SABERHAVEN NEWS June 4, 1999


Fight notes:


- The ranger Moonsong submitted to Nhupir tthe Black after the psionic dwarf
blinded and deafened his opponent.
(http://www.geocities.com/Area51/6899/fight172.html)
- The barbarian woman Kalla barely managed  escape from the massive attacks
of the Righteous Champions of Altira's Teal.  Kalla won with a Rope of
Entanglement and chopped Teal's head off.
(http://www.geocities.com/Area51/6899/fight173.html)
- Newcomers Lose - Two first time fighters,, Trey'vith and Marl, lost their
initial fights to experienced fighters. (Chek'tu and Rannor, respectively)
- Sade beat Jonato in the Tournament fightss to send him into the final 8,
and topping the record books with 6 wins (PC).
(http://www.geocities.com/Area51/6899/fight178.html)
- In another classic Powers of the Dark vs.. The Dark Ones fight, Eclavdra
beat Querlak. (http://www.geocities.com/Area51/6899/fight175.html)



City News:


- Farewell to RCoA - The Righteous Championns of Altira suffered a deadly
attack by a score magically enhanced Invisible Stalkers.  The attack
appearantly surprised the RCoA, who not only lost their buildings and
employees, but a majority of the members died as well.  Nick Dearsa was not
among the dead.  He's since disappeared from Saberhaven with the remaining
members.
(http://www.geocities.com/Area51/6899/rcoa_gone.html)
- Farewell to Academy of Might - The Academmy leaders decided to pack it up
and go home after very moderate success.


New Fights:


- Harry Hindquarters vs. The Warlord
- Nhupir the Black vs. Imyril Vrinn
- Shaator vs. Niwt
- Lord Blix vs. Warlord Isco (tournament fiight)
- Breunor vs. Amra
- Ciryon vs. Drago
- Roulette vs. Tsorf


New Competitors:


- Beast - 9/9 Half-Giant Fighter/Psionicistt
- Chaz - 12th level Human Ranger
- Evo - 9/11 Human Fighter/Mage
- Kromis - 11th level Dark Elf Fighter
- Marl - 10th level Human Fighter
- Mongoose - 8/7/11 Athesian Halfling Thieff/Psionicist/Defiler
- Palimon - 8/12 Human Paladin/Priest
- Roland Wyrmfire - 12th level Human Rangerr
- Shaator - 9/11/12 Human Fighter/Mage/Prieest
- William Blackheart - 14th level Half-Elf  Mage



New Rules:


- Priest Spells - Priestly magic does not hhave to be memorized like
wizardly magic. A priest can choose his spell at the time of casting since
there is no studying to be done. (Although he does have to spend the
beginning of his day praying for spells to gain access to them throughout
the day.)


- Saving Throws - All saving throws miss onn a roll of 1 or 2 no matter
what. The only exception are gods (not allowed in the Arena) who always
save on a 2.


- Number of Spells Cast - A Mage may have aas many copies of a single spell
in memory as he can hold. If he can normally memorize five first level
spells, they can all be Magic Missile is he so chooses. Similarly, Priests
can cast a spell as many times a day as they choose, as long as they have
the open slots. A priest with the ability to cast seven first level spells
per day could use them all for Cure Light Wounds if he so desired.


- Specialty Priests' Experience - All speciialty priests hailing from the
Forgotten Realms setting use the Specialty priest expereince tables in the
back of the Faiths and Avatars supplement. All other specialty priests use
the standard DMG rules which state that specialty priests use normal priest
tables for expereince unless they are limited in a way similar to Druids
(determined by the DM) in which case they use the druid tables. 


- Characters are strongly urged to find a ccontingency to join or group to
sponsor them. Few solo competitors have a change to stand against a well
prepared opponent from a contingency or a high powered Top 8 competitor.
For more, check out the Sponsors pages. 


- Preparation: Contestants will enter the AArena staging area though a
series of Dispel magic screens, to keep out any pre-cast prep spells. They
will be led to an empty room where they have 5 minutes to prep themselves
with spells, psionics, items, etc. They will walk for 1 round of the end of
the hall where the doors will open, they will be announced and the fight
will begin.




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