A battle for glory! Humans, Elves, Dwarves, and countless other creatures locked in mortal combat! Let your arrows fly, swords swing, and spells fling!
For what, you may ask? To prove you are the cheesiest, munchkiniest optimizer in all the land, and hold the title of Supreme Cheese Lord! Bards will sing of your prowess, and great wizards will whisper your name in hushed tones in dark rooms.
At least until I host another tournament.
This is the sequel to a tournament that I held last year, which had 15 participants, and led to Eshmun the Conjurer being victorious.
Tournament Rules
This will be a Blind Double Elimination format tournament, meaning players are not eliminated from the tournament until they lose two matches. Each match will be a 'best 2 rounds out of 3', except for the Grand Final which will be 'best 3 rounds out of 5'.
The Arena Master (yours truly) runs the tournament. My duties are extensive, and include, but are not limited to: maintaining and updating the rules, gamemastering the battles, and arbitrating any disputes about rules or other issues. In the event of a disagreement about ruling, I will listen to the dissenter's point, but my final decision is law. I will attempt to rule this tournament as RAWWR (Rules-as-Written Within Reason, including official FAQs) as humanly possible.
The game will be played on roll20.com, so you will need a roll20 account to participate in this tournament (which is free!). Tournament coordination will be done on a Discord server. Ideally you will have a microphone, however its fine if you don't, and you can communicate to me through text during the fight. PMing me on Discord will be the fastest way to contact me if you need to do so (and is also how you will submit your character), but feel free to post here to generate hype (my Discord username is zollqir#4538). Spectators are highly encouraged, including other players in the tournament.
How do I join?
To join, hop onto the Discord server here, fill in a row of the Sign Up sheet on this Google Speadsheet here, and PM me a character in the submission format found here. You will be informed if your submission is illegal on Discord, and will be asked to rectify this. After your build is confirmed, I will let you know, and give you a special role on the Discord server where all Arena of Lost Souls coordination will happen. Also, linked here is a test-version of the roll20 Arena so players can acquaint themselves with the battleground before building their character.
Submissions will be accepted until September 10th, 11:59 PM EST (GMT-5), 2020.
Scheduling
The scheduling for this tournament will be fairly flexible. By default, I will hold one session on each week. In the event that one or both players cannot play on a given Saturday, a different day will be determined using whenisgood.net to ensure compatible schedules. In the event that one or both players of a match have conflicting schedules for the given week, their match will be skipped over and played on a different week.
Are you accepting PMs for character related questions
If you wish to contact me privately, the best way to do it is through Discord, as I don't check here very often. My Discord username is zollqir#4538.