Battle Royale XI

[Zar Peter]

Battle Royale XI

Hello all to this old game, first invented by Calamity. I ran this game last October and I got a stab in the back to do it again so: It's time again for an old school game of pure luck (And deception. And backstabbing, if you're into this).

Here are the rules:

1) Every player has to choose a class before the game and starts with 40HP.

2) I will roll a d20 for initiave for everyone at the start of each round! If the initiative is equal for two or more player there will be an additional dice roll to determine who comes first (d20).

2A) I will open a thread here and roll everything relevant for the game there for everyone to see. I will link the rolls in my posts in this thread.

3) Every player will have a normal attack that deals 1d20 damage.

4) There are 13 classes (if you have suggestions for others I am willing to hear them!).

5) The classes each have their own special abilities, which will be listed below. Each ability can only be used every 3 rounds! (So if you use it in round #1 you can't use it until round #4.) The Monk ability Pray, Barbarian ability Rage, Cleric ability Blessing and Mage ability Ice Patch are exceptions and can only be used every 5 rounds.

6) You choose your action each round, whether you're just gonna attack with your normal attack or use one of your special abilit or go into defensive stance (see rule 7). You send me these actions in PM's.

7) If a player get's hit in one round he can choose to defend himself in the next round. Defending gives the hurt player a damage reduction on every attack against him of half the HP he lost in the last round (rounded down). Defending player may attack, but only with a reduced normal attack (1d20-10, if your roll is negative you miss your opponent). Defensive stance also needs to be announced in PM.

8) You can be healed past 40HP (Keep in mind that you'll probably get mobbed if you do though.

9) If you don't act during a round, the inactivity demon will come in and deal 1d10 damage to you. This damage raises +5 for each round you don't act (2 rounds in a row inactive give you a 1d15 damage, 3 rounds 1d20 and so on.

10) You will have at least 48 hours to pm your actions, choose them wisely! The day is over when I announce in thread that the day is over. If I mistake the time and end the day before 48 hours have past since the last round ended you have the right to point out my mistake and humiliate me openly in a not too unfriendly way (I think that one happened only once yet).

11) Try to have fun! Boasting and moaning in thread is encouraged .



Here are the classes and the special abilities:

Swordsman/woman:
Swordsmanship: Do 1d20+8 damage to any target
Counterattack: Do 1d20 damage to anyone who attacks the Swordsman/woman. Takes full damage from attack.

Wizard:
Barrier: 1d10 damage to anyone who attacks the casting mage. Their attack is still executed but halved.
Dispel: No special ability affects the Wizard this turn.

Rogue:
Hide: Can't be attacked until the next round.
Sneak Attack: Deals 1d20+10 damage to target if the target uses a special ability this turn.

Archer:
Rapid Shot: Deals 1d12+5 damage to two targets.
Aim: Choose a target. Next turn at Initiative 99, deals 1d20+5 damage to chosen target. Does not get an action next turn. This ability is not affected by other abilities, for instance, it isn't affected by Pray

Monk:
Pray: Damage done to the praying monk is halved, damage dealt by the praying monk is also halved (rounded down). This lasts for 3 rounds.
Throw: Make one player collide with another, both taking 1d10 damage. The targets also have a 50% chance of losing their next action (I will roll a 1d2, if it's a 1 you lose your action).

Cleric:
Heal: 1d10 hp is granted to target (can't be cast on self)
Blessing: Makes the target gain +5 damage to all attacks for 3 rounds.

Ninja:
First Strike: This is the same as a regular attack except that it will always go first (Initiative 99).
Last Strike: This is the same as a regular attack except that it will always go last (Initiative 0). The player gives a clear parameter by which the target is chosen. (I.E. Player with highest/lowest hp)

Sorcerer/Sorceress:
Fireball: Select an initiative value. Everyone within 2 initiative of that value takes 1d10 damage.
Energy Bolt: Deals 1d16 damage and causes the target to take their next action at Initiative 0

Barbarian:
Rage: An enraged attack that deals 1d20 damage. For the next three rounds the barbarian gets +1 damage to all attacks every time the barabarian is attacked or takes damage
Taunt: Target player can not use special abilities for their next 2 actions.

Mage:
Freeze Ray: Deals 1d12 to the target and freezes them, making them lose their next action.
Ice Patch: Select a initiative value. For 3 rounds, everyone who acts within 2 initiative of that value has their initiative lowered by 5 only during the rounds they act within this range. You are not affected by this effect.

Psychic:
Premonition: Acts at Initiative 100: Choose a target of your choice, any attack or ability that they use on you this round has no effect, Cannot avoid Aim.
Confuse: The target of target player's next action is chosen at random. It can not be you.

