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==Locations==
 
==Locations==
 
===Indoors===
 
  
 
* In the catwalks above a stage, with the opera/play in progress below.
 
* In the catwalks above a stage, with the opera/play in progress below.
* Inside the works of a clock tower
 
* In the Great Library of Alexandria as it's being burned
 
* In a wharf side warehouse, in a roped-off ring, surrounded by dozens of hard-nosed spectators screaming for blood
 
* In elevator shafts, but not in the elevators
 
* On a series of conveyor belts leading to pressing machinery
 
* Between the gears and pulleys of a four-story-building-sized clockwork, steam-driven difference engine
 
* On top of the servers in a major data center (while one of the combatants is trying to hack into the systems in that center)
 
* A meat locker, with entire sides of frozen cow hanging from hooks.
 
* In a cubicle farm (think Dilbert)
 
* In the food court of a large shopping mall, Sunday afternoon, one week before Christmas
 
* In a high voltage transformer station
 
* In a brick-walled olive oil cellar - when one of the casks is struck, olive oil coats the floor
 
* In an airlock that's slowly decompressing
 
* In a stopped elevator
 
* On a stone staircase in a rapidly falling apart castle
 
* On the floor of a large ballroom after the villain has insulted the hero – remember those floors are slick
 
* Fort Knox (Think 007)
 
* In a smithy filled with blades
 
* In a house about to be blown to pieces by a tornado- with a shelter out back with room for one
 
* In a dragon's lair...right next to sleeping dragon.
 
* In a studio prop department. (make sure to grab your REAL sword)
 
* In a game & comic store
 
* On a factory conveyer belt that dumps rocks into a furnace
 
* In a hospital emergency room that is in the process of accepting dozens of victims from some sort of disaster
 
* Backstage at a Victoria's Secret fashion show
 
* At a Hockey/Ice Rink
 
* In a biotech lab filled with glass growth reactors filled with animal cells/bacteria/yeast/flesh eating amoebas
 
* In the middle of 99 cent store with crowded isles only a foot and a half wide.
 
* In a brothel / opium den
 
* Inside a wind-tunnel
 
* In the middle of a high class 1930s nightclub
 
* On the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange
 
* In a nuclear missile silo about to launch
 
* In a room full of hemophiliacs
 
* In a paper mill
 
* In a museum. Lots of improvised weapons to hand, whether it's a 15th century scimitar or the tooth of a Tyrannosaurus
 
* At a fantasy / sci-fi convention
 
* At a crowded party, without letting security know
 
* In an Esher-esque construction of stairs, halls, and archways that warps space
 
* In a Wax Museum after hours
 
* At a rave
 
* In a ghetto bail-bonds/pawn shop
 
* During a high school gym class
 
* At a christening
 
* Lovers fighting in a huge canopied bed with dozens of pillows and silk sheets
 
* In the bathtub or at a Roman bath-house
 
* In the shrine of a forgotten/elder god who is starting to wake
 
* In a crypt full of life-size, realistic warrior statues, which may or may not come to life.
 
* While standing side by side at a urinal...while urinating!
 
* In the Oval Office, the floor of the UN general assembly, or other location of political importance
 
* In an ancient tomb, rife with treasure and booby traps
 
* Through an intricate Ninja Turtles style sewer system, perhaps on skateboards
 
* In a workout room, with all the machines and free-weights as weapons
 
* In a plane that's going down
 
* In a broken down house at night
 
* Fighting in a pitch black room which fires lasers occasionally
 
 
===Outdoors===
 
 
 
* On a frozen river, with chunks of ice breaking away under your feet.
 
* On a frozen river, with chunks of ice breaking away under your feet.
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* A flotilla of logs floating down a river.
 
* Construction scaffolding.
 
* Construction scaffolding.
* A flotilla of logs floating down a river.
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* Under direct, heavy cannon bombardment.
 
* On top of a careening stagecoach, in a low-overhang forest.
 
* On top of a careening stagecoach, in a low-overhang forest.
 
* On top of a large hot-air balloon, in mid-flight.
 
