A Contest of Bows II

[shadowblack]

11/18/09 - A Contest of Bows - Part II
A second grand archery tournament is getting ready to begin at Zumryn's famous Battlegrounds on Iron Crown Isle.

Beginning this evening (11/18), adventurers proficient in the use of a bow may attempt to qualify for the tournament by paying a visit to Narsaryn at the Battlegrounds on Iron Crown Isle.

The contest will run through November 30th, with participants able to attempt to better their best scores every few hours.

Zumryn and a mysterious, but generous partner, will be providing grand prizes for the top finishers.

Bows and arrows will be available, but contestants are free to use their own equipment, if they so choose.

Zumryn could not be reached for comment.

Yay! Hoepfully this time I'll have better luck...

In any case I'm STILL not going to increase my Archery to 100 (it's 96 right now)!

[thingirl]

Well, this gives me an excuse to get it to 91 (I think. At least 90.)

[spencer]

I think that the two of you should just take your time. There's no need in having EVERYONE with Archery over 90 or at 100, now is there? :D

[thingirl]

True. But, I got pushed out of the top 10 in Archery recently and want to re-claim my place. It's not that big of a desire, or else I already would have (I've got the XP).

[Doolipalally]

True. But, I got pushed out of the top 10 in Archery resonantly and want to re-claim my place.

Trying to imagine this one - did someone strike a really big gong to mark your relegation?:p

(I know. You hate spell check. Just read it back to yourself, hon :))

[thingirl]

(I know. You hate spell check. Just read it back to yourself, hon :))

Yeah, yeah, yeah, what every you say... (BTW, you DON'T want to see me attempt to spell in Russian.)

Oh, and another reason to raise it Rank | Level |- Adventurer
#9| 88| Elendil (theodril)
# 11| 86| Alanne (thinman) But, at the moment, I'm tied with you and Wetheril, so it's not all bad...

[Doolipalally]

(BTW, you DON'T want to see me attempt to spell in Russian.)

Or my Russian spelling. Trust me on that!

(Oh, and another reason to raise it But, at the moment, I'm tied with you and Wetheril, so it's not all bad...

True, but by the sound of it, not for long!

[jimyred]

So how does this contest work? Will those of us who are only 76 in archery be able to be competitive, or do I need to do some mega-serious grinding?

[shadowblack]

We'll know once the rules for this contest are announced. They might be different from last time (hopefully for the better).

[spencer]

In the first contest, there was a good bit of randomness...but you still had something of an advantage for having a higher archery skill....it will be interesting to see if the GM tweaks the rules any for part 2.

I believe you took nine shots and there was an item that you could win before the contest started that helped your score, at random, of course. Your compilation of all shots with all your bonuses (both from archery and from randomness, along with the random rolls) made your score...good and confused now? Cause I am and I participated before.

*heads off for a beer*

Wait, I am still at work, *grumbles and heads off to his meeting*

[zmflavius]

*pulls out his old silver charm...though he supposes that there isn't any juice left in it.*

[billydakid]

Wonders if we are going to have to deal with that guy, again you know the one that we made leave the girl alone. The guy said something to the effect of he'll deal with us again later.

[Elrond]

Oh, and another reason to raise it But, at the moment, I'm tied with you and Wetheril, so it's not all bad...

What have I got to do with it? I've been a pretty good (absent) boy lately; haven't I?

[thingirl]

You pushed my out of my only top 10, that's what you did.

[billydakid]

Now children mother always said to play nice.

[Oldschool]

Trying to imagine this one - did someone strike a really big gong to mark your relegation?:p

Once I read it back to myself and more than once I'm afraid I finally caught it then got it. Repped for the chuckle.

and there was an item that you could win before the contest started that helped your score

Way to go Spencer as I'd forgotten all about that. Thanks for the reminder as you never know - repped.

[racey]

It's live!

[wetheril]

Interesting event and btw...

For helping out Narsaryn, you get a Silver Archer's Charm, which I'm assuming is a "good luck" charm?
Silver Archer's Charm (1576)

* Class: Misc
* Encumbrance: 0

One side of this coin-sized, circular silver charm bears an etching in the likeness of a bow. This charm was given to you by Narsaryn, after you helped rid her of the bothersome Mirsurik. She claimed that the charm had only a small amount of its original power remaining, and that it would bring you luck in the archery tournament being held at Zumryn's battlegrounds.

[Oldschool]

Interesting Wetheril as it sounds like folks that missed out on the first archery tournament's scenario and item get them on this go round.

I went with that item in all of my alts inventory and did not get an encounter. On my next run I'll leave it out of one of my alts inventory and see if they get the encounter - I'm doubting it but it merits checking.

On another note I'm happy to report that..... (although in light of Wetheril's post it would seem a bit redundant)

Nonetheless, the Silver Archer Charm from the first encounter seems to have a bit of power remaining. You suddenly feel quite lucky...

[wetheril]

LOL! I was about to add the item to the Wiki, and noticed it was already in there, and I was a little puzzled at first, until I saw your post, Oldschool. Perhaps you don't get the encounter if you still have your "good luck charm" from last time (and only people who didn't get it in the first contest get the encounter?). Though I noticed it is a droppable item (and even has a sell price). I wonder if that was changed from last time?

[Oldschool]

In light of this second challenge I thought a little necrothreading might be in order. Also since the wiki seems to be a bit sparse on the first tournament I thought the threads may also be of assistance in that regard.

SPOILER WARNING: Some of the info in these threads is/may be spoilerish especially the "Bonus Calculation" thread.

Archery Tournament (http://www.srythforum.com/showthread.php?t=183)

Archery Tournament Bonus Calculation (http://www.srythforum.com/showthread.php?t=317)

[Oldschool]

LOL! I was about to add the item to the Wiki, and noticed it was already in there, and I was a little puzzled at first, until I saw your post, Oldschool. Perhaps you don't get the encounter if you still have your "good luck charm" from last time (and only people who didn't get it in the first contest get the encounter?). Though I noticed it is a droppable item (and even has a sell price). I wonder if that was changed from last time?

Actually if it hadn't been for Spencer's reminder I would've completely overlooked it and we'd know for sure. I earlier said that I figure the encounter only trips once and it probably is NOT dependent on whether the item is in one's inventory.

However, you bring up an excellent point in that it may be dropped/sold. Now I'm really getting antsy for that timer reset so I can remove it from one of the alts inventory to find out for sure.

[wetheril]

Thanks for the links Oldschool, and repped. Especially helpful since none of this info is up on the Wiki yet.

However, you bring up an excellent point in that it may be dropped/sold. Now I'm really getting antsy for that timer reset so I can remove it from one of the alts inventory to find out for sure.

I didn't try to physically drop it yet, but it's got the drop tab. Also, it sells for 1 gold, so I don't recommend selling it. xD

[Oldschool]

You're welcome.

When you posted the item info I went to the wiki and seen the item listed. Since you're so thorough on your wiki work I wondered if you just added it especially since the first tourney isn't on there. I then checked one of my characters for the id# against the one you listed. I didn't think to check the history for that wiki page.

When I realized the first contest wasn't on the wiki I thought those links might help. Also I thought it may help to bring folks that weren't around for the first one up to speed.

[billydakid]

I'm guessing the charm we got from the first contest is good for this one. Reason for this is the girl smiles at you, before you helped her she hated you in the first encounter so she remembers we helped her this time and smiles. Also you don't have to qualify for the contest this time you can just take your first shot after you pay the gold.

[Oldschool]

Yeah it still works. I'm real interested and willing to forfeit the use of it on one run to see if not having the item resets that encounter.

Also a reminder to anyone wanting to test it. If you run the encounter and do NOT save you still have to wait the timer reset out.

I really need to pay better attention. As I'm waiting on the contest timer to reset I just noticed that another "holdover" from the first tournament still works - Havocs reset timer. Have a rep Havoc.

[texlaw1992]

I wasn't around for the first one, so this one was interesting. I got really low rolls and still placed just out of the top 20, but it's early in the tournament. The next round should be better - maybe I'll increase my archery.

Finally up and running again with the laptop - fortunately had a few days warranty on the hard drive when it quit on me.

[Oldschool]

Although I'd already made a run with all of my characters and saved which locked them into being entered into the tourney I still ran two of the alts through without the charm. One had it stored the other had dropped it - neither got the scenario.

The real test would be someone that was around for the first contest running it without the charm before entering the challenge.

Intersesting to also note the scores for this one compared to the last one. The last one was won with just over 3k and all of the runner-ups had below 3k. This one just started and we already have a dozen scores over 3k.

[Elrond]

You pushed my out of my only top 10, that's what you did.

Lol ... Sorry, TG! But I was there before you started playing the game! :p

[shadowblack]

With your own bow in hand, you accept twelve arrows from Narsaryn.

Each time you participate in the contest, you'll launch 4 arrows at each of the 3 targets. Every shot you take will be scored, based on how close your arrows comes to the centre of the target.

Last time we had nine arrows (3 shots per target). No wonder the scores are higher this time.

128 xp applied to Archery
Just 128? :(

Results:
89 modified by 236 for a total of 325
85 modified by 236 for a total of 321
85 modified by 236 for a total of 321
61 modified by 266 for a total of 327 (somewhat lucky) <- my ONLY luck bonus
98 modified by 212 for a total of 310
86 modified by 212 for a total of 298
86 modified by 212 for a total of 298
94 modified by 212 for a total of 306
86 modified by 188 for a total of 274
80 modified by 188 for a total of 268
93 modified by 188 for a total of 281
32 modified by 188 for a total of 220 :(
Your total score for all three targets is 3,549

Top 20:
A Contest of Bows II Leaderboard - 11/19/09 03:29 AM

Rank Adventurer Score
1 Shadowblack [shadowblack] 3,549
2 Spencer Lionking [Durgin] 3,445
3 Myshella [ellis] 3,439
4 Trent [racey] 3,366
5 Dagashi [jmctitan] 3,351
6 Bounty Hunter [BountyHunter] 3,340
7 BillyDaKid [BillyDakid] 3,327
8 Altaria [wetheril] 3,245
9 Furious George [raleights] 3,110
9 Hawk [oldschool] 3,110
10 Nathair Ap Dubh [Makhazarhael] 3,102
11 SCOUT [scout1idf] 3,081
12 Valin Dupre [Skarnkai] 3,076
13 Ard [kaffe] 3,063
14 Mrcrowley [mrcrowley] 3,050
15 Tomas [jmctitan] 3,044
16 Edward [ede695] 3,043
17 Esoteric [oldschool] 3,023
18 Clairvoyance [wetheril] 3,020
19 DeathAll [deadeye44] 3,013
19 Lexis [randomlord] 3,013
20 Rothgar [ellis] 3,011

I wonder how long I'll stay at #1...

[Chareos]

Well no change there then. Archery of 85 ranked 13th and roll the dice...

55, 25, 4, 32 first four rolls grrrrrrr!

No luck bonuses either :-(

[Young Ned]

I was confused for a minute by the leaderboards. If you enter the battlegrounds, click "View the battlegrounds leaderboards", and click "A Contest of Bows", you get the leaderboard for the original archery contest back in August. I was wondering why it showed my high score as 2247 when I knew I'd just gotten over 3000!

You have to enter the battlegrounds, click "Special battlegrounds events", and click "View the leaderboard for this challenge" in order to see the scores for the current archery contest... :D

And yes, Narsaryn remembers you from last time, so you don't have to qualify for the contest again this time, and the archer's charm still has some charm left. I got "you feel extremely lucky" just before one shot, and that was the only shot where I scored more than 300 points.

[thingirl]

11 Alanne [thinman] 3,182

:D

[zmflavius]

:D

That's ridiculous. It's not even funny.


You know you play too much KOL when you automatically say that upon seeing the number 11.

[thingirl]

You know you play too much KOL when you automatically say that upon seeing the number 11.

Huh? I don't get it. I thought you were in reference to your current predicament of being in last place ;)

[shadowblack]

Current top 20:
A Contest of Bows II Leaderboard - 11/19/09 10:14 AM

Rank Adventurer Score
1 Shadowblack [shadowblack] 3,549 (Archery 96)
2 Rommel [rangerlord] 3,548 (Archery 100)
3 Thordon [smv1973] 3,547 (Archery 100)
4 Spencer Lionking [Durgin] 3,446 (Archery 100)
5 Myshella [ellis] 3,439 (Archery 94)
6 BillyDaKid [BillyDakid] 3,424 (Archery 95)
7 Trent [racey] 3,366 (Archery 100)
8 Dagashi [jmctitan] 3,351
9 Bounty Hunter [BountyHunter] 3,340
10 Valin Dupre [Skarnkai] 3,257
11 Altaria [wetheril] 3,245
12 Mrcrowley [mrcrowley] 3,205
13 Flnor [kaffe] 3,191
14 Alanne [thinman] 3,182
15 Nathair Ap Dubh [Makhazarhael] 3,170
16 Furious George [raleights] 3,110
16 Hawk [oldschool] 3,110
17 Ard [kaffe] 3,104
18 SCOUT [scout1idf] 3,081
19 Melathor [coursms] 3,080
20 Gravegorel [gabringel] 3,077

Somehow I'm still #1... but not for much longer, no doubt.

P.S.: A slight chenge to the battelgrounds leaderboards: there are now separate sections for past and for current events.
Battlegrounds Leaderboards
* The Bone Horde Challenge...
* The Lords of Ogredom...

