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Post  Vic Vegas Sun Jan 20, 2013 12:17 pm

LOPHOMASTIX                   WARRIOR NAME                 LUKA SKYRUNNER        
           139-62-5                       RECORD                      201-153-9            
        FOSSILS (1102)                  TEAM NAME                  THE MONSTERS (1)        
       VIC VEGAS (341)                 MANAGER NAME              THE BLOOD MASTER (1)      
           Elf Male                    RACE/GENDER                   Human Female          

      is of formidable strength            --->            is of beastly strength          
  has lightning quick movements            ====            has lightning quick movements  
   has a resilient constitution            --->            has an iron-like constitution  
                    is a genius            <---            possesses great intellect      
               has a wiry frame            <---            has a slight build              

                  84-A CHAMPION         POPULARITY         HAS HORDES OF ADORING FANS-79  
                          5' 1"           HEIGHT           5' 6"                          
                        195 lbs           WEIGHT           152 lbs                        

                        LEATHER           ARMOR            SCALE MAIL                      
                      STEEL CAP            HELM            HELM                            
                        JAVELIN        MAIN WEAPON         BOAR SPEAR                      
                        JAVELIN         OFF WEAPON         BOAR SPEAR                      
                        JAVELIN        SPARE WEAPON        LONG SPEAR                      

LOPHOMASTIX challenges LUKA SKYRUNNER!

MINUTE 1
The ref throws a rock to start the fight
* LOPHOMASTIX switches to strategy 6
LUKA SKYRUNNER says 'WARLORD HAS SENT ME TO KILL YOU!'
LUKA SKYRUNNER says '"OH GOODIE" A NEW PERM MAGNET !'
* LUKA SKYRUNNER switches to strategy 1
LOPHOMASTIX quickly balances his javelin and throws!
The weapon is aimed roughly toward LUKA SKYRUNNER's upper back
  Moderate destruction is the result of the attack
LOPHOMASTIX switches his backup javelin to his secondary hand!
LOPHOMASTIX says 'HOW VERY DARE YOU CONFUSE ME FOR A BLEPHARIPODA!'
* LOPHOMASTIX switches to strategy 5
LUKA SKYRUNNER quickly balances her boar spear and throws!
It careens toward LOPHOMASTIX's right breast
  A garden-variety wound occurs
LOPHOMASTIX darts forward then back, testing his foe!
LOPHOMASTIX initiates an assault javelin moving with deadly purpose
LOPHOMASTIX attempts to impale LUKA SKYRUNNER's midsection with his javelin
LUKA SKYRUNNER tries desperately to avoid the attack!
LUKA SKYRUNNER parries the blow at the last moment!
LUKA SKYRUNNER quickly balances her boar spear and throws!
The weapon is aimed at LOPHOMASTIX's heart
  The blow bathes both warriors in blood!
LOPHOMASTIX has been permanently injured in the chest!!!
LUKA SKYRUNNER switches her backup long spear to her primary hand!
LOPHOMASTIX initiates a breath-taking lunge
LOPHOMASTIX tries to disarm LUKA SKYRUNNER's long spear with his javelin
LUKA SKYRUNNER's long spear is knocked from her grasp!
* LOPHOMASTIX switches to strategy 2
The referee gruffly says 'Eat big rocks, helps your socks!'
LOPHOMASTIX initiates a breath-taking lunge
LOPHOMASTIX thrusts at LUKA SKYRUNNER's right hand
LOPHOMASTIX has landed a potentially critical blow!
  The blow lands with bone-breaking force!
LUKA SKYRUNNER scoops up a bladed flail from the ground.
* LOPHOMASTIX switches to strategy 5
LOPHOMASTIX darts forward then back, testing his foe!
LOPHOMASTIX makes a decisive lunge
LOPHOMASTIX tries to disarm LUKA SKYRUNNER's bladed flail with his javelin
LUKA SKYRUNNER's bladed flail is knocked from her grasp!
* LOPHOMASTIX switches to strategy 2
LUKA SKYRUNNER scoops up a net from the ground.
* LOPHOMASTIX switches to strategy 5
LOPHOMASTIX viciously lunges forward
LOPHOMASTIX tries to disarm LUKA SKYRUNNER's net with his javelin
LUKA SKYRUNNER's net is knocked from her grasp!
* LOPHOMASTIX switches to strategy 2
LUKA SKYRUNNER attacks fiercely with her open hand
LOPHOMASTIX deftly avoids the incoming attack
LOPHOMASTIX lunges quickly
LOPHOMASTIX aims a blow at LUKA SKYRUNNER's chest
LOPHOMASTIX's careful aim pays off!
  A soft squish is heard
LOPHOMASTIX says 'JUST TO BE CLEAR - YOU CAN ONLY RUN ONE (1) MANAGER ACCOUNT AT A TIME.'
The referee grumbles and says 'Nice shot.  Now what you got?'
LUKA SKYRUNNER violently attacks with her open hand
LOPHOMASTIX dodges to the right
LUKA SKYRUNNER steals an attack from LOPHOMASTIX!
LUKA SKYRUNNER decides to use her open hand!
LOPHOMASTIX weaves a dizzying path, and masterfully blocks the strike
LUKA SKYRUNNER lurches toward the formidable LOPHOMASTIX
LOPHOMASTIX dives at the offending weapon, blocking it
LUKA SKYRUNNER sees a chance for destruction, and assails the formidable LOPHOMASTIX
LOPHOMASTIX leaps over the incoming attack!
LOPHOMASTIX leaps in toward the lightning quick LUKA SKYRUNNER
LUKA SKYRUNNER masterfully intercepts the attack!
LOPHOMASTIX charges LUKA SKYRUNNER with his javelin!
LUKA SKYRUNNER twists effortlessly away
LOPHOMASTIX attacks suddenly, startling LUKA SKYRUNNER!
LOPHOMASTIX performs what looks like a lunge
LOPHOMASTIX strikes out for LUKA SKYRUNNER's chest
LOPHOMASTIX guides the aimed attack and hits!
  A dull crunch is heard
LUKA SKYRUNNER looks like death revisited!
LOPHOMASTIX charges LUKA SKYRUNNER with his javelin!
LUKA SKYRUNNER shifts quickly to the right

