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Hey! Yes, you! You seems to be a tough man, a man who deserves more than he has. For how long have you lived in the shadow of others? Of your king, your liege, even of your own brother? But now you have a chance to get what should be yours long ago. A fame, and a fortune! It's your fate, your destiny, so don't be afraid to fight for it!
Description
Warriors' matters is in no way similar to any other game in this forum. It's neither Mafia nor Roll to Dodge, it's even not another BoP game. You don't have to remember any kind of statistics, you don't have to think about any international events or any matters from the past of the game. The only thing that matters is whether you can or cannot describe your actions in interesting way.
In Warrior's matters you're going to take part in series of duels against other players. Each fight will last ten turns and in each turn both players can write one post describing their actions. There are no any statistics, special skills or dice rolls, so the course of fight will depend only on players' actions and answers. After ten turns both players will be asked if they want to continue their duel. If they both agree, then duel will last five more turns. If not, the fight will be finished and GameMaster will create the pool to ask all forum users which player performed more interesting actions and wrote better descriptions of them. The winner will be chosen in this pool and will past to the next round where he will face winners of other duels.
To sum up, this game is like writing a chapter of a fantasy book. All you have to do is to describe your fight in most interesting way and then let users decide if they like your writing. What you have to remember is that you can only describe actions of your own character, don't try to enforce your opponent to do what you want by writing about his actions - GameMaster will have to intervene in such situation. You also have to remember, that you don't really want to make your character win the fight - it doesn't matter which character seems to win at the end of battle, only users' votes matter. So don't make your character too powerful, maybe even consider letting your enemy hurt you or destroy your gear if it will allow you to make story more interesting.
Of course at least two players are needed to start this game, but any number can take part as we can perform many duels simultaneously.
Creating character
This game is not set in any particular times or universe. Feel free to create characters from any historical era or fantasy universe you like. In case of historical settings please don't go beyond half of 19th century and in case of fantasy universe make sure that historical counterpart of your world doesn't exceed that period. If you choose fantasy settings please make sure that it's well known world or describe all important matters during creation of character. Another important fact is that your character have to be able to take part in typical medieval-like duel - so making ranged-only character isn't best idea and you will probably be asked to change it. Beside that, you can make any character you want either on horse or on foot, a bearded viking, mysterious wizard or an elegant officer of Napoleon's guard.
Applications
To join the game just fill this form and post it in this topic. Remember, that there are no any statistics in this game. All informations from this form are there only to let your enemy know who he is fighting against, what he can expect and how he can interact with your character. It's also a sample of your writing skills so please take some time to make your application complex and interesting.
Name:
Appearence:
History:
Equipment:
Skills:
English level:
In the last field please describe your English level, not of your character. It is there for GameMaster to make it easier to pair players. Just let me know if your English is on basic, intermediate, communicative, fluent or native level.
Currently Playing Season 1:
Jean-Baptiste de Villiers (The Mighty McLovin)
William "The Doctor" Kingston (DoctorWarband)
Youxia (Portals)
Thorstein Hoskuldsson (Raddeo)
Currently Enrolled for Season 2:
Jean-Baptiste de Villiers (The Mighty McLovin)
Name: 游侠, yóuxiá, Youxia. (Pronounced You-Shah)
Appearence:Youxia is taller than most people around him, but not by much. He almost always has a calm demeanor due to his extensive learning in Taoism. He usually wears traditional Chinese garb when outside of combat, and wears traditional body guard armor when in combat
(Rough look)Spoiler
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History:Little is known about Youxia's past, but people generally know that he was taken in by a Taoist monastery at a young age. It is thought that he mastered meditation, Taoist Literature, and gardening in the monastery. Alongside this, he learned fighting skills extensively. He would make frequent trips outside of the monastery to meditate better. It is thought that his monastery was slaughtered by a group of bandits while he was out one day.
Youxia spent the next five years tracking down these bandits and perfecting his technique. When he finally found the bandits, he started to hunt down their patrols. When he learned of a government official that was in the pockets of the bandits, he found said official and confronted him about his actions. The local official told Youxia that he had to help them, otherwise they were going to kill his children, and that the official really did not like the bandits. After hearing this, Youxia beheaded the official who would betray the emperor for his children.
He then soon executed the bandit leader. The emperor heard of his heroic deeds, and invited Youxia to become the emperors personal bodyguard. Youxia accepted, and is where he is right now as in charge of the emperors personal security.
Equipment: Youxia has a Ji, an ancient Chinese pole arm. Think of the Ji as quasi-halbird, but less heavy and a bigger focus on stabbing instead of swinging. Spoiler
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He also has a Guandao, another Chinese pole arm. This polearm is more focused on slashing and cutting, and a much more offensive weapon in general. Spoiler
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The close range weapon he has is his Jian. It is a double-edged straight sword. He rarely uses the Jian unless he has to, preferring to rely on his pole arms.Spoiler
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Skills: Master of Tai Chi, a martial art that is wholly focused on using an opponents strength against them. He is also extensively trained in Taoism and meditation, which means in a combat situation he knows how to stay calm in a bad situation. His pole arm technique is second to none in China.
He is also a master of ambushes, which he only tries to use against opponents with a focus on ranged weapons. If his opponent is using a melee weapon, he will honorably go out and dual. The only exception to this rule is when someone threatens his family or his emperor, where he will attempt to kill them with everything he has.
English level: Fluent
I've talked with Portals and unfortunately he won't take part in our game. It means that Mighty McLovin vs Portals duel can't be played. Also Mighty McLovin decided that he won't claim a victory by walkover to pass to second round without fighting in the first one. So the only valid duel in the first season of fights is one between me and DoctorWarband. We will play it to the end and its winner will be announced to be winner of whole first season.
It leads to the conclusion that the end of first season of Warriors' Matters is near. So it's time to open recruitment for second season, which I hope will gather more players and will last much longer. Our fight in Game Topic may be considered to be example of how this game works and what players can do. Anyone who want to try his imagination, writing skill and roleplaying ability is welcomed to join the game.
Reservations Open
To join the game just fill this form and post it in this topic. Remember, that there are no any statistics in this game. All informations from this form are there only to let your enemy know who he is fighting against, what he can expect and how he can interact with your character. It's also a sample of your writing skills so please take some time to make your application complex and interesting.
Name:
Appearance:
History:
Equipment:
Skills:
English level:
In the last field please describe your English level, not of your character. It is there for GameMaster to make it easier to pair players. Just let me know if your English is on basic, intermediate, communicative, fluent or native level.
Those who have already posted their application and wants to re-use it in next season of game should just post information about it, possibly with link to his application, there's no need to copy whole application again.