2004 DnD Tournament

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Submitted by Darklook on Mon, 01/12/2004 - 00:48

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Here's an idea just for fun, I think this was proposed before but not sure if it was ever played out. I added few little bits to make it little more complex.

1.The concept
2.Rules
3.Arenas (Terrains)
4.Players
5.Win\Loss Chart

\The Concept\

The concept is fairly simple, each interested player will create an unique lvl 3 character and enter him/her into a competion to prove who' character is the best. Each match will be between two players and winner will continue onto the next level. Wheter the defeated player gets eliminated instantly or stays alive for another chance will be determined by the number of players(if any) interested in this.

In this tournament just making a barbarian orc, you won't be the best, there are other elements you must take note of.

First factor is- Arenas/Places (lets just call it the terrain) the fight takes place in, which will affect the matches greatly. Some terrains will give certain races and classes an advantage but certainly will not determine the final outcome.

Second factor is- non fighting skills/feats - Some terrains were created in a way where you just don't automatically engage into a melee fight, but where you may use your other non combat skills and feats to give you a definite advantage. Racial features and class features also helps in certain moments. For example, druid's trackless, ranger's track, monk's evasion, rogue's sneak attack and most of the skills such as climb, jump, hide , trap making, trap disarming, dimplomacy etc etc.

Third factor is- Items and equipments- Each players will be given 1000gp after registration which they may use to buy whatever they want (from PHB)(Potions listed in DM's Guide is also allowed to be purchased). Remember this though, no player may replenish, buy or sell anything once they turn in their completed character sheet, untill the final championship match between two finalists.

\The Rules and Informations\

1. Races Allowd- All PHB races and Major Subraces from MM
2. Classes Allowed- All PHB classes
3. Starting Gp- 1000
4. Number of Players allowd- The more the better
5. Time Per Match- I am assuming it will range from 15 minutes to 30 minutes.
6. Starting Date- Not in a hurry, we have the whole year, I am thinking when atleast 6 players signs up for it through out the year we will start.
7. Equipments and items- Anything from PHB, and all potions from DM's Guide.
8. Choosing a Terrain- If both player can't agree on a terrain that both likes, I will roll (1d(total number of Terrains) and randomly choose the terrain.
9. In most terrains the players starts off standing in a straight path about 150 feet apart (unless specified). This was done so that Melee fighters do not automatically gain advantage.
10. Character Creation-28 points buying system, use the scale in dm's guide.
11. This competion is being held by King Horus of "RaiiJin" Kingdom.
12. Not a rule but a suggestion, do not discuss your character, even races with other players because it may give them a definite advantage.
13. 3.0e only.

\Terrains\

1. The Hill terrain- Both of the players starts off in the opposite side of the hill. The king's guardmen will prevent you from going around and trying to attack each other. The only way is to climb up the 75 feet high hill. To climb the hill you will have to roll 3 oppossed climb roll, whoever wins climbs on the top of the hill first and gains number of full actions equal to the number of climb roll he won, while the loser still climbs, also he gains one free action of double move which he may use to get to the other side (of course your speed must allow your double move to be atleast 40' to do that) . There are many 3 feet boulders (about 30 lbs each) (if used as cover it grants +2 cover bonus to ach and +1 cover bonus to reflex save)on the top of the mountain. The winner may use his full actions to hide, move to the other side and attack the climber with a bonus of +2 on the attack roll,wait for the climber to get up and fight or try to make him fall down etc etc. When once person is at top, the other climber no longer have to make any climb rolls, he automatically advances upward at end of each round, however any damage will make him roll a climb check (dc 15) or fall down to the bottom once again, unless you catch yourself when falling (dc 25). In that case you will drop down only 1 lvl, as in 25 feet. For every 25 feet you fall, you take 1d6 points of damage (yes I modified it) The top flattened area of the hill is square shaped and it is about 40 feet from one edge to another. The climbing one may also make ranged attack or melee if close enough with a penalty (-4 for attack roll, if you use a crossbow with one hand, the -4 for using hand doesn't stack with the penalty, you only use one -4). Loading a crossbow will take a full action while climbing. You can't use a bow while climbing. (Favored by Monk, Ranger)

2. The Gamble Terrain - Both players starts off into two different room 6 feet by 6 feet room filled with numbers of sealed metal drums equal to the number of your total items - 1 , with absolutely nothing on but general clothings. The players will get to choose three drums which will be ensured by the guardsmen ( i may modify this number later). One of the drums will be a trap and others will be filled with your items. After you finish equipping whatever you got, you will go through a door in front and see the other player on the opposite side in a 320' by 320' room. The floor is made out of 64 squares each about 5' by 5'. Ten traps will be randomly placed by me in 10 of the squares before the match starts. In case this may cause players to suspect favoritism, I will give the complete map with the traps made to a person trusted by both side before the match. (Favored by Rogue and Monk)

