[Since the damage formulas were reworked (http://www.hydlaaplaza.com/smf/index.php?topic=40535.msg454286#msg454286) and crafted armor has become available, it seems to me that some players lost interest (http://www.hydlaaplaza.com/smf/index.php?topic=40775.msg457842#msg457842) in PvP activities and related events (http://www.hydlaaplaza.com/smf/index.php?topic=37159.0) have become much less popular. The last combat event (http://www.hydlaaplaza.com/smf/index.php?topic=37454.0) I organized is quite a long time ago, but I would like to give it another try. Maybe this one will work better.]
(http://psps.psde.de/images/GroffelLeague.png)
The Groffel League hosts tournaments for non-professional fighters and young talents who are looking for a real challenge without first going through years of training. Everybody can apply for the games and when a tournament is announced, the committee will call for five selected applicants. Each tournament consists of ten matches and is held in the riverling pit of the Hydlaan arena. During each match, two participants challenge each other, so every of the five contestants will fight four times. The matches are carried out in a playful and spectacular manner: A fighter will try to knock over his opponent using mock attacks and simple magic, but without the intention to injure anybody. In case someone attempts or even succeeds to slay his opponent, he she or kra is banned from the league for a lifetime.
[OoC description]
[So much for the setting, but how does it work, you may ask. And most of all: Boni, why the heck did you choose such a ridiculous name for your games?
Well, let us make a backronym that summarizes the idea nicely:
Grinding omitted for fun and fairplay at equal levels (GROFFEL)!
In essence, players will not enter with their highly skilled and long time trained characters, but use the quick paths of character creation to play with an untrained fighter. This does not only allow fair conditions for everybody, especially also for the casual players, but it also lowers the barrier to allow a mixture of combat and magic in a tournament. The goal is to make the games fun and enjoyable for everyone, but still leave some room for various strategies.]
[OoC game rules]
- The sum of stats must not be higher than 500 (agi + str + end + int + wil + cha).
- The base value of all combat and way skills must not be higher than rank 5.
- Armors, helms, shields, ranged weapons and items of Laanx mind are strictly forbidden.
- Other types of equipment, consumables and spells can be used to raise ones skills and stats.
- Recovery of health or mana with food, potions or spells during the match is forbidden.
- To compensate for their hard skin, Kran are not allowed to wield blade-weapons.
- Once again: Anybody who kills a contestant is banned from the League.
- Spectators who cast spells during a match are requested to leave immediately.
- And just to be clear: Familiars and mounts must not enter the pit.
[OoC administration]
- The stats, skills and inventory of all contestants are visible for everybody on myplane.
- All contestants join a group such that system messages, health and mana can be monitored.
- There is no entry fee, anybody can apply free of charge.
- At the beginning of a tournament, all applicants draw a ticket (/roll 999).
- The five highest tickets are assigned numbers from one to five.
- The sequence of matches is: 1-2, 3-4, 5-1, 2-3, 4-5, 1-3, 2-4, 3-5, 4-1 and 5-2.
- The winner of each match will earn ten percent of the tournaments prize money.
- If there are less than five applicants, the event gets shorter accordingly and the prize per match remains the same.
[Dates and times]
[Saturday 30th of June at 21 GMT (23 GMT+2)]
[Further tournaments are to be announced later.]