As I said above, Order Boot Camp is a dice-rolling game with teams and a mild stats component. This stats component is so extremely mild I am sure a caveman with rudimentary math skills could do it, but if you have a problem, I will happily lend you a hand! BELIEVE ME, I understand having a hard time with math and did my best to simplify it as much as possible.
the mechanicsIn every round, your character will be rolling a single ten-sided die to measure their proficiency in a certain activity. High rolls indicate that your character did better in the activity. Lower rolls indicate that your character didn't do so well. You will be choosing a statistic that grants your character an advantage in certain events, and this will be added on to your roll to reflect your senshi or knight's strength in that event!
At the end of the game, your rolls will be aggregated to get your character's total score (out of 50, with a possibility for more if you are really lucky with your rolls). Then your character's score will be added to your teammate's, for a total out of 100, to be ranked with the other teams.
There is no elimination mechanic. It's assumed that your character makes it to the end of the day without incident, although if you WANT to have an incident, that's certainly something we can talk about! (I once had heat stroke doing a mile and a half run.) (Incidents happen.)
teamwork, teamwork, teamworkYour character will be paired off with another character randomly for purposes of determining (OOCly) who gets the PRIZES!!! This character will, ICly, be your character's "opponent", as well as being their partner for the team-building exercise. Since there are no prizes on the IC level (OTHER THAN THE GLOW OF KNOWING YOU HAVE MADE FRIENDS AND SHARED GATORADE) that's really all it is.
smile If there's someone you really want to be paired with please feel free to let me know over PM. UuU <3 HOWEVER, if you go for picking your own partner, your character will not be able to take the "teamwork" statistic--just for fairness on the OOC level.
smile Part of the benefit of the teamwork stat is the risk inherent in the decision!
the statisticsThere are three statistics, and you are required to choose one for your character to specialize in. In the three main events, one of the three statistics will receive a three-point bonus (indicated above in parenthesis).
However, you can also choose to not take a basic specialty, and instead take
teamwork as your statistic--for which you will receive a one point benefit in the three main events, at the cost of one point from your own warm-up score. This is because ICly, teamwork is the point of the day; it's assumed a senshi or knight with teamwork as their skill is cheering on their teammate, increasing their will to GO HARD and GO FURTHER. If your teammate also has teamwork as their statistic, you'll both receive two extra points on the teambuilding exercise at the end.
So, to break it down: while taking a basic statistic gives you three points straight-up and guaranteed, choosing to take teamwork can give your character four points over the competition (eight total!) and therefore, an advantage over the other teams. However, taking teamwork is a risk, because you may not be paired with someone else who took teamwork, and then your team only get two bonus points.
Intelligence (+3 to See First): Your character is smart.
Wisdom (+3 to Understand First): Your character has common sense.
Dexterity (+3 to Act First): Your character learns physical moves quickly.
*Teamwork (-1 to warmups, +1 to See First, Understand First, Act First, possible +2 to team building): Your character has got team spirit.
Statistics idea + system ganked from Shazari and DivineSaturn's Aquarius game from the Surrounding metaplot!! I added the trick stat, though.the eventsThis round, the three events are based off FEST--Foundational Expeditionary Skills Training, or extremely basic combat training. Senshi and knights can expect to learn basic stealth (See First), basic signaling skills (Understand First), and basic hand-to-hand combat skills (Act First). The day will conclude with a round of what amounts to team-based Capture the Flag in powered forms--so in this particular round of Order Boot Camp, we ARE recruiting cats to cover auras, and also cats (or humans) to watch doors.
the prizesOOCly, prizes look like this: First place team will receive either the
Silv prize pack (a stick for both players, of the character they played in Order Boot Camp) or the
Romeo prize pack (a headshot for both players, of the character they played in Order Boot Camp). Second place team will receive the other prize pack!
Silv sticks:
x x x xRomeo art:
x x x x"
A sound mind in a sound body!" -- Eternal Sailor Gunn
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Third place team gets fired." -- Squire Megiddo, probably.
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