* On top of a large hot-air balloon, in mid-flight.
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* Waist-deep in a stream
 
* Waist-deep in a stream
 
* On a thread-bare rope bridge spanning a chasm
 
* On a thread-bare rope bridge spanning a chasm
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* On a merry-go-round
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* Inside the works of a clock tower
 
* Hanging onto the ropes that dangle beneath a zeppelin (which may or may not be on fire)
 
* Hanging onto the ropes that dangle beneath a zeppelin (which may or may not be on fire)
* In the midst of deadlocked rush-hour traffic, leaping from car to car
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* In the Great Library of Alexandria as it's being burned
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* In a wharf side warehouse, in a roped-off ring, surrounded by dozens of hard-nosed spectators screaming for blood
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* In the midst of deadlocked rush-hour traffic, leaping from car to car.
 
* On a flat-bed semi traveling down the interstate at 90 mph
 
* On a flat-bed semi traveling down the interstate at 90 mph
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* In elevator shafts, but not in the elevators
 
* On a rocky precipice overlooking a fall of hundreds of feet
 
* On a rocky precipice overlooking a fall of hundreds of feet
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* On a series of conveyor belts leading to pressing machinery
 
* Inside the big cage where they store helium balloons
 
* Inside the big cage where they store helium balloons
 
* On a rowboat
 
* On a rowboat
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* Between the gears and pulleys of a four-story-building-sized clockwork, steam-driven difference engine
 +
* On Mars, while wearing space suits, in low gravity
 +
* Inside someone else's blood vessels, while shrunk to microscopic size
 
* In the back seat of a New York taxicab during rush hour
 
* In the back seat of a New York taxicab during rush hour
 
* In the middle of a big parade (maybe Mardi Gras, or perhaps the marching band at halftime at the Super Bowl?)
 
* In the middle of a big parade (maybe Mardi Gras, or perhaps the marching band at halftime at the Super Bowl?)
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* On top of the servers in a major data center (while one of the combatants is trying to hack into the systems in that center)
 
* On a dam
 
* On a dam
 
* In a ship's rigging
 
* In a ship's rigging
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* Below-decks in a burning, sinking ship
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* The tunnels of a large subway system
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* A meat locker, with entire sides of frozen cow hanging from hooks.
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* In a cubicle farm (think Dilbert)
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* In the food court of a large shopping mall, Sunday afternoon, one week before Christmas
 
* In a bamboo forest, about fifty feet up
 
* In a bamboo forest, about fifty feet up
 
* On top of a mist-shrouded hill, surrounded by the crumbling remnants of a stone circle
 
* On top of a mist-shrouded hill, surrounded by the crumbling remnants of a stone circle
 
* In a sheep pen with about 100 sheep (substitute pigs as required)
 
* In a sheep pen with about 100 sheep (substitute pigs as required)
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* Anywhere at all during an earthquake
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* Inside the chambers of a dying giant's heart .
 
* On the back of a flying whale. And every so often it spouts a geyser of steam from its blowhole.
 
* On the back of a flying whale. And every so often it spouts a geyser of steam from its blowhole.
 
* On the surface of a huge, faceted mirrored lens so there are thousands of distorted images of you and your opponent.
 
* On the surface of a huge, faceted mirrored lens so there are thousands of distorted images of you and your opponent.
 
* On dragonfly mounts that buzz around one another...
 
* On dragonfly mounts that buzz around one another...
* In a cage-free commercial chicken rearing factory
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* In a cage-free commercial chicken rearing factory.
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* In a high voltage transformer station
 +
* In a brick-walled olive oil cellar - when one of the casks is struck, olive oil coats the floor.
 
* In a hedgerow maze
 
* In a hedgerow maze
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* In an airlock that's slowly decompressing
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* In a stopped elevator
 
* On a Ferris Wheel
 
* On a Ferris Wheel
 
* On a seaside boardwalk during a hurricane
 
* On a seaside boardwalk during a hurricane
* Underwater while wearing clumsy diver suits
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* Running concurrently with another swordfight, such that each of the four combatants wants to kill the other three
* A knife fight in a telephone booth (and you HAVE to answer the phone.)
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* On a stone staircase in a rapidly falling apart castle.
* On the edge of a burning, active volcano
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* Underwater while wearing clumsy diver suits.
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* On the floor of a large ballroom after the villain has insulted the hero – remember those floors are slick.
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* On the edge of a burning, active volcano.
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* In a smithy filled with blades
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* In a house about to be blown to pieces by a tornado- with a shelter out back with room for one.
 