MINUTE 2
* LUKA SKYRUNNER switches to strategy 3
LUKA SKYRUNNER drives a fist forward with great power
LOPHOMASTIX backflips out of reach!
LOPHOMASTIX initiates a breath-taking lunge
LOPHOMASTIX decidedly aims toward LUKA SKYRUNNER's right breast
LOPHOMASTIX's accuracy is rewarded!
LOPHOMASTIX has landed a potentially critical blow!
  The hit shears through flesh and bone!
LUKA SKYRUNNER has lost some vital fluids
LUKA SKYRUNNER drives one leg forward!
LUKA SKYRUNNER's attempted strike misses by a mile
LOPHOMASTIX charges LUKA SKYRUNNER with his javelin!
LOPHOMASTIX lets an awkward blow fly
The referee grunts and says 'Polish your stones!'
LUKA SKYRUNNER strikes out with a clenched fist
LOPHOMASTIX effortlessly parries the blow
Someone in the crowd yells, 'Hey elf! Find any secret doors?'
LOPHOMASTIX viciously lunges forward
LOPHOMASTIX slashes toward LUKA SKYRUNNER's left leg
  Moderate destruction is the result of the attack
LUKA SKYRUNNER needs a few weeks' rest
LOPHOMASTIX makes an instinctive lunge
LUKA SKYRUNNER moves with blinding skill to intercept the attack
LUKA SKYRUNNER's hand has taken a bloody injury!
LUKA SKYRUNNER expires, and is greeted in the afterworld by fallen team members.
LOPHOMASTIX takes a deep breath and walks away!

LOPHOMASTIX has trained in nothing


The Blood Master makes LOPHOMASTIX an offer he cannot refuse.
LOPHOMASTIX has joined THE MONSTERS (1)

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This is the sweetest moment of my BP career.  There's nothing quite like having your very own monster.

