[Rolling Recruitment!] Fantasy Monster-Fighting Gladiator Arena League!

[SmashingPots]

What a cutie. Wouldn't mind having a tussle with her.~ I like the theming.

Just noticed the overabundance in tentacle-lovers as well. What a lovely sight to behold!

[ElayneTrakand]

Still taking applications?

[BlueOrange]

Pretty sure. We are probably in a position to start booking matches in the OOC thread too.

[Hamadryad]

Adventurer Info
Name: Vola Sutha.
Pronouns: Her/She.
Sex: Female.
Race/Class: Half-Orc Warlock.
HP: 50
Attack: d2
Armor: -0
Brief Description: A half-orc from an oddly refined background. She has taken a life-oath with an otherwordly patron by the name of the Mistral Lady, who grants her powers to be used in the arena so long as she brings great victories to her patron's name. She has a thicker build, with the lean muscle of your standard half-orc, but does not share their usual bulk. Her hair is a very pale blonde, very delicately styled and trailing down in a long mass down to her chest.
[hl]
Stunts

• Summoned Blade: Calling on her patron, can summon an eldritch blade which deals d6 damage, but wearies the wielder, giving -1 armour.
• Eldritch Blast: Sends out a singular blast of eldritch energy, dealing D6 damage and pushing back her foe ten feet.
• Eldritch Chain: Sends out a bolt of eldritch energy which hits a foe, before chaining out to two more foes within 10 feet of the previous struck. (D6, D4, D2 damage in order)

Flaws

• Punished Weakness: When below 10 HP, Vola's patron punishes her by weakening her severely, resigning her to her fate. She has -3 armour.
• Rended Mind: Using her eldritch powers more than six times in an arena causes her to be weakened, taking more damage from mental attacks.

[hl]
Interested In: Falling victim to dirty traps, along with hordes of enemies. Also being able to triumph over the monstrous and grotesque.
How Often Do You Elliquiy?: Most days, sometimes I'm unable to for a few days though.
Ons: Non-con, monsters, gangbangs, lots of bodily fluids all the tabboo stuff.
Offs: Soft vore, impregnation (the actual being pregnant part, the attempt an impregnation is fine), scat.

[Stendarr]

I think either raising base damage or lowering base health would help fix any pacing issues.

Given how slow forum based combat can be, perhaps the base health should be 20-25 instead of 50? That way if people are doing max base damage fights can end in as few as 4 or 5 turns, which could translate to like 8-10 posts between two people and maybe 2-3 weeks in real time. I think it would also give armor more of an impact, while also keeping it from stretching out fights too long.

I think probably both would be best. Higher base damage means armor is less effective, which I think at this point it seems like it should be. Lower health helps to maker armor better again in a way that's more healthy.

I think 25HP and d8 base damage would be good.

I’m now starting work on a ‘defend the lair’ concept, where NPCs will attack (and inevitably overwhelm) a section of the Lair that is defended by 1 or more champions. A ‘survival defense’ mode, if you will.

That sounds pretty cool. It would be nice to find some way to foster teamwork among the defenders.

[pdragon]

You know I do wonder, what does negative armor even mean in regards to this game? Like is it just guaranteed damage? How do you offer less than 0 protection?

[Kimera]

Maybe it works like a weak spot/ sensitive area, like enemies in video games?

[BlueOrange]

If you’re wearing negative armor in my arena, I’ll treat it as a damage magnifier. OOCly, it’s an invitation to swarm you with weak minions (not all the time, but Egnaro in particular will attack your weaknesses if he doesn’t think you’re frightened enough). Hope you like being teamed up on!

In terms of a narrative justification, ‘armor zero’ is ‘a normal level of protection’.

[Nastara]

Legitimately, all of these characters look amazing.

When I had envisioned this, I wasn't expecting much PvP interest so balance wasn't big on my mind! Clearly PvP is a big point of interest!

