• Your character’s dice values are found in their IC profile, and are listed as "hits", "dodges", and "luck". Use these numbers when performing rolls in your fight posts.
• It is your responsibility to keep their dice, including age and any trade perks, up-to-date and to request changes to their modifiers as needed.
• Dice numbers must typically match what is written on the character's profile. Pending updates or updates requested after a fight has started can NOT be used for fight rolls, and dice cannot be updated mid-fight.
• A character's IC timeline should be used as a guide for applying wounded rolls and other dice penalties.
• Fight posts must be a minimum of 100 words.
• As soon as fight stats (round, challenge type, etc.) are added to a post, even if fighting has not started, it is considered a fight post and all rules apply.
• The dice do not have any impact on the written portion of the fight posts. The dice are an OOC tool used by Staff to determine the winner.

*You may have fights with pre-planned outcomes that do not use the dice system, but Staff will not intervene in these scenarios and it will impact what trade experience can be claimed.

• Hits: How many hits your character lands. You must roll an 11 or higher to successfully hit. At the end of the fight, your opponent's dodges are subtracted from your hit count.
• Dodges: How many attacks your character dodges. Again, you must roll an 11 or higher to dodge. At the end of the fight, your character's dodges will be subtracted from your opponent’s hit count.
• Luck: If you roll a 15 or higher, you receive an extra hit.

At the end of the fight, post in Fight Updates and Staff will tally the results and announce the winner.

• The winner is determined by which character has the most successful hits at the end (after subtracting their opponent's dodges).
• To be official, the Staff-tallied results must be posted to the thread.
• For any fights that do not incur a wounded roll (spars, dominance, claims/thefts, rank challenges), you are free continue the thread before the results are posted, if you wish.
• However, no petals or trade experience can be collected and usergroups cannot be changed until the official results have been posted and your character has exited.
• Any fights that incur a wounded roll (pride challenges, maims, death matches) must wait for the official results before the thread can continue.

• In the codes below, you will replace the "#" with the corresponding numbers found in your character's IC profile.
• Pending updates or updates requested after a fight has started can NOT be used for fight rolls, and dice cannot be updated mid-fight.
• Forgotten or mistyped dice coding can be edited after posting.
• Always try and remember to tag your fight partner, as per the form below.

Each action has their own BBCode to use in your post, as follows:

Hits: [roll=#d20]
Dodges: [roll=#d20]
Luck: [roll=#d20]
Escape Attempts: [roll=1d10]

Every fight post should include the following information at the bottom:

@Who vs. @Who
Challenge Type
Round # / #
Hits: [roll=#d20]
Dodges: [roll=#d20]
Luck: [roll=#d20]

All fights have a maximum timer of 72 hours between posts.

• Failure to post within this timeframe will result in the fight defaulting.
• If a fight defaults, you can agree OOCly to ignore it and continue the fight if all parties (including those involved via a claim, for example) agree. Experience and petals are gained based on the default
• Some types of fights, like thefts, require a character to have a certain rank. Review the Pride Ranks page for all of the rank abilities before challenging.

Practice Spars: 3 rounds. For characters to sharpen their skills and for players to practice the system.

Dominance: 3 rounds. Fighting another character for dominance, for whatever reason. Can be a multi-lion fight.

Removal from thread: A character can be attacked again, regardless of winning or losing fights (to include DMs) if they remain in a thread and are causing trouble over three posts (taunting, poking at, etc) and have been told to leave, stop, etc in at least three posts.

• The attack can only be a dominance match.

Rank Challenges: 3 rounds. Challenging for a rank in a pride that your character is already a part of. Leaders get the ultimate say on who gets what rank, regardless of the fight outcome. 1 versus 1.

Theft: 3 rounds. Challenging to steal a cub or member from another pride (female High Sovereigns are immune). After a successful theft challenge, the stolen member is subjected to a cooldown of 2 OOC weeks. This means they are unable to be challenged for again before the cooldown has ended. Can be a multi-lion fight.

