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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Imaculata" data-source="post: 6721248" data-attributes="member: 6801286">In my campaign, an npc crew member of the players got himself challenged to a duel by a nobleman. He figured he could easily take on the noble, and did not realize that this noble had enjoyed a life time of dueling lessons. So the players had to find a way to either nullify the duel, cheat at the duel, or simply win. Its something that happened historically all the time, where nobles would constantly challenge people to a duel and abuse their expertise at sword fighting, or take each other out. And sometimes also force a situation on purpose where they could call for a duel. The players investigated the dueling laws, and discovered that their npc crew member was allowed to appoint someone else to fight on his behalf. Of course, his challenger was also allowed to do the same. The players figured that one of them could probably take on the nobleman in a fight, but they didn't take into account that the nobleman could also appoint a far better swordsman, just like them. And of course the nobleman ended up appointing the greatest fencing teacher in town to fight for him, -something he could not refuse. They still managed to come out of it victorious, thanks to them cheating like heck. But as long as you don't get caught, it's all good.</blockquote>