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Tavern Games: Arm Wrestling

This document provides gameplay mechanics for various tavern games including: - Arm wrestling which allows players to gain proficiency through repeated wins - Bullsheart where experienced players and NPCs can add their proficiency bonus - A variant of Dwarves Bane where one mug contains a disgusting piss-beer combination - Tavern Brawl, where sore losers may start fights after losing games

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Tavern Games: Arm Wrestling

This document provides gameplay mechanics for various tavern games including: - Arm wrestling which allows players to gain proficiency through repeated wins - Bullsheart where experienced players and NPCs can add their proficiency bonus - A variant of Dwarves Bane where one mug contains a disgusting piss-beer combination - Tavern Brawl, where sore losers may start fights after losing games

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Tavern Games

Arm Wrestling Proficiency:


Arm Wrestling It is possible for these contests to go on for some
time. If an arm wrestling competition goes on for
six checks (or you see the players begin to lose
interest), have any contestants who are not
proficient in arm wrestling make a Constitution
saving throw with a DC of the opponent’s Strength
score. If a contestant fails, they gain disadvantage
for the remainder of the contest. Any NPC who the
DM deems to be an experienced arm wrestler may
have profiency in arm wrestling, and a player may
gain proficiency in arm wrestling by winning 10
arm wrestling matches within a week!

Gameplay Mechanics

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Squirrel Racing Bullsheart

Gameplay Mechanics

Gameplay Mechanics

The Stingy Bookie:


One way you could spice up a tavern or a game of
squirrel racing is by having the bookie "forget" the
bets made by the players and try to cheat them out Bullsheart Proficiency:
of their full winnings, or try to run with the players Note that players proficient in darts, a simple
money. A bookie may do this if they owe money to ranged weapon, may use their proficiency bonus in
an underground organization or crime family, or if this game, but any NPCs who play bullsheart
they're simply greedy! regularly may also use their proficiency bonus, at
the DMs discretion. Maybe the tavern Bullsheart
champion would have a proficiency bonus as high
as +5, and local hunters would certainly have a
bonus of at least +2!
Dwarves Bane Call to Arms

Gameplay Mechanics
Gameplay Mechanics

Dwarves Bane Variant: Piss Pot


There is a version of this game where six to eight Tavern of Scars
total mugs are placed between the contestants,
one of which contains a horrible piss-beer Due to the somewhat violent nature of this game,
combination (DM rolls a d6 or d8 to determine it is very possible that a tavern where this game is
which). Each contestant must take turns drinking popular would have various weapons embedded in
one beer, until one contestant drinks the piss-beer the ceiling or walls to add flavor to the experience.
and loses! Alternatively, due to the potentially destructive
nature of the gae, bartenders and tavern owners
may not want their patrons to play the game, and
either attempt to distract them with drinks or
encourage the players to take the game outside.
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Tavern Brawl:
Many patrons in seedier taverns may not take
kindly to losing, and may try to sucker punch the
players or start a bar fight in retribution or an
attempt to get back their money!

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