Revision as of 23:49, 7 May 2010

Immortal Kombat

Matches

• Match 1 Hestia 1, Aoshi 0
• Match 2 Aoshi 1, Hestia 0
• Match 3 Transitory Ardent Assimilator 0, The Horror Under Lock and Key 0 (Draw!)
• Match 4 Aoshi 2, The Horror Under Lock and Key -1
• Match 5 Transitory Ardent Assimilator 1, Hestia 0
• Match 6 Requiem for a Dream 1, Hestia 0
• Match 7 Twice-Clashing Lightning vs The Horror Under Lock and Key
• Match 8 The Horror Under Lock and Key 1 vs Hestia 0
• Match 9 Aoshi 1 vs Transitory Ardent Assimilator 0
• Match 10 Eroding Mountain of the Faithful 1 vs Golden Serpent 0

Running totals (Essence 3):

Add your own contestants here, update totals, correct mistakes etc. :)

Running totals (Essence 5):

Add your own contestants here, update totals, correct mistakes etc. :)

The Rules

The rules are simple, the fluff nigh non-existent. Pick a splat, pick a Martial Arts Style; FIGHT.

It would be best if all participants in a match were of equivalent power tier and Essence.

• Perhaps a series of matches
  • Unarmed + Unarmoured
  • Armed and Armoured (No Artefacts)
  • Artefacts
• Say, 20 Charms total per contestant
  • This includes MA Style (usually 9-12 Charms)
  • Contestants may mutually agree to more or fewer Charms
• Same Essence level
  • perhaps a match at Ess 3, and a match at Ess 5
• Double ups are allowed!
  • Nothing wrong with two Solar with Lunar Hero Style pairing off, for example, it just won't prove who's MA style is strongest. :)

This is a potential 6 matches per pair of contestants! But some can be skipped, negotiation encouraged. Depends how long the matches go for I suppose. All for fun. :)

• Essence 3 Character builds
  • Make a starting character. Simple eh? This should include motivations and Intimacies
  • The Charms and Essence are assumed to be where all your XP has been spent to date.
  • Any Charms you do not qualify for in your Style, you do not have. Duh! But you do get that number of extra Charms if needed to balance with opponent.
  • you get three bonus points to use solely for building a combo
• Essence 5 Character builds
  • Take that same character,
  • increase Essence to 5,
  • add 50xp
  • Get the rest of Style Charms free, 5 other charms of your choice and character with least number of Charms in total gets bonus Charms.
  • You get 4bp, and then 5bp solely for building combos (Or Arrays, as it were)

Allowed/recommended Celestial MA Styles listed below

Put your name next to any you wish to try out.

• Usable as written : Recommended
  • Storm Crow Style
    • Muzz - Aoshi, Endings Caste Sidereal.
  • Arms of the Unconquered Sun Style
    • Sabis - Solar: Twice Clashing Lightning
  • Crane Style
    • Sabis - Lunar: Martial Wisdom
  • Crystal Chameleon Style
    • katarenka - Hestia, Lunar Changing Moon
  • Dark Messiah Style (I will not allow Void Avatar Prana in this tournament, consider it non-existent)
    • Bencyclopedia - Abyssal Cadaver Wreathed In Anguish
    • nikink - Bad Moon Rising, lunar full moon
  • Hungry Ghost Style
    • nikink - Shade of Winter
    • Muzz - Solar
  • Infernal Monster Style
    • nikink - Infernal: The Horror Under Lock and Key ;)
  • Lunar Hero Style
  • Snake Style
    • IanPrice - Solar: Golden Serpent
  • Solar Hero Style
  • Solar Hero Style (Jon Chung's revision, disallowed for Solars in this tournament due to being Solar level charms for them)
  • Thousand Wounding Gears (Alchemical)
    • Bencyclopedia - Moonsilver Alchemical Transitory Ardent Assimilator
  • Violet Bier of Sorrows Style (Jon Chung's revision, more mechanically sound)

• Ok, but some charms poorly executed: Feel free to use if you wish, they have been errated. Remaining wonky Charms (if any) will be addressed as they arise.
  • Air Dragon Style (I have compiled the Style + Errata if you want it)
    • Sabis Jade Alchemical Eroding Mountain of the Faithful
  • Earth Dragon Style (I have compiled the Style + Errata if you want it)
    • Bencyclopedia - Sidereal
    • Muzz - Castless Lunar Requiem for a Dream
  • Fire Dragon Style
  • Violet Bier of Sorrows Style
    • Bencyclopedia - Solar
  • Water Dragon Style
    • Sabis - Infernal: Whirlpool of Retribution
  • Wood Dragon Style

• Ok, bit wonky: Feel free to use, but they have not yet been errated, so more wonky than the others.
  • The Art of Forceful Declaration Style
    • nikink - Hard Li Fire Aspect DB
  • The Art of Meditative Discussion Style
    • nikink - Soft Li DB
  • The Art of Relentless Persuasion Style
    • nikink - Mean Li DB
  • The Art of Victorious Concession Style
    • nikink - Kind Li DB
  • Ebon Shadow Style
  • Mantis Style
  • Tiger Style
    • Bencyclopedia - Orichalcum Alchemical Capacitor of Retribution

Comments and Observations

I would imagine, before any contest has begun, the Immaculate Dragon Styles will be among the most powerful. I would like Storm Crow Style to be slightly more powerful than Snake by Essence 5, and hopefully about equal at Essence 3.

Bencyclopedia has also been pondering a Lunar Clinch god build. Clinchy styles I can think of (without double checking books): IMS, SHS, MS and DMS.

Sabis Just to clarify, Your full moon lunar is NOT tattooed, right? Because if it is, IIRC it cannot benefit from the Pinnacle charm of EDF, as the tattoo's stop any effects that alter the Lunar's body except for their own innate charms and gifts.

Hey! That's a good point... rofl! :) nikink

It makes me sad tho, because otherwise they are such good candidates for EDF. Untattooed Lunars and Alchemicals (due to their attribute boosting) are by far the best for EDF. --Sabis

Hm, of all the things to overlook. Yes, the Lunar will now be castless, will make the changes later. Muzz

Looking for Challengers! Must have something to do in my downtime. All builds up and ready to go! Everything must go! -Sabis