Claiming: 3 rounds. Fighting a character to claim a rogue or cub into your pride, or fighting another ranked member to keep them from claiming someone. After a successful claim, the claimed character is subjected to a cooldown of 2 OOC weeks. This means they are unable to be challenged for again before the cooldown has ended. Can be a multi-lion fight.

Imprisonment: 3 rounds. Fighting to take someone into your pride as a prisoner. Only valid during wars and raids. High Sovereigns are immune. After a successful claim, the claimed character is subjected to a cooldown of 2 OOC weeks. This means they are unable to escape or be challenged for again before the cooldown has ended.

Freedom: 3 rounds. Fighting to free a prisoner from another pride. After a freedom challenge, the character is subjected to a cooldown of 2 OOC weeks. This means they are unable to be challenged for again before the cooldown has ended. Can be a multi-lion fight.

Minor Maim: 4 rounds. Fighting to minor maim another character in some way. 1 versus 1.

Major Maim: 4 rounds. Fighting to major maim another character in some way. 1 versus 1.

Pride Challenges: 5 rounds. Challenging another pride leader for control of their pride. 1 versus 1.

Death Match: 7 rounds. Fighting to get a death grip on another character. These fights could end in death, de-escalate into a maim, or end in giving mercy, depending on the winning character. 1 versus 1.

Creating a thread and initiating a dominance, maim, or death match challenge and summoning the opponent into the thread is non-enforceable. The character you are summoning to fight is not required to respond, unless they are already in the thread.

• If the character decides not to show up to these summons, there will be no consequences for them.
• If the character decides not to show up, your character can continue hunting them and attempting to locate or intercept them in other threads.

Claims, thefts, rank challenges, pride uprising matches, and pride challenge must be responded to, whether they are a summons or occuring within a pre-existing thread. Failure to respond to these challenges within 72 hours will result in a default loss, and the consequential loss of the member/pride.

These amounts can change depending on your character’s age, size, and any trade modifiers they might have. If your character levels up their trade or ages up, you can request an update to their dice in Trade Updates. It is your responsibility to keep your character's dice up-to-date, as Staff will not do this for you.

Age and Size: Your character's age and size will play a role in their dice.

• A larger, bulkier character will have an advantage attempting hits, but will not be able to dodge as easily. A smaller character will not have as strong of a hit, but will be quicker and be able to dodge more easily.
• Likewise, an older, more experienced character will have an advantage in fights, while a younger character will face a penalty for their age. Elder characters also infer an age penalty.


Age Modifiers
1 month to 4 months: 0 hit and 0 dodge dice, no size modifiers
5 months to 1 year: -3 dice to hit and dodge rolls
1 year: -2 dice to hit and dodge rolls
2 years to 4 years: - 1 dice to hit and dodge rolls
5 years to 10 years: No penalty
11 years to 13 years: -1 dice to hit and dodge rolls
14 years to death: -2 dice to hit and dodge rolls
Size Modifiers
Colossal: +2 dice to hit roll | -2 dice to dodge roll
Large: +1 dice to hit roll | -1 dice to dodge roll
Medium: No penalty
Small: -1 dice to hit roll | +1 dice to dodge roll
Extra Small & Dwarfism: -2 dice to hit roll | +2 dice to dodge roll

Example: Bob is 2 years old and large in size.
Starting with the base dice amounts of 5d20, his dice will be adjusted accordingly.

• Bob loses 1 dice from his hit and dodge rolls because he is 2 years old, leaving him with:
Hits: [roll=4d20]
Dodges: [roll=4d20]
Luck: [roll=5d20]
• But, Bob also gains 1 dice to his hit roll and loses 1 dice to his dodge roll because he is large in size. Bob’s profile will show the following final dice amounts, which should be used anytime he is in a fight on-site:
Hits: [roll=5d20]
Dodges: [roll=3d20]
Luck: [roll=5d20]

Trade Perks: Leveling up your character’s trades will help give them advantages in fights. Like the size and age modifiers explained above, these perks will increase the number of dice in their fights rolls.

Dice Reductions for Physical Hinderances: Members are allowed to manually reduce their's characters dice in fights and hunts, at their discretion, to account for any physical hinderences and disabilities. This will not be reflected in the official dice thag are found in a character’s profile, and you may only reduce dice, not add additional dice.

