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The door is unlocked, unbarred, and open a bit. They walk down a hallway, and then see a door on the right. Opening it, they see the Grand Salon. This is a luxuriously decorated room with plush chairs, wood tables, ornate rugs, and so forth. In the middle is an impromptu boxing ring. In one corner stands a man as still as a statue with hands raises as a boxing guard, wearing amber silk shorts. There are two men in armor standing guard quietly beside a man in colorful silks, fancy lace, and rich velvets. He has a rapier at his side and wavy black hair. There are several Wizard Eyes in the room watching what is going on.
The man introduces himself as Jean-Louis D’Amberville, and asks if the group would be willing to box his champion creation. Alzar perks up a bit at that, and he asks the terms. No weapons, no spells, just punching to knock out – so all damage comes back in a couple of hours. He asks about the creation, and Jean-Louis is proud to talk about his magen, a construct Alzar has never heard anything about. In order to learn more, he enters the ring. Each round lasts 6 combat rounds. If Alzar survives 5 rounds (And thus is not knocked out), he wins 1000 gold. If he wins, he instead gets 10000 gold.
Alzar’s AC is 6 with his cloak and bracers, but they cast Detect Magic and force him to remove them. He drops to AC 10. He will be fighting as a man and punching twice a turn and dealing 1d2+1 each punch, THAC0 is 19.
Round 1:
1 – Alzar hits for 2
2 – Alzar hits for 2, Demos for 3
3 – Misses
4 – Alzar hits for 2
5 – Alzar hits for 3
6 - Demos hits for 2
End of Round 1 – Winner Alzar, Alzar took 5, Demos took 9
Round 2:
1 – Misses
2 – Alzar hits for 2
3 – Misses
4 – Alzar hits for 2
5 – Demos hits for 3
6 - Alzar hits or 2, Demos hits for 1
End of Round 2 – Alzar wins, Alzar took 4, Demos took 6
Round 3:
1 – Misses
2 - Demos hits for 2
3 – Alzar hits for 3
4 – Misses
5 – Alzar hits for 2
6 – Misses
End of Round 3 – Alzar wins. Alzar took 2, Demos took 5
Round 4:
1 – Alzar hits for 2
2 – Demos hits for 3
3 – Misses
4 – Misses
5 – Demos hits for 3
6 – Demos hits for 3
End of Rounds 4 – Demos Wins. Alzar took 9, Demos took 2
Round 5:
1 – Demos hits for 2
2 – Alzar hits for 2, Demos hits for 2
3 – Misses
4 – Misses
5 – Alzar hits for 3 – DEMOS HAS BEEN KNOCKED OUT
Just before the end, Alzar finally dealt enough damage to the demos magen to knock him out (25).
Jean-Louis applauds Alzar, and reaches down into a large silver chest and orders his other two guard magen to count out the gold while they talk. Alzar asks about the Amberville name and Jean-Louis mentions that they haven’t used that surname since returning home, more than one hundred years ago. Amber was just the name they took when they were in Thorasia.
Jean-Louis thanks Alzar, lets him rest here for a while, and then gives him the gold pieces after they have been counted by the magen. Then he says, No chance for error and smiles.
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