The lead tengu sees the bloodied bodies, and says "Ok, then - I see you already have things well in hand. Do you know who sent these men to kill you?" Apparently, this is the city guard come to rescue you.
Once you all sort of wrap up the situation, you can finally get some rest and recharge spells, etc.
The first rays of light creep into the inn’s window, accompanied by a loud knocking at the door. Someone in the hall screeches, “The sun is up! Time to gather your tickets and head to The Opera!”
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Arriving at the opera, you are greeted by a trio of actors dressed in the garb and makeup of a traditional opera from Lung Wa. They seat you in the first few rows. Looking around you see a few others also in attendance. Strangely, there are no sets and the unlit stage is empty except for three plain wooden chairs. Then Kiang Zhen strides onto the stage and addresses the audience.
“Today I am treating myself to a display of opera, which all of you shall perform for me! Backstage, you shall find traditional costumes that will determine the roles you will portray. You may choose these roles yourself, but be forewarned - you must act within the limits of your role. Your objective is to perform an epic combat against a rival group. However, there must be no bloodshed. Any shows of lethal force will result in your immediate disqualification from the event. The troupe able to force its opponents to yield is the victor. Now go and prepare yourselves for the evening’s performance. It starts in 10 minutes!”
There are 8 costumes available to you. A trio of aasimars stand by to assist you in readying for the performance, helping you don costumes, apply makeup, etc.
The costumes are as follows (all damage listed assumes Medium creatures; reduce by 1 size category for Small PCs):
Leading Male (Sheng)
There are two leading male roles for the performance, the General and the Monkey King. The General wears a long beard and fights with a wooden sword (1d8 nonlethal) and armor (treat as splint mail). The Monkey King wears an elaborate monkey mask. The Monkey King is portrayed as an acrobat and trickster and is permitted to cast spells.
Leading Females (Dan) There are two leading female roles, the Warrior Woman and the Wizened Crone. The Warrior Woman wears full armor (treat as splint mail) and peacock feathers, and fights with a dulled, bladed polearm (1d8 nonlethal). The Wizened Crone wears long robes and walks with a cane. She is permitted to cast spells.
Painted Faces (Jing) The Jing role represents a strong and forceful male. The two choices for this performance are the Noble Warrior and the Cruel Bandit. Noble Warrior wears red face paint and full armor (treat as splint mail), and wields a large club (1d10 nonlethal). The Cruel Bandit wears blue face paint and wields a long wooden knife (1d4 nonlethal), specially balanced to allow a capable individual to make nonlethal sneak attacks with it.
Clowns (Chou) These humorous characters are allowed to speak with the audience in order to make jokes at their opponents’ expense. Chou are also permitted to cast spells. Male Chou identify their characters by painting wide white circles around their eyes. Female Chou paint their faces red with black circles about the eyes. Clown costumes do not include weapons; however, Chou can carry and wield a broom or stick (treat as an improvised weapon dealing 1d6 nonlethal damage), claiming it to be whatever weapon they desire for the sake of performance and comedic value.
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Bambang has travelled through the regions of Lung Wa when he come to Absalom from the Isles of Minata. During that time, he has attended a few performances of the Lung Wa opera but never did he expect to actually be part of one.
Clearly looking uncomfortable with the whole enterprise, Bambang examines the costume of the General. With this beard, perhaps no one would recognise me. He gestures to the attendants that he would take that role.
As you get into your costumes, the aasimars explain some specifics to the rules.
"Once you assume the role given, you must obey the rules. This is a test of endurance and stamina, but there is to be no bloodshed. If you cause your opponent to bleed, the combat automatically ends and the offending group forfeit the match."
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Before going on stage, Bambang draws two of his wands to activate on himself. The first one he does so with ease, while the other he takes a bit of concentration before he gets it to work. Then, just before curtain rises, he lays his hand on his greatsword, calling on its spirits to strengthen his weapons, including the wooden sword he is wielding.
The sparsely set stage contains only a four chairs, a stick, a broom, and a small table.
As you enter, you see similarly dressed people join from the other side.
There is a General [Yellow] (who looks a bit like the man at the bar scene that we had to skip) , a Monkey King [Red], a cruel bandit [Green], and the white eyed clown [Purple].
The scene begins!
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"Natural Healing: With a full night's rest (8 hours of sleep or more), you recover 1 hit point per character level. Any significant interruption during your rest prevents you from healing that night.
If you undergo complete bed rest for an entire day and night, you recover twice your character level in hit points"
Also it is completely my bad for not rolling and assuming to take average I should have asked first for this I apologize and will roll for in the future and I am willing to take minimum which should still get me maxed out with the full night of sleep.
The Cruel Bandit (green) steps around the curtain to flank Adrasteia, and smacks her with the long wooden knife he wields.
Their General (yellow) has an interesting stance, feet wide apart, as he strides forward to swing with a sidways slanting chop at Cuethric.
The Monkey King (Red) closes in on Adrasteia, and tries to slap her, but misses wildly.
Adrasteia gets the better of the green Bandit, avoiding his attack and slapping his wrist at the same time.
Bambang circles around the opposing General, and nails him with an excellent hit .
Velinov readies a spell.
Yarricki charges up to the half-orc Clown and smacks him hard.
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Cuthric tries to return the blow, but the armow easily deflects the attack.
The Clown (purple) makes scary faces and beats his chest, trying to intimidate Adrasteia. She is taken aback by his ferocity, and is shaken for 1 round.
Adrasteia reacts in a way the half-orc might not have imagined, smacking him upside his head and causing him to see stars. He stands there, staggered and stunned.
The Cruel Bandit (green) strikes again at Adrasteia.
Adrasteia starts bleeding as blood splatters from the hit.
The General continues to wail on Cuethric.
The Monkey King continues to be a thorn in Adrasteil's side, kicking at her.
Kiang Zhen is watching the show from mid-theatre. The aasimars are back stage, and don't seem interested in the performance.