ON HIATUS
A long time ago, a plain double obsidian Guardian was placed in charge of guarding a magical artifact of great power. It was deemed too powerful to be wisely and justly used, but too dangerous to destroy safely. And so it was placed in the care of Nazgul to watch over. Never to use, and to keep out of the claws of those who would use it.
So I came across Dreamnorn's A Legacy of War Breeding Challenge and really liked it, so I'm going to do one.
Rules copy/pasted and copy/tweaked from the thread linked above.
All right! Now how to choose an heir from each generation? Naturally I want the strongest dragon to carry on the legacy and help protect the ring...
Comments, feedback, whatever welcome! First time writing any lore so sorry if it's terrible.
Protectors of the Ring
~A Legacy of War Challenge~
~A Legacy of War Challenge~
A long time ago, a plain double obsidian Guardian was placed in charge of guarding a magical artifact of great power. It was deemed too powerful to be wisely and justly used, but too dangerous to destroy safely. And so it was placed in the care of Nazgul to watch over. Never to use, and to keep out of the claws of those who would use it.
Power hungry dragons repeatedly sought him out, seeking to steal the ring of power. Tired of constantly battling and killing so many to keep the ring safe, Nazgul retreated high into the mountains of the Southern Icefields. Fewer and fewer dragons seeking the ring he guards have managed to find him here. Eventually he found a cave where he has rarely been found by those seeking his treasure.
Lonely, cranky from many old aching battle scars and injuries, Nazgul lurks in a deep cave well sheltered from winter storms high in the Cloudscrape Crags. But things are about to change...
Lonely, cranky from many old aching battle scars and injuries, Nazgul lurks in a deep cave well sheltered from winter storms high in the Cloudscrape Crags. But things are about to change...
So I came across Dreamnorn's A Legacy of War Breeding Challenge and really liked it, so I'm going to do one.
Rules copy/pasted and copy/tweaked from the thread linked above.
Base Rules wrote:
1. Begin with a founder -- a triple-Basic dragon of a plentiful breed (Fae, Guardian, Mirror, or Tundra). Buy the cheapest triple-basic plentiful dragon on the Auction House. [For mine I filtered for Guardian and Tundras because I find Mirrors and Faes to be meh, and I plan to keep my founder and heirs at least until the challenge is complete, which may take a while.]
2. Buy the founder a mate. The only rules here is that they must be breedable with the founder and cost 10kt (or its equivalent in gems) or less!
3. When they're both RTB, breed them. Only their first nest for any given breeding counts for this challenge, unless it's a one-egg. See Try Weggian rule below.
4. Once I have two to five eggs (or six if Try Weggian results in a fiver), go to the heir selection quote box below this one. Follow the instructions there.
5. Once the heir has been selected, buy them a mate. This mate must be worth 10kt times the current generation number or less off the Auction House. So for Gen 2 my price ceiling will be 20kt, for Gen 3 it will be 30kt, and so on.
6. Continue for 10 generations. The 10th generation heir is the winner!
2. Buy the founder a mate. The only rules here is that they must be breedable with the founder and cost 10kt (or its equivalent in gems) or less!
3. When they're both RTB, breed them. Only their first nest for any given breeding counts for this challenge, unless it's a one-egg. See Try Weggian rule below.
4. Once I have two to five eggs (or six if Try Weggian results in a fiver), go to the heir selection quote box below this one. Follow the instructions there.
5. Once the heir has been selected, buy them a mate. This mate must be worth 10kt times the current generation number or less off the Auction House. So for Gen 2 my price ceiling will be 20kt, for Gen 3 it will be 30kt, and so on.
6. Continue for 10 generations. The 10th generation heir is the winner!
Optional Rules In Effect wrote:
All from Nothing: Instead of having a ten-generation limit, your Legacy of War lives on until you have bred a dragon with a rare breed (Coatl or Wildclaw) and triple gem genes who can trace their lineage back to your triple-Basic and plentiful founder.
The Chosen One: If you bought a mate that has a rare breed (Coatl or Wildclaw) and/or any number of gem genes, it's unlikely that those traits will pass down even if your current heir has a limited breed or gene in their corresponding slots. If such a dragon is born against all odds, they are declared "the chosen one" for that generation and are automatically made heir, regardless of whether or not you prefer their siblings (for any reason) over them.
