Adventurers' Guild Headquarters IC

[DavidByron]

Don't worry about me. Your real competition is the dwarf over there at the bar. I think he's already had four or five. Still I suppose I should have at least one before the official start..... and probably something to eat too. Name's Matthew by the way.

Matthew looks around to find Ana. He notes her mannerisms; her smile, the way her eyes move. She has an interesting way of using her hands to express things unspoken. A certain deliberation in her movements almost like a language of its....

Ooops, she's seen me staring at her! Ah no -- she just thinks I was trying to get her attention for an order. She's coming over.

Can I have an ale and a plate please?

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DM comment from OOC thread: Ana has a certain poetry of motion that seems to express her mood, her spirit, etc. However, please everyone note that Ana does not do sign language or play charades

[Thymin]

Dravick:

As Dravick over hears the slurred statement of the cleric he chuckles to himself. [I]Maybe I won't be the first out fo this competition after all...[I]

[Lord_Asmodeus]

To Dravick:
{In Common} I dont really drink, though I may ask for the a little of the leftover mead to mix together, as a sort of ritual in honor of Io, as the blending of the many meads is a sort of representation of Io's own nature. By the way, is that Dwarf and the female over there in your group? perhaps one of them, probably the dwarf, might engage in this contest?

[Bayar]

Jeff, CN Human Ranger

Jeff enters the Common room, gets a pint of ale, and sits at an empty table, playing with his shortsword (scratching his name into the wood to be more exact...)

[Bonecrusher Doc]

The excellent Ana, overhearing the conversation, fills a dozen glasses with frothy, dark ale, places them on the bar, then hops up to sit on the bar among the ales, where she can graciously hand them to anyone who chooses to be a contestant (and where she can have a better view of the entertaining fools).

[Bayar]

Jeff

Is it a party? Why all the beer?

[DavidByron]

Ah yes the rules, the rules... at least a minute between rounds... you're out if you throw up, pass out or start foaming at the mouth. This lovely lady (winks at Shiela) has volunteered to be our judge, so she has the final say and can pull you out of the contest if you are too soaked to hold a glass.

Loser cleans up the mess.

Now gentlemen, this is a competition of honour not mere money --because we're all dead broke-- apart from the expense account most generously given out by our quatermaster for guild purposes only! So the winner gets bragging rights -- or what else could we have as a first prize?

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excessive ale-drinking is handled as a weak poison (ie the competition is a series of Fort saves) see here for DM rulling

[Bayar]

Oh, a drinking contest...count me in then!

OOC: so, will do fort saves each round to see if we dont throw up?

[Zyks]

Vlax

Vlax smiles as more people decide to engage in the contest. There hasn't been many drinking contests he's lost before, but like Matthew says, this is about honour, not money. Though Vlax wouldn't mind losing to a worthy opponent.

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OOC: Vlax has a con of 18, and of course has a racial bonus, and a base fort save of +2. He's not likely to lose easily

[Thymin]

Dravick:

After Ana places the mugs on the bar, Dravick stands and walks up to the bar, but before he gets there, he turns around to face the patrons, and he states in a loud clear voice, "What say you all, about this present competition? I propose that we get it started straight away so that the glory and honor be bestowed upon the rightful owner!

With that he grabbed a pint off the bar and held it high in the air. and began to sing a traditional drinking song.
"We drink! We drink! We drink!;
We drink and we sing!;
We drink and we laugh!;
We drink all day!;
We drink all night!;
We drink for glory!;
We drink for fame!;
We drink, we drink, we drink!"

After he finishes the chorus, he downs his pint.

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[ROLL]d20+1[/ROLL]Fortitude Save against the effects of alcohol.
[ROLL]d20+1[/ROLL]Fortitude Save against secondary effects after one minute.

"That's one for me!"

He smiles widely and takes his seat. I guess somebody had to get this thing started...


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My dice rolls aren't working, here, so I guess I'll put them in the OOC thread.

