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[Theifofdreams]

Alright, first time GMing an RTD and I decide to mash two seperate genre together. Because I can.
Yaaay. I promise not to take myself seriously, at all. Expect me to play with tropes and shout outs constantly, too.

Spoiler:  The gist (click to show/hide)

In the large, sprawling metropolis simply known as the City, steam power is all-important. Provided by the myriad canals that crisscross the city and the nearby coal mines, the ease of availability means that steam based technology has more then simply flourished. A very few men and women, brilliant minds all, pushed this tech even further forward, allowing simple robotics and extremely large, clunky "thinking machines" called computers to develop off the power of steam. Just recently, one of the labs run by these brilliant minds exploded, showering bits of metal throughout the City. Many of the more durable gadgets survived with little damage, including five extremely unique items, which were found by the most unlikely of users, given the purposes of those "Talismens"

Spoiler:  The rules (click to show/hide)

First: Rule 0 is always in effect, but I'll only use it if I think it'll make the game more fun.
Second: Fairly standard ruleset apart from a slight tweak. 1d6 plus/minus any modifiers you have for normal turns, 1d6 plus/minus modifiers:1d6 plus/minus modifiers for combat.
The slight tweak: On a roll of a natural 1 or 6, I will roll a d100 on the "secret Fumble/overshot" chart in place of the normal result. The specific results will change from roll to roll, even on identical rolls, but the broad effects will be the same.
Third: "HP/MP" The magitech talismans have fairly advanced shielding technology that protects from otherwise fatal wounds, but only for a limited amount of damage. This will be your HP score.
All talismans have 15 HP at the start, and drain at a rate depending on how much damage is dealt.
The talismans also have a limited amount of energy stored to allow the user to "cast spells" from, that will be your MP. All talismans have 10 MP stored. This amount cannot be changed, but the amount drained per use can be reduced.
Both of these recharge fairly slowly, at a rate of 1 per turn, though whether they can be automatically recharged or not is a mystery.
Finally: Talking amongst yourselves is a free action, as long as it makes sense for it to be. In combat, not so much, but just standing around bickering on the sidewalk or something will not count as a turn action.

Spoiler:  The character sheet (click to show/hide)

Name/ Magical Girl name
Gender
Appearance / Magical Girl appearance
Background
Abilities: 2 abilities that grant +1/-1 to 2 separate skills each, 1 ability that grants +2 for x rounds on a 2x CoolDown after wearing off. (Players design their own)
Inventory: Talismen of magitech. 1 other item.
Magical Girl style: Fire/Water/Wind/Electricity/Earth/Ice/Plants
HP/MP

Spoiler:  The skills (click to show/hide)

Steamtech: For when you want to take stuff apart and be able to put it together again
Magitech: For when you want to do magical girl stuff
Social: For when you want to talk
Combat (hand to hand): For when you really just want to punch something
Combat (Weapon): For when punching isn't the best idea, but you still want it to get hurt.
Combat (Magical): For when you want to hurt stuff as a magical girl
Stealth/Disguise: For when you want to be sneaky, and for when you don't want people to know you're a magical girl
Urban Awareness: For when you don't want to get lost in the urban sprawl of the City

Spoiler:  The players and the waiters (click to show/hide)

1: Monk12
2: Tersr
3: Freeformschooler
4: Tiruin
5: Dermonster

Waitlist
1: IronyOwl
2: Errol
3: Zebrian (Character sheet pg 10)
4:

The characters:

Spoiler:  The Monk12 (click to show/hide)

Name/Magical Girl Name: Tina/ Glowing Star
Gender: Female
Appearance: Slim and small, black hair. Conservative clothing.
Magical Girl appearance: Similar to before, but with much longer hair and a ridiculously gaudy costume generally purple themed. Goggles, fur and scarf like a WWI Aviator.
Background: Tina prefers to avoid the hustle and bustle of city life, prefering to find solitude among the rooftops or in the country, when she can. She has just finished high school, but does not have any plan for her life.
Abilities: Restrained, Deceptive, Flowing Night
Inventory: Talismen of magitech. Flute.
Magical Girl style: Wind
HP/MP

Spoiler:  The Tersr (click to show/hide)

Name/Magical Girl Name: Paul Ericson/ Susy Moon
Gender: Male
Appearance: Very tall, normal weight, short black hair, look of disgust on his face. MG: Imagine a guy Sailor Moon cosplay, a really bad one, that's him, and girly and pink as well, burly frills.
Background: Engineer by trade before he got his Talismen, not very social, hates plants.
Abilities: The Quiet One City Boy RAGE!
Inventory: Talismen of magitech. Brass knuckles.
Magical Girl style: Plant
HP/MP
 

Spoiler:  The Freeformschooler (click to show/hide)

Valia Corset / Shining Guardian
Gender: Female
Curly brown hair, slender build, very tall / Hair flowing, wears a silver battle corset
Bio/Background: Valia, twenty one years old, is more responsible and weary of the world than other magical girls. Upon finding her Talisman, she had a strong desire - an optimistic one, strange for her usual cynical self - to protect her loved ones from a coming threat. She is not married, and tends to act as a motherly figure to younger friends. She hasn't worked in the steam industry, but preferred to be a secretary to various political figures.
Abilities: Social Structure, Do Unto Others, Retribution
Inventory: Talisman of magitech, Metal staff
Magical Girl style: Earth
HP/MP

Spoiler:  The Tiruin (click to show/hide)

Name: Nessara / Elywen
Gender: Female

Appearance: Nearly five feet in height, with light skin and short black hair. She wears Her body build makes her easily mistaken for a male at a distance. She wears a carefully knit white shirt with dark blue overalls and a red cap, supposedly for her everyday work.

