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[hermes]

Turns:
The Schedule Draw
Day 1 - Pre-Joust - Joust - Post-Joust
Day 2 - Pre-Joust - Joust - Post-Joust
Day 3 - Pre-Joust - Joust - Post-Joust
Day 4 - Pre-Joust - Joust - Post-Joust
Day 5 - Pre-Joust - Joust - Post-Joust

Team	Wins	Losses	Draws	Position
The Shadowknights	1			1
House Tinklebottom		1		3
Team Braggadocio				-
Team Uhh!	1			1
Team Equine		1		3

<PU-PUPU-PUUUU>
My Lords, Ladies, commonfolk and guttersprogs, welcome to...
Medieval Jousting Heroes
Stage 1 - Nantes

By the grace of our benefactor, the equine faced Baron de la Filly,
We are pleased to announce four days of revelry, pummeled ponies, skewered squires and contused knights.
We require four teams, who should they sign up for a chance to win the grand prize of 100 shillings,
Or be trampled into the soft mud with their pride by their own steeds like bridleway buffoons,
Shall be honoured for their participation with unbridled adoration!
Step up to pen your names!

Spoiler: Ye olde map of Nantes... (click to show/hide)

The Shadowknights
from Château du Mal Ténèbres

Spoiler: Equipment (click to show/hide)

44 shillings
2 dirty bandages
Suit of padded French leather armour
French kitchen pot helm
French farmer's sheep lance
Poxy wooden buckler
Baron de la Filly's German steel shaffron, Steed armour, -5 to damage rolls on horse's head.

Spoiler: Knight - The Black Knight (Slothman400) (click to show/hide)

Full Name: Unknown
Title: The Black Knight
Age: Unknown
Description: A mysterious knight in black.
Short Bio: "None Shall Pass."

Skill	Base	Mod.	Effects
Lancery	6	-
Charm	1	-
Equine Affinity	3	-
Shieldery	6	-

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Spoiler: Squire - Ophidia (Dwarmin) (click to show/hide)

Full Name: Ophidia
Age: Indeterminate
Description: A tall, feminine entity with pale skin. Wears red leather studded with metal fangs. Her face is entirely concealed by a red hood, where two brimstone eyes glare out of. Two horns tear from the top of her hood. She wears three skulls on her shapely hips, hollowed out and sealed with wax-for use as drinking containers.
Short Bio: One of the Shadow Baroness's summoned 'consorts', Ophidia is an infernal being from the depths of the Hell-realm, given form and function. She's been assigned to assist her team in whatever way is deemed useful.

Skill	Base	Mod.	Effects
Dressing	5	-
Eloquence	5	-
Brawling	3	-1
Medicine	3	-

Spoiler: Steed - Tenebra (scapheap) (click to show/hide)

Full Name: Tenebra
Age: 7?
Breed: Dread
Description: jet black with glowing red eyes
Short Bio: A normal horse that appear in (knight) stables one day in a non-fire related way. Totally.
Avatar (image) with red eyes

Skill	Base	Mod.	Effects
Sentience	6	-	Mortal enemy, L'Assassine de Poney
Violence	6	-
Stamina	3	-
Prancing	1	-

House Tinklebottom
from Fibblewibble

Works cited: HBO 'jointherealm'

Spoiler: Equipment (click to show/hide)

44 shillings
2 dirty bandages
Suit of padded French leather armour
French kitchen pot helm
French farmer's sheep lance
Poxy wooden buckler

Spoiler: Knight - Hemingsworth Norton Tinklebottom (GrizzlyAdamz) (click to show/hide)

Name: Hemingsworth Norton Tinklebottom
Title: Knight-errant, second son of the lord of Quigsly Castle & the province of Fibblewibble
Age: 20
Description: A lad of decent looks- his brown eyes bulge a bit, but his bones are well-placed. He keeps his light-brown hair short/cropped. Clean-shaven.
Short bio: Like most lads of his status & circumstance, he went out with the wealth and name provided by his father to earn a place among this land's lord-retainers.
Avatar: Haha! Found a perfect one. (though older)

Skill	Base	Mod.	Effects
Lancery	5	-
Charm	4	-
Equine Affinity	1	-
Shieldery	6	-

Spoiler: Squire - Tristepin Percidal (Maxinum McDreich) (click to show/hide)