The Chosen One: If you bought a mate that has a rare breed (Coatl or Wildclaw) and/or any number of gem genes, it's unlikely that those traits will pass down even if your current heir has a limited breed or gene in their corresponding slots. If such a dragon is born against all odds, they are declared "the chosen one" for that generation and are automatically made heir, regardless of whether or not you prefer their siblings (for any reason) over them.
- If, through a miracle of the RNG, you end up with multiple dragons in a generation that could be qualified as chosen ones, then the one with more upgrades of this kind will win automatically. If they have the same number of upgrades of this kind, then they must fight it out the way traditional heirs would, but only between other chosen ones. Dragons that aren't chosen ones are still disqualified from being heir for that generation.
- If -- deities forbid -- the parents give you another one-egg nest after the first one, then you cannot breed them a third time. This clause only applies to the first breeding of a generation, not the second.
- The single dragon hatched from the one-egg nest must be kept, and will be forced to battle with the sibling(s) that come from the second breeding of their parents. In the meantime, they cannot be exalted, leveled, bred, or have their starting battle stones altered.
- When looking up the heir selection rules in the quote box below, the single dragon from the first nest will qualify as the firstborn. The first child of the second nest will qualify as the secondborn, the second child of the second nest will qualify as the thirdborn, and so on.
All right! Now how to choose an heir from each generation? Naturally I want the strongest dragon to carry on the legacy and help protect the ring...
Heir Selection (For Nests with 2+ Eggs) wrote:
Wait for these dragons to grow up because they need to be adults in order to compete in the Coliseum. Do not sell or exalt any of them in the meantime. Once they are adults, they will be forced to battle in order to determine who carries on the legacy -- and yes, this includes the dragons that made no genetic progress!
Some general rules for these scenarios are as follows:
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1. I must keep a battle streak going, even if the dragons level up between fights. There is no assigning stat points until after an heir has been chosen.
2. I cannot use any sort of potion or spell on the contenders to heal them or boost their stats temporarily.
3. I cannot alter the contenders' starting battle stones.
4. When a contender faints, they are considered defeated or dead, and thus disqualified from being that generation’s heir.
5. In any of these scenarios when two contenders enter the Training Fields, a third level-one dragon may join in the battle streak. This will be called a "coach," and if they faint, it has no effect on what happens. I may also alter their battle stones beforehand, if I so wish. This is optional, but recommended to extend the drama.
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Now, depending on how many hatchlings the nest had, here is how the battles will occur...
1. Send both of the contenders to the Training Fields. Begin the battle streak.
2. Keep going until one of the contenders faints! The survivor will carry on the legacy.
1. Send all three of the contenders into the Training Fields. Begin your battle streak.
2. When one of the contenders faints, keep going. They may look alive, but they have been officially disqualified.
3. When another contender faints, you may stop! The survivor will carry on the legacy.
1. Send the first two contenders by birth order (hatchlings 1 and 2) into the Training Fields. Begin the battle streak.
2. Keep going until one of them faints. Set aside the survivor for now.
3. Repeat step one, but with the final two contenders by birth order (hatchlings 3 and 4).
4. Keep going until one of them faints. Set aside the survivor for now.
5. Take the victors of the first two battle streaks into a new battle streak.
6. Commence the final battle streak with the winners from the first two and keep going until one of them faints. The survivor will carry on the legacy.
1. Flip a coin. If it lands on heads, then the middle hatchling (3) will be in a trio with the first two hatchlings (1 and 2). If it lands on tails, then the middle hatchling will be in a trio with the last two hatchlings (4 and 5).
2. Whether the trio goes first or the duo goes first depends on which group the middle hatchling ended up in. If the coin landed on heads, then the trio goes first; if it landed on tails, then the duo goes first. Either way, the group with the first two hatchlings in it goes first.
3. Perform the battles in each group as follows:
4. Once the two survivors in each trial have been selected, bring them to the Training Fields once more. Begin the final battle streak and keep going until one of the contenders faints. The other one is the sole survivor and will carry on the legacy.
