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Dueling Rules
DIR By: Princess Celestia
Date: August 10, 2015, 5:20 pm
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Dueling Rules
Welcome to the Dueling Board, where OCs and canon characters
alike can fight for fun and enjoyment! Here are the rules
concerning dueling. If you have a complaint or suggestion
concerning the rules, please contact an admin and we can see
what we can do. Note: This board is not canon. Any injuries
sustained by your character will not affect them in any other
boards. This also means you may have a character in the dueling
board at the same time as the location threads. However, your
character may only be in one dueling thread at a time.
To Issue A Challenge:
Anyone may issue a challenge. The challenge may be directed at a
specific user, or can be a general challenge open to anyone. To
issue one, start a thread in this board. For it to be valid
challenge, it must have three things. Firstly, specify who the
challenge is directed at. Secondly, set the scene. Your
characters can fight anywhere, from a dark alley in Manehattan
to a grand gladiator arena in the Crystal Empire. Use some
detail in describing it. And thirdly, you must include a
detailed description of your character’s combat abilities. This
includes every possible attack they can use, as well as any
weapons, armor, or unusual abilities they may have. Make sure to
also include their level of physical strength and stamina, and
their flight abilities if they are a pegasus, magical abilities
if they are a unicorn, other abilities if they are a another
creature, etc. If your character has magical abilities, you must
list every spell they are able to do. If it’s not listed in the
description, it cannot be used in the fight! Some abilities,
such as being able to duck or run away, are (for most creatures)
inherent and do not need to be listed.
To Accept A Challenge:
Post in the thread of the challenge you want to accept. You must
include the same description of your character as described
above. Multiple people can accept a challenge, but then it is up
to the challenger to decide who they want to fight, and to post
with who they choose. They can keep the thread open as long as
they’d like, but it is encouraged to not wait too long to pick
someone, as people may eventually lose interest. The challenger
reserves the right to refuse to fight anyone. If you want people
to accept you as an opponent, make your description realistic
and reasonable. No pony or other creature is good at everything…
absolutely everyone must have weaknesses of some type. Whether
they’re a pegasus with a broken wing, a dragon whose large but
slow, or a unicorn who has never use a weapon in their life,
make your character interesting but beatable. Alternatively, if
your character has strengths, feel free to brag about them, just
do not make your character all strengths and no weaknesses, or
no one will want to fight you. Finally, do not be afraid to make
your character’s personality a bit OOC for a dueling thread.
After all, many ponies normally wouldn’t get in a fight. You can
make a normally gentle character bloodthirsty and fierce, since
this is not canon to the rest of the forum.
The Fight:
You have issued a challenge and picked a challenger, or vice
versa. Now it’s time to fight! One of the most important things
to remember is that you may never forcefully land any hit. If
your character wishes to attack another, it must be roleplayed
in a similar way to this:
Princess Celestia reared up and sent a roaring ball of fire
straight towards Princess Cadance.
Notice I did not automatically assume that the fireball hit
Cadance. That is up for Cadance’s RPer to decide. He has several
options at this point, from dodging, getting hit and killed,
getting hit but merely injured, blocking it with a shield spell,
etc.
You must keep this reasonable. It isn’t fun for either player if
everyone constantly dodges every hit. Letting your character
occasionally get injured lends a sense of competitive fun and
fairness to the fight. The fight will continue until one
character is either killed, withdraws, or becomes too injured to
keep fighting. It is up the users as to who wins the fight.
Eventually, someone will have to make the sacrifice and have
their character lose. This can be tough, but it is of utmost
importance to remember: this is supposed to be fun! Don’t be a
sore loser or an arrogant winner. Don’t hold grudges and try to
lash out in other parts of the forum in retaliation for a loss.
The fight cannot last forever. If it goes on and on with neither
opponent willing to lose, an admin will eventually step in. If
you cannot decide between yourselves who should win, you have
the option to ask an admin to judge the fight and announce the
winner. This should be a last resort, we hope all the users
involved can be reasonable and decide among themselves who
should win.
Here is an example of a good challenge. It does not have to be
in this precise format, but along the lines would be good. Note
this is an example, you cannot accept this challenge.
This challenge is open to everyone!
Setting: It’s noon on a bright, sunny day in the Crystal Empire.
In the center of the city, an enormous arena has been set up, a
large open space surrounded by low walls, and beyond that,
bleachers of cheering ponies. The ground is mostly dirt, an
occasional rock sticking up. The crowd is roaring, waiting for
the fight to begin.
Challenger: Princess Celestia is an alicorn with immense magical
power. She knows several powerful spells, all of which she is
willing to use against her opponent. These consist of:
Levitation: Gives her the ability to make objects float.
Fireball spell: Sends a large fireball towards her opponent.
Wind spell: Blasts her opponent with a large gust of wind.
Earthquake spell: Summons a violent earthquake that lasts for a
few seconds.
Water spell: Allows her to summon a large amount of water that
she can control with her magic.
Laser spell: Sends a bolt of pure energy towards her opponent.
Shield spell: Summons an invisible shield that can block one
attack at a time.
(Notice that although she has several spells at her disposal,
they all have weaknesses. For example, they can all be blocked
by a shield spell (if her opponent has that ability), most of
them can be dodged, the shield spell can only block one spell at
a time, the earthquake spell only lasts for a few seconds, etc.)
Celestia wears thick armor that protects her torso and legs,
however her head is exposed and this armor slows Celestia down.
Her weapons consist of a long spear and a sword.
(Try to think of what weapons would be available in the show,
for example, more modern weapons like tasers and guns are not
allowed.)
Celestia is physically strong, but does not move very fast due
to her armor. She had impressive physical stamina and can fight
for a long time, however she will run out of magical stamina
after about half a dozen spells and will not be able to do
anything beyond levitation for the rest of the fight. Though she
can fly, she prefers to stay on the ground as her heavy armor
makes flying difficult and tiring.
Once the fight has started, your description cannot be modified.
Finally, the most important thing to remember is:
Have fun! This is meant to entertain people, not leave them
angry or upset.
And last but not least, special thanks to Octavia Melody for
suggesting the idea!
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