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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 435781" data-attributes="member: 63">Re: questionsBear in mind that Russ may come in and correct me on a few of these points, but I'm pretty sure I should be able to answer them all.  He, however, is running the race and archery, so I'll defer to his rulings for those competitions.Also, I think I'll post a full list of clarifications over in the competitors forum, where it should be more visible.We're going with averages.  You get full hp at first level, and then the average for your die thereafter.  Once you get the total, round up.Thus, say you have a 6th level fighter with a 10 Con.  That's 10 hp at 1st level, and 5.5 hp each level thereafter.  The total would be 37.5, rounded up to 38.2) Duelists will start in the middle, in adjacent squares.  I plan to upload an image file that will have a grid labeled from A1 to D4, to keep things a little clearer since the chat rooms aren't quite advanced enough to have mapping software (at least not that I know of).3) No, your opponent will not be considered flat-footed, since he or she will be ready for a fight.4) As a general rule, you will begin the fight with whatever weapons drawn that you want.  However, you do have the option of a quickdraw duel (like Japanese Iaijutsu) if both duelists agree to the same style.  In that case, you begin with weapons sheathed.5) No, the duel is limited to melee- and melee-like weapons.  All melee weapons in the PHB are permissable.  You can also use whips, even though they're listed as ranged weapons in the PHB.  Also, you can throw weapons, assuming they're normally melee weapons.  Thus, you can swing swords, toss daggers, hurl javelins, and lash with whips or spiked chains, but you can't use crossbows, shurikens, or bows.  You can even fight unarmed if you want.6) Yes you can.  The dispelling is mostly just for flavor.  By the rules we set up, we're not letting you use magic items or get help from allies anyway, and this is just to make sure you understand that each event is separate from the others, and spells won't carry over.  Also, it's for security reasons, to make sure people aren't going into fights with domination effects on them.However . . . hmm.  Okay, see the next question.</blockquote>

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