The Arena [News and Offical Disucssion]

[Darkxarth]

This should be a good match. :D
Orbis, The Greatest Gladiator

EDIT: Hey!  Our characters have the same letters in their first names!  Weird...

[Poseptune]

More map tests:

Frozen Field:
____A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M|N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|
01 | | | |w|w|w|w|w|w|g|g|w|w|w|w|w|w| | | |
02 | | |w| | | | | | |o|o| | | | | | |w| | |
03 | |w| | | |o| | | |o|o| | | | | | |o|w| |
04 |w| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |w|
05 |w| | |o|o| | | | | | | |o| | |o|o| | |w|
06 |w| | |o|o| | | | | | | | | | |o|o| | |w|
07 |w| | | | | |o| | |i|i| | | | | | | | |w|
08 |w| | | | | | |i|i|i|i|i|i| | | | | | |w|
09 |w| | | | | | |i|i|i|i|i|i| | | | | | |w|
10 |g|o|o| | | |i|i|i|o|o|i|i|i| | | |o|o|g|
11 |g|o|o| | | |i|i|i|o|o|i|i|i| | | |o|o|g|
12 |w| | | | | | |i|i|i|i|i|i| | | | | | |w|
13 |w| | | |o| | |i|i|i|i|i|i| | | | | | |w|
14 |w| | | | | | | | |i|i| | | |o| | | | |w|
15 |w| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |o|w|
16 |w| | |o|o| | | | | | | | | | |o|o| | |w|
17 |w| | |o|o| | |o| | | | | | | |o|o| | |w|
18 | |w| | | | | | | |o|o| | | | | | | |w| |
19 | | |w| | | | | | |o|o| | |o| | | |w| | |
20 | | | |w|w|w|w|w|w|g|g|w|w|w|w|w|w| | | |

Key
o = Platforms with shallow snow
i = Patch of ice
w = Wall (smooth worked stone) Height 80 ft
g = Gates (Adamantine plated 5 ft thick steel)
| | = Deep snow (Movement through this area is doubled)

special note: Battle area is capped with a wall of force 80 ft up connected to the battle area's walls.
 

Forest Floor:
____A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M|N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|
01 | | | |w|w|w|w|w|w|g|g|w|w|w|w|w|w| | | |
02 | | |w| | |*| | | | | | | |*|*| | |w| | |
03 | |w| |*|t|*| | | | | | | |*|*|*|t| |w| |
04 |w| |*|*|*|*| | | | | | | |t| |*|*| | |w|
05 |w| |t| |t| | |*|*|*| | |t| |t| |*|t| |w|
06 |w| |*|*| |t| |t|*|t| | | | | |*| |t| |w|
07 |w|*| |t| | |*|*|t|*| |*|*|*| | | | | |w|
08 |w| | | | | |t|*|*|*| |t| |t|*|*| |t| |w|
09 |w| | |t|*| | | |*|*|*| | | |*|*| | | |w|
10 |g| | |*|*|t|t| |t|t| |*|t|*|*|t| | | |g|
11 |g| |t|*|t| |*| | | | | | | |*|*|t| | |g|
12 |w| | |*|*|*| |t| |t| | |t|*| | | |t| |w|
13 |w| |t| |t| |t|*|*|*|t| | |*|t| | | | |w|
14 |w| | | | | |*|*|t|*|*| | |*|*|*| | | |w|
15 |w| |t|t| | |*|*| |*| |t| |t|*|*|t| | |w|
16 |w| |*|*|*|t| |t|*|*|*|*|t| | | |*| | |w|
17 |w| |*|*|t| |t| | |t| | |*|*|*|t| |t| |w|
18 | |w|t|*|*| | | | | | | |t|*|*| | | |w| |
19 | | |w| | | |t| |t| | | | |t| |t| |w| | |
20 | | | |w|w|w|w|w|w|g|g|w|w|w|w|w|w| | | |

Key
| | = Grassy areas and light brush
* = Heavy brush (Movement through this area costs doubled)
w = Wall (smooth worked stone) Height 80 ft
g = Gates (Adamantine plated 5 ft thick steel)
t = 15 ft tall trees.

special note: Battle area is capped with a wall of force 80 ft up connected to the battle area's walls.

[Darkxarth]

Nice!

[Poseptune]

Test. I took out the underline, because the maps are to busy.