Druid:
Entangle: Select an initiative value. Everyone within 1 initiative of that value loses their next action.
Animal Companion: You may either deal 1d20+5 damage to a target, or have your Animal companion absorb all damage this round. If the damage exceeds 20, lose the ability to use your animal companion.

Mime:
Quick Mimic: You copy the action of the person who acts right before you in initiative (if it's a tie, you can choose out of those who have tied for that initiative). You can choose your target with this type of mimicry.
Mimic: You copy the action and target of any other player.

Gunslinger:
Action: Gunstrike! 2d20 Damage. Requires a reload after each use.
Action: Reload - allows a use of Gunstrike, no cooldown, no other action in the round of the reload.
The Gunslinger starts with a loaded gun.

Scimitar-Chucker:
Scimitar Sweep: Do 1d20+8 damage to any target
Grab the Scimitar-Chucks by the Chains and Wave them Around at Random: Has a 1/3 of success. If it fails, 1d10 damage is self-inflicted. If it succeeds, 2d20+5.

Master of Masks:
Face Off: All actions that are directed at your target are directed at you and vice versa. If your target attacks you the attack is not affected by this ability.
Power of the Mask: You copy the latest special action of your target. You also copy the cool-down time of this action.


If you have questions or suggestions feel free to shoot me a PM.

Sign up is open for about one week, I will try to start the game on Sunday, 30th of April 2017, for me a date to remember, since I turn 44 the day before. Man, I'm old.

[Indarra]

In as a Cleric. Do I have to pick a church?

Edit: in as an atheist cleric.

[Xihirli]

Proposed class:

Scimitar-Chucker:
Scimitar Sweep: Do 1d20+8 damage to any target
Grab the Scimitar-Chucks by the Chains and Wave them Around at Random: Has a one in twenty chance of success. If it fails, 1d20 damage is self-inflicted. If it succeeds, instant kill.


I'll take Sorceress if SC isn't acceptable.

[Tom the Mime]

I feel obliged to be a mime in this. I guess what other players choose will either make me a mime or the mime.

[Duck999]

I'll go Rogue.

[Zar Peter]

In as a Cleric. Do I have to pick a church?

Well, it's not necessary but if you like... every roleplay is encouraged. If you don't do any than either I will invent something in the narration or not (if I don't find anything).

[Xihirli]

In as a Cleric. Do I have to pick a church?

You should be an ATHEIST cleric!

[Indarra]

Haha, yeah. I'll do that.

[heretic]

In as a mime.

[Zar Peter]

5 people so far? Well, it will be a short match.

[Xihirli]

You could give us all just SO MANY hitpoints.

[heretic]

Did there used to be an auto-notify list?

[Logic]

I'll join. Class TBD.

- - - Updated - - -

Proposed class: Gunslinger
Action: Gunstrike! 2d20 Damage. Requires a reload after each use.
Action: Reload - allows a use of Gunstrike

[Felandria]

I want in, but Sorceress is taken

If I can't be sorceress, I'll be a Swordswoman..... I guess.

[Indarra]

We have two mimes. We can have two sorceresses.

EDIT: Also we don't know if these "proposed classes" are going to be permitted. If they are you'd be the only sorceress.

[Logic]

I'll pick my class from the list of regenerated ones after we have had a final call.

I'm only proposing a class to be used in future iterations.

[Zar Peter]

There can be two sorceres, that's no problem.

Gunslinger is a bit... overpowerd I thought at first. But, with the reload it's basically doing the normal damage of two turns in one turn. And you don't have to reload directly after the shoot, just before the next shoot so it's even a bit tactical in the first rounds. Or, the reload is an exception from the three round cooldown... yes, that works. So... the class is ok, yes.

Gunslinger:
Action: Gunstrike! 2d20 Damage. Requires a reload after each use.
Action: Reload - allows a use of Gunstrike, no cooldown, no other action in the round of the reload.
The Gunslinger starts with a loaded gun.

I didn't find an autonotify list in my saves from earlier games, sorry. Also, I think half the playerbase isn't active anymore.

[Silent_Interim]

In as... you know what, surprise me.

[Xihirli]

There can be two sorceres, that's no problem.

Gunslinger is a bit... overpowerd I thought at first. But, with the reload it's basically doing the normal damage of two turns in one turn. And you don't have to reload directly after the shoot, just before the next shoot so it's even a bit tactical in the first rounds. Or, the reload is an exception from the three round cooldown... yes, that works. So... the class is ok, yes.

Gunslinger:
Action: Gunstrike! 2d20 Damage. Requires a reload after each use.
Action: Reload - allows a use of Gunstrike, no cooldown, no other action in the round of the reload.
The Gunslinger starts with a loaded gun.

