Duel school round two: Witch and Skye

[Chambers]

Continued from Duel school: round two!...

Stepping off to put some distance between themselves and and the duelling shamans Chambers begins to pace the square chanting in high speech as he seeks the iamgo, pulling it down into the fallen world with through his tower. His will reinforced with the ancient fragments of Atlantean. language.

Square the circle 2 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2026-01-28 10:35:14	Chambers rolls 7 to square the circle gnosis + prime + HS (10 Again)	7, 1, 5, 9, 3, 8, 2	2 successes

The mana blazing gold, released from his pattern to make the magic reality creating the space where mages could duel limited only by their arcana and imaginations. "When you are ready step forward and invoke the contest of wills." Said to both contestants.

Contest of wills Presence + Intimidation or his Manipulation + Subterfuge (whichever tactic is preferred) is rolled for the mage with the highest Initiative. The opponent’s Composure is subtracted from the roll. Then the defender does the same, making his taunts or threats, with the other mage’s Composure subtracted from his roll. Whoever gets the most successes unnerves his foe, and a +1 die bonus is gained on all further rolls in the duel. If neither mage rolls any successes, or they have the same number, neither side gains an advantage. The loser of this contest gets first move in the duel, if it is a tie we roll initiative to work out order of resolution.

[Chambers]

Bookkeeping because opening post does not allow expenditures

[Skye]

Giving the Hierarch time to square the circle before entering with a creak of her neck, draping herself in a slithering visage of a planarian flatworm wrapped around herself with a intense burning white light projected as four small claws dancing before her.

Initiative 13

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2026-01-28 11:27:44	Skye rolls 1 die for initiative	6

Life = shield, Prime = sword

[Witch]

And just like that it was time for practical application. There was a moment of panic and a sudden wish that she had asked more questions. But the circle was squared and Skye was already stepping forward.

Watching the magic visualize around Skye, she stepped in and pulled forth her own armor and sword. A cloak of black coming to surround her, cowl hooding her face, a faintly translucent skull mask settling over her face. In her hand a heavy cudgel of stone.

Initiative 7

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2026-02-03 12:53:33	Witch rolls 1 die for initiative	1

Death shield, Matter sword
Composure 3

[Chambers]

Each mage steps forward, Skye seemingly eagerly, Witch maybe a little more hesitantly. Both mages calling on their superior arcana for shields but Sky's sword was a surprise and curious choice. Honestly the Sharman's entire set of manifestations would have taken him a little of guard. That might also be because he was far more accustomed to the death like countenance Witch had taken on. Both stood impressive.

"Okay good. As this a practice duel seconds have not been involved and their is no duelling oath to swear." Those might come in a future lesson. These first few were just for the basics of etiquette, form and a little hands on experience. "I shall be serving as the independent judge." That was self explanatory. "Now begin the contest of wills to determine who has the advantage and who has the first move." Slow and steady was fine it meant each step got its time. "After the contest of wills resolves it is the final chance to back out of the duel and concede." He had never seen that happen but it was an honoured rule.