Ready Aim Fire XXXII - Dwarf Fortress

[Zar Peter]

Ready Aim Fire XXXII - Dwarf Fortress

This game is based on Silkenfist's idea. Thank you Silkenfist for this! This is RAF Classic, the original, free-for-all RAF game. You can find Team RAF, the team-based variant of this game in the Forums when Lord Herman decides to continue the series (or gives it to someone else).

The main rules (spoilered because I think most of the people know them already they are a bit long.):

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You have to decide between three actions:
1) Shoot the air -> Nothing happens. If you get shot you die.

2) Shoot [insert player name here] -> [insert player name here] dies if he did not shoot himself.

3) Shoot yourself -> if no one tries to kill you, you die! If someone shoots you this player will get killed instead of you and you live!

For better understanding here is a link to Lord Herman's "comic for better understanding the rules of Ready Aim Fire".
You have about three days to PM your action to the narrator (=me!). I will announce the submission date in the Narrator Posts. I will post the end of the round and start writing then, no PMs will be accepted after the end of the round post. If you miss a date once you shoot the air. If you miss a date twice in a row you get autolynched.

Games so far:

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{table=head]Game number | Game title | Winner | number of contestants | Narrator
RAF I | The First | DarkLightDragon | 14 contestants | Silkenfist
RAF II | The godfather legacy | B-Man | 8 patrons | Silkenfist
RAF III | Pirates | Bookman | 12 Pirates | Silkenfist
RAF IV | Ghost Town | Alarra | 16 cowboys | Silkenfist
RAF V | Thawing Glaciers | Bookman | 17 caveman | Silkenfist
RAF VI | The last flight of the Hermes | Deckmaster | 20 Hackers | Silkenfist
RAV VII | Hideyoshis Messanger | DarkLightDragon | 27 shinobi | Silkenfist
RAF VIII | Boonta Eve Memorial | DarkLightDragon | 28 Rebels | Silkenfist
RAF IX | Tainted Gold | Krursk | 32 treasure hunters | Silkenfist
RAF X | Year of fourty emperors | Krursk | 39 senators | Silkenfist
RAF XI | Banquet Arcana | Shadow | 43 wizards | Silkenfist
RAF XII | Worms | Inky13112 | 37 worms | evnafets
RAF XIII | Zombie Attack | Destro_Yersul | 39 Zombies | evnafets
RAF XIV | The Giant Playground | Almighty Salmon | 37 kids | Zar Peter
RAF XV | Doctor, we have an emergancy | Shishnarfne | 36 doctors | Mordokai
RAF XVI | The Great American Cross Country Road Race | Fleeing Coward | 30 drivers | Zar Peter
RAF XVII | Playground Idol | Phase | 26 singers | Zar Peter
RAF XVIII | Playground Festival | Fleeing Coward | 18 celebrators | Zombie Pixe / Dallas Dakota
RAF XIX | On the turtles back | Freshmeat | 32 Ankh-Morporkians | Uncle Festy
RAF XX | Firefly | undisclosed | 40 Flies | Thanatos
RAF XXI | The War of the Roses | Wolfbane | 25 heirs of the Throne | Zar Peter
RAF XXII | RAF and the holy Grail | Crimmy | 24 knights of the Round Table | Zar Peter
RAF XXIII | Götterdämmerung | Ink | 23 Gods | Zar Peter
RAF XXIV | Survival of the Fittest | Inigo Montoya | 30 animals | Zar Peter
RAF XXV | Primary Colours | Uncle Festy | 31 politicians | Zar Peter
RAF XXVI | Rome: Civil War | Uncle Festy | 22 senators | Castaras
RAF XXVII | The Shopping Mall | lostlittlebear | 17 shoppers | Castaras
RAF XXVIII | The MASH | Atreyu the Masked Llama | 18 Things | Castaras
RAF XXIX | Dungeon Crawlin' Fools | Shadow | 26 Fools | Castaras
RAF XXX | The Game | Reinholdt | 16 Games | Castaras/Zar Peter
RAF XXXI|Yukon Ho!|Oddity|27 Prospectors|Zar Peter[/table]

The theme for this iteration is the not finished, yet pretty cool game Dwarf Fortress where you guide a couple of lemming like dwarfs (crappy ascii graphic if you don't install a mod) to their certain demise. Well, they all die eventually, else you don't have fun. In this game however, you try to be the last person standing (to close the Fortress and throw away the key, or whatever. Bath in the blood of your comrades is pretty high on the list of the inhabitants, too, I have heard).

Practically you can roleplay what you want (please only living things), if you don't claim any role you will become Urist Whateverdwarf (name may change from character to character).

Sign ups are starting now and will last a week till about the 19th April 2012!

Although the auto-notify list is a bit old I will PM the people on this list when the thread is up (and they haven't already signed up).
Here it is:

Castaras
Dallas Dakota
billtodamax
Lord Fullbladder, Master of Goblins
Diva de

(If you want to be on this list, too, just tell in thread, I think I want to make a game all two months or so)

PS: Roleplay is nice but not obligatory. It just makes my work easier (sometimes at least). I really appreciate it when people, by PMing their actions, tell me what could happen to them or their victims. It makes the game a bit more interesting, since sometimes I have the feeling my ideas are repeating...

