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Arena Chat Thread

@Dynamo Frokane
Perhaps Xing and Zande could have just an old fashioned peak human brawlfest, no armor or weapons, in the vein of Mortal Kombat. Zande is hyper aggressive and as brutal as it can get, but the only "style" he could be attributed to is

Gouging

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gouging_(fighting_style)

The dude can't tell Kung Fu from Kung Pao chicken, and knows exactly jack shit about traditional martial arts. I'm not going to sugarcoat anything or try to lure you in with false temptations of potential advantages that Xing might have over Zande (unlike certain other players might), given how Vale Tudo reigns supreme and gouging is arguably much closer to that than Kung Fu, and how Zande's specialty is mauling people up close. Regardless, this is about as fair as I can make things.

I actually prefer Unranked matches, by the way, as they are far more friendly and less prone to OOC crap. Combat flows so much more easily when there isn't anything on the line.

Arena Chat Thread

@Dynamo Frokane

Want to have a match? Here's my character list. Short, but I'm the sort of guy that sticks to just a few darlings. http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/87852-docs-gnarly-characters/ooc#post-3105991

All of my characters can be adjusted to lower or higher tiers. I'm thinking that some good match-ups are...

"The Feral Abomination" Daxius 'Danger' Vinnerall Vs. The Magna Pater, "The Sleeper of the Clandestine"

"The Endless Monk" Xing Yi Vs. "The Lord of the Rising Sun" Gonad Yaksplitter

"The Crimson War-Princess" Rodetta The Red Vs. "Kentucky" Tom

"The Notorious Half-Elf" Halen Vayne-Claymore Vs. Zande Khanda "The Vulture"

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@The Roman07
Thsys what my mom said but I'm drunk right now. I'll get backnto typy tomorrow, butt mi key fave ghj

im drunk you dookie eating poopsnuffing pulitzer prizewinners

had some bruskies man, an im feelin no pain. rolling rock is the good stuff.

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@The Grey Dust@Wraithblade6

Ah, well, it was worth a try. But you know, I like to think of it not as a mad beast but a serial killer. Serial killers aren't usually treated as bosses so much as long term antagonists, and they certainly aren't easy to weed out if they know what they're doing. The only difference here is that it's far uglier and doesn't speak. This may be a futuristic setting, but its one thing to catch a mindless monster and quite another to catch a sentient murderer with two-thousand years of experience in mutilating world-dominating bipeds. Interactions with it are indeed limited, if you look at things from a "Let's go monster hunting, it'll be like a video game" standpoint. I'm looking at things from a horror/mystery novel standpoint, where volatile situations can't always be solved by hack and slash tactics, and where emotion, characterization, and strategy play a massive part. Not the characterization of the monster, but of the other characters as they deal with it, overcoming fears and plumbing new depths.

I keep hearing that it's OP, but then I hear that it would have been already exterminated by everyone. It's like Kenshiro claiming someone is a worthy opponent, but then a second later turning his back on them and admitting that they are already dead.



Anyways, I do get that my monster really clashes with any setting that isn't raw horror. In hindsight, if it were brought into the roleplay it would probably just start drawing the plot into itself as it began constantly pestering the other characters, only to eventually slip up and die at some point, whereupon the world keeps on spinning. All villains die, of course, but I suppose it's different when the villain makes no effort to communicate with other characters.

Thank you for the considerations!

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@The Grey Dust

I can work in some history for the last two-thousand years.
And a tank? I said it weighed as much as a tiger, dude.

Anyways, I get that it's a real nasty, and like a killer beast folks will want it gone. Thing is, it's a personal enemy. It would pick on one character at a time, making itself their personal nemesis. I won't say kill them, because honestly, it's not as powerful as you think. It can be a real nightmare for someone that has no tactical sense, but with a little elbow grease and the right kind of offence, it can be beaten by a single character.

