Battle Hall of Fame

Gansk · 10th April 2005, 09:54 AM

As we progress in the Battle of All Alignments, certain monsters will make their way into the Hall of Fame with their accomplishments.

Please feel free to suggest new categories for the Hall of Fame.

For now, the categories are:

Most Monsters Defeated - Thunder Worm (N) - 94

Most Higher CR Monsters Defeated - Very Young Rust Dragon (LN) - 10

Most Lower CR Monsters Defeated - Thunder Worm (N) - 94

Most Combined CR's Defeated - Thunder Worm (N) - 900

Most Dangerous Monster, Pound for Pound - Thunder Worm (N) - 42.86

Most One-Round Victories - Thunder Worm (N) - 24

Most Opponents Charmed/Enslaved/Controlled - Ghost Fighter (CG) - 3

Most Opponents Swallowed - Gelatinous Cube (N) and Tyrannosaurus (N) - 2

Most Opponents Driven Out of the Arena - Thunder Worm (N) - 21

Longest Time in the Arena - Thunder Worm (N) - 260 rounds

Longest Combat - Crypt Chanter (CE) vs. Dragonflesh Golem (N) - 60 rounds

Most Total Damage in One Round - Ancient Battle Dragon (NG) - 239 (power attack)

Most Damage by One Physical Attack - Storm Giant (CG) - 110 (critical w/power attack)

Most Damage by One Spell - Planetar (CG) - 108 (disintegrate)

Most Damage by One Spell-like Ability - Tulani Eladrin (CG) - 100 (empowered chain lightning)

Most Damage by One Supernatural Ability - Old Radiant Dragon (LG) - 136 (breath weapon)

Most Damage by One Extraordinary Ability - Thunder Worm (N) - 172 (thunderclap)

Most Damage by a Called/Summoned Creature - T'uen-rin (LG) - 219 (very old radiant dragon)

Most Total Ability Damage in One Round - Plague Brush (N) (greensickness) & Umbral Displacer Beast (CE) (incorporeal touch) - 12

Most Damage to a Single Ability - Umbral Displacer Beast (CE) - 12 Str (incorporeal touch)

******* TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS - WINNERS SHRINE *******

Winner of the Tournament of Champions, CR 0.5 - Krusk the Half-Orc (CE)

Krusk beat Bhuka Brasi (LG), Bearclaw the Wild Elf (CG), and Biske the Tiefling (NE) to win. If you have 6 hp or less, it is best not to argue with Krusk and his trusty falchion. One hit and you're gone.

Winner of the Tournament of Champions, CR 1 - Ferris the Feral Slasher (CN)

Ferris beat Benedict the Bladeling (LN), Lancela White the Zenythri (LG), and Hujarlk the Half-Giant (NG) to win. Ferris' fear and stunning attacks more than make up for his less impressive damage, and his speed consistently shocked his opponents into missing with the few swings that they managed to get off. The Creature Catalog people have promised to promote Ferris to CR 2, given his sheer domination in this tournament.

Winner of the Tournament of Champions, CR 2 - Gelharin the Musteval Guardinal (NG)

Gelharin beat Thorn the Splinterwaif (NE), L.L. Goon the Voidmind Grimlock (LE), and Protectar II the Protectar (LG) to win. In a tournament marked by several draws and marathon combats, Gelharin slowly emerged as a dominant player. His lethal combination of unlimited magic missiles, burrowing, and focused movement proves that even a tiny creature can be extremely dangerous.

Winner of the Tournament of Champions, CR 3 - Fang II the Very Young Fang Dragon (CN)

Fang II beat Feo the Rust Dragon Wyrmling (LN), Immersa the Bronze Dragon Wyrmling (LG), and Biscut 24D the Chaos Dragon Wyrmling (CG) to win. Dragon entrants flooded the tournament, but Fang came up with an ingenious tactic - the out-of-the-blocks bull rush. Combined with sheer will against multiple whiffs of confusion gas, Fang emerged victorious.

Winner of the Tournament of Champions, CR 4 - Jalnur the Very Young Blue Dragon (LE)

Jalnur beat Poccri the Very Young Brass Dragon (CG), Fang III the Young Fang Dragon (CN), and G'aufs the Very Young Chaos Dragon (CE) to win. In a tournament once again dominated by dragons, Jalnur prevailed in some very tough fights that went down to the wire. Her powerful breath weapon served her well as she advanced, but it was her fake confusion tactic that gave her the edge in the final.

Winner of the Tournament of Champions, CR 5 - Luparo the Lupinal Guardinal (NG)

Luparo beat Dana Dane the Nightmare (NE), Jellyfish the Faze (CE), and Fishboy the Noviere Eladrin (CG) in a marathon final match to win. This tournament featured a diverse group of champions, but Luparo's spellcasting ability combined with his healing and tough defenses provided another showcase for the guardinals' superiority in one-on-one combat.

Winner of the Tournament of Champions, CR 6 - Q the Qorrashi (LN)

Q beat Slurpy the Mud Slaad (CN), Whisper the Bralani Eladrin (CG), and Equuos the Equinal Guardinal (NG) to win. 14th level cones of cold, three times a day. Enough said.

Winner of the Tournament of Champions, CR 7 - Fang IV the Juvenile Fang Dragon (CN)

Lor the Nimblewright took CN to the finals by beating Rockette the Oread (LN) and Fly Fish the Uobilyth (NE). Then after a marathon final with Bo the Arrow Demon (CE), a draw was declared, biringing alternates on both sides. Fang easily dismissed Dust Boy the Dust Wight in the final match between the alternates.

