Tuffman's Competition has a winner

[Purgatory]

It was a fine day to watch some of the finest warriors of Stormreach come together under one roof to do battle with one another for the simple pride of being the toughest in the city. Ten Contestants in all came to Tuffman’s competition to prove their worthiness to challenge him into one on one battle to settle once in for all who really is the toughest of them all. One warrior toughness was too much for the others to take; Hardpuncher was what they called him. Befalling one opponent after another in his quest to be crowned Tuffman’s champion, he defeated them all with blood and sweet. With a role of a die Tuffman rewarded his champion Hardpuncher a magical gift a belt that will protect his champion from chaotic foes and enable him to become more of a hero then he already is once a day. Then the real test was at hand, Tuffman and his champion Hardpuncher where to see who would be last to stand. Who really was the toughest man? The battle was fierce with Tuffman at first taking the upper hand to only lose it when Hardpuncher rallied to the cause. With both men on their last breaths Tuffman finally struck the winning blow, with out a doubt was his toughest challenge he had ever faced.

Congratulation to Hardpuncher for winning the Tuffman's Competition and everyone else for making it such a great and fun event. Hope to see you all again on the next one.

[gemineye]

Give us some details of the build that won....

[Helmet]

halfing dex pally with toughness feat, beat out my ac, adamant body/dodge feat warforged fighter in the last round.

[XFracture]

Standing still slashing at one another along with several other restrictions just didn't suit my pallet. But I'm glad people had fun.

[Kargon]

Kargon would have won if Kargon not get bored of sit there with both peopamul swing and miss on anymathing but a 20, and regen all damanage before roll anothamer 20. But Kargon sure surprimise opponament when remove all armormer and drop shield for big axe

At least Kargon get to eliminimate silly Keensly in secomond round.

[Music_Man]

Hardpuncher was a good opponent -- we tied, and he was decided victor by die roll... I'm confident my build was actually more formidible, but hey that's how it goes. I lagged and he was able to finish me off in the second round to tie it up. During the 3 round of our match I had about 1-2 more hits to finish him off before the match ended. (Though while waiting for 18+'s its debatable whether or not I'd've gotten those rolls).

Since it was a tie, Tuffman had us roll a d100 to see the victor, I got a 22 he rolled a 77... So he totally whooped me there.

After he won the roll, he obliged me to a standard 1v1 pit brawl, which I won. Nevertheless, his bulid was very formidible & he was definetly deserving of his title. Though I was kinda buggered, he and I rolled to solve the tie when the two finalists fought 1v1 in the tavern pit... which by following the same rules meant I woulda been the winner of our round, but like I said no real matter.

If your interested, I brought in Kwin the Mighty of the Eskimo Battle Brigade.
He is a True Nuetral dwarven Barbarian - 18 Str(17+1 item), 14 Dex. 20 Con (19+1 item), 8 Int, 8 Wis, 6 Cha. Wearing +1 Mithril Fullplate, +1 Steel Bucker of Stability (Dwarf Only), Furor's Hide, Founder's Helm, +1 Amulet of Natural Armor, Balance +3 Belt, and one or two other silly little skill boost items. He would switch between a +1 Dwarven Axe with the buckler and a +1 Adamantine Greatsword. For enhancements I took DR boost (duh), Damage Boost, & Dwarven Axe Damage.
He has a 26 standing AC, and a +6 to hit... Somewhere around 42 hp though I don't remember the exact number.

I really wanted to challenge the WF who fought the final round against Hardpuncher to test my mettle and determine for myslef if I woulda had what it takes, but I was unable to find him. In the end, I'm fairly certain if my system were better I'd've beaten Hardpuncher, but there is no doubt it'd been a long, tuff fight.

All in all, it was very fun; however, as the others have mentioned waiting for the 20's just isn't the most exciting battle.

If anyone wants to battle, I wouldn't mind bringing Kwin back out for some fun...

