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[Zifnab]

Shortly after DF2010 was released, Ringmaster and then LordSlowpoke hosted an arena tournament known as The Arena Mode test.  http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=54069.msg1160259  Participants could choose for fighters any creature available in the object arena and equip them with items and skills.

I've tweaked the system used in v2, and introduced the material and tissue changes from the genesis mod as well as a few changes of my own.

RULES

You can choose to have one fighter. This fighter can be chosen from any of the choices available in the Object Testing Arena of DF2010 (EXCEPT Megabeasts/semimegabeasts). Please use the following form to request a fighter:

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Owner: Your name
Name:  What you want your fighter called
Species: (Dwarf, Human, Antman, etc. Remember, NO Megabeasts and no beasties that are essentially 'immortal' e.g. blizzardmen are disallowed.)
Gender: Male/Female
Weapon: (Iron short sword, rose gold warhammer, etc.)
Ammo: (If necessary: Iron/Gold/etc. Bolts/Arrows/Blowdarts)
Head Armour: (Iron/Gold/Silk/Wood/etc. Mask/Helm/Cap/None)
Hand Armour: (Iron/Gold/Silk/Wood/etc. Gauntlets/Gloves/Mittens/None)
Body Armour: (Iron/Gold/Silk/Wood/etc. Breastplate/Mail Shirt/None)
Foot Armour: (Iron/Gold/Silk/Wood/etc. High Boot/Low boot/None)
Leg Armour: (Iron/Gold/Silk/Wood/etc. Leggings/Greaves/None)
Shields: (Iron/Gold/Silk/Wood/etc. Shield/Buckler/None)
Skills: (See below for examples of skills)

SPECIES

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I'm working with mostly stock raws from the latest DF as far as creatures go.  I'm adding [CAN_LEARN] to any unintelligent creatures that don't already have it for free. 
 
To make things a little more interesting, you can buy mutations for your creature.
These are not refundable, but will grant specific conditions in exchange for starting point bonuses or penalties.

[AMPHIBIOUS] (-10%)
Become undead:  (+10%)  WARNING!  Only valid until undead stop sucking.
Please specify zombie or skeleton.
[FLYER] (?)

Other mutations will be appearing on this list.  Suggestions are welcome.

Due to the strength difference of different creatures, a tier system is being set up.
 
TIERS (starting points)

500:  Bunnies
200:  Gremlins, Dark Gnomes
150:  Kobolds, Carp
100:  Animalmen, dwarves, elves, humans, goblins
80:  Werewolves, Giant Cave Spider
50:  Minotaur, troll, yeti, nightwing, ironman, ogre
Tier Megabeast (Prohibited):  All mega- and semimega- beasts
 
 
If you choose one of the creatures not listed in a tier, consider it to be with the 100 point creatures. A creature will be moved from this tier if a fighter is created and is noticed to be a particularly awesome badass or weak pushover.

[Zifnab]

To create your fighter, a points system will be used. It'll be very similar to the one used in Adventurer Mode. Check TIER section for more details on a creature's number of starting points.

 
ITEM TYPES

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Item types are stock.

Weapon: The first weapon is free and of the lowest item material. It can be of any weapon type, but shields do not count. (Short sword, warhammer, etc.) But only the first weapon is free. If you want to dual-wield, it is a 5 point cost.

Ammo: If ammo is needed for a weapon, then 20 wooden bolts/darts/arrows will be given for free at the start of every round. If you want higher quality ammunition, then it will cost according to the edged weapon scale.

Head Armour: Having no head armour is free.
Veils/Turbans/Headscarves: 1 point
Masks/Caps: 4 points
Helms: 5 points

Hand: No hand armour is free.
Mittens/Gloves: 2 points
Gauntlets: 4 points
*Price is for 1 hand armor, not the set

Body: No body armour is free.
Coats/Shirts/Cloaks/Tunics/Togas/Capes/Vests/Dresses and Robes: 2 points
Leather armor: 5 points
Breastplates: 8 pts
Mail shirts:  10 points

Leg: No leg armour is free.
Trousers/Loincloths/Thongs/Skirts/Short skirts/Long skirts/Braies: 2 points
Leggings: 5 points
Greaves: 7 pts

Foot: No foot armour is free
Shoes/Sandals/Chausses/Socks: 2 points
Low boots:  4 points
High boots: 6 points
*Price is for 1 foot armor, not the set

Shields: No shields are free.
Buckler: 10 points
Shield: 15 points

ITEM MATERIALS

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I will be using the materials from Genesis Mod plus a few of my own.

