Description
This long and large building seems in pretty good condition. Its blue-painted wooden exterior still holds up to only moderate chipping. The large sign outside reads “The Old Imperial” with a coat of arms on the door. Inside the tavern is fitted with beautiful hand carved tables and chairs, and an ornately carved maple bar stretches down the length of the house with a massive wall of wines and spirits behind it.
There is a raised section to the bar up a few small steps.
Fighting Pit
Below the taverns the Old Imperial House, the basements and sewers have been restructured into a makeshift fighting arena. They are crowded with people either there to fight, or betting and cheering on the combatants.
Infirmary. An
Hedge priest by the name of Patty Tomkins is working here with her Jerbeen assistant Marv to heal up some unfortunate fighters who didn’t win in the pits. The two of them have some crude medical equipment and a few spells to try and patch up any who are worse for wear.
She is willing to cast cure wounds on the party if they need healing and asks for tips in exchange. She’s very tired of how injured people get in the pits and wishes they were just better at fighting.
Meeting Room. A few small tables and chairs are set up in this otherwise barren stone room. There is a bandit captain, 2 thugs, and 5 bandits scheming up plans in here at any given time.
Prisoners Stocks. A few people are locked in some rickety old cells here. They are watched over by a rough looking bugbear gladiator named Ludwig. He says that the prisoners broke the trust of their gangs and so are forced to be the early rounds of the pit’s competitions. Basically, they buffer the champions with a few punching bags. Once the punching bag is spent, their gang leader can decide if they are allowed back in, or if they will be killed.
Fighting Pit. The cleared dirt-covered floor is caked in blood stains, mud, and other fluids that are best not asked about. A central square is marked off by makeshift wooden barricades, around which about forty bandits gather waiting for the next match. A big
Harengon veteran named Bull is refereeing the fights. Next to him, a mapach commoner with a moustache named Rocky is taking bets and wagers on the next fight.
Staff and Patrons
The bar is tended by a large
Loxodon named Chedumov. There are several more heavily clad and armed folk by the bar chatting with Chedumov.
Chedumov takes in new recruits for the fighting pits downstairs. If you want to fight you have to register with him. You need a crew, a name, and a catch phrase. The audience pays more when they have a catchy team to cheer for. So make it good. Once you sign up, if you are new, you “gotta do the rounds.” Meaning fight all other champions.
Games
Pit fight rules
- Fights can either be one-on-one, or a tag team.
- Tag team matches pit equally-sized teams against each other.
- In a tag team, fighters “tag in” and “tag out” by visibly tapping each other. Whoever is tagging in must be wholly outside the ring, whoever is tagging out must be wholly within.
- You must stay in the ring. If you aren’t in the ring at the end of your turn, you lose.
- If you know magic, you can use it. You can use whatever gear you’ve got.
- Your team loses if any member outside the ring is caught casting spells or otherwise influencing anyone in the ring.
- Team members who are tagged out are allowed to cast spells on each other.
- No poison! We mean it! If you get caught with it, we’ll make you drink it all.
- No potions! If anyone on your team drinks a potion or is caught under the effects of one, your team loses, and we’re taking all your potions. The only exception is using a potion to save the life of a knocked out teammate.
- No invisibility or darkness stuff! It’s no fun if the audience can’t see you fighting!
- If you get knocked unconscious, you’re out. The pit master will take you off the field and stabilize you so you don’t die.
- If someone gets taken out, you can send in another member to replace them.
- If it’s your first night in the pits, you have to fight.
- There’s no rule against killing your opponent, but generally speaking this is frowned on.
Pricing
Food
Drinks
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