Adventurers' Guild Headquarters IC

[Thymin]

Dravick:

In an attempt to catch up with his dwarven companion, Dravick takes two drinks back to back.

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2 rolls at DC 14, 2 at DC 16:
(1d20+1)[5]
(1d20+1)[12]
(1d20+1)[10]
(1d20+1)[12]

"That's great beer!"

He then turns to Bruce and says, "Don't worry Bruce, we'll keep 'em entertained!"

[ubersquid]

Berwin

Berwin enters the room and slowly retracts his hood. He then orders himself some ale and sits down on an empty table. He surveys the other patrons, occasionally smiling and moving his lips, inaudibly mumbling to himself.

His eyes look weary as always, as he takes a sip from his beverage from time to time. The people around him can notice a slight scent of decay.

[Zyks]

Vlax notices the strange smell, but decides to forget it and downs another mug (number 5)

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DC 18
(1d20+8)[27]
(1d20+8)[16]

edit: my first failure :O

[DavidByron]

This place is great! Everyone's friends here. I love all you guys. Hey, Fin, you're my friend ain't ya?

Am I drunk?

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Round 4, DC 16 - (1d20+1)[7]
Round 4, DC 16 - (1d20+1)[11]

Uhoh, I think I'm gonna .......

Matthew's out! Although to his credit he doesn't make that much of a mess when he throws up. Just a small amount.

I ... thin' I need to go pee.... Hehe "peeeeeeeeeee!!!" Where's the bathroom round here?
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Competition results so far:

{table]Competitor|Initial Wis|Round 1|Round 2|Round 3|Round 4|Round 5|Round 6
| |DC 10|DC 12|DC 14|DC 16|DC 18|DC 20
Vlax|12|pass|pass|pass|pass|-1 Wis|-1 Wis
Jeff|11|pass|-1 Wis|-2 Wis| | |
Dravick|13|-1 Wis|pass|-2 Wis|-2 Wis| |
Matthew|8|-2 Wis|-1 Wis|-2 Wis|-2 Wis|OUT!| [/table]

[Zyks]

Vlax laughsJust a little bit!

He grabs another mug, now really enjoying himself

(number 6)

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DC 20
(1d20+8)[12]
(1d20+8)[25]

edit: wisdom now down to 10, after 6 pints.

[Bayar]

Jeff, CN Human Ranger

Hell no ! I wont give up !And with that he jugs 3 beers.

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No 4 - DC 16
(1d20)[5]
(1d20)[19]

No 5 - DC 18
(1d20)[10]
(1d20)[10]

No 6 - DC 20[/roll]

[Zyks]

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Just a reminder, Jeff needs to roll that 6th one properly

Spurred on by Matthews defeat, Vlax takes another 2 in quick succession.

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7th - DC 22
(1d20+8)[24]
(1d20+8)[27]

8th - DC 24
(1d20+8)[19]
(1d20+8)[11]

edit: wis 8 after 8 pints

[Bonecrusher Doc]

Ana grows tired of these drunken sots and leaves them to serve their own drinks. She goes outside and returns with cleaning supplies, which she places conspicuously next to the contestants. She gives Fin a wink as she crosses the room and pulls a chair up in front of the small fire in the large fireplace. She sits with her feet up on the hearth, flings her long, dark tresses over the chairback, and closes her eyes with a look of contentment on her face.

[Bayar]

oh, yeah...

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Round 6:
(1d20)[12]
(1d20)[5]

[MK Kilmarnock]

Zan Morseworth, Human Cleric
Zan walked into the pub, looking straight ahead, and made no wasted time in sitting down at the bar. He reached into his robe, and pulled out a flask. "If somebody would kindly fill this with the house's ale."

[DavidByron]

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At this point for anyone but Vlax to win would require rolling more than six natural twenties. Jeff's down to 3 Wisdom now so if anyone wants to mess with him, he won't remember it the next morning. HINT, HINT!

