The First Starphire Tourney
(Organized by the House DeFaye)
Currently looking for:
- Sponsors: does your guild want to sponsor the fighters? Do you have wares you can lend the fighters? The tourney needs sponsors!
- Jousters: you have a rivnak, you have a lance, you have your armour and your shield. So what are you waiting for? Sign up! (squire required)
- Squires: no jousters will be allowed to participate if they don't have a loyal squire to help them onwards to glory! We're looking for squires for hire in case a jouster couldn't find one. Besides, if your jouster is too weak to fight, it might be your chance for victory!
- Judges: sensible, unbiased people are required in case a jouster decides to take the easy way up in the rankings. We're going to need them, definitely.
HOW IT WORKSThe Starphire Tourney is something new in Yliakum: it's a jousting tourney. Our team of erudites and mathematicians (namely, one friend who plays D&D) has come up with a fair, balanced way to calculate the prowess of the contestants. Based off a total of 150 attribute points, and disregarding any previous fighting eperience (let's remind the players that this jousting event hasn't been done before, to our knowledge), the jousters of the different races have been given different values:
RACE | STR | DEX | SPD |
Stonehammer | | 90 | 60 | 2 | Ylian | | 75 | 75 | 2 | Lemur | | 50 | 100 | 2 | Demorian | | 60 | 90 | 3 | Enkidukai | | 60 | 90 | 3 | Nolthrir | | 50 | 100 | 3 | Kran | | 110 | 40 | 1 | Klyros | | 60 | 90 | 2 | Ynnwn | | 100 | 50 | 1 |
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There's also a series of modifiable variables, corresponding to the gear the contestant chose:
- Full plate: even though all fighters must wear a plate mail breastplate [even if it's just roleplay] (Klyros are an exception), they may choose to wear a full suit of armor, which will grant them a bonus of +20 STR.
- Mixed plate: the contestants may also choose to wear a mix of the breastplate and light or chainmail protection, granting them a bonus of +10 DEX and +1 SPD.
- Heavy shield: blue-steel shields and golden shields. Grants a bonus of +10 STR.
- Medium shield: valiant, war, and warrior shields. Grants a bonus of +5 STR and +5 DEX.
- Light shields: buckler shields. Grants a bonus of +10 DEX.
Note: Klyros can't benefit from the full plate bonus due to lore issues. Kran only benefit partially (+5 STR) from the full plate bonus, and partially (+10 DEX) from the mixed plate bonus. This is due to balancing issues.
The mechanics for the jousts would consist of 3 rolls: First Blood, Breaking Lances, and Aftermath. Both contestants start with 100 HP (Hit Points).
• First blood: the squires will roll a 1d6 (1 SPD), 1d8 (2 SPD) or 1d10 (3+ SPD) to see whose rivnak is faster. The one with the highest number hits first, unless they choose to defend, in which case they have to indicate so to the judge.
• Breaking Lances: both fighters charge against each other. The squires roll a dice with the DEX of their fighter. Higher number blocks the hit.
• Aftermath: if the hit is blocked, the damage dealt will be only 10% of STR value. If the hit isn't blocked, the damage dealt is 50% of STR value. To check for critical hits, both must roll a 1d6 dice: if they get a 6, the block is completely successful (0%), or the hit is completely successful (100%). If there's a tie, resort to original values.
At all points the contestants may retire from the joust, granting immediate victory to the other jouster. The jouster with less Hit Points at the end of Round 3 loses.
MOCK MATCH- Lord Foo, Nolthrir, wearing full plate and a valiant shield.
· STR: 50+20+5 = 75
· DEX: 100+5 = 105
· SPD: 3
- Lady Bar, Ynnwn, wearing mixed plate and a buckler.
· STR: 100 (no bonus) = 100
· DEX: 50+10+10 = 70
· SPD: 1+1 = 2
>Lord Foo rolls 1d10 for 10>Lady Bar rolls 1d8 for 3== Lord Foo attacks first ==
Both must now roll for block
>Lord Foo rolls 1d105 for 35>Lady Bar rolls 1d70 for 55== Lady Bar blocks Foo's hit ==
Both must now roll for crit
>Lord Foo rolls 1d6 for 1>Lady Bar rolls 1d6 for 2== Neither manage to land a critical hit/block ==
== Lady Bar blocks 10% of Foo's STR value: 7.5 (8 HP)
AFTERMATH
>Lord Foo: 100HP>Lady Bar: 92HP[In an interesting turn of events and after a couple of botched rolls, Lord Foo ended up biting the dust, and Lady Bar went on to the next round. Go girls!]APPLIANTS - Lord Jocas DeFaye, of the House DeFaye. Sigil: two silver swords crossed over blue field. Squire: Jilerel
- Anysu Atani. Sigil: green background, crossed by white diagonal line. On the right, a white Enkidukai head with green eyes. On the left, four shafts of wheat under a tan Enkidukai bow. Squire: Cormah
- Kaerli Stronwylle, of the Dark Empire. Sigil: off-white background with black tower. Squire: Faicke
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To apply, submit your application (how redundant) in this thread, stating the name by which people will know you (and probably root for), the house/guild you represent (if any), and your sigil. You must be able to wear heavy plate and a helmet, and bring your own claymore (jousting lance) and shield to the matches.
DATE NOT SET YET! I'll be talking to the GMs about this.
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