Lophomastix made his mark right out the gate, going 21-0-0 and was almost always my last fight read for the turn (I save my veterans and exciting warriors for last when I read my turns... get the boring, young guys out of the way then read the GOOD stuff!).  

Lophomastix is a tweaked and refined finesse elf from the design CAESAR INVICTUS posted on the original Pitt eons ago.  I got a rollup that perfectly matched his ideal finesse elf and through messages on Pitt he guided my gladiator Tinna to a 79-54-3 career, which at the time for me was a phenomenal record and old age for a gladiator.  Along the way I found Chlamydia in my stables, who entered the elf kill record books in third place at a young age with a frightening 46-21-7 history.  Chlamyida, like Tommy Twelve Hands, Kerboga and many other finesse elves I have run, seemed to have run into a training wall.  After 50 fights trains become rare for about half of the finesse elves I've run, which leads to perms and death.  Lophomastix never encountered a barrier to training.  In the same vein, neither has my now current, eldest, finesse elf Carlia.  Those elves are tricky!  With little armor they must navigate the big dumb brutes of the lower ranks, and attempt to avoid perms.  Actually, this is a struggle all the way thru the upper ranks.  Finesse elves are tricky tricky tricky.

At first, I was secretive about Lophomastix's stats and strat, but as time went on I couldn't resist asking for advice from PALOR and DUX MORTALITAS, for which I'm sure Lophomastix thrived and survived the top 20.

Ah, now for the good stuff!

17(9)-24(17)-20(12)-24(19)-9(4)-10

I tried and tried and tried and tried to get his INT to 25.  Lord have mercy, did I try!!!  I only tried for 25 dex his last 50 fights or so.

Needless to say, with a starting INT of 19, Lopho picked up a few skills.
Is an expert (7) in Open Hand
Is mastered (9) in Javelin
Is mastered (9) in Dodge
Is mastered (9) in Parry
Is mastered (9) in Throw
Is mastered (9) in Charge
Is mastered (9) in Lunge
Is mastered (9) in Disarm
Is mastered (9) in Initiative
Is mastered (9) in Feint
Is mastered (9) in Brawl

I would have liked to have had a masters in open hand, but it wasn't ultimately necessary.  Hopefully this chink in his armor won't come back to bite him!

There you have it, your new monster....

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Post  Fusion Mon Jan 21, 2013 8:41 am

Big congratz Vic. That was quite the disarm seminar; especially finishing with the hand! The title of this thread should be "Don't swing it at me if you want to keep it" cheers

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Post  Vic Vegas Mon Jan 21, 2013 10:45 am

Fusion wrote:Big congratz Vic. That was quite the disarm seminar; especially finishing with the hand! The title of this thread should be "Don't swing it at me if you want to keep it" cheers


Heheheheh. I love the title suggestion. Lopho put on quite the clinic, didn't he? I wish he had ALWAYS been so Johnny-On-The-Spot with disarms in the upper ranks, but I'm certainly not complaining.

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Post  Dux Mortalitas Mon Jan 21, 2013 7:33 pm

Yeah, that's one of the reasons that this is one of my favorite Monster fights. This fight will likely inspire people to experiment more with disarm. Changing the dynamic of the skills, styles, armors etc used by many.

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Post  Vic Vegas Mon Jan 21, 2013 10:27 pm

You gotta do it right, if you're going to disarm, otherwise you waste too many attack opportunities in futile disarm attempts. Same for sweep and throw. More so for sweep, as you only get at most 3 opportunities to throw, unless yer guy gets lucky and picks up another throwable weapon, but that's another story, right Dux?

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Post  Vic Vegas Mon Jan 21, 2013 11:18 pm

I would like to add, for newer managers reading this thread, and seeing this 4 year old gladiator with a mountain of skills and crazy high stats, it can seem nigh impossible to achieve such a monster. Where to start? Ah, you see, that is where the game becomes crazily nuanced. There are many paths to achieving a veteran gladiator, with some being better than others. Great, you've hit 50 or 100 or 150 or 200 fights, but does your gladiator look like swiss cheese from perm damage, does she have a winning record?

