The Duel
The Duel is a quest.
Details
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| Giver | Commoners |
| Membership | Any |
| Requirements | Any level |
| Summary | Accept a duel challenge at an inn within hours and beat the champion sent against you. |
Objectives
Use the location names in your quest journal. Follow map markers when they are available.
| Step | Objective | Optional |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Be at the quest inn in six hours for your duel with your quest giver | No |
| 2 | Defeat the champion your quest giver sent to fight you | No |
Choices
| Decision | Choice |
|---|---|
| Your quest giver takes offense in the street and wants your blood for it. | Accept the duel |
| Your quest giver takes offense in the street and wants your blood for it. | Let it go and walk on |
Outcomes
Added gear requires a successful quest payment and a qualifying outcome. Quest mail alone does not count as payment.
| Outcome | Gold multiplier | Gear choice |
|---|---|---|
| Your quest giver's champion lies dead at the quest inn, and your honor is satisfied. | 100% | Yes |
| You walked away from a quarrel over words, and no blood was spilt. | No added payment | No |
| You never came to the quest inn, and your quest giver calls you a coward to anyone who will listen. | No added payment | No |
With Questlines enabled, these outcomes control the added rewards. Gold multipliers apply only to gold the quest actually pays. A gear choice offers a weapon, armour and jewellery; keep one. See Quest rewards and loot for rarity, payment and online reward rules.
Possible quest foes
| Foe | Group size |
|---|---|
| Spellsword | 1 |
These are the script’s possible foe groups, including conditional encounters. They are not all guaranteed to appear together; repeated attacks and ordinary dungeon enemies can add more. Follow a foe’s reference for its combat rules before choosing weapons.
See Quest reference for offer requirements across quests.
Sources (18)
- src/systems/quest/
- bible/06-Systems/Quest-Arc.md
- src/ui/quest/
- src/systems/quest/questGuidance.js
- bible/06-Systems/Quest-Guide-Arc.md
- vendor/dfu-quests/Quests/
- vendor/dfu-quests/Tables/QuestList-Classic.txt
- vendor/dfu-quests/Tables/QuestList-DFU.txt
- vendor/foraging/Quests/
- vendor/roleplay-realism/Quests/
- vendor/warm-ashes-ships/Quests/
- src/systems/quest/questLists.js
- src/systems/foraging/foragingLaw.js
- src/systems/warmAshesShips.js
- src/systems/roleplayRealism/rrQuestLine.js
- vendor/dfu-quests/Quests/A0C00Y10.txt
- src/systems/questlines/sheets/commoners.json
- src/systems/questlines/qlRewards.js
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