@Drifting Pollen During the calm before the storm, I decided to make a few sketches of Iolanthe, and... There are some things left too vague about her equipment. Is it too late to make a couple changes to her equipment, before the battles kick off?

Depends on what changes. I'd rather you didn't give her new weapons or magical items, and if you did I would have to approve them... however, if you're just adding detail to her armor for more descriptive purposes, it should be no problem. Regardless, though, please let us know what the changes would be.

BTW, in the third arena, the pit with magma, how long/wide/heavy and hot are the iron bridges exactly, and can they be picked up? It'd be a delight to smack someone across the face with.

They're about a foot and a half wide (45 cm), eight feet long (around 2.5 meters), and four centimeters thick, so basically thin slabs of rough metal. They're nailed to the ground, but not particularly well, so they could be pulled up by someone sufficiently strong. Their weight is about 351 kg based on some rough calculations, which should be manageable for the physical powerhouses among the contestants. The tricky part is heat... not going to offer a precise number for that (depends on a whole bunch of things), so I'm just going to say that they're hot enough to be painful to touch, and will burn skin in prolonged contact (more than a couple seconds).

@Drifting Pollen While drawing Iolanthe, I made a couple changes to her equipment. Nothing magical what-so-ever.

1. Her shields: One of them is now fashioned in to a shoulder pouldron, as not to hinder her spear arm's movement. The other is now an average sized hoplon.

2. Hyperion: I forgot to mention the hilt is bladed.

3. Cloak: She has a red detachable cloak.

Nice drawing! And fairly minor changes, which I am okay with :)

It's good that you caught the issue with the shields, I was probably going to mention it before we started.

Thanks. ^u^

I've made the appropriate edits to the character sheet, for when it can be added to the roster.

Now to wait for the apocalypse.

All right, time to start rolling things out! I've made the first IC post, and the following now goes into effect.

- All approved participants can now post their character sheets in the Characters tab. Technically not required, if you don't do it I'll just do it myself.

- The IC is currently set at the First Shrine, at the base of the Mountain, before any major confrontations occur. Players may RP their characters here, but this is optional. No matches will occur just yet.

- The IC will move to higher Shrines as we progress through the tourney rounds.

- Battles will take place in their own threads. The first matchups will likely be posted around this time tomorrow, and will begin shortly thereafter. Characters might be accepted for a short while after this deadline, but likelihood of late acceptance will rapidly decrease once battles get started.

The due edit to my character sheet has been made as well.

Also, thanks for the info on the iron. I'll make sure to deliver the pain.

Now, that ithink of it, there's one last question i must pester you with: do one's xupplies get replenished after battle? Or must i be conservative with whatever finite tools my character has, such as the smokebombs and knives on Gigue?

Now, that ithink of it, there's one last question i must pester you with: do one's xupplies get replenished after battle? Or must i be conservative with whatever finite tools my character has, such as the smokebombs and knives on Gigue?

Just as characters are healed, supplies are replenished, and broken equipment repaired... so you only need to worry about ammunition within a battle. I'll probably sneak an IC explanation for all this in the next Shrine.

If anyone wants to go 'endurance mode' and forgo the heals/repairs, that is allowed. However, I can imagine the fights will be tricky enough already, without having to worry about conserving strength and ammo.

I'm really working hot and heavy on my PC, I'm still interested but as I told Rilla... balance when it comes to arena isn't my best skill. She is about 75% complete but I'm having real issues, namely as I'm debating on if she fits the acceptable tier range. If too much needs altered than I can't really enter this tourney as I'm not sure if I would have the edits up and ready in time. Apologies for taking so long.

I'm really working hot and heavy on my PC, I'm still interested but as I told Rilla... balance when it comes to arena isn't my best skill. She is about 75% complete but I'm having real issues, namely as I'm debating on if she fits the acceptable tier range. If too much needs altered than I can't really enter this tourney as I'm not sure if I would have the edits up and ready in time. Apologies for taking so long.

No worries. Just submit what you think is best and we'll help judge whether or not it's balanced. We're always here to help.

I'm really working hot and heavy on my PC, I'm still interested but as I told Rilla... balance when it comes to arena isn't my best skill. She is about 75% complete but I'm having real issues, namely as I'm debating on if she fits the acceptable tier range. If too much needs altered than I can't really enter this tourney as I'm not sure if I would have the edits up and ready in time. Apologies for taking so long.

No worries, I understand. Making character sheets takes me ages sometimes... Unfortunately, I am pushing this forwards on a pretty tight schedule. Nothing kills an RP like too much waiting, and this is especially true for tournaments.

However, I would definitely prefer for you to have the opportunity to participate if possible. It sounds like most of the issues you're having are with balance, so how about this: you can PM me your character sheet (what you have of it right now), and I can advise you as to what works, and discuss whether changes might be needed to fit her into the power tier and thus get her quickly approved. Sound good?

EDIT: as Scarifar said, you could even just post it here. I haven't totally rejected any of the characters submitted, only asked for a few changes in some cases. So if you just submitted it as is, we could probably work out any issues over the next day or so.

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No worries, I understand. Making character sheets takes me ages sometimes... Unfortunately, I am pushing this forwards on a pretty tight schedule. Nothing kills an RP like too much waiting, and this is especially true for tournaments.

However, I would definitely prefer for you to have the opportunity to participate if possible. It sounds like most of the issues you're having are with balance, so how about this: you can PM me your character sheet (what you have of it right now), and I can advise you as to what works, and discuss whether changes might be needed to fit her into the power tier and thus get her quickly approved. Sound good?

EDIT: as Scarifar said, you could even just post it here. I haven't totally rejected any of the characters submitted, only asked for a few changes in some cases. So if you just submitted it as is, we could probably work out any issues over the next day or so.

I think I can do that. Though I also have others who are helping me look over and balance her some, but if I pm it to you first with what I have then you can help me decide what is alright and what is an issue. This might save me some work in the long run.

@Scarifar

Thanks and I really rather have a finished sheet to show you though as all of yours have been wonderful examples.



Sent PM.

@Doc Doctor ahh, the classic Gonad bowel movement. No ic would be complete without that.

/sarcasm

Yea... that post is jacked up.

I think it might be a metaphor.

There's nothing stopping anyone killing him while he exposes himself by the by, I doubt even the monks would stop you.

Perhaps it's an intimidation tactic? He's hoping to eliminate the other contestants by scaring them off with the smell :D

Perhaps it's an intimidation tactic? He's hoping to eliminate the other contestants by scaring them off with the smell :D

It's worked in that it's killed all my desire to post in the shrine area, I'll just be jumping straight into the first round and by-passing it.

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It's worked in that it's killed all my desire to post in the shrine area, I'll just be jumping straight into the first round and by-passing it.

Come on now, let's join the fun and make fun of save us start up some conversations with us!

@Drifting Pollen Sent the last draft. Also, I hope the shrine area is very, very large because Trixi's going to avoid that section like a plague.

Trixi: Did someone found out what just died over there? Cause if you didn't, I'm going to make sure to provide a body soon... *Glares at the source*

Salem: This is one of many reasons why my kind kills yours.