Sure, Lophomastix became a monster with 10 masters and an expert, but how did he get there? What skills did I prioritize? He was raised with a cocktail of skills which I have tweaked over the years. If I want a short lived killer I will train one way, or if I want a long lived gladiator, I will train another. I stick to an emphasis on the basics - weapon, init and defense. For a very smart gladiator, such as lophomastix, I will select a weapon which has many supportive skills, such as the javelin (lunge, charge, throw, disarm, sweep - never got to that one), or a less intelligent finesse elf (starting int of 13ish) will get perhaps a shortsword (lunge, disarm). A veteran manager (and I don't remember who) said, on the original Pitt forum, that he strove for his gladiators to have an expert in their weapon by their 20th fight. I hold this to heart with most of my finesse elves, and did with Lophomastix.

Stats? Well, with a 12 con, I pushed it to 17 ASAP to assist with the rest of the training. Dux helped me realize how stat crazy I can get with young gladiators (under 50 fights) but that isn't a problem with my finesse elves. I keep to a rather strict stat/skill/skill training regimen. I will tweak the ratio depending on how his training is going or how frustrated I get trying to reach a skill or stat plateau.

Speaking of plateaus, think of 5 as being the lowest acceptable level, depending on the skill, followed by 7 then of course, 9. Go for a 5 right away in your weapon, in other words. It may seem like your idiot warrior took forever to train his weapon from 3 to 4, but you will see a dramatic difference going from 4 to 5. Same holds for going from 6 to 7, and from 8 to 9.

Weapons selection is is a big issue with young managers. The best advice I can give is to scroll through the Hall of Records and look at the weapons wielded by the various record holders. Some weapons seem to keep turning up in the record books for a reason.

This piece of advice applies to newbs and veterans alike: Backup your bloodpit directory on a regular basis. The more you fight, the more it becomes a goldmine, a treasure trove of information. If you lose your bloodpit directory in a hard drive crash and do not have a backup, you have lost your ability to hopefully not repeat mistakes and tweak and refine successful gladiators. And to research opponents. Heheheheh

Alright, I'm done rambling. Time for bed, I have a photoshoot in the morning.

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Post  Vic Vegas Thu Jan 24, 2013 4:07 pm

I found Lopho's 22nd fight, when he suffered his first loss to Egor's 10-24-1 gladiator Little Guy.  I remember having to re-read the end to make sure, then read it again.  

         LOPHOMASTIX                   WARRIOR NAME                   LITTLE GUY          
            21-0-0                        RECORD                       10-24-1            
        FOSSILS (1102)                  TEAM NAME                  SHORTIES (1107)        
       VIC VEGAS (341)                 MANAGER NAME                   EGOR (225)          
           Elf Male                    RACE/GENDER                    Dwarf Male          

          is of sturdy strength            --->            is of powerful strength        
           has nimble movements            <---            has agile movements            
       has a tough constitution            ====            has a tough constitution        
         is a gifted strategist            <---            is fairly bright                
               has a wiry frame            <---            could blow away in the wind    

      76-AN INSPIRING GLADIATOR         POPULARITY         HAS VERY FEW FANS-36            
                          5' 1"           HEIGHT           3' 9"                          
                        147 lbs           WEIGHT           183 lbs                        

                    CUIR BOULLI           ARMOR            CUIR BOULLI                    
                      STEEL CAP            HELM            HELM                            
                        JAVELIN        MAIN WEAPON         SHORT SWORD                    
                      OPEN HAND         OFF WEAPON         OPEN HAND                      
                        JAVELIN        SPARE WEAPON        SHORT SWORD                    

