The Arena [News and Offical Disucssion]

[Captain Obvious]

fighting your centaur with him would be so fitting.
He's actually missing 2 HD so this is added to the lat roll  [dice]2d8+18[/dice]

[Ghost]

fighting your centaur with him would be so fitting.
He's actually missing 2 HD so this is added to the lat roll  [dice]2d8+18[/dice]

Eep, that doesn't sound too good.

Well, i'll leave it up to you to set up the field.

[Captain Obvious]

Actually, she kinda spiralled out of control in the creation stage and is now a level 20 instead of 12 as was originally planned. I have others i could fight with though.
What level do you want? 8 or 12?

Also, the recalculated hp  [dice]8+3d8+8d10+2d12+4d8+198[/dice]

[Ghost]

Actually, she kinda spiralled out of control in the creation stage and is now a level 20 instead of 12 as was originally planned. I have others i could fight with though.
What level do you want? 8 or 12?

Also, the recalculated hp  [dice]8+3d8+8d10+2d12+4d8+180[/dice]

Might as well stick with 12. I haven't gotten my 8s outfitted yet.

Edit: You ok if I use a Modern character?

[Captain Obvious]

Go for it. Is this your gunslinger?

Anyone want to fight my new character? She's nearly done.
hehehe, Vow of Poverty'ed Were-deinonychus Figher Barbarian Warshaper. I'm so horrible.
(oh yeah, leap attack too).

[Xathan]

Ok, so some questions and news update:

First, to make something clear, since I've been asked twice: only your inital starting gold must adhere to the "Max item cost = 1/5th your level." Gold won though the arena can be saved up for one large item, if you so desire.

Second, I've been doing some playtests, and I think it might actually be balanced to have monsters use the CR in place of their ECL for arena type fights. I want to test this out more, so anyone who wants to do an arena fight using a CR 1, 4, 8, 12, 16 or 20 monster (without class levels) against a PC of the same level, feel free to. Please keep it to monsters in the MM only for now. These are test fights, so no resources are actually spent in them, and both parties get 1/2 gold for playing, regardless of win or loss.

[Captain Obvious]

i would be interested in monster fights. I assume they get the appropriate amount of gold to buy gear. Is that correct?

[Endless_Helix]

Hey I'm up for a monster match! That would be a good one for Leran to start in.

[Xathan]

i would be interested in monster fights. I assume they get the appropriate amount of gold to buy gear. Is that correct?

Correct. Monsters are treated a PCs in all regards except they use CR in place of level. Feel free to advance their HD or add templates as needed to get the desired effect. :D

[Poseptune]

I am making a druid type character, should his animal companion have a character sheet or put all their stats somewhere in the notes section of 3eProfiler?

Edit: It would probably be cleaner on its own sheet

[Xathan]

Actually, it'd probably be a good idea to have all animal companions/cohorts/mounts and such have a seperate character sheet, to make things easier.

[Poseptune]

Actually, it'd probably be a good idea to have all animal companions/cohorts/mounts and such have a seperate character sheet, to make things easier.

ok

[Epic Meepo]

Debby Nelson, Arena Girls Head Cheerleader ( CR 8 )

Human female, 8th-level bard
TN Medium humanoid (human)
Init +2; Senses Listen -1, Spot -1
Language Common

AC 12, touch 12, flat-footed 12
hp 39 (8 HD)
Fort +3, Ref +8, Will +5

Speed 40 ft. (8 squares)
Base Atk +6; Grp +8

Abilities Str 14, Dex 14, Con 12, Int 10, Wis 8, Cha 16
SQ bardic knowledge +8, bardic music 8/day (countersong, fascinate, inspire competence, inspire courage +2, suggestion)
Feats Acrobatic, Agile, Leadership, Skill Focus (Perform [sing])
Skills Balance +15, Bluff +14, Diplomacy +14, Escape Artist +4, Gather Information +14, Jump +20, Perform (sing) +17, Tumble +15

Spells Known (Spells/day: 3/4/4/2; save DC 13 + spell level): 0 -dancing lights, ghost sound, lullaby, mending, message, prestidigitation; 1st - charm person, hypnotism, remove fear, Tasha's hideous laughter; 2nd - eagle's splendour, enthrall, heroism, hypnotic pattern; 3rd - charm monster, good hope, haste.

Possessions: boots of striding and springing; 3,800 gp; backpack, entertainer's outfit, disguise kit, signet ring, small steel mirror.

Minions: By virtue of her Leadership feat, Debby Nelson leads the Arena Girls, a squad of six fellow cheerleaders (human female bard 1). She is currently taking a break from her on-again, off-again cohort, quarterback Chet Anderson.

[ic=The Arena Girls]The Arena Girls cheerleaders are pleased to announce that the Arena Girls are now available for hire! In any match where all combatants agree that the services of the Arena Girls are available for use, the Arena Girls will stand on the sidelines and cheer for whichever combatant or combatants have wagered the highest amount for the current match. (The minimum bid is 100 gp.)

When you have the Arena Girls on your side, you gain more than just moral support; you gain a morale bonus from the inspire courage bardic class ability of our talented head cheerleader. That grants you a +2 morale bonus on attack rolls, weapon damage rolls, saves against charm effects, and saves against fear effects! The inspiration effect begins a round before you roll initiative and continues for the duration of your match!

Pursuant to league safety rules, the Arena Girls stand along an area of the sidelines that cannot be penetrated by any effect originating inside the arena. The Arena Girls are not responsible for effects occurring inside the arena that happen to negate the benefits of their inspire courage ability.

All fees paid for the Arena Girls services are collected prior to the match and are non-refundable. Arena combatants conduct bidding for the Arena Girls' services amongst themselves, then PM the winning bid to Epic Meepo. The winning bidder is thereafter responsible for keeping track of the Arena Girls' inspire courage effect during the match for which the Arena Girls have been hired.[/ic]

[limetom]

Guy's I'd like to join up, but the rules seem to be scattered everywhere in this thread.  Is there any chance they could be summarized in the first post or something to make it easier to get my foot in the door?

[Xathan]

Yes, I will work on a summary. I'll quickly give you the basics for character building right here:

1) Any d20 source, including homebrew material (homebrew must be posted or linked to, and is subect to my discretion on balance.)
2) Cannot mix d20 Modern with DnD
3) levels 1, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20
4) gestalt characters fight as if four levels lowers
5) You use starting gold out of the DMG, maximum item cost is 1/5 your total starting gold.
6) One use items cost the same as normal.
7) No theoretical builds (nothing that can obtain infinite stats, do 9,000,000,000d6 damage, is immune to all forms of attact, etc.)
8) We currently do not feature epic level play. However, if you want to make an epic level character and can find someone else who will make one at the same level to fight against you, feel free to - after level 20, the levels you should build charactes at are 25, 30, 35, 40, etc.
9) Animal companions and cohorts need character sheets, everything else (Summons, etc) are assumed to just use the normal stats in whatever book they came from (Please be prepared to provide any information on these creatures on demand.)

That should cover everything you need to build a character, I will try to get a full rules list up on the first post by tomorrow. :)
That should cover everything