[Purgatory]

Sorry about that rolling a 1d100 was a decision i made on the fly.... threw testing i never ran into a problem with 1v1 not being able to reach the 3 kills before the death match time limit ran out. And just didn't expect or prepare for a tie after i made the decision I realized that a sudden death in the pit was a better solution so I offered that as a option with the agreement of both finalist over rolling for it to determine the winner. Sorry I did not give you the same option. With the comments on needing to roll 20's to hit..That is the way everyone choose to build there tough men... I had no problems hitting with a +13 or 14 to hit depending on the weapon I was using I was hitting the lower ac's with 12's and higher ones wit 15's and up. CE and Defensive fighting might raise your ac but it lowers your to hit.

For my other stats im doing this on memory only so might not be 100% accurate but close..

Human Chaotic Good Fighter
HP = 46
AC = 28
Feats = Slashing,Persision, and Dodge
+13 or 14 to hit depending on +1 or +2 weapon
Weapons =
+1 True Chaos Shimy,
+1 Shocking Great Axe,
+2 Ada War Hammer,
+1 Heavy Pick of Maiming (on a 20 this would do 1d6x4 and 1d8x3 dmg, could kill some with a good dmg roll in one hit)
+2 Longsword

Armor=
+1 Myth FP
+2 Myth Heavy Shield
+1 Myth Heavy Shiled of lesser Acid Resist
+1 Myth Heavy Shield of lesser Fire Resist
+1 Myth Heavy Shield of lesser Cod Resist

Equipment=
Trog Helm +1 resistance
Furor Hide
Beserker Bracers
+2 Str Gloves
+2 Dex Boots
Health Belt of Light Fort. +1 con
Margrets Neclace +10 hp
+1 Protection Ring
+5 Balance Ring

I had to run WW over 50 times to obtain most of the Items Crypts once and STK once.
ww was easly soloable in 15 min if I just run past everything and kill only the casters and go for completions only... I needed plenty of cure mod pots and remove fear pots.
I needed help on STK and Crypts thanks to everyone that helped me.

I Had a lot of Fun putting this together, It was a nice change of pace. I got to meat some realy intresting people and made some new friends and got to touch base with some old ones.
I may hold another for Higher Levels like 12-14's But This one was meant for Everyone that could roll up a lvl 1 on the server.

[Music_Man]

It's alright Purgatory. I had ablast at the event, and winning doesn't mean as much as having fun, which I did -- especially in my fights against Hardpuncher, took a lot of skill to fight that little halfling.

So, thank you for hosting the event -- It was very enjoyable.

[char_db]

Hey, i just found this post again :P better late than never to make an appearance, right?

Hardpuncher here.

Just wanted to put out an official thank you! for getting this together and going. I had a bunch of fun.
Wanted to add a few thoughts, clarifications, views...

Hardpuncher was actually a Halfling STR pally, not dex exactly.
18 str
16 dex
16 con
8
8
8
51 hp
29 ac
+8 to hit, boosted 5x/day to +10

i felt guilty for advancing the 1 round over kwin by a die roll, he was tough. True, he beat me in the bar afterwards, but i recall getting called back for the finals during it and i was trying to type back and fight at the same time...So another round may be in order!

i remember going a draw against the WF in the final round, but we duked it out in the Hammersmith for a decision. I think he took off a tower shield?? in an attempt to land some hits on me, but i was able to tear into him pretty quick after that.

I had some ok loot for lvl 1 but only a +1 longsword, didnt get to run WW much for the cool weapons w/ True chaos! (which is how i met my end against Tuffman)
light fort belt
false life neck
trapblast gogs
furors hide
berserkers bracers
prot +1
str +1
+1 mfp
+2 heavy shield

Hardpuncher remains lvl 1 and patiently awaits another chance to prove himself, and remove any doubt of his reaching the finals! I hope to see another Tuffman Competition someday soon!

Would be nice to get some respect from other players during an event like that (no interruptions from those not involved) , be able to have the fights right in the bar so the regeneration isnt a big deal and everyone can watch.