Flower Fair

The Flower Fair starts in the middle of spring to help usher in the bountiful beauty of all that nature has to give. Local farmers gather their spring flowers and set up massive arrangements in the town square and decorate the village in a blanket of color and aroma.

Festivities

Dancing Contest

• Three to six pairs
• During three rounds, paired contestants participate in three different dances.
• The team will get points for staying in step with the other teams and for the use of color and flowers in their costumes.
• At the end of the dance, the team with the highest points win and in the event of a tie, the team with the loudest applause from the viewers win.

Rewards

First Place: Silver Badge, 15 silver pieces and two pair of leather boots

Second Place: 10 silver pieces and two straw hats

Third Place: Free drinks at the Biergarten for the rest of the festival.

For players...

Contestants make Performance Checks each round. Median number of their rolls is their points for the round but the scores are only counted if both Check results are within the same range (1-5 -Poor, 6-10 -Medium, 11-15 -Good, 16-20 -Outstanding).

Otherwise the dancers are out of sync with each other and get no points at all.

Players can choose to roll the Performance Check with disadvantage in order to try to sync up with partner.

Sheep Shearing Contest

• Five participants enter a 40x40 foot corral with 20 sheep in it. They have 30 minutes to sheer as many sheep as they can.

Rewards

First Place: Silver Badge and 80 silver pieces

Second Place: 60 silver pieces

Third Place: 40 silver pieces

For Players...

Players make an Animal Handling Check to calm down the sheep that they want to shear. After that they make a Sleight of Hand Check with a DC = (30 - Animal Handling Check result) to shear it.

• On a success it will take only 5 minutes to shear the sheep.
• On a failure it will take 10 minutes to shear the sheep due to it being unruly.
• On a Check that is failed by 10 or more, the sheep is cut, runs away and refuses to be sheared again. - player looses 5 minutes more.
• Repeat until time has run out.

Greased Pig Catching

• This event can have any number of contestants.
• In the middle of the fairgrounds there is a booth with a small empty pigpen. The contestants are informed that a greased pig has been released somewhere within fair and that they are free to catch it and return it to the pigpen for a reward.

Rewards

1 Pig: Silver Badge and a sausage

For Players...

To find the pig, players must succeed on either a DC 18 Perception Check, DC 15 Survival Check or DC 15 Investigation Check. 

Player spends 30-60 minutes (at DM's discretion) with any of these activities.

After finding the pig, there is a 50% chance that someone else has already located it too. Players can try to catch the pig with a successful DC 18 Athletics Check (Check made with disadvantage if someone else is also trying to grab it).

After a failed attempt, the DC to catch the pig decreases by two (to a minimum of 12). the players fall prone and loose sight of the pig as it vanishes into the fair once again. Players can immediately attempt to make a DC 13 Perception Check to see where the pig went and try to catch it again. Otherwise they must search for it again all over.

Feasting

Ale Drinking Contest

• Between 6-12 contestants
• 3 rounds of drinks, each one has a higher alcohol content then the last.
• Contestants drink until only one is able to stand- that person is the winner.

Rewards
First Place: Silver Badge, 30 silver pieces and a silver chalice (worth ~25gp)

For Players...

During the three rounds, contestants drink a giant mug of ale per round making a Con Save to stay in the competition.

Failed saves prevents characters from continuing to drink and must leave the table, loosing the competition. On a save failed by 10 or more, the contestant involuntarily vomits.

1st Round: Mug of Splintertooth Ale (DC 11 CON Save)

2nd Round: Mug of Gut Punch Ale (DC 14 CON Save)

3rd Round: Mug of Redhammer Ale (DC 17 CON Save)

Bonus Round: Mug of Green Death Ale ( DC 20 CON Save) This round starts if more than one contestant is still standing and lasts until there is only one left standing.

Pie Eating Contest

• 6-12 Contestants
• Whoever eats 3 pies the fastest wins

Rewards
First Place: Silver Badge, 25 silver pieces & a trinket Second Place: 15 silver pieces & a trinket Third Place: A trinket

For Players...

Contestants eat three pies in rapid succession as fast as they can making CON Checks.

Players can choose to eat the pies in the following fashion:

• Fast (3 seconds, CON Check with Disadvantage)
• Normal (6 seconds, straight CON Check)
• Slow (9 seconds, CON Check with Advantage)

On each failed check the contestant gags and loses 9 seconds of time in addition to the amount of time needed to eat the pie.

On a check failed by 10 or more, the contestants chokes and loses immediately.

The contestant that ate all the pies the fastest wins the contest.

• First Pie: Potato Pie (DC 10 CON Check)
• Second Pie: Onion Pie (DC 13 CON Check)
• Third Pie: Meat Pie (DC 16 CON Check)

Miss Spring

Local Druids choose two monarchs of beauty, who preform a secret rite to renew the season. These two young ladies will then travel the lands all season to bless local homesteads to have a bountiful growing season.

History

No one remembers the reason that the festival started over 200 years ago since most written history only began about 100 years ago. However, the local lore suggests that one winter was so harsh that it seemed as though it would never end. The cold chilled the bone and the food supply along with the firewood almost seemed to vanish. Then when spring finally came, the flowers bloomed so big and bright that the locals wanted to spread the color around to cheer everyone up. Everyone within 10 miles that grew flowers and those that just were lucky enough to have some sprout up around their homes, brought their bouquets to town and decorated everything. Everyone came into the streets with food and drink. They began to sing and dance and enjoy being outside with all their neighbors.

Primary Related Location

Athoka