I didn't find an autonotify list in my saves from earlier games, sorry. Also, I think half the playerbase isn't active anymore.

How did you feel about my Scimitar-Chuck class?

[Eternis]

Suggestion

Master of Masks (A.K.A Nick Cage)
Face-Off: (Initiative 98): Target a player. If an action would target self this round, it targets target instead, and vice-versa.
(Note: This does not apply to actions taken by the player targeted by Face-Off)
Power of the Mask: You copy the most recent special action (not including this round) of your most recent "Face-Off" target. You may choose new targets where appropriate.
(If this suggestion is accepted, that will be my choice :D)

[Zar Peter]

How did you feel about my Scimitar-Chuck class?

Actually, I overread it at first, sorry.

For the class... I don't like the insta-kill effect. That's an ability only used in the first 2 rounds or so, because of the self-infliction and people should at least get a chance to survive round 1. I know, people could pile on one and kill in the first round but you would need at least two actions for that.

I would change the insta-kill to a 2d20 damage and reduce the self inflicted damage to a 1d10.

So:

Scimitar-Chucker:
Scimitar Sweep: Do 1d20+8 damage to any target
Grab the Scimitar-Chucks by the Chains and Wave them Around at Random: Has a one in twenty chance of success. If it fails, 1d10 damage is self-inflicted. If it succeeds, 2d20.

And Eternis:

I'm sorry but I read your class 5 times and I don't really get the meaning. Maybe it's the beer I drank yesterday. Could you give some examples, how the powers should work? Then I can decide.

I delay the begin of the game a bit to sort this all out. Also to get sober again.

[Eternis]

Oh no worries;
Example One
Characters:
Cleric
Monk
Master of Masks (MoM)

Round One:
Monk throws Cleric at MoM, Cleric attacks Monk, MoM uses Face-Off on Monk
Face-Off occurs first, causing the targets to switch: Cleric's attack now hits the Master of Masks. Cleric wins the main initiative, hitting the Master of Masks. The monk successfully throws the Cleric at the Master of Masks, the cleric losing his next action, the round ends.
Round Two:
Master of Masks uses Power of the Mask to copy the Monk's Throw from the previous round. The monk attacks the Cleric, taking advantage of his skipped turn. The two attacks are pulled off, and the game continues.

Example Two
Characters:
Master of Masks (MoM)
Wizard
Sorceress
Archer

Round One:
The Master of Masks uses Face-Off to swap with the Wizard, who uses Barrier, the Sorceress targets initiative 15 with Fireball, and the archer Rapid-Shots the MoM and the Sorceress.
Archer has initiative 14, Wizard 16, sorceress 12.
The wizard successfully uses barrier, giving himself that shield, followed by the archer's rapid-shot; the rapid shot's target of Master of Masks is redirected towards the wizard, activating barrier, and hits the sorceress normally. Then, sorceress hits both wizard and archer with her fireball (as it's not targeted at a player, face-off doesn't redirect it), triggering barrier on the Wizard.
Round Two:
A series of normal attacks because why not? Everyone is still alive, though.
Round Three:
MoM uses Power of the Mask, wizard uses Dispel, Archer attacks MoM and Sorceress blasts MoM with an Energy Bolt.
Wizard comes in with initiative 20, activating his dispel. This is followed by MoM's Power of the Mask, which copies the Wizard's Barrier from Round One (as opposed to dispel; Power of the Mask can never copy from the same round). Then Archer with his attack and the Sorceress with her Energy Bolt. Both attack and bolt are halved by Barrier, which damages both the archer and the sorceress.

[Xihirli]

Actually, I overread it at first, sorry.

For the class... I don't like the insta-kill effect. That's an ability only used in the first 2 rounds or so, because of the self-infliction and people should at least get a chance to survive round 1. I know, people could pile on one and kill in the first round but you would need at least two actions for that.

I would change the insta-kill to a 2d20 damage and reduce the self inflicted damage to a 1d10.

So:

Scimitar-Chucker:
Scimitar Sweep: Do 1d20+8 damage to any target
Grab the Scimitar-Chucks by the Chains and Wave them Around at Random: Has a one in twenty chance of success. If it fails, 1d10 damage is self-inflicted. If it succeeds, 2d20.

And Eternis:

I'm sorry but I read your class 5 times and I don't really get the meaning. Maybe it's the beer I drank yesterday. Could you give some examples, how the powers should work? Then I can decide.

I delay the begin of the game a bit to sort this all out. Also to get sober again.

I'll take it!