Platforms in the sky 2
____A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M|N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|
01 | | | |w|w|w|w|w|w|g|g|w|w|w|w|w|w| | | |
02 | | |w| | | | | |o|o|o|o| | | | | |w| | |
03 | |w|o|o| | |o|o|o|o|o|o|o|o|o|o|o|o|w| |
04 |w| |o|o| | |o|o| | | | | |o| | | |o| |w|
05 |w| |o|o| | |o|o| | |o|o|o|o|o|o|o|o| |w|
06 |w| | |o| | |o|o| | |o|o|o|o|o|o| | | |w|
07 |w| |o|o|o|o|o|o| | |o|o| |o|o|o| | | |w|
08 |w| |o|o|o|o|o|o|o|o|o|o| | |o| | | | |w|
09 |w|o|o| | | | | | | |o|o|o|o|o|o|o|o|o|w|
10 |g|o|o| | | | |o|o|o|o|o|o| | | | |o|o|g|
11 |g|o|o|o|o|o|o|o|o|o| | |o| | | | |o|o|g|
12 |w|o|o| | | | |o|o|o| | |o|o| | | |o|o|w|
13 |w| |o| | | | |o|o|o| | | |o|o| |o|o| |w|
14 |w| |o| |o|o| |o|o|o| | | |o|o|o|o| | |w|
15 |w| |o| |o|o| | | |o| | | |o|o|o|o| | |w|
16 |w| |o|o|o|o|o|o|o|o| | | |o|o|o|o| | |w|
17 |w| | |o|o| | | | |o| | |o|o| | |o|o| |w|
18 | |w| | | | | | |o|o|o|o|o| | | | | |w| |
19 | | |w| | | | | |o|o|o|o| | | | | |w| | |
20 | | | |w|w|w|w|w|w|g|g|w|w|w|w|w|w| | | |

Key
o = Platforms
w = Wall (smooth worked stone) Height 80 ft
g = Gates (Adamantine plated 5 ft thick steel)
| | = Deep pit.

Special notes:
Battle area is capped with a wall of force 80 ft up connected to the battle area's walls.

If the a combatant falls off the platforms then s/he is teleported out of the combat area and loses the match.

Variation:
A strong breeze blows across from a random direction every 1d4 rounds. If a combatant is on an edge that the breeze is blowing or on a walkway they must make a balance check to stay on the platform or walkway.

[Captain Obvious]

These maps are wicked. Nice job dude.

Variation:
A strong breeze blows across from a random direction every 1d4 rounds. If a combatant is on an edge that the breeze is blowing or on a walkway they must make a balance check to stay on the platform or walkway.

Maybe for the wind, it should be a check of some value, and if failed, they move 5 ft in the appropriate direction plus 5 more feet for every 5 or 10 they fail by.
This allows you to protect youself a bit by staying near the center of the platforms.

[Poseptune]

These maps are wicked. Nice job dude.

Platforms in the sky: Unconnected platforms
____A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M|N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|
01 | | | |w|w|w|w|w|w|g|g|w|w|w|w|w|w| | | |
02 | | |w| | | | |o|o|o|o|o|o| | | | |w| | |
03 | |w| |o|o|o| |o|o|o|o|o|o| |o|o|o| |w| |
04 |w| |o|o|o|o| |o|o|o|o|o|o| |o|o|o|o| |w|
05 |w| |o|o|o|o| | | |o|o| | | |o|o|o|o| |w|
06 |w| |o|o|o|o|o| | |o|o| | |o|o|o|o|o| |w|
07 |w| | | | |o|o|o| |o|o| |o|o|o| | | | |w|
08 |w|o|o|o| | |o|o| | | | |o|o| | |o|o|o|w|
09 |w|o|o|o| | | | | | | | | | | | |o|o|o|w|
10 |g|o|o|o|o|o|o| | |o|o| | |o|o|o|o|o|o|g|
11 |g|o|o|o|o|o|o| | |o|o| | |o|o|o|o|o|o|g|
12 |w|o|o|o| | | | | | | | | | | | |o|o|o|w|
13 |w|o|o|o| | |o|o| | | | |o|o| | |o|o|o|w|
14 |w| | | | |o|o|o| |o|o| |o|o|o| | | | |w|
15 |w| |o|o|o|o|o| | |o|o| | |o|o|o|o|o| |w|
16 |w| |o|o|o|o| | | |o|o| | | |o|o|o|o| |w|
17 |w| |o|o|o|o| |o|o|o|o|o|o| |o|o|o|o| |w|
18 | |w| |o|o|o| |o|o|o|o|o|o| |o|o|o| |w| |
19 | | |w| | | | |o|o|o|o|o|o| | | | |w| | |
20 | | | |w|w|w|w|w|w|g|g|w|w|w|w|w|w| | | |
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Key
o = Floating Platforms
w = Wall (smooth worked stone) Height 80 ft
g = Gates (Adamantine plated 5 ft thick steel)
| | = Deep pit.

