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Dracazar 04-26-06, 02:27 PM	Fights of the Week: April 26th Sheets Deadline for editing characters sheets is 21:00 GMT Greenwich Mean Time (http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com) shows the time and helps for conversions (http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/gmt-converter.htm) with your timezone Please don't edit the sheet after the deadline or you will lose the match Rules of Gladius All that you need to know is written in the Rules of Gladius It could be useful also to give a look to the Court Decisions Pairings GM Caterane will pair the active Characters of Gladius after the deadline Make sure that your character is not in Prison (http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=571107&goto=lastpost) Pitlording You should use the CoCo Dice Roller (http://www.hwx.it/wizards.com) for the fight If you need, there is a nice Template ready to use that will help you You could find very useful the Battle Map Tag Generator (http://www.hwx.it/coco) for dynamic Maps You must post a link to your fight in this thread when it is complete Other useful links are Skills and Feats, Quick Access tables for XP and Gold Comments & Concerns Post any comments or concerns for this weeks fights in this thread Be kind and courteous to your fellow posters, don't attack pitlords Please remember that they do hard work and consume a lot of time to let you play Above all, have FUN! Lastest News Allies must be pre-buffed effective since April 19th Polymorph and Metamorphosis changes effective since April 19th We are discussing about more issues in Council of Gladius (http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=613697&goto=lastpost)
Book5 04-26-06, 02:40 PM	Hehe, first! And time to consider a weapon upgrade for Tan this week... hmm..
MindWandererB 04-26-06, 03:17 PM	Important Reminder: On Monday, May 1, a "snapshot" of the board contents will be taken, for restoration after the boards are updated on or about May 15. Any new posts, post edits, or account changes will be lost if done between those two dates. This means that everyone who posts a fight, posts a new character, or edits a character sheet on or after May 1 needs to save a local copy on their hard drive. No final decision has been made regarding quests made during this time. Unless something else is decided on, questlords will be responsible for saving the entire thread and re-posting it after the restore. (You probably don't need to restore every individual post--putting them all in one or two posts in the Battles thread is probably okay.) Alternative options are banning quests for the duration entirely (obviously not a desirable solution), or having the questlord save and re-post only the quest summary (or perhaps only the quest summary and battle(s)). Per Caterane, credits will not be awarded for fights that are posted during this time, but are not restored afterwards. Keep in mind that any links to lost fights or quests will become broken, and will need to be fixed to point to the re-posted fight or quest. Questions, concerns, and discussion are probably better made in the Tavern than here.
Sindorin 04-26-06, 04:01 PM	http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y67/Sindorin/WhyMe1.jpg Could I get that bumped up 1 point so I get a [Great Reknown] tag? That would be nice but I am guessing it won't happen and the formula hates me. It wouldn't affect anything either. I actually thought winning against two opponents in the hunter match would be a shoe-in for the GR tag. Oh well. Go Go Gadget Power Rating!
Pitlords 04-26-06, 04:51 PM	@all: For almost an hour I'm trying to get the pairings started but Usurpators pairingsmaker times out all the time and the board is way too slow to do the pairings manually (would have to check every title line individually). I'll give it some more try for the next half an hour but if it doesn't improve, we have to delay pairings. @Steve: I so laughed when I saw that. I leave it like that just to annoy you :P
Sindorin 04-26-06, 04:57 PM	Yeah I did it just to kid around because power ratings are rather trivial :)
Usurpator 04-26-06, 05:52 PM	@all: For almost an hour I'm trying to get the pairings started but Usurpators pairingsmaker times out all the time and the board is way too slow to do the pairings manually (would have to check every title line individually). I know, I cannot post my battle, boards way too slow...... Will try again tomorrow morning, sorry gladiators! (There is no time limit on the scripts, but since there are well over 200 gladiators (I think) on the roster, if it takes 30 seconds to get one post, well, the script needs more than an hour to generate the title lines)
Pitlords 04-26-06, 05:52 PM	It seems the board is just too slow to do pairings. I could not get the pairings crawler to work nor can I wait a minute per character on the roster. I'll try again tomorow but I can't promise because I have work to do.
Sindorin 04-26-06, 06:00 PM	Board seems to be working fine here... I could do em the old-fashioned way.
MindWandererB 04-26-06, 06:39 PM	It's working fine on my end, too, although I tried the ready-crawler, and it's doing nothing. I'm going to start going through the character list with ECL 3, and posting the title lines here (omitting anyone with any [P], [E], or [C] tags). If anyone else wants to contribute, start at ECL 9 and work your way down, and I'll meet you in the middle. Active characters are in Bold ECL 3: The Undertaker (Abyssal Stalker): ready for april 26th; free activity scribing scrolls as stated in the sheet Far'gon Treestrider (Airwhale): Ready for 3/29/06:Action:Meditating in room, guarding stuff. Raw (Anaconda): Ready For 5-04-2006 Make 57/week for armorcrafting Alathar Vierce II (barrel_master): ready for april, 26 my man makes 66gp from collecting worm seimen Alana Chu (barrel_master): ready for april, 26 earns 66gp from pimping some random eagle Jindle Moherx (barrel_master): sitting out for now.... Elzar the Amiable (Biota): inactive Elzar the Affable (Biota): Ready for April 12, 2006, miniquest for Ogre ally - free action haggle (see sheet) Chaga (CitizenBacillus): Quesis II (Dracazar): Ready for Apr26: Arena Fight, Craft(Chains) 54 GP Dracazar (Dracazar): Ready for Apr26: Arena Fight, Craft(Jewelry) 72 GP Amras Eledhwen (funnymanmike): Ready For Week Of April 12th Eito the Monk (funnymanmike): Taking week off to rest & buy new items. Koan (graymocker): Ready for 4/26/06 Arena Fight, Profession for 60 gp Captain Unasys (Greezer): Ready for 26-04-2006 Seraphim (Greezer): Inactive Izumi (Macbrea): Ready April 26th, Free activity Making silk clothing (51 gps) Mattes Gearos (mattes): Ready for 26 - 4 Tivik Valcs (mattes): Ready for 26 - 4 (first fight!) Laffinger the Slight (Salrantol): Ready for April 26, 2006: Miniquest for dire bat ally [trapmaking] Ten Vermond (SoulLord): Ten Vermond Ready for April 19th free buy cloack of UMD 100gp Cornalius Umberwood (StoneTree): Ready for April 12, 2006: Forging Papers to lower the CR of Cinderhoof. Monsieur Hood (TheMagister): Inactive Khabil Barukh (Traevanon): Ready for April 26th, Free Action: Painting the house (none) Namara (Usurpator): Borodin Brightaxe (Usurpator): Solon the Usurper (Usurpator): Ceilia Durrol (Zevox): Ready for 4/26/2006: Miniquest to join WAR (EL 3, QL ?); FA - Forgery ECL 4: Riana Dreambinder (Ariel23): Ready for Apr 19 [ECL 4] -- Free Activity: Profession Gorgul MacSmart (Argaud): Ready for 4/26. Ba'al of the Grave (Book5): Ready April 26, Guarding Home Valek Usher (DSugui): Ready for Apr 26th; making money with Profession (76 gp) Gray Xander (Gonbow): Active April 5th, ECL 4. Crafting scroll. Terminus Est (Gonbow): Active May 3rd, joining EHTC (MQ). QL: Zevox. ECL: 4 Dameon Leonne (Huan): ECL 4 - Ready for 4/26/06 in Arena Finrod Felagund (Lonewolf): Ready for April 26, using craft(weaving) for 100gp Bolrak Soulbare (MindWandererB): Sybil ap Kalten (MitzaVolchenko): QUESTING FEB 15th to join TAO (Vathelokai QL) Enoch the Prophet (Salrantol): Full action [scribing] Seændithas (Sindorin): Ready 26 April 2006, Free: Use Profession Hexacious Pogboomer (Turin): Ready for 4/26/06 (Free Activity: Scribing Scrolls, -325gp/26XP) Aramur the Aurora Prince (Usurpator): Kitaya (Usurpator): Ready for Arena: 8 March (ECL 4), making 88 gp. with Profession Danidus (Vecnoran): ready for 4/26/06 Destra Stormwind (Zevox): Eraca Moralta (Zevox): Featylec Elendi (Zevox): Ready for 4/26: Quest to help deal w/ Gawane bandits (EL 4, QL Lonewolf) Istima Telarc (Zevox): Ready for 4/26/2006: Free Activity - Forgery. ECL 5: Jonathon Raven (Abyssal Stalker): Ready for April 26th, free action: guarding my property Korinel (Argaud): Character Ready for 4/19. Earning money crafting traps for the local dungeons (90 gp) Sappho the Barbarian (Biota): ready for April 26, 2006, free action crafting (see sheet) Tan, Son of Sty (Book5): Ready April 26th, FA - Slight of Hand "Gambling" +14 : 84gp) Little Daisy (DSugui): Ready for Apr 26th; teaching 'Defend' to Artemis Loddick Saffrion (Erithmu): Apr 19: Arena ECL5 Free Action 125gp craft Kitty (lonewolf): Ready for April 26, guarding his stuff Sunstroke (MindWandererB): Ready for 04/26/06; Free Activity Guard Zwei und'Vierzig (MitzaVolchenko): Ready for April19th, Making 65gp Performing (ECL5) Tueor Amplexus (MysticMonk2005): Ready for CoCo:LGE 4/19 ECL 4 Pestilence (NiQil): ECL 5: Ready for April 26th - Making 115 gp with Craft (Masonry) Famine (NiQil): ECL 5: Ready for April 26th - Making 115 gp with Craft (Masonry) Death (NiQil): ECL 5: Ready for April 26th - Making 115 gp with Craft (Masonry) War (NiQil): ECL 5: Ready for April 26th - Making 115 gp with Craft (Masonry) Kendal Aphos (Papapeperoni): Ready for 26-4-06 KazzzAHM (Pittbull): Ready for 19.April Barak Brigandslayer (Salrantol): Ready for May 3, 2006 [singing] Flamehair (Usurpator): Ready for 12 April: ECL 5 Arena Maeril (Usurpator): Shazzelin the Gray (Usurpator): Sir Alboreth (Zevox): Ready for 4/26/2006: Free Activity - Profession (Sailor) for 105 gp ECL 6+: See Zevox's post, below.
Zevox 04-26-06, 06:44 PM	I can help with that. Boards are working AOK for me too (aside from occassional moments of losing the internet entirely, but that a problem on my end I've been having for a while - router troubles). I'll post from ECL 9 and work my way down in edits here. :) ECL 6 Manzarf the Loathsome (Abyssal Stalker): ready for april 19th, free activity: stoneworking +138gp Evaine Dreamseeker (Ariel23): Dronnar Darkjof (DSugui): Ready for Apr 26th; making money with Profession (132 gp) [Q] Ignatius, Vicar of Bahamut (Erithmu): Apr 12: Questing:RP QL:Vath Free: making money 114gp [C] Nicolae Iceblade (Gonbow): Ready for Myrridin's Campaign Starting 15 February Lortavos (Gonbow): Active March 29th, guarding. Tatyana Malvont (Gonbow): Active April 26th, Making money with Profession. Santos Fi'Corma (Gonbow): Active March 29th, making money. Ajora, Avatar of Life (King Uther): Ready for March 8th to save existence EL6 if fight is cleared up Alagar, Brother of Angosh (King Uther): Ready for 03/29 EL6 Archie Longbow (LongArcher): Level 6: Ready April 13th, 2006 Mektos (Macbrea): Zero (MindwandererB): Ready for 04/26/06; Miniquest to join WAR [EL6] QL Any [E] Sliver Firebug (MitzaVolchenko) [E] The White Hand (TheMagister) Hassan Sabbah (Vathelokai): [E] Loquan Dar'ath (waywreth) ECL 7 The Harvester (3rd Avatar) (Caterane): [E] Uilo (Dracazar) Shaz Greatheart (Dracazar): Ready for Apr26: Arena Fight, Profession(Diplomatic) 120 GP Sola Nicous (Erithmu): Apr 26: Arena ECL 7 Free: making money 175gp [C] Doyle (LLMadCow): Ready: April 12 - Campaigning for Adventure & Fame; CL: Erithmu Nessa Tempe (LLMadCow): Ready: ASSIGN THIS CHARACTER FOR A FIGHT Donak (Mal-2): Ready for 26 April, 2006; ECL 7; Free Action - Guarding Malik of Black Robe (Malither76): Ready for 4/26, making money with craft +203gp Aerryl Nalladar (MindWandererB): Ready for 04/26/06; Free Activity Handle Animal Boraxx (Pittbull): not ready Perius (Ravashack): Ready for 4/26/06 -- Free Activity: GUARDING [C] Aranor Haerdonin (Sindorin): Ready for Myrridin's Campaign Starting 15 February, scribes 2x Invisibility Scrolls Ivangar the Exile (Turin): Ready for 4/26 (Free Activity: Guarding) Nexa (Usurpator): Tezca (Usurpator): [C] Denshi (Vathelokai): CAMPAIGNING: "Winds of Change" - Questlord=Erithmu - Cohort=Doyle(LLMadCow) Gaston Dar'ath (waywreth): ECL7 - Ready April 26, Making Money with Craft: Scribe [E] Archdevil Asran (Zevox) ECL 8 Rook Devange (Huan): Not Ready [C]Rayos Atess (Kaigan): Ready for Feb 15th, 2006 Karen Douglas (Lonewolf): ready for April 26, using Profession(Combat Trainer) for 202gp Kracknol (SauroGrenom): Ready for Arena April 26th. Making Money with Craft. Cyra Val (Stormwind): Ready for April 26th; Free activity Profession(Spymaster) Leif Goldeneye (Sunwolf): not ready; Leatherworking for 192gp Auburn (Vathelokai): Ready for Apr. 26 Arena {ECL 8}: Free - scribe scrolls (value=900gp ) ECL 9 Nell Leonne (Huan): ECL 9 - Ready for Arena 4/26/06 Virgo Arkazzan (King Uther): ready for January 18th EL9 QUest run by Telin Balbanes Ascended (King Uther): Ready March 15th to team with Samuel, I pay credits EL9 Morgan MacNiven (Myrridin): Ready for April 19 - Full Crafting Activity, see Sheet Lissa Longfellow (MysticMonk2005): Ready for CoCo:LGE 4/19 ECL 9 Barthleby (Pittbull): 26.April: Crafting periapt of wisdom+6 (week 3) Raskos the Jade Father (SauroGrenom): Start Crafting April 12th Telveran Trueblade (Sunwolf): Ready Apr 19; Guarding Sdentch (TheMagister): Ready for Apr 19th arena Saffron Brass (Vathelokai): Ready for Arena Apr. 26 {ecl 9}: Free - Guarding (Gee, I wonder who will fight who in this league ;) ) ECL 10 [Frozen] Archangel Ixenthor (Caterane): Ready for 26.APR; EL 10 Quest (Huan); Forgery Samuel Highground (Lonewolf): April 12; Full action going shopping Baelin the Shadow (Malither76): ready to MQ for guild money, Free activity, getting 11% discount on ring of blinking Va'ria Theladrais (Sindorin): Craft Boccob's Blessed Book Week 1/2 Edited to include ECL 10 folks who are actually doing something :) . Zevox
MindWandererB 04-26-06, 07:14 PM	Groan... only three active TLT members... we'll have to win all three fights if we want to meet our building goal this week. Of course, two of them were involved in a team battle that lasted up until the last minute, which is undoubtedly why they're not ready this week...maybe they'll get an extension?
