History Roleplay / RPGCOM

Into this mix, fans of ''RWBY Within'' added their own cast of characters from across the world, many soldiers, but some from a range of other useful professions, such as scientists, base security, medical professionals, and covert operatives. Hosted on a parallel Discord server to that of the main fic, RPGCOM follows the path of the Long War (and, in the future, will move to XCOM's presence on Remnant), with added events, factions, and stories brought to the players by the gamemastering team. At the time of writing, the liberation of Britain is underway.

* GenocideDilemma: Noah Byrne is fighting an uphill battle to gain ''some'' measure of clemency for the defeated Ethereals after war's end when that day comes, on the grounds that giving them the [[PayEvilUntoEvil hanging]] they so richly deserve would be [[WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide tantamount to]] [[FinalSolution xenocide]], and humanity would never get that off [[WhatHaveIBecome their]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone conscience]]. In-universe, this opinion is controversial, though not to the point of making him a [[BlackSheep pariah]].

* GenocideDilemma: Noah Byrne is fighting an uphill battle to gain ''some'' measure of clemency for the defeated Ethereals after war's end when that day comes, on the grounds that giving them the [[PayEvilUntoEvil hanging]] they so richly deserve would be [[WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide tantamount to]] [[FinalSolution xenocide]], and humanity would never get that off [[WhatHaveIBecome their]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone conscience]]. In-universe, [[FlameBait this opinion]] [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement is controversial]], though not to the point of making him a [[BlackSheep pariah]].

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: At the time of this writing, there have been over '''100''' characters created by players, to say nothing of non-player characters and other story characters such as Team RWBY or the Big Three.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: At the time of this writing, there have been over '''100''' characters created by players, to say nothing of non-player characters and other story characters such as Team RWBY or the Big Three.

* GenocideDilemma: Noah Byrne is fighting an uphill battle to gain ''some'' measure of clemency for the defeated Ethereals after war's end when that day comes, on the grounds that giving them the [[PayEvilUntoEvil hanging]] they so richly deserve would be [[WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide tantamount to]] [[FinalSolution xenocide]], and humanity would never get that off [[WhatHaveIBecome their]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone conscience]].

* GenocideDilemma: Noah Byrne is fighting an uphill battle to gain ''some'' measure of clemency for the defeated Ethereals after war's end when that day comes, on the grounds that giving them the [[PayEvilUntoEvil hanging]] they so richly deserve would be [[WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide tantamount to]] [[FinalSolution xenocide]], and humanity would never get that off their [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone conscience]].

** Sue Susan, XCOM's Covert Operations Director, who is the [[SoleSurvivor]] of an engagement and [[DrivenToSuicide nearly ended her own life]] from the [[SurvivorGuilt survivor's guilt]], before rising to the top of [[CloakAndDagger the most powerful spy agency in the world]], bringing down [[TheConspiracy EXALT]], and gaining a happy relationship with [[BattleCouple her]] [[AgentsDating partner]], Vapor.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: Annette. Oh, good God, poor Annette Durand. She's indisputably TheAce in XCOM's psi-ops division now, [[BadassCrew amongst a whole selection of Aces]], and her presence on an actual mission as a player character is a sure sign that the threat level is through the roof. Getting there, however, was [[IronWoobie an incredibly hard and rocky road]].
** XCOM as a whole. It's '''XCOM''', after all. With ''added Grimm.''

!! [=XCOM: RWBY Within=] contains examples of following tropes:

While the sheer range of changes to ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'' made by the inclusion of ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' in [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/6696011/DrAmishMD DrAmishMD's]] ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11250544/1/ XCOM: RWBY Within]]'' are utterly impossible to mod into the notoriously finicky video game, the dice roll mechanics underlying XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Enemy Within, and [[VideoGame/XCOMLongWar Long War]] did lend themselves very, very well to an almost direct adaptation into a well-formalized d100-based [[PlayByPostGames play-by-post]] [[RolePlayingGame role-playing game]]. A herculean and ongoing effort by a team of dedicated gamemasters then added and balanced ''RWBY's'' abilities for the Huntresses as well as a wide range of new options both native to ''RWBY Within'' and original, culminating in an [[AllThereInTheManual extensive 120-page player handbook]]. This is no messy freeform game.