SPARS & HOSTAGE GUIDE

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Spars & Hostage Guide

Like in the natural world between animals fighting over territory or the right to mate, Beautiful Creatures also has fights, albeit with rules and a few restrictions. It's important to note that Beautiful Creatures doesn't have an "official" judging system. Fights are usually pre-determined by members outside of roleplay or have the roleplay itself decide the winner.

When a character finds themselves challenged to a spar, it may or may not be entirely clear IC as to what the other character wants. A lot of times animals can identify when they are being challenged to a dominance fight. This is perhaps one of the most common fights found around Beautiful Creatures. Fights can happen for a variety of reasons, such as, but not limited to:

• Death - a serious fight not to be taken lightly. The intention of this kind of spar is characters trying to kill each other off. All death threads need to gain permission from the staff, no exceptions! Death spars are also held in the Sanguis Corruption. The winner of a death match decides the fate of the loser. The loser can be killed or spared by the winner.
• Defence - anyone can attempt to defend anyone from somebody, including yourself. These fights can potentially have mains in them, however, it's sole purpose is defending the victim from the perpetrator(s).
• Dominance - a type of spar to usually see who is strong and/or more dominant. It can also be a spar where a character exercises their dominance over another character. Dominance spars can be initiated for a variety of reasons, including but not limited to: meeting trespassers or settling disputes. Serious damage can be inflicted, however, it isn't usually the point of this kind of spar.
• Maim - a very serious spar between 2 or more individuals with the intention to severely would another. Breaking of bones, tearing ears, blinding, etc. There's generally a reason for maiming to happen such as, trespassing, threatening behavior, breaking pack laws, and much much more. All maims must happen through IC. I.e you cannot claim to "blind" an opponent without being successful. In order for a main to actually happen your character has to successfully win the fight to maim another character.
• Practice - Practice fights occur when young adolescents are learning to fight and/or are practicing certain moves with other characters. Sometimes adult animals may also practice new tactics or skills on one another. These battles are friendly and injuries are very light/minimal. Actual damage is considered unnecessary and unfair in a practice fight.
• Rank - a type of fight to decide whether or not a character deserves a certain rank.
• Leadership - a type of spar that is used to help decide who will be the leader of a pack/faction. Death is not allowed (or the intention) of these spars. The loser is at the winner's mercy meaning they can be exiled or made into an omega.
• Defending - anyone can defend someone from being taken as a hostage or being taken against their will. Individuals can also defend themselves.
• Self-defence - the main purpose of this fight is to defend yourself rather than hurt your opponent. Anyone who is being taken as hostage, kidnapped, or being forced bred will find this spar most appropriate.
• Escape - a very self-explanatory spar, the sole purpose of this "fight" is to flee those pursuing a character.
• Force-breeding - a fight in which one individual is attempting to rape another. Any gender can be the assailant and any gender can do this to opposite or opposing genders.
• Kidnapping/stealing - a fight intended to steal a child or captive from another.
• Hostage - a fight in which an individual is attempting to force another as their hostage/captive. A fight is common when trespassing in enemy territory. Anyone can attempt to take anyone hostage.

NOTE: a spar is a fight between 2 or more characters. Moves vary, but generally, there is a 5-7 move minimum between characters.

health

Health plays an important role in fights. If your character is already less than excellent health, your character will tire much more easily. Imagine walking up a mountain with a concussion or a twisted ankle? It’s difficult. It is important to remember your character’s health and condition when getting involved in fights. If your character is already injured, can it handle another wound on top of what is existing? One hit, if the character is in poor or fair health, could be fatal depending on the hit.

Be sure to check out the forum's health guide HERE for more information.

hostage rules

• If your character loses a force-claim/kidnapping/hostage fight then your character will be considered the “prisoner” of the winner until you can escape. If the kidnapper is a leader/dynasty member given special permission to take prisoners/slaves, the loser becomes a hostage of that territory. It is ultimately up to the captor whether or not a prisoner is a hostage of a dynasty or individual.
• You cannot attempt an escape within 1 out of character week from the time you were officially claimed.
• Other characters can fight to free you from your hostage status. To do so they must fight your captor and win.
• To escape from your kidnapper you must create a thread with the words [escape attempt] in the thread title, post somewhere in your captives territory, and tag your captor. Spar stats must be displayed at the bottom of the post with the match type as “escape”. If your captor doesn’t respond within 48 hours then the escape attempt will be considered successful. If your character is a hostage of the dynasty then any dynasty members can attempt to thwart a hostage's escape.
• If a hostage escapes successfully they are given 1 OC week grace period before they can be challenged to another hostage spar.

escape & spar rules

Per rules, every exit from a thread is an attempt; characters have 48 hours to stop you. Your exit is successful when nobody has physically challenged your character’s departure by that time. Death matches are exempted from this rule.

There are three methods to determine the outcome of a spar.

• Pre-Determined. This is where battles are pre-determined whether in character or out (i.e someone wanting their character to be fodder). Die rolls are not needed for these battles to determine whether it is a hit/miss. All battles default to luck/die based battles unless otherwise stated.
• Luck based (die rolls). This is where two die are rolled in the DIE ROLL thread (2d6 as per hunting methods). Bonuses are granted to characters proficient in fighting.
  Outcomes:
• 2-3: The attack misses and you accidentally injure yourself (i.e stand on your tail, or trip)
• 4-6: The attack misses
• 7-11: The attack hits
• 12-14: The attack hits so well that the opponent will have a scar on their body from this attack.

[li]Post-determined. After a spar is concluded, the roleplayers can try to reach a conclusion between themselves on the spars outcome, or a staff member can judge the fight and determine the victor.