73rd Hunger Games Rules

73rd Games Specific Rules & Mechanics:

Cave Spider Damage

As like the 72nd Hunger Games, small swarms of Cave Spiders will invade throughout the arena each night. After overnight healing is done being calculated, those tributes without repellent in their inventories will take 3 damage. Repellent will not be available for purchase through sponsorship.

Festering Wounds

Basically replacing the poison within mutts, tributes will receive festering wounds which will not be cured without an antidote. Taking all the aspects as the newly updated poison, this will not outright kill a tribute, however damage will accumulate throughout Games Days.

Festering Wounds will inflict an increasing amount of damage each day, starting from a fixed 5 damage on the first day, plus adding an additional [*dice=4] to the amount of damage done on each subsequent day.

For example:

- Day 1 of festering wounds: +5 damage
- Day 2 of festering wounds: (tribute rolls a 3) +8 damage
- Day 3 of festering wounds: (tribute rolls a 1) +9 damage   
( Modified from Hunger Games Rules by Aya )    


Movement
Only a lone tribute may choose to travel throughout the Lonely Caves, apart from their allies.  The Lonely Caves can take you anywhere within the arena, however you must travel alone.

Torches & Vision

Within the cave walls there are simply two areas that put the widely considered, most useful, sense that comes in handy while vying throughout the games - ones ​Vision​ - to the test. Adapted from the 68th Hunger Games, most known for their tributes fighting in absolute darkness, the 73rd Hunger Games will incorporate only one light source that will be able illuminate these areas. ( ​Pit of Darkness & Lonely Caves​ ) A torch - A blunt weapon that comes pre-loaded with only three uses of tar, which will only be considered lit if it is being used as their weapon. No, one can not hold the torch and fight with another weapon in a separate hand. When/If a tributes torch extinguishes in the midst of a fight, it is no longer a viable light source.

In the case that a light source does give out within a fight in these areas, or there is not one to begin with, then all attacks will be randomly rolled for targets - including ally members. 

Howling Winds - Fire

Known for the whistling of winds that can be heard when approaching this area, the Howling Winds is perhaps not the most ideal place to be having to deal with endless excessive, harsh bouts of air. When using a jar of tar to light a fire or even a lit torch, if given one, as a weapon one must be wary with taking the risk.

In such an area, the chances of a tributes fire extinguishing increases with an added, mandatory roll to be included beneath the original fire roll. On a 6 sided dice roll [*dice=6] if a tribute rolls either a 5 or a 6 then the fire is considered extinguished, and the original fire roll is negated.

Howling Winds - Gifts

In addition to the fire roll, the Howling Winds has more to offer. The first time a tribute posts they must roll a dice, in which they will be hit by a random object determined by the result of the dice roll.