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The Intro
Welcome to my first DakkaDakka RP, Death Race 2000! A fast past action RP the follows a cross country race were the drivers fight for their lives. Note this is based on a 1975 action film of the same name. Don’t go into this expecting a grimdark 40k style story, not everything is meant to be taken seriously and I know the idea and setting is farfetched but don’t let that make you think that this will be a silly, stupid kill fest (maybe just a little). The player’s will still have the ability to RP as much as they like and make the story there own!


The Story
Welcome to the year 2000. After the brutal economic downfall of the 90’s American has turned its power to a united totalitarian political party the rules by giving the people what they want and hiding they true actions from the public. Now the nation if falling to anarchy and only a few major cities still thrive, to keep the restless nation happy the government created the brutal sport Death Race. A cross country race where the best drivers from all around the world, must kill to win and fight through the anarchy filled wastes of the nation and with other drivers. The winner gets to win millions of dollars and get the shake hands with Mr. President.

North American is in chaos with only a few cities holding onto the government with the rest of the nation in tatters, the roads are now filled with raiders and marauders that have vehicles of their own and set out to find resources and have with the Death Race.


The Race
The race will start in Washington DC, to Chicago, Kansas City, Denver, Salt Lake City and ending in San Francisco. Each city will be a check point. Points will be given to those who get there first.

1st place 200p
2nd place 150p
3rd place 100p

Nothing for anyone who fail to make any of these places.

But if you’re not fast, don’t worry about getting in first place, because you can earn points for kills! Meaning you can still win without getting to first place!

Raiders-10p
Other drivers-30p
Destroying a driver’s vehicle- 70p


The Game itself.
The action in Death Race will take place in-between cities where the drivers will fight. I will set up routes that the drivers can pick that will be filled with encounter and changelings. The action will be done fast with the player saying his action and I will roll the results and you will win or lose based on your stats, your vehicle and modifiers. The means you can pick whatever you want to do to make it so you can win Death Race
While the idea of battling with another driver will be simple to imagine but how do I go faster than all the other drivers? Well all vehicles will have a speed stat and when enough actions pass your speed stat will add to your distance. So if your speed is 4, your distance will added by 4 as the game goes on like this 4, 8, 12, 16 and so on. And the first to reach 30 will make it the check point but don’t think the road will be smooth sailing because long combat, long routes and dangerous terrain can slow you down. As for ties, those will be resolved in a roll off or you can try and kill the other driver moments before the finish line.
The game will end in San Fransisco with the winner being the one with the most points

Rolls Will be determined by your stats plus a roll of a d10 and for every point above 9 you get a points of success for the action, you want to beat your opponents points of success.

Your Ride!
Still working on vehicle rules, I’m hoping that it will work by having set list of vehicle archetypes oppose to having a list of specific cars.

The Drivers
Here you will fill out the sheet for your driver. You will have stats and Details the you can fill out.
Player Name:
Character Name:
Vehicle Type and Description:
Psychical Description:
Bio:
Equipment:
Stats
You have 16 points to put in these stats. You cannot have a stat lower then 1 or a stat higher than 7.
Toughness: This is how much of a punch your driver can take before he starts to be harmed or dies.
Agility: this is how fast and on your feet your driver is, this is also how well you can handle your vehicle and keep it in control but remember, how well your vehicle can handle plays a role in this too.
Perception: This how aware and “with it” your driver is. Will they be able to spot the block in their path? Will the Hear the engine acting funny? Will they spot the bomb under their seat? Your perception will help you with those kinds of situations.
Intelligence: This more of your character known knowledge, this will help in repair and crafting. Also the ability to know what lies beyond that routes.


Players can have 2 other NPC characters to join them in the ride, I will even let players share the same vehicle but make note of it when you make your character and point out who you are with! And a team names would be cool too.


The Movie
Death Race 2000 is a 1975 B movie that follows the plot of what I put above but I made a few changes to the story so it would be more appropriate for an online RP. The movie also has had several remakes (they all suck). Don’t feel you need to see the film to join this RP just know that it’s a fun action movie that is not meant to be taken seriously.

seems interesting but boy did you pick a bad time to post it. (there are about a dazen other RPs gong p: ToyhammerMK2, RZ&LWC 3, Inter-Astrum, SEMPER VICTORIA and more.

I know, that was a big concern, I want to work things with the game and I will probably hold it off will things cool down.

same with SEMPER VICTORIA. (a creation of mine several years in the making) I put it up and in a week It got one person to join. (who happend to be a friend)

...If and when this RP launches....I call Frankenstein as my character...

I wasn't planning on anyone picking characters from the movie but because he was a badass character I may let you be him.

My biggest hopes is to have some help with eh vehicle rules because I really don't know a thing about cars :(

Berserksteve wrote:My biggest hopes is to have some help with eh vehicle rules because I really don't know a thing about cars :(

Neither did Roger Corman when he made the film... .

What would you want to know?....

The Monster ( Frankensteins car) was a modified 1975 VW with a corvette body fit on, V-6 engine...wait...hold on...


http://www.dezercollection.com/1975-volkswagen-gator-car-death-race-2000-david-carradine-%5Bpav.%5D-c-509.htm

...their ya go.

