[OOC] RPGuild Ranked Tournament

[Dolerman]

I'll try and enter, see if xing yi my shaolin is up to it.

[LeeRoy]

I'll post a character sheet tonight or tomorrow.

[ImportantNobody]

I'll join this.

[Dolerman]

@Innue I was wondering what you would be doing for the Battlegrounds for this tournament? You could select them for us based on what has been offered in the thread or if you want to submit your own map style battle grounds then I would ask you put them in the Arena Grounds IC thread which I am now going to reserve for Tournament-Fair stages only.

Also here's my submission.

Xing Yi

Name: Xing Yi
Age: 29
Weight: 153 lbs
Height: 5'7
Race: Human
Class: Shaolin Monk
Appearance:
Abilities:

Xing Yi is an expert shaolin fighter who has spent over 50 years training in the realm of the endless mountains, a magical dimension where time stands still (hence why he is still only 29). Because of this he has mastered abilities in his prime that even some of his masters weren't able to achieve until their old age years. He is a master at his his own 'Endless' Style Shoalin Kung Fu, Hapkido, Kenpo, and Bajiquan.
Needless to say, he can execute these dangerous moves with almost superhuman percision and his body is trained to the amazing levels of the best shaolin monks across the world. In particular his 'Iron Shirt' technique allows him to withstand damage from swords, spears and iron clubs, though doing this constantly will severley weaken him and make him temporarliy slow and groggy.

He also has a moderate understanding of some ancient Chinese magic, and is able to focus his mind to read simple thoughts, although this can be blocked by a similarly trained martial artist or a individual with considerable willpower. He is also able to communicate directly to others telepathically without speaking or being near them. He has used this as a fear and stealth tactic in the past. Xing also has a spirit finely tuned to all life forms and can sense all living things, plants or animals around him. His mind is also able to see spirits and other ghost like entities. Though without his equipment he cannot fight or interact with the stronger etheral types.

Equipment:
Given to him by his master at the Endless Temple, he has one item each respectivley forged by one of the 4 Gods they are:

The Fang of the Azure Tiger

A magical chinese sword which is blessed from the gods, it is unbreakable and is unable to be wielded by anyone that isn't a servant of the tiger god. It can hurt spirits and other etheral beings, and can be used to banish evil spirits to whence they came. The Sword has a special ability that will absorb and destroy the weapon so it cannot be used for the rest of the battle. He can make a short prayer to the gods which will take a few uninterrupted moments to withdraw the sword into his body and instantly heal all damage done to him, restoring him to 100% health. If interrupted while saying his prayer, he may only get a smaller healing bonus and his sword with vanish anyway.

The Robes of the great Turtle
Although they may only be lightweight shoalin robes to most, a servent of the great turtle may harness their hidden powers to become a shield to magical attacks, though not invunerable, a wearer is able to shrug off a low level fireball, and maybe able to survive being hit by a strong magic bolt. Although powerful arcane magic can destroy these robes, yet the robes will 'sacrifice themselves' to save the wearers life once before being disintegrated, such is the mercy of the Great Turtle.

Beads of the Blue Dragon
Xing Yi's Beads allow him to fire powerful ki blasts of holy energy at his opponents, these are devestating to evil or malovelent spirits but are less powerful on warriors of justice. against a completely pure being such as a preistess or an angel, the blasts actually have a healing effect. XIng Yi has not fully mastered these blasts and will sometimes drain too much of his own life force if he doesnt use the blasts sparingly. The power of the blue dragon is as such that Xing could probably level a mountain if he chose but would almost definitely kill himself in the process. His also able to cover himself in the 'Dragon's Aura' for a short time which is much more safe, allowing him to fight faster and stronger for while and give himself increadible leaping abilites, enough to clear the roof of his temple in a single bound. Obviously this power has limitations based on the users energy/life force.

The Red Phoenix Rod
The Staff that Xing holds is a magical item which he doesn't carry with him, he can 'summon' its existence at anytime. It comes to form as an unbreakable weapon which can become as hot as the pheonix's flames itself but only to it's opponents and those who aren't servants of the phoenix. It can take the form of a bo staff (pictured), a pair of nun-chucks, red gauntlets, or a long bow with an endless supply of arrows. All of these weapons Xing is trained to use with a unprecedented level of skill, though his personal favorite are the gauntlets.