[Zar Peter]

Oh no worries;
Example One
Characters:
Cleric
Monk
Master of Masks (MoM)

Round One:
Monk throws Cleric at MoM, Cleric attacks Monk, MoM uses Face-Off on Monk
Face-Off occurs first, causing the targets to switch: Cleric's attack now hits the Master of Masks. Cleric wins the main initiative, hitting the Master of Masks. The monk successfully throws the Cleric at the Master of Masks, the cleric losing his next action, the round ends.
Round Two:
Master of Masks uses Power of the Mask to copy the Monk's Throw from the previous round. The monk attacks the Cleric, taking advantage of his skipped turn. The two attacks are pulled off, and the game continues.

Example Two
Characters:
Master of Masks (MoM)
Wizard
Sorceress
Archer

Round One:
The Master of Masks uses Face-Off to swap with the Wizard, who uses Barrier, the Sorceress targets initiative 15 with Fireball, and the archer Rapid-Shots the MoM and the Sorceress.
Archer has initiative 14, Wizard 16, sorceress 12.
The wizard successfully uses barrier, giving himself that shield, followed by the archer's rapid-shot; the rapid shot's target of Master of Masks is redirected towards the wizard, activating barrier, and hits the sorceress normally. Then, sorceress hits both wizard and archer with her fireball (as it's not targeted at a player, face-off doesn't redirect it), triggering barrier on the Wizard.
Round Two:
A series of normal attacks because why not? Everyone is still alive, though.
Round Three:
MoM uses Power of the Mask, wizard uses Dispel, Archer attacks MoM and Sorceress blasts MoM with an Energy Bolt.
Wizard comes in with initiative 20, activating his dispel. This is followed by MoM's Power of the Mask, which copies the Wizard's Barrier from Round One (as opposed to dispel; Power of the Mask can never copy from the same round). Then Archer with his attack and the Sorceress with her Energy Bolt. Both attack and bolt are halved by Barrier, which damages both the archer and the sorceress.

Ok, I get Power of the Mask. It's basically the ability to copy any special action from any other character if this action was used recently (not in the actual round)

And Face-Off, if I read this correct, swaps your character with the target character. So, any attacks that will hit you hit the other and any attacks that would hit the other would hit you. Basically you bet that you will get beaten up hard and hope that your target isn't targeted by anyone. Oh, and when your target decides to beat you up he isn't hindered by Face-Off since he would attack himself because he looks like you and that wouldn't make sense.

If that is so I will allow it. The down-time of the Power of the Mask depends on the copied action. (3 or 5 rounds)

If that's ok I will start the game in about 19-20 hours from now on. Sign up still open. You also may change your class if you like, I wrap it all up tomorrow and post an end time when changing is not allowed.

[Zar Peter]

THE GAME IS ON - Round 1

Ok, well, I rolled Initiative here and this is the table:

Initiative	Name	Hitpoints	Class	Action	state
19	Logic	40	Gunslinger/TBD
18	Tom the Mime	40	Mime
18	Eternis	40	Master of Masks
18	Indarra	40	Cleric
18	Duck999	40	Rogue
13	heretic	40	Mime
11	Felandria	40	Sorceress
10	Xihirli	40	Scimitar Chucker

Please check your classes!. Logic, you need to tell me what you want.

And with that happy fighting! I will try to update in 48 hours or if all actions are in sooner.

[Logic]

I'll be a gunslinger. Gotta test it out, and all!

[Silent_Interim]

THE GAME IS ON - Round 1

Ok, well, I rolled Initiative here and this is the table:

Initiative	Name	Hitpoints	Class	Action	state
19	Logic	40	Gunslinger/TBD
18	Tom the Mime	40	Mime
18	Eternis	40	Master of Masks
18	Indarra	40	Cleric
18	Duck999	40	Rogue
13	heretic	40	Mime
11	Felandria	40	Sorceress
10	Xihirli	40	Scimitar Chucker

Please check your classes!. Logic, you need to tell me what you want.

And with that happy fighting! I will try to update in 48 hours or if all actions are in sooner.

In as... you know what, surprise me.

Probably for the best, but. Still,

[Zar Peter]

Probably for the best, but. Still,

I'm terrible sorry, if you like (as I already wrote) you are in. If anyone wants to change their action you may or write in the thread that you don't want to.

This is the corrected table:

Initiative	Name	Hitpoints	Class	Action	state
19	Logic	40	Gunslinger
18	Tom the Mime	40	Mime
18	Eternis	40	Master of Masks
18	Indarra	40	Cleric
18	Duck999	40	Rogue
13	heretic	40	Mime
11	Felandria	40	Sorceress
10	Xihirli	40	Scimitar Chucker
8	Silent Interim	40	Ninja

[Xihirli]

Oh I'm locking my action in. No change. It will be either terrifyingly effective or HILARIOUS.

[Indarra]

I will not be changing my action either.