The Grand Tourney at the Marillion

Ah. Again the Aegir luckyness stikes.
I need some DBJ's to get over that one...
:-(
Nevertheless, congrats to all winners!
 
I've sent the purses to the bank, the Marillion staff is busy cleaning and repairing and it turns out that actually was the Azteca Bikini Team so I've got to get going...

Before I go, here are the actual contest results. The contests were figured by taking the modified scores from character abilities, adding a random 1-6 for each subability used and dividing the total by the number of subabilities used. This gave very nice, competitive results with a chance for the less skilled but good advantage for the more skilled.

I will put up the new ability scores, modified by experience gained, later today. Contest winners will also have discretionary points to put on abilities used in the event(s) they won.

Low Joust
1st round:
Shaitan (7) vs. SAAM (6). Shaitan advances.
donsig (6) vs. SKILORD (7). SKILORD advances.
Final:
Shaitan (5) vs. SKILORD (7). SKILORD wins.

Wardart throw
1st - Octavian X (12)
2nd - SAAM/Cyc (9)
4th - CivGeneral (7)
5th - BCLG100 (5)
6th - Shaitan (4)

Grand Brawl
Plexus (13)
Padma (9)
donsig (8)
Shaitan/BCLG100 (7)
SAAM (6)
SKILORD (5)

Spear throw
1st - Octavian X (12)
2nd - BCLG100 (8)
3rd - SAAM (6)
4th - Shaitan (5)
5th - Cyc (4)

Perform.Horse
1st - Cyc (13)
2nd - Shaitan (9)
3rd - Octavian X (8)
4th - Padma/Strider (6)
6th - SAAM (4)

The Lists
1st round:
jdd2007 has a bye.
Shaitan (6) vs. donsig (6). Shaitan (6) vs. donsig (7). donsig advances.
disorganizer (8) vs. SAAM (5). disorganizer advances and earns a bye for round 2.
2nd round:
jdd2007 (8) vs. donsig (6). jdd2007 advances.
Final:
disorganizer (8) vs. jdd2007 (9). jdd2007 wins.

Archery
1st - Octavian X (8)
2nd - SAAM/CivGeneral/Cyc/BCLG100/Padma (7)
7th - Shaitan (5)

Steeplechase
1st - Cyc (14)
2nd - Shaitan (12)
3rd - SAAM (8)
4th - Octavian X (6)

Javelin throw
1st - SAAM/Octavian X (8)
3rd - Shaitan/BCLG100 (6)
5th - Cyc (4)
Tiebreaker:
1st - Octavian X (13)
2nd - SAAM (8)

Mock Hunt
1st - Shaitan (10)
2nd - Cyc (8)
3rd - donsig (7)
4th - SAAM/Octavian X (5)

Grand melee
eyrei (11)
disorganizer/Plexus (10)
jdd2007 (8)
GrandMaster (7)
donsig (6)
CivGeneral/BCLG100 (5)
Shaitan/SAAM (4)

Circuit Horse Race
1st - Strider (13)
2nd - Shaitan (10)
3rd - Octavian X (8)
4th - donsig/CivGeneral (6)
6th - SAAM (5)

High Joust
1st Round:
Shaitan (7) vs. disorganizer (9). disorganizer advances and earns a bye for round 2.
SAAM (6) vs. donsig (7). donsig advances.
CivGeneral (6) vs. GrandMaster (7). GrandMaster advances.
2nd round:
donsig (5) vs. GrandMaster (8). GrandMaster advances.
Final:
disorganizer (7) vs. GrandMaster (8). GrandMaster wins.
 
The early morning stillness at the Marillion is broken by the sharp clang of metal on metal. The early morning fog mutes the sounds of the combatants grunts but the metalic clashes carry over the tourney grounds. eyrei and jdd2007 maneuver about each other, meeting to clash blows on sword, shield and armor then parting again to maneuver. Spectators begin to arrive, drawn by the sound of the knights' battle...
 
jdd2007 scored the first touch as he neatly parried an eyrei thrust and struck his opponent with his shield boss. eyrei was knocked off balance but recovered before jdd2007 could take advantage.

