The attentions of thousands suddenly settled upon Ryu. Although the rules seemed fairly simple – a single person receiving three actions per turn to either attack their own steps or that of someone else's – there was a reason the Headmaster described them as complex. There were many moving variables and plenty of opportunities to be sabotaged by others.
In addition, there was a hidden rule that only the intelligent picked up. When the Headmaster emphasized the randomness of the teleportation arrays. On the surface, it seemed that he was speaking about which of the Sect's Small Realms you entered, but there was another matter he purposely neglected to make clear.