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Arena: An Arena RTD in an Arena (Turn 7: Trees)
« on: October 15, 2012, 06:48:00 pm »

The Amazing and Brilliantly Sophisticated Story:

There's a death-match show with a 1 Billion Dollar reward. You like money so you enter. Yay.


Spoiler: Gameplay and Shit (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Initial Weapons (click to show/hide)




Character Sheet:

Name:
Gender:
Age:
Race: (Species of your character, if applicable.)
Starting Weapon:
Ability: (A special trait that makes your character different from everyone else. Needs a balanced upside and downside. Stuff like, '+1 to Dodging, -1 to Attacking' or '+5 HP, can't used Ranged'.)
Appearance:
Brief Biography: (Optional, but helps.)
Hit Points: 20/20 (Just leave this here.)


Player List:

1. GreatWyrmGold
2. Caerwyn
3. Maxinum McDreich
4. Greenstarfanatic
5. Spinal_Taper
6. Fireiy
7. Thecard

Waitlist:


Champions!:

1. Caerwyn

« Last Edit: November 19, 2012, 09:02:32 pm by TCM »
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Re: Arena: An Arena RTD in an Arena
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2012, 06:59:09 pm »

Name: The Rabid
Gender: Male
Age: 7
Starting Weapon: Teeth
Ability: Is a wolf (see below for suggestions on what this means)
Appearance: Looks like a wolf. There is a good reason for this.
Brief Biography: The Rabid was captured just for this tournament.
Hit Points: 20/20

Wolf Traits:
Cannot use weapons, armor, or other gear
Cannot speak or participate in alliances
+1 to using teeth as weapons and to dodging
If hit points are used, teeth do about as much damage as a moderately good melee weapon.
+5 hit points
+1 to detecting things with scent
Allies self with wolves easily

Sounds good?
« Last Edit: October 18, 2012, 04:55:08 pm by GreatWyrmGold »
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Re: Arena: An Arena RTD in an Arena
« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2012, 07:55:29 pm »

Name: The Rabid
Gender: Male
Age: 7
Starting Weapon: Teeth
Ability: Is a wolf (see below for suggestions on what this means)
Appearance: Looks like a wolf. There is a good reason for this.
Brief Biography: The Rabid was captured just for this tournament.
Hit Points: 20/20

Wolf Traits:
Cannot use weapons, armor, or other gear
Cannot speak or participate in alliances
+1 to using teeth as weapons and to dodging
If hit points are used, teeth do about as much damage as a moderately good melee weapon.
+5 hit points
+1 to detecting things with scent
Allies self with wolves easily

Sounds good?

It's pretty overpowered. While not being able to use Weapons seems like a disadvantage, it means he always gets a +1 to attacking, as well as dodging. And since this is a free-for-all, not being able to ally is not a very big disadvantage. On top of that he has bonus HP and a sensory bonus. Also, it's ability, as a singular, not multiple effects. I do this because if I didn't everyone would have 10 special abilities and this would get wayyyyyyyyyyyyy too complicated.
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Re: Arena: An Arena RTD in an Arena
« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2012, 07:56:41 pm »

Alright, how about:

+1 to dodging
Can't use any kind of gear
+1 to smelling things
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Re: Arena: An Arena RTD in an Arena
« Reply #4 on: October 15, 2012, 07:58:47 pm »

Alright, how about:

+1 to dodging
Can't use any kind of gear
+1 to smelling things

That's fine. And I don't see how the smelling thing will really be a disadvantage or advantage, seeing how most stuff is really blatant in this game. You can keep it if you want.
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Re: Arena: An Arena RTD in an Arena
« Reply #5 on: October 15, 2012, 07:59:53 pm »

Reserve. Making a sheet!

