IronMan
TAG FORMAT
[IM]YourName or [Iron]YourName
ORIGINATED BY
unkown
BASIC IRONMAN RULES
The IronMan variant is by far the
most challenging Diablo experience you can undergo.
Every team-member starts with a brand new level 1 character. The ONLY access to
town services is immediately at the start of the game (or difficult-level, see below!). Armor, weapons,
staffs, potions and scrolls may be bought, limited by the low starting
gold (200 – 400) of the
party.
After leaving the town and
entering the dungeon you are never again allowed to return to Tristram. The party is thoroughly (external characters are not allowed to aid or even
join the IronMan game) on its own and proceeds form
dungeon level to dungeon level until the whole team is dead. You are allowed to use your
collected / pre-bought resurrection scrolls / staffs to bring your comrades
back to life, but the “restart in town” -option is strictly
forbidden!
Exception: In the happy case that a victory against “Diablo” himself is
obtained, the contestants are allowed to continue on the next difficult-level. At the very start of
these continuation games, (before you enter the dungeon again!) it
is allowed to use every kind of town services
available!
Note: It is not carved in stone, that an IronMan game has to end with the
death of all team-members, but most of the time it does end this way. In fact,
there is a very improbable chance to actually
“win” an IronMan, by defeating "Diablo" on ALL three
difficulty-levels.
Before you are allowed to proceed
to the next dungeon level, ALL monsters must be killed, ALL barrels, coffins,
bookcases, decapitated bodies and chests must be opened / activated.
NoteA: This
regulation is likewise valid if you face “Diablo” in dungeon level 16. Before you are allowed to kill him, you have to clean the entire level
priorly!
ADVANCED IRONMAN RULES
It is strictly forbidden to
return back to a completed dungeon level! “Lock-In” / “Cave-In” Regulation.
Exception: The only granted case
for returning to a cleared dungeon level is to resurrect your teammates. You
are not allowed to pick up / active anything while you are on the cleared
dungeon area.
If it comes to the case, that one
ore more character(s) is/are too low leveled to enter a continuation game on an
higher difficult (nightmare / hell), the
character(s) beneath the required level must start a solo training game (no other character is allowed to join!), in
which he/they is/are not allowed to keep newly found items, gold and/or add
permanent modifications (shrines, elixirs, spell-books) to the character(s).
Town services, free level access and the “restart
in town”-option are legitimate during those training games. As soon as
the character(s) reached the required level (20
/ 30) for the
concerning difficult he/they have to leave the training game.
Note: To minimize the possible
use up of resources like staff-charges, equipment-durability, scrolls and
potions, the affected player(s) is/are allowed to use newly found / bought
items in the training game. But it’s not allowed
to carry anything over to the real continuation game!
MISCELLANEOUS RULES
You are free to pause your IronMan-sessions after every completed dungeon
level and continue at a subsequent date in a new game. To make it possible to
have access to a dungeon level that is not attainable by a direct entrance, an
external “Cleaning-Character” is allowed to pave the way for the
party.
NoteA: You are not allowed to use any town services in these continuation
games. Move directly to the Townportal the
Cleaning-Character has send. The portal has to be placed directly at the
entrance of the actual dungeon level.
NoteB: If it comes to the case, that you weren’t able
to resurrect one (or more) of your team-mates, due the lack of resurrection
scrolls / charges, before the last session came to it’s end, you are
allowed to catch this up in the new game. Just sacrifice one resurrection
scroll / one staff charge to emulate the resurrection process. The concerning
player(s) are hereunto allowed to rejoin the party.
If it comes to the case, that one
ore more players drop out of the current game, the concerning player(s) is/are
free to rejoin and return back to the team by Townportal
or a nearby entrance. If it is not possible to rejoin the game because of
latency, or any other imaginable reason, the team is free to continue in a new
one. But the remaining player(s) have to clean the current dungeon level priorly!
In the unhappy case, that all players drop out, with
no chance to rejoin the game, due to a game-crash or a related reason, you have
to redo the current dungeon level. Everything that got lost due to the crash is
permanently gone. It is strictly forbidden to use any kind of item-recreation!