NEXT EVENT:
As tensions in Baldur's Gate worsen, a young Lord Rictor Mountsend decides to organize a "Gauntlet of Champions," challenging heroes, mercenaries, and adventurers alike to compete in a contest for fame and glory. Participating in the competition is sure to earn any ambitious challenger a chance for the spotlight and recognition from the city's nobility and public at large. Of course, whether that recognition is positive or negative can only be borne out by one's performance in the gauntlet.
The gauntlet will consist of a series of challenges, the first of which will be a cooperative survival challenge designed for any combatant. The goal of the challenge is to work together as a team with other challengers to defeat the current Gauntlet Champion while surviving the trial until its end*. Those who can do so will be rewarded with prestige and splendor as only befitting a victor of the Gauntlet.
Lord Rictor Mountsend announces the identity of the current champion: the Thousand-Faces Headsman. There is little to be heard on who or what this opponent may be besides the rumors being spread by House Mountsend itself: supposedly the Thousand-Faces Headsman is a fearsome opponent of unrivaled versatility and adaptability. Some wonder if it's fair for a single champion to face a dozen but Lord Rictor is curiously unconcerned.
Dare you face this thousand-faced gauntlet? Dare you risk life and limb for the glory of the Gauntlet?
To the victors go the spoils! And to Baldur's Gate, glory!
*Challengers agree to indemnify and hold harmless House Mountsend in the event of any injury, loss of limb or life, or any other repercussions endured during and/or derived from participation in the gauntlet.
// TENTATIVE EVENT DATE:
Saturday, November 16, 1800 GMT
// EVENT RULES:
- Despite House Mountsend’s disclaimer, this is NOT a permastrike event.
- This challenge will be conducted in a turn-based style. There will be minimal to in-engine combat, if any.
- There will be a maximum of TEN player challengers/participants for the event. There is no limit on players who wish to spectate.
- This event is intended to be a cooperative challenge, but being flashy may better impress spectators.
- To sign up as a challenger, you must read the rules here in advance. Return to this post on the day of the event. I will update this post with a special event pass phrase you must give back to me to join the event. The first ten players in the Wide District who provide me the correct pass phrase in game when I announce the event start will be eligible to challenge the Gauntlet of Champions.