PJSlavner · 15th April 2005, 05:51 PM

I have a suggestion for a new category: Most One-Round Victories in the Arena

Gansk · 15th April 2005, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by PJSlavner

I have a suggestion for a new category: Most One-Round Victories in the Arena

OK, those will be rare (for now).

GuardianLurker · 16th April 2005, 01:07 AM

I've got another category...

Most Opponents Charmed/Enslaved/Controlled

Gansk · 16th April 2005, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by GuardianLurker

I've got another category...

Most Opponents Charmed/Enslaved/Controlled

OK, add another record for the soul tick!

PJSlavner · 25th April 2005, 05:13 AM

My bladeling did 2 points of damage to the warpony with its razor storm. Should that qualify under most damage by one spell or ability?

Gansk · 25th April 2005, 05:25 AM

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Originally Posted by PJSlavner

My bladeling did 2 points of damage to the warpony with its razor storm. Should that qualify under most damage by one spell or ability?

That record was not intended for extraordinary abilities, just spells and spell-like abilities.

Should I split up the category and have one for spells, spell-like ability, extraordinary ability, & supernatural ability?

PJSlavner · 25th April 2005, 04:35 PM

You do not have to do that (especially if you think you have too many categories already), but it makes me wonder what a dragon's breath weapon would count as (damage by an attack, or damage by ability (supernatural)).

Gansk · 25th April 2005, 07:54 PM

I could rename the category "Most Damage by One Spell or Ability (Sp or Su)". The dragon breath would also qualify for most total damage in one round.

So the choices are:

1) Rename the category to clarify that Ex abilities are excluded
2) Split up the category

PJSlavner · 25th April 2005, 08:18 PM

2) sounds fine to me, so that spells and breath weapons have different categories. I do not think it is necessary to have an Ex damage category, as there are very few damaging Ex abilities that are not normal attacks anyway.

Gansk · 25th April 2005, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by PJSlavner

I do not think it is necessary to have an Ex damage category, as there are very few damaging Ex abilities that are not normal attacks anyway.

Actually the constrict ability is Ex, so it might be fun to include it as well.

I was thinking I could add categories for ability damage, one for a single ability, and one for total ability damage in one round (for example 3 dex + 3 str damage from a poison or a ghost ability).

HawQ · 26th April 2005, 01:42 PM

Im just curious, what alignment has the lead right now =) I know Im not leading, but I'd like to think Im above average =)

Gansk · 26th April 2005, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by HawQ

Im just curious, what alignment has the lead right now =) I know Im not leading, but I'd like to think Im above average =)

The definition of "in the lead" is subjective. I could put a victory tally in this thread or a new one and include total CR's defeated. Or I could make periodic announcements similar to the one I made for the Mechanus arena.

My only concern is that at this stage, luck plays a large factor. If players perceive that their performance is "below average", they may get frustrated and direct some of that frustration at my dice rolling.

GuardianLurker · 27th April 2005, 04:14 AM

I'm up for a scoreboard:
Bouts Won/Lost/Drew/Total
EL Won/Lost/Draw/Total
Current Round
Average Bout length

I used EL instead of total CR, since CR isn't linearly additive.

As for luck, it will always play a factor. That's even truer when we hit the high CR monsters and start seeing Save-or-Die.

For the dice rolling, You could do a list of rolls, posted, and consumed as you use them. Kind of a web-based roll-in-front-of-the-players.

Finally, how about a "Clubhouse" thread for non-combat OOC (or IC) discussion? If nothing else, it'd give us a common place for "cover-me" requests.

Gansk · 27th April 2005, 04:27 AM

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Originally Posted by GuardianLurker

Finally, how about a "Clubhouse" thread for non-combat OOC (or IC) discussion? If nothing else, it'd give us a common place for "cover-me" requests.

Feel free to start a thread and I'll make it sticky so it doesn't rotate with the arena threads.

ugulu · 27th April 2005, 05:41 AM

I'd just like to point out that the Kobold (rest his evil little soul) played way above his weight class. If he didn't just consider a fire beetle a delicacy, he might respect it.

Oh: and what does the 'pound-for-pound' category mean?

Gansk · 27th April 2005, 05:42 AM

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Originally Posted by GuardianLurker

I'm up for a scoreboard:
Bouts Won/Lost/Drew/Total
EL Won/Lost/Draw/Total
Current Round
Average Bout length

I used EL instead of total CR, since CR isn't linearly additive.

OK, I'll try to start this up.

Gansk · 27th April 2005, 05:45 AM

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Originally Posted by ugulu

I'd just like to point out that the Kobold (rest his evil little soul) played way above his weight class. If he didn't just consider a fire beetle a delicacy, he might respect it.

Oh: and what does the 'pound-for-pound' category mean?

Combined CR's defeated / Creature CR

The giant fire beetle is 1/3 CR and defeated 4/3 CR's worth of creatures.

Gansk · 27th April 2005, 05:50 AM

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Originally Posted by GuardianLurker

For the dice rolling, You could do a list of rolls, posted, and consumed as you use them. Kind of a web-based roll-in-front-of-the-players.

I'm not quite sure how this would work. Couldn't players predict rolls this way? Is the bookkeeping worth it?

GuardianLurker · 27th April 2005, 09:42 AM

Gansk -

1) like the scoreboard.
2) Wasn't sure if the forum was setup to allow nonmoderators to start a thread. Clubhouse will be built soon.

3) Can't speak to the bookkeeping aspect, only you can judge that. But as for predicting, I'd assume that you'd be running *everyone's* rolls off the same list. Unless you had long runs of high (or low), I doubt anyone could "game" the list successfully. Especially considering how many "time-compressed" battles run.

I can see where it'd be awkward though. You may just want to keep it in reserve.