Holding up his tankard of ale the Baron shouts, "Hey Lass I wouldn't mind going a few rounds with yah!". Tipping his mug to the Amazon and giving her a wink.
Gesha eyes Baron and a malicious smile appears on her face. "Brave man. Come if you think you can take me. I respect and even admire one who can best me in combat. Doesn't happen too often."
The MC opens the cage door and beckons Baron to enter.
Leon places himself near the ring, but a few people back, and keeps his eyes watching the edges of the crowd, in case anybody tries any foul play while the Baron is so openly the center of attention.
As the Baron is chosen he olds up one finger instructing her to hold on a moment as he orders 3 more drinks. He holds two of the mugs in his left hand and one in his right, "Okay ready!" He gives a light step into the deathe cage. "Well ello Lass, I brought ye a drink. It's always customary to bring the lady a drink before the dance begins." He holds out the single drink to her as he gives her a bow with his normal smirk on his face.
Jen moves closer to the cage, watching carefully for any signs that this lady is the killer and also if there is any foul play involved (aside from the foul play naturally involved in a cage fight).
Gesha smiles amused. "You look like a good fight." She takes the drink and has herself a good swig. "So" She says as she hands the drink back to Baron. "How do you want to do this. As the challenger I will let you pick the stip. What'll it be? Deathmatch, Brawler, Tai Pei, Bar room brawl, first blood, or my own personal favorite one legged combat. Well whats it going to be?" She waits for your choice.
He takes a drink with the female brawler, "Well we can forget deathmatch cause I believe my lady Calistra would truly disown me for killing a beauty such as yourself. Well lets see here, I would have too much of a advantage in a bar room brawl. I'll give into your favorite my dear sweet warrior princess." He finishes off his ale as he prepares for the match.
Gesha laughs. "Okay the one leg bout it is. In this match you left leg is tied up so you can't use it. You must do all combat on one foot. You ready?
In this bout everytime you move you need to make either an acrobatics or perform dance check to do so or fall prone. If you attack and miss or are hit, you make a reflex save or a perform dance to maintain standing.
DCs would be:
Movement: 10 for every 5 feet you move
Attack: DC = Amount you missed by
Hit: DC = Amount of damage you take.
Any questions? If not say ready to go and the bout will begin.
Baguta keeps from attracting too much attention. He walks up to the bar, setting down some coin for a mug of ale.
Walking around the bar, he takes small sips and watching people over the lip of the mug.
10 feet
After she gives the rules the Baron sets his other mug by the exit of the cage and looks up at her, "A motivation for the winner, a drink of fine ale for the victor." He gets his leg bound, "Aye Lass, I be ready for our dance now."
"Aye lets get this started." Her leg is bound and she puts up her dukes.
Match begins and Baron has initiative.
"Thanks for letting me lead." He smirks as hops over with grace and strikes out at the women with a open palm. Maintaining his balance through the movement and his strike he still sways a little bit in place.
Hehe she has a +8 to her fort. She made the check with ease.
She also maintains her balance using a grace you would not expect from a barbarian or a gladiator of her build. Quite impression.
She retaliates with a swift uppercut channeling both her controlled rage and combat training into the blow. She scores a 22 to hit for 10 nonlethal damage. P.S. She does have imp unarmed strike.
Took 10 damage you need make a Reflex save DC 10 to stay standing or be knocked prone.
Your turn Baron.
As he regains his balance from that hit, he then begins to sway a little more to throw off his opponent. "Time to step this fight up!" As he says that gives the women to well place slaps across her face.
Baron both our slaps score. However, she simply smiles amused at the attempt to inflict harm as she manages to maintain her balance.
She launches another swift punch. Scores a 24 to hit and does 12 nonlethal damage.
"Well.... my good Baron, you certainly showed her."
Shockingly the Baron keeps his balance after getting hit by the amazon's punch. He gives her a smile and a blink or he thinks he did and leans in close towards her, and whispers "Guess this might be a bad time to ask you to have a drink with me? I guys got to try and make an impression." He offers looking towards the bar.