[DavidByron]

Applauds Dravick's drinking song.

To Vlax:
I think we better forget about that two for you, one for me thing with all the others playing too. Maybe next time?

Matthew stands up.
A toast to Elga, our gracious hostess, for putting up with us all.

He drinks his round and sits down.

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Elga is Bruce the guidmaster's wife by the way.
It's really easy to mess up the die rolls if you haven't done this sort of stuff before . Eventually I managed to get the die roller to work (and failed both saving throws) in the OCC HQ thread

[hyperfreak497]

Matthias

Drinking, Matthias thinks to himself. I don't suppose I should indulge. He wanders over to the table that Ioth stands at.

"Why, 'ello there," he says, looking down to the kobold. "Who's in our group, then?"

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Are we Team Adder IC, too?

[Bribri]

Fin Flow

Fin mostly just watched, not really seeing any reason to stop them now. Let them have them fun right? Besides, that bard wasn't half bad, and a little jovial acting was fine, so no need to be a stick in the mud about it. Of course, he didn't want to sit around without no drink at all. It's not as if he had much of what you could call a 'meal' today. Raising one hand lightly when Ana was near (and done getting the truck loads of ale for the foolish drunkards) he asked politely as he could "No Ale for me, but a glass of Milk, Or Lemonade would hit the spot if ya got it. No rush; fellahs already got you running 'round a lot so I've no complaints for waiting"

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Someones going to poke fun at Fin's choice of beverages now. hahaha Oh like I mind

[Lord_Asmodeus]

{In Common} Could I please get some meat, or some bread, and maybe a little water? Ioth asks as he watches the drinking contest, then when he hears Matthias he says {In Common} Ah, so are you the other member of our group? I thought there was another member not in the Common Room.

[Bonecrusher Doc]

Ana serves up the new requests, then, smiling, hops back up to her seat on the bar. She crosses her legs and swings one foot in enthusiasm (nothing this interesting has happened in the Common Room for a while).

[Bayar]

Jeff

Lets see who is the better man...dwarf...you get the point !And with that, Jeff jugs his ale down the old drinkhole.

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Fort save 1:(1d20)[14]
Fort save 2:(1d20)[10]

[Zyks]

Unceremoniously, Vlax grabs the nearest mug and gulps it down quickly, wiping his mouth on his arm.

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Fort save 1 (with racial bonus) (1d20+8)[11]
Fort save 2 (same again) (1d20+8)[22]

(edit was because I messed up the spoiler code )

[DavidByron]

Standing up to toast:
To Bruce our honoured guildmaster, and provider of free beer!

Another round down - two.

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The fortitude save DC is now 12.
Beer - (1d20+1)[5]
Beer - (1d20+1)[13]

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I believe the results so far are:
Vlax - no fails.
Jeff - no fails.
Dravick - one fail, Wisdom down to 12.
Matthew - two fails, Wisdom down to 6.
Durx yet to roll, if he wants to hurry up. Same for anyone else. This will take a few rounds, maybe as much as ten to find a winner, although the loser may be clear pretty quickly. So if you fall behind just roll double. And we might start to roll two rounds at a time anyway just to speed things along.

[Zyks]

Vlax grabs another mug, and simply downs it again (second one)

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DC 12 now
(1d20+8)[26]
(1d20+8)[24]

by the way, how much does wis go down each failure? and are we just playing to last man standing/until everyone decides to stop?

[hyperfreak497]

Matthias

Matthias laughs at Ioth's comment, and says, "Why, yes, I am in your group. I apologize for taking my time getting here. I was...considering the contract."

Avoiding eye contact, the rogue turns toward the drinking contest. "Are these our able-bodied compatriots?" he asks of Ioth.

[Lord_Asmodeus]

Ioth chuckles and says {In Common} The members of our group are the dwarf with the rather large axe, the monk, and the human wizard. Ioth says as he points to Vlax, Fin, and Matthew. {In Common} The others are members of other adventuring parties.

