Then welcome to the Arena. The main issue with the arena is that it is consistently overrun by monsters. Very angry, territorial monsters who would like nothing but to eat a piece of you. In fact, if you want to think about it, it isn't really an arena as more the entire area around the castle that you are fending monsters away from. They chew, they bite, and they hate you.
A long time ago, there were smaller monsters, but the issue is that only the toughest remain, and only the toughest survive here. When we say giant monsters, we mean giant monsters live here.
gaia_crown[ Journal Post] Before we do anything else, please make a post for the arena in your journal by using the code below. Make it a separate post from the original journal post, so either post 2 or 3, etc.
[b][size=16][color=orange]ARENA STATS:[/b][/size][/color] ***PLEASE INSERT HERE THE IMAGE CODE FOR THE RANK YOU ARE AT*** [b]Arena Rank: [/b] 1, 2, 3, 4, H or G rank [b]Arena Monsters Defeated:[/b] Count here! [b]Faction Colour:[/b] [b]Arena Gear:[/b]
[quote="THIS IS WHERE YOUR LOOT IMAGES GO"] ARENA LOOTS (UNUSED) [/quote]
[quote="THIS IS WHERE YOUR SKILLS GO"] :crown: [b][ Rank 1][/b] Please only add IF you are that rank (or higher) :crown: [b][ Rank 2][/b] Please only add IF you are that rank (or higher) :crown: [b][ Rank 3][/b] Please only add IF you are that rank (or higher) :crown: [b][ Rank 4][/b] Please only add IF you are that rank (or higher) :crown: [b][ Rank H][/b] Please only add IF you are that rank (or higher) :crown: [b][ Rank G][/b] Please only add IF you are that rank (or higher)
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Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 6:19 pm
STEP 2: UPDATING YOUR ARENA RANK
- Your arena rank promotion: is determined by killing the urgent boss of each rank. Usually the HQ issues an URGENT! MUST KILL! notice for certain shadow monsters. These URGENT monsters are extremely vicious and tougher than the usual shadow creatures. Once you have defeated the urgent boss of that rank, you rank up.
- Please note each rank (see below) has prerequisites of other monsters you must kill first in order to try for the urgent!
- For example, if you are rank 1, you must defeat URGENT BOSS RANK 1 in order to level up. For more info on all bosses please check the arena beastiary!
- There are five arena ranks to go through. Every time you rank up, you - may pick a bonus for that rank, but only ONE bonus PER rank. -- At rank one, I pick one rank one bonus. -- At rank two, I pick one rank two bonus. -- At rank 3, I pick one rank three bonus etc. - Once you pick a bonus for that rank you have to stick by it, you will be disqualified if you change halfway! Do not forget to update your card with all your bonuses.
- Please DO upgrade your event journal when you upgrade your rank!
- YOU MAY ACTIVATE THREE BONUSES AT A TIME PER BATTLE. That means you have to choose which three you want at the start of a battle. Better coordinate with those teammates!
- This is where ALL players will start off at. - Please note these SKILLS ARE USED IN ARENA ONLY. You cannot use them anywhere else. Please pick one from the spoiler list and add it to your journal!
gaia_crownRank 1: Recover: Once per battle, recover 25% of your own max HP (round up) gaia_crownRank 1: Barrage: Whenever you miss, you can roll again. You can only use this once per battle. When rerolling, do not take auto damage.
gaia_crown[ RANK 2 ] - You must defeat at least 3 different rank 1 bosses then defeat the URGENT RANK 2 PROMOTION BOSS to get to this rank.
- Please note these SKILLS ARE USED IN ARENA ONLY. You cannot use them anywhere else. Please pick one from the spoiler list and add it to your jounal!
gaia_crownRank 2: Bombadier: Instead of rolling your usual dice, roll four 4-sided dice. That is the damage you do for that round. You can do this once per battle. (aka roll 4d4 for one turn) gaia_crownRank 2: Shadowboxer: Quote any player prior to your post. You duplicate the damage of any attack they did, including special moves such as Bombadier. This skill is only usable once per battle. Does not grant sacred points gaia_crownRank 2: Lifecaster: Quote any player prior to your post. Heal them for 25% of their max health. You can do this three times per battle.
gaia_crown[ RANK 3 ] - You must defeat at least 3 different rank 2 bosses then defeat the URGENT RANK 3 PROMOTION BOSS to get to this rank.
