Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Now something like that I could see working.It might be a good idea to alter it into an acid of some sort though, just to make it clearer to players that they can't try to resist their way out of it with their powers. Quote Epics: Hero Factory: ContagionRPG Characters:BZPRPG CharactersRPG History:The Asylum, Bionifight Infinite, Year 60,000, Matoran und Panzer, HF RPG 2.0, Wasteland, Corpus Rahkshi, SkyriseGM Résumé:Matoran und Panzer (Formerly Appointed Co-GM), Corpus Rahkshi (Former Substitute Co-GM) Feel free to shoot a PM my way if you're waiting for me to respond to something and I've been taking a while to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In Between the Shadows Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 The question no-one's asked:Will magnetism be allowed? 2 Quote ~Just call me Shadow_Ignited~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nato G Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Or iron, for that matter. Quote Embers - A Bionicle Saga - Chapters/Review Class Is Out - A Farewell To Corpus Rahkshi - Chapters/Review BZPRPG Characters - Minnorak, Kain, T'harrak, Savis, Vazaria, Lash BZPRPG Mercenary Group - The Outsiders - Description - History - Base Ghosts Of Bara Magna - Ash Tribe - Precipere - Kehla, Somok, Skrall, Gayle, Avinus, Zha'ar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blessed Blade Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Magnetism is a big no-no. We've had... issues with it before. Iron is a bit iffier. Quote The Pokemon TopicPokemon: Rise of the Rockets - Rise of the Rockets Discussion Topic - Rise of the Rockets Side Stories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constructelf Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 So will there be a list of allowed elements? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blessed Blade Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Considering that most every element you can think of is allowed, barring the exception of Magnetism at the least(and I think we've had iron be okay to this point), I'd think that's kinda redundant. Quote The Pokemon TopicPokemon: Rise of the Rockets - Rise of the Rockets Discussion Topic - Rise of the Rockets Side Stories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyrd Bid Ful Araed Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Magnetism is a big no-no. We've had... issues with it before. Iron is a bit iffier.Aww man. There goes my character idea. Guess I'll have to try for iron... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xaeraz Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Just out of curiosity, why the problem with magnetism? People trying to Magneto everyone into a giant Indiana Jones boulder and win that way or something? Quote All are not the same But three shall be as one Freedom in the flame The end has just begun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blessed Blade Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 We... had an issue with it basically being used to auto-avoid stuff and try to auto-hit and it was just a mess. Quote The Pokemon TopicPokemon: Rise of the Rockets - Rise of the Rockets Discussion Topic - Rise of the Rockets Side Stories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nato G Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Wouldn't iron actually be worse, then? Quote Embers - A Bionicle Saga - Chapters/Review Class Is Out - A Farewell To Corpus Rahkshi - Chapters/Review BZPRPG Characters - Minnorak, Kain, T'harrak, Savis, Vazaria, Lash BZPRPG Mercenary Group - The Outsiders - Description - History - Base Ghosts Of Bara Magna - Ash Tribe - Precipere - Kehla, Somok, Skrall, Gayle, Avinus, Zha'ar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blessed Blade Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Seemingly, no, because you can't just go 'lol magnetic field' and blow attacks away. Quote The Pokemon TopicPokemon: Rise of the Rockets - Rise of the Rockets Discussion Topic - Rise of the Rockets Side Stories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nato G Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 (edited) No, iron is still worse. I've seen a few people use iron for absorbing metal projectiles to make themselves stronger, or trying to take control of their opponents armour and weapons. A lot of RPers I've seen have their characters use iron to create an endless supply of weapons for themselves, and I'm pretty sure that would kind of clash with the whole three weapons slots thing. It's even more OP than magnetism. So I'd suggest that if you're going to ban one, you should probably ban both. Edited January 17, 2015 by Roman Torchwick Quote Embers - A Bionicle Saga - Chapters/Review Class Is Out - A Farewell To Corpus Rahkshi - Chapters/Review BZPRPG Characters - Minnorak, Kain, T'harrak, Savis, Vazaria, Lash BZPRPG Mercenary Group - The Outsiders - Description - History - Base Ghosts Of Bara Magna - Ash Tribe - Precipere - Kehla, Somok, Skrall, Gayle, Avinus, Zha'ar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blessed Blade Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 The absorbing thing is pretty much thrown out on the grounds of 'play nice' in general, so I don't think that's a problem. As for the slot conflicts; of course we're going to take everything into account here, so if something seems off, we're going to not approve it. Also, trying to take control of weapons or armour in general is a no-no; we very typically frown on that. Quote The Pokemon TopicPokemon: Rise of the Rockets - Rise of the Rockets Discussion Topic - Rise of the Rockets Side Stories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xaeraz Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Write off most weapons and armor as biometals, perhaps? A hybrid of metal and organic materials that make up the tool, rendering it unaffected by iron and other such abilities? However. "Play nice," nice as it is in theory, cannot be relied upon. People want to win. If you don't specify "hey no absorbing projectiles," someone will do it. Quote All are not the same But three shall be as one Freedom in the flame The end has just begun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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