Not Meeting the Word Count: All fight posts must meet the 100 word count minimum.

Running Out The Timer: Not posting with the allotted fight timer window (72 hours) will result in a default. If both parties agree to waive the timer, that is permitted except for in the case of pride challenges.

Dice Editing: No changes to the dice are allowed to be made after they have rolled. Changing the dice in any way will result in a default. If you make a mistake with the coding and the dice do not roll, you may edit to fix that issue but you can not change the dice in any other way.

Not Taking Damage: Damage is required to be taken in all fight posts, but realistic counters are permitted.

Powerplay or Godmodding: While it is a dice-controlled system and the dice will determine the winner, we expect all members to be considerate and put some effort into making well-rounded fight posts. You still must use attempt words (try, attempt, aim, etc.) for every attack and re-position your character makes. You also need to allow your opponent to ultimately choose the location and severity of the damage they receive.

• Major PP/GM: Only egregious PM/GM will be reviewed by the Fight Club. This does not include small or moderate examples of over-movement, confusion about lefts and rights, or uncertainties about positioning or attacks, and so forth. Extreme instances include god-like behaviour, extreme lack of realism, controlling someone else's character, etc. In these circumstances, the fight will instantly default and the PP/GMing character will lose.
• You are expected to either (A) discuss and work it out with your roleplay partner, (B) work with the information you're given the best that you can to formulate a reply, or (C) ask the Fight Club for help in responding.
• As long as you are doing your best and not exploiting the system, there should be little stress in regards to worrying about a full default. Focus on doing the post, meeting the minimum requirements, and letting the dice do the work.
• If someone makes a post that seems confusing or you’re unsure how to respond, please reach out to them for clarification. If you need additional help, you can reach out to the Fight Club for guidance on how to respond.

The Fight Club and Sr. Staff team has the final say on any disqualifications or suspected instances of powerplaying or godmodding. Each situation is assessed on a case-by-case basis.

• To attempt to escape a fight, insert [roll=1d10] at the bottom of your post. If you are a Level 3 Sleuth, insert [roll=2d10].
• You need to roll an 8 or above to successfully escape.
• When making an escape attempt, you forfeit your hit and dodge rolls for that round. If you are rolling for an escape, do not roll hits or dodges.
• Be sure to take damage and realistically attempt to escape the fight.
• Attempting to escape a fight will also nullify your character’s ability to hide within a thread, including the use of any hiding trade perks.
• Example: If your character is hidden in a thread and there is a subsequent theft challenge for them, attempting to escape the fight will void their hidden status.
• After posting, the dice will dictate whether or not you have escaped, and your opponent will reply accordingly.
• If you fail to escape with the first attempt, you may attempt two more times per thread, for a total of 3 escape attempts per thread.
• Remember: if your character does escape, others may track them down and attempt to challenge them again. It does not guarantee safety.

Some types of fights can be interfered in by other characters, and others can't be, unless otherwise dictated by trade perks.

• Theft challenges, claims, and dominance matches may be interrupted.
• Parents of cubs are allowed to step into a maim or death match that is made against their cub without penalty as long as the parent's PVP is set properly.
• Only applies to those under a year and can only be protected by a birth or adopted parent (adoption must be official PRIOR to stepping into the fight).
• Rank challenges, pride challenges, maims, and death matches cannot be interrupted.
• Multi-character fights still have all timers and all other fight rules applied to them.
• Starting a fight in order to prevent another fight from happening is considered to be an interference. If Character A is in a fight or in a pending fight (round 0), that fight needs to finish or default before another fight can be initiated against them in that thread (if permitted by current fatigue and fight system).
• Any illegal interferences will result in the post being deleted.

Multi-Lions Fights: Theft challenges, claims, and dominance matches may be interrupted and become multi-lion fights.

• Any interferences or additions must happen before the second round of the fight has started. This is to prevent confusion with the rounds.
• Can have a max of three fighters per side.
• A member cannot have multiple of their own characters on the same side of a multi-lion fight.
• If a single lion defaults and/or does not post within the allotted time, they are removed from the fight and barred from continuing. However, this does not default the entirety of the fight. The remaining parties can continue fighting, even if one lion has defaulted.