[DavidByron]

Matthew stands up again.
To Bruce our....

To Vlax:
Oh wait. What are we up to?

He sits down looking a bit confused.

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"If your Wisdom falls to 5 or lower you will suffer a gap in your memory of this time."

I seem to have hit 5 Wisdom in record time. To answer the question above, each failed save is -1 Wisdom (and one of them loses you Dex but that won't matter in this competition). I'm afraid Matthew might be unable to continue calling the rounds and probably won't last much longer. Probably a good time to mess with his head since he won't remember it tomorrow. Wait a bit for the others and then I'd suggest taking two rounds at a time.

[Bayar]

Jeff, CN Human Ranger
Well, here I am , at a drinking contest against dwarves! A toast! For this moment to last for a lifetime!And with that, he does the old beer disappearing act of "Now you see it, now you dont"

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(1d20)[14]
(1d20)[2]

[Zyks]

Vlax laughs at Matthews low alcohol capacity, takes another mug, and quaffs it.

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(1d20+8)[28]
(1d20+8)[22]

Number 3 done

[DavidByron]

Matthew laughs as well.
Yeah, I'm pathetic, Haha.

I love you guys ya know that? Seriously.

That's number three!

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Round 3 DC is increased to 14:
beer - (1d20+1)[2]
beer - (1d20+1)[8]

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Oh yeah. I forgot to mention that Matthew can't hold his beer. Never could.

Anyway the competition results so far. Three rounds, six saves.
Vlax: passed all six saves. His Wisdom remains 12.
Jeff: passed 3 out of 4, yet to roll for round 3 at DC 14. Wisdom is now 10
Dravick: passed 1 out of 2, yet to roll for round 2 and 3. That's two saves at DC 12 and then two at DC 14. His Wisdom was down to 12.

Matthew passed 1 out of 6 and now has a Wisdom of 3 (started at 8).

If Durx or any latecomers want to enter all you have to do is catch up; six fortitude saving throws. Each one failed is -1 Wisdom temporarily (it won't effect the team threads). Any questions please ask them in the HQ's OOC thread.

[Lord_Asmodeus]

Ioth looks on in amusement as his fellow adventurers drink themselves silly
I never understood why people drink, I mean why would you deliberately reduce your effectiveness at any task you might attempt to perform? Ah, but perhaps is merely the way of their culture. I don't really see anyone out drinking Vlax, He seems like the kind of dwarf that could outdrink a brewlord!

OOC:

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A brewlord is pretty much just a (generally) Dwarven tavern owner who is both a master brewer, and a master drinker, I hope its ok if I "add lore" to the world

[Bonecrusher Doc]

Bruce walks into the Common Room in the middle of the drinking contest.

Bruce
"Hello everyone, I...uh..."

(he looks around the room, at the empty glasses and flushed faces. He raises an eyebrow as a dribble of saliva escapes from the corner of Matthew's mouth)

"...well, it seems that you're, uh, enjoying yourselves. Anyway, there may be a few prospectives coming in just to meet you and decide if the Guild is for them, so be friendly and...uh...show them a good time. Just remember you're all expensive investments, OK?"

[Bayar]

Jeff, CN Human Ranger

Dont worry Bruce! We are all in tip top shape!*burp*Yup, nothing to worry about.And with that, he jugs another beer.

No 3 for Jeff:

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(1d20)[10]

[Thymin]

Dravick:

Dravick downs his second drink, hoping that it doesn't hit him too hard. That Dwarf will be impossible to beat, but I'm going to give it a go.

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Fortitude save for second drink at DC 12 - (1d20+1)[17]
second fortitude save for second drink at DC 12 - (1d20+1)[13]

Edit: Because the second one went down so well, he decides to down another to catch up with the group.

[Zyks]

Vlax

Vlax is still sober, smiles at Bruce and says Don't worry, I won't put them off, though I can't say much for these drunkards!

He laughs, and takes another mug (number 4)

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(1d20+8)[27]
(1d20+8)[20]