Full Name: Tristepin Percidal
Age: 18
Description: Messy unkempt red hair with poor peasant clothing. He is average looking and in build. If he cleaned himself up a bit, he'd probably look pretty decent.
Short Bio: Tristepin was born into a poor farmer's household. He displayed talents in reading, picking it up quickly whenever a book was left unattended by the Lord's people. Eventually, get got a break when he was bought as a squire, aiding his family and benefitting himself in one stroke. He takes his job seriously, and hopes for better.
Avatar: (When I find one, it'll go here)

Skill	Base	Mod.	Effects
Dressing	5	-
Eloquence	6	-1
Brawling	1	-
Medicine	4	-

Spoiler: Steed - Honour (Kashykk) (click to show/hide)

Full Name: Honour
Age: 4
Breed: Destrier
Description: Dun
Short Bio: The epitome of the knightly horse. brave, fast and loyal.
Avatar (image)

Skill	Base	Mod.	Effects
Sentience	3	-
Violence	2	-
Stamina	6	+1
Prancing	5	-

Team Braggadocio
from

Spoiler: Equipment (click to show/hide)

74 shillings
3 dirty bandages
A dirty bandage boa
A book of medieval romantic poetry
Suit of padded French leather armour
French kitchen pot helm
French farmer's sheep lance
Poxy wooden buckler

Spoiler: Knight - Samuel Stone (Gervassen) (click to show/hide)

Full Name: Sir "Stone Cold" Samuel Stone
Title: Count of Folesden
Age: 28
Description: Thick-boned, lantern-jawed, and farmer-tanned. He has a hulking strong physique from years of bailing hay and heaving his adversaries right out of the tourney lists.
Short Bio: A former peasant , Count Stone became a knight after body-slamming and then pile-driving an enemy who was about to slay his king in battle. His non-stop smack-talking and brazen braggadocio outside the wrestling ring tourney lists might confuse his enemies into thinking that his game is offensive. In fact, his humble upbringing precluded martial training, and he simply waits behind his shield, until the enemy is "totally gassed" and then he tosses his helpless opponents around like sacks of grain, just like back home on the farm.

Skill	Base	Mod.	Effects
Lancery	1	-	Bruised larynx - Sam Stone Larynx damaged Charm +1
Charm	5	+1
Equine Affinity	1	-
Shieldery	9	-

Spoiler: Squire - Ursus Arctos (Grek) (click to show/hide)

• Full Name: Ursus Arctos Horribilis
• Age: A Score and Five
• Description: This kind and handsome squire is most certainly NOT a bear of any description.
• Short Bio: A mysterious young squire from Italy, Ursus serves his Knight with dignity, grace and a keen understanding of the niceties of courtly conduct. Let no man tell you otherwise!
• Avatar:

Skill	Base	Mod.	Effects
Dressing	1	-
Eloquence	5	-
Brawling	9	-
Medicine	1	-

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Spoiler: Steed - Anselm (GWG) (click to show/hide)

Age: 3
Breed: Uh, Destrier?
Description: A horse that looks kinda like the picture I posted below.
Bio: A horse that was originally intended for use as a warhorse, until it was discovered to have a fear of loud noises, blood, and archers. Thus, it was repurposed as a tourney horse. This is its first tournament.
Avatar: This one:

is as good as any, I guess.

Skill	Base	Mod.	Effects
Sentience	9	-
Violence	1	-
Stamina	2	-
Prancing	4	-

Team Uhh!
from Gerraos

Spoiler: Equipment (click to show/hide)

44 shillings
2 dirty bandages
Suit of padded French leather armour
French kitchen pot helm
French farmer's sheep lance
Poxy wooden buckler

Spoiler: Knight - Antoine Gerraos (Rolepgeek) (click to show/hide)

Full Name: Antoine Gerraos
Title: Baron
Age: 33
Description: Dark black hair, tan skin, and blue eyes. Muscular, but in a way that suggests real strength, not body-building. Somewhat short, and has some scars, but mostly on his arms, particularly around the joints where enemies have tried to dig in daggers and other small weapons have gotten through.
Short Bio: Antoine is an experienced knight, having been blooded in many battles, but this has not made him bitter or cruel, as it does with many. Rather, it has taught him moderation, and while he is not in his peak as he once was, he is good-natured and known to be so, and can engage in a battle of wits better than most.
Avatar

Skill	Base	Mod.	Effects
Lancery	4	-
Charm	5	-
Equine Affinity	2	-
Shieldery	5	-

Spoiler: Squire - Lap Umomen (GUNINANRUNIN) (click to show/hide)

