Catskills Militia Skirmish - 3/8/09

[Piper [PGoH]]

Quoted from Hawkeye Pike of the United Pirates:

The role playing community invites every citizen of Catskills to participate in our weekly recurring Skirmish Warfare event. The recruits will be separated into two groups which will fight one another at a pre-determined location. The goal of the battle will be annouced short before the event. A special Catskills Militia guild will allow any player to participate, by temporarily recruiting those who are not member of the role playing community. The rules are simple:

* Our main rule: Wear only items crafted with normal crafting tools. No Artifacts, no runic-crafted items, no magic mods, no jewelry, no talismans etc.
* As these items can easily be replaced, you don't even need to insure them.
* Due to fairness and balancing, powerful pets are not allowed (for example, no Greater Dragons, no Rune Beetles, or 5 animals with pack instinct). If you want to bring pets, please get a permit from the event organizers first.
* As your alignment will be determined by color, your armor has to be dyed in a certain color, or you have to wear a robe of that color.
* Looting is not allowed.
* It will be determined before each battle, whether or not mounts are allowed.

This weekend's skirmish will be held tomorrow, Sunday, March 8, at 2:00 PM EST in the arena north of Doom, indicated by the star:

Corrupted Foresets...? Not my spelling, I blame Automap!

There will be gates to the location in New Haven starting at 1:45. Those who cannot otherwise get the proper armor and equipment may be outfitted at that time.

Those who have participated in the past have had a good time, so we hope to see you there!

 

[hawkeye_pike]

Thanks for posting this!
The pirates will be there, as always.

Don't forget to bring potions, bandages, and your favorite weapon(s) in gm-made quality without magic mods! Mages need to bring enough reagents, as armor with magic mods (like LRC) is not allowed.

 

[Corvak]

Nice to see some of these underused spots seeing some events

 

[Piper [PGoH]]

Thanks for the screenshots, Pike. Hey, there's me modeling a stunning grey robe!

Nice to see some of these underused spots seeing some events

Please feel free to join us next time, Corvak, and anyone else. Details will be posted.

 

[Corvak]

I might bring an unguilded alt next time.

Corvak's emmy, and my GM has odd hours. Getting back in would be awkward

 

[Farsight]

I might bring an unguilded alt next time.

Corvak's emmy, and my GM has odd hours. Getting back in would be awkward

And I'm sure you don't have a pirate or an uss or another character you can use...

 

[Corvak]

Gwah! out of my head I say! OUT!

If i'd get off my lazy butt and train my pirate....lol

 

[Bob_the_fart_guy]

I wish I could have made it...I made the last one, and I had a blast. Please keep posting if you host them again though.

 

[Farsight]

Next Sunday, 2PM EST.

Until further notice, they'll be every Sunday at 2. Location to be determined.

 

[Turdnugget]

Are there any template restrictions for these skirmishes?

I am making an 'undead' style character for RP purposes... for these kinds of events. Just making sure whether or not I could use that for these events?

 

[Farsight]

So far as we have discussed, there are no template restrictions. There are restrictions to what you can use with each template.

For example, while you can bring a pet, you can't bring a greater dragon or a pair of bake kitsune or similarly powerful pets/pet combinations. While you can bring a ninja, we're starting to frown on people hiding through the fights only to appear at the end (not that that tactic has worked anyway). Summons are limited to no 8th circle summons except for earth elementals. Mounts can not be used in any situation.

So far, rule violations have been punished by warnings or death (in the case that the warning wasn't listened to), with further violations being a banning from the fights. In a role play sense, we have no room in a militia for those who don't follow orders.

 

[hawkeye_pike]

You can use any template you like.

We may change rules on the fly if we notice that one group has a big disadvantage. For example, last time someone used Daemon summons, which was like an additional fighter in the group (especially given the limited equipment). That's why decided to not allow summons who can cast spells.

We do not allow any polymorphs or other forms because then you cannot see the color of the robe anymore.

Last time, someone tried to break the rules and used a mount for an unfair advantage. Deliberate rule breaking will not be tolerated.

 

[RichDC]

Are you allowing DP??

Im not on catskills, but it kind of reminds me of the duels of old and i may make a char to come over and play...i miss those days.

Im just thinking of templates...you say no stealth so a ninja cant use backstab or ki-attack?

Also, have you made 2 warring guilds? reason i ask is that necro withers and mage fields wont affect if not

Sorry to be a pain.

 

[Farsight]

Stealth is allowed, I just frown at it. I think the ninjas in the group have agreed about forms somewhere, but I ignored that and don't care since I dismount anyone I see in a form anyhow.

Deadly poisons are also allowed, and I find it very annoying (I died twice to poison in the last fight. Hate that stuff! )

The guild structure is um... complicated.

We have a network of warring guilds and you could find yourself on the same team as orange, blue and green people side by side as well as having allied and warring opponents. This makes field spells, area effect spells and potion use complicated since you not only hit your opponents, but also your team mates. It's quite an interesting throwback to when the field spells did affect your own team.

And you aren't being a pain. Stop being sorry.

 

[RichDC]

Hmm actually sounds really interesting, one last question...

I know you said no runic made weapons, but would it be ok if (im not saying this is the temp i wana try) i have a sc no pen with 40DI as the only mods for a tank mage? or does it have to be cast-rearm?

 

[Piper [PGoH]]

Yep, any kind of poison goes, which is good for me personally. We've had a number of poisoners show up.

Stealth can be used, but only for certain things. When we play capture the flag, the person wearing the "flag" robe can't stealth with it on. In bagball games, the ball can't be "kicked" by someone who is stealthed. These specific rules are always explained before the individual events, though, so don't feel like you have to memorize all this.

As far as the weapon in question, I'd be interested in Hawkeye Pike's thoughts on it. It wouldn't give you any more DI advantage than the other people's GM weapons. Hm...

Hawkeye?

 

[Corvak]

He's probably still drunk off all that rum.

...Pirates...

 

[RichDC]

Aye looks like it lol