Name: Aarturius
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Starting Weapon: Shield
Ability:
Shield Warfare
Low Tech
Appearance: Aarturius is tall, 6'2", and well muscled. He has short black hair, with a sharp beard and gray eyes.
Brief Biography: He's fit, agile and powerful, but he's not exactly the smartest, or the most charismatic. Still, he's a loyal and able fighter, well versed in warfare.
Hit Points: 20/20

Balanced out Shield Warfare. It's going to be tough starting without a literal "weapon", though.
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Re: Arena: An Arena RTD in an Arena
« Reply #6 on: October 15, 2012, 08:01:28 pm »

Name: Nix
Gender: Nonexistent
Race: Shade
Age: 17
Starting Weapon: club
Ability: Phase ( can't get hit, for one turn, can't attack for one turn )
Appearance: A thin, gaunt being with a twisted face, and apparently no eyes.  Dark, mottled skin, looks like decaying metal, flesh, rust, whatever. 
Brief Biography: A former highwayman, this brigand was visited by a demon and his soul rend from his body, his eyes taken, and body altered.  Now he exists in the netherworld, partly here, partly in the afterlife.
Hit Points: 20/20

This okay?  And can we decide what race we want to be? 
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Re: Arena: An Arena RTD in an Arena
« Reply #7 on: October 15, 2012, 08:07:45 pm »

I actually expected most to be human, with a single nonhuman tossed in for S&G.
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Re: Arena: An Arena RTD in an Arena
« Reply #8 on: October 15, 2012, 08:09:01 pm »

Name: Nix
Gender: Nonexistent
Race: Shade
Age: 17
Starting Weapon: club
Ability: Phase ( can't get hit, for one turn, can't attack for one turn )
Appearance: A thin, gaunt being with a twisted face, and apparently no eyes.  Dark, mottled skin, looks like decaying metal, flesh, rust, whatever. 
Brief Biography: A former highwayman, this brigand was visited by a demon and his soul rend from his body, his eyes taken, and body altered.  Now he exists in the netherworld, partly here, partly in the afterlife.
Hit Points: 20/20

This okay?  And can we decide what race we want to be?

For your phase ability, do both those happen at the same time, or is it he can't be hit one turn but the next turn he can be hit but can't fight back?

And yes, you can choose your character race. I'll add that in the OP.
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Re: Arena: An Arena RTD in an Arena
« Reply #9 on: October 15, 2012, 08:11:12 pm »

He becomes completely incorporeal.  He can't be fight, and at the same, can't attack.  That makes it fair, I suppose. 
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Re: Arena: An Arena RTD in an Arena
« Reply #10 on: October 15, 2012, 08:18:54 pm »

Can I be in? I'll have a sheet by 8:30 AM Pacific Time tomorrow.
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Re: Arena: An Arena RTD in an Arena
« Reply #11 on: October 15, 2012, 08:28:41 pm »

He becomes completely incorporeal.  He can't be fight, and at the same, can't attack.  That makes it fair, I suppose.

Eh, not really. Considering this is a free-for-all, this just means everyone will receive, or at least be at risk, of receiving damage while he'll be exempted.
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Re: Arena: An Arena RTD in an Arena
« Reply #12 on: October 15, 2012, 08:29:45 pm »

So I should change it? 
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Re: Arena: An Arena RTD in an Arena
« Reply #13 on: October 15, 2012, 08:31:38 pm »

Name: 'Oneshot'
Gender: Male
Age: late twenties.
Race: Human
Starting Weapon: Musket
Ability: Master of 1: +2 to offensive musket use. Good for nothing else: -1 to all other equipment except unarmed. Patient Hunter: Always goes last.
Appearance: Wears so many rags and ripped cloth that he's positively overdressed. Scarves hide his face and wears goggles. Very messy hair. Standard build.
Brief Biography: Calm and collected Oneshot. What people don't know is why he likes using a musket. He doesn't say. A mercenary by trade, times got a little tough and now, he's in this competition, assured in his own abilities.
Hit Points: 20/20


Apart from the bayonet, what IS the advantage of the musket? :P
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Re: Arena: An Arena RTD in an Arena
« Reply #14 on: October 15, 2012, 08:31:57 pm »

So I should change it? 
How about one turn of invulnerability and two of immobility?
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