I'll be honest, I'm Not sure how to balance these things! There's a part of me that says "Hey, these aren't balanced. If you want to win in PvP matches, make yourself stronger. If you want to lose, make yourself weaker. Feel free to adjust if it doesn't play in an interesting way."

In terms of armor, I initially was writing it as a negative number simply to indicate that you subtract the damage! Doesn't need to be listed that way!

Everyone who has posted, feel free to add to Character/Arena thread. My own arena and a couple other IC spaces will also launch today(ish) so we can get off the ground running!

Recruitment can be rolling, I think, with the number of people interested in running arenas! There's no reason people can't run arenas and character, that people can't drop in and drop out, and that we can retire or pick up new characters. This is meant to be open like that!

I'm gonna also have some advice/ideas for prizes, experience, etc coming quite soon! If arena judges feel like running things before then, that's also fine!

[BlueOrange]

Thanks again for creating and shaping such an awesome space. There’s a subtlety and grace to your leadership that has done a lot to activate the awesome in a great many writers! I’ve had a bit of exposure to professional writing; enough to know that leading a professional writing team is not about having great ideas, it’s about recognizing great ideas. You’ve done a lot to recognize great ideas.

I'll be honest, I'm Not sure how to balance these things! There's a part of me that says "Hey, these aren't balanced. If you want to win in PvP matches, make yourself stronger. If you want to lose, make yourself weaker. Feel free to adjust if it doesn't play in an interesting way."

I want to echo this, and to invite people to have OOC conversations if their character turns out not to be fun mid-match. There are solutions, and (with the consent of your opponent) mid-match character adjustments are definitely in theme for my arenas. Don’t feel obligated to ‘stick it out’, we’re here to have fun and enable fun.

[Autocad]

Adventurer Info
Name: Countess Emilia
Pronouns: She, her
Sex: Female
Race/Class: Vampire Rogue
HP: 50
Attack: d6
Armor: -0
Brief Description:
Emilia was once an adventuress, but she made the mistake of delving in a manor owned by a cum-vampiress. The cum-vampiress was a variant of vampire that fed on love fluids instead of blood, but this once disliked men which was an obvious problem. The semen-vampiress sustained herself by converting captured adventuresses into brides: vampire spawn who could provide the sustenance she needed by squirting when they orgasmed. But Emilia managed to escape and sought treatment at the Dungeon Arena League, fighting as a gladiatrix while she saved up to pay for a cure.

Due to her vampiric affliction Emilia is constantly in a state of arousal and ready to cum with just a little stimulation, which suited her former mistress's dietary needs. As another side effect of her condition, her curves filled out nicely, but her skin took on an unhealthily pale complexion too.

Stunts

• Sneak Attack: If Emilia attacks her opponent from behind, she deals 1d6 extra damage.
• Cum Drain: If Emilia pins down her opponent, she can stimulate them and absorb any precum or cum. This deals normal damage but restores the same amount to Emilia's HP.
• Shadow Form: When an opponent rolls 6 or higher damage against Emilia, she transforms into a flock of bats or a gaseous form, negating that damage against her. At the beginning of her turn, she can reform in any location within 30 feet (including right behind her opponent).

Flaws

• Extreme Sensitivity: Any damage Emilia receives from sexual stimulation accumulates. She climaxes after 10 such damage, losing her next turn and resetting the total to zero.
• Light Vulnerability: If most of Emilia's skin is exposed to light (for example through clothing destruction), she takes 1d6 damage every turn.

Interested In: Both PvE and PvP fights. Rigged fights with sexualized restraints and disadvantages? Monsters, tentacles, large / multiple insertions, all orifices are open.
How Often Do You Elliquiy?: Twice weekly in general, more if things get really hot.
Ons: Forced orgasms / multiple orgasms / ahegao. Leaving a quivering, gaping, creampied wreck behind after they are finished with her.
Offs: Excessive gore, scat



Here's my entry, I hope it's not too late!