Some characters try to spy or hide in public threads, but this is not guaranteed to always be sucessful. In other words, without specific trade perks, they always have a chance to be found by others in the thread.

Hiding: The only time you are guaranteed to remain hidden is is if your character is a Level 5 Sleuth or if another character has attempted to find you, and failed.

Level 3 Assassins and Pathfinders have a 50% guarantee of remaining hidden in any given thread. To do this:

• Start by posting in the thread that you want to hide in, and insert [roll=1d2] at the bottom of your post.
• Rolling a 1 means that you are successful, and cannot be discovered in that thread by others.
• Rolling a 2 means that you are not successful, and can be discovered in that thread by others, if you choose to keep hiding.

Being Discovered: Characters who are trying to locate someone in hiding need to make a post trying to find the hidden character and insert [roll=1d10] at the bottom of their post.

• Rolling a 1-5 means that the other character is successfully hidden and cannot be discovered in that thread, by anyone.
• A hidden character can only be attempted to be found once per thread, by anyone. No other characters can attempt to find someone that has already been deemed successfully hidden by a dice roll.
• Rolling a 6 or higher means that your character has successfully found the hidden character, and can react accordingly in their next post.
• If your character was hidden and got discovered, you can attempt to escape the thread using the escape dice, explained above, or you can choose to face the other character.

The losing character (by dice or default) will automatically be considered wounded and receive a dice penalty, which will be posted with the official fight results.

• This means that they will lose -1 dice from their hit and dodge rolls until they heal. This will be reflected in their profile.

The winning character will be subjected to a wounded roll, which will be posted with the official fight results. This will be rolled as 1d5 in Discord, by a Sr.Staff member.

• Rolling 1-2 means that your character is not wounded, and will not have a penalty.
• Rolling 3-5 means that your character is wounded, and will have -1 dice subtracted from fight rolls until they are healed. This will be reflected in their profile.

Being wounded from pride challenges or minor maims will heal on its own after 2 OOC weeks. This can be sped up with the help of a qualified medic (see below).

Being wounded from major maims or death matches will heal on its own after 4 OOC weeks. This can be sped up with the help of a qualified medic (see below).

All wounded characters and their timers will be logged in the Wounded Log. You must notify Staff in Trade & Dice Updates when your character is healed to have their wounded penalty removed and their dice stats returned to normal.

After a battle and receiving a wounded roll, your character should seek out healing from a qualified medic. You can use healing rolls to speed up the healing process, or let the healing timers run out on their own.

• Pride challenges and minor maims require 2 OOC weeks to heal on their own.
• Major maims or surviving a death match require 4 OOC weeks to heal on their own.
• Healing rolls (found below) can only be performed once per injury.

If you want to use the dice system to speed-up healing, here’s how:

For Pride Challenges and Minor Maims: Thread with a qualified medic (level 2 or above) and roleplay gathering herbs, talking about the injury, etc. After 5 posts of back-and-forth, the medic can then add [roll=1d10] to the bottom of their post. As per their trade perk, Level 3 Medics or above receive an extra dice for healing wounded rolls, and can roll twice ( [roll=1d10] [roll=1d10] ) instead. The highest number rolled determines the outcome.

• Rolling a 1 is considered a critical fail, and 1 OOC week will be added to the healing time.
• Rolling a 2-5 is considered routine care, and there will be no changes to the healing time.
• Rolling a 6-10 is considered a success, and the healing time will be cut in half.

For Major Maims and Death Matches: Thread with a qualified medic (trade level 3 or above) and roleplay gathering herbs, talking about the injury, etc. After 5 posts of back-and-forth, the medic can then add [roll=1d10] [roll=1d10] to the bottom of their post. They automatically roll twice because of their level 3 trade perk. The highest number rolled determines the outcome.

• Rolling a 1 is considered a critical fail, and 1 OOC week will be added to the healing time.
• Rolling a 2-7 is considered routine care, and there will be no changes to the healing time.
• Rolling a 8-10 is considered a success, and the healing time will be cut in half.

