Trying something a bit different from the normal RPG type stuff. The three Doctors you know very well are looking to expand their effort in making the Prototype a safer haven against invaders. They have begun building additional labs in order to develop experimental robots and maintain peace in the various areas. In this RPG, you and your friends will be defending your Doctor's new labs from intruders. The intruders' goal is to reach the Mother Computer and destroy it to shut down the lab, endangering the nearby robots and upsetting the efforts of the Doctors to expand their research.
The battles take place in a maze-like area (a map of the current "turn" will be shown on each post), and you must carefully decide what enemies to take on or what other actions to do (more on those to come as labs are successfully defended). Each robot in the field can move a certain number of spaces per turn, and when two robots meet in the same square, something will happen.
If the robots are on opposite teams, a battle will take place. Each "turn", both robots will attack each other once. The battle is over when one robot is disabled, and the "spoils", so to speak, will go to the survivor. If a player is disabled, that player is out for the rest of the defense, but will be repaired and ready to go for next mission. If an enemy is disabled, that player gains experience and may level up at the end of the mission.
If allies meet on the same square, they may exchange items, team up, or do both. Consider every now and then exchanging items since any items a player is holding onto are lost if that player is disabled (though disabling the robot that took the items will get them back). It could also be, for example, someone is low on health, but does not have any healing items, so the player may seek help from other players, who can only give items to them once they meet. The enemies can also exchange items, so view the battle log carefully!
Allies can also team up, acting as one unit. Teams are much more a threat to the enemy, since they both can attack in the same turn in battle. A side effect to this, though, is that the team is forced to move as fast as the slowest member in the "party", so teaming up might be left as a last resort...or done early on to avoid a drawn out battle. That's your team's call to make.
Wipe out the enemy party quickly before any robots get to the Mother Computer! The computer can take some damage, but it cannot heal itself and it cannot fight back. If the computer's health hits 0, the lab is finished and any items or experience gained in the mission is lost.
There may be more added to the game later, but for now, this is all you need to know. As far as the missions themselves go, obviously there will be some restrictions placed on you since the labs are still being developed, but that just adds to the strategy the team as a whole has to make. The guidelines for each mission include:
-Number of holdable items for each player -Number of NPC Allies (and who you get, as well as their stats and abilities) -How many robots per player can join (expect most early defenses to be 1 per player) -Number of enemy waves (and a rough estimate of how many robots in each wave, as well as each robots' stats) -Any notable gimmicks (what you may need to watch out for) -Reward for Lab Survival (different depending on the doctor)
Now, for characters. Just your name and elements (I'll accept Dual Cores, list your primary element first) will do, as well as your starting stats. You have 20 stat points to spend on your overall stats. They are LE, WE, ATK, DEF, and SPD. The damage formula will follow the basic Player ATK - Enemy DEF = Total Damage, and everything else is self-explanatory except for SPD: highest SPD starts first in battle, as usual, but the formula (SPD/2) is also how many spaces you can move per turn, so a Speed of 4 is good enough for a movement of 2 spaces per turn. You will get 2 stat points per level up, and there is no level limit. You will also get the abilities Buster Shot (base damage is your ATK), plus an elemental Buster Shot of your primary element (base damage is your ATK, affected by weaknesses and resistances). You will get more abilities as time goes on, and I'll let you know how that'll work when the time comes.
I think that'll do for now, let me know if you have any questions or suggestions. I'll wait for a few signups, then I'll get you guys going on Mission 1 with Dr. Light.
EDIT: Because of the number of players this game has attracted, I will only allow one robot per player. If you wish to change your robot at any time prior to leveling up/in battle, let me know. Once you have finished a mission, you will be stuck with the robot you have chosen.
Current Mission Map:
Waves Completed: 1 out of 2
A big thanks to MegaBoyX7 for making for me the original image, which I then will edit from here on out to show the current mission progress.
Mega Man RPG: Lab Defense Posted by TailsMK4Omega on May 26th, 2016 at 6:31pm Viewed 3198 Times
Posted on May 28th, 2016 at 9:27pmEdited on 2016/05/28 at 9:42pm
Posted 2016/05/28 at 9:27pmEdited 2016/05/28 at 9:42pm
#1
Ender Man attacks the Met with Earth Shot!
ATK 5 VS DEF 4 Result: 1
Met took 1 LE damage!
Mettaur Man attacks the Met with Impact Shot!
ATK 3 VS DEF 4 Result: 1
Met took 1 LE damage! The Met was disabled! Energy Pellet was dropped!
Energy Pellet will restore 2 LE to a robot.
Out with one battle, in with another...
