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- Thread starter Lacerin
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A week long tournament, if we can drag it out to be so long. The tournament I haven't entirely thought up the whole picture, but the tournament will not be based on kills. I'm thinking a special room if the Magis permit, and wins are based on knocking your opponent uncontious or ring outs. And of course so the fights don't drag on forever I'm thinking a time limit and a sort of point gain. And I am thinking if any want we can turn the tournament into a massive storyline. One that everyone can be connected to.
Sienna_Rose
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It'd probably be a good idea to make good use of the die roller. Anytime you have a lot of people involved in something like that, where you are actually keeping track of knockouts or points, it's a good idea to have rules and something measurable. I know, I know, this is a free form site. But, for the sake of an organized event which includes fighting, I think the best way to do so would be to have some non-biased way of determining a winner. So you're not just relying on people's tendency to accept or not accept hits.
Sienna_Rose
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That's easy enough to explain. The issue is to figure out exactly what to measure - obviously my little harp playing chorus member (wouldn't go to a tournament, but, just for the sake of example, I'm using two of my own characters) wouldn't do as well as my guard who has been in the military since she was old enough to swing a blade and was even a general at one point. So, since it *is* freeform, not everyone even has stats - the trick will be setting some sort of measure so that everything is not just a random die roll. Or, you could just declare random die roll to keep things simple.
Setting some sort of measure is easy enough, everyone just create their characters with stats. Without some form of stats it becomes completely random, or as close to it as a programmed dice roller can get.
I shared an idea similar to this with a friend the other day. It was called "Friday Night Elf Fights". We leveled the playing field a little by saying only elves can compete. Anyone else can enter, but they have to use a polymorph ring provided by the overseeing association which would turn them into an elf when worn. We had some laughs about it.
I shared an idea similar to this with a friend the other day. It was called "Friday Night Elf Fights". We leveled the playing field a little by saying only elves can compete. Anyone else can enter, but they have to use a polymorph ring provided by the overseeing association which would turn them into an elf when worn. We had some laughs about it.
I'm screwed...I've never created a character with stats. And I'm not real sure where to begin either.
Clear the slate, make it DOA style, no weapons, no magic; just physical prowess. You could make it more even, by planning matches that're gonna be competitive. Put Sienna's little chorus girl up against my darling little seamstress elf and get giggles when the claws come out? That way you dont have to worry about stats, their rolls'd be pretty much equal.
Naturally, I am all for a tourney with a losers and a winners ladder. And to spice things up, make the battles three-way & last man standing config.
Clear the slate, make it DOA style, no weapons, no magic; just physical prowess. You could make it more even, by planning matches that're gonna be competitive. Put Sienna's little chorus girl up against my darling little seamstress elf and get giggles when the claws come out? That way you dont have to worry about stats, their rolls'd be pretty much equal.
Naturally, I am all for a tourney with a losers and a winners ladder. And to spice things up, make the battles three-way & last man standing config.
http://www.systemreferencedocuments.org/35/sovelior_sage/basics.html
Just because you haven't done it doesn't mean you're screwed. Buddy up with someone and give it a shot. And I doubt the link will help on its own, but it is a damn handy reference for anyone that does D&D 3.5E.
DOA style with physical prowess is an interesting notion, right up until you get a 10,000 year old dragon or any of the vampires involved. No magic puts all non-melee characters such as spell casters at a disadvantage. Might as well just all play cage match tiddly winks.
Actually, what might work is if the whole thing is broken up into categories like they do at real tournaments. Non-combatants or civilians in one category can be anyone without stats. Then we break the others up according to the game their stats are based on or what they can convert their character to most easily.
Just because you haven't done it doesn't mean you're screwed. Buddy up with someone and give it a shot. And I doubt the link will help on its own, but it is a damn handy reference for anyone that does D&D 3.5E.
