The Grand Anti-SC competition! - Results!

[Oversway]

Even so, I think it might have turned out differently if more people had come in with good Mindless SCs. The only thing close was a gargoyle, and it wasn't even fully equipped.

Yeah, I forgot that gargoyles had a boot slot Plus the low MR (12!) was extra humiliting. I think it was the cheapest (or close to) SC out there. You could field that way before many of the others. Still, I think I would have been better off with

Nataraja, 3 astral
Two gloves of gladiator
starshine skull cap
cloak of invulerability
boots of quickness
flying carpet
ring of warrior
script: astral weapons, attack large monsters

20 still might not be enough mr, but overall this would be better. I enjoy the concept of 16 armor negating attacks against a still-buffing sc.

Another way to do this contest would be to design an SC with a fixed number of gems - 500 astral maybe? You have to account for alchemy. No limit on number combatants, etc.

[Chazar]

Very nice work, though the results were a bit disappointing too...

So you said you've repeated the match several times, but the result were all the same, right?

It would also be interesting to see the combatants printed together here for an easy reference. Do you have them all already typed in anway so that you can cut and paste them here?

[Boron]

New rule could be that you may cast only self-buffs and you have to design a melee SC .

Another idea could maybe be to let the SCs participate in the Arena Fight . Then i don't think that the SCs keep the mind enslaved other SCs .

Or you make the fight in several turns , only 1 vs. 1 and take away mind enslaved SCs during the combats .
If you take 16 SCs for the next competition then it would be 4 rounds :
1.round : 8 1on1 fights
2.round : 4 1on1 fights with the winners
3.round : 2 1on1 "
4.round : 1 1on1 "

Or you could make it like in Football with 4 groups were all 4 groupmembers fight once against each other and then the 2 best of each group participate in the final rounds

[Boron]

Yvelina was there any reason btw. why you did it with Enslave Mind and not with Charm ?
According to the rules you could have made a 14 Nature Tartarian also ? You would have had exactly the same penetration this way but also have kept enemy equipment imho .

[Jurri]

Charm has a range of only 20.

The deathmatch is a great idea. It removes any dominion-related problems from the organizer and isn't the fight order random in the Arena? Can't remember when I last saw one

[Vicious Love]

I think I would have been better off with

Nataraja, 3 astral
Two gloves of gladiator
starshine skull cap
cloak of invulerability
boots of quickness
flying carpet
ring of warrior
script: astral weapons, attack large monsters

20 still might not be enough mr, but overall this would be better. I enjoy the concept of 16 armor negating attacks against a still-buffing sc.

Confused. Wouldn't four Swords of Swiftness be superior to two sets of Gloves of the Gladiator in every conceivable way?

[Saber Cherry]

Vicious Love said:
Confused. Wouldn't four Swords of Swiftness be superior to two sets of Gloves of the Gladiator in every conceivable way?

Yeah, GotG are pretty bad. Throwing in a Lucky Sword and Herald Lance might be wise too. A Stone Bird, Horned Helmet, Chi Boots, Jade Armor, 4x Sword of Switness Nataraja with Astral Weapon would be pretty impressive, though I doubt it would win. 30 armor-negating attacks per turn are hard to avoid

[silhouette]

Saber Cherry said:
... A Stone Bird, Horned Helmet, Chi Boots, Jade Armor, 4x Sword of Switness Nataraja with Astral Weapon would be pretty impressive, though I doubt it would win. 30 armor-negating attacks per turn are hard to avoid

Impressive to watch... vigorously fanning in the direction of the opponent with myriad blows each having an attack score of about 2 ... ok, so not real hard to avoid Of course the rapid fainting like an octogenarian marathoner limits the entertainment duration.

Sill

[Graeme Dice]

silhouette said:
Of course the rapid fainting like an octogenarian marathoner limits the entertainment duration.

He'll only get his normal 6 fatigue per turn, and the Nataraja has a very impressive ambidexterity score.

[Saber Cherry]

I have a great idea for a nature - blood forgable item: Warrior's Arm. A misc item, it gives you an additional hand slot and +2 ambidextrity You could even put them on Sphinxes and Great Bulls and Fountains of Blood