Skull Man and Frostray ambushed Met C, starting a battle!
Turn Order:
Frostray (Buster Shot, Freeze Shot) Skull Man (Buster Shot, Shadow Shot) Met
Frostray LE: 4/4 WE: 3/3
Skull Man LE: 4/4 WE: 2/2
VS
Met LE: 2/2
MegaBoyX7, Ender Man, and Mettaur Man all occupy one spot on the map, so if anyone wants to team up or grab Mettaur Man's Energy Pellet, you have the option now. Otherwise, select your next targets. The new Mets have arrived, and Wave 1 officially comes to an end. It is unknown when Wave 2 will start...
Posted on May 29th, 2016 at 1:08pmEdited on 2016/05/29 at 1:25pm
Posted 2016/05/29 at 1:08pmEdited 2016/05/29 at 1:25pm
#14
(Movement and attacks cannot be completed on the same turn, sorry. Whoever performs the ambush first gets to move first next turn is all.)
The security log reports movement outside of the lab, signaling that another wave is coming...but the detected signals outside the lab are different from before. Could a new robot be heading this way?
Meanwhile, back in the lab...
Frostray attacks the Met with Buster Shot!
ATK 5 VS DEF 4 Result: 1
Met took 1 LE damage!
Skull Man attacks the Met with Buster Shot!
ATK 7 VS DEF 4 Result: 3
Met took 3 LE damage! The Met was disabled!
One battle concludes...two more take its place.
ProtoMook ambushes Met B, starting a battle!
Turn Order: ProtoMook (Electric Spark [Deals damage equal to your ATK]) Met
ProtoMook LE: 4/4
VS
Met LE: 2/2
...And Met D was ambushed by Mettaur Man and Musical, starting up another battle!
Turn Order: Musical Mettaur Man Met
Musical LE: 3/3 WE: 4/4
Mettaur Man LE: 5/5 WE: 2/2
VS
Met LE: 2/2
(I will assume you two are using your elemental shots next turn, so you don't have to do anything unless you want to.)
Let's see...what else? Oh, ZeroDXZ and Meta are in the same space, so they can choose to team up if they wish to do so. Same goes for Skull Man and Frostray. Otherwise, you know the drill.
Posted on May 31st, 2016 at 2:14pmEdited on 2016/05/31 at 2:47pm
Posted 2016/05/31 at 2:14pmEdited 2016/05/31 at 2:47pm
#20
ProtoMook attacks the Met with Electric Spark!
ATK 6 VS DEF 4 Result: 2
Met took 2 LE damage! The Met was disabled! Energy Pellet was dropped!
Crimson Man.EXE moves into the spot the previous battle took place, so the option of teaming up or exchanging that Energy Pellet can be done at this time. Meanwhile, at the entrance to the lab...
Musical attacks the Met with Crystal Shot!
ATK 3 VS DEF 4 Result: 1
The Met takes 1 LE damage!
Mettaur Man attacks the Met with Impact Shot!
ATK 3 VS DEF 4 Result: 1
The Met takes 1 LE damage! The Met was disabled!
While some robots take a moment to celebrate with the people near them, other robots get ambushed by the remaining two Mets...
Frostray and Skull Man were ambushed by Met F, entering battle! (You guys only said the attacks, so I assumed no movement took place. You can't move and attack at the same time...)
Turn Order:
Frostray Skull Man Met
Met attacks Frostray with Met Shot!
ATK 2 VS DEF 4 Result: 1
Frostray takes 1 LE damage!
Frostray LE: 3/4 WE: 3/3
Skull Man LE: 4/4 WE: 2/2
VS
Met LE: 2/2
(Assuming you both fire Buster Shots next turn unless you want to change it)
And the other ambush...
Ender Man was ambushed by Met E, entering battle!
Turn Order:
Ender Man Met
Met attacks Ender Man with Met Shot!
ATK 2 VS DEF 4 Result: 1
Ender Man takes 1 LE damage!
Ender Man LE: 1/3 WE: 5/5
VS
Met LE: 2/2
Just a reminder, you do have one Energy Pellet thanks to Mettaur Man giving his to you. It will completely heal you up this time.
The security log reports movement of 4 robots approaching the lab from the outside. All 4 are different signatures than the Mets. The rate at which they approach the lab, they will be entering the lab next turn.
More enemies coming? I hope the other robots are doing ok... They should at least get away from the entrances if they are not doing so well...should we get ready to aid them? I think the lab has enough robots blocking the way to the computer that we should go help.
Mega Man and Roll are going to help out with the upcoming invasion. They should arrive in time to help out should the upcoming robots be a bit much...
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