{table]Competitor|Initial Wisdom|Round 1|Round 2|Round 3|Round 4|Round 5|Round 6|Round 7|Round 8
| |DC 10|DC 12|DC 14|DC 16|DC 18|DC 20|DC 22|DC 24
Vlax|12|pass|pass|pass|pass|-1 Wis|-1 Wis|pass|-2 Wis
Jeff|11|pass|-1 Wis|-2 Wis|-1 Wis|-2 Wis|-2 Wis| |
Dravick|13|-1 Wis|pass|-2 Wis|-2 Wis| | | |
Matthew|8|-2 Wis|-1 Wis|-2 Wis|-2 Wis|OUT!| | | [/table]

[Lord_Asmodeus]

As Ioth watches the competitors he sees the contestants downing ale, and laughs to himself as he sees the ale visibly effecting them, but effecting Matthew and Jeff the most, and when Matthew pukes and runs off to the bathroom Ioth gives a great barking laugh that sounds something akin to a Gnoll or a dog.

[Bonecrusher Doc]

Her fine, dark eyebrows as expressive as always, Ana gives Zan a quizzical look as she fills his flask with ale and returns it to him.

[Thanatos 51-50]

The late-to-post Shiela

Shiela quickly pulls away those who have had too much to drink (Wis Lowered to three or less)
"Thats enough for ya'all. I'd get some sleep before going full-tilt into anything dangerous."

[Zyks]

Vlax pauses, giving the others a chance to catch up on him, he is visibly affected by the alcohol, but not as hammered as Matthew or Jeff.

[Thymin]

Still reeling from his last two drinks, Dravick takes two more back to back in a vain attempt to keep up with Vlax.

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Drink 5, DC 18 - (1d20+1)[13]
Drink 6, DC 20 - (1d20+1)[19]

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edit: oops, forgot to roll twice each, not that it matters though.

[ROLL=1 min later, drink 5, DC 18]1d20+1[/ROLL]
[ROLL=1 min later, drink 6, DC 20]1d20+1[/ROLL]

[Bayar]

Jeff, CN Human Ranger

I know you, you is memmy! I was so*burp*scared mammy! My wolfie bit my chest and there is, were, was blood everywhere. OOh, pixies...*stumbles*Come to Jimmy litter fairies! I wanna intorduce ya to tha pink flying mammaths !

((I had my fort checks -2 from actual, since I forgot about the +2 fort bonus from ranger, but what tha hay! lets have some fun *cracks knuckles* ))

[DavidByron]

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Hope nobody wanted to throw anything else onto the end of the drinking contest -- moving forward to the next morning for this scene, although I don't think we normally keep track of time very in the HQ IC

Next morning.
Matthew as promised is cleaning up after the contest.

Yet again I prove you wrong dad; I can organise a piss up in a brewery.

He is using Prestidigitation that cantrip so loved by all apprentices, to help clean up the mess. One tankard at a time he concentrates, makes a hand sign and says a few magic sounding words and it becomes clean, like a series of miniature spells. The whole process probably takes about as long as it might have taken him to clean the mugs by hand, but what would be the fun in that?

Well that went well ... at least as far as I can remember... no blood to clean up.

Matthew begins cleaning the tables and floor which requires more physical work. The cantrip won't clean large objects so he uses a mop left by Ana, scrub scrub srcub ZAP! scrub scrub scrub ZAP! He doesn't need to rinse out the mop head in clean water or change out dirty for clean saving some time. But it's all good practise. Sometimes he has the mop push itself across the floor, but the cantrip doesn't have much shove to it.

Lovely word "Prestidigitation". Great spell too.

Matthew recalls some stories his grandmother would tell of the tricks she used to play with it when she was a kid. Like the times she would "ding" the town guards with the weak mind link that is used to practise all the Enchantment school spells. "Huh what's that?!?" every few minutes. Just a harmless little tickle -- until they were so mad they threatened to kick her round the walls "Even if you are a girl".

Matthew himself had never done anything that outrageous but he did like that trick where you block someone's mug with a flimsy seal of Abjuration force magic. Then when they tilt the mug too high, trying to drink, cut it off spilling ale on the victim's face.

And of course nothing was cooler than using Prestidigitation to snap your fingers and create a puff of flame to light a cigar.