Battlegrounds Special Events Current Results
* A Contest of Bows II...

Battlegrounds Special Events Past Results
* A Contest of Bows...
* The Stone Hurl Challenge...

* Go back...

[zmflavius]

Huh? I don't get it. I thought you were in reference to your current predicament of being in last place ;)

Buy 11 of something in KOL.

And I'm in last because I forgot my silver charm and ended up rolling all 20s-30s.

[Zedalion]

Sweet, nice to see A Contest of Bows return.

Or, as I like to call it; "The free archery experience I can get every time I go to the Battlegrounds".

[wetheril]

Buy 11 of something in KOL.

And I'm in last because I forgot my silver charm and ended up rolling all 20s-30s.

I was wondering how that happened. I'm assuming you put yours in storage.

[jimyred]

And yes, Narsaryn remembers you from last time, so you don't have to qualify for the contest again this time, and the archer's charm still has some charm left.
This is my first contest, so I could not be remembered from last time, but Narsaryn told me "Your reputation precedes you," and I did not have to qualify. My archery level is 77, so I guess that's what she's talking about?

Also, when I get up to shoot, the box that tells me my bonus says
Your combined Might, Body, and Agility scores ARE high enough to provide you with the full bonus against this target. Your Archery skill level (77) IS high enough to provide you with the full bonus against this target.

Yet my bonus is only 198, and even when I rolled a 100, I didn't get any extra bonus or anything, so my score was 298 for that shot. Reading the "full bonus" line made me think that I would get a higher bonus, but obviously that's not the case. Does anyone know what they mean by that?

[shadowblack]

It means that your Archery level is high enough for that target. Check the links provided by Oldschool here (http://www.srythforum.com/showthread.php?p=17542#post17542) (the second one)

[wetheril]

Yet my bonus is only 198, and even when I rolled a 100, I didn't get any extra bonus or anything, so my score was 298 for that shot. Reading the "full bonus" line made me think that I would get a higher bonus, but obviously that's not the case. Does anyone know what they mean by that?

Have you checked out the Archery Bonus link in Oldschool's post (http://www.srythforum.com/showpost.php?p=17542&postcount=21)? That may answer your question. However, I am not sure if the archery bonuses are the same as the ones from the last one. They seemed lower when I calculated my last run, but I'm going to have to compare to what my secondaries get.

Edit: ninja'd by shadowblack. ;)

[shadowblack]

I knew it wouldn't last long :(
A Contest of Bows II Leaderboard - 11/19/09 12:09 PM

Rank Adventurer Score
1 Garet Jax [dhammett] 3,641
2 Shadowblack [shadowblack] 3,549
3 Rommel [rangerlord] 3,548
4 Thordon [smv1973] 3,547
5 Spencer Lionking [Durgin] 3,446
6 Myshella [ellis] 3,439
7 BillyDaKid [BillyDakid] 3,424
8 Trent [racey] 3,366
9 Dagashi [jmctitan] 3,351
10 Bounty Hunter [BountyHunter] 3,340
11 Valin Dupre [Skarnkai] 3,257
12 Altaria [wetheril] 3,245
13 Judge Fury [Badstench] 3,213
14 Mrcrowley [mrcrowley] 3,205
15 Flnor [kaffe] 3,191
16 Alanne [thinman] 3,182
17 Nathair Ap Dubh [Makhazarhael] 3,170
18 Furious George [raleights] 3,110
18 Hawk [oldschool] 3,110
19 Handfast [grimbold] 3,105
20 Ard [kaffe] 3,104

[thingirl]

I know what you're thinking, Shadowblack "Aww, dhammett." ;)

[thingirl]

Yay! Top 10! (for a while)

1 Rommel [rangerlord] 3,700
2 Garet Jax [dhammett] 3,641
3 Shadowblack [shadowblack] 3,549
4 Thordon [smv1973] 3,547
5 Spencer Lionking [Durgin] 3,446
6 Myshella [ellis] 3,439
7 BillyDaKid 3,424
8 Trent [racey] 3,391
[B]9 Alanne [thinman] 3,365
10 Dagashi [jmctitan] 3,351
11 Bounty Hunter [BountyHunter] 3,340
12 Valin Dupre [Skarnkai] 3,257
13 Altaria [wetheril] 3,245
14 Judge Fury [Badstench] 3,213
15 Mrcrowley [mrcrowley] 3,205
16 Blix [jackfrost65] 3,201
17 Flnor [kaffe] 3,191
18 Nathair Ap Dubh [Makhazarhael] 3,170
19 Furious George [raleights] 3,110
19 Hawk [oldschool] 3,110
20 Handfast [grimbold] 3,105

[shadowblack]

I hadn't noticed this until now, but the minimal prize is higher this time:
Prizes: 1st Place - 64 Adventurer Tokens
2nd Place - 48 Adventurer Tokens
3rd Place - 40 Adventurer Tokens
4th Place - 36 Adventurer Tokens
5th Place - 32 Adventurer Tokens
6th Place - 28 Adventurer Tokens
7th Place - 24 Adventurer Tokens
8th Place - 20 Adventurer Tokens
9th Place - 18 Adventurer Tokens
10th Place - 16 Adventurer Tokens
11th Place - 16 Adventurer Tokens
12th Place - 16 Adventurer Tokens
13th Place - 16 Adventurer Tokens
14th Place - 16 Adventurer Tokens
15th Place - 16 Adventurer Tokens
16th Place - 16 Adventurer Tokens
17th Place - 16 Adventurer Tokens
18th Place - 16 Adventurer Tokens
19th Place - 16 Adventurer Tokens
20th Place - 16 Adventurer Tokens

Nothing lower than 16 ATs. Nice!

[Oldschool]

With your own bow in hand............

Last time we had nine arrows (3 shots per target). No wonder the scores are higher this time.



Nice catch as I had already run it before I checked the older threads for the details. Also the first part of that text has me wondering about two things. First I wonder what happens if you enter without a bow. Considering the official announcement, "Bows and arrows will be available....." I'm curious and on my next run I'll go without a bow. I'm also wondering what would happen if a character without Archery entered the contest.

[racey]

I believe that even if you enter with a bow you still use their bow. Text says something about you picking up a bow.

[spencer]

I know what you're thinking, Shadowblack "Aww, dhammett." ;)

Now that's funny :D

[texlaw1992]

I fell from 22 to 76 in one day. Sigh.

[Oldschool]

I just ran the contest again and there is a flavor difference if you enter the contest with or without a bow.

Without a bow, "You take one of the bows resting on a nearby wooden rack and accept twelve arrows from Narsaryn."

With your bow, "With your own bow in hand, you accept twelve arrows from Narsaryn."

If you arrive without a bow you leave the same way - without one.

[wetheril]

You do bring up a good question, Oldschool--what would happen if you tried to join the contest without the archery skill. Just want to say it's nice to see that you're testing these different options. :)

[scout1idf]

26 SCOUT [scout1idf] 3,191

Not bad considering that I just realized that he didn't have his Silver Archer's Charm on him......

He does now!!:D

[wetheril]

However, I am not sure if the archery bonuses are the same as the ones from the last one. They seemed lower when I calculated my last run, but I'm going to have to compare to what my secondaries get.

When I first read about the Archery Bonus posted by Havoc on the thread, (thanks again to Oldschool's necrothreading skills) just like Barn42, I noticed a discrepancy between the supposed bonus and the ones I was actually getting. Looks like that is both true and false.

Giving the thread a closer re-reading, I noticed that Havoc had originally thought the bonuses (http://www.srythforum.com/showpost.php?p=4947&postcount=1) were 1.75*Archery (Round 1), 1.5*Archery (Round 2), and 1.25*Archery (Round 3), which he later admitted it was not the case (http://www.srythforum.com/showpost.php?p=4955&postcount=4).

In fact, it IS as the GM had told Havoc:
The GM had actually told me 1.25, 1.00 and 0.75, but since I was getting 175, 150 and 125 at level 100, I figured that he had changed something since he sent me the numbers.

But if you multiplied your archery directly with those numbers, it appears a bit too low. Well, after fooling around with some numbers in Excel, I've come to this conclusion:

Archery Bonus = [(Archery Level) * (Round Bonus)] + Constant

The Round Bonus is 1.25 (for Round 1), 1.00 (for Round 2), and 0.75 (for Round 3). The constant seems to be level specific, and maxes out at 50 at level 100.

Here's some examples below showing how that is calculated.

Clairvoyance with Archery level 75:
Round 1:
Archery Bonus = 75 * 1.25 + 30 = 123.75, rounds to 124.
Total Bonus (with other stats): 194

Round 2:
Archery Bonus = 75 * 1.00 + 30 = 105
Total Bonus (with other stats): 175

Round 3:
Archery Bonus = 75 * 0.75 + 30 = 86.25, rounds to 86.
Total Bonus (with other stats): 156


Altaria with Archery level 90:
Round 1:
Archery Bonus = 90 * 1.25 + 41 = 153.5, rounds to 154.
Total Bonus (with other stats): 224

Round 2:
Archery Bonus = 90 * 1.00 + 41 = 131
Total Bonus (with other stats): 201

Round 3:
Archery Bonus = 90 * 0.75 + 41 = 108.5, rounds to 109.
Total Bonus (with other stats): 179


Shadowblack with Archery level 96: (I took your numbers from your post and they correspond perfectly!)
Round 1:
Archery Bonus = 96 * 1.25 + 46 = 166.
Total Bonus (with other stats): 236

Round 2:
Archery Bonus = 96 * 1.00 + 46 = 142
Total Bonus (with other stats): 212

Round 3:
Archery Bonus = 96 * 0.75 + 46 = 118.
Total Bonus (with other stats): 188


Magical with Archery level 100:
Round 1:
Archery Bonus = 100 * 1.25 + 50 = 175.
Total Bonus (with other stats): 245

Round 2:
Archery Bonus = 100 * 1.00 + 50 = 150
Total Bonus (with other stats): 220

Round 3:
Archery Bonus = 100 * 0.75 + 50 = 125.
Total Bonus (with other stats): 195


Edit: Btw, all the results are assuming you have the Silver Archer's Charm. Without it, your achery bonus is actually lower than the formula suggests. That will be addressed in another post once I get another round of data to work with.

[jimyred]

So a person with 100 archery has 114 bonus points right off the bat over someone with 75 archery? Divided out over 12 rounds means I need to avg 10 higher per roll than anyone else to win everything, so I guess it's possible. Except my last time through I probably averaged 35 per roll, with no luck bonuses . . .

[wetheril]

I was confused for a minute by the leaderboards. If you enter the battlegrounds, click "View the battlegrounds leaderboards", and click "A Contest of Bows", you get the leaderboard for the original archery contest back in August. I was wondering why it showed my high score as 2247 when I knew I'd just gotten over 3000!

You have to enter the battlegrounds, click "Special battlegrounds events", and click "View the leaderboard for this challenge" in order to see the scores for the current archery contest... :D

I don't know when this change occurred, but you can now see the leaderboard for this challenge through the regular leader boards link.

Battlegrounds Leaderboards

* The Bone Horde Challenge...

* The Lords of Ogredom...

Battlegrounds Special Events Current Results

* A Contest of Bows II...

Battlegrounds Special Events Past Results

* A Contest of Bows...

* The Stone Hurl Challenge...

[shadowblack]

Well, I finally got some luck bonuses during my rolls. But due to low rolls my results was still lower than my best:
8 modified by 236 for a total of 244 :(
67 modified by 236 for a total of 303
38 modified by 236 for a total of 274 :(
55 modified by 236 for a total of 291
Your total score for the first target is 1,112. :(
95 modified by 212 for a total of 307 :D
89 modified by 282 for a total of 371 (very lucky) :D
15 modified by 362 for a total of 377 (extremely lucky) :( if only this roll had been higher...
90 modified by 212 for a total of 302 :D
Your total score for the second target is 1,357.
99 modified by 188 for a total of 287 :D
33 modified by 188 for a total of 221 :(
89 modified by 188 for a total of 277 :D
81 modified by 188 for a total of 269 :D
Your total score for the third target is 1,054.
Your total score for all three targets is 3,523.

Close to my best, but not good enough. And not even close to those above me. :( :(

P.S.: I noticed the change in the leaderboards yesterday, and I thought I mentioned it here, but it seems I forgot. Oops.
P.P.S.: Great job figuring out the bonus calculation, wetheril!

[Chareos]

Well Shadowblack at least your average roll is still 63 :-) My highest average is 55 and the rest have been consistently low 40s!!!

I thought my luck may have changed with my second roll today but Lady Luck was right there to slap me down with a wet fish!

23 (my highest first roll)
90 (Yay)
1 (Hmmmmmmmmmm)
1 (WHAT!!!! You gotta be kidding me?)

The less said about the rest the better. Needless to say I hate this cursed competition already!

[racey]

On my last attempt on shot 2 I picked a 2, shot 3 I picked a 2 and shot 4 I picked a 3. Legendary archer my arse! LOL!

[thingirl]

Alanne has the same problem, but at 93, soon to be 94.

[Elrond]

On my last attempt on shot 2 I picked a 2, shot 3 I picked a 2 and shot 4 I picked a 3. Legendary archer my arse! LOL!

