Masked Mayhem (Fast Version) - DM 10

Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2025 9:33 am

CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT - Kolact DM 10

Masked Mayhem Approaches! Choose Your Champion… If You Dare!

Attention, warriors and managers of ALASTARI!

A new game begins—not of brute strength alone, but of wits, will, and whispers. The Masked Mayhem contest begins on Turn 1046 in Kolact (DM 10)! Each manager will secretly select one of their warriors to don the metaphorical mask and fight for glory in the shadows.

Double points await your masked gladiator—but beware! No one will know who walks masked among us until the contest ends... Will your foes guess your masked warrior and try to bring them down? Or will you distract them with feints and fodder?

To get started, send your masked gladiator selection (include warrior name and ID#) to Master Darque at darquesorcery@gmail.com before Turn 1046 (DUE February 9, 2026), and submit TWO (2) Team Roll Up Certificates (contact RSI by email CSR@reality.com). Then, make sure your masked fighter shows up each round—they can't earn double points if they’re sitting in the infirmary. Team maintenance is recommended for all participating teams.

Will your mystery fighter rise in blood-soaked triumph? Or fall in obscurity?

Let the shadows stir, and the games begin…

Thanks,

Master Darque
Contest Coordinator

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RULES and ENTRY GUIDELINES

A. CONTEST SCHEDULE

1. Duration: 12 turns

2. Start: Turn 1046 (due February 9, 2026)

3. End: Turn 1057 (due July 13, 2026)

4. Submissions Needed:
a. Masked Gladiators (your team champion) must be sent to Master Darque no
later than February 9, 2026. Teams may participate without declaring a champion, but it
will be impossible for these teams to receive the bonus modifier. Please send to
darquesorcery@gmail.com.
b. Submit two (2) Team Roll-Up Certificates to Master Darque via RSI CSR.

5. Reveal: Masked Gladiators will be revealed in the Turn 1057 newsletter.

B. SCORING

1. Win: +3

2. Kill: +1

3. Lose: -1

4. Death: -1

Masked Gladiators score X2 each turn. (e.g. Masked Gladiator wins and kills his opponent, so he would earn (+3 Win + 1 Kill) x 2 = 8 points. Similarly, a Masked Gladiator for another team died. His point total would be (-1 Lose + -1 Death) x 2 = -4 points.)

C. ADDENDUMS

1. If a Masked Gladiator dies during the course of the contest, all is not lost! Managers may designate a second Masked Gladiator; however, their scoring will only offer a multiplier of 1.5 for the duration of the contest.

2. If a Masked Gladiator GRADUATES during the course of the contest, managers may designate a second Masked Gladiator. The multiplier will be reduced to 1.5 for the duration of the contest.

3. Teams may not designate more than TWO (2) Masked Gladiators during the course of the contest.

4. Once a gladiator is chosen as the Masked Gladiator, managers may NOT alter their selection unless the designated warrior dies or graduates.

5. Masked Mayhem is a SINGLE manager event. You do not need a partner or team to participate. It is every man and woman for themselves!

6. Managers may only field ONE (1) team in the contest.

D. Prizes

1. Endurance Award - Every participating Team will receive one (1) +1 Bonus Potion for
participating in all 12 rounds of the contest and in at least 55 of the 60 schedule fights.
In addition, teams that participate in ALL the scheduled 60 fights will receive a single ZAP
Potion.

2. First Place Manager (choose 3 from the following)
a. LIMITED Max Damage (one-time only; not perpetual; warrior must be from DM 10 and participated in contest)
b. Move a warrior from another team (that you own) to your DM 10 squad (warrior must be NATURAL and UNMODIFIED; there must be an open spot via death/dark arena or graduation, warrior must be alive)
c. Know Favorites (Initiates classed warrior or above)
d. Reroll one (1) warrior’s favorite LEARN
e. Limited Immortality (one (1) resurrection following death in DM 10)
f. Two (2) +1 Skill Pots (added to warrior’s base; no out of bound warriors)
g. Reroll one (1) warrior's Endurance (keeping the roll only if it improves)

3. Second Place Manager (choose 2 of the following)
a. LIMITED Max Damage (one-time only; not perpetual; warrior must be from DM 10 and participated in contest)
b. Know Favorites (Initiates classed warrior or above)
c. Reroll one (1) warrior’s favorite LEARN
d. Two (2) +1 Skill Pots (added to warrior’s base; no out of bound warriors)
e. Reroll one (1) warrior's Endurance (keeping the roll only if it improves)

4. Third Place Manager (choose 1 of the following)
a. Reroll one (1) warrior’s favorite LEARN
b. Two (2) +1 Skill Pots (added to warrior’s base; no out of bound warriors)
c. Reroll one (1) warrior's Endurance (keeping the roll only if it improves)

5. Roll-Up Certificates
a. 40% - First Place Manager
b. 30% - Second Place Manager
c. 20% - Third Place Manager
d. 10% - Masked Gladiator Champion (scored the most points during contest)
i. Tie Breaker 1: Win/loss Percentage
ii. Tie Breaker 2: Kills
iii. Tie Breaker 3: Head-to-Head Win/Loss vs. other team(s)
iv. Tie Breaker 4: Thunderdome! Two men enter; One man leave! Let's hope it doesn't
come this far!

Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2025 9:45 am

ADDENDUM TO D.1 - ENDURANCE AWARD:

Potions must be used on a warrior from DM 10. Prizes must be used within 2 months of the contest's end. No out-of-bounds applications allowed.

Unchartered Poster Joined: Feb 06, 2025 Posts: 2

I'm interested. I run Praetorian Guard in Kolact. Can you clarify the "Send two rollups." Is this payment for your running the tournament?

Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2025 9:04 pm

ShockingToad wrote:

I'm interested. I run Praetorian Guard in Kolact. Can you clarify the "Send two rollups." Is this payment for your running the tournament?

It is part of the prize pool. Every manager entering the contest will purchase 2 rollup certificates, and at the end of the contest, all of them will be divided among the winners (top 3 teams and top Masked Champion).

You can get them by contacting RSI CSR and asking them to charge you for 2 RU Certs for the DM 10 contest. RSI will keep the certs until I release a prize list at the contest's end.

Expert Poster Joined: Jan 09, 2004 Posts: 75 Location: NJ

Not only does this sound pretty dang fun and convoluted lol (remind me to reread rules when sober) but for it to be in KOLACT my original home arena from way back in like 1989 or whatever the heck it was is AWESOME. There is no way I am missing this, count me in. Now I gotta go see what my current team in 10 looks like LOL. Sweet!!!

Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2025 1:55 pm

I'm in, Team TBD....

Unchartered Poster Joined: Feb 06, 2025 Posts: 2

I appreciate you putting the contest together. Kolact is quite dead and rough growing a team in such a quiet environment. I'll keep on keeping on until the arena fleshes out for the February tournament. I'll buy the RU when we get closer. Keep up the good work. - Toad

Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2025 9:49 pm

Bump!

All arena ads for the contest should start going out this week or next. Any and all information you need about the contest can be found on this thread and on the D2 Forums. If you have any questions, I can be found lurking around here and Chatzy. You can also email me.