Relative values for materials (low to high).

For Armor
By compressive yield/fracture:
Paper:  0 pts
Wood/silk/cloth/leather/bone:  1 pts
Copper:  3 pts
Cobalt: 6 pts
Spellwood:  10 pts
Black Bronze: 14 pts
Bismuth Bronze:  18 pts
Bronze:  22 pts
Iron:  26 pts
Sun Gold:  30 pts
Steel:  34 pts
Black Steel: 38 pts 
Red Steel:  42 pts
 
*bone armor limited to greaves, gauntlets, and helms

For Blunt Weapons
By weight/density:
Bone: 0 pts
Iron: 6 pts
Spellwood: 9 pts
Sun Gold: 12 pts
Steel: 15 pts
Black Steel: 18 pts
Red Steel: 21 pts
Bismuth Bronze: 24 pts
Bronze: 27 pts
Cobalt: 30 pts
Copper: 33 pts
Black Bronze: 36 pts
Silver: 39 pts
 
For Edged Weapons
By edge:
Wood: 0 pts
Obsidian: 4 pts
Spellwood: 8 pts
Copper: 12 pts
Cobalt: 15 pts
Iron: 18 pts
Bismuth bronze: 21 pts
Black bronze:  24 pts
Bronze: 27 pts
Sun gold: 30 pts
Steel: 33 pts
Black steel: 36 pts
Red steel: 39 pts

Other metals may be gained under special circumstances.  These will include tournaments, gauntlet matches, etc.

SKILLS

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None: Free
Novice: 4 points
Adequate: 8 points
Competant: 14 points
Skilled: 20 points
Proficient: 28 points
Talented: 36 points
Adept: 46 points
Expert: 56 points
Professional: 68 points
Accomplished: 80 points
Great: 92 points
Master: 104 points
High Master: 116 points
Grand Master: 128 points

This means if your expert axedwarf wants to gain a level in axing things, he will need to spend 12 points to become a professional axedwarf.  Skill levels are not refundable.

Some Example Characters:

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Name: Sample Human
Species: Human
Gender: Male
Weapon: Cobalt Short Sword - 15 points
Ammo: N/A - No Points
Head Armour: Black Bronze Mask - 18 points
Hand Armour: Silk Gloves*2 - 3 points each
Body Armour: Black Bronze Breastplate - 24 points
Foot Armour: Silk shoes*2 - 3 points each
Leg Armour: Silk trousers - 3 points
Shields: Wood Buckler - 11 points
Skills: Adequate Swordsman - 8 points
   Adequate Shield User - 8 points
Total = 99 points

Name: Sample Dwarf
Species: Dwarf
Gender: Male
Weapon: Bronze Short Sword - 27 points
Ammo: N/A - No Points
Head Armour: Copper Cap - 7 points
Hand Armour: Copper Gauntlets*2 - 7 points each
Body Armour: Copper Mail Shirt - 13 points
Foot Armour: Copper Low Boots*2 - 7 points each
Leg Armour: Copper Chain Leggings - 8 points
Shields: Copper Buckler - 13 points
Skills: Novice Swordsdwarf - 4 pts
Total = 100 points

Name: Sample Ogre
Species: Ogre
Gender: Female
Weapon: Black Steel Greataxe - 36 points
Ammo: N/A - None
Head Armour: None
Hand Armour: None
Body Armour: None
Foot Armour: None
Leg Armour: None
Shields: None
Skills: Competent Axeman - 14 points
Total = 50 points

Name: Sample Giant Cave Spider
Species: Giant Cave Spider
Gender: Male
Weapon: None
Ammo: N/A - None
Head Armour: Black Bronze Cap - 18 points
Hand Armour: None
Body Armour: Bismuth Bronze Mail Shirt - 28 points
Foot Armour: None
Leg Armour: None
Shields: None
Skills: Competent Wrestler - 14 points
Skilled Dodger - 20 pts
Total = 80 points

Additional Info

I'm using the tissue tweaks from genesis, so expect more pain and bleeding.