[BlueOrange]

Ooooh, excellent. The S Spot could use a house fighter or two.

[SmashingPots]

Women all around. The opposite of a sausage party. An... oyster cloyster? A clam jam? Taco fest? A tittie committee, if you will.

[BlueOrange]

Oyster cloister! *dies laughing* We’ll have nun of that!

Gotta admit tho, I’m in it for the boobs.

[Sethala]

I think I may come up with an arena when I get home.  I’ve got three rough ideas:

First is a spider-themed arena, called The Parlor.  Expect a lot of web-themed traps, spider enemies that want to wrap up the adventurers, plenty of aphrodisiac and/or paralyzing venom, and potentially oviposition for the victims (although that’s skippable for anyone not into it)

The second idea is a transformation/petrification theme.  Cockatrices, basilisks, and a gorgon as the dungeon ruler looking for more statues for her collection!  (Well, not really.  She’s actually really nice, and doesn’t want to keep anyone as a statue for long, just enough to admire them.  But, she plays up a villain persona for the audience.)

The third idea is a bit more recent and not something I’ve planned out as much, but I’m thinking some kind of vore-themed arena.  Expect large monsters that try to swallow the heroes whole, slime creatures that engulf their victims, and so on.

Anyone want to chime in on which arena I work on?

[c0i9z]

I would definitely want to try out the spider arena once it's up.

[SmashingPots]

Might be able to chime in on the Spider-themed Arena idea. I've myriad experience with arachnids, not only from my real life career, but also from years of roleplaying the buggers in an assortment of colorful variations, from gargantuan baneful horrors, to apathetic huntresses (something along the lines of Cecile comes to mind, but there's obviously a lot that can be done to vary things) and everything in between.

[BlueOrange]

The prospect of arenas fighting to recruit and retain the best talent would definitely come into play with the spider arena, which sounds like fun. The soft vore arena opens up similar possibilities, but I wouldn’t want to fight both arenas starting tomorrow, that would be a bit rough.

Perhaps I should come up with a (stupidly overpowered) character sheet for Egnaro, just in case there are people who want to meet him up close and personal.

[Nastara]

Thanks again for creating and shaping such an awesome space. There’s a subtlety and grace to your leadership that has done a lot to activate the awesome in a great many writers! I’ve had a bit of exposure to professional writing; enough to know that leading a professional writing team is not about having great ideas, it’s about recognizing great ideas. You’ve done a lot to recognize great ideas.

I want to echo this, and to invite people to have OOC conversations if their character turns out not to be fun mid-match. There are solutions, and (with the consent of your opponent) mid-match character adjustments are definitely in theme for my arenas. Don’t feel obligated to ‘stick it out’, we’re here to have fun and enable fun.

Oh my God, thank you so much! That means so much to me, I can't even tell you! I think this will be a TON of fun and I'm SUPER pumped you've got it running already!  My plan is to have some time Monday or Tuesday to work out organization. If only we could jump to being a Big Game! Haha!

Yeah this is DEFINITELY a game that talking through things OOC is a good plan, make sure things are Fun! There's no like... Single story, so fun should be the goal.


Freaking love Emilia! And frankly, I think this game is rolling recruitment. It's expandable.

Yeah! Non-female characters should also feel free to join! Maybe someone will make a super tempting arena that specializes with cocked combatants to find some!

Ooo, all of those sound super fun!

I think honestly, people should all feel free to post in and then hop to OOC! I PROMISE tomorrow will bring an IC space for people between fights and these arenas will be POPPING OFF soon!

[Steir]

*leaves an eye in the chat*

This has interested me greatly. I'll try to work on something for the game soon.

:3c

[Nastara]

Great! I look forward to seeing it!

[CrystalPaladin]

Hello everyone

[Nastara]

Hi! Interested in joining? We've got rolling recruitment!

[pdragon]

I wasn't planning to make an arena originally, but an idea hit me late last night, and I figured I'd throw it up.


