Official Date: September 11th - 13th, 1998

DoD III - DoD Character Tournament

Rules

(Please Read Carefully)

A DoD Character Tournament is an exciting way to roleplay your favorite characters and prove that you are the best around. The rules are simple and precise.

Overall, the character tournament is a tournament where a group of selected players roleplay a submitted character. All characters are submitted before the competition, and a group of judges select the best characters to participate. 20 characters will be allowed entry into the actual tournament. Those 20 will be divided up into 5 parties. Each party will run a pre-written module while being judged on roleplaying ability. Of those parties, the best character from each will move ahead and form one final party. The best roleplayer from those winners will win the tournament.

The module will be divided into two parts. Those lucky enough tomove ahead will be able to finish the second half, completing thestory that began to unfold in the first half.

Submitting Characters

Click on the Submit Character link below for the form to enter your character into the tournament. After a few days, you will be informed whether or not your character will be allowed within the event.

Your character MUST adhere to the following guidelines:

• Level 1
• Core Rules Only (Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide, Tome of Magic)
• Use any method of rolling stats as you might want(Methods I-VI), but note the method on the character sheet.
• All racial limits/abilities apply.
• Detailed and well-designed background a necessity.
• Please save all sheets in RTF, TXT, or DOC format only.
• Proficiencies will be used.
• Intelligence Bonus Languages can be substituted for Nonweapon Proficiencies.

Tips & Hints

Make a character sheet that is easy to read and looks nice, but do not include anything unnecessary such as colors, images, or special formatting.

The more believable the character the better. In other words, a character will all 18s has no chance of being accepted into the tournament. Character stats should be well balanced and mixed.

Background stories are a must, and the more realistic and interesting the more likely the character will be accepted.

All characters start with the normal gold. Do not include any magical items or special items even if the character has a good background to make it plausible.

Ready? Now then, submit your character through our easy char Form.

Prefer to write your own? Then mail it toDerkin.

Prizes

The winner of the Character Tournament will receive a rpg rulebook of choice as well as having his or her character immortalized in the DoD III - the winning character will be presented as one of the pre-made characters for the Destiny Saga AD&D Tournament.

Other Awards:

Also, two other lucky contestants will receive awards for having the best character sheet and the best background story.