Rocky’s Tavern and Arena
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Bets and gaming
Description
A one story house with a walled-in yard in back, the yard is set up as an arena, with a large pit 5’ deep and 25’ square, and benches around all sides. A grimy, torn canvas tent encloses the arena and seating area, with the only entrance being through the pub.
Rocky, a big, scarred, potato-faced ex-fighter, runs the tavern and the arena, which features numerous two-bit boxers, gladiators, and cock- or dogfights several nights a week. The sports are bloody and brutal, and involve a good bit of betting (from which the house takes a reasonable cut) and much beer and ale, as well as an admittance fee. The fighters receive a small percentage of the admittance fee, with winners receiving a purse of around 50 GP.
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Fighting cocks should be rated at the beginning of their careers for HP (2d6 + 8, for arena purposes only), DEX (2d5 + 8), and CON (3d6). Combat rounds are 1 second long. Each round make a saving roll against DEX for each cock. If successful, a point of damage has been scored on the opposing cock. If the roll is successfully made, and is less than half of DEX, damage scored is doubled - if it is missed by more than half the cock’s DEX, his opponent scores an extra point of damage. These fights are usually to the death, although the owner of a cock may stop the fight (admitting defeat for his bird in the process) if he feels the cock is worth saving. It is neither impossible nor unlikely for both cocks to be killed in the fight. Cocks recover damage at the rate of 1/5 CON per day; 1/4 of the cock’s total experience (see below) is additionally healed on the first day.
Each time a cock wins a fight, it gains 1 point of experience. If it kills its opponent while sustaining less than half its HP in damage, it gains 2 experience points. These may be added to HP (1HP for 2EP) or to DEX (1 point for 3EP). Cocks start fighting at about 6 months of age, and seldom live beyond 60 months. Their fighting prime ends at about 30 months of age, and a saving roll against 1/2 DEX is required monthly after this to avoid the loss of a point of DEX; 1 point is lost automatically every 4 months in any case.
The Labyrinth is a reasonably fertile source of fighting cocks. The inhabitants frequently care more for their birds than for their children. Two of the larger cock breeder/trainers in the area are Nelido Silver- thumb and Benno the Crab (a bent and gnarled little man with a peculiar way of walking sidewise). Both are frequently in attendance at Rocky’s, and are happy to sell birds to those wishing to buy - a good bird (reroll any HP or DEX result of 13 or less) will normally cost about 250 GP.
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Gaming (Entertainment)
Owner: Rocky
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Grid (Key) Ref.: N04 (FT)
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Type: Shop, Generic
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Ruler/Owner: Rocky
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Id: 6891be71-604f-4fdc-8aa2-5b27876362ef
Entity Type: Article / landmark
Category: Places: The Labyrinth
Tags: fcoh,the-labyrinth-location,cat-entertainment,type-gaming,entertainment
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