Special notes:
Battle area is capped with a wall of force 80 ft up connected to the battle area's walls.

If the combatant falls off the platforms then s/he is teleported out of the combat area and loses the match.

Variation:
A strong breeze blows across from a random direction every 1d4 rounds. If a combatant is on an edge that the breeze is blowing they must make a balance check to stay on the platform.

[Poseptune]

I extend the challenge once more, if no answer by morning, then I will accept the challenge from Darkxath.

Endless_Helix or Beejazz, do either of you want to battle one on one with your level 8 against my warlock?

I still want to test him out.

[Poseptune]

[ooc]Um, Supa. Boris's skin of hero (whatever that is) cost more than 1/5 you starting gold. What books are whiling barbarian and earth dwarf in?

Dark, a straight fighter my are you brave, and possibly foolish


We may want to start listing what books classes, feats, races, etc... are from. This way people can look over the combatants for oversights. From playing on the WotC boards, I have seen a lot of people make mistakes (:( especially myself), even the veteran players. It is simple to put some things down, then change your mind about one thing which you don't realize that the change causes other things to become invalid. Just a suggestion[/ooc]

[Darkxarth]

[ooc]Dark, a straight fighter my are you brave, and possibly foolish[/ooc]

Meh, either way.

I just wanted to see what a real gladiator would look and play like.  Apparently not very well.

[ooc]We may want to start listing what books classes, feats, races, etc... are from. This way people can look over the combatants for oversights. From playing on the WotC boards, I have seen a lot of people make mistakes (:( especially myself), even the veteran players. It is simple to put some things down, then change your mind about one thing which you don't realize that the change causes other things to become invalid. Just a suggestion[/ooc]

Probably a good idea.

[Captain Obvious]

whoops, gotta switch the skin out for something else. Thanks for pointing that out. Whirling barb is a class variant from UA and Earth Dwarf is a variant race from the same book. Frenzied berserker and some feats are fro CW.

[Poseptune]

Frenzied berserker and some feats are fro CW.

Yeah, I have CW so those looked familiar. I haven't taking the time to look through UA, so the class and the race were new to me. In other arenas I have seen the devestation a two handed thrower, but to make it work though you need quick draw.

Darkxath do you have quickdraw as well for your spear throwing (your first move)?

[Darkxarth]

Darkxath do you have quickdraw as well for your spear throwing (your first move)?

Yep.  Took it with my Human bonus feat.  :D

[Poseptune]

Darkxath do you have quickdraw as well for your spear throwing (your first move)?

Ok Missed it on the first scan. Two handed thrower are nasty. I fought one that used daggers, he was getting 6 attacks against my three with a bow. I only won, because of a lucky critical, when he had me down to 7 HP.

[Darkxarth]

Boris does not appear to have Quick Draw, however.  But I don't think you need Quick Draw to draw throwing weapons.

[Xathan]

Actually, I'm reasonably certain you do. Especially since all throwing weapons can be used in melee as well.

now, an official announcement:

[ic=Wealth Gain]

After each win in the Arena, you gain gold equal to table 3-3 in the DMG, page 51, the Treasure Per Encounter table, at your level. So a first level match won grants 300 gp, a fourth level match grants 1,200 gp, an 8th level match grants 3,400 gp, a 12 level match grants 9,800 gp, a 16th level match grants 28,000 gp, and a 20th level match grants 80,000. A character that continually looses but needs money to buy more potions or whatever they need can serve as an Arena gladiator (Fight for the Arena instead of team). Regardless of the outcome of those fights, the winner gains gp as if he had won one fight. (Any additional gold won goes to the Arena.) I know that's a shitty value, but I don't want to make it easy to earn gold if you keep loosing, but I also don't want a loosing streak to become impossible to break out of due to inability to replenish goods.

Someone who serves as a gladiator multiple times in a row finds the GP they earn cut in half each time.

This gold is retroactive - people who have already won fights gain the GP they would have earned.

GP earned in this manner can only be spent on the victorious character, though it can be saved up for later purchases.[/ic]