Post by Fawn on Oct 10, 2012 21:32:26 GMT -5
LIONSTEP'S CHALLENGE: DAY ONE
The Rules, Posting Order, and Prizes
The Rules, Posting Order, and Prizes
First Challenge: A Test of Hunting Instincts
For the first challenge (I've switched the mock-battle with the hunting event), one team will hunt in the Great Maple Area, the other team will hunt in the Wild Flower Clearing. Challengers have until sunset to hunt as much as they can, and bring back their fresh kill to be counted and a winner determined.
The cat who caught the most out of all the apprentices combined will have first-pick of the Fresh Kill Pile.
The Team who caught the most will have the privilege of picking tomorrow's 'Battleground' for the Second Challenge.
To the Roleplayers:
So this doesn't end up too easy or two boring, I will be deciding who catches how much through a nifty little Color-System I've come up with. As far as posting goes, you can pretty much have your apprentice interact with the other apprentices, and don't get me wrong, they can catch (or mess up) their own prey, I'll just be deciding the total number each cat caught at the end of the day.
Everyone gets three chances to Hit-Or-Miss, but at the end of your post, pick 1 of 8 Colors, and state whether your character has hit or missed: (You must do this once for each of your three chances.)
Whether they hit or miss is completely up to you, if you want your apprentice to get all hits and no misses, that's perfectly fine, HOWEVER, if your character ends up hitting all three chances, but you picked one of the "Misfortune Colors", then by a sheer stroke of bad luck, the three pieces of prey they caught will be 'disposed of' by fate, i.e., a fox dug up their buried prey and ran off with it, or a loner stole it, or they forgot where they put it, ex cetera.
If you did not pick one of the Misfortune Colors, however, what your character caught during the 3 Chances Hit-or-Miss posts will be added onto what they get from their color selections.
For Example:
Frogpaw crouched in a thicket of brambles, and while they snagged away at his short gray pelt, there wasn't anyone or anything that could break his concentration at that moment. With a grackle pecking innocently at a seed at the base of the great maple, Frogpaw's haunches wriggled, green eyes dead-locked on his target. You're mine! Leaping out of the brambles like salmon leaping up river, Frogpaw landed on the grackle and killed it before it could utter a single squawk of protest. Tail held up triumphantly, Frogpaw quickly buried the kill, curious about how his other teammates were doing.
OOC: First Color: Turquoise. First Chance: Hit.
Following me so far?
Let's say the rest of Frogpaw's hunting time went like this:
Second Chance: Miss
Second Color: Maroon
Third Chance: Hit
Third Color: Lavender
So in total, based on the color system (results will be posted at the end of the day, and the system will have different colors than the ones posted above), Turquoise = 1 piece of prey, Maroon = 3 pieces of prey, Lavender = 7 pieces of prey.
Frogpaw was particularly lucky, he gets to end his day with a sub-total of: 11 pieces of prey from the Color-System, plus 2 pieces of prey from his Hit-or-Miss Chances.
Total: 13 Pieces of Prey. This number will then be added to the Team Total.
Had his Roleplayer chosen Chartreuse in one of his posts, then poor Frogpaw would've been struck with a -5, which would've been subtracted from his total score. Beware the Misfortune Colors~ They really like to mess things up!
THE COLORS:
White
Orange
Green
Blue
Red
Violet
Yellow
Black
Hint: 2 out of 8 are NOT your friends, and 1 out of 8 is neutral.
Also, don't be afraid to pick three of the same colors, you can be all yellow if you want, but I'd personally play it a little safer and pick three different colors, just in case you end up picking three Misfortune Colors in a row!
Ahhh, almost forgot. Here's how the posting is going to go:
TigerClan will hunt in the Wild Flower Clearing:
Noblepaw, Duskpaw, and Foxpaw make up TigerClan.
The posting order goes as follows:
Noblepaw (Phoenix) *Team Captain*
Duskpaw (Fawn)
Foxpaw (Foxpaw&Others)
LionClan will hunt at the Great Maple:
Maggotpaw, Dawnpaw and Littlepaw will make up LionClan.
The posting order goes as follows:
Eli (Dawnpaw) *Team Captain*
Poison (Maggotpaw)
Phoenix (Littlepaw)
This Event begins Friday October 12th and runs until Sunday October 14th. Results of the hunting challenge will be posted Sunday evening.
If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please post below. =]
Quoth the Hunger Games:
~May the Odds Be Ever In Your Favor~
P.S.; anyone with an apprentice or volunteer in this challenge, please see This Thread for an In-Character post of Lionstep announcing the challenge.
Thank you to all participants! I hope this turns out to be a fun experience! Who knows, maybe it'll catch on in the other Clans?
Day One is Officially Over! The Winner to be Announced Later Today, Please Be On the Lookout for the Thread!