A six-egg nest is technically impossible, but in the case of the Try Weggain optional rule being implemented, then it could happen! In such a case, here is how the heir would be determined:
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1. The dragon from the first nest and the older two dragons from the second nest become a Coliseum team and follow the three-egg nest battle rules. Continue the battle streak until two of the three dragons have fainted at least once. Set aside the survivor.
2. Repeat the first step, but with the youngest three dragons of the second nest.
3. Once the two survivors in each trial have been selected, bring them to the Training Fields once more. Begin the final battle streak and keep going until one of the contenders faints. The other one is the sole survivor and will carry on the legacy.
Some general rules for these scenarios are as follows:
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1. I must keep a battle streak going, even if the dragons level up between fights. There is no assigning stat points until after an heir has been chosen.
2. I cannot use any sort of potion or spell on the contenders to heal them or boost their stats temporarily.
3. I cannot alter the contenders' starting battle stones.
4. When a contender faints, they are considered defeated or dead, and thus disqualified from being that generation’s heir.
5. In any of these scenarios when two contenders enter the Training Fields, a third level-one dragon may join in the battle streak. This will be called a "coach," and if they faint, it has no effect on what happens. I may also alter their battle stones beforehand, if I so wish. This is optional, but recommended to extend the drama.
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Now, depending on how many hatchlings the nest had, here is how the battles will occur...
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2 Eggs
2 Eggs
1. Send both of the contenders to the Training Fields. Begin the battle streak.
2. Keep going until one of the contenders faints! The survivor will carry on the legacy.
3 Eggs
1. Send all three of the contenders into the Training Fields. Begin your battle streak.
2. When one of the contenders faints, keep going. They may look alive, but they have been officially disqualified.
3. When another contender faints, you may stop! The survivor will carry on the legacy.
4 Eggs
1. Send the first two contenders by birth order (hatchlings 1 and 2) into the Training Fields. Begin the battle streak.
2. Keep going until one of them faints. Set aside the survivor for now.
3. Repeat step one, but with the final two contenders by birth order (hatchlings 3 and 4).
4. Keep going until one of them faints. Set aside the survivor for now.
5. Take the victors of the first two battle streaks into a new battle streak.
6. Commence the final battle streak with the winners from the first two and keep going until one of them faints. The survivor will carry on the legacy.
5 Eggs
1. Flip a coin. If it lands on heads, then the middle hatchling (3) will be in a trio with the first two hatchlings (1 and 2). If it lands on tails, then the middle hatchling will be in a trio with the last two hatchlings (4 and 5).
2. Whether the trio goes first or the duo goes first depends on which group the middle hatchling ended up in. If the coin landed on heads, then the trio goes first; if it landed on tails, then the duo goes first. Either way, the group with the first two hatchlings in it goes first.
3. Perform the battles in each group as follows:
- For the trio group, take the three contenders to the Training Fields and begin a battle streak. Like with the 3-egg nest, the first fainter isn't ushered out between streaks; though they will appear alive, they are disqualified upon fainting. Keep going until a second dragon faints. Set aside the survivor for now.
- For the duo group, take the two contenders to the Training Fields and begin a battle streak. Keep going until one of the contenders faints. Set aside the survivor for now.
4. Once the two survivors in each trial have been selected, bring them to the Training Fields once more. Begin the final battle streak and keep going until one of the contenders faints. The other one is the sole survivor and will carry on the legacy.
6 Eggs
A six-egg nest is technically impossible, but in the case of the Try Weggain optional rule being implemented, then it could happen! In such a case, here is how the heir would be determined:
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1. The dragon from the first nest and the older two dragons from the second nest become a Coliseum team and follow the three-egg nest battle rules. Continue the battle streak until two of the three dragons have fainted at least once. Set aside the survivor.
2. Repeat the first step, but with the youngest three dragons of the second nest.
3. Once the two survivors in each trial have been selected, bring them to the Training Fields once more. Begin the final battle streak and keep going until one of the contenders faints. The other one is the sole survivor and will carry on the legacy.
Comments, feedback, whatever welcome! First time writing any lore so sorry if it's terrible.