[Zifnab]

The first tournament is being set up.  Claim a fighter today!
Go to this post for more details:
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=79266.msg2076916#msg2076916
 
Fighter list:

Owner: UristMcIrish
Name:  Alista arna
Species: Elf
Gender: Female
Weapon: cobalt longsword - 15 pts - and cobalt short sword - 20 pts
Head Armour: None
Hand Armour: Ratman Leather Glove - 3 pts
Bone Gauntlet - 5 pts
Body Armour: Ratman Leather Armour - 6 pts
Foot Armour: Ratman Leather Shoes*2 - 3 pts each
Leg Armour: Ratman Leather trousers - 3 pts
Shields: None
Skills: competent Swordsman - 14 pts
competent Dodger - 14 pts
Competent fighter - 14 pts
total = 100 pts.
Bio:  After growing tired of her nations war upon the Ratmen tribes Alista Deserted with her eyes set upon glory and fame, After hearing of an rumoured Gladitoral Arena Alista started to seek it out intent on earning her place in the historys.

Owner: Aramco
Name:  Ithera Ebire
Species: Rabbit (So I start with 500 points)
Gender: Male
Weapon: None
Head Armour: None
Hand Armour: None
Body Armour: None
Foot Armour: None
Leg Armour: None
Shields: None
Skills: Grandmaster Fighter (128)
Grandmaster Striker (128)
Grandmaster Biter (128)
High Master Dodger (116)
Total- 500 points
Bio:  The NEW Master Race (He still speaks Elven, though.)
 
Owner: Crazy Cow
Name:  Skriss
Species: Serpent Man
Gender: Male
Weapon: None
Ammo: None
Head Armour: Bismuth Bronze Helm, 23 points
Hand Armour: 2x Cobalt Gauntlets, 20 points
Body Armour: Black Bronze Chain Mail, 24 points
Foot Armour: None
Leg Armour: None
Shields: None
Skills: Competent Dodger, 14 points
         Skilled Wrestler, 20 points
Total: 101 points
Over by 1 point

Owner: WraithLord24
Name:  Wraith
Species: Werewolf
Gender:male
Weapon: Steel longsword  33 pts
Body Armour: Bronze Chain mail  32 pts
Shields: None
Skills:competent Swordsman  14 pts
Total: 79 points
1 point remaining
Bio: A werewolf that was kicked out of his pack cause he was to smart. He now works as a merc to pay his bills. He joined this contest to increase his fame.

Name: Arena Carp
Species: Amphibious Carp (150 pts - 10% = 135 pts available)
Occupation: Eating fishermen
Weapon:  Teeth
Armor:  Spellwood helm (15 pts) and Spellwood mail shirt (25 pts)
Skills:  Adept Biter (46)  Adept Fighter (46)  Adequate Armor User (
Total = 135 pts

[Ultimuh]

Watching..
.. with mild interest. 

[TolyK]

If you want I can make you a special arena just for this.

Just specify about what it looks like and I'll get it to ya.

Watching..
.. with mild interest. 

this too.
...
looks good, might make a dude. 120 points... that's a lot. but whatever.

[Zifnab]

120 points sounds like a lot, but it turns out to be just enough to get a full set of copper equipment and a few skill levels.  Or a naked grandmaster with a nice weapon. 

This was the amount given in v2, but I did lower the cost of some things, so a lower amount might be better.

At 100 points you could get a full copper set with no skills or a grandmaster with a crappy weapon.  Or something in between.

[TolyK]

hmm good point.

waddaya think about this:

If you want I can make you a special arena just for this.

[Zifnab]

I'll sketch out a design for an arena and send it to you either tonight or tomorrow.  I'll have to give the arena setup a little thought.

I ran some tests with the sample dwarf vs. the sample giant cave spider.  Even without adding in the canlearn tag, the giant cave spider managed to take out the dwarf 2/5 times.  Couldn't get a bite through the copper armor, but the winning spiders grabbed limbs, broke them, and then strangled the dwarves.  The fights though took a long, long time.  I'm definately going to back the amount of points off.  Maybe down to 80.  At that level, beginning gladiators will have significant weaknesses to make for quicker fights

[TolyK]

ok

[UristMcIrish]

Owner: UristMcIrish

Name:  Alista arna

Species: Dark Elf (Think Drow! no fur)

Gender: Female

Weapon: Iron longsword and Iron short sword

Head Armour: None

Hand Armour: Ratman Leather Gloves

Body Armour: Ratman Leather Armour

Foot Armour: Ratman Leather Highboots

Leg Armour: Ratman Leather Throusers

Shields: None

Skills: Adequate Fighter, competent Swordsman, Competent Dodger

Motive!: After growing tired of her nations war upon the Ratmen tribes Alista Deserted with her eyes set upon glory and fame, After hearing of an rumoured Gladitoral Arena Alista started to seek it out intent on earning her place in the historys.