[Zyks]

Vlax wakes up quite suddenly, and with a crash. He had just rolled off the bar, which he had been sleeping on, and landed behind it. He staggers to his feet and rolls lazily back over the tabletop to retrieve his axe from the floor.

Wow, must have drunk more than I thought, can't even remember who won the contest

He stretches himself, and takes a weary look around the room.

[Bribri]

Fin wasn't around in the morning, having headed home sometime last night after dragging the unconsciousness drunks out of the common room, leaving them to wake up with hangovers while he went to keep, an eye on his simblings.

I'll make him show up again when it seems fitting.

[Bayar]

Jeff, CN Human Ranger

Stumbling in the common room, Jeff says: Mother and father of all headaches, what day is it? Ah, never mind, is there some greasy beef or something on the menu?

[Bonecrusher Doc]

It is an ominous morning. The skies are filled with dark rainclouds, and the rumble of distant thunder warns of the storm that could come crashing down at any moment. Adventurers are gathered in the Common Room, some of them quietly enjoying some mulled cider in front of a cheerful fire, which helps to drive away the damp and the cold of this early spring day. Just then, there is a knock at the front door. Ana gets up to answer it, and returns to the Common Room smiling, escorting an elderly female halfling. The halfling is dressed in a simple black skirt, blouse, and shawl, and is supported by a cane of gnarled wood in one hand (the other hand is on Ana's arm). Ana brings her over to the nearest dwarven adventurer.

Old Halfling Lady
(In Dwarvish)

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"Hail, Master Dwarf. I am Linda. My young friend Ana told me of your presence here. I grew up in a northern town, close to the dwarves, and I am afraid I do not speak Common. Also, Father Eldon is not willing to translate the halfling tongue to strangers, for reasons I appreciate, but it is still unfortunate. I am a diviner of sorts. If you would be so kind as to translate for me, I can give each one of you here some small glimpse into your future. I ask only a silver piece for each reading."

[Zyks]

(Assuming the nearest dwarf is me)

Vlax looks up, and listens. After the woman is finished he says loudly so everyone can hear him: "Hey! This woman doesn't speak common, so for you lot who don't understand dwarvish, she's a sort of seer, and she'll give us a glimpse of our futures for 1 silver piece"

{In Dwarvish} "OK then, I'll go first"

Vlax beckons for the woman to sit with him and hands her a silver piece.

[DavidByron]

[in Dwarvish]
Sounds like fun. You go first Vlax; I'm just finishing up here.

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As it happens most of the PCs can speak Dwarf or Halfling and half the ones who can't just haven't filled out their free languages. Dwarf is a popular choice among Northerners and people who travel a lot up and down the river. Halfling is popular with locals.

[Bayar]

Jeff, CN Human Ranger

Ooh, seer me next please! and he readies his silver coin.

[Lord_Asmodeus]

Ioth eyes the halfling suspiciously, any race with such close ties to Gnome's always aroused his suspicions, but Io taught the subjective view, and from such a view he could see nothing of suspicious nature. {In Common} I am intrigued, this is a sort of divination yes?

[DavidByron]

Matthew smiles. Yeah, "sort of".
How about I translate for you? That way I can go straight from Dwarvish to your native tongue.

Don't worry; my Dwarvish is very good.

This should be interesting. I wonder what she will make of Ioth?

[hyperfreak497]

Matthias, not comprehending the woman's speech, waits for Vlax's translation. Having heard it, he retakes his comfortable seat. Seeing his future does not interest him; the future is crafted by the present.

[Thanatos 51-50]

Shiela eyeballs the hlafling woman suspiciously. It could be a sham, but regardless, being divined was great fun.

The day was colder than the last, and Shiela had recently bathed, having yesterday's clothing set out on her rack for washing later, gripping the cider mug in cold, long-fingered hands, she smied at her compatriots clambering over their potential fortunes. After slipping a silver coin underneath her mug, she called out, directing her voice to the halfling woman, instead of the translator.

"There is no rush, but I will gladly purchase a fortune. If you desire, I can knit you some new, warmer clothes, in lieu of cash payment."

[Lord_Asmodeus]

{In Common} that would be very nice, and I have no doubts about your skill with the dwarvish language Ioth says, beeming, obviously very interested.