Oblivion Character Tournament #2

[DaMage]

What is this?

This is an idea I saw over on the offical forums and I figured it would work really well on a small forum here. The idea is that people can input a character, then in one on one elimitation battles they will fight to a final where a winner is found. Although its based on Oblivion, there are many rules changes to make all skills useful in the tournament and you have limited funds in which to buy all your equipment. It will be set out in a standard knockout rounds, but depending on how many we get there may be points in which people get a pass to the next round...the starting position will be randomised.

Don't be put off by all this. You do not need to work in the CS or do anything like modding...you just make a text character sheet with details.

The characters that people send will be made into in NPCs by me in the CS. Once we have everyone's I will draw up a tournament sheet and begin the fights. The fights will all take place in an unmodified Arena, and are standard battle to the death rules. I will do one round each day (or at least I'll only put up one round's worth of results) and will record each battle and post them on youtube for you to watch how the battle went.

When your buying your gear you'll have 10000 gold in which to buy your stuff. Please make sure you've read the rules and know what you can and cannot use depending on skills. I suggest you use UESP to find your items. For marksmen users, you also need to buy your arrows, NPC's dont use arrows like the player, so you just need to buy a block of 25 arrows.

Submissions are open till the 26th of November, the first round will begin on the 3rd of december.

The Rules

So the rules for the second tournament. There are some important rule changes that you need to revise, I've outlined what you need to look up:

Changes from the previous challenge:

- Specialisiation rules

- Sneak skill

- Security skill

- Potions must now be factored into your costs

- 'Items not allowed' updated

And the the full list of rules:

Level: 25

Race: High Elf/Argonian/Wood Elf/Breton/Dark Elf/Imperial/Khajiit/Nord/Orc/Redguard

Gender: Male/Female

Birthsign: Lady/Steed/Thief/Warrior/Apprentice/Atronach/Mage/Lord/Lover/Ritual/Serpent/Shadow/Tower

Purchasing Gold: 10000

Combat Style: Use the CS to find one. Default will work in most situations though.

Class:

Specialisiation (Pick One):

You must have 4 skills from the specialisiation included in your class.

Combat: 0 Spells - Any Armor - Any Weapons

Magic: 5 Spells - Maximum 3 Pieces of Any Armor - Any Weapons

Stealth: 2 Spells - Light Armor Only - Completes an Apprentice Sneak Critial Before battle - One handed Weapons only

Primary Attributes: Strength/Intelligence/Willpower/Speed/Agility/Endurance/Personality/Luck

Skills (Pick 7):

Combat:

Armorer: +5 to AR (via Shield effect)

Athletics: +10 Speed Bonus

Block: Allows Shield

Blunt: Allows Blunt Weapon

Blade: Allows Blade Weapon

Hand to Hand: 1 extra Spell allowed

Heavy Armor: Allows use of Heavy Armor (Useless to Stealth Specialisiation)

Magic:

Alchemy: Gives 2 Potions of player's choosing

Alteration: Expert Spells allowed

Conjuration: Expert Spells allowed

Destruction: Expert Spells allowed

Illusion: Expert Spells allowed

Mysticism: Expert Spells allowed

Restoration: Expert Spells allowed

Stealth:

Acrobatics: 15% Chance of performing a dodge (takes no damage) when hit

Light Armor: Allows use of Light Armor

Marksman: Allows use of a Bow

Mercantile: Gives Extra 750 gold to buy items

Security: Magical Traps are placed around the Arena

Sneak: Opponent will randomly lose one item (not their weapon)

Speechcraft: Gives +1 to your level

Items Not Allowed:

Potions (unless you have alchemy Skill)

Paralyze/Damage Weapon Enchantments

Modded Items

Custom made Enchantments/Spells/Potions

Zero Value Items (such as Blades Armor). You are allowed unenchanted 0 value clothing (eg Black Robe) as they are purely cosmetic.