[Innue]

@Dynamo Frokane

I'll release the map on May 7th (this is in the OP). As for why, I do not want people designing characters that would be able to specifically use some aspect of the map. Thus, it will stay hidden.

[Skallagrim]

Innue, when will we know if our characters have been approved or declined?

[Innue]

@Skallagrim

I hope that it generally won't take me more than a day to review characters.

[Rilla]

If I wasn't judging I would join as Kei'taro

[MelonHead]

It's a bit late now, but a system that Rilla used which I tend to agree with is having character acceptances private until the start.

For example, I may be unlikely to produce a character now which is particularly vulnerable to any of the character's posted thus far, to increase my chances of winning.

[Skallagrim]

Hmm. Perhaps a PM to the accepted players with the caveat that if they divulge they are disqualified.

[Rilla]

It's a bit late now, but a system that Rilla used which I tend to agree with is having character acceptances private until the start.

For example, I may be unlikely to produce a character now which is particularly vulnerable to any of the character's posted thus far, to increase my chances of winning.

@MelonHead

That helped WOTW a lot.

[LeeRoy]

I've decided on my character, and I'm nearly finished with his character sheet.

[LeeRoy]

Godfrey Griffin

Name: Godrey Griffin / Orbital

Race: Human / South African

Sex: Male

Age: 46

Height: 5'9"

Weight: 249 lbs

Personal Description: Not what one would consider a standard issue hero, Godfrey is an ex police officer who retired only to serve and protect the innocent more efficiently than he was before. By any means necessary he does his best to police those who would abuse the powers granted to them to befoul the world. Most people in this mindset would take the "Holier than thou" personality type, but Godfrey doesn't see himself above any other. He doesn't see himself above the law, above men, or even criminals. He is a just and kind man with all intention to do the right thing, no matter the cost.

Physical Description: Godfrey is a borderline obese man. Heavyset and unimposing in stature, Godfrey's got unhealthy eating habits. Now, he's not morbidly fat, but he's got some clearly defined chub on his gut. Cleanly shaven, everywhere, including his head. He is bald, not by choice, actually, he started going bald early. Real early. His skin is incredibly dark, about as dark as Akon. (Pretty much the best skin color reference I can find.)

Draped over his body is a loose fitting silk poncho, laced with gold trim. The poncho is very simple, just a circle of cloth over his body with a hole cut in the top for his head. On his head is a simple cap made from the same material, it too is laced in gold trim.

Beyond that he wears simple three piece suits and nice dress shoes. This outfit is no costume, this is a professional uniform. Why a uniform? To give an air of professionalism to his vigilantism.

His left hand does not have a pinkie finger, the scar that begins at the pinkie finger runs up his arm up to his elbow. It is a deep and grizzly scar that disfigures his entire arm, it is from a violent struggle with a sword user's blade. Instead of risking his life, he sacrificed his arm and hand to disarm him. The scar is covered mostly by his suit. He wears white silken gloves to cover up his hand, the left glove has three fingers to make it look more natural.

Over the ring finger on his left hand he wears an ornate golden ring. No gems, just a carving of a leopard's head.

Skills, Powers, Abilities:
Flight: The first of his three powers gifted to him by the Awakening. Like many supers around the world he has the power of flight. He's not the fastest flying being in the world, however, he is quite proficient at omnidirectional navigation. His top speed is about 60 mph.

Enhanced Durability: There's nothing really remarkable about his physical durability, his skin is about as durable as bronze armor. Steel blades, energy blasts, and firearms are still quite deadly to him. Though he is resistant to them now. Particularly sharp blades have proven themselves disfiguring against his flesh, especially when their strikes are enhanced by super strength. Another thing to note, his bones are roughly as strong as iron.

Enhanced Strength: With enhanced flesh and bone, he can lift much more than he could previously. Effectively tripling his strength, able to lift about 600 lbs over his head and throw it a few yards.

