PMs is what I was thinking... but more in a general "Ok, my character is an engineer" "My character is a black wizard... I think I'd win" "Right but I could..." "But then I would..." Until someone has an 'I could/would' that's so ridiculous it goes to BM to deny or they decide on a winner without BM, and then the other person would win, they'd collaborate on a convincing fight yada yada. Kinda like what I and Dante did for our fight in the other FF RP. We decided before hand who would 'win' or how the fight would go, rather... I gave him permission to use my character, informed him of Ciaran's strategy and his fighting abilities... we compromised on a few points. The end was when Ciaran disabled the chain thing and almost won until the A/M fields flickered.

Although I'd be more comfortable if there was some way to not have PvP fights in the tournament.

I was actually figuring that in when I allowed for the 20%. I have no doubts that from a more amicable person you could get up to 50% with your mediator skills... but it seems that someone who would draw a weapon on you for being "dishonorable" and asking for money for services that you didn't mention would be costing x amount later, would be a bit more difficult to talk out of Gil.

I imagine IHMN's character would be just as difficult (although more because he'd just want to kill you for taking money, not for being dishonorable)... and the others I'd have to see how they act in the RP to really decide how hard it would be to nab money from them.

30% might work just because you're a mediator, but it'd take some convincing... most likely at sword point. 10% and below he wouldn't really care and wouldn't mind giving you that for signing him up... 20% I figure someone really good with words (a mediator) could get out of him. 30% they might still be able to get out of him if they don't mind risking their lives, above that would be kinda... difficult to impossible.

I kinda doubt Darilk will win... but it depends on who he ends up fighting. Just that there's one person I could see him losing to relatively easily for one reason (that I'll not divulge here for purposes of not wanting to sabotage his chances), and I don't see that person losing to many of the other characters... other than maybe the black mage or one of the dragoons.

Edit: Two people... one being Celes's character, because it's doubtful an 'honorable' black knight would strike a woman hard without good reason, and, thus, would hold back in the tournament... but I don't know if she'd join the actual fighting or not.

Hmm...a Dark Knight pissed off at a merchant with no truly loyal bodyguards.

Still...money would be good, and he could always just sell merchandise beforehand and afterwards.

How about this, 25% and Ripel joins the tournament himself to prove that the battles are not that much to be worried about. Granted, he wouldn't expect himself to win, but the action may be enough to prove that he isn't a coward who would ask others to do what he wouldn't.

PS - If it was just Darilk, then he would settle for 20% if his life was at stake. If more people were there, then he'd risk going higher.

Well, if he entered the battles he couldn't sell things... although it would prove that he wasn't a coward. Pushing it a little bit, and not backing down with a sword to him would ALSO prove him not to be a coward, however... and staring down an angry black knight would probably earn him enough respect for 25% in and of itself. Up to you which way to go.

It'd also be a lot easier if you mentioned a signing fee and then ran off to sign them up before anyone could question it.

Well, he could always sell before and after the tournament, and getting attention is always good for someone in the merchant business. I guess I will stick with the 25% and joining the fight.

Hopefully, though, I don't get paired up against someone with a lot of armor. The only real way I could imagine Ripel winning a fight like that is to hope they're slow or lower their bravery enough to turn the enemy into a chicken. (Not literally, like what happens in FFT of course).

As for mentioning the signing fee and running off, I think that is a lot easier than what I had had planned. Yep, that'd be the best way to go so far.

Right... so then Darilk will be a bodyguard for Ripel... and then get shafted out of a quarter of his prize money if he actually manages to win.

Count my guy out. Knights don't normally fight in tournaments.

And if avions were viviparous (gave birth to live young), the wings would be smaller, flush against the body, and very soft in all likelihood (cartilaginous and non-hardened), so the vaginal opening wouldn't need to be overly large, and even if it was, it's probably be more flexible to compensate for the slightly increased mass. If avions were oviparous, it probably wouldn't matter anyway. Though if you ask me, avions would definitely be viviparous, unless you wanted their childhood to take around 15 years or so (has to do with the head size)...

And why do all the discussions involving krylo devolve into probings of human/animal hybrid genitalia and reproductive practices?

Hey! I didn't start THAT one!

And it's too bad your guy is out... I think a paladin vrs a black knight would be a pretty interesting duel, although I suppose you're right about paladins not normally fighting in them (albeit I think a black knight would, for the money and recognition).

krylo - I never said you STARTED it. I merely said that the two discussion threads you were in recently had delvings into metahuman genital anatomy.

And I am also rather disturbed by why I feel so compelled to comment on them... You're making me evil, krylo! Get off! Get off!

As for my kniggit... yes, quite a shame. I can already imagine them exchanging banter with each stroke and counterstroke. Of course, if he were convinced that the only way to do good were to fight, he might acquiesce...

It's finally happened... one of my three life long dreams (the other two being powers of destruction and immortality, respectively), I've gained the ability to corrupt others merely by my presence! Ahh... life is sweet.

There could be an orphanage full of starving children in need of that prize money. Wouldn't that be a wonderful deus ex machina?

That'd be fun too. Imagine being able to corrupt even the purest of pastor's daughters into a depraved skank simply by opening one's filthy mouth and vomiting blasphemies...

Uh... did I say that out loud?

That'd be good... Of course, now that the story problem's fixed, there's still the problem that I'll be on exercise for the next week... Unless someone could magically delay my battle with krylo (or have Lucien seeded to fight krylo) I doubt I could confront him convincingly...