Arena Info
Arena Name: Court of the Crimson King
Judge Name:

The Grand Fool

the head jester of the King's court. A flamboyant yet faceless woman who acts as ring leader for the arena, organizing and announcing all battles and showcases.


Brief Description: The Court of the Crimson King is an arena shrouded in mystery and obfuscation. It is in essence the giant throne room of the titular

Crimson King

who sits sleeping upon his throne, unwaking and unmoving. Maintaining this slumber is the sole purpose of the arena, the sounds of clanging steel and screaming ecstasy a lullaby that fuels his dreams and keeps him from rising from his throne. To that end King's jesters draw in the strongest and most beautiful warriors from across the mortal realms, and bids them to fight and fuck for the King's amusement. It isn't explicitly stated what would actually happen if the King were to awaken and stand up from his throne, but the denizens of the court have referred to it as quote: "a bad time"

The Court lies within a world separate from our own, and can only be reached when passing through the veil of sleep. One cannot enter the Court by choice, and cannot refuse a summons once they've received their invitation. Once chosen by the court, a competitor will be approached in their dreams by a

woman in red

. Her touch will cause the person to fall into a second slumber, and "awaken" inside the arena, already armed and dressed for combat. Upon completing their battle the gladiator will awaken back in their bed, with no memories of their experience, though their bodies will still be covered in any "evidence" of their time spent in the Court. Those who emerge victorious will also receive a small boon from the Court for their service, which will carry over into their next arena match in the waking world.

The Court itself is eldritch and non-euclidean in nature. The world of dreams is a fluid and every changing place, and as such the court will almost always be subtly shifting and rearranging itself, and will even take on completely different

forms

from visit to visit. This affects the arena terrain as well, causing it to dramatically shift and change shape at random times, requiring a high degree of adaptability to surmount. Being a place of dreams, the Court will also be influenced by the dreamers who enter it, causing subtle changes based on who is currently fighting. Those with strong or heavily warped minds will have an even more pronounced effect on the arena, and some may even find themselves able to manipulate the terrain at will.


Challenges: The Court will pit chosen gladiators either against their fellow mortals, or against manifestations of the Court itself. The Court is able to drawn deeply from a gladiator's mind, using their darkest, most depraved fantasies and desires to construct their opponents. As such the player will be confronted by an amalgamation of their various kinks, their greatest desire made flesh, though usually with some kind of dark twist. In some cases this may cause the character themselves to be altered in some way, taking a form that may be closer to their ideal self, or a body best suited to endure the onslaught of their manifestation.

All challenges within the arena are combat focused, though can vary depending on the number of gladiators pulled into the dream at once. A singular combatant may be faced against a gauntlet of manifestations, a pair made to face one another in singles combat, or a group split into warring teams or just thrown into a free for all. Due to the supernatural nature of the arena, it is impossible to be fatally wounded in combat, and in fact all damage and pain one would receive is instead transmitted as pleasure to the body. This allows combatants to fight in ways they normally can't in other arenas, not having to hold back their strength or aim away from vital blows. Once victory is achieved the victor is expected to take their pleasure from the defeated then and there in front of the court, and in fact will not be released from the dream until they do, being thrown into another battle if necessary.

A combatant who wins their arena match will receive a small buff (tailored to the specific character) that will be applied to their next match in any other arena.


Interested In: Fierce and sexually charged battles, public displays of lust and domination, players who are willing to play into the surreal, dreamlike haze of the arena, allowing players to act a bit out of character or go nuts without lasting consequences or worry of character consistency
Looking For: Gladiators of any gender who are willing to be on either end of NC/DC scenes. Those with a taste for the surreal and mysterious, and enjoy old Fey/Lovecraftian themes.
How Often Do You Elliquiy?: 2-3 times a week.
Ons: public sex, NC/DC, gratuitous armor damage, rough sex, group, monsters/beasts, showmanship
Offs: Gore, Scat, Cruelty, etc. etc.

[Vonandi]

Looks great