Lol ... Looks like your archery skills are legendary in hitting your arse, not the target! :D

[texlaw1992]

I raised it to 80. Does it help - yes. However, the majority of my random rolls are still under 20, so I still haven't beaten my high score.

Ah well, maybe things will change in another two hours.

[thingirl]

Dang. It takes 45k to raise Archery from 94 to 95. Oh, and I still haven’t beat my high score from 3 levels ago.

[spencer]

I just bested my score by 1! from 3446 to 3447. I got a 3445 the very first time and I bested that score by 1! of course on my third roll, which survived as my high score until my most recent endeavor there.

[Elrond]

You've Picked a Random Number... http://www.sryth.com/images/misc-spacer.gif
311 You picked a number at random between 1 and 100.
You picked 100 modified by 211 for a total of 311 . http://www.sryth.com/images/misc-spacer.gif
Your arrow streaks across the contest field and plunges into the painted target...
...THWACK!
The end of your feathered shaft now protrudes from almost the dead centre of the target.
If that isn't "dead centre," I don't know what would be?!

Also, why is the GM using a UK-English spell-checker?!

[zmflavius]

I personally believe that you can't but...

Has anyone with 100 archery, maxed out buffed stats, gotten extremely lucky with the silver archer charm on top of a 100?

[Elrond]

I personally believe that you can't but...

Has anyone with 100 archery, maxed out buffed stats, gotten extremely lucky with the silver archer charm on top of a 100?

Lol ... that was "supposedly" at a distance of 25 yards! So, "dead centre" should have been easy!

[wetheril]

Also, why is the GM using a UK-English spell-checker?!

It seems that he spells a lot of things that way; Armour (vs. Armor) for one. I'm sure there are many other instances. My guess is for story and game flavor?

[Oldschool]

If that isn't "dead centre," I don't know what would be?!



Deja vu and a chance to necrothread from the first tourney.

http://www.srythforum.com/showpost.php?p=4859&postcount=60

Great minds think alike it seems. :D



Also, why is the GM using a UK-English spell-checker?!

Erm..... he almost always does. I recall that being addressed before in Questions for the GM if I'm not mistaken. I seem to recall his mother's family being English or something along those lines. Goes off to necrothread again......

EDIT: From Questions for the GM April & May 2008.

Miryenne says in a clear voice: “I remember reading somewhere that the GM is based in (I think) Connecticut, but I've noticed that he tends to use British/Canadian spellings. Do you hail originally from somewhere outside the US, or is it just a personal preference?”

Yes, I'm from Connecticut. I use the spellings just out of personal preference. My mother was born in Bristol, England and moved to the U.S. with her family when she was young, oddly enough!

[billydakid]

Is it me or does this contest seem harder to beat your best score compared to the last bow contest? Heck I've got much higher archery stats then last contest and still feel i'm scoring low. Shows how random it is.

[texlaw1992]

Ok, I finally broke 3000. Now if all my rolls are above 90, I can break 4000. Odds of that happening - nil.

[mordain]

well... i've finally broken 3000 as well. I'm debating on whether to use some stored xp to raise my archery skill. i'd like to save it for something a bit more useful in the long run than archery. is a few AT's really worth trashing my long term plan? probably not... but i sure would like to see my name closer to the top of that leader board.

[Taleria]

You've hit on the crux of the matter for me as well. But I'm still raising Selkit's Archery to 80. This way, I'll be raising a skill to a level I always meant to, without sacrificing too much time away from getting all powers to 70 for her. My problem really is that I'm not interested enough to go shooting every couple hours. Would much rather catch up on the forum.

[Elrond]

My problem really is that I'm not interested enough to go shooting every couple hours. Would much rather catch up on the forum.

If that is a problem, then I've got the same one! I do the contest 2-3 times a day at max! I prefer to catch up on the forum rather than do a Tarn run, which I haven't done in a couple of days!

[texlaw1992]

You feel very lucky (last target).

You roll 99 plus 314 bonus (twice my normal bonus) for a total of 413.

Incredible - and I still did not break 3000 overall for the round, sigh.

[scout1idf]

1 SCOUT [scout1idf] 3,802
2 Rommel [rangerlord] 3,700
3 Garet Jax [dhammett] 3,641
4 Thordon [smv1973] 3,594
5 Shadowblack [shadowblack] 3,549
6 Trent [racey] 3,540
7 Mrcrowley [mrcrowley] 3,498
8 Magical [havoc] 3,490
9 Nathair Ap Dubh [Makhazarhael] 3,456
10 Spencer Lionking [Durgin] 3,447

I want to thank OZZY for vaulting me to the top.....

(I was listening to The Wizard (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK-9hu_yYV4) at the time......)

[Elrond]

Dang! I haven't had a single lucky shot in more than 10 attempts! Maybe I'll get them towards the end of the contest to propel me up to a winning place!

EDIT:

DUMB, DUMB, DUMB, DUMB, DUMB! My Silver Archer's Charm was in my storage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!

[Oldschool]

Congrats Scout I noticed that and a nice cushion too.

[scout1idf]

Dang! I haven't had a single lucky shot in more than 10 attempts! Maybe I'll get them towards the end of the contest to propel me up to a winning place!

EDIT:

DUMB, DUMB, DUMB, DUMB, DUMB! My Silver Archer's Charm was in my storage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!

That's what Scout did in the beginning.....

It took a few tries before I looked and found it missing from my person.


Congrats Scout I noticed that and a nice cushion too.

Thanks. The shocking part was that all of the "luck" came at the end of the second target and all of the shots in the last target. I don't remember how many 400+ hits I had.

[Badstench]

I just looked at the leaderboards... WOW SCOUT!!!!!

Well done, my friend. I think you'll be hard to beat. I was amazed at Spencer's score, but yours is jaw-dropping!

I also fell victim to forgetfulness... my charm was lying forgotten at my storage house... which makes me wonder if my best score to date might have kept me in the top 20. As it is, I'm just outside at the moment.

[scout1idf]

26 SCOUT [scout1idf] 3,191

Not bad considering that I just realized that he didn't have his Silver Archer's Charm on him......

He does now!!:D

My best score without the charm.

[shadowblack]

I'm also a victim of forgetfulness, but a different kind: I forgot to leave my Silver Archer's Charm in storage.

I still can't beat my best score - which is also my very FIRST score - even though a few times I got shots for 400+ :(

[Mak]

I want to thank OZZY for vaulting me to the top.....

(I was listening to The Wizard (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK-9hu_yYV4) at the time......)

You sir.. you are guilty of most excellent taste!

By the way, reading the previous posts I am not sure it has been made apparent to the casual reader that there is a direct correlation between the winds blowing in the courtyard and sudden bursts in your luck during the archery contest... something the GM himself hinted at during the first contest.

[spencer]

My highest single roll ever...but I did not get my highest score, and, of course, I did not hit dead center

You've Picked a Random Number...

444
You picked a number at random between 1 and 100.
You picked 99 modified by 345 for a total of 444 .

Your arrow streaks across the contest field and plunges into the painted target...

...THWACK!

The end of your feathered shaft now protrudes from almost the dead centre of the target.

Narsaryn examines the the placement of the arrow in the target for several moments and awards you 444 points for the shot.

[paladin]

Excuse the sudden burst of profanity, some of which I'll attempt to fake. But dammit! Son of a bisquick! I have a horrible, sinking feeling I may have inadvertently sold my archer's charm. This means in effect that if I want any chance at one of the top positions and the accompanying adventurer tokens I'll have to play every two hours constantly and hope I beat my best score every single time! Grrr!

[wetheril]

1 SCOUT [scout1idf] 3,802
2 Rommel [rangerlord] 3,700
3 Garet Jax [dhammett] 3,641
4 Thordon [smv1973] 3,594
5 Shadowblack [shadowblack] 3,549
6 Trent [racey] 3,540
7 Mrcrowley [mrcrowley] 3,498
8 Magical [havoc] 3,490
9 Nathair Ap Dubh [Makhazarhael] 3,456
10 Spencer Lionking [Durgin] 3,447

I want to thank OZZY for vaulting me to the top.....

(I was listening to The Wizard (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK-9hu_yYV4) at the time......)

Very nice score--I'm sure that one will be difficult to top. Also would be nice to know what a special prize for 3,300+ would be.

[shadowblack]

srythadventurer: Zumryn told me that there will be a special prize for any archer who manages to score at least 3,300 points in the tournament.
Probably extra experience... or maybe some item with limited uses...

[paladin]

srythadventurer: Zumryn told me that there will be a special prize for any archer who manages to score at least 3,300 points in the tournament.
Probably extra experience... or maybe some item with limited uses...

Must have special prize...Ok, back to the contest and then I think it's time for a serious session of guitar and theremin practice.

[paladin]

Must have special prize...Ok, back to the contest and then I think it's time for a serious session of guitar and theremin practice.

I just hope I'll be able to reach 3300 without the Archer's Charm. I still can't believe I did that! But one of Srythadventurer's recent entries confused me. Said he had a spot of pallo with Zumbrin. Or do you have to reach 3300 points for that?

[thingirl]

It's just text.

[billydakid]

Me thinks my charm is broke. I rarely get the extra luck and if I do usually only get it for one or 2 shots. not a round or 2 like others.

[Zedalion]

Me thinks my charm is broke. I rarely get the extra luck and if I do usually only get it for one or 2 shots. not a round or 2 like others.

If so, mine's broken the same way. Probably run the challenge 15 or 20 times so far and never more than two bursts of extra luck per contest.

It was the same for me in the last archery tournament. Maybe some of the charms just have more oomph than others. :)

[mordain]

By the way, reading the previous posts I am not sure it has been made apparent to the casual reader that there is a direct correlation between the winds blowing in the courtyard and sudden bursts in your luck during the archery contest... something the GM himself hinted at during the first contest.

How so? Is it the higher the wind, the higher the luck, or vice versa?

[thingirl]

We didn't tell. I would guess the GB is best though.

[jimyred]

Pretty sure I've only noticed it being a gentle breeze, is it something that changes consistently (as in ever 5 minutes) or randomly (leave the battlegrounds and come back until it changes) ?

[racey]

Pretty sure I've only noticed it being a gentle breeze, is it something that changes consistently (as in ever 5 minutes) or randomly (leave the battlegrounds and come back until it changes) ?

To quote the GM from an email he had previously sent me...

The wind changes several times an hour, although it may not always change. It has the chance to change several times an hour is more accurate.

[billydakid]

Personally with this contest I really don't think it matters if you raise your xp. I think it's mostly random and luck. I think you really just need to hope your charm is lucky. In my honest opinion unless you want to raise your archery skill over others,that you'd rather train use your xp on something else. Heck if I thought it would make a big difference I'd move my archery xp from 96 to 100

[Zedalion]

Best score so far, 3,206. Tantalizingly close to 3,300...if only that silly charm had kicked in once or twice I think I would have made it.

[jimyred]

1 SCOUT [scout1idf] 3,802
2 Rommel [rangerlord] 3,700
3 Garet Jax [dhammett] 3,641
4 Thordon [smv1973] 3,594
5 Nathair Ap Dubh [Makhazarhael] 3,579
6 Shadowblack [shadowblack] 3,549
7 BillyDaKid 3,542
8 Trent [racey] 3,540
9 Mrcrowley [mrcrowley] 3,522
[B]10 Fred [jimyred] 3,512

Top Ten!!! And I only had two "lucky" shots.

[Young Ned]

Excuse the sudden burst of profanity, some of which I'll attempt to fake. But dammit! Son of a bisquick! I have a horrible, sinking feeling I may have inadvertently sold my archer's charm. This means in effect that if I want any chance at one of the top positions and the accompanying adventurer tokens I'll have to play every two hours constantly and hope I beat my best score every single time! Grrr!

Contact the GM -- he'll more than likely be happy to replace it.

[spencer]

I just got my highest score of 3,550...all with incredible rolls and no bonus from my charm....makes me feel a little rueful...if only that silver charm had kicked in a couple of times...

[paladin]

I've thought about contacting the GM but since it was due to my own inattention and lack of consideration that i might be able to participate in another such contest I've been unsure as to whether or not he'd replace it. At any rate I just made quite a leap in the rankings from a single go. I'm at least past the 3300 mark.

[Chareos]

I made it to 3397 and although I was in the top twenty for a while i'm not anymore :-( Will we still get a little something for scoring over 3,300 even though we don't win a prize?

[shadowblack]

Well, srythadventurer says "any archer who manages to score at least 3,300 points", not "any archer who manages to win a prize", so...

[spencer]

I just bettered it again to 3.579, the same way as last time...great rolls, no silver charm bonuses.

[shadowblack]

Having loosed the full complement of four arrows, you stand back and carefully study the grouping of the feathered shafts now protruding from the painted target.
Your total score for the third target is 985.
Your total score for all three targets is 3,541.
:( :( :( :( :( :(

I picked a 5 (FIVE!) on my very last shot! :( :( :(

[racey]

I just bettered it again to 3.579, the same way as last time...great rolls, no silver charm bonuses.

I also bettered mine with one silver archers charm bonus. It was a somewhat lucky and I picked my lowest number for the round (a 28).

[Young Ned]

I've thought about contacting the GM but since it was due to my own inattention and lack of consideration that i might be able to participate in another such contest I've been unsure as to whether or not he'd replace it. At any rate I just made quite a leap in the rankings from a single go. I'm at least past the 3300 mark.

