Gladiators i salute you. (Continuing event and Open RP)

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Gladiators i salute you. (Continuing event and Open RP)

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//Perhaps listen to while reading and writing a reply? :twisted:

His lips curls into a broad grin as he takes another step towards the crowd gathered. He inclines his head at the two guards standing at his sides, and begins walking to the little platform his servants had built. The crowd steps to the side letting the drow pass, those to slow too move away are pushed away by the huge guards accompanying the Pit Master.

As he steps up on the platform, which is no more than ten inches above the ground, he signals for the guards to take their position as he prepares to address the crowd.


Do you possess the necessary skill? are you ruthless enough to kill your opponent -even- when he begs for mercy? are you so unafraid that you can stare death in the eye, and still fight until EVERY BIT OF STRENGHT YOU HAD IS GONE? then -perhaps- you have what it takes to become my new champion.

I have brought all my champions and beasts with me, and we have now come to Sshamath to see if any of you have the strength to compete in the Pit. Seek me out and we shall see if this city was worth the trip, or if you all are as pathetic as i heard you were before i came here? Wizards who spend their days studying books rather than battle the beasts that crawl in the tunnels outside your city, WIZARDS should HONE their skills through VICTORY, not through completing another chapter in some book! Stops and glances over crowd of people present, and then scoffs loudly

And warriors who are the servants to these wizards, perhaps you have even forgotten what it is like to swing that sword at a REAL enemy? perhaps your sword arm is as dull as that sword? It is time to sharpen your sword and awaken your sword arm.

Come, seek me out and i will grant you that ONE chance to prove the rumors wrong.

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Entry fee: 1500 gold pieces (This is to be allowed entry to participate in the Pit)
Spectator fee: 250 gold pieces (This is to watch the battles)
Rules
1) No healing potions or consumables of any sort is allowed to be used in the ring, nor is it allowed to consume any that has grants a continued positive effect BEFORE entering the pit.
Those who break this rule will be banned from the pits for all time.

2) The matches are to the death, there is no such thing as yielding. The challenger has to kill his opponent, if he refuses, he is banned from the pits for all time.

3) if someone wants to pair up, then they are free to do so. (Max 3 players can team up and level difference between the highest and lowest level should be NO MORE than 5 levels) A team can together become champions, but they will be team champions, which is separate from the single champion.

4) The fee is to be paid BEFORE entering the Pit, or for the spectators before any match starts.

5) Each challenger will have to survive for five rounds in the pit, before he can challenge the current champion. This goes for the team challenge as well.

6) If a player were to become the new champion, then he is obligated to fight any challenger that proceeds as far into the Pit that he -can- be challenged. If he looses then he must surrender his title and item. (Champion item) Same goes for if a paired team manages to advances far enough to challenge the champion team.

7) The contestants can only equip items given to them by the Master of the pit. There are NO exceptions.

8) Betting is of course a common practice among the spectators, and something the Master of the Pit encourages. But if there is disagreements about a bet and aggression ensues, then the party involved will be tossed out of the pits and will be barred from entering for ten days.

// This post is open RP as well as it will be a continuing set of events
//ANY character of ANY level can participate
//All replies are to be done IC, about whether or not you sign up or how you react to it
//When a player has signed up, we will set a date when it will take place, if more players sign up then we will try and set a date where most, or all of them can participate that same day.


//I might add a few more rules in the coming days, so keep on checking this post every now and then to see if there has been any additions.
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The young drow smiles as hearing of these events.
"Finally, some entertainment. I started to get bored. Usstan hope his beasts aren't too weak for Sshamath's Inhabitants and fighters, else the entry fee wouldn't be worth it. Perhaps usstan can find a fool to fight in there."

///And a few questions
- Would this include PvP, if a PC holds the Champion position?
- Are there any risks of getting a permadeath strike when losing?
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Jaraaste leans against the wall, holding his staff still as he listens to the man, just like everyone else in the crowd. "Blood-sport, but with an interesting twist. Instead of slaves fighting for our amusement, this individual seems to be seeking citizens for the pit as well", Jaraaste thinks to himself.

He smiles. Shedding blood is something the he is very adept at, just as much as any other bloodmage. The patterns he will spray shall be intoxicating to watch...
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Coming in from yet another venture to the Wilds, Velve hears the rumor of the opening of The Pit. Eager for a chance to test his skills he seeks out the coordinator to add his name to the list of combatants.
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Crudak lifts his head from a spell book he was reading at the The Gloura's Wings to see what all the fuss was about going on outside.

