Hydaelyn Role-Players

Always wanted to beat up that feeble nerdy mage that keeps boasting how he’d just sleep you and beat you with his staff? Or perhaps you wanna show that warrior his axe isn’t all that when facing the might of your ice spells? 

Well, now you can! On the 8th April 2017, at 3PM EDT/8PM GMT+1, the Spellbreaker Melee will take place and give you the chance to determine which is better, physical prowess or magical talent. Using the simple Grindstone rules, people will be pitted in 1v1 matches, a mage versus a mercenary. It could get bloody, but healing will be provided thanks to The Matron’s Reach!

The Spellbreaker Melee will be hosted in The Mists, Ward 12, Seagaze Markets Subdivision.


For Physical Fighters:

• No magic allowed, so no defensive, offensive or supportive spells.
  
  
• Any weapons and armor allowed, as long as they are not magically enchanted for the most part.
  
  
• All attacks to be purely made with fists or physical weapons, no aether manipulation allowed.
  
  

For Magical Wielders:

• No physical weapons/attacks allowed, no clubbing people to death with your staff or enchanted swords, etc.
  
  
• All attacks to be purely made with aether.
  
  
• Summons do not count as an extra attack.
  
  

NOTE: For characters that use both a physical and magical form of attacking, you will have to pick one side, Fists or Magic, and stick to that. You cannot cast a spell then stab someone with your sword the next turn. If you do, you will forfeit the fight.

If the majority of mages win the fight, the Melee goes to the casters and vice versa. There may be prizes for the winning team! 

• No killing or serious maiming. Even with OOC agreement, it will result in an IC ban from the tournament, actions have consequences! Breaking this rule means your character could be reported to the authorities.
  
  
• Only lore-abiding spells allowed. Any void, black, white or forbidden magic are not allowed and could result in a warning and potentially an IC ban from the tournament. Breaking this rule means your character could be reported to the authorities. IC actions have IC consequences!
  
  
• The winner is determined by rolls, no matter what. If in doubt, the event organisers have final say.
  
  
• Any OOC drama, bullying, trolling, and being a general douchebag will not be tolerated and anyone considered to be disrupting the RP will be asked to leave.
  
• Due to the nature of the tournament of needing even sides for the fights to commence, we will be doing sign ups for the first 15 minutes (hopefully, this is just a loose timeframe). First come, first serve. We will cut off the number of participants to avoid having too many on one side and to also make it manageable for the event DMs.
  
• Any feedback and/or complaints please direct to Oyuu Dataq, I will try my best to deal with any questions or issues as quickly as possible. 
  

• OOCly hosted by the Order of Ouroboros, but ICly... who’s asking? Just some mages and mercs wanting to fight, alright?! 
  
• Healing will be provided at the venue should any injuries occur, provided by The Matron's Reach!
  
• The news of the event will be spread by word of mouth and posters scattered around popular taverns and mage gatherings in the cities of Eorzea. It is probably very likely your character has heard something about the Spellbreaker Melee. 
  

Any questions you can direct to myself, by either PMing me here on the forums or contacting Oyuu Dataq in-game. Hope to see you there!

This is happening tomorrow! I've had one or two questions about the mechanics of the event and thought I should post it here: 

Characters that technically use both magical and physical fighting techniques have to choose one to focus on. However, everyone kinda uses a little bit of aether no matter what they do, so it basically comes down to this definition:

- Are you using your physical body or weapon to hit someone? You’re a mercenary/physical damage wielder. This includes lances, fists, guns, bows, axes, daggers, swords and shields, etc. Dragoons can still do their jumps, monks can still charge chakras, just be sure you're smacking your opponent with a physical attack.

- Are you using spells/aether as your main damage output? i.e. A fireball, fluid aura, a carbuncle, etc. Then you are a caster. Arcanists, thaumaturges, conjurers, scholars, summoners, and everything in between - if you're conjuring something actively aetherial to do your damage, you will be classified as a mage. 

The only class that will probably have a little confusion is Red Mage because it has a sword and uses magic, but basically, you’d choose to use either the sword or the pew-pew magicks. Make sense? I hope so! 

This is happening in an hour! Hope to see you there.

Aww yeah! Dat mercenary love!

After three slightly chaotic rounds of fighting and much to my character's dismay, Mercenaries came out on top and won the Spellbreaker Melee! Many spells were broken, people were stabbed, it was all good fun... 

A sequel may come to Eorzea soon, but for now it's time to rest of the bruises and hurts! Thanks for everyone who attended, participating or just watching. And a really big thank you to Maril and the healers at Matron's Reach, you helped out a bunch!

Thanks and take care!