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- January 29, 2014 at 2:17 pm #150637AnonymousInactive
Feb 1 – March 31
Follow thy drum; With man’s blood paint the ground, gules, gules; Religious canons, civil laws are cruel;Then what should war be?
We are going to take a sufficient amount of time to throw all sorts of crazy at people here, If I can imagine it, and can explain it then it might happen, all participants will be at the mercy of the dice at this point. Each contest will pit 2 or more contestants against each other against a combination of combat, environmental hazards, creatures brought in for the spectacle, traps, wilderness etc.
Animal companions and mounts will be treated as equipment, and will not always be available or feasible to use.
Special rewards and opportunities in each match will be given to the gladiators that can influence the crowd. These will become obvious during the matches.
Matches will take place online as arranged by the judge with participants
We are going to start off as a grinder named “The Beckonator”. Everybody gets to participate individually, and then we will be moving into random draws for spectacle events, with 3 “swiss” style spectacles before taking the top four gladiators into the Final four (Part four of the contest)
The Beckonator, Being a Timed event, will be judged on how long it takes you to complete the gauntlet, with Penalties for Stamina and Wound damage. the best score will get three points 2nd and 3rd place will get 2 points, 4th 5th and 6th will get 1 point and everyone else will get 0 points
Spectacle Matches
A Win in a match = 3 points
A Draw in a Match = 1 point
A Loss in a match = 0 points
Each match will have defined Win/Lose/Draw conditionsRep | Points | Name
+0 | 0 | AJ Nicholson’s Vukisian Val’Dellnov “The Dog of War”
-1 | 0 | Cody Bergman’s Aria Val’Virdan “Nier’s Chosen Gladiator”
+0 | 0 | Craig Alpen’s Cassius Val’Dellnov “Ol’ Clear Eyes”
+1 | 0 | John Koch’s Stahlberg “The Milandisian Bear”
+2 | 0 | Patrick Biddix’s Ligo “The Butcher”
-1 | 0 | Scott Reid’s Immundus ” The Devil We Know”
+0 | 0 | Peter Tiesman’s Stz’ra ” The Fury of the Sulphur Marshes ”
+3 | 0 | Roger Gilbert’s Sleg “The Unintelligible”
-1 | 0 | Scott Alpen’s Derrick “The Dark Mountain”Withdrawn:
Eric Huges’ Windseeker “The Old Blowhard”I will be using this first post as the official source for information dispersal, and thus not be keeping an edit log
January 29, 2014 at 2:28 pm #255986AnonymousInactiveRound 0 the Beckonator!
078 Ticks +2 crowd Scott Reid’s Immundus ” The Devil We Know”
096 Ticks +4 crowd Craig Alpen’s Cassius Val’Dellnov “Ol’ Clear Eyes”
157 Ticks +0 Crowd AJ Nicholson’s Vukisian Val’Dellnov
Scheduled John Koch’s Stahlberg “The Milandisian Bear”
Scheduled Cody Bergman’s Aria Val’Virdan “Nier’s Chosen Gladiator”Please arrange with me (Josh) via email an Evening to run you through the Beckonator, I would like to finish these up by Wednesday Feb 12th
Round 1 Pairings to be completed by the end of February.
AJ Nicholson’s Vukisian Val’Dellnov “The Dog of War”
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Peter Tiesman’s Stz’ra ” The Fury of the Sulphur Marshes ”Roger Gilbert’s Sleg “The Unintelligible”
Vs
Scott Reid’s Immundus ” The Devil We Know”Craig Alpen’s Cassius Val’Dellnov “Ol’ Clear Eyes”
Vs
Patrick Biddix’s Ligo “The Butcher”John Koch’s Stahlberg “The Milandisian Bear”
Vs
Scott Alpen’s Derrick “The Dark Mountain”Bye Round
Cody Bergman’s Aria Val’Virdan “Nier’s Chosen Gladiator”and the Elorri known as Windseeker “The Old Blowhard” (Eric Huges) will be withdrawing due to his latest offspring being a reborn Malfelen and causing somewhat of an uproar at home. ( Sorry Eric, I’ll come up with a consolation prize for you )
recently Peter Tiesman’s Stz’ra has withdrawn also, muttering someting about trying to live up to the Agamassi’s reputation
January 29, 2014 at 9:49 pm #256022AnonymousInactiveFate doesn’t belong in the arena, however, the attitude of the crowd is going to have a significant impact on the fights, Everybody is going to have a “reputation” score and all of the rules are going to be at the bottom of this post.
Remember, Nothing excites the crowd like blood.