Well, it certainly can't hurt to ask him. If he says "no" you're no worse off than you are now, and he could say "yes". You had no way to know there was going to be another archery contest so similar to the first one, and in my experience he's been very understanding of these things.

Conga-rats on breaking 3300! I'm still working on that.

[shadowblack]

A Contest of Bows II Leaderboard - 11/24/09 05:35 PM

Rank Adventurer Score
1 Clue [clumaster] 3,834
2 SCOUT [scout1idf] 3,802
3 Rommel [rangerlord] 3,700
4 Dranikos [Dranikos] 3,689
5 Garet Jax [dhammett] 3,641
6 BillyDaKid 3,624
7 Trent [racey] 3,596
8 Thordon [smv1973] 3,594
9 Nathair Ap Dubh [Makhazarhael] 3,579
10 Spencer Lionking [Durgin] 3,576
[B]11 Shadowblack [shadowblack] 3,549
12 Mrcrowley [mrcrowley] 3,522
13 Killdore [saxonmjc44] 3,517
14 Fred [jimyred] 3,512
15 Altaria [wetheril] 3,490
15 Magical [havoc] 3,490
16 Mihalll [mihalll7] 3,489
17 Ironhaft [grod] 3,471
18 Myshella [ellis] 3,439
19 Furious George [raleights] 3,421
20 Valin Dupre [Skarnkai] 3,417

:( :( :(
My bad rolls continue. Looks like my first attempt will end up as my best...

[Elrond]

I just had a tremendous series of rolls that were all 64+ and included 100, 99, 97, 95. But The charm only clicked once at "somewhat lucky!" I still didn't place in the top 20; but I broke 3300; and can now look forward to my new prize/bow!

[Dranikos]

I'm somewhat lucky that shot went through even though it's an hour and a half old (my internet died just after I got the XP for it) No roll lower than 78, and 3 charm boosts lands me solidly in 4th place (up from 31st with 3300ish, which was my first try...) of course I DID sorta spend most of my XP on Archery skill before taking the shot (up to 96, #3). I'm still lucky it didn't log me out while I fixed the internet so I could save and file the shot.

1 Clue [clumaster] 3,834
2 SCOUT [scout1idf] 3,802
3 Rommel [rangerlord] 3,700
4 Dranikos [Dranikos] 3,689
5 Garet Jax [dhammett] 3,641
6 BillyDaKid [BillyDakid] 3,624
7 Trent [racey] 3,596
8 Thordon [smv1973] 3,594
9 Nathair Ap Dubh [Makhazarhael] 3,579
10 Spencer Lionking [Durgin] 3,576

[Elrond]

Congrats, Dranikos! That is pretty impressive. But I wonder how high the bar will be when this contest draws to its end!

[Dranikos]

Thanks, really I'm impressed every time by just how large these things grow and how every manages to top their score at one point or another. (and how the guy on top can almost always be dethroned... How in the heck do you get 3800+ anyway?!)

[Elrond]

Thanks, really I'm impressed every time by just how large these things grow and how every manages to top their score at one point or another. (and how the guy on top can almost always be dethroned... How in the heck do you get 3800+ anyway?!)

Ironically, worst wind conditions coupled with extremely nice rolling streak will dethrone that guy! Good luck ;) .

[Dranikos]

I do find it odd that a heavy wind helps your archery in this case... Even if it were a tailwind it would foul accuracy (causing shots to go long rather than hit their mark, a headwind would force them short and a crosswind would simply make them miss...) Maybe the charm thing makes our arrows ignore wind conditions or turns the wind into additional power for no real reason other than magic?

[Elrond]

I do find it odd that a heavy wind helps your archery in this case... Even if it were a tailwind it would foul accuracy (causing shots to go long rather than hit their mark, a headwind would force them short and a crosswind would simply make them miss...) Maybe the charm thing makes our arrows ignore wind conditions or turns the wind into additional power for no real reason other than magic?

Thinking of this logically won't help. It is just that the GM, as Racey pointed, has programmed specials' probability to increase with worsening wind conditions. So, the Charm works more with worse wind conditions.

[Dranikos]

Thinking of this logically won't help. It is just that the GM, as Racey pointed, has programmed specials' probability to increase with worsening wind conditions. So, the Charm works more with worse wind conditions.

How is it I take a shot with a gentle breeze and get 3 charm boosts and above average rolls, I take a shot with a "fierce ravaging wind", I get 0 charm boosts and rolls that make me wanna scream (nothing higher than a 36...). Not even over 3000 points, bleh.

[Elrond]

Well! I just got 3406 without a single charm click! And I only have lvl 88 Archery. Dang it!!!!!!!!

[Dranikos]

Impressive, and duely repped for it...

[kanex7]

I'm not going to win. I know that but I would like to break 3300.
Sadly I keep getting 2500-2900 once 31... somethin.
what would be a good lv to have archery to break 3300?
Arhchery:80
I have a little over 100k general Exp but I don't want to waste it all.
Any advice?

[Elrond]

I'm not going to win. I know that but I would like to break 3300.
Sadly I keep getting 2500-2900 once 31... somethin.
what would be a good lv to have archery to break 330?
Arhchery:80
I have a little over 100k general Exp but I don't want to waste it all.
Any advice?

If you have the Silver Archer's Charm, then you should be able to break 3000 easily. All you need is to keep trying. But it seems that the 3300 benchmark has been set for a special prize in this contest. So, that's the minimum target.

[texlaw1992]

Best rolls I ever had, but no lucky charm. I'll try doing it during a howling gale and see if it gets any better.

[scout1idf]

Ok, who is this clumaster person?
Rank Adventurer Score
:mad:1 Clue [clumaster] 3,834:mad:
2 SCOUT [scout1idf] 3,802 Just kidding.

Now that I read that a "gentle breeze" isn't the best time to shoot, maybe I'll make it back on top. That's the only time that I take a shot and got lucky enough to break the 3,800 barrier. So we'll see the next time it's windy.....

[Doolipalally]

Finally managed to break 3300, with only one luck boost. Everything over 75, apart from the last shot, which was a spectacular 9. Sigh.

[jimyred]

Does anyone else always get awful rolls on the first round, or is it just me? Pretty much every time I go, I get a better score on my second round of 4 shots that on my first round.

Oh, and for a comparison of how much better the harsh wind can make your shots, my high score without it is around 3,100; high score with the harsh wind was over 3,500. That's how I'm currently in the top 20 with only an 87 rank in archery . . .

[taproot97]

Man i always get 13's and 4's etc. i got only 4 rolls which were above 25 in the total twelve in my high score run.

[Dranikos]

Personally with this contest I really don't think it matters if you raise your xp. I think it's mostly random and luck. I think you really just need to hope your charm is lucky. In my honest opinion unless you want to raise your archery skill over others,that you'd rather train use your xp on something else. Heck if I thought it would make a big difference I'd move my archery xp from 96 to 100

You can say that, but if you look at the rankings, the people in the top 20 all are VERY high ranked archers.

in short before the first person of 95 or lower (94, Myshella (ellis)) ALL the 100 and 96 skills make the list. So skill does make at least a moderate difference, especially considering 1 point of skill applies across all 12 shots, with the first round getting x2.26 bonus from archery (1 point becomes 2 per shot, +8 to score), the second round gets x2.12 (1 point becomes 2 per shot, +8 to score) and the last gets x1.95 (1 becomes 1, +4 to score)


Note: Due to the math, investing a single point may give greater or lesser returns due to where it may fall on the curve. In general multiple points at once will give a far greater overall return than a single point.
(skill levels for named participants taken from the Hall of Legends, math for Archery bonus per shot taken from my own calculations and may be fallible

[taproot97]

According to my math your calculations are fairly healthy

[shadowblack]

Having loosed the full complement of four arrows, you stand back and carefully study the grouping of the feathered shafts now protruding from the painted target.

Your total score for the third target is 1,198.
Your total score for all three targets is 3,670.

XP +192 You've been awarded a total of 192 Experience...
192 xp applied to Archery...
"3,670 points," announces Narsaryn, as she finishes examining the three targets and returns to the marked line behind which you're standing.
Several of the gathered onlookers applaud.
Congratulations! Your total score for this series of shots is your best so far!
Important: Your results won't be recorded until you SAVE YOUR GAME. Please save your game at your earliest convenience.
Narsaryn reminds you that you can attempt another series of shots in a couple of hours.

Some very good rolls against the first target (including a 100), a few luck boosts (though they were usually of the "somewhat lucky" variety), and this is the best I could manage? At least I improved my old score...

A Contest of Bows II Leaderboard - 11/25/09 03:45 AM

Rank Adventurer Score
1 Clue [clumaster] 3,834
2 SCOUT [scout1idf] 3,802
3 Rommel [rangerlord] 3,700
4 Dranikos [Dranikos] 3,689
5 Shadowblack [shadowblack] 3,670
6 Garet Jax [dhammett] 3,641
7 BillyDaKid [BillyDakid] 3,624
8 Trent [racey] 3,596
9 Thordon [smv1973] 3,594
10 Nathair Ap Dubh [Makhazarhael] 3,579
11 Spencer Lionking [Durgin] 3,576
12 Valin Dupre [Skarnkai] 3,570
13 Myshella [ellis] 3,539
14 Mrcrowley [mrcrowley] 3,522
15 Killdore [saxonmjc44] 3,517
16 Fred [jimyred] 3,512
17 Ironhaft [grod] 3,507
18 Magical [havoc] 3,490
18 Altaria [wetheril] 3,490
19 Mihalll [mihalll7] 3,489
20 Bounty Hunter [BountyHunter] 3,449

[Dranikos]

Better than I did. I took my shots and averaged a 50 for all 12 total. For every high shot (3 100s!) I got a low... (a 1, 2 2s, and a 29...)

[Dranikos]

Thanks for checking my numbers but I may have fouled something with the math and used the TOTAL modifier as the base number, not just the archery skill modifier (which would lower the ratio a bit, smaller number afterall.) It doesn't change that there are spots where 1 point is REALLY important because it puts you up over the decimal, but it does change the impact of 1 point overall.

First round x1.73 Archery Modifier
Second Round x1.48 Archery Modifier
Final Round x1.23 Archery Modifier

Corrected numbers. May still be off by some small amount or another, but you get the gist of it.

[thingirl]

Darn it! I don't see Alanne in there. But, I think she's still top 30. Her score is 3400 something.

[Dranikos]

horrible evil craptacular rolls... (nothing over a 40...) of course I get not just 1, but 4 Charm Boosts (such a waste)

and Alanne is 24th with 3414.

[spencer]

Ok, who is this clumaster person?
Just kidding.

Now that I read that a "gentle breeze" isn't the best time to shoot, maybe I'll make it back on top. That's the only time that I take a shot and got lucky enough to break the 3,800 barrier. So we'll see the next time it's windy.....

Oh, he is the one who posted that he thought the Skull and Bones raffle was "fixed." Wonder if he thinks this is fixed too?

[jimyred]

If you look at the thread for the competition, Wetheril has it explained how the calculations work out, it's a lower archery modifier with a constant added in. While archery ranking certainly does play a part, luck can be a HUGE factor, as evidenced by the fact that I with a level 87 archery currently have a higher score than Magical, who has a level 100 archery.

[texlaw1992]

Lowest score ever last go-around, plus I missed the Ice Troll with my arrow. Why does Sryth have only short bows anyway? Give me a good longbow, composite bow or crossbow any day.

[jimyred]

Lowest score ever last go-around, plus I missed the Ice Troll with my arrow. Why does Sryth have only short bows anyway? Give me a good longbow, composite bow or crossbow any day.

Pretty sure they didn't have composite bows in those days . . . But I agree. Holding out for the "special prize" from the tournament . . .

[thingirl]

We have Boltslings, but they are highly illegal. No, he wouldn't...

[texlaw1992]

I think the original D&D had composite bows, and since Sryth is a D&D-type game, it could have composite bows as well. Since I doubt I'll hit 3300 before the end of the tournament, someone who wins post if the prize is a more advanced bow.

[wetheril]

Thanks for checking my numbers but I may have fouled something with the math and used the TOTAL modifier as the base number, not just the archery skill modifier (which would lower the ratio a bit, smaller number afterall.) It doesn't change that there are spots where 1 point is REALLY important because it puts you up over the decimal, but it does change the impact of 1 point overall.

First round x1.73 Archery Modifier
Second Round x1.48 Archery Modifier
Final Round x1.23 Archery Modifier

Corrected numbers. May still be off by some small amount or another, but you get the gist of it.

Actually, Archery isn't calculated that way. If you took samples from various levels, and simply divided by your archery level, you'll see that the "multiplier" varies. Take a look at the Archery Bonus thread (http://www.srythforum.com/showthread.php?t=317), and later at my calculation post (http://www.srythforum.com/showpost.php?p=17729&postcount=54). It is as Jimyred pointed out--it's:
Archery Bonus = Archery Level*Round Bonus + Constant (that is level-specific). The Constant is 50 maximum with the Silver Archer's Charm at level 100. But without the Silver Archer's Charm, your constant is actually less. (So far, I'm seeing it at less by about 8-9 points, without the charm.)

And btw, this discussion should be in the Contest of Bows II thread.

[thingirl]

I have over 3400. 'Nuf said.

