Mage Tower - Notes

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Two teams compete to steal the other's mascot, gaining points and beating the clock to take home the win.

Show up and cheer on our Varsity Mage Tower Team when they play their first match of the year at Homecoming!

Game Rules

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A game of Mage Tower takes place in three phases, each of which lasts 20 minutes*

On either side of the field there is a tall (40ft) tower upon which each team's mascot is placed. The objective of the game is to cross the field to the other team's tower, steal their mascot and bring it back to their own team's field to score a point. The team with the most points at the end of the match wins that round. A game is won by winning two out of three matches.

Participants can use magic or physical means to steal their opponent's mascot and defend their own.
Games are played wearing a device which will instantly teleport any unconscious participants to the medical bay where they will be healed back to their normal state.
Players who fall unconscious may not rejoin the game until the beginning of a new match.
Players are only allowed to cast damaging** spells on Targets in the same half of the game field.
Standard Mage Tower games are played on a 100ft long field.
Players begin the game in a line beside their home base and may not break formation until the whistle has been blown to signify the start of the match.
Teams are allowed to surrender.
If all of the players on a team are rendered unconscious, the other team automatically claims the match.

*This is marked by a specially designed large hourglass that is flipped at the start of the game.

**This includes any spell which would cause physical harm to the participant.

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Intramural vs Varsity Teams

Mage Tower teams at F.L.A.M.E. are broken into five intramural teams and the varsity team.

Intramural Mage Tower. There is an intramural team for each of the five tracks, who play each other throughout the school year in a double-elimination tournament bracket. The intramural team only plays within that same school.

Varsity Mage Tower. The varsity team is composed of the best players from the intramural teams and plays in a single-elimination tournament against competing universities.

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Game Mechanics

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A game of Mage Tower consists of a series of ability checks and attack actions.

At the start of each match, each player will roll initiative. Initiative will also be rolled for the rest of the player's team (collective) and the opposing team (collective). If there are any players in the stands or elsewhere in the stadium who wish to perform actions during the match, they may also join the initiative order.

During a match, players may perform an action the same as they would in battle. Some strategies might include trying to take out the other team through force, others may choose a distraction and send a stealthy team member for the mascot, others might focus more on defence. You are allowed full creativity in how you wish to play the game.

Throughout the game, ability checks can be used to:

Dash past the opposing team members unhindered.
Anticipate the opposing team's tactical ploys.
Avoid being faked out by the opposing team's spells or mock spells.
Fake out their opponents with spells or mock spells.
Catch a stealthy opponent trying to sneak off with their team's mascot.
Wrest their mascot away from the opponents.

Sometimes these ability checks will be asked for by the DM. Other times, the player may request to make an ability check as their action. A failed ability check at a critical moment could make or break a game of Mage Tower. Remember, it takes a variety of skills to win a Mage Tower game so don't place all of your eggs in one basket!

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