Salrantol 04-26-06, 07:34 PM	Since we're listing active characters to facilitate pairings, I'll run up from the end and list the characters that have been added recently and haven't made the roster yet. Laffinger the Slight (Salrantol):Ready for April 26, 2006: Miniquest for dire bat ally [trapmaking] Captain Unasys (Greezer): Ready for 26-04-2006 Tivic Valcs (mattes): Ready for 26 - 4 (first fight!) all ECL 3 obviously
MindWandererB 04-26-06, 07:37 PM	I'll add those to the ECL 3 list, above. Tivic is already on the roster, though.
Book5 04-26-06, 09:06 PM	woah... manual override.
Turin 04-26-06, 09:44 PM	Not to make your lives more difficult, but I noticed that both Ivangar the Exile (Turin) and Karen Douglas (lonewolf) are listed in the wrong league. Ivangar made ECL7 and Karen made ECL8 after our recent quest.
Zevox 04-26-06, 09:53 PM	Not to make your lives more difficult, but I noticed that both Ivangar the Exile (Turin) and Karen Douglas (lonewolf) are listed in the wrong league. Ivangar made ECL7 and Karen made ECL8 after our recent quest. Blech... blame Pitlords for not moving them up to the appropriate leagues ;) . I'll edit them into the correct slots in my post. Zevox
Pitlords 04-27-06, 04:36 AM	It's 10:30 AM now and I have half an hour which is not enough to do pairings. I have a lot to do and won't come home till tomorow. There are now two ways: - Either we skip this week. The board overhaul on monday is a big problem anyway. - Or Sauro or Huan do the pairings. They know the password. Btw, we have to think about what we will do in the coming 2 weeks from 1-15 may. Maybe taking a break is the best idea. That gives our pitlords a rest, I can focus on to-do things, and we don't have to face the headache of reposting every single fight from 3 pairings, fixing all links, reupdating characters, prison, changes, blackmarket, and and and. What do you think?
Vathelokai 04-27-06, 04:54 AM	I'd like to see pairings this week, but I think a break might be good for everybody. Finals going on for many of us, and lots of hostility floating around. Quests and campaigns should still be allowed to go on (much easier to repost and fix).
Stormwind 04-27-06, 05:14 AM	It's 10:30 AM now and I have half an hour which is not enough to do pairings. I have a lot to do and won't come home till tomorow. There are now two ways: - Either we skip this week. The board overhaul on monday is a big problem anyway. - Or Sauro or Huan do the pairings. They know the password. Btw, we have to think about what we will do in the coming 2 weeks from 1-15 may. Maybe taking a break is the best idea. That gives our pitlords a rest, I can focus on to-do things, and we don't have to face the headache of reposting every single fight from 3 pairings, fixing all links, reupdating characters, prison, changes, blackmarket, and and and. What do you think? Given the problem from the 1-15 May, I would suggest the following: - No new fights - Old fights (that are on week 2+) should be run and completed before May 1 - Quests and Campaigns that are currently running may continue. The questlord or campaignlord is responsible for saving and reposting anything that occurs between the 1-15th. [Edit] - Crafting that is currently underway may continue. [End Edit] - No guild actions occur during this time, so as far as guild accounting is concerned, the weeks April 26, May 3 and May 10 do not exist. Any old fights or completed quests during this time are counted as part of the April 19 accounting for guilds. - We resume on May 17 as normal That should clear the pairings and mean that all is ready for when we continue. For those who want to do something with their characters during this time, how about the following: - You may run 'friendly combats' by finding a pitlord to run a spearate thread battle between you and someone else who wants to fight. These fights can be anything as long as both players and the pitlord agree. These fights do not count for anything. They are merely for amusement and will not generate experience or gold for the characters. The pitlord should create the thread for these fights with the following title 'Practice battle: Cha1 vs Cha2'
Vathelokai 04-27-06, 05:20 AM	Great idea, Stormwind.
lonewolf 04-27-06, 07:18 AM	I agree; Great Idea! having said that, my characters would be all available for such practice battles and I would also be willing to "pitlord" such fights.
DSugui 04-27-06, 07:36 AM	Just Practice, heh? This means, no expensable used will be really used, too? My characters are available to fight. And I can run some fights, too.
Turin 04-27-06, 08:04 AM	Stormwind's plan sounds like a good one to me. I'll be available to run one or two Practice Fights during this time as well. Maybe get Ivangar in on one, too, but I think my poor [Failure] Dr. Hexacious Pogboomer could use a break. :D
lonewolf 04-27-06, 08:48 AM	Ok if this seems to be generally acceptable I make a start: Kitty challenges Little Daisy for a practice fight. :fight!: Turin could you pitlord that one?
DSugui 04-27-06, 08:59 AM	Ok if this seems to be generally acceptable I make a start: Kitty challenges Little Daisy for a practice fight. :fight!: Turin could you pitlord that one? Should be interesting... I accept the challenge.
lonewolf 04-27-06, 09:13 AM	Should be interesting... I accept the challenge. Great. But since Turin is not online anymore, does anyone else volunteer to pitlord that one? I cannot promise any credits for that one(Cat would need to approve that), but I would promise to pitlord such fights myself.
Pittbull 04-27-06, 09:19 AM	Having no pairings is fine for me. So we can finished the whole bunch fights that are still discussed. Maybe we allow to craft items, go on quests or anything else during the break, just no pairrings. That'll help everbody to refresh and start again with full power.
Macbrea 04-27-06, 09:28 AM	Yeah, I am fine with that also. If we try and run stuff during that period that means anything we will end up with a bunch of lost threads. It really isn't worth it, I say allow the held over fight to be completed/edits til May 1st. That should allow the current quests finished up without feeling rushed. We can practice fights during that period using some of the proposed rules. Assuming Dracazar and Mal-2 are willing to implement the darkness code to the current maps I would be willing to run a team fight through a midnight madness match.
barrel_master 04-27-06, 09:30 AM	It's 10:30 AM now and I have half an hour which is not enough to do pairings. I have a lot to do and won't come home till tomorow. There are now two ways: - Either we skip this week. The board overhaul on monday is a big problem anyway. - Or Sauro or Huan do the pairings. They know the password. Btw, we have to think about what we will do in the coming 2 weeks from 1-15 may. Maybe taking a break is the best idea. That gives our pitlords a rest, I can focus on to-do things, and we don't have to face the headache of reposting every single fight from 3 pairings, fixing all links, reupdating characters, prison, changes, blackmarket, and and and. What do you think? I personaly think it's a fine time to do pairings... if you do them over the weekend it will give Pitloards 2 weeks (till we start again on the 17th) to do fights... that's ideal non?
Turin 04-27-06, 09:37 AM	Great. But since Turin is not online anymore, does anyone else volunteer to pitlord that one? I cannot promise any credits for that one(Cat would need to approve that), but I would promise to pitlord such fights myself.I tend to flit back on and off-line during the day (EST), because I'm at work. So, yes, I will volunteer to pitlord that one. What are the terms of battle? You guys want a regular arena battle or something different (preferably one of the maps on Drac's generator, although I'll manage if not)?
Mal-2 04-27-06, 09:37 AM	Assuming Dracazar and Mal-2 are willing to implement the darkness code to the current maps I would be willing to run a team fight through a midnight madness match. Hmm. I still have the darkness stuff I coded, but I never got any patches ready to give to Dracazar, mostly because I couldn't decide how to implement the options in the URL. Drac, are you interested in talking about the mapper sometime this week? It shouldn't take me long to finish up if we can decide on a syntax for light conditions and light sources.
lonewolf 04-27-06, 09:44 AM	I tend to flit back on and off-line during the day (EST), because I'm at work. So, yes, I will volunteer to pitlord that one. What are the terms of battle? You guys want a regular arena battle or something different (preferably one of the maps on Drac's generator, although I'll manage if not)? I would use the standart arena terms, but I am open to suggestions from Dsugui.
Pittbull 04-27-06, 09:49 AM	I would use the standart arena terms, but I am open to suggestions from Dsugui. Lonewolf, please don't forget, Kitty's last fight isn't over yet. I think Mitza wants to do a rerun.
DSugui 04-27-06, 09:54 AM	I would use the standart arena terms, but I am open to suggestions from Dsugui. Standart arena is fine. With such mobile characters it would be dificult to fight anywhere else...
lonewolf 04-27-06, 10:42 AM	Lonewolf, please don't forget, Kitty's last fight isn't over yet. I think Mitza wants to do a rerun. Since this is a practice fight only, it doesnt matter either way.
Stormwind 04-27-06, 10:42 AM	@Lonewolf: If we are doing practice fights then Cyra challenges Samuel (assume that he is back from his shopping trip). I really want Cyra to fight a ghost because they are probably one of the most difficult opponents for her. If you prefer a more even fight I can create a version of Cyra as a level 10 character just for this fight or perhaps someone else would like to join in. I am not overly worried about an uneven fight, I am curious as to what Cyra's weakness are.
SoulLord 04-27-06, 10:43 AM	I agree let's do the pairings and have the whole time to make them just a note Upkeep for guilds should be levied since there will be no new fights to take care of it.
lonewolf 04-27-06, 10:51 AM	@Lonewolf: If we are doing practice fights then Cyra challenges Samuel (assume that he is back from his shopping trip). I really want Cyra to fight a ghost because they are probably one of the most difficult opponents for her. If you prefer a more even fight I can create a version of Cyra as a level 10 character just for this fight or perhaps someone else would like to join in. I am not overly worried about an uneven fight, I am curious as to what Cyra's weakness are. hehe Samuel accepts the inner guild challenge. Technically he is still shopping, but since those practice fights are completely off the grid, I see no reason why this shouldnt be allowed. And of course I agree that it would be more interesting if he fights a ECL10 version of Cyra. Maybe Dsugui could pitlord this?
Book5 04-27-06, 11:09 AM	Hey, I need practice! 2x2? Can I get four gladiators? I didnt even get to use the map last week! :(
DSugui 04-27-06, 12:35 PM	hehe Samuel accepts the inner guild challenge. Technically he is still shopping, but since those practice fights are completely off the grid, I see no reason why this shouldnt be allowed. And of course I agree that it would be more interesting if he fights a ECL10 version of Cyra. Maybe Dsugui could pitlord this? Yeah, that would be fun. But I won't have time until the weekend, so make any preparations needed and let me know when you're ready.
Traevanon 04-27-06, 12:45 PM	As Book5 suggested, perhaps since these matches dont count and I havent Pitlorded before (and only just started in the CoCo), you would allow me to Pitlord a (as in one) practice match? Tan vs Ba'al was suggested. I'm sure I'll have questions at the end, particularly about the various options in the Map program. Anyhow, let me know... or just send tactics if you prefer. Please include the appropriate location to post the results. Thanks = ) Edit: Heh, I just got home from work and found out that Tan and Ba'al are both Book5's. I guess I could run that, but I think it would be more instructive if I had to follow the tactics of two opponents who are different people. ;)
Zevox 04-27-06, 12:47 PM	No pairings eh? Drat, and here I just got out of school and was looking forward to doing more around here :P . Just a note though, this means also that the current guild cease-fire on operations needs to be pushed back by the appropriate number of weeks - so rather than beggining June 14th, they would begin July 5th. Anyway, since we have held-over fights to do, can anyone take the held-over Archdevil Asran vs Uilo, since StoneTree is MIA? I would, but for obvious reasons I'm not allowed to. ;) As for the practice matches, I'd be up for fighting in a few or maybe even pitlording some. Any of my characters would take just about any equal-ECL challenge (except Asran vs the Harvester - I think the will-be Archdevil has had enough of fighting Demigods for a while :P ). Maybe Pogboomer could try taking on my only two ECL 4 characters he hasn't fought, Featylec and Istima? ;) Zevox
Sindorin 04-27-06, 01:38 PM	I have a hymn to arrange this weekend at some point but I can probably take the Asran vs. Uilo fight for the sake of it not being held over for a month. Note that if I do that I would probably hold off on posting it until after the boards flush. Also, Cat, can there be some kind of post for our crafting for this week and any other weeks that we don't pair up for so that we have something to link? That would be great, thanks. That is, if there are to be no pairings this week or next.
MitzaVolchenko 04-27-06, 02:33 PM	I will run my team fight in full edit mode on either Friday or Saturday. As for practice bouts, that sounds like fun...challenges with no credits lost. If we do get proper pairings done before deadline, I am all for that as well. With two weeks to get them right, and only the need to store the final posts for re-posting, that works. Remember that we don't really need to store the discussion threads, just the fights for linking purposes. Quests are also not too tricky to store and repost. Either way, we need a final call on what we are doing from the GM.