Factors for Starting reputation
Race :
Val +0
Human,Undir,Ssressen,Dwarf +1
Dark Kin,Gnome,Elorri -1Nation:
Pirate Isles,Hinterland +1
Coryani Empire,Milandir,Almeric,Dwarf +0Background
Undisciplined Psion,Awakened Psion,Exile/Expat +0
Former Canton,Former Gladiator,Mercenary +1
Sanctorum mage, Noble Born -1Flaws
Dubious Reputation,Code of Honor,Chilling Presence,Horribly Scarred -1
Branded,Bloodthirsty +1
Prejudiced (authority Figures),Phobia (storms) +0Negative reputation to the Crowd
Rolling double 1’s (Critical Miss)
Getting caught cheating (in a match)
Getting wounded
Delaying a match (running away, etc)
Trying too hard to be showyPositive reputation to the Crowd
Critical hit
Successful Feint
Successful Demoralize opponent (Intimidate)
Acrobatic/Athletic Trick
Trip/ Disarm
Pin an enemy In a grapple
Winning a match
Entering dramatically(ask about this)At the beginning of every match, both gladiators are going to roll a D6-2( The Fickleness of the Crowds) and add their Current Reputation score. During the course of the spectacles, things like critical hits and special maneuvers (typical ones outlined above) can influence the Current Reputation Score. Reputation Scores will carry over from match to match.
Things that Reputation can be Spent On:
1 point can be spent for +2 to a roll
3 points can be spent for a re-roll
5 points can be spent to give an opponent -2 to all action skill rolls for 12 ticksJanuary 30, 2014 at 12:20 am #256032AnonymousInactiveHmmm… I have a slight problem with this. First, these bonuses are not insignificant. And the fact that these characters were built in the dark of what these bonuses were going to be based on makes them a pretty big craps-shoot. Second, it does not take into account that infamy can be as big of a motivating factor as fame. People love to hate the villain. And I submit that having a negative (infamous) reputation can be as big of a motivating factor as having a positive (famous) reputation. The greatest stories don’t just have the greatest heroes, but generally have the greatest villains as well.
Scott
January 30, 2014 at 12:32 am #256034AnonymousInactiveWell The bonuses are less powerful than what you could get with fate, and since we wont be using fate , I think thats pretty fair.
Fame / Infamy its all reputation, you get it because your good at what you do you loose it when you do things the crowd doesnt like. Dark Kin are going to get jeered at when they get announced, choices have consequences.
I think its a pretty good representation of general crowd opinions based on sterotypes for people that are hanging out in censure.
January 30, 2014 at 12:37 am #256035AnonymousInactiveNice job, Josh. I like what you’re doing to make it fun.
Thanks for the effort.
February 1, 2014 at 11:02 am #256121AnonymousInactiveI agree with Scott. I don’t see how this is balanced. It seems that some characters have a large advantage. Namely the Ss’ressen. Not only do they and some other start out with a larger reputation the list of things that can when you points largely favors their builds as well. The list of things that can build points seems logical in a gladiatorial arena so that I can appreciate. However, my understanding was to see what kind of characters we can make to look for holes in the rules. Giving this already impressively built characters easy access to be able to add to their already considerable abilities does not seem balanced.
I also agree with him about the bad guy thing as well. For instance Dubious Reputation means you are the black sheep so your “noble” family doesn’t like you. That kind of things is something the common man would appreciate.
Edit 1 – And heck I thought this took place in Arena in the Hinterlands. It does not make sense that the Miliandisian common foot soldier would have a positive reputation in the Hinterlands
Edit 2 – Also, building on my first Edit, I would think being from Milandir and Coryan would be a hindrance to your reputation for a fight that takes place in the Sicaris. I am sure many refuges from Mil Takara wound up settling there.
Coryani would not be as hated but for years the people of hinterlands bulked at being under their thumbs. The fact that they needed the trade from Coryani just gulled them even more. The Merchant and political leaders (not to mention the political merchant leaders) of Sicaris would have a frienamy relationship with them while the common man would just dislike but fear them.Just say’n
But, Your contest your rules.
February 11, 2014 at 6:23 pm #256585AnonymousInactiveAs the person who got the Bye, how are these going?
February 11, 2014 at 6:28 pm #256586AnonymousInactivenot a lot of action, i had some computer issues and had to cancel on the first two spectacle players (Sorry John and AJ, but getting back into the swing of things)
thus far no one has contacted to set a time for their pairings
btw Cody you don’t have a bye for the initial spectacle contest, just the first pairing
February 28, 2014 at 7:25 pm #257830AnonymousInactiveI’ll be posting an update on this this weekend, people haven’t been very active
February 28, 2014 at 7:45 pm #257834AnonymousInactiveThe hard part has been coordinating across very different time zones. What about play by post?
March 2, 2014 at 4:12 pm #257897AnonymousInactiveI dropped out because roll20 will never work. If it is PbP, yes, I can do that.
March 2, 2014 at 4:14 pm #257898AnonymousInactiveI have a lot of fun with Roll20, and I’m sorry that it does not work for you.
March 3, 2014 at 5:19 pm #257921AnonymousInactiveWell I updated the front page with result and people that have talked to me about the beckonator (the initial round of the spectacle)
at this time I dont think we are going to do play by post, I haven’t seen any traffic from you guys scheduling stuff. so I can reshuffle things, or drop people that no longer want to participate, just let me know folks!
March 19, 2014 at 3:24 am #259875AnonymousInactiveSorry guys – (and Craig again), I’m going to have to drop also. I keep thinking my nights are going to get better with extra work and they are not. Best of luck to all and thanks for putting this together, Josh. Love to see something like this at a con.
Patrick
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