- Please note these SKILLS ARE USED IN ARENA ONLY. You cannot use them anywhere else. Please pick one from the spoiler list and add it to your journal!
gaia_crownRank 3: Weakener: At the start of the battle, shave 10% off the boss's HP. gaia_crownRank 3: Firestarter: Your attacks now do additional "splash" damage. Add +1 damage to your attack every single time you do not miss. gaia_crownRank 3: Lucky Cat: Reroll your loot at the end once if you do not like it and choose the better of the two.
gaia_crown[ RANK 4 ] - You must defeat at least 3 different rank 3 bosses then defeat the URGENT RANK 4 PROMOTION BOSS to get to this rank.
- Please note these SKILLS ARE USED IN ARENA ONLY. You cannot use them anywhere else. Please pick one from the spoiler list and add it to your journal!
gaia_crownRank 4: Moxie: Every time you roll a miss you take NO damage from the boss for that turn. gaia_crownRank 4: Sharpshooter: When you miss your next hit is always a critical that does 2x damage (unless you miss again). Please note that this does not give sacred points. gaia_crownRank 4: Defender Double your FULL HP amount (ie if you have a maximum of 50 HP, with this skill you now have 100 HP while in the arena with this skill active).
gaia_crown[ RANK H ] - You must defeat at least 10 different rank 1-4 bosses then defeat the URGENT RANK H PROMOTION BOSS to get to this rank. You can fight monsters you have defeated prior, but, you have to kill them again to reprove your worth.
- Please note these SKILLS ARE USED IN ARENA ONLY. You cannot use them anywhere else. Please pick one from the spoiler list and add it to your journal!
gaia_crownRank H Full Revive: Revive all fallen party members. Can only be used once per battle. gaia_crownRank H: Critical Up Every 4 you roll is considered a critical hit. You do x2 damage. This does not give sacred points. gaia_crownRank H: Distraction For the entire battle, all damage is focused on you. You take everyone's auto damage.
gaia_crown[ RANK G ] - You must defeat at least 10 DIFFERENT rank 1-4 and H-rank bosses then defeat the URGENT RANK G PROMOTION BOSS to get to this rank. You can fight monsters you have defeated prior, but, you have to kill them again to reprove your worth.
- Please note these SKILLS ARE USED IN ARENA ONLY. You cannot use them anywhere else. Please pick one from the spoiler list and add it to your journal!
gaia_crownRank G HP Group Buff: Up everyone in your party's MAX HP to 80. If someone in your group is using Defender, add 80 to their HP total. gaia_crownRank G: Specialist: Your critical attacks will now ALWAYS stun a monster. This causes the monster to be unable to deal auto damage to the next three posts that come after yours. gaia_crownRank G: Gamechanger: You may summon one additional member to this battle. This means your maximum party size is now 5 instead of 4. MAX PARTY MEMBERS SUMMON ABLE IS 5
Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 6:29 pm
STEP 3: SETTING UP A BATTLE
So now you want to get started! great! Head over to the exclaimbeastiaryexclaim with your team to get the latest research on the monster you have spotted. Once you are ready, it is time to embark solo, or with a team.
- A team can have a MAX of four players. All HP IN THE ARENA ONLY IS REFRESHED PER monster battle. So if you have 30/30 HP here from starting a new battle, and you have 10/30 HP outside the arena, you still have 10/30 HP outside the arena.
- The boss's HP is the same regardless of solo or team, so it is nice to find a team!
