Dwarf Fortress Arena Battle!
Posted: 16 Jun 2011, 18:59
I enjoyed the concept of the Arena Battles thread that happened on the Dwarf Fortress forums, and figured we should do one of our own!
My idea is very simple: Everyone has 500 coins to design a Gladiator (based on the cost system below) whereupon, pending enough entries, all gladiators will placed in a tournament style 1v1 knock-out eg. 16-->8-->4-->2-->winner. I will post a description & screenshot of each fight in DF arena mode until we have only one, who can sit in his bedroom and flex his muscles in glory!

Designing a Gladiator:
Possible races are:
Human (bigger)
Elf (faster)
Dwarf (tougher)
Goblin (average)
Kobold (small & weak- Kobold gladiators get an extra +50 coins)
Everyone starts with 500 coins to spend- this can be used to purchase Skills and Gear at the costs below.
Character Sheet
Race: Elf
Gender: Female
Weapon: Silver Mace (185)
Armor: Iron Mail Shirt (85)
Bronze Buckler (30)
Skill(s):
Mace: 3 points (90)
Armor: 1 point (30)
Dodge: 2 points (60)
Total cost: 480 coins
Please note, No gladiator can have the same combination of skills and equipment as any gladiator previously posted.
Please post the filled out character sheet to begin, when we have a good number the tournament begins!
For those interested in the weapon & armour stats, or who want to try out the additional weapons & armour in the arena before commiting, the data files are attatched to this post in a zip.
My idea is very simple: Everyone has 500 coins to design a Gladiator (based on the cost system below) whereupon, pending enough entries, all gladiators will placed in a tournament style 1v1 knock-out eg. 16-->8-->4-->2-->winner. I will post a description & screenshot of each fight in DF arena mode until we have only one, who can sit in his bedroom and flex his muscles in glory!

Designing a Gladiator:
Possible races are:
Human (bigger)
Elf (faster)
Dwarf (tougher)
Goblin (average)
Kobold (small & weak- Kobold gladiators get an extra +50 coins)
Everyone starts with 500 coins to spend- this can be used to purchase Skills and Gear at the costs below.
SKILL COSTS
30 coins per point for any skill with 1-5 points
40 coins per point for any skill with 6-10 points
50 coins per point for any skill with 11-15 points
60 coins per point for any skill with 16-20 points
(Example: Spear: 1-5 would cost 30 points for each skill point in spear, after which each skill point upto 5-10 would cost 40, then each from 11-15 would cost 50 etc.)
Besides weapon, shield & armor skill, there is also fighter, dodger, striker, kicker, biter and wrestler to consider![]()
GEAR COSTS
Weapons:
Weapon Name Blunt/Edged Material Cost
*************** MACE************************
Club Blunt Bronze|Iron|Steel|Silver 25|65|115|165
Mace Blunt Bronze|Iron|Steel|Silver 35|85|135|185
Maul Blunt Bronze|Iron|Steel|Silver 55|105|155|205
*************** HAMMER ************************
War Hammer Blunt Bronze|Iron|Steel|Silver 35|85|135|185
2h Hammer Blunt Bronze|Iron|Steel|Silver 55|115|175|225
*************** SWORD ************************
Short Sword Edged Bronze|Iron|Steel|Adamantine 30|80|125|190
Cutlass Edged Bronze|Iron|Steel|Adamantine 35|85|135|210
Rapier Edged Bronze|Iron|Steel|Adamantine 35|85|135|210
Long Sword Edged Bronze|Iron|Steel|Adamantine 35|85|135|210
Bastard Sword Edged Bronze|Iron|Steel|Adamantine 40|90|145|225
Katana Edged Bronze|Iron|Steel|Adamantine 45|100|155|235
2h Sword Edged Bronze|Iron|Steel|Adamantine 55|110|165|245
2h Sword-staff Edged Bronze|Iron|Steel|Adamantine 55|110|165|245
*These are a staff with a Short Sword blade at either end.
*************** AXE ************************
Hand Axe Edged Bronze|Iron|Steel|Adamantine 30|80|125|190
Battle Axe Edged Bronze|Iron|Steel|Adamantine 35|85|135|210
Great Axe Edged Bronze|Iron|Steel|Adamantine 55|105|155|245
*************** SPEAR ************************
Staff Blunt Bronze|Iron|Steel|Silver 30|80|125|190
Spear Edged Bronze|Iron|Steel|Adamantine 35|85|135|215
*************** PIKE ************************
Halberd Edged Bronze|Iron|Steel|Adamantine 55|105|155|225
Pike Edged Bronze|Iron|Steel|Adamantine 55|105|155|225
Glaive Edged Bronze|Iron|Steel|Adamantine 60|110|165|235
*************** LASH ************************
Whip Blunt Bronze|Iron|Steel|Silver 25|75|115|165
Nine-tail Whip Blunt Bronze|Iron|Steel|Silver 30|80|125|185
Chain Whip Blunt Bronze|Iron|Steel|Silver 35|85|135|195
*************DAGGER*************************
Large Dagger Edged Bronze|Iron|Steel|Adamantine 25|75|120|190
*************STRIKE*************************
Fist Spikes Edged Bronze|Iron|Steel|Adamantine 25|75|125|185
Armour:
Armor Name Area Used Material Cost
*************** ARMOUR***********************
Helm Head Bronze|Iron|Steel|Adamantine 35|85|135|185
Leather Shirt Upper Body Leather|Studded Leather 15|20
Mail Vest Upper Body Bronze|Iron|Steel|Adamantine 30|80|125|175
Mail Shirt Upper Body Bronze|Iron|Steel|Adamantine 35|85|135|185
Breastplate Upper Body Bronze|Iron|Steel|Adamantine 55|105|155|205
Gauntlets Hands Bronze|Iron|Steel|Adamantine 35|85|135|185
Leggings Lower Body Bronze|Iron|Steel|Adamantine 35|85|135|185
Greaves Lower Body Bronze|Iron|Steel|Adamantine 55|105|155|205
Low Boots Feet Bronze|Iron|Steel|Adamantine 35|85|135|185
High Boots Feet Bronze|Iron|Steel|Adamantine 55|105|155|205
********************SHIELDS*********************
Buckler Shield Bronze|Iron|Steel|Adamantine 35|85|135|185
Round Shield Shield Bronze|Iron|Steel|Adamantine 45|95|145|195
Shield Shield Bronze|Iron|Steel|Adamantine 55|105|155|205
Kite Shield Shield Bronze|Iron|Steel|Adamantine 65|115|165|215
Tower Shield Shield Bronze|Iron|Steel|Adamantine 65|115|165|215 *Warning- these are quite heavy.
Character Sheet
Example:Race:
Gender:
Weapon:
Armor:
Skill(s):
Total Cost:
Race: Elf
Gender: Female
Weapon: Silver Mace (185)
Armor: Iron Mail Shirt (85)
Bronze Buckler (30)
Skill(s):
Mace: 3 points (90)
Armor: 1 point (30)
Dodge: 2 points (60)
Total cost: 480 coins
Please note, No gladiator can have the same combination of skills and equipment as any gladiator previously posted.
Please post the filled out character sheet to begin, when we have a good number the tournament begins!
For those interested in the weapon & armour stats, or who want to try out the additional weapons & armour in the arena before commiting, the data files are attatched to this post in a zip.