"You give up then? Can't handle another hit from a woman?" she asks Baron
"Why would I take offense to that? Both Calistra and Cayden would smack me down right now if I judged a fighter soley on his or her's gender, I see you are very skilled so I will end this fight honorably. Just promise if you get me this time that you wait around for me until I awake." With that he gives a wink as he unleashes his more then likely final punch.
Gesha laughs. "Very well then! You have real honor!" She easily dodges your attack and moves in......and throws a punch but it seems you have managed to avoid a hit.
Your still in this Baron! The crowd is going nuts.
As he moves out of the way of her punch, he gives a smirk "Maybe the drunkard has given me some luck." Then looks to the crowd, "GUESS I AM STILL IN THIS ONE!" Then strikes down a chop on Gesha.
Leon cheers the Baron on with the rest of the crowd, "C'mon, Baron, don't let it be over that easily! Keep it up!"
Baron lands another hit. Gesha maintains her balance and swings again and misses and the crow is going insane. Baron is still in this! How long will his luck hold out? You gonna use flurry on her?
Vorannia watches the cage fight silently, apparently upset about the lack of blood.
Shocked he still up the Baron, he comments "I see my Lady Calistra is also blessing me with her luck! Now do you give up! haha!" The Baron winks at Gesha as jabs in elbow into her ribs.
Your hit lands but she merely smiles. "You haven't done near enough damage to ask that!" She does an easy spin and plants her elbow square in your face. You take 13 points of nonlethal damage.
You see baron take a hard hit and go down. The refaree raise Gesha's hand in victory and the crowd goes wild. Gesha turns towards her things at the ringside and pulls out a bottle. He then casually makes her way over to baron's unconscious body. Kneeling down next to him she picks up his head and opens his mouth. She pops the cork out of the bottle. She then takes and swig and then kisses Baron. It is easy to tell she is passing the potion mouth to mouth. Strange as it may be, Baron seems to come conscious.
You black out with the last hit. You awaken to see Gesha hovering over you smiling and gently holding your head. "Good fight. I like your spirit. Now you owe me a drink."
"Don't worry I haven't forgot my promise." As he smirks he suddenly raises his hand to his head and suddenly remembers he was just K.O.'d. Shaking his head back to reality he looks back to the warrior women, "Well as long as you help me up, then I can get you that drink."
"I gave you a potion, that should have cleared up all that damage now come on, I have a victory to celebrate." She pulls you to your feet and leads you to the bar.
At the bar she waves to the barkeep. "Garram two of your best ales. Tabs on the gentleman here." She gestures to you Baron.
The barkeep brings the ales. She takes hers and hold it up in a toast. "To my victory over a stubborn but amusing foe."
The rest of you can rejoin Baron at the bar now.
Leon approaches the bar and seats himself. He waits for the bartender to notice him, and gives a subtle nod to the Baron. He waits to join the pair, however, until either one of the other party does so first, or if the Baron signals him to come over.
Not exactly knowledgeable about social customs, Jen follows the lead of Leon, who seems to be more adept at navigating the shoals of social conventions. She taps him on the shoulder and whispers.
So what did this accomplish?
Lady Vorannia glides across the floor to the bar, the tatters of her black dress sailing behind her.
If it doesn't exist in the rules but is a weapon that does exist in some form, I will look it up and write rules for it myself. If you have a link to such an info site that would help. I have no problem adding new weapons to the equipment roster.
After he picking up his drink, "Seeing who I am drinking with I believe I'm the winner." He holds up his glass to clink with hers and takes a big gulp.
As he finishes his gulp he keeps the mug to his mouth and whispers back to Jen, "Trust me." He puts down his mug and looks back to Gesha. He gives her a devilish grin, "So how were you able to deliver that potion to me while I was passed out?"
After he gets a response, he'll look over to find Leon and motion Leon over to him. "Oh my friend come and have a drink with me and the battle angel known as Gesha, this is my friend Leo, Leo this is as I said before Gesha as you know she's the one that knocked me out. How goes your search?" He gives his friend a wink and a pinches his fingers together to keep his answer short.
Well Leon? You gonna respond? Baron what are you looking for from Leon?
