STAGE ONE
Ok guys, we have waited long enough, lets play!
The excitement of the enrolment process is behind us and now its time to board the boat and set sail.
The voyage is uneventful 
There are buttons to press to listen, each has a description and they all read the same "NZ Music Month's Melodic Memories".
Either way the tunes are funky and combined with the gentle rocking of the boat on the ocean, you quickly fall asleep.
...Suddenly your awake, it's bright daylight and the ship has already docked. The crew seems to have gone to shore without you.
As you leave the boat and head towards the village you are stopped by a freaky dude who wants to sell you a sword. When you tell him your not interested he is enraged and attacks
This guy won't shut-up and wants to sell you his sword.. enraged at your lack of interest he turns and attacks you completely unprovoked!!
He has an attack power of 3 (You must score a hit of 3 or more to win this Stage).
Special field info for this Stage (check for your class): This dodgy sword salesman has a shield and is resistant to physical attacks:
Warrior: Player to remove 1 point from your hit point score
Wizard: Player has no change
Archer: Player to remove 1 point from your hit point score
Game Instructions -There are 5 steps to the Stage battle process:
(The full instruction list below will be shortened in future Stage posts)
1. You need to self manage your character, you have 3 life points (3 attempts) to defeat the foe
- To display your life points, first type a reply !l3. As you lose fights, display your current life points for others to see, i.e !l2 and then !l1.
- BOT BACKUP COMMANDS: The BT6 bot, is very experimental and has had almost no testing. As such, Stage One might not be smooth. In the event the bot doesn't activate, please wait and check back in a few hours, worse case a reply may be posted with alternative commands/instructions.
2. Optional Pickpocket time - You may attempt to pickpocket the enemy, you must do this before they are dead.
- To pick the pocket of your foe, type a reply !openpockets. Then wait to see what you get, it could be a positive or negative item and it only helps/hinders you for the stage in which you got it.
3. Optional Item use time - To begin all players are level 0 and you may only have a single level0 item for the entire campaign.Level 0 items are random when summoned, to grab your level0 item do this.
- Transfer 0.01 Steem to the @wizardzap bot with a memo: "for ibt6" Doing this will also have the bot upvote your other steemit posts while you remain a IBT player. If the amount is less then 0.01 Steem or the memo is incorrect you will need to wait for me to manually assist.
- Type in a reply below !ibtluckydip - Then just wait and see what level 0 item you luck, most are +1 to hit, none are negative items.
- BOT BACKUP COMMANDS: In the event the bot doesn't allow you to have your item, even after you have made a transfer, please be patient and wait for further information before continuing. Handling Steem and building a player inventory is an important and highly experimental part of IBT6 bot code. Many things could go wrong. Just hang in there if it does. I will fix and post a reply.
4.You need a clean reply to complete an attack:
Quick Summary of attack commands per class are:
Archer attack:
- Quick attack, likely to hit: !onearrow
- Difficult attack, may not hit, but hits for allot: !manyarrows
Wizard attack:
- Quick attack, likely to hit: !mysticzap
- Difficult attack, may not hit, but hits for allot: !mysticblast
Warrior attack:
- Quick attack, likely to hit: !warriorstab
- Difficult attack, may not hit, but hits for allot: !warriorslash
If gobbo appears you get one shot to defeat him (can only use difficult attack), failure means loss of a life point and you may then resume your attack on the enemy... as gobbo has run away, the little Git!
NOTE: The attack will only be activated if you type the command in on it's own in a reply.
Please only use an attack for your class for this IBT - if you use an attack for another class, it will not be counted and you may not win Steem. You may need to wait a few seconds, then refresh the page to see the results. IF nothing happens, please be patient and someone will advise what to do next.
5. You need to calculate if you won the fight or not? If you won in the first attempt, you will win Steem! and you just need to keep an eye on the campaign map to see when the next stage is ready and you can move on.You may only move on if you have won the Stage your on or lost all your life points, if you move on prior all your life points for the previous stage will be lost *and these are useful for the final boss round*.
To calculate your true damage you need to add/remove from the bot provided hit points, the number of any positive/negative effects from any items you currently have or any other special field effects listed -It maybe possible to automate this process as well, but for this IBT you must manually count. IF unsure wait for either myself or our field judge 
I know it sounds like allot of work and even a bit complicated - But it's actually heaps of fun, try to remember this is a work in progress and you are supporting the work by playing and providing vital on the field testing :)
HAve a great time!
Special thanks to @spaceginger for his artistic skills with the Interactive Battle Tournament Image above, to @cryptonik who provided the original foundational bot code (hope he rejoins us soon) and @steemseph for his dividers. Boss round and optional round key Steem sponsors are @mattclarke and @lordnigel. Extra Special thanks to @doughtaker our field judge and other contributors and players that upvote and participate to help to make this a fun community event. Other images were captured from the abandonware game bardstale3. Bot images are original and created by LordRoach and are used with full permission . 100% of Steem raised will be split evenly and given to those who win in the first attack.