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[Joben]

You are a Raptor. A Hunter.

One day you woke up in this place, surrounded by stone walls. Some of your kin are with you.

The door at the top of the exit ramp opens. They want you to fight again.

You hear the grinding noise of the valves opening. The room will fill with water soon.

You can't stay, you must enter the arena.

You wonder what your foe will be today, and if it will taste good. They keep you hungry for the fights.

Spoiler: What Is This? (click to show/hide)

It's an arena combat game. You play as a pack hunting dinosaur like one of the Raptors from Jurassic Park.

Specifically you are a Deinonychus. You weigh about 160 pounds (75 kilos) and are about 11 feet (3.5 meters) from your nose to the tip of your long thin tail. A lot of other dinosaurs are much bigger than you. You'll need to work together.

You are strong for your size, but not an unusually fast runner. You have large hook-shaped claws on your feet. Your bite is strong. Your clawed hands can grasp and carry. If current theory is to be believed you have feathers. Scientists aren't sure, but Rule of Fun dictates that you are intelligent and social.

This game is based on my Roll To Raptor RTD/RPG rules set, but is intended to have little to no plot. The players get to enjoy some tactical combat and the GM gets to playtest rules tweaks and enemy designs. Player character death is likely, fights will often be tough, and not nessasarily balanced.

Spoiler: Character Sheet & Signup (click to show/hide)

I'm looking for 6 players at a time, with an open wait-list. Turnover is fairly likely...if I do this right.

Your screen name is your character name.

Stats:


There are five attributes that affect your ability to perform various tasks. They are as follows.

Attack: Affects chance to hit and damage done.
Defense: Affects Dodging and Damage received.
Senses: Affects detecting creatures, spotting details, noticing interesting objects and following tracks and scent trails.
Cunning: Are you a clever girl? Complex, subtle, knowledge based and social actions are tied to this skill.
Stealth: Gives a bonus/penalty to attempts to hide and move without being detected.

All stats start at 0. But no character is without strengths and weaknesses. Pick one of these three methods for customizing your character

• Option 1: Pick two stats to get a +1 and one to get a -1 to rolls.
• Option 2: Pick three to get +1 and two  to get -1 to rolls.
• Option 3: Pick one stat to receive +2, two to get -1 to rolls.

Sheet Template:

If you want to play submit this, modified by one of the methods above.

Attack: 0
Defense: 0
Senses: 0
Cunning: 0
Stealth: 0

Spoiler: Posting Format Rules (click to show/hide)

• Formal Actions that your character is to perform are put in bold.
• In-Character speech goes in italics.
• Optionally you may also claim an identifying color it if you want.
• Out of Character and metagame comments go in (parentheses.)

Spoiler: Combat: Player's Quick Reference (click to show/hide)

• Combat Turns last about 10 seconds each
• Two Actions Per Round: Major & Minor, or Two Minor.
• Fighting or taking a Defensive stance is a Major Action.
• Maneuvering and almost everything else is probably a Minor Action.
• You can attack individual body parts on an enemy.
• So be sure to specify what you want to damage.
• Large enemies can be climbed on to reach otherwise inaccessible parts.
• Bad misses may result in Counter Attacks.
• Counters do automatic minimum damage.
• Even creatures too big to kill quickly can be worn to exhaustion through injury and harassment.
• The same goes for you though; combat takes a huge toll on your energy reserves.

Updated List of Attack/Defense/Tactical Options in combat.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/19-GlREFCrs5fVNfs1aWrz_kDdQlAXhhzfkNQHlx1XwM/pub#h.9fmfghijlvhn

Full Rules:

These have everything above and more. If there's ever a conflict because I forgot to copy-paste an update the linked rules doc is authoritative.

http://tinyurl.com/DinoArenaRules

Player & Enemy Status:

http://tinyurl.com/DinoArenaSheets

[Joben]

http://tinyurl.com/DinoArenaSheets

Current Players:

GreatWyrmGold

Unholy_Pariah

Mastahcheese

Wait list:

Coolrune206
Attack: 1
Defense: -1
Senses: -1
Cunning: 1
Stealth: 1

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Squidgen
Attack: +1
Defense: 0
Senses: 0
Cunning: -1
Stealth: +1

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Nerjin
Attack: 2
Defense: 0
Senses: 0
Cunning: -1
Stealth: -1


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Tiruin


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Player Deaths: 2 (Scapheap, Dwarmin)

Player Kills: Acrocanthosaurus x1, Tenontosaurus x1, Utahraptor x3

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Inactive/Former Players:

Scapheap
Dwarmin
Maxinum McDreich

[Joben]

Reserved.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Spoiler: Raptor #1 (click to show/hide)

Name: Ironhide

Attack -1
Defense +1
Senses 0
Cunning +1
Stealth 0

It's Ironhide again, just with the age out of her bones and the serial numbers filed off.

[Dwarmin]

Spoiler: Raptor #2 (click to show/hide)

Attack: +2
Defense: 0
Senses: -1
Cunning: -1
Stealth: 0

Hooktoes revenge?

:3

[Unholy_Pariah]

hell ill take a slot, gimme a minute to loot greyscale from ye olde waitlist.

Spoiler: raptor #3 (click to show/hide)

ye olde greyscale

Attack: +1
Defense: 0
Senses: 0
Cunning: +1
Stealth: -1

[Maxinum McDreich]

Mmm, dinosaur meat!

Spoiler: Raptor #4 (click to show/hide)

Attack: 0
Defense: +1
Senses: +1
Cunning: 0
Stealth: -1

He is REXBAIT! Hoo ah ah! Rexbait! Hoo ah ah. Ok enough, enough with the Rexbait. Hoo ah... oh...