Basic Guidelines:

• If your character wins in a pride challenge, maim, or death match, they can only be in another fight if they are the ones who initiate it. In other words, winning one of these types of fight means that they can not be attacked again in that thread, and that it is your choice to have them fight more or not.
• This does not apply in the context of a raid or war. In raids and wars, this stipulation is reduced to only cover death matches - meaning that maims and pride challenges are free-game and do not come with additional protection.
• Characters can continue fighting in a thread until they: (a) lose a fight, or (b) have the sum of their hit and dodge dice reduced to less than 4.

Reducing Dice as Per the Fatigue System:

• Hit and dodge are reduced by a sum of 2 for every subsequent fight in the same thread that reaches at least round 2. See below for examples on what this looks like.
• If your character’s hit or dodge are reduced to 0 but they are still above the 4 dice threshold, you still need to reduce their remaining dice for a sum of 2 for each subsequent fight.
• Luck dice are excluded from the fatigue system and do not reduce.
• Dice are also reduced for incurring wounded rolls.
• This means that, as long as a character continues to win, they can engage in any amount of fights until the sum of their hit and dodge dice falls to less than 4.

• If a fight defaults, is escaped from, or is forfeited before round 2, fatigue dice will not apply to either party. However, the loser (in the case of a default or forfeit) will still be unable to engage in other fights.

Adjusting the dice for multiple fights in a thread is the responsibility of the players. Failure to deduct dice for subsequent fights in a given thread will result in an instant disqualification and loss, with no exceptions.

Staff also cannot always monitor these types of threads and situations. If you see someone breaking the fight rules and you are a part of the fight, please bring it to Sr. Staff immediately.

EXAMPLE 1: Bob’s dice are 7-5-5. As he continues to fight in a war and assuming that he does not lose any fights or incur any wounded rolls, his dice would fall accordingly:
Fight 1: 7-5-5 | Fight 2: 6-4-5 | Fight 3: 5-3-5 | Fight 4: 4-2-5 | Fight 5: 3-1-5 | Fight 6: 2-0-5

Fight 5 is the last fight that Bob could engage in. This is because, in Fight 6, the sum of his hit and dodges dice is only 2, which is below the 4-dice threshold.

EXAMPLE 2: Jane’s dice are 4-5-5. As she continues to fight in a war and assuming that she does not lose any fights, her dice would fall accordingly:
Fight 1: 4-5-5 | Fight 2: 3-4-5 | Fight 3: 2-3-5 | Fight 4: 1-2-5

Fight 3 is the last fight that Jane could engage in. This is because in Fight 4, the sum of her hit and dodges dice is only 3, which is below the 4 dice threshold.

EXAMPLE 3: Sally’s dice are 2-8-5. As she continues to fight in a war and assuming that she does not lose any fights, her dice would fall accordingly:
Fight 1: 2-8-5 | Fight 2: 1-7-5 | Fight 3: 0-6-5 | Fight 4: 0-4-5 | Fight 5: 0-2-5

Fight 4 is the last fight that Sally could engage in. This is because in Fight 5, the sum of her hit and dodges dice is only 2, which is below the 4-dice threshold. Sally also lost 2 dice from her dodges in Fight 4 because her hits had already been reduced to 0.

If your character wins a fight, they can continue challenging or be challenged until they (a) lose a fight, or (b) have the sum of their hit and dodge dice reduced to less than 4.

• If, at any time, the sum of your character’s hit + dodge dice reach less than 4, regardless of how many fights they have been in during the thread, they will be considered 'out' and cannot engage in any more fights.
• If this happens to your character, you may play out the results as you wish, so long as they do not engage in more fights. They can pass out, run away, hang on the outskirts of the thread, etc.

If your character loses a fight, they are barred from engaging in any other fights within that thread.

• Once a character has lost a fight, they cannot attack or be attacked again in that thread unless OOC permission is given.
• The only exception is for characters who have the associated Paladin or Barbarian trade perks.

• Having this perk means that your character can engage in another fight in the same thread, even after losing.
• Even when using this perk, their dice still need to be reduced by a sum of 2 per subsequent fight.
• If they lose again, they are out for good.