<fast forward to end of fight>

LITTLE GUY slashes toward LOPHOMASTIX's breadbasket
pale   Massive disfigurement results from the attack!
LOPHOMASTIX has been permanently injured in the abdomen!!!
LOPHOMASTIX is beat all to hell!
The Blood Master sees LOPHOMASTIX leaking like a sieve, then lapses back into a daydream
* LOPHOMASTIX switches to strategy 3
LITTLE GUY lunges murderously forward with his short sword
LITTLE GUY slashes toward LOPHOMASTIX's left leg
  The strike is easily shrugged off
The crowd is shouting 'Get some real fighters in here!'
LOPHOMASTIX anxiously awaits his big chance
LOPHOMASTIX lunges murderously forward with his javelin
LOPHOMASTIX attempts to skewer LITTLE GUY's back
LOPHOMASTIX has landed a potentially critical blow!
Twisted Evil   Blood pours from the victim!
The drummer loses control and tosses a drumstick away
LITTLE GUY has been permanently injured in the chest!!!
LITTLE GUY's back is wrenched!
LITTLE GUY's trainer chokes down a mug of ale
The ref moves quickly to spare the fallen LOPHOMASTIX!
LITTLE GUY stands triumphant!

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Post  Dux Mortalitas Thu Jan 24, 2013 7:02 pm

You opponent almost certainly had a higher presence than your warrior, so from that perspective it was a legitimate win on his part ;-) PRE has it's uses, but unfortunately, it's just not generally useful enough to bother allocating points to during warrior creation.

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Post  Vic Vegas Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:56 pm

Lopho still had a 4 pre at that point. As you say, no sense in allocating any points to it. Heck, I didn't give lopho any pre raises until his 48th fight.

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Post  Dux Mortalitas Sat Jun 15, 2013 1:55 am

Hey Vic, this may be a gap in my knowledge or just a memory lapse (certainly not an uncommon event for me), but I don't recall ever seeing a sweeping javelin. I don't think it is possible for a javelin to sweep. I'd be tickled to death if someone could show me otherwise though.

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Post  Vic Vegas Mon Jun 17, 2013 11:40 am

From what I gather javelins are pretty useless for sweeping. But I'm not against trying it once I have built up the other skills associated with the weapon. Which would mean trying to sweep 150+ fight warriors. Failed sweep attacks could mean death.

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Post  Dux Mortalitas Mon Jun 17, 2013 11:44 am

Vic Vegas wrote:From what I gather javelins are pretty useless for sweeping. But I'm not against trying it once I have built up the other skills associated with the weapon. Which would mean trying to sweep 150+ fight warriors. Failed sweep attacks could mean death.

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If I recall any weapon weight 3 or less is incapable of sweeping - tripping of course is different. (certainly could be mistaken here though).

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Post  Vic Vegas Tue Jun 18, 2013 12:32 pm

I did some creative searching and did not find a single instance of javelin sweeping.

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Post  Modofo Thu Jun 20, 2013 3:24 pm

I believe I can say the same for the scythe, which actually seems silly to me.
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Post  Vic Vegas Thu Jun 20, 2013 7:18 pm

I believe BP has short handled, one-handed scythes rather than the staff scythe often found in the hands of the grim reaper.

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Post  Modofo Thu Jun 20, 2013 8:12 pm

I agree.  I have always pictured it as more of a sickle because of its low weight.

However, I believe that tripping was a major part of fighting with a sickle or a scythe. Check out Ars Gladiatoris by Hector Paulus Mair, completed around 1542. It is basically a book about peasant combat in the medieval times. There are some good reenactments (interpretations) of it on youtube. A pretty good one for the sickle is entitled simply "Medieval Sickle Combat 1". I recommend that everyone check some of these out because they are like porn for Bloodpit fans.
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Post  Dux Mortalitas Fri Jun 21, 2013 10:40 am

Yes, the Japanese farmers used the short scythe, which they call a kama. BP's scythe is a kama, I guess.

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Post  Vic Vegas Wed Jun 26, 2013 12:12 pm

If we want to get truly picky about BP's implementation of weapons, the francisca was a thrown weapon. Due to its ungainly weight distribution it would tumble end over end, bouncing on the ground and erratically hopping up, making it an imposing thing coming at you because you never knew which way it would bounce before either splitting or missing you.

I'm typing this from memory, so some details may be wrong.

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