DOA style with physical prowess is an interesting notion, right up until you get a 10,000 year old dragon or any of the vampires involved. No magic puts all non-melee characters such as spell casters at a disadvantage. Might as well just all play cage match tiddly winks.
Actually, what might work is if the whole thing is broken up into categories like they do at real tournaments. Non-combatants or civilians in one category can be anyone without stats. Then we break the others up according to the game their stats are based on or what they can convert their character to most easily.
Sienna_Rose
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Elf_Ariel said:
Bari said:
Hehe. That could be amusing. Though, I can think of a couple people who wouldn't be all that pleased to see my little chorus girl in a fight.
Actually, the idea of breaking it into categories does make sense. But, it would need to be more than non-stats and stats. Like magic and straight melee should probably not be in the same category. Well, maybe a mixed category as a choice.
Of course, it wouldn't be good to get too bogged down in divisions and lables, so, the categories would be something to discuss further and pick just a few.
Sienna_Rose
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Well, before we get too far into the planning stages, it's a good idea to make sure it is cool with the magi. Maybe one (or more) will read this thread. But, the more certain way to catch them for the approval is by emailing isrpmagi@gmail.com .
Infernal Scribe
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as long as they keep it PG-13 and need a special room, thats what one of the DM rooms are for. I doubt they need special permission from the magi to run DOA sort of matches.
Magi_Trelian
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Infernal Scribe said:
What he said.
If it's in Carpe Diem or Ahoy! Adventure then it can be organized however the players want, whenever they want. You can't "reserve" the room but it's rare that they're both in use, and once you're in there you can stay till your game is finished.
Sienna_Rose
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Thanks, Trelian. I just like to make sure.
So, then, let's sum up so far:
Stats or no-stats?
Dice roller is our friend
Categories?
In a tournament, the divisions are usually by skill level. And, for an SCA event, the archers usually have their own thing, sword and board (sword and shield) their own thing, rapiers their own. . . etc, you get the idea. I don't think we necessarily have to break it down that much, but, definitely consider some skill levels and whether magic and straight up fighting should be mixed.
So, then, let's sum up so far:
Stats or no-stats?
Dice roller is our friend
Categories?
In a tournament, the divisions are usually by skill level. And, for an SCA event, the archers usually have their own thing, sword and board (sword and shield) their own thing, rapiers their own. . . etc, you get the idea. I don't think we necessarily have to break it down that much, but, definitely consider some skill levels and whether magic and straight up fighting should be mixed.
Qijdi
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A tourney would be a nice nice change from the usual mush going on these days... Yes.. Classes should have their own events and frankly... one must never forget the classic Battle Royale to top things off... if not more than one... As far as prizes - ect??? Wellll Best to decide the theme first.. then work from there.. Magick is always an option, but should always be used appropriately... certian certian competition structures either limited or none and then specific accounts for those who make it a specialty... Prizes is the easy part once structure makes its face known.. Olde players who have not attended in a good while should be notified once this thing takes off...in case they might care to actually attend for a change.. I know... thaty this has Our.. Interest.. We All might be able to even drag in a few new players.. Who knows?... Rare items often make wonderful gestures for a winning player... And Ohhhh jess... let's not forget the honors for Grand Champion..
Namastasyei
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Namastasyei
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well, I don't know if you want my opinion or not, but here it goes;
why don't you try a yu-gi-o type thing and have life points, divide the characters up by their skill level and from there use the die to see if they are able to defend or not, so if the attacker rolls a 10 between two dice and the defender rolls an 11 then they would successfully dodge
the only reason why i'm suggesting it is because i know a few people who would be interested but aren't too good at fighting. so that's my suggestion
why don't you try a yu-gi-o type thing and have life points, divide the characters up by their skill level and from there use the die to see if they are able to defend or not, so if the attacker rolls a 10 between two dice and the defender rolls an 11 then they would successfully dodge
the only reason why i'm suggesting it is because i know a few people who would be interested but aren't too good at fighting. so that's my suggestion