MindWandererB 04-27-06, 03:15 PM	I can also pitlord demonstration matches. For the sake of convenience, can anyone who accepts a challenge match make it obvious in their post, so that a pitlord can spot it and know to pick it up? As for myself, I would like to propose an inter-league team challenge match between Sunstroke and another member of PSI (or two), versus one or two (or three!) members of the EYE. I am planning to have Sunstroke leave the former and join the latter, and I would like an RP battle to put that into context. So a nice, evil PSI member to be nasty to the EYEs would be nice. ECLs don't have to be equal--this doesn't have to be a fair fight, and we need to beta-test inter-league balance anyway. I would still like Zero's WAR membership quest to be run, and Aerryl is also available for challenges if anyone wants (anyone from WAR want to test her out? I know you want to). A 2-week hiatus would also give us time to work on other things. Guildlords can audit their finances and such, and make long-term plans for construction and guild actions. All of us can work on our short story submissions. Uther can work on the World of Gladius project, NiQil can work on the new character sheet, etc. And honestly, I have very little faith that we could go on with business as usual and re-post the fights after the update. Someone will screw it up, I'm sure. And I sure wouldn't want to be the poor person who lost a winning FFA.
Zevox 04-27-06, 03:23 PM	I would still like Zero's WAR membership quest to be run, and Aerryl is also available for challenges if anyone wants (anyone from WAR want to test her out? I know you want to). Eh, MWB, you do realize that the suggestion I made to WAR that attacking TLT may be a good idea has never gone any further than the "suggestion" phase, right? NiQil/Guildmaster hasn't said a thing about it - ever. I have a hymn to arrange this weekend at some point but I can probably take the Asran vs. Uilo fight for the sake of it not being held over for a month. Note that if I do that I would probably hold off on posting it until after the boards flush. Well, 'twould probably be best if you did post beforehand as well, just so we can make sure theres no bugs that need working out (and so we can know the outcome without waiting 3 weeks :P ), but otherwise great, thanks for taking it. I'll send Asran's tactics momentarily. Zevox
Salrantol 04-27-06, 04:58 PM	Something that I thought of that might be fun is to activate the frozen EL10 league during the board interim. However, here's my suggestion: 1) On May 2, early AM local time (CDT), I start a thread: EL10 Tourney Characters. To this, anyone who wishes to create an EL10 character (to last only until May 14) can post one here. Anyone who has an active EL10 character can post that character and a new character. 2) On May 3, I pair all who posted randomly against another. Anyone who can pitlord then signs up to pitlord individual fights until all are done and posted ASAP. At that point, the winners are all randomly reassigned opponents from the winners. 3) Repeat until there is a victor. Maybe some small prize, like a credit or something? Anyone like that idea? I think it'd be a fun diversion.
lonewolf 04-27-06, 06:36 PM	As for myself, I would like to propose an inter-league team challenge match between Sunstroke and another member of PSI (or two), versus one or two (or three!) members of the EYE. I am planning to have Sunstroke leave the former and join the latter, and I would like an RP battle to put that into context. So a nice, evil PSI member to be nasty to the EYEs would be nice. ECLs don't have to be equal--this doesn't have to be a fair fight, and we need to beta-test inter-league balance anyway. Karen could do this if you want. She hates EYE anyway and wants to eradicate that weak guild ASAP. ;)
MindWandererB 04-27-06, 07:08 PM	@Salrantol: I don't think there will be time for that. Even if the pitlords bust their butts to get three rounds done in two weeks, that's only enough time to determine a winner among four characters. @lonewolf: I was kind of hoping you'd have Karen volunteer. She's not evil, but she can be brutal to the EYE members. So that's an ECL 5 and an ECL 8. Any takers from EYE? We can pull this out in a number of directions RP-wise.
Guildmaster (WAR) 04-27-06, 07:17 PM	I would still like Zero's WAR membership quest to be run, and Aerryl is also available for challenges if anyone wants (anyone from WAR want to test her out? I know you want to). I wanted to echo Zevox's comments here....WAR has not expressed any official interest in any hostilities towards anyone as of yet....so the paranoia of TLT in this regard is somewhat amusing LOL. We are neutral for the time being, with a friendly nod to our counterparts over at TAO, with whom we have proven useful to one another in the past. That being said, The Four Horseman are more than willing to accept all challenges...be it from others at ECL 5 in singles or team competition, or an even ECL challenge from multiple parties.
Erithmu 04-27-06, 07:30 PM	Yea sure ... Sola's in ... although I'm working on papers and midterms here at school it would provide some much needed sanity.
MindWandererB 04-27-06, 07:54 PM	@WAR: Good to hear...although I suspect that an announcement of official intent will involve troops knocking at our doorstep. But we'd really rather remain neutral, too--the TLT's mandatory alignment requirement makes me think of TLT as the official neutral ground. I'd rather not get involved between CEF and EHTC, or between PSI and EYE--to interfere in these conflicts would be to disrupt balance. Although, to that end, we might be convinced to aid an underdog... or, more likely, to serve as conflict mediators. @EYE: So that makes an ECL 8 and an ECL 5 vs. an ECL 7 so far. Too bad EYE has no ECL 6's to round it out. It looks like Ba'al, Saffron, Kendal, and maybe Sir Doyle are the only other active EYEs left--I think either Saffron or Doyle would make for the fairest fight (I don't think Ba'al and Kendal put together would cut it, sorry!). Vath, LLMC, are either of you interested?
Ariel23 04-28-06, 12:24 AM	LEVEL 3 FIGHTS Huginn Muninn (Azarias) vs. Jam Master Jay (Greezer) : Ariel23 [Week 2] What am I supposed to do with this fight? This fight is not late.# Ariel23 (6°) <zero> [Late:1/4] I posted in the FotW thread (http://boards1.wizards.com/showpost.php?p=9011363&postcount=162) but got no response from Pitlords. You can deduct 1 credit each week to infinity (but please don't ;) ) but it will not make me able to run this fight. I suppose since Caterane is back, I can PM now. For the lazy, see this quote from Jay's ECL 3 quest to acquire a Howler (http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=613128) (yes, a Howler). You need to list the online rolls for this quest. Also, three goblins are EL 1, not 3. An EL 3 encounter with goblins requires 7-9 of them. Please check DMG, p49 for appropriate encounters. I know Uther used goblins but he either had an additional enemy in the back or gave the goblins one extra level each. Don't forget to equip them properly (DMG p127). This needs to be corrected before this quest can be accepted. If you haven't used an online roller for the rolls above, use the name Jay for the rerun (that's what Uther used above). Thanks
King Uther 04-28-06, 12:37 AM	Well, it looks like came back at the worst possible time. I guess it'll give me some time to work on the World of Gladius. If any of you need me to Pitlord a held-over fight, let me know. As for anything else, I would like to take the time to plan for the future. The storylines permeating throughout should be about to rise to the surface. We should be coming back on May 17th, so I want to see what everyone thinks about the following story ideas(that are naturally coming anyways): June 7th: The Githyanki finally open the planar gate and invade Gladius! That week everyone pairs up to fight a team of Githyankis, with the EL determining where the battle takes place. It shouldn't be hard to build EL3-10 Gith teams to challenge everyone. June 14th or 21st: Campaign(s) designed to explore the continent of Gladius. The idea would be to take an uncharted part of the map and have the PCs stay around there, exploring the different locales for a good story reason. I would enter all of the areas into the map for you so they come up little by little. June 28th or July 5th: Gladius holds its first Battle Royale(EL10 style). Winner receives custom avatar. July 12th or 19th: Massive campaign to defeat the Gith leader. EL10 minimum. This will be a challenge campaign to those who think they can truly take on some extremely hard battles. ........................................ ........................................ ......................... In addition, I would like to take this chance of a break to craft the storyline as-is of Gladius, that new people would know what has happened, and those who were a part of it can relive the experiences, as well as look to the future. There is a rich and bold story taking place, and it truly will not be fully realized for another 6 months at least, if not a year. By the time all of the twists come into play, I would like it if everyone active had a chance to fight for the future of life in Othala. To do this, I have a few ideas: 1. Everyone has a Franchise character. 1 character that is the main one to be involved in the story. 1 character to later be a legend or a tombstone, either way in the annals of Gladius. It's simpler this way. 2. I create a separate characters thread, where the only thing linked is a characters story, brief history, etc... I think this would be a great way to enrich the roleplay of the world itself. To make sure it isn't too much work I might make it the same way as the graveyard, only EL7+ allowed. I want to see what people think first. 3. A more communicative dealing with those who run quests/campaigns. It would be awesome if we all worked together more to pull in story influences that however insignificant could later prove very meaningful. All of these are suggestions, but know I have a deep love for D&D and the world we play in, and I seek to make this a well-storied place for people to play, where we exist as a true community, both in game and out.
Vathelokai 04-28-06, 04:37 AM	Vath, LLMC, are either of you interested?Doyle is off on a campaign; but since this is virtual.... Saffron is willing, though she is a bit week for her ECL, and tends to do miniscule damage for many rounds. But she would love to.
TheMagister 04-28-06, 07:34 AM	I'd like to issue a wide-open challenge: Sdentch + any decent cleric vs. any other team willing to die against them. THAT's something I've always wanted to see. TM
Pitlords 04-28-06, 07:43 AM	After having discussed the state of the boards during the upgrade time with others, it seems there's an agreement that we should not do pairings during this time. It's too much of a hassle and will surely result in missing fights and posts. We can still make use of that time, and use the board reset to our advantage. During May 1 to 15, you can fight or quest or whatever for free albeit no credits will be given out either. Challenge others, make insane multiplayer fights, test the three new maps I just posted in the Random Arenas thread, and so on. You can open new threads during that time as you see fit. It goes without saying that you don't post in any thread where your posts don't belong to, reset or not. Still, I encourage Pitlords to rather take a rest than to run these fun fights. Wednesday May 19 will be the restart date. During May 1-15, every vital function is basically closed. Blackmarket, Changes, new Characters, etc cannot be accepted during that time. If you want to have something changed you must send me a PM before May 1. It would also be great if the held over fights could be done before that time.
Salrantol 04-28-06, 08:04 AM	Wednesday May 19 will be the restart date. May 19 is a Friday. Do you mean May 17?
Vathelokai 04-28-06, 08:20 AM	Quick! Somebody send me a held over fight! Who is doing which one now? Rinzwind (Anaconda) miniquests for a very young white dragon: lonewolf [Miniquest] [Week 2] Micah Ashald (DarthVegan) vs. Ten Vermond (Soullord) : MysticMonk2005 [Week 2] Zwei (MitzaVolchenko) vs Hassan Sabbath (Vathelokai) : Abyssal Stalker [Week 2] {This is settled, correct?} White Hand (TheMagister) vs. Sliver (MitzaVolchenko) vs. Loquan (waywreth) : Turin Usurpator [All vs All] [Week 2] Archdevil Asran (Zevox) vs. Uilo (Dracazar) : StoneTree [Week 2] *EDIT* AK! I've been eaten by the board maintinence monsters (su) time out ability!
waywreth 04-28-06, 08:46 AM	Quick! Somebody send me a held over fight! Who is doing which one now? White Hand (TheMagister) vs. Sliver (MitzaVolchenko) vs. Loquan (waywreth) :Usurpator [All vs All] [Week 2] *EDIT* AK! I've been eaten by the board maintinence monsters (su) time out ability! That fight is about half done, but Usurpator hasn't quite finished it yet. I'm really hoping he gets it done by May 1st.
Turin 04-28-06, 09:16 AM	Standart arena is fine. With such mobile characters it would be dificult to fight anywhere else... Okay, Little Daisy (DSugui) vs Kitty (lonewolf) will start on May 1st (I'll make the setup post Sunday morning, EST). If you want to send me tactics, that's fine. I'm also open to running the fight as a round-by-round if you're interested. SauroG and Vath seemed to enjoy that last week. @ Any and all interested parties: while Hexacious needs a definite break to tend to his broccoli experiments, I'm up for an open challenge with Ivangar the Exile against anyone who's interested in trying your hand against a fairly mobile grappling beast. It looks like I posted too late to get in on the PSI vs EYE team fight, but if someone has another team fight they'd be interested in pairing up for, that would be fun too!
Usurpator 04-28-06, 09:23 AM	That fight is about half done, but Usurpator hasn't quite finished it yet. I'm really hoping he gets it done by May 1st. I have time again tonight.
Pitlords 04-28-06, 09:26 AM	May 19 is a Friday. Do you mean May 17? yep
DSugui 04-28-06, 09:28 AM	Okay, Little Daisy (DSugui) vs Kitty (lonewolf) will start on May 1st (I'll make the setup post Sunday morning, EST). If you want to send me tactics, that's fine. I'm also open to running the fight as a round-by-round if you're interested. SauroG and Vath seemed to enjoy that last week. @ Any and all interested parties: while Hexacious needs a definite break to tend to his broccoli experiments, I'm up for an open challenge with Ivangar the Exile against anyone who's interested in trying your hand against a fairly mobile grappling beast. It looks like I posted too late to get in on the PSI vs EYE team fight, but if someone has another team fight they'd be interested in pairing up for, that would be fun too! I'm not sure if lonewolf wants it to be a separate thread or a regular fight. Either way is fine by me. And how about Ivangar and Dronnar vs some team from another guild?
Pittbull 04-28-06, 09:28 AM	@Pitlords: Great Master, are we allowed to craft or finish our crafting during this time?
lonewolf 04-28-06, 09:32 AM	Okay, Little Daisy (DSugui) vs Kitty (lonewolf) will start on May 1st (I'll make the setup post Sunday morning, EST). If you want to send me tactics, that's fine. I'm also open to running the fight as a round-by-round if you're interested. SauroG and Vath seemed to enjoy that last week. I would prefere round-by-round. That leads to far less problems and I think its also more fun if there is enough time, and we do have more than 2 weeks, so this shouldnt be a problem.
Pitlords 04-28-06, 09:34 AM	@Pitlords: Great Master, are we allowed to craft or finish our crafting during this time? No, sorry. The CoCo is effectively frozen.
