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Scrawl Banditta♆ The Battle of Ruthria ♆
@TheWindel@Lonewolf685@Lucius Cypher@Flamelord@Ryonara@Awesomoman64@Mega Birb@The 42nd Gecko@floodtalon
The Sun had just broke over the distant horizon of the big blue patch of water known as the Sea of Rutria. Its calm waters that shone like a pearl laid beside a great fireplace would soon be the stage of yet another large scale conflict in the never ending war of those who inhabit the Nexus. The present conflict being a race against time, to see which of the factions can gather more of the eldritch resources scattered across the Ruins of Lenuria. Said to once have been the great capital of powerful and advanced civilization who was sunk beneath the waves when the gods who presided over its world of origin struck down the Lenurians for their hubris, Lenuria now lays at the bottom of a fissure, circled by an archipelago full of breathtaking tropical wonders that only the Nexus can house.
There are rumors that the fearsome Leviathan might use the ruins as a resting place but no one knows the truth of it. If it turns out to be real, the Leviathan's awakening would throw the battle in disarray, without doubt. However, it's also said that if a being of Demonic alliance were to use the legendary Flute of the Sirens, they could control the ire of the mighty serpent. If this happens to be true, the other two factions would be a huge disadvantage, even with they own trump cards at hand. Said trump cards were, for the Machina, the dreadnought warship, HMS Contender, capable not only of swift movement over the waters, as well as dropping depth charges that could cause massive damage for anyone were they are deployed. The Angels, thanks to their crushing defeat at the Dianex, a short while ago, would have to make do without their most powerful forces, however to their luck, the Dwarves came to their aid, bringing a new hope of victory.
The ruins of the ancient City are divided nine sectors each of them being distributed around a mighty pillar with an altar by their base. In order to allow their forces to gather the resources of Lenuria, each faction needs to dominate a patch of the terrain by having at least two of their agents touch one of the altars at the same time. As soon as a sector has been dominated, it'll begin to produce resources that are automatically collected and sent to each of the factions' bases, whoever reaches the objective quantity of resources first, will be declared victor of the day.
♆ Objectives and Rules ♆
"All is fair in both love and war but, even then, there are some rules that one must abide, lest they become lesser than animals."
Such rules are:
- The battle will take pace in "turns". During each turn, a character can take up to two actions (in any order or combination), which can be:
- [Move], to a sector of the city that's adjacent to the one you're currently in. If the character has any form of fast movement abilities (eg: teleport), they can move to anywhere within their movement range, in one action.
- [Do Something], like engage in combat, use an ability, command troops or vie for control of one of the pillars.
- Defensive weapons, traps and passive abilities and similar cases, don't require actions to perform their function however, they may require one to be activated/deactivated, depending on their description.
- After every 04 (or more depending on the battle's pace) elapsed turns, every faction will be awarded 50 resources for each sector under their control, in an Update Post issued by the GMs. The first faction to reach 1000 resources wins.
- In the event of a tie, the battle will continue until one of the factions has an advantage of at least 100 resources over the others.
- To dominate a sector of the Ruins, at least 02 characters of the same allegiance must touch the altar at the base of pillar, which lays at the center of each of the Ruins' sector.
- A sector cannot be dominated as long as there's opposing forces actively disputing its dominance.
- Special Rules:
- The Contender can use an action to launch a Depth Charge attack, causing extreme damage to anyone on the sector right bellow it. This can be done 03 times during the whole battle, but not on consecutive turns.
- All actions of the Contender can only be initiated by its Captain or an appointed Machine Field Commander.
- Once during the whole battle, the Angels may call upon the support of the Dwarves. When this is done, they'll summon a huge lump of iron high up in the air which can hit anywhere on the battlefield, 02 Update Posts after it was summoned, killing anyone in the sector hit by it as well as causing that sector to become useless for the remainder of the battle.
- The Leviathan is currently asleep, buried under the ruins of one of the sectors, if someone tries to dominate it, the Serpent of the Abyss will wake from its slumber and attack anyone within the Ruins. The Leviathan will be weakened once it wakes (though it's not to be underestimated under any circumstances), but will grow in power as the times passes. It's full power will be reached after 03 Update Posts. At this point, pretty much nothing will be able to stop it.
- The Demons can control the Leviathan using the Flute of the Sirens, currently in possession of the responsible for their previous victory, Victoire Bordeaux, if they are at the same sector as the Leviathan.
- Ascalon, the Wyrm Slayer, the holy sword belonging to Diana, can cause massive damage to the Leviathan, currently its under the possession of the Machina unit Shizuka Meido.
- Every faction will begin the battle with one dominated sector and 50 resources. The progress of battle as well as which faction currently controls which sector, will addressed in the Update Posts, with a map such as the following one:
Machina Controlled
Angel Controlled
Demon Controlled