Magical Girl appearance: It seems that there is no difference from her normal appearance.

Background: Raised by only her father until now, she developed a love for mechanics and puzzles. Due to this, her mind quickly adapted itself in aiding her analytical abilities and logic, although she is not very social due to her line of work, and her looks. She is slow to anger but has little control over it once unleashed.

Abilities: Tech Expert ; Analytical ; Tactical Maneuvers

Inventory: Talismen of magitech. Steel Wrench

Magical Girl style: Fire
HP/MP

Spoiler:  The Dermonster (click to show/hide)

Name/ Magical Girl name: Derek. Dermonster.
Gender. Male.
Appearance / Magical Girl appearance: Wears a topaz yellow colored lab coat, Blond hair, green eyes. 'bout 5'11'./ A yellow spiky dress-thing, along with an increase of four inches in height, changing the eyes to yellow and the hair to a perpetual statically charged look.
Background. Mad scientist. THE mad scientist. Is extremely annoyed by the dress but cannot seem to change it no matter how hard he tries. (And good lord has he tried). Is prone to a maniacal cackle or twenty, but he means the best. Really.
Abilities: Clanking gears Magical Reliance Magitek Magician
(Players design their own)
Inventory: Talismen of magitech. Omni-tool.
Magical Girl style: Electricity
HP/MP

[monk12]

In!

[Tersr]

In as well.

[freeformschooler]

Valia Corset / Shining Guardian
Gender: Female
Curly brown hair, slender build, very tall / Hair flowing, wears a silver battle corset
Bio/Background: Valia, twenty one years old, is more responsible and weary of the world than other magical girls. Upon finding her Talisman, she had a strong desire - an optimistic one, strange for her usual cynical self - to protect her loved ones from a coming threat. She is not married, and tends to act as a motherly figure to younger friends. She hasn't worked in the steam industry, but preferred to be a secretary to various political figures.
Abilities: Social Structure, Do Unto Others, Retribution
Inventory: Talisman of magitech, Metal staff
Magical Girl style: Earth

[Darvi]

-snip-

Does that even count as a magical girl? Even Nanoha changed the series' name after the titular character stopped being a teenager.

[Theifofdreams]

Blargh. Also did not see the character sheet. (Darn comp said "post" when I wanted "preview". Apologies)

[freeformschooler]

-snip-

Does that even count as a magical girl? Even Nanoha changed the series' name after the titular character stopped being a teenager.

In my fantasies it does.

[Tersr]

Name: Paul Ericson. MG: Susy Moon
Gender: Male
Appearance: Very tall, normal weight, short black hair, look of disgust on his face. MG: Imagine a guy Sailor Moon cosplay, a really bad one, that's him, and girly and pink as well, burly frills.
Background: Engineer by trade before he got his Talismen, not very social, hates plants.
Abilities: The Quiet One: +1 to Stealth -1 to social City Boy +1 to Urban awareness -1 to Magitech. RAGE! + 2 to Combat HtH for 2 turns/end of combat 4 turn cooldown regradless.
Inventory: Talismen of magitech. Brass knuckles.
Magical Girl style: Plant

[freeformschooler]

If Tersr can be a bitter dude I can be a 21 year old lady.

[Theifofdreams]

Abilities: 2 abilities that grant +1/-1 to skills, 1 ability that grants +2 for x rounds on a 2x CoolDown after wearing off.
(Players design their own)
Guardian, Shield of Will, Retribution

Everything else is cool. But I listed the existing skills, and expect the minor abilities to give you a -1 as well.

Tersr, what's the duration on RAGE?

[freeformschooler]

Yeah, I got it now. You listed those as I was writing the skills so I updated it.

[Tersr]

Just got the formula.

[Theifofdreams]

Okay, so far so good.

[Tiruin]

In please, Character Sheet later on 

Spoiler: here (click to show/hide)

Name: Nessara / Elywen
Gender: Female

Appearance: Nearly five feet in height, with light skin and short black hair. Her body build makes her easily mistaken for a male at a distance. She wears a carefully knit white shirt with dark blue overalls and a red cap, supposedly for her everyday work.

Magical Girl appearance: It seems that there is no difference from her normal appearance.

Background: Raised by only her father until now, she developed a love for mechanics and puzzles. Due to this, her mind quickly adapted itself in aiding her analytical abilities and logic, although she is not very social due to her line of work, and her looks. She is slow to anger but has little control over it once unleashed.

Abilities: Tech Expert ; Analytical ; Tactical Maneuvers

Inventory: Talismen of magitech. Steel Wrench

Magical Girl style: Fire
HP/MP

[Theifofdreams]

Okay. We are full.