•Full Name: Lap Umomen
•Age: 14
•Description: A young boy with dark black hair, light brown skin, sad eyes with a light of intelligence and a lean physique. He's eager to make a difference and very skilled at his work. He's protective of his lord, and won't hesitate to start a fight in his name. His pride often gets the better of him, and he tends to resent anyone who isn't of the desert. He always wears his tan coloured cap.
•Short Bio: Lap, unlike most squires, is a foreigner. He belongs to a house of lesser nobles of the nation Jariss, in the desert lands, which had a reputation for producing some of the finest and most loyal soldiers in existence, and the sultanate often drew from them to provide members for the royal guard. In 100 years, no sultan had ever been assassinated or killed on the field. Unfortunately the guard could do nothing to prevent political turmoil, and when the sultanate dissolved after it was absorbed by the Westerners, House Umomen had nowhere to go. Now they have been reduced to fighting for other countries as mercenaries, many of them becoming knights in the process. Lap is one of these dishonoured nobles, and longs to bring his house back to its former glory.
•Avatar:
•Skill Points:

Skill	Base	Mod.	Effects
Dressing	6	-
Eloquence	5	-
Brawling	3	-
Medicine	2	-

Spoiler: Steed - Antigones (Harbinger) (click to show/hide)

• Full Name: Antigones the Unhinged
• Age: 22/25
• Breed: Mixed
• Description: A vicious false-horse stands before you!
• Short Bio: In hindsight, naming both their sons after their father was probably not the best decision of Mr and Mr Gates' lives. Thankfully, the father had passed away before his grandsons went insane, otherwise Ithey might have had to come up with an animal with 6 legs for them to imitate. Even more luckily, they each only had one son.
• Avatar (image): Coming soon!

Skill	Base	Mod.	Effects
Sentience	1	-	+1 to spoke jamming rolls
Violence	5	-
Stamina	9	+1
Prancing	1	-

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Team Equine
from Ancient Macedonia

Spoiler: Equipment (click to show/hide)

44 shillings
2 dirty bandages
Suit of padded French leather armour
French kitchen pot helm
French farmer's sheep lance
Poxy wooden buckler

Spoiler: Squire - Hephaestion (Sheb) (click to show/hide)

    Name:Hephaestion
    Age:15
    Description: A young and thin lad with a curtain of brown locks falling on his shoulders, Hephaestion would make any maiden happy if he was inclined toward such things. Instead, he spend his whole time taking care of his Knight's garments and person, making him one of the best-dressed man of France.
   

Skill	Base	Mod.	Effects
Dressing	6	-
Eloquence	4	-
Brawling	3	-
Medicine	3	-

Spoiler: Knight/Steed - Sir Bucephalus (Cheesecake) (click to show/hide)

Full Name: Sir Bucephalus the Equine Squire
Age: 3
Breed: Thessalian
Description: A large horse that was bred for war. It is taller than most horses, with a black coat and silky ash mane. Its eyes glow with an orange, hateful tint. It has a large white star and with wall (blue) eyes)
Short Bio: No one knows where Bucephalus came from. He was found rampaging through a lord's shed, and right before they tried to put him down, the lord had a strange change of heart and put the horse to work as a joust horse.
Avatar:

Skill	Base	Mod.	Effects
Sentience	5	-
Violence	6	+1
Stamina	4	+1
Prancing	1	-

General Rules

• Four teams of three players, a Knight, a Squire and a Steed, will compete in a round-robin, with the two top teams progressing to a grand final.
• To create a team, submit the require team data, below, first come first served.
• Each Joust consists of three periods; Pre-Joust, Joust and Post-Joust.
• In each period, each team member automatically performs one action, and may perform other actions up to their number of Action Points.  e.g. A Squire in the Pre-Joust period will always automatically try to attatch his Knight's armour (and roll to do so).  If the Squire has 1 Pre-Joust AP, he can also try to do something else, which must also be rolled for.
• Each team member has 4 stats, from 1 to 9, which he must roll equal to or under on a d10 to succeed at Actions.
• When allocating points, you have 16 to spend.  The minimum is 1 and the maximum is 9 for each skill.
• Contests between characters are decided after both roll, until one or both of them fail a roll.
• All characters start with 1 Pre-Joust AP, 1 Joust AP and 1 Post-Joust AP - or AP(1,1,1).
• The difficulty for each Action is set by the character's skill.  e.g. a Squire with a Brawling of 5 will succeed on any Brawling check if he rolls 5 or under.  1 is always a Miraculous Success, 10 is always a Terrible Failure.
• All Actions, including automatic Actions, in the Pre-Joust period have a chance to improve (+) or diminish (-) dice rolls in the Joust period.
• All Actions, including automatic Actions, can be improved by good roleplay.
• For each period, once everyone submits their Actions, the GM will roll dice and describe the outcome.
• Tournament stages will be one year apart, so all characters will age one year from tournament to tournament.

