"I think you're onto something here Sven. Maybe if we just wave our hands before the tug and speak some gibberish, the opponents will think we cursed them. Meaning no disrespect Amos." she laughs.
lost track here what date is this tug of war going on is it when Dalin is back in Helix? If so he will look for a team to sign up for.
“All men did have darkness. Some wore it in the form of horns. Some bore it invisibly as rot in their souls.”
― Paul S. Kemp, Shadowbred "If good people won’t do the hard things, evil people will always win, because evil people will do anything."
― Paul S. Kemp, Twilight Falling
after your trip to look for the poachers and before your trip to the Mounds.
This forum will be used for players to have their characters participate in the various festivals and events that take place in Helix or Ironguard or any other location such a calendar event happens.
As a general rule, the year is made up of twelve 30 day months (using common calender names) with 5 festivals that happen during the year.
Mayday: 1st of May: Herne festival of Spring.
Harvest Festival: Day between 21st and 22nd of September.
Winter Solstice: 'WinterVell' a 10 day festival starting at the solstice on Dec 22nd and finishing on New Year's Day Jan 1st.
Hallowed's Eve: a festival remembering the departed and traditionally a day when folk dress up in ghoulish costumes to trick or treat neighbours. Oct 31st.
The two days between March 31st and April 1st:
Springfest and The High Sabbath.
Dalin goes to the tug of war sign up and signs up. He just blindly puts his name down on whatever team has an opening. "Should be fun." he says.
“All men did have darkness. Some wore it in the form of horns. Some bore it invisibly as rot in their souls.”
― Paul S. Kemp, Shadowbred "If good people won’t do the hard things, evil people will always win, because evil people will do anything."
― Paul S. Kemp, Twilight Falling
Battles lines are drawn up, hands dusted to secure firm grips, soles of old boots hammered through with nails for that extra grip.
Eight teams in costume heave-ho, putting their backs into it and taking the strain while an appreciative crowd applaud their efforts.
Rules:
Basically each entrant rolls a 3d6+str and a 4d6 vs Dex check. If you equal or pass your Dex save, then those points difference are added to your strength score.
If you fail your Dex check, your Str check roll is halved as you lose your feet in the contest.
The total combined score of the five competitors is added and compared to the opposing team, with the higher of scores going through as winner.
I have Sven, Gerdal, Cosmo, Sigrid and Mazzah representing the 'Mages of Muscle' team and Dalin, Orgoth, Vann Hector, Golgarth and Steban representing 'the Tavern dudes'.
In a random draw:
Tavern Dudes vs Turgen's Gold Standard
Dwarven Forge vs Bogtown Brutes
Duchy Militia vs Mages of Muscle
Helix Housewives Cooperative vs Merc' Guild.
for ease of fulfilling the competition in one go I would like each entrant to roll the following macros please:
R1: name [3d6+Str stat]. [4d6] vs Dex
R2: as above macro
R3: as above macro.
Sven figures that he would rather do the old let-go-of-the-rope trick as soon as the other team starts to pull, instead of being humiliated and getting dirty, since this was all for a gag anyway. He looks to Mazzah hoping the old wizard has something up his sleeve for the underdogs.
If the team does decide to pull, Sven does pretty average, as expected.
In his quest for XP and more blessings of Cromm Cruach, he pulls his weight and a bit extra on the end of the five man tug of war team. He has heard Bollo is sponsoring the group to do well and have an 'all you can drunk' session if we win.
“All men did have darkness. Some wore it in the form of horns. Some bore it invisibly as rot in their souls.”
― Paul S. Kemp, Shadowbred "If good people won’t do the hard things, evil people will always win, because evil people will do anything."
― Paul S. Kemp, Twilight Falling
The mages exit having win one and lost one. The epic finale lines up with honour and ales at stake.
The Tavern Dude's vs Mercenary Guild.
Over three extended rounds of heaving, getting a grip, putting your backs into it and losing your feet to get dragged in the mud, the final is drawn out.
Dalin, Vann, Golgarth, Orgoth each provide another two macros please. I will total up and roll compared to the mercenary guild efforts and best out of three rounds wins.
Your first round score is totalled from the last macro which was 98 points.
sorry Cadeweed, I would have included you somewhere on a team but I must have overlooked you posting here that you entered. I just noted the bold type from your original post.
Cadeweed signs up for the Greased Pig, Stone the Crows, Maypole Dancing, and Festival Pie Competition.
He hears that Sven is forming an All Wizard Tug of War Team and Cadeweed volunteers to be the anchor.