Scarburg Meadhall Discussion Thread - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Nogrod · 10-30-2008, 09:49 AM

Btw. I see there are 11 participants in the quarterstaff-fight. Could we get one more? I can always use the NPC's but it would be more fun if one more actual character is involved.

Any volunteers?

Also, if you think you have something to say about your characters skills in either the sack-fight (requires agility, balance and eye for the situation more than strength) or the quarterstaff-fight I'd like to hear that. I'm going to resolve the outcomes with dices but I will use some light multipliers in accordance with the presumed skills of the participants.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 10-30-2008, 09:59 AM

Feel free to include Degas. He'd be good at quarterstaffs. His strength, however, would be more in agility than in brute force, so whether or not he'd win would depend on the size and speed of his opponent: if somebody stronger than him gets in a good shot, it'll slow Degas down.

littlemanpoet · 10-30-2008, 07:16 PM

Shall we make the spear throwing competition a matter of distance, accuracy, or a mix of both?

Folwren · 10-30-2008, 07:29 PM

At our weekly tournament at camp this summer, Tommy, the one in charge of the javelin throwing, had both distance and accuracy. What he did was, each of us got three javelins, I think - either three or five - and we got to throw them as far as we could. And then, after that, we got three javelins again and we had to throw at a target that was marked on the ground. So there were two rounds, one for distance and one for accuracy.

littlemanpoet · 10-31-2008, 09:10 AM

Okay, we'll do 2 competitions, one for distance and one for accuracy.

Here are the contestants: Erbrand, Crabannan, Stigend, Dan, Harreld, Thornden, Osmund, Aethelstan, Balvir, Degas

I have ideas about these various characters already. Erbrand has good hand/eye coordination or he wouldn't be a trapper. Same goes for Stigend in carpentry. Harreld too as a smith. The rest excepting Dan can lay claim to marksmanship. So much for accuracy. As for distance, Erbrand and Harreld are no doubt the two strongest in camp, and will be favored.

If you have anything you want to add or revise in regard to this, let me know soon. I'll be writing this tonight or tomorrow morning.

Nogrod · 10-31-2008, 11:04 AM

It looks good lmp.

It would be easy to see the rest (apart from Erbrand and Harreld) having relatively similar strength so they would stand on about the same footing before the dice is rolled.

Go on with it lmp. I try to write something for the meeting of Náin, Garstan and Stigend soonish.

Gwathagor · 10-31-2008, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by littlemanpoet

I have ideas about these various characters already. Erbrand has good hand/eye coordination or he wouldn't be a trapper. Same goes for Stigend in carpentry. Harreld too as a smith. The rest excepting Dan can lay claim to marksmanship. So much for accuracy. As for distance, Erbrand and Harreld are no doubt the two strongest in camp, and will be favored.

You forgot to mention that Crabannan is JUST PLAIN AWESOME with weapons of all kinds!!! When it comes to fighting, he is the boss.

Groin Redbeard · 10-31-2008, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Gwathagor

You forgot to mention that Crabannan is JUST PLAIN AWESOME with weapons of all kinds!!! When it comes to fighting, he is the boss.

Yes, you have to take in the experience of the individual players. Erbrand is unfamiliar with a spear, and while it might not take much to get the gist of things, he would certainly be at a disadvantage with the more experienced people like Thornden or Crabannan.

Nogrod · 10-31-2008, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Gwathagor

Crabannan is JUST PLAIN AWESOME with weapons of all kinds!!! When it comes to fighting, he is the boss.

I think Thornden would be as well... like lord Eodwine... and maybe some of the NPC-soldiers as well...

Adding my two cents to the relative status of people attending: Stigend would not be too bad as he has been in the military for a couple of years in his youth and sure knows how to throw a spear, but neither is he an expert on it as it was a long time ago.

Eönwë · 11-01-2008, 06:02 AM

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Originally Posted by littlemanpoet

I have ideas about these various characters already. Erbrand has good hand/eye coordination or he wouldn't be a trapper. Same goes for Stigend in carpentry. Harreld too as a smith. The rest excepting Dan can lay claim to marksmanship. So much for accuracy. As for distance, Erbrand and Harreld are no doubt the two strongest in camp, and will be favored.

Dan, well, he used to hunt a lot before he left home. And he's a warrior! *Roar* (or at least he would have been if he hadn't left).
Having lived in a forest (and having to hunt his own food) he has an exceptionally good aim at a close-ish range (say, about up to 20m). He's never had to throw a spear much further, so you never know. He's quite strong, even for a normal sized man (though mabe not like Erbrand and especially Harreld). He has excellent concentration (years of hunting and meditating do pay off). But a lot depends on the size and weight of the spear (he might have good points, but he's just a small man, after all).

And, yes, I have come back to this thread (expect a post from me in the Mead Hall by tomorrow) and have finally caught up.

PS. Sorry about all the brackets (But what am I supposed to do?)

Lhunardawen · 11-01-2008, 07:31 AM

I was wondering if Ginna could be allowed to join the sword fight event, even if most likely she'll fare poorly compared to the others.

Folwren · 11-03-2008, 11:41 AM

That would be amazingly interesting. I hope you can manage.

