The Lab: Prototype Rg [interest Check]

In the scraps of free time I have between school, Void Rift, and zoning out, I've had something on my mind.

A failed RP that never went anywhere.
So, I figured, maybe it could get some traction here. Maybe people are interested.

Here's the basis of it. If you're interested, sign up early. If not, let me know what can change.

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Spoiler: Backstory

The world is sliding into complete chaos.


Countries are still at war. Weapons are only getting more destructive. More and more defenses and countertactics are becoming obsolete. That's why we hired those who work at The Lab.


The Lab is a mysterious company, working only from their HQ. Their job is to invent new countermeasures for the ever increasing ruin that constant war brings. They have just as much funding as the people who develop ever increasingly powerful weapons. After two years, they've come up with nothing. Hope that anything will ever come out of it is shriveling up faster than the world.


But not anymore, not since this morning. Now they have something. They call it Prototype RG: The R-Gun, a shotgun style weapon that fires altered shockwaves that reflect and repulse anything the shockwaves hit. It stops bullets in their tracks, neutralizes explosive payloads, and safely detonates mines.


The five employees responsible are thrilled. They think they finally have the key to stopping the world from truly burning. In a rush to show our government the R-Gun, they realize they only made one.


Unfortunately, that's not the only thing they realized. They realized that they aren't the only people working at The Lab. In fact, they also found out that The Lab is much more than just a company or an HQ building.


The Lab is alive and fully weaponized. The Lab does not intend for the R-Gun to enter mass production.

For the sake of the world, you must escape. This is no longer the workplace you once knew.


The R-Gun and its blueprint must make it out. You must make it out.

The Lab is a combat and exploration based RPG, similar to a dungeon crawl. Even though you won't be finding any other weapons than the ones you start with, you can find various items that can aid you and your group.


There are five workers. Each can choose from a small weapon pool kept in The Lab for defense. Only one primary and secondary weapon can be taken. The one exception to this rule, is that one person in the group MUST be using the R-Gun.


And of course, the R-Gun MUST make it out of The Lab.


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Spoiler: Basic Rules

- No godmodding. The Lab will kill you. Or I will.

- No deciding the outcome of an action, I do that. If you state an outcome as if it will happen, it probably won't.

- There IS friendly fire. Be weary of where you shoot!

- People who are inactive for two days without notifying me in advance will be modkilled.

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There will be one person filling each of the five worker’s roles. You can sign up for multiple, but you can only play one at a time. Roles will be given at a first-come, first-serve basis.

YOU MUST:

Pick a worker
Pick a primary weapon
Pick a secondary weapon
Pick a special ability


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Spoiler: Primary Weapons

Dual Combat Knives

Riot Shotgun

R-Gun Prototype

Grenade Launcher

Rocket Launcher

Longsword

Sniper Rifle

Assault Rifle

SMG

Sledgehammer

Spoiler: Secondary Weapons

Fiber Wire

Taser Pistol

Combat Knife

Bayonet (Rifle Only)

Hand Grenades

Pistol

Nano-Medibot Kit

Corrosive Grenades

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Employees

Spoiler: THE STRONGMAN

Quit security because prototyping cool new weapons was worth the painful year of study.


Specials:

SPRAY AND PRAY: Expend some more ammo to make sure you hit everything in close range.

ADRENALINE RUSH: Pain and screaming are for the crybabies. For you, that stuff waits until after the fight dies down.

Spoiler: THE TECHNICIAN

IT tech on steroids - if it breaks, you know what’s wrong. Can you fix it yourself? Maybe not, but those people are expendable anyways.


Specials:

TIME AND A HALF: Permanent upgrades aren’t in the budget, but you can probably talk your way into getting enough funding to fully repair any damaged item.

TOWN CRIER: As long as you are alive, players can freely communicate with each other. Because, let's face it, nobody bothers learning how to use these walkie-talkie things anymore...

Spoiler: THE LAB RAT

The crazy chemist who knows more backyard scientist than any high school class. Specializes in making things explode.


Specials:

CHEMICAL BURNS: You’ve burned yourself so much, you’ve had to get nanobots that make you immune to all but the most grievous burns and resistant to chemical effects.

CONTRACT VIOLATION: Technically, if your employer is trying to kill you, there’s nothing stopping you from turning your workplace into a bunch of grenades whenever you want (5 grenades per floor). Well, that, and you never actually signed the thing.

Spoiler: THE MARKSMAN

Hits the target, be it with a pistol or a rifle. Scopes are for trainees.


Specials:

KILLSHOT: Guarantee a hit at close range, and increase effective range of all ranged weapons.

CROWD CONTROL: Your explosive munitions have a larger explosion area. Why? Ask the Lab Rat, why don’t you…

Spoiler: THE FREELANCER

Actually an intern, an ex explorer who’s more than able to handle the deadly maintenance rooms.


Specials:

LAB RUNNER: Increase move distance and bypass enemies as if they weren’t there. Gotta go fast.

ABLE THIEF: This Lab is like one giant temple, and you’ve stolen tons of relics out of those things! Ignore smaller traps, and know exactly what larger traps do.

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THE GAMEPLAY

The game will take place in a turn-based fashion - I will run one action every 24 hours. The Lab is split up into six floors, and players will have access to a link of the game "board" I have on a spreadsheet to better understand their surroundings. Everyone starts on floor 6, and tries to make their way to floor 1.
Each of my responses will have two parts - a briefed version which simply reports changes to the board, and a bit more glorified piece which describes what a player sees.
Keep in mind - with the exception of the Technician's ability, players can't communicate through walls or anything. Don't get caught out.


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If you have any other questions, ask. Feedback is welcome, too.

Spoiler: To Void Rift Players

Please, don't worry about this affecting my activity in VR. Compared to everything else that's been slowing me down lately, this isn't much at all. If you believe that it in fact IS affecting me in VR, let me know and we'll figure out a way for me to improve.

Thanks for reading! Hopefully this gets enough traction to get going...

 

Seems reall interesting!

 

Wouldn't mind playing this :D
Worker: Marksman
Primary: Sniper rifle
Secondary: Nano-medibot kit
Special: Killshot

 

this sounds fun.

Worker: Freelancer
Primary: Assault Rifle
Secondary: Bayonet
Special: Able thief

 

Both of you are on the early sign-up list. Thanks for showing an interest!

 

Why not.

Worker: Technician
Primary: R-Gun Prototype
Secondary: Combat Knife
Special: Town Crier

 

Added as the third person in the early app group!

 

Worker: Lab Rat
Primary: Rocket Launcer
Secondary: Combat knife
Special: Chemical Burns

 

Added as the fourth slot for the first round.

 

this sounds lit XD
Worker: Strong man
Primary: Riot Shotgun
Secondary: Taser Pistol
Special: Spary and Pray

 

That's the first group filled out.

Any more apps, including any more from people who have already signed up, will start filling out later groups.

 

*sigh*
If only the hungers games got this attention.

 

I would join, but anything past the Renaissance kills me inside. Ew guns.

Nonetheless good luck my friendo and bump ololol.

 

You every gonna make this a thing?

 

When I finish up the maps

 

No shocker, I'm calling this off.

Finishing up all the prep work for VR is... absurd. I'll need some serious motivation to ever make another reference thread.