Alamantus

Areapolis - City of Wonders! (Always Open)

Zeetah perked up at the word "spell". He didn't know why, but he had always been interested in magic and always hoped he could learn some tricks. A teleportation spell would be particularly useful, he thought to himself. But he had also heard that Ampharians were never particularly good at magic, or at least, none had ever tried. "So, you said you were a magician or... what? Can you show me something cool? And teach me how to do something?" the frog was unconsciously bouncing in excitement. He felt bad that he was never particularly good at listening or holding a conversation, and he generally went out of his way to interact with people, so he never really had anyone to talk to and had very little experience with conversation as a result. Even still, this was an strange and exciting person with an exciting prospect of magic, so he could make an exception.

Areapolis - City of Wonders! (Always Open)

"Ah, it's nothing. But I guess it is something for someone who hasn't been raised as an acrobat!" Zeetah corrected himself, muttering "Gotta remember not everyone's an acrobat, Zeet, come on," under his breath. "So what brings you to the slums? I don't really know what this place is, but it's warm and crowded. But," he paused, looking down at the man, "now I'm not sure I want to be in there... Hey, you think this guy's got any money?" Zeetah crouched down over the unconscious man, checking his pockets but ultimately finding nothing.

Areapolis - City of Wonders! (Always Open)

A thud in the alleyway startled Zeetah, who stopped short of opening the door. He leaned back to see what could have made the noise only to see a man... no, not a man, a... Cat? Zeetah had never seen a cat-man before, and his curiosity overwhelmed him as he walked toward the cat-man, head unconsciously cocked to the side and mouth slightly agape. "Uh... Excuse me. Hi! I'm sorry, but... Oh my, I'm so sorry to ask like this, but... Sir, what... are you?" Suddenly Zeetah flipped extravagantly away from the building to avoid the loud crash and shatter of glass as a bloodied shell of a man flew out the window and plopped onto the ground, unmoving.

Earthbound – Mother Earth

@thanatos: Great character sheet! We'll get started in a bit today because 2 is plenty to start with!

Anyone know a dice/stat system for melee combat?

So I came up with an entirely dice-based (2 D6) RP format, and I think you could use a roll vs roll format where the roll influences how well the action the players attempt turns out. The way my format uses it is the die roll influences absolutely everything, with a 2 resulting in at least a crippling blow (but usually death) and a 12 resulting in the attempt going extremely well and even allowing a slight degree of godmodding (as long as it's fair godmodding). But you might not like that. I'd say depending on how you have your stats laid out, pit the player's attack vs. another player's defense stat and use the roll of the dice to add to the stats. So if a person has an Attack of 5 and they're attacking a person with a Defense of 8, both players would roll, adding the amount to their relevant stats. If the resulting attack is higher, they get the hit, but if the resulting defense is higher, either have the attack do less damage (roll a die and divide the Attack stat by the amount rolled?) or just not do damage at all, depending on how complicated you want it to get. Just a thought! I've never tried this model with real people before, but it sounds like it would work pretty smoothly as long as nobody cheats and everybody respects the dice. :)