D&D Arena

[Kakerlake]

D&D Arena - Rules
Original idea by: Kakerlake   |   Developed by: Kakerlake   |   Art by: ??   |   Organized by: ??

Using a team of three characters, you will try to survive the arena.

1. HOW TO SIGN UP?
Anyone with a forum and a chat account can sign up for this event. Start by reading the rules very carefully. Then sign up by posting on a separate sign up topic. If you cannot find a sign up topic, or if it is locked, this event is not currently active, and you will have to wait for it to restart.

After signing up, write a PM to the organizer, containing your 3 picked Characters with Name, Class and Skillpool
Name can be pretty much anything, but it has to be 3 different names.
Classes explained below at 2. CLASSES.
Skillpool must follow the rules of your picked class. This will be 60 cards which you can use for deckbuilding, these cards will be unupped in the Skillpool; Assassins may only use up to 4 copies of any card (excluding Pillar/Pend/Mark Card), all other Classes can have a maximum of 8 copies; no Shards.

2. CLASSES
The 4 available classes are:
Mage, Warrior, Ranger and Assassin

When fighting your character gains beneftist depending on your opponents class:

Spoiler for Class Interaction:

Left side +6 ups:
Mage > Warrior
Ranger > Mage
Warrior > Ranger
Assassin > all

Mage vs. Mage -> All Spells may be upped.
Warrior vs. Warrior -> All Creatures may be upped.
Ranger vs. Ranger -> All Permaments may be upped. (except Pillars/Pends)
Assassin vs. Assassin -> Both recieve +4 Dmg.

Each class also has restriction on their skill pool:
Mage: Doesn't need the help of material belongings. (no permaments, except Pillar/Pend). Banned:
Warrior: Can't use destructive Spells. Banned:

Spoiler for Allowed Spells:

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Ranger: Doesn't like close combat creatures. (can only use Airborn Creatures) Banned:
Assassin: Can't help but prepare for anything possible. (must use 35 cards or more in deckbuilding, may only have up to 4 copies of any card (except Pillar/Pend/Mark Card) Banned:

But there are also benefits for each class:
Mage: Is a strategist. (can exchange up to 6 cards after the first duel)
Warrior: Is very strong. (can use +3 ups)
Ranger: Is good at throwing stuff. (FW can always be upped)
Assassin: Is a glass cannon. (Loser recieves +50% Damage, round down)

3. BRACKETS
This event is a Last Man Standing tournament. Players will be matched up randomly with a random character, but the Organizer will try to avoid matchups with players that already had a match together.
The last player to still have a Character left will win.

4. DUELS
Players have 4 days to make the fight happen. They must contact their opponent using a PM, and try to find a time that suits both. If the fight doesn't happen, both players lose by default, unless one player is clearly more active in trying to find a suitable time. Event organizer will determine who the most active player was, and his or her word is final.

Matches are best-of-five. The first player who wins 3 individual duels, wins the match.

You are NOT allowed to change your deck during a match, the only exception is the Mage, who can swap or add/remove up to 6 cards after the first duel.

It's a good idea to either record the matches, or take screenshots as proof, in case something weird, like a desync error, happens. Remember, a player who gets caught cheating, will be permanently banned from all Elements community PvP events, so please play fair.

5. DECKBUILDING
You may only use cards from the matched up Character's Skillpool.
Assassin can only use a minimum of 35 cards and only up to 4 copies of each non pillar card. (if he has less than 35 cards left in the skill list, he must use all remaining cards)

Banned cards:
 - all Shards

6. AFTER DUELS
Winner should post a new topic in the "Battle Results" section, along with short description of how the match went, preferably in RPG style. Both the winner and the loser are required to post pictures of both their decks. Cards not used in the duel will stay hidden.

Damage recieved depends on the result:

Result	Winner	Loser
3-0	0	15
3-1	3	12
3-2	6	9

Both players will pick half the Damage dealt (round down) from the opponents deck, these cards will be discarded. Then they will send a PM to the organizer, saying which cards they discard from their Skillpool.
Conversion: At this point, you can also convert any number of your cards into Pillars/Pends of the according element. So Frogs will turn into Life Pillars/Pends and Cats will turn into Entropy Pillars/Pends.