"Interesting I had always heard drow had these showcases of brutality.Should I seek out this pitmaster and get some overdue respect from the drow?Or should I simple observe and watch future enemies battle?"Crudak thinking to himself

////Just had a few questions as well.
It this a strictly PVP thing or a PVE fight sense you say you have brought champions(I assume this is a NPC)?
It is listed that if you loose you loose items, is this all your items in your inventory or just items you have equipped?Would be pretty brutal for a epic character to loose them all after years putting in to that character.
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The citizens grow bored, new sport is welcome... ahh side bets and wagers..

*grinning, he takes the necessary steps to set up a bookey service, also paying some money to the right individuals to be one of the first ones to get lists of contestants*

Hmmm, why one of these might need a sponsor or two..
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Keeping his back to the wall, staying out of the way of any Drow, the Tanarruk listens to the Pit Master speak. He sniffs any beings that move too close. His master was off with his own business again. This new city of drow was very strange to him. He hadn't been beaten once since they arrived. The Pit Master was challenging Gac surely he would not beat him too harshly if he was to be champion...
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Rok listens the announcement in middle of the crowd. Crowd scatters leaving lone earth genasi standing there alone, he stands there for a good while with dull eyes and blank face staring the spot where announcer stood. Then slowly and clumsily he turns around and heads towards local tavern Gloura's wing. When Rok finally reaches the tavern he removes his gore smeared cloak with stiff clumsy and slow moves placing it over his battered tower shield, as to finish his slow act he then rests his back against wall moving as slowly and stiffly as before.

And there he stands with dull eyes and blank face, if someone who walks by pays any attention to the cloak placed over tower shield he or she can read the following text that is barely visible under all blood and gore stains on the cloak.

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Raven smiled at the poster before adding his name to that of those meant for glory.
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Alienor watched the would be gladiators mill about the official notice with a slight smile playing upon her lips. She recalled cycles long past in the city of Eryndlyn. Cycles filled with rage and bloodlust: year after year of warring in the streets to fight for the honor of the remnant of a once great House. She had barely reached adulthood and was completely caught up in the thrill of an existential fight that seemed to have no end. But it did end, and as such things usually do, it ended in loss. A loss of everything that she had taken for granted; a loss of her very self.

She had been remade, her body and soul reforged. Yet she remained in this place: this Underdark. It is what she knew; it is where she was accepted. One could change much about one's self yet one could not deny one's heritage or all of the things that one's ancestry entailed.

Alienor shook off the flood of memories and instead considered the announcement. Master Guilhem would care little for such events, he would likely venture that little of use could emerge from such sport other than to distract the populace from their daily cares. She knew better though, she was not as well versed in intrigues and stratagems as the master of the Crooked Tower, on the other hand she was intimately familiar with bloodsports and their use as a proving ground, and how they could serve to enhance prestige and to build bonds of blood.

Let us see then what will come of this, she thought with a wry grin, as she entered her name onto the lists.
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Gruk wrote:// can we subscribe more then one Pc ? is there class restrictions ?
You can subscribe with more than one PC yes, and i will also let PC's group up and form teams. (Max 3 players in one team) So in the Pit you have two types of champions, the Single champion (1 player) and the champion team.

Almost all of these fights will be PC or PC's vs NPC gladiators and/or select mobs i will spawn. If a PC wins and becomes champion, then there is a possibility for PvP.
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Hearing that Alienor has taken an interest in the contest, the jalil Cyrithe adds her name as well. Any team competators would find her an invaluable addition, though the young jalil muses at the idea of competing in the solo events as well.
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Kar'myr presents herself at the location and pays the entry for herself and Groglan the dureguar and a third she enters as X . She claims about a hundred citizens approached her to be the third combatant in her team and she will require time to decide who it will be.


Sometime later the same cycle , a large and known figure roams Varallas's pass near Sshamath after a long abscence . The only enslaved orc to ever claim back it's freedom from the city of dark weaving returns from the surface. Cautious he makes his way across town and pays his entry fee as a lone fighter, surprisingly he drops a huge bag of gold on the clerk's counter and nods with a grunt ; '' put it on Gruk for the win ''
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Adin'afein, a large, muscular drow, arrogantly pushes people aside to move to the front of the crowd. "At last ..." He writes his name down for the solo arena and also marks that he is willing to put his name forward for the group challenge should any 'team' need his help.
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*Izzrar deftly hides a chuckle as he sees the competitors enlist themselves*

"This should be nothing if not entertaining" *he muses to himself*

When asked by a nearby citizen whether he will take his place in 'The Pit' he allows a smile to creep to the corners of his mouth, "I would not dream to take their glory, this shall be a reckoning, a test of steel, and a test of wits for those that have them, the weak shall be devoured by the strong, the rothe shall be exposed and the alurl shall rise, and *he pauses* I should not push home an already unfair advantage *his features break out into a unnervy smile. He counts out a small bag of coins to two hundred and fifty plakla, then counts another bag with twelve hundred and fifty plakla pocketing it on the other side of his tunic*
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