[texlaw1992]

Yeah, yeah, rub it in already.

I doubt I'll even see 3,200. Did it with the wind roaring - no lucky charm, still didn't break 3,000.

[Zedalion]

Woot!

3,408. Gentle wind, three special charm bonuses, all my rolls were over 70 except my final roll which was a 19.

My archery skill is a mere 84, so it is possible to break 3,300 at least that low.

Doesn't put me in the top 20, but I really only wanted to get the special whatever it is...so I'm thrilled!

[mordain]

Woot!

3,408. Gentle wind, three special charm bonuses, all my rolls were over 70 except my final roll which was a 19.

My archery skill is a mere 84, so it is possible to break 3,300 at least that low.

Doesn't put me in the top 20, but I really only wanted to get the special whatever it is...so I'm thrilled!


Gives me hope... my high so far with an archery score in the 80's is around 3250 or so... so close... it's so hard not to dump all of my xp into archery. I know if I did that though, I'd just have super crappy rolls and still end up less than 3300 anyway.

EDIT: wait... super crappy rolls... i think I had those at a sushi restaurant once... not recommended

[thingirl]

Yeah, yeah, rub it in already.

I doubt I'll even see 3,200. Did it with the wind roaring - no lucky charm, still didn't break 3,000.

Gently breeze. Archery 94. XP +192 You've been awarded a total of 192 Experience...
192 xp applied to Archery...

"3,501 points," announces Narsaryn, as she finishes examining the three targets and returns to the marked line behind which you're standing.

Several of the gathered onlookers applaud.


Congratulations! Your total score for this series of shots is your best so far!


Important: Your results won't be recorded until you SAVE YOUR GAME. Please save your game at your earliest convenience.

Narsaryn reminds you that you can attempt another series of shots in a couple of hours.

[zmflavius]

Gently breeze. Archery 94. XP +192 You've been awarded a total of 192 Experience...
192 xp applied to Archery...

"3,501 points," announces Narsaryn, as she finishes examining the three targets and returns to the marked line behind which you're standing.

Several of the gathered onlookers applaud.


Congratulations! Your total score for this series of shots is your best so far!


Important: Your results won't be recorded until you SAVE YOUR GAME. Please save your game at your earliest convenience.

Narsaryn reminds you that you can attempt another series of shots in a couple of hours.

Huh?

Zmflavius has just informed me that in TDoH, several items he brought turned out to be very unstable and may implode spontaneously and serious injure archmaster archers. Proceed with caution.

[shadowblack]

XP +192 You've been awarded a total of 192 Experience...
192 xp applied to Archery...
"3,683 points," announces Narsaryn, as she finishes examining the three targets and returns to the marked line behind which you're standing.
Several of the gathered onlookers applaud.
Congratulations! Your total score for this series of shots is your best so far!
Important: Your results won't be recorded until you SAVE YOUR GAME. Please save your game at your earliest convenience.
Narsaryn reminds you that you can attempt another series of shots in a couple of hours.

The first 6 of my shots were over 300, and the other were pretty good too. I got just one luck bopnus - on the very last shot I got extremely lucky. Unfortunatley it's still not enough to get me above 5th place:
A Contest of Bows II Leaderboard - 11/25/09 06:06 PM

Rank Adventurer Score
1 Clue [clumaster] 3,834
2 SCOUT [scout1idf] 3,802
3 Rommel [rangerlord] 3,700
4 Dranikos [Dranikos] 3,689
5 Shadowblack [shadowblack] 3,683
6 Garet Jax [dhammett] 3,641
7 BillyDaKid [BillyDakid] 3,624
8 Trent [racey] 3,596
9 Thordon [smv1973] 3,594
10 Nathair Ap Dubh [Makhazarhael] 3,579
11 Mordi [birch19] 3,576
11 Spencer Lionking [Durgin] 3,576
12 Valin Dupre [Skarnkai] 3,570
13 Ironhaft [grod] 3,563
14 Myshella [ellis] 3,539
15 Mrcrowley [mrcrowley] 3,522
16 Killdore [saxonmjc44] 3,517
17 Fred [jimyred] 3,512
18 Alanne [thinman] 3,501
19 Altaria [wetheril] 3,490
19 Magical [havoc] 3,490
20 Mihalll [mihalll7] 3,489

So close... if only one of my lower shots had been a little higher...

[texlaw1992]

I'm going back to the Lists of Talwarden and buy/beg/borrow/steal one of those magic bows some of the other contestants had. I have some hope since I did manage to break 3,000 again on a gentle breeze, but still fell short of 3,200.

[psychoadept]

Has anyone else noticed their special bonus changing as they roll? I swear, twice now I've seen the "you're feeling -- lucky" descriptor change when I hit the button to roll. Most recently it went from "quite" to "very".

[wetheril]

Has anyone else noticed their special bonus changing as they roll? I swear, twice now I've seen the "you're feeling -- lucky" descriptor change when I hit the button to roll. Most recently it went from "quite" to "very".

Yes, I have noticed that, and I wondered about that. It's happened at least 3 times to me--and most of the time from a better reward to a lower reward. :(

[psychoadept]

Yes, I have noticed that, and I wondered about that. It's happened at least 3 times to me--and most of the time from a better reward to a lower reward. :(

I'm glad it's not just my imagination! I wonder if we should report it to the gm as a bug?

[wetheril]

I'm glad it's not just my imagination! I wonder if we should report it to the gm as a bug?

Sure. I haven't saved any of the text for when it happened, but if you want to report it, that would be great. Let me know if the GM responds and changes it.

[Chareos]

Has anyone else noticed their special bonus changing as they roll? I swear, twice now I've seen the "you're feeling -- lucky" descriptor change when I hit the button to roll. Most recently it went from "quite" to "very".

Nope I haven't seen that. Mind you I have only had four 'somewhat lucky' s spread over my last TEN attempts!!!!! Having read on here that the stronger the wind the more chance you have of getting lucky I tried that theory out on my last two attempts. The result........ One x 'somewhat lucky'! Is anyone sure that the stronger the wind the better your chance of luck bonuses or am I just the unluckiest man in NATO?

[billydakid]

All I know is last contest couple of people with lower archery skills then me finished in the top half of the contest. so although skill plays a roll and i'm not saying it doesn't, if it played that big of a roll I'm sure shadowblack and myself, as well as others would raise their skill lvl to 100. we have more then enough xp to do so. There is a reason why we haven't though.

[Young Ned]

From what people have been reporting here, it's beginning to sound as if gentle breezes give the best rolls, not strong gusts. Maybe that's been changed from last time.

[jimyred]

The "You feel ___ lucky" text changes based upon how big your luck bonus for that shot is. "Somewhat" is around 40, all the way to "Extremely" being 160. There are a couple others in between, but I don't remember what they are.

And to Young Ned, my best score was with a fierce wind, I haven't gotten within 300 of that score with anything else.

Edit: "Very lucky" is an 80pt luck bonus. And with a gentle wind, my rolls just averaged 37, with no luck bonuses.

[zmflavius]

The "You feel ___ lucky" text changes based upon how big your luck bonus for that shot is. "Somewhat" is around 40, all the way to "Extremely" being 160. There are a couple others in between, but I don't remember what they are.

And to Young Ned, my best score was with a fierce wind, I haven't gotten within 300 of that score with anything else.

Edit: "Very lucky" is an 80pt luck bonus. And with a gentle wind, my rolls just averaged 37, with no luck bonuses.

actually, extremely is a 100 bonus, not 160. I think. There was a another, which I THINK was 60.

[jimyred]

Hmm, pretty sure that's what it said when I got a 160. I'll have to watch for it next time (since I get those high bonuses so frequently . . . ) :) Thanks for the check.

[jimyred]

Standing at the marked line, with Nasaryn and several fellow competitors watching you closely, you draw your bow and prepare to take your second shot at the second target, 50 yards away...


Your combined Might, Body, and Agility scores ARE high enough to provide you with the full bonus against this target. Your Archery skill level (87) IS high enough to provide you with the full bonus against this target.

You suddenly feel extremely lucky...


You Must Now Pick a Random Number...

PICK
NOW

Reason: Pick a random number between 1 and 100.
Bonuses: Might +20, Body +20, Agility +20, Luck +160, Archery +126
Total Bonus: 346


So Extremely must be anything from 100 up to 160 . . .

[scout1idf]

I have over 3400. 'Nuf said.

Scout has over 3800.......

(just a little "rub it in" payback);)

[Chareos]

Strong Wind :-

85 76 18 3
17 15 48 54
67 3 9 39

NO luck bonuses :-(

[shadowblack]

I too have seen the luck bonus for a single shot change. It was just one time, but my bonus definitely changed (to a lower one :( ) when I clicked on the PICK NOW link.

EDIT: It just happened again: "Very lucky" changed to "quite lucky" as soon as I clicked "PICK NOW"

[Chareos]

On Gentle Breeze. Wow! THREE luck bonuses! Pity I couldn't get the rolls to match them :-(

36
6
52
12
59
5 (Very lucky + 70 bonus)
74 (Somewhat lucky + 30 bonus)
11
23
54
29
70 (Quite lucky + 50 bonus)

Total under 3000 :-(

[kanex7]

Ok so Kane finally exceeded 3300 yesterday morning. Phew. that takes a load off my mind. Anri is still working on it. Maybe Tao should enter the contest.
Ehh.
Anyway here's what I rolled
?? ?? 87 83
87 98 86 79
98 95 94(quite lucky) 69
Total:3,323
There where a total of 3 luck bonuses but I didn't copy the others.
Also, I did this when it was "A gentle breeze drifts through the courtyard."
I just shoot them when the 2 hour wait is up regardless of weather conditions.
I will continue to do so unless somebody advices me otherwise and has some valid evidence.
Obviously I have no idea when's the best time to loose your arrows.
So far it seems that everybody is just as clueless about this as me(maybe a little less since it didn't even notice the weather text till somebody pointed it out).
Is anyone certain that a gentle breeze is not the best time to loose your arrows?

[Badstench]

25th November - Badstench leaps from 28th to 3rd.

was this a Sagittarian coincidence? Or just the fact that it was my birthday?

Heh... conspiracy theories abound.

[Chareos]

Happy birthday mate. It was a present from everyone to let you win and go top of the board but not mentioning any names I guess two people decided they didn't want to let you win ;-)

[Badstench]

Cheers Chareos, but I have to admit to a string of high rolls punctuated by two extremely lucky rolls.

To balance this out, I had 3 rolls of 100 in one round... followed by three single digit rolls. Gutted!

[psychoadept]

I sent a bug report to the gm about the bonus levels changing, and got this reply:

Hi, thanks for the report. It seems that the total bonus isn't displaying correctly
on the results page, but the bonus is being fully added to the final score. I'll see
what needs to be done to fix how it is being displayed with the results.

[narion]

I wasn't sure if anyone posted it, but I thought I'd go ahead anyway. I was looking at the journal on my stats page just now and it said this was posted a few days ago:

"Zumryn told me that there will be a special prize for any archer who manages to score at least 3,300 points in the tournament."

Any speculations?

[shadowblack]

I too got the same answer to my report:
Hi, thanks for the report. It looks as if the bonus is getting applied correctly, but the
displayed amount for the total bonus on the results page is incorrect. I'll look at the
results and see what needs to be done to fix what it is displaying.

All the best and thanks again for the report!

P.S.: That comment about the special prize was already mentioned earlier in the thread. There wasn't much speculation due to limited info.

[Elrond]

I wasn't sure if anyone posted it, but I thought I'd go ahead anyway. I was looking at the journal on my stats page just now and it said this was posted a few days ago:

"Zumryn told me that there will be a special prize for any archer who manages to score at least 3,300 points in the tournament."

Any speculations?

One of the "speculations" is that it could be a new bow to replace the "Short Bow" each adventurer has been carrying since the start of adventuring. I do hope that it is a bow that gives bonuses.

[kanex7]

Somebody once suggest the power to not fail archery checks for a new bow but doesn't that defeat the purpose of leving up archery?
I hope if the prize is a new bow that isn't its power. At least not its only power.
How about a bow that can be used in combat?

[taproot97]

7,26,15,48,16,67,10,9,97,92,2,1 .No bonuses
I'm not getting anything with those scores.

[Chareos]

Gentle Breeze

First roll (Extremely Lucky 150 bonus!!!) Wow first time so thought I might be on a decent roll here. However, as seems to be the norm for Chareos, archery 90 doesn't seem to have any relevance to his scores :-(

7 (what a waste of that bonus)
2
55
13
34
51
22
15
64
92
4
21
Average roll of 31 or if you discount that pesky 92 that somehow turned up there and ruined the figures it would be an average of 26 per roll. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

[Chareos]

Things just don't get any better. I am going to have to take the MIGHTY SKYRAGE HAMMER to the young lady who is handing out the arrows! I am positive she is giving me all the bent ones. I just had FIVE out of twelve that scored below ten points! No luck bonuses either but that doesn't matter as they wouldn't have made any difference.

8 9 55 40
9 18 61 20
2 90 61 5

I will wait until the end of the contest so as not to spoil anything for those of you that can roll decent dice, but don't be surprised if there is no 'Contest of Bows III' as it is very likely that the organiser of this event will soon be suffering from a terminal headache :-)

[shadowblack]

*sigh* I just had some pretty good shots, but no luck bonuses and a few low rolls near the end. And the costest is almost over, so I guess I should forget about improving my score. Hopefully I'll at least keep the 8th place... yeah, right...