Player so far:

{table=head]Nr.|Player|Role
1|Penguinator|Dwarfen Bard
2|Grue Bait|Paranoid Dwarf with Achluophobia
3|Vesth|Dirt Farmer
4|The Grimmace|Sneezy
5|Gnomish Wanderer|Dwarf Fighter
6|TBFProgrammer|Urist Whateverdwarf
7|Dallas-Dakota|Derek the dwarf with a sharp hat
8|Elemental|Trapper John Trevor McJones, PhD
9|bladescape|Urban, the Dwarf Socialogist
10|RuneboundShade|Rich dwarven explorer
11|cd4|Fisherdwarf
12|Lord Fullbladder, Master of Goblins|Malevolent Undead Theropod Dinosaur
13|Lord Magtok|Mug of dwarven ale
14|super dark33|noob
15|Dorella Loreathen|Merchant and sleight of hand artist
16|Shadow|Frank Reynolds
17|Calamity|Sober Dwarf
18|Mordokai|Elf
19|Sean Mirrsen|Ivom Estfamthut, pony trader
20|usourselves&we|Evertdon E Drwgs, physicist, time traveller
21|Castaras|self replicating cat
22|Fleeing Coward|pebble
23|billtodamax|Head Engineer in charge of Magma and Obsidian farming
24|calar|Potash Maker
25|Lord Herman|Brave Dorf Magmanaut
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[Penguinator]

First! Dibs!

In as Dwarven Bard. Why not?

[Grue Bait]

So in!

I believe I'll be a paranoid dwarf afraid of the dark.

[Vesth]

In! As a dwarf dirt farmer :)

[Zjoot]

In as Sneezy.

[Gnomish Wanderer]

In as Dwarf Fighter! Arg!

[TBFProgrammer]

Urist Whateverdwarf is a very enthusiastic hauler of whatever happens to not be in the right stockpile who has recently arrived from the Mountainhomes. He quite simply refuses to do any other task unless he is forbidden from hauling.

[Dallas-Dakota]

Derrek the Dwarf, who tends to use his helmet both as drinking cup and throwing axe.(His helmet has a sharp blade mounted on it. And two handles on the side for balance/grabbing it when drinking)

(Also, yes, I do appreciate the auto-notify list.)

[Elemental]

I think I'll play as Trevor McJones, PhD.
A Dwarf afflicted with a rare and dangerous psychological condition.
Logic and rational thought processes.

Oh, the dwarfity!
(humanity didn't seem the appropriate term...)




I should so get back to that fortress I started all those months ago...

[bladescape]

In as Urban, the Dwarf Socialogist

[RuneboundShade]

Yes, in....

As... a.... Rich dwarven Explorer.

[cd4]

I will join as Fisherdwarf, a dwarf who needs to fish but finds the gate locked. So he then goes to do something else and realises he needs to fish but finds the gate locked, and goes to do something else. Then he realises he needs to fish but finds the gate locked. Etc. Etc. Etc.

[Lord Fullbladder, Master of Goblins]

In as the bones of some large and horrible predator, waiting long dead beneath the world until unearthed by dwarf miners and blasphemously animated by a dwarven mystic who deigned to learn things dwarf-kind was not meant to know.

Or, more compactly, a malevolent undead theropod dinosaur.

[Lord Magtok]

In as a mug of dwarven ale.

[super dark33]

I join as a noob.

[Diva De]

IN as Dorella Lorearthen, merchant and sleight of hand artist.

[Shadow]

Sign me up as Frank Reynolds

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Obviously I'll be drunk, and will be carrying a snub nose 38 at the very least.

[Calamity]

In as a sober dwarf who can't think clearly or speak properly due to beer-deprivation

Oh, what a terrible ale-ment to have.

[Mordokai]

In, as elf.

What?

[Zar Peter]

In, as elf.

What?

Somehow I knew that.
This could be the first game that is over after the first round with only one single "Shoot Self"

[Sean Mirrsen]

Somehow I knew that.
This could be the first game that is over after the first round with only one single "Shoot Self"

"Shoot Self" or *shoots elf* ?

[Zar Peter]

"Shoot Self" or *shoots elf* ?

Didn't see THAT one coming... I'm impressed

Wanna join the game?

[Sean Mirrsen]

I could join... as a pony.

To give the elf a chance.

Did you know there're already at least two different pony mods for Dwarf Fortress?

[Zar Peter]

I could join... as a pony.

To give the elf a chance.

Did you know there're already at least two different pony mods for Dwarf Fortress?

No... I only played one mod once... I think it was the dig deep mod. You got one year, then you were attacked by a bunch of hobgoblins. Since then I always guard my fortress with a draw bridge and an at least 7 levels deep pit beneath it.

So... "could" is not definitve, is it?

[Sean Mirrsen]

So... "could" is not definitve, is it?