Turin 04-28-06, 09:35 AM	I'm not sure if lonewolf wants it to be a separate thread or a regular fight. Either way is fine by me. And how about Ivangar and Dronnar vs some team from another guild?Sounds like a good team to me. How about it? Does any guild dare to pit their gladiators against this pair of ECL6 and ECL7 psionically-enhanced brutes? And a round-by-round for Daisy vs Kitty it is! (What a silly-sounding fight title! :D )
DSugui 04-28-06, 09:41 AM	And a round-by-round for Daisy vs Kitty it is! (What a silly-sounding fight title! :D ) LOL :rofl:
TheMagister 04-28-06, 09:53 AM	Sounds like a good team to me. How about it? Does any guild dare to pit their gladiators against this pair of ECL6 and ECL7 psionically-enhanced brutes? And a round-by-round for Daisy vs Kitty it is! (What a silly-sounding fight title! :D ) Sdentch is up for some blood. She's a relatively weak EL9. How about you two vs. her (she's got the bag of tricks to even things out). Maybe she'll hire the cleric merc to help. Hey, it's all virtual, right? Will you accept that challenge? Edit: and I'd like to try a round-by-round as well. TM
Turin 04-28-06, 11:42 AM	Sdentch is up for some blood. She's a relatively weak EL9. How about you two vs. her (she's got the bag of tricks to even things out). Maybe she'll hire the cleric merc to help. Hey, it's all virtual, right? Will you accept that challenge? Edit: and I'd like to try a round-by-round as well. Hm... Sdentch (ECL9) + Hauber Bulwark (ECL4 merc) vs Dronnar (ECL6) + Ivangar (ECL7)? Sounds like a very tough fight for us, but it could be fun to see if we can pull it off. DSugui, what do you think? And is there a pitlord willing to take on this challenge?
Abyssal Stalker 04-28-06, 11:47 AM	Hey, I need practice! 2x2? Can I get four gladiators? I didnt even get to use the map last week! :( Jonathon [ECL5] and Manzarf [ECL6] are free for a team-match! Opponents?
Ariel23 04-28-06, 11:57 AM	June 7th: The Githyanki finally open the planar gate and invade Gladius! That week everyone pairs up to fight a team of Githyankis, with the EL determining where the battle takes place. It shouldn't be hard to build EL3-10 Gith teams to challenge everyone. June 14th or 21st: Campaign(s) designed to explore the continent of Gladius. The idea would be to take an uncharted part of the map and have the PCs stay around there, exploring the different locales for a good story reason. I would enter all of the areas into the map for you so they come up little by little. July 12th or 19th: Massive campaign to defeat the Gith leader. EL10 minimum. This will be a challenge campaign to those who think they can truly take on some extremely hard battles. There is a rich and bold story taking place, and it truly will not be fully realized for another 6 months at least, if not a year. By the time all of the twists come into play, I would like it if everyone active had a chance to fight for the future of life in Othala. To do this, I have a few ideas: 1. Everyone has a Franchise character. 1 character that is the main one to be involved in the story. 1 character to later be a legend or a tombstone, either way in the annals of Gladius. It's simpler this way.I like basically all of your ideas, and in particular the ones highlighted above. I'm surprised Sindorin (Saendithas (http://boards1.wizards.com/showpost.php?p=8905526)) didn't immediately jump on board. You might want to start a "Campaign Ideas" thread or something to that effect. Reserve the first few posts and you can put up points of discussion, decisions, polls, links, etc, as needed.
Erithmu 04-28-06, 12:01 PM	Team PSI (Karen[ECL8] & Sunstroke[ECL5]) vs Team EYE (Sola[ECL7] & Saffron[ECL9]) All we need is a neutral party. (Pitlord) In other opinions: I would love to see Team Cat (Ix, Indri, Mer, Uyle) take on team Pitbull (Laph, Hagrid, Wil, Barth) It would be messy, but an interesting fight, or maybe just a 2v2 @Stalker: Ill take your to chars with my other two .. Ignatius [ECL6] and Loddick [ECL5]
DSugui 04-28-06, 12:33 PM	Hm... Sdentch (ECL9) + Hauber Bulwark (ECL4 merc) vs Dronnar (ECL6) + Ivangar (ECL7)? Sounds like a very tough fight for us, but it could be fun to see if we can pull it off. DSugui, what do you think? And is there a pitlord willing to take on this challenge? I'm on it. It's a good test for us.
Pittbull 04-28-06, 12:37 PM	In other opinions: I would love to see Team Cat (Ix, Indri, Mer, Uyle) take on team Pitbull (Laph, Hagrid, Wil, Barth) It would be messy, but an interesting fight, or maybe just a 2v2 That would be really a mess. Have you realized, how many allies Cat's characters have alltogether? But it's nice idea, sadly I won't have the time to set my characters ready for that. My chances for a win are will be pretty low too. In over two years of member I've victorious only two times against Cat. :weep: Until now, I found my master in himself. :rolleyes: ---------------------------------------------------------- On another topic: I like King's suggestion and I'm really looking forward to hack some Giths. BTW, nice to have you back. About having a franchise-character: That's pretty cool too, but a tough decission who it shall be, perhaps Laph, if he isn't too busy to care for the Keyholder :D.
Abyssal Stalker 04-28-06, 01:02 PM	@Stalker: Ill take your to chars with my other two .. Ignatius [ECL6] and Loddick [ECL5] Sounds fine by me - now we need only Book5's approval!
SoulLord 04-28-06, 01:03 PM	here's all you need for this late fight Vath. I'm realy realy sorry. I know its my fault for putting them off for so long, but I can't finish Micah Vs Ten with my eyes still bothering me some and school tomarow. Blame SquareEnix for making Kingdom Hearts 2 for the procrastination... Tactics for Micah (DarthVegan) vs Ten (Soullord) Hello MysticMonk2005, thanks for pitlording this fight. Begin fight in front part of starting box, mounted with lance in one hand and shield in other. Start moving around the outside of arena, and try to spot (or listen for) opponent. Once LOS is gained, attempt a charge if at all possible. If not, stow lance, equip longsword, and close for melee. Of course, if an opportunity arises that a charging lane opens to Ten, take it; equipping the lance on the move. If Ten tries to evade melee and use ranged attacks, do not chase him. Find cover if possible and return fire. Notes Ten nor I receive +1 bonus to attack for being mounted, if we both are. Use mount for cover against ranged attacks. Try to negate attacks on Fleabiscuit by using Mounted Combat feat. If Fleabiscuit is reduced to less than 10 hp, dismount, move horse away from combat. Close Micah in for melee (longsword) on foot via running. If he cannot get close enough for melee, switch to longbow. If Fleabiscuit is felled, drop lance and equip longsword. Close for melee. If Micah is reduced to less than 12 hp, Withdraw to unthreatened square if possible, and quaff CLW potion. Try to avoid AoO. Thanks, DarthVegan Hi there thanks for taking and running the fight. StrategyTake the horse out and then kill my foe at rangedcombat. 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Erithmu 04-28-06, 01:10 PM	Sounds fine by me - now we need only Book5's approval! Conditions of engagement? Teams start in same squares, teams start in random squares, everyone starts in a different square? Teams act on same init (to cause less confusion, with higher init modifiery dictating who goes first?) Any other terms: since this is a fun fight. @Pitbull: Laph vs Ix and Hagrid vs Ulye right?
Pittbull 04-28-06, 01:26 PM	Any other terms: since this is a fun fight. @Pitbull: Laph vs Ix and Hagrid vs Ulye right? Yeah, but then it's three times, Angosh vs Prof. Vandaeris Dre'Dandrahl at level18.
TheMagister 04-28-06, 01:58 PM	Hm... Sdentch (ECL9) + Hauber Bulwark (ECL4 merc) vs Dronnar (ECL6) + Ivangar (ECL7)? Sounds like a very tough fight for us, but it could be fun to see if we can pull it off. DSugui, what do you think? And is there a pitlord willing to take on this challenge? Oh, we SO need a pitlord for this. Somebody please step up to moderate! TM
Abyssal Stalker 04-28-06, 02:08 PM	Conditions of engagement? Teams start in same squares, teams start in random squares, everyone starts in a different square? Teams act on same init (to cause less confusion, with higher init modifiery dictating who goes first?) Any other terms: since this is a fun fight. Separate thread or a traditional fight with pre-made tactics? I would be interested on a separate thread fight with for example tactics for two-three rounds at a time. Using round-by-round tactics might make it quite heavy. My suggestions: -Teams start in the same squares -Normal initiative order (I'm also fine with a team-initiative) -The Great Hall map -No 1/3rd rule -No editing after this post! Anything else? Feel free to make your own suggestions!
Zevox 04-28-06, 02:14 PM	@ Vath - Sindorin has volunteered to take Asran vs Uilo, so you can cross that one off the list (speaking of which, has Dracazar seen that and sent in his tactics? I know I've seen him on here a couple of times, but he never acknowledged Sin's offer here). @ NiQil - How about one of your Dwarf tanks takes on Sir Alboreth? The Maenad Paladin needs a warm-up to see how he stands at his newly reached ECL 5, and hes a bit similar to your four, so it could be an interesting one :) . I'm up for a regular match or a seperate thread, whichever you'd prefer; we'd just need a pitlord. @ Anyone - Eraca Moralta is up for a fight with anyone in the ECL 4 league (or maybe the ECL 5 league if no one from ECL 4 is interested). Shes the only one of my characters whos undefeated (4-0), so I'd like to see if thats just been flukes or if shes honestly good. Again, regular or seperate thread is okay by me. Zevox
Erithmu 04-28-06, 02:20 PM	Separate thread or a traditional fight with pre-made tactics? I would be interested on a separate thread fight with for example tactics for two-three rounds at a time. Using round-by-round tactics might make it quite heavy. My suggestions: -Teams start in the same squares -Normal initiative order (I'm also fine with a team-initiative) -The Great Hall map -No 1/3rd rule -No editing after this post! Anything else? Feel free to make your own suggestions! No 1/3 rule I can deal with as well. (Although I think that is a mistake on your part) No editing: done with one minor exception: I am technically waiting for Loddicks fight from the 19th to be cleaned up, he will not make any major purchaces, but might reload arrows depending on how many get used. Seperate thread and Great hall is fine by me. The reason I stated team order was to make it easier to do round by round posting, of course after readied actions it all goes down hill. We can do 3 rnds when needed ... that is fine by me.
Caterane 04-28-06, 02:29 PM	@Pitbull: Laph vs Ix and Hagrid vs Ulye right? Well, Ix hovered at 70ft for 60 rounds (doing nothing) when the only way Laph could kill him was falling damage, and Uhme vs Hagrid was more or less a one-round-kill so these fights are bad examples. A much better example for Pittbull's tactic expertise is the last fight of the Professor vs Angosh which Angosh won with a brilliant tactic and at a time when wizards were allowed to cast their full allotment of spells (no 1/3 rule). That was really impressive. Pittbull is one of the most dangerous players here. I am always nervous when fighting his characters.
Abyssal Stalker 04-28-06, 02:46 PM	No 1/3 rule I can deal with as well. (Although I think that is a mistake on your part) No editing: done with one minor exception: I am technically waiting for Loddicks fight from the 19th to be cleaned up, he will not make any major purchaces, but might reload arrows depending on how many get used. Seperate thread and Great hall is fine by me. The reason I stated team order was to make it easier to do round by round posting, of course after readied actions it all goes down hill. We can do 3 rnds when needed ... that is fine by me.Might be, you've got those nasty psionic monstrous thingies.. But once said, it can never be taken back. Feel free to edit Loddick, I trust you don't do anything dirty. I just wanted to avoid the situation where we both rush to edit our characters so that they are at their best against each others! Book5, are you still into this?
