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Hidden 8 yrs ago Post by Yuuta
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This looks cool, but I'm not exactly new to combat RP. Wouldn't be fair for me to be a contender.
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No, T1 Eden and T1 are not the same thing, T1 Eden is a significant mechanical modification to the blanket rules of T1 textual combat. T1 covers the concept of taking it in turns delivering open ended actions that your opponent may then counter in their following turn. Eden specifically applies to the concept of balancing out magical abilities with preps, as opposed to cooldowns, mana pools, limited uses, and other varied and often times flawed balancing mechanics for abilities.
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Weeee. Off work.
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So who is mentoring who?

I'll see the answers when I wake up.
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Probably gotta wait and see who is signing up first.
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@Rilla
In the arena Rp is there any room for non-combat interactions and relationships?
If so could we not have the mentors as actual characters who are in their own way competing through their trainee?

Once characters are made the mentors can pick who they vouch for/ are supporting.
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Whoever wants to go full on brawl-style and just punch/kick/wrestle people in their faces, i'll be happy to be their mentor.

Also, i recomend you find your mentor before the character is finished, since the final character build will have great influence on your fighting strategy. A good mentor can help strengthen the synergies, cut away the unnecessary and add the vitally important in order to make a specialized killing machine - and do so while keeping the character true to the player's original concept.
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Hey guys can I ask for some more detail and context on the prepping attacks thing? I apologize if this seems like a question with an obvious answer but the concept is new to me. What sort of attacks require prep? How should I judge how much prep I need for attacks of various power levels? What about defenses? Do they need prep as well?
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@Rilla
In the arena Rp is there any room for non-combat interactions and relationships?
If so could we not have the mentors as actual characters who are in their own way competing through their trainee?

Once characters are made the mentors can pick who they vouch for/ are supporting.


I think that's the general idea, though it'll probably be up to each player if they want an actual character teaching another character the ropes. There's always a fair amount of background machinations going on in the Liaisons tournaments, not just the fights themselves.
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Hey guys can I ask for some more detail and context on the prepping attacks thing? I apologize if this seems like a question with an obvious answer but the concept is new to me. What sort of attacks require prep? How should I judge how much prep I need for attacks of various power levels? What about defenses? Do they need prep as well?


Preps are generally used for magical attacks and defences, particularly at this level of play. The idea is that if you want to threaten your opponent with a magical ability they can't easily shrug off with their own physical or magical defences, you spend a turn prepping an attack, and then unleash it on a subsequent turn. The opponent must meet your attack with a similarly prepped defence or find a reasonable way to avoid it, otherwise their magical defence falls before the attack and they take some damage.
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@MelonHead I gotcha. Thanks :-)
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I offer my mentoring services to anyone who has characters based around a combo of magic use and melee/ranged attacks.
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No, T1 Eden and T1 are not the same thing, T1 Eden is a significant mechanical modification to the blanket rules of T1 textual combat. T1 covers the concept of taking it in turns delivering open ended actions that your opponent may then counter in their following turn. Eden specifically applies to the concept of balancing out magical abilities with preps, as opposed to cooldowns, mana pools, limited uses, and other varied and often times flawed balancing mechanics for abilities.


Smh. You're not wrong.

But It's Also a very limited view of combat types and rulings in the overall Arena. I didn't say your question was necessarily wrong, but that it was kind of weird. Coupled with Tasuke's question.

Eden Era, is still T1. But not vice versa. And yes, essentially the only thing it adds is preps.
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We're not getting into an argument here now are we?
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But, I suppose for the simple answer, @melonhead is correct @tasuke .
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We're not getting into an argument here now are we?


Me? Nah. I would never...
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Yea. The mentors can have their own characters for the lobby might produce some good stories.
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When I'm done with work today I'll see if I can't write up a character. Something to do with fire and a good sword and armor, I think.
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I got pitched a thing.

So, Darth, suggested that to make the transition into the arena easier, that we give you lot pre-made characters. I'm down with some of you accepting them, and others not, but for fairness sake, it may be better of you all do or not.

This ay, you can focus on learning the steps of combat first before being thrust into designing an RP character s well as the thought processes slightly different.
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