The Archery Event: Round 6
Shokar curses loudly and angrily in the Drukkar language as his shot zings past the target, narrowly missing it as it swings back and forth. Devera manages to hit the target.
The target is moved out to 500 feet (OOC: Heavy Crossbows suffer a -8 range penalty; the AC is once again 10 as the target is stationary for this shot). In addition to Shayuri and Shokar, four others were eliminated in Round 5, leaving only four archers left, including Muzdum and Lady Devera.
OOC: Point Totals (PCs and Important NPCs only)
0 - Aohdan (out)
2 - Valen (out)
4 - Captain Jannus (out)
7 - Shokar (out)
7 - Shayuri (out)
8 - Muzdum
11 - Lady Devera
OOC: Muzdum, another shot please.
[sblock=DM Screen]Reminder to self: Raven and booze arrive between shots 6 and 7.
Reminder of target ranges so I don't have to keep looking it up:
Shot 7: AC 10, range 600 feet.
Shot 8: AC 15 (pendulum target), range 750 feet.
Shot 9: AC 10, range 1,000 feet.
Shot 10: AC 15 (pendulum target), range 1,000 feet.
Point Values
Hitting the Target = 1 point
Hitting the center ring of the target (exceeding the AC by 4 or more) = 2 points
Hitting the bullseye (scoring a critical) = 5 points
The archer with the most points wins the event and a Masterwork Composite Longbow custom made for the winner's strength (which will be ready about two weeks after the end of the tournament).
The point totals also carry over to the overall tournament standings for those competing for a Lordship.[/sblock]
The Archery Contest Sidelines
As Shayuri leaves the field, she sees her father standing near Alaric, who is working on another painting. Her father comes up to greet her, "You did very well, my desert blossom." He points to the archery field, "Look, only four have done better than you, out of more than twenty. You should be proud of yourself." The proud father voice quickly turns stern, "But, you must tell me of this Master Entan you have been consorting with."
Meanwhile, as Alaric finishes his painting of Lady Devera, he notices the Emiran running up to greet Shayuri and Johen wandering off into the crowd, leaving him alone to cheer on Muzdum.
Johen catches up to the cloaked figure, who turns at his approach. He sees that it is Aleera. She spares an angry glance back toward Valen, then takes Johen's hand, pulling him toward a quieter, less crowded area, "We need to talk." Once away from prying ears, she speaks in an urgent whisper, "Something strange is going on with that Estelle woman. I've been trying to follow her movements but it seems like she's in two places at once half the time. I talked to the performers over at Grobnobble's Circus on the other end of the tournament grounds and one of them saw Estelle there...while that foppish twit Renaldo was standing with her watching the archery shoot. It doesn't make any sense."
Elsewhere on the Tournament Grounds
As Renaldo and Estelle approach, Odon answers Valen and Aohdan, "The dragon blooded woman holds one half of the key to curing the affliction which currently devastates dragonkind. Pryzm," he nods down toward the little dragon, "Holds the other half. She is immune to the dragon plague, but cannot pass that immunity on to other dragons without the aid of the dragon blooded woman."
Voda, EN World is being clunky again so I can't get to our Rogue's Gallery, but that sounds about right.
