Multiple Match Types

[Monster Master]

And, since this is all about trying to spice things up... can we members make suggestions for new match types?

What this entire thread was about, announcing new match types and members giving ideas for newer ones.

Saw it. Didn't much care for it. And that thing was being picked apart by half a dozen orcas at the time. In nature, octopi will willingly sacrifice arms if they need to.

2 /=/ 6

Point in stance, a giant octopus, just like Oodako or the one in TENTACLES, will be screwed when kaiju like Carcharius start ripping its tentacles off.. Not like a Giant Octopus would stand a chance in the Arena, but you get the point.

Well there has got to be some sort alottable engine that at least boosts the amount of damage that can be exchanged between monsters. Most honor system RPGs I've been to allow for similar damage, provided it doesn't happen in a single move, very often, and the tide is kept even.

That's virtually what Enhanced Mode does, Bio..

At the very least, it's reasonable to allow players to edit their monsters' bios to point out if certain apendages are allowed to be removed in game.

Tentacles, if they're like Biollante, I already said were ok.

I'm completely aware that your typical vertibrate isn't going to keep going very well if an arm is torn off, but some creatures have enough legs, proper circulatory systems, or simply are tough enough to weather the battle and possibly win, even if something comes off.

Once again, that's for the Fantasy Matches, not for the game itself.

Arena /=/ Fan Fiction

A monster, like MY King Claw, would be slaughtered against the likes of Queen Rygama or Neo SpaceGodzilla, but in the Arena, I should be able to put up a damn, valiant fight with the little bugger, starting to removie its six legs aren't going to help it.

In our match, Fenthion has sofar disabled Rygama's jaws once or twice. With regeneration allowed, that could amount to downright severing the linking muscles, and still have the same end result.

I numbed them with its saliva, even with regeneration, it'd take time for the saliva to wear off.

There has simply got to be a way to properly allow players to inflict more damage than a few cracks in the armor, to a monster. Some way to let players consent to having such things happen in game, within a certain set of rules.

That's what enhanced mode does.. And Honor System will allow a good 7 to 10 attacks per turn..

This isn't an argument. This is more of a debate, and since this topic is clearly intended to post one's thoughts on the new match types and to debate why or why not they should be used, I'd say I'm using this thread for its intended purpose just fine.

No. Me and IR have already given you a nice, fine NO! to limb removal and the reasons we're not doing it. You want limb removal, then go make your own RPG with it.

[DinoHunter2]

Er, anyway, some ideas for new match types:

Melee Mode - The ability to perform projectile or energy attacks is removed or made illegal, and the monsters must fight using only tooth and claw combat.

Interference Mode - Besides determining the winner of the match, the Ref also acts as a third RPer, controlling military units that will attack the dueling monsters. The Ref may post at any time during the fight and may use whatever means to aggrivate or weaken the combatants. Only small units like tanks, infantrymen, helicopters, and jets are allowed- until the last page of the fight, in which the ref can bring in a more powerful machine, like the Gotengo or Super X. Giant mechs like Mecha Godzilla and such are not allowed.

Grave Mode - In a bizzare twist, the fighters are stripped of their flesh and become undead monsters. Being skeletal, weapons designed to damage the skin, muscles, bloodstream, or internal organs are rendered completely useless. Since there is no longer flesh connecting them, any given part of the enemy's body can be removed- but if they can get it back, the limb-deprived monster can reattach it's severed extension. Monsters that do not have skeletons, such as Mechs or blobs, obviously cannot participate in this type of match.

Goliath Mode - This one's a little harder to explain, so I'll label the combatants as Player A and Player B. Once A and B have picked their monsters, they must find another player who would be willing to help them if needed. Once doing so, the Ref chooses one of the two fighting monsters at random, making it the Goliath. The Goliath monsters gets a boost in size, strength, and endurance. Let's say A's monster gets to be the Goliath. The Referee then looks to the player that B chose as their ally. The Ref randomly chooses a monster from the allies list of creations. Player B's monster and the allies monster then work together in order to fight the Goliath.

[Inferno Rodan]

dinohunter2 said:

Melee Mode - The ability to perform projectile or energy attacks is removed or made illegal, and the monsters must fight using only tooth and claw combat.

There's nothing stopping you from doing this now. All you'd need to do is put "T&C only" or whatever in the rules of the match.

Anyway, Enhanced Mode and Honor System Mode will be put into affect. The rules will most likely be up this weekend.

[HyperGFreak]

1) Like Enhanced mode. Lack of regen and only two attacks have always annoyed me.

2) Honor System on its own...well, I think the Enhanced part of it would only be good for a what the hell, just-for-fun skirmish. But impalement...now I look forwards to that. Editing my kaiju bios...not so much, but I’ll live...

3) If it’s not too late, it’s not really a mode, but it’s occurred in stuff like KWET and G:BE...rather useless with Enhanced mode now, but could we get extra attacks as more combatants entered in Normal Mode?

4) FASHION SHOW MODE!!!

Erm...right. Right now, we fight on till the ref decides who’s been more brutalized, correct? Thus, we could win by simply going berserk and doing as much damage as we could within the rules. But what if the ref gave us points and chose a winner more on fighting style than just sheer violence? It doesn’t matter who’s winning; it’s who fights better and more creatively. For example, the ref could take into account that a simple beam shot is pretty old and boring, but let’s take MM’s signature kiss+beam. Maybe he’d get some style points for that...

[Inferno Rodan]

And finally, like a month later than I said, the rules for Enhanced Mode and Honor System Mode are up. Though truth be told, MM was the one who did most of the work on them. I just went through them and tweaked them after he was done. Also note the changes to the standard rules. Nothing really major there, mostly just clarification on some stuff.

Any comments/questions/suggestions, post them here.

[kaiserghidorah]

Well it’s good to know that the Enhanced Mode and the Honor System Mode are coming. So with that, we can add/edit Regeneration in our monsters. Also someone may want to go to the Creation Guidelines topic and edit that ‘Regeneration is ok, but still can’t be used in Normal Match Mode’.