We have to win three rounds I think

In reply to Banner (msg # 132):

Technically is best two out of three, but winning three would give you more tokens - not that you need to, but that does means there's a reason to play, and Verik in particular would lose a lot of his powers if he loses on purpose; that's against his code of conduct, he always needs to put 100% in any challenge he takes part in.

oh, I see.  Do we all need to go out and back in?

Since it looks like we're splitting up-- are we splitting up the telepathic links to September, Verik, Halasik, and Banner?  Iona wasn't around for the division, and I have a hunch Cube is the most likely to not wander off alone.

In reply to September (msg # 135):

Believe so, for now

Sounds good.

Yeah, Iona will likely be walking around as well so if anyone steps in range they can let me know if messages need to be passed and she'd do it.

Aiming to post tomorrow, apologies, travelling

For the record, Verik isn't particularly planning on fighting Banner, as he has two other opponents. But he's doing nonlethal damage so if Banner wants to spar it's cool.

Sorry if he's stealing Banner's spot, I didn't realize that was the intent.  But you can't put a fight challenge in front of Verik and expect him not to jump in.  :P

I was assuming it would be a handwavey thing that lasted for hours rather than a battle we played out, but fine with either
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I mean, we probably could handwave it - none of the enemies is going to pose a threat to either of you two - but as I said, Banner mentioned wanting to get a bit of practice with the system and this seemed like the most straightforward way to do that.

And as I said, it's perfectly fine for you not to fight each other, that's why there's multiple opponents in a free-for-all. If Banner decides he'd rather not fight you, Verik, then we can handwave your fights while running him through his own in full. Flexibility is the name of the game here, after all! ^_^

Let’s start with the NPCs and then see if I can spar with Verik; happy to take to a private thread rather than slow things down

Question: Is $1200/month a "normal" rent, based on September's experiences of prices?  I'm afraid the conversion to dollars isn't very transparent for me (I know cost of living varies a LOT between places and times).

Yeha, it's more or less normal for somebody of the lower classes who isn't living in a house they own. Although renting is generally rare, as it only tends to crop up in areas that lack unclaimed land for people to build their own houses in.

Which currency would make the comparison more easy to understand for you? I thought it was pretty straightforward.
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Oh, it's not a matter of a particular currency.  It's more "1200/month would be almost twice the rent where I live now, but I know in NYC the rent is more like 2100/month and this guy's getting a very good deal," etc, so I couldn't tell if the man was being skinned alive or treated generously.

I'm fine with chilling while others have the spotlight, just want to make sure I'm not missing something where I should be posting but am not.  I lost the thread when Banner started wrestling - is that happening in the 4-way brawl?

Yes - I'm assuming you're facing off other opponents but we're not describing it because you'd win easily anyway and you say you didn't want to go through that yourself. Did I misunderstand what you meant?

nope, that's right.  I just wanted to make sure.

I’m presuming we’re waiting to wrap these ones up but please shout if you’re waiting on Banner for a post

Indeed, just finishing up the current situation and then moving things onward; I will always speak up if I feel somebody should be posting who isn't. You said you didn't want to fight anything else, Banner, so we're fine on that front.

So...  Kinda quandry.  IC, there's what, six or seven hours to go until the time we agreed to meet and sleep?  So checking out either the arena or the animal competitions would be next.

But OOC, there's a lot of people not in a scene.  Should we just timelapse to tomorrow instead?

Bannnner and Verik need to "have fun", happy to skip over or have folks join us

I would think that skipping over to the morning is the best approach right now, but I'll hear out everybody who has different opinions.

Banner, we can say you were offered several rounds of drinks from the people who saw you beat the minotaur. Also, if you want, you can roll for the tree tale again, this time with an extra +5 Circumstance bonus due to the information Verik gave you about the old tree; succeeding at that competition would also earn you a lot of attention and recognition.

Drinks sounds solid

Bombed on the storytelling, with a nearly worse roll than before:
10:04, Today: Banner rolled 28 using 1d20+26 with rolls of 2.  Perform: Sagas

Ah well, it happens. I suppose telling a story with a tree as the protagonist is really hard, so it makes some IC sense?

Aye, indeed!