As the Baron tries calling over his friend and obviously the warrior doesn't here him, "WELL FINE THEN I GUESS OUR COMPANY ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH FOR YA!" After he screams at his friend for ignoring him, he turns back to the lady "My apologies my lady, I believe my old friend thinks he's to good to talk to me since he became employed by Lady Crimson." He looks down to his drink and takes a sip and makes a sly motion towards Lady Krellin.
"So should we take this party some where....Oh you don't know who Lady Crimson is? I am suprised you haven't been apporached by her, you fighting ability surely is up to her standards. She was once a noble but her thrist for blood spilling over took her noble duties, and took her vast fortune to arrange various matches for her amusements." As he says the blood thrist thing he takes a small gulp and thinks "Man I pray on the drunkards silver mug that Lady Krelling has a sense of humor or I am dead."
"She only takes high end fighters, I fought in one of her warm up matches and barely made out of it alive." He takes a big gulp out of his mug. "I heard her last venture was beyond the wall and had orcs fighting each other, but the latest rumors are she's searching for blade masters or something like that. Don't get me wrong the pay is great but she creeps me out a bit and......" He freezes as he looks over to the Lady as he makes eye contact with quickly looks down at his drink and without taking his eyes off his drink he asks for a refill from the Bartender.
Lady Vorannia holds back, uncertain what exactly the Baron is implying or intending to communicate.
She remains aloof, turning her body slightly away from the Baron as she raises her glass subtly, as though she knows she is being talked about but will not deign to give a response. She turns her head to survey the room after giving the Baron a bare instant of eye contact.
She turns to Leon instead, handing him her mostly empty glass.
"Have this refilled. I find my thirst was not quenched by this last battle; no blood was spilled."
Leon responds to Vorannia as he motions to the bartender for a fresh drink for the lady, saying "The orc may have been a bit more fulfilling for you, but I much preferred the fairer fight."
Then he moves over to accompany the Baron. "What was that you were hollerin' about, Baron?" he says with a laugh as he approaches, "It's a bit hard to hear in this place."
Gesha listens to Baron's boasting of this Crimson woman and smirks. "Does she run an actual arena or underground pit fights? I have honestly never heard of this woman."
When Veronnia and Leon make their presences known she listens. She then looks to Baron. These friends of yours. Sounds like they have mixed opinions. In my case I do enjoy a good challenge every so often in my life but for the most part gladiator work suits me best. Only line of work I should stick too. If your lady has an arena I may consider competing someday. When she gets famous enough where I here more about her. Now who are these friends of yours?"
Baguta shadows the "Lady Crimson" after hearing Baron mentioning "friends". He crosses his arms and gives Gesha the old stare-down.
"Sorry for the shouts my friend I beleive I still have some adrenaline pumping through me veins." He responds to Leo first then turns back to Gesha. "Observant gal I see and it would help if my colleagues remembered there lines or weren't distracted by waitresses in the bar. But I will admit I got my own distractions." He winks towards Gesha. "Mind not that I was trying to trick you into any harm I know how powerful your punches are, we are just a group that came into a lot of money and wish to start a underground fighting league. My fellow colleague's are Leo, our priestess, and of course the "Lady Crimson"." He points to each of his friends as he names them. "I was suppose to challenge a powerful opponent tonight and win. Then spread the word of Lady Crimson, but that has seemed to a different way though still good a one." He winks at her and gives her a grin. "I am sorry to have decieved you a little bit my dear, the drunkard will curse me with a mighty hangover for that. With all that all I still would wish to talk to you about a little business then a maybe a later for a little pleasure."
"My name is Leon Holloway, ma'am. I'm pleased to meet you, and I should tell you that I was very impressed with your performance in the match, though I admit I was rooting for your opponent," Leon says with a wink while extending his hand in greeting.
Jen remembered that one of the tenets of her faith was to being humble, so she forced herself to dip her head slightly in greeting while clasping her hands together in front of her. She isn't terribly amused.
"I am merely happy that the manner of the duel is light-hearted and no blood was shed. Her expression isn't at all light-hearted, but more worried and uncomfortable at being in a bar/brawling arena.