3. The Arena: This is a collisium owned by King horus for gladiator like games like this one. The players starts off 150' apart. Surrounded by thousends of citizens sitting in a stadium like place. The floor of the arena is made out of sand and is quite warm under the sun. So what's so unique about this terrain? A ranger will be on the sky on a flying griffon shooting every 3 round randomly at one opponent (will be determined by 1d2) unless ofcourse a player takes him down first. (Favored by barbarian, fighter, ranger)

4. The village: The match will take place in a village. Both of the players will be supplied with a horse and saddle, whether to mount the horse is upto the players. Villagers loves this kinda games and so they will be always following you no matter where you go. You may decide to hide in a washroom, or behind the blacksmith's anvil but you can bet that atleast one villager is always keeping an eye on you. You may not get out of the village however. Total description of the village will be provided at the start of the match. And the complex part of this terrain is that every 3 round (this number maybe changed by me later) villagers will pick on a player who is either - hiding or losing or running away or have low charisma. By picking on i mean throwing rocks, giving away your hiding location, stopping you from running away etc etc. The annoying thing about this is that the villagers will continue to do so untill you prevent them by doing something. (Ex, killing one villager (effect will be determined by 1d3, where 1 is more enraged, 2 is will leave you alone for 5 rounds, 3 is will be afraid and run away and won't bother you at all) or diplomacy, bluffing about reward etc etc)
(favored by bard, illusionists, paladin)

5. Forest Terrain - Both player will start in a clear view of each other standing about 150' apart. After the match starts it's upto the players whether to run, hide, sneak attack or engage in straight out brawl. The forest terrain is placed in a 300' square shaped area, half of the land is plain, and half of the land is forested. the king's guardsmen will block you if you wish to cross the borders.(Favored by druid, archer, rogue)

6. The Tunnel- This one is pretty straightforward too. Both players will enter a tunnel in a opposite side to face two random monsters (I will put appropiate monsters for single 3rd lvl pc, but most likely not the same). The monsters assigned for each player will never attack the other player. This way the player can choose to ignore the bashing of the monster, and attack the other player who is engaged in fighting with a penalty, or a player can kill one monster and aid other monster to finish off the other pc. The tunnes is 20 feet wide. (Favored by barbarians and Fighters)

7. Boats- The players are placed in two small ships. The ships are 25 feet apart. Melee combat is only possible if one boards other by the throwing hooked ropes on each other's boat. While trying to balance on ropes, attacks against you are made as if you were off balance, they gain +2 attack bonus and you lose your dex bonus to AC, if any. If you have 5 or more ranks in balance, then you can retain your dex bonus to ac. If you take damage, you must make balance check twice and succeed twice instead of one. The ropes aren't indestructable. Also if you fall off for any reason to the sea, you don't take falling damage, but you must make swim check(dc 15) or standard drowning rule applies. After a succesful swim check, the only way you can get up is by using the anchor rope (dc 16), or you can choose to attack (partial actions and ranged attacks only, the ones that can do with one hand that is) while trying to swim, the swimming dc will be increased by 3 (so dc 18 ). All attacks made by you while swimming, climbing or balancing will suffer a -4 attack roll penalty. While all attacks made against you will get +2 on the attack roll. (Preferred by Ranger). The three feet high wooden barriers of each boat also gives partial covers (10% miss chance)You can also move the ships closer, no skills are required for that. Each 20 feet of moving the ship is a full round action. After you are within 5 feet, you can just take a normal step to the other boat (no jumping is required).

8.Cave Terrain-Both players enters the cave terrain using opposite entrances. As soon as you enter the cave the distance between each player will be about 150 feet. The width of the cave is also about 150 feet. For the first five rounds after initiative there will be antimagic field present. Also the cave is filled with moderate darkness and therefore characters without, darkvision, blindsight, lowlight vision will not be able to strike their opponents without 10% miss chance. This is how that works, if the attacker hits, the attacker makes a miss chance percentile roll to avoid being struck, If he scores 10 or below ten, the attacker misses. Also after the intiative is rolled, until both of you are aware of each other the surprise rounds and flat footed ness is in full effect.

In this terrain a lighted up torch/lamp/lantern does more bad then good, because if you light them up, you will no longer have concealment while if the opponent is out of the light range will still have concealment. The cave is pretty boring other then that as there are no other place to hide.

Favored By: Half-Orcs, Barbarian, Fighters, Rogues.

\Player\

Melubb
Saber
Dial-Up
Morrolan
Muddy
Karlth
Sevain

\Win\Loss Chart\

Will be Created when it starts.

(This was just a start, more terrains will be definitely be added later on. The winner will get some kinda title or award)

(If you are interested post, if you have any thoughts about it post ..)

(addition to rules have been made)

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