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October 31, 2001 (Happy Halloween!!)
And just for you guys I have decided to add a new
character and one more fight!! Actually I would have
done it anyway. Check out Ralmauthar
of Colors and the fight between Rannos
and Nathaniel. Rannos has definitely become one
of the top contenders for the title of Pit champion.
This upcoming match between Rannos and Calathra should
be very interesting. The halfling has worked hard
to get the title of champion and probably doesn't
want to give it up yet!
October 30, 2001
I have added my second fight but I am still waiting
for two more in order to post. Watch the two new combatants
Crucibal and
Flegmar. I would also like to take this very quick
moment to mention the new ranking system. With new
people coming in all the time I have implemented a
three fight system. After your third fight you will
be ranked. You won't be ranked until then. Never made
much sense that someone who wins 1 fight immediately
gets a high ranking. I will also be implementing the
idea of leagues or I guess I should say divisions.
Since people are going up in level I thought that
it would be a good idea to seperate the higher level
characters from the lower level ones. Doesn't mean
low level and high level won't fight... it'll just
be more special when they do. I have plans and now
that the number of player's is growing I need more
DM's and then the fun shall truly begin :) Enjoy.
October 29, 2001
Today has been a rough day at work so I didn't get
nearly as much as I had hoped done. I also don't have
all the fights for you like I had promised :( But
I have updated the schedule like I said I would and
I have added two of the fights and the other three
should be up tomorrow morning/afternoon. I would like
to make a note that I have added another fight to
the week 7 line up. Anyway take a look at the two
fights. Calathra
and Crwag for Pit supremacy and Melquiades
and Cranigar. I have two questions as well that
I would love some feedback about. First is currently
we have a email group (yahoogroup) and a forum. Do
we need both? Should we do away with one or keep both
or have none? Let me know. Also how can I improve
this site? Look, feel, content, etc. Thanks.
October 26, 2001
Ok people I have added two more characters.. thats
right! Two!! Shanna Romm
and Ackeron. And a new
DM persona, Gremag. In addition
to all that I have also added another exhibition match
to keep your thirst for violence sated. Duingar
vs Morak. Enjoy everyone and remember this is
the last exhibition match before the real ones!!!
(I'll keep the rest of my ehibition matches for other
down times :)
October 25, 2001
I've been lax in my duties of bringing you a fight
each day from the old pit. So I have added the three
(Ghrimm
vs Fenriz, Ghrimm
vs The Abbot, Duingar
vs Valorien) I was delinquent in as well as a
bonus interlude.
I will explain the interlude. The Abbot lost his first
fight and the Player became very upset about it. I
used to have a chat room and he became verbally insulting
to myself and the other players (note that I am using
the word players and not characters). I decided that
if he felt that way then we would have nothing to
do with him. I decided that his character should go
out in an entertaining way and since Ghrimm had become
a potent force in the pit I decided that he would
have the priviledge. Let it be known that those who
displease me will earn swift justice :) I will be
posting all the fights all at once on Monday unless
people would prefer to have them posted as they are
finished?
October 22, 2001
This is a quick update to let everyone know that the
deadline for tactics submission for week 6 has past.
You'll also notice that the fight schedule for week
7 is posted and you may begin submitting tactics for
those fights. Also a note on the 'poll' that is going
around. I'm too busy right now to begin taking on
the extra work that side quests would involve. For
now all experience and treasure will be earned in
the Pit. But that could change at a later date. Also
I have added another fight from an old Pit, read it
here.
October 19, 2001
This update is a bit late but I have already added
a new exhibition
match. This match was originally the second exhibition
match that I wrote when waiting for more players to
join. An interesting thing to note is that Valorien
Bloodsteel was played by the same individual that
plays Dis loveth of the Jarnack. So we do have a veteran
in the Pit :) Anyway, enjoy and I will post another
one on Monday
October 18, 2001
Update: I have added a second fight for the day from
our good friend Ivan Zagad. Melquiades
and Whisper. I am also bringing up three topics
here.
1) The use of Familiars, Animal Companions, Summoned
Critters and Mounts.
| Most of the creatures in the Pit are part
of a characters class. Summoned creatures, familiars,
animal companions are all a part of a class
just as bonus feats, evasion and rage are part
of other classes. Its not fair for me to limit
one aspect of a class simply because it seems
like a gang tactic. So I have decided to allow
all of these without restriction. I have also
realized that mounts should be allowed into
the pit as well since a character needs to spend
hard earned money on them in order to gain these
creatures. But at the same time I am going to
restrict the number of purchased animals, charmed
animals, etc allowed in the Pit. You are allowed
one creature in the Pit if you desire that is
not part of a CLASS ABILITY. Be warned though
that this creature is not a mentally controlled
servant and once in the Pit they are in the
complete control of the DM. Ride checks will
be enforced, animals may become spooked or not
act according to a PC's wishes due to circumstances.
(Note to DM's ** this is not an open invitation
to go against general tactics concerning them,
just to be aware that they may not always follow
tactics). Anyway I hope that helps things out
a little and I suggest everyone begin submitting
tactics to deal with these changes. One final
note is this. A dead animal is a dead animal.