[scout1idf]

Just a reminder.......

**********************************************
Silver Archer's Charm (Use)

* Class: Misc
* Encumbrance: 0

One side of this coin-sized, circular silver charm bears an
etching in the likeness of a bow. This charm was given to
you by Narsaryn, after you helped rid her of the
bothersome Mirsurik. She claimed that the charm
had only a small amount of its original
power remaining, and that it would bring you luck in
the archery tournament being held at Zumryn's battlegrounds.
***********************************************

Personally, I think that mine is out of juice.

I'm lucky if I get lucky once each time out, and then my roll is low enough
that doesn't help........

[mordain]

Finally...

41 Mordain [djrobbins13] 3,375


Never had any real hope of finishing in the money, but at least now I can get a prize.

[scout1idf]

If you had to knock me out of 2nd place, the least you could do is make it to 1st. Now take it back and don't do it again till you can make it into 1st place.....

-Rank|- Adventurer|- Score
-1| Clue [clumaster]| 3,834
-2|Trent [racey]| 3,813
-3| SCOUT [scout1idf]| 3,802
-4| Judge Fury [Badstench]| 3,752
-5| Rommel [rangerlord]| 3,700

[racey]

If I hadn't picked low (48) on the only lucky feeling my charm gave me (somewhat lucky) on that run I would have overtaken 1st place. Now I just hope to stay in the top 5.

[scout1idf]

srythadventurer: That same good friend tells me that the "special prize" is a grand bow. It makes me wonder how Zumryn came by so many of them.I wonder what it will do?

I hope this means that bow's will be more useful in combat!!

[zmflavius]

I wonder what it will do?

I hope this means that bow's will be more useful in combat!!

*kicks self for dropping out of the contest with only 3k*

[texlaw1992]

My chances of getting the new bow are slim and none. Even two shots with the fierce wind blowing didn't have me breaking 3100. Kudos to the many who are better archers than I.

[Oldschool]

Grrrr........ It definitely seems that luck is the biggest factor. And to be honest I'm not sure that "a gentle breeze" isn't the best wind. I haven't been playing much other than some sporadic runs through the tourney. Still Hawk's best was his first try which is less than 100 below the 3300 while Virago had some good rolls along with a few charges of the charm working to put her over 3300. Hers was definitely with 'a gentle breeze'.

I've even started running Hawk through with his archery leveled to 94 which brings his general xp to just above 1 mil and still can't beat his previous best which was accomplished with his current archery (82) so I haven't saved.

We're getting down to the wire and it ain't looking good.

[zmflavius]

Grrrr........ It definitely seems that luck is the biggest factor. And to be honest I'm not sure that "a gentle breeze" isn't the best wind. I haven't been playing much other than some sporadic runs through the tourney. Still Hawk's best was his first try which is less than 100 below the 3300 while Virago had some good rolls along with a few charges of the charm working to put her over 3300. Hers was definitely with 'a gentle breeze'.

I've even started running Hawk through with his archery leveled to 94 which brings his general xp to just above 1 mil and still can't beat his previous best which was accomplished with his current archery (82) so I haven't saved.

We're getting down to the wire and it ain't looking good.

You can't really discount high level archery even if luck, especially charm bonuses, are the biggest factor in your score.

[wetheril]

High archery helps, but luck is definitely a greater factor. (And I think the wind conditions don't necessarily equate to better scores--the results are really all over the place.) Good luck to everybody on the last leg. Tsuki and Clairvoyance are the two I am trying to get above 3300 now.

[Young Ned]

I just calculated that if I roll 100 on all twelve shots, my score (without any luck assists from the charm) will be only 3,408 with my current archery level of 80. Meaning I have no hope of winning this contest, and not much chance of even getting the 3300+ prize.

So yes, luck is a factor, but your archery level is a major limiting factor, too.

[scout1idf]

Many factors figure into how well you shoot.
I think Luck is probably the biggest.

Allura has the lowest stats of my 4, but she broke 3,300 where Ulric and Arabel haven't..... YET!

-Archery Contest
-3|-SCOUT [scout1idf]|-3,802
-49|-Allura [scout1idf]|-3,327
-75|-ULRIC [scout1idf]|-3,170
-95|-Arabel [scout1idf]|-3,108

-Scout|||-Ulric|||-Allura|||-Arabel|
-MR: 179/179|-SP:178/178||-MR: 121/121|-SP:126/126||-MR: 83/83|-SP:112/112||-MR:82/82|- SP:102/102
-Agility |- 20||-Agility |- 20||-Agility |- 20||-Agility |- 20
-Body |- 20||-Body |- 20||-Body |- 20||-Body |- 20
-Might |- 20||-Might |- 20||-Might |- 18||-Might |- 20
-Aura |- 20||-Aura |- 20||-Aura |- 20||-Aura |- 20
-Mind |- 20||-Mind |- 20||-Mind |- 20||-Mind |- 20
-Spirit |- 20||-Spirit |- 20||-Spirit |- 20||-Spirit |- 20
-Luck |- 20||-Luck |- 20||-Luck |- 20||-Luck |- 20
-Archery
-Mastery:|- 96 ||-Mastery:|- 80 ||-Mastery:|- 80 ||-Mastery:|- 80

[Young Ned]

Sure, but you'll notice that Scout, with 96 archery, is the only one of them anywhere close to winning the contest. The other three can't even achieve a score of 3800 with only 80 archery.

[scout1idf]

Currently, if your luck charm would kick in, a score of 3,517 or more would at least win you some AT's (20th place). That would be better than nothing.

Allura breaking 3,300 for the special prize may have been extremely lucky but that doesn't mean that the other 2 aren't going to keep trying. Having only 18 in might and doing it proves that the odds can be beat.

Who knows, maybe the bow will turn out to be something that Mezaryl will pay handsomely for or trade for some weapon/armour.;)

[jimyred]

My one guy with 87 archery has two scores of 3500+, but normally averages between 3000 and 3100, and has had scores as low as 2800. Both of my 3500+ scores had two shots with a 160 luck bonus. So yeah, for me it has been all luck. But hey, I'm not complaining; I'll take ATs however I can get them :)

[Elrond]

As of this post, my luck has gone AWOL on me in this contest. The charm hardly ever clicks for me despite some good rolls.

[Doolipalally]

As of this post, my luck has gone AWOL on me in this contest. The charm hardly ever clicks for me despite some good rolls.

Same here. If Rhia gets even one roll with the charm it's unusual, and more than one has only happened once.

[Young Ned]

I haven't gotten much out of the charm, either. Having the charm kick in only once is common, and not having it kick in at all is almost as common. :(

[Oldschool]

Well I finally broke 3300 with Hawk after leveling his Archery up to 94. A good example of why folks or me at least hoard general xp. The only downer being that if I'd have leveled it up to start with my first try would've put him at about fifth place - if my math is right. C'est la vie and like another sayin', "hindsight's twenty twenty".

As for speculation to the bow I'm figuring it'll be flavor. However, I'm hoping it'll have some more tangible benefits such as bonuses like many of our recent miscellaneous items have.

Incidentally, the series that put him over 3300 had no luck boosts just a good average with no low rolls. Even so with his previous level he would've still been couple score shy of the 3300 mark. Also up to that point the majority of his results with 94 archery was hovering around the 3000 mark.

Finally will have a skill/power solidly in the top ten. It'll be intresting to see how/if that affects his ranking.

[thingirl]

Do you know what is REALLY annoying? 21 Alanne [thinman] 3,501

[zmflavius]

Do you know what is REALLY annoying?

/em points and laughs.

Even though I'm doing much worse.

[shadowblack]

A Contest of Bows II Leaderboard - 11/30/09 01:09 PM

Rank Adventurer Score
1 Clue [clumaster] 3,834
2 Trent [racey] 3,813
3 SCOUT [scout1idf] 3,802
4 Judge Fury 3,752
[B]5 Shadowblack [shadowblack] 3,726
6 Rommel [rangerlord] 3,700
7 Ironhaft [grod] 3,699
8 Dranikos [Dranikos] 3,689
9 Thordon [smv1973] 3,660
10 Garet Jax [dhammett] 3,641
11 Spencer Lionking [Durgin] 3,638
12 BillyDaKid 3,629
13 Valin Dupre [Skarnkai] 3,622
14 Nathair Ap Dubh [Makhazarhael] 3,582
15 Mordi [birch19] 3,576
16 Lexis [randomlord] 3,567
16 Altaria [wetheril] 3,567
17 Aleric [ganedan] 3,544
17 Fred [jimyred] 3,544
18 Myshella [ellis] 3,539
19 Mrcrowley [mrcrowley] 3,522
20 Killdore [saxonmjc44] 3,517

I started my latest (and so far - best) attempt with a 100 followed by a luck bonus. In fact, I don't think I had a roll below 90 for the first 8 shots, and a roll below 80 for the first 11 (I think my last one was below 80). Unfortunately my 2 or 3 (I'm not sure) luck bonuses were rather low. Still, I gained three places.

THEORETICALLY, if I picked 100 for each of my 12 shots I can have a score of over 3700 without any luck bonuses. But that would take some [B]incredible lcuk.

[Doolipalally]

I started my latest (and so far - best) attempt with a 100 followed by a luck bonus. In fact, I don't think I had a roll below 90 for the first 8 shots, and a roll below 80 for the first 11 (I think my last one was below 80). Unfortunately my 2 or 3 (I'm not sure) luck bonuses were rather low. Still, I gained three places.

THEORETICALLY, if I picked 100 for each of my 12 shots I can have a score of over 3700 without any luck bonuses. But that would take some incredible lcuk.

From where I'm sitting (having yet again failed even to score more than 3000), the rolls you just had would already be described as incredible luck.

12 rolls of 100 in a row I'd call ludicrous speed. Sorry, luck... ;)

[MrBlack]

I am pleased with myself :D

53 MrBlack [MrBlack] 3,313

Yay Me!!! *jumps up and down clapping*

I was reading my old family motto when it happened.

"Heb dduw, heb ddim."

[Doolipalally]

I was reading my old family motto when it happened.

"Heb dduw, heb ddim."

Nice truncation ;)

[thingirl]

4 hours left. :D:D:D:D:D:D:D 1 Clue [clumaster] 3,834
2 Trent [racey] 3,813
3 SCOUT [scout1idf] 3,802
4 Judge Fury 3,752
5 BillyDaKid [BillyDakid] 3,746
6 Shadowblack [shadowblack] 3,726
7 Rommel [rangerlord] 3,700
8 Ironhaft [grod] 3,699
9 Dranikos [Dranikos] 3,689
10 Thordon [smv1973] 3,660
11 Garet Jax [dhammett] 3,641
12 Spencer Lionking [Durgin] 3,638
13 Valin Dupre [Skarnkai] 3,622
14 Nathair Ap Dubh [Makhazarhael] 3,582
[B]15 Alanne [thinman] 3,577
16 Mordi [birch19] 3,576
17 Altaria [wetheril] 3,567
17 Lexis [randomlord] 3,567
18 Magical [havoc] 3,559
19 Aleric [ganedan] 3,549
20 Fred [jimyred] 3,544

[racey]

Can someone who is playing around midnight EST. post the top 20 list so those of us who will sleeping don't have to wait all day tomorrow to see the final official results? Thanks in advance.

[jimyred]

If no one else does, I will, I'm on MST so it'll only be 10PM my time. Currently holding at #20 . . .

[psychoadept]

Well, I've just made what will probably be my last attempt at the contest. (Unless I'm really bad when I get home and get on the computer. But I won't because that's gotten me in a lot of trouble lately. Anyway.)

Sadly, none of my guys got over 3300. Ah, well. Got some good archery experience.

[texlaw1992]

Had several 100s, some very lucky shots, still did not make it to 3300 or my current high score of 3,187.

I'll try it one more time, but I'm pretty sure nobody in the top 20 needs to worry about me knocking them out.

Congrats to all those who win the magic bow. Now what's the deal with the Obelisk of Winter and those goblins?

[Elrond]

Just noticed that the 3300+ prize is a grand bow. It is a relief knowing that I qualify for that with my 3412 score. But I way out of the running for AT's. I just hope the bow gives some nice bonuses. It will be a nice change from my worn out short bow :) .

[Oldschool]

If no one else does, I will, I'm on MST so it'll only be 10PM my time. Currently holding at #20 . . .

Yeah thanks for knocking me "outta the money" - lol. Just kiddin' congrats as I'm just glad to qualify for the longbow with three of my four characters especially my main. Also it seems my earlier math was way off as my first run adjusted for Hawk's recently leveled archery wouldn't have put him on the leaderboard much less around fifth. Actually that score would've been below his current best.

Like Texlaw (and others I'm sure) I'm interested in that Obelisk of Winter and goblin reference. For the record I checked with the guildmaster and he didn't have any info. Also I thought maybe the GM might have already put a reference in the game to it so I checked the node - again no results. Of course I just checked for the obvious "Obelisk of Winter".

Also for anyone interested here's the wiki page (which has the url) for the reference system.

http://sryth.wikia.com/wiki/World_of_Sryth#Reference_System

[Oldschool]

Whoops my bad and apologies Jimyred it looks like someone else knocked me outta the money and pushed a few others down a notch.

