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...it's still April 1st in my Timezone.
ask the dude how long a match usually goes, and try to find out how much dmg the players come out of it with.
I'd also like to find out more about the game before we go jumping into one.
Alteis waits patiently, while you spend some time deciding whether or not to join the temple's Tenkor match. You feel a bit bad about taking so long to update him on the situation, but there's a lot to consider! You suppose it could be fun, but with a dinner to attend tonight, and a long day of heavy lifting tomorrow, you're not sure getting all beat-up and exhausted would be a great idea. You decide to ask him how long the games go for, and about how rough they get, before you make your final decision.
I've never seen these Aspirants in action, but a game of Tenkor usually takes an hour or two if the teams are evenly matched. If you're worried about it being too physical, the game is more about skill and self-control than beating each other up. It involves sizing up your opponents, predicting their strategies and attacks, and incapacitating them without harm. And though injuring players isn't necessarily against the rules, doing it on purpose defeats the whole point of the game. You know?
I'd say try to convince him to join us, but if we fail, sit this one out with him. Might be rather brutal, and we want to be on time tomorrow. Not to mention carrying a keg of gunpowder 5 miles might be a bit strenuous, (notice how the road curves...uphill? streams indicate this as well). We don't want to exhaust ourselves here if we're carrying an unwieldy 30lbs uphill tomorrow morning.
> DIPLOMACY CHECK (UNTRAINED): 11 (11+0)
Hey, I know you said you wanted to try Tenkor some day, and I'm completely new here. Do you think you'd like to join me down there, so I'm not the only new one? Oh, thanks man... but I really can't. I've got to work on my, er, technique first. Heh. Heheh. Yeah. But don't go holding up on account of me. Actually, I might give it a miss then. I really don't know the game, and I've got a lot of work to do tomorrow. Even if everyone's pulling their punches, it's probably not a great idea for me... at least this time. I'm still up for watching a game with you, though. Oh? That's great! ...I mean, if you're sure. They're playing at the bottom of the hill, on the other side of the temple, but we should be able to see them fine from the steps out back.
You follow Alteis up the steps, past the ring of worn stone pillars, and into the shade beneath the huge copper dome. The dome is intricately patterned from the inside, but judging by all the blue-green tarnish and rust, the copper hasn't been polished in ages. The pillars look even older, but the floor tiles and the raised stone dias in the middle seem fairly new. The air inside is much cooler, which you're glad for; the last thing you want to do right now is start panting. Humans tend to give you these weird, patronizing looks when you do, which you've never been able to understand. I mean,
they're the ones that cry from their skin when they get too warm, but you try not to judge.
Anyway, as you cross the temple interior, you realize you're both going to be sitting up here and watching the game for a while. You'll probably want to think of a few things to talk about, or questions to ask him during the down time.
Hmm...
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