[OOC] RPGuild Ranked Tournament

[Bartimaeus]

Comment revoked

[Bartimaeus]

Comment revoked

[Rilla]

Innue hasn't approved or asked for changes or rejected it yet.

[Bartimaeus]

So I am stuck in iternal darkness? How delightful

[Rilla]

Only until he unbusies himself enough to check everything.

Tournament won't start until the 7th anyway.

[Bartimaeus]

Wait i have school on the 7th

[Rilla]

It starts on the 7th. Not ends. There is a time limit for posts, so you should be good.

[Bartimaeus]

It starts on the 7th. Not ends. There is a time limit for posts, so you should be good.

@Rilla

Oh ok, i think I'm gonna erase all those posts about my character and post it again in a sec so that its all together.

[Bartimaeus]

[hide]Character submission
Dmitri Valean. Age: 31. Weight: 182lbs.
Height: 5'8" Race: Human
Dmitri was a mischievous talent when he was young, and his loved ons always told him to stay out of trouble, but he didn't listen. The day he lost it, he was outside shooting logs in the water with a sling shot. 'Thwack' 'Thwack' 'Thwack' 'Thump' Hmm? That's not normal. Suddenly to the young boys surprise, a massive reptilian beast emerged from the water and lunged at Dmitri, clamping its jaws onto his left arm. It wrenched its neck, then was gone.... and so was Dmitri Valean's arm. Almost too good to be true, his father was a mage, and connected the boys tendons and muscles to an arm from an ancient suit of armour. This arm had magic nullification qualities. Performing this act, however, had dire consequences; Dmitri lost his father. Now Dmitri explores the worlds in search of adventure, because its "what his father would want.".

Appearance: His brown hair is cut in a common style and he has blue eyes and is muscled healthily. Wears no shirt and his brown cloth pants are held up by a section of rope. He also has his "Savior arm" ( The armour one).
Weapons- His "Dragon Whisker" sword, similar to a jian. It is capable of being combo'd with his magic. Blade is 20 in.(51cm) long. His GuanDao's staff length is 4ft long, and the blade 1 ft.
Powers- He can open 2 portals at once max that himself, other animals, magic, and other objects can pass through. A moderate distance of 200ft is his max portal distance away from himself.
Nether Screens- Summons 4 thin plates of nether energy to the tip of his sword, which can then be swung off his sword 1 by 1 as projectiles. They are 1ftX1ft squares.

Withdrawal- Sheaths his current weapon into a portal and then draws another. (His Dragon Whisker and his GuanDao are the only choices.)

Notes: If any part of someone's body passes through the radius of a portal, that body part will be paralyzed. This does affect Dmitri, but not his savior arm. If its not organic its not affected by this. Some things can stop this paralyzation, or resist it, such as high willpower or some kind of healing affect. This paralyze affects the victim for 3 seconds only. QUESTION: The Savior Arm has magic nullification properties only when the magic touches that arm... Should the arm completely nullify the magic OR severely/drastically reduces the damage/power.[/hide]
Items- Placeable Jet Feuled Rocket Pad( Size of palm)x1
Zip Ties (enchanted for small amounts of magic resistance)x2
Lightning scroll (One time use, summons lightning at target location)x2
Timebenders Twig ( a twig that can be snapped to teleport the user 10 steps forward)x4

[Dolerman]

<Snipped quote by Dynamo Frokane>

LOL Dynamo I figured you'd prefer me over Melon's military tech guy.

@Skallagrim

you both got guns brah

[Rilla]

Guns are bad m'kay

[Skallagrim]

Apparently so are MMA fighters

[Rilla]

definitely mma fighters

[Bartimaeus]

Welcome!

This is the first in a series of annual combat tournaments on Roleplayerguild. This tournament will take place on one (or more) maps in a single elimination bracket tournament. This tournament will utilize a Powered level for its character meaning powers should be considered carefully in terms of scope and potency.

The deadline for participating in this tournament is May 7, 2015, 10:00 a.m. EST. By this time you must have indicated interest and completed the character you are using (you may choose the format of the bio). At this time the first map will be released for Round 1 of the tournament. After the first round is completed any map changes will be released.