I'm not mentioning any names, just initials - TG. ;)

4 hours left. :D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Quote:
1 Clue [clumaster] 3,834
2 Trent [racey] 3,813
3 SCOUT [scout1idf] 3,802
4 Judge Fury 3,752
5 BillyDaKid [BillyDakid] 3,746
6 Shadowblack [shadowblack] 3,726
7 Rommel [rangerlord] 3,700
8 Ironhaft [grod] 3,699
9 Dranikos [Dranikos] 3,689
10 Thordon [smv1973] 3,660
11 Garet Jax [dhammett] 3,641
12 Spencer Lionking [Durgin] 3,638
13 Valin Dupre [Skarnkai] 3,622
14 Nathair Ap Dubh [Makhazarhael] 3,582
[B]15 Alanne [thinman] 3,577
16 Mordi [birch19] 3,576
17 Altaria [wetheril] 3,567
17 Lexis [randomlord] 3,567
18 Magical [havoc] 3,559
19 Aleric [ganedan] 3,549
20 Fred [jimyred] 3,544



Also just kiddin TG - congrats. It's nice to see so many forum regulars on the leaderboard.

[scout1idf]

TOP 100 FINAL

A Contest of Bows II Leaderboard - 11/30/09 11:42 PM

Rank Adventurer Score
1 Clue [clumaster] 3,834
2 Trent [racey] 3,813
3 SCOUT [scout1idf] 3,802
4 Judge Fury [Badstench] 3,752
5 BillyDaKid [BillyDakid] 3,746
6 Shadowblack [shadowblack] 3,726
7 Rommel [rangerlord] 3,700
8 Ironhaft [grod] 3,699
9 Dranikos [Dranikos] 3,689
10 Thordon [smv1973] 3,660
11 Garet Jax [dhammett] 3,641
12 Spencer Lionking [Durgin] 3,638
13 Valin Dupre [Skarnkai] 3,622
14 Mordi [birch19] 3,597
15 Nathair Ap Dubh [Makhazarhael] 3,582
16 Alanne [thinman] 3,577
17 Altaria [wetheril] 3,567
17 Lexis [randomlord] 3,567
18 Magical [havoc] 3,559
19 Aleric [ganedan] 3,549
20 Fred [jimyred] 3,544
21 Hawk [oldschool] 3,540
22 Myshella [ellis] 3,539
23 Dragonbane [Arete] 3,522
23 Mrcrowley [mrcrowley] 3,522
24 Killdore [saxonmjc44] 3,517
25 Mihalll [mihalll7] 3,489
26 Rocku [Pho] 3,487
27 Virago [oldschool] 3,464
28 Rhia [doolipalally] 3,459
29 Bounty Hunter [BountyHunter] 3,449
30 Gravegorel [gabringel] 3,440
31 Rebel Shell [ghostmo] 3,439
32 Handfast [grimbold] 3,432
33 Furious George [raleights] 3,421
34 Durge [racey] 3,418
35 Colton [Narion] 3,414
36 Elendil [Theodril] 3,412
37 Zedalion [sbmagle] 3,408
38 Apellon [mlzh] 3,398
39 Chareos [connovar] 3,397
40 Melathor [coursms] 3,392
41 Ard [kaffe] 3,387
42 Mordain [djrobbins13] 3,379
43 Esoteric [oldschool] 3,378
44 Kid NRoun [jesphulin] 3,365
45 Flnor [kaffe] 3,364
46 Wheaten [wheaten] 3,363
47 Boo Higgins [pccasa] 3,354
48 Dagashi [jmctitan] 3,351
48 Marissa [paladin] 3,351
49 Arakin [mercury] 3,347
50 Blix [jackfrost65] 3,328
51 Allura [scout1idf] 3,327
52 Gorge [westwindthes] 3,326
53 Kane [kanex7] 3,323
54 MrBlack [MrBlack] 3,313
55 Jamie [glowworm] 3,308
55 Aracelis [Scrollfire18] 3,308
56 Artemicia [wetheril] 3,306
57 Jadix [Dizcor] 3,304
58 ISHI [jpeter] 3,298
59 Bladesinger [dhammett] 3,277
60 Phaedre [Phaedre] 3,275
61 Patton [rangerlord] 3,273
62 Clairvoyance [wetheril] 3,270
63 Polgara [brookster83] 3,264
64 ULRIC [scout1idf] 3,260
65 Kikirianu [nimue23] 3,243
66 Tsuki [wetheril] 3,242
67 Koiya [stryfe] 3,240
68 Anri [kanex7] 3,236
69 BAMF [ede695] 3,235
70 Bimbo [bibs] 3,232
71 Silk [kbtegp] 3,213
72 MacFarlane [Holden] 3,212
72 Hyperdude [hephaestus16] 3,212
73 Calde [calde] 3,211
74 Taleweave [taleweave] 3,202
75 Jibril [Rosiel] 3,201
76 Raoul1 [raoul105] 3,193
77 Kakashi [Pho] 3,188
77 Young Ned [youngned] 3,188
77 Glorfindel [shysmv73] 3,188
78 Lancelot [texlaw1992] 3,187
79 Teras Kasi [dhammett] 3,186
80 Chance [hastifer] 3,179
81 Pheno [heroanne] 3,174
81 Allanon [dhammett] 3,174
82 Grace [ganymede] 3,171
83 RedJackel [holymeat] 3,165
84 Aren Vork [quaan] 3,161
85 Edward [ede695] 3,154
85 Kestrall [kestrall] 3,154
86 Bellinea [primentor] 3,151
86 Tomas [jmctitan] 3,151
87 Trogg [ShadowDragon] 3,148
88 Invincible [dicksontan] 3,140
89 Feral [ravenhill] 3,139
90 Sarcast [sarcast] 3,130
90 Arken [hastifer] 3,130
91 Searat [Buckbeak] 3,128
92 Amir Hazr [psychoadept] 3,127
92 Epsilon [epsilon] 3,127
93 Von [lilitu] 3,126
94 Ka Keng [kakeng] 3,119
94 Mikel TirEnd [starman71] 3,119
95 Blue [elflee2] 3,118
96 Luna Nuevo [rperpetuo] 3,116
97 Meilian [miraiko] 3,114
97 C [kalkin] 3,114
98 Tara [elvtara] 3,111
98 BillyJoeBob [pkietcklpnts] 3,111
99 Chuck [jimyred] 3,110
99 Thassa [Thassa] 3,110
100 Arabel [scout1idf] 3,108

[scout1idf]

The Rest FINAL

A Contest of Bows II Leaderboard - 11/30/09 11:42 PM

Rank Adventurer Score

101 Bowen Cranbourne [creeker77] 3,100
101 Mal Vaar [dburgess] 3,100
101 Julia Dermane [terook] 3,100
102 Cire Blood [cire] 3,098
103 Siddharth [siddharth] 3,097
104 Voltan [oldschool] 3,085
105 Rundum [demojan777] 3,084
106 Narney [strythe] 3,081
107 Munnkey [giman] 3,074
108 Brutus [vinnie] 3,072
109 Zmflavius [zmflavius] 3,070
110 Xarantiroth [psychoadept] 3,067
111 Abyssi [apycalo] 3,064
111 Dinkem [dinkem] 3,064
111 Belladonna [belladonna] 3,064
112 Trey [mgrzegor] 3,063
113 Vylix [psychoadept] 3,053
114 Kermit The Bold [youngned] 3,049
114 Asiya [melisande] 3,049
114 Selkit [Taleria] 3,049
115 Peregrine [thedruid] 3,046
116 Grak The Doofus [nogard] 3,043
116 Snake [chanse] 3,043
117 Jayde [Sharvyn] 3,034
118 Benjamin [benhutch12] 3,033
118 Raidin [NightChild] 3,033
119 Greygor [greygor] 3,031
120 Ashaundra [vivianehl] 3,023
121 Cosmo [Kurland] 3,019
122 DeathAll [deadeye44] 3,013
123 Brychan [taliesin] 3,011
123 Rothgar [ellis] 3,011
124 BigDrill [hairykeys] 3,009
125 Trembis [embian] 3,008
126 Gethrynn [leichter] 3,001
127 Chaos [draxas] 2,997
128 Arik [arik] 2,995
129 Charm Caster [taproot] 2,994
130 Taleria [Taleria] 2,991
131 Chase [joust1] 2,988
132 Tanaka Khan [Carior] 2,987
133 ZZ [swaimsj] 2,983
134 Levredar [jimbass321] 2,977
135 Karya [saphira] 2,976
135 Weezel [qwertyweezel] 2,976
136 Erelas [geven] 2,975
137 Anth [anth001] 2,974
138 Ringo Nightwind [hammer] 2,970
139 Anubis [anonymous] 2,965
140 Lanthran [stirlock] 2,964
141 Sonya [ggrihn] 2,949
142 Niamh [doolipalally] 2,948
143 Maghnosius [Maghnosius] 2,941
143 Pheldman [nogard] 2,941
144 Allonon [rdawg055] 2,934
145 Azars [Maghnosius] 2,933
145 Exilis [wraithguard] 2,933
146 Carl [rjkellar] 2,932
147 Aragorn [Maghnosius] 2,928
148 Nighthawk [thedruid] 2,926
149 Prince Of Pride [GodOfPride] 2,915
150 Kieran [almathea] 2,914
151 Ryan Mcbride [hgphibbs] 2,911
152 Talabekarosa [rrman] 2,902
153 Mintus [mintus001] 2,900
154 Dmitri Samusenko [NickAragua] 2,898
154 Tarl [neldor] 2,898
155 Ymerej [malicemancer] 2,897
156 Flambay [belroc] 2,895
157 Aerin [doolipalally] 2,892
158 Maleki [maleki] 2,888
158 Fonkin Hiddypeak [rothew] 2,888
159 Simeon [hastifer] 2,887
160 John Ardin [lightwielder] 2,885
160 Ladron Nuevo [rperpetuo] 2,885
161 Ricktor [rperpetuo] 2,873
161 Jazz [doolipalally] 2,873
162 Lord Frost [Frosts] 2,869
163 Spickett [spickett] 2,867
164 Paladin [nihlus9919] 2,859
165 Chetwyn Ulose [hackler] 2,850
166 Czarnygasior [blackgoose] 2,849
167 Lord Koomh [Maghnosius] 2,847
168 Gyjyss [gyjyss] 2,845
169 Hoardman [albananvil] 2,837
170 ShadeSlayer [charley] 2,835
171 Tharvald [thinman] 2,830
172 Ares [OlympianZeus] 2,819
173 Curunir [ggrihn] 2,816
174 Bane [killerbob666] 2,815
175 Car Yung [carlonus] 2,814
176 Mykull [deathsdj] 2,813
176 Neros [calor] 2,813
177 Zera Garlok [dhq67] 2,805
178 Mighty1 [ACTheMan] 2,804
179 Star Slayer [addus] 2,802
180 AlbanAnvil [albananvil] 2,798
180 Mojo [meatman] 2,798
180 Dude [funguy2065] 2,798
181 Norrin [norrin] 2,794
182 Krylinym [scarbrow] 2,793
183 Psycho Demon [pdemon69] 2,790
184 Raszak [sphycojoe155] 2,789
185 Mattiemio [Mattiemio] 2,787
186 Storel [youngned] 2,784
187 Akadiana [saracol99] 2,778
188 Hahader [8882548] 2,773
189 Gallus [gallus] 2,772
190 Lazarus [cire] 2,764
190 Sammi [mgrzegor] 2,764
191 Isinfier [bourbon62] 2,762
192 Sol Nuevo [rperpetuo] 2,761
193 Shatterskull [Padraig] 2,760
194 Nivek [nivek] 2,750
195 Binq [leichter] 2,745
196 DarkDrizzt [darkdrizzt] 2,743
196 Vivienne [saracol99] 2,743
197 Colynna [Startoucher] 2,732
197 Logan [gabe] 2,732
198 Ulrich [jergarber] 2,721
199 Spellhurler [karate] 2,719
200 Klon [dragoon669] 2,708
201 Belela [majanno] 2,707
202 Trogg [aldargon] 2,683
203 Elsbeth Stryker [greywoulf] 2,681
204 Thorin [dthurmond] 2,675
204 Clementara [mamag] 2,675
205 Selvera [krule] 2,641
206 Greatdane [greatdane] 2,636
207 Giles [supergiles] 2,632
208 Sapphire [rogue] 2,619
209 Chessydor [Disaster] 2,615
210 Hallowed [cunari] 2,613
211 TilaTerror [ACTheMan] 2,600
212 Valoth [valoth] 2,566
213 Qiang [jialian] 2,536
214 Sanctus [majesty] 2,529
215 Maisc [kirse] 2,477
216 Mira [awol] 2,461
217 Cuwvin [kalkin] 2,459
218 Fectia [fastfinge] 2,455
219 Aragorn [cdpritchard] 2,450
219 Lady Of The Lake [kurtis] 2,450
220 King Arthur [kurtis] 2,449
221 Maressea [scarbrow] 2,447
222 Enya [majesty] 2,421
223 Kurtis [kurtis] 2,415
224 RaistlinMajere [darkdrizzt] 2,411
225 Bud [arnon] 2,409
226 Karen [kurtis] 2,378
227 The Money Man [clubfinance] 2,376
228 Odin [odinthor] 2,325
229 Phil Vonn [kolzor] 2,324
230 Vlad Taltos [vladtaltos] 2,315
231 Kali [siddharth] 2,302
232 Solupus [frozbyte] 2,291

[smv1973]

This challenge is now over. Final results will be posted tomorrow (12/1). Prizes for adventurers finishing among the top 20 places, and for those archers who achieved scores of 3,330 or higher, will made available when the final results have been posted. Thanks to everyone who participated!