Stormwind 04-28-06, 03:29 PM	@lonewolf, DSugui: I have created a level 10 version of Cyra for the practice fight with Samuel. Unfortunately this weekend is going to be very hectic for me so it is unlikely that I will be able to post until Monday. I definitely would like to try a separate thread fight, with a round by round style if that's fine with both of you. If you both prefer I can send in tactics instead. Cyra Val A well honed mind is both exquisite, and deadly. http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/moe_gallery/91470.jpg Founding member of the Psi Consortium [Guild tax: 10%] Free activity [Spying for 200gp] Female Xeph Chaotic Neutral Soulknife 10, ECL 10 Experience: 47000 XP Age: 19 Height: 4'6" Weight: 79lbs Deity: Flarlanghn STR...10 [--]...(4 pts) [12, -2 racial] DEX...22 [+6]...(16 pts) [18, +2 racial, +2 level] CON...10 [--]...(2 pts) INT....12 [+1]...(4 pts) WIS...16 [+3]...(10 pts) CHA...08 [-1]...(0 pts) Hit Points: 59 [10+9x5.5] AC 24 [+6 dex, +5 armor, +3 shield], Touch 16, Flat 18 [+5 mithril chain, +3 mithril heavy shield] Initiative: +6 [+6 dex] BAB/Grap: +7/+7 [+7 bab, +0 str] Speed 30 [+30 Burst, +10 Speed of thought] Saves: Fort +3 [3 soulknife +0 con] Refl +13 [7 soulknife +6 dex] Will +10 [7 soulknife +3 wis] [+1 racial bonus on saves vs. powers, spells, spell-like effects] Attacks: Mind blade (Short sword) +11/+6 melee, 1d6+2, 19-20/x2 Mind blade (Long sword) +11/+6 melee, 1d8+2, 19-20/x2 Mind blade (Bastard sword) +11/+6 melee, 1d10+2, 19-20/x2 [+0 Str, +7 BAB, +2 Greater Weapon focus, +2 Mindblade] Mind blade (Short sword) +17 ranged, 1d6+2, 19-20/x2, 60ft range Mind blade (Long sword) +17 ranged, 1d8+2, 19-20/x2, 60ft range Mind blade (Bastard sword) +17 ranged, 1d10+2, 19-20/x2, 60ft range [+6 Dex, +7 BAB, +2 Greater Weapon focus, +2 Mindblade] Light crossbow +14 ranged, 1d8, 19-20/x2, 120ft range [+6 Dex, +7 BAB, +1 Deep cyrstal light crossbow] Bag of flour +13 ranged touch, special, 20ft range [+6 Dex, +7 BAB] Tanglefoot bag +13 ranged touch, special, 20ft range [Entangled (-2 attack, -4 Dex penalty); Reflex vs DC15 or unable to move, half movement on successful save] [+6 Dex, +7 BAB] Thunderstone +13 ranged vs AC5 square, special, 40ft range [All within 10ft radius make Fortitude vs DC15 or deafened for 1 hour; Deafened (-4 initiative, 20% miscast)] [+6 Dex, +7 BAB] Combat modifiers: Psychic strike: +2d8 damage Point blank shot: +1 hit/damage within 30ft Greater psionic shot: +4d6 damage Invisible: +2 hit; target loses dexterity to AC Deep cyrstal: +2d6 damage Feats: Point Blank Shot [1st lvl]: +1 hit/damage within 30ft Far Shot [3rd lvl]: doubles range increment of thrown weapons, one and a half times range increment of missile weapons Psionic shot [6th lvl]: ranged attack does +2d6 damage, expends psionic focus Greater psionic shot [9th lvl]: ranged attack does +4d6 damage, expends psionic focus Racial Abilities: Ability adjustments: -2 Str, +2 Dex Darkvision 60ft. +1 racial bonus on saves vs. powers, spells, spell-like effects Naturally psionic: +1 bonus power point Burst (Su): 3/day, +30 speed, 3 rounds Languages: Common, Xeph Bonus languages: Draconic, Elven, Gnoll, Goblin, Halfling, Sylvan Favoured class: Soulknife Class Abilities: Mind Blade: create pyschic blade, shortsword, move action, +2 weapon Weapon Focus (Mind Blade): +1 attack Wild Talent: psionic character, +2 power points Throw Mind Blade: blade dissipates after action Psychic Strike: +2d8, latent until hits target, affects living, non-mindless Free Draw: materialize blade as free action Shape Mind Blade: Shape blade into a longsword or bastard sword as a fullround action Mind Blade Enhancement: may set a +2 enhancement on blade Speed of thought: While psionically focused and not wearing heavy armor, gain a +10 insight bonus to speed Greater weapon Focus (Mind Blade): +1 attack; stacks with bonus from weapon focus Bladewind: As a full attack the mindblade fragments allowing a single melee attack at full BAB against every opponent within reach. Skills (65 Points Soulknife): -- Autohypnosis [0 rnks, +3 Wis, +2 synergy] +8 Balance [0 rnks, +6 Dex, +2 synergy] +0 Climb [0 rnks, +0 Str] +10 Concentration [10 rnks, +0 Con] [10 soulknife] +21 Hide [10 rnks, +6 Dex, +5 competence(cloak)] [10 soulknife] +2 Jump [0 rnks, +0 Str, +2 synergy] -- Knowledge (psionics) [0 rnks, +1 Int] +13 Listen [10 rnks, +3 Wis] [10 soulknife] +16 Move Silently [10 rnks, +6 Dex] [10 soulknife] +15 Profession (Spymaster) [10 rnks, +3 Wis, +2 circumstance(tools)] [10 soulknife] (200gp free activity) +18 Spot [10 rnks, +3 Wis, +5 competence(eyes)] [10 soulknife] +11 Tumble [5 rnks, +6 Dex] [5 soulknife] Speaks Common, Xeph, and Sylvan Powers Known: [None] [ML 10] [Power Points: 3; Use: 1] Buffs and Prefight actions: - Psychic strike - Psionic focus [Concentration vs. DC20, take 20] [unlimited duration, until expended, unconcious, or asleep] - Light crossbow loaded [unlimited duration, until expended or unloaded] - Psionic tattoos identified - Mindblade shaped (longsword) [unlimited duration] - Mindblade enhancement (Suppression) [unlimited duration] [b][u]Total value of Equipment of Cyra (level 8): 27551gp 3sp Total gold of new character (level 8): 28000gp Total gold of new character (level 10): 51000gp Additional gold (level 10 - level 8): 23000gp Equipment (Weight: 30lbs; Value: 46060gp) Explorer's outfit Mithril shirt +1 [10 lbs][2100gp] Mithril heavy shield +1, Arrow deflection, Heartening (DC20 reflex 1/round to deflect ranged weapon; +5 temporary hp/day as immediate action)[5 lbs][10740gp] Eyes of the eagle (+5 competence bonus to spot)[- lbs][2500gp] Ring of feather fall (activated after 5ft fall)[- lbs][2200gp] Ring of invisibility (invisibility as spell; Standard action to activate)[- lbs][20000gp] Cloak of elvenkind (+5 competence bonus to hide)[1 lbs][2500gp] Slippers of spider climbing (10 minutes/day, non-contiguous)[1/2 lbs][4800gp] Deep cyrstal light crossbow (2 pp to charge as free action; 1 minute or until used)[4 lbs][1035gp] Quiver - bolts x10 [1 lbs][1gp] - bolts, cold iron x10 [1 lbs][2gp] - bolts, silver x10 [1 lbs][21gp] Belt pouch [½ lbs][1gp] - Antitoxin [- lbs][50gp] - Tanglefoot bag [4 lbs ea][50gp ea] - Thunderstone x2 [1 lbs ea][30gp ea] Elixir's and Potion's (Weight: 2lbs; Value: 1050gp) Elixer of Hiding (+10 competance bonus to Hide, 1 hour) [0.1 lbs][250 gp] Elixer of Sneaking (+10 competance bonus to Move silently, 1 hour) [0.1 lbs][250 gp] Potion of Cure light wounds x4 (1d8+1 healed) [CL 1] [0.1 lbs][50 gp ea] Potion of Hide from animals (Hide from animals, 10 min) [CL 1] [0.1 lbs][50 gp] Potion of Hide from undead (Hide from undead, intelligent undead will save vs DC11, 10 min) [CL 1] [0.1 lbs][50 gp] Potion of Protection from Law (+2 AC and saves vs law, 1 min) [CL 1] [0.1 lbs][50 gp] Potion of Protection from Good (+2 AC and saves vs good, 1 min) [CL 1] [0.1 lbs][50 gp] Potion of Protection from Evil (+2 AC and saves vs evil, 1 min) [CL 1] [0.1 lbs][50 gp] Potion of Protection from Chaos (+2 AC and saves vs chaos, 1 min) [CL 1] [0.1 lbs][50 gp] Potion of Shield of Faith (+2 AC, 1 min) [CL 1] [0.1 lbs][50 gp] Tattoo's (Weight: -lbs; Value: 1800gp) Tattoo of Biofeedback (DR 2/-; 1 minute) [ML 1] [- lbs][100 gp] Tattoo of Chameleon (+10 enhancement to hide; 10 minutes) [ML 1] [- lbs][100 gp] Tattoo of Synesthete (+4 Search & Spot or +4 Listen, feel light or noise; 10 minutes) [ML 1] [- lbs][100 gp] Tattoo of Touchsight (Touchsight 60ft; 5 minutes) [ML 1] [- lbs][1500 gp] Equipment for quests/campaigns (Weight: 31.5lbs; Value: 91.3gp) Backpack [2 lbs][2 gp] - Bedroll [5 lbs][1 sp] - Flour, bags x5 [1 lbs ea][2 cp ea] - Manacles [2 lbs][15gp] - Mirror, small steel [1/2 lbs][10 gp] - Quiver, bolts x26 [3 lbs][2 gp 6 sp] - Rope, silk (50 ft.) [5 lbs][10 gp] - Soap [1 lbs][5 sp] - Tanglefoot bag [4 lbs ea][50gp ea] - Waterskin [4 lbs][1 gp] Equipment at home (Weight: 1lbs; Value: 50gp) Espionage tools, masterwork [1 lb][50 gp] Gold: 2893 gp, 9 sp ... Miscellaneous Statistics: Encumberance: 0-33 (light), 34-66 (medium), 67-100 (heavy) Weight carried: 32 lb Far, far to the east of Gladius, across the great savannas and beyond lies a great rift. Within the darkness of this rift lie the cities of the Xeph. This story takes place in the eternal darkness of one of these cities, the city of Val. A young woman walks through the city streets. She is focused on what she must do, and yet worry and tension are evident on her face. Today the trials begin. Today she must prove herself. Today she will graduate, … she must. It has taken many years for her to get to this point. Seven long years of sweat, of training, and of endless study. And it has not been easy for her. Many of her classmates took to the mental disciplines as if it had been natural for them, … it probably had. For her it had been different. Her mind had rebelled against the disciplines that the others had practiced. And yet she had had the strength of mind to continue, and more than that. Her willpower had been sufficient for her to excel, for she would not submit to failure. She stopped in front of an enormous hall, adorned with intricate graven stone. The sigil of the Soulknife academy stood out in proud relief above the great stone doors. She took a deep breath, and walked in. At the other end of the hall sat the masters of the academy. She had studied under each of them over the last years. Taking her position along with the other candidates she stood and waited. As one the masters stood and the examiners entered the hall. They were garbed in black, and just as the candidates they carried no weapon and wore no armor. They came forward, each of them ending up behind a single candidate. Now the trials would begin. Without a word the masters sat and the leftmost candidate step forward. He walked to the middle of the hall, turned and waited. His examiner stepped forward and then the examination began. Blades of mental energy flickering into existence and dissipating almost immediately as the candidate’s sash dropped to the floor, cloven in two, signaling his loss. As the candidate and examiner stepped aside, their places were taken by the next, and then the next, and the next … Finally it was her turn, the last candidate to be examined. She stepped forward and took her position in the middle of the hall. Her examiner took his place and the examination began. She began by materializing a blade and throwing it at her opponent. He deflected it with his left hand and materialized a blade in his right hand before throwing it at her. Only her superb reflexes allowed her to avoid the mindblade. Again and again she materialized a new blade and threw it, again and again he deflected it as he moved in and returned in kind. Her reflexes kept her safe until finally a cloven sash fluttered to the floor. Silence. Disbelief. Astonishment. Shock. A black sash on the floor. --- Cyra was born in the city of Val, but has spent the last several years wandering from place to place. Recently she has ended up in Gladius, and is intrigued by the ongoing activities within the city. Cyra is a strong willed individual and likes to go her own way. Sometimes this coincides with the interests of others, and sometimes it doesn't. Cyra is often perceived as stubborn or muleheaded, due to the fact that she has little respect for traditional authority, and even less respect for those who try to tell her what to do. On the other hand she is often quite reasonable when approached on an equal footing. Cyra normally wears linen and leather. A linen blouse under her mithril shirt, with a leather vest over top, leather pants and boots. When fighting or travelling, she normally ties her long black hair back with a green bandana.
MindWandererB 04-28-06, 03:40 PM	@Cat: Do quests for immaterial goals still count during this time? Like guild membership quests? @Uther: Think you could come up with an RP reason why the arena is shut down for three weeks? I like all your ideas. I think many players will want to create a new character to be their Franchise character (since arena-optimized characters are usually not that good in campaigns, and vice-versa), and that's certainly what I'm about to do. That means that there are probably going to be several EL3 campaigns called for, so potential campaignlords should think about that. (As for myself, I'm going to design a would-be Arcane Trickster for this, so anyone who wants to do campaign with that character, I'll need a healer, a warrior, and of course a campaignlord.) @Dracazar: Do you think you could add Cat's new maps to your mapper? They may not be finalized, but if we can use your mapper for practicing on them, it would make our lives infinitely easier. Does Micah vs. Ten still need a pitlord? It looks like all the others are being taken care of. @Lonewolf, Vath, & Erithmu: What say we use one of the new maps for our battle? The city map is appropriate for an EYE/PSI conflict. Of course, the pitlord can veto this if they don't want to deal with it--it's more important to have a willing pitlord than an interesting map.
MitzaVolchenko 04-28-06, 03:45 PM	Might be, you've got those nasty psionic monstrous thingies.. But once said, it can never be taken back. Feel free to edit Loddick, I trust you don't do anything dirty. I just wanted to avoid the situation where we both rush to edit our characters so that they are at their best against each others! Book5, are you still into this? I'll have that fight cleared tomorrow morning. I am taking a friend and his son to see The Wild today, then I run a Mage LARP tonight.
Dracazar 04-28-06, 03:49 PM	@MindWandererB about Maps: Yes, I'll implements them asap, this means within this weekend. @Zevox,Vath,Sindorin about Asran vs Uilo: Perhaps I have lost something, who will pitlord the fight?
Book5 04-28-06, 03:52 PM	Permission? Yeah - permission granted - Toss Ba'al into anything - use default or teamate tactics.... huh? Huh? ooh Yeah, Jonathon [ECL5] and Manzarf [ECL6] vs. Ignatius [ECL6] and Loddick [ECL5] @ - Right! Tactics! .... Any conventions? brb going to review sheets.
Erithmu 04-28-06, 03:57 PM	@Cat: looked back at the Angosh vs Prof. fight ... yea that was nasty. @Mitza take your time, it won't affect the fight, more just a matter of when I get to update Loddick @PSI vs EYE: City map sounds fun, I'll ask the same thing I asked Abyssal for the other fight I was going to do: Guilds start together, seperate, random, etc. I was tempted to inquire about twilight conditions but I don't think either of you would go for that. (limited visiblity) Other conditions? Minor Side bet of making the losing team write the winning teams story for the writing contest? :D
Book5 04-28-06, 04:58 PM	Minor Side bet of making the losing team write the winning teams story for the writing contest? :D HA! Its not an "arena" fight is it? Hehe.. I can provide a nice setting somewhere in the city.. for EYE/PSI conflicts to errupt. @ Er? Umm... ignatius isnt.. eye.. umm, is he a perspective? Should the Shadow be there? Um you guys want "hostile environments" 1/3rd rule ( for the manifestor and the cleric?)
Erithmu 04-28-06, 05:25 PM	HA! Its not an "arena" fight is it? Hehe.. I can provide a nice setting somewhere in the city.. for EYE/PSI conflicts to errupt. @ Er? Umm... ignatius isnt.. eye.. umm, is he a perspective? Should the Shadow be there? Um you guys want "hostile environments" 1/3rd rule ( for the manifestor and the cleric?) Heh .. I have book5 confused: Rith's fights: PL: ??: EYE: Sola + Saffron (Vath) vs PSI: Karen(LW) + Sunstroke(MWB) -City map, side bet (proposed) PL: Book5: Team Rith:Ignatius + Loddick vs Team Abyssal: Manzarf + Jon Raven - Great hall, no 1/3 rule @Book5: I think we just want to get some team action stuff in ... And I think we want to do a seperate thread to react and have the ability to test some strats out. (And Ignatius is well set in the CEF)
MindWandererB 04-28-06, 06:08 PM	Since my intent for the PSI-EYE battle was to use it for RP purposes, I'd really like to do the write-up, regardless of who wins. I want to set it up so that Sunstroke has incentive to quit PSI and join EYE as a result of the event. To that end, I think teams should start together in random locations. Poor visibility does put us at a disadvantage (a cleric of Darkness and a dragon aren't affected much), and you guys already have the advantage in ECL, so I think not. Independent initiative, 1/3 rule as usual. Anything else?
