__________________ | _ SPAR FIGHT TOURNAMENT TO THE DEATH | 6 posts total, 3 posts each. 12 posts total, 6 posts each. 20 posts total, 10 posts each. Until one of your characters die. |
Spars and fights can happen in any situation the players want to create. The Tournament fight length is specific to the tournament rankings at the heart of this Arena story. To The Death is a fight of unusual circumstance and so it is recognized here for when it is needed. | __________________ |
__________________ | _ STRENGTH _ AGILITY _ DEXTERITY _ CONSTITUTION _ STAMINA _ FURY _ _ BLESSING | How hard you can hit. _ How fast you can move. _ The skill with which you fight. _ How much damage you can take. _ How long before you tire. _ How much you rely on emotion to give you strength. _ The gods are alive in Greece. One of them will bless you in your fight. |
These stats are for narrative purposes; instead of there being a very black and white application of the numbers, you are responsible for incorporating the stat into your fight, and the round judge is able to use the stats to judge an outcome of a disputed action. This system works intuitively, so if it feels like it makes sense to you, then it should make sense to everyone. | __________________ |
__________________ | Play a youth who has just graduated. You get to fight with basic equipment given to them by the school or family or bare hand, you get light armor or no armor, and whatever story you imagine for your person. |
Older Spartans who have seen war. They bring their own equipment and experience. These have richer stories and a wealth of experience to draw upon. | __________________ |
__________________ | Of the likes of Leonidas, Achilles, and other Hellenic styled champions of your choosing. You guys get to have some fun with these, however they cannot compete in a tournament, only in exhibition fights. |
Warriors of great strength and power. They are from all over the world and fight to earn their freedom. | __________________ |
__________________ | Maybe the painter or the bricklayer wants to be a warrior, maybe he's been secretly training and wants to try his mettle against trained soldiers. Maybe he's not Spartan at all, or not a male, write your story, fight your fight, survive and become renown. |
Claim your own face and write your own story. Your character will need to be approved before you can fight with them. | __________________ |
Choose one God to honor per fight and receive their blessing. Gods are honored at the beginning so you can honor a different God each fight. | __________________ |
__________________ | _ ZEUS _ _ _ _ ARES _ _ _ _ _ APHRODITE _ _ _ _ HAPHAESTUS _ _ _ HERMES _ _ _ ATHENA _ _ _ _ _ _ HADES | I am the God of gods! Call on my blessing once per fight to land a blow superior to all others! It will land with Power 10 fold of that of your normal power! This bounty is my gift to you, mortal. _ I have seen all the strategies of war and know all the wiles of man, call upon my blessing at the moment when you are about to take damage and negate that damage, my blessing may be used only once per fight, use it wisely. _ My blessing will make you loved by the crowd and imbue your strikes with beauty, call upon me and negate your opponents fury for a single moment of your choosing. _ I will bless your weapon or your armor, call upon me to turn a weapon with yours or deflect a blade with your armor and seize advantage. _ My feet fly swiftly from the Heavens to the Earth, I will grant you agility 5 fold your base stat once in a fight. _ Wisdom is to know and to plan, and Wisdom to you will be my gift. Call upon my blessing at the beginning of a match to see your opponents stats and then rearrange up to 20 points of your own stats as you will. Your stats will reset at the end of the match. _ I guard that which is unwanted, and justify that which others call reprehensible. Call upon my blessing once per match to cheat and not be caught. What that cheating looks like is up to you. |