First of all, thanks for everyone's patience with how long it took for the tournament to finally have things happen. I know it took forever and I feel like big dumb butt for making you guys wait. T_T Good news is, as I hope I've made apparent, I should be around and available for actually getting things done now.

Anywho, I just wanted to clarify what the field over the tournament does when it prevents injury. When a fighter gets hit, the weapon does indeed strike the opposite pony, but the flesh and bones remain perfectly fine(with the exception of some light bruising later on after several fights), but the field emulates the pain the character should be feeling. If a pony gets hit with an arrow then the arrow bounces off of the pony like its a dummy practice arrow, but the person who got hit feels like they were shot and the pain lingers as it would normally. Same with swords and the like. Being struck with a big cleaving swing wont draw blood, but it would hurt a lot in order to properly take into account the importance of pain in a fight.

As for more fatal wounds, i.e. being hit with something that would normally take your head off, they would just cause you to fall unconscious in a decisive KO.

If there is any confusion or any questions about this or anything else then please feel free to ask. I admit I may not have done a perfect job explaining things the first time with all the stuff that was going on with me, so Id understand If you need some clarification.