Pre-Joust Period Rules

• All players submit their Actions for the pre-joust period.  2 day time limit, after which anyone can suggest their Action.
• Submitted Actions can be specified as taking place before or after Automatic Actions.
• GM rolls die and describes the outcome of Automatic and Submitted Actions.

Joust Period Rules

• All players submit their Actions for the joust period.  1 day time limit, after which anyone can suggest their Action.
• Submitted Actions will occur first.  Once the Joust begins, players will automatically be given more Actions until the Joust finishes.
• Joust begins - Steeds always gallop on the first run (injury permitting).  Knights roll Lancery.
• A successful Lancery roll requires a Shieldery roll from the opponent.
• A failed Shieldery roll requires an Injury roll (see below) and an Equine Affinity roll.
• A failed Equine Affinity roll means the Knight falls from the horse.
• If both Knights remain horsed and capable, repeat from step 1 but Steeds must roll Stamina.
• A failed Stamina roll means the Knight is a sitting duck so opponent gets a +1 to Lancery
• If one or both Knights are dehorsed, Squires may run in.  They can do anything they like (but attacking the opponent Knight or Steed is an automatic loss).
• Whatever happens from then on, players will have to roll the most appropriate skill to perform Actions.
• The Joust ends when one Knight is incapable of fighting or yields or the Squire yields in his stead (to protect the honour of his Lord).

Post-Joust Period Rules

• All players submit their Actions for the post-joust period.  2 day time limit, after which anyone can suggest their Action.
• Submitted Actions can be specified as taking place before or after Automatic Actions.
• GM rolls die and describes the outcome of Automatic and Submitted Actions.

All To-Hit and Damage rolls are made from the perspective of the attacker following, of course, a successful attack.  So 1 is best and 10 is worst.

To-Hit Rolls

d10	Position
1	Head
2	Chest
3	Left Arm/Foreleg
4	Right Arm/Foreleg
5	Stomach
6	Groin
7	Butt
8	Left Leg/Hindleg
9	Right Leg/Hindleg
10	Inconsequential part (e.g. earlobe)

Injury Rolls

d10	Damage
1	Pulverised
2	Serious
3	Serious
4	Non-trivial
5	Non-trivial
6	Light
7	Light
8	Light
9	Light
10	Miraculous Recovery (e.g. broken bone is fused)

Spoiler: Team Sheet (click to show/hide)

• Team Name
• Hometown
• Standard (image)

All teams start with 50 Shillings, a suit of padded French leather armour, a French kitchen pot helm, a French farmer's sheep lance, a poxy wooden buckler and 3 dirty bandages.

Spoiler: Knight Sheet (click to show/hide)

• Full Name
• Title
• Age
• Description
• Short Bio
• Avatar (image)
• Skill Points: Lancery, Charm, Equine Affinity, Shieldery

Lancery is the Knight's skill in all forms of combat, but mainly with the lance.
Charm is the Knight's ability to woo maidens, and jest with the men.
Equine Affinity is the Knight's ability to temper and control the Steed and will contest the Steed's Sentience if the Steed wants to do something different.
Shieldery is the Knight's ability to block with a shield.

Pre-Joust automatic Action - Warm Up (Lancery)
Joust automatic Action - Joust (Lancery)
Post-Joust automatic Action - If Win Boast (Charm), If Lose Slander or Praise (Charm)

Spoiler: Squire Sheet (click to show/hide)

• Full Name
• Age
• Description
• Short Bio
• Avatar (image)
• Skill Points: Dressing, Eloquence, Brawling, Medicine

Dressing is the Squire's ability to attach and remove armour from his Knight.
Eloquence is the Squire's ability to smooth talk vendors and introduce his Knight before the Joust.
Brawling is the Squire's ability to fight for his Knight in and out of the arena.
Medicine is the Squire's ability to heal his Knight or put down the Steed without fuss.