The two met again and traded blow after blow on each other's shields. They were evenly matched in sword skill but eyrei's superior defense began to wear down jdd2007...
 
eyrei's superior defense began to prove decisive. jdd2007 had to make harder and wilder strikes to try to pierce the web of steel that eyrei surrounded himself with. Both warriors were beginning to tire but jdd2007 was tiring faster. When his shield dipped, eyrei launched a lighting fast strike that found a groove in jdd2007's armor and pierced his shoulder.

eyrei immediately followed up with a furious assault on jdd2007's shield side, connecting with 3 telling blows before his opponent could recover his defense. Recover he did though and landed a blow on eyrei's crown just as his shield was finally knocked from his numb fingers...
 
Disoriented by the knock to the head and winded from his own hurricane assault, eyrei backed from the melee and breathed heavily. jdd2007 tried to recover his shield but his fingers simply couldn't support its weight. With a grimace he grasped his sword in both hands, using his good one to hold the stunned one in place. He turned his head and spit blood on the ground then smiled at his oponent. "Well then," he said "let's have another go at it, shall we?"

eyrei returned the smile and loosed his own shield. He could not launch an effective assault with his exhausted sword arm alone and did not worry overmuch about his defense at this point.

The two met again with a clash of arms. Sword battered against sword, armor and helm. Time and again eyrei slipped past jdd2007's guard to land a blow here and a blow there. At last the valiant jdd2007 could not continue. A blow to the calf sent him sprawling and he was too exhausted to rise in his armor.

He saw the sun just peaking over the walls of the Marillion, then saw eyrei as he strode towards him. "I yield, sir" said jdd2007. "You were the better of me today and have earned my purse."
 
*Shaitan thunders in on his hunter, the Sword of Seabrake in his hand.*

Hold there, disorganizer! I'll have to such antics in my lands. If you wish to strike a guest of mine do it in sport or under the (Duelists) Code.
 
A thread has been created to be a central stats/rules/updates place for the character abilities portion of the RPG. That thread is now updated with the experience gained at the Grand Tourney. There are 5 event winners who have additional experience due them but must select which subskill to apply it to.

LINK
 
Ahh, a wonderful day! Good food, good drink, and plenty of action! :D

Octavian, you archery skill reminds me of another's I used to know down in Kultis. He was a foreigner, with kind of yellow skin, and slanty eyes. He never told his true name, so he was just called Altaman, or "Old Man", because he was obviously quite old. Anyway, he was able to put on a blindfold, have you post a target on a wall, then turn and release an arrow to go directly to the center of the target. I also saw him once, when the onlookers were Ooohing and Ahhhing over his performance, warn them away, and, still blindfolded, split the first arrow with a second.

I learned as much as I could from him. Indeed, he taught me much of my knowledge of unarmed combat as well. Were he here today, even at his age I daresay he could defeat Octavian at archery and Plexus in the brawl, and not even break a sweat!

Anyway, it was a great tournament, and I raise my glass to all the winners! :beer:
 
eyrei, great fight. we shall meet again though!

here is 50g :)

shaitan gets 10g for being the referee
 
Ah. I thought i saw somebody betrayed by another. Im sorry Shaitan.
I was just doing my way home as i saw a person beating up someone else... i really didnt realize it was eyrei though... i just recognized my neigbor jdd and thought he needs help. You know, the country is dangerous lately. The aztecs are trolling around, and there must be some babarians need i sense.
 
Originally posted by jdd2007
eyrei, great fight. we shall meet again though!

here is 50g :)

shaitan gets 10g for being the referee

Yes. Well fought!:goodjob: I am sure we will meet again...
 
I won the circuit horse race (I think)
 
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