If your Character has a Skillpool of less than 30 cards, that Character will be declared unfit to fight, so he won't be chosen anymore for matchups.

7. REWARDS
The winner of the event will receive the following forum award icon: [*img]awesome symbol[/img*]

[Rutarete]

I'm confused about the mage's strategy skill. Is the 6-card sideboard picked before the match or is the sideboard any legal card?

[Kakerlake]

I'm confused about the mage's strategy skill. Is the 6-card sideboard picked before the match or is the sideboard any legal card?

That with the sideboard was an idea I had in the beginning and then changed into a swap of any 6 legal cards. Forgot to edit all sideboard notes with the new ruling, but it should be done now.

[Paddoo]

I don't understand why nova is considered a destructive spell (not included in warrior's allowed spells).

[Rutarete]

I don't understand why nova is considered a destructive spell (not included in warrior's allowed spells).

If you were next to a nova, you would die. If you were 100 miles away, I still think you would die. In elements, the effect may not be that destructive, but the theme is.

[Dm]

I absolutely love this idea. Nothing more to say.

bad pun -- What about the Dungeon Master?

[Pella]

Love, love, LOVE this idea!!  I'm an old D&D-er from back in the day.  You obviously spent a large amount of time and energy developing this idea.  It's an excellent implementation.

Skillpool must follow the rules of your picked class. This will be 60 cards which you can use for deckbuilding

Clarification, please:  Does this mean a list of 60 different cards, and you can have as many copies of each as you want (within class limitations), or is it "just 60 cards, there ya go, hope ya don't lose 7 at a time too often"?
Also, please, a similar clarification for the cards your opponent discards from your deck.  Does the opponent pick, for example, 2 Miracles and a Stone Skin, or three different cards that you can no longer use?

[Kakerlake]

I don't understand why nova is considered a destructive spell (not included in warrior's allowed spells).

If you were next to a nova, you would die. If you were 100 miles away, I still think you would die. In elements, the effect may not be that destructive, but the theme is.

Nova isn't the only spell I had a hard time thinking whether it is destructive or not.
@Paddoo thanks for bringing it up, but as Rutarete perfectly explained, Nova is quite something destructive.
I'm always open for suggestions as to which spells are destructive or not.

edit: double checked the spells list. Enchant Artifact got lost but is added now.

Love, love, LOVE this idea!!  I'm an old D&D-er from back in the day.  You obviously spent a large amount of time and energy developing this idea.  It's an excellent implementation.

Skillpool must follow the rules of your picked class. This will be 60 cards which you can use for deckbuilding

Clarification, please:  Does this mean a list of 60 different cards, and you can have as many copies of each as you want (within class limitations), or is it "just 60 cards, there ya go, hope ya don't lose 7 at a time too often"?
Also, please, a similar clarification for the cards your opponent discards from your deck.  Does the opponent pick, for example, 2 Miracles and a Stone Skin, or three different cards that you can no longer use?

Thanks ^^
The idea of the Skillpool was more like a Vault (from War) kind of thing. So even if you know the spell of how to summon a Frog, you might only be able to cast it once a day. But when you are more skilled in using that spell and know more frogs that you can summon, then you can use it more than once.
So much for Role Play. Explaining it simple: If you have 1 Frog, you may not use 2 Frogs in your deck.

As for the discarding, it works the same way: The opponent picks the Cards from your deck like 2 Frogs and a Heal, then you only drop 2 Frogs and the Heal, but can keep the remaining ones.

edit2:
Added a conversion rule
Clarification for the Skillpool: non Assassin Classes can have up to 8 Copies of any card in the pool (but obviously not in deckbuilding).

[MyNameIsJoey]

sounds interesting and well thought out, btu with 3 characters and who knows how many people joining, it might take a while to get the event to an end.