On another forum I encountered a rather interesting kind of roleplaying, and decided to try to bring it to the elder scrolls universe. The idea is that everything that happens is based on luck. How you ask? Quite simply, I role a die to determine what happens. However, it's a bit more complicated that that. The RP will be turn based and separated into rounds. In each round the players perform one action and one action only. Now, normally, every single action the player takes is subject to the role of the die, whether this action is simply walking across the room or picking up a spoon. However, I have found that can make the RP a little slow. Instead, I have created a list of designated actions. Once all the the players have posted I role the die and see whether or not those actions were successful, and if so, how successful. Then, the next round begins and everyone makes another post. Unlike some other more serious RPs, this one has no real plot. It's all about random fun and insanity.

Specifics about the dice mechanic:
In each person's post, they say what action they are attempting to perform. I will then roll a six-sided die; the higher the result, the more successful the action. The actions will happen in the order of the posts, with the NPC(s) taking their turn(s) after all the players. So, if you want your action to happen first, then be the first to post each round.

The possible results are as follows:
1: Epic Failure. You failed so hard that you must be some sort of flipper-handed freak incapable of performing even the simplest of tasks. It's a wonder that you haven't accidentally killed yourself yet. (Your failure is so spectacular that you likely injure yourself in some way and/or suffer a penalty).
2: Failure. Plain and simple, you tried, and you failed. You were completely and totally unproductive this round, and I hope you're ashamed of your uselessness. (You fail and do nothing).
3: Successful, but only barely. You the one who slacked in school, aren't you? Getting by with only the bare minimum? Well, it's come back to bite you in the ass as everything you do doesn't quite work the way you wanted. (You succeed, but your action isn't quite as effective as you would have hoped).
4: Successful. Congratulations. You set out to do something and did it. You are competent enough to do something without immediately failing at it. Good job on being average. (You do exactly what you set out to do, no more, no less).
5: Hugely Successful. Wow, now that's impressive! You are simply amazing! You not only succeeded, but did better than you could have ever hoped. That takes skill. (You are so successful that your action is far more effective than intended and/or you receive a bonus).
6: Godly Success. You must be some sort of deity because I could swear that wasn't even physically possible! I don't know how you did it, but you somehow managed to be so successful that you broke physics. Kudos. (You are dangerously successful, literally. It's quite possible that your action is so successful as to have unintended consequences).

To help illustrate the above, I'll give an example. Player 1 wants to cast a fireball spell at a nearby goblin. The possible results could be:
1: The spell explodes in Player 1's hand burning him and setting his clothes on fire.
2: The spell fizzles and does nothing.
3: Player 1 successfully casts the fireball, but all it does is singe the goblin's eyebrows and make him feel somewhat uncomfortable.
4: Player 1 casts the spell as intended, and the goblin catches on fire.
5: The fireball is far stronger than normal and, upon hitting the goblin, immediately causes him to explodes into tiny chunks.
6: The fireball is so unbelievably powerful that it causes a wave of destruction, hitting everyone and everything in the room.

The last thing to discuss is bonuses/penalties. These, quite simply, affect die rolls by adding a +/- number to a specific type of roll. So, for instance, someone finds a really nice sword and gains a +1 bonus on attack rolls with that sword, or someone has their hand injured and, from that point on, suffers a -1 penalty on all rolls on actions involving that hand. Furthermore, the race, birthsign, and skills you choose at the beginning of the RP cause bonuses. Also, some actions that are just inherently harder to perform will have automatic penalties whenever you try them. For example, if you try and jump a two-foot gap, you will have a normal roll, but if you try and jump a five-foot gap, something much harder, then you'll have a -1 penalty on the roll. If you try to go even further and jump a seven-foot gap, then you'll have a -2, and so on.

Also, because everyone needs to post for the RP to move along, if you don't post within 24 hours of my last post your character will simply stand around doing nothing. If you miss three in a row, your character will be killed. If you expect to be gone for an extended period of time, inform me beforehand and I'll take control of your character and do whatever makes the most sense.

On dealing with spells, magicka, health, and other stats:

All players start out with the normal weak healing spell and weak fireball along with any greater or lesser powers. The power of a spell is dependent upon several factors: nature of the spell--weak (-1), normal (0), strong (+1), bonuses, and of course, luck. Greater powers are only subject to chance, and they are always at least a 3. Greater powers can be cast once every five turns. Magicka is not a problem, unless rolling a 0 or a 6 causes you to expend all your magicka, in which case you will have to wait a turn for it to recharge, unless you were born under the atronach, in which case you're screwed.

When performing several strength or endurance related activities in a row, you will become fatigued, during which you will suffer a -1 to all of these actions until you recover by resting.

When you are injured, you will receive either a minor or a major wound to a specific region of your body. A minor wound will cause you to suffer a -1 when using the body part, and a major wound will not allow you to use it at all.

List of basic actions:

Character creation:
Name:
Age:
Race:
Gender:
Birthsign:
Appearance:
Personality:
Background:
Skills: (Selected two skills to be an adept at from the list)

At the start of the RP, I'll assign your character several different attributes based on their appearance, personality, background, and randomness.

List of skills:

List of races and their bonuses:

List of birthsigns and their bonuses:


Remember this RP is all about being crazy and having fun. Don't worry if something become silly or ridiculous, because that's the way it should be. And literally, anything is possible as long as you have the right luck.

This RP looks very fun, and I like how it's laid back. I'm going to go ahead and make a CS. Also, I'm assuming like every other RP it will have speech between characters, not just actions, or will that just be on the OOC?

I dislike stats so it's not for me, but the overallnidea is pretty interesting...

If I join I'm so going to abuse the luck system and have my character keep jumping up and down and casting ridiculous spells.

Yes, it is fine to speak or strike up conversations with other people, as well as do things before your action. However, because each post is just one major action, posts don't tend to be longer than one or two paragraphs. This can make the RP move slowly at times, but if everyone is prompt, then it can actually move quite quickly at times.


Try it! For the most part, the stats are just small bonuses or penalties applied to the dice roll.


Feel free, until you break both your ankles and your spells blow up in your face

Playing as a Dwemer? What?

Strikes me as a chance for me to whip out some pseudo-lore writing.

I thought it would make things more interesting and fun. But I have a feeling that the presence of Dwemer may be one of the least notable things that happens during this RP.

Well you said we could be ridiculous so here you go...

Name: Runs-With-Prey

Age: 23

Gender: Male

Birthsign: The Theif

Appearance: Runs-With-Prey has red-orange scales with white accents, a longer then average snout, black and white snakes eyes (with the pupils being black), and two red-orange fins on his head. He stands around 5'8, is very lightly muscled, and has long (for his build) legs.

Personality: Runs-With-Prey has a very "eccentric" personality that can change very quickly. He hears voices in his head and claims that they are the voices of the Hist. Runs-With-Prey will do anything these voices tell him and constantly goes into trances. Runs-With-Spirits is what many would call mentally unstable.

Background: Runs-With-Prey's history is not known or understood by anyone, including himself. Runs-With-Prey constantly talks about a man named Ezekiel and an object called The Stone Apple. Overall Runs-With-Preys background is hopelessly lost.

Skills: Sneak, Illusion

Well there it is, my mad Argonian...