((I know this is probly waaay to see to be posting a char but hey... I took the RP route over over powering her ))

[Zifnab]

hmm good point.

waddaya think about this:

If you want I can make you a special arena just for this.

After some thought, these are the things I would like in an arena.

1.  An open area without danger of magma, drowning, or falling into a pit. 
2.  A platform, maybe 5*5, on a pillar above a 3 z level pit.  The pit floor area would be something like 15*15 if the pillar was a solid 5*5 all the way up, but it could be smaller if the pillar supporting the platform were a single tile.  I could then fill said pit with magma, water, or rabid foxes.
3.  A box.  That is, a normal size gladiator room with a roof on top.  Only 1 z level inside to take away any advantage flight might give.
4.  Some sort of maze, or pathlike area, so that I can do a semiguided challenge.  Maybe like 8 small rooms with a winding path connecting them, so that you can't see from room to room.
5.  An area like this
http://img833.imageshack.us/i/line31.png
Anything else that you think might be interesting?

[Zifnab]

As an exhibition match, I'm going to be doing a fight between an 80 pt version of Urist McIrish

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Owner: UristMcIrish
Name:  Alista arna
Species: Dark Elf (Think Drow! no fur)
Gender: Female
Weapon: Iron cobalt longsword - 6 pts - and Iron copper short sword - 16 pts
Head Armour: None
Hand Armour: Ratman Leather Gloves - 4 pts each
Body Armour: Ratman Leather Armour - 7 pts
Foot Armour: Ratman Leather Highboots - 7 pts each
Leg Armour: Ratman Leather Trousers - 4 pts
Shields: None
Skills: Adequate Fighter, competent Swordsman - 15 pts - , Competent Adequate Dodger - 10 pts
total = 80 pts.

vs.

A crazed werewolf inspired by the Spartans of 300. Except with two shields and a lot more hair.

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Species:  Werewolf
Gender: Male
Weapon:  None
Body Armor:  Leather cloak - 4 pts
Leg Armor:  Leather loincloth - 4 pts
Other Armor:  None
Shield:  Copper buckler *2 - 9 pts each
Skills:  Proficient Shield user - 27 pts
Proficient Misc. Object User - 27 pts
Total = 80 pts

A link to the movie:
http://mkv25.net/dfma/movie-2316-exhibition

Highlights were copper buckler to the head x 100, copper buckler to the gut, the werewolf biting and shaking the elf, and the elf eventually suffocating in what I can only assume was her own blood.  I don't think she even got to swing a sword.

[UristMcIrish]

Err yea I knew I was five zillion points of the mark... I was testing you.. to see if you knew your own system.... you passed >.>

[Zifnab]

Err yea I knew I was five zillion points of the mark... I was testing you.. to see if you knew your own system.... you passed >.>

Well, you came in about right for the 120 level, but I think Tolyk was right that that was too high.

[TolyK]

After some thought, these are the things I would like in an arena.

1.  An open area without danger of magma, drowning, or falling into a pit. Easy.
2.  A platform, maybe 5*5, on a pillar above a 3 z level pit.  The pit floor area would be something like 15*15 if the pillar was a solid 5*5 all the way up, but it could be smaller if the pillar supporting the platform were a single tile.  I could then fill said pit with magma, water, or rabid foxes.  Fairly easy.
3.  A box.  That is, a normal size gladiator room with a roof on top.  Only 1 z level inside to take away any advantage flight might give.
 Fairly Easy.
4.  Some sort of maze, or pathlike area, so that I can do a semiguided challenge.  Maybe like 8 small rooms with a winding path connecting them, so that you can't see from room to room. Hmm a bit harder, but OK.
5.  An area like this
*snip* Very easy. Closed or open?

Walled in open area - done.
Suspended platform - will take a bit.
Arena with roof - done.
Maze - will do.
Side-by-side fights - open top or roofed?

Anything else that you think might be interesting?

Checkerboard danger room, flooding chamber (water/lava source at side), catwalk, archery range.