- Once a team has been assembled, so ahead and create a thread titled [ BATTLE ] [ CHAR NAMES ]. Make sure you all meet the requirements for the boss you are fighting, as mentioned in the beastiary . For example, if a boss is rank 2 only, and one person is rank 1, your group CANNOT fight this boss. However rank 3+ people can easily fight a rank 2 boss.
- One person of the group should POST THE STATS OF THE BOSS (use the beastiary to post the stats). Everyone else should look at the boss's HP/ element/ damage.
- You can create one and join one boss thread at a time (that's two!), but if there is no post for 6 hours in each of these threads then you can create/join another one.
gaia_crown[ Creating a random group ]
- You can invite players to join your group if it doesn't have four people yet! Simply edit your thread title to be [ OPEN ] at the end of the title so people know they can join! However, if there are four people please [ CLOSE ] it!
- If you are looking to join a random group as long as it is [ OPEN ] and you don't see four people in it, you can jump in any time! As long as you roll at least once you get share in the loot and rank requirements!
gaia_crown[ BOSS STATS ]
[ HP ] The boss's total HP pool. When it reaches 0 it is defeated
[ LOOT ] The loot the boss drops. Roll 1d4 and see what you get! Make sure to log it in your inventory!
[ AUTO DAMAGE ] How much damage the boss does to you. Every time you attack the boss, you take this amount of auto damage from your HP. Make sure to calculate it accordingly! So, if a boss does 5 auto damage, it means you take 5 damage every time you hit it.
[ CRITICAL AREAS ]: You'll notice on a boss there are a some coloured dots representing your knight faction colour. If your knight has a colour CORRESPONDING to that dot, it means they can hit a special critical area. When they do more than 10 damage cumulatively on the boss they break that critical area.
- To rehash: I am a violet knight. I see the head is a violet critical area. That means when I do 10 damage to the boss, I break the head of the boss! - If the all the boss's parts are broken before the end of the fight (all labelled parts in different colours), then you will get to roll one extra time for loot bonus rolls! - However if I am a white knight and I attack the boss and there are no white dots, and I do 10 damage, nothing on the boss breaks. That means I am NOT contributing to the special critical area break!
[ FRENZY ]: Some bosses have FRENZY next to them. That means they are extremely dangerous and if you take too much damage you will get medieval dysentery! Start a timer for the number of attacks/rounds you have taken. When you hit 10, you instantly KO. Be careful! This can be stopped if you own a nullberry, you can simply use it in the battle and stop medieval dysentery! Nulberries are used up on the fight, so think carefully before using!
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Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 6:30 pm
STEP 3: BATTLING MONSTERS
- Now your character can participate in Arena Battles! Battles will be divided into Arena Battles, located ONLY in the Arena Subforum, and ORP battles.
- To keep this simple please when editing your post with damage done, tally the REMAINING HP of the boss. This is easy, just look at the person's post above you and subtract your amount. This is why it is critically important you IMMEDIATELY EDIT YOUR POST WITH THE REMAINING BOSS HP so people know what to subtract!
- In ARENA ONLY battles you do NOT have to rp out your post after the first rped post.
- Don't forget to add this tiny snippet to the bottom of your post along with the usual OOC stuff!
[quote="BATTLE DAMAGE"] [b]Your Arena Rank:[/b] Rank plus link to your journal [b]DAMAGE DONE:[/b] [b]DAMAGE TAKEN:[/b] Look at a boss's auto damage and apply it to you [b]YOUR REMAINING HP:[/b] /?? [b]BOSS REMAINING HP[/b] [b]TURNS TAKEN:[/b] Remember, if a boss has FRENZY, after turn 10 you INSTANTLY KO unless you use a "nullberry" item you have obtained. [b]Items used:[/b] LIST ITEM HERE LINK TO JOURNAL
[quote="YOUR SKILLS"] If it is a one time only skill and you used it, please CROSS it out for the duration of the battle. Remember that you can only have THREE MAX skills active per battle. Please explain each skill. Using a one time use skills [b]takes up that turn[/b]. - Skill one - Skill two - Skill three [/quote]
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[quote="ANY ADDITIONAL TARGETS"]If you are healing/etc etc quote that player and STATE healing/etc for HOW MUCH![/quote]
- Simply roll 1d4 to attack. The dice you roll is the damage you do. HOWEVER:
- At any point if you roll a 1, it is considered a MISS.