* On the roof of a burning sky scraper
 
* On the roof of a burning sky scraper
* On the wing of a B-17 Flying Fortress
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* On the wing of a B-17 Flying Fortress  
* In a gassed out mud filled body strewn WWI trench
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* In a dragon's lair...right next to sleeping dragon.
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* In a studio prop department. (make sure to grab your REAL sword)
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* In a gassed out mud filled body strewn WWI trench.
 
* On a super-highway
 
* On a super-highway
 
* Up a gigantic tree, with lots of hopping from branch to branch
 
* Up a gigantic tree, with lots of hopping from branch to branch
* On a grassy plain in the middle of a stampede
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* In a game & comic store
* From rooftop to rooftop in a flooded town
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* On a factory conveyer belt that dumps rocks into a furnace.
* An open field with snow 4 feet deep
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* On a grassy plain in the middle of a stampede.
* In the surf at a stormswept beach, with heavy waves
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* From rooftop to rooftop in a flooded town.
* In the substructure beneath a huge bridge
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* In the city's slums during a massive fire.
* Inside a submarine
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* An open field with snow 4 feet deep.
* On a sweltering August day in a full-grown Kansas cornfield
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* In the middle of a riot.
* On top of a giant Godzilla-style monster.
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* Quicksand.
* On top of a careening coach while riding over a bridge 10 miles above a city
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* In the path of a massive horde of army ants.
* Atop a burning citadel while meteorites fall all around
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* In a hospital emergency room that is in the process of accepting dozens of victims from some sort of disaster.
* While skydiving
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* On a teetering see-saw platform over something dangerous.
* On the open observation deck of a gigantic steam-powered zeppelin, suspended a thousand feet above the streets of a major city
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* Atop the pistons of some great machine
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* On a suspended cage with the damsel in distress within.
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* Inside a wind-tunnel.
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* While skydiving.
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* In front of a confused movie crew while the asst director complains about his script missing pages or "this is a romance!"
 +
* During a motorcycle race (horse race, chariot race, etc)
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* In an area flooded with explosive gasses. (Better not parry & cause a spark.)
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* On the open observation deck of a gigantic steam-powered zeppelin, suspended a thousand feet above the streets of a major city.
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* In a zero-gravity chamber walled with inertia-reflecting force fields. In other words, once you start bouncing, you don't stop; time to set up that three-corner bank shot....
 
* On skis, hurtling down the side of a snow-covered mountain.
 
* On skis, hurtling down the side of a snow-covered mountain.
* NOT on skis, hurtling down the side of an ICE-covered mountain
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* NOT on skis, hurtling down the side of an ICE-covered mountain.
* On a roller coaster
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* On a roller coaster.
* While flying hang gliders
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* While flying hang gliders.
* Beneath a waterfall, struggling to stay on your feet under the torrent of pounding water
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* On the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
* On rafts, going over the waterfall
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* On a school bus full of little children.
* In the hulk of a ghostly pirate ship or ocean liner
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* In a room full of hemophiliacs.
* In the water gardens of Ft. Worth, TX
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* In a paper mill.  
* On a school bus full of little children
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* On a spaceship with unpredictable artificial gravity.
* Jumping from piece to piece of wreckage as it's being sucked into a huge whirlpool
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* Jumping from piece to piece of wreckage as it's being sucked into a huge whirlpool.
* A train station. Clouds of steam, huge machines to fight across and lots of civilians running around
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* In a museum. Lots of improvised weapons to hand, whether it's a 15th century scimitar or the tooth of a Tyrannosaurus.
* In a Topiary Maze tended by big robotic hedge trimmers that look like the Langoliers from the Stephen King novel
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* In the middle of a summoning circle, where a demon will be called if any blood strikes the ground. Better make sure to use the flat of the blade.
* On two really elastic bungie cords
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* A train station. Clouds of steam, huge machines to fight across and lots of civilians running around.
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* At a fantasy / sci-fi convention.
 +
* At a crowded party, without letting security know.
 +
* In an Esher-esque construction of stairs, halls, and archways that warps space.
 +
* In a Wax Museum after hours.
 +
* In a Topiary Maze tended by big robotic hedge trimmers that look like the Langoliers from the Stephen King novel.
 +
* On two really elastic bungie cords.
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* While having sex.
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* While handcuffed or otherwise bound to another swordfighter.
 