Book5 04-28-06, 07:11 PM	@Book5: I think we just want to get some team action stuff in ... And I think we want to do a seperate thread to react and have the ability to test some strats out. (And Ignatius is well set in the CEF) Indeed! :D Well, I have your character sheets, so go ahead and do whatever - tactics? I would rather do a "standard" format with full tactics and the dracomap (practice) as opposed to the threaded version.
NiQil 04-28-06, 09:28 PM	@ Vath - Sindorin has volunteered to take Asran vs Uilo, so you can cross that one off the list (speaking of which, has Dracazar seen that and sent in his tactics? I know I've seen him on here a couple of times, but he never acknowledged Sin's offer here). @ NiQil - How about one of your Dwarf tanks takes on Sir Alboreth? The Maenad Paladin needs a warm-up to see how he stands at his newly reached ECL 5, and hes a bit similar to your four, so it could be an interesting one :) . I'm up for a regular match or a seperate thread, whichever you'd prefer; we'd just need a pitlord. @ Anyone - Eraca Moralta is up for a fight with anyone in the ECL 4 league (or maybe the ECL 5 league if no one from ECL 4 is interested). Shes the only one of my characters whos undefeated (4-0), so I'd like to see if thats just been flukes or if shes honestly good. Again, regular or seperate thread is okay by me. Zevox @ Zevox: Pick your poison...how would Sir Alboreth like to perish...starvation, disease, violence or natural causes? Incidently, if you would like, my only undefeated, Pestilence, would be more than happy to fight Eraca if you don't get any other takers at her ECL.
Zevox 04-28-06, 11:28 PM	@ Dracazar - Sindorin's pitlording it. I was just letting Vath know that so he could take it off the list of fights he was offering to take. @ NiQil - Well, thematically speaking, since Sir Alboreth is a servant of a God entirely based around alleviating the suffering of others, I suppose Pestilence or Famine would be the best choices. Considering that they're all basically carbon-copies of each other at this level though it doesn't really make much difference, does it ;) ? Anyway, you have any preference for fight rules? Seperate thread or normal, one of the new maps or just the basic stuff, etc. I'm up for anything. As for Pestilence vs Eraca, maybe. If she could win that it would definitely give me a good idea of if shes good or not, but if she lost I wouldn't be sure whether it was her or the fact that she facing an opponent of higher level. I'd rather have her face an ECL 4 foe if possible since its more likely to give me a good look at that. Zevox
NiQil 04-29-06, 12:21 AM	@ Dracazar - Sindorin's pitlording it. I was just letting Vath know that so he could take it off the list of fights he was offering to take. @ NiQil - Well, thematically speaking, since Sir Alboreth is a servant of a God entirely based around alleviating the suffering of others, I suppose Pestilence or Famine would be the best choices. Considering that they're all basically carbon-copies of each other at this level though it doesn't really make much difference, does it ;) ? Anyway, you have any preference for fight rules? Seperate thread or normal, one of the new maps or just the basic stuff, etc. I'm up for anything. As for Pestilence vs Eraca, maybe. If she could win that it would definitely give me a good idea of if shes good or not, but if she lost I wouldn't be sure whether it was her or the fact that she facing an opponent of higher level. I'd rather have her face an ECL 4 foe if possible since its more likely to give me a good look at that. Zevox We'll go Famine and Sir Bad Breath...err...Alboreth... I, unfortunately, do not have enough time to log on at regular intervals that would allow a separate thread fight, but I'm open to whatever arena you would like....maybe we should try the new city arena? I don't think anyone else has tried that one yet. And then we need a pitlord, of course...
Abyssal Stalker 04-29-06, 02:18 AM	Indeed! :D Well, I have your character sheets, so go ahead and do whatever - tactics? I would rather do a "standard" format with full tactics and the dracomap (practice) as opposed to the threaded version. OK, let's do it the traditional way and just write tactics. I have a time difference of something like 10 hours to you guys so using tactics makes it a lot easier and faster. I'll get those to you somewhere around May 1st. It seems to me that we aren't allowed to do these "free fights" before that date.
Vathelokai 04-29-06, 02:42 AM	Rinzwind (Anaconda) miniquests for a very young white dragon: lonewolf [Miniquest] [Week 2] LINK Still in progress - tactics submitted to quicken fight Micah Ashald (DarthVegan) vs. Ten Vermond (Soullord) : MysticMonk2005 Vathelokai [Week 2] In progress White Hand (TheMagister) vs. Sliver (MitzaVolchenko) vs. Loquan (waywreth) : Turin Usurpator [All vs All] [Week 2] In Progress Archdevil Asran (Zevox) vs. Uilo (Dracazar) : StoneTree Sindorin [Week 2] In Progress ?? So that's where we're at. We've got about 48 hours to reset time.
Vathelokai 04-29-06, 03:00 AM	PSI vs. EYE EYE: Sola (Erithmu) + Saffron (Vath) PSI: Karen(LoneWolf) + Sunstroke(MindWandererB) Pitlord ??? -City map (or arena if it's easeir) -Teams start in same box - 1/3rd rule in effect -Story by MindWanderer B Idea: If the pitlord is feeling really adventurous, we could try out the crowds and/or bystandards stuff that was origionally proposed in the Random arenas thread... @Rith: I'll try to catch you this weekend on IM to hash out some tactics. With any luck it won't be at 2 in the morning :rolleyes: @MindwandererB: We do have the ecl advantage, but we sport a +2LA each. And I'm amazed that Saffron hasn't gotten the failure tag yet. But then again, she is more of a support character...
Zevox 04-29-06, 03:12 AM	We'll go Famine and Sir Bad Breath...err...Alboreth... I, unfortunately, do not have enough time to log on at regular intervals that would allow a separate thread fight, but I'm open to whatever arena you would like....maybe we should try the new city arena? I don't think anyone else has tried that one yet. And then we need a pitlord, of course... Well, the city's better suited to be tested by someone with stealth, which Alboreth most certainly isn't, but I wouldn't mind giving it a go there. The other new maps aren't any better suited for the job anyway. @ Anyone - so, anybody interested in pitlording the WAR vs CEF exhibition match between Famine and Sir Alboreth in the new city map? Theres a lot of hp to go through on both sides, but it should be a simple match overall since neither is primarily a caster. Zevox
Vathelokai 04-29-06, 09:23 AM	Okay... I'm up to round 41 of the Ten vs. Micah fight. My brain hurts and I need to go to bed. Damn archery duels. If you're dying to see how things are going, the rolls are here. (http://www.hwx.it/wizards.com/dice.php?sid=210) Only about 10 rounds left before they get forced into melee due to lack of ammo.
TheMagister 04-29-06, 09:47 AM	Hm... Sdentch (ECL9) + Hauber Bulwark (ECL4 merc) vs Dronnar (ECL6) + Ivangar (ECL7)? Sounds like a very tough fight for us, but it could be fun to see if we can pull it off. DSugui, what do you think? And is there a pitlord willing to take on this challenge? I doubt that we'll be able to get a pitlord to take this one on for free (no credit earnings). How about we start our own thread and just take it round by round? We can use Drac's map generator easily enough, and Drac's roller under three different-but-similar names, one session for each character. Like: 1) SdentchFreebie 2) DronnarFreebie 3) IvangarFreebie If we use plenty of description for the rolls, it should be easy to track. Maybe a standardized roll descriptor line: R1: Initiative R2: Reflex vs. Dronnar Energy Missile R3: Str check vs. Sdentch Imp. Overrun You know, just enough to cross reference. I'd like to do it. TM
King Uther 04-29-06, 02:43 PM	@Everyone I have 3 quests which need to be done during this downtime for the roleplay purposes of why the arena is down. If you like the idea, I'm clearing out my PM box so PM me about it. First come, first serve. (Now for the in-character reasons) ........................................ ........................................ ................................... Gladiators! The arena fights have been cancelled as the Nimbus is currently non-functional! A planar rift has opened to the Astral plane, and thousands of Githyanki have begun to mobilize to destroy Gladius! For those brave enough to stand forward, Gladius will reward you for your efforts in preventing a tragedy from occurring. Quest #1 - "A Nimbus of Light" 3-4 Gladiators will try to find the source of the Nimbus and either fix the problem with it or coerce the source behind to power to once again allow the Nimbus to work. Reward: Gladiosian Medal of Honor, 1 free Mercenary(if allowed), or 1 in-roleplay favor by Rito Maya, mayor of Gladius Quest #2 - "To Prevent Destruction" 3-4 Gladiators will venture out to impede the Githyanki army in any way they can. Reward: Gladiosian Medal of Fortitude, Possibly Leadership+1(if allowed), and if not a roleplay oriented favor by the Gladius General(can't find his name, but Kaigan knows it) Quest #3 - "Killing the Shadow" 2-3 Gladiators will seek out and kill Skiros Nightshade, Lord of Shadows and end his vicious cycle. Cyra has already volunteered for this one. Edit: Reward: Gladiosian Medal of Peace, 1 free resurrection for a quest/campaign(if allowed), otherwise a roleplay award by the GuildLord. As a whole I think it would be cool to have a few other QLs work on simultaneous quests for the #2 quest. Maybe 3 quests with different mission goals to prevent the Gith army from invading the Nimbus-free Gladius.
King Uther 04-29-06, 02:49 PM	I would like to start these quests on Monday, so those available please respond quickly so I can get them started Monday night.
TheMagister 04-29-06, 03:29 PM	I would like to start these quests on Monday, so those available please respond quickly so I can get them started Monday night. What's the EL on those? Sdentch would be interested in the First one. TWH would be interested in the Third one. TM
King Uther 04-29-06, 03:50 PM	To a certain degree it depends on who is interested, but likely it would be like this: Quest #1 - Any Quest #2 - At least EL6 each, but if I have to it will be lowered Quest #3 - EL7-8 difficulty, but if you can handle it lower will be allowed.
Zevox 04-29-06, 06:22 PM	Cool ideas KU. Too bad everyone of my guys except Asran is low-level at the moment. I would send Asran out on #2 (or one of the #2s if you get enough QLs and players), but his fight is still held-over and likely won't be done by monday. If thats not a problem though (since we're not getting or losing anything for this anyway) he'd like to go along on that one. For #1, Most of my characters would be up for that. Essentially anyone but Eraca and Destra (since the former cares little about the nimbus and the latter wants it destroyed). How about Istima Telarc or Sir Alboreth for that one, depending on the ECL of the other volunteers? @ Anyone - speaking of which, still need a pitlord for Sir Alboreth vs Famine. If the map is a problem, we can always go with one of the standard ones. Zevox
Erithmu 04-29-06, 10:02 PM	OK, let's do it the traditional way and just write tactics. I have a time difference of something like 10 hours to you guys so using tactics makes it a lot easier and faster. I'll get those to you somewhere around May 1st. It seems to me that we aren't allowed to do these "free fights" before that date. Sounds good: I will send Tactics to book5 soon
DSugui 04-29-06, 10:40 PM	@Everyone I have 3 quests which need to be done during this downtime for the roleplay purposes of why the arena is down. If you like the idea, I'm clearing out my PM box so PM me about it. First come, first serve. Just one question: are these quests "off records" (i.e. don't generate xp/gp)? Cause, since they will be run in the "amnesia" period of the boards, if they do give xp/gp they will have to be recorded in some way... Anyways, I'd like to send Dronnar in one of these (#2 if there is still room).
lonewolf 04-30-06, 06:38 AM	I doubt that we'll be able to get a pitlord to take this one on for free (no credit earnings). How about we start our own thread and just take it round by round? We can use Drac's map generator easily enough, and Drac's roller under three different-but-similar names, one session for each character. Like: 1) SdentchFreebie 2) DronnarFreebie 3) IvangarFreebie If we use plenty of description for the rolls, it should be easy to track. Maybe a standardized roll descriptor line: R1: Initiative R2: Reflex vs. Dronnar Energy Missile R3: Str check vs. Sdentch Imp. Overrun You know, just enough to cross reference. I'd like to do it. TM I volunteer to to pitlord this, which makes it easier for you guys. I will set up the thread on Monday. Any wishes on special rules, map, or anything else?
TheMagister 04-30-06, 06:46 AM	I volunteer to to pitlord this, which makes it easier for you guys. I will set up the thread on Monday. Any wishes on special rules, map, or anything else? My vote is for standard CoCo rules on the Arena map. Or I could be a jerk and vote for the monster map. Close quarters and all that. Today is the last day to edit, regardless. I've been waiting on Dsugui to finish editting Sdentch's hunter fight with Lissa and Va'ria, but it doesn't look like it's going to get done. So, I'll go ahead and edit her sheet. She needs some standard essentials, like a potion of enlarge person and stuff. Edit: Aight, I'm done. Replaced a tattoo of skate, potion of enlarge person, and bought a Ring of Protection +1. Yay, deflection! TM
Turin 04-30-06, 07:24 AM	I volunteer to to pitlord this, which makes it easier for you guys. I will set up the thread on Monday. Any wishes on special rules, map, or anything else? Yeah, I think we want to go with the standard arena map/rules for this one.
