New Game of Death: Battle Royale of the GAWDS

[reapersaurus]

you've got that rampaging gnome on your back, Hawkeye - careful, he might Bite.

And since Berk didn't catch that he was deaf, and chose to respond, than he obviously heard the Quest, and it should apply.

I would think that Zeus' nerfing of the spell rules as written in the core rulebook: Player's Handbook to Dungeons & Dragons, 3rd Edition would be enuff.

Victim - what LIST are you referring to?
And how is protecting yourself from someone trying to kill you cheesy?

 

[Number47]

I can't see it now. Can somebody post whatever is updated here?

 

[Terraism]

Just for you, Number47...

Top of Round 4
The clouds rumble and Zeus speaks "I have received all of your boons. And you shall receive them. However, I did not say you would receive the boon you asked for. In fact, all of you shall receive someone else's boon.

All of the fighters get a bad feeling in the pit of their stomaches. A very, very, very bad feeling. Except Ancryx. His stomach is a canopic paperweight back in his lair.
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GAME EFFECTS:

Hawkeye's breastplate is enchanted so that none of the monsters that may appear in the Arena at Zeus's bidding can bear to come near him.

A scroll of Minor Globe of Invulnerability is placed in Tobias's belongings.

Time Stop is cast on Fingolfin. It will last 4 rounds (to him).

Martok begins to fly.

Norman Witherspoon begins to glow with arcane energy. He may cast up to 3 spells as free actions this round.

Saepiroth's next spell cast is automatically maximized, empowered, and heightened to level 9.

Vraketh is fully healed.

Landerin can not be affected by Maturak's Anti Magic Field.

Macallan's base speed is doubled.

Macallan is forced back into his natural gnome form. All spells on him are dispelled. He may not shapeshift this round at all. All suffering from frightful presence recover from it automatically.

A cup of wine or ale appears in everyone's hand. If a person did not have a free hand, then their weapon is teleported to their feet and the cup replaces their weapon. Norman's rapiers do not teleport to the ground. Maturak's greatsword does not telepor to the ground.

Jade is healed, as the spell Heal.

Ancryx is affected by a contigency spell that casts true resurrection on him should he die in the Arena.
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A new voice speaks to the characters in the Arena. "I am Pygmalion, and I have created a new and mighty sculpture for this event. For you see, this statue is alive, a golem. But it is not programmed like so many of its kind. I have made it a true blank slate. A Rosa Tabula if you will. Despite being a construct, it is affected by mind affecting spells and magic in general. If you are wise and clever, you could make it an ally. Or if you are stupid, you could make it an enemy. I have it placed in the temple."

The kobolds move around. The gaseous form hunter reshapes and begins moving to the west.


Posted by clockworkjoe at 08:39 PM | Comments (10)
Round 3: Ancryx acts
Ancryx steps back, away from the lizard beast, and appears to concentrate briefly. Maturak lashes out at Ancryx as he leaves (natural attack roll 16 damage 15). His eyes briefly shimmer green, but almost instantly fade back to their silver colour - and once more he appears human. He reaches out to the small hulk at his side, and then, with a wave of his hand, vanishes - only to appear, annoyed, on the other side of the arena.

 

[Sir Hawkeye]

Now we know why Clockwork was so eager to have a lich...
He just wanted to make all those undead-related one liners he's been saving up.

 

[Number47]

No boon for me?

 

[Terraism]

Now we know why Clockwork was so eager to have a lich...
He just wanted to make all those undead-related one liners he's been saving up.

You've come to that conclusion as well?

 

[Victim]

you've got that rampaging gnome on your back, Hawkeye - careful, he might Bite.

And since Berk didn't catch that he was deaf, and chose to respond, than he obviously heard the Quest, and it should apply.

I would think that Zeus' nerfing of the spell rules as written in the core rulebook: Player's Handbook to Dungeons & Dragons, 3rd Edition would be enuff.

Victim - what LIST are you referring to?
And how is protecting yourself from someone trying to kill you cheesy?

The LIST.

It's the means of protecting your self that bother me. I hate the Geas/Quest spell.

I've equiped my character with a incredibly cheesy item. Upon reflection, I decided that it was too cheap a trick to use and feel good about, so I only plan on using it against another character employing a cheap move. That way, equilibrium is maintained. But Landerin is ahead of you for targeting priority because he's immune to my defense. But hopefully I won't end up using my trick.

I bet Number47 was the one who asked for immunity to my AMF. Thanks alot. BTW, I asked for protection from other boons. Apparently, Norm asked for the same thing - or someone else did, and when things got switched around, I ended up with a very similar wish.

 

[Berk]

And since Berk didn't catch that he was deaf, and chose to respond, than he obviously heard the Quest, and it should apply.

Fine with me =o), I just gotta make sure your physical bodies are kept safe. =o)

 

[Number47]

Victim, I wasn't the one who wished to be immune to your AMF. Quite frankly, I can't afford to think that far ahead right now. I wished for a scroll to returned to me. Thankfully, I had the wisdom to wish for something small. If I had wished for permanent True Strike, Tobias would now have that! I am still cheesed that I got nothing for a boon.

 

[reapersaurus]

Well, from reading the various comments from many players on the Moveable Type pages, I would forward the observation that Clockwork.... you've gone too far.

Many people are put out, disappointed, confused, and upset about the way that you are interfering too much in the game play.

We THOUGHT this was going to be a Tournament between almost-epic characters that we designed and controlled.

I'm not saying that people aren't having fun.
Even for being screwed over as much as I have, I gotta admit I'm as glued to the action as Number47 is.

But when reading the comments of other players (and audience), I'm thinking that the amount of control the Gawds have over this GoD is too large.

A good DM knows when his players are having fun, and lets them do their thing when it comes to their turn.
He doesn't look for ways for him to get in the mix, with nerfed NPC's and even diety-level interfering in the actions of the players.

Are you running this GoD for us, or for yourself, basically?

Thoughts?

edit: I feel like editing this whole post out.
Who am I kidding, thinking that there can be objective discussion about the format of the Game, while clockwork is running it?
People would have to be insane (or suicidal) to say anything that agrees with my above post.
Sorry to waste a few lines of screen space...