If your character forfeits a fight, the round they forfeited in dictates whether or not it is considered a loss and if they can continue fighting within that thread.

• If your character forfeits/stands down from a fight before round 2, the fight will be considered void and they will be able to fight/be challenged again in that thread. They will not incur fatigue dice.
• If your characters forfeits/stands down from a fight after round 2, the fight will be considered a loss and they will be unable to fight/be challenged again in that thread.
• The Paladin or Barbarian trade perk can still be used in this scenario.

All three scenarios are all defined as mass-fights between two or more factions (prides, families, etc.) that is the climax of conflict resulting from an IC build-up. From an OOC perspective, they share the same speciality rules that were outlined above, but have different sets of qualifiers.

In order to have the status of a prospective skirmish/raid/war verified and to have it announced, please post in Fight Updates and utilize the appropriwte form. The Soul of the Warrior account will then post to declare that the thread has officially reached its respective status, and all speciality rules will then apply.

Basic Guidelines:

• Any pride member, regardless of rank, can protect members of their pride and members of allied/pact prides against theft.
• Allies and pacts must be roleplayed and made official IC before the start of the skirmish/raid/war thread and be listed as such on the pride page to count for this perk.
• A lion cannot attack or attempt to steal the same character twice. They also cannot attack characters who have already lost fights in that thread.
• Interference rules still apply.
• Lions can engage and be challenged to multiple maim matches and wounded rolls are still at play.
• If your character wins in a death match during a skirmish/raid/war, they can only be in another fight if they are the ones who initiate it.
• In other words, winning a death match means that they can not be attacked again in that thread, and that it is your choice to have them fight more or not.
• Like all threads, exits are only valid after 72 hours have passed with it being uncontested.
• During that 72-hour period, characters attempting to exit can be stopped, attacked (within the above guidelines), etc. by other characters. A character can only be stopped from exiting once per thread.

• Skirmishes involve random small groups or pairs of fighting. This is when there are no clear sides to the fighting or conflict.
• A thread is bumped to skirmish status when 5 or more fights have been started in a single thread.
• A skirmish can be bumped up to war status if two clear factions/sides form and at least 4 additional fights (totalling 9) have been initiated between those sides.

• Raids involve the invasion of another pride's territory by a separate pride with the intention of stealing members, resources, or depleting strength.
• Only one raid can happen against a given pride at a time.
• Only marked members can take part in a raid
• The pride initiating the raid must have a raiding party that consists of at least 5 pride members, and at least one of these needs to hold a leader rank or the rank of Lead Fighter.
• Once the intention has been made ICly (crossing the pride’s borders) and at least 5 members from the raiding pride have posted, the thread can be considered an official raid and can be requested.
• During a raid, any member of the raiding pride can make claim/theft challenges, and any member of the defending pride can defend against them.
• Allies wishing to help on either side of the raid need to post within 24 hours of the official raid announcement in the thread.
• If the pride being raided loses 50% or more of the fights posted within the first week of the thread’s creation, they lose the raid and also lose one (1) pride tier.
• This is capped at 1 pride tier per raid lost.
• If the pride being raided wins more than 50% of the fights posted within the first week of the thread’s creation, they win the raid and no one loses a pride tier.
• After a raid has finished, the pride that was raided will be placed on a two-month raid cooldown.

• Wars involve clearly defined and opposing factions (which could be made up of prides, families, or other groups) engaging in battle against one another for an ICly-developed reason. These factions need to be clear and easily distinguishable.
  • A thread is bumped to war status when at least 8 fights have been started in a single thread and the criteria above is met.
  Once a thread is officially declared a raid, characters will also have the ability to initiate a Prisoner Challenge against the opposing party. PVP is still in play, but all lions, regardless of sex or age, will run the risk of being taken prisoner. Pride leaders dictate who in their pride can take prisoners during raids and wars, and it must be listed in their pride laws.

The purpose of the Fight Club is to help Sr. Staff with tallying fights and reducing limbo.

If you need help with general questions about the fight system, please reach out directly to Staff via the fight ticket system in discord.