[quote=Keia Vewyx]
I read up on that Risus system. Do note that I was planning out my groceries, wandered around my house mindlessly, and half-drowned myself in cider along the way so I took thrice as long as one normally would (and probably misunderstood more than a few points, aha).It's a quite interesting system, I'll give it that. Very little math involved and quite simple, if a bit "free-form" for a stat-based system. Barely any limitations. I suppose that means it's suitable for the more creative writing focus that is RP Guild as stated earlier, though the system itself caters towards more... light-hearted roleplays (not that it can't be used for more serious roleplays). But, I can't say if it's a good match or not for this roleplay; that's SyrianHamster's decision.
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Risus is a great system for games like this, and can be used for any genre, even serious ones. All you do is distribute ten points among varying skill types.

Say you wanted to be a samurai. You place up to six points in "Samurai", and gain an equal number of d6's for anything applicable to the career. This could be swordsmanship, horse riding, and even speaking formally; it's up to GM Fiat if a skillset is too broad or you use something that can't apply. One point means you know the basics, but not much else, and six means you are the best of the best. Stat checks vary depending on how hard the task is, with 5 being simple routine, like displaying basic sword kata, then scaling up to 30 for an impossibly hard task, like cutting a fly out of the air blindfolded. Since all skills cap at six, you have other points you can put among things like "Chef" and "Medic".
In combat, you and your opponent pick an appropriate skill. Say, you pick Samurai, and your foe has six points in "Fencer". You both roll 6d6. The loser loses a dice from his dice pool, and has to roll 5d6 next round. This continues until the loser runs out of dice, and appropriate consequences are applied (Probably usually either KO or Death for Ironshore).

For anyone who didn't read it, that's Risus in a nutshell. You can sum up the entire ruleset in two paragraphs and stat your character in about twenty seconds. I highly recommend it to anyone making an action play by post.