- At any point if you roll two of the same dice in succession that is a critical hit! You will do 2x the damage next round. This is simply in post succession, so if you post, and roll a 4, and someone posts between you and rolls 5 and you post and roll a second 4, it still counts. It means the second 4 you roll now does 8 whopping damage. However, if you roll a third consecutive 4, that does not do double damage and instead, resets the count (so you woul dhave to roll a fourth 4 in order for you to double hit)
- Example 1: I post and roll 3, I do 3 damage. Next post and roll 3, but I now do 6 damage since it's a critical hit! - Example 2: I post and roll 1 I post and roll 1, I still miss twice :C - Example 3:I post and roll 4, I do 4 damage. I roll again, get 2, do 2 damage. I roll again and get a 4, I do 4 damage.
- Make sure to look at a monster's auto damage. That is how much damage they do to you.
- Your basic dice roll attack stats can be upgraded! Please check the additional upgrades post to see how.
- Remember that abilities and one time abilities are applied to arena battles only. To use a one time ability, simply quote it on the turn. It takes up that turn (so you take auto damage while using that ability). Otherwise, passive abilities you should apply when the situation is relevant, for instance, rerolling misses, etc etc. once again you can only use THREE abilities per battle, but you can re-customize the next battle what abilities from your pool of chosen abilities you want to use.
- You can indeed roll out of order since you take auto damage. Meaning if you sleep at 2 am but everyone else sleeps at 7pm, they can roll without you and when it is your turn just look at the remaining HP of the boss, apply whatever buffs in the team necessary, and continue attacking!
Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 6:59 pm
STEP 4: COLLECTING LOOT:
gaia_crown[ Rolling for loot ]: On the first post of the battle thread you created/joined, from where one of the team members copied and pasted the boss info, you will see the awards you get from rolling. Go ahead and roll to claim your prize! Insert it into your journal
gaia_crown[ Loot Bonuses ] All monsters have critical areas, labelled in colour, usually around 2- 5. If you manage to break them all in a battle, you can now roll a loot bonus, that means a second time! A critical area is basically a part of the monster that a person with only that same colour can attack. When you attack it with 10 damage (and you are of the colour), you break that part. If all parts are broken, you get the bonus roll
- So, if I am violet, and I see a monster has a critical area of violet for the head, at any point if I do a cumulative 10 damage to the boss, I have broken the head as well! If someone else is gold, and they do 10 damage to the critical area of the feet, and that is the last critical area of the boss, then that means all parts of the boss have been broken. Extra loot collect go!
gaia_crown[ REWARD TYPES ]
There are a few reward types, so we'll go through each item just to make sure it is understood!
gaia_star[ BLACK TICKETS ] Black tickets can be exchanged here for ticket prizes! Prizes require specific amount of tickets to get. These are OOC prizes/ usually minipets/ gaia items
gaia_star[ NULBERRIES ] These items are essential if you want to fight tougher monsters later on! They clear your character out of frenzy status. They are one time use items. You can only use them on yourself. Please log all nulberries gained in your journal. When you use them, delete the one used in that battle!
gaia_star[ Sacred Card ] Very rarely you may see a sacred card drop. This can be used to promote your knight to get their sacred weapon here
gaia_star[ Sacred Points ]- Every time your character rolls a critical hit anywhere (ie; rolls a dice, then a duplicate dice), they gain a sacred point. When this happens, don't forget to upgrade your character's battle log! You can only obtain 5 a day this way. Remember that you can't get sacred points unless your character has their sacred weapon! Don't forget to tally these up at the end of your battle!
gaia_star[ Vanity RP pieces ] You might get a lot of vanity rp pieces from doing this as well. Feel free to use these in RP as you wish!
