RAW DEAL OFFICIAL MULTIPLAYER RULES

Welcome to the Official Raw Deal Multiplayer Rules. This is the document you, the public, demanded. We solicited submissions and suggestions from hardcore Raw Deal fans to make this the best, most comprehensive Multiplayer Rules. You have spoken and we have listened.

Why make Official Multiplayer Rules? Well, we’re aware that quite a few of you have your own home-grown ‘backyard wrestling’ style Multiplayer Rules, but we still get many emails per day asking for rulings on Multiplayer questions. That’s one of the main reasons why we asked for your comments up front. We want to consider all of the possibilities and make this an amazing Raw Deal experience.

We’re going to do this in two parts. First, the basic Multiplayer. This is going to cover games where there are 3 or more players in the Ring, and it’s each man for himself. The end will cover such variants as Tornado Tag, which would only require a minor rule change for each variant.

The second part is the fun stuff. Battle Royal, Royal Rumble and other more wacky formats will be dealt with here. This section will contain the most exceptions and different rules, and it’s recommended for people with a decent grasp of the existing Multiplayer Rules (and the General Rules as well…couldn’t hurt!) More formats will be added as requests come in.

Remember, while these rules are 'official', they're not sanctionable. They're just for fun.

SECTION ONE

First let’s establish some things:

-Multiplayer is designed to be a little faster than other Singles formats. Just like in real WWE matches, Superstars are capable of amazing things when they do battle in greater numbers.
-We will deal with anything here that is different from the normal rules. If it’s not mentioned here, assume the rule is the same as for normal singles competition.
-Some Superstars, strategies and cards are going to be significantly stronger, and others significantly weaker. Getting over this now is crucial if you want to have some fun.

1. Everybody is considered your opponent, unless stated otherwise.
2. Maneuvers can only be played against your opponents. You can’t get cheap Fortitude by beaning your own partner with a kendo stick.
3. When playing a Maneuver, you must declare which of your opponents you are playing it against. This is done in Step 1 of the Timing Breakdown, basically as soon as you name the Maneuver you are playing.
4. If a card says ‘can only be played after’ it must target the same opponent the original card targeted (if applicable.) That means if you Pump Kick Jeff Hardy, you can’t play a Knee Smash on Matt. This rule is not affected by any card that removes the ‘can only be played after’ text.
5. If you control an effect that reacts when an opponent plays a card type (such as Brahma Bull, or the Superstar Abilities of Raven, Crippler or Jamie Noble) the effect will only trigger if the card is played naming you as the target. (EG, Raven won’t draw a card if Matt punches Jeff in the face.)
6. The win condition is specified at the beginning of the match. Either the first pinfall wins the match, or each player is eliminated when they are pinned.
7. Fortitude is kept no matter who it was generated against.
8. If a player is eliminated, all of that players cards leaves the game as well. This rule ignores the Permanent trait.
9. Play starts with the highest Superstar Value and proceeds clockwise.
10. Any player may reverse an Action or Activated Card Effect. The choice of whether or not to reverse is made starting with the opponent to the left of the player playing the card or ACE and continues clockwise. No matter which opponent reverses the Action, play continues clockwise as normal.
11. When a player's turn ends, the player to his left starts the next turn.
12. Effects that reveal a player's hand only reveals it to the player who is controlling the effect (not all of the players. For example, Kane plays Commissioner Rules on Jeff Hardy. Spike Dudley won't see what Kane sees in Jeff's hand.)
13. Effects that require a choice (Commissioner Rules, Twisted Smile) only affect one chosen player. Effects that do not require a choice (Kane, Stratusphere) affect all players.

14. Reversals can only be played in response to a maneuver if the maneuver is directed at you, including Reversal cards that are played 'after a successfully played maneuver.' (EG: If Matt Hardy Kicks Edge, Lita cannot Over Sell it) This includes maneuvers that can affect other players, such as Juke 'n' Jive or Airplane Spin (Throwback)

Tornado Tag

1. In Tornado Tag matches, both you and your partner are considered to be in the Ring (active) except when noted below.
2. If you are targeted with a maneuver, your partner is considered to be the ‘inactive’ player for the duration of that maneuver, allowing him to play cards such as Trip or Partner Interferes.
3. Arsenal construction is the same as the regular Tag Team format, including the shared Backlash deck.
4. Effects that Tag in your partner do nothing in this format.
5. More players per team can be added as required. All of your teammates become inactive during rule #2 in this case.

SECTION TWO

Battle Royal

1. Battle Royal matches are designed to be very quick. That’s the point of it. The above basic rules are in effect, as well as the following rules.
2. The point of this format is elimination, to be the last man standing. Your opponent is eliminated if there are 0 cards remaining in his Arsenal at any time, or you successfully play the card Throw Opponent Out of the Ring or Over the Top Rope. There are no Countouts (even through card effects.)
3. Fortitude is shared by all players for the purpose of playing Maneuvers. Reversals and Actions must still be played using your own personal Fortitude level.
4. Players may put into play only 1 Pre-match card, as well as any non-Stipulation non-Venue non-PPV Superstar Specific Pre-match cards. (For example, Jeff Hardy could play X-Treme Sendoff since his logo appears on it, as well as Underrated Superstar.) Cards are put into play simultaneously rather than 'played', so cards that increase or decrease Pre-match slots won't affect the game.
5. If a player is eliminated, the opponent that caused that players elimination (or the last person to play a card targeting the eliminated player) may shuffle up to 3 cards from their Ring Area into their Arsenal, shuffle up to 10 cards from their Ringside Pile into their Arsenal, and draw up to 3 cards.
6. Reversals deal no damage. Even RMS Reversals. They can add to Fortitude but no cards are overturned for damage.

Royal Rumble

1. Same as above, with the exceptions below.
2. Play starts with two randomly chosen Superstars in the Ring.
3. Every 4th turn, another player is added to the left of the player whose turn just ended.
4. In the case of limited table space, you can choose to cap the number of players in the Ring at one time, adding more players only when eliminations free up table space. (For example, Bob is player 11, but there is only room for 10 players at the table so Bob can’t join yet. Bob must wait until someone is eliminated and then take his place at the table.)

This is what we have so far. This will no doubt expand in the future, but we need your comments and suggestions. Email the usual suspects (askzev, ianzu2000, both at yahoo.com) with comments.

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