Nah. This forum lacks a good quick way to see updates to topics you posted in, and this game is a little too out-of-the-way so I'll keep forgetting about it. I'll try to follow it though. Maybe if you set the next game in Equestria, or, say, Cosmic Era, After Colony, or maybe even Correct Century Earth... Or whatever planet that may-or-may-not-be Earth that Gurren Lagann is situated in.

[Zar Peter]

Nah. This forum lacks a good quick way to see updates to topics you posted in, and this game is a little too out-of-the-way so I'll keep forgetting about it. I'll try to follow it though. Maybe if you set the next game in Equestria, or, say, Cosmic Era, After Colony, or maybe even Correct Century Earth... Or whatever planet that may-or-may-not-be Earth that Gurren Lagann is situated in.

Well, I don't know any of these settings but I use to send a PM to every player when the game starts and then in every round just to remember them. Still got a few time outs last game, though.

Anyway, I hope you have fun just watching the game... if you remember it.

[Sean Mirrsen]

Ah, hell with it. Nothing will go too bad if I miss a round, right? Sign me up as a dwarf with an unpronounceable name of Ivom Estfamthut, pony breeder by trade.

[Penguinator]

Nah. This forum lacks a good quick way to see updates to topics you posted in.

User CP and thread submissions?

(Ironically enough, this thread didn't take in my submissions...)

[Sean Mirrsen]

User CP and thread submissions?

(Ironically enough, this thread didn't take in my submissions...)

Not quite handy enough. PHPBB forums usually have an "Updated Topics" function that immediately gives you a list of all topics you posted in that have new posts in them, as well as a "New Unread Topics" function that does the same for ALL topics that have new posts. Here, the closest things are "Today's Posts" and "Subscribed Topics" in the Quick Links drop-down, neither of which are quite as useful. I suppose if there was a way to automatically subscribe to every thread you post in... but there isn't one, is there?

Also, I've actually run a game not too unlike this one at some point, though it was duels instead of a team FFA. And it was with robots, RPS and dice rolls. Pretty fun. I haven't heard of this system before, so I could modify my game a little so that maybe someone can run it here.

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The original idea was an RPS (that's Rock-Paper-Scissors) tournament, where players would fight duels in robots. Robots have three weapons and three means of defense, so the practical upshot is a double-RPS tournament. Hits don't instakill though, adding some strategy element.

Taking the RAF rules into account, the game would look roughly like this:
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Every player starts with 10HP. Every round, the player chooses an attack and a defense action, via PM to the game master. If at the round's end the player is reduced to 0HP or below, he is removed from the game.

First attack choice is the Beam Rifle, dealing 4 damage to its target. It is countered with the first defense option, Reflector Shield. Any player that defends with its Reflector Shield, will have all Beam Rifle attacks on him deal 2 damage to the attackers instead, unless they also use Reflectors (in which case no damage is done). Second attack choice are the Guided Missiles, dealing 6 damage. The counter to them is the CIWS (or, colloquially, anti-missile minigun), which destroys all incoming missiles shortly after they are fired, dealing 3 damage to each attacker. The third attack option is the Deadhead Torpedo, which, if fired, deals 10 damage to the target for a guaranteed kill. The torpedo can't be avoided or shot down, but the attacker must spend 1 round to "lock on" to the target, becoming a priority target in the meantime (though he can still use defense options). The torpedo will self-destruct if its target is destroyed during lock-on, dealing 5 damage to the attacker. If the attacker is destroyed on the turn the torpedo is fired, the torpedo near-misses and deals only 5 damage to its target. Other players can see that you prepare the torpedo, but not who you target.

In short:
All players start with 10HP.

Attacks:
#> Beam Rifle: 4 damage.
#> Missiles: 6 damage.
#> Torpedo: 10 damage with 1 round delay. 5 damage if attacker destroyed, 5 damage to attacker if target destroyed.
Defenses:
#> Reflector: 2 damage against all Beam Rifle attacks (and negate Reflected).
#> CIWS: 3 damage against all Missile attackers.

So, the Beam Rifle is a "safe" attack option, because if you use the Rifle and Reflector, you can't be hit by your own attack, though you deal the least damage even if you hit. The Missiles are the "standard" attack option, dealing significant damage but running the risk of getting blowback. The Torpedo is a OHK weapon, but the most risky to use, and has a firing delay that alerts others to what you are doing.

I just like games that are a little more strategic. :P
I'd like to use more options (such as All Out Defense or All Out Attack), but they might be overcomplicating an already slightly-confusng game. The former allows use of both defense options in exchange for not attacking, and the latter allows to fire both the Rifle and the Missiles in exchange for not defending.

[usourselves&we]

Might as well try our hand at this.
Everyone being able to kill is kind of scary. . .

In as Evertdon E Drwgs a physicist and possible time traveler.
He will shoot the air next to a time portal, we are sure nothing bad will come of that. . .
In other words, yeah he is going to shoot his future or past self at some point, please try not to disturb the butterflies as we already decided the day that he will 'pull the trigger', it defiantly will not be the third day what are you talking about, more thought was done than that.