TheMagister 04-30-06, 07:32 AM	Yeah, I think we want to go with the standard arena map/rules for this one. Zero round delay timer? (grins) I can just imagine a crowd gathered for some kind of rodeo clown "fight" that's just for fun. They'd be all drunk and throwing popcorn and bottles and small children down into the arena from the starting bell. "We want ACTION! Yeah, NOW!" Heh. TM
Sindorin 04-30-06, 09:12 AM	Well then, I kind of fell off of the face of the earth for a day and a half. I have received tactics from Zevox and Dracazar for Asran vs. Uilo but I doubt I shall have time to run it before everything flushes. Of course that doesn't rub me as such a bad thing as I want to write a story for it, as well as spend time making sure the fight is run correctly (Dracazar your tactics are... interesting ;)) and so do not expect the fight up until later this week. We have plenty of time for unrestricted fun here, but I will be getting this done so you two can proceed as normal once we start up again. The "franchise character" idea sounds great. I don't know which of my characters would fit the bill, though as Ariel23 pointed out, I have a githzerai sniper that used to BE in that army...
Erithmu 04-30-06, 10:34 AM	@KU: Are the franchise characters seperate from the arena. (make them from scratch, credit cost?) Are the characters born from the arena that no longer fight in the area (move up through the ranks) normal characters (fight record, do 'franchise quests' continue to fight) I enjoy the idea that you have there, and even have a few Ideas for characters that are not quite arena worthy but are very quest/campaign worthy but would just need to know how to progress in building the character. Would there be any restrictions on feats? (leadership could cause some issues)
Zevox 04-30-06, 12:54 PM	(Dracazar your tactics are... interesting ;)) Somehow, I get the feeling that isn't good news for me... Zevox
Sindorin 04-30-06, 01:13 PM	Nah, they are just written in a different format that might take a bit of getting used to before I actually take the plunge and run the fight.
King Uther 04-30-06, 06:02 PM	@Erithmu Your Franchise character can be any character you play. The ideal is the character you never intend to get rid of and will always keep some level of activity with them(if possible). So created from scratch works, or someone you already play would be fine either. Current quest volunteers: Quest #1 EL4-5 difficulty Sir Alboreth or Istima (Zevox) TWH? Tan? Quest #2 EL7-8 Difficulty Auburn Sdentch? Tan(Book5) Dronnar(DSugui) Quest #3 EL8-10 Difficulty Cyra (Stormwind) Va'ria (Sindorin) Edit: Asran(Zevox) These are the people who have volunteered so far. Gladius still needs heroes to fulfill their destiny's. If you guys can think of some good RP reasons, I'd like to actually send Auburn and Sdentch with Va'ria and Cyra. Make it a nice difficult quest and make it able so I can lower the EL of #2.
TheMagister 04-30-06, 06:05 PM	You can slot Sdentch in any old place you think she'll fit (disregard the "finality" of my recent PM, King). She's a trusting soul, and not necessarily a good person, either. She's mostly interested in money and fun, and the two are not necessarily mutually exclusive. Tell me, does this Shadow guy have a sizeable fortune? Sdentch goes where the money leads! =) TM
MindWandererB 04-30-06, 06:07 PM	@KU: I have about a gazillion pages of papers to write over the next week or so, but if you want to start another quest (a second Quest 2, or anything else) for ECL 3 after that, I'll be in. But for now, no, sorry. I think Aerryl will take the opportunity with the Nimbus down to do some balancing of the Gladius ecosystem. I imagine the sewers must be absolutely clogged with immortal rats by now...
TheMagister 04-30-06, 06:13 PM	@KU: I have about a gazillion pages of papers to write over the next week or so, but if you want to start another quest (a second Quest 2, or anything else) for ECL 3 after that, I'll be in. But for now, no, sorry. I think Aerryl will take the opportunity with the Nimbus down to do some balancing of the Gladius ecosystem. I imagine the sewers must be absolutely clogged with immortal rats by now... :rofl: I dunno...there's gotta be no shortage of immortal cats to eat the rats. And immortal dogs to eat the cats. And immortal hobos to eat the dogs. And immortal giant sewer crocodiles to eat the hobos. And immortal adventurers to kill the giant crocs! Of course, the Nimbus resurrects immediately, so is it actually possible to wake up in a crododile's stomach, only to die and be resurrected in the small intestine (ewww)? Or does it resurrect at midnight, or the next morning? Could you pop back into existence standing in a pile of croc-doo-that-used-to-be-you? Talk about the start of a bad day... TM
King Uther 04-30-06, 06:27 PM	I was thinking about after the "Gith Invasion" resolves itself, I would intorudce a new way to adventure in the "MiniCampaign," starting with EL3. The idea is a campaign that lasts 6 weeks, or some other small amount of time. Maybe take 4 EL3 characters and go through 3 or 4 MiniCampaigns with small breaks in between to resolve the Gith invasion once and for all?
Zevox 04-30-06, 11:09 PM	@ KU - so I take it there is a problem with Asran being in a held over fight, since you didn't list him among the volunteers for the second quest? Or if its that you need a reason why he'd be on that, I already have one ready I could pm you. (Hes going to be my "Franchise character" btw. Really not great for the arena, but he'll get a lot better for quests as he advances, and of all my characters I like his background and story the best.) Zevox
King Uther 04-30-06, 11:58 PM	Edited Asran into the above post, teamed up with Va'ria and Cyra.
Zevox 05-01-06, 12:05 AM	Er, actually, not trying to be a bother but Asran wanted to go on quest #2. Hes more suited for that both ECL-wise and story-wise. Zevox
King Uther 05-01-06, 01:02 AM	I promise he's more suited to the higher. Storyline-wise, the rabbit-hole goes pretty deep for Asran.
MindWandererB 05-01-06, 01:51 AM	I was thinking about after the "Gith Invasion" resolves itself, I would intorudce a new way to adventure in the "MiniCampaign," starting with EL3. The idea is a campaign that lasts 6 weeks, or some other small amount of time. Maybe take 4 EL3 characters and go through 3 or 4 MiniCampaigns with small breaks in between to resolve the Gith invasion once and for all?I kind of dislike the idea of minicampaigns, largely just because it costs 5 credits to go on a campaign. A 6 week campaign for 5 credits is kind of a rip-off--that's just about the same price as quests. If the credit cost were less (say, no more than 3), it might be a bit more viable.
Zevox 05-01-06, 02:29 AM	I promise he's more suited to the higher. Storyline-wise, the rabbit-hole goes pretty deep for Asran. Well, if you say so, I guess you're the one who knows how these are going to go after all. I did kinda have the idea that going with the group that tried to slow the Giths would work well for him since hes used to being on other planes and since it would be an opportunity for him to work on part of his mission (point #3 - "look for mortals who could help in bringing about the death of Beelzebub or Asmodeus," aka in this instance see if those among this team will be suited to such, since if they can accomplish the task of slowing an entire Gith army they must have some promise), but I trust you know what you're talking about. I just hope he can manage in a quest of that high an EL with the low hp his template has left him with. Zevox
Abyssal Stalker 05-01-06, 11:19 AM	@Book5: Losing tactics for Jonathon and Manzarf sent. I'm starting to understand why psionics are generally said to be overpowered. :pumpkin:
SauroGrenom 05-01-06, 12:02 PM	King Uther, Raskos can go on your ECL8-10 quest. He's ECL9 right now. He's in the middle of crafting and I've edited his sheet to include the item he's working on right now. If you have no problems with that he can do the quest so long as it won't interfe with his crafting when the boards start up again and so that the quest won't count for anything.
Caterane 05-01-06, 07:47 PM	:rofl: I dunno...there's gotta be no shortage of immortal cats to eat the rats. And immortal dogs to eat the cats. And immortal hobos to eat the dogs. And immortal giant sewer crocodiles to eat the hobos. And immortal adventurers to kill the giant crocs! Of course, the Nimbus resurrects immediately, so is it actually possible to wake up in a crododile's stomach, only to die and be resurrected in the small intestine (ewww)? Or does it resurrect at midnight, or the next morning? Could you pop back into existence standing in a pile of croc-doo-that-used-to-be-you? Talk about the start of a bad day... TM That's not how the Nimbus works. It just waves material components for ressurections and raise dead spells. It's not that every farmer who gets hit by a carriage stands up the next day. That just creates too many problems story-wise. The Nimbus effect also extends to repairing broken or disenchanted items at no cost. Characters are assumed to have access to someone wielding ressurection magic just by virtue of being a gladiator. Or perhaps they have made contracts with some temples, guilds, or organizations in Gladius. For an explanation on how your corpse ends up alive in Gladius when you died in the far-away jungles read the section in the rules about the Celestial Protectors.
King Uther 05-02-06, 01:06 AM	Okay, one of the quesst is set, while the other two have some slots. Quest #3 is full with 5 questers: Raskos Sdentch Auburn Va'ria Cyra Quest #2 has the following(Demoted to EL5-6 quest): Zwei Dronnar Tan Asran Quest#1 has the following: TWH Sir Alboreth or Istima If nobody else volunteers tomorrow, then I'll start #1 and 2, but I'd like at least 1 more PC for each.
Turin 05-02-06, 01:08 PM	I hate to do this to the folks who've already volunteered to Pitlord and to those I've volunteered to pitlord, but I'm going to have to take this period off from running or participating in fights... I've been up to my eyeballs at the office and I could really use the break. Sorry.
MindWandererB 05-02-06, 01:23 PM	That's not how the Nimbus works. It just waves material components for ressurections and raise dead spells. It's not that every farmer who gets hit by a carriage stands up the next day. That just creates too many problems story-wise. The Nimbus effect also extends to repairing broken or disenchanted items at no cost. Characters are assumed to have access to someone wielding ressurection magic just by virtue of being a gladiator. Or perhaps they have made contracts with some temples, guilds, or organizations in Gladius. For an explanation on how your corpse ends up alive in Gladius when you died in the far-away jungles read the section in the rules about the Celestial Protectors.That's not what the rules imply: The city of Gladius has a special feature: every person that dies within the arena dome as well as some parts of the city is automatically True Resurrected for free, due to a special unique link to the plane of Ysgard, called the “Nimbus”.... ...and while the Nimbus' most fascinating ability is to ressurect those that died within its confines, a secondary function is to allow ressurections without the need for a material component. The same is true for spells like wish and miracle if they are used to reunite body and soul. Still, even those who are true ressurected still lose some of their recently acquired memories but compared to the regular way magic works, it is still the better deal.It seems clear from these quotes that the nimbus serves two functions: automatically raising anyone who dies there, and eliminating material components for raising anyone who dies outside but is brought back. This actually raises an inconsistency: why is it free for PCs who die outside the nimbus to be resurrected, but not allies? And also, even if the material component is free, why is the NPC spellcasting service also free? Also, these quotes say that only part of Gladius is in the Nimbus... questlords seem to assume that all of Gladius is in the Nimbus. This affects guild activities: a guild battle that takes place in a district inside the Nimbus will have everyone (PCs and regiments) raised for free afterwards, but a battle that takes place outside will mean permanent death for NPCs and no XP/gp gained (like a failed quest) for slain PCs. This presents a considerable balance issue--it's more tempting to attack a guild whose base is in the Nimbus, but it's more dangerous for a guild to be outside the Nimbus. Can we get an amendment here, so that the Nimbus covers all the districts on the map (including those outside the city)? Otherwise this could be a mess.
lonewolf 05-03-06, 07:39 AM	Since Turin backed out of your battle, do you want a replacement character in the Sdentch + Hauber Bulwark vs Dronnar + Ivangar battle? I was just about to setup the battle(at last) when I noticed this. btw: Could anyone take the Kitty vs Little Daisy fight, instead of Turin?
Vathelokai 05-03-06, 07:44 AM	Also, these quotes say that only part of Gladius is in the Nimbus... questlords seem to assume that all of Gladius is in the Nimbus. This affects guild activities: a guild battle that takes place in a district inside the Nimbus will have everyone (PCs and regiments) raised for free afterwards, but a battle that takes place outside will mean permanent death for NPCs and no XP/gp gained (like a failed quest) for slain PCs. This presents a considerable balance issue--it's more tempting to attack a guild whose base is in the Nimbus, but it's more dangerous for a guild to be outside the Nimbus. Can we get an amendment here, so that the Nimbus covers all the districts on the map (including those outside the city)? Otherwise this could be a mess. As a questlord who runs mostly in or near cities, I usually have the nimbus not covering the area where things go on. Now Gladius proper is a city state, so technicly Gladius extends to all the farms and forests within 50 miles of the city. Thus if the nimbus only covers the relatively small 'city' portion of Gladius, it makes sense (ok it's a semantic game, but it works). I have a couple ideas explaining the nimbus that I'm working on. Using some of them in the quest 'Nimbus'. In the preguild days, the TAO had created some magic items and spells that suppressed the nimbus. Also the nimbus dosn't cover evenly, most of the sewers/tunnels are not covered, the basements of TAO are not, many docks, bars, and dark alleys have not been covered in various quests. As for guilds, Either all districts covered or none; and none dosn't really work.
TheMagister 05-03-06, 06:39 PM	Since Turin backed out of your battle, do you want a replacement character in the Sdentch + Hauber Bulwark vs Dronnar + Ivangar battle? I was just about to setup the battle(at last) when I noticed this. btw: Could anyone take the Kitty vs Little Daisy fight, instead of Turin? I'm still game, but I have no idea who would want to participate. It might be easier to just let it slide. TM
King Uther 05-04-06, 01:10 AM	I'm starting Quest #1 with Tatyana(Gonbow), TWH(TheMagister), and Sir Alboreth(Zevox). A 4th person could be added, but I simply don't want to wait to start it. Tell me by PM if you have a 4-6th PC you'd like added to the Frozen Quest, which costs no credits to join, only an enjoyment of some roleplay.
Book5 05-04-06, 11:55 PM	@ Abysal stalker and Erithmu - have tactics will pitlord... this weekend. :D
SoulLord 05-05-06, 09:57 AM	I'm starting Quest #1 with Tatyana(Gonbow), TWH(TheMagister), and Sir Alboreth(Zevox). A 4th person could be added, but I simply don't want to wait to start it. Tell me by PM if you have a 4-6th PC you'd like added to the Frozen Quest, which costs no credits to join, only an enjoyment of some roleplay. well Vandlear just found out about the gith Invasion and since he's such a neutral citizen he wouldn't like a gith army interfering on his business you can count him in after he's done with a certain tigress.