Orbital Generation: Godfrey can produce floating orbitals that appear to be, at first glance, Spheres. However, upon closer inspection, they are in fact, 500 sided 3d figures. They are made of a strange semi-transparent crystaline material that is some form of hard energy. These orbs levitate around his body and are controlled by his will. They can travel at the speed of thought. (Roughly 220 mph.)

Innitial production is immediate, and he can form 5 orbitals around his body. Over the course of a minute he can produce another 5 orbitals. The speed of the production is not reliant on his stamina or mental state, as long as the intent to project is there, the orbitals will form. These newly formed orbitals can be moved through the air to any position that he wishes to place them. Allowing for maximum coverage with minimal production.

Projectile Platforms: Each and every orbital that he produces is a platform for high powered concussive kinetic energy bolts. These are effectively bullets made from pure energy. These rounds fire at roughly the same speed as a low caliber bullet. (600mph) This generates enough friction to cause superficial partial thickness second degree burns. With enough force to throw a grown man, roughly 200lbs, around 5 feet backwards. These are nonlethal, however, incredibly painful and effective. These projectiles can be fired at 3 rounds per second. (Three per turn.)

Police Arms training: Proficient with all manner of standard firearm. Pistols, revolvers, rifles, and shotguns.

Self Taught one handed swordplay: Heavy internet research on the topic of utilizing curved swords with one hand. Unprofessional, yet still quite dangerous when armed.

Police Martial training: A combination of Judo techniques and standard Aikido techniques. Used to take down armed opponents and keep them down without actually harming them.

Equipment:
Vektor Z88 Pistol: A standard firearm, used only in the most dire emergencies. This is his side arm from his police service, he keeps it on his hip in case he cannot subdue his foe without severely wounding or killing them. The holster is on his right hand side.

German Hunting Blade: A kind of german falchion, around three feet long and softly curved. Ever since his encounter with another vigilante who weilded a japanese odachi.(They claimed it was a katana, despite the shape difference.) The frequency of sword using superhumans is staggering, so to defend himself in the event of another encounter with a sword user he carries one on his hip. Opposite his sidearm.

Backstory: Born in a small town just off of Burgersdorp, Godfrey was nobody special. He had no great tragedy in his life, no big sad moment that changed him forever. Godfrey's father was a cop, not a special cop, not even a great man. Maurice Griffin was your average every day officer of the law, a good cop through and through. Much like his son would in the future, Maurice hated corrupt cops. And moved on from law enforcement to Internal Affairs.

Following in his father's footsteps, Godfrey went straight to the police academy out of high school. Shot through the academy and was an officer before he was 24. And he served active duty until the awakening of course. (The Awakening being a massive surge of evolutionary energy that washed over the Alternate Earth that Godrey comes from.) Like everyone else who mutated, he was subjected to changes from the Awakening too. However, he didn't notice until a week and a half later.

During a shootout with a pair of bank robbers who had taken the people inside hostage, Godfrey was on the recieving end of a stray bullet. The bullet, however, did not penetrate through his body. It struck him in the shoulder and broke the skin, it caused little more than a superficial wound.

It became clear shortly afterwards that he was a bit tougher than he used to be, the wound was tended to by a doctor. The doctor reported breaking three sutures trying to stich it shut.

The projectile spheres came later, when he was out on a fishing trip. He had just snagged a big fish, at least ten pounds, and was pulling it up onto the boat when the line snapped. In a desperate attempt to catch the fish he ran towards the front of the boat and thrust out his hand, before his hand formed five little shapes of white.

After that strange experience he started experimenting, found out he could move them around with just a thought, could make them fire off shots that put more than a few holes in his apartment. That cost quite a bit of money to repair, and a long explanation to the supervisor.

Two months of practice, about 50 dollars worth of cloth and lace, and a bit of travel expenses. Godfrey left his home to a country where he had heard scarce rumors of other beings who had gained abilities like him.

Upon arrival he was met with a rough skirmish between two rival 'factions' of superbeings. One apparently holding some girl hostage, the other trying to get her back. Godfrey stepped in, assisted in defeating the apparently evil group. And what did he get for his thanks?

