I can lay out the rules of the Grindstone if you were interested!
Participating is pretty simple: Be in the line that forms before 10PM EST out in Central Thanalan. There's no sign ups or anything, and just being in the line will get you paired up with someone.
All of the combat is decided with /random, using the following series of actions:
Opponents roll initiative before starting (only at the beginning of a match!)
The person who wins initiative emotes their attack
Attacker rolls /random after posting
Defender rolls /random to determine if they successfully block of evade the attack
Defender emotes the result
Switch sides and repeat until someone is hit 3 times
The 3 hits "rule" is just a suggestion: Some people prefer to surrender after being tagged three times but that's not actually a rule. The OOC meta is that the third hit just so happens to always be the one that ends the fight by resulting in a KO, surrender or something otherwise dramatic to end the battle. The winner gets healed and moves on to fight another person, and we do this until there's only one person left standing.
I'm a bit of a rare sight for RP these days but Warren's always open to helping people get their feet under them with a sword and shield. You could probably also find someone at the Grindstone itself willing to teach you how to swing something!
Edit: Dammit Franz, taking muh jerb!
Participating is pretty simple: Be in the line that forms before 10PM EST out in Central Thanalan. There's no sign ups or anything, and just being in the line will get you paired up with someone.
All of the combat is decided with /random, using the following series of actions:
Opponents roll initiative before starting (only at the beginning of a match!)
The person who wins initiative emotes their attack
Attacker rolls /random after posting
Defender rolls /random to determine if they successfully block of evade the attack
Defender emotes the result
Switch sides and repeat until someone is hit 3 times
The 3 hits "rule" is just a suggestion: Some people prefer to surrender after being tagged three times but that's not actually a rule. The OOC meta is that the third hit just so happens to always be the one that ends the fight by resulting in a KO, surrender or something otherwise dramatic to end the battle. The winner gets healed and moves on to fight another person, and we do this until there's only one person left standing.
I'm a bit of a rare sight for RP these days but Warren's always open to helping people get their feet under them with a sword and shield. You could probably also find someone at the Grindstone itself willing to teach you how to swing something!
Edit: Dammit Franz, taking muh jerb!
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