-- Folwren

littlemanpoet · 11-17-2008, 05:33 AM

Next is either Firefoot's dagger throwing competition, or Nogrod's sack fight. Whoever gets the post up first. Let's keep it going.

littlemanpoet · 11-20-2008, 07:45 PM

Here's what's left. Anybody who wants to jump in with their competition, please do so.

Dagger-throwing Rowenna, Eodwine, Harreld, Saeryn, Scyld, Wilcred, Matrim--> FIREFOOT

Sack-fight Harreld, Erbrand, Dan, Javan, Cnebba, Garmund, Stigend, Kara--> NOGROD

Quarterstaff-fight Erbrand, Crabannan, Stigend, Dan, Eodwine, Harreld, Thornden, Garstan, Osmund, Aethelstan, Balvir--> NOGROD

Sword fight Crabannan, Dan, Eodwine, Degas, Garstan, Stigend, Aethelstan, Erbrand, Balvir, Matrim--> GWATHAGOR

Dancing

Riddles Dan, Eodwine, Javan, Degas, Wilcred

10-30-2008, 09:49 AM	#1
Nogrod Flame of the Ainulindalë Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves Posts: 9,308	Btw. I see there are 11 participants in the quarterstaff-fight. Could we get one more? I can always use the NPC's but it would be more fun if one more actual character is involved. Any volunteers? Also, if you think you have something to say about your characters skills in either the sack-fight (requires agility, balance and eye for the situation more than strength) or the quarterstaff-fight I'd like to hear that. I'm going to resolve the outcomes with dices but I will use some light multipliers in accordance with the presumed skills of the participants. __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet...

10-30-2008, 09:59 AM	#2
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Feel free to include Degas. He'd be good at quarterstaffs. His strength, however, would be more in agility than in brute force, so whether or not he'd win would depend on the size and speed of his opponent: if somebody stronger than him gets in a good shot, it'll slow Degas down. __________________ peace

10-30-2008, 07:29 PM	#4
Folwren Messenger of Hope Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a tiny, insignificant little town in one of the many States. Posts: 5,076	At our weekly tournament at camp this summer, Tommy, the one in charge of the javelin throwing, had both distance and accuracy. What he did was, each of us got three javelins, I think - either three or five - and we got to throw them as far as we could. And then, after that, we got three javelins again and we had to throw at a target that was marked on the ground. So there were two rounds, one for distance and one for accuracy. __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis

10-31-2008, 09:10 AM	#5
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Spear throwing Okay, we'll do 2 competitions, one for distance and one for accuracy. Here are the contestants: Erbrand, Crabannan, Stigend, Dan, Harreld, Thornden, Osmund, Aethelstan, Balvir, Degas I have ideas about these various characters already. Erbrand has good hand/eye coordination or he wouldn't be a trapper. Same goes for Stigend in carpentry. Harreld too as a smith. The rest excepting Dan can lay claim to marksmanship. So much for accuracy. As for distance, Erbrand and Harreld are no doubt the two strongest in camp, and will be favored. If you have anything you want to add or revise in regard to this, let me know soon. I'll be writing this tonight or tomorrow morning.

10-31-2008, 11:04 AM	#6
Nogrod Flame of the Ainulindalë Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves Posts: 9,308	It looks good lmp. It would be easy to see the rest (apart from Erbrand and Harreld) having relatively similar strength so they would stand on about the same footing before the dice is rolled. Go on with it lmp. I try to write something for the meeting of Náin, Garstan and Stigend soonish. __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet...

10-30-2008, 07:16 PM	#3
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Shall we make the spear throwing competition a matter of distance, accuracy, or a mix of both?

11-01-2008, 07:31 AM	#11
Lhunardawen Hauntress of the Havens Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: IN it, but not OF it Posts: 2,538	I was wondering if Ginna could be allowed to join the sword fight event, even if most likely she'll fare poorly compared to the others.

11-03-2008, 11:41 AM	#12
Folwren Messenger of Hope Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a tiny, insignificant little town in one of the many States. Posts: 5,076	That would be amazingly interesting. I hope you can manage. -- Folwren __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis

11-17-2008, 05:33 AM	#13
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Next up Next is either Firefoot's dagger throwing competition, or Nogrod's sack fight. Whoever gets the post up first. Let's keep it going.

11-20-2008, 07:45 PM	#14
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Here's what's left. Anybody who wants to jump in with their competition, please do so. Dagger-throwing Rowenna, Eodwine, Harreld, Saeryn, Scyld, Wilcred, Matrim--> FIREFOOT Sack-fight Harreld, Erbrand, Dan, Javan, Cnebba, Garmund, Stigend, Kara--> NOGROD Quarterstaff-fight Erbrand, Crabannan, Stigend, Dan, Eodwine, Harreld, Thornden, Garstan, Osmund, Aethelstan, Balvir--> NOGROD Sword fight Crabannan, Dan, Eodwine, Degas, Garstan, Stigend, Aethelstan, Erbrand, Balvir, Matrim--> GWATHAGOR Dancing Riddles Dan, Eodwine, Javan, Degas, Wilcred Last edited by littlemanpoet; 11-21-2008 at 05:32 AM.