Pre-Joust automatic Action - Attach Armour (Dressing)
Joust automatic Action - Announce Knight (Eloquence)
Post-Joust automatic Action - Tend Knight and Horse (Medicine)

Spoiler: Steed Sheet (click to show/hide)

• Full Name
• Age
• Breed
• Description
• Short Bio
• Avatar (image)
• Skill Points: Sentience, Violence, Stamina, Prancing

Sentience is the Steed's ability to do something other than that which it's rider tells it to do.  If there is no rider or handler, the Steed does not need to roll this.
Violence is the Steed's ability to kick, trample, bite and do whatever else it thinks it can do.
Stamina is the Steed's ability to continue charging and violencing.
Prancing is the Steed's ability to woo the maidens, the men and other Steeds.

Pre-Joust automatic Action - Eat (Stamina)
Joust automatic Action - Gallop (Stamina)
Post-Joust automatic Action - If Win Prance (Prancing), If Lose Recover (Stamina)

[Dwarmin]

Spoiler: The Shadowknights (click to show/hide)

Team Name: Shadowknights
Hometown: Château du Mal Ténèbres
Standard:

[Harbingerjm]

• Four teams of three players, a Knight, a Squire and a Steed, will compete in a round-robin, with the two top teams progressing to a grand final.

[hermes]

That's right.  Three players on one team.

[Dwarmin]

Well, I put down a team at least. Le Villains!

@Harbringer: thanks for nothing.

[Harbingerjm]

@Harbringer: thanks for nothing.

You are most welcome, noble sir!

• Full Name: Antigones the Unhinged
• Age: 22/25
• Breed: Mixed
• Description: A vicious false-horse stands before you!
• Short Bio: In hindsight, naming both their sons after their father was probably not the best decision of Mr and Mr Gates' lives. Thankfully, the father had passed away before his grandsons went insane, otherwise Ithey might have had to come up with an animal with 6 legs for them to imitate. Even more luckily, they each only had one son.
• Avatar (image): Coming soon!
• Skill Points:
• Sentience: 1
• Violence: 5
• Stamina: 9
• Prancing: 1

[Kashyyk]

So, are you looking for 12 players (4 steeds, 4 squires and 4 knights) or 4 players (each running a steed, a squire and a knight)?

[hermes]

So, are you looking for 12 players (4 steeds, 4 squires and 4 knights) or 4 players (each running a steed, a squire and a knight)?

12 players.  Maybe cut down to 2 or 3 teams if there aren't enough.  Three players on one team.  One is the Knight, one is the Squire, one is the Steed.

[scapheap]

Full Name: Tenebra
Age: 7?
Breed: Dread
Description: jet black with glowing red eyes
Short Bio: A normal horse that appear in (knight) stables one day in a non-fire related way. Totally.
Avatar (image)

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

with red eyes

Skill Points: 0
Sentience: 6
Violence: 6
Stamina: 3
Prancing: 1

I go with anyone

[Kashyyk]

Full Name: Honour
Age: 4
Breed: Destrier
Description: Dun
Short Bio: The epitome of the knightly horse. brave, fast and loyal.
Avatar (image)

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Skill Points: 0
Sentience: 3
Violence: 2
Stamina: 6
Prancing: 5

[scapheap]

we have three horses and no humans. odd.

[Kashyyk]

I don't mind switching to another char type, but as we had two hell horses already, I thought we'd need a nice one

[Dwarmin]

Full Name: Tenebra
Age: 7?
Breed: Dread
Description: jet black with glowing red eyes
Short Bio: A normal horse that appear in (knight) stables one day in a non-fire related way. Totally.
Avatar (image)

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

with red eyes

Skill Points: 0
Sentience: 6
Violence: 6
Stamina: 3
Prancing: 1

I go with anyone

Hey, the Shadowkknights are looking for a Shadowhorse for our Shadowwarriors...

[scapheap]

Full Name: Tenebra
Age: 7?
Breed: Dread
Description: jet black with glowing red eyes
Short Bio: A normal horse that appear in (knight) stables one day in a non-fire related way. Totally.
Avatar (image)

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

with red eyes

Skill Points: 0
Sentience: 6
Violence: 6
Stamina: 3
Prancing: 1

I go with anyone

Hey, the Shadowkknights are looking for a Shadowhorse for our Shadowwarriors...

Deal.

[Gervassen]

Ox the Tongue-tied
Squire



Age 18
Description: Hulking brute, slope-browed and rough-knuckled.
Short Bio: A really big dumb idiot who likes to brawl and accost tavern wenches. He became a squire because knights wear shining armour, and shiny objects fascinate Ox to no end.

Dressing 7
Eloquence 1
Brawling 7
Medicine 1