[Elrond]

Congratulations to all the winners (places 1 - 20)! And a special congrats to the top 3! Their scores were stratospheric! And a final congrats to the winners of the Grand Bow! And lastly but not least, better luck next time to those who finished placed 58+!

[scout1idf]

Congratulations to all the winners (places 1 - 20)! And a special congrats to the top 3! Their scores were stratospheric! And a final congrats to the winners of the Grand Bow! And lastly but not least, better luck next time to those who finished placed 58+!

Thank you Elrond and congrats to all the winners......

I can't wait to see what that new bow will be and do.
Not to mention a trip to Tallys....

[taproot97]

yay, i improved my score by 2 points before the end.

[Young Ned]

Dang, Kermit didn't even make the top 100, and he had more tries than either Ned or Storel. And Ned got 77th place, but was nowhere near 3300, so no new bow for me. :(

[jimyred]

Yay for the experience reward too, was it the same for all the top 20, or did it increase for the higher ranks?
4096 xp to general and archery, then (i think)1024 to general and (i know)1024 to AS&P

[thingirl]

They're live? I'll go check.

Congratulations! As one of the top 20 finishers in the second Contest of Bows -- you finished in the #16 spot -- you've won one of Zumryn's grand prizes!

* Collect your prize...


Congratulations on your success in the archery tournament!

XP +4,096 You've been awarded a total of 4,096 Experience...
4,096 xp applied to general...

XP +4,096 You've been awarded a total of 4,096 Experience...
4,096 xp applied to Archery...

You meet with Zumryn and Narsaryn near the statue gallery just inside the gates of the battlegrounds. They both congratulate you on your success in the tournament and Zumryn promptly hands you a pouch containing your prize of Adventurer Tokens.

AT + 16 You've acquired 16 Adventurer Tokens.

"A fine showing, Alanne," says Zumryn. "I'll admit, though, that I wasn't at all surprised to find your name among the leaders. Well done, my friend."

Narsaryn bows before you and tells you that skill with a bow is remarkable.

"I'll confess I haven't seen such a display in quite some time," she says. "It's good to see that the utility of the bow has not been forgotten. It was inspiring to watch you, Alanne."

"Don't go running off just yet," Zumryn says as he produces a worn leather bag and begins rummaging through its contents. "I've something else for you..."

* Please continue...



Zumryn draws a palm-sized black stone orb from the bag and holds it up for you to see.

"Perhaps you've seen one of these before?" he asks. "It's for you, Alanne, and I think you'll find the effects it produces quite to your liking..."

Zumryn hands you the black orb. The instant you take possession of the object, it vanishes with a blinding flash, and a powerful surge of energy passes through your body...

* Please continue...



The surging energy rapidly dissipates, leaving in its wake only a strange tingling sensation that takes several minutes to subside.

XP +3,072 You've been awarded a total of 3,072 Experience...
3,072 xp applied to general...

XP +1,024 You've been awarded 1,024 Experience...
1024 xp applied to All Skills and Powers...

"A bit strange, is it not?" Zumryn grins and slaps you on the back. "I'll tell you -- though don't go spreading it around -- I've got quite a few of those lying about -- under lock and key, mind. Just a small gift for you, Alanne. And again, congratulations on your success!"

You speak with Zumryn and Narsaryn for several minutes before at last bidding them farewell. As you turn to leave, you spot one of your fellow prize-winning contestants moving across the courtyard toward the master of the battlegrounds.

* Please continue...

[Doolipalally]

Doesn't look like the reward for scoring more than 3,300 is live yet.

[shadowblack]

12/1/09 - Contest of Bows II: Prizes
Prizes for the top 20 finishers in the second Contest of Bows archery tournament are now available. To claim your prize, please visit the Battlegrounds on Iron Crown Isle and select the "Special Battlegrounds Events" option.

Adventurers who achieved a score of 3,300 points or better in the contest will receive a special bow tomorrow (12/2).

This grand bow will provide a bonus when used in checks against your archery skill, and will make "using" your archery skill less prone to failure. It will also provide a bonus when your archery skill is used in random number selections (like those in recent tournament).

Congratulations to all participants and to the top finishers. Well done!

[scout1idf]

Reward text.....

Congratulations! As one of the top 20 finishers in the second Contest of Bows -- you finished in the #3 spot -- you've won one of Zumryn's grand prizes!


Congratulations on your success in the archery tournament!

XP +4,096 You've been awarded a total of 4,096 Experience...
4,096 xp applied to general...

XP +4,096 You've been awarded a total of 4,096 Experience...
4,096 xp applied to Archery...

You meet with Zumryn and Narsaryn near the statue gallery just inside the gates of the battlegrounds. They both congratulate you on your success in the tournament and Zumryn promptly hands you a pouch containing your prize of Adventurer Tokens.

AT + 40 You've acquired 40 Adventurer Tokens.

"Placing as high as you did in a contest like that is no meagre feat," says Zumryn. "I was certain you had a fair chance at the top spot, and I think without the constraints of time, you might have pulled it off, SCOUT. Well done."

Narsaryn bows before you and tells you that skill with a bow is remarkable.

"I'll confess I haven't seen such a display in quite some time," she says. "It's good to see that the utility of the bow has not been forgotten. It was inspiring to watch you, SCOUT."

"Don't go running off just yet," Zumryn says as he produces a worn leather bag and begins rummaging through its contents. "I've something else for you..."



Zumryn draws a palm-sized black stone orb from the bag and holds it up for you to see.

"Perhaps you've seen one of these before?" he asks. "It's for you, SCOUT, and I think you'll find the effects it produces quite to your liking..."

Zumryn hands you the black orb. The instant you take possession of the object, it vanishes with a blinding flash, and a powerful surge of energy passes through your body...


The surging energy rapidly dissipates, leaving in its wake only a strange tingling sensation that takes several minutes to subside.

XP +3,072 You've been awarded a total of 3,072 Experience...
3,072 xp applied to general...

XP +1,024 You've been awarded 1,024 Experience...
1024 xp applied to All Skills and Powers...

"A bit strange, is it not?" Zumryn grins and slaps you on the back. "I'll tell you -- though don't go spreading it around -- I've got quite a few of those lying about -- under lock and key, mind. Just a small gift for you, SCOUT. And again, congratulations on your success!"

You speak with Zumryn and Narsaryn for several minutes before at last bidding them farewell. As you turn to leave, you spot one of your fellow prize-winning contestants moving across the courtyard toward the master of the battlegrounds.

[spencer]

All in all, a very nice and generous event...congrats to all of my fellow winners and I will try not to be too envious of the top 9 finishers :)

[shadowblack]

I finished #6 and got the text about the top spot:
"Placing as high as you did in a contest like that is no meagre feat," says Zumryn. "I was certain you had a fair chance at the top spot, and I think without the constraints of time, you might have pulled it off, Shadowblack. Well done."

More importantly, thanks to the 28 ATs I now have 72 - should be enough for the Tome of Attaiment once it is available (or so I hope). And thanks to the experience I managed to increase Necromancy to 88.

[wetheril]

I got the same experience reward as Scout, so my guess is that maybe all the experience rewards are the same. Well, I'm glad I didn't spend more experience to get legendary Archery, or else the archery experience would have gone to waste!

Congrats to all the winners, and like Spencer, I'll try not to be too envious about the others with higher AT rewards. ;)

[Young Ned]

This grand bow will provide a bonus when used in checks against your archery skill, and will make "using" your archery skill less prone to failure. It will also provide a bonus when your archery skill is used in random number selections (like those in recent tournament).


Hmm, so the people who did best this time will now do even better next time? Oh, well. Conga-rats to all the winners! :cool:

[Oldschool]

Considering the GM's penchant for fairness I thought that something like this might happen.

srythadventurer: I'll try again. The rumour is that Zumryn will be offering his grand bows for sale (for gold) to those who didn't win one. What is his game?

Had I known for sure I would've sat on Hawk's general xp that I used to level up his archery. But that would have taken some of the fun out of it and he's still sitting on a mil give or take a thousand. Plus, IF this holds true, my fourth alt won't feel slighted since he was the only one of mine not to get 3300+.

[texlaw1992]

I have plenty of gold burning a hole in my pocket. I'm definitely buying that bow.

[scout1idf]

I wonder how much it will be. Ulric and Arabel aren't very rich since they don't get to play much.....

[spencer]

I just heard a rumor that Zumryn is selling some pretty cool bows now at his Battlegrounds...you might want to check it out.

I chose the crossed swords engraving

[wetheril]

So even if we scored 3300+ we still have to pay gold? I thought only those who didn't score high enough had to pay...

[Zedalion]

So even if we scored 3300+ we still have to pay gold? I thought only those who didn't score high enough had to pay...

Got mine for free...I think it just changed.

[Oldschool]

Yeah it just changed as I was getting ready to send a bug report. Someone musta beat me to it.

I wonder if they'll be any differences with the bows. I don't expect any statistical differences but some flavor text when they're being used would be nice. Well off to Moonpath to experiment.

Aside from there and the Kurund in Tarramyre are there any other replayable archery encounters?

[texlaw1992]

Ah, looks good, and not at all expensive. Too bad the archery contest is over. Still, I have a new bow to shoot the ice troll, though I won't have to shoot him much longer.

[wetheril]

Got mine for free...I think it just changed.

Okay, I noticed it got fixed now. I didn't save the first time. *phew*

[Oldschool]

Just thought of something. Since the bows can't be equipped I wonder what'll happen if you have an archery encounter with both bows in your inventory.

Once I catch up on my forum surfing I should find out soon enough as I'm headed to Moonpath.

[Elrond]

I paid the 10K gold and got the bow despite scoring 3412 in the contest. But with over 5 million gold on hand, I'm glad I got rid of some of it!

As to the engravings, I wonder, like Oldschool, if there will be any differences. I don't expect any significant variations. I picked the Star-filled Sky engraving. The Eagle in Flight was tempting; but I went Elvish with my pick!

[wetheril]

Before anybody can beat me to it, I've put up a page for the bow (http://sryth.wikia.com/wiki/Item:1677_Grand_Ashen_Bow) on the Wiki.

Off to Moonpath I go!

[Elrond]

The archery text in moonpath didn't change with the new bow. Sorry to disappoint you all ;) .

[Oldschool]

The archery text in moonpath didn't change with the new bow. Sorry to disappoint you all ;) .

Was your old bow still in your inventory?

[Elrond]

Was your old bow still in your inventory?

Nope! I stored it as soon as I bought my new bow.

[Oldschool]

Well that was some quick testing - lol.

[wetheril]

The archery text in moonpath didn't change with the new bow. Sorry to disappoint you all ;) .

Correct--no differences either. *DOH* I figured out why. The special ability comes in when you need to ROLL with an archery bonus involved...which Moonpath does not have.

[Elrond]

Yup, the bow makes a difference in archery checks and random number selections. On another point, the bow is quite heavy with 8 enc.

[narion]

I just picked up my bow. I'm wicked excited about it. I chose the dragon engraving. It's the theme for this character, so I figured I'd stick with it.

Congratulations to all the top 20 winners. Hopefully next time I can at least crack the top 30!

[Young Ned]

I'm happy that we get to have the new bows even if we didn't break 3300. :) It's a lot more expensive than the old bows, of course, but that's okay.

[scout1idf]

My picks

-Scout|-Ulric|-Allura|-Arabel
-a castle in the hills|-a bolt of lightning|-a spider in a web|-a soaring dragon

I just hope it's worth the 10,000 gold for Ulric and Arabel......

[Young Ned]

I'm just buying Kermit a bow right now. On looking at the list of engravings, my first thought was "What, no frog??" ;)

My second thought was "hmm, 19 different engravings... I wonder if different engravings provide different hidden bonuses of some sort?" I'm also wondering if there's any significance to there being 19. We only have 18 different skills, so probably not some kind of correspondence there...

[wetheril]

I wonder if different engravings provide different hidden bonuses of some sort?" I'm also wondering if there's any significance to there being 19. We only have 18 different skills, so probably not some kind of correspondence there...

Funny, I was idly wondering too if different engravings would actually give different bonuses beyond being flavor text, but it's doubtful.

(Noticed a couple of the engravings were similar to the symbols you had to touch when you visit Castle Baleward the first time after finishing Heir to the Flame.)

[scout1idf]

I chose the different designs just in case there was a difference.

When we got Cloak Of The Wanderer, the GM said that the color made no difference. This time with the bows, nothing was mentioned. Could have been an over-site. Could be something to it. Only time will tell.

Something else makes me wonder.....

From An Adventurer's Journal:

I'll try again. The rumour is that Zumryn will be offering his grand bows for sale (for gold) to those who didn't win one. What is his game?

Is that a hint to something coming up with the bow, or the GM being fair to everyone?

Just something to think about........

[Elrond]

My hunch on the different engravings is that they give a "personal feel" to the bow! I doubt that the engraving goes beyond sentimentality.