2025-12-14 Game Day
- Continuation of 2025-11-29 The Baddie In The Courtyard
- We survey the tournament field - large structure with barricades
- Muddy field with a flag in the center
- Crates and barrels around the place
- The tournament game happens in rounds. We were randomly chosen to go last.
- Pepnik speaks to kick off the Duke's Tournament
- Capture the flag. Best 2 out of three. Points for getting the flag from the center back to your base.
- Can also get points of prestige sort of based on how the crowd reacts.
- Knock down a champion gets you a point
- If we're knocked to zero, you get healing from the acolytes.
- No mortal blows. Be careful with magic.
- 3 points per flag capture
- As we watch the rounds ahead:
- Marshall is giving commands and inspiring her troops, giving buffs. Greybar is a cleric, so would have some magic. Shield etc.
- The ankheg can burrow down
- Forge magic
- Mechanical ankheg has a poison spitting action
- Bow and arrow guy is making some solid shots
- The champions are solid
- We win!
- Portreeve Vidian Revanen gives us our prize. He's a human, red-haired, normal looking dude. Tunik with the Duke's dragon symbol on it.
- We win a golden dragon amulet called The Duke's Favor
- We win 50gp per person
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- The guy is Hubert's dad, the president of the Teamsters Lumber, Sabino Lebesco
- We talk to the Portreeve Vidian Revanen, who thanks us for our recent service around town.
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- Tells us Red the Lumber Buyer's name. Says he is Killiver's man. He's trouble. Killiver was the other guy trying to buy the lumber mill. He had bought other farms, outbidding folks left and right.
- Krix talks to Greybar the Forge Mistress about his special bow.
- He asks her about elf disappearances. She knows about them but doesn't know any useful details.
- Zaithar is semi-blinded after ankhegmeister