What I would like to see is archetypes that players can choose, like maybe muscle cars, sports cars and stuff like they and any details can be added by the players if they choose.

Berserksteve wrote:What I would like to see is archetypes that players can choose, like maybe muscle cars, sports cars and stuff like they and any details can be added by the players if they choose.

Well, IMO you'd want to keep car types fairly simular for game balance.
A Ferrari would leave a GTO Judge in the dust speed wise, but if the Judge rammed the Ferrari....well that's all she wrote...the Ferrari would be done for.

EDIT: Of course if you wanted to have a mix, fast but fragile and slower but more durable...that may be interesting as well.

FITZZ wrote:
EDIT: Of course if you wanted to have a mix, fast but fragile and slower but more durable...that may be interesting as well.

This here is definitely where I want to go with it. My best ideas so far are Sports Cars, fast but weak, muscle cars, strange buts slow. Maybe their should also be an in between and that's it for types. I think it wouldn't hurt to have things be a bit more extreme like having motorcycles and semi-trucks be available too play.

Berserksteve wrote:

FITZZ wrote:
EDIT: Of course if you wanted to have a mix, fast but fragile and slower but more durable...that may be interesting as well.

This here is definitely where I want to go with it. My best ideas so far are Sports Cars, fast but weak, muscle cars, strange buts slow. Maybe their should also be an in between and that's it for types. I think it wouldn't hurt to have things be a bit more extreme like having motorcycles and semi-trucks be available too play.

A bit of a Road Warrior /Death Race mix?

FITZZ wrote:

Berserksteve wrote:

FITZZ wrote:
EDIT: Of course if you wanted to have a mix, fast but fragile and slower but more durable...that may be interesting as well.

This here is definitely where I want to go with it. My best ideas so far are Sports Cars, fast but weak, muscle cars, strange buts slow. Maybe their should also be an in between and that's it for types. I think it wouldn't hurt to have things be a bit more extreme like having motorcycles and semi-trucks be available too play.

A bit of a Road Warrior /Death Race mix?

That's the idea, I really would like to things all over the place, people jumping form vehicles and whatnot.

Berserksteve wrote:

FITZZ wrote:

Berserksteve wrote:

FITZZ wrote:
EDIT: Of course if you wanted to have a mix, fast but fragile and slower but more durable...that may be interesting as well.

This here is definitely where I want to go with it. My best ideas so far are Sports Cars, fast but weak, muscle cars, strange buts slow. Maybe their should also be an in between and that's it for types. I think it wouldn't hurt to have things be a bit more extreme like having motorcycles and semi-trucks be available too play.

A bit of a Road Warrior /Death Race mix?

That's the idea, I really would like to things all over the place, people jumping form vehicles and whatnot.

It's going to be a bitch to GM the action, have you worked out a system for interactions yet?

FITZZ wrote:

Berserksteve wrote:

FITZZ wrote:

Berserksteve wrote:

FITZZ wrote:
EDIT: Of course if you wanted to have a mix, fast but fragile and slower but more durable...that may be interesting as well.

This here is definitely where I want to go with it. My best ideas so far are Sports Cars, fast but weak, muscle cars, strange buts slow. Maybe their should also be an in between and that's it for types. I think it wouldn't hurt to have things be a bit more extreme like having motorcycles and semi-trucks be available too play.

A bit of a Road Warrior /Death Race mix?

That's the idea, I really would like to things all over the place, people jumping form vehicles and whatnot.

It's going to be a bitch to GM the action, have you worked out a system for interactions yet?

Ya, I have system. It will be done with rolls where the players chose an action and anyone involved all get to say what there going to do and who ever rolls the highest wins the action. I will so do posts the will point out what is happening in the action to let the players know what is going on and I will lets the players do what they want action by action. It would be simple like a guy wants to shoot a person in another vehicle and the person being shot at (if the can react)can do something like brake or get out of the way of the shot, the players do a roll of and I will post the results. Also your vehicle will give you bonuses based on the vehicle, some vehicles will be maneuverable, some tough, that's why I want a lot of different types of vehicles. I feel the most difficult part would be to have all the players be clear and have them know what is going on. If I can do that I think things will be fast and fun.

I guess this is just a bump, I guess no one likes my RP T_T

I'll be up for it when more people come around.

I'm interested but that's all I'm gonna say right now...

WARORK93 wrote:I'm interested but that's all I'm gonna say right now...

That's nice~ I still am going to wait, I'm going to post up some new rules and wait for a good time to get the RP started...which maybe some time.

Berserksteve wrote:

WARORK93 wrote:I'm interested but that's all I'm gonna say right now...

That's nice~ I still am going to wait, I'm going to post up some new rules and wait for a good time to get the RP started...which maybe some time.

Well, the reason I say that I'm not going to say anything else is because I'm in a few other RPs so...

WARORK93 wrote:

Berserksteve wrote:

WARORK93 wrote:I'm interested but that's all I'm gonna say right now...

That's nice~ I still am going to wait, I'm going to post up some new rules and wait for a good time to get the RP started...which maybe some time.

Well, the reason I say that I'm not going to say anything else is because I'm in a few other RPs so...

I see.