Staves (Staffs) those things are way too powerful

Important notes when making your character:

- You can only pick an Apprentice/Journayman/Expert level spell if you have the assoicated skill as a major

- Keep track of how much everything costs and write down the total you spent

- UESP lists all the items in the game, use 'Find' on the pages to get the weapon names

- Check the Items not allowed list as you create your character

How to submit:

What you send me (in a PM). Closes on the 26th of November.

- Give PM the title "Tournament - [YourUsername]"

- Character Sheet. An example and structure is below.

- (Optional) Picture for the still screens. If you dont send one I'll get one.

- (Optional) An .esp of your character as an NPC with class/items. I will still need the text character sheet though.

Example Character Spreadsheet: (This is what you'd send me)

Name: Sir Talin of the Thorn

Bio: [Not Required...there for you story writers. Info on what character looks like, aka, hair style, colour, facial features etc]

Race: Redguard

Gender: Male

Birthsign: Warrior

Gold: 9904/10000

Combat Style: Default

Specialisiation: Combat

Primary Attributes: Strength, Endurance

Skills: Armorer, Blunt, Block, Alchemy, Hand to Hand, Heavy Armor, Speechcraft

Items:

Helmet of Spell Resistence - 2500g

Ebony Boots - 550g

Ebony Cuirass - 1900g

Ebony Gauntlets - 550g

Ebony Greaves - 1000g

Ebony Shield - 1000g

Mace of Feeding - 2154g

2 Strong potions of Healing - 2x125g (250g)

Spells:

Heal Minor Wounds - Chosen

Character sheet structure:

Name:

Bio: [Not Required...there for you story writers. Info on what character looks like, aka, hair style, colour, facial features etc]

Race:

Gender:

Birthsign:

Gold:

Combat Style:

Specialisiation:

Primary Attributes:

Skills:

Items:

Spells:

Status so far:

People in the Tournament:

the-manta: Astar Udosi

WhoGuru: Red

Mishaxhi: Kael II

Joben(Winner of #1 Tournament): Flint Ironstag

Results:

- Not Started Yet -

[donnato]

Oh boy!! I`ll really have to rethink this one judging from the last go-round. Thanks Mage.

[the-manta]

Yay! I'm sad I missed the last one, looks like it was a lot of fun, I'll PM you my entry shortly

EDIT: It's more than likely that this is explained, but I cant find it lol. Do we subtract the cost of spells from our 10,000 gold?

EDIT 2: Also, magic skills all grant additional spells if taken as major spells, will our characters have those automatically?

Edited November 18, 2010 by the-manta

[DaMage]

Yay! I'm sad I missed the last one, looks like it was a lot of fun, I'll PM you my entry shortly

EDIT: It's more than likely that this is explained, but I cant find it lol. Do we subtract the cost of spells from our 10,000 gold?

EDIT 2: Also, magic skills all grant additional spells if taken as major spells, will our characters have those automatically?

Spells do not count towards your cost. As there is no set price for the spells listed on UESP.

You dont any spells free, not even the minor heal...if you want them you have to pick them.

[the-manta]

Okeydokey, I'll send entry tonight

[WhoGuru]

Sign me up again. Character on its way already! You're going down this time Joben. MWAhaha and I'll have those pants too.

Tradition. yeah.

[the-manta]

Joben might do well to invest in a belt this time round

[DaMage]

There area few of the regulars that have said they are putting a character in, donnato, Joben etc....if you see them, give them a poke for me...we need some more people for this to be any good.

[Joben]

Lol i should see if it's practical to make a nekkid character so Red can't steal anything.

[Halperin]

Hey, would it be possible if I could join this? I know its past the deadline, but have you started yet?

[donnato]

Ok Mage...there ya go. Odd I know but...well...there it is..

[InsanitySorrow]

Hey, would it be possible if I could join this? I know its past the deadline, but have you started yet?

If you're quick enough, you should be able to enter. I know DaMage wants to start the first round in the morning (well morning for him)

[DaMage]

If your quick I can add you, it will help with the comp setup if i have even numbers. Don needs to fix a bit in his, so i mighten get this started till tomorrow.

[Joben]

...is this dead?

[InsanitySorrow]

I doubt it, Mage is most likely busy