Editing Battlefields (section)

= Anatomy of battle =

[[File:Anatomy of battle.png|700px|frameless|right|Anatomy of battle.]]

The anatomy of battle follows a certain procedure which is common to all battlefields. See picture "Anatomy of a Battle", which illustrates a default setting for a battle for two teams. See the red numbers in the picture. The subchapters will describe each step one at a time.

== Entrance to the battlefield ==

Entrance is meant for battle audience - which means players who simply wish to observe battles without partaking in them. 

[[File:Battlefield entrance.png|400px|frame|left|Entrance to battlefield of Wyvern Gulch.]]

This room is used to follow on-going battles as most of battlefield informs will be relayed into this room during active battles. To follow an on-going battle, no specific commands are needed as the information will be relayed automatically as the battle proceeds.


== Betting and negotation room ==

This is the room where teams may negotiate, draw some initial boundaries and ultimately set the winner's prize for the forthcoming battle.

[[File:Battlefield betting room.png|400px|frame|left|Battlefield betting room.]]

What you need to do here, step by step: 

1. Gather two teams: Invite at least two players to form two opposing teams and get all members of both teams here. Each team can have more than one member. Each member of the team is expected to stay throughout the duration of the battle. It is possible to have one-player teams, so two players is the minimum to fight.

2. Negotiation and betting: Once all members are here, negotiate with the other team what is going to be the bet of this battle. The winning team will always have full rights and ownership to whatever the bet was placed. You can simply drop the items, or money that you want to place into the bet, on the floor.

3. Lock bets: Once both teams are in agreement about the bet which is placed on the floor of this room, type 'bet'. This command will lock the bet for the battle. Note that you can always use 'unbet' if you decide the bet is after all not satisfactory and dismantle the deal.

== Team ready rooms ==

<pre>
Team ready room commands:
settings
forcemin
forcemax
label
pickstart
tactic
ready
unready
deploy
startdeploy
</pre>

Team ready rooms are used for finalizing negotations for battle and organizing your battle force for deployment, which is the first stage of any battle.

[[File:Battlefield team ready room.png|400px|frame|left|Battlefield team ready room.]]

What you need to do here, step by step.

1. Negotiate the remaining battle details with the other team:
a. what is the minimum battle force both teams will deploy in battle (can be different between teams)
b. what is the maximum battle force both teams will deploy in battle (can be different between teams)

First, look at 'settings'. The 'battle force limits' indicates which is the so called hard floor and ceiling of battle value that is possible to deploy into this battle. With these hard limits in mind, you can use commands 'forcemin' and 'forcemax' to adjust limits that you are willing to impose on your team. The opposing teams can naturally do the same, until you reach an agreement of what kind of force all teams are going to deploy.

2. Label your team. Give your team a name by using command 'label'.

3. Choose whether you want to pick starting locations your force in the battlefield manually, or do you want starting locations be picked randomly. Use command 'pickstart' to do this.

4. Choose which tactic your team is going to employ by using the 'tactic' command. You have three tactic options available:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Tactic !! Description
|-
| Attack || Your force may hold up to half of its units in reserves. You can deploy your reserves at any point later in the battle (whereas in probing you must deploy reserves after first battle turn.)
|-
| Defend || Your force may deploy all of its units at once. You have the entire firepower of your force available from the beginning of the battle.
|-
| Probe || Your force may deploy up to half of its units during first battle turn AND reserves will be deployed automatically after this first battle turn, in 2nd battle turn. this means you will have one entire battle turn for probing the battlefield before your entire force can be targeted by e.g. enemy archers.
|}

5. If everything in 'settings' can be agreed with the other teams, you can type 'ready' to raise a flag indicating your team is satisfied with the agreed battle parameters. However, command 'unready' will dismantle this agreement if it turns out there are still details under dispute and which prevent your team's readiness.

6. Depending on your tactic, place your deployment forces on the floor of the deployment room to the north. Then, place your reserve forces on the floor of the reserve room to the south. You can use command 'settings' at all times to see how much force you are about to deploy, how much you keep in reserve, and how much your team has in total.

7. Once you are done with placing your deployment and reserves, all members of your team need to return to the team's ready room. Then, type 'deploy' and your tactic, deployment and reserves plan will be inspected. If you need to correct something, you will be told what. If all is good, 'deploy' command will set your team ready and locked.

Note: All players must clear the deploy and reserve rooms and proceed to the team ready room before deployment stage of battle can begin.

8. Deployment into battle starts automatically once the last team to participate is ready and locked. Who deploys first will be determined randomly. You will be informed when it is your team's turn to deploy. When this moment comes, type 'startdeploy' to deploy your forces. At this point you and your team will be transferred to your team's podium in the battlefield, from which you will find more instructions on how to deploy your forces.

== Podium ==

Podium is another name for the seating box by the side of the battlefield. From here you can effectively guide your troops in battle without needing to leave anywhere.

[[File:Battlefield podium.png|400px|frame|left|A battlefield podium.]]

Your team will stay in the podium for the duration of the battle. A battle ends when victory conditions are met (default: all enemy forces are killed), or the other team surrenders and there is only one active team left.

== Debriefing room ==

Once a battle comes to an end, all teams with their surviving and wounded forces will be lead into their respective debriefing rooms. Each team will have their debriefing in their own dedicated debriefing room.

[[File:Battlefield debriefing room.png|400px|frame|right|Battlefield debriefing room.]]

Each team will now be able to share their loot, surviving forces and in addition they will also receive the prize which was agreed to be passed to the winning team of the battle. In the end of an epic battle, this reward can also be external, e.g. a province.

Once all teams mark debriefing as done (by typing 'done' in the debriefing room), an exit will open which will allow members of both teams return back to the arena entrance.

At this point, you have witnessed the horrors of battlefield and you will bear the mental scars caused by it for the remainder of your life. Until the next inevitable battle.