MindWandererB 05-08-06, 03:44 PM	My finals are mostly done, so I'm announcing my ability to pitlord and participate in battles. ·I can take the Kitty/Daisy fight, if that one's still in limbo. I'll be online every day until the weekend, so we can do it round-by-round or tactics-based, as you prefer. But you'll both have to be online regularly during the week if you want round-by-round. ·We really need to hash out the interleague balance against ECL 10's. I have characters in leagues 5, 6, and 7; if anyone wants to partner with any of them to challenge an ECL 10 character, I'm game. We would, of course, need an ECL 10 character to accept that challenge. ·Is there anyone who can take the Sunstroke & Karen vs. Sola & Saffron battle? @King Uther: I am now available for interim quests, if you need me. Aerryl (ECL 7 druid) would be the most appropriate for stuff dealing with the plot at hand. Sunstroke can also be convinced to be a hero. Zero is out--he's about as far from heroism as you get.
DSugui 05-08-06, 03:58 PM	·I can take the Kitty/Daisy fight, if that one's still in limbo. I'll be online every day until the weekend, so we can do it round-by-round or tactics-based, as you prefer. But you'll both have to be online regularly during the week if you want round-by-round. I'm on it. I am online almost all day long, but since things are a little slow here I've been playng some old games... But if Kitty still wants to fight, I am here. :)
TheMagister 05-08-06, 04:00 PM	I'm on it. I am online almost all day long, but since things are a little slow here I've been playng some old games... But if Kitty still wants to fight, I am here. :) Is the "feeblemind fiasco" still on the back burner? TM
SoulLord 05-08-06, 04:17 PM	at the same level is also dominate person. so perhaps ban all save or die spells?
MindWandererB 05-08-06, 04:46 PM	at the same level is also dominate person. so perhaps ban all save or die spells?I definitely don't think we want to go there. That would affect everything from Sleep to Wail of the Banshee, a huge number of spells. IMO, neither Dominate Person nor Feeblemind are SoD spells. Dominate Person cannot be forced to commit suicide, and if you command them to hold still while you CdG them, I'd consider that an "obviously self-destructive order" as well. I think most things you'd want to tell them to do would be considered "against its nature" and would give them another save at +2. That's not much better than Hold Person, if at all. Likewise, Feeblemind may reduce a target's Int and Cha to 1, but the effects of this are clearly spelled out in the spell description. You should be able to fight just as well as a lizard ally being ordered around with Speak with Animals. That means you can use all your feats, you can distinguish between friend and foe, and you can definitely fight. Advanced tactics may be out the window (like ready actions), but anything an animal is capable of, a feebleminded character should also be capable of. If you really want a SoD spell at 5th level, go for Baleful Polymorph. No fuss, no muss.
DSugui 05-08-06, 11:59 PM	Is the "feeblemind fiasco" still on the back burner? TM Yeah, I'm working on it. Didn't have the time before, and then I got a little lazy... But don't worry. I am going to edit that fight, no doubt.
Vathelokai 05-09-06, 05:33 AM	I can run an interleague battle over the next few days...are there volunteers? Still looking around for somebody to pitlord the EYE/PSI RP battle.
Pitlords 05-12-06, 05:49 AM	Ok, the boards are back and we can continue normally till the end of the month. There are still two fights outstanding. Unless Stonetree and AbyssalStalker can run them themselves, are there any volunteers who can pick them up? I just want to begin the new week without any heldovers. Due to the new board update, we will have to postpone the implementation of the new 3-week routine to June 14. Still, you should begin to convert your sheet accordingly: You have to create an Expendable Section on your sheet. Behind this header, you have to write your maximum allowed scroll value (50xECL²) as well as the value your scrolls have. Those with more expendables should either use them up within the next 2 weeks or can refund them in the Character Changes thread (but try to spend them first please). Please remember that there have been some new rules. Polymorph and its related spells and effects have some requirements and limitations. Read more about it here with this modification. Allies must be prebuffed and cannot be left at home if done so. Titles lines have been streamlined. Equipment that doesn't appear under your At Home section, is beign brought into the fight and must be dropped normally if you don't want it. As soon as Dracazar has finished the update on his mapper, we will see Random Arenas. There are seven maps. The map you fight on appears on the roster behind your pairing, like that [Forest]. The cavern map has been replaced by the sewer map.
MitzaVolchenko 05-12-06, 05:55 AM	Um, we might want to filter this news out to those that thougt they had full vacation until the 17th of May.
Abyssal Stalker 05-12-06, 08:58 AM	Ok, the boards are back and we can continue normally till the end of the month. There are still two fights outstanding. Unless Stonetree and AbyssalStalker can run them themselves, are there any volunteers who can pick them up? I just want to begin the new week without any heldovers. If I understand correctly, you refer to the re-run of Hassan vs. Zwei. It has been done a way back. I didn't create a new post, but added the re-run to the original post. It is there and done, also the players are fine with it. Note that the result has changed and Hassan hasn't therefore gained a level!
waywreth 05-12-06, 09:19 AM	You have to create an Expendable Section on your sheet. Behind this header, you have to write your maximum allowed scroll value (50xECL²) as well as the value your scrolls have. Those with more expendables should either use them up within the next 2 weeks or can refund them in the Character Changes thread (but try to spend them first please). I'm guessing this Expendable cap is for the overall character including anything Allies have as well, but I wanted to confirm this. Also - do non-magical expendibles such as Alchemist Fire and Poison count against the cap? (I'd say no to the first, yes to the 2nd but that's me, and it should be documented either way).
Ariel23 05-12-06, 12:08 PM	Likewise, Feeblemind may reduce a target's Int and Cha to 1, but the effects of this are clearly spelled out in the spell description. You should be able to fight just as well as a lizard ally being ordered around with Speak with Animals. It may not be SoD but it's Save or Suxx0r for wizards, sorcerers, psions, and wilders since lizards don't cast spells or manifest powers. Also if that lizard has any special abilities, the save DC just dropped by 5. :tongue: Not that there's necessarily anything wrong with that. Silence can do the same thing to a caster. Heck, Grapple +12 at ECL 4 is SoD for casters/manifesters without the saving throw (or 1/3 rule). Would it be possible to give examples of the worst things that can be done with/to charmed, fascinated, dominated, suggested, hypnotized, etc opponents? Like, in the rules, council, or elders thread?
Zevox 05-12-06, 01:21 PM	There are still two fights outstanding. Unless Stonetree and AbyssalStalker can run them themselves, are there any volunteers who can pick them up? I just want to begin the new week without any heldovers. Sindorin has already picked up Asran vs Uilo. He was writing a story for it as well since he had so much time, which (along with the previous belief that posts before the 15th would be lost) is why it hasn't been posted yet. I'm not sure how close he is to done with it, but I'd be willing to bet it'll be up in time. Zevox
MindWandererB 05-12-06, 02:10 PM	Aargh! Now you tell me! When you said the new plans went gold, I had all my characters updated accordingly. Now I have to un-refund myself a bunch of things and re-prepare my old spells. Note to everyone: Most people have wands, dorjes, and alchemical items in the Expendables section. Those do not count toward the 50*ECL2 rule, so you may want to move them into your general equipment section. That means that opponents will want to check that section as well--if your opponent having a CLW or Magic Missile wand, or a Vigor dorje, affect your tactics, remember to check the Equipment section on your opponent's sheet. @Book5: lonewolf and I had originally planned to do this round-by-round, but obviously there's no time for that now. I sent him some tentative tactics a while ago, we'll see what he says. Since it uses the City map, you'll have two choices: wait for Dracazar to update the map in the mapper, or run it as-is, with the lava/acid/park city map. Waiting is probably better--if Drac changes the map, all your IMG links will show some weird results. @Erithmu: If this fight does indeed get run, I'm going to write it up as a story (not sure yet whether it will be for this month's contest or next month's), and then have Sunstroke MQ for EYE membership. Please nab me a volunteer to questlord it (yourself or whoever).
Salrantol 05-12-06, 02:29 PM	You have to create an Expendable Section on your sheet. Behind this header, you have to write your maximum allowed scroll value (50xECL²) as well as the value your scrolls have. Those with more expendables should either use them up within the next 2 weeks or can refund them in the Character Changes thread (but try to spend them first please). How does this work? Is that the total value of scrolls you are allowed to... 1) own 2) bring to a given fight 3) use in a given fight, or 4) use in the three-week sequence once that begins?
Sindorin 05-12-06, 02:32 PM	Sindorin has already picked up Asran vs Uilo. He was writing a story for it as well since he had so much time, which (along with the previous belief that posts before the 15th would be lost) is why it hasn't been posted yet. I'm not sure how close he is to done with it, but I'd be willing to bet it'll be up in time. Zevox You may want to get a different pitlord for it - I'm having a lot of stuff to do what with finals week and all. Now that the upgrade has been delayed, though, that makes it more important that I post it - and i haven't had time to start it yet. I would rather have someone with less time constraint run the fight so that they can give it a full effort... sorry Zevox and Dracazar, but I really thought I would have time to run your fight. If someone is able to take the fight, go ahead and PM me and I will send you the tactics that have been sitting in my box during my business... Again, sorry. I'm sure that my lack of available time for posting has been apparent in the frozen quests we have had in the coco downtime.
Zevox 05-12-06, 02:46 PM	Ack, sorry to hear that Sin, but these things happen. Anyone up for running Asran vs Uilo before next week's pairings? I'd rather like to have Asran ready for then if possible, and I'm sure that goes for Dracazar with Uilo too. Zevox
MindWandererB 05-12-06, 02:58 PM	How does this work? Is that the total value of scrolls you are allowed to... 1) own 2) bring to a given fight 3) use in a given fight, or 4) use in the three-week sequence once that begins? 1) Own is the answer. Yup, it's harsh. I'll take Asran v. Uilo. TLT needs her income, so I want to make sure it gets done. Weekends are not the best for me, but it will guaranteed be done before Tuesday.
Salrantol 05-12-06, 03:11 PM	So you can't even leave scrolls at home? You have to sell them off if you can't use them in the next two weeks??????
Zevox 05-12-06, 03:14 PM	So you can't even leave scrolls at home? You have to sell them off if you can't use them in the next two weeks?????? More or less, though I'm fairly sure you could ask in the character changes thread for a complete refund on extraneous expendables (changes due to recent rules changes are free, after all). Zevox
Vathelokai 05-12-06, 05:45 PM	You may want to get a different pitlord for it - I'm having a lot of stuff to do what with finals week and all. Now that the upgrade has been delayed, though, that makes it more important that I post it - and i haven't had time to start it yet. I would rather have someone with less time constraint run the fight so that they can give it a full effort... sorry Zevox and Dracazar, but I really thought I would have time to run your fight. If someone is able to take the fight, go ahead and PM me and I will send you the tactics that have been sitting in my box during my business... Again, sorry. I'm sure that my lack of available time for posting has been apparent in the frozen quests we have had in the coco downtime. I can pick it up... probably get it done by sunday. I'll send PM to you. MindWanderer already picked it up. If something else needs done this weekend, I can pick it up.
Vathelokai 05-12-06, 05:49 PM	More or less, though I'm fairly sure you could ask in the character changes thread for a complete refund on extraneous expendables (changes due to recent rules changes are free, after all). Zevox Cat has stated that the new rules won't take effect until after the next upgrade, that is to say around June 14. So you have until then to use up expendables until you are down to the limit. Cat has requested trying that approach before asking for refunds in the characters thread. Man, this is going to suck for Hassan....
Sindorin 05-12-06, 09:16 PM	It is also going to make for some rather explosive matches... oh boy.
Zevox 05-12-06, 10:58 PM	Thanks for taking the fight MWB. If Sin hasn't already sent the tactics, let me know and I'll forward Asran's. Zevox
Sindorin 05-13-06, 12:01 PM	Tactics were forwarded yesterday at some point, I should have posted here but was in a hurry. Damn finals. damn them to the tenth hell which I wrought long ago.
MindWandererB 05-13-06, 08:40 PM	Yeah, sorry I didn't confirm that. Tactics were recieved and the fight is in round 15. I can say no more because I sent Drac a question about his tactics...except that this fight will definitely not be up before late on Monday. Possibly Tuesday, despite my earlier promise. This is the slowest fight I have ever run.
Zevox 05-13-06, 10:15 PM	Ouch... yeah, I think I've got the gist of it seeing the rolls on Drac's roller, sorry about that, I fear thats one tactic I didn't expect (seemed to me to be as much a handicap for Uilo as for Asran, but I guess Dracazar didn't agree with that assessment). Just in case it matters for anything there, Asran has blindfight, so he can reroll failed miss chances. Edit: Oh, and I'd also question whether its possible to trip a bat, but I guess thats your call ;) . Zevox
MindWandererB 05-14-06, 04:35 AM	Edit: Oh, and I'd also question whether its possible to trip a bat, but I guess thats your call ;) .Actually it's not my call at all; tripping flyers is addressed in the FAQ. Now, whether it's possible to trip a flying bat via a bite attack is much more debatable, but the rules don't make any such exception. Both combatants are suffering from Total Tactics Breakdown (tm), so I'm having to make a lot of judgment calls based on their apparent strategies. Unfortunately, both strategies were heavily defensive, which results in a whole lot of nothing going on. This is one place where the CoCo tactics system is just bizarre; in any kind of real game, both characters would be adapting to ths situation, but I can't in good conscience have them go too far out of their dictated tactics.
MindWandererB 05-15-06, 07:35 PM	Done! Setup Fight Least fun fight I've ever run. Comments are welcome but please keep criticism to a minimum. Only major and unarguable problems will be corrected.
Zevox 05-15-06, 11:38 PM	Yeah, not a fight I'd have wanted to run. Ouch. Looks good overall though, no errors I could see unless Drac wants Uilo to use her heal contingency (yeah, that'd be evil...). For the dive thing, are you sure theres no errata or ruling otherwise? If so, I'd suggest someone tell Cat that. Diving charges are a frequent tactic of Ixenthor (and Balbanes for that matter IIRC), which is why I thought there was something saying that dives could be done with weapons (not sure why I thought the Furies could do it though...). Thanks for pointing out the silver arrows too. I'll check the errata to see if thats the case. And on the Furies, Drac would have been wrong even if they were technically outsiders. Protection from X only prevents summoned creatures from attacking, not outsiders in general. Even so, I guess I'll take those notes out of silver at least so they're easier to see. Zevox