Paths of Legend: The Azgundi Tournaments

[crazy_monkey1956]

The Archery Event: Round 8

Muzdum takes his drink, takes his shot...and then doubles over in pain.

Poison Con damage; Poison Str damage (1d6=2, 1d6=3)

Muzdum begins to sweat, feeling feverish and sick to his stomach. Stabbing pains shoot through his arms and legs.

Lady Devera watches Muzdum, then whispers, "You've been poisoned. The judges will put a halt to the competition if they find that out."

Devera and the other two remaining archers made their shots. The target is moved out to 750 feet and set to swing. (OOC: The range penalty for Heavy Crossbows is -12. The target AC is 15 this round.)

OOC: Point Totals (PCs and Important NPCs only)

0 - Aohdan (out)
2 - Valen (out)
4 - Captain Jannus (out)
7 - Shokar (out)
7 - Shayuri (out)
11 - Muzdum
13 - Lady Devera
[sblock=DM Screen]Reminder of target ranges so I don't have to keep looking it up:

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 Sidelines

Shayuri's father is about to answer when Shokar, the Drukkari warrior who had left the archery field the same time Shayuri did, approaches. The tall man bows humbly to Shayuri's father, then speaks to him, "I am Shokar of the Drukkar Red Axe tribe, son of Dorgan, Chieftain of the Red Axe tribe. By the traditions of my people, I challenge you for the hand of your daughter, that she may be my wife and shaman of my tribe when I become Chieftain."

Shayuri's father looks at Shokar in utter shock, which quickly turns to contempt, "Get away from us, filthy barbarian."

Meanwhile, with Estelle and Renaldo meandering off again, Alaric is once again alone to cheer on Muzdum...and sees the dwarf double over in apparent pain, his skin suddenly taking on a sickly hue.

Elsewhere on the Tournament Grounds

William approaches the tournament grounds at a brisk pace, having seen the crow fly toward the archery field. There is an odd glint of the sun coming from a small group gathered a fair distance away from the archery field. He realizes that the glint is coming from a small dragon seemingly made of crystal, and the crystal armor and weapons of a nearly eight foot tall man. Near the dragon and the giant, apparently conversing with them, he makes out two men...and a centaur.

Valen sees the figure he spotted earlier approaching at a hurried pace. As the glare of the sun recedes he finally recognizes the approaching figure as William.

Meanwhile, Odon nods to Aohdan, "Those among my people who came into being ten years ago share the memories of both of our previous lives before our joining. As to your role in this, you have been the One Mind's eyes and ears here. The winds of history are stirring. Soon we shall all be caught up in the gale."

Turning to Pryzm and Johen, the giant man considers the exchange thoughtfully, "Yes, we should go see this sick dragon, though we will need the dragon-blooded woman. If we can cure this young one, then there is hope for the rest."

 

[Yttermayn]

Aohdan nods at the giant's explanation. "The dragon blooded woman is named Shayuri, and she is near the archery tournament. Let us find her and ask her assistance." Aohdan points back towards the archery grounds he came from.

 

[Voda Vosa]

"A... Poisoned?! E dwarf can't be poisoned!" The pain in the dwarf stomach makes him produce a bass moan "By my ancestor's graves! Ah'.... Tha' damn bird! ALARIC!!...Rahhag...." Muzdum shouts before collapsing to his knees and puts his right hand on the ground, and his left holding his abdomen. "Help... Ah' need help...." he manages to say.

 

[Amaury]

As he accompanies the dragon and giant to Shayuri, Johen gets closer to Valen and whispers in Tureni: "My friend, something's up with Aleera and Estelle.. Aleera just told me something strange.. I don't know what to think.. she said that she had seen Estelle twice at two different places.. like as if there were two of them..
I don't know her as well as you do, but she sounded like she was very serious about it.. I wanted to tell you first.."

 

[Shayuri]

Shayuri goggles at Shokar, completely taken by surprise. It would have been no more unexpected for gems to start raining from the sky!

She gives her father an aggrived look and puts her hand on his arm, trying to placate him. "Father, please...there's no cause for rudeness."

The dark-skinned sorceress gives Shokar a gentle 'lets be friends' smile and says, a bit slowly and clearly, "Shokar, we respect your ways, but the customs of your people are not the same as the customs of ours. Among our people, obtaining a woman's hand in marriage is much more...complicated than that. And to be honest, I am not looking for a husband right now. I have many duties...I could not devote myself to a husband and family at this time."

With the proposal deflected, she hoped, Shayuri then made a stab at changing the subject to try to forestall attempts to change her mind or bluster.

"Are you here for the tournaments?"

 

[Helfdan]

Valen raises his hand to wave to William, but becomes stock-still as he hears Johen's words. He whispers back to the druid. "Aleera said that? Where is she?"

 

[Arkhandus]

"Agh!?! Stupid bird, I told you to get BOOZE, not rat poison! What'd you do?!?!" Alaric scolds, facing his crow familiar and snarling at it. Then Alaric invokes a spell and runs through the crowd to reach Muzdum, pushing his way past anyone in his path.

Once he gets on the archery field, he runs over to Muzdum and asks in Dwarven "Muzdum! What's wrong?! Did the stupid bird bring ya the wrong bottle?! Are ya goin' to finish this contest? I may have an alchemical elixir that'd help, but it won't undo the harm a'ready done. But yer a dwarf! Yer tough!"
[sblock=ooc]Did Alaric feel any strange emotions from the familiar while it was around that guy? He would've sensed its emotions through the empathic link, so it might give him some clue if it ran into trouble or felt worried, confused, or whatnot.

Casting Bull's Strength to help any shoving or overrun attempts Alaric would need to get through the crowd.

If Muzdum accepts Alaric's help, Alaric will go fetch a judge to let them know he's giving Muzdum a pain-reliever, so they can scan the vial and be certain it's not magic. Then he'll return to Muzdum and give him one of his vials of alchemical Antitoxin. He won't mention the poison. If he needs to make up a reason, he'll say Muzdum pulled a muscle or something.

The antitoxin will give Muzdum an extra +5 on his second save versus the poison.[/sblock]

 

[crazy_monkey1956]

OOC: Muzdum made the first save (the 19). Voda posted the second save in the OOC thread (a 9) which is the one that failed, so the poison has already run its course. The anti-toxin would thus be wasted.

OOC: As for empathic emanations, the crow didn't feel threatened or apprehensive. Maybe a little creeped out, but that's about it.

 

[Voda Vosa]

"Ah'll sap yer black chicken's neck fer this, but yer right! Ah'm a dwarf! Ah'm strong! ARRGGG!" the dwarf raises and holds his crossbow as best as he can. Although he aims good, the balancing target evades the bolt. "Fine! Ah got tha dinner anyway, Ah just need a cleric now!" Holding his stomach, the dwarf walks out of the archery range.


11 to hit

 

[Amaury]

Valen raises his hand to wave to William, but becomes stock-still as he hears Johen's words. He whispers back to the druid. "Aleera said that? Where is she?"

"Not sure.. went for Estelle I think.. to check her up.. Let's see if we can spot both of them.." replis Johen who starts checking the crowds for both familiar figures.