New Game of Death: Battle Royale of the GAWDS

[Terraism]

I think it was Number47, but I could be wrong...

 

[Victim]

Number47 had the first character to die. But he was insanely powerful. The winner was:

Mal-2........................Varus the Vile....................Fighter 6/Weaponmaster 4 kills in 46 rounds.

Agladan came in third, with the harpoon wielding K-something the Killer. He got 2 kills.

EvilEeyore came in second with 3 kills.

The lifetime Game of Death standings are on the first page of Fight Club near the bottom. Green Slime currently leads those boards, because he did well in both games so far.

 

[reapersaurus]

is there a listing of the characters that participated in the second GoD?
I've been wondering what strategies they used... (other than the follower insanity)

 

[Number47]

I still think that if I hadn't been too aggressive, and if I hadn't blown up that scroll of Mordenkainen's Disjunction instead of casting it, I would have won. Hard to say, of course, because anti-magic field is a pain to deal with and real cheap if you base your entire character off it.

 

[Victim]

is there a listing of the characters that participated in the second GoD?
I've been wondering what strategies they used... (other than the follower insanity)

You had to ask . . .

Varsus the Vile was rat-man from OA who used a scythe. He used an Antimagic Field and had the dubious honor of spending much of the game trapped in a corner by a Wall of Force.

The second place character was a cleric, fighter, planar champion, I think. He used Dust of Disappearence to great effect, along with etherealness. I think he got the most kills too. At level 10, true seeing is a bit harder to get than at level 15.

Kayano (sp) the killer had variety of effects IIRC. He used an Antimagic Field for much of the game, and had a harpoon to trap enemies inside the field so they couldn't escape. I forgot his class combination, but I think Knight of the Middle Circle was in there.

There was no restriction on high level scrolls, so Dabbil used Summon 9, Shapechange, etc. Powerful stuff.

Most of the followers died pretty quickly in that game. Someone used one of the repel spells, and followers got knocked around and died. It was the Dungeon game of death that followers got out of control in. Number47 decided to have an army of 1st level experts with Use Magic Device and Wands of Magic Missile.

 

[Number47]

In both of those games, when the DMs said that they were allowing not only cohorts but followers into the arena/dungeon, I thought to myself, "what are they thinking?" But far be it from me to pass up an opportunity to eke a little more out of a feat.

In the dungeon game of death, my cohort even had an animal companion. Little known fact, the Dire Tiger was supposed to be named Stryper, but clockworkjoe demanded that in order for him to allow the Dire Tiger in the game, it had to be named Mr. Boots.

 

[Victim]

In both of those games, when the DMs said that they were allowing not only cohorts but followers into the arena/dungeon, I thought to myself, "what are they thinking?" But far be it from me to pass up an opportunity to eke a little more out of a feat.

In the dungeon game of death, my cohort even had an animal companion. Little known fact, the Dire Tiger was supposed to be named Stryper, but clockworkjoe demanded that in order for him to allow the Dire Tiger in the game, it had to be named Mr. Boots.

Yeah, the Dire Tiger was a monster. He even got hit with Mage Armor and Bull's Strength IIRC. Too bad he wouldn't even fit into the 2nd level of the dungeon. I was wondering why the name was changed.

My cleric was hilarious. I used Incense of Meditation to Maximize all my spells, a Candle of Invocation to boost caster level and give me 6th level spells - we were 9th level characters - and had a Bead of Karma for +4 caster levels. +5 weapons at level 9 - no problem! 90 point Flamestrikes and 120 point Fireseeds? Sure. I even came up with a strategy that required a change in the rules. Why use a 9th level group of heroes to defeat the evil-god-resurrecting lich when they can summon a group of Planetars to do the job? That would have been oh so fair.

 

[Azure Trance]

Look what google had to say about Mr Boots

 

[clockworkjoe]

Artemis's beast is hidden in the wheat field and will attack anyone who ventures into the field. Sepiroth obvously took the "My gawd likes me" bonus but instead of a getting a minor boon every round, he got a pretty big boon for 1 round total. That's what you get when you worship a chaotic goddess

And Mr. Boots is name.

 

[clockworkjoe]

I have received boons from:

Landerin
Dabbil
Vraketh
Martok
Harsel
Jarrod
Tobias
Norman Witherspoon
Macallan
Yasumoto

10 out of 18. If I got your boon and I haven't listed it or you haven't seen me one, email me ASAP with the boon.