[scapheap]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Attack: -1
Defense: -1
Senses: +1
Cunning: +1
Stealth: +1

Let give this a go.

[mastahcheese]

Yeeeeessssss...............

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Stats:

Attack: 0
Defense: 0
Senses: -1
Cunning: +2
Stealth: -1

[Joben]

You all file up the ramp into the arena. The door closes behind the last of you.

The arena itself is huge and circular. At ground level there are many doors of varying sizes. The walls about 25 meters tall, and so far their smooth expanse has proved unclimbable.

The landscape has changed, this happens often. It's currently an approximation of a sparse forest. Dirt is underfoot, ferns, shrubs and tall plants are scattered around along with a few small boulders and fallen logs.

You have barely taken in the new scene when one of the larger doors starts to slide open.

Out of the gloom steps a large predator. First you see the huge jaws, then the heavy body with muscle rippling beneath it's scaly skin. It pauses and looks about as if confused. Maybe this is it's first combat. Then it sees you and starts walking forward.


((Handy pic is handy, shows aprox scale, but it's actually further away right now.))

You all stare at the great beast for a moment evaluating or remembering.
(Know/Cunning Rolls for everyone: 4+1,1-1,4+1,2,6+1,3+2. 4 Successes. You know a lot of details about how it fights)

Spoiler: Your Foe (click to show/hide)

Name: Acrocanthosaurus
Description: 40 feet long. 7 tons. Think T-Rex, but heavier.

+2 Attack (Bite, Kick), +2 Defense, -1 Cunning, Damage x10
Large Creature Combat Rules In Effect.
Note: *Redacted*

Vigor: 200/200 (-0/Turn)

Head: 35/35, *Arms: 15/15
Body: 40/40, *Belly: 25/25
*R-Leg 30/30, *L-Leg: 30/30
*Tail: 30/30

*In reach from ground if you're both standing.

Special Attacks:

• Other Attack: *Redacted*
• Tail Swipe: Attack up to 2 Hunters at Close range with a +0 modifier. Hit targets are knocked to Medium range and Prone.
• Pin: Attack a Prone Hunter at +0, if successful Hunter is Pinned by a leg.
• Rend: Attempt to Bite a Pinned Hunter at +3 to Attack. (Target rolls at -3 Defense due to status effects) If victim survives it is no longer Pinned.

You are all at Far range from your foe, and it is approaching. What do you do?

[GreatWyrmGold]

If victim survives it is no longer Pinned.[/li][/list]

If the victim dies, is it still pinned?

Ironhide glances around.
"Watch it! There's a Big-Tooth!"

Look around the arena and determine two things:
1. Is there a ceiling?
2. Are there trees around which could be climbed fairly easily?

If 2 is Yes, climb up a nearby tree, out of the Big-Tooth's reach. If not, try to find some place to get out of its line-of-sight.

[Dwarmin]

Toehook does a battle squall.

"Yyyyark! Lemme at em! Bet you can't catch me, you...big...mouth...full of teeth!"

Action: Run around, and goad the big tooth to chase me around a bit so he gets a big winded. I'm much faster then he is!

[Unholy_Pariah]

"i changed my mind, can i go back in the water cave?"

Taking care not to attract the large predators attention prematurely Pariah follows Dwarmin a steady pace and tries to keep himself in the edge of the big-tooth's vision ready to distract it by hollering at the top of his lungs and flaring his feathers aggressively should it gain too much ground on his pack mate.

move to maintain a far distance from the Acrocanthosaurus and medium from Dwarmin, do not exert myself unless im forced to manipulate the creature.

if it gets too close to Dwarmin, manipulate creature: Trick the Acrocanthosaurus into charging at me (as in flavor text above) and try to lure it past McDreich if he is unnoticed.
otherwise, try to discern or remember any other details about this creature or its attack patterns.

((is the jaws/legs attack a +2 on top of its attack stat +2?))

[Maxinum McDreich]

''Why am I the one thinking of ambush?''

Hide: Staying close to Dwarmin and Pariah, hide behind a log or high shrubbery.

If it is obvious hiding failed but not chased: Hide again, moving to other high shrubbery.
If it is obvious hiding failed AND being chased: RUN!
If hiding succeeded, but big dino is still far away, sneak into medium range.
If hiding succeeded, but big dino is in medium range: remain hidden.
If hiding succeeded and big dino gets into close range: Ambush the belly and grab it.

((Mmm, belly nice and soft... ish. I dread the idea of facing an anklosaurus.))

[Joben]

If victim survives it is no longer Pinned.[/li][/list]

If the victim dies, is it still pinned?

((Ahhhh lol good catch. Umm....Yes I suppose so. They'll probably be two pieces, one still underfoot, one in the jaws. They would be considered Held/Pinned, though it would be a trivial Free action for the beast to let them go. The idea is if it doesn't do lethal damage it's because when it tried to pull you apart it lost it's grip so now you're free.

This is it's big opportunistic finishing combo if one of you is in reach and falls over. It takes two turns to do, but the median damage is something like 70-80 points. This creature is intended to be a huge threat, up near the limit of what a group of 6 of you can fight and expect to have survivors.))

((is the jaws/legs attack a +2 on top of its attack stat +2?))

((Nope, sorry that unclear. I'm gonna go tweak the listing, I think I know how to state it more clearly.

You'll probably never see anything with a +4 basic attack, that's a 91% hit rate. The intent is that it's base attack, which by preference is biting or kicking is +2. The Special Attacks section is intended to list variations of that. Modifiers listed there are absolute, not cumulative with it's base stat bonuses.))