* While on motorcycles
 
* While on motorcycles
* On the Boxers' Bridge in Venice, standing over a canal with no guard rails in place
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* On the Boxers' Bridge in Venice, standing over a canal with no guard rails in place.
 
* In the Capuchin necropolis in Paris, surrounded by walls of skulls.  
 
* In the Capuchin necropolis in Paris, surrounded by walls of skulls.  
* Inside a tram going downhill in San Francisco
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* Inside a tram going downhill in San Francisco.
 
* Queuing for cinema tickets.  (Don’t lose your place in line.)
 
* Queuing for cinema tickets.  (Don’t lose your place in line.)
 
* A horse track just after the race has gone by, with a minute and a half until it swings by again!
 
* A horse track just after the race has gone by, with a minute and a half until it swings by again!
* Riding horses on the beach
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* Riding horses on the beach  
* In front of the grave of your twin brother that the murderous swine slew one exactly year ago  
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* At a rave
* A ferry in high wind, with cars or heavy crates rolling around
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* In a ghetto bail-bonds/pawn shop
* In the desert at high noon (heat prostration anyone?) while a sandstorm is coming  
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* In front of the grave of your twin brother that the murderous swine slew one exact year ago  
* At a witch-burning, climbing up the unnecessarily huge pyre
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* A ferry in high wind, with cars or heavy crates rolling around.
* On the back of a giant turtle that is swimming through a swamp full of alligators & with snakes dangling from the heavy vines
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* During a high school gym class.
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* At a christening.
 +
* In the desert at high noon (heat prostration anyone?) while a sandstorm is coming.
 +
* A psy-blade duel inside your mind, flashing through every location you’ve ever been afraid of and/or felt safe.
 +
* Last men standing on a battlefield (weapons, corpses, and setting sun mandatory, undead optional).
 +
* Lovers fighting in a huge canopied bed with dozens of pillows and silk sheets.
 +
* At a witch-burning, climbing up the unnecessarily huge pyre.
 +
* On the back of a giant turtle that is swimming through a swamp full of alligators & with snakes dangling from the heavy vines.
 
* On top of a hill during a thunderstorm
 
* On top of a hill during a thunderstorm
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* In the bathtub or at a Roman bath-house.
 +
* In the shrine of a forgotten/elder god who is starting to wake.
 
* While being lynched
 
* While being lynched
* In chariots, especially when running along the spar of the enemies chariot  
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* In chariots, especially when running along the spar of the enemies chariot.
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* In a masquerade ball / Halloween party in which many people have the same costumes
 
* On top of monolithic statues depicting your ancestors/nation (The Statue of Liberty, the statues by the falls in Fellowship of the Ring.)  
 
* On top of monolithic statues depicting your ancestors/nation (The Statue of Liberty, the statues by the falls in Fellowship of the Ring.)  
* On the hands of Big Ben
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* In a crypt full of life-size, realistic warrior statues, which may or may not come to life.
* On top of a careening cart (designed for fast travel and drawn by magically bred horses) that falls off a cliff to land the players on a magically propelled train (a.k.a lightning rail; see Eberron Campaign Setting)
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* While standing side by side at a urinal...while urinating!
* On the top of a moving train
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* On the hands of Big Ben
* At the bottom of a stopped train (crouch fighting)
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* Traveling through time in a long corridor, racing toward the end of the universe.
* In the middle of a sandstorm
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* In the Oval Office, the floor of the UN general assembly, or other location of political importance.
* In a hay cart going high speeds down a hill while getting shot from harpoons coming from above
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* Inside a transport container getting crushed in a giant hydrolic press.
 
