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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mengu" data-source="post: 5074186" data-attributes="member: 65726">Fairs are fun. We spent almost a whole session at a fair, joining in for various events. You can gamble, you can cheat, you can catch cheaters, it was kind of an "anything goes" fair. Some fun stuff I remember...During archery contest, the archers were marked not only by their accuracy, but also their prowess and showmanship. Our elf showed off placing two targets at max range, knocked two arrows, and nailed them both with split the tree. He made a few people jealous there, one of them was staring at his bow intensely, we figured out they knew it was magic. We ended up having to keep an eye on them the rest of the time.As we got to know some of the contestants, we started to get a feel for some of their tactics. There were a pair of twin brothers, who were signed up for running the marathon. Of course my warlord knew what they were up to. I bribed some of the officials to be paired up with one of the twins during an earlier wrestling match. During the match, my elbow slipped and I "accidentally" gave him a shiner. He was pretty mad. I heard his brother pulled out of the marathon later.There was some gambling, some intrigue, and even some chivalry. We each made some friends, and some enemies. I think what brings such an event to life is not just what mechanics you decide to use for the series of mini skill challenges, but also creating a story out of it, and breathing life into the personalities running and participating in the events.There was javelin throwing, castle stones (a checkers/chess like game), jousting, heroes challenge (gauntlet), dusk time sneak and tag, and various other games.In our case, we had a bit more going on with something a lot more serious, a plot to take the duke hostage, and steal all the coin from his keep, as well as all the money from the fair. We had gotten a sniff of the people who could be dealing with such shady ploys, so our experience at the tournament events prepared us for what was to come, who to trust, and who to expect to engage in combat. It was a pretty good beginning to an adventure.</blockquote>

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