@Drifting Pollen Random arena for me and Doc too.

Geeeh! Maybe I should just make all the arenas random...

Rolled a dice. Your randomly selected arena is #2: the Quiet Forest! See the starting post for details.

@Chimera Just got back and it's half 2 here so I won't be able to start the thread, Pollen has selected the Arena for us (Windswept Cliffs) so if you're available in the next twelve hours and feel like starting it go ahead. Otherwise I'll sort something when I'm awake and not busy.

Sorry for the wall of text, but sort of setting things up for a future experiment of mine. Also... getting a feel for Trixi really with that post.

@ShidenBlades

Starting the thread construction, and since you didn't answer me, I'm assuming it's ranked as it's going to be judged that way anyways. I hope you don't mind that I organized the thread OP in a style I usually find most useful, mainly when it comes to skimming and recalling. It should be done before 1.

@Fallenreaper

All sounds good to me! I look forward to our duel.

So how's everyone's fights going along?

Me and @Doc Doctor are currently at a stalemate. He's super good at grappling though.

So how's everyone's fights going along?

Me and @Doc Doctor are currently at a stalemate. He's super good at grappling though.

You and Doc are in a close-range brawl, Melon and Chimera are likewise going head-to-head, though with more weaponry involved in their case. Both getting pretty intense already!

Shiden and Fallen are just getting started, making some initial attacks.

Vordak and Scarifar haven't started their fight yet, they have one more day... the thread is up, though, so hopefully they're close.

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You and Doc are in a close-range brawl, Melon and Chimera are likewise going head-to-head, though with more weaponry involved in their case. Both getting pretty intense already!

Shiden and Fallen are just getting started, making some initial attacks.

Vordak and Scarifar haven't started their fight yet, they have one more day... the thread is up, though, so hopefully they're close.

Both @ShidenBlades's Nicoli and Trixi have their own little tricks and dubbed in the some of the same things so the match up should be good now that we're actually able to clash. My only concern is making a foolish mistake and getting me DQ because I didn't know better. If we actually manage to finish this fight, it would be my first officially public match that ended up actually ending. Win or lose, I will actually be happy to see that happen.

In order to avoid meta-playing, I've not been reading the actual IC too much as I don't want that to influence Trixi. However, when the tourney is over, I do aim to read up on them and enjoy the match from start to end.

Also, since everyone is so evenly matched in this round that reminds me of a thought: what would interesting pairings, other than what has happened, would you think might be fun to see go head to head? And why?

Other topics to think about are: what are your favorite types of fighters? As in morals, character types to tactics or fighting style?

*pauses in her rambling and goes 'Oops'*

Vordak and Scarifar haven't started their fight yet, they have one more day... the thread is up, though, so hopefully they're close.

Wait, one more day for what? The tournament rounds aren't that quick, are they? Or is this just an issue between those two?

@FallenreaperMy favourite characters are acrobatic knife-jugglers.

Or my main & signature character, Chimera, who has metal cestus shaped like a lion & ram.

Characters with unique fighting styles!

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Wait, one more day for what? The tournament rounds aren't that quick, are they? Or is this just an issue between those two?

The round still has plenty of time, but I requested that fights begin within a week of match-ups being announced.

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Wait, one more day for what? The tournament rounds aren't that quick, are they? Or is this just an issue between those two?

@FallenreaperMy favourite characters are acrobatic knife-jugglers.

Or my main & signature character, Chimera, who has metal cestus shaped like a lion & ram.

Characters with unique fighting styles!

I've not played enough fighters for me to have a specific type and so I try to make a few different ones, namely to see which I like better and variety really. However, I currently like the boxer/duck and weave types a little more so far.

My favorite PCs are ones who are creative and work by the moment. For some reason I love reading and playing them in various RPs. I also like PCs with a lot of history and layers, mainly as you tend to see those layers unfold through various stages/experiences in a fight or story.

Speaking of layers, @Drifting Pollen your OP mentioned being driven insane by the voices when you are defeated? How are we suppose to exactly play that or is that free game for creativity rights? I'm more or less curious really, as well as had an interesting idea on it.

Vordak's been a little busy. And when I say, "A little busy", I mean we've made 0 progress. Hopefully things will move soon tho.

Speaking of layers, @Drifting Pollen your OP mentioned being driven insane by the voices when you are defeated? How are we suppose to exactly play that or is that free game for creativity rights? I'm more or less curious really, as well as had an interesting idea on it.

You pretty much get to choose how that goes down. I'm not enforcing any special rules in that regard, but it could be interesting for RP purposes, even for the short interactions that might take place before/within fights. Heck, you could even try changing your characters' fighting style a bit... basically I'm willing to give you some freedom there. It's less of a constraint, and more of an opportunity.

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You pretty much get to choose how that goes down. I'm not enforcing any special rules in that regard, but it could be interesting for RP purposes, even for the short interactions that might take place before/within fights. Heck, you could even try changing your characters' fighting style a bit... basically I'm willing to give you some freedom there. It's less of a constraint, and more of an opportunity.

So, it's more of a story element. Well, then my idea will work as I was aiming on Trixi (if she is ever beaten) being able to silence the massive voice collection though fighting. So, thanks for clarifying that up.

My fighters are usually either elementals of some sort or fighters given eternal life in exchange for servitude.

The latter I am currently working into my roster of Tarot fighters, one of whom is the Emperor, who's currently in this tournament.

I'm planning to write 22 characters for the 22 cards in the major arcana of the Tarot. One for each arcana.

I'm planning to write 22 characters for the 22 cards in the major arcana of the Tarot. One for each arcana.

"Death" and "the Lovers" should be fun ones. Maybe "the Fool" as well, you could do a knife-juggling acrobat :P

@Drifting Pollen I think I have an android as The Fool. He's not fully written though, just came up with it last night.

Hehe. Gonna work down the list. Gonna finish Fool first, then finish up High Priestess. She's a Cherokee shaman, ooh *wiggly magic fingers*

All these warriors are gonna be kept in card form underneath a mysterious being called the Dealer. Unsure who he is. One of the bigger multiverse beings I'm introducing.

My fighters are usually either elementals of some sort or fighters given eternal life in exchange for servitude.

Keep them away from Trixi's world, that's not hard for the demons of that world especially minor ones. But there's a terrible catch...

The latter I am currently working into my roster of Tarot fighters, one of whom is the Emperor, who's currently in this tournament.

I'm planning to write 22 characters for the 22 cards in the major arcana of the Tarot. One for each arcana.

Never created PCs that had a theme, though I did consider making Jacer's brother into a low tier fighter since the transformation would've made his body into metal and a nice Enslaved being. (Bio-machine creatures created by a virus thanks to the Dyne, an alien race invading their world)

@Fallenreaper I like theming my fighters a lot.

I already have the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Was only a matter of time before my next theme. XD

@Fallenreaper I like theming my fighters a lot.

I already have the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Was only a matter of time before my next theme. XD

I bet those were wonderful to make, though imagine Death would've been likely the hardest unless you made him more of a necromancer.