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* Atlantis as it's sinking.  
===Wacky Situations===
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* In a nuclear missile silo about to launch.
 
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* Beneath a waterfall, struggling to stay on your feet under the torrent of pounding water.
* Under direct, heavy cannon bombardment.
+
* On rafts, going over the waterfall.
* On a merry-go-round
+
* In the hulk of a ghostly pirate ship or ocean liner.
* Anywhere at all during an earthquake
+
* In the water gardens of Ft. Worth, TX.
* Running concurrently with another swordfight, such that each of the four combatants wants to kill the other three
+
* On the sanctioned dueling grounds of a local Mage's guild, DURING a full-scale mage's duel.
* In the city's slums during a massive fire
+
* On top of a giant Godzilla-style monster.
* In the middle of a riot
+
* On top of a careening coach while riding over a bridge 10 miles above a city.
* Quicksand
+
* In the middle of a high class 1930s nightclub
* In the path of a massive horde of army ants
+
* Atop a burning citadel while meteorites fall all around
* Near a strong gravitational or magnetic source, the swords accelerating or decelerating as they pass near it
+
* In the middle of 99 cent store with crowded isles only a foot and a half wide.
* While having sex
+
* In a brothel / opium den.
* While handcuffed or otherwise bound to another swordfighter
+
* In the surf at a stormswept beach, with heavy waves
* In front of a confused movie crew while the asst director complains about his script missing pages or "this is a romance!"
+
* In the substructure beneath a huge bridge.
* During a motorcycle race (horse race, chariot race, etc)
+
* Inside a submarine
* On the sanctioned dueling grounds of a local Mage's guild, DURING a full-scale mage's duel
+
* On a sweltering August day in a full-grown Kansas cornfield
* Last men standing on a battlefield (weapons, corpses, and setting sun mandatory, undead optional)
+
* Backstage at a Victoria's Secret fashion show
* Inside a transport container getting crushed in a giant hydraulic press
+
* At a Hockey/Ice Rink
* Atlantis as it's sinking
+
* In a biotech lab filled with glass growth reactors filled with animal cells/bacteria/yeast/flesh eating amoebas
* At the center of the earth (trying to stop a bomb from going of at earths core)
+
* Near a strong gravitational or magnetic source. The swords accelerating or decelerating as they pass near it.
* In a crashed plane slowly submerging in water and oxygen is slowly depleting
+
* A knife fight in a telephone booth (and you HAVE to answer the phone.)
* In the middle of heavy fog, being attacked by multiple enemies
+
* Fort Knox (Think 007)
* In or on top of an unfinished building (tower,castle house or otherwise)
 
 
 
===Other===
 
 
 
* On Mars, while wearing space suits, in low gravity
 
* Inside someone else's blood vessels, while shrunk to microscopic size
 
* Below-decks in a burning, sinking ship
 
* The tunnels of a large subway system
 
* Inside the chambers of a dying giant's heart
 
* On a teetering see-saw platform over something dangerous
 
* Atop the pistons of some great machine
 
* On a suspended cage with the damsel in distress within
 
* In an area flooded with explosive gasses. (Better not parry & cause a spark.)
 
* In a zero-gravity chamber walled with inertia-reflecting force fields. In other words, once you start bouncing, you don't stop; time to set up that three-corner bank shot....
 
* On a spaceship with unpredictable artificial gravity
 
* In the middle of a summoning circle, where a demon will be called if any blood strikes the ground. Better make sure to use the flat of the blade
 
* A psy-blade duel inside your mind, flashing through every location you’ve ever been afraid of and/or felt safe
 
* In a masquerade ball / Halloween party in which many people have the same costumes
 
* Traveling through time in a long corridor, racing toward the end of the universe
 
* On top of a spire (halo reach)
 
* In a mine that's blowing up
 
* In a mine that's blocked up and one rope to get out
 

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