Your money is required to resurrect and heal
them if your character can't do it themselves,
the pit staff won't touch them :) |
2) I have allowed the DM's to have PC's. They are
required to follow very striict rules though. They
will never be allowed to DM their own PC matches and
if I feel the are using metagame knowledge to improve
their PC's tactics against others then they will meet
a swift and terrible punishment and the affected parties
may be compensated.
3) I am pushing back the fights until Monday the
29th (they will be posted). If you wish to submit
tactics for week 6 fights they must be in by Saturday
night!!! I will post the week 7 schedule on Monday
22nd. The reason for this is pretty simple. I am trying
hard to get everyting organized and I have finally
said STOP. I need organization and I was getting tactics
for fights that had already been completed by other
DM's and it was getting crazy. So I am going to do
what I originally intended. Week 6 tactics need to
be in 1 week before the fights will be posted. Starting
monday you have 1 week to submit tactics for Week
7 fights, etc. etc. Hope that is clear and sorry for
the delay in the fights. In order to compensate for
this I have decided to post one fight from my old
pit (from 1998) each weekday until new fights are
posted again (or I run out of old fights :). Lets
start with the second
match of the original Pit (my sample fight was
the first match of that pit).
I have added a new name to the NPC list. Alsimane.
You'll actually notice that this is the name of our
newest DM. As such I have also added his first fight
which is the one between Calathra
and Craningar. Quite the battle I must say. I'll
also use this space to make mention that I have been
spelling Craningar's name incorrectly. I was missing
an extra 'N'. Should be all better now.
October 17, 2001Ok I have added a new character to the Pit
today which is pretty good considering it now gives
Crucibal his first match. Check out Flegmar.
October 16, 2001
Alright!!! We are on a roll! Ivan has blessed us with
the fight between Nathaniel
And Dis Loveth. Things seem to be going on nicely
here now. Hopefully we can get the other two fights
up soon.
October 15, 2001
I'm on schedule!!! I actually posted a fight when
I said I would!!! Three cheers for me!! But really,
check out the fight between Crwag
and Rannos. I feel rejuvenated by the help I am
getting from the other DM's. I am inspired by their
writing and it makes me feel less burdened by having
to do all the fights. Thanks guys. I have also added
a new member to the Pit. His name is Crucibal
Atesh and he will be the newbie everyone gets
to pick on. I have also added next weeks schedule.
October 12, 2001Well I have finnally posted another fight.
This one was done by one of the other DM's, Ivan Zagad.
You can read it here and I must say it was definitely
a good fight between Rannos
and Craningar. I have also finally finished that
last of the fights promised almost two weeks ago (blushes
in shame). It is a long fight and might have gone
longer if my dice hadn't decided they were tired and
would end it for me. Watch Dis
Loveth and Crwag!
October 11, 2001I am in the middle of negotiating additional
help from more DMs in order to get you the fights
you crave to you sooner than I can produce them. (work
and life commitments are currently taking priority)
Hopefully I can get back to a schedule. You will also
notice that the next week's fight schedule is up.
October 9, 2001Seems I am getting criticism for my lack of
results :) Ah well, what can I say. Not much other
than life comes before hobby and I do this for fun
not because I am obligated to. Its not a chore and
if it feels like it I take time off. But people are
correct. I will place more responsibility on the other
DM's since that is why I have them. Anyway another
fight has been completed and you can witness the outcome
of Melquiades
and Calathra. Thanksgiving was awesome by the
way. I love huge dinners that entail lots of drinking
and merriement. Anyway I hope everyone is enjoying
the fights besides the delays. One thing I would like
to know is if people want me to provide the results
of the fights all at once and then post the fight
stories as they get done. I can do that without a
problem. That way the standings would be done and
updated with experiene and gold calculated every Monday.
Anyway that is up to all of you.
October 4, 2001It seems I am full of excuses these days. I
was tied up tuesday with the doctor trying to figure
out why I was in such pain that day (turns out its
nothing some serious anti-inflammatories can't cure.
I love medicine.) So Tuesday was written off even
though I promised to have the fights done. Yesterday
I was in training all day at work so I didn't get
a chance to do them either (as a secret side note
I do almost all the writing while at work :) Anyway
I should have them up today... but no one has to believe
me until I have actually done it. The first fight
has been added between Nathaniel
and Whisper. I have also recalculated experience
since my math skills and grasp of the experience system
in 3rd edition weren't up to par :) I've added a forum
but I don't know how well it will work yet so feel
free to try it out.
October 2, 2001Wow... October already. Seems like only a few
days ago it was September. Seems like only a few days
ago I could come up with original jokes. The weekend
was very busy and unfortunately I didn't get nearly
as much done as I would have liked. The fight results
were tabulated (I could tell you who won but I won't.
You'll have to wait for me to compose the wonderful
stories.) Anyway check back throughout the day and
I should have all four up. This week there won't be
any fights because I am not even going to try and
compete with Thanksgiving (up here in Canada). I may
post some written stories and I will be working on
better organizing the character sheets I have (need
to make it easier to get at all the information when
I'm doing the fights). Anyway less rambling about
why they aren't done and more writing them up. On
a side note I am going to request all changes in tactics
be submitted seperately and in notepad (plain text).
Well that is all for now... time to get bloody :)
I also added a new resource that can be used (Dragon
Issue 288 and The Book of Eldritch Might)
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