Rules, Guidelines, etc:

• Standard Combat Restrictions for Powered.
• Characters may NOT be posted into the characters tab until they have been given my approval on the OOC first. Editing characters that have been accepted and posted into the character tab is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. You may request to make adjustments up until the May 7th deadline. However, any adjustments made without my approval can result in character disqualification. This is to ensure that no abilities are snuck in without approval.
• Judging will primarily be done by myself. @Rilla can judge in the event of my absence. Under no circumstances are any participants to judge others' matches.
• Characters are approved on a first come, first served basis. Thus, it is strongly encouraged characters be submitted well in advance of the May 7 deadline. I am not under any obligation to accept characters even if they are submitted before the deadline if there are too many last minute bios. By submitting early you give your character time to be adjusted after any feedback I may provide, otherwise I may just outright decline a character's ability if it is on (or too close) to the May 7 deadline.
• You can add additional stipulations to the match if your opponent agrees.
• You may NOT loot another character's corpse. You may wager items, but these cannot be used during this tournament.
• Assisting another combatant out of character is considered against the rules and can result in disqualification at my discretion.
• Matches may not begin until after the May 7 deadline, even if you have been already matched with an opponent. After the May 7 deadline matches must begin within two days unless prior approval has been given by myself for a special circumstance. Matches that have been inactive for over 5 days without notification to myself (and subsequent approval) will be awarded to the most recent person who posted.
• In the event of an odd number of participants one person will be given a by for the round. This will be done randomly.
• NO WEAPON MAY LAUNCH A PROJECTILE GREATER THAN 250 FPS. This also will likely extend to magic.
• I am free to adjust the rules in the instance I feel: A) another rule needs to be added B) the wording of a rule needs to be adjusted to preserve the spirit of the rule.

Tips:

• While Sci-Fi and Modern characters are allowed, please consider carefully the implementation of many of the items found on these types of characters.

Rewards:
This will be determined once I know the number of participants.

Current Participants:

@Innue

When you say fps do mean feet per decond? Or as in a measuremment of size?

[MelonHead]

It's feet per second.

That's one hell of a nerf on us gun users, but oh well, that's why I brought explosives.

[Skallagrim]

250 FPS is an air soft gun. That's 50 fps less than a competition paintball gun speed. That doesn't do any damage but break skin. Talk about a serious nerf to us gun users. I Think I have to pull put of tournament since my main weapon does nothing more than break skin and loses so much velocity that the range become moot. Thanks but without any serious FPS it takes away any serious offense for me. I apologize for wasting your time.

[Innue]

@Skallagrim Offensive power is preserved in terms of destructive force. It is just an adjustment to speed.

You can negotiate a higher speed, but an arrow operates just fine at 253 fps.

[Vordak]

250 fps is on hell of a nerf if you ask me. Even pneumatic guns can definitely shoot over three times that speed, not to mention gunpowder firearms. Though i suppose realism isn't of great importance to the tournament, but there is more to my complaints than just that.

If not the size of the bullets, they would be visible to the naked eye at such a speed, thus, able to be dodged just as an arrow. Taking in mind that quite a few characters will have enhanced vision, even if bullets retain their destructive properties, gun users may be at a disadvantage. And on top of that, i imagine most would be able to stomach multiple bullets even, as long as the gunner doesn't hit a vital area. Which, of course, becomes a pain in the arse to accomplish with such slow projectiles.

[Innue]

I stated days ago that projectiles would be limited due to the effectiveness of guns at this tier. This was my caveat to adding guns to this Arena.

Even with augmented (vaguely) reaction times and speed, at even half of many standard weapon speeds of that class they are far too effective. Given that an arrow is already hard to deal with at mid range for most opponents, 250 fps is perfectly appropriate.

[Innue]

Considering that it is quite probably someone could start about 50 feet away in their match...

Bullets can move at 3000 fps. At that range someone would have .0166666666666 seconds to react. Even with augmented reaction times and speed, it would be near impossible for anyone to pose a threat to even a remotely competent gun user. At 250 feet per second you get .2 seconds to react at 50 feet. Even then that is an a challenging threat to deal with.

Adding in the fact that guns require no initial preparation and can expend multiple rounds in fractions of a second, I'm being quite generous here.