Case in point, its latest fight in the Arena. Take a gander. I'd say it would have a fair bit of trouble taking on more than one strong vampire at a time.
By the way, this is a good chance to read the book after looking at the cover. I'll include some of its other matches after the one it died in, so you can get a real taste for its actual strength and personality.

http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/92268-nergal-summons-the-magna-pater/ic

Note: The combat roleplays beneath this line aren't for the faint of heart.
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http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/88749-ghosts-in-the-darkness-ruby-vs-shashous-throth/ic

Note how in The Soil of a Man's Heart, I gave Edrik a very good warning of the looming threat so that he could prepare his character for round #2 (which he never showed up for, because you know, us Arena types easily forget about unranked matches when a more important roleplay pops up). He had many days to think up a game plan. I like creating an intense story, an experience. Winning the fight isn't a top priority.

http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/89624-the-soil-of-a-mans-heart-edrik-pedrone-vs-shashous-throth/ic

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@The Grey Dust

Easy fix, I can just edit out the Alpha and Reincarnation abilities, and remove the parts that mention how it can be called to other realms.

As for Gonad, he was literally made to be as fair as possible. It's even in his profile.

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@The Grey Dust

But the lineage is known. It is its own lineage, which has always been around. I guess the very first Magna Pater was simply hatched from the fires of creation?
If you want the full history, good luck. Waaaay too many events to even begin describing. I gave it a history, a relevant one that's easy to understand. It lives here, it eats here, everything hates it. What more could possibly be needed?

No idea what you mean by "balanced design". I don't recall identifying it as a boss fight. It doesn't play by the rules of other thinking beings. It's a patient killer that bides its time, singling out one victim at a time to personally and intimately antagonise over a long period of time.

I say it has a fair bit more to offer than pointless two-bit romances between pretty faced palies that grew up in fine clothes and in fancy castles.

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@Wraithblade6

Back, give me a few minutes to finish my last post!

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@Wraithblade6

If every time the Magna Pater rises, it eventually gets put down, how is it that it comes to rise again?: That actually depends on who killed it. The player that kills it can choose a way for the fresh, young replacement to enter the world. Naturally it won't just pop up out of the corpse only to die again, and it certainly won't just teleport somewhere safe to grow strong and experienced once more. It's something to be worked out, for the sake of fairness.

Why is it so difficult to kill?: It's difficult to kill permanently, yes, but keep in mind that the new Alpha would be far weaker than the original. It would be smaller, entirely inexperienced, and far, far less ferocious. One could capture it and lock it up for good, without much trouble if they were strong enough to beat the previous Alpha.

Where did it come from?: It's always been. Whatever's beyond that, is a mystery.

What are it's origins?: Mystery again. It's been places, certainly, but its deep past is unknown and unknowable. It's a primeval vampire, a pure monster in and of itself.

Does it have a cult following?: Not a chance. Not even the most extreme cultists would try to worship this bad boy.

Certainly older vampires would know about it and have documented history on it: It's a dread horror that preys on anything it can, favoring the small, helpless, and juicy. That's about all they'd know or need to know about it. They probably tried wiping it out and succeeded here and there, only for a new one to pop up a few decades later. This particular one is mean enough to have lasted twenty centuries, though. If other Magna Paters are sharks, this one is Jaws.

Tell me more about how it could become a part of the main plot or a part of the story in general: A spook that stalks in the background, adding a layer of suspense and danger to the plot. I say let events unfold the old fashioned way.

What are it's weaknesses?: It hates light, but doesn't burn in it. Holy stuff does nothing. Its biggest weakness is when it activates the Malocchio. It has to shut down its other senses to do so, which leaves it unable to react to ambushes or traps.
It can also be killed instantly via destruction of the heart or brain.

Are you going to give it a personality at all?: It does have a personality, which I detailed in the profile beneath Behavior. Its sadistic and sentient, taking pleasure in both physically and mentally breaking down victims before eating them alive. It isn't ambitious, because at its core it hates change, just like all petty bastards. It likes being stronger, its proud and greedy of its status, and by dominating others it boosts its own foul ego whilst reveling in their pain.

Short and sweet, its a feral but wise villain with absolutely no goodness in its grimy heart. It exists just to be a bad, bad thing.

Does it have thoughts? Telepathic?: It has thoughts, but they are entirely malignant and incomprehensible by human standards. It is only telepathic with its brood, but it can see through the eyes of those it has cursed. It can't see their thoughts, only their sight.