The leader began berating him, screaming at him. Apparently infuriated by the fact that this newcomer in a simple outfit with no want for violence had decided to help him. The rest of his group disengaged, took the girl back to what could be called a base.

What followed has left Godfrey paranoid of other Supers, what followed has left Godfrey scarred.

The leader withdrew a blade, calling it a katana(It was actually a Wakizashi.), his sword of justice. Or some other quote along those lines. His body wrapped in a black whipping essence, and he unleashed hell upon Godfrey. Swinging his blade madly towards the evidently weaker hero, Godfrey raised his hand and caught the blade. The blade ripped his hand open, but he refused to let go. If he let go he would be run through or cut to ribbons.

With a twist of his arm and a vicious howl he pulled the blade from his hand and struck again, Godfrey raised his already wounded arm up to defend himself once more. Catching the blade again, watching his pinkie fall to the ground. Severed from his hand. His arm was in mangles, and though he did not wish to harm this man he had no choice. Godfrey created all five spheres point blank into the sword weilder's chest.

He fired. A sickening crack boomed as every one of his ribs was shattered by the impact. He was sent flying, his sword shredded Godfrey's arm even further as it was pulled away. Godfrey took off running, leaping into the air and trying to escape as quickly as possible. He was losing a lot of blood.

He passed out a quarter mile away, crashing into the ground in front of a police officer's speed checking post.

When he awoke he was in the hospital, his arm wrapped in gauze. He could barely feel it.

After a long explanation to everyone there, a court case, and a fine for disorderly conduct, Godfrey went on his way once again.

When the gauze was removed he saw just how badly his arm was damaged in the fray, it was grossly twisted. The doctors did what they could to maintain functionality, but in the process they had left it in shambles. His pinkie was gone, he had left it on the ground when he ran.

He took up odd jobs occasionally, did a bit of bounty hunting, got a good deal of money in a bank account to pay for his expenses.

After everything was paid off, and Godfrey had moved on from the incident, he found a website where he could order a blade. Forged by a modern blacksmith to be as efficient as the blades from olden times. Looking down at his arm he knew that he would need some way to protect himself from other superhumans with twisted senses of justice.

Godrey hates swordsmen, even though he became one himself.

[Skallagrim]

Ummm LeeRoy you have his listed height as 5'9 and describe him as 6'1.

[LeeRoy]

Oops. That was an edit that I made after reworking him

[Innue]

@MelonHeadI did consider doing a PM system for the bios. However, because of transparency issues, I opted not to do such a thing. For the next tournament if you opt to host, you may choose to go that route.

[MelonHead]

@MelonHeadI did consider doing a PM system for the bios. However, because of transparency issues, I opted not to do such a thing. For the next tournament if you opt to host, you may choose to go that route.

@Innue

I'm not entirely sure what you mean by transparency issues, as the only person who has any say in what characters are allowed in is you. However, point taken, this is your tournament, it was just a suggestion.

[Innue]

Yes, while I do have the authority to choose what gets allowed, by opting for a transparent system claims of bias are much less valid. If I kept them solely through PM until the tournament release, then I could be accused of favoritism by allowing someone to keep X ability, while forcing someone to adjust Y. Transparent systems preserve the integrity of the tournament and I am not immune to making mistakes. This allows for others to address concerns with characters I may have overlooked.

If the by-product is also a more competitive tournament due to people being able to submit characters that they feel might operate better against the current field, then I am fine with that. I do not think someone will be able to come in and craft an new, effective character in 7 days that has advantages against every other character and be successful with it (since it likely won't get any testing). The matchups for the first rounds will be decided randomly via a public dice system, so it is even more difficult to try to make an effective countercharacter given the likely number of participants.

[Rilla]

We never really had that problem. So long as you're trustworthy, folks will be fine with a t. While you do have your option, I'm fine with either choice You could have posted them on the 6th or 7th so people could see them as well

Again though, tournament hosts get to decide basically everything .

[Skallagrim]

So far the characters offered are unique. Some interesting concepts.